OHLAP funding could expandOklahoma House Bill 2249, designed to in-

crease the number of students who qualify for

the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program,

passed on a 96-3 vote Wednesday.

The bill, proposed by State Rep. Randy

Terrill, R-Moore, will increase the number of

families eligible for the program. The current

nontaxable income cutoff is $50,000, but if

Terrill’s bill passes the Oklahoma State Senate,

requirements would change to include children

from a family of four with a gross annual

income of $57,000, or children from a family of

six making $64,000.

“We know that many middle-class parents,

particularly those with several children at

home, will struggle to pay for their children’s

education,” Terrill said in a press release. “They

make too much money to qualify for most

fi nancial aid programs, but not enough to cover

the cost for several children to go to college.

This bill will help children from those hard-

working families.”

In order for students to receive aid from

OHLAP, they must meet the income require-

ments, complete a core college curriculum,

maintain a 2.5 grade-point average and exhibit

good behavior during their high school careers.

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• Nursing student sells bracelets to raise money

RENEÉ SELANDERS

The Oklahoma Daily

Fourteen months ago, 29-year-old bartender Billy Anderson weighed 240 pounds, a proportion-ate weight to his 6-foot frame.

On Monday, he weighed in at 134 pounds at OU Medical Center and doctors don’t know why.

Fourteen months ago, the for-mer Tulsa resident was a picture of good health, with only one previ-ous hospital visit his entire life.

Since Jan. 6, 2008, he has lived in four different hospitals and suf-fered from ulcers, chronic diar-rhea, frequent vomiting, constant hiccupping and general malaise.

He was transferred to OU

Medical Center in August after three stays at Missouri hospitals.

The last 14 months have been a devastating experience, said Nikki Peterson, Anderson’s wife. Her husband’s transformation from a healthy man to a chronically ill and frail hospital patient has turned her world upside down, but one of the most overwhelming aspects of her husband’s condition is that no doctor has been able to diagnose his illness.

Peterson said the majority of Anderson’s problems stem from immune system and abdominal ail-ments, but without a definite diag-nosis, finding effective treatments for her husband is difficult.

“It’s devastating and it’s been catastrophic,” she said. “You know, first and foremost, to watch him suffer and there’s nothing you can do and nobody can tell you any-thing is just unbearable.”

Anderson first was admitted to an ICU at a hospital in Joplin, Mo. last January after doctors

discovered that a crucial immune system cell production process in Anderson’s body had stopped.

In February 2008, he was moved to the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia, and in April, he transferred to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Peterson said after a series of failed diagnoses and a brief three-day discharge from Barnes-Jewish Hospital to the family’s home in Kansas, he returned to the Joplin hospital in July.

Peterson said after reviewing Anderson’s options for treatment, she decided OU Medical Center was the best option for her family because of its proximity to Tulsa.

Anderson has spent the last six months at OU Medical Center.

Peterson said one of the most distressing aspects of her hus-band’s illness is the effect it has on their two daughters. Peterson’s 5-year-old stepdaughter and 3-year-

OU Medical Center patient diseased with no diagnosis

Above: Zach Butler/The Daily; Right: Photo Provided

Construction science sophomore Conner Zwinggi earned a purple heart from injuries he sustained while serving with the

Marines in Iraq (right). Zwinggi never expected to play lacrosse again after the injuries, but is now the goalie for the OU

lacrosse team.

Photo provided.

Billy Anderson is seen in the hospital with his daughter on Nov. 11, 2008.

• Veteran brings Marine intensity to lacrosse team

CLAIRE BRANDON

The Oklahoma Daily

Lacrosse goalie Conner Zwinggi has had to protect more than just the goal in his 22 years.

Dressed from head to toe in college athletic apparel, he might appear as an ordi-nary lacrosse player, but this sopho-m o r e ’ s unique past distinguishes him from the rest.

Before attending OU as a lacrosse player and construc-tion science major, Zwinggi served in Iraq and was honored with the Purple Heart award.

“I just really wanted to do something different, adventur-ous,” Zwinggi said.

Life as a MarineAfter graduating from

Coppell High School in 2004, Zwinggi spent a semester at the University of Texas at

Arlington prior to enlisting in the military.

Following boot camp, Zwinggi spent the next year and a half stationed in Hawaii. He spent three months in the Marine Corps Infantry in Haditha, Iraq, performing com-bat patrols and operations.

“We would drive around the city pretty much just waiting to get shot at,” Zwinggi said. “We were constantly aware of situations, and if anything did come up, we would react accordingly.”

With two sons in the military, Zwinggi’s father, Chris Zwinggi, said he has mixed emotions

about his sons’ enlist-ments. Zwinggi’s older brother, Tyler Zwinggi, is on active duty in the Army and has served in Iraq twice.

“Obviously you’re very proud they chose

to serve our country,” Chris Zwinggi said. “At the same time, given the circumstances, it’s somewhat nerve-racking knowing they can be sent over there at any time. But I’m extra proud.”

The Purple HeartChris Zwinggi often feared

he would receive a phone call informing him of one of his

From battlefield to playing field

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• Hillel and Lebanese Student Association co-sponsor event for first time

LAUREN STALFORD The Oklahoma Daily

Dozens of Jewish and Lebanese stu-dents came together Wednesday to over-come animosity between their peoples and aid war-torn Lebanon.

The Hillel Jewish Student Organization and the Lebanese Student Association

co-sponsored the event at the Oklahoma Memorial Union to eat and raise money for land mine removal in southern Lebanon.

Unlike many events pertaining to the Middle East, “A Night of Peace: Open Mines” was designed to provide a solu-tion rather than prove a political point said Daniel Reches, international business junior and Hillel member.

While the land mine crisis is a huge problem, it has escaped the attention of the OU community, Reches said.

The problem extends back to the 1975-1990 Lebanese Civil War and the Israel occupation of Lebanon which ended in 2000.

War is not just fighting on a battle ground, said Ephraim Alajaji, political sci-ence junior and member of the LSA. The

mines bring continuous suffering to the Lebanese people, Alajaji said.

Civil engineering junior Yonathan Reches, who spearheaded the event,

called the land mines an impediment to peace.

“Peace can never flourish where there is reminisce of death,” he said.

Marc Breidy, civil engineering senior and LSA president, said Wednesday’s event was the first time Hillel and the LSA had partnered.

Jewish organization supporting the removal of Israeli mines from Lebanon makes a powerful statement, psychology senior Amy Hamilton said.

Yonathan Reches said his idea raised debate among Hillel members. Some wor-ried sponsoring the event would imply Israel was responsible for the situation.

“It’s very difficult to undo hatred, but we have to start somewhere,” he said. “War may be contagious, but so is peace.”

Lebanese, Jewish students unite to defuse mines, tensions

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“It’s very difficult to undo hatred, but we have to start somewhere ... War may be contagious, but so is peace.”

Yonathan Reches, Hillel

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Conner Zwinggi in 2006, serving in Iraq

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old daughter Londyn have had a difficult time adjusting, she said.

“To hear your children cry because they want their daddy at night when you’re putting them to bed, it’s pretty heart-wrenching,” Peterson said.

Peterson said she splits her time between OU Medical Center and Tulsa, where her mother and Londyn live.

Though her family’s expe-rience throughout the ordeal has been emotionally draining, Peterson said she and her fam-ily have a sure way of coping with her husband’s sickness.

“We spend a lot of time in prayer first and foremost,” she said. “We are a faithful family, and we pray a lot.”

Peterson has been able to form a support base at OU Medical Center with second-semester nursing student Aaron Leddy, who took a spe-cial interest in Anderson’s case while participating in his first set of patient rounds last semester.

“All the patients had an answer, and Billy didn’t,” Leddy said. “That bothered me.”

Leddy shared Anderson’s story with OU students Wednesday on the Norman campus by passing out fliers, giving away “Pray for Billy” bracelets and collecting dona-tions to help support Anderson, who does not qualify for Medicare yet based on his dis-ability status.

“The least I could do is what we’re doing today,” Leddy said of his awareness effort Wednesday.

Peterson said Leddy’s kind-ness and support adds to the encouragement she receives from those who have become

part of her husband’s support network through a Web site, prayforbilly.com.

Dominica Anderson, Billy’s sister, helps manage technical aspects of the Web site, while Peterson writes daily updates on her husband’s medical con-dition.

“I never imagined that this would happen to my little brother,” she said.

By building a community of support for her husband’s con-dition, Peterson said she hopes to attract attention from doc-tors who may be able to help diagnose her husband.

“In general we’ve had a really strong support sys-tem of strangers and people online,” Peterson said. “I just got a phone call from a lady in Texas. She was just calling to tell me she’s praying ... It’s pretty amazing.”

sons’ death.“You always expect that any

phone call can be a phone call that you don’t ever want to get,” Chris Zwinggi said.

One Friday in September 2006, the Zwinggi house in Coppell, Texas, received a different phone call from Iraq, when Zwinggi informed his family he had been injured.

Insurgents had detonated two bombs on his base. The first sent

him and five other Marines about six feet in the air. The second sent a large piece of metal through his left knee and underneath his knee-cap before emerging out of the opposite side.

His friend wrapped the tourni-quet, a rope with a stick on one end, around his leg.

“If he hadn’t, I would have bled [to death] in about 30 to 45 sec-onds,” Zwinggi said.

He spent the next month and a

half hospitalized in Iraq, Germany and Washington D.C.

Initially, doctors predicted Zwinggi would need amputation, but Zwinggi underwent surgery. The surgery had been performed twice before, but had never been successful and resulted in ampu-tation both times. His case was the surgery’s first success, Zwinggi said.

After a total of five surgeries, Zwinggi’s knee was reconstructed with synthetic ligaments.

Re-adjusting to civilian life after being released from the hospital took time for Zwinggi. Driving home from the airport, he was paranoid, Chris Zwinggi said. He reacted differently to sounds and looked suspiciously at his sur-roundings.

“Some wounds heal and I think Conner has healed a lot emotion-ally just as he has physically,” Chris Zwinggi said.

In October 2007, Zwinggi was awarded the Purple Heart.

“For me, it was just like being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but it was a huge honor for me,”

Zwinggi said.The scar on his knee is eight

inches long on the outside and six inches on the inside.

“It’s really a good bar story,” Zwinggi said.

OU lacrosseZwinggi came to OU in fall 2007,

partially because he had heard OU had a lacrosse team. This is Zwinggi’s 10th year playing the sport, but in high school he didn’t presume he would play in college.

“I thought as soon as my high school days were over my playing days were over,” Zwinggi said.

On the field, Zwinggi is able to apply skills learned from the Marine Corps, including high endurance, teamwork and com-munication skills.

“Over there, good communica-tion is not only essential, it’s life-saving,” Zwinggi said. “It doesn’t translate over to lacrosse 100 per-cent, but it does help a great deal.”

A high tolerance for pain is another skill Zwinggi attained in Iraq, where his bullet-proof body armor weighed him down nearly 80 pounds.

Last season, Zwinggi broke both his thumbs, one at practice and one at a game, but taped them up and continued playing.

“The military teaches you team-work, sacrifice and commitment,” Lacrosse head coach Max Dugan said. “He has a commitment to playing when he’s hurt.”

When first playing lacrosse at OU, Zwinggi landed on his previ-ously injured knee causing it to roll the wrong way. After recover-ing for two weeks, he was back in the game again and hasn’t had any serious problems since.

“He comes out and attacks you,” freshman defender Ryan Beauchamp said. “He’s not afraid.”

Zwinggi knows as the goalie the team depends on him, Dugan said.

“He has learned really well he can focus on the task at hand, and as a goalie that’s very important,” Dugan said. “He’s the last defense before the ball goes into the net.”

Now, about two-and-one-half years since his injury, Zwinggi said he’s likely to be asked to return to Iraq and would go in a heartbeat.

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Above: Conner Zwinggi, goalie for the OU club lacrosse team and recipient of a Purple Heart, practices with the team.

Wednesday. Zwinggi is a construction science major and served with the Marines in Iraq.

Below: Zwinggi shows the purple heart he received for injuries sustained while serving in Iraq.

Amy Frost/The Daily

Nikki Peterson, Billy Anderson’s wife,

stands Wednesday outside of Bizzell

Memorial Library to raise awareness

and donations in support of her

husband.

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• Sophomore promoted to customer service specialist

JARED RADER

The Oklahoma Daily

Renovations at Couch Restaurants give students new options to satisfy their appetites, but one behind-the-counter employee ranks as the cafeteria’s staple personality.

History sophomore Jimmy Brown, who is usu-ally seen working at the Casa del Sol restaurant, has earned himself a wide fan base in the cafeteria for his catch phrases like “prepare to be tortillafied” and “tor-tillalicious, chickalicious.”

“It catches some people off guard,” Brown said. “But I think it’s a good icebreaker.”

These catchphrases have become popular with stu-dents who eat often in the cafeteria.

“He has a slogan for everyday,” said Geoffrey Blair, University College freshman. “On Monday, he’ll ask you if you’re having a ‘Marvelous Monday.’”

Brown, who has worked in the cafeteria since his freshman year, said students have the best dining expe-rience when they know who is serving them.

“I love him. He defines this cafeteria,” said Katusha

Mercer, University College freshman.After almost two years with the cafeteria, Brown

was promoted to customer service specialist and is responsible for greeting customers and ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly.

“If we’re running out of certain products, I’ll let the chefs know. If lines get busy, I can jump in and help quicken the process. Basically, I get things done,” Brown said.

Couch Restaurants general manager Arthur Drain said that when the position opened, Brown’s outgoing and friendly personality made him an easy choice for the job.

“When customers are dining and their salt-and-pepper shakers are empty, or they don’t know where to find something, it can be annoying,” Drain said. “We needed someone who was outgoing and friendly who could help customers with these issues.”

Drain said the cafeteria will need more customer service specialists after the areas closed for renovation reopen next fall.

Brown said his outgoing mantra is just part of his unique personality. He said his optimistic attitude carries him through all of his classes and other com-mitments.

“I think it’s important to be high on life,” Brown said. “A man who has no sense of humor sure seems a sore loser. It’s a philosophy I live my life by.”

Cafeteria worker serves laughs, along with cuisine

Merrill Jones/The Daily

Jimmy Brown, history sophomore, shakes a student’s hand Monday afternoon at Couch Cafeteria. Popular with students,

Brown was promoted to customer service specialist.

• Graduate students confident they have been prepared well

ASHLEIGH WOODALL

The Oklahoma Daily

A few OU law students will spend spring break in California — although most of the time will be in a courtroom instead of a beach.

For the fifth consecutive year, members of the school’s moot court and mock trial teams will spend part of the break compet-ing in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court and the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial National Competitions in Irvine.

The competitions are held by the National Black Law Schools Association and will take place March 18-22. OU stu-

dents will compete against 18 to 24 teams in the preliminary round.

Preparing for the competition requires students to read rules of evidence and criminal procedure, court case decisions and to study the facts, testimonies and evi-dence from the competition packet, said third-year law student Doug Bragg.

“Naturally, I feel nervous and anxious,” said Joanne Lafontant, second-year law student. “However, my partner and I have been practicing and preparing, and although we feel pretty confident, we will find out after the competition.”

Students have asked OU law professors to act as judges to help the students pre-pare their oral arguments, she said.

Bragg said he thinks the team will fare well this year.

“I feel very good about our team going to nationals,” he said. “We put a lot of time and care into doing this, and doing it right. We give our best every time out and try to walk away from the courtroom with no

regrets.”Judges will score individuals based on

different criteria and how well the team acts as either the counsel or defense for the prosecution.

The team with the highest combined score will win.

Bragg said the group hopes to give the university a good showing.

“We appreciate all of the support we have received from our friends, class-mates, faculty and administration,” Bragg said. “We hope that we can make the school proud.”

Law students head to California for national competition

Law students Gary Davis (front), Chuck Battle,

Jeremy L. Brown and Leon Bragg Jr. (left to right)

form the OU law team that will be sent to the

national Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition

through the Black Law Student Association. The

team has already won a regional competition.

Liz Brooks/The Daily

Saturday, Mar. 7

Student Success Series: What’s Your Learning Style? | 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. Presented by

University College.

Comedy Fight Night Auditions | 6-8 p.m. on the fourth fl oor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come and

see just how funny you are and compete for a chance to win a cash prize at Comedy Fight Night on

March 27.

Astronomy Lecture Series: “Suited for Space” | 7 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural

History. Lecture presented by Lindsay Aitchison, NASA, JSFC. The International Year of Astronomy

lecture series is sponsored by The University of Oklahoma’s Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and

Astronomy, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman Public Schools, OKC Astronomy

Club Odyssey Astronomy Club and Ten Acre Observatory.

University Theatre Presents Oklahoma Festival Ballet | 8 p.m. at the Rupel Jones Theatre. Inspired by

the legendary companies that carried the name Ballets Russes, Oklahoma Festival Ballet presents a not-to-

be-missed production with Miguel Terekhov’s dramatically beautiful Firebird as its centerpiece. From the

enchanted garden in which the magical Firebird darts and dances, to the breath taking pageantry of the

fi nal scene, Terekhov’s powerful choreography and Stravinsky’s celebrated score will transport audiences

to the very heart of the world of ballet. For tickets call the OU Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

Masala Concert Series: Alma Latina - Music of Latin America | 8 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert

Hall, Catlett Music Center. Adult admission $8, student, faculty/staff and senior admission $5. Please call

F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Tickets Service at (405) 325-4101 for more information.

OU Opera Theatre Presents: “The Marriage of Figaro” | 8 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing

Arts Center. The University of Oklahoma Opera Theatre presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze

di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). Amid infi delity and class warfare, this brilliant comedy is always shaded

with sadness and irony. Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for faculty, staff and seniors; and $10 for students.

For tickets or accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the Fine Arts Box Offi ce at

(405) 325-4101.

Intramural Update | Basketball bracket placement meeting tonight at 8:30 p.m. in room 130 Huston

Huffman Center. Also, softball entries today! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Gary

Armstrong, (405) 325-3053.

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Sunday, Mar. 8

OU Baseball vs. UCLA | 3 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. First 250 fans get an OU Baseball Schedule

Magnet. Students admitted FREE. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information.

FREE Film: “Milk” | 4, 7, 10 p.m. & 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series.

Comedy Fight Night Auditions | 6-8 p.m. on the fourth fl oor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come

and see just how funny you are and compete for a chance to win a cash prize at Comedy Fight Night on

March 27.

OU Baseball vs. UCLA | noon at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Free Schedule Posters for all fans – the team will

sign autographs following the game. Students admitted FREE. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket

information.

OU Men’s Basketball vs. OSU | 2:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Visit http://soonersports.com for

ticket information.

University Theatre Presents Oklahoma Festival Ballet | 8 p.m. at the Rupel Jones Theatre. For tickets

call the OU Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

OU Opera Theatre Presents: “The Marriage of Figaro” | 8 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing

Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for faculty, staff and seniors; and $10 for students. For tickets or

accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

Touch the Sky: Prairie Photographs by Jim Brandenburg | Photography exhibit on display at the Sam

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History through April 12, 2009. This exhibit features the breathtaking

prairie photographs of National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg. The photos capture the

beauty and drama of the prairie ecosystem - its landscape, plants, animals and weather.

OU Baseball vs. UCLA | 1 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park. First 250 fans get an OU Stocking Cap. Students

admitted FREE. Visit http://soonersports.com for ticket information.

University Theatre Presents Oklahoma Festival Ballet | 3 p.m. at the Rupel Jones Theatre. For tickets

call the OU Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

OU Opera Theatre Presents: “The Marriage of Figaro” | 3 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing

Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for faculty, staff and seniors; and $10 for students. For tickets or

accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

Bosendorfer Celebration: Piano Student Recital in Honor of Mr. James M. Doran | 6 p.m. in the Morris

R. Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Cenyter.

University Theatre Presents Oklahoma Festival Ballet | 8 p.m. at the Rupel Jones Theatre. For

tickets call the OU Fine Arts Box Offi ce at (405) 325-4101.

OU Opera Theatre Presents: “The Marriage of Figaro” | 8 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds

Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for faculty, staff and seniors; and $10 for

students. For tickets or accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the Fine Arts Box Offi ce

at (405) 325-4101.

FREE Late Night Snacks | 9:30 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium Lobby. Get some snacks courtesy of the

Union Programming Board before the 10 p.m. showing of “Milk.” Who Loves You, OU?

Monday was a snowy day in Washington, D.C., where about 12,000 protestors staged America’s first mass civil disobedience against global warm-ing outside the Capitol’s coal-fired power plant.

One unlikely member of the protest was the farmer-poet Wendell Berry.

I say unlikely because the man isn’t much of a bandwagoner. Often labeled a Luddite (as if it were a bad thing), Berry has stood by his 1987 essay “Why I am not going to buy a computer” — a pen or a pencil works just fine, he says — and in another essay, “In Distrust of Movements,” he explains his refusal to join campaigns concerned with only one issue.

After 40 years of protesting mountaintop removal in his home state, Berry has made an exception to his rule about movements in a rare public appearance supporting a national cause.

Berry’s appearance on Monday is a good exam-ple of how his reluctance to be a figurehead and his antipathy toward movements has relegated him to the sidelines of public discourse.

But now, more than ever, that ought to change. The time is ripe for the work of the 74-year-old Berry to influence the American ethos. As fears of economic depression are deflating the trium-phant myth of American exceptionalism, when many are beginning to question the fundamen-tal assumptions of our consumer economy, we would do well to turn to someone like Wendell Berry.

Thus far, it has been hard to consider what an American life might be like in the absence of cheap and unlimited energy or without the ben-efit of unlimited financial debt.

What would it look like to live decently within our means? One obstacle is our failure to imagine a different way of living. It is in this endeavor of imagining that Berry helps.

He has much to tell us in his many essays, poems, short stories and novels. He writes about stewardship of the Earth, fidelity to local com-munities and about how the two shouldn’t be separated.

He has written often about local economies, self-sufficiency and sustainable agriculture. His writing is marked by deference to living humbly within our natural limits — even embracing human limits with joy.

At the heart of Berry’s thinking is an embrac-ing of agrarianism — a philosophy that stresses the importance of the traditional farming life-style for society. That is not to say Berry believes everyone should be a farmer. Rather, we ought to cultivate in our minds and habits an appreciation for the intimate connection between our human lives and the life of the natural world.

The recurring event that causes human beings and nature to interact most intimately is in the “agricultural act” of eating, which is a prevalent topic in much of Berry’s work.

In an essay on “The Pleasures of Eating,” he posits that much of the pleasure we enjoy in the act of eating is based upon an ignorance of our connection to places around us. Instead, he sug-gests a more holistic understanding of gourmet pleasure that includes an appreciation for the gardens, fields and pastures from which our food comes — and even the places and names of our farmers.

“The pleasure of eating,” Berry writes, “may be the best available standard of our health.”

Another emphasis of Berry’s thought is a regard for local places over whitewashed nation-alism or the nearly meaningless notion of a “global community.”

As Berry writes, “You cannot love an entire planet,” you can only love places.

“You can only think in detail. ‘Global thinking’ is a distraction from thinking,” he said in an interview.

And it is a lack of an apprecia-tion for our connection to local places that Berry calls a “disease of the modern character,” which allows us to neglect ecosystems and communities without a sec-

ond thought.On the other hand, to be rooted in a place is

to be concerned for its welfare over the course of a lifetime.

For college students considering how we might plan our lives, Berry has more food for thought. In his 2007 commencement address at Bellarmine University, Berry concluded his remarks with the following:

“So you must refuse to accept the common delusion that a career is an adequate context for a life. The logic of success insinuates that self-enlargement is your only responsibility, and that any job, any career, will be satisfying if you suc-ceed in it. But I can tell you that a lot of people highly successful by that logic are painfully dissatisfied… To give satisfaction, your life will have to be lived in a family, a neighborhood, a community, an ecosystem, a watershed, a place, meeting your responsibilities to all those things to which you belong.”

On these subjects and many others, Berry’s life stands against the trends of our time. His life backs up his talk. In 1964, he left behind a suc-cessful career as an academic in the Northeast to move back to his home in northern Kentucky, where he has farmed ever since.

Wendell Berry stands on the margins of American society, but the margins have always been a home to prophetic voices.

Kyle Williams is a history and classics sopho-more.

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Republican Party needs to retreat from Rush

Rush Limbaugh spouted off again last week, claiming he wants “Barack Obama to fail” as leader of the free world.

While some claim Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, which has been soul searching since its loss in the November presidential election, some Democrats are trying to make Republicans choose sides and either endorse or denounce Limbaugh.

Comments like Limbaugh’s on Saturday — and it wasn’t the first time he had made it — are divisive and unhelpful. Republicans in Congress should steer clear of this uncompromising mindset.

If the Republican Party is to return to power, either in the legislative or executive branches, anytime soon, endorsing someone as polemical as Limbaugh is not the way to do it.

History has shown Limbaugh is loose with facts. He often unleashes sound bytes that are controver-sial enough to attract legions of listeners who want to know just how crazy Rush can get.

But he fails to offer intelligent critiques of the Obama administration — only abra-sive insults. Legitimate discussion of the new president’s ideas and policies are wel-comed, Limbaugh’s loud antics are not.

Limbaugh’s constant verbal crushing of anyone who doesn’t closely align with his narrow definition of a fair-minded politi-cian is the opposite of what America and Americans need in a time of economic peril and nationwide worry, or any time.

What America needs is someone who puts party politics aside to get things accomplished. Limbaugh apparently condemns this behavior, and Republicans should condemn his.

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Campus green efforts don’t focus on actual problems

It was with bemused interest that I read Tuesday’s

article entitled “OU Goes Green.” The article talked about

modifying exit signs, reducing the volume of water used

when a toilet is fl ushed, etc.

Recently, the supposed green revolution occurring

on campus has been a favorite Public Relations stunt for

President David Boren and his cronies. However, as with

most of the rhetoric spewing forth from the school’s

administration, it addresses mere superfi cialities without

really focusing on the underlying problem.

One needs to look no further than Oklahoma Memorial

Stadium, where thousands of kilowatts of power are

wasted lighting an empty fi eld several times a month.

One can head a little further south and witness the same

occurrence at the baseball fi eld. Visit the various admin-

istrative offi ces on campus, where a television runs 24

hours per day displaying still photos of campus life. Take

a stroll down Lindsey Street and watch the dome of the

newly constructed Gaylord Hall illuminate in a plethora

of color.

I’m not condemning the university for trying to

conserve energy, but until we have a genuine dialogue

about the ethic of conservation, let’s not congratulate

ourselves on how “green” we are. Unfortunately, the need

for a candid conversation about these issues has largely

been ignored.

It’s much easier for Boren to change a few light bulbs

and talk about how great we are than to actually promote

a meaningful change in our communal and individual

behavior.

- BRIAN HOWARD, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR

In response to Elise Johnston’s Wednesday column about the OU IT department’s shortcomings

For what it’s worth, IT has considered implementing

formal training for instructors. They have come to the

conclusion that it is not necessary. If an instructor has any

questions or problems, he or she can call the help desk lit-

erally any time and get answers. The problem is between

the chair and the keyboard.

- POSTED BY RAINMAKER06 AT OUDAILY.COM

As an OU IT Intern, I completely agree with these com-

ments — students have no idea what IT deals with on a

daily basis and what a good job they do!

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God delusion or Dawkins’ delusion?Former Oxford zoologist Richard

Dawkins visits campus on Friday.

Staff columnists Travis Grogan

and Jon Malone will discuss

whether or not Dawkins’ claims

about the existence of God are

legitimate

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CAMPUS NOTES

TODAY

CAREER SERVICESCareer Services will hold a pre-sentation on attending graduate school versus finding a job at 1 p.m. and a presentation on second-level interviewing at 3 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

INSTITUTE FOR U.S.-CHINA ISSUESThe Institute for U.S.-China Issues at OU will host a cer-emony for the Newman Prize at 3 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATIONThe Asian-American Student Association will host a meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Henderson Tolson Multicultural Center.

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATIONThe American Indian Student Association will host a meeting at 7 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENTThe sociology department will host a discussion about gender and family in youth sports at 7:30 p.m. in the National Weather Center.

OU SCHOOL OF MUSICThe OU School of Music will host a section of the Masala World Concert Series at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center.

OPERA THEATREThe Opera Theatre will present “The Marriage of Figaro” at 8 p.m. in Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATIONThe American Indian Student Association will host an infor-mation session about Mr. and Miss Indian OU at 8 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

DRAMA LAB THEATREThe OU Drama Lab Theatre will present “How I Learned to Drive” at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center.

FRIDAY

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENTThe Geology Department will host a discussion with Richard Dawkins at 5:30 p.m. in McCasland Field House.

OPERA THEATREThe Opera Theatre will present “The Marriage of Figaro” at 8 p.m. in Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

DRAMA LAB THEATREThe OU Drama Lab Theatre will present “How I Learned to Drive” at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center.

POLICE REPORTSNames are compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The reports serve as a record of arrests, not convictions. Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEThomas Kyle Bivens, 22, 566 Sinclair Drive, Monday, also county warrantPhillip Dewayne McRae, 51, 12th Avenue NE, Tuesday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEBrian C. Butler, 48, 4400 W Main St., Tuesday, also no valid driver’s license, assault and battery with a deadly weapon and attempting to elude a police officer

COUNTY WARRANTBetty J. Daniels, 48, 206 Collier Drive, Tuesday

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONLisa Marie Ellis, 30, 406 Ramsey St., TuesdayAlbert Nole Leonard, 32, 3205 W Robinson St., TuesdayRicky Lynn Liberto, 53, North Porter Avenue, Tuesday

PETTY LARCENYCody Daniel Hawkins, 25, 601 12th Ave. NE, Tuesday

DISTURBING THE PEACEArielle Ellis Poindexter, 18, 1100 Oak Tree Ave., Monday

DRIVING WHILE IMPAIREDJerry Gale Puckett, 61, 48th Avenue SE, Monday

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. — Robert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it.

“We won the big one,” it read.The replies came back instantly: “Hahahaha” wrote

one. “GREAT. Where do I pick up the cash?” joked anoth-er. Then they saw the ticket for themselves.

Space and his colleagues hit the second-largest single-ticket jackpot in New Jersey history, winning $216 million in the Mega Millions jackpot.

“I feel incredibly blessed. I can’t even absorb it,” Space said, surrounded by stunned colleagues and clutching the winning ticket during a news conference at their office in the central New Jersey town of Whitehouse Station.

Space, with $5 from each colleague, said he bought 50 quick-pick tickets Monday afternoon at the Singin Oil gas station in the shore town of Toms River.

Space stopped by the gas station again Wednesday morning to get a printout of the winning numbers to check the tickets.

“I jokingly asked him (the attendant) if anyone had won and if it was sold here, but he didn’t know,” Space said. So he stuffed the list in his pocket.

It wasn’t until an hour or so later that Space had time to review the numbers, scanning each row and growing increasingly shocked as first one, then two, then three — then six numbers matched. He called his wife to make sure he wasn’t hallucinating, then sent out the e-mail.

“It takes a lot of stress out of life,” Space said of the winnings. The 10 will split a $216 million annuity or a one-time payout of about $140 million.

Lottery officials say no one has officially come forward to claim the prize yet. The 10 have not discussed when they will claim the prize but have a year to do so.

Taner Cetintas of Jackson, the owner of Singin Oil, will collect $10,000 for selling the ticket. Cetintas, a Turkish immigrant who worked for decades as a gas station man-ager before saving up enough to buy Singin Oil in January, said he was happy for his customer, and his own bonus would help pay bills.

The six men and four women who won said they’ve worked in Chubb’s IT division from seven to 30 years and had been buying tickets together for years.

Their usual ticket buyer, Alan Mooney, always stops by colleagues’ desks to collect ticket money, asking “Are ya in?” Mooney, who was among the winners, was in Florida on business. Space said Mooney was hurrying back to New Jersey, “upgrading to first class,” he joked.

Space said there were some colleagues who had opted out of this ticket buy.

One regular buyer, Oscar Oviedo, had asked Space to count him in and promised $5 for his share. Space rushed over to him early Wednesday morning and demanded the money.

“I thought: ‘How rude!’” Oviedo said with a laugh, recalling how he handed over $5, unsure why Space was being so insistent. “Then he said, ‘OK, thanks — you’re a millionaire.’”

The winning numbers were: 26, 32, 35, 43, 52 and the Mega Ball was 10.

In addition to Space, of Manchester Township; Mooney,

of Budd Lake; and Oviedo, of Stewartsville, the other win-ners are: Gerard Solas, of Hillsborough; Anne LaFontaine, of Summit; Linda Harrington, of Bay Head; Melanie Jacob, of Alexandria Township; Joanne Roth, of Basking Ridge; Bill Bollwage, of Bridgewater; and Todd Ellis, of Maplewood.

—AP

NJ insurance workers win $216M lottery

STATE BRIEFSBill to ditch grocery tax advancesOKLAHOMA CITY — A bill to phase out the state

sales tax on groceries over fi ve years sailed to

Senate approval on Wednesday, despite charges

that lawmakers are playing politics in a grim

budget year.

Okla. unemployment benefits upTULSA — The Oklahoma Employment Security

Commission has begun providing an additional

$25 per week in compensation to the unem-

ployed as the result of expected federal stimulus.

Some states will not participate in the program

for the unemployed, because of additional

requirements that come with use of the money.

Bill passed to make tort changesOKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma House

Wednesday passed legislation that makes sweep-

ing changes to the state’s civil justice system

which supporters said will help stop frivolous

lawsuits and lower the price companies and doc-

tors pay for liability insurance.

Senate approves education auditOKLAHOMA CITY — A Republican-sponsored

plan to conduct an outside performance audit of

the state Department of Education won approval

in the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday over

Democratic objections. —AP

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Bob Space, 60, of Toms River, N.J., talks during a news conference Wednesday at Chubb Insurance Company in Whitehouse Station, N.J.,

about buying the winning $216 million Mega Millions lottery ticket. Space and nine co-workers at Chubb will share the jackpot.

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WORLD BRIEFSAfghans: Country not safe enough for early vote

KABUL — The Afghan election

commission rejected President Hamid

Karzai’s request to move the presiden-

tial elections to the spring, saying the

country won’t be safe enough or have

enough money by then to hold a vote.

The commission’s decision came

Wednesday as a car bomb exploded

outside the main U.S. base at Bagram,

underscoring the shaky security situ-

ation the country faces as a resurgent

Taliban militia increases its attacks.

Karzai had asked the commission

to move the elections from Aug. 20

to spring, but the commission said

it could not because of bad spring

weather, lack of funds, security issues

and logistical problems like the

distribution of ballots.

Japan PM’s reading flubs spark study spree

TOKYO — Reading Japanese isn’t

easy — even for the Japanese.

Take Prime Minister Taro Aso. He’s

made so many public blunders that

an opposition lawmaker tried to give

him a reading test during a televised

session of parliament.

The Japanese leader bungled the

word for “frequent,” calling Japan-Chi-

na exchanges “cumbersome” instead.

Another time, he misread the word

“toshu” (follow), saying “fushu” — or

stench — and sounded as if he were

saying government policy “stinks.”

While the media and Aso’s

political rivals have been quick to

heap ridicule, many Japanese have

seen a bit more of themselves in Aso’s

goofs than they would like to admit.

Since his missteps, books designed to

improve reading ability have become

all the rage.

Literacy-boosting books are selling

briskly. One titled, “Chinese Charac-

ters that Look Readable but are Easily

Misread,” released a year ago, has sold

more than 800,000 copies — most

of them since Aso’s mistakes fi rst got

national attention in November, said

Yukiko Sakita, a spokeswoman for

Futami Shobo Publishing Co.

— The Associated Press

Clinton accuses Iran of seeking to intimidateBY ROBERT BURNS

The Associated Press

BRUSSELS — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swiped hard at Iran on Wednesday, accusing its hardline leaders of fomenting divisions in the Arab world, promoting terrorism, posing threats to Israel and Europe, and seeking to “intimidate as far as they think their voice can reach.”

Her remarks, at the conclusion of two days of talks in Egypt, Israel and the West Bank, were notable for coming from an Obama administration that has raised the pros-pect of diplomatic engagement with Iran as part of a new direction in U.S. foreign policy.

In remarks to reporters aboard her plane en route from Ramallah to Brussels, Belgium, Clinton said that in her talks with Arab foreign ministers and other leaders, she

heard “over and over and over again” a deep-seated worry about threats posed by the Iranians.

“It is clear that Iran intends to interfere with the inter-nal affairs of all of these people and try to continue their efforts to fund terrorism, whether it’s Hezbollah or Hamas or other proxies,” she said.

The sharp objections to Iranian behavior that Clinton enumerated are the same as those underlined by the Bush administration during its dealings with Tehran. The differ-ence is that the Obama administration says it sees merit in pressing the Iranians to discuss the problems, even if talks fail or the Iranians refuse to engage.

In Tehran on Wednesday, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused President Barack Obama of following the same mistaken path as the Bush administration with his “unconditional” support of Israel. Khamenei also called Israel a “cancerous tumor” that is

on the verge of collapse. He said Israeli leaders should be put on trial for its military offensive in Gaza, which ended with a shaky cease-fire in mid-January.

In the in-flight interview, Clinton reiterated that Obama stands ready to engage in talks with Iran, with whom Washington severed diplomatic relations after Iran’s Islamic revolution three decades ago. “But we want to make sure it’s constructive,” she said.

The main source of friction is Iran’s nuclear program, which the United States and many in the international community believe is intended to produce weapons. The Iranians insist their program is designed solely for civilian energy production. The U.S. also is critical of Iran’s efforts to spread its influence across the greater Middle East by supporting the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S. also has been critical of Iran’s support of Shiite extremists in Iraq.

Sudan expels aid groups after arrest warrantBY EDITH M. LEDERER

The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Sudan ordered at least 10 humanitarian groups expelled from Darfur on Wednesday after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the country’s president.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the action “represents a serious setback to lifesaving operations in Darfur” and urged Sudan to reverse its decision, U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said.

Aid groups protested, saying they had no connection to the court and that their absence could lead to a crisis for more than 2 million of war-weary Sudanese who need such basics as shelter, food and clean water.

“It is absurd that we as an independent organization are caught up in a politi-cal and judicial process,” the operation-al director of Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland, Arjan Hehenkamp, said in a state-ment expressing outrage that more than 200,000 of its patients will be left without essential medical care.

Sudan’s order was announced after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha confirmed that 10 “asso-ciations” were asked to stop operating “because they violated laws and regula-tions.”

“Whenever an organization takes humanitarian aid as a cover to achieve a political agenda that affects the security of the county and its stability, measures are to be taken by law to protect the country

and its interests,” he said.The non-governmental aid groups

ordered out were Oxfam, CARE, MSF-Holland, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, the Norweigan Refugee Council, the International Rescue Committee, Action Contre la Faim, Solidarites and CHF International.

The Sudan Media Center said two Sudanese organizations, the Khartoum Centre for Human Rights and Environmental Development and the Khartoum Amal Center for the Rehabilitation of the Victims

of Violence, were also expelled, saying they cooperated with the court.

U.N. officials said about 76 international groups had been operating in Darfur, but the 10 aid groups ordered to leave did most of the work.

Okabe said the groups were informed by the Sudanese government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission that their legal registra-tions have been revoked, were given a list of assets for seizure and told they must leave north Sudan, which includes Darfur, “with immediate effect.”

“Affected NGOs are the main providers of lifesaving humanitarian services, such as water, food, health and sanitation” in the region, she said.

The war in Darfur began in 2003 when rebel groups took up arms against the government, complaining of discrimina-tion and neglect. U.N. officials say up to 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have fled their homes. Many live in camps which NGOs help run.

“If Oxfam’s registration is revoked, it will affect more than 600,000 Sudanese people whom we provide with vital humanitar-ian and development aid, including clean water and sanitation on a daily basis,” Penny Lawrence, Oxfam’s international director, said in London. Oxfam said it is appealing the order to leave.

Save the Children UK said it is help-ing about 50,000 children affected by the Darfur conflict.

“We don’t know what the outcome of these developments will be, but we do know that if we are forced to stop our work, the lives of thousands of children could be at risk,” said Ken Caldwell, the charity’s director of international operations.

CARE, which has operated in Sudan for 28 years and has more than 650 staff in the country, said in a statement that it was providing 1.5 million people with food, water, sanitation, livelihood and health assistance.

Vanessa Van Schoor, Sudan operations manager for MSF Holland, said the group was told several days ago “to pull out of our field projects.”

The expulsion only applies to the Dutch section of MSF, which had 27 interna-tional staff and around 520 national staff in Sudan, Van Schoor said.

Frank Franklin II/The Associated Press

Protestors clash in New York while holding opposing rallies, Wednesday, March 4, near the United

Nations in reaction to the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of masterminding genocide in Darfur.

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OU STUDENTS YOU ARE INVITED!

Chinese author Mo Yan, 2009 Newman Prize laureate, to read and discuss his writings with aninternational panel of literary experts

“If I were to choose a Nobel laureate, it would be Mo Yan.”- 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Kenzaburo Oe

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Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk in “Milk.” The film will play at 4, 7, 10

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L&A BRIEFS

Mariska Hargitay hospitalizedEmmy winner Mariska Hargitay is in the hospital.

The star of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit”

was hospitalized on Wednesday after feeling discom-

fort from a partially collapsed lung. She is currently

undergoing tests.

Hargitay has been ailing since at least mid-January,

when producers announced that she had a partially

collapsed lung. Her spokeswoman, Leslie Sloane, said

the actress “expects to be feeling better soon” and that

production of the show will not be aff ected.

Hargitay, 45, won an Emmy last year for her role as

Detective Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: SVU.”

King of Pop to make comeback Michael Jackson is making his fi rst live appearance

in years, but will it still be a “Thriller?”

The King of Pop is due to meet the press at a London

concert arena this week to announce the mother of all

comebacks — a string of concerts that organizers hope

will net the fi nancially troubled star millions.

But after years of erratic behavior, health fears,

child-abuse allegations and money woes, is the once-

golden Jackson brand tarnished beyond repair?

Jackson, 50, fl ew into London by private jet Tuesday

ahead of a “special announcement” Thursday afternoon

at the city’s O2 Arena. It is widely expected he will

announce a string of up to 30 dates at the domed arena

beside the Thames River which holds up to 20,000

people.

One of the best-selling artists of all time, Jackson

has sold more than 750 million albums and won 13

Grammy awards. “Thriller,” released in 1982, is still the

best-selling album of all time.

Playwright Horton Foote dies at 92Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, who

movingly portrayed the broken dreams of common

people in “The Trip to Bountiful,” ‘’Tender Mercies” and

his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of “To Kill a Mock-

ingbird,” died Wednesday in Connecticut, Paul Marte, a

spokesman for Hartford Stage, said. He was 92.

Foote died in his apartment in Hartford where he

was preparing work on “The Orphans’ Home Cycle,” a

collection of nine plays, for next fall at the nonprofi t

theater, Marte said.

Foote earned him two Academy Awards (“To Kill a

Mockingbird” and “Tender Mercies”) and a 1995 Pulitzer

Prize for “The Young Man From Atlanta.”

–AP

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• Former director of OU art museum finds niche at Kimbell Art Museum

ADAM KOHUT

The Oklahoma Daily

Eric McCauley Lee knows art – and he should.The former director of the Fred Jones Jr.

Museum of Art has a doctorate in art history from Yale University. He has served as the direc-tor of the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati since January 2007. On March 23, he will assume direc-torship of Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum.

During his nearly decade-long tenure at the Jones Museum, Lee was a key figure in the acqui-sition of the Weitzenhoffer Bequest, a collection of 33 French Impressionist paintings which included works from Monet, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir, in 2000. He also headed the museum’s 2005 expansion – the 34,000 square foot Lester Wing designed by Hugh Newell Jacobson, who was a student of Louis Kahn, the architect who designed the Kimbell. According to Lee, the Jones

is a physical “descendent” of the Kimbell.“The Kimbell has been a dream job of mine

since I was in graduate school,” Lee said. “I love the architecture of Louis Kahn. The Kimbell is arguably Kahn’s greatest building -- I think it’s certainly his greatest museum building.”

The museum’s permanent collection is small, Lee said, but the quality of its artwork is exem-plary. The collection consists of less than 350 pieces, but includes works by Picasso, Monet, El Greco and Rembrandt.

“Every work in the collection is of major significance,” he said. “The combination [of the Kimbell’s architecture and exhibitions] … is just magical.”

The museum has a track record of excellent exhibitions and acquisitions, Lee said. There are several exhibitions planned for the museum this year. “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy,” an exhi-bition of Italian art celebrating love and marriage, was showcased at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and opens at the Kimbell on March 15.

Beginning in July, filmmaker Philip Haas (1995’s Oscar-nominated “Angels and Insects”) will debut his series of cinematic interpretations of pieces in the museum’s permanent collection in an exhibi-

tion titled “Butchers, Dragons, Gods and Skeletons: An Exhibition of Film Installations by Philip Haas Inspired by Works in the Collection.” The first installation will focus on Annibale Carracci’s 16th century painting, “The Butcher’s Shop.”

The museum’s exterior will also change during his occupancy as director, Lee said. A building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will begin construction in 2010, with a scheduled com-pletion date of 2012. The building will house spe-cial exhibitions and space for education, which is a major focus of the museum, Lee said.

When he takes over, Lee will become the Kimbell’s fourth director. He will succeed Timothy Potts, who left the museum in 2007 for a directo-rial position at the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambrige in England.

Lee has an “understanding for the Kimbell,” he said. That, coupled with his knowledge of art his-tory and the Southwest will help tremendously in the transition from Ohio to Texas.

“I think my years in Oklahoma will serve me very well when I’m in Fort Worth,” he said. “I’m very much looking forward to coming back to that part of the country. I love the light and the opti-mism of that part of the Southwest. It will seem like coming home.”

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• OU bests Tech, 61-49 in final game for Paris twins, Winchester

ANNELISE RUSSELL

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It’s hard for OU women’s basketball fans to believe the Paris era is almost over, but after a 61-49 win over Texas Tech Wednesday

night, the Sooner seniors ended their career at Lloyd Noble Center with a bang.

“It’s hard to put into words . . . but this is what seniors dream about,” head coach Sherri Coale said. “They’re kind of going out in a story book way.”

Senior center Courtney Paris started the game off for the Sooners by scoring a quick two points, just as she has the past four years at OU.

Her sister, senior for-ward Ashley Paris seemed to fly under the radar for most of the game, but halfway through the sec-ond half, she surged and put up a total of 15 points and 10 rebounds.

“She just needed something good to hap-pen,” Coale said.

This is how it has been all season for the Paris twins.

Just like Wednesday night’s game, Courtney Paris jumped out of the gate from the beginning of her career, impressing her teammates and fans with a natural ability under the basket.

During her freshman year, she averaged 21.9 points and 15 rebounds per game. She was a consensus All-American and Big 12 Freshman Player of the Year.

By her sophomore year, she was the AP Player of the Year and the accolades just kept coming every year.

After her junior season, she was Big 12 Player of the Year for the second straight sea-son and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.

Courtney Paris is now poised to go down in history as one of the most prolific players in women’s college basketball.

“If I’m going to battle and if I got to take

someone with me, I’m taking her,” Coale said.

Coale is not shy to admit the strong presence the Paris twins have had on women’s col-lege basketball by setting records and dominating games.

“Obviously statisti-cal categories have been completely shattered and changed as a result of their presence here,” Coale said.

Ashley Paris took a little more time to warm up than her sister. She was always compared to Courtney Paris’ success and her talent many times was outshined.

“When I first came here, to be honest, I didn’t even have the confidence to wear ear-rings,” Ashley Paris said.

Things changed once Ashley Paris reached her senior year with a new level of confi-dence.

She snuck up on everyone and now is second on the team in scoring at 13 points per game and also puts up 9.6 rebounds per game.

The twins are part of a magical Sooner squad this year who clinched the Big 12 regu-lar season title in the win over Texas Tech.

Sooner fans for years will be celebrating this team and the Paris twins are a big reason why. Although Courtney Paris has been the star for quite some time, both players have left a mark on the program.

“I think mom would agree we have been partners in crime since the womb,” Ashley Paris said.

The Sooners’ final regular season game is against Texas at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball

The women’s tennis team took down No. 32 Tulsa Wednesday, 4-3.

The win snapped OU’s three-match losing streak and the Golden Hurricane’s nine-match winning streak.

The win is OU’s fi rst over a ranked opponent this year.

“I am so proud of the way the team competed today, we gave ourselves a chance at every single position,” OU head coach David Mullins said. “This team has worked incredibly hard since August and truly deserves a win like this.”

The Sooners earned a 1-point

lead by taking an early doubles point

when sophomores Ana-Maria Con-

stantinescu and Maria Kalashnikova

took down Tulsa’s Thalia Diaz-Barriga

and Marta Marcinkowska, 8-1.

In single’s play, Constantinescu

lost her fi rst singles match of the

season in three sets, 2-6, 7-5 and 7-6.

The Sooners rallied to win, despite

Constaninescu’s loss.

The Sooners are in action next on

Sunday for their fi rst match in Nor-

man, a double-header that begins

at 5 p.m.

— DAILY STAFF

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Senior Courtney Paris (3) cuts off a piece of the basketball net Wednesday after winning the final home game against Texas Tech. The Sooners won the game,

61-49. It was the last home game for Paris, senior forward Ashley Paris and senior forward Carolyn Winchester.

“If I’m going to battle and if I got to take someone with me, I’m taking [Courtney].”

Head coach Sherri Coale

Chelsea Garza/The Daily

Senior center Courtney Paris (3) puts up a shot

against Texas Tech Wednesday night at Lloyd Noble

Center.

OU falls on road to Missouri, 73-64• Tigers stay undefeated at home

R.B. FALL STORM

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. — DeMarre Carroll had 15 points and 10 rebounds, helping No. 15 Missouri wind up a perfect sea-son at home and grab a share of second place in the Big 12 with a 73-64 victory over No. 4 Oklahoma on Wednesday night.

Leo Lyons added 15 points and J.T. Tiller had 13 for Missouri (25-5, 12-3), which went 18-0 at home after regain-ing its footing from a 25-point spanking at Kansas three days earlier. Missouri fans typi-cally find their seats after the school’s first basket, but most in a raucous sellout crowd of 15,061 on senior night remained on its feet throughout.

Blake Griffin had 16 points and 21 rebounds, his nation-leading 24th double-double of the season, for Oklahoma (26-4, 12-3), which has lost three of four. Taylor Griffin added 14 points and eight rebounds, while the rest of the Sooners were a combined 12-for-40.

Missouri, which has won eight of nine overall, closes the regular season at Texas A&M on Saturday.

Oklahoma, which has lost six of seven to Missouri, finish-

es at home on Saturday against Oklahoma State.

Griffin, who missed 1½ games with a concussion, hurt the Sooners’ chances for a comeback with three straight missed free throws in the sec-ond half. He finished 2-for-7 from the line and Oklahoma was 5-for-13 from there in the last 20 minutes.

The Sooners committed 22 turnovers, one off their season worst, and their point total was a season low.

Missouri beat its first top five team since defeating the Sooners 67-52 on Feb. 26, 2003, at the old Hearnes Center. Missouri led by as many as 15 points in the second half, and protected a lead that had been whittled to seven in the final 3 minutes.

Blake Griffin nearly had a double-double by halftime with 11 points and nine rebounds, but Missouri had a 39-28 lead behind a balanced attack and 6-for-14 3-point shooting. Carroll had nine points and seven rebounds and Missouri got an unexpected contribution from reserve Justin Safford, who hit his first two 3-pointers and had six points, doubling his scoring total from the previous five games.

Missouri’s start was a big switch from three days earlier when they came out tight, blew several layups and were down 45-19 and out of it by halftime at Kansas.

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I t’s a safe bet to say that soph-omore forward Blake Griffin will be named college basket-

ball’s player of the year. It’s also safe to say that Griffin will be taking the next step and enter-ing the NBA draft after this season, where he will most certainly be the first pick. The questions now are who will get Griffin? And which team is the best fit for the 6-foot-10-inch, 250 pounder?

If you’re unsure how the draft works, the 14 teams that miss the playoffs are entered in a lottery, and the team with the most losses has the most ping pong balls in the drawing, giving them a greater chance to secure the top pick.

With that in mind, here are a few teams with a good chance of getting Griffin.

Sacramento Kings: The Kings are the frontrunner for now, as they have the NBA’s worst record at 13-48. They just traded their for-mer All-Star Brad Miller to the Bulls for nobody sig-nificant in return, and lack someone that can lead that team. If Griffin were to go there, he would be Chicago’s fran-chise player and the Bulls would build the team around him. As good as Griffin is, Sacramento would be a rough way to start an NBA career because the Kings are going to be bad for a while.

Oklahoma City Thunder/Los Angeles Clippers/Memphis Grizzlies: All of these teams cur-rently have 15 wins on the year and have solid chances to get Griffin. All are young but talented, and Griffin could help them imme-diately. In OKC, Griffin would be teamed with Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. That is a big four who with a few years of seasoning and some play-

off experience could be a dynasty-type team.

In Los Angeles, Griffin would be playing with Baron Davis, who when healthy, is arguably the best scoring point guard in the league. Griffin and Davis together could be a two-man game similar to the Phoenix Suns’ Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire.

In Memphis, Griffin would be with former college standout O.J. Mayo and up-and-coming guard Rudy Gay. Just like with OKC, give that team a few years to gel and progress, and it is a champi-onship-quality team.

New York Knicks: A long shot to get Griffin, but just picture this: the Knicks draft Griffin this sea-son, and the next season they sign free agent LeBron James. With King James and “Prince Blake” running New York, I don’t think the question is if they win a cham-pionship, but how many.

Washington Wizards: Personally, I feel this is the best fit for Griffin and they have a solid shot at get-ting him. The Wizards are 14-46; however, this has been due to

many injuries to their main play-ers. All-Stars Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison have missed sig-nificant time this season due to injury. However, if this team is healthy by next season and it gets Griffin, it imme-diately becomes an elite team in the Eastern C o n f e r e n c e . With Griffin and Jamison in the front court, and Arenas and Butler in the back court,

Washington would have one of the best starting lineups in the league.

These are the teams I feel have a solid chance at getting Griffin when the NBA draft comes along. It might be one of these teams, might not. Who will win the lot-tery and hit the jackpot by get-ting Griffin? Only time will tell.

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Sooners down Tulsa, 5-3• Vandever knocks in three runs as OU gets season sweep over TU

AARON COLEN

The Oklahoma Daily

The Sooners needed to use all their skills on both offense and defense Wednesday night to pull out a close 5-3 victory over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

“We always have to be really focused with Tulsa,” junior Lindsey Vandever said. “And they do always bring their ‘A’ game with us.”

OU went deep twice in the game, first with Vandever hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, and again when sophomore utility player Wendy Trott hit a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth inning.

“Getting good pitches to hit is probably my biggest thing right now,” Vandever said. “Me and coach [Tripp] McKay have been work-ing a lot on my swing.”

The Sooners also displayed strong base-running with several steals in the game. In the fifth inning, sophomore outfielder Krystle Huey pinch ran for freshman catcher Katie Norris, who had just singled with two outs.

With Vandever on third, Huey stole second base, and Vandever scored OU’s fifth and final run of the game, putting a cap on an explosive offensive performance.

“Coach kind of set it up,” Vandever said. “[The batter] did a little fake bunt so the second baseman would go to cover first and then she wouldn’t have a shortcut. I just took off right when the catcher threw it.”

Freshman Allee Allen pitched a complete game for the Sooners. Allen struggled early on, allowing two runs in the first inning, but recovered to get the win by striking out eight batters and only allow-ing one more run for the rest of the game.

“One thing I was proud about with Allee is that she did start off a little rough, but she was able to settle in,” assistant head coach Melyssa Lombardi said. “She had some smooth innings and then she had some innings where she was able to get herself out of a jam.”

OU played a clean game defensively, recording no errors.Now the Sooners must prepare for The Preview presented by

Worth, where they face off against the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers

and No. 16 Northwestern in a double round-robin tournament that runs Friday through Sunday.

“We’re pumped,” Vandever said. “It’s awesome to bring two big teams in here, we hardly ever get to unless it’s like Regionals or something.”

The tournament begins Friday with the first game in Norman, before moving to Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City for the remainder of the weekend.

Sophomore gymnast Steven

Legendre was named the College

Gymnastics Association National

Gymnast of the Week on Wednesday.

Legendre earned the honor after

he earned a school-record 16.500

on vault last week against No. 9

Nebraska Saturday night. The Sooners

won the match by a score of 358.300-

342.400.

He also set season-high marks

for the Sooners, scoring a 15.150 on

rings and a15.800 on fl oor to give OU

the win on both events.

Legendre won the all-around by

scoring 90.750 and won four events.

The score was the highest in men’s

NCAA gymnastics this season.

He was also named the Mountain

Pacifi c Sports Federation Gymnast of

the Week as well.

— DAILY STAFF

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baseman Vanessa Vice reachers for the ball during Wednesday’s matchup

against Tulsa. The Sooners won, 5-3, giving OU a season sweep of the Golden

Hurricane.

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SEASONAL HELP WANTEDAPRIL 1 - OCTOBER 31

THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENTNow Hiring Temporary Employees GROUNDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION

Litter Crews: Start at $7.45/hr. • Line Trimmers: Start at $8.60/hr.Mowing Crews: Start at $11.00/hr.

Apply at: OKC Parks and Recreation420 West Main, Suite 210, OKC, OK 73102

For info, call (405) 297-2341TDD/Hearing Impaired: (405) 297-2549 EOE

Thursday, March 5, 20096B

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