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WWW.OUDAILY.COM 2013 PACEMAKER FINALIST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013 e University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916 Sports: The football team has been focused and hard at work this week preparing for TCU. (Page 5) Facebook facebook.com/OUDaily Twitter twitter.com/OUDaily VOL. 99, NO. 34 © 2013 OU Publications Board FREE — Additional copies 25¢ Visit OUDaily.com for more INSIDE TODAY Campus ...................... 2 Classifieds ................ 4 Life&Arts .................. 6 Opinion ..................... 3 Sports........................ 5 L&A: James Gandolfini’s final film, the romantic comedy “Enough Said” releases this weekend. (Page 6) Opinion: The First Amendment allows KKK groups to rally, but this needs to stop. KKK should be history. (Page 3) FAIR TRADE Group to bring sweatshop workers to campus ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Editor Two women who work at a garment factory that makes OU apparel in the Dominican Republic will share stories about their experiences advocating for workers’ rights today in Dale Hall. Members of Sooners Against Sweatshops are bringing Maritza and Yenny to campus to raise awareness of labor practices affecting clothing sold at OU, said Leah Kennedy co-president of the group and music composition and vocal performance sophomore. The two workers were instrumen- tal in starting Alta Gracia, the first ever living-wage college ap- parel factory, a few years ago. Alta Gracia employees make about three times the minimum wage in the Dominican Republic, said Katie Shauberger, biology junior and public relations specialist Two Dominican women will come to OU today for a discussion on awareness SEE LABOR PAGE 2 MUSIC SCENE Digital Campus to improve learning TECHNOLOGY Discussion panel receives attention NATIONAL AWARD JORDAN LARSEN Campus Reporter OU’s “After Trayvon” panel discussion event held in August has won the Diversity Program of the Month award from the National Association of Colleges and University Residence Halls. The discussion, which took place Aug. 29, dealt with is- sues related to Trayvon Martin’s death and was intended for the community to analyze the Sanford, Fla., teenager’s death and George Zimmerman’s acquittal, said Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, business communication professor and co-director of the Center for Social Justice. At the event, a panel com- prised of faculty, community members, Norman police chief, Keith L. Humphrey and others shared thoughts and answered audience questions, said Ralph Beliveau, a journalism professor who spoke at the event. “It is harder than it should be to find a good public dis- cussion about events like this,” Beliveau said. “Electronic media, including the discussion on the web, ends up too ‘After Trayvon’ allowed community to analyze teenager’s death, aftermath HEATHER BROWN/THE DAILY Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears perform for students and the public on Fred Jones Art Museum’s northwest lawn. The concert was hosted by Campus Activities Council for the Student Opening Party and “Libertad de Expresion: The Art of the Americas and Cold War Politics.” MOLLY EVANS Assistant Campus Editor OU officials are respond- ing to a survey of students conducted last semester by initiating more use of tech- nology inside and outside the classroom this fall. OU Digital Campus, sup- ported by OU Information Technology and the Center for Teaching Excellence, includes several objectives that focus on the adoption of a learning management system, e-textbooks and videos within class layouts, said Becky Grant, commu- nications manager for OU Information Technology. Part of the initiative is to improve students’ expe- rience with OU’s current learning management sys- tem, Desire2Learn. Sixty-three percent of stu- dents who were surveyed earlier this year noted that they are more involved in courses that use a techno- logical component, such as D2L, Grant said. Grant said 97 percent of the students surveyed said they used D2L, so the pur- pose of this initiative is to increase students’ use of technology so they can ex- ceed in class. The Digital Campus cam- paign will begin with a pilot of Instructure’s Canvas, another learning manage- ment system, as well as an upgraded D2L. Students interested in participating in the learning manage- ment test run can apply at ouacademictech.com/ digitalcampus-reg. The campaign is part of the One University Digital Initiative, which opened the doors to its on-cam- pus store on Sept. 23 in Oklahoma Memorial Union. Updates on the campaign can be found at ouacadem- ictech.com. Initiative began with student survey AARON MAGNESS/THE DAILY Students participate in small group conversations in a History of Science to the Age of Newton class taught by Peter Barker on Thursday afternoon in the Physical Sciences Center new active learning class- rooms. These classrooms were built this year as part of OU’s Digital Campus. SEE AWARD PAGE 2 Blues and soul band performs at Fred Jones Art Museum “It is harder than it should be to find a good public discussion about events like this.” RALPH BELIVEAU, JOURNALISM PROFESSOR GO AND DO Discussion on fair labor practices What: Maritza and Yenny, garment industry workers in the Dominican Republic, will discuss fair labor practices. When: 5 p.m. Today Where: Dale 128

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INSIDE TODAYCampus......................2

Classi f ieds................4

L i fe&Ar ts... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Opinion.....................3

Spor ts........................5

L&A: James Gandolfini’s final film, the romantic comedy “Enough Said” releases this weekend. (Page 6)

Opinion: The First Amendment allows KKK groups to rally, but this needs to stop. KKK should be history. (Page 3)

FAIR TRADE

Group to bring sweatshop workers to campus

ARIANNA PICKARDCampus Editor

Two women who work at a garment factory that makes OU apparel in the Dominican Republic will share stories about their experiences advocating for workers’ rights today in Dale Hall.

Members of Sooners Against Sweatshops are bringing

Maritza and Yenny to campus to raise awareness of labor practices affecting clothing sold at OU, said Leah Kennedy co-president of the group and music composition and vocal performance sophomore. The two workers were instrumen-tal in starting Alta Gracia, the first ever living-wage college ap-parel factory, a few years ago.

Alta Gracia employees make about three times the minimum wage in the Dominican Republic, said Katie Shauberger, biology junior and public relations specialist

Two Dominican women will come to OU today for a discussion on awareness

SEE LABOR PAGE 2

MUSIC SCENE

Digital Campus to improve learningTECHNOLOGY

Discussion panel receives attention

NATIONAL AWARD

JORDAN LARSENCampus Reporter

OU’s “After Trayvon” panel discussion event held in August has won the Diversity Program of the Month award from the National Association of Colleges and University Residence Halls.

The discussion, which took place Aug. 29, dealt with is-sues related to Trayvon Martin’s death and was intended for the community to analyze the Sanford, Fla., teenager’s death and George Zimmerman’s a c q u i t t a l , s a i d Ma r i a d e l Guadalupe Davidson, business communication professor and co-director of the Center for Social Justice.

At the event, a panel com-prised of faculty, community members, Norman police chief, Keith L. Humphrey and others shared thoughts and answered audience questions, said Ralph Beliveau, a journalism professor who spoke at the event.

“It is harder than it should be to find a good public dis-cussion about events like this,” Beliveau said. “Electronic media, including the discussion on the web, ends up too

‘After Trayvon’ allowed community to analyze teenager’s death, aftermath

HEATHER BROWN/THE DAILY

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears perform for students and the public on Fred Jones Art Museum’s northwest lawn. The concert was hosted by Campus Activities Council for the Student Opening Party and “Libertad de Expresion: The Art of the Americas and Cold War Politics.”

MOLLY EVANSAssistant Campus Editor

OU officials are respond-ing to a survey of students conducted last semester by initiating more use of tech-nology inside and outside the classroom this fall.

OU Digital Campus, sup-ported by OU Information Technology and the Center for Teaching Excellence, includes several objectives that focus on the adoption of a learning management system, e-textbooks and videos within class layouts, said Becky Grant, commu-nications manager for OU Information Technology.

Part of the initiative is to improve students’ expe-rience with OU’s current learning management sys-tem, Desire2Learn.

Sixty-three percent of stu-dents who were surveyed earlier this year noted that they are more involved in courses that use a techno-logical component, such as

D2L, Grant said.Grant said 97 percent of

the students surveyed said they used D2L, so the pur-pose of this initiative is to increase students’ use of technology so they can ex-ceed in class.

The Digital Campus cam-paign will begin with a pilot

of Instructure’s Canvas, another learning manage-ment system, as well as an upgraded D2L. Students interested in participating in the learning manage-ment test run can apply at ouacademictech.com/digitalcampus-reg.

The campaign is part of

the One University Digital Initiative, which opened the doors to its on-cam-pus store on Sept. 23 in O k l a h o m a M e m o r i a l Union.

Updates on the campaign can be found at ouacadem-ictech.com.

Initiative began with student survey

AARON MAGNESS/THE DAILY

Students participate in small group conversations in a History of Science to the Age of Newton class taught by Peter Barker on Thursday afternoon in the Physical Sciences Center new active learning class-rooms. These classrooms were built this year as part of OU’s Digital Campus.

SEE AWARD PAGE 2

Blues and soul band performs at Fred Jones Art Museum

“It is harder than it should be to find a good public discussion

about events like this.”

RALPH BELIVEAU, JOURNALISM PROFESSOR

GO AND DODiscussion on fair labor practicesWhat: Maritza and Yenny, garment industry workers in the Dominican Republic, will discuss fair labor practices.

When: 5 p.m. Today

Where: Dale 128

Page 2: Friday, October 4, 2013

for Sooners Against Sweatshops. The “living wage” that workers make at the factory is enough to allow them to save money while paying for things like edu-cation for their children.

“There’s more than just taking a shirt off the racks,” Shauberger said.

Some Alta Gracia apparel is sold in the OU bookstore on Asp Avenue, but Shauberger said she hopes this event will encourage students to ask for and buy more products made in factories that support labor rights.

“People like OU T-shirts because there’s an OU logo on them,” Shauberger said. “Alta Gracia can make these shirts for the same price, so pick up an Alta Gracia one instead of a Nike one.”

Shauberger said students often hear horror stories about sweatshops, but they’re not given any solutions they can actually help carry out.

“This is an event where students can find out what they can do and how to get connected,” Shauberger said.

Luke Bartz, co-president of Sooners Against Sweatshops and Russian soph-omore, said hearing people talk from firsthand experience is the best way to learn about an issue.

“You can read stories in textbooks or hear them from a friend of a friend, but really the best to way to learn something is to either live through it yourself or talk to someone who has lived through it,” Bartz said.

Although factory workers in the gar-ment industry may be far removed from the average OU student, the work they do can be seen all over campus, Bartz said.

“I mean anyone who walks out on game day will see a few 1,000 OU shirts,” Bartz said. “So it’s something that’s ac-tually connected to students, the faculty and fans of OU.”

This is a unique opportunity to talk

with individuals who make OU clothing firsthand and can discuss the difficulties they’ve faced in the garment industry, he said.

“The amount of work and effort that goes into the whole process — it’s not something you even realize or think about if you’re not directly engaged with these individuals,” he said.

Kennedy met Maritza and Yenny when she and some other members of Sooners Against Sweatshops visited the Alta Gracia factory this summer.

Kennedy said she’d heard about sweatshop conditions in the garment industry her whole life, but actually getting to hear workers tell their stories made the issue real.

The Alta Gracia building used to house a company that had sweatshop conditions, so a lot of the workers she talked to in the Dominican Republic had experienced those conditions, Kennedy said.

“They had to work for their rights and organize and find out how to assert their rights and demand that they be treated fairly and paid a living wage,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said one thing she learned while she was in the Dominican Republic is that students have power over the companies suppor ting sweatshops.

“As members of a larger body of the

university, we’re able to impact com-panies that control these factories and control what these people’s lives are like all over the world,” she said.

Members of the national United Students Against Sweatshops brought Maritza and Yenny to the U.S. to speak to college students, Kennedy said. The members will discuss Friday how their organization has affected some large companies by making a change at their universities.

Large corporations that don’t support fair wages may seem overwhelming to students, Kennedy said. But students have the power to change those compa-nies if they can convince their universi-ties to stop buying their products.

“The more of us who stand up for workers’ rights and demand that the university label only be put on things that are made with conditions that allow workers to unionize and fight for their rights... if we demand that then you know they can’t turn us down,” Kennedy said.

Sooners Against Sweatshops is a new OU student organization this fall, but members have already begun meeting with President David Boren about buy-ing more products made in factories that support labor rights, Kennedy said.

“This is our first semester here, so we’re really hoping more students get on board,” Kennedy said. “We’re real-ly hoping we can be a long-term group that can lead OU to be a university that truly does support fair labor practices.”

Kennedy said university spokes-man Michael Nash told her that Boren is going to meet with the Trademark Initiative Committee next week to dis-cuss their possible affiliation with the Workers Rights Consortium, which is what Sooners Against Sweatshops is recommending OU get involved with.

“We definitely have a constant line of communication — we were real-ly pleased to get a first meeting with President Boren,” Kennedy said.

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todAy AroUnd CAmpUsA 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.

A symposium for “Libertad de expresión: the Art of the Americas and Cold War politics” will be held from 9 a.m. 4 p.m. in the mary eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. the symposium will feature scholars on a range of topics concerned with the freedom and restrictions put upon expression.

A soccer game against oklahoma state University will take place at 7 p.m. at John Crain Field. students get in free with an id.

A pageant to crown the miss University of oklahoma will take place from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in oklahoma memorial Union’s meacham Auditorium. tickets are $5 for students and $10 general admission. the miss University of oklahoma scholarship pageant is a preliminary competition for the miss America pageant.

sAtUrdAy, oCt. 5A rowing competition will start at 7 a.m. on the river in downtown oklahoma City.

An all-day golf tournament will run from oct. 5 through oct. 7 at Belmar Golf Club in norman.

A volleyball game against iowa state University will be held at 2 p.m. at mcCasland Field House. students get in free with id.

A football game against texas Christian University will take place at 6 p.m. at the Gaylord Family oklahoma memorial stadium.

sUndAy, oCt. 6A concert titled, “Accademia Filarmonica and Chorale” will begin at 3 p.m. in Catlett music Center’s sharp Concert Hall. tickets are $5 for students and $9 for adults. Contact the box office at 405-325-4101 for more information.

A film screening of “the Violin” by Fransisco Vargas will be shown at 4 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr.’s mary eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

mondAy, oCt. 7A graduation gear-up will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in oklahoma memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge. students can purchase their cap and gown, order graduation announcements, have their portrait taken and learn about their future role as alumni.

A flute concert from musician Valerie Watts will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett music Center’s pitman recital Hall. tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students.

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›››› Sooner Sampler: How is D2L beneficial for you?

“It lets me check to see when all

my assignments are due.”

Austin MAbes, uniVersity College

freshMAn

“It keeps me up-to-date with my assignments.”

Aubrey Dwyer, uniVersity College

freshMAn

“Well I use D2L to study for a lot of my classes because my

professors got too fast in class.”sArA hollis, uniVersity

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“D2L gives you a means to

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quickly degenerating into battles of position expressed in ex-tremes. The discussion at the event focused on questions of how the tragedy happened [instead].”

Lena Tenney, masters of education and public adminis-tration graduate student, nominated “After Trayvon” for the award after witnessing the emotional impact the event had on everyone in attendance.

“Social justice is important, but it can be a challenging topic to discuss,” Tenney said. “‘After Trayvon’ was done so well. It challenged or altered the perspectives of all who attended. It was one of the best events I’ve gone to on campus.”

Tenney was involved with the National Association of Colleges and University Residence Halls during her time as an undergraduate, so once she saw the award listed on the website, she filled out the nomination, she said.

“After Trayvon” first won the regional Diversity Program of the Month award, a category that includes colleges from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Last Friday, Tenney found out that After Trayvon won Diversity Program of the Month” for August at the national level as well.

“[The award] is a great honor, and I think that it reflects OU’s outstanding students, staff and faculty,” Davidson said.

LabOr: Speakers to discuss unfair conditionsContinued from page 1

“As members of a larger body of the university, we’re able to impact companies that control these factories

and control what these people’s lives are like all

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beatings, shootings and much more, often times killing innocent African Americans. The current KKK groups are stained with this reputation, and any event or rally that en-courages injecting rac-ism back into our society should be prevented from happening.

This group does not deserve the right to rally. Yes, we are each entitled to feel how we want and we are entitled to form our own thoughts and opinions, but publicly expressing explicit, de-rogatory statements is inappropriate and de-structive to society.

Our country has made so much progress mov-ing away from those ideologies. Allowing the KKK to rally goes against all the hard work civil rights activists have done to diminish discrimina-tion and hate.

The bottom line is, KKK groups should not be allowed to rally. The majority of our country would say it’s not OK. And just the way our gov-ernment works — it’s the majority that rules the minority so to speak.

For example, not ev-eryone likes President

Barack Obama as our president, but the major-ity of Americans voted him into office. Apply that same concept to whether KKK groups are allowed to rally. We have a hunch that today, the majority of Americans would not approve of public rallies supporting racism.

Just like we voted to elect a new president, we need to have a na-tional vote on whether or not rallies encourag-ing public discrimina-tion should be allowed, regardless of what the First Amendment pro-tects. If the majority of people are uncomfort-able and disapprove of public KKK rallies taking place, they should not be allowed.

The “freedom of speech” line is so abused sometimes, and it’s a poor excuse to allow this type of public behavior. The rallies are unnec-essary and do no good for the community. If anything, it’s only igno-minious and poorly rep-resents our country.

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Last week, the United Nations’

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change re-leased its 2013 report.

It has been nearly six years since the IPCC re-leased its previous version of the report that human greenhouse gas emissions were “very likely” respon-sible for the rise in global temperature that has escalated since the 1950’s.

In the 2013 report, the IPCC double downed on this claim stating it was “extremely likely” that humans have been the dominant cause of unprecedented global warming since 1950. The report calls global warming in the 21st century “unequivocal” and states a 95 percent confirmation that most of the warming since 1950 is due to human activity. They heed the warning that we must correct our ways and make changes in order to avoid the disas-trous effects looming as a result of human inaction.

Does this sound all too familiar?It is a relief that the bulk of main-

stream society has accepted that humanity is responsible for the peril being faced globally, but those who have not accepted it are fighting the inevitable reali-zation of its accuracy, as well as their own denial.

The major problem doesn’t sit in the public perception of cli-mate change. It is the political and bureaucratic blindness continuing to lead the public through circles of contem-plative information, holding back the true progress of environmental consciousness.

After more than 200 scientific authors noted the issue and hundreds more scholarly reviews were published in the last six years, we’ve only managed to change the wording from “very likely” to “extremely likely.” Talk about progress.

The governments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) have agreed to limit the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. They also agreed to assess the best science available on the subject.

This is great — a point that seems redundant to the last 25 years of goal-making and completely obvious, but great nonetheless.

“Climate change is a long-term challenge but one that requires urgent action, not tomorrow but today and right now, given the pace and the scale by which greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere and the rising risks of a more than 2-degree Celsius temperature rise,” said Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) Achim Steiner.

The question is, what will become more long-term — the detriments of climate change, or the lack of progress to fix it?

Individuals and small groups around the world are the ones creating the most significant solutions to climate change. The only thing holding these groups back are the clueless redundancies we call political leaders and the

control they carry as the voice of the people.If you — as an individual, family member,

American citizen or human — care about solving climate change, stop listening and start acting.

If you want to cut back on greenhouse gas emis-sions, localize your lifestyle needs of food, water

and energy. Grow your own food, choose renewable energy sources from providers

and optimize water use.If you want to eliminate rising fuel

costs, create your own biofuel and drive a diesel or hybrid engine vehicle.

If you think human waste should be cut down across the planet, then stop putting things in the trashcan!

We can listen to the repetitive revelations of our politicians for an-

other 50 years, or we can change our lifestyles.Does this mean cut my lifestyle back

or lower its quality and convenience? Absolutely not. Because guess what — if you

eliminate your fuel, food, water and energy costs, then you eliminate 80 percent of life’s cost. That means 80 percent of your money can be used to enjoy your life rather than maintaining it.

So don’t be scared of doing what is best for the planet. Stop listening to what you already know and do what is clearly best for you.

Andrew Sartain is an interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment and nonprofit management senior.

President Bill Clinton, once known for his love of fast-food, has

been making headlines for his recent dietary change. He’s swapped the Big Macs, chicken nuggets and fried shrimp for veggie burgers, beans and fresh fruits and vegetables.

After years of battling heart problems — even un-dergoing quadruple bypass surgery — Clinton took his doc-tor’s advice to reduce his meat consumption and increase his intake of plant-based foods. He reports that the results have been tremendous: losing 24 pounds, feeling more en-ergetic and seeing a welcome drop in cholesterol levels.

Clinton isn’t the only one turning over a new leaf. From Usher to Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres to Kristen Bell, people everywhere are eating less meat. Even Mike Tyson, once known for biting off a human ear, is now limit-ing his ear consumption to those of the corn variety.

The movement toward more plant-based meals is also taking root on college campuses, with more than 200 uni-versities leading the charge with “Meatless Monday” cam-paigns in their dining halls.

Nationally acclaimed food writers such as The New York Times’ Mark Bittman and The Washington Post’s Joe Yonan are helping the nation discover meat-free dishes that will leave you impatient for the next meal. Eating your vegeta-bles? If you don’t know the possibilities that phrase encom-passes in 2013, you are missing out.

There has never been a more exciting time to expand our dining horizons. Skipping meat one day a week is not a sac-rifice but an adventure. And this is reflected in the choices students are making. According to a study conducted by Technomic, over 20 percent of college students are reducing their meat consumption, and for good reasons.

One of those reasons is concern for the nine billion chick-ens, pigs and other animals raised for food each year, most of whom suffer in factory farms.

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been the dominant cause of unprecedented global warming since 1950. The report calls global warming in the 21st century “unequivocal” and states a 95 percent confirmation that most of the warming since 1950 is due to human activity. They heed the warning that we must correct our ways and make changes in order to avoid the disas-trous effects looming as a result of human

Does this sound all too familiar?It is a relief that the bulk of main-

stream society has accepted that humanity is responsible for the peril being faced globally, but those who have not accepted it are fighting the inevitable reali-zation of its accuracy, as well as

The major problem doesn’t sit in the public perception of cli-mate change. It is the political and bureaucratic blindness continuing to lead the public through circles of contem-plative information, holding back the true progress of environmental consciousness.

After more than 200 scientific authors noted the issue

clueless redundancies we call political leaders and the control they carry as the voice of the people.

If you — as an individual, family member, American citizen or human — care about solving climate change, stop listening and start acting.

If you want to cut back on greenhouse gas emis-sions, localize your lifestyle needs of food, water

and energy. Grow your own food, choose renewable energy sources from providers

and optimize water use.If you want to eliminate rising fuel

costs, create your own biofuel and drive a diesel or hybrid engine vehicle.

If you think human waste should be cut down across the planet, then stop putting things in the trashcan!

We can listen to the repetitive revelations of our politicians for an-

other 50 years, or we can change our lifestyles.Does this mean cut my lifestyle back

or lower its quality and convenience? Absolutely not. Because guess what — if you

eliminate your fuel, food, water and energy costs, then you eliminate 80 percent of life’s cost. That means 80 percent

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Our View: Prohibiting KKK rallies will take America one step closer to achieving an indiscriminate society.

A Maryland-based Ku Klux Klan group planned to rally at Gettysburg National Military Park on October 5. It’s mind-bog-gling that KKK groups still have the audacity and will to exist in to-day’s society, but what’s more surprising is the fact that they were grant-ed a special permit to hold an event there.

The permit was ap-proved because the KKK group has a right to exer-cise its First Amendment rights. While the disas-trous government shut-down is negatively affect-ing Americans across the U.S., one good thing it has done is halt the rally from taking place. But it shouldn’t take a gov-ernment shutdown to hinder KKK groups from publicly congregating and rallying — the event itself should be banned, no matter what amend-ment protects it.

We no longer live in the 19th and 20th centuries — our nation has signifi-cantly progressed from

those racially charged times, and that’s some-thing to be proud of. We never will agree with the country’s previous gen-erations’ sinister motives and beliefs our school histo-ry book pages teach us, and we always will stand up for freedom and equality for everyone — concepts KKK groups do not believe in.

The First Amendment is extremely powerful and is arguably one of the strongest amend-ments our country has established. But in the

case of allowing the Maryland KKK group to rally at Gettysburg, the amendment is working against us.

The KKK should not be allowed to hold public rallies for a number of reasons.

This malev-olent group has a history of committing racial-based

crimes against minori-ty groups, particular-ly African Americans and certain religious circles, beginning in 1865. After the Civil war ended, blacks won

their freedom, and slav-ery became unlawful. Of course, heavy dis-crimination took place after the Civil War, but black people were one step closer to experi-encing life as a human being and not a piece of property.

Many white south-erners were angry at the time because not only did they lose their slaves, they felt threatened that blacks would gain power and eventually reach their social status.

The Klan has commit-ted horrendous crimes over the years, includ-ing mobbing, hangings,

The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

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Prior to the season, this weekend’s matchup pitting Oklahoma against TCU was expected to be a nationally- anticipated game with large-scale implications, but how quickly things can change in college football.

While the contest still holds impact in the race for the wide-open Big 12, beat-ing the Horned Frogs is now expected of the Sooners, as they look to continue their undefeated quest at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Norman.

The 11th-ranked Sooners (4-0) will face a TCU team (2-2) that has swallowed a heavy dose of adversity throughout the first month of the season. Obstacles that coach Gary Patterson’s team may not have foreseen.

Injuries, suspensions and a strong early schedule have displaced the squad from the top-25 rankings, a place fa-miliar to the Horned Frogs in recent years.

In their second season as a Big 12 member, TCU was

picked preseason by the media to finish third in the conference. The team also received nine first place votes — one more than OU.

But since then, little has gone right for the Fort Worth, Texas squad.

Former starting quarter-back senior Casey Pachall has been sidelined with a broken arm. Furthermore, reigning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, defen-sive end Devonte Fields, has

faced a suspension and a foot injury, and his status is un-known for Saturday.

On top of that, TCU has faced two current top-20 teams, and lost to each — No. 10, LSU and No. 20, Texas Tech.

But falling into a trap ver-sus a capable conference foe isn’t on OU’s agenda. Sandwiched between an emotional victory over Notre Dame and next week’s Red River Rivalry, the Sooners

aren’t sleeping on TCU.“They played a tough early

schedule, but again we’re very aware of them and what a good football team they are,” coach Bob Stoops said.

And after last season’s tight 24-17 affair in Fort Worth, OU can’t afford to be comfortable on Saturday.

“Everything is all on TCU, period,” the coach contin-ued. “Again, around here, we’re expected to beat ev-erybody. So you only beat

everybody by being ready for everybody.”

OU’s preparation starts with how to attack one of the top defenses in the confer-ence. Patterson’s squad leads the Big 12 in forced turnovers (12) and sacks (15). Those marks put the Horned Frogs in top-ten nationally in both categories.

This defensive dominance has been Patterson’s trade-mark during his 13-year ten-ure as head coach. Under

him, TCU has fielded the na-tion’s top defense five differ-ent seasons — more than any other program.

“They’re really good, one of the best coached defensive teams in the country, year in and year out,” junior quarter-back Blake Bell said.

And as for how he and the rest of the OU offense plans on attacking the Horned Frogs:

“We’re going to have to be really accurate with the ball and we’re going to have to be specific in our routes to re-ally have success,” Bell said. “Running the ball, again, will be very important.”

TCU has struggled through the first quarter of the season, but this year’s Sooner senior leaders are adamant to not allow a let-down on Saturday. Senior linebacker Corey Nelson made this point clear.

“The focus this week has to be 10 times better than it was last week,” Nelson said. “We have to be even more focused than we were against Notre Dame because we cannot let TCU come in here and beat us. That’s when teams get beat – when you take teams lightly.”

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OU hopes to bounce back after Texas loss

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After its first Big 12 loss, the volleyball team needs a win against Iowa State

DeMetrius KearneyVolleyball Beat Reporter

The Oklahoma volleyball team is looking to rebound from a tough loss against the Texas Longhorns last week-end. The Sooners bit off more than they could chew, losing in straight sets, while dropping their first conference game of the season.

However, the season is still young and the Sooners have time to redeem themselves. The first step to getting back on track will take place at home against the Iowa State Cyclones at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The Cyclones have gotten off to a fast start winning their first two conference games, even though they have an over-all record of 8-4 on the season. The Sooners, who are cur-rently 1-1 in conference play, will look to give the Cyclones their first conference loss.

The Sooners will need to bring back the same intensity that edged out victories over Tulsa and Texas Tech to get a win over the Cyclones. That would mean getting maximum production out of the Sooners key contributors.

In the loss to the Longhorns, the Sooners were simply outplayed on the court, getting back to playing solid team volleyball will be key moving forward. Senior middle block-er and team captain Sallie McLaurin was held to just eight kills and four blocks in the loss.

Getting McLaurin going early will be key against Iowa State. Senior outside hitter Keila Rodriguez, who had an-other all around performance against the Longhorns, has emerged as one the key players for the Sooners this season. Rodriguez has really elevated her play this season and she has been an important piece on a relatively young team.

The Sooners, however, have seen positive contributions from several young players on the team. Freshman middle blocker Micaela Spann had a breakout game against Texas Tech and recorded four blocks in the loss to the Longhorns. The freshman looks poised to become more of a role player for the Sooners as the season progresses.

Sophomore middle blocker Kierra Holst and sopho-more defensive specialist Taylor Migliazzo have been play-ing excellent volleyball for the Sooners in the past couple of games. Holst had nine kills against the Longhorns and as been an excellent compliment to McLaurin in the front court.

Migliazzo has been a reliable contributor in the back court, and the Sooners will be depending on her consisten-cy when they face the Cyclones.

The Sooners know that every conference match counts, and winning this match against the Cyclones will be key to-wards winning the conference race.

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Bedlam offers a second chance Soccer

A win could help Big 12 aspirations

ryan GerbosiSoccer Beat Reporter

The Sooners could re-ally use a second chance.

A l m o s t t w o - t h i r d s of the way through the s c h e d u l e , O U s i t s a t 3-7-1, tr ying to climb out of the Big 12 cellar. Although they can’t re-p lay e ve r y ga m e, the Sooners get another shot at rival Oklahoma State.

The Cowgirls will be in town Friday for OU’s Big 12 home opener and the second Bedlam soccer match of the season. OU lost the opener on Aug. 30 in Stillwater.

“It brings out a differ-ent emotion in people,” coach Matt Potter said of the Bedlam rivalry.

With a home crowd on their side and the intensi-ty of Bedlam surrounding them, the Sooners have the opportunity to turn their season around with one win. Beating OSU, however, has not been easy for OU historically.

The Cowgirls lead the all-time series 18-3-3 after winning the non-conference matchup in August. In that game, OU led early after a free kick from Abby Hodgen found the net. The lead held for less than eight min-utes before OSU tied it. Less than seven minutes

after the score was leveled, Oklahoma State was on top 3-1, eventually winning 4-1.

Potter said the first rivalry experience will help make this one easier.

“The group has shown that once it’s been in an en-vironment it has dealt really well with a similar environ-ment when it comes along,” Potter said. “Having played in one Bedlam game, I’m looking for the positives to come out f rom their learning.”

In the first Bedlam match, OSU fans packed over 1,800

fans into the Cowgirl Soccer Complex to create a raucous atmosphere for OU to oper-ate. Seeing Oklahoma State already this season will help OU, but Emily Bowman said being at home will be the bigger boost.

“Playing at home, we’re going to get to be the ag-gressor, we’re going to go at

them,” Bowman said.The junior midfielder is

using the early loss as moti-vation to give the home fans a win.

“We’re going to have what happened last time in the back of our minds and we’re not going to let that happen again.”

T h e C ow g i r l s ( 4 - 3 - 4 ) enter the game struggling and have only two wins in eight games since beating the Sooners. Last season, OU was able to upset then-No. 3 OSU in front of a re-cord crowd at John Crain Field.

Still, Potter calls OSU a “very competitive team” and says OU has more work to do. He hopes the crowd will give the Sooners the edge they need.

“The [Bedlam] crowd has been incredible in my time here,” Potter said. “We’re looking for a great crowd to spur on our players because they’re playing well despite the results and I think the fans will enjoy watching them.”

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Sophomore midfielder Elise Romano runs down the field on Sept. 1. OU plays another home game against OSU tonight at John Crane Field.

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Running back Brennan Clay cuts through TCU defenders last season. The Sooners had an emotional win against Notre Dame last week and next week is they face Texas. Despite all the possible distractions, players have said their focus was soley on TCU this week.

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One romantic com-edy that any guy could bear watch

is “Enough Said.” Writer and director Nicole Holofcener (“Please Give”) gives us a taste of a sensible comedy without all the yucky emo-tions involved in Nicholas Sparks adaptations.

Holofcener has a solid cast full of talent, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Seinfeld”), James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”), Catherine Keener (“Forty-Year-Old Virgin”), and Toni Collette (“Little Miss Sunshine”). The film wouldn’t work with any other cast because you can tell these guys genuine-ly loved working together.

The film begins with Eva (Louis-Dreyfus) as she goes about her rigorous routine of being a full time work-on-the-go massage therapist. Her days consist of rubbing hairy chests and listening to housewives whine about their day. As if you didn’t need to sympathize her any more, she has a daughter, who is heading off to college soon.

Breaking away from the monotony of her daily life, one night she goes to a party with her best friend Sarah (Collette), and at the be-ginning it seems like one of those boring parties.

However, she eventually meets a poet (Keener) and Albert, a man who is intro-duced to her.

Initially, Albert and Eva don’t connect, but after a couple of dates they are head over heels in love. Meanwhile, Marianne — the poet — has started see-ing Eva as her masseuse and they seem to be good friends, but Marianne doesn’t stop whining about her sloppy, overweight ex-husband.

After a few visits to Marianne’s, Eva connects some dots and discovers something that leaves her with a huge dilemma.

Some people say this film could have been a rebirth for Gandolfini, who was pinned as a hard-headed mobster, but we will never

know.Sadly, this film marks the

end to Gandolfini’s career. The actor died shortly after the filming ended, marking the end of a brilliant body of work. His performance in this film was unlike any other; for the first time in a long time you get insight into a man’s feelings during a film without it coming across as cheesy or part of the comedic relief.

This movie has its awk-ward moments, but it’s all in good fun.

The OU School of Music will perform the music of J.S. Bach 3 p.m. Sunday as part of its Sutton Concert Series in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall of Catlett Music Center.

Eugene Enrico, Reaugh Professor of Musicology in the OU School of Music, said the audience should look forward to hearing the way that Bach explored all of the possibilities of the violin and his unique style of writing violin concertos.

“Bach had a unique abil-ity to marry clear musical structure with ingenious details of counterpoint — writing independent melodies that mix together perfectly,” Enrico said.

Enrico said standout artists performing in the concert include flute professor Valerie Watts and voice professor Joel Burcham. Tickets for the concert are $9 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff and senior adults.

Andrew Clark, Life & Arts Reporter

New York singer-songwriter Ari Hest will perform as the opening act for the 2013 to 2014 Winter Wind concert series at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones St.

Hest has an impressive musical career, with six albums and three EPs under his belt already. His songs have also been featured in famous television series, such as Private Practice and One Tree Hill, according to a press release.

Nancy McClellan, assistant to the director of the Performing Arts Studio and a member of the Winter Wind committee, said Hest performed in the previous Winter Wind concert and everyone loved him.

Hest recently released his seventh album, “The Fire Plays,” and toured Europe, adding fans to his growing fan base. McClellan said the Performing Arts Studio is delighted to have him perform once again.

Tickets for the event are $15.

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