Wednesday, October 17

INDIA MAXWELLCampus Reporter

Increased student interest in OU’s Sooner Ally program has forced the Women’s Outreach Center to add an additional training session in November for students who want to learn how to reach out and connect with the LGBT student community.

The sessions always fill up, but this is the first time that the program needed to add another session to meet stu-dent demand, Sooner Ally spokeswoman Kasey Catlett said.

The Sooner Ally program was established four years

ago with the purpose of con-necting LGBT students with the faculty and other stu-dents on campus, Catlett said. Students who partici-pate in the program work to create an accepting environ-ment on campus.

“The goal of the Sooner Alley program is to build a more inclusive campus com-munity and to give LGBTQ students resources and sup-port,” Catlett said. “We do this through education and awareness.”

There are around 500 Sooner Allies up to date and membership is grow-ing, Catlett said. There are also Faculty Allies and Greek Allies, which are tasked with helping LGBT students in the classroom and the Greek

W W W . O U D A I L Y . C O M 2 0 1 1 S I L V E R C R O W N W I N N E RW E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 17, 2 0 1 2

Th e University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916

STILL IN THE RACESports: OU still can take the Big 12 (Page 7)

Opinion: Which pres. candidate’s plan will save the economy? (Page 4)

Facebookfacebook.com/ouDaily

Twittertwitter.com/ouDaily

VOL. 98, NO. 44© 2012 OU Publications BoardFREE — Additional copies 25¢

Visit OUDaily.com for more

INSIDE TODAYcampus......................2

classi f ieds................6

l i fe&ar ts... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

opinion.....................4

spor ts........................7

Sooners look to continue undefeated fallSPORTS: The oklahoma softball team will play Butler (Kan.) community college at 6 p.m. at Marita hynes Field in norman. (Page 7)

Alumna lives happily ever afterL&A: a former ou student blogs about her real-life love story that has reached a happy ending after a long time coming. (Page 5)

chunchun Zhu/The Daily

Emma Newberry-Davis (left), women and gender studies senior , and Abby Skinner, environmental sustainability junior, share car-toon pictures Wednesday in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

‘Freedom in America’ lecture course by Rufus Fears to be released by OU institute for constitutional heritage

FEARS LECTURES

The institute for the american constitutional heritage at ou will release a lecture course by the late J. rufus Fears this Thursday.

in his 18-lecture course, “The story of Freedom in america,” Fears explores american freedom from the revolutionary War to the present, according to an ou press release.

each lecture is around 30 minutes long and focuses on a particular point in history, like a specifi c presi-dency or a time period such as the great Depression, said rachelle Barteau, the institute’s marketing and public relations specialist.

The lecture series will be part of the institute’s civic education outreach program, freedom.ou.edu, in which it will be free and open to the public.

in his 22-year career at ou, Fears won professor of the year three times. he passed away oct. 6, shortly after he completed fi lming “The story of Freedom in america,” according to the press release.

“When we taped these lectures, we knew that it was a special opportunity, said Kyle harper, the institute’s director, in a letter that will be sent to ou alumni Thursday. “little could we have known that these would be the fi nal lectures of such a great teacher.”

This lecture series was Fears’ fi nal gift to the univer-sity, president David Boren said in a press release.

“he will always be remembered at the university of oklahoma, where he leaves such an important legacy,” Boren said.

Emma Hamblen Campus Reporter

ALI HAUSNER Campus Reporter

Student entrepreneurs are representing the school in a competition between other universities by trying to gain more financial support for their product.

David Rainwater, entre-preneurship, marketing and supply chain manage-ment junior, is the presi-dent of the student based

company, Case In Point — which is representing OU in a competition against stu-dent entrepreneurs at other universities.

Case In Point is made up of four OU students. Besides Rainwater, photography sophomore Kelsey Higley is the company’s lead media artist, computer engineering junior Dylan Lawbaugh is the lead product engineer and entrepreneur and finance sophomore Jeff Bissinger is the lead resource manager.

The competition, The Fall Classic, lasts 30 days and is what Rainwater de-scribes it as a “battle-of-the-entrepreneurs.”

T h e c o m p e t i t i o n i s through the crowd-funding platform Ufunded. The com-petition challenges student companies to gain funding for their projects through crowd funding. Student companies post videos, set funding goals and time lim-its and work to encourage people to pledge money in

Four students team up to take on entrepreneurship project, ‘The Boom’

Tragedy graces stage see page 5

ricarDo paTino/The Daily

Top: The cast of “Iphigenie En Tauride” celebrate during Act IV The Altar in rehearsal at Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center Tuesday. Oreste (top right) is prepared for sacrifice when his sister, Iphiigenie (top left) recognizes him as her brother. “Iphigenie En Tauride” opens Oct. 17-19.

Left: Oreste (left), played by William Browning, sacrifices himself for his comrade, Pylade (right), played by Jonathan Murphy, during Act III Iphigenie’s Chamber in rehearsal at Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center on Tuesday.

see BOOM page 2

“He will always be remembered at the

University of Oklahoma, where he leaves such an

important legacy.”

DAVID BOREN, OU PRESIDENT

see ALLY page 2

Awareness group adds training sessionSOONER ALLY

OU battles OSU in cyber security boutSTORY LABEL

ARIANNA PICKARDCampus Reporter

OU and OSU have collaborated to create a cyber security competition for Cyber Security Awareness Month dur-ing October.

Each week in October, the two schools’ information technology de-partments are sending out computer safety bulletins to all students, fac-ulty and staff at OU and OSU, accord-ing to an email from the IT HelpDesk Norman. Each bulletin contains secu-rity tips in text and a link to an informa-tive security video.

The winner of the “Bedlam Battle” will be determined by the number of faculty, staff and students who read the informative emails and watch each week’s video, according to the email. At the end of the three-week period, the school with the largest percentage of video views will win.

The tips include relevant informa-tion about how to stay safe online,

such as using strong passwords and not responding to bogus emails, said Courtney Kneifl, public relations spe-cialist for OU Information Technology.

“Simple things that don’t really take any time to do that will help with hav-ing a secure computing experience,” Kneifl said.

The first email advised its recipients to always install software and system updates whenever their computers remind them, according the OU IT HelpDesk Updating systems protects users from hackers exploiting their

‘Bedlam battle’ to be held in October

BY THE NUMBERSStandings as of Oct. 13

$935 funded 37.4

percent at ohio state university

$790 funded 26.3

percent at the University of Nebraska

$560 funded 4.7

percent at OU

Source: ufunded website

Proper training is important

COMPETITION

Entrepreneurs to duke it out in business event

screenshoT FroM The ‘BeDlaM BaTTle’ ViDeo

This screenshot from the ‘Bedlam Battle’ video is one of five videos from each school that are part of a competition to see which school makes a better cyber security video.

see BOUT page 2

2 0 1 1 S I L V E R C R O W N W I N N E R

Th e University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916

STILL IN THE RACE OU still can take the Big 12 (Page 7)

Tragedy graces stage

oud-2012-10-17-a-001,002.indd 1 10/16/12 10:50:00 PM

Lindsey Ruta, campus editorChase Cook and Jake Morgan, assistant editors

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com • Twitter: @OUDaily

2 • Wednesday, October 17, 2012

CAMPUS

recorD reQuesTsThe Oklahoma Daily regularly asks for access to public information from ou offi cials. here is a list of the most-recent requests our reporters have submitted to the university.

Visit OUDaily.com/openrecords for a full list of requests

Requested document and purpose Date requested

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

Visit OUDaily.com/corrections for an archive of our corrections

hoW To conTacT usNewsroom offi ce: 405-325-3666

Advertising offi ce: 405-325-8964

Business offi ce: 405-325-2521

To report news:[email protected]

Letters to the editor:[email protected]

Editor in chief:[email protected]

ToDay arounD caMpusA book sale will be held from 10 a.m .to 4 p.m. on the south side of the Bizzell Memorial library’s neustadt Wing. Thousands of books ranging from best sellers to foreign language books will be offered.

Bingo will be held by union programming Board from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in oklahoma Memorial union’s crossroads lounge.

A Student Success Series seminar titled “get ready to enroll” will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in lissa and cy Wagner hall, room 245.

A workshop titled “how to Worth the JMc career Fair” presented by marketing communications agency saxum will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in gaylord hall’s hall of Fame room. students will learn how to express strengths and make a good first impression during a career fair.

The softball team will play Butler community college at 5 p.m. at Marita hynes Field.

A lecture titled “Matt stock lost in liège: Belgian Trumpet contest pieces” part of the norton lecture series will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in catlett Music center, room 131.

Do you want to see your organization’s campus event here? Visit OUDaily.com/events/submit to add your entry.

sept. 24

sept. 24

sept. 24

The 2003 purchase and sale agreement between University North Park LLC and OU — To see the contents and property involved in this purchase agreement

A database or electronic document of registered vehicle of students, staff and faculty with OU Parking Services for spring 2012 — To see the details of the contract, such as the price of the purchase and ou’s plans for the property

Contract regarding purchase of 146 Page St. — To see the details of the contract, such as the price of the purchase and ou’s plans for the property

Are you on Twitter? stay connected with The oklahoma Daily

@OUDaily, @OUDailyStudent@OUDailyArts, @OUDailySports@OUDailyOpinion, @OUDailyGov

Are you on Twitter? stay connected with The oklahoma Daily

chunchun/The Daily

David Rainwater, Entrepreneurship, marketing and supply chain management junior works on his case in point company Monday, at Price College of Business.

BOOM: Team currently in third placeContinued from page 1

ALLY: Fall sessions full, Enroll for spring sessionsContinued from page 1

favor of their product. The product Case In Point

is presenting in The Fall Classic is called “The Boom.”

“The Boom is an iPhone case that acts as a portable boom box,” said Rainwater.

The product has speak-ers and a battery embedded into it. It serves not only as a case and speaker system, but also increases battery life, Rainwater said.

“We are trying to show that there is unmet potential in devices we use everyday,” said Dylan Lawbaugh, lead product engineer.

Case in Point has a goal of getting people to pledge $12,000 to The Boom by Dec. 1.

Rainwater said the ini-tial goal was lower, but it in-creased with the release of the iPhone 5 in September — which also caused the team to completely redesign their product.

W h e n p e o p l e p l e d g e money for support, they receive predetermined re-wards. For example, if you donate $45 to Case In Point, you will receive a Boom, ac-cording to their website.

If the product entered into the competition does not earn the amount budgeted by the end of their time limit, the team will not receive the money that has been pledged to their product.

“It’s all or nothing,” said Rainwater.

Case in Point only had about two weeks to get ev-erything ready for this com-petition, Rainwater said.

Each one of the competi-tors had to go through an en-trepreneur’s organization. The Collegiate Entrepreneur

O r g a n i z a t i o n h a s s u p -ported Case in Point in this competition.

There are two other uni-versities competing in the Fall Classic: the University of Nebraska and Ohio State University.

T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Nebraska’s product is a foundation serving fami-lies with cancer, according

the website. Ohio State University’s product is a website for the university designed to help students sell textbooks and sporting event tickets, according to the website.

The Boom is currently in third place.

Rainwater said they have plans to continue Case In Point and produce more products even after the competition, but right now the students are focusing on beating the other two schools.

Ali Hausner [email protected]

community respectively. Students must partici-

pate in a three-hour training session to become an Ally, Catlett said. The training ses-sions address how to reduce prejudice against LGBT stu-dents, locate LGBT resourc-es in the Norman area and reach out to connect with the LGBT community.

The session acts as an ed-ucational resource to build awareness and help LGBT students feel more comfort-able on campus, Catlett said.

Students learn that their duty as fellow students is to realize that this is a difficult time in LGBT student’s life and to appreciate how im-portant it is to be in an ac-cepting environment, history senior and Sooner Ally Parker Marek said.

“In training sessions, I

learned to make sure to fol-low protocol and make my-self an open outlet for LGBT people to contact, almost as a living resource,” Marek said.

Training sessions are com-pletely full for this semester, but students can register for training sessions in the spring on the Sooner Ally website.

India [email protected]

AT A GLANCETraining sessionsWednesday, February 6th from 1 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, March 14th from 9:00 a.m. to noon

saturday, april 20th from 1:00 p.m. to noon

register online through the student life website

“We are trying to show that there is unmet potential

in devices we use everyday.”

DYLAN LAWBAUGH, LEAD PRODUCT ENGINEER

BOUT: Tips for a healthy computerContinued from page 1

software.Security issues like this

are important in protect-ing users from identity theft, Kneifl said.

“Identity theft is a com-mon thing that can happen a lot of times if a hacker or a virus gets a hold of your machine, so this will help prevent that and viruses,” Kneifl said. “If nothing else, a virus can slow you down if you’re trying to work on your machine.”

F o r C y b e r S e c u r i t y Awareness month last year, OU only sent infor-mation out to faculty and staff, because the tips were intended to help people who deal with university data, Kneifl said. This year the safety information was broadened to include tips that apply to students as well, and the universities decided to collaborate out of a desire to save money.

Bragging rights will be awarded to the winning university and the results will be announced in the final video at the end of the month, Kneifl said.

Arianna Pickardariana.j.pickard-1@

ou.edu

University Theatre and School of Music

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. For accommodations on the basis of disability call (405) 325-4101. www.ou.edu/eoo

8 p.m. Oct. 17-193 p.m. Oct. 21

Fine Arts Box Office(405)325-4101

Reynolds Performing Arts Center

Christoph von Gluck, Composer

Libretto by Francois Guillard

William Ferrara, Director

Jonathan Shames, Artistic Director and Conductor

ou.edu/f inear ts

ou.edu/f inear ts ou.edu/fineartso

u.edu/finearts

IPHIGÉNIEen TAURIDE

Gluck’s magnificent and grand opera!

RESUME CRITQUES

ROOM 323 OF THE UNION

OCT. 16 - 17 | 1:30 - 4 P.M.

HOW TO WORK THE JMC CAREER FAIR

GAYLORD HALL OF FAME ROOM

OCT. 17 | 3 - 4 P.M.

J M C C A R E E R ��dI N T E R N S H I P F A I R

O C T 1 8 T H 1 : 3 0 - 3 : 3 0 P . M .

G A Y L O R D H A L L

IT’S NOT TOO LATE

TO PREPARE

oud-2012-10-17-a-001,002.indd 2 10/16/12 10:50:04 PM

Homecoming displays welcome home Sooners, alumni

Kingsley Burns/The Daily

Homecoming signs lie on the south oval for all to see this week. The signs are in honor of the homecoming game against Kansas on Saturday

PAUL J. WEBERAssociated Press

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — When the federal govern-ment began seizing private land along the U.S.-Mexico border to build a towering fence, Teofilo Flores was offered $1,650 for a slice of his backyard.

At first, it seemed like a square deal. But then the cotton grower learned that his neighbor had received 40 times more for a similar piece of land. And another nearby farmer pock-eted $1 million in exchange for his cooperation.

Since 2008, hundreds of landowners on the border have sought fair prices for property that was condemned to make way for the fence. But many of them received initial offers that were far below market value. And dozens accepted those amounts without seeking any legal help, only to dis-cover neighbors had won far larger settlements after hiring attorneys.

“You get angry. But that’s the way of life, I guess,” Flores said of the bigger payouts won by other landowners. “You know, people that got more money can afford to do more things.”

The disparities raise questions about the Justice Department’s treatment of hundreds of landowners from Texas to California who couldn’t afford lawyers and must now live with a massive steel barrier running through their farms, ranches and yards.

The wide variation in price “underscores how unfair these original offers were,” said attorney Corinna Spencer-Scheurich, who represented poor and middle-class landown-ers when the seizures began.

The federal government “is using its power, its clout, to try to take land from people at a price that is unfair. I think that is clear based on the settlements,” she said.

Federal attorneys say the initial offers represented only a starting amount that would permit the seizures to begin and could be adjusted later.

In 2006, Congress ordered construction of 670 miles of heavy metal fence to help curb illegal immigration. The proj-ect required landowners on the border to give up property that ranged from the size of a driveway to much larger farms and commercial lots.

The Constitution requires the government to provide compensation whenever it takes property for a public project using a process known as eminent domain.

About 400 landowners have been affected. Most are in Texas, because that state has more private property along the border than do New Mexico, Arizona or California, where much of the border land is already in federal hands.

An Associated Press analysis of nearly 300 Texas land cases found that most of the settlement money went to a small group of owners, all of whom had attorneys. The legal help appeared to pay off: Of nearly $15 million that has been paid out, 85 percent has been awarded to just a third of the prop-erty holders.

Associated Press writers Ramit Plushnick-Masti and Christopher Sherman contributed to this report.

eric gay/The associaTeD press

In this Sept. 6, photo, cotton farmer Teofilo “Junior” Flores, left, with his wife, Maria Flores, talks about the U.S.-Mexico border fence that passes through his property in Brownsville, Texas. Since 2008, hundreds of landowners on the border have sought fair prices for property that was condemned to make way for the fence, but many of them received initial offers that were far below market value.

BORDER PURCHASES

U.S. government taking advantage of border landownersGovernment purchasing land on Mexican border for below market value

170 virus cases confirmedWEST NILE VIRUS

hannah Foslien/The associaTeD press

Laboratory technician Ruth Rutledge packages cerebrospinal fluid of the three confirmed meningitis cases in Minn., to send to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further testing, at the Minnesota Department of Health in St. Paul on Tuesday.

KEN MILLERAssociated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has had 170 confirmed cases of West Nile disease and 11 deaths, the state Department of Health said Tuesday in its bi-weekly report.

While the number of re-ported deaths rose from nine the previous week, health of-ficials said the spread of the disease had slowed as cooler weather limited the activity of the Culex mosquito, which spreads the virus to humans through its bite.

“The number of West Nile Virus reports that we’re re-ceiving has consistently de-clined since the middle of September,” said Dr. Lauri Smithee, chief of acute dis-ease service at the Health Department.

The state also benefitted by earlier-than-usual freezing temperatures, which drive the mosquito into dormancy.

The first freezing tempera-tures of the season were re-corded during the first week of October at various stations around the state, accord-ing to the National Weather Service. That was two to three weeks before the average first freeze.

“Mosquitoes are slow-ing down,” Smithee said.

“Indeed, there is less trans-missions going on.”

The latest deaths involve people who contracted the disease earlier, when its spread was more prevalent, she said.

Among the victims this year are former Guthrie Mayor Jon Gumerson, who died Oct. 6.

11 deaths in Oklahoma so far

oud-2012-10-17-a-001,002.indd 3 10/16/12 10:50:06 PM

QUOTABLE: “[I] gave him a blatant kick in the ass and then went back to chat with my friends,” said alumna Lauren Parajon about meeting her husband, the subject of her popular blog. (Page 5)

Mary Stanfield, opinion editorKayley Gillespie, assistant editor

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com/opinion • Twitter: @OUDailyOpinionOPINION


The Oklahoma Daily is a public forum, the University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice and an entirely student-run publication.

Letters should concentrate on issues, not personalities, and must be fewer than 250 words, typed and signed by the author(s). Letters will be edited for accuracy, space and style. Students must list their major and classification. To submit letters, email [email protected].

Our View is the voice of the Editorial Board, which consists of nine student editors. The board meets at 5 p.m. Sunday to Thursday in 160 Copeland Hall. Board meetings are open to the public.

Guest columns are accepted and printed at the editor’s discretion.

Columnists’ and cartoonists’ opinions are their own and not necessarily the views or opinions of The Oklahoma Daily Editorial Board.

To advertise in The Oklahoma Daily, contact advertising manager Kearsten Howland by calling 405-325-8964 or emailing [email protected].

One free copy of The Daily is available to members of the OU community. Additional copies may be purchased for 25 cents by contacting The Daily business office at 405-325-2522.

Laney Ellisor Editor in ChiefJared Rader Managing EditorLindsey Ruta Campus EditorKedric Kitchens Sports EditorCarmen Forman Life & Arts EditorMary Stanfield Opinion Editor

Kingsley Burns Visual EditorJoey Stipek Online EditorKyle Margerum Night EditorJono Greco Copy ChiefKearsten Howland Advertising ManagerJudy Gibbs Robinson Faculty Adviser

contact us 160 Copeland Hall, 860 Van Vleet OvalNorman, OK 73019-2052

phone:405-325-3666

email:[email protected]

Our View: Either of the economic plans released by the candidates could improve the economic crisis, but with different amounts of risk.

Here’s the big secret: Both candidates essentially say the same thing about the nature of the current economic crisis, and both of their plans likely would work toward fixing the economy. It simply is a question of how.

But “how?” is an important question. The fallout of the candidates’ plans are vastly different and will affect the majority of Americans — for better or for worse.

Mitt RomneyRepublican candidate Mitt Romney wants to

bite the bullet all at once, dramatically shifting the path of the nation and dealing with the fallout. He would:

Taxes:• Cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent from 35

percent.• Reform the corporate tax code in a two-part

process that fails to balance tax reductions with loophole closure. This plan would cost the government nearly $1 trillion in the first decade, according to data from the Tax Policy Center, and the majority of the cuts would benefit the top 1 percent of wage earners.

• Eventually move the country to a “territorial system,” which means an end to all taxes on earnings made on foreign soil. He has promised to pay for this part of his tax plan, along with a further corporate tax rate cut, by ending certain loopholes and exceptions. But he has failed to point out which ones. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s corporate tax calendar shows he would need to find $67 billion worth of these exceptions.

• Cut taxes across the board 20 percent and eliminate two large sources of revenue: the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax. He has promised to balance these deep cuts by eliminating a similar amount of deductions for the nation’s top earners. However, even under impossibly generous assumptions, the Tax Policy Center’s comprehensive study shows Romney still would have to make up $86 billion in revenue — even if he eliminated every deduction for those earning more than $200,000.

• To make up the revenue lost, Romney likely would have to raise taxes on the middle and lower classes, which he defines as those making less than $200,000 and who he has pledged will not pay more under his plan.

• Let a few tax cuts for the lowest income Americans expire, which will result in higher taxes for this group, while every other group sees a deep tax cut. In addition, because the tax cuts are a percentage cut across the board, they actually will benefit the highest earners significantly more than the middle class.

Spending:• Send a bill to Congress on Day 1 to cut non-

security discretionary spending — including education — indiscriminately by 5 percent across the board.

• Repeal Obamacare, restructure Medicare

and social security, and reduce subsidies to the National Endowment for The Arts and Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Legal Services Corporation.

• Bring federal spending below 20 percent of GDP by the end of his first term, down from the current 24.3 percent. This would require spending cuts of $500 billion per year until 2016.

Though these actions would correct the mistakes that led to the crisis in the first place and put America on a path to recovery, it would come at a heavy price. The short-term effects would include widespread unemployment, GDP shrinkage,

and increased debt, deficits and wealth inequality.

Individual consumers would bear the brunt of these effects, and these side effects would only worsen the national outlook and consumer confidence. It’s possible that this painful adjustment period could damage the spending power of individuals

enough to further cripple the economy, setting off a chain reaction similar to the current situation in Greece — which was set off by similar techniques to the ones Romney proposes.

Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama favors a slower

recovery, the effects of which would build up for a decade or so before the economy was fully recovered. This plan would reduce the side effects felt by the average American while guiding the nation onto a stronger economic path for the future. He would:

Taxes:• Cut the corporate tax rate to 28

percent from 35 percent.• Cut the tax rate for manufacturers

based in the U.S. even more to encourage companies to develop domestically and keep jobs in the country.

• Extend the Bush-era tax cuts for a year on the first $250,000 of income, which would be taxed at 35 percent. Anything earned above that amount would be taxed at the Clinton-era rate of 39.6 percent. This would result in a continuation of low tax rates for the majority of Americans and a return to a higher rate for the richest Americans.

• However, taxes for the highest earners would be extended a little beyond the Clinton-era rates, because the tax health-care reform law will raise them an additional 3.8 percent.

• End tax subsidies for the highest income earners based on childcare, housing, health care and retirement, which they do not need.

• Enact the Buffett Rule, which will ensure that no household making over $1 million a year will pay less than 30 percent of their income in taxes. This would replace the Alternative Minimum Tax.

Spending:• Shave almost $4 trillion from the federal deficit

over the next decade. This includes $1.7 billion in spending cuts already enacted by his work with Congress, $1.9 billion by closing corporate loopholes and ending the Bush-era tax cuts on the highest income earners, $850 billion by ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $590 billion from health-care reform and other mandatory initiatives, among other sources.

• Slow the growth of the deficit to below the rate of growth of the economy. A Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study shows Obama’s deficit reduction plan will stabilize the debt so it will no longer grow faster than the economy, if the Congressional Budget Office’s economic projections hold out. Even if the economic picture for the next decade is decidedly less optimistic, Obama’s plan will still come close to achieving this goal.

• Invest in infrastructure, education and manufacturing, which will reduce the side effects on the average American and help the private sector get back on its feet. At the same time, between re-structuring for efficiency, reducing improper payments and cutting and consolidating programs, Obama’s policy will reduce discretionary spending to a projected 22.5 percent of the GDP by 2016, down from the current 24.3 percent.

Overall, Obama’s plan focuses on short-term investments that will likely increase the national debt and require further borrowing from other countries. But now is the time for such borrowing, with ever-falling interest rates and friendly international borrowing conditions.

This softer approach to economic reform will cushion consumers — who make up 70 percent of the economy — and allow them to recover their spending power and pay down their individual debt. After individual debt has been reduced sufficiently to empower the consumer base, the government can focus on paying down its own debt.

However, his plan is surprisingly weak on reforms to entitlement programs that will be necessary to ensure long-term debt reduction. Part of the responsibility for this failure rests with Congressional Republicans, who refused to compromise on tax increases as part of a deal to

restructure these entitlements. But failure to provide strong leadership on these issues could undermine his efforts to restructure the core of the economy and strengthen it for the long-term. In the worst case scenario, these programs could collapse entirely.

Though Obama could stand to make even stronger plans for long-term debt reduction, his economic policies are clearly the best option for strengthening the economy without sacrificing the jobs and security of the American people.

Comment on this on OUDaily.com

The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

EDiTOriAL

Which road leads to a stronger economy?

LETTEr TO ThE EDiTOr

Remembering professor Fears’ love of wisdom, dedication to teachingOh my heart hurts; I am so so sad.The very first time I visited professor J. Rufus Fears,

I was all atremble and even near tears, for it is a vulnerable task to earnestly confess one’s dream.

I entered his office hurriedly and began my declaration abruptly, afraid that old cowardice might overcome my resolve.

Speaking as one whose life is on the line (and in the truest sense it was) I said, “Hello sir, my name is Lauren Smith. Most people forget my name, but it is very important to me that you do not, because in you I see what I most desperately desire to become.”

In a less articulate outpouring of speech I continued on endeavoring to convey my essence. When at last I

had finished my manifesto, Dr. Fears smiled knowingly and said, “So you love Wisdom too.”

In Dr. Fears, I found an uncommon friend, sublime of soul and an excellent guide, who altered the course of my life for the better.

I am studying what I love in graduate school at Yale today only because o f t h e t i m e a n d e f f o r t D r. Fe a r s

spent encouraging, kindly correcting and actively supporting my reading, writing and thought.

Never did I guess I would be deprived of my

professor so soon. I am deeply grateful for his life’s work, which ultimately was to set all hearts ablaze for Wisdom, to recall us — all human beings — back to our best selves, and to teach us how we may live free and well.

I owe so much to my beloved teacher’s memory and thus I send off his spirit with bereaved Crito’s promise in Plato’s “Phaedo” at the deaht of Socrates: “The debt will be paid.”

The debt will be paid so long as I and all those who knew him remember his resounding words and attempt to emulate the man who, “of all the men of his time was the wisest, the best and the most just.”

Lauren Smith, OU alumna

This is part one of a two-part series on the candidates’ economic views. Part two will run on Thursday and cover job, labor and reform plans.

From now until Nov. 6, The Daily will editorialize about a different aspect of the elections each Wednesday. These editorials will cover presidential, federal, state and local elections, as well as ballot questions and voting issues.

AT A GLANCEDefinitionsAlternative Minimum Tax - a tax imposed on those who earn above a certain amount if their deductions would reduce their income tax contribution below the amount of this tax.

GDP - gross domestic product, or the market value of all recognized final goods and services produced in a country in a year.

“In Dr. Fears I found an uncommon friend, sublime of soul, and an

excellent guide ...”

oud-2012-10-17-a-004.indd 1 10/16/12 9:26:09 PM

exchanged names, and Parajon was thrown another intriguing characteristic about the man. He had an adorable British accent, Parajon wrote.

“For the next hour or two, there was no bar,” Parajon wrote. “There were no friends. No ickies. No music. No nothing. Just me and [Kamran] … Talk. Laugh. Touch. Repeat.”

“The night I met Kamran [July 2009] I went home and felt I had to write about it, so I grabbed a notebook and pen,” Parajon said.

Meanwhile, Parajon and Saleem had started dating.“We were talking three times a day … I became practically

obsessed with him,” Parajon said. “But, around September [2009] Kamran explained that he was falling for me and that he couldn’t go through another long distance relationship.”

Parajon said one day she sent what she wrote to Saleem, and he encouraged her to keep writing. She wrote her first post in May 2010 and officially became a blogger.

The two broke up, and Parajon moved back to Texas and started seeing someone else, until Saleem asked

her to visit

The two broke up, and Parajon moved back to Texas and started seeing someone else, until Saleem asked

her to visit

him in London. “My parents met on vacation and got married the third time

they ever saw each other,” Parajon said. “They were very team Kamran.”

The two officially started dating again and made a plan for Saleem to find a job in the U.S.

He couldn’t find a company to sponsor his work visa with unemployment being as high as it was, Parajon said.

“Kamran proposed to me September 2011 [because] it was our best option to get him here,” Parajon said. “It wasn’t the route that either of us wanted to take, but I knew that I was going to be with him, so it didn’t matter what the name on the visa was.”

The couple began to send in visa paperwork in October 2011.

At one point, thinking Saleem was going to be approved, a wedding date was set and a dress picked out. Then, the couple

found out the visa was not yet approved and needed additional processing.

Without any information for 16 weeks, the couple canceled the wedding but decided to meet in

Cozumel to have an early honeymoon. Eventually, the day came when

Saleem officially was approved to enter the U.S. on a visa.

“It’s been a yearlong process, and an awful one,” Parajon said. “I don’t wish it on anybody. But, it all worked out, and now we get to have a wedding.”

T h e c o u p l e h a d t h e i r m a r r i a g e c e r e m o n y i n

Parajon’s parents’ backyard Sept. 15 and are planning a wedding for Oct. 20.

“Doing the blog has really opened me up to talking about relationships with women around the whole world,” Parajon said. “I have this real life perspective and know that life isn’t a fairy tale by Disney standards. This is just a new chapter, and now I actually get to date Kamran.”

Erica [email protected]

PHOTO PROVIDED

OUDaily.com ››Read Emily Hopkins’ review of ‘Iphingénie en Tauride’ before seeing the show tonight.

Carmen Forman, life & arts editorWestlee Parsons, assistant editor

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArtsLIFE&ARTS

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 • 5

ERICA LAUBLife & Arts Reporter

Editor’s Note: Lauren Parajon was employed by Student Media at OU.

After years of fighting distance and immigration laws, an OU alumna finally got a happy ending to her real-life fairy tale.

Lauren Parajon, who works at a digital media agency, has an award-winning blog, www.fairytale-beginning.blogspot.com, she uses to talk about the long-distance love story she has been living for the past three years.

Parajon wasn’t always a huge fan of blogging. “I thought [bloggers] were liars because they weren’t really

journalists,” Parajon said. However, she eventually found a reason to justify blogging.

After graduating with a journalism degree in 2008 from OU, Parajon was offered a job in New York City.

Shortly after moving to New York, Parajon met her Prince Charming. The day after she met him, Parajon knew there was something between them worth talking about. In her blog, she posted a play-by-play of how the two actually met at a New York City bar.

Parajon’s drink was getting low, and she wanted to find a man to buy her another. So, there was Kamran Saleem. After spotting the tall, dark, sexy man, Parajon explained in her blog “[she] just had to meet him.”

“My elementary flirting skills got the best of me … I reached my leg behind [a friend], gave him a blatant kick in the ass and then went back to chat with my friends,” Parajon wrote. “He gave me a confused look that I knew meant, ‘Did you just touch my butt?’ A curious smile played off his lips.”

T h e t w o a w k w a r d l y

Once upon a time, a woman met a man from a far away land...

ALUMNI

Alumna lives happily ever after

OPERA

Opera to bring dysfunctional Greek families to the stage

GO AND DOIphigénie en TaurideWhen: 8 p.m. Wednesday to Friday and Monday

Where: Reynolds Performing Art Center’s Holmberg Hall

Price: $10 for students, $14 for seniors, military, faculty/staff and $17 for others

WESTLEE PARSONSAssistant Life & Arts Editor

Tonight, one of Greece’s o r i g i n a l d y s f u n c t i o n a l

families takes the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center’s stage in operatic form.

The OU School of Music and University Theatre p r e s e n t “ I p h i g é n i e e n Tauride.” The opera is an a d a p t i o n by C h r i s t o p h W i l l i b a l d G l u c k o f t h e Greek tragedy “Iphigenia in Tauris” written by Euripides, according to the Metropolitan Opera website.

The website also stated the

premiere of the opera was in Paris in 1779 and sparsely has been performed in the U.S. since.

“ For me, the ess ence of ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’ lies in seeing characters at the extremes of human endurance,” said Jonathan Shames in a press release, a r t i s t i c d i r e c t o r a n d conductor of the production. “They are surrounded on all sides by death. They are faced with it, coerced into

murdering, or remorseful over having kil led. And yet, within this horrifying landscape, they seek out and find love and friendship — life, essentially — in music of deep beauty.”

Courtney Ellen Bray will play the central character, Iphigénie. Joseph Dennis will play Orestes, Iphiénie’s brother.

Westlee [email protected]

‘Iphigénie en Tauride’ opens tonight.

RICARDO PATINO/THE DAILY

William Browning plays Oreste in “Iphigénie en Tauride,” which opens at 8 tonight. The Opera can be seen in the Reynolds Performing Art Center’s Holmberg Hall.

Area Ratings For This Week

Way To Go!

Adopt - An - AreaDelta Tau Delta

Delta Upsilon

Gamma Phi Beta

Engineers Without Borders

Hispanic American Student Association

International Leadership Class

Iota Phi Theta

Kappa Alpha

Kappa Alpha Psi

Kappa Alpha Theta

Kappa Delta Chi

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kappa Kappa Psi

Lambda Chi Alpha

Omega Delta Phi

Omega Psi Phi

Our Earth

Phi Beta Sigma

Phi Gamma Delta

Phi Delta Alpha

Phi Delta Theta

Phi Kappa Psi

Phi Kappa Sigma

Pi Beta Phi

Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Phi

President’s Community ScholarsPresident’s Leadership ClassRUF/NEK Lil Sis

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Sigma Chi

Sigma Gamma Rho

Sigma Lambda Beta

Sigma Lambda Gamma

Sigma Phi Epsilon

Zeta Phi Beta

Adams

Cate

Couch

Walker

Keep Up the Good Work!

Air Force R.O.T.C.

Alpha Chi Omega

Alpha Gamma Delta

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Alpha Kappa Delta Phi

Alpha Omicron Pi

Alpha Phi

Alpha Phi Alpha

Alpha Phi Omega

Alpha Sigma Kappa

Alpha Tau Omega

Beta Theta Pi

Catholic Student Assoc.

Chi Omega

Delta Chi

Delta Delta Delta

Delta Epsilon Psi

Delta Gamma

Delta Phi Omega

Delta Sigma Theta

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo

Volunteer�ProgramsStrengthening Our Traditions through Service to State and Societyleadandvolunteer.ou.edu

University of Oklahoma Libraries

BOOK SALE

South SideBizzell MemorialLibrary401 West Brooks

For more information and prices scan the QR code, visit http://libraries.ou.edu , or call (405) 325-2141

Wednesday- Thursday October 17-1810:00 am to 4:00 pm

oud-2012-10-17-a-005.indd 1 10/16/12 10:40:20 PM

PLACE AN ADPhone: 405-325-2521E-mail: classifi [email protected]

Fax: 405-325-7517Campus Address: COH 149A

Payment is required at the time the ad is placed. Credit cards, cash, money orders or local checks accepted.

rrs TM

Line AdThere is a 2 line minimum charge; approximately 42 characters per line, including spaces and punctuation.(Cost = Days x # lines x $/line)

Classifi ed Display, Classifi ed Card Ad orGame SponsorshipContact an Acct Executive for details at 325-2521.

2 col (3.25 in) x 2 inchesSudoku ..............$760/monthBoggle ...............$760/monthHoroscope ........$760/month

2 col (3.25 in) x 2.25 inches

Crossword ........$515/month

1 day ..................$4.25/line2 days ................$2.50/line3-4 days.............$2.00/line5-9 days.............$1.50/line

10-14 days.........$1.15/line15-19 days.........$1.00/line 20-29 days........$ .90/line 30+ days ........ $ .85/line

Line Ad ..................................................................................3 days priorPlace line ad by 9:00 a.m. 3 business days prior to publication.

Display Ad ............................................................................3 days priorClassifi ed Display or Classifi ed Card AdPlace your display, classifi ed display or classifi ed card ads by 5:00 p.m. 3 business days prior to publication.

The Oklahoma Daily is responsible for one day’s incorrect advertising. If your ad appears incorrectly, or if you wish to cancel your ad call 325-2521, before the deadline for cancellation in the next issue. Errors not the fault of the advertiser will be adjusted. Refunds will not be issued for late cancellations.

The Oklahoma Daily will not knowingly accept advertisements that discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious preference, national origin or sexual orientation. Violations of this policy should be reported to The Oklahoma Daily Business Offi ce at325-2521. Help Wanted ads in The Oklahoma Daily are not to separate as to gender. Advertisers may not discriminate in employment ads based on race, color, religion or gender unless such qualifying factors are essential to a given position. All ads are subject to acceptance by The Oklahoma Daily. Ad acceptance may be re-evaluated at any time.

DEADLINES

PAYMENT

RATES

POLICY

WLQZPKIPWNGDKWNXOAXHDQL

EBRSLQPAZMNEUHRYALWOOTP

SMBCDGJATQZPKIPWNGDKWNX

OAXHDQLNBRSLQPAZMQZPKIP

WNGDKWNNOAXHDQLEBRSLQPA

ZMQRPKIOWNGDKWNXOAXHDQL

EBROLQPUZMQZPKIPWNGDKWN

XOJOBSQNEBRSLQPAZMQZPKI

PWNMDKWCXOAXHDJOBSRSLQP

AZMMZPKEPWNGDKWNXOAXHDQ

LEBAUTOMOBILESKIPWNGDKW

NXOTXHDELEBOSLQPAZMQZPK

IPWEGDKNNXOSXHDQLEBRSLQ

PAZSQZPTIPWTGDKWNXOAXHD

QLEBRSLSPAZ&QZPKIPWNGDK

WNXOAXHDQLEFRSLQPAZMQZP

KIPWNGDKWNXOAXHDQLEBRSL

QPAZMQZPKIPUNGDKWAXOAXH

DQLEBRSLQRENTALSKPPWNGD

KWNXOAXHDQLDBRSLQAAZMQZ

PKIPWNGDKWNXOAXHDRLEBRS

LQPAZMQZPKIPWNGDKTNXOAX

HDQLEBRSLQPAZMQZPMIPWNG

DKWNXOAXHDQLEBRSPETSZMQ

ZPKIPWNGDKWNXOAXHNQLEBR

SBICYCLESPKIPWNGDTWNXOA

XHDQLEBRSLQPAZMQZSKIPWN

GDKWNXOAXHDQLEBRSKQPAZM

Findthem in the classifieds

www.forbetterlife.org

Eats flies. Dates a pig. Hollywood star. LIVE YOUR DREAMS Pass It On.

™ &

© 2

003

The

Jim

Hen

son

Com

pany

A drunk driver ruined somethingprecious. Amber Apodaca.

Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk.

Pho

to b

y M

ichael M

azzeo

This year, more than 163,000 people will die from lung cancer—making it America’s NUMBER ONEcancer killer.

But new treatments offer hope.

Join Lung Cancer Alliance in the fightagainst this disease.

lungcanceralliance.org

is nothing tocelebrate.

NUMBERONE

Being

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-2521


CLASSIFIEDS TransportationC

AUTO INSURANCE

Auto InsuranceQuotations AnytimeForeign Students Welcomed

JIM HOLMES INSURANCE, 321-4664

Services

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

MAID SERVICECall 928-8585

TUTORNeed help with writing, proof reading, or editing? Contact Leigh Anne Donovan at 312-2299.

HELP WANTEDRecreation Leader I (PPT)

Parks and Recreation Irving Recreation Center

Applicant must be at least sixteen years of age. Must have experience working with youths in a work recreational atmosphere and knowledge of recreation activities and programs. $10.09 per hour. Work Period: 2:30-6 pm. Mon-Fri during the school year (August-May). Works 15-20 hours per week during the school year and 30-38 hours per week during the summer. Se-lected applicant must pass physical ex-amination, background investigation, and drug screen. Application Deadline: Open Recruitment. A complete job announce-ment is available at www.normanok.gov/hr/hr-job-postings. To request an application, email [email protected], call 366-5482, or visit us at 201-C West Gray, Human Resources Dept., City of Norman. EOE

The Cleveland County Family YMCA is seeking Lifeguards & Swim Instructors! Apply in person at 1350 Lexington Ave. EOE

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COMPaid survey takers needed in Norman100% FREE to join. Click on Surveys.

Research volunteers needed! Re-searchers at OU Health Sciences Center need healthy volunteers ages 18 to 30 who have a parent with or without a histo-ry of an alcohol or drug problem. Qualified participants will be compensated for their time. Call (405) 456-4303 to learn more about the study and to see if you qualify. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

TUTORS WANTED!!Available positions in the OU Athletics De-partment! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post-graduate applicants only! COMM & SOC! Hiring for Fall 2012. Call 325-0554 for more info!

NOTE TAKERS WANTED!!Available positions in the OU Athletics Department!! Junior, Senior, Graduate, and Post-graduate applicants only! Hir-ing for Fall 2012. Email: [email protected] for more info!

$5,500-$10,000PAID EGG DONORS. All Races needed.

Non-smokers, Ages 18-27,SAT>1100/ACT>24/GPA>3.00

Contact: [email protected]

HELP WANTED

WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800-SKI-WILD • 1-800-754-9453

COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

breckenridge

plus t/s

Vail • Beaver Creek • Keystone • Arapahoe Basin

20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price.FROMONLY

Instructions:Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

Previous Solution

Monday- Very EasyTuesday-EasyWednesday- EasyThursday- MediumFriday - Hard

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012

The course you’re presently on looks to be pretty good, and should come to fruition in the coming months. Try not to make any changes without valid reason.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It doesn’t help to worry about how your colleagues are going to handle a specifi c situation -- you need to fi nd out. Ask them about their past experience with similar situations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- An arrangement that could be of benefi t to you fi nancially should not be treated with indifference. There’s a good chance that the rewards within your reach could slip away.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- If you get careless about researching the experience of an individual who is scheduled to do a job for you, you could end up getting a rookie.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Usually you’re pretty smart about when to keep things secret, but you might freely discuss something you shouldn’t with those who are deliberately probing you for information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Because your resistance to splurging tends to be rather low at present, it might be best to steer clear of stores that offer all kinds of unique items. Once inside, you might go wild.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- When something is really important, you can be a tenacious person who sticks to the course until your objective

is achieved. Today, however, these enviable qualities might be missing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- It behooves you not to act on impulse when it comes to your fi nancial or business affairs. Be sure that what sounds good upon fi rst hearing is able to stand the test of time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ve heard the old bromide “Haste makes waste.” That could apply to you if you try to take shortcuts in your work. Take your time and do things right.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- There’s a good chance that a purveyor of bad advice could pressure you into making an unwise decision. Keep your own counsel as much as possible.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Try to be tolerant of somebody who doesn’t seem to grasp ideas or concepts as quickly as most people. In reality, it might be due to the way you convey the information to him or her.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- It would be best not to borrow any special equipment that you’ve never used before. You could get yourself in a heap of trouble real fast by destroying both your project and the tool.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If you are ill-equipped and unfamiliar about a big-ticket item that you want to buy, take more time to learn all you can about it. Don’t rush in where bill collectors are apt to tread.

HOROSCOPE By Bernice Bede Osol

Copyright 2012, Newspaper Enterprise Assn.

ACROSS 1 Water

container before indoor plumbing

5 Capital of Italy, to Italians

9 More than want

14 Record 15 Burden or

responsibility 16 Bow

application 17 Stadium

snacks 19 Vaulted

church recesses

20 A little force? 21 Feudal flunky 23 Vocalist

DiFranco 24 Night before 26 One in a

stroller 28 Jewel

mounting 30 Bess’

follower in the White House

32 Kick out 34 ___ Bator

(Mongolia’s capital)

35 Bees’ weapons

37 Little handful 39 Stadium

snacks 42 Be on the

side of caution?

43 White wine grape

46 Not fully closed

49 “Meet Me ___ Louis”

51 Bashful buddy

52 Sour cherry 54 Pay a visit to 56 Stitcher’s

edge 57 Tire gauge

reading (Abbr.)

58 Redgrave or Swann

60 Kind of tropical palm

62 Helmsley who had hotels

64 Stadium snacks

68 ___ salts (bath water additive)

69 Shivering fit 70 Far from

fictitious 71 Sitcom

starring Valerie Harper

72 Pressure unit 73 Stream swirlDOWN 1 List abbr. 2 Crybaby’s

sound 3 Widespread

outbreak 4 Depend (on) 5 Event with

ropers and riders

6 Inspiration for Lennon’s “Woman”

7 Makes faces 8 Determine

the value of property

9 Carpentry or bookbinding, e.g.

10 Sales ___

(company agent)

11 Verbally assault

12 Capital on the Danube

13 Naval rank 18 Prime

candidate? 22 Hang it up,

so to speak 24 Modem

ends? 25 Huge wine

container 27 High, rocky

hills 29 Elvis’

birthplace 31 “Psst!”

follower, sometimes

33 Selfish folks 36 Mysteriously 38 Improper

distribution of cards

40 Goes on like a glove

41 Drew from a tank, as gas

44 Maiden-name word

45 Place for barbells and treadmills

46 More spacious

47 Mary’s husband

48 Melodious composition

50 Dieter’s request

53 Guanaco’s kin

55 Chlorophyll or oil of wintergreen

59 Cape Canaveral cancellation

61 “An Inconve-nient Truth” creator

63 Bobblehead movement

65 “... ___ flag was still ...”

66 Go aimlessly 67 Like some

grins

Universal CrosswordEdited by Timothy E. Parker October 17, 2012

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

© 2012 Universal Uclickwww.upuzzles.com

MAKING CONCESSIONS By Tim Burr10/17

10/16

oud-2012-10-17-a-006.indd 1 10/16/12 8:06:46 PM

Tobi NeidySports Reporter

1 The lines of scrimmage were unsung heroes in Texas rout.

The OU passing and running games were on point in the 42-point win over the Longhorns last week in Dallas. The defense also found ways to force turnovers and hold Texas to just 65 yards in the first two quarters that allowed the Sooner lead to balloon to one of the biggest halftime deficits in series history. Going into the start of the season, both lines were snake-bitten with injuries and absences that had a lot of people asking if these lines could hold up in big games. In the Red River Rivalry game, both lines of scrimmage played like it was for all of the marbles.

“Both lines of scrimmage were major factors as it always is in games like this,” coach Bob Stoops said. “When you rush for 343 yards and throw the ball for 334 yards and only have one sack on the day, it’s an outstanding job. And our run defense was incredible by the guys up front.”

2 Junior fullback Trey Millard is just heating up.During Big 12 Media days over the summer,

Stoops said the coaches wanted to get Millard more touches this season after he finished with 169 rushing yards and 127 receiving yards for three touchdowns in 2011. Through the first couple of games this season, Millard wasn’t getting a lot of the calls, averaging 13.5 rushing yards and 11.5 receiving yards per game. But that was until the Columbia, Mo., native exploded for a career-high 119 receiving yards and 45 rushing yards against Texas. And now he says he is ready to be a leader for the OU offense.

“You know that since your role is bigger you have a bigger responsibility to the team,” Millard said. “That just makes you focus that much more.”

3 Senior quarterback Landry Jones is all about “taking care of business.”

It seems like every time sophomore Blake Bell and the famous ‘Belldozer’ package has a good day (four touchdowns against Texas), Jones gets asked if using the redzone, short-yardage situation call gets the senior out of rhythm. But as Jones has expressed numerous times — he did it again Monday

OUDaily.com ››The Oklahoma volleyball team looks to keep pace in the Big 12 when it takes on Texas Tech at 6 p.m. in Lubbock.

Kedric Kitchens, sports editorDillon Phillips, assistant editor

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySportsSPOrTS

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 • 7

Five things we learned about the Oklahoma football team at Monday’s press conference

football

Sooners enjoying big texas win

Evin Morrison/ThE Daily

Junior fullback trey Millard (33) sprints toward the endzone in a game against texas on Saturday. the Sooners pounded the longhorns, 63-21. Millard led the team with 119 receiving yards and one touchdown on five catches.

— he wants to win football games, and whatever gets that done, he will continue to support.

“It’s just taking care of business,” Jones said. “It’s just one of those things that when we get down there close, that’s the package we use in short yardage and goal line situations, so for me it’s just taking care of business and doing what our offense is supposed to do.”

4 Defensive line is getting more comfortable in its own skin.

Typical questions about the defensive line before the start of the season focused on whether this line could replace head hunters like defensive ends Frank Alexander and Ronnell Lewis. And when two starters were absent from the first game, causing players like senior defense end David King to move inside, this line still was looking for its identity. While there is still a lot of season left that will test the validity of a line that held Texas to 289 total yards and didn’t allows any points from the Longhorn offense

until the forth quarter, you can tell this defense is starting to gain confidence in itself and in each other.

“I thought we got better this weekend but it’s kind of shown what we’ve been working on,” senior defensive tackle

Jamarkus McFarland said . “(Coaches) are letting us freelance and be more vocal with each other, and we’re just growing day by day.”

5 In a complete win like the one last Saturday, everyone’s a winner.

Usually picking out a Player of a Game is easy because there’s always someone who makes that one big play that sticks out on film and usually finds its way on some social media platform or highlight reel. Game balls are tradition at OU to recognize these accomplishments, and when it came time to decide who was going to get the coveted awards following the Texas slaughter, Stoops didn’t have enough to go around. Too many players had career-high or dominant plays that there was no clear-cut winner. So he gave pretty much everyone on the team — offense and defense — a ball.

“The whole defense was a player of the game, and the whole offense was for offense,” Stoops said. “It really was a team deal.”

Tobi Neidy, [email protected]

bob StoopS

landry JoneS

JaMarkuS Mcfarland

blake bell

trey Millard

- THE PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA

You Are Invited!Class of 2013

Ring Ceremony Professor of Philosophy

Tom Boyd As He Retires After More Than 40 Years of Service

Teaching OU StudentsHonorary Ring Recipient and Homecoming Parade Marshal

4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19

Class of 1950 Plazaand

Oklahoma Memorial Union CourtyardIn case of rain, the ceremony will be moved to Beaird Lounge.

For additional information or for accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-3784.The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo

oud-2012-10-17-a-007.indd 1 10/16/12 9:45:07 PM

away with a win?Fortunately, Oklahoma

has a habit of playing to their level of competition and if anything can be for certain, No. 16 West Virginia is tough competition.

In four games against ranked teams this season, OU is (1-1-2), even defeating then No. 3 OSU back on Sept. 7. While the Cowgirls have fallen out of the rankings since then, Oklahoma cer-tainly is the team that started their fall from grace.

On top of that, one of the Sooners ties came against Baylor, who currently has moved up to No. 20 and has yet to lose a game in the Big 12. The Bears are the only team to tie West Virginia in the Big 12.

Another positive going into the Thursday’s game is

that OU’s of-fense finally seems to be clicking, cre-ating 56 shots in the past three confer-ence games, where in the first three they only shot 22 times.

A major reason for this is the chemistry is starting to build between senior forward Renae Cuellar, who transferred to Oklahoma for her last season, and her teammates.

Cuellar has scored in five of OU’s last seven games and has proven she can score against anyone. More importantly, she scores in big games. Salvaging a tie against Baylor, when the Sooners were outshot 23-4,

and had both Oklahoma goals in the two Bedlam matchups this season.

If Cuellar can somehow score again against West Virginia, she will propel the Sooners into a chance at a stellar season.

By pulling off an upset against the Mountaineers, Oklahoma would take control of their postseason destiny and pick up considerable momentum going into the Big 12 tournament.

After Thursday, OU could be the best Cinderella story in women’s soccer.

Ross Stracke is a journalism sophomore. You can follow him on Twitter at @RossStracke.

8 • Wednesday, October 17, 2012 SportS

column

OU still could win Big 12softball

Sooners to take on Butler CC in Norman

Tobi NeidySports Reporter

After sweeping its first five opponents of the 2012 fall schedule, the Oklahoma softball team will look to extend its streak when the team hosts Butler at 5 tonight in Norman. Butler, a two-year community college in Kansas, finished with a 39-18 overall record last season after finishing with a two-and-out performance in the National Junior College Athletic Association postseason tournament.

During the Oklahoma Fall Festival, the Sooners used their deep bullpen — four pitchers saw action in the five game rotation — to secure the victories, including fresh-man right-handed pitcher, Taylor Dewberry, who made her debut in a Sooner uniform against Connors State on Oct. 6. Dewberry pitched four innings in OU’s 10-0 win, fin-ishing with three strikeouts, while not giving up any runs or walks during the game.

Although the Sooners have outscored their opponents, 47-2, during the first five games of the 2012 fall schedule, the team will have to continue its streak without star pitcher, senior lefty Keilani Ricketts, because she is looking to become just the fifth softball player to be earn the Team Sportswoman of the Year award that will be presented at the 33rd Annual Salute to Women in Sports cer-emony Wednesday in New York.

Ricketts, who finished the 2012 softball season as the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Year and the unanimous Big 12 conference Player of the Year, led the Sooners to a runner-up finish at the 2012 Women’s College World Series, while finishing the season with a 1.08 ERA with 457 strikeouts. Ricketts also dominated at the plate during her junior season, finished with a .825 slugging per-centage and the nation’s 10th-best, on-base percentage (.553).

The San Jose, Calif., native also played a big role on the USA National softball team, helping Team USA capture a gold medal in the 2012 Pan-American games and earn a first place finish at the World Cup of Softball over the sum-mer in Oklahoma City.

Ricketts is among several finalists that will compete for one of the two awards given to an individual and member of a team sport.

Tobi Neidy [email protected]

Senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts finalist for Sportswoman of the Year award

Ben Williams/the daily

Junior midfielder sam Howell dribbles past a defender during a game against baylor on sept. 21 at John crain field. the sooners ended the match in a 1-1 draw against the bears.

Keilani ricKetts

renae cuellar

After an eight game win-less stretch, the Oklahoma soccer team finally was able to give Sooner fans some-thing to cheer about, defeat-ing Kansas and TCU last weekend and earning its first two Big 12 wins of the season.

Here is more good news; Oklahoma can salvage its season if they win out.

Considering it has two games left and one of them is against No. 8 Iowa State, it can’t be that hard, right? Wrong.

Thursday, OU travels to Morgantown to take on the dominant Mountaineers, who currently are sitting atop the Big 12.

While this may seem to make the Sooners chances dismal, it actually is quite the opposite.

Through six games of Big 12 play, the Sooners are 2-2-2 with losses com-ing against Texas, whose sole loss is against Texas Tech. The other loss came against — yep you guessed it — Texas Tech. Both the Longhorns and the Red Raiders currently are second and fourth, respectively, in the Big 12 and after the past weekend, Oklahoma cur-rently is fifth.

That is a two spot jump in a week, and the Sooners only can go up from there.

Now the question is, how can Oklahoma go into a hostile Morgantown environment and come

Ross [email protected]

SpoRtS coulmniSt

oud-2012-10-17-a-008.indd 1 10/16/12 9:25:37 PM

Wednesday, October 17

Documents

Transcript of Wednesday, October 17