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AFFORDABLE FUEL? THEFT

Thieves steal unattended tech devices

Spend less at the pump

BENNETT HALLCampus Reporter

Oklahoma gas prices are the lowest they have been in a year and are the second lowest in the nation, meaning good news for commuters but potentially bad news for the state’s economy.

Tuesday’s per-gallon price average in Oklahoma was $3.28, according to a press release from the American Automobile Association.

For commuting students, this means they’ll spend less money driving back and forth between home and campus.

Microbiology junior Rand Alzubi commutes daily from northwest Oklahoma City. She not only searches for the cheapest station to fill up in the morning, but she also uses a phone app to find the most efficient route to the stations.

State fuel prices have been falling on a daily basis since Feb. 22, said Chuck Mai, vice president for pub-lic affairs of the American Automobile Association’s Oklahoma branch.

“But, prices have been on a nonstop roller coaster for the past 15 or 20 years,” Mai said.

This yearly low price is primarily due to two things, he said.

First, prices are low because there is a high quantity

KAITLYN UNDERWOODCampus Reporter

Since January 2012, a total of 51 technological devices have been re-ported missing. Of those, 18 were cell phones, 26 were laptop computers and seven were items such at iPads and iPods, according to OU Police Department records.

Of all the thefts, only four cases have resulted in a recovery of proper-ty or an arrest. The ma-jority of the stolen items were “unattended and unsecured,” according to OUPD records.

Oklahoma Memorial Union, Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Bizzell Memorial Library and residence halls are the main spots where thieves take advantage of unat-tended technology, ac-cording to the records.

This semester, four iP-hones were stolen from t h e Hu s t o n Hu f f m a n Fitness Center, three of

which were picked up off the ground as the owner played basketball. Three laptops and one iPad were snatched from the union. And, as in years past, most thefts from the union have occurred near Crossroads Restaurant, according to the records.

However, last semester sticky hands plundered more technological devic-es from OU owned hous-ing than the fitness cen-ter or the union. Walker Center, Couch Center and Traditions Square West apartments each suffered one reported theft for fall 2012. A total of 14 thefts were reported throughout the semester, according to the records.

The Bizzell Memorial L i b r a r y e x p e r i e n c e d a sprinkling of the 14 technol-ogy thefts during the spring 2012 semester. Thieves hus-tled two laptops and one Kindle from the library, but one arrest and charge was made in the case of a stolen

Students can get more gas for their buck as pump prices steadily decline

EVAN BALDACCINICampus Reporter

St u d e nt s w i l l e x e r-cise their vocal cords to see who will become the next Sooner Idol at a sing-ing competition at 7 p.m. Saturday in Oklahoma M e m o r i a l U n i o n ’ s Meacham Auditorium.

Organized by the Union Programming Board, OU’s version of American Idol is open to all students and judged by a student, facul-ty member and staff mem-ber and emceed by Clarke Stroud, OU’s vice presi-dent of student affairs and dean of students.

Ten contestants were chosen to compete at the event after auditioning on March 26, according to Daily archives.

Scholarships will be a w a r d e d t o t h e w i n -ners, with $500 going to the winner, $300 to the runner-up and $200 to the crowd favorite, said Lauren Giddens, Union

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Gabrielle Reyes, University College freshman, gives a student a flag to add to the UNICEF Tap Project monument on the South Oval.

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Students to compete in Sooner Idol PROGRAMMING BOARD

Programming Board gradu-ate assistant and second year human relations graduate student.

The competition will begin with all 10 contestants per-forming a group number, pop artist Beyonce Knowles’ “End of Time,” followed by the in-troduction of the judges and

contestants, said Bridgitte Castorino, graduate assistant for the Union Programming Board. The contestants will then perform their individu-al songs followed by a short question and answer session after each performance.

A f t e r a l l c o n t e s t a n t s perform, there will be an

Ten Sooners are chosen for Idol

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Last year’s Sooner Idol winner Keegan Josephson, now a vocal per-formance sophomore, sings and plays his guitar to the top.

intermission with a perfor-mance by the Sooner Idol winner from last year, Keegan Josephson, Castorino said.

After the intermission, the top three contestants will come back to perform one more time to determine who the next Sooner Idol will be, Castorino said.

The three judges for this year’s competition are busi-ness management senior and Mr. OU 2013 David Postic, dance professor Derrick Minter and OU’s Housing and Food Services center coordinator LaVonya Bennett, Castorino said.

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GO AND DOSooner IdolWhen: 7 p.m. Saturday

Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Mecham Auditorium

Price: Free

Flags fly for awareness on the South Oval Campus: Three campus organizations stormed the South Oval to raise awareness for different causes from waterborne illnesses to hateful language. (Online)

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of gas and a low demand because Americans are driving less than they used to, Mai said.

“Americans as a whole are driving fewer miles because along with every positive economic indicator we see, there comes a negative one as well. Americans are skeptical as we pull out of the recession,” Mai said.

Second, there are a large number of gas stations in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa area that create competi-tions between the stations and drive down costs, he said.

If his projections are correct, Mai believes the downward price trend will continue because prices have re-mained low during the regular price spike, he said.

“It seems like we have weathered the normal price spike at the be-

ginning of the year,” he said.

That’s good news for OU students who

will be going back and forth between their home-

towns and campus this summer.Public relations freshman Breanna

Bober said she will be making the commute down Interstate 35 several times a week in June and July to give campus tours.

“It’s still going to be a lot of money, so I might try to work more shifts

each day to pay for it,” she said.While low pump prices are helpful

to the average nine-to-five commut-er and summer vacationer, the neg-ative lies in the effect on the state’s government and economy, Mai said.

Lower crude oil prices mean the oil and gas industries pay less in gross production taxes, so the state government has less money coming in to fund programs, initiatives and improvements, he said.

Bennett Hallbenhall@ou.edu

laptop. Crime struck again at the fitness center spring 2012, with a total of four cell phones and one iPod stolen.

To help combat technology theft, Lt. Bruce Chan, OUPD spokesman, said stu-dents should never leave their valuable technology unattended on campus.

“Lock your dorm room; lock your car,” Chan said. “Another thing to do is make sure you have complete identifiers on all of your property, such as serial numbers, make and model, those sorts of things.”

In the event a theft does occur, Chan said students should voice the incident immediately.

“Report it as quickly as possible to the police department and we can start look-ing for it,” Chan said.

Although OUPD records show recovery of stolen technology is rare, Chan explained

if the police have the serial number, it’s pos-sible they could recover it.

Although students may register their de-vices to OU’s Wi-Fi, there is not currently a system in place to register the device itself with the university, said Sydney Vaughn, executive secretary to Loretta Early, vice president and chief information officer for OU.

Lacking a system to register technologi-cal devices with OUPD, it is up to students to keep their devices secured and protect-ed, Vaughn said.

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skeptical as we pull out of the recession.”

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Gas prices have steadily decreased over the last year in Oklahoma, making the state No. 2 in the U.S. for the lowest average gas prices. Source: American Automobile Association report

“... make sure you have complete identifiers on all of your property, such as serial numbers, make and model,

those sorts of things.”LIEUTENANT BRUCE CHAN,

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AT A GLANCE Gas prices around Norman• GasBuddy cheapest gas closest to the South Oval

• Campus Market: 0.5 miles away, $3.29 per gallon, located at 211 W. Boyd and Debarr Ave.

• Shell: 0.7 miles away, $3.23 per gallon, located at 1200 W Lindsey Street and Berry Road

• Phillips 66: 0.7 miles away, $3.29 per gallon, located at 1209 W Lindsey Street and Berry Road

• Conoco: 0.9 miles away, $3.29 per gallon, located at 750 E Lindsey Street and Classen Blvd.

• Conoco: 1 mile away, $3.18 per gallon, located 800 W Main Street and S Pickard Ave.

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“It seems like we have weathered the normal

price spike at the beginning of the year.”

CHUCK MAI, VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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Our view: Dead week should be a time to study for finals, not finishing projects and papers.

Dead week isn’t dead. It isn’t even maimed or sickly. Dead week is alive and well as students turn in final pa-pers, finish group projects and make presentations in class.

On top of the extra work students have to wrap up at the end of the semester, final exams are right around the corner.

Even if it means making as-signments due earlier in the semes-ter, teachers should keep dead week dead so students have enough time to study for finals.

To perform well on final exams, students must devote at least five to 10 hours per class. If a student has five classes, this amounts to 25 to 50 hours of studying to be properly pre-pared for final exams.

Moreover, exams frequently fall on the same day, making preparation even more difficult.

For students with part or full-time jobs, this adds a significant burden to an already stressful time.

To help with this situation, Bizzell Memorial Library is open 24 hours a day. Students drink coffee, red bull and splash their faces with water to stay up and cram for tests the next

day. Is it really dead week if stu-dents have to stay up around the clock?

In 2010, the Faculty Senate de-cided to table any changes to dead week policy until 2014. This demonstrates teachers do not care

about dead week. By 2014, students who

were here in 2010 will be gone. This is a backhanded attempt by faculty Senate to ignore the issue.At least student organizations take dead week seriously. The

Co-Curricular Involvement Policy prohibits events held during dead week. Faculty Senate should fol-low suit.Teachers are in control over their course material and as-signments. Timing is critical.

Assigning project and papers early allows students to properly plan for time allocations surround-ing finals. Not every student has the luxury of devoting all their time to studying for finals during dead week.

Students have the ability to change dead week policy. When filling out your course evaluations, make sure you advocate for a prop-er dead week. You can also ask the teacher to plan assignments far in advance.

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In 2009, Herbert and Catherine Schaible of Philadelphia were

charged with involuntary manslaughter and placed on probation when their 2 year old, Kent, became deathly ill and the Schaibles decided to pray for him instead of taking him to the hospital. They let their child suffer and die because their particular religious beliefs prohibit giving any medical treat-ment. The Schaibles are members of the ter-ribly ironically named First Century Gospel Church, which restricts them to first century medicine.

Last week, they lost a second child, 8-month-old Brandon Schaible, to diarrhea and breathing problems. Brandon suffered from these symptoms for a week before he died. He was a helpless child, and nobody helped him. The Schaibles are headed back to court while their remaining seven chil-dren wait to find out if they are to become wards of the state.

It is tempting to point out that in all of re-corded human history, the only document-ed cases of people being spontaneously healed by a god exist in the religious texts of whichever god is doing the healing. It is also hard to bite my tongue and not mention that until the late 1920s, when penicillin burst onto the scene, any life could be cut short by an infection that we now consider to be rela-tively harmless, regardless of holiness or BFF status with this creator of the universe or that one. All that one could do, before antibiotics and the birth of modern medicine, was pray. It didn’t work too well. If it had, well then we wouldn’t need penicillin, would we?

A child is not your property to do with what you will. A child is a human being that deserves basic rights, and parental guard-ianship as defined by the law of the land in-cludes providing proper medical care.

Rejecting medicine in favor of trusting Jesus to heal you, it turns out, isn’t so great

for your health.There is a lot of lip service

these days given to “respect-ing the beliefs of others.” I agree, at face value, that let-ting people believe whatever they want is the right thing to do. However, when those be-liefs have a negative effect on others, the fact that a belief is founded on religious faith is

meaningless and should be fought the hard-est by people who share in that faith.

The First Century Gospel Church, which has multiple congregations in multiple states, is a cult. If I were a Christian, I’d be the first and loudest to denounce this church and their practices, as it would be a reflec-tion of my own faith.

When a suicide bombing happens in Iraq or Afghanistan in the name of Allah, nobody here cares what sect of Islam the bomber belonged to or to what fringe mentality he or she adhered. It works the other way, too. To outsiders like me, this group’s actions taint the whole brand of Christianity in the same way that altar boy molestation does.

There needs to be legislation introduced at the state and federal levels that clearly de-fines the law and the penalty for breaking it regarding the responsibilities of those who care for small children. I know that there are smart, level headed, justice-minded Christians out there who are horrified at the neglect, torture and death of a small child in the name of their religion. Those people need to stand up to the fringes of their group or be lumped in with them by the rest of the civilized world.

Let’s work together to make sure that the Brandons of our society are protected. We can start by making our state and federal leg-islators aware of the issue and insisting that legislation be written addressing it.

Trent Cason is an English literary and cultural studies senior.

The Boston Marathon bombing has been the big story on

news channels for the past week. In the wake of this tragedy major news sources failed to cover other signifi-cant events.

Multiple news stories broke during and after the April 15 bombing of the Boston Marathon. A fertilizer plant in West, Texas exploded, North Korea demanded to be recognized as a nuclear power and the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act passed through the House.

I understand the media must report when big news stories arise. The tragic events at the Boston Marathon are no exception. The country was gripped by the story, but there is a point at which you have to actually report on other events.

The fertilizer plant deserved more cover-age. The plant hadn’t been inspected since 1985, according to Think Progress, and it held 1,350 times the legal limit of ammoni-um nitrate, according to Huffington Post. Fourteen people died from the explosion.

Remember North Korea? We were all super scared of the country about five min-utes ago, but now everyone has since for-gotten North Korea has threatened to wipe South Korea off the face of the planet. Well, now they’re demanding to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and they are refusing the U.S. request to end it’s nuclear program before negotiations begin. This is a pretty big deal — not a surprising one, but big nonetheless. North Korea is posed to continue in it’s aggressive, threatening stance. But this story was not given the atten-tion it deserved on public airwaves.

The House also passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

in a 288-127 vote. It’s now headed to the Senate. The act is a controversial an-ti-piracy bill that has a lot to dislike. According to the act, companies have to give up your information during a “cyber threat,” but the act defines a cyber threat as efforts to degrade, disrupt or destroy government or

private systems and networks,” according to the Atlantic Wire. This sounds like a good measure, and it would be if it were limited to malicious things, but it’s not. For example, it would be a “cyber threat,” to joke about dis-rupting private networks. President Barack Obama has already said if the bill makes it through the Senate he will veto it. The act slipped right under everyone’s nose, and although President Obama has said he will veto the bill, it’s important to point out that our Congress wants to pass a bill that could limit the freedom of speech. How these peo-ple keep getting elected is anyone’s guess.

Broadcasters have an obligation to the people. They are given the gift of the air-waves in exchange for educational, infor-mative programming that became news broadcasting. But since stations compete for ratings, they sensationalize old information to keep viewers from changing the channel.

News broadcasters might have reported news, but they certainly didn’t give enough time to other newsworthy events. When you notice news stations are sensationalizing an event, it may be time to change the channel, or turn the television off. If you’re looking for more news you might try checking on-line. Other stories will be posted online that might be overlooked by news channels.

Jeff Black is a broadcasting junior.

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THUMBS UP: Gas prices are going down this spring continuing a year-long trend. Less people are driving for economic reasons creating a significant oil surplus. (Page 1)

OPINIONFriday, April 26, 2013 • 3

Over the past year, many political policies dealing with legalizing homosexual marriage, over-the-counter birth control and availability of the

morning after pill have been met with objections from re-ligious groups on the grounds that the Bible forbids these things.

Why do religious organizations object to these policies while ignoring so many other policies God said are imper-ative? Why do religious groups pick and choose what is important to uphold in God’s name? Beliefs are not a caf-eteria lunch line. If you are picking and choosing what you think is important and what can be thrown out, why are you believing in it at all? Let’s take a look at some of the things the Bible claims many religions disregard:

TattoosYes, even crosses or bible verse tattoos. Not even the name of your dear, sweet departed

granny can be inked on your skin. Leviticus 19:28 states: “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you.”

Second MarriagesAccording to the Bible, one chance is all you get. Once you divorce you cannot remarry.

That is how deep the sanctity of marriage goes. Mark 10:11-12 states, “Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.” I guess that means I will be sin-gle for the rest of my life.

Working on SundayExodus 31:14-15 states, “Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you:

every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.” That means when my neighbor, James, mows his lawn this Sunday I am supposed to kill him. To be polite, I will invite him to lunch first.

Eating shellfishThis has to be the worst and, for me, the most disregarded. Leviticus 10-11 says, “And

all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh.” At least your date won’t have to worry about having the lobster.

HaircutsGod would prefer us to be au natural, apparently. Leviticus 19:27 states, “Ye shall not

round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.”

Many of the things stated in the Bible have become subjective. I will continue to support gay rights, reproductive rights and many other policies most religious communities do not support. Either everything said in the bible is irrelevant or nothing is.

They are not something that you should pick and choose from and hide behind.

Sarah Sullivan is a professional writing junior.

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JONO GRECOAssistant Sports Editor

This should be an inter-esting weekend at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

First, the No. 11 Oklahoma baseball team will be with-out what was a potential first round draft pick in junior pitcher Dillon Overton in its series against Texas Tech starting at 6:30 tonight.

Overton is sidelined be-cause of an elbow sprain suf-fered during a bullpen ses-sion Tuesday.

Overton leads the Sooners (31-10, 8-4 Big 12) with an 8-2 record and has a 2.52 ERA, so now coach Sunny Golloway will have to find a way to fill out a rotation when he’s al-ready having problems trying to figure out a regular Sunday starter.

“I’m not sure (what I’ll do),” Golloway said. “It’s (ju-nior pitcher) Jon (Gray), then I’m not sure.”

Golloway joked about try-ing to throw Gray all three games in hopes his lineup will give him an early lead, but the serious reality is he is going to have to find a

Tuesday — with only one midweek game in Norman.

“It’s weird; I can’t believe this is our last home week-end series already,” senior shortstop Jack Mayfield said. “It’s gone by way too fast, but we’re looking forward to it. This is going to be a big weekend.”

Winning this weekend’s series against Texas Tech (19-22, 5-10 Big 12) is big for two reasons. First, for the Sooners to separate themselves from the pack in the conference standings, and second, to putting together victories be-fore having to play the bulk of their games away from home, Mayfield said.

“It’s really tough winning on the road,” he said. “You just never know what could

SAM HOFFMANSports Reporter

The No. 14 OU men’s tennis team wants to re-peat what it did last year — win the Big 12 Tennis Championship — when it hosts the conference tourna-ment, which starts today in Norman at the Headington Family Tennis Pavilion.

Play begins today, but the Sooners (17-6, 4-1 Big 12) se-cured a bye as the No. 2 seed when they beat in-state rival Oklahoma State last Sunday. As a result, OU will play the winner of No. 3 seed Texas and No. 6 seed Oklahoma State at noon Saturday. The Sooners were victorious against both Texas and OSU in the regular season, beat-ing each of them, 5-2.

The top-seeded Baylor Bears also received a bye after winning the Big 12 reg-ular season and will play the winner of No. 4 seed TCU and No. 5 seed Texas Tech.

With two tournaments left this season — the Big 12 Championships and the NCAA Tournament — OU is hoping to start a successful postseason.

“It’s like starting a new season right now because the regular season’s over; we just have two tournaments,”

OU chases second consecutive title

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Senior Costin Paval charges the net to win the point against Oklahoma State senior Rifat Biktyakov during the Sooners’ Bedlam tennis win on Sunday at Headington Family Tennis Pavilion. Paval ultimately won the match, 6-0, 1-0, after Biktyakov forfeited.

sophomore Dane Webb said. “I remember last year; we did everything well, we won Big 12 [regular season] and the Big 12 Tournament, then we lost to Tulsa in the round of 32 or something in the NCAA’s, and it still felt like we didn’t have a great season — a great end to it — so it’s like a new season. Hopefully, we can win some of the match-es we lost during the regular

season.”One of the matches the

Sooners lost during the regu-lar season and are looking to win during the tournament is against Baylor. OU’s only loss in conference play came to Baylor, and if the Sooners were to play the Bears again, it would be in the Big 12 final.

We b b c o u l d n o t h e l p but think ahead to another chance against Baylor.

“I think most of us, we really want to play Baylor again because we lost that match there in Waco,” Webb said. “We’ve got to take care of one match at a time, but I think we’re really looking forward to that one. It’d be nice to play them at home with our people and on our courts and stuff, and we’ll have a good chance at beat-ing them. It’s always good to

get revenge on somebody.”Freshman Axel Alvarez

Llamas agrees.“Yeah, I think we have a

big chance against them,” he said. “I don’t think the re-sult that we had there was a real result. You cannot trust that; we had a couple of real-ly close matches, and we can beat them. We can beat them for sure.”

How ever, coach John

Roddick is staying realistic about the rematch against Baylor and remains focused about the competition his squad will face on Saturday.

“I’m glad they want to play [Baylor] again, but hav-ing said that, it means we have to get through a team on Saturday,” Roddick said. “We don’t really want to look ahead, but my con-cern is what we have to do on Saturday because we’re going to play a good team on Saturday, whoever gets through there, somebody who is playing well. So it’s not going to be any guaran-tee that we do move on.”

Senior Costin Paval likes the team’s chances with a first-round bye and the privilege of hosting the tournament.

“It’s definitely an advan-tage — home court, your o w n c ro w d — y o u j u s t need to focus on the way you’re playing,” Paval said. “[Hosting the tournament] should help a little, but in the end it’s still tough matches. Even if you have a little bit of an extra edge, it doesn’t count as much.”

OU knows the kind of focus it takes to win the tour-nament, and it remains fo-cused on its Saturday match-up, but the defending cham-pions would like another chance to repeat on Sunday in Norman.

OUDaily.com ››� e Women’s 2013 Big 12 Tennis Championships began � ursday, but OU faces Texas for its � rst match of the tourney at 3 p.m. today in Norman.

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SPORTSFriday, April 26, 2013 • 5

Dillon Phillips, sports editorJono Greco, assistant editor

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MEN’S TENNIS

No. 14 Sooners host Big 12 tournament

BASEBALL

Oklahoma faces rival Texas Tech without star pitcherOverton injures elbow, unable to pitch on Senior Day

Saturday and Sunday pitcher soon.

His options most likely are junior lefty Ethan Carnes, who was solid in his seven innings last Sunday, red-shirt freshman lefty Adam Choplick, who had been the team’s Sunday starter for about the last two months, and freshman righty Ralph Garza Jr. Garza has made one start this year, tossing a complete game against Oral Roberts.

“We had two guys throw-ing really well, and we have a closer, and when one of those two guys throwing really well gets hurt … I don’t know,” Golloway said. “I’m going to have to give it some time and think about it.

“I don’t know. I’m sup-posed to know, but I don’t know.”

There is no set timetable for Overton’s return.

Second, this weekend marks the team’s Senior Day, although there is almost a month left in the regular season.

Following this weekend, the Sooners have 11 games before the Big 12 Tournament on their schedule — there may be one make-up game thrown in for the rained-out game against Arkansas on

happen on the road. Our main thing is trying to win the series here while we have a good shot at it with our home crowd and our home field.”

Although he’s not a senior, this most likely will be Gray’s last start at L. Dale Mitchell Park. It will be his last out-ing in Norman if OU does not host a regional or super regional.

Gray (7-1, 1.09 ERA) is projected to be one of the top picks in the MLB Draft in June, and he has been in contact with many of the teams with the first few picks, he said. The Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs, who have the first two picks in the draft, have contacted him the most, Gray said.

“I’ve had a lot of guys from the Cubs and Astros have come and talked to me quite a bit,” he said. “That’s a pretty good spot to be.”

Two teams previously had drafted Gray. The Kansas City Royals took him in the 13th round out of high school in 2010, and the New York Yankees chose him in the 10th round in 2011 when he was pitching at East Oklahoma State College.

But with the two teams who have the top two picks in this year’s draft showing a lot of interest, it makes his return

to OU unlikely.Finally, it’s no secret there

is some bad blood between these two coaching staffs.

Texas Tech coach Tim Tadlock, assistant coach Russell Raley and pitching coach Ray Hayward all used to coach at Oklahoma, with Tadlock and Raley being the most recent departures.

Tadlo ck j oine d Texas Tech’s program in 2012 and took over before this season, and Raley joined staff follow-ing the end of last season. Hayward was part of OU’s staff between 2000 and 2004.

Following last year’s series in Lubbock that the Sooners won, 2-1, Tadlock told OU’s coaching staff to “enjoy it while you can,” which did not sit well with the visiting coaches, Golloway said.

“ I d o n ’ t k n o w w h y (Tadlock) made that com-ment,” he said about facing the Big 12’s cellar dweller. “He (was) an assistant coach and made a really poor com-ment to me and the coaching staff. So, we’re trying to enjoy it while we can.”

PLAYER PROFILEKolbey Carpenter

Year: Freshman

Position: First base/designated hitter

Scoop:Carpenter has returned to the team after spending the past week in West, Texas, with his family and friends following the fertilizer plant explosion last week. Carpenter has missed the last three games — a stretch where OU went 3-0 against New Orleans — and returns with a .258 batting average with one home run and 14 RBIs.

“I’m glad he’s back. That’s one

bright spot.”SUNNY GOLLOWAY,

OU COACH

“It’s weird; I can’t believe this is our

last home weekend series already. It’s gone by way

too fast, but we’re looking forward to it. This is going to be a

big weekend.”JACK MAYFIELD,

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FILM REVIEW

Redford captures spotlight again

Brent Stenstrombrent.e.stenstrom-1@ou.edu

LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST

Move over Shia LaBeouf. Robert Redford

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For almost 50 years now, Redford has made his career by directing, producing and acting in some of the best films in the past half-century. He won an Oscar for direct-ing “Ordinary People,” ousting legendary director Martin Scorsese (“Raging Bull”). Along with directing, Redford produced “The Motorcycle Dairies” and starred in such classics as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “The Candidate.”

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“The Company You Keep” holds your interest from start to finish. It has moments where the plot could have been sped up a bit, but overall, it is a heart-warming story of a man’s love for those around him.

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LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST Fashion is not often seen around campus. Occasionally you’ll find someone in excellent shoes, or perhaps a slim-cut suit, but overall our dress tends to betray how much of a backwater we are when it comes to the fashion industry.

We buy what’s available, and unlike New York City, Oklahoma City does not exactly have a Supreme or a Prada outlet around the corner. However, the mere fact that we don’t have access to easy fashion does not mean it can’t happen here in Norman, Okla. At the moment, there are a num-ber of color schemes blowing up in the fashion industry that can make their way into anyone’s wardrobe. Here are five easy ways to look fashionable here and now.

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You’ll find lots of different shades making the rounds, but indigo is the color of the year. In part thanks to the resurgence of the denim shirt and the denim jacket, anything and everything is showing up dyed inky blue. Whether it’s faded out or over-dyed, get out the blues and pair them with whatever you want. In fact, due to the fact that blue and black has recently become a popular combination, take advantage of the neutrals, too, and wear your blacks, blues and whites together. At the moment, it’s a look in which you just can’t go wrong.

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shade of gray in between. The trend stretches from hip-hop fashion to formal suiting (and not just the tux)

all the way to the mildly confusing “goth ninja” trend that has been making its rounds (just trust me, Google it). If you want to look like you know what you’re doing, try out an outfit with nothing but neutrals, focusing on the black. It looks harsh, but the effect is dramatic.

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women. Now that we are at the point where spring

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