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Going into Tuesday nights mid-week matchup against No. 9 Arkansas, OU needed a win in

a bad way.After dropping

three straight on the road to No. 4 Texas A&M over Easter weekend, Oklahoma bounced back at home with a 4-0 win.

Weve had a great couple days of practice since the A&M series, junior outfielder Max White said. We felt we played really well down there, but a few small errors here and there cost us big runs. Were a young team, a bunch of newcomers that have

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With OU poised to be tobacco-free in less than three months, stu-dents can use university and state resources to aid in quitting.

Gov. Mary Fallin signed an ex-ecutive order banning smoking on

government property in February. OU administrators already had drafted a similar plan, which was ap-proved by the OU Board of Regents on Jan. 24 and March 29.

All smoking on campus will be banned, including the residence hall areas and Oklahoma Memorial

Stadium, according to the regents agenda. The ban is attributed to the high health and financial costs of smoking, both in employee health insurance coverage and campus cleanup.

Programs throughout the state offer different approaches to quit-ting, Norman Regional cessation instructor Jerry Deming said.

People are different in the way they learn and what they like to do,

he said. Its really about finding what works for each person.

Healthy SoonersTo help students, faculty and staff

quit before the ban, OU Healthy Sooners started offering free cessa-tion classes and smoking quit kits, health educator Nicole Pritchard said in an email.

Sooners can use programs to quit smoking in time for Julys campuswide tobacco ban

LIFE & ArtSNew restaurant serves Local ingredientsThree sisters opened a new farm-to-fork restaurant on Main Street that supports local products. (Page 6)

SPOrtSAustralia native making impact in Sooner stateFreshman Georgia Casey, the softball teams rst-ever international player, wasted no time contributing. (Page 9)

Sooners explore the American dreamRead what students had to say about the American dream at the Center for Social Justice lm festival. (Life & Arts)

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Doug Dowling, architecture senior, browses for wine Saturday at Cellar Wine & Spirits, 555 W. Main St. Dowling said he thinks wine should be sold in grocery stores in Oklahoma. A private group is petitioning to permit grocery stores in the states 15 largest counties including Cleveland County to sell wine.

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A private Oklahoma organization is taking a legislative issue into its own hands by creat-ing a signature drive to petition for wine sales in certain Oklahoma grocery stores.

The group Oklahomans for Modern Laws is pushing for a petition that would allow the largest 15 counties in Oklahoma, including Cleveland County, to vote on whether eligible grocery stores can sell wine, according to the proposed petition.

Current Oklahoma law states that grocery and convenience stores cannot sell wine.

The organization created this petition to compete with neighboring states, attract new retail outlets, increase tax revenues and help

local wineries, according to its website.There are companies that do not have a

presence in Oklahoma because of the law, said Mark VanLandingham, vice president of government relations for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.

If the question were to pass it would lead to additional upscale grocery store development in the state, VanLandingham said.

Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, proposed a Senate Joint Resolution in 2011, SJR 35, that would have put this state question on the bal-lot for the entire state, he said.

Oklahomans should have a free market to buy the products they want to purchase, Jolley said. The state restricts who can own liquor stores, who can sell alcohol and where citi-zens can buy these products.

Wine and beer are legal products to be able to purchase just like guns are legal products to purchase, and while we have regulations on guns, they are nowhere near as restrictive as the regulations that we have on alcohol, Jolley said.

A legislative task force was created in 2011 to research this issue and disbanded after only a few meetings, Jolley said.

The legislature clearly demonstrated it was not willing to address this issue, so private

Petition would allow states 15 largest counties to decide if certain stores could sell wine

AT A GLANCE Criteria for eligible grocers Must have 25,000 square feet of fl oor space County must have a population of 50,000 people or greater Chain grocery stores are allowed two licenses per entity every two years during the phase-in period

Source: Oklahomans for Modern Laws website

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This year an increase in vio-lent weather could be a feature of Oklahomas spring.

The National Weather Service has issued a total of 375 prelimi-nary tornado reports across the U.S. in the first three months of this year, and the atmospheric phenomenon La Nina could be contributing to these num-bers, according to the National O ceanic and Atmospher ic Administrations website.

La Nina is defined as cooler than normal sea-surface tem-peratures in the central and east-ern tropical Pacific Ocean that impact global weather patterns, according to the atmospheric administrations website.

This in turn causes warm-er than normal winters in the Southeast and colder than nor-mal winters in the Northwest U.S., according to the atmo-spheric administration.

These warmer temperatures are one of the key ingredients in thunderstorm creation.

The Gulf of Mexico has also been warmer than average, which allows it to send more warm, moist air north into the interior of the U.S., another key

Classes started in April, but students not yet enrolled can start in the summer, next semester or online at any time, Pritchard said. If students or faculty cannot make the group classes, they can arrange individual sessions as well.

The classes are based on the QuitSmart program, which aims to help people quit by focusing on the physical addic-tion to nicotine, the emotional dependence and the habit of smoking, Pritchard said.

Part of the class provides information on patches and gums, but they are not required to quit, and everyones therapy quitting plan is different, Pritchard said.

Those covered through the OU health insurance plan by Blue Cross Blue Shield also can buy up to $500 of nic-otine replacement treatments, such as lozenges, patches and gum, Goddard spokeswoman Maggie Pool said. The free classes do not directly offer these products though, Pritchard said.

The classes provide participants a quit kit, which provides information on the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, informa-tive brochures and things to help quitters keep their hands, mouth and minds busy while trying to quit, Pritchard said.

Norman Regional Hospital classesNorman Regional Hospital offers classes based on the

same QuitSmart program as the OU classes, Deming said. People can attend the first class, which focuses on prepar-ing to quit, for free and decide if they want to continue.

Though the January Board of Regents agenda lists the classes as free, the cost is actually $45 for the public or $10 with a physicians note, Deming said.

Thats really just to get people talking to their doctor and get that reinforcement, Deming said. Were not trying to make money off this program.

Included in the cost is a handbook and CD on quitting and a fake cigarette to keep hands busy, Deming said.

Sessions start the first Tuesday of each month, according to the class website. Nicotine products are addressed in the class but not provided, Deming said.

Oklahoma Tobacco HelplineThe Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline is a free service offered

through the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.The program sets up callers with coaches who can rec-

ommend nicotine treatment plans, spokeswoman Sjonna Paulson said. The helpline recognizes works with insur-ance plans and pharmacies to provide affordable costs.

From July 2008 to June 2009, about 35,000 Oklahomans tobacco-users called the line, according to its website. About 26,000 enrolled in phone classes. Of those, 15,687 re-ceived eight weeks of nicotine products, and 8,130 received two weeks of product. Two weeks of products are valued at about $40, depending on the number and dosage, Paulson said.

These therapies work by giving people nicotine through patches or gum so patients can focus on losing the emo-tional dependence to cigarettes before the physical one, ac-cording to the American Cancer Society.

Laney Ellisor, campus editorKathleen Evans, assistant campus editor

Chris Miller, assistant campus [email protected] phone: 405-325-3666

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A Tuesday story, Sooners to host 11th-ranked Razorbacks, used the USA Today Coaches poll instead of the Baseball America poll to report the Razorbacks ranking No. 11 and No. 9, respectively. It should have used the latter poll.

A Tuesday infographic about the cost of living at Traditions Square Apartments was mislabeled. The graphic represented the cost per month to live at Traditions.

Visit OUDaily.com/corrections to see an archive of our corrections

today around CampusThe Foundations Exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of arts Lightwell Gallery.

Art in Bolivia will be featured as part of international awareness Week from 11 a.m. to noon in Hester Hall, room 170.

A seminar about how your brain processes information will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245.

Turkish cultural exhibits, coffee and nasreddin Hodja stories will be shared from noon to 2 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 170, as part of international awareness Week.

The documentary, the other iraq, will be featured from 3 to 4 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 170, as part of international awareness Week.

A lecture featuring research presentations by ou musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology and music education faculty will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Catlett music Center, room 131.

tHursday, apriL 12The Foundations Exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of arts Lightwell Gallery.

Learning Bambara and NKo will be presented from 1 to 2 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 160, as part of international awareness Week.

Chinese Fashion and Culture will be presented from 2 to 3 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 160, as part of international awareness Week.

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15 representatives officially take Student Congress seat

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Newly elected and re-elected student representatives hold up their right hands while taking their oath of office during the Undergraduate Student Congress, 88th Sessions first official meeting Tuesday.

Chase CookManaging Editor

The final roll call was taken for Undergraduate Student Congress 87th S ession Tuesday as Congress swore in 15 of 21 newly elected and re-ele cte d student representatives.

Student Congress chair-woman Alyssa Loveless, vice chairwoman Kelbie Kennedy and secretary Sean Bender thanked the 87th Sessions student represen-tatives for their service be-fore seeing that sessions final legislation.

Student Congress passed another emergency funding bill that distributed $2.080 to seven student organizations needing money for last-min-ute activities and programs. It also passed a bill that would keep Student Congress exec-utive officers from having to fill out redundant paperwork when returning for work in the fall.

After the two bills passed through the 87th Session with ease, Loveless called the final roll call.

Some representatives said Aww, as Bender called out the names of departing representatives.

The 88th Sessions Student Congress was immediately called to order to swear in new and reelected student representatives. Student Congress executive officers filed to the front of the room, and the representatives were asked to repeat Student Congress oath of office.

Petroleum geology soph-omore Muizz Matemilola

was one of the newly elect-ed representatives from the Earth and Energy district. Matemilola recently served on Student Congress as an associate, which is a posi-tion that is appointed by Congress. Associates are

placed into committees and are able to present and co-author bills, but they cant vote during the main Tuesday meetings. Matemilola said he was ready to get started in his new position and start voting on legislation.

It s p re t t y e x c i t i n g, Matemilola said. [I want to] get the voices from the Earth and Energy district heard.

This new session of Student Congress did not see any leg-islation and will begin its first official duties next week by nominating a new chair, vice chair and secretary.

Bender is the only return-ing member of the Student Congress executive officers. He said he was proud of Student Congress for han-dling its two main responsi-bilities of providing a forum for students and allocating funds to student organiza-tions so that they can carry out their duties.

Undergraduate Student Congress meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Adams Hall, Room 150.

ArchitectureRyan Lopez

BusinessEric LyleJacob RothKerstie MoranPriscilla Kandeh

CommunicationsTonya Kiper

Earth and EnergyMuizz Matemilola

EducationTemitope Oladipo

EngineeringJoshua PageSepehr MalakoutiLayne UrbanczykMatthew L. StewartAndrew C. Stewart

HumanitiesBrody HindsElliott May

Life SciencesStephen Ross

multidisciplinary StudiesMarquis Green

Physical ScienceSean BenderTyler Rhoades

Social SciencesAlyssa Witt

University CollegeKyle Ferguson

AT A GLANCE New Congress members

6 student reps still need to take oath to join Congress

tOBACCO: Product costs vary by programContinued from page 1

industries are deciding they want to attack it, Jolley said

There is no reason why the people of Oklahoma shouldnt be allowed to de-cide the issue, Jolley said.

Rep. Ron Peters, R-Tulsa, said he thinks the petition will pass with at least 60 per-cent of the vote. The passage of this state question would create convenience for con-sumers and attract other major grocery stores, Peters said.

A c o m m o n a rg u m e nt against wine sales in grocery stores is that it will create higher alcohol-related acci-dents and cases of underage drinking, Peters said.

The argument is if there are more places to purchase it, more will be purchased, he said. You could say that about bubble gum, too.

The petition is being met with opposition from local liquor stores owners in the state who fear a decrease in sales if the petition passes.

Oklahoma liquor stores are owned by state residents, and there are thousands of fami-lies who rely on liquor stores for their income, said Aaron

Petrone, owner of Campus Liquors on Lindsey Street.

Petrone has a wife and two children, and he said he makes his living through the operation of his liquor store.

When I take a paycheck from the liquor store I spend my money pretty much in here in Norman, he said. When you put money into

Wal-Mart, Target and any of the grocery stores, you are no longer participating in com-munity exchanges.

Customers will not get the same selection of wines in large grocery stores, he said.

Petrone sees convenience for the consumer as one ben-efit of this petition, but gro-cery stores might at times

be less convenient due to the parking, long lines and crowds, he said.

Running to your local store is a convenience in it-self because you dont have to deal with everything else that comes with a grocery store, Petrone said. I think we add a convenience just by the nature of our business.

WINE: Local store owners fear decrease in sales Continued from page 1

contributor to thunderstorm creation, according to the at-mospheric administration.

A strong jet stream is an important ingredient for severe weather, as the posi-tion of the jet stream deter-mines which the regions are more likely to experience tornadoes.

La Nina directly affects this shift of the jet stream, according to the National Weather Service.

Since stormy weather is driven by the jet stream, se-vere weather also is likely to shift northward, OU masters student Amanda Kis said.

The United States has seen more preliminary re-ports of tornadoes to date than in recent years, with most of these occurring east of the Mississippi River, Kis said.

While its always difficult to make long-term storm forecasts, we do know that much of the country has been having above-average temperatures combined with high humidity, Kis said. If these conditions persist, the passage of some feature like a cold front or

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OU earned recognition as a StormReady university from the National Weather Center for its safety plans in case of severe weather.

a dry line could set off very strong storms, with torna-does possible.

OU administrators have taken some precautions to prepare campus for storm season.

The university has been named a StormReady university by the National Weather Center, accord-ing to Rick Smith, National Weather Service Warning Coordination officer.

The University earned this certification by:

Contacting the local National Weather Center

o f f i c e a n d W a r n i n g Coordination Meteorologist before applying

Filling out an applica-tion with population, geog-raphy and safety equipment information

Arranging a verification visit

Receiving Local Advisory Board approval

Since completing this pro-cess, signs have been posted on campus broadcasting the certification.

One can be seen in the Jenkins Street median just west of the National Weather

Center. This certification verifies

that OU has sufficient warn-ing systems and safety plans that follow specific guide-lines provided by the weath-er service, Smith said.

AT A GLANCECampus tornado preparation Have a plan of action for each location on campus.If you are walking between classes or are outside, try and get to a sturdy building, preferably one with a basement.

If you are in class, the professor will dismiss you and lead you to your designated severe weather protective area.

If you are attending a university function, such as a baseball game, members in the stands will advised to go to a protective area on the ground floor of the structure, away from glass.

Most buildings on campus have designated areas that serve as severe weather protection.

Source: Annual Tornado Safety Information provided by OUPD

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Classes started in April, but students not yet enrolled can start in the summer, next semester or online at any time, Pritchard said. If students or faculty cannot make the group classes, they can arrange individual sessions as well.

The classes are based on the QuitSmart program, which aims to help people quit by focusing on the physical addic-tion to nicotine, the emotional dependence and the habit of smoking, Pritchard said.

Part of the class provides information on patches and gums, but they are not required to quit, and everyones therapy quitting plan is different, Pritchard said.

Those covered through the OU health insurance plan by Blue Cross Blue Shield also can buy up to $500 of nic-otine replacement treatments, such as lozenges, patches and gum, Goddard spokeswoman Maggie Pool said. The free classes do not directly offer these products though, Pritchard said.

The classes provide participants a quit kit, which provides information on the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, informa-tive brochures and things to help quitters keep their hands, mouth and minds busy while trying to quit, Pritchard said.

Norman Regional Hospital classesNorman Regional Hospital offers classes based on the

same QuitSmart program as the OU classes, Deming said. People can attend the first class, which focuses on prepar-ing to quit, for free and decide if they want to continue.

Though the January Board of Regents agenda lists the classes as free, the cost is actually $45 for the public or $10 with a physicians note, Deming said.

Thats really just to get people talking to their doctor and get that reinforcement, Deming said. Were not trying to make money off this program.

Included in the cost is a handbook and CD on quitting and a fake cigarette to keep hands busy, Deming said.

Sessions start the first Tuesday of each month, according to the class website. Nicotine products are addressed in the class but not provided, Deming said.

Oklahoma Tobacco HelplineThe Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline is a free service offered

through the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.The program sets up callers with coaches who can rec-

ommend nicotine treatment plans, spokeswoman Sjonna Paulson said. The helpline recognizes works with insur-ance plans and pharmacies to provide affordable costs.

From July 2008 to June 2009, about 35,000 Oklahomans tobacco-users called the line, according to its website. About 26,000 enrolled in phone classes. Of those, 15,687 re-ceived eight weeks of nicotine products, and 8,130 received two weeks of product. Two weeks of products are valued at about $40, depending on the number and dosage, Paulson said.

These therapies work by giving people nicotine through patches or gum so patients can focus on losing the emo-tional dependence to cigarettes before the physical one, ac-cording to the American Cancer Society.

Laney Ellisor, campus editorKathleen Evans, assistant campus editor

Chris Miller, assistant campus [email protected] phone: 405-325-3666


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CorreCtionsThe Oklahoma Daily is committed to serving readers with accurate coverage and welcomes your comments about information that may require correction or clarification. To contact us with corrections, email us at [email protected].

A Tuesday story, Sooners to host 11th-ranked Razorbacks, used the USA Today Coaches poll instead of the Baseball America poll to report the Razorbacks ranking No. 11 and No. 9, respectively. It should have used the latter poll.

A Tuesday infographic about the cost of living at Traditions Square Apartments was mislabeled. The graphic represented the cost per month to live at Traditions.

Visit OUDaily.com/corrections to see an archive of our corrections

today around CampusThe Foundations Exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of arts Lightwell Gallery.

Art in Bolivia will be featured as part of international awareness Week from 11 a.m. to noon in Hester Hall, room 170.

A seminar about how your brain processes information will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245.

Turkish cultural exhibits, coffee and nasreddin Hodja stories will be shared from noon to 2 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 170, as part of international awareness Week.

The documentary, the other iraq, will be featured from 3 to 4 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 170, as part of international awareness Week.

A lecture featuring research presentations by ou musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology and music education faculty will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. in Catlett music Center, room 131.

tHursday, apriL 12The Foundations Exhibition will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of arts Lightwell Gallery.

Learning Bambara and NKo will be presented from 1 to 2 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 160, as part of international awareness Week.

Chinese Fashion and Culture will be presented from 2 to 3 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 160, as part of international awareness Week.

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CAmpUS Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3

UOSA

15 representatives officially take Student Congress seat

CHase Cook/tHe daiLy

Newly elected and re-elected student representatives hold up their right hands while taking their oath of office during the Undergraduate Student Congress, 88th Sessions first official meeting Tuesday.

Chase CookManaging Editor

The final roll call was taken for Undergraduate Student Congress 87th S ession Tuesday as Congress swore in 15 of 21 newly elected an d re-ele cte d student representatives.

Student Congress chair-woman Alyssa Loveless, vice chairwoman Kelbie Kennedy and secretary Sean Bender thanked the 87th Sessions student represen-tatives for their service be-fore seeing that sessions final legislation.

Student Congress passed another emergency funding bill that distributed $2.080 to seven student organizations needing money for last-min-ute activities and programs. It also passed a bill that would keep Student Congress exec-utive officers from having to fill out redundant paperwork when returning for work in the fall.

After the two bills passed through the 87th Session with ease, Loveless called the final roll call.

Some representatives said Aww, as Bender called out the names of departing representatives.

The 88th Sessions Student Congress was immediately called to order to swear in new and reelected student representatives. Student Congress executive officers filed to the front of the room, and the representatives were asked to repeat Student Congress oath of office.

Petroleum geology soph-omore Muizz Matemilola

was one of the newly elect-ed representatives from the Earth and Energy district. Matemilola recently served on Student Congress as an associate, which is a posi-tion that is appointed by Congress. Associates are

placed into committees and are able to present and co-author bills, but they cant vote during the main Tuesday meetings. Matemilola said he was ready to get started in his new position and start voting on legislation.

It s p re t t y e x c i t i n g , Matemilola said. [I want to] get the voices from the Earth and Energy district heard.

This new session of Student Congress did not see any leg-islation and will begin its first official duties next week by nominating a new chair, vice chair and secretary.

Bender is the only return-ing member of the Student Congress executive officers. He said he was proud of Student Congress for han-dling its two main responsi-bilities of providing a forum for students and allocating funds to student organiza-tions so that they can carry out their duties.

Undergraduate Student Congress meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Adams Hall, Room 150.

ArchitectureRyan Lopez

BusinessEric LyleJacob RothKerstie MoranPriscilla Kandeh

CommunicationsTonya Kiper

Earth and EnergyMuizz Matemilola

EducationTemitope Oladipo

EngineeringJoshua PageSepehr MalakoutiLayne UrbanczykMatthew L. StewartAndrew C. Stewart

HumanitiesBrody HindsElliott May

Life SciencesStephen Ross

multidisciplinary StudiesMarquis Green

Physical ScienceSean BenderTyler Rhoades

Social SciencesAlyssa Witt

University CollegeKyle Ferguson

AT A GLANCE New Congress members

6 student reps still need to take oath to join Congress

tOBACCO: Product costs vary by programContinued from page 1

industries are deciding they want to attack it, Jolley said

There is no reason why the people of Oklahoma shouldnt be allowed to de-cide the issue, Jolley said.

Rep. Ron Peters, R-Tulsa, said he thinks the petition will pass with at least 60 per-cent of the vote. The passage of this state question would create convenience for con-sumers and attract other major grocery stores, Peters said.

A c o m m o n a rg u m e nt against wine sales in grocery stores is that it will create higher alcohol-related acci-dents and cases of underage drinking, Peters said.

The argument is if there are more places to purchase it, more will be purchased, he said. You could say that about bubble gum, too.

The petition is being met with opposition from local liquor stores owners in the state who fear a decrease in sales if the petition passes.

Oklahoma liquor stores are owned by state residents, and there are thousands of fami-lies who rely on liquor stores for their income, said Aaron

Petrone, owner of Campus Liquors on Lindsey Street.

Petrone has a wife and two children, and he said he makes his living through the operation of his liquor store.

When I take a paycheck from the liquor store I spend my money pretty much in here in Norman, he said. When you put money into

Wal-Mart, Target and any of the grocery stores, you are no longer participating in com-munity exchanges.

Customers will not get the same selection of wines in large grocery stores, he said.

Petrone sees convenience for the consumer as one ben-efit of this petition, but gro-cery stores might at times

be less convenient due to the parking, long lines and crowds, he said.

Running to your local store is a convenience in it-self because you dont have to deal with everything else that comes with a grocery store, Petrone said. I think we add a convenience just by the nature of our business.

WINE: Local store owners fear decrease in sales Continued from page 1

contributor to thunderstorm creation, according to the at-mospheric administration.

A strong jet stream is an important ingredient for severe weather, as the posi-tion of the jet stream deter-mines which the regions are more likely to experience tornadoes.

La Nina directly affects this shift of the jet stream, according to the National Weather Service.

Since stormy weather is driven by the jet stream, se-vere weather also is likely to shift northward, OU masters student Amanda Kis said.

The United States has seen more preliminary re-ports of tornadoes to date than in recent years, with most of these occurring east of the Mississippi River, Kis said.

While its always difficult to make long-term storm forecasts, we do know that much of the country has been having above-average temperatures combined with high humidity, Kis said. If these conditions persist, the passage of some feature like a cold front or

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OU earned recognition as a StormReady university from the National Weather Center for its safety plans in case of severe weather.

a dry line could set off very strong storms, with torna-does possible.

OU administrators have taken some precautions to prepare campus for storm season.

The university has been named a StormReady university by the National Weather Center, accord-ing to Rick Smith, National Weather Service Warning Coordination officer.

The University earned this certification by:

Contacting the local National Weather Center

o f f i c e a n d W a r n i n g Coordination Meteorologist before applying

Filling out an applica-tion with population, geog-raphy and safety equipment information

Arranging a verification visit

Receiving Local Advisory Board approval

Since completing this pro-cess, signs have been posted on campus broadcasting the certification.

One can be seen in the Jenkins Street median just west of the National Weather

Center. This certification verifies

that OU has sufficient warn-ing systems and safety plans that follow specific guide-lines provided by the weath-er service, Smith said.

AT A GLANCECampus tornado preparation Have a plan of action for each location on campus.If you are walking between classes or are outside, try and get to a sturdy building, preferably one with a basement.

If you are in class, the professor will dismiss you and lead you to your designated severe weather protective area.

If you are attending a university function, such as a baseball game, members in the stands will advised to go to a protective area on the ground floor of the structure, away from glass.

Most buildings on campus have designated areas that serve as severe weather protection.

Source: Annual Tornado Safety Information provided by OUPD

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Our View: Rick Santorum ran for president on a platform of government invasion into private lives.

Rick Santorum officially dropped out of the run-ning for Republican presidential nominee Tuesday. Given that 64 of Oklahomas 77 counties voted for him on Super Tuesday, were sure not everyone is sharing our excitement.

We can understand why Santorum was a palat-able candidate for many Oklahomans. He ran on a loudly pro-life and pro-family platform that focused almost exclusively on the kinds of social is-sues most important to voters in the Sooner state. And next to Mitt Romneys apparent flip-flopping and formerly moderate social stances, Santorum looked like the obvious choice.

Of course, his pro- rhetoric spun the focus away from the inherent anti- side of the equation. Maybe Oklahomans focused on Santorums pleasing pro-life policies were too distracted to notice the dis-turbing trend in his remarks that the man was working to bring the country back to a 1950s reality in which access to contraception was restricted, women stayed at home to raise babies, and racial and sexual equality were barely dreams.

Or maybe voters did notice. Maybe they voted for him in support of this agenda. Maybe they believe in it, too. And thats OK.

At least, you have the right to believe in Santorums extreme conservative agenda, no matter how much or how loudly we dis-agree. You have every right to be-lieve what you will. But you cant have it both ways if you want that right, you have to extend it to everyone else.

Which is why a candidate like Santorum who not only be-lieves in these social values but also wants to legislatively dictate them to others is an unacceptable, dangerous choice. One we hope is never repeated.

His promises to legislate morality and remove freedom of choice do not represent Republican

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has recently faced major cuts to its fund-ing. Many would say this is a smart decision in troubled economic times, but this could not be further from the truth.

To begin with, the amount of money the government expends on NASA is miniscule in compari-son to the national budget. It gets roughly $18 billion a year from the $3 trillion allot-ted significantly less than 1 percent of the budget. The idea that this money could go elsewhere and produce better results does not pan out. Besides the Department of Defense, NASA is the only organization that yields financial gain for the government.

NASA came from a place of national pride and fear. It was established to counter the success of the Soviet Union in space devel-opment. At the time, it was necessary for national defense and well-being. This has not changed despite the fact that the Soviet Union has long since fallen apart.

Many other nations are trying to develop space programs to rival ours, and it is criti-cal for our nation to be a leader in technol-ogy development. NASA is at the forefront of that effort. We absolutely should not lose that edge because of funding cuts.

Lets look at all the technologic develop-ment that NASA has been apart of. NASA has allowed for the explosion of satellite development and use in this world. It was the first to build a wide net of weather satel-lites to track and predict complex weather patterns. Satellite imagery, computing tech-nology and communication systems have

all been advanced by NASA but this is just the tip of the iceberg.

In the medical field, NASA helped develop ultra-sound and cat scan technol-ogies that our medical es-tablishment uses every day. It has helped in the devel-opment of heart monitors, laser surgery, automatic in-sulin pumps and program-

mable pacemakers, to name a few.NASA is involved with and has helped

develop: climate-change prediction tech-nology, satellite navigation, communication advancement, solar power, robotic and ar-tificial intelligence technology (such as ro-bot-guided wheelchairs ), international TV broadcasts, environmentally safe sewage treatment and water purification systems, and better materials and designs for cars, planes and other objects we use every day .

This list goes on and on, and the indus-tries and companies that have risen from NASAs work employ thousands and create billions in public and private revenue. NASA does not need to have its funding reduced; it deserves to have its budget increased.

It is an inspirational institution that has the power to excite children about science and mathematics, which is something we desperately need and have been working for.

NASA is an American crown jewel whose achievements are something our troubled nation can take pride in during these very rough times.

Zach Carrel is an international studies and anthropology senior.

John Glenn, the first man to orbit the Earth used the 50th anniver-sary of that flight to criticize NASAs current lack of a spacecraft to send our own astronauts into space.

Since the space shuttle was retired last summer, NASA has been relying on Russian spacecraft to ferry our astronauts into space.

Though the retirement of the space shut-tle was planned under the space policy of President George W. Bush, the plans for the replacement of the shuttle were canceled by President Barack Obama in 2010.

Former astronaut Neil Armstrong said he believed Obama was poorly advised in his decision to cancel the replace-ment. Even former presidential candidate Herman Cain expressed disdain, declaring, We are not going to bum a ride to outer space with Russia.

This is exactly what American astro-nauts must now do. But make no mistake: the American space program is not in dire straights. Already, NASA has announced plans to create a Space Launch System and a MPVC, or multipurpose crew vehi-cle. The MPVC is expected to go on its first manned trip in August 2019.

In 2010, Obama signed the NASA Authorization Act, which by no means neglects the space program. Among other things, it dictates that $58.4 billion be given to NASA over a three-year period.

Honestly, $58.4 billion is too much. Of course I think outer space is cool, and there are merits to expanding the human body of knowledge, but why is the U.S. spending so much money on an ideological

quest for knowledge when so many problems on Earth could use $58.4 billion spent toward solving them?

The reason the U.S. placed such a focus on space exploration in the first place was because we did not want to be tech-nologically bested by our ber-enemy, the Soviet Union. What, then, is the

purpose of investing so much money in the space program today if this ber-enemy does not exist?

I dont want to negate NASAs accom-plishments, because I think there have been important advancements through the program. But are these advances worth the money spent?

Some argue that looking for another sustainable environment for human life is a practical investment, and I agree, but if people are afraid humans will destroy the Earth, then we should deal with the things that could lead to that destruction.

One way we could do that is for the U.S. to invest more money in protecting our environment. According to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index, the United States ranked 49th out of 132 coun-tries. We are outperformed by countries like Poland, Albania and Nicaragua.

NASA and the space program have been an important part of U.S. history, but I think it is time America focuses less on outer space and more on solving the problems we have here on Earth.

Janna Gentry is an English education senior.

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OpiniOnReader comment on OUDaily.com i agree that its ridiculous what we have to pay to come to college. But for what its worth, it seems to me the people we should be complaining to are the lawmakers rather than the administrators. We need to make education a priority rather than continuing to trim funding from the budget.. (TheJR, RE: EDiTORiAL: Rising dorm prices burden incoming freshmen)

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values, and certainly do not represent American values.

This country was founded on the promise that all people are equal and deserving of equal protection under the law.

Equality is not just some buzz phrase remind-ing us to seek common ground. It means accept-ing even those fellow citizens with whom you have no common ground. It means accepting the rights of those with whom you fundamentally and vehe-mently disagree.

Its about seeing someone living his or her life in a way you could never agree with in a way you would never live your own life or lead your family to live theirs and still recognizing that they are human beings, deserving of respect and the auton-omy to make their own decisions.

Freedom means the power to live your life the way you choose and to exercise your constitutionally

protected rights right up until those actions in-fringe on the rights of others.

That is what it means to want small government. That is what it means to want freedom. That is what it means to be an American.

It is one thing to take a stand on controversial is-sues that require direct governmental action. It is another thing entirely to promise to use the power of the presidency to hand down mandates about personal behavior, private decisions and individual lifestyles that do not affect other citizens.

You may disagree with gay marriage, contracep-tion use, premarital sex, abortion, women in the workplace or any of the other purely social issues Santorum has railed about.

But your personal disagreement with another citi-zens choice whether its to marry someone of the same sex, have unrestricted sex or pursue a career instead of a family does not give you the right to demand that the government legally restrict that choice. Nor does it mean you should vote for a can-didate who promises to do just that.

Most Oklahomans want a small government with looser regulation of business. They want to make decisions about firearms and public displays of religion without interference. They want the free-dom to choose, without governmental influence or restriction.

But how can you only want those freedoms for the choices you already agree with?

These are private matters. Other citizens, society and politicians should have no say in anyones pri-vate life.

You cant fight for the government to get out of your life and out of your business, then ask it into your bedroom.

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Koonins presentation Evolution of viruses - new unexpected discoveries of Genomics and Metagenomics will reflect his extensive research on the virus world, and more generally, genomics and evolution. As a senior investigator for NCBI, he has conducted research on comparative and evolutionary genomics with prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes, aiming to predict gene function on whole genome scale. He has also done comparative analysis of phylogenetic trees for individual genes and identification of common trends between them, developing more comprehensive approaches to the representation of genome evolution combining tree-like and net-like trends. Other work exploits genomic comparisons of relatively close genomes, addressing fundamental issues of evolutionary biology and the classification and evolutionary analysis of protein domains and domain architectures. He and his colleagues have presented evidence that viruses may have existed at the time of the origin of cellular life.

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Tutoring program looks to expand

JAKE MORGANCampus Reporter

OUs Student Learning Center has grown to serve five times as many students and offer nearly five times as many subjects through its University College Action sessions in the past five years, according to records.

Also known as Action Centers, these sessions offer students free, walk-in academic help from faculty and trained undergraduates in subjects ranging from chemistry to economics.

Since its start in fall 2007, the program has seen an approximate sevenfold in-crease in the number of student visits from 1,375 to 9,995, according to Student Learning Center records. The number of assistance hours has increased from 1,698 to 11,501.

[The growth] has been p h e n o m e n a l , S t u d e n t Learning Center Director Mark Walvoord said.

The program arose from OUs push for higher reten-tion rates, Walvoord said. With no set goal, the pro-gram set out to help as many students as possible.

There was no way to tell how fast it would grow, Walvoord said. It definitely has exploded with number of tutors we needed to hire.

The program received the highest certification given to tutoring programs by the College Reading and Learning Association last year, according to a press release. The certification is based on the amount of content covered during training, the amount of time spent with students and the criteria for hiring peer tu-tors, Walvoord said.

Recruiting faculty to par-ticipate in the sessions re-mains a key focus for the program, Walvoord said.

Looking at the data and the research, some of what keeps students at the univer-sity ... is a connection with the faculty, Walvoord said. We try to recruit faculty by telling them its a swapping of their office hours.

Subjects offered increased from 14 to 68 since the pro-grams beginning, according to records.

Last semester, 62 percent of students who attended a session came back at least once, with the average stu-dent returning four times, he said. Among the most popu-lar subjects are zoology and

organic chemistry.The center s ends out

mid-semester and end-of-semester surveys to all stu-dents who have attended at least one session, a number that can range from 2,000 to 3,000 students, Walvoord said.

Most common critique [from students] is, I went in, raised my hand and didnt get help, Walvoord said. Thats because of the

setup, and it kind of comes down to expectations. We want the idea that this is a study session, a homework party, a time on task for your subject.

University College fresh-man Cait l in Zuber said she has attended nearly every Action Center ses-sion for her organic chem-istry course. Professor Mark Morvant, her organic chem-istry instructor, provides

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Zoology sophomore Taylor Caswell (front) explains an equation to University College freshman Justine Alexander on Tuesday during an Action Tutoring session for chemistry students. The tutoring sessions were initially proposed to increase the universitys overall graduation rates.

a set of practice problems for each session, and the Action Centers Thursday afternoon placement helps many students prepare for Friday quizzes and tests, she said.

A few students also come consistently, and Zuber said they usually tackle the problem sets together while using their textbooks, the professor and the peer learning assistants.

I feel like the best way to learn organic chemistry is to keep re-familiarizing your-self with all of the reagents and what products they cre-ate, Zuber said. Just hav-ing more contact with the material cements it into my brain.

Fluctuation in attendance is apparent, however, Zuber

said. Usually, a lot of peo-

ple are there before a test, Zuber said. And you can tell when there has just been a test because people arent there.

The Student Action Center hopes to continue this trend of growth by continuing to include more subjects and courses, get more fac-ulty in the sessions and re-cruit the best Peer Learning Assistants, Walvoord said.

For next semester, the Student Action Center is looking to implement open online tutoring, he said.

Under this system, stu-dents would be able to log in to access academic as-sistance in four- to six-hour blocks of time during the evening.

Student visits grow over 600% in 4 years

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Turkish writer to speak at OU about Islamic opportunities

A Turkish political com-mentator and journalist in Istanbul will speak at OU on Friday about Islam and opportuni-ties for de-mocracy in the Middle East.

Mustafa Akyol is a columnist for Hrriyet Daily News, T u r k e y s oldest English language daily newspaper. He is a contributor for Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other prominent news-papers, according to his website.

The discussion wil l take place at 10:45 a.m. Friday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Arts.

A k y o l i s o n a b o o k t o u r t o p r o m o t e h i s b o o k Is l a m Wi t h ou t Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty. The Turkish Student Association con-tacted him to speak on campus, said Nur Uysal, graduate student and event organizer.

Akyol will speak about the role of Islam in bring-ing democracy and lib-erties to Middle Eastern countries and Turkeys leadership role in promot-ing democratic change in the region, Uysal said.

Turkey is a good exam-ple of a democracy with a great Muslim popula-tion, Uysal said. Akyol will illustrate that Islam and democracy can live together.

Akyol will discuss the role of media, culture and politics on perceptions of Islam, Uysal said.

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G E T T Y S BU RG, Pa. Bowing to the inevitable after an improbably resilient run for the White House, Rick Santorum quit the presiden-tial race on Tuesday, clear-ing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination.

We made a decision over the weekend, that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will sus-pend our campaign today, we are not done fighting, he said.

Santorum, appearing with his family, told support-ers that the battle to defeat President Barack Obama would go on but he point-edly made no mention or endorsement of Romney, whom he had derided as an unworthy standard-bearer for the GOP.

The former Pennsylvania senator stressed that hed taken his presidential bid farther than anyone expect-ed, calling his campaign as improbable as any race that you will ever see for president.

Against all odds, he said, we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes.

Santor um spoke w ith Romney before the an-nouncement, a Republican source close to the campaign said, and Romney asked to meet him sometime in the future

The delegate totals told the tale of Santorums de-mise. Romney has more than

POLITICS

Santorum calls it quits, thanks primary voters

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Surrounded by members of his family, Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his candidacy effective Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pa.

twice as many delegates as Santorum and is on pace to reach the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination by early June. Still in the race, but not considered a factor: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul.

Santorum had hoped to keep his campaign going through the Pennsylvania primary on April 24.

Santorum, a feisty cam-paigner who took everyone by surprise with his win in

Iowas leadoff caucuses, ran on his conservative creden-tials and his experience in Congress he was a House member for four years and senator for 12 but was hobbled by a lack of money and organization.

He said that while Romney was accumulating more del-egates, we were winning in a very different way. We were touching hearts with a con-servative message.

Eventually, the improb-able had to bow to reality:

Santorum would have need-ed 80 percent of the remain-ing delegates to win the nomination before the par-tys national convention in Florida in August.

And that couldnt happen as long as Romney was in the race because most up-coming primaries use some type of proportional system to award delegates, making it hard to win large numbers of delegates in individual states.

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Officials search for the cause of warehouse fire that killed 2

Officials promised Tuesday to conduct a careful review of dozens of other large buildings across the city. They are looking into whether criminal charges are warranted as fire marshals search for the cause of a blaze at a vacant warehouse that killed two firefighters.

The fire broke out early Monday in the citys Kensington section. The firefighters, 60-year-old Lt. Robert Neary and 25-year-old Daniel Sweeney, were killed in a collapse at a nearby furniture store where the flames had spread.

As investigators sifted through the rubble Tuesday, Executive Chief Richard Davison said it could take a long time to determine the cause, especially consid-ering the size of the six-story building.

Mayor Michael Nutter said the city is conducting reviews of about 30 other buildings owned by devel-opers who own the warehouse. The city also will con-duct a survey of scores of other large buildings like the warehouse where the fire started, he said.


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Attorneys withdraw counsel for Zimmerman shooting case

Attorneys for a Florida neighborhood watch vol-unteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen have withdrawn as his counsel, saying they have lost con-tact with him.

Attorney Craig Sonner said Tuesday in a news con-ference they havent heard from George Zimmerman since Sunday. They said that against their advice, Zimmerman contacted the special prosecutor who will decide if he should face charges.

Zimmerman is at the center of an investigation over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17. Zimmerman says he shot Martin in self-defense after following him in a gated community in Sanford on Feb. 26.

Martin, who was unarmed, was black. The lack of an arrest has inspired nationwide protests and some claims of racial profiling, which Zimmermans sup-porters deny.


3. PHOENIX

Legislature approves bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks in Ariz.

The Arizona Legislature has approved an anti-abortion bill that includes generally banning abor-tions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The Houses vote of 37-22 on Tuesday sends the bill to Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican who has signed pre-vious anti-abortion legislation.

Besides the 20-week ban, the bills other require-ments include mandating that the state establish a web site with images of fetuses at various stages of development for women to view.

The 20-week abortion ban would affect only a tiny percentage of abortions performed in Arizona.

The state would join six other states that have simi-lar bans. Nebraska enacted its in 2010 and five others followed in 2011.


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Strangers donated the beau-tifully embroidered wedding dress, the two rings, the hon-eymoon time-share in Aruba. They acted quickly, too, be-cause the bride was dying of cancer.

Or so she said.The state attorney generals

office announced Tuesday that Jessica Vega, 25, has been indicted on charges of fraud and grand larceny for getting her dream wedding by falsely claiming she was dying of leukemia.

By pretending to have a terminal illness, Vega in-excusably took advantage of the communitys hearts and minds, and prof i t-ed off of their generosity, said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Bridezilla arrested on fraud chargesNEW YORK

V e g a , f o r m e r l y o f Montgomery, N.Y., was ar-rested in Virginia on April 3, extradited to New York and arraigned Friday. She plead-ed not guilty.

Among the alleged vic-tims listed in the indictment is the Nu-Cavu restaurant in Wallkill, where the bridal

reception was held and wine and appetizers worth more than $1,000 were donated.

Others listed as victims are the boutique that donated the wedding dress, and a woman who volunteered to do hair and makeup for the bride and seven bridesmaids.

Schneiderman said that

in 2010, Vega, then living in Montgomery, claimed she had just a few months to live and wanted a dream wed-ding to Michael OConnell, f a t h e r o f h e r y e a r- o l d daughter.

Her cause spread quickly, helped by a story in the Times Herald-Record. The newspa-per said Vega showed a re-porter what she said was a doctors letter confirming the diagnosis. The community was touched by her story, the attorney general said.

The couple was married in May 2010. Four months later, OConnell expressed suspi-cions to the newspaper, say-ing he believed the doctors letter was fake. Vega said she hadnt lied.

If convicted of fraud or grand larceny, Vega could be sentenced 16 months to four years in prison on each of six counts.


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Jessica Vega (right) with her husband, Michael OConnell, and daugh-ter April 5, 2010. Vega was indicted Tuesday for getting her dream wedding by falsely claiming she was dying of leukemia.

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Since the birth of film, France has played an inte-gral role in the industry; from the contribution of the Lumire brothers, to todays numerous film festivals, France is still a driving force in cinema.The French department has partnered with other programs, including the College of International and Area Studies and Film and Media Studies, to host their own French-film festival. The festival features newer, acclaimed French films, so I thought I would see what the festival was all about.

The films did not disappoint. Two of my favorite films shown so far were Clouzots Inferno and Gainsborg: A Heroic Life, and I recommend students check them out.

Lenfer dHenri-Georges Clouzot, or Clouzots Inferno, was a mind-bending documentary about a film that never came to fruition.

The narrative follows the production of the film, con-nected by his crew members memories.

His work so profound because of his pioneering of spe-cial effects. With vivid colors and psychedelic imagery, he received an unlimited budget for his project. The film goes on to show how his genius is not only his greatest strength, but also his greatest hindrance. I highly recommend it.

Gainsbourg: Vie Hroque, or Gainsborg: A Heroic Life, followed the life of Serge Gainsbourg, one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters in modern France.

If you have never listened to his music, Id recommend picking up a copy of Histoire de Melody Nelson.

His work has been a source of inspiration for musicians worldwide for decades now, and the film Gainsbourg: Vie Heroique does his big personality a great justice.

The film follows his life, from his childhood as a young Jew in the WWII era in Paris to his rise as a songwriter and composer not skipping any affairs along the way.

His path is, at times, a self-destructive one, which makes for a very interesting film and a great tribute to the artist. In many ways it reminded me of La Vie en Rose.

I recommend getting acquainted with his works before you see the film. The festival will conclude tonight with the showing of the film LAffaire Farewell, a serious film set in the Cold War era that weaves a fictional plot with historical events.

If youre interested in French film, check it out.

Shawn Stafford is an international area studies junior.

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Looking for a restaurant that uses fresh local prod-ucts, yet has reasonable prices?

Normans very own farm-to-fork restaurant opened its doors March 15 with that intent in mind.

Tu c k e d b a c k i n t h e Normandy Creek Shopping Center, this restaurants dishes use local ingredients straight from Oklahoma farms.

It should come as no sur-prise that this new restau-rant is in fact called Local.

T h e r e s t a u r a n t i s owned by sisters Melissa Scaramucci, Heather Steele and Abby Clark.

The sisters decided to open the restaurant be-cause they were unhappy in their jobs and wanted to try something new, Clark said.

Farming had been a part of our family for several years, and it just seemed like a natural fit, Clark said.

The owners are working with as many local produc-ers as they can to get high-quality ingredients, she said.

We live in Oklahoma, where we are growing wheat and beef and pork, and there is no reason to get those from outside the state when we can get an excellent qual-ity product right here in the state, Clark said.

The restaurant has a con-temporary design, with ar-tistic, locally crafted glass-work and chandeliers lining the restaurant, she said.

Clark describes Local as a modern American res-taurant with a European flair. Local features an open kitchen, patio, bar, child-care area and a retail shop that sells fresh and frozen to-go dishes.

The menu features a large variety of items ranging from fish tacos to home-made, seasonal ravioli.

We make the food that we like to eat, Clark said.

The menu will vary de-pending on the quality of the products available each season, Clark said.

For instance, ravioli will always be on the menu, but the filling will change de-pending on the freshest in-gredients available.

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university college freshman Mitch cobb eats BlT deviled eggs at local on Tuesday. local is a new farm-to-fork restaurant in Norman. Their philosophy is to feature an American cuisine with locally sourced food. The deviled eggs are free ranged eggs with house-cured bacon, arugula and and heirloom tomoatoes.

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or ___! 5 Ewes

offspring 9 Good smell

from the kitchen

14 Ancient South American

15 Taken with a spoon

16 Banister post 17 MGM mascot 18 Palindromic

Preminger 19 Gossipy

buttinsky 20 What a CPA

does for a ca-tered event?

23 Available from a keg

24 Bow lubricant 25 Had the blue

plate special, e.g.

28 Wrestling type 30 One at the

top of the board

32 Washboard body parts

35 Boxing ring borders

38 Delineate 39 Interrogate

a Boston orchestra?

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44 Clear of vermin

45 One imbibing rotgut

46 Dutch beer brand

49 Aussie hatchlings

51 Casablanca piano player

52 Curtain fabric 55 Bands

auditions 59 Put a mineral

on permanent display?

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64 Adult nits 65 Arthritis

symptom 66 Beauty and

the Beast beauty

67 Liveliness 68 Am I glad

thats over! 69 Loafed

around 70 Veteran

seafarers 71 ... country-

men, lend me your ___

DOWN 1 The Hobbit

character 2 Civil War

victor 3 Amscray! 4 Certain

Japanese poems

5 Criminals haul

6 Centipede, e.g.

7 San ___ (Bay Area county)

8 Political groups

9 Do I have a volunteer?

10 Carry a stench

11 Rent-to-___ 12 Was

introduced to 13 ___ mode

(topped with ice cream)

21 Sudden burst of growth

22 3-in-One product

25 Farewell, amigo!

26 A conductor might want you to pick it up

27 Youngs partner in accounting

29 Pronoun for Miss Piggy

31 Snow-capped peak

32 Blue-green shades

33 Myanmars former name

34 Richter scale event

36 Heading away from WSW

37 Tennessee Williams transportation

40 The Concorde was one

41 Virginia or Smithfield product

42 Chopin piano piece

47 Brought forth, as emotions

48 Yankee great Gehrig

50 Mexican blanket

53 Bit of land in the ocean

54 Soprano role in Bizets The Pearl Fishers

56 Cappuccino flavor

57 An earth tone 58 Depicts with

bias 59 ___ and

hearty (healthy)

60 Barnyard cluckers

61 Most Wanted agcy.

62 And the rockets ___ glare ...

63 Twelfth in a series of 26

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The possibilities for more personal achievement than usual in the year ahead look particularly encourag-ing. A word of warning, however: Be careful not to attempt to do too much simultaneously or everything could come a cropper.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) --Success shouldnt be denied you unless you get impatient and start to judge events before you have all the facts at your disposal. Hold your horses.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Just because you dont get everything you want is no reason to feel sorry for yourself. Concentrate on what you did get and count your blessings, not the ones that got away.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Instead of feeling obligated to do business with the same fi rm youve always gone to, try another company that is offering you a deal. Sentiment wont save you dollars.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- If you fail to stick to an earlier agreement and instead decide to break the pact you made, youll cause complications for yourself, as well as tarnish your image. Dont do it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Its fun to get together with friends and let it all hang out, but be careful to follow sensible health habits or youll pay a price. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If youre anticipating getting something

for nothing, itll make you quite vulnerable to a canny manipulator. Dont be anyones puppet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --If you sense there is something wrong in a valued relationship, you should bring the matter out into the open. An honest, frank discussion should get things back on track.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Trying to rationalize your troubles away never works -- it can be your worst enemy. This is especially so if it encourages you to postpone attend-ing to a matter that needs immediate attention.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- It wont be one of your better days for managing personal resources if you are more reactive than introspective. Think of the consequences before you do anything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) --The results of your involvements are likely to be exactly as you anticipate. Be sure to think positive about everything and do what leads to victory, not defeat.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) --Although you normally keep everything you can out in the open, you might be tempted to resort to some subterfuge. Because this isnt your usual style, itll make you very uncomfortable.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- If youre going to do something for a friend, do it out of the kindness of your heart and not in hopes of look-ing good and/or being rewarded.

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