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Teach for America attracts graduates
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University College freshman Thomas Laverentz rides his bike after class Thursday at the intersection of Lindsey and Elm streets. Bike safety, specifically their interaction with cars, was a topic of the Norman City Council meeting this week.
SAFETY | CITY PLANS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION FOR CYCLISTS
More bike-friendly measures on horizon
Position brings benefi ts, chance to affect community, recruitment organizer says
MEGAN DEATONThe Oklahoma Daily
Resident adviser applications are due soon, and while it has its responsibilities, students say there are perks to the job as well.
“RA responsibilities include developing a healthy commu-nity, helping students, policy en-forcement and skilled utilization of campus resources,” said Kyle Butcher, RA recruitment organizer and Couch Center coordinator.
Lauren Giddens, marketing se-nior, said the job has benefits.
“I like being around all the people and being able to roll out of bed and walk to class,” Giddens said.
Resident advisers also receive a compensation package that in-cludes a private room, a meal plan and a monthly stipend.
“The true benefit of the RA po-sition is being able to give back to the OU community and make an impact on the lives of other stu-dents,” Butcher said.
Potential RAs must complete the semesterlong RA Training Course with a grade of B or better. In addition, they must maintain an overall and semester GPA of 2.5 and attend orientation at the beginning of each semester.
“Like any student leadership position, you need to make sure you have enough time to devote to the requirements of the position,” Butcher said.
Emily Martinez, sociology se-nior, said time management is key to being an RA.
“If I’m not organized, things fall apart quickly,” Martinez said. “A planner is your best friend.”
Butcher encourages any stu-dents who are interested in be-coming an RA to talk to their RA or to a member of the Residence Life Staff. The deadline for RA applica-tions is 5 p.m. Oct. 18.
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New routes, added protection, other projects in store for Norman bicyclists
SABRINA PROSSER AND TREVOR SHOFNERThe Oklahoma Daily
The Norman Bicycle Advisory Council hopes to combine federal funds for more bike lane striping with a local bike lane expansion proj-ect, which would include connecting south campus to the National Weather Center.
OU has a project in the works to make cam-pus more bike-friendly, too.
The Norman campus is preparing an eight-month project, according to Jonathan Vann, UOSA Student Congress vice-chairman and Bicycle Ad Hoc Committee member. He said the project would create a bicycling route from the research campus to Jenkins Avenue and State Highway 9.
The Council voted unanimously to adopt both the revisions to the Norman Bike Route and the new ordinance for bicycle safety Tuesday night at the Norman City Council
meeting. Also included in the bill was the rec-ognition of the three-foot law.
“When a motor vehicle overtakes a cyclist going the same direction, it must use due care and pass them with three feet of clearance be-tween them,” James Briggs, Norman Parks and Recreation and the council, said. “It doesn’t prevent the creation of more bike lanes, you can have both, because you’re not going to have a bike lane through every neighborhood street.”
Currently in the preliminary stages, the coun-cil says it is organizing sponsors and a possible Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Grant for the development of a new Urban Trail System in Norman.
T h e c o u n c i l p l a n s t o m e e t w i t h t h e International Mountain Biking Service in October to discuss the specifics of such a proj-ect and to look at possible sites for the project.
“Ideally, I think at least 40 acres would be necessary for the project. So now it’s just a mat-ter of looking at locations that have enough ter-rain to provide a worthwhile ride,” said Tobin Vigil, council member and owner of Buchanan
Bicycles.Also in the works is re-application for Bicycle
Friendly Community award designation, a dis-tinction from the League of American Bicyclists that is useful for procuring grants and repre-senting the conscious efforts of the city to pro-mote cycling.
Norman’s most recent application was re-jected, but returned with an honorable men-tion distinction.
The league provided a document with sug-gestions for improvement before re-applica-tion. It includes more arterial streets with shoul-ders or lanes available for cyclists, increased efforts in bicyclist and motorist education on road-sharing safety and more local events such as bike to work days and corporate commuter challenges.
Tulsa is currently the only city in Oklahoma that holds this distinction.
The Norman Bicycle Advisory Council plans to begin construction within the calendar year and have the whole project completed a year from now.
Organization places teachers in low-income schools to equalize education opportunities
DHARA SHETHThe Oklahoma Daily
OU graduate Craig Trujillo left campus in 2008 on a mission. His goal: to ensure that quality educa-tion isn’t a privilege for a few, but a basic right for all.
Trujillo got a chance to fulfill that goal from Teach for America, an organization that recruits qualified
individuals with a passion for teach-ing and places them in low-income community schools for two-year periods. Trujillo started teaching in Houston, and still teaches at the same high school today.
Joining Teach for America is an option for any U.S. citizen or per-manent resident, but many college seniors find it an attractive option as a post-graduate plan.
“I understood that if I was se-lected to be a part of [Teach for America], I would become part of something that endured,” Trujillo
said. “I understood that teach-ing is not something you do with hesitation, but it is something you become.”
Teachers, or Teach for America corps members, commit to teach-ing for two years, although 60 per-cent of them choose to stay at their placement for at least a third year, said Jefferson Baum, Recruitment Director for Teach for America.
“Our teachers are fully employed by the school districts in which they teach, so they have full start-ing salaries and benefits that any
other teacher working at the school would receive,” Baum said.
Students of any major, not just education, may apply to work for Teach for America. But even those who might not have thought about teaching as a long-term career re-consider — nearly 2/3 of Teach for America alumni still work in educa-tion, and 91 percent of those teach in low-income communities, Baum said.
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Attend a general information meeting 7 p.m. today in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Regents Room.
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J e s s i c a J o h n s o n , a 2008 graduate of Gaylord College’s graduate pro-gram, has made a career out of her experience in Teach for America. She said she wanted to become part of a movement to fill the achievement gap that exists between students in upper-income and low-income schools.
“We are responsible for our future, and our future is not being fully prepared,” Johnson said.
She teaches third grade students in Camden, N.J., the same city where she began teaching as a mem-ber of Teach for America.
Even those who fulfilled their two years in Teach for America and moved on to pursue different careers may still have a stake in education.
Mark Moravitz, 2005 public relations gradu-ate, taught for two years in Houston. He now works for the non-profit organization Points of Light Institute, where he helps for-profit companies use their re-sources to benefit public education.
He said his experience as a Teach for America corps member equipped him with leadership skills and problem-solving strategies, skills he said he could not have acquired at any other entry-level job.
Teach for America corps members must have a bachelor’s degree and at least a 2.5 grade point average.
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CAMPUS Reneé Selanders, managing [email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666
Today around campus» African Christian Fellowships will host a meeting 7 to 10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Frontier Room.
» Campus Activities Council will host an alumni reunion 5 to 7 p.m. in the Union’s Scholars Room.
» The OU Ring Ceremony will take place 4 to 7 p.m. in the Union’s Courtyard.
» This day in OU history
Oct. 15, 1947Survey polls student meat abstention
A survey was taken asking students if they complied with President Harry Truman’s meatless Tuesday and poultryless Thursday proclamation.
The proclamamtion was in the effort of aiding the European economy.
Half of the students listed said that they complied with the proclomation, the other half said that they did not comply.
*Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives
Saturday, Oct. 16» Boomer Bash will take place 3 to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Governors, Regents and Associates rooms.
» Union game-day events will take place 3 to 6 p.m. outside on the east side of the Union.
» OU Improv rehearsal will take place 8 to 11 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.
» OU football plays Iowa State at 6 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
Sunday, Oct. 17» Students for Ecclesia will meet 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer and Heritage rooms.
» Stockton Meet and Greet will take place 2 to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Beaird Lobby and Lounge.
» National Society of Leadership and Success will meet 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.
Monday, Oct. 18» Teach for America will take place 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Union’s Weitzenhoffer Room.
» Ballroom dance classes will take place 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.
» Medical School Admission Advice will be given 3 to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.
» Miss OU 2010 Walking Rehearsal will take place 7 to 11 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
TEACH: Meeting MondayContinued from page 1
Tuesday, Oct. 19» Christians on Campus Bible Study will take place noon to 1 p.m.in the Union’s Sooner Room.
» MBA Admission Advice will be given 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room.
» Latin Dance Club will meet 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.
» A seminar on knowing your body for breast health, Bare Essentials, will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union.
» Grad School vs. Finding a Job is an informational session set to take place 2 to 2:30 p.m. in the Union’s Governors Room.
» Greg Grandin will lecture 3 to 5 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
Speaker fi rst woman nominated by U.S. to bi-continental commission
KATHLEEN EVANSThe Oklahoma Daily
The OU College of Law hosted a member of an in-ternational human rights organization Thursday, who explained the human rights process.
Dinah Shelton is the first female nominated by the U.S. for a spot on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which was founded in 1959 “to pro-mote and protect human rights in the Americas.” The commission is a seven-member body composed of 35 American countries, called states.
Shelton’s specialty in the commission is the rights of indigenous groups, said Lindsay Robertson, direc-tor of OU’s American Indian Law and Policy Center.
“ T h i s c o m m i s s i o n i s the first line of defense for human rights,” Robertson said. “She is the go-to per-son for indigenous persons in the western hemisphere if they feel human rights have been violated.”
When a state joins the c o m m i s s i o n , t h e y a r e bound to the charter of the commission, which outlines human rights expectations, Shelton said.
“If we want states to live up to human r ights, we have to set standards and tell what we are expecting,” she said. “We hold every member state to the list of rights they signed in the declaration.”
When states fail to live up to human rights expecta-tions, the commission can go into the country and in-vestigate, or individuals can file a personal petition to the body.
Each year, the group re-ceives about 1,400 peti-tions from people claiming human rights violations. The body can then hear a case and issue a recom-mendation to governments, Shelton said.
“The countries with a high number of violence get the most complaints,” she said. “Number one in 2009 was, no surprise, Colombia. We actually had a new No. 2 this year, Mexico, because of the new level of violence. Drugs are the underlying problem in most countries I’ve had to deal with recently.”
Besides hearing the cases brought to them, the com-mission releases special reports on countries in ex-treme violations of human rights laws, most recently Venezuela, she said.
“In addition to the full-s c a l e s e p a rat e re p o r t s,
Human Rights discussion hosted by OU Law College
JALL COWASJI/ THE DAILY
Dinah Shelton, George Washington University law professor and nominee of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, addresses the rights of indigenous peoples Thursday at the Bell Courtroom at the OU College of Law.
we can include a coun-try in chapter four – that’s where we put the blacklist,” Shelton said. “Those are the countries not cooperat-ing with us, countries in a downward spiral toward se-rious repression. It’s usually only two or three countries a year. We see it as sanction, a means of putting pressure on government.”
The OU College of Law
has an increasing involve-m e n t i n h u m a n r i g h t s since the founding of its I n t e r n a t i o n a l H u m a n Rights Clinic. In this clinic, a group of OU law students w o rk s w i t h t h e U n i t e d Nations in studying the human rights conditions of a specific country and re-leasing a report. So far, the clinic has studied Guyana and Panama.
Wednesday, Oct. 20» A Graduate and Professional School Fair will be held 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Union’s Ballroom.
» Student Success Series will host a seminar titled Deciding on a Major or Career from 2 to 3 p.m. in room 245 of Wagner Hall and the Housing Learning Center in Adams Tower.
» The Other Film Club will host a meeting 5 to 9 p.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
Friday, October 15, 2010 • 3The Oklahoma Daily | OUDaily.com NEWS
Faculty-in-Residence members coordinate resident events; reach out to students in on-campus housing
CHASE COOKThe Oklahoma Daily
The director of OU’s Center of Middle East Studies stands at the threshold of his home in Walker Tower with an amiable smile and palpable enthusiasm.
“Come in, please!” he says.Joshua Landis’ home seems like any other.
It’s warm and spacious. There are books, ta-bles, a piano and a myriad of memories in the form of trinkets and photos.
However, when Landis and his family of four go to sleep, 1,300 people sleep in the 11 floors above them.
Landis is a member of the Faculty-in-Residence program. Started by OU President David Boren in 1996 and loosely modeled after Yale’s program, faculty members apply every year to live on campus for up to three years, Landis said.
His home is located on the first floor of the Walker Center, but other participants are scattered across campus. Faculty who enter into the program don’t have to pay for the apartment and are provided a meal plan, Landis said.
Diane Brittingham, Residence Life direc-tor, said a decent number of faculty apply and recipients are hand-picked by Boren. Members are provided $5,000 from Housing and Food Services’ budget, and their job is to bridge the gap between resident students and faculty through events and close proximity.
Brittingham said the academic variety available from the pro-gram and the presence of a family with children or pets has a positive im-pact on students.
“I think it’s more about giving a sense of fam-ily or home for students,” she said. “But, we get to throw in that academic side without [students] realizing it.”
As he opened two win-dows with wide views of Walker-Adams Mall, Landis joked it was like being on display.
“It’s kind of like a fish bowl. We are here to remind students what a model family looks like,” he said, laughing. “We keep the fighting away from the windows.”
This is Landis’ third year as a Faculty-in-Residence. He reflects fondly on his experi-ence, but admits the idea to apply wasn’t his own. His wife wanted to apply, and he agreed
after seeing the apartment.“You get to change your life, and you do
something new,” he said. “And then you work hard for it.”
This hard work comes in the form of man-aging work as a faculty member for OU and coordinating with resident advisers to or-ganize events, such as dinners with special
guests or falafel night. Not every student gets in-volved, but some of them take advantage of these events, Landis said.
“It’s just a way to stop off and feel like you are a part of the community,” he said. “That you aren’t just living here as sar-dines, and then you go to your classes.”
Landis has been teach-ing at OU for 10 years. He
lives with his wife, Manar Landis, and his two sons Kendall and Jonah Landis.
He will move on after his family’s contract expires at the end of this year, and the next faculty member will get an opportunity to move in. Although his son Kendall is only 6, he already has plans to make Faculty-in-Residence a family legacy.
“When my son grows up, he wants to be a Faculty-in-Residence,” Landis said.
Faculty bring sense of family to campus dormsFaculty members living in campus housing
» Lupe Davidson — Women’s & Gender Studies/African & African American Studies — Couch Center
» Joshua Landis — International & Area Studies/Director of Middle East Studies — Walker Center
» Allen Hertzke — Department of Political Science — Cate Center
» Logan Whalen — Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Literature — Adams Center
» David Chappell — Department of History — Kraetlli Apartments, as well as serving Traditions Square Apartments
» Allen Knehans — Health Sciences Center/Nutritional Sciences — Sooner Housing Center
*Source: Debbie Wells, Diane Brittingham’s assistant.
JALL COWASJI/ THE DAILY
Joshua Landis, OU Center of Middle East Studies director, gives a tour of his residence Oct. 8. It is located on the first floor of Walker Tower.
It’s just a way to stop off and
feel like you are a part of the
community. That you aren’t
just living here as sardines,
and then you go to your
classes.”
— JOSHUA LANDIS,OU CENTER OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES DIRECTOR
Class of 2011Ring Ceremony
Honoring Award-Winning SportscasterBob Barry Sr.
Honorary Ring Recipient andHomecoming Parade Marshal
4 p.m.TODAY
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.
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- THE PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA
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Students, representatives share blame for UOSA shortcomings
In 18 days, Americans — many of whom are col-lege students — resume their annual war on testicu-lar cancer. No Shave November for Testicular Cancer Awareness ends its armistice this Halloween at mid-night. The rules of engagement follow:
Step 1: On Oct. 31, shave your face.Step 2: Until Dec. 1, don’t shave, cut or trim hair from
your face.Show solidarity next month by wearing an upside-
down blue ribbon!Bearded men are sponsored with donations that go
to testicular cancer research like the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Lance Armstrong Foundation and Movember.com. OU does not yet have Greek spon-sorship for this awareness event (hint, hint). That’s no reason the men here can’t participate even if the event is largely sym-bolic. Let November be a month where ugly beards remind us of the most common form of cancer afflicting men ages 18-35.
On Oct. 6, we were reminded of detestable members of society who are in full beard most months: the home-less. Yes, the same homeless those insensitive Greeks raised money for in-between trips to the Mercedes dealership and Yacht Club meetings.
As Matt Bruenig pointed out last week, Shack-A-Thon is a potentially offensive charity that raises awareness of these bearded homeless. The event, described by Bruenig as “OU’s most shameful annual tradition,” ar-guably does more for Greek public image than it raises funds for Habitat for Humanity.
Mark Zuckerberg (the god of Facebook and by ex-tension 500 million bored, lonely people) executed a similar, thinly veiled public image booster. He donated $100 million to New Jersey public schools. This dona-tion — not unlike OU’s Shack-A-Thon — was criticized as a shady PR move due to its timing. Zuckerberg an-nounced the donation just before a negative portrayal of him in The Social Network released in theaters.
It remains unclear whether that money will be enough to correct the public edu-c at i o n re s p o n s i b l e f o r the protagonists of Jersey Shore.
Mary Helen Ramming, writing for the Washington Examiner, interrogates this problem less sardonically in “Will Mark Zuckerberg’s Donation Really Help New Jersey Public Schools?” Most would agree that at worst, the donation is a sleazy image-control stunt. At best, it is a symbolic ef-fort to correct a serious problem.
At some point, the sym-b o l i c v a l u e o f a d o na -tion — whether it’s just a pat on the back for fabu-lously well-to-do Greeks
or image control for the social network-nerd — is less important than the actual results the act produces. No Shave November for Testicular Cancer Awareness, if only symbolic, still contributes to a worthy cause (tes-ticular cancer awareness, if you’ve forgotten) that might otherwise be ignored.
Sensitivity to the homeless’ dignity expressed by Bruenig and others is admirable. Skepticism about a donation’s intent or its effectiveness is equally admi-rable. However, it is worth asking on what other day of the year do students so palpably consider the issue of homelessness in Oklahoma.
Even if Shack-A-Thon is degrading or self-serving, what other day of the year are we reminded of or en-abled to assist the less fortunate? Even if Zuckerberg is pregnant with evil at the tender age of 26, will his dona-tion purchase fewer books, the salaries of fewer teach-ers or repairs for fewer leaking roofs?
And even if every one of my facial follicles mutinies against my otherwise dashing looks, will that influence my dating in the slightest?
— Bryan Honeycutt,
English graduate
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Bryan Honeycutt
STAFF COLUMNMN
COLUMN
Real men wear their beards — thin or ugly
At some point, the
symbolic value of a
donation ... is less
important than the
actual results the
act produces. No
Shave November for
Testicular Cancer
Awareness, if only
symbolic, still
contributes to a
worthy cause ... that
might otherwise be
ignored.”
Supply-siders assert that giving tax cuts and scrapping estate taxes will boost spending and help the economy. Opponents fear the rich will just hoard it. I say on with the tax cuts, because we want them to hoard.
By extending the temporary repeal of the death tax (scheduled to jump to 55 percent at year’s end for the af-fected millionaires) and by fighting inflation (rumored to perhaps be increased soon), we must propagate a perma-nent, hereditary upper class, whose existence is both fair and useful.
For what is unjust about a little Rothschild boy getting a few billion for nothing? Of course he didn’t deserve it, but what did you deserve? Did you deserve college; I mean, are you such a fine specimen that college is owed to you in strict justice? What about, from before you could work, your clothes, food, vaccines, milk, diapers and shelter?
No, we did not deserve it ; an accident of birth delivered these things, which could have been distributed differently. They are just our birthright for being born under particular circumstances.
All is much the same for young Rothschild, just much more so. That may goad us, but from of-fended justice or just envy?
Why is it wrong for him to be rich, in accordance both with the custom of millennia and with the wishes of the owners, who have the right — in the strictest, most concrete sense — to do what they want with their money?
Yes, the government may tax wealth, provided it has suf-ficient reason, and “sufficient reason” is stamped all over so many things. But those things will remain undone no mat-ter how much our government taxes, so our task is to weigh having a wealthy class against an insignificantly smaller national debt.
For one thing, the rich are, well, rich. Some people don’t like that, especially when they just hoard it. But “hoard-ing” is another word for “minimizing risk,” or “making sure somebody still has money if it all goes to pieces.” Daily col-umnist Evan DeFilippis was upset on Wednesday that $10 trillion of private cash aren’t making jobs, but that’s the safest kind of $10 trillion.
And hoarded money isn’t gone forever even if untaxed;
each generation a Paris Hilton returns some to the larger economy.
T h e i n f l a t i o n w h i c h is supposed to increase wealth is what can end up actually destroying it.
Further, the rich by inheritance, with their leisure and their liberal educations, money to buy both respect and whatever they like, a natural concern for their heirs and ancestors, and a habit of considering more than imme-diate necessities, have historically been superb patrons of the arts and sculptors of society. Today, these roles are filled by trashy pop stars and the derided National Endowment for the Arts.
Yet in response, our wealthy are encouraged to think, not about how best to use money, but how best to get more. The goal of our monetary policy and our tax structure is to promote in-vesting by eroding wealth, putting us all into an absurd and unstable looking-glass world where you must sprint to remain standing.
This looks silly to you; why are we talking about things like art and future security dur-ing a crisis of unemployment?
We don’t want to spend all our ammuni-tion killing today’s bear. But also, we are in a crisis of culture; even among the educated, nobody reads, nobody has decent manners, nobody learns simply for enjoyment, nobody looks at the future except in terms of mate-
rial prosperity, nobody thinks. This brain-atrophy is the disaster of our time, and must be fought now.
While the masses of Europe were impoverished farm-ers, hereditary wealth had a culture that was, with its faults, noble and thoughtful. Today, with the educational institutions to give everyone that culture, few even in the upper classes have it. Not only could more hereditary wealth stabilize markets, but maybe it could re-humanize us.
— Gerard Keiser,
linguistics and classical languages junior
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Gerard Keiser
STAFF COLUMN
Raise an aristocracy for a brainier U.S.
But also, we are in a crisis
of culture; even among
the educated, nobody
reads, nobody has decent
manners, nobody learns
simply for enjoyment,
nobody looks at the future
except in terms of material
prosperity, nobody thinks.”
COLUMN
During Thursday evening’s Student Congress town hall meeting, there was a compelling moment.
Public relations committee co-chairman Forrest Bennett asked the six or seven students in attendance what ques-tions, concerns or ideas they had.
Silence. “Anyone? Not all at once though,” Bennett added.Those in attendance just stared back, trying to think
of something, but were unable. Bennett turned to two members of the Housing Center Student Association in attendance.
“Have you guys run into any problems that you think we can help you with?” Bennett asked.
“I’m sure there are, but off the top of my head can’t think of any,” one of the Housing members responded.
After a few moments of awkward si-lence, one student finally asked how Congress might improve the bike lanes on campus. The administration is working on it, Congress vice chair, Jonathan Vann reassured her.
And herein lies the problem.Congress is first and foremost an
advocacy organization on behalf of students. When the members of Congress present a problem to the ad-ministration, they are noticed. When the students unite, get active and demand a problem be addressed, the administration is forced to listen.
Bennett cited the bike lane question as a perfect example of the misconception many students have with Congress.
“A lot of times, the projects that you just want us to get done require a lot of research and a lot of planning. We would love to just throw down some slapstick sidewalk for some bicycles so they could be happy tomorrow, but we have to look in the long term,” he said.
Bike lanes are a concern, but students shouldn’t expect Congress to address these problems immediately. It takes a long time, given what’s involved in spending money and laying concrete.
Congress is working on several small initiatives that only serve small campus communities, like installing bleachers
at the intramural soccer fields, adding outlets in the Bizzell Memorial Library and making sure trashcans on campus are consistently emptied to lessen the chance of bees at-tracted to the trash stinging students — no joke.
These issues are important, but they shouldn’t be all Congress accomplishes. In addition to the previously mentioned projects, they should be innovative, forward thinkers and look at issues that affect all students.
Students have a role to fulfill and should talk with their representatives about what affects them.
Congress gets a bad rap. Sometimes it’s deserved, other times it’s unfortunate. The recent failure of the town hall week highlights both.
Members of UOSA put themselves out there for students to participate, but if no one shows up, nothing is going to happen, and students really don’t have a reason to complain.
Admittedly, the town hall week was an idea poorly planned and thrown together at the last minute, but it’s a good idea that members of UOSA could plan further in ad-vance and advertise better in the future.
Take for example the initiative of getting gender-blind housing in the residence halls. If that’s an ini-
tiative enough students demand, and they elect represen-tatives who will advocate this demand, the administration will be forced to pay attention.
It’s these kinds of issues student representatives need to be thinking about.
For the most part, members of Congress are eager, hard-working students who want to help improve students’ lives while at the university. They are a tool that could be used well if students became active in the political process, voiced their concerns to their representatives and elected the ones who promise to fight for them.
And Congress has the opportunity to instigate this kind of involvement.
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“Never Let Me Go” looks a lot more like Merchant Ivory than Philip K. Dick, but make no mistake, this is a sci-ence fiction film, albeit with barely a single trapping of the genre.
It’s also an impossible film to describe at length without dampening the film’s moody and menacing atmosphere.
The film doesn’t hinge on a 180-degree about-face that must be spoken about in hushed, spoiler-tagged language, but it’s bet-ter to walk in knowing nothing at all and allow the film’s slowly revealed truth to wash over you in waves, each one encroaching a little closer than the last.
Still, with marketing blitzes and a highly ac-claimed 2005 source novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, it’s probable most viewers will have already picked up on the endgame, by osmosis or otherwise. That hardly renders the film impotent.
Mark Romanek (“One Hour Photo”) has crafted a beauti-fully restrained film that deals with deep emotional turmoil without resorting to histrionics (save for one misstep late in the film), and Carey Mulligan is a revelation as Kathy, the plaintive and caring woman at the heart of the film.
Along with friends Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy spent her childhood at a distin-guished boarding school (here, all three are played by bril-liantly cast children who appear to be the actual younger version of each, especially Isobel Meikle-Small as the young Kathy). The school is presided over by the strict Miss Emily
(Charlotte Rampling), and the children there live a structured, but pleasant exis-tence. But when a new teacher, Miss Lucy (Sally Hawkins), arrives, she puts the first crack in the illusion.
After they’ve graduated boarding school, the three are able to move to a countryside home with some other friends. Kathy has pined for the outcast Tommy since their
childhood, but the more assertive Ruth has claimed him. Kathy longs to feel close to someone, and the increasingly bleak state of the world that emerges throughout the film explores the way the need for human connection adapts.
Adam Kimmel’s photography captures dystopia in an entirely different fashion than the urban decay of “Blade Runner” or “Brazil.” Here, windswept landscapes and des-olate beaches comprise the visual language of humanity’s despair.
“Never Let Me Go” is a quietly affecting film, disturbing and moving the viewer all at once.
— Dusty Somers,
journalism senior
Dusty Somers
STAFF COLUMNMN
RYAN QUERBACHThe Oklahoma Daily
Tulsa rapper/singer Johnny Polygon has seen growing success lately, due in large part to single “Riot Song” and “Rebel Without Applause,” a free mixtape he released.
He performs tonight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union in a free show for OU students.
The Daily spoke with Johnny over the phone about his musical style, music videos and staying independent.
THE DAILY: You’ve got the whole hybrid singer/rapper thing going, do you prefer one or the other?JOHNNY: Nah, it really depends on the composition. Sometimes the song is like, “OK, this is a rap song,” and then other times it’s like, “OK, this is a singing song” and then sometimes it’s both. I create from a completely blank slate. Someone
asked me the other day if I like singing or rapping better, and I asked them if they liked smiling or laughing better.
THE DAILY: Will you sign to a label, or are you remaining independent?JOHNNY: I’m independent as f**k, man. At this stage in my career, I have to make my own decisions. I can’t have anyone to blame for my failure or anyone taking responsibility for my success. Plus I’m doing everything in house, so like there’s nothing much a label would be able to offer me.
THE DAILY: Who are some artists that you’d like to work with?JOHNNY: Norah Jones, man. She’s on the top of my list. I’m dying to do a song, an album, a collection, a box set with Norah Jones. I think that my sound is rooted in hip-hop, but it grows all over the place. [With] all of my projects, I try to display a broad range. There’s no one-sided people in the world, but there’s plenty of one-
sided artists, which confuses me. When I put out a project it’s like, “Hey world, this is my personality right now; this is the person I am,” and that’s definitely not a one-dimensional person, hence “Johnny Polygon.”
THE DAILY: What’s it like having a music video playing on TV?JOHNNY: It’s crazy. It is absolutely crazy.
It’s a lot different that I thought it would be. I thought that I’d be rich by the time I was on MTV. My first MC battle, I’m thinking, “I’m going to be on MTV, and by the time I am, it’s going to be on some Justin Bieber sort of thing. I’m going to be rich and famous and traveling the world.” I’m just missing the rich part.
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The Sooners return to the field after their bye week to face the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday in Norman. Iowa State is a team many have said has a better team than its record shows.
The Cyclones drew Texas, OU and Texas Tech out of the Big 12 South Division this year, along with playing Iowa and Utah — both top-10 teams in the most recent AP poll.
ISU did manage to down the Red Raiders 52-38 on Oct. 2, but still sit at 3-3 after losing to Utah 68-27 Saturday. OU will be the third ranked team on ISU’s schedule so far this season. If things stay how they are, Iowa State will have to face two more ranked opponents — Nebraska and Missouri — along with currently unranked Texas in its last five games of the season.
Considering the defensive struggle the Cyclones have experienced this year and the home-field dominance of OU, a Cyclone victory is highly un-likely. However, that does not mean there aren’t a few things OU can do in the game to help their season.
PROVE THE DEFENSE CAN STOP A MOBILE QBDiondre Borel (Utah State), Tim Jefferson (Air
Force) and Zach Collaros (Cincinnati) all had huge games against OU’s defense. Iowa State’s se-nior quarterback, Austen Arnaud, is another qual-ity dual-threat quarterback, and you can bet he has watched plenty of game tape on the Sooners’ struggles against other mobile quarterbacks.
Stopping Arnaud from having a productive day in both the passing and run game could do won-ders for the defense’s confidence in stopping the dual-threat quarterback. With Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert, Texas A&M’s Jerrod Johnson, Baylor’s Robert Griffin and possibly Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez in the near future, this is one area OU must improve if it hopes to be successful this sea-son. Starting after Iowa State could prove to be too late.
PLAY CONSISTENT THROUGH FOUR QUARTERSOU hasn’t played a complete game since
Week two, when the Sooners downed then-No. 17 Florida State 47-17. OU blew big leads against Utah State, Air Force, Cincinnati and — most re-cently — Texas, allowing each opponent to make it a game in the second half because of OU’s stag-nant offense and a defense that featured gaping holes in both the run and pass coverage.
Again, a full game Saturday would be as much of a morale booster for players and coaches as
it would be anything else. The Sooners must prove to future op-ponents they are capable of pro-viding a convincing win over four quarters, not just two or three.
This season, OU has only trailed for just more than four minutes in all games combined, this season when Cincinnati took a 3-0 lead on their first drive. The Sooners have yet to end a quarter trailing, but they have gotten close — perhaps too close — several times.
You can bet that teams like Missouri, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and probable Big 12 Championship opponent Nebraska will feast on OU’s dire second halves if they are given the chance.
ESTABLISH A RELIABLE RUNNING BACK ROTATION
OU has a loaded backfield with senior running backs DeMarco Murray and Mossis Madu, and freshman fullback Trey Millard has proven to be a viable option as well. Freshmen Brennan Clay and Roy Finch return to the lineup this week hav-ing both healed from their injuries.
With so much talent, the Sooners need to capitalize of-fensively in the most efficient way. So far, Murray has proved to be the most reliable back on the team, but he struggles run-ning between the tackles. Madu
has showed himself as serviceable ,but no better up the middle. Finch is a developing legend due to his quickness, despite never having played a game, but that still doesn’t fill the consistent hard-yardage hole Chris Brown left behind.
Maybe Clay, who only saw two carries before getting hurt, can provide the up-the-middle grit the Sooners are missing. That leaves Murray, Madu and Finch as primarily outside and in-space threats. Can all of them receive carries? I don’t know if anyone knows that yet, but an es-tablished and effective running back rotation has to be in place before the Sooners go on the road to Columbia Oct. 23 to face No. 21 Missouri.
— Clark Foy,
journalism senior
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The Sooners have turned their focus to their next opponent, Iowa State. The Cyclones are 3-3 this year, but OU isn’t taking them lightly, defensive coordinator Brent Venables said.
“They have to feel good about themselves for sure after beating Texas Tech and challenging the other teams on their schedule,” Venables said.
Senior defensive back Jonathan Nelson said Iowa State is better than its record might indicate, and the Cyclones have defi nitely improved this year.
“Last year they beat Nebraska, and this year they beat Texas Tech.,” Nelson said. “They, overall, are a really good team, and that isn’t refl ected in their record.”
The rest of the Sooners’ season consists of seven consecutive conference games with no bye weeks in between, and after surviving a diffi cult non-conference schedule and Texas, redshirt sophomore Landry Jones said he and his teammates can’t afford to get ahead of themselves.
“We have a stretch of seven games coming up,” Jones said. “We can’t count anyone out or take Iowa State lightly.”
Junior lineman Stephen Good said OU is ready for the challenges ahead after the week off.
“We want to show we’re ready to play some Big 12 football,” Good said.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
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OU focused on Cyclones, Venables says
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Softball» WHAT: hosting National Pro Fastpitch All-Stars» WHEN: 7:30 tonight» WHERE: OU Softball Complex
Volleyball» WHAT: visiting the Kansas Jayhawks» WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Saturday» WHERE: Lawrence, Kan.
Cross country» WHAT: Chile Pepper Invitational» WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday» WHERE: Fayetteville, Ark.
» WHAT: Pre-Nationals» WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday» WHERE: Terre Haute, Ind.
Men’s tennis» WHAT: Mansfi eld Futures» WHEN: Saturday through Oct. 22» WHERE: Mansfi eld, Texas
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STANDINGS
Big 12 football standingsNorth Missouri 5-0, 1-0Nebraska 5-0, 1-0Kansas State 4-1, 1-1Iowa State 3-3, 1-1Colorado 3-2, 0-1Kansas 2-3, 0-1
SouthOklahoma 5-0, 1-0 Oklahoma State 5-0, 1-0Baylor 3-2, 1-1Texas 3-2, 1-1Texas Tech 3-2, 1-2Texas A&M 3-2, 0-1
Big 12 soccer standingsOklahoma State 12-1-1, 5-0Texas A&M 11-3, 4-1Nebraska 11-4, 4-2Oklahoma 8-5-1, 3-2Missouri 5-6-2, 3-2Texas Tech 9-5-1, 2-3-1Colorado 6-7-1, 2-3-1 Baylor 9-5-1, 2-4Texas 8-3-3, 1-2-2Iowa State 6-7-2, 1-4Kansas 5-9, 1-5
Big 12 volleyball standingsNebraska 16-1, 16-0 Texas 6-2, 11-5Iowa State 12-4, 5-3Oklahoma 13-6, 5-3Kansas 13-6, 4-4Missouri 12-7, 4-5Baylor 10-9, 3-5Texas A&M 9-9, 3-5Kansas State 9-10, 3-5Colorado 6-9, 3-6Texas Tech 3-14, 1-7
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OU looking to end conference slideUpcoming games crucial for Sooners’s Big 12 standings, postseason position against tough opponents
GREG FEWELLThe Oklahoma Daily
After falling to third place in the Big 12 after a loss Wednesday to Texas, the Sooners are hoping to rebound Saturday at Kansas.
The Jayhawks have an identical record to the Sooners, both 13-6 this year. More importantly, Kansas (4-4) is only a game behind OU (5-3) in conference play. The Sooners can preserve their standing with a win, but a loss would tie them with Kansas in fourth and could lead to OU dropping further down the conference standings.
If OU can beat Kansas on the road, it will stay deadlocked with Iowa State in third place and only one game behind Texas. Since the Sooners play both schools again in November, the team will have ample opportunity to make up ground as long as it wins games now to keep from falling farther behind.
In short, because of how much the teams in the Nos. 2-6 spots in the Big 12 are jostling for position, each game is a must-win for OU.
Winning in Lawrence, Kan., will not be
easy, though. The Jayhawks have been solid at home despite having their fair share of struggles in conference play. Of the team’s six losses this year, only two of those came at home, and neither of those losses was a conference match.
The Sooners know how important every game has become and are doing their best to be mentally ready, junior setter Brianne Barker said.
“There is, I think, a little bit more ur-gency now,” Barker said. “Just because we are in third place now, and we know that every match is going to be tough.”
The OU team is not in the position it would like to be going into Saturday’s game. A win Wednesday night would have put the Sooners in control. Instead, they now have to play catch-up to three nationally ranked teams in order to have a chance at a conference crown.
The good news is the Sooners have the time and the talent to keep up. OU has proven it has the ability to play with the country’s top teams. Now, the Sooners must prove they can win crucial games against tough opponents.
The first test — and maybe the most important, coming off the Texas loss — is against the Jayhawks. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Sooners return to Norman to face Texas A&M at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Junior setter Brianne Barker sets the ball during the OU-Texas volleyball match Wednesday night at the McCasland Field House. The Sooners lost 3-1.
National Professional Fastpitch team will feature former college pitchers in Back-to-School tour
TOBI NEIDYThe Oklahoma Daily
The difference between a col-lege and a professional athlete is typically four years, a number of professional education classes and thousands of stadium steps. But for the OU softball team, that difference will shrink to 60 feet tonight.
OU softball will face some of the top pitchers in the world at 7
tonight as the Sooners host the National Pro Fastpitch All-Star team at the OU Softball Complex’s Marita Hynes Field.
The Sooners wil l batt le the best of the big names in the soft-b a l l p ro f e s s i o na l w o r l d s u c h a s C a t O s t e r m a n , F r a n c e s c a Enea, Megan Willis and Danielle Lawrie.
Coach Patty Gasso said the game is a great opportunity for the team.
“The fall is about competing, improving and learning, and we have the chance to learn from the best in the sport,” Gasso said. “I’m anxious to see how our pitching
staff performs against their hit-ters and how our hitters respond to their pitchers. It’s going to be a great event for softball fans.”
Amber Flores and Samantha Ricketts, two former Sooner All-Americans, finish out the line-up and will play against a relatively young Sooner offense.
Flores ended her OU career in 2010 as the Big 12 leader in runs scored (64) and tied for second with 15 home runs on the year. Ricketts finished her Sooner ca-reer in 2009 as the Big 12 leader in doubles (15).
The All-Stars are coming off a recent 6-2 victory over Oklahoma
State on Wednesday in Stillwater. For mer University of Texas
pitcher Osterman struck out 11 batters in four innings pitched.
T h e Na t i o n a l P ro f e s s i o n a l Fastpitch team, for merly the Women’s Pro Softball League, is made up of four professional teams (Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, Tennessee Diamonds and USSSA Pride).
This year, the team competed in a Back-to-School Tour gave fans across 18 college programs — i n c l u d i n g O U t o n i g ht — a chance for their teams to com-pete against the best profession-als of the game.
Sooners to face professional all-star team
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