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Freshman’s dream of performing

for Sooner fans comes true

CAITLIN HARRISONThe Oklahoma Daily

If you’d asked Megan McGeary last year what she dreamed of doing this fall, she’d tell you she hoped to twirl in front of more than 80,000 people every weekend while living in Oklahoma.

The University College freshman from Altoona, Pa., is OU’s newest feature twirler, performing solo twirling routines in sparkly costumes with the Pride of Oklahoma dur-ing the band’s pre-game and halftime shows. She replaced the five-year veteran twirler, Meredith Sigler.

“I’m very excited. There’s just so much tra-dition,” McGeary said. “The Pride has such an amazing reputation, and I feel like that’s all on the line whenever I’m out there. [The band director] is always like, everyone’s going to love you no matter what, and if they don’t love you, we love you.”

Although she has 17 years of performance experience, McGeary said she performed for her largest audience yet Saturday at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“It’s almost hard to remember. You have such a rush,” she said. “It was incredible. I’m one of those people who kind of feeds off that. The more people the better.”

Brian Britt, Pride of Oklahoma director, said McGeary has done an excellent job as twirler so far.

“We’ve been really blessed over the years to have outstanding feature twirlers,” Britt said. “You don’t replace people, but we have every confidence that Megan is going to rise to the occasion and be a great team member as well

PRIDE WELCOMES NEW TWIRLER

The University of Oklahoma Student Association will host its fi rst football tailgate party of the year at 2 p.m. Saturday on the southwest corner of Asp Avenue and Lindsey Street. The tailgate will last until the start of the No. 13 Sooners football game against the Idaho State Bengals.

UOSA Vice President Dewey Bartlett said the tailgate is free and open to all students with a valid OU student ID, and was set up so students would have a good place to go before home games.

UOSA will serve hot dogs and Coca-Cola products provided by OU Housing and Food, and will play music and games all day leading up to the football game. Bartlett said some of the activities include showing OU football highlights on a projection screen, throwing around a football and getting ready for an OU victory.

Bartlett said the UOSA will host tailgate parties three to four hours before kickoff of each home game depending on the start time of the games.

-Jono Greco/The Daily

Sinclair Black, an architect and city planner from Austin, Texas, will speak with architecture students at 2 p.m. today in Adams Hall.

Black is known for his unusual design talent and for his intense stud-ies of vernacular architecture in cen-tral Texas. He will talk with students about “Building the Organic City.”

The speech is part of the College of Architecture’s Goff Lecture Series, which was established in memory of Bruce Goff, former chairman of the College of Architecture.

For more information call Chelsea Moore at 325-9481.

-Meredith Moriak/The Daily

MainSite Contemporary Art will debut a piece of art by sculptor Daniel Edwards from 6 to 10 p.m. today at 122 E. Main St.T he s cu l p t u r e , L andma rk o f Breastfeeding , depicts actress Angelina Jolie breastfeeding her twins and is part of Edwards’ Domestic Bliss project. Edwards’ art centers on celebrities and pop culture. Some of his previous works include sculptures of pop star Britney Spears giving birth on her hands and knees and socialite Paris Hilton dead with detachable organs.

-Nicole Hill/The Daily

Former Phillip Morris research scientist Victor DeNoble will speak about his experience in the tobacco industry at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars room. DeNoble’s free presentation, entitled “Inside the Dark Side: The Science Behind Tobacco, The Truth Behind Lies,” will uncover the wheel-ings and dealings of tobacco compa-nies and their marketing campaigns.

DeNoble is a former research scientist for Phillip Morris and has studied the effects of nicotine and tobacco use on the central nervous system and the brain. His stand against the tobacco industry has been the subject of numerous books, magazine articles and television interviews.

-Melissa Foy/The Daily

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Megan McGeary, University College freshman, twirls during the Sooners game against BYU in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 5. McGeary was named the newest feature twirler for the Pride of Oklahoma this fall.

OUPD adds satellite offi ce in

Cate Center to serve students

RICKY MARANONThe Oklahoma Daily

OUPD has opened a satellite office in Cate Center to allow easier access and better serve students.

The new office is a single room located in the southwest quad of Cate Center in Parker house room 133.

“We wanted to provide a place that is useful to students, and we’ve always planned on having a place closer to cam-pus,” OUPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said.

Chan said the new office serves the same functions as the OU police head-quarters located at 2775 Monitor Ave., south of the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.

“It functions like a precinct,” Chan said. “We can do things like make police reports to even registering bicycles.”

He said the new office is staffed daily and open to the public from noon to 8 p.m.

“We are fully moved in and up and running,” Chan said.

Chan also said OUPD has acquired two offices upstairs for the new office that are not open to the public.

“Community service officers work out of that office, but it is mainly a remote place for paperwork,” he said.

But many students are unaware any-thing has changed within the OUPD.

Out of six students interviewed by The Daily within a span of 20 minutes in Cate Main Thursday, only one knew about the new OUPD office.

“I like [the new office],” said Kaylie Sedlacek, University College freshman and Couch Center resident. “I knew the police station was kind of far away, so I’m happy they now have something closer.”

Sedlacek said some students will initially disapprove of the police being closer to the dorms, but also said she felt students would warm up to their new po-lice neighbors.

Chan said nothing new would be hap-pening with OUPD patrolling the dorms.

“We already patrol the dorms,” Chan said. “There should not be any major pa-trol changes.”

Campus welcomes new police office

Big Red Rally to bring excitement and spiritCAC hopes giveaways and spirit

competition will stir up school support

KRISTIN SIEGELThe Oklahoma Daily

OU’s home football season kicks off Saturday, but the Big Red Rally will give the OU community the chance to cheer on the Sooners one day earlier.

Friday’s Big Red Rally is the annual free pep rally put together by Campus Activities Council prior to the first home football game to get the OU community excited for the upcoming season.

“We really hope that the Big Red Rally will help get ev-eryone excited for our first home game after last week-end’s defeat. We want to continue to show our support for the Sooners,” said Laura Bock, CAC member and chemistry sophomore.

The event also gives the football team, OU spirit squads and the Pride of Oklahoma a chance to thank the OU community for all the cheering and support they will give in the upcoming season, said Jason Marshall, Pride drum major and instrumental music education senior.

OU President David Boren will speak, as will head coach Bob Stoops, said Tanyon Helzer, CAC member and marketing sophomore.

The Big Red Rally will be held at the practice field immediately south of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, but will move underneath the stadium near University Bookstore in case of rain, said Jessica Haddad, vice-chair of administration of CAC’s Big Red Rally committee.

In past years, the Big Red Rally was held in the stadi-um, but moved out of the stadium last year.

This smaller-scale environment creates an intimate and exciting arena for those attending, said Matthew Carpenter, human resource management senior.

Before the Big Red Rally begins, there will be giveaways to those in attendance. These in-clude two footballs auto-graphed by Bob Stoops, gift cards to local res-taurants and stores and other OU memorabilia, said Samantha Brule, CAC member and jour-nalism sophomore.

CAC added a spirit competition this year to encourage greek or-ganizat ions to show t h e i r s c h o o l s p i r i t .

Organizations will be judged on their signs and the amount of people they bring, Haddad said.

“The Big Red Rally is a great kickoff to the football year. It encourages people to show up to the first home game and support the home team,” Bock said.

What: The 16th Annual Big Red Rally.

Where: The football practice field immediately south of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (in case of rain, the rally will move underneath the stadium near the University Bookstore).

When: Gates open at 5 p.m. Friday, with giveaways begin-ning at 5:30 p.m. The rally will begin at 6 p.m.

STOP ... RALLY TIME!

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(Left to Right) MPO Jay Littlejohn and Officer Sternberg sit in the new OUPD office Thursday afternoon as Officer R.J. Sternberg registers a bike in the Police database. The office is now located in the southwest quad of the Cate Center in the Parker House room 133.

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as a great performer.”McGeary, who attended a branch of

Penn State University last year, first con-sidered applying for the position when she met Sigler last year at a twirling com-petition. She said Sigler convinced her to apply.

After a long process of auditions and paperwork, McGeary was notified in the spring that she was chosen as a finalist. In May, McGeary again traveled to OU where she performed her second and final audi-tion, and learned shortly afterward she had been selected as the feature twirler.

“It was obvious she was ... just a great performer. She was also highly regarded as a person and as a student,” Britt said. “We were just impressed with her want-ing to be part of a team and being a so-loist, and so that really started us on our journey.”

Although the audience size is new for McGeary, twirling is second nature. She began twirling at age three and hasn’t stopped since. McGeary gained six years of twirling experience in middle school and high school, where she also held the feature twirler position.

McGeary’s position at OU is permanent for the next four years — or for as long as she is in college and chooses to keep it. She said twirlers do not have to try out again every year.

“There are girls who are from Oklahoma and dream about having this position all their lives,” she said. “I’m not going to stay here for six years just to have it. I would be happy if I just had one year, but I get four.”

McGeary said she isn’t sure yet if most people on campus know who she is, but she thinks she is catching on. She said people seem pretty speechless and im-pressed when she tells them who she is.

“I didn’t realize until I got here that it was actually that big of a deal,” she said. “It’s awesome to be appreciated. I’m humble about it, but I’m not. I’m really proud of it, and I have no trouble saying, ‘I’m the feature twirler,’ because I earned the title, and I intend to flaunt it.”

But her position has its downsides,

too. McGeary, who is under 21, said she is not allowed within a 10-foot radius of alcohol.

“I’m tracked kind of, just like any other member of Pride. Mine’s a little bit more intense because I’m well-known,” she said. “It’s only hard because now I have the independence where I can do what-ever I want. I’m really glad I do have those rules, because it keeps me on my toes [and] keeps me focused.”

But unlike other types of athletes, a twirler’s career typically ends after col-lege, and McGeary said she plans to make the most of her next four years in a posi-tion she used to only dream about.

“There isn’t really any professional ca-reer after you’re done,” she said. “There is really nothing you can do with it besides getting a feature twirler spot in college. It’s like the beginning of the end.”

Satellite images will track the

spread of the disease

JARED RADERThe Oklahoma Daily

The spread of infectious diseases could soon be tracked using information collected from hundreds of miles in the sky, according to a researcher at the OU Center for Spatial Analysis.

Xiangming Xiao, professor of microbiolo-gy and associate director of the OU Center for Spatial Analysis, has been working on track-ing the spread of the avian flu in Asia using remote data from satellites.

“A lot of data is required to track these dis-eases,” Xiao said. “Satellite images can be an important part of that data.”

Among such necessary information are ecological and seasonal factors, Xiao said. Using remote sensing, satellites can map out disease risk areas in near-real time. The domestic duck in Southeast Asia is the pri-mary carrier of the avian flu. These ducks live in rice paddies and come into contact with migratory water birds that are secondary carriers. These birds then spread the disease along their migratory flyways.

Using remote data, satellites can monitor the intensity of rice paddy crops that could sustain a concentration of domestic ducks and wild water birds, according to research

published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. This information is combined with the mi-gratory patterns of the water birds to deter-mine the locations at high risk for avian flu.

“We need to understand and have infor-mation of the rice agricultural systems, and satellites can map this data,” Xiao said.

Xiao said the satellite itself cannot predict disease outbreaks, but the data collected is an important part of the mapping process. He said climate change can affect migratory patterns of disease-carrying birds, and satel-lites are necessary for monitoring this infor-mation as well.

“The ultimate goal is to use the satellite data with information on the ground to de-velop the risk map,” he said.

Xiao said the use of satellite data to map disease is a relatively new concept that is not implemented in governments’ decision-making process for combating diseases yet. However, he said he sees a good possibility satellite data will be commonly used in the future.

“There is great potential for using satellite data for disease forecasting and mapping data.” he said. “It provides consistent infor-mation that could really help.”

While Xiao’s research is exciting for fu-ture disease prediction, he said satellite data would not be very effective for predict-ing swine flu outbreaks because the disease already spreads from human-to-human contact.

Microbiology professor’s research to help predict spread of avian fl u

DRUG BUST LEADS TO ONE ARRESTNorman police has released information regarding a drug bust that took place on Sept. 2. According to the Norman report, an undercover offi cer purchased drugs from a suspect at 1491 E. Alameda St. When the purchase was made, the offi cer was given two small orange balloons containing what a police report said was $220 of heroin. The suspect was arrest for unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance within 2,000 feet of a school.

150 DOGS SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATEDNorman police said they successfully vaccinated 150 dogs for rabies at their annual Dog Days of Summer event held at the Norman Animal Welfare Center. Eighty-six animals also received microchips, and 36 dogs were bathed. Attendees came from as far away as Ada to attend the free pet care event.

VANDALISM AND BURGLARY TO CARSNorman police are investigating a car burglary at the Commons on Oak Tree apartments and another car that was burglarized at The Edge apartments. OUPD is looking into additional on campus car vandalism and burglaries. A car’s tires were slashed in the Elm Avenue parking garage Wednesday. Damage to the car is valued at over $500. Two cars were broken into on campus Wednesday. Items stolen from the cars ranged from a GPS unit, a Pike Pass and a parking permit, and were valued at over $200.

-Ricky Maranon/The Daily

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University College freshman Megan McGeary marches down the field with the Pride of Oklahoma before the game against BYU Sept. 5.

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The Daily has a long-standing commitment to serve read-ers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to the attention of the editorial board for further investigation.

In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, a story about crimson and cream beer cans inaccurately stated that Anheuser-Busch, the producer of Bud Light, “encourages respon-sible drinking for those over 21 years of age and does want anyone under 21 to break the law by consuming alcoholic beverages.” The article should have said, “... encourages responsible drinking for those over 21 years of age and does not want anyone under 21 to break the law by consuming alcoholic beverages.”

In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, an advertisement incorrectly stated an art “a la CART” evening was occur-ring Thursday. The event occurs tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY

Local churches offer cheap

places for commuters to park

ANNE BROWNThe Oklahoma Daily

Many students unwilling to pay high prices for parking permits and waste time aimlessly circling campus lots for spots have found parking at local churches as a helpful alternative.

According to the OU Parking and Transit Services Web site, a commuter permit costs $195 from Aug. 16 through May 15, whereas church parking costs vary, the maximum being $130.

The McFarlin United Methodist Church offers all students free parking on its westside parking lot.

Brett Reading, energy management and finance senior, said she stumbled upon McFarlin when she was driving around

Campus Corner trying to find a parking spot because she cannot afford the OU commuter permit.

“I have been parking at McFarlin since my junior year,” Reading said. “It’s so con-venient, there’s always an open spot and it’s only about five minutes from the library.”

The Wesley Foundation United Methodist Chapel and Student Center offers its mem-bers parking for $95 and $130 for nonmem-bers per semester, said chapel member Asia Frye.

“I hope that we can help with the park-ing problem, while getting more students to come and attend our church,” Frye said.

E.A. Chapman, education senior and Wesley member, said she was tired of driv-ing around the commuter parking lot for 20 minutes trying to find a spot.

“Whenever I found out OU Parking and Transit Services had sold about 700 addition-al parking passes, [it] was the last straw and I looked for a different option,” Chapman said.

“That’s when I found out about parking at Wesley my sophomore year, and ironically I became a member because I was there every day and enjoyed the atmosphere.”

Raymond Kinsley, a member of Christ on Campus, said its lot is currently full and parking is decided on a first come, first serve basis.

“We are expecting 15 spots to become available in the spring, after December grad-uation,” Kinsley said. “The parking permit costs only $75 per semester and is open to both members and nonmembers.”

Although many churches around campus are making parking accessible to students, St. John’s Episcopal Church decided to keep its lot empty and student-free.

Twila Smith, a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church, said it does not sell per-mits to students.

“We have a commitment to our members’ needs,” said Smith, former director of Student Media. “Events held during the week, such as

funerals, resulted in our decision to keep our parking lot empty.”

Student commuters fi nd parking permit alternatives

POLICE REPORTSThe following is a list of arrests and citations, not

convictions. The information is compiled from the

Norman Police Department and OUPD. All those

listed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEJessica Desiree Brewer, 31, 400

Elm Ave., Wednesday

Dillon Kay Henry, 1900 W. Lindsey St.,

Wednesday, also improperly registered vehicle

POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCEJoseph Lee Burns, 39, Shiloh Drive, Wednesday,

also county warrant and municipal warrants

MUNICIPAL WARRANTMatt G. Charley, 23, 201 W. Gray St., Wednesday

Crishawn P. Cook, 32, 201 W. Gray St., Wednesday

Sabella Renea Hill, 23, E. Lindsey

Street, Wednesday

Hanna Brooke Semrau, 18, W.

Indian Hills Road, Wednesday

COUNTY WARRANTRicky Joe Wayne Kilmer, 34, 1830

12th Ave. SE, Wednesday

PETTY LARCENYSarah Ohanjanianse, 25, 333 N. Interstate

Drive E., Wednesday, also county warrant

Melissa Rae Shaw, 23, 3499

W. Main St., Wednesday

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONAaron Edward Slack, 33, 2760

Classen Blvd., Tuesday

TODAYRELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

The Religious Studies Outreach Program and

the History of Science Department will host a

discussion titled “Evangelicals, Evolution and the

Nature of Science” at 3:30 p.m. in Nielsen Hall.

SATURDAYOU FOOTBALL

OU vs. Idaho State will begin at 6 p.m. at

the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

MONDAYCAREER SERVICES

Career Services will present the Sooner

Showcase Career Fair resume workshop at

noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

CAMPUS NOTES

McFarlin United Methodist Church419 S. University Blvd.321-3484Parking: Free

The Wesley Foundation United Methodist Chapel and Student Center428 W. Lindsey St.321-6266Parking: $130 per semester (non-Wesley mem-bers)$95 per semester (Wesley members)

Christ on Campus824 Elm Ave.321-3484Parking: $75 per semester

FINDING THE CHURCH

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Susan Connors, director of planning and community development for the city of Norman, speaks about potential projects for the Porter Avenue corridor at Thursday night’s meeting at Norman’s Municipal Building. The meeting concluded after The Daily’s press time; however, please read Troy Weatherford’s story online at OUDaily.com.

Technology-ready rooms

match students’ needs

MARGO BASSEThe Oklahoma Daily

Students in the College of Law now have a new area to labor over books and prepare for presenta-tions with the addition of four high-tech study rooms.

Law library director Darin Fox said he designed the additions to the library and the room format was inspired by the students and designed to fit their needs.

“Watching how the law students study, they need to be able to work in groups with technology avail-able,” Fox said.

Elizabeth French, a first-year law student said they will be a good place to study.

“They are making it so they pro-vide for better collaboration and make it easier to practice for moot court,” French said.

The rooms are set up with a large conference table that seats a group of eight. Each table features electri-cal outlets and a device that trans-mits images from the laptop to a large screen in the room, Fox said.

“The way law students study

now, they need room for the laptop in front of them, their notes to the side, and their books to the other,” he said.

One study room includes equip-ment for teleconferencing that al-lows students to prepare for job and internship interviews. The equipment will also allow students to practice giving oral presenta-tions on video before presenting in class, Fox said.

The study rooms were paid for by a half-million dollar grant from the Inasmuch Foundation in Oklahoma City, he said

The funds were allotted specifi-cally for the rooms, he said.

The finishing touches are going on the last two rooms and will be completed within the next few weeks, Fox said.

In the past, rooms were avail-able on a first come, first serve basis. Now, the media rooms are only available for those who have previously reserved them online, said Jennifer Hawk, third-year law student.

“It will be nice to have that space reserved because only your law login will get you into the room so you don’t have to worry about sav-ing it,” Hawk said.

ADDRESSING THE PORTER AVENUE SITUATION New study rooms added to College of Law building

Last week the Associated Press released photos of a mortally wounded marine, Joshua Bernard. The release of the photograph is somewhat surprising con-sidering the government’s crackdown on media de-pictions of U.S. casualties since the Vietnam War.

Naturally, many peo-ple are outraged that the Associated Press could be so heartless, releasing such graphic and disturb-ing images. However, I find the government’s re-action to the photos more hypocritical.

In response to the Associated Press’s decision to release the photo, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates protested the decision vehemently. He argued that the Associated Press acted with a “lack of compassion and common sense” toward the family members. He went on to say that “the issue here is not law, policy or constitutional right – but judgment and common decency.”

The government’s position is appalling.

They actually have the audacity to accuse others of lacking compas-sion and common sense. Where is the compassion in killing people

in Iraq or Afghanistan? Where is the compas-sion for those Iraqi and Afghani families? Where is the common sense in spending billions upon billions for a war during a recession?

I don’t blame the U.S. government for their se-lective appeals to compas-sion. The government has to respond that way.

Letting Americans view graphic images of Americans dying can upset and enrage the populace against the war. Just ask the LBJ and the Nixon Administrations about press coverage of U.S. deaths in the Vietnam War.

Although an infringement on the freedom of the press, the warmon-gers have to show outrage when photos of the good guys being killed are released because of the poten-tial political fallout surrounding their war.

However, while the warmongers’ selective appeals to compassion might garner support at home from the electorate, the world commu-nity is not impressed.

Many openly mock Americans for our inability to decipher what is truly important to an issue. They laugh because many Americans show all kinds of outrage for a photo of one mortally wounded marine, yet they hardly bat an eye at the murders of Iraqi and Afghani citizens.

This disconnect from reality is fundamental to a lot of our foreign policy disputes. We come across as only being able to see our side and as making exceptions that only apply to America.

For example, we see ourselves as only one of the chosen few who can have nuclear weapons. We can’t have crazy governments like Iran or North Korea possessing such dangerous weapons because God knows what they would do. Meanwhile the U.S., a self-pro-claimed ‘sane nation,’ is the only country to use this weapon on others.

Most people in the world see through this doublespeak and question our lack of consistency. That is why many see past the se-lective appeals to compassion and common decency when we make a huge deal about a photo and not about real issues like the multitude of murders of people at the hands of the U.S. government.

Another problem with the gov-ernment’s outrage over the photo is that it has kind of a shoot-the-mes-senger flavor.

This photo would hardly receive any outrage if a marine didn’t die. I have to ask, who is ultimately re-sponsible for an American being in harm’s way in Iraq or Afghanistan? Well it clearly isn’t a reporter’s fault.

So, for the government to all of a sudden get concerned about politi-cally correct buzz words like com-passion and common decency is somewhat hypocritical. It is espe-cially hypocritical when they are responsible for killing others and putting people’s lives in danger.

I understand that many will ob-ject to my position because the

United States is a special case. Some would argue that showing compas-sion to the families and citizens of Iraq or Afghanistan by not invad-ing and killing them is a totally dif-ferent thing. I must have forgotten that we are the chosen nation when it comes to morality. I find that hyp-ocritical position absurd.

It harkens back to primitive times when a tribe’s actions were consid-ered moral while the other tribes that disagreed were not only con-sidered immoral but also worthy of destruction. Just because the U.S. is the biggest and baddest modern tribe doesn’t mean our leaders are right when they wreak havoc on others.

However, the truly sad part of this whole story is the fact that so many people are outraged by the release of a photo of an injured and dying American, but they don’t even think twice about the U.S. wiping an entire Afghani village off the map.

Hypocrisy is hypocrisy even if you are the good guys.

Tarrant Carter is a philosophy and

psychology senior.

Where were you that September day? The world did not stop turning that day, but it may have held its breath for a moment.

The day the twin towers were attacked will be the one that defines our generation the same way our parents remember the as-

sassination of President Kennedy and our grandpar-ents remember the bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor. Sept. 11 is equally infamous.

The memories we re-call from that month and year are ones that reveal the character and weak-nesses of our country. And the good character that we saw from September 2001 shows our potential for

greatness.I was in eighth grade that year, and I was in

school when it happened. How exactly we found out about it, I don’t

remember, but the teachers refused to turn on the televisions to see what was happening. School had to go on and the younger students might be frightened.

Since we were a Catholic school, the pastor of the parish called the upper grades over to the church to pray. There we sang “God Bless America,” a hymn that would soon explode in popularity.

Every parent came to pick up their child. The gas stations were reportedly packed as

people panicked. My mom took us straight home, canceling the piano lessons I was sup-posed to start that day. At home, we turned on the TV and with the rest of the country prayed and waited for an explanation.

The following days and weeks brought tales of fear and sto-ries of heroic feats by rescue workers. “God Bless America” would have made number one on the music lists if it had been new that month.

Church attendance increased, patriotic feel ing blossomed with flags and bun-tings displays, and for, perhaps, the only time in his presidency the majority of the nation was united behind George W. Bush. We were going to get the perpetrators and pun-ish them, and America would be honorable again.

Only the most hardened cynics were not moved by the patriotic fever, grief and expres-sion of virtue. Collectively we swore that the crisis had brought out the best in the charac-ter of the nation and the virtues of compas-sion and fortitude we had discovered must not be forgotten.

But being near-sighted and emotionally swayed as human beings are, we did forget.

Life went on as usual for most, but certainly not the victims and their families.

Everyone else felt the stringent security lines in the airports and grumbled accord-ingly. And as we sunk our military might

into the quagmire of Afghanistan and Iraq, patriotic enthu-siasm supported the soldiers but dissi-pated when the war went on too long and continues today.

We forgot America could be great.

Our generation especially needs to remember that A m e r i c a c a n b e

great. We have heard in our history lessons and through various media of the history of American failings in wars, slavery, racism and ongoing corruption.

But that is the history of the human race. Is it any surprise that our country should have its fair share of sins?

But if a moment of crisis shows our true character as citizens of this country, then there is hope.

For this means that Americans as a whole are compassionate, willing to help, value faith, especially faith in God, and detest irra-tional violence.

However, we have a short attention span.

Sustaining such virtue would require efforts exceeding the rationings our grandparents put up with during World War II.

It was not the war that made their genera-tion great, it was their willingness to sacrifice comforts for a common cause, a cause whose success they hoped would make the world a better place.

I do not blindly support every action of our country, but I hope that if I make my own ef-fort to show compassion, give help where it is needed, be a faithful member of my church and strive to stir out of the complacency that is so easy to fall into, I can make this country great.

I hope that collectively that our generation will make the same efforts.

The energy that goes into advocacy of vari-ous charitable causes can be the same ener-gy that goes into the effort of trying to lead a good life. It may not be easy or pleasant, but I understand it is worth living.

We sing “God Bless America,” not because we deserve to be blessed, but because we need to be blessed, not necessarily with ma-terial blessings, but with the moral strength and courage to do what is right.

And lest I sound too much like a Hallmark card, a little patriotism and a taste of glory never hurt anyone.

Sarah Rosencrans is a zoology and biomedical science

senior.

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But if a moment of crisis shows our true character as citizens of this country, then there is hope. For this means that Americans as a whole are compassionate, willing to help, value faith, especially faith in God, and detest irrational violence.

Columnist reflects on that day in September

‘Hypocrisy is hypocrisy even if you are the good guys’

T h i s s e m e s t e r, t h e O U P o l i c e Department opened a new satellite of-fice on campus in a newly renovated Cate Center building (see page 1 for details). The new location is in addition to the department’s primary office located on Monitor Avenue.

The new office location will be more convenient for students who do not have access to a mode of transportation to get to the old office, and it will provide addi-tional safety on campus.

We wholeheartedly agree the new of-fice will be much more convenient for stu-dents, and we are glad the department has made the move. The new office is currently open from noon to 8 p.m. every day.

Students who don’t have a car won’t have to bum a ride over to the old location just to conduct administrative business

anymore. And even students who do have a car will benefit because of the conve-nient new location right by the dorms and South Oval buildings that students use the most.

Hopefully this more convenient locale will entice an increased number of stu-dents to register their bicycles with the department’s bike registration program.

It is no longer as big of a hassle to do this, since the new office is situated within walking distance of anywhere on campus. This is a feature the old location cannot boast.

Also, the new location will be visible, so it may cut down on the crime that does happen on campus. Every little bit helps. This move was overdue, and we are glad OUPD and OU administrators could find a way to make it happen.

OUPD’s new offi ce a good moveLETTER TO THE EDITOR

America’s quickest path to economic and international irrelevance runs on the same track as our persistence in the deadly game of national debt.

Simply put, the value of currency — and thereby the life of an economy — is based on the “animal spirit” of confi dence. Today the economic life of our nation hangs by a mere thread of confi dence. As our country fl ies down the path of trillion-dollar debt, any investor in the dollar (almost every nation in the world) must realize that the point of inevitable default will soon arrive. Once a single economic power crystallizes this realization into policy, the world will almost inevitably follow — crippling not only the economy of the United States, but also the cultural, moral, and diplomatic prominence of our nation.

I do not desire this fate for America, but we invite this fate every time we let politi-cians sweep the national debt and persistent defi cit under the rug, conveniently consigning

it to the next election cycle. Since both political parties have con-

sistently prolonged this problem, it falls upon us, the citizens of the United States, to change the course of our country’s future. The American people must call for a con-stitutional amendment to reduce the cur-rent deficit by ten percent of the current total every year. Once a balanced budget is reached in 10 years, the amendment would mandate a balanced budget except in very clearly defi ned cases of national need, such as congressionally declared war.

Certainly it is no easy task for any econ-omy to arrest the headiness of nearly limit-less spending; however, gaining control of the defi cit is our only chance to return America to its historical position as a world power and a beacon of principled, responsible freedom.

Isaac DavisChemical engineering juniorVice-Chancellor, Winston Churchill Society

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Students reported for class Thursday at a suburban Detroit university hours after pro-fessors reached a tentative agreement that ended a week-long strike.

The three-year deal at Oakland University included more money for professors in the second year of the pro-posed contract, expanded health care choices and it al-lowed faculty to have say on the school's future, according to the union.

"This agreement proves beyond a doubt that we faculty were never concerned with economics," said Karen Miller, vice president of the union's chapter, which represents 450 faculty members at the public four-year institution.

Professors on the 18,000-student campus went on strike Sept. 3–the day classes were to begin–after the university

proposed a three-year wage freeze along with cuts in health insurance benefits.

"We are extremely pleased to have found common ground on the issues that had been standing in the way of an agreement," Virinder Moudgil, the university's senior vice president and provost, said in a statement. The school said it would not comment on the details until the contract was ratified. The union said it likely would ratify the con-tract at the end of September.

Students said it was good to return to the largely com-muter school in Rochester, about 20 miles north of Detroit.

Gary Duma, 25, of Novi, a doctoral student in mathemat-ics, waited outside a classroom building eating a Pop-Tart. He said he knew the strike wouldn't last long.

"I slept in, enjoyed myself and spent time with my woman," Duma said.

Some grew weary of the strike."At first it was all right, because I got a break. But after

a while, it got ridiculous," said fresmanAdam Suddon of New Haven while waiting for his algebra class to begin. Suddon, a biomedical engineering major, said he spent much of his week watching television, meeting people and playing video games.

Faculty members also were excited to return to class.English professor Ed Hoeppner, 58, said he will use the

strike as a teaching tool."It's great to be back," he said.

–AP

Michigan professors back in class after tentative deal over strike

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group's leaders sus-pected she was a government informant. Prosecutors announced the indictments Thursday.

John Graham, of the Southern Tutchone tribe in Canada's Yukon territory, and Thelma Rios, of Rapid City, are accused of taking part in the kidnapping and kill-ing of AIM member Annie Mae Aquash. Prosecutors say Graham and two other AIM members—Arlo Looking Cloud and Theda Clarke—drove Aquash from Denver to Rapid City, where she was held against her will and questioned about whether she was an in-formant. Prosecutors have said she was not working with the government.

They say Graham raped Aquash at Rios' apartment, and that he later fatally shot her near Wanblee, 86 miles east of Rapid City.

Graham, 54, is charged with one count of felony murder in relation to kidnapping, one count of felony murder in relation to rape and one count of premeditated murder in Aquash's slaying.

Rios, 64, is charged one count of felony murder in relation to kidnapping and one count of premeditated murder, said Attorney General Marty Jackley and Pennington County state's attorney Glenn Brenner.

All charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Attorneys for Graham and Marshall did not immediately return telephone messages Thursday seeking comment. Rios made her first court appearance Thursday and did not have a lawyer. Federal prosecutors declined to comment about the new charges.

Graham was supposed to stand trial in

federal court Oct. 6 with former AIM mem-ber Richard Marshall. But that case is on hold because prosecutors are appealing rulings from a judge and appeals panel that concluded the U.S. government lacked juris-diction to try Graham because neither he nor Aquash are American Indian. The federal government has jurisdiction over American Indian-related crimes.

There are no jurisdictional issues in the case against Marshall, who is accused of providing Graham with the gun and ammu-nition used to kill Aquash, and the charges against him stand.

Looking Cloud was convicted of murder in 2004 for his role in Aquash's death and was sentenced to life in prison. He is now a government witness.

"This isn't a turf battle. This is a coopera-tive investigation of federal, state and local authorities. This isn't a deal where we're try-ing to snatch somebody's case," said Jackley, who led the federal efforts to prosecute Graham and Marshall for three years as U.S. attorney.

Brenner said there is no statute of limita-tions on the state charges against Graham and Rios. The case should be simpler than in the federal system because prosecutors must merely prove if a crime was commit-ted, he said.

"We do not have any of the blood line or tribal issues," Brenner said of Graham's fed-eral case.

One of Aquash's daughters, Denise Maloney Pictou, said by phone from Nova Scotia that she's glad the case is proceeding.

"To me, it's always as long as the wheels are turning that's all that matters to our fam-ily, that there's movement," she said.

Clarke, who is in her mid-80s and lives in a nursing home in western Nebraska, has

not been charged, though she is a material witness. Her lawyer filed a motion to quash a subpoena, saying she is incompetent to tes-tify due to various medical and age-related ailments.

It took prosecutors decades to press charges in Aquash's killing because for a long time, investigators were unable to get enough key witnesses to cooperate. That changed in 2003, when a federal grand jury heard enough evidence to indict Graham

and Looking Cloud.AIM was founded in the late 1960s to

protest the U.S. government's treatment of Indians and demand the government honor its treaties with Indian tribes. The group grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee, which led to a 71-day standoff with federal agents that in-cluded the exchange of gunfire.

–AP

Two charged in 1975 American Indian Movement slaying

AP PHOTO/CARSON WALKER

This file photo shows family, friends and members of the Mi’kmaq Tribe walking with the casket of Anna Mae Aquash on the Indian Brook Reserve in Nova Scotia, Canada on June 21. John Graham and Richard Marshall were to stand trial Oct. 6 in federal court on charges they committed or aided and abetted the murder of Aquash near Wanblee. But late Wednesday, the federal judge granted a prosecution request for another delay.

Have you ever wondered how your course fees or college technology fees are being u� lized? Here is your opportunity.

The Offi ce of the Senior Vice President & Provost and the UOSA President are pleased to provide a master list of mee� ngs the Norman Campus Deans have scheduled to discuss the FY09 expenditure of course and college fees including the college technology and college enrichment fees, their FY10 budget plans for this revenue and any proposals for fee increases for FY11.

These revenues are used within each degree gran� ng-college to provide the kinds of specifi c instruc� onal materials, technology, instructors needed to best deliver the degree programs to the students within each college.

These mee� ngs are a great opportunity to review the wonderful impact this revenue has within each college. Plan on a� ending your Dean’s mee� ng.

Dr. Nancy L. Mergler Ka� e FoxSenior Vice President & Provost UOSA President

Students,

College Scheduled meeting date Time LocationPaul Bell Arts and Sciences Wednesday, September 23 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Ellison Hall, Room 132

Andy Coats Law Friday, September 25 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Andrew M. Coats Hall, Classroom 1

Rich Taylor Fine Arts Thursday, September 24 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Pitman Hall, Catlett Music Center

Ken Evans Business Friday, September 25 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Price Hall, Room 3040

Joe Foote Journalism and Mass

Communications

Wednesday, September 23 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Gaylord Hall, Room 1140

Doug Gaffin University College Monday, September 28 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Wagner Hall, Room 135

Charles Graham Architecture Thursday, September 17 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Arc on Main, Room 106

Larry Grillot Earth and Energy Wednesday, September 16 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Sarkeys Plaza, Room A

Tom Landers Engineering Friday, September 25 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Heritage Room, Oklahoma Memorial

Union

Zach Messitte International & Area Studies Thursday, September 17 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Hester Hall, Room 160

Jim Pappas Aviation Saturday, September 26 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Forum, Room A2

Joan Smith Education Wednesday, September 23 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. South Campus Bldg 4, Room 119

John Snow Atmospheric and Geographic

Sciences

Thursday, September 24 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. National Weather Center, Room 1313

Dean

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HOUSTON — Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday.

“It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they’ve ever played before,” Gov. Perry said of the Department of Public Safety’s elite investigative unit.

The forces, dubbed “Ranger recon” teams, are the latest effort “to fill the gap that’s been left by the federal govern-ment’s ongoing failure to adequately secure our international border with Mexico,” he said.

The governor early this year asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for 1,000 National Guard troops and renewed his call last month in a letter to President Barack Obama. The request is bogged down over who will pay for the troops and how they will be deployed.

Perry’s announcement Thursday comes amid increasing border violence, particularly in El Paso, mostly involving people with ties to Mexican drug gangs.

“They’ll be deployed to high-traffic, high-crime areas along the border,” he said. “They’ll give us boots on the ground, put people in these hot spots no matter what or where they may exist.”

Perry said the effort also would focus on remote areas where farmers and ranchers have complained of being overrun by smugglers and gangs from Mexico in numbers that also overwhelm local law enforcement and border pa-trol officers.

“Washington is shortchanging them, not giving them the

support they need,” Perry said. “As a result, we’re having to dedicate our resources to deal with the challenges we have along the Texas-Mexico border and ensuing issues that porous border has created all across state of Texas.”

He said the state would pick up the tab of $110 million, allocated by the Legislature in the past two sessions.

Perry’s announcement drew immediate criticism from U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is running against the two-term incumbent in the March GOP primary.

“Today’s announcement is yet another empty elec-tion-year promise from Rick Perry on border security,”

Hutchison spokesman Joe Pounder said.Perry fired back that it was the “height

of hypocrisy for someone who’s been in Washington, D.C., for 16 years, who’s had the opportunity to help Texas on our bor-der security, and they’ve been no more successful in delivering the resources and help.”

“So please do that job up there first be-fore you come down here and start criti-cizing about the state of Texas,” he said.

Hutchison also took Perry to task for the absence of any Texas agency from a federal program that allows Homeland Security personnel to work with local law enforcement on immigration issues.

“Texans need a governor they can trust to actually improve our security,” her campaign said in a statement.

“I happen to think we’ve taken advan-tage of every program that’s been effec-tive,” responded Perry, who has been branding his opponent as someone from Washington out of touch with her home state. “Pointing out one program that has been funded and leaving the 800-pound gorilla — which is 1,000 National Guard troops that we need — I am stunned

someone from Washington, D.C., would say they’ve done enough to secure our border.”

Brig. Gen. Joyce Stevens, commander of the Texas Army National Guard, said about 200 soldiers and airmen already have started integrated operations with the Rangers.

Tony Leal, assistant director of the Texas Rangers, de-clined to provide the number of his officers involved in the effort.

—AP

Perry: Ranger teams to go to Texas-Mexico border

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered con-gressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. “You lie!” Wilson blurted out during President Barack Obama’s health care address to a joint session Wednesday night, an out-burst that made some supporters shud-der even as others believed it could give Wilson a political boost in his conservative hometown.

“He’s the only one who has guts in that whole place. He’ll get re-elected in a land-slide,” said John Roper, an insurance agent, as he sat among patrons at a diner near Columbia.

Still, Southern sensibilities reign in the district the 62-year-old has represented for the past eight years. Roper added, “He probably shouldn’t have said it in that context.”

Wilson apologized to the White House soon after the speech and again Thursday, but did not back away from the issue that prompted his outburst. “People who have come to our country and violated laws, we should not be providing full health care services,” he said.

Late Thursday, House leaders threat-ened to bring up a resolution of disapprov-al or reprimand for his behavior unless he apologizes on the House floor next week, a Democratic official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss pri-vate negotiations on the matter.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said he favors a resolution of public disapprov-al if Wilson doesn’t apologize to the House by Tuesday.

Wilson told WIS-TV “by calling the president right away following the speech, I feel that covers the issue the apology called for, and the response was accepted,

and I’m now grateful we can get on to the issue itself.”

Clyburn, whose district adjoins Wilson’s, said he was not surprised by the outburst: “I think that’s indicative of the combative-ness he displays all the time when it comes to politics.”

Wilson’s shout came after Obama said extending health care to all Americans who seek it would not mean insuring ille-gal immigrants.

The House version of the health care bill explicitly prohibits spending any fed-eral money to help illegal immigrants get health care. Illegal immigrants could buy private health insurance, as many do now, but wouldn’t get tax subsidies to help them. Still, Republicans say there aren’t sufficient citizenship verification requirements to ensure illegal immigrants are excluded.

In Wilson’s district, many voters said the heckle wouldn’t affect their support for him. Some said they wished more politi-cians would speak their minds — but most said they wished it hadn’t happened.

Wilson, who served as a military at-torney, retired as a colonel in the South Carolina National Guard in 2003 after 31 years. His four sons also have served in the military, something mentioned repeatedly at Wilson’s public appearances in this mil-itary-friendly state. For some, that back-ground makes the outburst against the nation’s commander in chief even more striking.

“I thought it was disgraceful,” said the Rev. Kevin Roberts, who said he doesn’t support Wilson. “I don’t begrudge him his feeling. But I think there’s a way to com-municate that and a way not to, and I think it’s shameful. I expect more decorum and respect for the office.”

But Wilson’s shout is giving a financial

boost to his Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, who is challenging the incumbent in 2010. In the first 24 hours after Wilson’s outburst, Miller’s campaign coffers swelled by $500,000, according to Jessica Santillo of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The contribution, she said, came in from 14,000 individual contribu-tions. It’s not clear whether the people who made the donations live in South Carolina.

T h e R e p u b l i c a n C o n g r e s s i o n a l Campaign Committee didn’t respond to questions about donations to his own campaign. All of Wilson’s voicemail boxes

were full.Miller said Wilson should apologize to

his district too. Last year, Miller gave Wilson his most serious challenge since winning a 2001 special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Republican Floyd Spence.

“As a retired South Carolina National Guard colonel, he should have known bet-ter. It’s disrespectful to our commander in chief in a setting where the world was watching,” Miller said from his home in Beaufort. “It was childish.”

—AP

SC voters surprised by Rep. Wilson’s ‘You lie’ outburst

AP PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about border security during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 10 in Houston. Gov. Perry said special teams of Texas Rangers supported by about 200 Texas National Guard members will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence.

AP PHOTO/THE STATE, BRETT FLASHNICK

In this Dec. 28, 2006 photo, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., announces his agenda for the 110th Congress, and discusses his accomplishments from the 109th Congress, in West Columbia, S.C. President Barack Obama accepted the South Carolina Republican’s apology for shouting, “You lie!” during his speech to Congress.

OKLAHOMA CITY — When former Army Spec. Joe Collins first returned from Iraq in 2003, he secured a good government job and purchased his own home by age 21.

But as months passed, the stress of combat began tak-ing its toll on Collins, who began a downward spiral of shunning friends and family, depression and substance abuse, his mother Cynde Collins-Clark told members of the state House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Thursday. The lawmakers are examining a rise in the number of military veterans suffering from post-trau-matic stress disorder — or PTSD.

"He lost his job, his home and his health, but not his hope," said Collins-Clark, her voice trembling with emotion.

Described as "shell shock" with veterans of World War I and "combat fatigue" among veterans of World War II, PTSD is relatively common among troops returning from

a combat zone, but also can be experienced by rape vic-tims, bombing survivors and others exposed to traumatic experiences that cause fear, said Mike Walters, programs administrator for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.

"It is very real and it is very recognizable in this day and age," Walters said.

While there are an increasing number of state and fed-eral programs available to those who experience symp-toms, Walters said many veterans are often hesitant to seek treatment for fear of being stigmatized.

"I've seen this since Vietnam — the stigmatism that goes with PTSD and getting the people to come forward and understand that it doesn't mean you're crazy," he said. "It means you have a perfectly normal reaction to an extremely stressful event."

Left untreated, PTSD can lead to increased levels of vi-olence, substance abuse and even suicide, Walters said.

Collins-Clark said a major challenge for family mem-bers of those suffering from combat-related stress is nav-igating through a maze of bureaucratic red tape as they try to seek help for their loved ones.

"The families don't know where to go to help the resis-tant veteran," she said. "I have three college degrees and can barely keep up with the process."

State Rep. Wallace Collins, who requested the study and is not related to Collins-Clark, said he's concerned that budget cuts to both veterans programs and the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services could erode the safety net in place for veterans suffering from PTSD.

"I see the potential for an increase in services, yet we've been cutting funds," said Collins, D-Norman. "It's a recipe for disaster."

–AP

Okla. lawmakers seek to provide health services to veterans

Annelise Russell, sports editordailysports@ou.edu • phone: 325-7630 • fax: 325-6051

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SOONERS SET TO REBOUND SATURDAYERIC DAMA

The Oklahoma Daily

The Daily takes a look at this week-end’s matchup between OU and Idaho State.

QUICK FACTS:

–The last time OU lost its season open-er was in 2005 when TCU shocked the Sooners, 17-10, in Norman.

The following week, OU bounced back to beat Tulsa on Owen Field, 31-15.

– OU has not lost back-to-back regu-lar season games since 1999 when Notre Dame and Texas triumphed on consecu-tive Saturdays during Bob Stoops’ inau-gural season.

– OU has won 24 straight home games, the longest current streak in the nation, and just one shy of the school record of 25.

– Bob Stoops’ teams are 60-2 at home and the Sooners have won 44 of their last 45 on Owen Field.

KEYS TO THE GAME:

1) Penalties. Yellow laundry littered the field of Dallas Cowboys Stadium last week, and the Sooners are 0-1 because of it.

Adding an additional five, ten and sometimes even fifteen yards to a down killed the majority of OU’s offensive drives.

The Sooners shouldn’t have much trouble with Idaho State Saturday, but an excess of sloppy play would be just the thing to keep the Bengals in the game longer than necessary.

2) Chemistr y . All offseason long questions surrounded the ability of the four new starters on the offensive line to continue the success that last season’s unit enjoyed.

Last week’s game against BYU gave no indication that the questions should cease.

In addition, with redshirt freshman Landry Jones under center, and a slew of players set to (or at least attempt to) replace the gargantuan hole created in Jermaine Gresham’s absence, OU’s of-fense has to make sure everyone is on the same page.

Too often against BYU, it was apparent that some players weren’t even reading the same book.

3 ) K i c ki n g . B o b St o o p s s a i d h e thought the one plus overall through-out the entire game against BYU was the kicking game.

If OU’s offense under Landry Jones Saturday is having trouble reaching the endzone early in the game, Jimmy Stevens has to be there to make sure any drives deep into Idaho State territory don’t go wasted.

And if the Sooners are anywhere near their cringingly abysmal third-down conversion rate from last week (two of 11), Tress Way’s punting needs to be able to keep the Bengals from starting drives with great field position.

OU WILL WIN IF:

It shows up. Actually, I thought roughly the same

thing about last week’s game, and look where the Sooners are now.

But as long as players keep their pen-alties under control and take care of the ball, and the offense is able to get into a productive rhythm, this game shouldn’t be competitive for too long.

And even if none of that happens, OU’s defense is more than capable of taming the Bengals, who recorded a mere 37 total yards in a 50-3 loss to Arizona State last week.

IDAHO STATE WILL WIN IF:

OU doesn’t show up. Even with all the problems evident

from last week’s loss, and all the losses to injuries that were confirmed this week, the Sooners should handle the Bengals with immense ease. The final score of this game may remind fans of the box scores that last year’s record-setting squad con-sistently posted.

THEY SAID IT:

– Bob Stoops on not overlooking Idaho State:

“Our team can’t overlook anybody, if we can’t play correctly and play smart. It is painfully obvious to them after what happened last week. We have to play bet-ter. We have to play more responsibly and more disciplined to have a chance to beat anyone.”

– Sophomore wide receiver Dejuan Miller on Saturday’s game:

“It’s another week, it’s another game. We have to bounce back and learn from our mistakes. We have to learn from the

loss and hopefully come out with a win against Idaho State this week.”

– Sophomore kicker Jimmy Stevens on playing at home:

“I love playing at home. I love our fans and how they’re always loud and sup-portive. It’s just a great atmosphere.”

– Senior wide receiver Carter Whitson on Jimmy Stevens:

“He’s just more confident. He’s not a freshman anymore, he’s not nervous. He’s got his head into it now and obvi-ously a year of strength and conditioning helped him. He’s kicking it better and he’s more solid.”

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Friday Faceoff : Who is the biggest loss for OU football?The injuries to Sam Bradford and Jermaine

Gresham are definitely upsetting and it leaves a really sour outlook on the rest of the season. However, when deciding which injury will hurt the Sooners worse, I’m inclined to think long-term and go with Gresham.

Yes, I know Bradford plays quarterback and I’m aware of the Heisman he won last season. But look at some of the other details of the injuries.

Fi r s t a n d f o re m o s t , Bradford is out two to four weeks, which would poten-tially bring him back by the Miami game. This would leave him out for two home games against Idaho State (which, let’s just be honest,

is a cupcake win) and Tulsa, who is a decent team but nothing special.

Gresham is undoubtedly out for the sea-son, leaving him out of games that we need our best performance such as the Texas and Oklahoma State games. This is the most obvi-ous reason as to why Gresham’s injury hurts a lot worse. However, the biggest thing to me is that Gresham’s absence will place a lot more pressure on Oklahoma’s young and inexperi-enced receiving corp.

In the future games without Gresham, Brody Eldridge will likely be starting in his place. However, Eldridge is more of a blocking tight end, while Gresham was both a blocker and a downfield threat.

So, without that extra tight end asset, the Sooners are left depending on a list of young receivers. Ryan Broyles had a nice first season last year, despite not playing his best game against Brigham Young University. After Broyles, our receiving corps is left with a bunch of potential playmakers that have not broken out yet, such as Adron Tennell, Brandon Caleb and Dejuan Miller, just to name a few.

While all of these guys look to be OU’s star receivers of the future (except for Tennell who is a senior), I was really looking forward to them enjoying some open spaces this year when defenses would key on Gresham. It would have been great to be able to develop a couple of stud wideouts with Gresham there to take the pressure off.

However that fantasy has been completely drowned out, and now we’re all hoping for somebody to come out of the blue. Not to say I don’t think it will happen, just saying it would have been much easier with Jermaine on the field.

Clark Foy is a journalism junior.

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Having to decide which player you’d rather see hurt and which you’d rath-er see healthy is an awful game to play. Unfortunately, Sooner fans don’t get the chance to pick just one and have to live with two stars on the bench.

Although Jermaine Gresham is a great player who creates options and advantages for the offense, not having Sam Bradford on the field is like taking LeBron James away from Cleveland. And King James is clearly the main source of income for the city.

When Bradford is on the field, big plays happen. His accurate arm threads the nee-dle, zooming right where the receiver needs it. He knows where to throw it and how to throw it, which diminishes the defense’s

ability to cover. While anyone can throw a ball, Bradford surpasses everyone else on the team by leaps and bounds. He won a Heisman trophy for Switzer’s sake.

Bradford also brings to the field the abil-ity to lead. His calm, collected nature allows him to be level-headed during plays, which reso-nates through the team. No o f f e n s e t o L a n d r y Jones, but when he fills in for Slingin’ Sammy, teammates won’t have the same confidence and will operate less as a well-oiled machine.

U n l i k e G r e s h a m , Bradford doesn’t have anyone with experience to back him up. Although Brody Eldridge now has a broken hand, he will still play and has seen significant playing time. Eldridge has been known as one of the best blockers on the team, making him a valuable back-up in the face of disaster.

Landry Jones has not seen such playing time. He isn’t an awful player, but he hasn’t seen as much as Bradford has, and isn’t capable of orchestrating big drives and big plays on his own. Again, no slams to Landry, but he’s clearly no Heisman winner.

Taking the whole season into account, having Gresham out is a tragedy. He’s an amazing player and it’s tough seeing him off the field. But having Sam out a poten-tial of four games almost removes all of the Sooners’ offensive capabilities.

Hopefully, having Bradford out for just the non-conference games won’t hurt the Sooners too badly. Once they arrive at Big 12 play, opponents will be ruthlessly look-ing for blood.

Luke Atkinson is a broadcast and electronic media senior.

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Sooner soccer on the road to LouisianaTOBI NEIDYThe Oklahoma Daily

Sooner soccer (4-1-1) continues on the road to battle Louisiana State University Friday in Baton Rouge, La. The Tigers are 2-1-1 for the season after losing their home opener to Memphis. Friday’s match will be the fourth meet-ing between Oklahoma and Louisiana State. The Tigers lead the series 2-1.

The Sooners are coming off their first tie against Middle Tennessee and their first loss to Vanderbilt last weekend after

an impressive 4-0 start. The Sooners tied Middle Tennessee 2-2 with a quick goal by junior forward Whitney Palmer seconds before the game expired. The Sooners fell to Vanderbilt 3-1 as the Commodores scored three unanswered goals.

Palmer scored the 20th goal of her career last Sunday against Vanderbilt, placing her in the sole possession of fourth place on OU’s scoring list and making her the second fastest Sooner in program history to reach the 20-goal plateau (44 games). Palmer continues

to lead the Big 12 with 14 points and six goals.

Freshman midfielder Dria Hampton also continues to make her own mark for Sooner soccer. Hampton leads the Big 12 in shots taken with 29. Her four assists for the season also ranks second in the conference.

The next home game for the Sooners is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. The Sooners will battle Lamar on Friday and move on to face USC on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1p.m. at John Crain Field.

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Brianna Turang (3), a freshman defender, dribbles the ball down the field during a game against TU Aug. 30.

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Senior tight end Jermaine Gresham deals with a referee last season against Texas Oct. 11, 2008.

SOONER SPORTS THIS WEEKEND: VOLLEYBALL AND GOLF ON THE ROAD

OU volleyball plays Arkansas-Little Rock The Sooners (5-2) will play Arkansas-Little Rock at 3 p.m. and tournament host University of Texas-Arlington at 7 p.m. at the UTA Invitational. After a tough tournament last weekend where the Sooners dropped two of three games to tough opponents, OU will be look-ing to regain some momentum before starting conference play next week. - More at OUDaily.com

Women’s golf heads south to Texas The OU women’s golf team is on the road this weekend at the Texas A&M “Mo” Morial Invitational in Bryan, Texas. This marks the seventh time for the Sooners to compete in this tournament. Junior Ellen Mueller leads the Sooner squad into the invitational with a 76.57 stroke average. She took home fi ve top-25 fi nishes last year as a sophomore. -Results on Monday

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For the scores of moviegoers who have become weary of what is now the average movie experience at grandiose theaters such as Warren, an alternative film-viewing

option can still be found in the great yonder that is South OKC.

Having been offering film fans an outdoor ex-perience for over 40 years, the Winchester Drive-In stands as an intriguing and mysterious relic to those who have yet to discover its appeal.

T h e b e s t a p p r o a c h to take in regards to the

Winchester, which can easily become seen as outdated or janky, is to consider it as an adventure — one which never fails to start with the welcoming wave of the gargantuan neon cowboy at the drive-in’s entrance.

This particular adventure starts at a mere $6 for admission to three films, and once in-side, patrons discover the new territory that is the drive-in, which effectively blocks out any reminder of the outside world.

Despite whatever films may be showing on a given weekend, the most striking differ-ence between the Winchester and normal theaters is its truly social environment. Sure, friends go to the average theater to socialize, but the Winchester lacks the majority of the expectations of politeness we’ve come to expect from our movie-going experiences.

The massive lot at the drive-in, for ex-ample, becomes the playground of its tem-porary inhabitants, with the young and the old alike wandering the grounds, from car to car or to the snack bar or restrooms.

Similarly, talking during movies at the Winchester isn’t the deeply-loathed faux pas that normally warrants go-to-hell looks and death threats at indoor theaters.

This in mind, remember the drive-in as a great resource if you tend to chat during movies.

For everyone who simply longs to try something new, remember the following tips to make your adventure a positive one: Bring a healthy supply of cash — your pow-ers of plastic and check-writing will not gain

you access at the drive-in and jealousy will consume you when you’re unable to join your friends in the delights of the extensive (and incredibly reasonable) concession stand.

Lawn chairs are your best friend at the drive-in. Let’s face it—it was one of Newton’s laws that, in a car of five people, it’s almost always guaranteed that one of these per-sons will either be malodorous or generally annoying, and no sane person wants to sit inside a car for six-plus hours anyway, so pack an ample amount of chairs to escape the vehicular confines.

Here’s the part with the morally-obliga-tory disclaimers. Bear with me. Those under the age of 21 should not be allowed to con-sume alcohol, and those of age who wish

to drink should always have a designated driver.

T h a t s a i d , i t i s t h e p o l i c y o f t h e Winchester Drive-In that no outside glass bottles are to be brought onto the grounds, and that alcohol must remain inside your vehicle.

Like to multitask? Patrons can also yel-low their teeth as they watch the films, as the use of tobacco products is also allowed at the drive-in.

Blankets and a radio can save the day (or night, rather) on this drive-in adven-ture. You may very well end up still watch-ing a movie past 2 a.m., and you may be succumbing to the potential cold of night, or the sleepy lull of an emptied bottle of McCormick’s and said blankets may keep

your party’s grousing to a minimum. As for the radio suggestion — speakers

are rare at the drive-in, and you may find yourself sitting outside of your vehicle straining to hear the jumbled mess of audio from surrounding cars. Bring a portable radio so that the drive-in’s corresponding radio station can be easily heard while sit-ting outside.

Follow these tips to ensure maximum enjoyment of your drive-in adventure at the Winchester, and please, at least pre-tend to watch the movies, for countless hours and souls of abused interns went into their making, all for the pleasure of the spectator.

Lunden England is a film and video studies senior.

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Winchester Drive-In theater is located at 6930 S. Western in Oklahoma City. The theater was built in 1968 and is still providing an old-time movie-going experience for the community today.

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I t h i n k I ’ v e m i x e d v o d k a with every juice and soft drink i n e x i s t e n c e . Gatorade, ener-gy drinks, orange juice, cranberry juice, tonic water – I’ve tried them all.

More recently, however, I’ve jumped on the “skinny bitch” bandwagon and mixed vodka with Diet Coke.

Needless to say, Diet Coke hasn’t quite tasted the same since.

While I will not argue against classic vodka cocktails (vodka ton-ics, cape cods, marti-nis, cosmopolitans) I

will always argue for the trying of a new concoction: sweet tea vodka, a classic southern refreshment in-fused with a popular liquor.

While Oklahoma’s status as a true southern state is debatable, there are undoubtedly many sweet tea drinkers here, and from what I’ve seen, plenty of vodka

drinkers. Sweet tea vodka comes pre-

mixed at the liquor store and is manufactured by Firefly Distillery, Jeremiah Weed and Burnett’s.

So, if you’re feeling ambitious, (or pinching pennies) try mixing your own batch. Brew your own tea and add sweetener and vodka

to taste, or just add vodka to your favorite brand of store-bought sweet tea. Garnish with a lemon and enjoy.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Partaking in vigorous physical activity will get you out of that unshakable rut. Keep both your body and mind busy, and you won’t have time to be sullen.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Something can be worked out to put an end to a negative situ-ation that has been distressing you and your family. Implement this solution immediately; don’t endure another minute of frustration.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A change of venue or a change of routine could help satisfy your curious, restless mind. Get out and mingle with friends who generally operate within your social sphere.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A couple of new ideas with regard to ways and means for adding income might cross your mind. Test them out to see if they would fi t nicely into your fi eld of operation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- If you’re feeling a bit restless, contact a few fun-loving friends to see if tagging along will provide a change of mood. That could be just what you need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Much to your surprise, someone you don’t know well might approach you to discuss an intimate situation. You’ll have the answers he or she needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Social-izing with an intimate groups of friends will be more satisfying than mingling with the multi-tudes and merely being another face in the crowd. Spend your time with close pals whom you trust completely.

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Rotaract Meeting

Mon., Sept. 14, 2009OU Gaylord College of Journalism

6:30-8:00pm, Gaylord Hall Room 3150

A service organization sponsored bythe Norman Rotary Clubfor university students.

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Friday, September 11, 2009 5B

RACHEL CUSTERThe Oklahoma Daily

The entire front wall is covered in glass. As you walk in, the heat from the exposed kitchen carries the smell of melted cheese and garlic. The look on people’s faces as their food is delivered is close to reverent and the wait staff var-ies from hippie to classy.

For anyone who hasn’t made it to Victoria’s Pasta Shop, they could be missing out on one of the last great joys in life. But have no fear; this is the month to try the Italiancuisine – Victoria’s is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

A u d r e y G o u g h , a l o c a l

Normanite who’s been going to Victoria’s since the first week it was open said Victoria’s was un-like any restaurants she’s seen in the area.

“You feel like you’re in a big metropolitan area,” Gough said. “We walk to Campus Corner to eat because it’s fun; in this part of the country you don’t get to do that often.”

That just begins to describe the different feel of the local pasta shop.

“It’s got a really nice small res-taurant feel so you don’t feel like you’re going to a chain,” said Jana Carpenter, International Studies Junior. “[It] makes it more cozy,”

Carpenter said one of her fa-vorite things to do is take new friends to the Victoria’s because the pasta is great.

Keil Dehnert, a waiter at Victoria’s said the restaurant is a great place to have a first date, or any date for that matter.

“ A majority of people that come in are on first dates,” Dehnert said. “Valentine’s Day is our biggest day of the year, some-thing about Italian really brings the romance out.”

Carpenter also said Victoria’s was a perfect place to go with someone special.

“It’s definitely a good date place,” she said. “I love the Trivial

Pursuit cards on the table, it’s great for first dates, or any dates- they’re a good icebreaker.”

Gough said Victoria’s is a great reason to go to Campus Corner.

“There may be a line because it’s always busy, but it’s worth the wait,” Gough said.

She said she took one of her friends from Chicago to Victoria’s who had low expectations for Oklahoma Italian food and came out claiming , “ [It’s] the best pasta he’d ever had,”

That’s the reaction that the Victoria’s staff wanted to hear, according to Dehnert.

L&A BRIEFBENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING FIVE BANDS TO TAKE PLACE AT THE CONSERVATORY fF ive bands will be performing this Saturday. Even better, though, is that with the cover charge, you will get an added benefi t. Somerset West, For The Atlantic, The City And Skyway, Engine Orchestra and Daniel Walcher will be teaming up for a benefit show for St. Jude Children’s Hospital this Saturday evening at the Conservatory in Oklahoma City. St. Jude’s is funded solely on donations, and these donations have helped them bat-tle the devastating effects of cancer, as well as conduct research to learn more about the disease, and fi nd ways to stop it. Five truly noble bands have stepped up to do what they can to help the cause, and you can help to by showing up at a concert that will feature some stellar, and diverse, styles of music. Opening is Daniel Walcher, a songsmith whose lovely fluttering melodies mirror those of David Gray and Ryan Adams. He’s a sure-fi re bet for any music fan. The City And Skyway are a melodic alter-native band in the vein of a more aggressive All-Time Low who feature some strong, soar-ing singing and spiraling strings. Next is Engine Orchestra, who will be belting out some powerful hard rock noise with churning guitar and scorching vocals, fresh off an album release show at the same venue a week ago. Then comes For The Atlantic, another band which is also celebrating a new album release, whose alterna-pop takes an experi-mental twist for a distinctly unique though still catchy sound. Closing is Somerset West, a band that toured the U.S. over the summer but still claims Oklahoma as home. The band’s straightforward, heavy guitar riffs, roar-ing bass and pounding percussion blares underneath passionate dueling vocals mimic the original emo sound of Thrice and Brand New. So come to the Conservatory with $7 in hand (maybe more if you are feeling gener-ous) and prepare to feel a little better about yourself as you catch some great music. The St. Jude Children’s Hospital will fea-ture Somerset West with For The Atlantic, The City and Skyway, Engine Orchestra and Daniel Welcher. The doors open at 7 p.m. and and show starts at 8 p.m. Sat. night at the Conservatory, 8911 N. Western St.

-Joshua Boydston

LONDON — Beatlemania is back with the rollout Wednesday of the Fab Four’s remastered CDs and first-ever video game, reaching out to a whole new generation decades after their parents — and even grandpar-ents — first succumbed.

Fans flocked to get their hands on the long-awaited sonic master-pieces, with lines snaking outside re-cord stores in London and Liverpool. Some die-hards jammed the streets outside Abbey Road, the landmark studio where the Beatles record-ed many of their groundbreaking albums.

About 50 people gathered outside the HMV music store on London’s Oxford Street early Wednesday — some, like university student Daniela Gutierrez, waiting in line since 3 a.m.

“My parents were huge Beatles fans and I grew up listening to their music,” said Gutierrez, 25. “I can’t wait to have the game and start play-ing the songs.”

It’s not exactly 1964 — there were no fainting teens or other visible signs of feverish Beatlemania — but the long-awaited release brought the long-gone band to the top of the charts maintained by online retailer Amazon.co.uk.

Or, as John Lennon liked to say, “to the toppermost of the poppermost.”

Uma Nolan, an Irish nurse visit-ing London, came to the Abbey Road studio to be photographed at the pe-destrian crossing made famous on the “Abbey Road” album cover. She plans to buy the entire set of 17 CDs — even though she already has all the songs in the collection.

“I will absolutely go out and buy them,” she said. “I’m a huge Beatles fan and have every single LP in origi-nal first edition copies. They were the first real pop group. The entire gener-ation was waiting for that to happen. They sent worldwide pop culture off into orbit.”

Nolan, 50, said remastering the Beatles albums will introduce them to a new generation.

“It brings them up do date and modernizes their music,” she said. “You’re enhancing what was really to begin with, so that can’t be a bad thing.”

High prices are apparently no de-terrent — Amazon.com sold out its al-lotment of pre-orders for the Beatles box set, priced at $260 (170 pounds) and has a waiting list of buyers.

The robust sales are expected to add to the already considerable wealth of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the “thank my lucky stars” drummer who joined the band just before it had its first hit, as well as Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the widows of the late John Lennon and George Harrison. Court records pub-licized last year put McCartney’s net worth at about $800 million.

It’s also expected to boost the value of the estate of the late Michael Jackson, who owned a substantial share in the publishing rights to the Beatles’ fabled back catalog.

“The Beatles: Rock Band” video game also is expected to sell well, opening a new revenue stream for the band.-AP

BEATLEMANIA RETURNS WITH ROLLOUT OF CD, VIDEO GAME

AP PHOTO

A member of staff demonstrates the game ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ at a HMV store in London, Wednesday, Sept. 9, where The Beatles’remastered albums and the game were launched.

Victoria’s celebrates twenty years of business in Norman

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