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OU’s Provost Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues offers advice and connects faculty, 31 percent are women

CHASE COOKThe Oklahoma Daily

Out of all 983 professors on OU’s November 2009 payroll, only 31 percent were women. OU’s Provost Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues aims to close that gap by beginning discussion, offering advice and connecting faculty.

Nancy Mergler, provost and vice president, said the under represen-tation of women is a national trend women face.

“Everybody hopes for a moment in the future when all of our human differences can be celebrated, but won’t make a difference in how ef-fective we are in our jobs,” she said. “But, we may not be there yet.”

Megan Elwood Madden, assistant professor of geochemistry, has been in the committee only a month, but she feels it benefits both fac-ulty and students.

“We provide a resource for female faculty and administrators on campus that hopefully improves their job satisfaction,” Madden said by e-mail. “Therefore, [this] helps the university attract and retain out-standing faculty and administrators from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.”

During spring 2010, Jeni Hart, University of Missouri’s associate professor on educational leadership and policy analysis, came to OU and discussed gender differences and how they affected stress levels.

“It’s more of a social engagement with a focus on exchanging infor-mation,” Smith said.

Elwood Madden, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, at-tended these events before she was selected to be on the committee.

“I met colleagues who shared similar research, teaching and per-sonal interests,” Madden said by e-mail. “[This] led to helpful discus-sions and in one case a collaborative research project.”

Mergler said networking is the committee’s focus. She said it’s im-portant because of the lack of women representation, especially in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments.

The committee holds two events a year. Plans are not finalized for the fall event.

Group hopes to restructure program from punitive punishments to rehabilitative discipline system

DHARA SHETHThe Oklahoma Daily

The Integrity Council is one step closer to drafting new policy reform concerning academic misconduct on campus.

A resolution to revise the Integrity Council’s Academic Misconduct Code was passed unanimously Tuesday night

by the UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress.

The resolution, introduced by Brett St i d h a m, C o n g re s s c h a i r m a n a n d Integrity Council member, calls for Congress to encourage Provost Nancy Mergler and OU President David Boren to draft a reformed version of the academic misconduct policy on campus.

“All students have a vested interest in academic integrity, so let’s put adequate safeguards in place while we protect students’ rights,” said Stidham, human

resources management senior.The new system provides for equal fac-

ulty and student involvement to create a more community concept, said Breea Bacon, Academic Integrity Systems assis-tant director.

This semester, the Integrity Council plans to revise the Academic Misconduct Code to create a more student-led system and switch from a punitive system for

Integrity Council petitions for code reform

Committee advises, helps network female professors

Congress expands board membership to nine, deletes clause about meeting times

KATHLEEN EVANSThe Oklahoma Daily

After eight weeks of classes, UOSA is on its way to putting the finishing steps on the student park-ing appeals process and the panel that oversees it.

U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t Congress voted unanimously Tuesday to approve legislation re-vising the structure of the Parking Appeals Board.

Originally, the board was com-posed of six members, two teams of three, according to the Code Annotated. One team met in the morning, and one team met in the afternoon to hear student parking appeals.

The members of the board are usually appointed at the end of the spring semester, but appointment was delayed because of run-off presidential election. UOSA de-layed appointment of members for a few more weeks of class, leaving at least 60 backed-up appeals, ac-cording to The Daily archives.

It wasn’t until Sept. 19 that Graduate Student Senate ap-proved members and Sept. 28 for Congress. At those times, it was still just six members because leg-islation to expand the number of members was not yet finalized.

The Senate passed one version of legislation Sept. 26, calling for one chief justice and eight other jus-tices selected by the chief justice. However, Congress never voted on this legislation and instead revised it to Tuesday’s version.

Tuesday’s legislation calls for a change in name to the Student Parking Appeals Court and ex-pands membership to nine mem-bers, all of which are appointed by the UOSA president. The legisla-tion also deletes the clause about meeting times.

“We [wanted] that to be stricken so they can meet whenever is best available for them,” said Jason Robison, author of this legislation. “It’s best if it’s up to their own dis-cretion. However, bylaws do have to be published so we know the inner workings, so we know how they function internally.”

One person heavily involved in the process was Alexandra

Parking appeals board changes approved

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Chrysanthemums are in full bloom Wednesday afternoon on the South Oval. The flowers painting red, yellow, and purple were accented with hedges spelling “OU” and “Oklahoma Sooners.” The replanting of the flowers was part of the annual South Oval chrysanthemum beautification.

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Rebecca Cruise works with impoverished children in South Africa

DHARA SHETHThe Oklahoma Daily

Some say the little things are what matters. Rebecca Cruise, an adjunct pro-fessor for the School of International and Area Studies, is living proof.

Cruise was recently named a board member for the Vilakazi Foundation, an organization that works to aid poverty-stricken children in South Africa.

“Rebecca has taught school and just got back from a trip to Italy with OU and they helped some people on the last day of the trip and she realized every little bit helps,” said Leigh Jacobs, president and founder of the Vilakazi Foundation.

A 2007 trip to South Africa planted the idea of this foundation in the minds of Jacobs and his wife, Carrie Coppernoll Jacobs. This was the first time Carrie, who is from the U.S., had ever witnessed such poverty. Leigh, a South Africa native, had grown up among it and was accustomed to their standards of living.

After the birth of their daughter in 2009, Leigh and Carrie were inspired to help children in South Africa by providing them with necessities that promoted their health and education.

Cruise was an active member of the foundation before becom-ing a director.

She volunteered at various events and tried to increase aware-ness and membership to the foundation.

Cruise teaches at OU and said she is always telling her students to be aware about what is going on in the world and encouraging them to get involved.

“I decided if I was going to talk to the talk I needed to walk the walk,” Cruise said.

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students who violate the academic misconduct code to a more rehabilitative system in which students under-stand and learn to value the importance of academic integrity, Bacon said.

Prior to Tuesday night’s UOSA meeting, Integrity Council chairwoman Elizabeth Miracle educated vari-ous members of UOSA on the proposed changes.

Receiving Congress’s approval is just one in a series of steps the Integrity Council must go through to modify the Academic Misconduct Code and create a system for which students can feel some ownership, Bacon said.

A similar resolution was unanimously passed during the Oct. 11 Faculty Senate meeting, following the reso-lution’s introduction during the Sept. 13 Faculty Senate meeting.

Prior to last week’s meeting, Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Integrity Systems Gregory Heiser called most of the Faculty Senate members and an-swered any questions they may have had, which helped smooth the process at last week’s meeting, Bacon said.

The next step for the Integrity Council’s proposal is taking the resolution to the Graduate Student Senate.

After speaking with GSS, the Integrity Council will work out a constitutional outline by establishing a committee consisting of five students and five faculty members who will draft the whole piece of legislation, Miracle said.

Integrity Council plans on presenting the revised code to the OU Board of Regents late this semester or early next semester in hopes of implementing the next system by the start of the 2011-2012 academic school year, Bacon said.

“We want everyone on board with this system, in-cluding faculty, students and administration, be-fore we present this to the (OU) regents,” Bacon said.

— Kathleen Evans contributed to this report

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Today around campus» Amnesty International will have a Maze of Injustice to raise awareness about sexual violence committed against Native American and Alaskan Native women from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the South Oval.

» OU Law will give law school admission advice at 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room. They will provide free pizza.

» The OU Graduate College will talk about graduate school admissions at 2:30 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.

» The Assessment and Learning Center will prepare students for enrollment at 2:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245.

» A World Literature Film Festival will take place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

» Christians on Campus will have a Bible study at noon in the Union’s Sooner Room.

» The Pro-Life Ambassadors meet at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer Room.

» The Classical Archaeology Society will meet at 7 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.

» Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. will host VOICES [unheard], a program that promotes acknowledging the differences of others at 7 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

» OU Whose Line will perform at 8:30 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.

Friday, Oct. 22» Phi Beta Sigma’s Sleep Out for the Homeless will meet 6 to 11 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

» The Union Programming Board will show “Despicable Me” at 4, 7 and 11:45 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

» A laser tag game will take place 7 to 9 p.m. in the Union’s Conoco Leadership Courtyard.

Saturday, Oct. 23» The OU vs Missouri football game will be televised 7 to 10 p.m. in Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

» Step in and Speak Out training will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Presidents Room.

» OU Improv will perform 6 to 8 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.

Sunday, Oct. 24» Student for Ecclesia will meet 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer and Heritage rooms.

» The Other Film Club will meet 5 to 9 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

» OU Amnesty International will meet 5 to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

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UOSA: Proposal sent to Graduate SenateContinued from page 1

Philbrick, who served as chair of the appeals board last se-mester. Philbrick appeared at UOSA meetings throughout the past few weeks explaining why the changes were neces-sary and what the role of the group was.

The board wanted to expand its membership so it would be better able to hear student appeals, Philbrick said. Also, the board wanted the name change to sound more serious and to match its function more clearly.

“‘Board’ doesn’t really sound serious,” Philbrick said at Tuesday’s Congress meeting. “The board looks at appeals like any other court, and it is technically part of the [UOSA] judicial branch. It is appropriate we be considered a court.”

Congress passed the changes with unanimous consent. The legislation will now move to the Senate for final approv-al this Sunday, the close of the ninth week of classes.

Aside from teaching and working with the Vilakazi Foundation, Cruise is also a research fellow. Cruise works with Suzette Grillot, International Programs Center associate direc-tor, on a project assessing the security of seaports around the world.

Cruise and Grillot have traveled around the world

together and will visit eight Latin American countries as part of their seaport research.

“I know Rebecca is a very compassionate and sensitive person who is concerned about other cultures and the plight of those in other societies,” said Grillot, who knows Cruise as a student, col-l e a g u e , c o a u t h o r a n d friend.

The Vilakazi Foundation

has hosted several fund-raising events, including a Christmas dinner last D e c e m b e r t h a t r a i s e d $700 and a wine-tasting in May that raised $2,500, Leigh said. The money was used to provide supplies for a Montessori school in South Africa.

A l t h o u g h V i l a k a z i i s a foundation right now, Leigh aims for it to evolve into a non-profit within the next couple years.

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Academic Affairs Chairman Jason Robison and Parking Appeals Board Chairwoman Alexandra Philbrick speak during the UOSA meeting Tuesday evening at Adams Hall 150. The Parking Appeals Board was expanded to nine members.

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team to play Quidditch with.As a sports fan, my favorite part

of the Harry Potter series has al-ways been Quidditch. I found a group of students that needed a few more team members and I of-ficially joined my first Quidditch team.

We came up with the name “The Whomping Willows” after the fa-mous tree from the series. I am a chaser, and our team is preparing for our first match.

The leaders then had us play a game where we had to list as many characters from the series as pos-sible. Our group thought of 86. The winning group thought of more than 120.

The highlight of the meeting was the sorting into houses for new members. I filled out the three-question quiz that would give me an identity in the club.

When it was my turn, my nerves kicked in. I thought to myself, “not Slytherin,” as I don’t like to think I’m an evil person. Rogers read my answers and game me an an-swer I was happy with. “You are a Ravenclaw!” Rogers exclaimed.

I honestly thought I would not fit in at Hogwarts on Campus. Rogers said she waited up all night for her Hogwarts acceptance letter on her 11th birthday. I never took my fan-dom that far.

But Hogwarts on Campus is not just for the die-hard fans.

“There’s a lot of cool people that are coming out so far,” Rogers said. “We just want people who maybe just like the movies to feel comfort-able too.”

Between playing Quidditch and becoming a Ravenclaw, I cannot wait for the magical events Hogwarts on Campus has planned.

Harry Potter-themed club offers students opportunity to live out their Hogwarts dreams at OU

RYAN GERBOSIThe Oklahoma Daily

Editor’s note: This is a fi rst-person account of reporter’s experience joining Hogwarts on Campus.

hen I toured OU last March, my mother commented on how much the Great

Reading Room reminded her of Hogwarts. I laughed but secretly wished I were at Hogwarts. I mean, who wouldn’t want to go to a school where your classes included flying, potions and defense against the dark arts?

Although my dream of attending a school of witchcraft and wizardry may never come true, Hogwarts on Campus has become the next best thing.

Hogwarts on Campus is a new student organization devoted to everything Harry Potter.

“We just want to be an outlet for Harry Potter fans who want to find other fans, and we also want to pro-vide activities that can bring in new fans,” said Maggie Rogers, film and media and international studies sophomore.

Rogers, head of Gryffindor house, was approached by University College freshman Amanda Yates to start the club at the beginning of the semester.

“I didn’t really find a club that I felt connected to,” said Yates, head of Slytherin House. “So I decided to start my own, and I felt Harry Potter nerds deserved a club to go to.”

I had no idea what to expect when I arrived at my first meeting for Hogwarts on Campus. When I entered the room, half of the seats in the lecture hall were already full.

Events planned included the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1, Yule Ball, potions night and Quidditch matches, Yates said.

“Quidditch is going to get a big turn out,” Yates said. “We already have a lot of teams ready to play and we are going to be playing against other colleges as well.”

Part of the meeting was finding a

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Growing up, I always knew there was something dif-ferent about me. Then, on the eve of my 11th birthday I was approached by a very large man with an umbrella who told me I was a wizard. The man then proceeded to whisk me off to a school of magic called Hogwarts.

Fine, you caught me, this didn’t actually happen to me but that doesn’t mean I didn’t spend every day of my childhood wishing that the life of Harry Potter was my own. Believe me, I did.

Now, as a freshman in col-lege, my Bible-like adherence to the Harry Potter books is paying off, thanks to Hogwarts on Campus — a club for all of those students who, like me, are borderline obsessive in all things Harry Potter.

At my first meeting, I had the opportunity to be sorted by the all-knowing Sorting Hat.I filled out a short quiz asking me multiple choice questions, such as what type of animal would I have as a pet and if I found someone’s lost wallet, what would I do with it?

There was a blank on the quiz where people could write which house they wanted to be in if they didn’t have faith they would be placed in their destined house. I, on the other hand, had faith that I would be placed in Gryffindor, the greatest house of them all.

Every time the Sorting Hat called out a name and then said Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw I cringed, imagining myself in one of these inferior houses.

Finally, my name was called, accompanied by the sweet sound of “Gryffindor.” I basked in the glory of the smattering applause and cheers of my fellow Gryffindors as I claimed my seat at their table. My life as Harry Potter had finally begun.

For me, the most anticipated Hogwarts on Campus activity was the quidditch tournament. The participants in Hogwarts on Campus who wanted to play quidditch formed teams of seven. Quidditch will be played exact-ly like it is in the Harry Potter books, brooms and all, ex-cept no flying. Also, instead of a snitch, the seeker must chase and catch a person dressed entirely in gold.

My team came together and decided on the name of team Incendio, because we are on fire. I will play as one of my team’s chasers and I plan on leading my team to victory against every other team on campus.

— Carmen Forman/The Daily

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Ryan Gerbosi —» House: Ravenclaw» Year: First» Wand: 12.5” Yew with Dragon Heartstring» Quidditch Position: Chaser


Daily staff writers Ryan Gerbosi and Carmen Forman swap out their reporter notebook for wizard wands to join Hogwarts on Campus.

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Carmen Forman —» House: Gryffi ndor» Year: First» Wand: 8.5” Mahogany with Dragon Heartstring» Quidditch Position: Chaser

LETTER TO THE OU FAMILY Dear Members of the OU Community,

I am writing to update you on the current state of the OU budget. I was puzzled by some of the comments made in the press reports and in the Our View column of the Daily in the last few days. There is no mystery about my discussion to increase the compensation of permanent, full-time OU employees who make less than $9 per hour. This summer, I was informed by Dave Annis, Director of Housing and Food Services, and by Brian Ellis, Director of Physical Facilities, that there were employees making below $9 an hour. I asked them to determine if they had enough revenue in their departments �� minimum of $9 per hour. We were all concerned about the �� generate their own revenue from their services. In September, I determined that there were enough funds available to prudently make that increase and informed the two directors to commence the increase no later than the pay period which started on October 9. Decisions on compensation of employees making less than $60,000 per year is not placed on the agenda of the Board of Regents under basic Regents’ policy. The total cost of these �� In addition to employees in those two areas who are ��!��number of additional employees in other units, less than 20, who will also receive this increase, which will be paid with central funds.

� "�� #�� #��%�� whenever possible. In addition, contrary to one published �� all full-time employees unless they decline it. All of us would like to provide better compensation for our employees. Unfortunately, general compensation freezes have been necessary to help the university absorb over �&��'�� !�� the last two years. Additional budget cuts of $10 million or ��'�� '�� $600 million budget shortfall, as federal stimulus funds end. In addition, if State Question 744 passes and revenues �� '��!��education’s proportionate share of the resulting budget cuts would likely total $78 million, including $11 million in additional cuts to the Norman campus. This could lead to large tuition increases and program cuts. Clearly, we will not be able to make any additional ��!�� '��!��in the late spring of 2011. We will do all that we can to hold down costs so that we can keep tuition as low as possible for our students and their families. Sincerely,

David L. Boren

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I respect my father. He is an educated and responsible member of society. That being said, he is getting rather old, as he has been constantly reminding me as of late. Just the other day he was whining to me about how his old bones can’t carry him up the stairs. This comment got me thinking. Are his bones actually as old as he claims?

Turns out that they sure aren’t. A few years ago, Jonas Frisen of the Karolinska Molecular Biology Institute in Stockholm used C-14 carbon dating to determine the ages of various tissues in the human body.

Frisen’s measurements, published in the July 15, 2005, issue of the esteemed journal Cell, showed that most cells in the body have a relatively short life span. Average life of cells in various tissues, as estimated by Frisen and others, is as follows:

• Cells lining the intestines: 2 days• Skin cells: 30 days• Red blood cells: 120 days• Liver cells: 300 to 500 days• Muscle cells: 15 years• Cells in my dad’s bones : 10 yearsThere are some cells, such as neurons, that do not have

the ability to replicate and are indeed as old as the day they were born. But, most cells are short lived: The average age of cells in the human body is seven to 10 years.

Back up. If our cells — the lego pieces of our bodies — are about the age of a fourth grader, why do we age anyway? Shouldn’t we live forever?

While it may seem this way in theory, there is a caveat. While new cells replace

old cells, each new cell comes from the division of an old cell with DNA providing the genetic code.

Though the science of aging contains much theory and many unanswered questions, we do know that our DNA can be damaged during replication as new cells are formed, and this damage can accumulate over time. Accumulated damage in DNA hinders the normal function of cells and can lead to many of the problems we colloquially chalk up to “old age.”

So, I can now tell my dad that his bones are not, in fact, too old to climb up the stairs. For the tenured professors out there who are thinking of retiring, remember that you are not quite like a 65-year-old car. Instead, you are a 65-year-old car on which the majority of the parts are brand new, but you didn’t buy them from necessarily the best manu-facturer. Most of your body is actually “younger” than me.

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Outside of the Children’s Hospital at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, there are a few concrete slabs molded together forming a decently large rectangular cubicle. When you approach this con-crete edifice, the odors of nicotine and tobacco fill your nose and as you peer in you see a group of faculty, staff, stu-dents and families of patients sucking on their cigarettes, filling their lungs with carcinogens and satisfying their nicotine crave.

The OU Health Sciences Center is a relatively smoke-free campus. The only areas where smoking is allowed are in designated “smoking huts” on campus. Believe it or not, the Health Sciences Center is attempting to improve the “health” of its campus by prohibiting smoking on its campus, with the ex-ception of inside the smoking huts.

We all know the statistics and the dangers — lung can-cer, emphysema, increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Unless you have lived under a rock for the last 20 years, you know very well that smoking cigarettes will cause serious health problems in the future and contributes to bad breath and yellowing teeth in the present.

However, I’m not trying to tell the smok-ers of OU to quit. If you want to smoke, you have all the rights in the world to do so.

I write this article as a con-cerned student. I am con-cerned about the health of the non-smokers on our campus as they are forced to deal with the secondhand smoke of their smoking classmates, be it while walking on the South Oval, waiting for the Lloyd Noble center bus or anywhere on campus.

The Environmental Protection Agency classifies secondhand smoke as a Class A carcinogen.

In addition, a MAYO Clinic report indicates that secondhand smoke contains twice as

much tar and nicotine per unit volume as does smoke in-haled from a cigarette, as well as three times the amount of cancer-causing chemical benzopyrene. Secondhand smok-ing has been proven to be equally if not more harmful than smoking a cigarette directly.

This year UOSA created a new health initiative — UOSA Health Advocacy. In a Sept. 7 article, “UOSA adds health ad-vocacy programs” in The Daily, one of the stated goals of ad-vocacy branch is to implement a smoking ban on campus.

I’m not advocating a complete ban of smok-ing on campus. It’s imprudent to think that a smoking ban on campus will serve its pur-pose. How many students who are under 21 really follow the underage drinking laws?

Instead, let’s follow HSC’s precedent, and still allow the smokers of OU to have their mo-

ments of solace to reach their nicotine high.Bars exist so that people who enjoy a drink can have a

place where they can congregate. The same principle can apply to smokers.

Let’s build some smoking huts. Low traffic locations such as areas between buildings on the South Oval, east of the Armory, or west of the Bizzell Clock Tower would be ideal.

We will never be able to eradicate smoking at OU, but at least we can attempt to curtail it.

Allow the tobacco lovers of our great campus to enjoy their habit, but let’s keep the potential harm their habit may cause away from the rest of us.

— Mubeen Shakir,

University College freshman


The gubernatorial debate Tuesday night was very underwhelming.

You could hardly tell there was a different candidate at each podium as Democrat Jari Askins and Republican Mary Fallin echoed each other on most Oklahoma issues.

Regarding Oklahoma’s $400 million budget hole for the 2011 fiscal year, both candidates cited the importance of reviewing tax credits while also keeping taxes low and promoting business growth.

The only noticeable differences were the number of times the candidates mentioned Washington. Fallin men-tioned fighting the Obama administration several times. Because it has become such a talking point, Askins resort-ed to the same tactic, but less so.

We were hoping for a more substantive debate, but maybe we only have ourselves to blame.

There hasn’t been much awareness on campus for the Nov. 2 elections.

What happened to OU Votes week? The Daily tried pub-licizing these events, but on the Monday the campaign began, half of its scheduled events didn’t have deter-mined locations.

In 2008, OU Votes week was the largest voter registra-tion drive in OU history. Even OU President David Boren got involved to kick off the week.

Where have the College Republicans and Young Democrats been?

Does anyone know what is actually at stake if State Question 744 passes, beyond what ad campaigns have said?

Maybe The Daily should have devoted more coverage to election issues earlier. However, we will begin our elec-tion coverage on Monday.

We plan to give you all the information you need about all state questions and candidates and will announce our endorsements for governor and lieutenant governor.

Electing our first female governor isn’t the only reason

this election is historic for our state. All statewide offices are on the ballot and many of them don’t have an incum-bent — a first for many offices, such as attorney general and state superintendent of public instruction.

Oklahoma citizens will get to choose one U.S. Senator and five U.S. representatives.

The 11 state questions make it the longest Oklahoma ballot since 1984.

If more students had informed themselves on these elections and gotten involved in the political discourse, maybe the governors wouldn’t have resorted to talking points in describing how they would address important Oklahoma issues.

We weren’t expecting this semester’s political aware-ness events to be as big as they were during the hotly contested presidential election between then-candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

Entrenched in two wars and the beginning throes of a terrible recession, the 2008 election defined a genera-tion’s view on America’s future.

Since Obama’s inauguration, the nation has become sharply divided over several hot-button issues, from health care to an economy deep in a recession.Even with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans have fought hard against any piece of large reform.

An Oct. 13 Reuters-Ipsos poll predicted Republicans will take dozens of seats in Congress, gaining a majority in the House and thinning the Democratic majority in the Senate.

The tea party also has grown into a strong force. While not an official third party, its candidates have won many Republican seats.

These midterm elections will heavily dictate the future of the Obama administration as well as the future of our state. Where we go will depend on you.


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International news deserving of more coverage

Dear OU Daily,Something very important has come to my atten-

tion in the past few days. During the past 48 hours I could not avoid to notice the lack of interest from the OU Daily towards the international commu-nity and international news. I am basing my state-ment on the fact that over the past four editions of the newspaper, I did not see even a sentence about the historical rescue of 32 Chilean miners and one Bolivian miner who were trapped for 69 days inside a mine at a depth of approximately half a mile.

It is hard to believe that you guys missed such a historical event. How is it possible that the main news worldwide at that time, which made it to the front page of most major newspapers in the world and the main story on news channels, was not pub-lished by the OU Daily? I do not want to take credit away from you guys when it comes to informing the OU community about important events such as the earthquake in Lake Thunderbird or the suicide of a young Norman citizen, but I really think it is important for everyone in OU to be aware of such an extremely important human story happening outside the Oklahoman community. At OU, many students do not have TVs in their dorms or apart-ments. Also, many of them do not have the time to stop by the main lobby of their dorms or Crossroads at the Union to watch the news channel. Many of these students rely on the OU Daily to get informed about events happening in their community and around the world. I am aware of your international news section but this time I feel the OU Daily has completely failed to bring important worldwide news to the OU campus.

We have to recognize the fact that OU is an in-ternational oriented school and that our campus is international-student friendly. OU President David Boren, as an internationalist, supports the pres-ence of the more than 1,500 international students on campus and often mentions OU’s reciprocal ex-changes in universities in all continents as a com-ponent of the internationalization of OU. Indeed the president of the main student body organiza-tion, UOSA, Franz Zenteno, is an international stu-dent. Thus, we can say that OU is a very culturally rich university. Sadly there is a gap between the international and American students. I believe that as an international student, one of my main goals in OU is to create awareness of global issues among the OU communities. For this reason I rely on the OU Daily, as the main source of news on campus, to help me with this process.

I hope the international section of your news-paper will be improved and it will inform students about the latest major news in the world so students may also use it as a main reference when trying to get informed.

Thank you.

— Nabil Chavez Majluf, International student from Bolivia

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Local vintage stores offer pre-used fi nds for easy access to unique pieces

TREVOR SHOFNERThe Oklahoma Daily

It makes some people wrinkle their noses to think of wearing outdated clothes that have belonged to an-other person. Why would they want to buy something that’s been owned and worn by someone else when they could get something brand new? Several local business-es in Campus Corner and downtown Norman have an answer.

Deco Dence, an antique and vintage clothing shop owned by Beth Talvitie, has been doing business for more than 22 years in the Campus Corner area. It’s a heavily inventoried shop that Talvitie runs by herself.

“The one thing with vin-tage is that it’s very cyclical,” Talvitie said. “What I’ve no-ticed is that if one designer comes out with something that has a vintage look to it, then people will pick up on it. But a lot of times, people aren’t comfortable enough with their own style to be willing to be the only one doing something weird.”

It’s not just fashion trends that spur interest in vintage clothing.

For both the shop own-ers and their customers, it’s all about economy, and as the business climate has become much tighter, es-pecially at the local level, Norman has seen a flux of these stores springing up in the past several years.

“It’s a green business,” said Lauren Lackey, co-owner of Elusive. “It’s a very easy business to get started with and get a lot of inven-tory very quickly and very cheaply. A lot of people open stores with other intentions but put up a vintage front at

first just to get it going, be-cause it sells.”

Even as the person behind the register, Lackey said she isn’t trying to get the high-est price possible for unique pieces.

“You get cooler stuff for cheaper, and you’re keeping stuff out of the landfill,” she said.

Lackey’s consciousness of the environment is one that many of the other local vin-tage shop owners share.

“I would think people are buying actual vintage for the green aspect, recycling and reusing,” said Marcy Cordell, owner of the local art, antique and vintage clothing store Roxy’s Funk Art Boutique. “I wear it for the green aspect. If you have a perfectly good quality arti-cle of clothing that just hap-pens to have been owned by someone else, you have no excuse really.”

Reese Truesdell, owner of Wild Hare Beadery, started stocking vintage clothing last May and plans now to expand her selection.

For Truesdell and the

Charity event raises $45,000 for diabetes

The Oklahoma Run to Defeat Diabetes event raised $45,000 and gave it all to Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center.

Five hundred people participated in the inaugural event, which was started by an OU student with diabetes.

“To see something as an idea and then turn it into a realistic event ... was great,” said event director Ryan Fightmaster, entrepreneurship senior.

He said President David Boren, who is a diabetic, was eager to donate money to the event. The athletic department donated the use of Gaylord Stadium, the Norman police department sent offi cers to supervise the run for free and the OU Police Department donated barricades, according to Zac McCullock, race route director and international business entrepreneurship junior.

“It was really cool to see all the people on campus just say ‘yes,’” McCullock said. McCullock and Fightmaster are Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers.

Operations Director Bret Bones said 120 volunteers helped with the event, and most were from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

“A lot of the people enjoyed it and are going to come back next year, they said,” said Bones, mechanical engineering junior and Sigma Phi Epsilon member. Sigma Phi Epsilon wants to invest in younger members to continue the event, Bones said.

Next year, they hope to have more runners and make the Oklahoma Run to Defeat Diabetes an even bigger event.

— Sydney McFerron/The

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Throwback styles keep closet greenVintage shops

» Deco Dence, 307 White St.Sells: vintage clothing, antique decorative items » The Wild Hare Beadery, 319 White St.Sells: vintage clothing, beads, jewelry and accessories » Elusive, 209 W. Main St.Sells: vintage clothing, antique decorative items and furniture » Roxy’s Funky Art Boutique, 128 W. Gray St.Sells: vintage clothing, locally made art and crafts, antique decorative items

other vintage store owners, keeping inventory requires weekly trips to estate sales, junk stores, flea markets and the Salvation Army.

“A lot of people say, ‘Well, I could just find that at a thrift store for two dollars,’ and I say, ‘Well, sure you could,’” Truesdell said. “It

takes a lot of work to find these things. If you just want to look cool without any ef-fort, you can go to a vintage clothing store. The benefit is it’s just easier. We take a lot of pride in our selection, and it’s fun for us.”

Whether the customers come into their stores to find

wild date party costumes or to supplement their ward-robe with inexpensive re-cycled clothing, they’re sure to come out with a unique find, Lackey said.

“With thrift and vintage, you get to look through 70 years of fashion,” Lackey said.

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Jessi Rodriguez, music education junior, shops for vintage clothing and accessories Oct. 14 at Elusive Vintage Shop. The store is located at 209 W. Main St.

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Former Sooner basketball player Tiny Gallon practices with Celtics

Former Sooner forward Keith “Tiny” Gallon may get a second chance in the NBA, partly because of some OU connections.

The 6-foot-9, 300-pound big man attended the Boston Celtics’ open practice Monday night. Gallon developed a close relationship with Boston center Glen “Big Baby” Davis over the summer, and OU coach Jeff Capel became friends with Celtics coach Doc Rivers while observing Boston’s training camp last month.

Gallon, taken 47th overall in June’s NBA Draft by Milwaukee, was released during the Bucks’ training camp.

Men’s cross country team shoots up to No. 5 in national rankings

The OU men’s cross country team jumped from No. 16 to No. 5 in Tuesday’s latest U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings.

The team won their division last weekend at Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., defeating nine ranked teams including then Colorado, Portland and North Carolina State.

OU had only been nationally ranked fi ve times in history before this year, and this is the fi rst time in program history to garner a top-5 ranking.

Sallie McLaurin pulls in 2nd-straight Big 12 Rookie of the Week award

Sooner freshman middle blocker Sallie McLaurin earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week awards Monday for the second straight week.

McLaurin led the conference with a 1.71 block average in last week’s games, helping the Sooners go 1-1. She ranked second on OU’s squad with a 2.71 kill average and a .471 hitting average.

— Daily staff reports

Editor’s Note: Daily staff writer Aaron Colen wrote this column for ESPN College GameDay’s coverage of Saturday’s OU-Missouri game in Columbia, Mo.

In sports, one thing is cer-tain: All streaks eventually come to an end. Some are long, some are short, but they all end. And the longer they go, the nearer you draw to the inevitable ending.

In short, long streaks bring drama to any sporting event. It’s like stretching out a rubber band; the longer you pull it, the more likely it is to break.

When OU faces Missouri on at 7 p.m. Saturday in Columbia, Mo., the Sooners will be carrying a seven-game winning streak against the Tigers, and both teams are riding six-game win streaks this season.

Add in the fact that this series is developing into some-thing of a rivalry, and that both teams are narrowly at the top of their respective conference divisions, you have the mak-ings of a prime-time football game.

There have been concerns about OU this year, ranging from road performance to whether a team with so many young players could compete on a national level.

OU vs. Missouri 2010 embodies the term “national level.” ESPN College GameDay will be on the Missouri campus. The Sooners just received the No. 1 ranking in the initial BCS polls, and Missouri landed in 11th. Both teams are undefeat-ed going into the game, more than halfway into a season full of parity.

If there is any game this season that can prove to fans, an-alysts and the nation as a whole that the Sooners are worthy of their newly-earned ranking, it is this one.

Many of the most pressing questions about OU will be answered against the Tigers. How will freshmen and sopho-mores perform when the lights are on? Will the Sooners hold on to their top spot now that a target is on their back?

After last season, people in Norman have been hesitant to get too optimistic about this season. There has been — more


Junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles (85) avoids an Iowa State defender during Saturday’s game in Norman. The Sooners won 52-0.

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than normal — a “one game at a time” mentality, not allow-ing for much thought or discussion about national champi-onship hopes.

If the Sooners win this game against a talented and hun-gry Missouri team, all that apprehension could be blown out of the water.

With the possible exception of the Big 12 Championship game, Missouri is easily the largest obstacle standing be-tween OU and another shot at the BCS national title.

Not to say Missouri doesn’t have just as much motivation

going into this weekend. The Tigers stand alone at the top of the Big 12 North Division, but only one game separates them from Kansas State and Nebraska.

What was already set to be one of the biggest games on this season’s Big 12 schedule has become one of the biggest games of the entire season, and the Sooners have been given the chance to prove whether they really belong at the top.

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Saturday’s OU-Missouri game was named the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award’s Marquee Matchup this week.

OU’s sophomore quarterback Landry Jones and Missouri’s junior quarterback Blaine Gabbert are both O’Brien Watch List candidates.

The Sooners and Tigers kick off on ABC at 7 p.m. Saturday in Columbia, Mo.


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Defensive coaches say Sooners using alternative methods to stop Missouri quarterback who has avoided pressure, sacks all season

CLARK FOYThe Oklahoma Daily

It’s no secret the Sooner defense will face a tough chal-lenge Saturday against Missouri: Blaine Gabbert.

The talented junior quarterback is one of the most efficient quarterbacks in the Big 12 and has thrown for 1,591 yards, 10 touchdowns and just three interceptions.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about Gabbert is his strength and ability to avoid the sack, defensive ends coach Bobby Jack Wright said. Gabbert has been sacked just eight times all season, and Wright wants to find some way to get his defenders into the backfield to disrupt Gabbert’s game.

“Gabbert is a good player, no question, and he is a big guy,” Wright said. “They list him as 6 foot 4 inches, and I really don’t know if he’s that big at all, but he’s a hard guy to tackle.”

While Gabbert’s ability to wrestle through sacks has been valuable to the Tigers’ success, it hasn’t come without cost.

He suffered a hip injury earlier in the season on a routine rollout but came back with no visible problems, throwing five touchdowns and no picks in his past two games.

The secret to defending Missouri, Wright said, is not nec-essarily sacking the quarterback.

“We certainly hope we can pressure him enough to flush him out and then have somebody right there to take care of him,” Wright said. “When I say flush him, I don’t mean flush

Defense adjusting for Gabbert

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Junior outside hitter Caitlin Higgins spikes the ball during Wednesday’s OU-Texas A&M volleyball match at McCasland Field House. The Sooners beat the Aggies 3-2 (-22, 20-25, -20, 24-26, 15-10).

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Senior defensive end Pryce Macon (94) attempts to sack Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud during last Saturday’s game at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners beat the Cyclones 52-0.

him out and let him run free by any means; schematically, we have to flush him and out and move him and then have somebody ready for him. Generally, all of our packages do have something like that.”

Despite sophomore Ronnell Lewis now being sidelined with a knee injury, the Sooners have found other viable op-tions at defensive end.

Senior Pryce Macon and sophomores David King and R.J. Washington all saw time last week, along with senior Jeremy Beal and almost-fully-recovered junior Frank Alexander.

Wright said Alexander played 26 snaps last week, and he hopes to get about 30 out of Alexander Saturday. Beal, who was described by Wright as the team’s best pass rusher, was not used as much last week in the pass rush as they are planning on using him against the Tigers.

But Beal and the defensive line have their work cut out for them, Wright said.

Missouri’s offense is a no-huddle, screen-based offense — much like the Sooners’ own offense — and does not allow a lot of pressure on the quarterback because of the quick nature of its plays.

“Schematically, they are going to get rid of the football, so we’ve got to do some other things a little bit better,” Wright said. “We’ve got to get

in the windows and be in the throwing lane of that quarter-back, get our hands up and bat the ball.”

To Wright, batted balls are almost as good as a sack many times against a quick-release team like Missouri. The defen-sive line has to work for those batted balls instead of sacks for Saturday’s game, Wright said.

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» Sept. 4 — Illinois

34-48, 281 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT

Result: W, 23-13

» Sept. 11 — McNeese State

26-31, 220 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT

Result: W, 50-6

» Sept. 18 — San Diego State

28-51, 351 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT

Result: W, 27-24

» Sept. 25 — Miami (OH)

15-21, 187 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Result: W, 51-13

» Oct. 9 — Colorado

17-29, 191 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT

Result: W, 26-0

» Oct. 16 — Texas A&M

31-47, 361 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT

Result: W, 30-9

Sooner tennis to host tournament» WHAT: Central Region Championships» WHEN: Today through Monday» WHERE: Norman, OU Tennis Center» PLAYER TO WATCH: Ionut BeleleuThe senior Romanian native picked up

the biggest victory of his collegiate career Wednesday at the Mansfi eld Futures in Mansfi eld, Texas. Beleleu defeated last year’s Futures winner Denis Kudla (Arlington, Va.) in the opening round of the main draw. Kudla (Association of Tennis Professionals No. 599) is the highest-ranked opponent Beleleu has ever beaten, topping his previous highest over Syrym Abdukhalikov (ATP 1,127).

» MEN’S COACH JOHN RODDICK: “We’re excited to host the biggest individual tournament in our region. It’s a great opportunity to showcase our facilities. We want to start hosting more events and utilizing our facilities for events like this.”


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Intramural Update | 6 on 6 volleyball entries at the Huston Huffman Center Front Desk, $40 per team (free to students living in the residence halls). Flag Football bracket placement meeting, 7:30 p.m. in Huston Huffman Center room 129. For more information, visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Men’s Tennis: Central Regional Championships | all-day at the OU Tennis Complex.

Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind Exhibition Opening Weekend | on display now through Jan. 2, 2011 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Neuroethology Presidential Dream Course Lecture | 7-8:30 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. “Using Transparent Animals and Fluorescent Nerve Cells to Understand the Brain and Behavior,” presented by Joseph R. Fetcho, Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University This lecture series is co-sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program and the Sam Noble Museum. All lectures are free and open to the public.

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covers6 Coarse

speech 10 Work on the

batter 14 Like Pisa’s

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15 Lead-in for “sees” or “seas”

16 ___ Enlai (Chinese premier)

17 Birdie plus two

18 At an impasse

19 Flat payment?

20 At an impasse

23 Catch some rays

24 “Cleopatra” river

25 Their users have handles

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31 Street hustler’s game

34 Indigenous Japanese people

36 Hotshot pilots

38 Orbital periods

40 Feature of many autos

43 Draw forth, as some-thing latent

44 Twisting

dessert 45 Agitated

condition 46 Selling point 48 Cheese in a

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with startup money

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55 Tournament for all

56 Recharge one’s batteries

57 Golf pegs 58 Pearly gem 59 Verdi’s title

princess 60 Squirrel’s

nest 61 Basketball

official 62 Long-armed

primate

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - If someone you truly dislike hap-pens to be at the same gathering you’re attending, don’t let it spoil your normal sunny disposition. You’ll only be punishing yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Watch for relatives or in-laws to involve themselves in your family affairs. Put a stop to it immediate-ly, or they will generate needless problems that never should arise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - The quickest way to put a damper on your enthusiasm is to discuss a project that you love with someone who has limited comprehension. His/her negative outlook would generate a false outlook.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Stop taking on any more long-term fi nancial obligations. It would put a pall over your head for more time than you would want.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Instead of jumping on somebody who has an opposing view, try to understand where s/he is coming from. Once you understand the opposing view, you may revamp your own thinking.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Un-less you design an ambitious plan of action, very little of what you want to get done will be accom-plished. It’s one of those days when unforeseen problems will rear their ugly heads.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You could learn more about yourself than what you ever wanted to know, and it might not be too pleasant. However, it will turn out to be one learning experience that you’ll never forget.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - It isn’t likely that you’ll fare too well in a competitive situation where the odds favor the other guy. However, it’ll be your fault if you’re foolish enough to get involved in a losing mismatch.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Normally you have an optimistic outlook, and consequently the odds end up favoring you. Today, however, you could fi nd yourself getting so hung up on the negative aspects, that there’s no place to go.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Un-less you count every penny you spend, your extravagant tenden-cies could quickly get out of hand. Get back in character fast and become as tight-fi sted as you can.

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OPERA

School of Music debuts ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ after summerlong preparation; updated script to be performed in Italian with translation

SYDNEY ALLENThe Oklahoma Daily

Lights flicker on and off and operatic voices fill the air in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center as the cast of “La Clemenza di Tito” prepares for one of its final dress rehearsals. Although school has only been in session for nine weeks, the undergraduate and graduate music students have been preparing for this Mozart opera for much longer.

“We’ve been preparing the roles all summer. We were asked to come with the music learned and memorized by the be-ginning of the school year,” said Madelyn Schaefer, a first year master’s student who is portraying Vitella during tonight’s and Saturday’s performance.

While most people are familiar with modern musical theater pieces such as “Wicked” or “Rent,” opera is an art form largely foreign to those who aren’t fans of classical composers or who don’t speak Italian. Although the thought of a theatri-cal production completely sung in a for-eign language might seem intimidating, Bill Ferrara, the director of the produc-tion, believes otherwise.

“The production is acted so well that it’s understandable,” said Ferrara, who has been the di-rector of the opera program for 16 years. “But we have a projected translation above the stage so the audience can read those. [Also], we’ve modernized the script. It

was originally based on Roman history, but we’ve moved it to contemporary Washington D.C.”

The cast had an even easier time with the foreign lan-guage element of opera.

“I speak Italian — I lived in Italy, so it’s easy for me,” said music senior Eduardo Castro, laughing. Castro portrays Publio during tonight’s and Saturday’s performance.

The School of Music at OU stages two complete operas per year and also produces an evening of opera scenes,

said Ferrara and Jonathan Shames, the artistic director and conductor of the OU opera program. Using both undergradu-ate and graduate students, the produc-tions strive to give students stage experi-ence to learn about professionalism and to hone their craft. This is also accom-plished through the double casting of the lead roles.

“[In “La Clemenza di Tito”], there is a chorus of 24, an orchestra of 45 and the six or eight lead roles are all double cast,” Ferrara said.

“La Clemenza di Tito”, which translates to “The Clemency of Titus” in English, tells the story of Vitella, the daughter of the former president, and her plot to as-sassinate the current president, Titus. Enlisting a top military aide in her plan, she plots a coup against the regime. While the original opera was based on ancient Roman history, the cast and crew of this modernized version are hoping it will hit home with OU students.

“It’s about a president trying to pull together the vari-ous conflicting political forces to try and heal the nation. We thought it was so very timely,” Ferrara said. “Titus could be a figure such as FDR, or even Obama.”

If you go

WHAT: “La Clemenza di Tito” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

WHEN: 8 tonight through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center, 540 Parrington Oval in Norman

COST: $15 adults, $12 faculty/staff, $10 students

INFO: For tickets, call (405) 325-4101

Mozart opera made modern

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The cast of “La Clemenza di Tito” performs in the first act. The opera opens at 8 tonight in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

PHOTO PROVIDED

(Top) Josh Phelps and Agusta Caso star in “La Clemenza di Tito.” (Bottom) Kaylee Vardeman and Betsy Fischborn perform in the opera, which was updated to occur in modern Washington, D.C.

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COMEDY

10 • Thursday, October 21, 2010 The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.comLIFE & ARTS

Well-known comedy troupe, The Second City, where SNL stars Tina Fey and Bill Murray got their start, to perform at Sooner Theatre Friday

JOSHUA BOYDSTONThe Oklahoma Daily

It’s hard to be funny. It’s even harder to be funny on the spot.

Actors get the benefit of having a script; stand-up comedi-ans have been rehearsing their acts for years.

With improv comedy, it’s all about being funny in the mo-ment and all you have is yourself and your team.

While it’s taken years of experience, Jim Carlson, who performs with the landmark comedy troupe The Second City, says it’s be-come second nature.

“At this point, I’m having trouble of think-ing of what the hard part is,” Carlson said. “It’s probably deciding where to eat dinner between rehearsal and the show.”

The Second City, which brings a touring act of some of its performers to the Sooner Theatre Friday night, is one of the biggest names in improv-based sketch comedy and has been so since the original Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 in Chicago. It’s a sort of minor league affiliate in the game of comedy: Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert all got their starts with the company.

Audiences have flooded to The Second City bases in Chicago and Toronto for years, and the company has toured to get crowds across the nation laughing.

Carlson said the shows are a mix of rehearsed sketches and full improv skits, like a Saturday night television favorite.

“It’s related to what ‘Saturday Night Live’ does, except more immediate,” he said.

That immediacy comes from the format of the shows, which, while semi-planned, are often at the mercy of the performers and audience. Even the rehearsed sketches are the product of improvisation at some point.

And while the uncertainty is sometimes troubling, it’s also the X-factor that makes The Second City shows enjoyable.

“What makes live theater fun is that things happen that you definitely weren’t planning for, whether it’s the fault of a per-former or a wrench thrown in from the audience,” Carlson said. “Early on, making mistakes was nerve racking, but we have all

learned to adjust.”An experienced group of performers ensures

the show can react on the spot.“Everybody in our group is good enough to

make anything work, even mistakes aren’t real-ly mistakes,” Carlson said. “We can work around them and still be funny.”

And it’s the mistakes that make things all the more funny.

“For us, anything can go haywire and we have to deal with it,” Carlson said. “It becomes an inside joke between us and the audience. The audience sees what happens, they see what de-velops, and that’s one of the things that makes it so funny — the spontaneity of it.”

All these things add up to a show that is not only funny, but unique to that city at that night. You can rest assured that the show you see will never be seen again.

“We don’t know what people are going to yell out, and that makes things fresh and interesting for us as performers day in and day out,” Carlson said. “It also adds the personality of the city to a show a little bit. It makes it memorable for us and them.”

If you go

WHAT: “The Second City: Fair & Unbalanced”

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main St.

COST: $30-$45

INFO: For tickets, call 405-321-9600 or visit www.soonertheatre.org

Comedy on the fl y arrives in Norman

BRIEFS

Campus wide casting call seeking auditions for musical production

OU students interested in performing in a College of Fine Arts production of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber can audition at an open casting call Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

The production will be staged on April 12 and 14-17, with rehearsals beginning March 18.

Auditions are open to all students and will take place in Catlett Music Center, Choir Room 128. Interested students must sign up in advance for a time slot on the bulletin board outside Room 128.

The 10-minute-or-less audition will require students to prepare 16 to 32 bars of any Andrew Lloyd Webber song. Those auditioning are encouraged to bring sheet music in their key.

Call backs are scheduled for Nov. 9 to 11.For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call Sarah

Flanagan at 405-325-3993.

Organist to perform works from Bach, Mozart at November concert

A Fulbright Scholar and graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia will perform an organ concert 8 p.m. Nov. 5 in Gothic Hall.

Chicago native Nathan Laube, 22, will perform his own transcription to Johann Strauss’ “Overture to Die Fledermaus,” J. S. Bach’s “Toccata in E. BVW 566,” Charles Tournemire’s “L’Orque Mystique,” Mozart’s “Fantasy for Mechanical Organ in F. K. 594” and Julius Reubke’s “The 94th Psalm” as part of the Boggess Artist Concert Series.

The series is dedicated to Mildred Andrews Boggess, a professor of organ at OU from 1938 to 1976. The performance will take place on the Mildred Andrews Boggess Memorial Organ that is housed in the Grayce B. Kerr Gothic Hall inside Catlett Music Center.

Tickets for the performance are $8 for adults and $5 for students. A limited number of seats in the organ loft will be available for $25. For tickets, call 405-325-4101.

Production of ‘Pinocchio’ written for OU musical theater students

A musical developed exclusively for OU musical theater students will be staged 8:15 p.m. Nov. 5 and Nov. 6 in the Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre in the Fine Arts Center, 563 Elm Ave. The performances are free and open to the public.

“The Adventures of Pinocchio,” a musical in development by composer-lyricist Neil Bartram and writer-director Brian Hill, features a different take on the classic tale than seen in the fi lm version. Bartram and Hill have crafted this production to fi t the specifi c talents of OU musical theater students.

The two were nominated for Drama Desk Awards for writing Broadway’s “The Story of My Life.”


PHOTO PROVIDED

(Left to right) Rob Belushi, Brooke Breit, Tim Ryder, Abby McEnany and Rachel Miller are members of The Second City comedy troupe based out of Chicago and Toronto. Performers from The Second City will take the stage Friday night at the Sooner Theater.

YOU ARE INVITED!Public Master Classes

Former Star of the Metropolitan Opera, praised by critics as having “the greatest voice of the 20th Century”

Marilyn Horne

7 p.m.Tuesday, October 26

Thursday, October 28 andFriday, October 29Pitman Recital Hall

Catlett Music CenterOU Arts District

Free and Open to the PublicFor more information, go to http://music.ou.edu/

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