COCO COURTOISCampus Reporter

The OU Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics is the largest department on campus with 54 teachers, almost 5,000 students and 40,000 credits hours a year.

It serves students from those fulfilling a language requirement to those learn-ing a new culture, department chair Pamela Genova said.

“We’re really trying to highlight the visibility of all our languages,” Genova said. “Having a second language — no matter what — is always valuable.”

Although some students choose to major in a language, the majority enroll for language requirements.

In Spanish classes, the latter makes up 80 percent of students, Spanish profes-sor Shawn Gralla said.

“You had two years of Spanish in high school, and (when) you arrive at OU, you

have to take 13 hours of language total. What are you going to chose?” Gralla said.

Oklahoma’s Spanish-speakers are 5.2 percent of the total population com-pared to 34.6 percent in Texas, accord-ing to a 2004 survey by the American Community Survey.

“Spanish language increased dra-matically these last years,” Gralla said. “Twenty-five years ago, there were no Spanish radio or newspapers in the U.S. Nowadays, in any type of business, you are going to use Spanish at some point in your career, 100-percent sure.”

With around 100 Spanish majors and 500 Spanish minors, a lot of students don’t take time to study Spanish in depth but choose it because it saves time and money, Gralla said.

However, learning rare languages can be an asset and make students look smart and unique, Russian professor Emily Johnson said.

“Sometimes, making the unusual choices will take you to a wonderful

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The implementation of on-line registration and an in-creased awareness of commu-nity service on campus have helped Big Event organizers

add nearly 300 volunteers to last year’s record participation, the event’s chairwoman said.

Big Event 2012 has accepted 5,739 registrations, event chair-woman Rachel Tyrrell said.

The event drew 5,464 volun-teers in 2011 and 4,944 in 2010, Tyrrell said.

The increase in volunteers allows Big Event to provide a

greater service to the commu-nity, and online registration helped administrators process registrations more efficiently, Tyrrell said.

In the past registration was done through paper applica-tions and emails, she said.

“ That saved us countless hours, probably like 400 literal hours,” Tyrrell said.

Coupled with the increase in volunteers, 35 first-time job sites have requested assistance during Big Event’s communi-ty-service activities, which are scheduled for April 14.

Job sites are also request-i n g m o re v o l u n t e e r s t h a n ever before, Tyrrell said. So

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Sooners grab 2nd straight victory

MEN’S TENNIS

CAMERON STROCKSports Reporter

The No. 31 Oklahoma men’s tennis team contin-ued its recent momentum by defeating the No. 41 Louisville Cardinals, 6-1, on Monday at Headington Family Tennis Center.

The Sooners’ No. 1 dou-bles team of freshman Dane Webb and Junior Costin Paval won its match, 8-3. Sophomores Peerakit Siributwong and Tsvetan Mihov won their doubles match, 8-3. To finish it off, sophomore Guillermo Alcorta and senior David Pultr won, 8-7, to secure the doubles point.

Coach John Roddick has reiterated all season that the team’s strength has been its doubles teams, and the Sooners made that evident Monday by sweeping the doubles portion of the match for an early 1-0 lead.

Out of the nine com-bined singles and dou-bles matches played, the Sooners lost only one match to the Cardinals. In fact, the Sooners won three straight singles matches to close out the match before the Cardinals were able to notch their first point.

After losing a close match to Pepperdine, the Sooners responded well by dominating Arizona and Louisville.

The team looks to con-tinue its recent dominance as it begins a long stretch of eight consecutive road matches heading into con-ference play.

On Friday, the Sooners travel to Charlottesville, Va., to take on the Virginia Cavaliers before travel-ing to College Park, Md., to take on the Maryland Terrapins .

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Kelsey Gusdin, University College freshman, takes a short quiz Monday during her beginner-level Spanish class taught by Yolany Martinez. The class is just one student short of being full. Nearly 55 percent of OU students taking language classes in spring 2012 are enrolled in Spanish classes.

Spanish most-taken language at OU

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AT A GLANCE Big Event

The Big Event began as an annual day of service at Texas A&M in 1982. OU held its fi rst Big Event in spring 1999. More than 60 universities nationwide now have similar events. It has become a tradition at OU, and its numbers grow each year.

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Nearly 300 additional volunteers register

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far, organizations have re-quested nearly 800 more volunteers than last year, she said.

As of Monday, 147 job sites had registered and the forms keep coming in, she said.

Involvement by student organizations has also in-creased, w ith 431 cam-pus groups currently set to take part after 401 and 339 groups registered in 2011 and 2010, respectively, Tyrrell said.

There is a maximum of 20 volunteer spots available

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TODAY AROUND CAMPUS“By the Bog of Cats,” presented by the Peggy Dow Helmrich School of Drama, will take place at 3 p.m. in Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall’s Lab Theatre.

An art exhibit called “Where is the Green Sheep?” by Mern Fox will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14A lecture about adolescent males’ attitudes about singing in choir by Mark Lucas will be held at 5 p.m. at Catlett Music Center, Room 131.

“By the Bog of Cats,” presented by the Peggy Dow Helmrich School of Drama, will take place at 8 p.m. in Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall’s Lab Theatre.

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OU President David Boren (right) chats with students during the last year’s Big Event on April 2. This year’s record-breaking number of volunteer sign-ups is because Big Event publicity and Sooner Recruitment teams increased community awareness, organizers said.

per organization due to the capacity of job sites, Tyrrell said. A lot of the non-profits are too small to accommo-date large amounts of stu-dents, she said.

The increasing participa-tion comes as a result of in-creasing awareness about the Big Event on campus, she said.

This year executive board members staffed an infor-mational table at Couch Restaurants to educate

freshman about the event, Tyrrell said.

The Sooner Recruitment team also played a large part in increasing student participation, she said.

The team sent emails to all registered student orga-nizations informing them that event registration was approaching, Tyrrell said.

The Big Event publicity team also contacted media outlets across the Oklahoma City area to spread the word about the event, she said.

The Big Event sponsor-ship team enabled the ex-ecutive board to create a special funding request for job sites, Tyrrell said.

Non-profit organizations were able to request fund-ing for supplies that Big Event had not been able to

provide in the past, such as paint, flowers and mulch, Tyrrell said.

Nearly $4,700 was allot-ted to the non-profit orga-nizations, she said.

The Norman community is proud of OU students who are giving their Saturday morning to community ser-vice and they want to back the event financially, Job Site Relations vice-chair-man Jeff Moseley said.

Moseley said he is really excited about some of the new schools that have reg-istered as job sites.

The state’s future is de-pendent on the education system, he said.

“Big Event is becoming a celebration on campus and people want to be a part of it,” Moseley said.

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place,” Johnson said.In smaller language pro-

grams, students know each other better, and teachers can offer more personal-ized guidance, Johnson said. Often, they are really pas-sionate about the language.

Gralla said he agrees.“I have a feeling that the

ones who choose the more c o m p l e x l a n g u a g e s — Arabic, Russian, Japanese and Chinese — do more of a pro-active choice because they have to learn not only a new language but also an en-tirely new alphabet,” he said.

These students are more involved in their languages as well.

“Eighty percent of our ma-jors are doing double majors, and 80 to 90 percent of our students go abroad,” Johnson said. “Half of our majors will use Russian professional-ly, and that is a pretty high number.”

More and more students are starting to choose to study Arabic and Chinese, which are high priority of the American government.

T h e O U C o n f u c i u s Institute, established in 2006, promotes the develop-ment of Chinese language programs for Oklahoma el-ementary, secondary and higher education schools, according to its website.

“China is paying to send professors to the U.S., and currently 8,000 students in Oklahoma in the K-12 are studying Chinese,” Genova said. “When they’ll arrive to college in a few years, the number of students taking

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Undergraduate Student Congress will hear three guest speakers tonight before the body votes on two pieces of leg-islation regarding the transition to new leaders in April.

Greg Jungman and Rhett Michael Jones, candidates for Norman’s Ward 4 city council position, will have 10 min-utes each to talk about their plans for city council, accord-ing to the agenda.

Zac Abbott, who spoke at Congress’ March 6 meeting, is a Ward 4 candidate as well.

Integrity Council Chairman Zekiel Johnson said he will have five minutes to speak to the body about the council’s membership drive and deliver a progress report regarding the Academic Integrity System.

After the guest speakers, Congress will consider two pieces of legislation related to the transition of power be-tween the current UOSA executive branch and new mem-bers of the branch elected April 4.

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Chinese will explode.”The Arabic Language

Flagship Partner Program by the College of International Studies also promotes the learning of a new language.

But what is a must-learn language right now may change in the future, Johnson said.

“Ten years ago, Japanese was the language to learn, a n d e v e n b e f o re i t w a s Russian, so I would say it’s cyclical,” Johnson said.

Whereas Spanish attracts the most people, Hebrew at-tracts less than 1 percent of language students at OU.

Some, like French senior

Kyle Carlock , study it for per-sonal reasons.

He has always liked lan-guages and was intrigued by Hebrew having so much cul-ture in it, Carlock said.

Although the number of Americans speaking a sec-ond language has increased by 15 million since 1990, but only about 20 percent of Americans regularly spoke a foreign language in 2000, according to the Census Bureau.

Americans may have a mindset they do not need to know foreign languages.

“Historically, it didn’t matter if it was the Roman

Empire, the English Empire or the Spanish Empire,” Gralla said. “When you’re in an Empire, you don’t want to learn other countries’ lan-guages because you’re the most powerful, and peo-ple have to learn your lan-guage. Currently, we’re in the American Empire — why would [Americans] learn other languages?”

But this mindset is what the languages department, with all its professors, stu-dents and courses, is trying to fight.

“That’s why we have to keep trying,” Genova said. “It’s too important not to.”

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Our View: Boren, ask other Big 12 presidents to join you in housing discussion to reduce political pressure.

President David Boren, your Monday letter de-tailing the steps you will take to address the call for gender-neutral housing held some good news. It is better for the OU community that this mat-ter be resolved in-house, without needing to appeal to the Board of Regents. And it is good to know you intend to find a solution to this need in time for next semester.

But we also noticed you were careful to re-iterate your desire not to rush into a bad pol-icy. At the March 7 rally for gender-neutral housing, you said, “You don’t jump out and be the first just for the sake of being first. There may be very good reasons why other institutions have decided to not be first.”

We agree. We wouldn’t want OU to rush into any policy without carefully considering the effects. And while we don’t quite understand how three years of discussing this policy at various levels could be considered rushing, we fully support the need for a calm, rational and detailed discussion.

However, it’s clear this is not the only concern leading you to hesitate. Reasonably or not, gender-

neutral housing is a controversial issue. Being the first to implement a controversial policy (no matter how necessary for students’ safety) will subject you and the university to a lot of attention and possible criticism.

It’s hard to take first steps like this alone, particu-larly in our politically charged and conservative

state. So why do it alone?Call on the other Big 12 university presi-

dents to start their own calm, rational, de-tailed discussions about the possible need for gender-neutral housing at their own uni-versities. All students at those universities would benefit from the right to choose their own roommates, just as all Sooners would.

And those most in need of this policy — the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community — exist at those schools as well. They face harassment and discrimination throughout this region and need to be protected everywhere.

If all of OU’s fellow institutions consider gender-neutral housing at the same time, it would signifi-cantly decrease the political pressure on any one university, even if only a few decide the policy is right for them. OU still would be leading an impor-tant movement to protect the rights and safety of stu-dents, but it would not be doing so alone.

If OU were not the only target, it would free you from some of the political pressure and give you more room to offer an innovative housing option that would best address the needs of your students. It would take away some of the concerns about do-nors or public opinion and let you focus on who re-ally matters: students.

So, President Boren, send out the call to other Big 12 presidents to consider gender-neutral housing. Give them the chance to join you in this simply by starting a discussion with their respective student bodies about the potential need or desire for such an option.

We are sure those discussions will lead some of them to recognize the need for a gender-neutral op-tion, both for GLBT students who need it for safety and any other student who wants it for comfort, just as we’re sure your own patient and logical discus-sion with students will lead you to see the necessity of such housing at OU — no matter what a handful of alumni and conservative taxpayers say.

And when those discussions yield positive results, you and the other presidents can lend one another the support you need to answer this call and bring progress to your universities and the region.

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When I started writ-ing this, I knew few details about

the events and practices in question, so I contacted the Chinese ambassador in Texas, Helen Du. She rep-resents Chinese businesses that sell to my father and is a friend to the family.

Within recent months Foxconn, a Taiwanese-owned assembly company, has been experi-encing a string of worker suicides in a factory in Shenzhen, China. This factory facilitates the final assembly of many different Apple products. As a result, the factory has installed “suicide nets” to prevent workers from jump-ing to their deaths off of company buildings.

Du, who has visited similar Foxconn fac-tories, said the facilities themselves actually are quite nice in comparison to other Chinese factories. However, the controversy stems from how the factories are run. The Shenzhen factory employs more than half a million peo-ple. These workers also live in nearby dormi-tories, which are part of the factory. The work-ers live an extremely regimented life with little freedom, Du said. In her own words, “They are treated and expected to act like robots.”

Within the last two decades, China has taken on a free-market approach to its eco-nomic policies, especially in the costal re-gions. This means that it is no longer the Chinese government who decides who works where and in what position, but rather work-ers have the right to choose for themselves. All members of the institution in question are there by their own free will.

Du said many of the workers are high school graduates from the rural areas of China, which are notorious for excessive taxes

by local officials and low re-turns on agricultural produc-tion. Since the workers have the right to leave the factory, it is up to them to decide whether it is worthwhile to work under these conditions.

At the same time, it is up to the factory owners and op-erators to create conditions where workers are more pro-ductive. Needless to say, em-

ployee suicides hurt production. The instal-lation of suicide nets can hurt worker morale while not necessarily preventing other meth-ods of suicide, and news coverage of such an event may dissuade potential customers from buying the company’s products.

Apple’s actions are not perfect, but criti-cisms of the company should be practical, not ethical.

People often look at employer-employee relations as a situation where one side loses the other wins, and vice versa. It is entirely possible — and it often is the case — that both sides can win. Worker suicides, lawsuits, suicide nets and bad press are expensive in terms of production, sales and costs. Why not just take the money that would be lost to these tragedies, and invest it in making conditions better for workers? Not only would it cost the same, the company would actually benefit by making itself a more competitive employer.

Foxconn is not a charity. It exists, like all business, to make a profit. And when workers are working by their own free will and cus-tomers are buying by their own free will, it is wrong to assert that a company is unethical.

Scott Houser is an international business junior.

Angry Birds, Words with Friends and underpaid child

labor? One of these things is not like the other.

Foxconn, a company that builds iPhones and iPads — among other techy items, employs more than 400,000 people in a factory where they sit silently for a standard shift of 12 hours. Rooms are filled with 20,000 to 30,000 workers and talk-ing is prohibited, Foxconn employees said in an interview with Mike Daisey, a monologist and author. Cameras watch every move of the assembly line. Employees work, eat and live in the factory, staying in 12-by-12 cement rooms that house 15 beds.

As a side note, Daisey gained entrance into Foxconn only after he lied to the company and said he was a businessman and potential customer. Armed gunmen guard the gates. You’d be kidding yourself if you maintained Foxconn and Apple has nothing to hide.

Unions are illegal in China and anyone trying to unionize is sent to prison. In the ab-sence of unions, employees cannot refuse to use a product, n-Hexane, to clean iPhones, even though it’s a harmful neurotoxin.

In the absence of unions, employees don’t ask for overtime pay. One former Foxconn employee said the labor board put her on a black-list after she requested overtime pay. The list was circulated to every com-pany in the area to ensure she would not be hired anywhere else. Workman’s compensation is unheard of — employees are replaced when carpel tunnel debili-tates their performance.

Perhaps Apple affiliates can sleep at night knowing Foxconn pays employees the equivalent to $298 a month, instead of the $50 a month they could make in rice paddies. Even still, this measures up to less than $10 a day and, considering the 12- to 16-hour work shift, less than $1 an hour.

Somehow, this is pardonable because it’s better than the alternative. This standard wouldn’t fly in the U.S., but outsourcing labor makes your 3Gs cheaper, so we must pick our battles.

Americans fund this pitiful lifestyle, and they do so tirelessly. Americans are so quick to buy new technology as soon as the old is out of date. The kicker? These shiny products are created to fail. Created with obsoles-cence in mind, new technology is obsolete in

months and definitely Stone Age-bound by the next year.

Consider the user-un-friendly iPhone battery, which is inaccessible to the common Apple addict. Because Apple refuses to au-thorize independent iPhone battery replacement cen-ters, you can ship the phone to Apple, pay $85.95, wait a week and kiss all of your data

goodbye since Apple will erase your phone’s memory during the procedure. Or, the attrac-tive alternative: Buy a new iPhone.

Be consoled that “Apple disposes of your battery in an environmentally friendly mat-ter,” according to Apple.com. I’m skeptical.

Where are all of the disposed and rejected last generation products? Your guess is as good as mine.

Apple is a successful business, financially. The trouble is that a global business like Apple has a moral responsibility not to fill landfills with iPods or unusable iPhones, or expose people and the environment to harsh toxins, or to create a mentally and economically un-stable environment for workers.

Perhaps one of the saddest components to this nasty narrative is most Foxconn em-ployees never have seen the finished product. Chinese children ages 12, 13 and 14 years old

are employed to perform slave labor, one employee dies after working a 34-hour shift and to date at least 12 people have committed suicide at Foxconn — and they don’t even know what they’re making.

In the U.S., 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds already have gone through three iPhone models. It takes Americans nearly one week to work a

34-hour shift. And Americans only apatheti-cally whine about dying so they don’t have to show up to work the next day.

Why do Americans drool over any product as long as its title is preceded by a lowercase letter “i”? I’m entirely dumbfounded. Maybe you’re forfeiting your individuality, grouping yourself with other “i”s like you so you’re a “we.” Maybe you just want someone to talk to 24/7, and Google is overrated.

But please, don’t let a product define you and don’t let a business’ practices a world away fool you.

Kayley Gillespie is a literature and cultural studies junior.

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OPINIONReader comment on OUDaily.com ››“How’s about this saying: “Why reinvent the wheel?” Th e Pokémon series has been selling strong for many years, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Want to know why? Th e formula just works.” (immewnity, RE: ‘COLUMN: Pokémon video game series fails to evolve’)

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Is Apple’s partnership with Foxconn unethical?

Apple might not be perfect, but don’t blame Foxconn’s practices

Of course it is, but our iWants help fund the pitiful problem

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“Chinese children ages

12, 13 and 14 years

old are employed to

perform slave labor. ...

In the U.S., 12-, 13- and

14-year-olds already

have gone through three

iPhone models.”

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setting 14 Boardwalk

view 15 Quick dance

of old France 16 Donned the

feedbag 17 Some linen 19 Considerable

degree 20 Acquires 21 Shooting

locale 23 “He ___ got

a clue” 25 “Ah, I see!” 28 Doberman’s

warning 29 Ending for

“alarm” or “bass”

30 ___ and void 32 Brought to

court 33 Ceremonial

procession 37 Stocking

shade 39 Corporate

owner 43 “How do?”

in Honolulu 44 Yet to hit the

shelves 46 Box office

disaster 49 Absorbs

(with “up”) 51 A Bobbsey

twin 52 Like the

Leaning Tower of Pisa

54 It’s in the center of Jerusalem?

55 Depleted of energy

57 Like a direct descendant

59 Computer addicts?

61 “Iron Horse” Gehrig

62 Where one might spot a king

67 It’s not an exact fig.

68 Obvious 69 Pigeon’s

sound 70 “Time out!”

hand signal 71 Kicks out of

the country 72 Chop down,

as a treeDOWN 1 African

slitherer 2 Blooming

necklace? 3 Old Greek

gymnasium 4 Call off the

launch 5 It’s larger

than a village 6 University of

Arizona location

7 Period of history

8 “___ Doubtfire” (Robin Williams comedy)

9 Shopping center?

10 Aptitude determiners

11 “Ed Wood” Oscar winner Martin

12 Dress code concern

13 Lo’s partner 18 Computer

network

acronym 22 Defeat,

as the incumbent

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24 “... and make it fast!”

26 They conceal lug nuts

27 Alternative bread spread

31 Outline in great detail

34 Agriculturally viable

35 Costa-Sol connector

36 Eve’s grandchild

38 Fed. pamphlet producer

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41 Model of excellence

42 Chinese monetary unit

45 You might get a bang out of this

46 Baryshnikov’s medium

47 Serving no purpose

48 Itsy-bitsy 50 Cup’s

companion 53 Recorded for

later viewing 55 Offshoot

groups 56 In favor of 58 Give a good

scrubbing 60 Already in

the mail 63 Balm

application site

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65 Landmark Supreme Court name

66 Wrecker’s service

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Recognition and advancement that have been denied you in the past in your work or career might fi nally come in the year ahead. Do all that you can to keep up the good work and you’ll get your just dues.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --Something in which you’ve been involved has greater potential than you realize. Fortunately, you’ll become aware of its total value and do something about it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) --Make your judgment calls based on what you like as well as on tactics that have worked for you before. If it was a winner in the past, chances are it will be again.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Your leadership qualities are likely to be accentuated. Others will do as you ask, not because of any commands you make but because you’ll inspire them to do so.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- It’ll be the things you unselfi shly do for others that will yield you some surprising benefi ts. Whatever you do from the goodness of your heart will be justly rewarded.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) --If you get the chance, spend the day with a friend in whom you can confi de. It can be very helpful to thrash things out with someone who has your best interests at heart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Your man-ner allows others to feel comfortable

in your presence, making you easy to work with. Those who join up with you could end up achieving some-thing they couldn’t do on their own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A better-than-average cycle for developing new friends and/or social contacts is opening up for you at this point in time. Make the most of it by getting out and mingling with new people.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -You could be extremely adept in helping others sort out their problems. If asked, don’t hesitate to offer what you think might be a good solution to someone in need.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Don’t hesitate to take a fi rm stance on an issue about which you are extremely familiar. Eventually those who think differently will see the light.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) --Someone who needs the skill and knowledge you possess will be approaching you for help. Be reason-able about the fees you charge for your services.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- In-stead of looking at life too seriously, think of it as a game to be played that you’d like to win. If you follow the rules, it can be both fun and productive at the same time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You’re likely to have a great deal of strength and inner resolve upon which to draw. If you make the most of it, it will not only serve you well but also act as an inspiration to others.

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LIFE&ARTSOUDaily.com ››Th e School of Art and Art History is housing the talent of high school artists from around the state in the “Young Talent in Oklahoma” exhibit.

ERICA ALEXANDERLife & Arts Reporter

A year ago, psychology junior Monét Olorunnisomo was approached by a woman in Walgreens who was at-tending an upcoming wedding. The woman commented on her makeup and asked if she was a professional make-up artist.

“I told her, ‘No, I’m not a makeup artist, I just like to do makeup,’” Olorunnisomo said. “She said, ‘Well I wish I had a card from you or something, because I would defi-nitely love your services.’”

The idea took root from that brief encounter and blossomed from there. Olorunnisomo said she left that Walgreens and began thinking about how it would be nice to make some money for doing something she enjoyed.

Then, after being invited to do makeup for the brides-maids at her cousin’s wedding, Olorunnisomo said she made up her mind: She was going to develop her own makeup business.

Despite her optimism, she said she had to take a real-istic approach to the situation. It was not something to make a career out of, but a way to supplement her income while in school, said Olorunnisomo, who works part time as a waitress.

“It’s something I feel like — with more exposure, espe-cially — I can get more clients, and I can do it and use it as my side job,” Olorunnisomo said.

In order to get started, Olorunnisomo said she re-searched makeup techniques and began practicing on her friends. She used word of mouth to market herself,

but the biggest advertise-ment was through her own everyday makeup, she said.

O l o r u n n i s o m o s a i d women would stop her on campus to ask her about her makeup. After scribbling her information on scratch paper one too many times, she decided it was time to invest in business cards.

Since embarking on her entrepreneurial adventure last spring, Olorunnisomo said she is slowly starting to find her footing.

“I take clients just when they come,” she said. “I get [busier] during prom sea-

son, and then during the summer it might be really dry.”When business is slow, Olorunnisomo said she

keeps honing her skills through regular practice and education.

“There’s always something new to learn,” she said. “Every season there’s always a new trend; there’s always a new technique. There’s just always something you can learn, and if I’m not doing, I’m learning.”

To polish new techniques, Olorunnisomo said her friends let her practice on them to see what works and what she can improve, and her friends let her take photos so she can record her work, she said.

“I’ve actual ly s tar ted working on a por t fol io,” Olorunnisomo said. “I do my friends’ makeup so much, but I never think, ‘Oh, let me take a picture of this.’”

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Monét Olorunnisomo, psychology junior, applies makeup to Yordanos Wudeneh, public relations junior. Olorunnisomo said she often does test makeovers on her friends so she can build up her portfolio.

Monét Olorunnisomo, psychology junior, looks at her makeup after applying eyeshadow. Olorunnisomo said after being approached sev-eral times by women interested in her makeup, she decided to use her skills and her love for makeup to start her own business as a freelance makeup artist.

Sooner practices her techiques, looks on friends for portfolioto promote business

To increase her skil ls and develop relationships w i t h p o t e nt i a l c l i e nt s, Olorunnisomo said she is looking to get a job as a makeup artist at a depart-ment store or a boutique, while continuing her free-lance work.

“I feel like that is where I’ll receive the most expo-sure and opportunity,” she said.

Olorunnisomo said she continues to work weddings, as well as volunteer for any on-campus events where makeup is needed. Her upcoming projects include OU’s Vintage Mahogani and Delta Sima Theta’s “Fashion Goes Red” fashion show March 29. All proceeds from that event go to The American Heart Association.

Olorunnisomo said she tries to keep her skills versatile so she can meet any client’s need.

“I want to be able to cater to the needs of anyone,” she said. “If someone approached me and they’ve never worn makeup in their life I would never do knock-out makeup because they wouldn’t feel comfortable with that.”

Olorunnisomo said she respects her clients’ visions for themselves when approaching each freelance job. She said she wants clients to look like themselves but better.

“Makeup does not make a person beautiful, but it does enhance what you have,” she said. “If you feel beautiful, you will look beautiful.”

“There’s always

something new to

learn. Every season

there’s always a new

trend; there’s always

a new technique.

There’s just always

something you can

learn, and if I’m not

doing, I’m learning.”

MONÉT OLORUNNISOMO, PSYCHOLOGY JUNIOR

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dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666SPORTSOUDaily.com ››Eight members of the Oklahoma track and fi eld team earned All-American honors following their performances at the NCAA indoor championships.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 • 7

COLUMN

Trio pivotal to Sooners’ success

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Sophomore guard Morgan Hook (10) drives to the basket during OU’s 83-77 loss to Kansas on March 4. Hook, sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg and junior guard Whitney Hand have led OU to a 20-12 record.

In basketball, teams often are carried by one or a few great

players. In her 16 year ten-ure, OU women’s basket-ball coach Sherri Coale has had various dominant stars come through her program and take that mantle.

In years past the names of Stacy Dales, Courtney Paris and Danielle Robinson have echoed in the tunnels of Lloyd Noble Center, and their play was deserving of the praise, each taking the Sooners to at least one Final Four appearance.

This most recent incarna-tion of Sooners has been led by a trio of young guards; they will be the key to the Sooners’ success in this year’s NCAA run and next year’s as well.

Junior Whitney Hand and sophomores Aaryn Ellenberg and Morgan Hook, have been just about everything for the Sooners this season. The trio leads the team in many respects. They are the top three on the team in minutes played, points scored and assists.

Ellenberg and Hand have been prolific scorers, both hitting the 1,000 ca-reer points mark this sea-son, Hand on Feb. 21 and Ellenberg on Feb. 29.

Ellenberg leads the team in scoring with 15.4 points per game — fourth best in the Big 12 — and has been a centerpiece for the Sooners’ offense. She has made 164 3-pointers in her short ca-reer, making her the third best in program history in the category — a list she will likely top when her time is done.

Hook had the daunting task this year of filling the shoes of All-American point guard Danielle Robinson, who graduated and left for the WNBA following last season.

Hook has done well in the role, but she acknowledges

that it hasn’t been a mis-take-free season.

“There’s been ups and downs, for sure,” Hook said. “I’ve had some great mo-ments and some terrible games, but I’m satisfied for it being my first year as point guard at the collegiate level.”

Hand had perhaps the biggest challenge of all com-ing into this season. Not only was she voted by the team as captain, but her two co-captains — junior forward Lyndsey Cloman and senior guard Jasmine Hartman — went down with season-ending knee inju-ries. Although she struggled at first, it didn’t take her very

long to embrace the job and the team clearly waxes and wanes with the play of their captain.

The play of the three starters is crucial to the suc-cess of the team, a fact not lost on them.

“I think we’ve realized that, sometimes we get so mad at the freshman or the young people but if we’re just good, the team is going to be good, regardless,” Hand said. “For us to be on the same page is really im-portant. It gives us a chance; I think every game it gives us a chance.”

The pressure of being part of the trio is just one more

on the list for Hand, but she knows how to deal with it.

“You just have to not be denied,” Hand said. “I think there has to be a competitive side to all three of us that we have to beat our defender and maybe one more.”

Kedric Kitchens is a journalism sophomore and assistant sports editor for The Daily.

PLAYER PROFILESAaryn Ellenberg

Year: SophomoreHometown:Las VegasSeason stats: Fourth in the Big 12 in scoring with 15.4 points per game

Morgan Hook

Year: SophomoreHometown:Lowell, Ark.Season stats: 10.9 points per game and 3.5 assists per game

Whitney Hand

Year: JuniorHometown:Fort Worth, TexasSeasonstats: 13.3 points per game and seven rebounds per game

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OU looks to end Patriots’ streak

BASEBALL

DILLON PHILLIPSSports Reporter

Oklahoma’s 21st-ranked baseball team (11-5) con-cludes a five-game road trip Tuesday in Dallas, where it takes on a streak-ing Dallas Baptist squad.

The Patriots (9-6) cur-rently are on a three-game winning streak but are winless on the road.

They have three high-ly contested road losses against fourth-ranked Rice and a near upset in an ex-tra-inning loss at then-No. 25 Texas.

The Sooners are coming off a 2-2 split at the Nike Showcase after battling it out with Connecticut, No. 9 Oregon, No. 28 Oregon State and future Big 12 foe West Virginia.

After a four-run ninth-i n n i n g ra l l y c a m e u p one run short against Connecticut on Friday , O U w o n b o t h g a m e s Saturday.

In the first game of their doubleheader, the Sooners took down West Virginia, 5-2, before picking up their first win against a ranked opponent in a 3-2 nail-bit-er against Oregon.

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