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Safer sex educators inform students about birth control, STD prevention

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Students interested in educating oth-ers about safe sex can apply to be a Sexpert until April 1.

Sexperts educate students on safe sex and pregnancy prevention by hosting events and presentations. The OU Women’s Outreach Center wants to add four to six students to become educators, according to a Facebook event. There are currently seven Sexperts.

The center is looking for outgoing students who have presentation experience, said Kathy Moxley, center coordinator.

Accepted applicants will train the week be-fore the fall semester begins. This volunteer

position has monthly meetings and requires five hours of participation per month from its members.

The Sexperts program provides an oppor-tunity for students to hear critical health in-formation from their peers, Moxley said.

Language arts education sophomore Adriane Gepner became a safer sex educator after seeing a flyer last year and has given pre-sentations for the OU women’s rugby team and sociology classes. She said being a safe sex educator is a fulfilling experience.

“I think it is difficult to ignore that many college students engage in sexual behav-iors, and it is important to help educate and remind them to be cautious while doing so,” Gepner said.

The program, created by a student intern in the late 1990s, is presented in classrooms, residence halls and at student organization

meetings, Moxley said.One such presentation was held Feb. 28 at

the Reserve on Stinson apartment complex.Fewer than 20 people were in attendance,

said Zekiel Johnson, Reserve Community as-sistant. The presentation was formatted like a game show, with educators splitting the group into two teams and going back and forth asking questions on topics such as STD prevention and birth control, Johnson said.

“Sexperts opens up a comfortable forum to ask the things [students] want to know about sex,” said Johnson, international security studies and psychology senior.

Sooner Success works to help graduate as many students as possible

RJ YOUNGThe Oklahoma Daily

At 8 a.m., many people are just getting into work, but Augustine Wiah is already seated behind his desk at Sooner Success.

T h e s o l e p u r p o s e f o r Sooner Success and the peo-ple like Wiah who work there is to make sure as many OU students graduate from the university as possible.

A marketing junior, Wiah said he decided to spend his l i fe helping students

complete their college de-grees. Wiah said he l ikes working with college stu-dents, and it made sense to start a career working with them as soon as possible.

“I plan to go to grad school for education — adult and higher ed with an emphasis

Presidential running mates emphasize communication with students

SARAH MARTINThe Oklahoma Daily

Forrest Bennett, candidate for stu-dent body president, wants students to know they can impact campus through UOSA.

B e n n e t t a n d h i s r u n n i n g m a t e, Katherine Borgerding, both empha-sized their hope to bring students into greater communication and participa-tion with UOSA.

Bennett, political science junior, is a representative in Student Congress and the vice chair for the public rela-tions committee of Congress. Bennett is a member of Delta Upsilon frater-nity, where he has been pledge class

Election now uncontested; candidate still hopes to remain within organization

CARMEN FORMANThe Oklahoma Daily

The Housing Center Student Association presidential elec-tion became an uncontest-ed race after a candidate de-cided to drop out of the race Thursday.

Candidate Joseph Schmidt said he dropped out of the race after he decid-ed he wouldn’t h a v e e n o u g h time to be HCSA president if he were elected.

“This means too much to me to go all the way with it and not be in a position to lead it to the place it deserves,” said Schmidt, a public relations junior.

HCSA presidential candidate and meteorology and econom-ics junior Sarah Weiler will now being running uncontested due to Schmidt’s decision.

Current HCSA President and English literary and cultural studies junior Lydia Sexton said that running uncontested in an HCSA election is not unusu-al, as she ran uncontested last year. However, Sexton said the year before she ran, four people ran for the position.

“I am fully confident that [the HCSA presidency] is in good hands with Sarah,” Schmidt said.

OU Board of Regents Chairman and university alumnus Larry Wade dies Sunday morning

NICHOLAS HARRISONThe Oklahoma Daily

Larry Wade, chairman of the OU Board of Regents, died at 1:10 a.m. Sunday at the Integris Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City at age 72.

Leslie McKean, hospital spokes-woman, confirmed the death. However, she could not provide a cause of death until the medi-cal examiner had made an official determination.

Wade was on his way to an OU basketball game when he col-lapsed. He was an avid OU sports

fans, said Chris Purcell, execu-tive secretary to the OU Board of Regents. He was f lown to Oklahoma City to be treated by a heart specialist.

Oklahoma has lost a dedicated citizen leader, OU President David Boren said.

“As an active alumnus and regent for the University of Oklahoma, he was a champion for students,” Boren said. “His first priority was more scholarships for students to give all an opportunity to learn.”

Wade was one of the biggest ad-vocates for students, Purcell said. He was always concerned about making sure there was enough

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Chemistry junior Morgan Foreman and psychology senior Sophie Hartle speak to Couch Tower residents Wednesday evening about different forms of birth control. Sexperts make presentations in the residence halls, sororities and fraternities.

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president, secretary and new member educator.“What I believe qualifies me is that I know a wide range

of people, and I truly want their ideas to be the focus of student government,” Bennett said.

Borgerding, journalism junior, is also a representa-tive in Congress as well as the media rela-tions coordinator in the executive branch of UOSA. Borgerding is the chair of the public relations committee in Congress. Borgerding said her current responsi-bilities in Congress and in the executive branch are similar to the vice president’s duties.

Students who work with Bennett and Borgerding said both candidates are ef-fective leaders.

“The way in which Forrest and Katherine work togeth-er is remarkable. Both are very genuine people ... down to earth, approachable students who actually care about their fellow students,” said Zach Milvo, University College freshman and public relations committee member.

Bennett and Borgerding base their platform on three points: 1) Creating a more effective executive branch, 2) improving communication between students and 3) UOSA and advocating on behalf of students.

They said they would improve the executive branch by filling all of its positions, creating summer projects for

those positions and deepening the responsibilities of the vice president.

“Now, the vice president’s role is very limited ... we want to make it more proactive than in the past,” Borgerding said.

The candidates said they would use social media to post video updates letting students know what the executive branch is doing and where they are doing something.

Since his freshman year, Bennett has wanted to create a monthly South Oval of-fice where the executive branch sets up on the South Oval to interact with students.

“I know in this vast sea of students all the right answers are out there and I in-tend to find them,” Bennett said. “If we can get students to take an active role in student government, then UOSA can be effective.”

Bennett’s relationships with the OU administration, state representatives for the district covering OU and the chief lobbyist for OU put him in an advantageous posi-tion to work with them to improve the lives of students, Bennett said. He said he wants to use students to get the attention of administration.

“I intend to bring ideas to the administration that have clear backing from thousands of students,” Bennett said.

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two part series profiling the candidates for UOSA president and vice president. Read Tuesday’s Daily for a profile on Hannah Morris and Laura Bock.

money for students to attend college, she said.“He was very active,” Purcell said. “He was a very

kind man. And he really cared about students.”

Max Weitzenhoffer, a fellow member of the OU Board of Regents, said he met Wade as a college freshman in 1957. They were members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and roommates for almost five years. Weitzenhoffer also was best man at Wade’s wedding.

Wade was one of the most devot-ed alumni the university has ever had, Weitzenhoffer said. He said Wade was the driving force behind the push for more scholarships.

“Everything he did was selfless,” Weitzenhoffer said.

“Everything he did was only in the interest of the university as a whole, and it’s a great loss to lose alumni like that.”

Wade was the editor of The Oklahoma Daily in 1960. He graduated from OU with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1961.

The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is proud to have had Wade as an alumnus, said college Dean Joe Foote.

”He has been supportive on every front from top to bottom,” Foote said. “I’ve personally been proud to know Larry for more than 30 years.”

John Bell, vice chairman of the OU Board of Regents, will assume Wade’s du-ties as chairman until the regents elect his successor.

Wade’s advocacy for students was evidenced by his lead-ership for the scholarship campaign, Bell said.

Today around campus» The National Society of Collegiate Scholars will host its integrity week through Friday.

» Immigration in the Heartland, a conference exploring the affects of immigration in Oklahoma and other Heartland states, will be held through Friday at Gaylord Hall.

» Graduation Gear-Up will occur 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge.

» Education Abroad General Information Session will take place 11 a.m. to noon in the Education Abroad Office, Old Science Hall, Room 221.

» Animal Volunteers Alliance will host Pet Food Drive noon to 7 p.m. in the Union in front of WIRE.

» Student Affairs Practicum Group will meet noon to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Alma Wilson Room.

» Author Melvin Urofsky discusses “Writing a Brandeis Biography” 3 to 4 p.m. at the OU College of Law, Dick Bell Courtroom.

» Kris Akey will teach students about speed reading and reading comprehension 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

Tuesday, March 8» Graduation Gear-Up will occur 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge.


» Professor Bill Neill will present “Voice Studio,” part of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Tuesday Noon Concert Series, from noon to 12:30 p.m.in the museum’s Sandy Bell Gallery. Free for students.

» Animal Volunteers Alliance will host Pet Food Drive noon to 7 p.m. in the Union in front of WIRE.

» Christians on Campus will meet for Bible Study from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer Room. Free for students.

» Rodger Randle, professor of human relations, presents “Brazilian Culture, Brazilian Business” from noon to 1 p.m. in Carson Engineering Center, Room 119. Free for students.

» Librarian Jeffrey Wilhite will give a workshop on “Government Document Basics” 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 149D.

» Connie Divine of University College will present Time Management as part of the Student Success Series 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. Free for students.

» Sutton Concert Series: OU Jazz Bands will play from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Tickets are $8 for adults; $5 for students, OU faculty/staff and senior adults.

» Friends of Music reception will be held 9:45 to 10:15 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Gothic Hall. The event is a fundraiser for OU School of Music students and faculty.

Wednesday, March 9» AAPG/SEG Spring Break Student Expo will give students interested in the petroleum industry the opportunity to meet with industry representatives to make employment and internship matches. The event will take place through Friday in Sarkeys Energy Center.


» Graduation Gear-Up will occur 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lounge.

» School of International and Area Studies will host How to Land an Internship as part of its Career Workshop Series 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Room 170.

» Softball will play Tulsa at 6 p.m. at the Marita Hynes Field.

Thursday, March 10» Immigration in the Heartland, a conference exploring the affects of immigration in Oklahoma and other Heartland states, will be held through Friday at Gaylord Hall.

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in student affairs,” he said. “That’s my plan at least.”

Wiah said his long-term goal is to become vice pres-ident of a university.

“Everything I have done here has to do with stu-d e nt s,” Wia h s a i d . “ It ’s something I’m passion-ate about, and something I love to do, so why not try to influence policy at a higher level?”

Wiah was born in Liberia and raised in Ghana. He said he and his parents immigrated to the United States when he began high school.

B e i n g r a i s e d i n We s t Africa gave him a different outlook on the world, the value of education and the community among people, he said.

“We came [to Oklahoma] because my sister was al-ready here, and we didn’t have anybody else in the country except her,” Wiah said.

The process of uprooting himself and his family to move to a different culture was not a shock, but a great adventure, he said.

“It was exciting and fun, and I’m [at OU] because of it,” he said.

Everything he did was only in the interest of the university as a whole, and it’s a great loss to lose alumni like that.”

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Gerard Keiser

STAFF COLUMN

L e n t b e g i n s t h i s Wednesday. The an-cient and venerable 40 days is celebrated with p r a y e r, f a s t i n g a n d good deeds in prepara-tion for Easter.

Imitating our Lord’s trials in the desert, the church calls upon all of us, and especially all Christians, to do something unpleasant in the service of good.

We all have habits in need of changing and a will that need toughening. The Catholic Church in all its wisdom has ordained a particular season in which it says, “Delay no more; now is the appointed time. Do penance, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

So throw down the soft garments of the procrasti-nator and cast yourselves against the cold waves you know you must face, realiz-ing that millions are in your company.

W h a t i s y o u r g r e a t e s t fault? Is gluttony weighing you down? Is Facebook de-vouring your life? Is your ego scraping against everyone you walk by? Or are your an-imal instincts prodding you into shameful acts?

We all have problems; let each of us decide what the biggest one is and address it now.

And why all this food, all these cookies and chips and overpriced snacks and piles of food at the cafeteria, half of which you throw away?

You don’t need so much; give it up; a bit of hunger won’t hurt you.

If you like your religion to be biblically-based, think of how much Christ fasted.

Aside from the health benefits, this sacrificial act has been regarded for centuries as an excellent means to generate willpower.

In particular, the meat of warm-blooded animals was once prohibited during this time — the most in-efficient source of calories.

Forty meatless days in America would help to drag down the record food prices that are now gulping down the wealth of millions.

To encourage fidelity to whatever task you set your-self, or if you think you’ll wither away from lack of protein, remember how Lent used to be.

There was no meat, eggs or dairy allowed, and you could eat only once, after sunset. Yet brawny farmers out plowing their fields somehow struggled through it year after year, and most of us have some of their genes.

Here are the rules. Make some resolution, begin it on Ash Wednesday and keep it through Holy Saturday – excluding Sundays.

Make your resolution specific and concrete — not “I’m going to be a nice guy,” but instead, more like “I’m going to stop playing my music so loud that my roommate punches me in the face.”

Preferably, make at least one positive and one neg-ative resolution — one to do something, and one not to do something.

If you’re Christian, remember that Easter begins on Easter.

You wouldn’t exhibit foolishness and a lack of self-control when you begin celebrating for an anniver-sary that hasn’t actually occurred yet. Just like an overexcited little boy who can’t wait until Christmas to open his presents, you are missing the point of the holiday.

Now is the time. Millions are joining in an effort to improve themselves during this holy season. Why do we hold back? Why do we refuse to advance in virtue?

If not now, when is it that we plan to begin rooting out the vices that grow up ever larger within the gar-dens of our souls? Or will we keep waiting for a more convenient time, until our own strength can do noth-ing against them?

Let’s start now with a trowel, lest we come back next year and find we need a bulldozer.

— Gerard Keiser,

linguistics and classical languages junior

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Teacher evaluations will be coming up again as the semes-ter nears an end. Students will be sent e-mails urging them to evaluate their professors, and professors themselves will inevitably wrestle with students to actually get them to go through with the process.

Although it would be foolish to say evaluations are point-less, it would be equally foolish to say they are perfectly good indicators of class or instructor quality.

Just looking at some of the questions on the evaluations is enough to figure this out. For instance, there is one question asking students to rate the readings a professor selected for the course.

Students likely have no background to know whether the readings selected were appropriate. Additionally, students might rate reading selections poorly because they really disliked the readings, but nonetheless those readings were the appropri-ate ones for the course.

There is another question ask-ing how ‘fairly’ the course was graded. I have a feeling how this question tends to get answered. If someone has a good grade, the course was no doubt graded fairly. If they have a bad grade, the course was no doubt graded un-fairly. A side effect of this evaluation is that it can encourage grade inflation.

In fact, the entire process probably encourages to some extent dumbing down courses and grade inflation. After all, students who get a good grade in a light course will gener-ally feel more positive about the course and probably rank any question on the evaluation higher no matter what it asks. There are of course exceptions to this, but I would presume more people prefer an easy course than a more challenging one.

Another problem plaguing evaluations according to the Faculty Senate is not enough students fill them out. The university recently moved to an online evaluation system from the cumbersome paper

and pencil system, that no doubt cost the school a significant amount of money to carry out every semester.

However, with students forced to fill out evaluations online and on their own time, participation has diminished.

So far, the only approach to try to address this problem has been incentivizing participation by giving away iPods or some other prizes. However, the low odds of actually winning the handful of prizes does not seem like it is enough incentive to participate, and judging from lower participation numbers does not actually work.

One approach that could be used to solve this problem is to change from carrots to sticks. Instead of trying to entice stu-dents to participate in evaluations, just make it prohibitively difficult not to. At Brandeis University, students are not able to access their semester grades until they have filled out the semester’s evaluations.

Although requiring evaluations to access grades here would entail some transitional costs to set up, it should solve the problem of low participation once and for all, and pos-sibly even save the school some money it would otherwise spend on iPods and other incentives. At a minimum, it would save professors from spending time pleading with students to fill out evaluations which is not something they should have to do.

— Matt Bruenig,

philosophy senior

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When first I read Matt Bruenig’s opinion column in Friday’s Daily, I said to myself that timeless old adage: Haters gonna’ hate.

But then I asked myself this question: what’s wrong with a little ambition?

Yes, Bruenig is correct. I would like to be governor someday. Right now, I’m running for UOSA presi-dent. What can I say? I’m an am-bitious guy. I see wrongs in my life and I want to right them. Right now, my focus is UOSA.

It seems that Bruenig, though cynical, sees what I see — a lack of participation and care for UOSA. It is apathy, and we see it as a huge problem. He’s right again when he talks about the weakness of sug-gestive power — boy, this guy is batting a thousand.

UOSA was created by a vocal stu-dent body who demanded repre-sentation. Since then, our student body has declined in its care and attention for representation. He is absolutely right about that.

The one place he went wrong was the point at which he suggested

folks just continue to disregard their student government. It’s funny he should suggest this, after spending a considerable amount of time dealing with UOSA last year.

Students, this is my appeal: shake off that dust of apathy and rise up, join me in making UOSA some-thing we can all be proud of. It is, after all, ours to make better. Our power comes from the voices of students, and with each additional voice we become more powerful.

Katherine and I are excited to be a part of this race, and while we don’t agree with Hannah and Laura in every aspect of our platform, we do share a common thread: we’re trying to be part of the solution, not the problem.

A vote March 29 and 30 — for my ticket or Hannah’s — is a vote for a solution. Its a vote to rid this cam-pus of the apathy that plagues it. Its a vote for a better way, a vote to put you first, and a vote to tell the Bruenigs of this campus that com-placency has had its day and a new era of responsive student govern-ment has begun. So please: vote.

So, what is wrong with a little ambition? It seems to me a little ambition goes a long way. Those with it strive to do great things. People are inspired by ambition.

Bruenig has ambitions — he’s been accepted to some pretty im-pressive law schools, he was a Ewing Fellow and he has compiled an impressive portfolio of vitriolic articles in OU’s student paper.

He also seeks to put down our student government, marginalize it, to serve his negative personal opinions. UOSA’s leaders are am-bitious as well. We seek to serve the students and make OU better.

It is not those with ambition who create lasting and useful change; it is those inspired by am-bition, in this case you, the stu-dents. You have the true power to make change. The question now is this: who’s ambition will empower you?

— Forrest Bennet,political science junior

UOSA presidential candidate

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Ambition needed to fight UOSA apathy

A little Lent is good for the student’s soul

Evaluations need restructuring

On Friday, The Daily reported OU General Counsel Anil Gollahalli returned a $38,000 raise that had been approved during the Oct. 27 OU Board of Regents meeting. The 15 percent raise was not included in the regents’ agenda or meeting minutes and may have been a violation of the Open Meeting Act.

The Daily discovered the raise was listed on documents released only to the regents — not the public.

The document listed annual bonuses for Cameron University employees and included Gollahalli’s annual pay raise.

It was not until The Daily began investigating the salary increase that Gollahalli decided to return the raise in an at-tempt to remain open and transparent.

Gollahalli called The Daily from the regents’ office, which leads us to believe he was not the only one involved with the decision to return the raise.

Gollahalli said he asked for a $38,000 raise because his salary did not meet the national average for legal counsel’s at similarly sized institutions. While this may be true, we don’t think this is a valid argument when salaried staff at OU have not had across-the-board pay increases in more than three years. One employee asking for a raise “to meet the average” doesn’t seem fair.

We feel the same way about the inflated salary given to for-mer Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, who was appointed to an undefined

role at the OU Health Sciences Center on Wednesday. Her salary for being the “associate provost for external relations” matches that of her lieutenant governor salary — about $114,000. In the midst of a budget cutting year, which has involved hiring freezes and pay cuts, adding positions and giving raises to staff who already make more than $200,000 a year doesn’t seem practical.

Part of Gollahalli’s job as legal counsel is to keep the uni-versity from committing open-meeting and open-record vi-olations and it gives a bad impression of OU’s commitment to transparency that the general counsel was caught at the center of a possible infraction.

To solidify the administration’s commitment to trans-parency, President David Boren and his colleagues ought to take the Freedom of Information Oklahoma’s Open Government Pledge before each school year. The pledge asks state candidates to “endorse the purpose of Oklahoma’s Open Meeting and Open Records laws to ensure and facili-tate the public’s understanding of governmental processes and problems.” While Boren is not running for office, he is a key public figure in Oklahoma and former politician that should be willing to take this pledge. It may just be a formal-ity, but it would confirm his commitment to an open and honest university.

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SPORTS OUDAILY.COM ›› Sophomore ace Keilani Ricketts (shown left) and the Sooners swept the competition over the weekend

Also on OUDaily.com | GYMNASTICS » Women sweep awards in second quad meet; Nowak wins first all-around title | GYMNASTICS » Men down No. 4 Cal without key performer

BASKETBALL » Women drop regular-season finale to Texas Tech | WRESTLING » Sooners take third at Big 12 Championship | TENNIS » Women beat TCU, 5-2

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Senior guard Cade Davis (top) celebrates with teammates after a 61-61 Bedlam win over Oklahoma State on Saturday for Senior Day. Davis scored 22 points in his Norman finale.

Guard leads OU to Bedlam win on Senior Day in last home game of his career

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F o r S e n i o r D a y o n Saturday, Cade Davis — OU’s lone senior — led all scor-ers with 22 points and left his time at Oklahoma with a final victory in Lloyd Noble Center over the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 64-61.

Oklahoma improved to 13-17, 4-11 in Big 12 play at the end of regular-season action.

“ Em o t i o n s w e re h i g h today,” Davis said. “We played hard and were happy to get the win.”

Sophomore guard Steven Pledger said the Sooners will miss Davis’ leadership as the lone senior.

“The game was very spe-cial ,” said Pledger, who scored 11 points. “It’s tough to see him leave”

Davis also grabbed six re-bounds and dished three assists.

“Cade was terrific,” OU coach Jeff Capel said. “It was really great for him to have that kind of performance on Senior Day.”

Despite one of his worst performances of the sea-son — scoring only 5 points — s o p h o m o r e A n d r e w Fitzgerald was big on the de-fensive end as intimidating presence down low.

The Sooners came out of the gate early in the first half, but the Cowboys stormed back and took the lead, 33-32, going into halftime on a buzzer-beating 3-point shot.

“We weren’t playing our best defense (in the first half),” Davis said.

Oklahoma controlled most of the second half, but the Cowboys again showed their experience in the final minutes and tied it, 61-61, with the clock running down.

OU sank its free throws

in the final seconds to put the finishing touches on a Bedlam win.

Oklahoma State got a good look at a game-tying 3-pointer but failed to make another buzzer-beater.

With a movie-like ending, Davis grabbed the final re-bound, sealing the Sooner’s victory.

“[Getting that rebound] wa s l i k e a ‘ Tha nk y ou, Jesus!’” Davis said.

At the end of the game, Davis thanked a few spe-cial people and all of the fans for their support over

his four-year tenure, enjoy-ing a long celebration with teammates and coaches on the court after the game.

The Sooners will move on to the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship to play Baylor on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.

OU lost to Baylor, 74-61, on Jan. 11 in Waco, Texas, and beat the Bears, 73-66, on Feb. 2 in Norman.

The winner of the OU-Baylor game will advance to the quarterfinals to play second-seeded Texas on Friday.

BASEBALL

Sooners improve to 14-0, stand as only remaining undefeated team

The OU baseball team beat San Diego State, 13-5, Sunday at the University of San Diego Tournament to improve on the best start in program history — 14 straight wins to open the season.

The previous best start was 12-0 in 1998. The streak is also the longest under coach Sunny Golloway and the longest since 1985 (17-0).

OU trailed San Diego State, 2-0, after one inning, but the Sooners splattered six runs on the scoreboard in the top of the second. Sophomore left fielder Max White hit a three-run homer to highlight the inning’s scoring explosion.

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OU Opera Theatre in-fused visual elements to the music of Russian composer Igor Feodorovich Stravinsky to make the classic folktales Mavra and Le Rossingol come to life Thursday to Sunday at the Reynolds Performing Art Center.

The school of dance collaborated with the opera students, and it was the choreogra-phy in conjunction with dynamic costumes and scenery that made the opera a standout performance.

In Mavra, the singers were located in the orchestral pit while dancers acted out their parts on stage wearing 4-foot puppet heads. The giant heads on the comparably tiny people dancing made everything in Mavra seem whimsical. Since the facial features on the puppet heads did not move, the dancers did an excellent job of using body language to convey the emotions of the characters. Because Mavra was based on a folk tale, the simplicity of the story only exemplified how well the dancers and singers did to make the opera entertaining.

Contrasting with Mavra’s quirky style, Le Rossignol proved to be grand. This folktale was set in China, and the costume and set

designers used vibrant silks and warm Chinese lanterns to bring the setting to life. The most entertaining of the three-act opera was act two, which took place within the emperor’s palace.

In the scene, dancers performed acrobatic tricks, even constructing a human pyramid at one point. The procession for the emperor was lavish and busy, including whispering Chinese concubines huddled together, drag-ons with blinking eyes acting like dogs and Chinese statesmen with protruding bellies strolling around on stage pridefully.

The mockingbird characters did an excel-lent job of acting out their individual charac-ters’ traits. As the mockingbird, which signi-fied beauty, Suzanne Stanley was wide-eyed and innocent, very eager to please. In con-trast, Claire Horrocks played the Japanese mechanical bird with rigidity, harsh move-ments and a lifeless stare.

With Mavra and Le Rossingol, OU Opera Theatre effectively showed the OU commu-nity that opera cannot only be culturally rich, it can be entertaining as well.

— Janna Gentry,

English junior

What if you learned the di-rection of your life was fixed and the choices made in your lifetime were prearranged?

This idea is explored in first-time director George Nolfi‘s romantic thriller “The Adjustment Bureau.”

The film, based on the short story “Adjustment Team” by author Philip K. Dick, is about the clash of predestination and the privi-lege of one’s free will.

These conflicting ideolo-gies take on a new meaning for congressional candidate David Morris (Matt Damon) as he meets a ballet dancer named Elise (Emily Blunt).

Having just lost a pivotal election, Elise helps David with his concession speech to make up for eavesdrop-ping on him practicing.

During their brief intro-duction, they have an inti-mate connection that is in-stantly verifiable, making their chance encounter feel rather serendipitous.

It makes for an entertain-ing and romantic thrill ride

about the privileges we take for granted in life.

So, is the plot preposter-ous? Absolutely. However, it’s difficult to care when you’re in such good company.

The film asks us to sus-pend reality, open our minds to new ideas and go along for the ride. With Damon and Blunt as the conductors, it’s a trip worth taking.

— Laron Chapmon,

film and video studies junior

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Theatre showcases two known Russian operas

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