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INSIDE TODAYCampus......................2
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Opinion.....................3
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L&A: Students have an opportunity to see the work of graduate art students in new exhibit. (Page 6)
Sports: Oklahoma hopes to bounce back against an improved Kansas team. (Page 5)
SHUTDOWN
Crisis averted—uncertainty loomsMOLLY EVANSAssistant Campus Editor
The nation averted a government crisis on Wednesday, but if Democrats and Republicans can’t agree by January or February, another shutdown could occur, OU political science professors fear.
Th e 1 6 - d ay g ov e r n m e nt s hu t d ow n c o n c l u d e d Wednesday night with steps to form a budget resolution by mid-December, political science professor Ron Peters said.
Those steps included funding government agencies until Jan. 15, lifting the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, compensating the furloughed government employees and ultimately averting default.
That means in the weeks ahead the government will be getting back to work, avoiding a debt crisis and adhering to crucial decision deadlines, Peters said.
“This is a positive development insofar as the nation averted a crisis and set in place a timetable that might yield an agreement,” Peters said. “It is, however, no way to run the country, and we can only hope that next time around they’ll be able to reach a compromise on a sustained fiscal policy.”
To compromise, the conferees will have to address
expenses and revenues as well as discretionary and entitle-ment programs, Peters said.
“This debate over the budget has been going on for sev-eral years, and it is not clear whether the Republicans and Democrats can now reach agreement when they have not been able to in the past,” Peters said.
An extension of the debt ceiling and increased stability in fiscal policy are possible if Democrats and Republicans can reach an agreement, Peters said. But if they cannot, then Peters believe there will be a similar “showdown” in January or February, he said.
With the government open, professors wonder if this solution is temporary
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
It’s time for an upgrade: D2L Version 10.2Web interface to undergo a few minor mid-semester changes this Sunday
RACHAEL MONTGOMERYCampus Reporter
OU’s learning management system, Desire 2 Learn, will go offline Sunday to upgrade to system 10.2, making the website easier and more efficient for students and faculty to navigate and access.
D2L will be inaccessible to students starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday and will come back online later that day, ac-cording to the OU Academic Tech website.
The main changes that will come with the upgrade in-clude a new look for the discussions pages, a more easily accessible view of the content list and an auto-complete option for composing email messages, said Becky Grant, information technology communications manager.
Although the upgrade is not part of the digital initiative introduced last year, it is OU IT’s means of offering the best possible learning experience to students, Grant said.
The upgrade from version 10 to 10.2 is a minor switch, Grant said. By making small updates more frequently, the learning curve for students and instructors will be mini-mized, Grant said.
A big change, such as the upgrade from DSL version 9 to 10, would not occur mid-semester but rather at the end of a semester, Grant said.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
20 year old class facing potential cancellationUpper-division course in the education department is facing low enrollment
BENNETT HALLCampus Reporter
A mid-semester weekend course about Oklahoma’s ecosystem is facing low enrollment and potential can-cellation as its Oct. 19 start date approaches.
“Projects WET, WILD and Learning Tree,” a two-credit upper-division course within the education department, is offered over a four-week period each semester to edu-cation and non-education undergraduates and graduate students.
Open to all students for over 20 years, the class typi-cally operates with 15 or more students, said Edmund Marek, the course instructor and a College of Education
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HOMECOMING TRADITION
CAITLIN SCHACHTERCampus Reporter
It takes months of planning and cultivation, but the time has finally ar-rived. The mums have blossomed.
More than 12,500 red, white and yellow chrysanthemums, along with 10,000 Joseph’s Coat plants, were planted for this year’s landscape de-sign on the South Oval, according to a press release.
However, planning to get these chrysanthemums in the ground starts almost five months in advance, and the process isn’t completed until homecoming.
The flowers have been planted in a different design for homecoming every year for the last 25 years, said Allen King, Landscape and Grounds director.
This year, the flowers were planted in diamond patterns that resemble a continuous ribbon with an OU banner at each end. The flowers are planted so that the yellow and red diamond pat-terns are split into two matching rows all the way down the South Oval.
“If you look at one row on the left side and then look at a row on the right
side they should come together,” said Tech 3 landscaper Angel Mejia.
After semesters of preparing the South Oval for homecoming with thousands of chrysanthemums, the work of OU landscapers was put to the test on Thursday when aerial photos were taken of the flower design.
Before homecoming every year, OU landscapers photograph the South Oval from a hydraulic lift to make sure the chrysanthemums have been planted in the correct pattern, Mejia said.
OU also invites members of the media to use the bucket truck to take their own aerial photos of the oval, ac-cording to a press release.
“Media and photographers from across the state come to the campus every year to take photographs of the designs,” King said.
OU Landscape and Grounds work-ers began tilling and ripping out the flowerbeds in the spring, King said. In the second week of June, it took them about a week to plant all of the chrysanthemums.
Chrysanthemums are planted be-cause they bloom during football sea-son, King said.
Though the flowers are plant-ed months ahead, they don’t begin to blossom until a few weeks before homecoming, said gardener Chester Warner. For the chrysanthemums to peak around homecoming, workers use varying amounts of fertilizer.
After the flowers have been in the ground for three to four months, the gardeners use a slow-release fertiliz-er to help the chrysanthemums reach their full bloom, Mejia said. A month before homecoming, they also give the chrysanthemums blossom food, which helps to increase the blossom.
“The more fertilizer you have, the better,” Mejial said. “Although this year we’ve had really good rain so that has really helped the mums.”
Planting chrysanthemums on the South Oval has been a homecoming tradition for many years, King said. The Morris Pitman family’s garden en-dowment fund pays for funds planting the chrysanthemums each year.
Landscape and Grounds hard work finally pays off
Flowers on South Oval in full bloom
“Media and photographers from across the state come to the campus every year
to take photographs of the designs.”ALLEN KING,
LANDSCAPE AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR
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Mums have been planted on the South Oval for homecoming week. This year’s theme is “Homecoming Ribbon.” Over 12,500 red, white and yellow chrysanthemums, along with 10,000 Joseph’s coat plants, were used in this year’s design. The design resembles a continuous ribbon with an OU banner at each end.
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todAy AroUnd CAmpUsA modern languages conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the oklahoma memorial Union’s scholars room. tierra tinta is the graduate student organization of oU’s department of modern Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. the conference will encourage dialogue and research in the fields of Latin American, spanish and Luso-Brazilian studies.
A meet up for graduate students and faculty will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Wagner Hall, room 280. refreshments will be provided.
An opportunity to guess the score of the oU vs. KU game will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the oklahoma memorial Union’s first floor lobby. students can play for a chance to win either a Kindle Fire Hd or a 32-inch Vizio flat screen at the end of the semester.
An informational session about international study funding will be presented at noon in david L. Boren Hall, room 180 and 181. Boren Awards will provide up to $30,000 for U.s. graduate students and $20,000 for U.s. undergraduates.
An opening reception for the mFA exhibition will be held at 6 p.m. in the school of Art & Art History’s Lightwell Gallery.
A free screening of “the Conjuring” will take place at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight in the oklahoma memorial Union’s meacham Auditorium.
A lecture presented by Alex ross and richard taruskin will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in Catlett music Center’s pitman recital Hall. the public lecture is a part of the school of music dream Course Lecture series.
A poetry reading by Zheng Xiaoqiong will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Bizzell memorial Library’s Boorstin Collection room. A reception will precede the reading at 6:30 p.m.
An opera will be held at 8 p.m. at the reynolds performing Arts Center. the school of music will present donizetti’s comedic opera, L’elisir d’Amore.
sAtUrdAy, oCt. 19A 5K race will begin at 9 a.m. in front of the oklahoma memorial Union. registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the race location. runners can register online at www.upb.ou.edu until the day of race. on-site registration will be $10 for students and $25 for all other runners; day of registrants will be $30. All runners will receive the Zombie 5K t-shirt. trophies will be awarded to first through third place in men’s and women’s divisions and for best costume.
“The practical question will be whether the Republicans, especially in the House [of Representatives], now conclude that it is in their interest to make a deal,” Peters said.
But Republicans have not been will-ing to do so recently, Peters said.
Political science professor Alisa Fryar believes the budget deal is a tem-porary solution that allows the govern-ment parties to either make some kind of point or simply argue, she said.
“I think all of us who kind of watch politics, who study politics, we’re in-terested to see who gets the blame for this, if anyone,” Fryar said. “There’s a lot of research that shows that if you’re
presented with evidence that conflicts with your previous viewpoint, you’re actually more likely to double down on your wrong viewpoint than you are to change it.”
When the shutdown was in effect, Fryar’s main concern was for OU’s po-litical science department, because students who worked for the govern-ment were furloughed, and student re-searchers could not access data during this time, she said.
“As a political scientist, it was hard to watch,” Fryar said. “I hope our stu-dents see this as an opportunity to think about, kind of, where they stand.”
OU President David Boren said he was very pleased that Congress has taken action to reopen the gov-ernment and avoid a default on the
national debt.“A default on the national debt has
the potential to have extremely dam-aging effects on the economy of the United States and the global economy as well,” Boren said in an email.
Boren said it’s been estimated that the government shut down already slowed the U.S. economy’s growth rate down by more than 20 percent during this financial quarter.
While OU doesn’t take a position on political issues as an institution, Boren said as a private citizen and former U.S. Senator he commended the congress-man from the 4th District, Tom Cole, for his “courageous and responsible vote to reopen the government and to continue to pay our national debt.”
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Oreos have been linked to being just as addictive as cocaine.
run for your life: uPb 5K race pits students against walking dead
it’s not too late for students to walk among the dead and sign up for the fourth annual Zombie 5K on saturday.
students can register now until race day for $10. registration on race day will be $30 for non-students, and all ages are welcome to participate. registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m. outside of the oklahoma memorial Union.
participants can dress in regular running gear or as flesh-eating zombies. All runners will receive a free t-shirt. After the race, awards will be given to the male and female race winners as well as awards for best costume and best zombie.
Zach Kampf, University programming Board adviser and Zombie 5K organizer said there might be a few surprises, possibly some obstacles along the way.
“there will be some people like dressed up like zombies and kind of scaring people and things like that along the way,” Kampf said. “We’re still debating on if we’re going to get some obstacles for the course.”
registration proceeds will go to the Bridges organization in norman, which provides assistance to homeless teens in norman by helping further their educa-tion.
Zombie gear and fake blood can be found at party stores like party Galaxy on main street or at any Walmart.
For more information about the Zombie 5K and to regis-ter visit www.ou.edu/UpB.
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professor.Currently the course has 10 students enrolled, Marek
said. More students are encouraged to enroll even after the start date because the first Saturday’s content can be made up in subsequent weeks.
The highly group-oriented, interactive course uses material from the “Project WET” and “Project WILD” textbooks, which emphasize water and wildlife ed-ucation, Marek said. Students participate in workshops to develop lesson plans and teaching methods about water and wildlife.
Science education graduate student Adriana Washington took the course last spring and throughout it was able to teach about the state’s wildlife diversity and resources, she said. She also learned how to teach kids about those ecosys-tems in a classroom setting.
“It is sad to hear that the course may be canceled be caus e, in my exper i-ence, I learned a lot about Oklahoma,” she said.
The course plan will con-tinue as scheduled, and the final decision to cancel the class will be made by next week, pending the number of additional students enrolled in the course, Marek said.
WET, WILD: Final decision to cancel class made next weekContinued from page 1
“It is sad to hear that the course
may be canceled because, in my experience, I
learned a lot about Oklahoma.”
AdriAnA WAShingtOn, Science educAtiOn grAduAte Student
EDmUnD marEk
SHUTDOWn: Republicans crucial to solutionContinued from page 1
›››› Sooner Sampler: What is addicting about Oreos?
“They are cookies, and I love cookies. I mean,
who doesn’t love cookies? They’re black and white. And I’m in
the middle, you know? Oreos to me—I mean that’s my happiness.”
AquilA WAltOn, BiOlOgy JuniOr
“I like them but I don’t find them that addictive. I get tired of them
quickly.”JAke turzinSki, uniVerSity
cOllege freShmAn
“The taste. I am a cookie kind of guy.”
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“I like Oreos because I love
licking the cream off the cookie. And I like them with milk. It’s like Oreo cookie
ice cream.”ceciliA hernAndez,
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Our View: Properly disposing household materials and chemicals instead of throwing them away will help keep the environment safe and clean.
The batteries in the remote are no longer good, so what do most of us do? Throw them away and re-place them with new ones.
Then the lamplight goes out. What do we do with those? Unless we’re feeling crafty, we toss it out and simply replace it with a good bulb.
The same goes for old medicine. If you hav-en’t checked your medicine cabinet recently, there’s a chance you might have expired med-icine in there. But this time, before you throw it out, save it and bring it to Norman’s annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event on Oct. 19 in the Lloyd Noble Center.
Between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the southwest parking lot of Lloyd Noble Center, Norman res-idents and City of Norman employees with be out there to take care of hazardous items you’d like to dispose.
Last year, nearly 35,000 pounds of chemicals, 7,200 pounds of used motor oil, 2,500 pounds of antifreeze, 19,000 pounds of latex paint, and 28,000 pounds of oil-based paint were brought to the event, according to the City of Norman’s website. And that’s only a portion of it all.
You’d be surprised about the number of things we throw away on a daily basis that harm our environment. While some things are naturally bio-degradable, other things need to be more carefully disposed of in order to keep our environment as clean and safe as possible.
We know not all of the items mentioned above are things college students necessarily have laying
around, but there’s a good chance you have some-thing that doesn’t belong in you kitchen trashcan.
Old appliances, tires, fluorescent lights, comput-ers and computer accessories, old medicine, dead batteries, cleaners… the odds are slim that you don’t have at least one of these things. You don’t
need to get rid of these items on Oct. 19 specifically, but collect them in a special trash bin in your home labeled ‘hazardous waste.’
The big question many ask is: why should we all take the extra step and go out of our way to dispose these things? Because it matters. It’s a decision that affects all of us, whether we realize it or not.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states
online that inappropriate disposal methods in-clude pouring chemicals down the drain, on the ground, into storm sewers, and of course, dropping it in the trash. The agency explains that the dangers may not initially be obvious, but these methods only serve as ways of polluting our environment
and posing a threat to human health.By taking 15 minutes out of your time to
properly dispose hazardous materials you no longer have use for, you’re showing you care about the environment we live in today, as well as the environment for future generations.
It’s easier said than done, but don’t be lazy the next time you have a light bulb or battery to throw away. Oct. 19 isn’t the only day you can properly get rid of these toxins. The City of Norman’s website says there will be another event on Nov. 3 at the same time and place.
If you don’t want to wait for the next collec-tion event to take place, you can take your haz-ardous waste to OKC’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility.
Additionally, if you have questions con-cerning what is and isn’t hazardous to throw away, or you want to inquire when the next hazardous waste collection will take place, call the City of Norman’s Environmental Services Division at 405-292-9731, or the City
of Norman at 405-321-1600.Make an initiative to help protect our environ-
ment by stopping by Lloyd Noble Center this week-end to drop off your potentially hazardous house-hold items. It’s a small effort that can actually make a difference.
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Waste Collection Facility.
OU Presidential Professor and Director of Religious
Studies Dr. Charles Kimball has written two books on a subject that all of us ought to be paying close attention to in the political climate of today, largely driven by the Christian right.
His books, “When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs” and “When Religion Becomes Lethal: The Explosive Mix of Politics and Religion in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” are considerably applicable to cur-rent events here in the U.S., including those of us along the buckle on the bible belt — Oklahoma.
Whether you are a believer or not, you should give one or both of these books a read because, like it or not, you are sur-rounded by people who are believers, many of which have fallen for an unbiblical, if not toxic, version of their religion.
Before we go any further, Dr. Kimball is a professing Christian, and so am I.
Ever since I began my college career in the early 1980s, I have become increasingly alarmed by (and in near absolute and un-equivocal opposition to) what we call the “Religious Right.”
This movement, mostly observed in the political arena, has its roots further back in American history. For instance, the doc-trine of Manifest Destiny has gained in as-sent and power, particularly since the 1970s with the publication of “The Institutes of Biblical Law,” authored by theologian and Calvinist philosopher Rousas John Rushdoony.
Rushdoony is widely recognized as the father of Christian Reconstructionism and Christian Dominionism, two schools of thought. These doctrines assert that Christians should take over the world and its political systems and rule via theocra-cy or a benevolent, Christian dictatorship using their version of a “Biblical Christian World view” as the basis for all laws and their enforcement.
This belief system goes far beyond the simple thought of, “Gee, wouldn’t it be nice if there were more Christians in
government positions? Wouldn’t that make for a more just, equitable and better run nation or world since Christians are such nice and moral people?”
For starters, this mind-set asserts that heterosex-ual Christians, particular-ly men, are called by God to exercise dominion over society by taking control
of political and cultural institutions and rule them with absolute power.
This movement is the antithesis of de-mocracy and of a representative consti-tutional republic. Despite their claims of being truer to the Constitution or intent of the Founding Fathers, it was dismissed by the Founders as damaging freedom and lib-erty — not something that would improve them. Such beliefs were yet another reason that the Founders put language in the First Amendment to guard against a fusion of church and state just like the theocracy that many dominionists, reconstructionists or right-wing/Tea Party Christians desire.
This movement has become so influen-tial since the early 1980s that in many ways the GOP has become a quasi-religious cult.
In “When Religion Becomes Evil,” Kimball posits five warning signs for a re-ligion becoming corrupt: absolute truth claims, blind obedience to a leader, the establishment of an “ideal” time, using the end to justify the means, and holy war.
I already see three of those five in the Christian Right’s standard operating proce-dure and have no doubt that the remaining two would fall right into place if they ever really started gaining the power they seek.
The separation of Church and state is not only good for our political freedoms, but it also guards the virtue of the Church by in-sulating it from the dirty deeds of the State.
Educate yourself and guard against the distortion of history and the Founding Documents of the U.S. that the dominion-ists or reconstructionists use as their stock and trade.
Scott Starr is a Native American studies senior.
Education has tra-ditionally taken place inside of
a classroom, sitting at desks and listening to a teacher. But now, a move-ment is taking place in Indianapolis, at the Carpe Diem charter school to further integrate technol-ogy into schools.
According to USA Today, there is “a 35-1 student-to-teach-er ratio, a little out of line for what many middle and high schools offer. Eventually, the five teachers — with the assistance of aides — will be expected to educate 300 students as the school grows, creating a 60-1 ratio more com-mon in Third World countries.”
This could have an effect on OU stu-dents, particularly on students majoring in education. People who are working to get an education degree may have to think about future changes in the way their classes are taught. There is possi-bility that new education styles will be mandated after they become full time teachers.
The technology integration shown at Carpe Diem makes me think of the online and blended-style college cours-es that are available. The students will learn on a computer, either at home or at school, and have small group discus-sions, labs and personal discussions with the teacher.
For people planning on becoming teachers now, or who have recently be-come teachers, this is a major change from past styles of teaching. The biggest difference is students will be learning the majority of their material online, rather than through in-class lectures.
If this movement continues and be-comes a popular teaching style in the U.S., beyond just in charter schools, technology will take the main role of education.
Teachers will still be important, but they will have larger classes to lead. Because of this, they will have larger workloads and may have to spend more hours outside of the classroom working
on lesson plans and grading.
Larger class sizes for the same amount of students can mean fewer teachers will be needed for each school. This could be det-rimental to students and teachers alike. The teach-ers will have less time to spend with each child, due to the increase in students
being watched over.There are, however, benefits to this
movement of switching to blended and online courses. It is cheaper to teach stu-dents using a blended teaching method. USA Today stated that, “Last year, the con-sulting firm The Parthenon Group did a study that aimed to estimate the cost of blended learning instruction compared with a traditional classroom model. It found the difference could be as much as $2,400 per student below what traditional public schools spend on instruction.”
Another benefit is that students are able to move at their own pace. This is a major benefit and a large factor that gains sup-port for blended learning in middle and high school. One child is able to advance as quickly as they are able to. They do not have to be held back while the teacher re-views material with the class, because of one or two students who cannot under-stand the material.
College students may be interested in this because the integration of technology in middle schools and high schools is mak-ing them seem more like college. The class style is similar to some of those offered on college campuses across the U.S.
Altogether, this is a really interesting movement. I look forward to seeing if the changes in the Carpe Diem classroom will become a regular practice in all class-rooms. This has the potential to affect the way that younger siblings, nieces and nephews and other children will be edu-cated. We can only keep an eye on educa-tion and hope for the best.
Elizabeth Illerbrun is an international and area studies junior.
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ACROSS 1 Old drum
accompanied by a fife
6 Visibly shocked
11 “___ your move”
14 Battery terminal
15 Missionary’s target
16 Keanu in “The Matrix”
17 Needing fixing
19 The “Macarena” dance was one
20 4 x 4, briefly 21 Words that
make two one?
22 Land north of Mexico
23 Burglar’s accessory
27 Takes little bites
29 Mother Teresa, for one
30 Eave locale 32 “Hud” Oscar
winner 33 “Bleak
House” girl 34 Happy-go-
lucky song part
36 Frisbees, e.g. 39 Like some
farewells 41 Book-jacket
item 43 Buffoon 44 Shylock’s
crime 46 Black ___
(cattle breed) 48 Roth
nest egg
49 1.3-ounce Asian weight
51 Al of “An Inconvenient Truth”
52 Big name in cash machines
53 Is quite active, like a city street
56 Riot queller 58 Burning
briquet, eventually
59 A way to get it down
60 Dumbstruck reaction
61 Musical hint, say
62 Sad and moping
68 Ripken of the diamond
69 United ___ College Fund
70 Like freakish coincidences
71 “The Sum of ___ Fears”
72 “The ___ White Hope”
73 How some jokes are delivered
DOWN 1 Word before
“chi” and after “mai”
2 Author Coulter
3 Physique, for short
4 Intense dislike
5 Result of jumping the gun
6 “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” character
7 Dental problem corrected by braces
8 For the second time
9 Contributed money to join
10 Kimono-clad 11 Operating
at maximum 12 Poke fun 13 Carbonated
drinks 18 Soak up
again, as liquid
23 Confused situation
24 “Congratula-tions!”
25 “Briefly ...” 26 Bear that isn’t
really a bear 28 Chum,
for one 31 Tossed
with force 35 In-group lingo 37 Around,
in a date 38 The Australian
flag has six 40 “Blast!” 42 Chest of
drawers 45 Good bit
of kennel noises
47 Marine growth
50 One-pointer in horse-shoes
53 Any grape, cranberry, etc.
54 Ordinary 55 Play ground? 57 Direct
attention elsewhere
63 Article under a blouse
64 Realtor’s offering
65 Geller the paranormal showman
66 None whatsoever
67 Something to play in
Universal CrosswordEdited by Timothy E. Parker October 18, 2013
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Sticking to moderate and practical plans will ensure that you progress with minimal setbacks this year. If you have critical decision to make, you should seek the advice of experts for the best results. Less waffl ing and more calculated action will lead to success.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Not everyone will look out for your best interests. Take a hands-on approach when dealing with know-it-alls. Overreacting and indulgence should be controlled.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your talent and ability to get a job done in an innovative manner will win favors as well as enhance your reputation. You’ll be called upon to do something special, so be prepared.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Look before you leap. Excitement and adventure may be beckoning, but so will danger, delays and unfortunate consequences. Stick close to home, where your efforts will be appreciated.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --You’ll be torn between what you want to do and what you are being asked to do. Offer to take on more if it will ensure that you get to do both.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A secret can have an impact on an important decision. Do whatever it takes to uncover information that is sensitive in nature. Your intuition, coupled with persistence, will pay off.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Initiate a plan and watch everything unfold before your eyes. Don’t expect everyone to be happy with your actions, but it will help you weed out who is on your side and who isn’t.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Press for what you want. Don’t hold back and don’t give in. The more direct you are, the better you will do. Your intuition is acute and will help you make the best choice.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Complete domestic errands and proceed to take care of your needs. A trip or outing with a close friend with will enhance your life and brighten your future.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- An unexpected change in your physical, emotional or fi nancial situation can be expected. Protect your mind, body and soul along with your assets. Preparation will help avert loss.
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Oklahoma coach Matt Potter is getting desperate for results.
The Sooners have underperformed through the first half of Big 12 play and are last in the standings. With just four games remaining and a 0-4 conference record, OU needs to earn points fast to stay out of last place and en-sure a spot in the Big 12 tournament.
OU will have its chance to make up some ground this weekend on a road trip through Texas. The Sooners will play TCU Friday before a Red River Rivalry matchup against the Longhorns.
For Oklahoma, making up ground is much easier said than done. OU hasn’t won since Sept. 13 against Oral Roberts. It hasn’t tied since Sept. 22 against Utah.
With results hard to come by, Potter struggled to pin-point what the Sooners needed to do.
“The obvious statement would be we’re not scoring enough goals and we’re letting in too many,” Potter said with a laugh. “I guess we’ve got to concede fewer and score more of them.”
After losing to Iowa State Sunday, OU dropped to 3-10-1 this season. The Cyclones were projected to be the lone team left out of the tournament during the preseason, but after beating OU, the Sooners find themselves in the unfavorable position.
Potter said the loss was a “missed opportunity” for Oklahoma to get at least a point and stay competitive in the conference.
“The standards and expectations that we set for our-selves, we didn’t reach those,” Potter said. “We didn’t reach those in any aspect of our play.”
Potter invited the blame on himself following the loss, and said he has reexamined many aspects of the game over the last week.
Sooners to take on TCU, Texas this weekend with high expectations
JOE MUSSATTOAssistant Sports Editor
A week removed from a losing ef-fort in one of college football’s most treasured rivalries, Oklahoma will head north this weekend to face a squad winless in its last 23 conference clashes.
Talk about a change of pace.Since coach Mark Mangino was
squeezed out of his job in 2009, Kansas has been the doormat of the Big 12 conference that opponents don’t even bother wiping their feet on.
In 2007, the former coach miracu-lously led the Jayhawks to an Orange Bowl victory and the best season in program history. But since then, Kansas football as fallen and can’t get up.
When Kansas (2-3, 0-2 Big 12) and the No. 18 Sooners (5-1, 2-1 Big 12) kick off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in
Lawrence, the Jayhawks will be trying to accomplish something they haven’t done since Nov. 6, 2010 — win a con-ference game.
The Jayhawks’ last Big 12 win was so long ago that it came against Colorado — a team no longer in the conference.
Although knocking off OU isn’t like-ly for coach Charlie Weis’ squad, the Sooners are still recovering from the Red River Rivalry, while Kansas has improved as the year has progressed.
The Jayhawks have already doubled last year’s win total (from 1 to 2) and took TCU to the wire last weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.
“They’re much improved from a year ago,” co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “They’re playing hard and playing physical.”
While Kansas ranks in the bottom third of the nation in nearly every of-fensive category, the Jayhawk defense ranks in the top half. Their improve-ment on the defensive side hasn’t gone unnoticed.
“This is a good defense, they’re
aggressive, and they get after you,” Heupel said. “This is going to be a big test for us across the board.”
And with a big test, it’s unknown how junior Blake Bell and the OU of-fense will answer.
Against the Longhorns, Bell threw for just 133 yards, and his teammates struggled to find rhythm throughout the afternoon, whether on the ground or through the air.
Offensive consistency has been a concern for Oklahoma during the last two weeks, and the side will be look-ing to perform better on Saturday in hopes to avoid a monumental upset.
“That’s why we’re out here prac-ticing,” Bell said. “We’re going to get better each and every day. Me and all the receivers, the more we get timing down and know what we’re doing, we’ll be able to make plays like that and hit some shots down the field.”
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Elliott Smith plays in concert. His fans grew after his tragic death.
OPOLIS will host A Tribute to Elliott Smith with performances from local musicians GO AND DO
a tribute to Elliott SmithWhen: 8 p.m. tonight
Where: OPOLIS, 113 N Crawford St.
price: $5
Graham DuDleyLife & Arts Reporter
OU’s masters of fine arts students will congregate tonight at a reception for their new exhibition, the annual School of Art and Art History’s “M.F.A. Show,” f ro m 6 t o 8 p. m. i n t h e OU School of Art and Art History’s Lightwell Gallery.
Curtis Jones, the school’s M.F.A. coordinator, said to-night’s reception will give the public an opportunity to meet the artists and talk with them about their work. The gallery is located on the second floor of the School of Art and Art History building on the North Oval.
“It’s a chance for under-graduates to put names and faces to the work they see in the gallery,” Jones said.
The “2013 M.F.A. Show” w il l feature a select ion of works by each of the 17 M.F.A . candidates in
the School of Art andArt History. The work covers a wide range of topics and mediums, according to a press release.
Jones said the show’s diversity showcases the breadth of thought that ex-ists within the program, and every artist has a unique message and point of view.
Erin Raux, a first-year graduate student, is one of the 17 artists on display in the exhibition. Raux said she has two pieces in the M.F.A. show, one of which
she completed since arriv-ing at OU.
Raux said her current s c h e d u l e a l l ow s h e r t o spend long hours in her studio conceptualizing or
creating art. Her focus late-ly has been working with found objects in her pieces, such as bones, clothing or antiques, she said.
“I think every person on
this planet has an obsession with objects,” Raux said.
Jones said he has been impressed with Raux’s work so far. He said the M.F.A. program encourages its
artists to think conceptual-ly and be “initiators of dia-logue,” and Raux has done well at that.
“ It ’s a l l s t ro ng l y d i a -logue-driven work,” Jones s a i d o f R a u x ’s p i e c e s . “You’re aware of meaning when you look at it.”
Jones said this year ’s M.F.A . candidates are a strong and talented group and that this is a chance for first-year students to re-ceive feedback as they grow accustomed to the program. This semester, the graduate students are focused on get-ting themselves established and giving the faculty a base from which to talk about their work, Jones said.
For those unable to at-tend tonight’s reception, the “2013 M.F.A. Show” runs in the Lightwell Galler y through Nov. 1. The exhibi-tion and reception are free.
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GO AND DO“M.F.a. Show” opening receptionWhen: 6 to 8 p.m. today
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meGan DeatonLife & Arts Editor
Ten years after his death, fans will gather to celebrate the life and art of late sing-er/songwriter Elliott Smith, whose fatal stabbing in 2003 still remains a mystery. “A Tribute to Elliott Smith” will gather local artists to cover the late artist’s works.
Norman’s OPOLIS will host the event 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $5, and all pro-ceeds will go to The Elliott S m i t h Me m o r i a l Fu n d , which supports Free Arts for Abused Children.
“I’m playing in most bands that night,” local musician John Calvin said. “It’s going to be really fun. It’s for such a damn good cause.”
Event organizer and OU law student Blake Johnson
said the event holds special meaning for fans who began listening to Smith’s music around the time of his death.
“I think, for me and a lot of people involved whose re-lationship began at the time of his death, we’re sort of celebrating our anniversa-ry as fans with him, as well,” Johnson said.
Johnson said something about Smith’s music tends to bring people together.
“It would probably be dis-ingenuous to suggest that he had any giant or profound influence on the world at large, but I think if you were to ask people who were fans of him, noting that he’s a slightly obscure artist, there’s something that they can’t ex-actly put their finger on, but his music draws people in,”
Johnson said.Calvin said it was easy to
decide to join the artists play-ing in the concert.
“I’m a massive Elliott Smith fan, and his music is really high on my list,” Calvin said.
Both Johnson and Calvin agreed on the inspiring qual-ities of Smith’s music.
“We relate to it,” Calvin said. “It speaks to us in such a literary way. It speaks to us in this way that we can really digest and understand.”
Calvin said they even emailed Smith’s sister, invit-ing her to attend the concert.
“She couldn’t make it, but she said she wishes us the best,” Calvin said. “We’ve got Elliott Smith’s sister’s bless-ing, so that’s really cool.”
The artists will all play one to three Smith covers. Performers include Ryan Lindsey of Broncho, John Calvin, Jacob Abello of
Prettyboy, Matt Robertson of Vacay and many more.
“The artists who are going to be performing are the best artists in Norman,” Johnson said. “They’re the best local musicians around, and any-one who is not even a fan of Elliott Smith, but is interested in the local music scene, will experience a really, really di-verse concert.”
Though the event is to c o m m e m o r a t e S m i t h’s death, Johnson said the tone will not be mournful.
“Everyone who’s involved is interested in making it a fun event,” Johnson said. “It celebrates his life and his art more than mourns his death.”
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