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As skin cancer rates for tanning bed usage grows, U.S. Senate weighs pros and cons of tax on tanning servicesCAROLINE PERRYMANDaily Staff Writer

A listing of the most dangerous forms of radiation that cause skin cancer now in-cludes a new item: tanning beds, accord-ing to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Tanning beds are now said to definitely cause cancer, not just probably cause it, and the American Cancer Society suggests people stop tanning in tanning beds com-pletely, the foundation stated.

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer found in the United States,

according to the American Cancer Society. More than 1 million cases are diagnosed each year and about 2,000 Americans are killed from this disease each year.

Melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, kills more than 7,000 Americans and strikes more than 59,000 Americans each year. The American Cancer Society also found that 75 percent of people who use tanning beds before the age of 35 develop melanoma.

A Mayo Clinic dermatologist said peo-ple may not know they can receive rashes, warts, HPV, cellulitis, cataract and retina damage and infections along with skin cancer from tanning beds. Premature aging and wrinkling of the skin is directly related to sun exposure. People are much more likely to develop melanoma or nonlife-

threatening skin cancer by 55 percent from being exposed just once a month.

If no action is taken, more people will not only continue to tan and develop wrin-kly, aging skin, but also develop skin can-cer and possibly die. Recent reports show skin cancer rates are increasing by 2.3 per-cent in females and 7.7 percent in males each year, said Len Lichtenfeld, American Cancer Society deputy chief medical officer.

The problem is that some people are un-aware of the dangers of ultraviolet radia-tion from tanning beds, Lichtenfeld said.

Tanning also may become more ex-pensive. The proposed 10 percent federal tax on indoor tanning services was added to the latest U.S. Senate health care re-form bill in December, according to the

International Smart Tan Network, The 10 percent “Tan Tax” could lead to more than 1,000 tanning business closures, resulting in more than 9,000 lost jobs in 2010.

The tax on the nation’s professional tan-ning facilities would generate less than $170 million in its first year and even less in subsequent years due to business clo-sures, an estimated 40 to 50 percent less than what bill sponsors projected to collect in taxes over 10 years.

“Body image is sadly too scrutinized in this nation for a 10 percent tax to affect anyone’s behavior,” said Amy Taylor, ac-counting junior. “The media has focused several campaigns against tanning for health factors and it has deterred few from tanning, so a small tax will not stop people from tanning.”

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Installing security cam-eras makes buses safer, encouraging students to use transportation, of! cials say

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Cleveland Area Rapid Transport Services recently completed placing security cameras on its transporta-tion system for passengers’ safety and security.

CART began implement-ing the cameras last fall and completed them this spring with a grant from Federal Transit Administrat ion a d m i n i s t e r e d b y Oklahoma Department of Transportation to CART Services, said Cody Ponder, grants and planning man-ager for CART Services.

The security cameras were put in all of the CART operations including 15 buses, four trolleys and 12 vans available to Norman residents who uses these p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , s a i d K r i s G l e n n , C A RT spokesman.

“ The focus of placing these cameras really is for security and safety of the passengers and the driv-ers, also as a learning tool to teach our drivers to show them as a source if there is any issue about what they are doing that they are not aware of,” said Wayne Wickham, manager of op-erations for CART Services.

Ponder said the security cameras also serve a cus-tomer service role.

“For example, when we get a complaint phone call, we can run back the tapes and see what had actually happened to get better idea about the situation and re-spond to the customers in a better way,” Ponder said.

S o m e o f t h e b e n e f i t s about monitoring the se-curity cameras on public transportation systems are reductions of vandalism like graffiti, broken win-dows and damaged seats. Also the busses with secu-rity cameras had reduction of injury claims, improved route scheduling, and pas-senger load management

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Resolution calls for enforcement of current 25-feet laws, eventual full banTROY WEATHERFORDDaily Staff Writer

UOSA passed a resolution encouraging OU President David Boren to restrict smoking on the OU-Norman campus.

Citing health concerns, unsightly litter and campus opinion, Student Congress passed the resolution with 22 in favor, 13 against and 2 abstains.

The resolution also asked that the current laws prohibiting smoking within 25 feet of

entranceways be enforced.UOSA will work to provide programs to make

quitting smoking easier for our university com-munity, the resolution stated.

The resolution also stated UOSA would sup-port a partial ban beginning in 2011 and would consider a full ban in 2012.

A partial ban would include banning smok-ing on sidewalks and most areas of campus, Representative Joseph Ahrabizad said.

“Hopefully, [the board of regents] consider banning smoking on the University of Oklahoma Campus,” said Ahrabizad, political science senior.

Ahrabizad said after a ban goes into effect, people will have to leave campus to smoke.

Representative Joe Sangirardi voted against the resolution.

“A lot of my constituents, freshman, smoke, and so I don’t think I can be for this since I’m representing them,” said Sangirardi, University College freshman.

He said there is already a policy restricting smoking in front of entranceways that should be enforced, and no more rules are needed.

“This is incredibly restrictive and I think it’s wrong,” Sangirardi said.

Representative Forrest Bennett was in favor of the resolution. He said he asked a smoker to stand farther away from a door and was told to “suck it.”

Ahrabizad said the country is moving in the

UOSA encourages Boren to pass smoking restrictions

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JAPAN NIGHT FEATURES TRADITIONAL,MODERN ENTERTAINMENTStudents join the Japanese Student Association for a night of kara-oke, dance, costumesCASEY WILSONDaily Staff Writer

Karaoke singing, magic tricks and battling dojos were all part of Japan Night, a show hosted Tuesday by the Japanese Student Association.

The show also included performances of traditional Japanese drumming, hip-hop dancing and a musical duet.

Japan Night is an event that happens every year at OU, said David Truong, Japanese Student Association president.

Japan Night showcases both the traditional and pop culture aspects of

Japan, said Truong, english junior. “We’re having traditional dances and we’re having modern dances,” he

said.Students from Ritsumeikan, a university in Japan, are incorporated into

Japan Night, Truong said. These Japanese students are at OU for a month, and one intention of

Japan Night is to help those students generate friendships with the Japanese Student Association, Oklahoma Christian University and with the commu-nity in general, he said.

Truong said Japan Night is a way to help strengthen the relationship be-tween the general community and the international community.

Though not Japanese, Truong said he loves the culture of Japan and the Japanese Student Association.

Andy Nhin, biology sophomore at OCU, said he was seeing Japan Night JAPAN CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

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UOSA Representative joe Ahrabizad speaks about his bill regarding the university’s smoking policy. The new bill proposes that a ban on smoking be gradually instated and to be in full effect during the next school year.

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“Sometimes you have to do what your rep-resentatives want, sometimes you have to do what is best for your constituents,” Ahrabizad said in support of the bill.

A bill also was passed 24-9-1 to require that “any entity campaigning for or against a campus-wide referendum must also register their cause and abide by regulations in the same manner outlined for candidates.”

This bill would also limit spending by any individual entity to $1,000 per election cycle.

Before passing, the bill was amended to remove restrictions on elected mem-bers of UOSA from offering opinions on referendums.

The current rules allow anyone to cam-paign for any referendum, said UOSA Secretary Brett Stidham, human relations

management junior.UOSA also passed an act requiring that

votes be cast in uncontested elections.The “Always Take a Vote Act,” will make

the requirements for recall petitions more reasonable, Ahrabizad said. The number of signatures required for a recall petition is based on the number of votes cast in the last election, so requiring votes in uncontested elections will affect that amount.

Also approved was $1,570 in funding to eight student organizations for programs, events and activities. International Advisory Committee ($300), Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Society ($275), Society of Portuguese Speakers ($250), Sooners for Israel ($200), United Students ($150), American Constitution Society ($100), Spanish Club ($200) and the student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture ($95) received these funds.

Nine UOSA liasons also were appointed at the meeting.

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The security cameras in the busses are not moni-tored 24/7, but only the manager of operations per-son can run back the tapes. When there is an incident or complaint, they need to be looked at closely to fig-ure out what had happened and handle the situations, said Wickham.

There are two to three cameras on each bus, and one of them faces outward i n c a s e o f a n a c c i d e nt, Glenn said. He said this can help prove the faults and determine exactly what happened.

“ Hav i n g t h e s e c u r i t y cameras makes the bus-ses safer and it deters from making people doing some-thing bad, so it encourages the students to use the bus-ses more often and benefit from them,” said Christina Miles, University College freshman.

Glenn said instal l ing the security cameras was a natural progression for 21st century technology, and this helped CART catch up with similar technology al-ready implemented in other states.

“The CART Services is glad to be moving ahead and trying to be progressive with the systems they offer,” Wickham said.

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for the first time.Nhin said he was happy to see a large amount of people in

attendance at the show, and he particularly enjoyed the Soran Bushi, a Japanese dance about fisherman.

“I like all the dances,” he said.Zachary McWilliams, computer-engineering sophomore, said

he saw Japan Night last year, thought it looked fun and decided to perform in it this year.

McWilliams performed with the percussion group Arashi Taiko, and said he and his group have been practicing for Japan Night since last semester. “It’s been a lot of fun,” McWilliams said.

James Bryan, professional writing junior, said he learned about Japan Night through the Anime Club.

Bryan said he performed in the fashion show that included performers dressed in casual clothes, tradition clothes and cos-play. The latter is a performance art in which performers wear costumes to represent characters from anime, video games, mov-ies and other media.

“Everybody’s pretty excited for the cosplay,” he said. “Cosplay’s going to be the best, for sure the best.”

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A member of the Japanese Student Association performs a rendition of OnePlay, a popu-lar manga cartoon, at Japanese Night in Meachum Auditorium Tuesday night. Japanese Night was organized by the Japanese Student Association and included songs, magic, fashion, and culture.

State-of-the-art ambulance includes a plethora of features, allowing paramedics to be fully equipped, paramedic saysBRYAN DUGANCOURTNEY SILVAContributing Writers

The flashing lights and the sirens of Norman Regional Hospital’s new mobile intensive care unit are the same as any other ambulance, but its size and purpose differ drastically.

The new unit, which is the biggest ambulance in the state, was special ordered and purchased three weeks ago from St. Louis, Mo., said Steve Yarbrough, Norman Regional Hospital critical care paramedic.

The vehicle’s main purpose is to transport critically injured patients to other hospitals over long distances, Yarbrough said.

“It’s brand spanking new and took about three years to build,” Yarbrough said. “If you would’ve asked me to build my dream ambulance, this is exactly what I would’ve asked for.”

The ambulance is 29 feet long, around 8 feet wide and 10 feet tall, similar to the height of a semi-truck. A semi-truck’s legal height is 13.5 feet, according to the Department of Transportation’s Web site.

Holding around 100 gallons of gasoline, the vehicle drives a range of about 750 miles, Yarbrough said.

“It can get us from here down to Houston without refueling,” he said.

With a four-person cab, the ambulance is designed to transport two paramedics, a respiratory therapist and nurse in addition to the critically injured patient, Yarbrough said. Depending on the severity of the situation, a physician may replace the nurse, he said.

“We get a call or two a day that needs this vehicle,” Yarbrough said. “As we get each call, we evaluate the call and decide if it needs a regular ambulance or this.”

The ambulance helps paramedics better care for patients because it gives them all the equipment in one place, set up

and ready to go. Unlike a regular am-bulance, a mobile intensive care unit includes IVs, fluid warmers, a cot, defibrillator, monitors and a wide range of medications for any event, Yarbrough said.

The rear of the ambulance sits on two large air bags, which are activat-ed when the back doors are opened, and gives the ambulance one of the smoothest rides possible, Yarbrough said.

Another state-of-the-art feature, Yarbrough said, are the two indepen-dent air conditioners used to cool the unit. In the event that the air condi-tioner in the back fails, it will switch over and run off the other in the front. For extra precaution, an inverter is also carried on the vehicle, which will power the system if needed.

“There’s absolutely no chance that the back will ever go without an air conditioner,” he said.

The ambulance was built to withstand elements of weather, including rain, ice and snow, Yarbrough said as he reached below the steering wheel to lift a red lever, activating the vehicle’s snow chains.

“About two years ago, we had a child we were transporting from Ada back to

Norman and we had some problems in the snow,” Yarbrough said. “Now, in an instance like that, we just flip this switch and arms come down and engage the wheels, which lock the snow chains into place.”

Yarbrough said about once or twice a year paramedics are called to rescue someone stuck in inclement weather.

The ambulance cost about $325,000 after purchasing medicine and equipment, Yarbrough said. The project was paid for through federal grant funding, as well as donations from the Norman Physician Hospital Organization, Norman

Auxiliary Hospital, Norman Health Foundation and a group of private donors.

Courtney Marino, OU arts and sciences sophomore, said she thought Norman Regional Hospital made a good choice in purchasing the life-saving vehicle.

“I think this money is put to go use,” Marino said. “One of my friends was in a life threatening accident and I would have felt better if something like this could have gotten to her faster and helped her needs.”

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The following is a list of arrests and cita-tions, not convictions. The information given is compiled from the Norman and OU Police Departments. At times, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma City FBI will contribute to these reports. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONReina Margarit Aguirre-Deserrano, 27, 1800 W. Main St., Monday

BARKING DOGCody Gene Burchette, 23, 1801 Aladin St., Sunday

AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEDavid Tyler Burshik, 25, 12th Avenue, Monday

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA David Braden Cox, 18, 1100 W. Lindsey St., Sunday, possession of drug paraphernalia

Kyle Andrew Warren, 19, 1100 W. Lindsey St., Sunday, possession of drug paraphernalia

Lief Erickson Rantala, 21, 24th Avenue, Saturday

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Clint Aaron Mayes, 23, 1400 Southern Heights Ave., Sunday, also interference with an of! cial process and municipal warrants

PETTY LARCENY Jennifer Lynn Russ, 30, 3499 W. Main St., Friday

MUNICIPAL WARRANTDonna Sue Shumway, 43, 201 W. Gray St., Monday

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Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal declared March 2010 as International Demolay month in the City of Norman. Demolay International is an organization to train 12- to 21-year-old young men to be successful leaders.A Norman citizen said he and his neighbors did not want new speed bumps on their street. Another citizen said doubling the speeding ! nes would be just as effective in reducing speeding.-Cassi Toney/The Daily

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Students across campus have been calling for gender-blind housing. This is meant to give students the oppor-tunity to live with someone with whom they are more compatible.

Instead of gender-segregated housing we should have co-ed and gender-neutral housing.

This would solve many of the potential problems of either having or not having merely gender-neutral housing.

The prospect of gender neutral housing has caused a lot of controversy. It provides fears that gender-neutral stu-dents will be isolated into a small corner of campus, pos-sibly making them targets for hate crimes and other acts of abuse or violence.

Co-ed housing would solve this by providing gender-neu-tral housing, but not segregating them into particular spot. It

would spread individual dorms around campus, promoting integration rather than isolation in the OU community.

Were we to make one of the dorm towers co-ed, students would be further removed from the stereotypical bubble of campus life. In the rest of the world boys and girls mingle. Co-ed student housing would allow students to get more real world training while still in college.

The best part of co-ed housing is it would be an option. Those who wish to live in gender-neutral rooms may do so, and those who wish to remain in their gender-segregated hallways may do so as well — but students should have the option.

This would give OU a chance to shine as an example to a largely unprogressive state.

“To be honest with you we live in the state of Oklahoma,

our values are not necessarily the same elsewhere,” OU President David Boren said about gender-neutral housing Feb. 9.

Are we really going to allow ourselves and our adminis-tration to hold such a mindset when we’re being challenged to expand ours?

The administration needs to at least try co-ed dorms for a year as a test run. If OU, the state’s largest and leading ex-ample of progressive thought, can’t make accommodations for all walks of life, then Boren’s previous statements will never change. Our values, like not accepting each other as we really are or not giving every student an equal sense of security, will never change.

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In honor of Japanese night, I’d like to correct a common myth about the Japanese education system.

Ask anyone in this country and most will tell you that the Japanese educate their children better than we do. It’s pretty common knowl-edge that the U.S. is pretty far be-hind the rest of the world in education quality, at least as far as test scores can show. And it’s also pretty com-mon knowledge that the Japanese education system is rigorous, their culture stresses the importance of a good education and the combination of these fac-tors produces high-per-forming students.

But many of those same people you ask will make this an-swer with a corollary. It is a com-mon belief that the same traits that create the strength of the Japanese system also create an environment of excessive stress and stifled creativity. They claim the system generates adults with little individuality or creativity, and worse, they claim that pres-sure to be perfect leads students to suicide.

These myths are easily per-petrated because they are based in reality. Japanese culture does stress indi-viduality less, and group culture more, than we do in the U.S. — though they have a similar focus on creative expression and the arts. And students in Japan are great-ly pressured to make their families proud, to keep up with the rigorous curriculum and to prepare themselves for entrance into universities (which is a much greater feat than in U.S., often re-quiring years of study at “cram schools”). But the fact is, the suicide rate among Japanese students is not as exceptional as commonly believed. According to the Center for Disease Control and Japan’s National Police Agency, the U.S. actually has a greater number of student-age suicides than Japan.

This misconception most likely arises from the fact that Japan has the ninth highest suicide rate in the world, one that is much higher than all the other industrialized na-tions, according to the World Health O r g a n i z a t i o n . The National Police Agency reports the n u m b e r o f s u i -c i d e s i n Ja p a n passed 30,000 for the twelfth year in

a row in 2009. These high num-bers might be attributed to recent economic turmoil and unem-ployment in Japan, but this is not entirely a recent trend. It is more likely attributable to uniquely Japanese views on honor and suicide.

The suicide rate, combined with the stereotypical view of Japanese education and culture as oppres-sive and highly stress-ful, leads to the false assumption that the rate of suicide among Japanese students is exceptional.

The perpetration of this negative view is doing great harm to this country, as it

makes it possible for us to write off the lessons we could be learn-ing from Japan’s success. It’s easy to ignore their strengths, and the changes we could be making in accordance to strengthen our own system, when we’re afraid of overworking students and raising already high suicide rates.

Japan consistently outranks and outperforms the U.S. in inter-national indicators of the quality

of education systems, in-cluding subject-specific

test scores and literacy rates. Japan consis-tently ranks among

world leaders in stu-dent math performance;

the U.S. is consistently below average. Though much of

their renowned educa-tional strength comes from the intense years

of preparatory schooling stu-dents undergo before

taking the university entrance exams, the strength of the pub-lic education system

cannot be ignored. We should be evaluating what factors lead to this

success, and figuring out which could work the same for us.

That is not to say that the educational

system in Japan doesn’t put unique stressors on stu-dents. It’s simply that any argument attempting to prove that those stressors cause serious problems for students, and outweigh the benefits, must be more

complicated than an appeal to the suicide rate.

Mary Stanfield is a philosophy sopho-more.

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I want to lead you to find awe in your everyday surroundings, and help you find solace in the wonder-ful world of Science-the science of plants. A science that not only teaches you about the value of your envi-ronment, but meddles with many other impor-tant issues like the agony of the hungry, the greed of corporations and even the exploitation of religion.

Botany turns the av-erage into the extraordi-nary — a Napoleon if you wish. Botany teaches the student at the macro level as well as the micro. It teaches the beauty of cultivating the earth by your own hands into a well-managed area that sustains the human body as well as the mind. It teaches the complexity that is the central dogma; it teaches the brilliance of our evolutionary history from single-celled organ-isms to the sophisticated multi-cel-lular beings we are today. The sub-disciplines of botany are diverse and the opportunities are even more rewarding.

Why I am shoving my one love down your throat? I merely want to entice you to become more aware of your surroundings and

the interworkings of the organisms you pass by every day. I want you to probe into this area of study because in my short time here, I have seen a

terrifying ignorance among the population at large that does not want to understand where their food comes from, the difficulties in cultiva-tion or the complexity of our ecosystems. These problems are creating a world that will soon not be inhabitable by mankind and many other more beautiful organisms than ourselves.

I know some readers are committed individuals in

their majors and will re-fuse to drop t h e i r m u n -dane studies for the bril-liance botany is. However, I implore you t o g e t y o u r hands dirty. There are many ways to go about pursuing botany, but the most practical (and the most fun) is tilling the land with your own two hands. There are always empty plots of land that need human cultivation (but be careful where you tread). These

plots of land you can manipulate to produce some of the most amazing fruits and vegetables that will ever hit your taste buds. Plots of land that will help reduce your carbon footprint. Plots of land that will help you gain the most precious jewel — knowledge of the earth and the great bounty that she provides you.

However, if you are one of the many students who live in areas that do not provide a space for you to sharpen your gardening skills then I want to direct your attention to some student groups on campus that are pushing toward installing a very overdue community garden closer to student housing.

I h o p e y o u w i l l probe your university resources to discover these groups and give them your support — support that is not just wanted, but needed. We need more stu-dents interested in this field because at the rate our Earth is declin-

ing we cannot afford to be ignorant anymore.

Christopher Gibbons is a botany and chem-istry junior.

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BALOGUN WORKS OUT AFTER MISSING SEASON

The past 15 months have been full of confusion and frustration for senior linebacker Mike Balogun, but for three hours at OU’s Pro Day on Tuesday he finally got to play his final year of collegiate football.

The last time the 26-year-old senior suited up was in the 2009 National Championship Game in Miami, Fla., when he started at middle linebacker against the Florida Gators. Balogun recorded six tackles in the loss.

Since the moment he returned to Norman from Florida, the only news concerning Balogun has por-trayed his eligibility in a negative light. His eligibility was de-certified by the NCAA in August for allegedly playing semi-professional football after the age of 21, a claim Balogun denies to this day.

Since Balogun was denied his season, he had to cram a 13-game season’s worth of highlight reels and impressions into one practice session at Everest Training Facility in front of scouts representing al-most every National Football League team.

“I could have done better on some drills,” Balogun said. “There’s always better numbers you could put up, but I think I did good.”

Tuesday morning was essentially Balogun’s 2009 season, and he had a productive season.

Balogun hustled during the linebacking drills, put up good numbers in the individual drills and im-pressed some scouts who approached him following his workout, Balogun said.

Balogun ran a 4.72 40-yarddash, posted a 35-inch vertical jump and put up 18 reps on the 225-pound bench press. Once he was done with his on-field drills, he took the Wonderlic Test, which he did not find so terrible, Balogun said.

The best news Balogun could have received during the Pro Day was when he was told his year out of the starting lineup and on the Sooners’ scout team did not hurt him and he still had the term draft-able attached to him, Balogun said.

“A lot of teams like me,” Balogun said. “If you give me a shot, I’ll prove it to you. I’ll prove I deserve a roster spot. That’s all I need.”

Balogun will continue to work out and will participate in OU’s next Pro Day that will feature Heisman-winner Sam Bradford on March 25, but Balogun’s collegiate work is far from over. Balogun is finishing his remaining four credits needed to graduate, and will continue his lawsuit against the NCAA that he filed shortly after being decertified. None of the scouts at Pro Day asked Balogun about the lawsuit, meaning that it hopefully will not hurt his future, Balogun said.

“I have no clue [if the lawsuit will hurt my draft status],” Balogun said. “I don’t think so. I don’t think [scouts] care. Surprisingly nobody asked me about the lawsuit.”

If Balogun had not been decertified for the 2009 season, his situation may have been a lot different.

“I would have had a great season,” Balogun said. “I know I would. I was ready to go.”

MCCOY HAS SHORT WORKOUT

Junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy worked out for a 15 minute period Tuesday at OU’s Pro Day at Everest Training Facility where he participated in individual drills in front of scouts from most NFL teams.

McCoy did not participate in the same drills he did at the NFL Combine, but rather more specific drills aimed at testing the defensive line position.

“I just wanted to come out here and move around a bit,” McCoy said. “[At Pro Day], you know what they’re going to

test you on, but you don’t know what position work you’re going to do. So when you come here you’ve got to be ready for anything. It was a little different, but nothing I couldn’t adjust to.”

McCoy will redo the bench press drill in OU’s next Pro Day on March 25 with Heisman-winner Sam Bradford and other OU players who did not work out Tuesday. McCoy was heavily criticized for posting 23 reps of 225 pounds at the NFL Combine in late February.

The reason for the poor performance at the Combine was nerves since the 23 reps was two less than he posted on his first day of training for the Combine, McCoy said.

“I was just nervous,” McCoy said. “I’m just going to give myself a little bit of time off, keep training and come back and do it on [March] 25.”

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17 Straw, to a camel?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Should you stumble across a new career opportunity, you need to respond to it posthaste. It won’t be there tomorrow, so don’t take too long to ponder if you think it’s right for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’re likely to have an unex-pected contact from a faraway friend who is always with you in spirit. This person’s message will be a wonderful surprise.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You love joint activities, and this day could be fi lled with more than a few of them. However, one in particular will hold special advantages for you and another party.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- There are some strong possibilities that you will use your ingenuity and resourcefulness to generate income from some rather unusual sources. It could be a rare opportunity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- This could be an exciting day for many unattached Virgos, and you could be introduced to someone with whom you’ll instantly click. You’ll fi nd much to like in each other.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You may fi nally put to rest a certain diffi cult task or assignment that has been giving you fi ts. It will be a big load off your back, but more important, it’ll be a big success.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Your fi rst inclinations are likely to be your best ones, especially with regard to social situations. Go along with any unusual ideas for a get-together. It’ll be fun.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t be reluctant to discard an old, unproductive concept if something better pops into your head. The new idea will be an ingenious improvement.

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SPRING BREAK: 2010SPRING BREAK: 2010 WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE REINTRODUCED TO NATURE, CRUISE DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR JUST RELAX AT HOME, THE DAILY HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU.

HOME SWEET HOME SWEET ‘HOMA‘HOMACONCERTSCONCERTS Enjoy the spoils of SXSW when many of the hottest young bands across the nation make a stop in Oklahoma before head-ing down to Austin. You can catch Jaguar Love (March 14 at Opolis), Turbo Fruits, Mondo Dang (March 14 at the Conservatory), Vivian Girls, Abe Vigoda, Male Bonding (March 15 at Opolis), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Band of Skulls (March 21 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa). The ! ve-hour trip south isn’t necessary to enjoy some amaz-ing shows.

SEE YOUR FAMILYSEE YOUR FAMILY They are the people that give you money.

MOVIESMOVIES A number of good movies come out over the break. “Green Zone” puts Matt Damon back in kick-ass mode.

“She’s Out of My League” and “The Bounty Hunter” promise some laughs. And “Repo Men” has Forest Whitaker — the key ingredient to any good movie.

TVTV Test blocks and busy sched-ules hamper our abilities to follow even our most favorite shows, so catch up using Hulu or the like. You can ! nally see the birth of Jim and Pam’s baby or try and ! gure out what the hell is hap-pening on “Lost” (you won’t be able to).

READ A BOOKREAD A BOOK You have a week free to read whatever you like. Put down the calculus book and pick up “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”

STUDYSTUDY Pssssh.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology junior.

GET A LITTLE FRESH GET A LITTLE FRESH AIRAIR SKYDIVINGSKYDIVING Save perhaps for wingsuit flying and the Olympic ski jump, skydiving is the biggest out-door rush one can achieve. The world’s fastest achieve speeds of 310 mph, but be sure to tell Mom that your freefall won’t get going quite that fast.

BACKPACKING BACKPACKING “Out here, it’s just Father Sky, Mother Earth and your dear old Uncle Tony,” crazy Ben Stiller says in “Heavyweights,” a childhood staple of mine. Adventure trip backpacking isn’t nearly as ter-rifying or torturous as Tony Perkis makes it out to be; in fact, one could argue that it’s the ideal break for the disciplined student also seeking physical challenge. The Huston Huffman Center offers outdoor equipment rental for those who lack expensive tents, sleeping bags, tents and cooking stoves, all necessities for a successful weeklong hike

through the wilderness. Extended trips exclu-sively specific for backpacking are somewhat limited in Oklahoma, but nearby Arkansas boasts several great national parks, like Buffalo National River that trails along bluffs and caves for 135 miles. CAMPINGCAMPING Casual camping is a cheaper, easier and more relaxed alternative to a hardcore backpacking expedition. Campgrounds are in abundance wherever you go, and vary widely in options. Depending where you go, you can choose between tents or cabins, lakes or rivers, rock climbing or mountain biking, or if you’re really lucky, all of the above. When it comes to camping, it’s location, location, location. Outdoorsok.com lists an exhaustive collec-tion of Oklahoma camping grounds with pictures, overnight options and recreational activities. BEACHBEACH Unfortunately, Oklahoma is somewhat de! -cient here, but that only increases the epic quali-ties of beach trips because they imply a double-

whammy. That is, a road trip is necessary just to arrive at said sandy location. Some opt for the huge social scenes in Cancun, Destin and other traditional MTV Spring Break haunts, but often times a diamond in the rough is all you and your friends need to live it up for the week. Surf and skim boards are cheap rentals for the adventurous types, while the more amorous can sunbathe and socialize. Camp out or rent a house, the choice is yours. Texas beaches are the nearest option, though the east coast beckons for those who want to go heavy on the road trip. ROCK CLIMBING/BOULDERINGROCK CLIMBING/BOULDERING For bouldering, a pair of climbing shoes is the most basic and only truly necessary equipment for a day’s entertainment. Upgrade to rock climb-ing with ropes, harnesses and more experienced friends (don’t try climbing on your own, especially if you lack the know-how) and you can make a week of it, exploring Oklahoma’s great rock for-mations southeast in the Oachitas or southwest in the Wichitas.

Matt Carney is a professional writing junior.

HIT THE ROAD, HIT THE ROAD, JACK JACK LAS VEGASLAS VEGAS If you’re going to Vegas, you’re probably not going to demonstrate the poise you learned as an upstand-ing attendee of our university. Chances are you are going to collect memories and are satis! ed with a menu ! lled with fast food and beer. And it is safe to assume that other collegiate travelers to this loca-tion will have the same party-! lled mindset.

NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS If you’re traveling to New Orleans, spring is a per-fect time to escape the muggy, hot summers. Not to mention, they just won the Super Bowl. The energy for fun in New Orleans is at its peak. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND If you want to party but keep north of U.S.-Mexican border, South Padre Island, Texas is easy access to the ocean. Studentcity.com named the city the top collegiate-greek U.S. destination. The future of America parties here.

Georgia Basore is a communication junior.

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GEORGIA BASOREDaily Staff Writer

Like the washing machines in Walker Tower dorms, col-lege life can set a student’s health on spin cycle. Whether it’s studying or partying that saturates the majority of a stu-dent’s time, living a nutrition-ally balanced lifestyle in such an unpredictable environ-ment is a demanding task.

Daphne Oz (daughter of the well-known author and tele-vision host Dr. Mehmet Oz) will visit OU on Wednesday to discuss strategies concern-ing college health and her new national best seller “The Dorm Room Diet.”

There are a plethora of doctor’s offspring around the globe, and they are cer-tainly not all qualified to write books, so why listen to Miss Oz at all? It is her personal story that renders her book so credible.

Throughout high school, Daphne was struggling with her weight, and more specifi-cally, an emotional depen-dency on food. Finally, she discovered a pathway to suc-cess when she lost 10 pounds within the first three months of her freshmen year.

In her book, she synthesiz-es personal experience with years of advice from a family of health experts. Not only is her father a heart surgeon, but her uncle is a neurosurgeon, grandfather a heart surgeon, grandmother a nutritional specialist and mother a veg-etarian. She was surrounded on all nutritional fronts.

Oz says in her book, “With all these health experts in my family, I grew up hearing about what I should be eating, what I should be taking for vitamins, and how I should be exercising to maintain ideal health. Of course, what I should have done is not al-ways what I did.”

Oz uses her book to map a utilizable plan of action con-cerning how to succeed nutri-tionally in college.

“The Dorm Room Diet” explains how to wrangle challenges like late night studying, impulsive eating at social events and limited time for exercise. She divides her book into an eight step program to lead students to dietetic victory.

Daphne Oz will present her book for discussion and signing at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Beaird Lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. It’s a healthy road to the land of Oz.

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CRIMINAL : THE SINNERS PART 5Ed Brubaker’s and Sean Phillips’ story arc

on their Eisner award-winning series comes to an end this week as Tracy Lawless finds him-self in the ultimate catch-22 with no tricks up his sleeve.

Very vague, I know, but I don’t want to give anything away to new readers. Many have described “Criminal” as the best noir comic published ever, even ranking higher than Frank Miller’s “Sin City” and the always wonderful “100 Bullets.”

Channeling classic pulp writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Brubaker is able to combine all the basic noir tenets with his own modern twist, making this a fascinating page-turner.

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Be sure to get the back issues of “Criminal: The Sinners” at your local comic book stores, and while your at it, you might want to get the deluxe hardback edition of “Criminal,” which collects the first four trades for only $30.

Osi Aken’Ova is a visual communication and film and video studies senior.

CLASS SINGS IN REMEMBRANCEALEX EWALDDaily Staff Writer

The OU School of Musical Theater’s Class of 2011 will perform its recital Thursday eve-ning to reflect on the students’ time in college and to honor a friend and classmate who died of cancer her sophomore year at OU.

The recital, at 5:30 p.m. in the Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center, is dedicated to Amy Boe’s memory as a fund-raiser for the Amy Elizabeth Roe Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The Class of 2011 dedi-cated the recital to Amy Boe, a drama major who suc-cumbed to cervical cancer in October after the disease returned last summer, because they believed they learned lessons from her life, said Kristina Love, one of the performers and drama junior.

“Our recital is not just about singing and performing,” Love said. “We’re picking songs that are important to us, and we’re feeling those issues are important to us are important to the human heart and to the audience.”

The recital will feature solo, duet and group numbers among the eight performers, in-cluding songs from contemporary pop and

PLAYBILLWhat: “Class of Twenty Eleven”

When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday

Where: Pitman Recital Hall

Cost: Free

musical theater to classic theater pieces, even several Disney numbers.

Love said the audience should wait and see what songs are performed so as to find out their meanings at the recital — each selection will be explained before it is performed.

“Every single song is pertinent to a lesson that we’ve learned in college,” Love said. “We have an excerpt that we’ve written [in the pro-

gram] that incorporates a few quotes from Amy’s journal with lessons that we’ve learned from her and from her life.”

Love said Boe and her fam-ily believed the cancer had gone into remission after treatments in her senior year of high school and freshman

year at OU because of positive signs like hair regrowth.

However, she said Boe never showed re-gret or pity that she was ill, and instead tried to make people laugh with her — both on-stage and off.

“This girl you would never know had can-cer from her performing,” Love said. “She was so dedicated to it. [She] had a disco ball in her car — she was that kind of girl.”

Donations for the Amy Elizabeth Boe Memorial Scholarship fund will be accepted at the door.