Projects include fi nishing

Gaylord and adding another

wing to Collings Hall

KYLE WESTOklahoma Daily

With the majority of students away from campus, summertime at OU means the continuation and conclusion of con-struction projects. Gaylord Phase II is now complete, but the university still has many large projects to finish, including a large annex and remodeling of Collings Hall, the completion of Devon Energy Hall and Rawl Engineering Practice Facility, and a new annex to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

FRED JONES JR. MUSEUM OF ART According to Doyle, the current con-

struction at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will create The Stuart Wing to show-case Native American art. A new third floor gallery will enclose the current roof-top sculpture garden.

“Also, a major new staircase leading from the lower galleries into this new third-floor area will be constructed,” Doyle said.

Jon R. Stewart and his wife, Dee Dee, contributed $3 million from the Stuart Family Foundation to help expand the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, according to a press release from OU Public Affairs.

Doyle also said The Stuart Wing would add approximately 4,000 square feet of space, and that construction was sched-uled to end December 2010.

COLLINGS HALL

Construction on remodeling and ex-tending Collings Hall officially began last October, but heavy renovations — includ-ing adding 15,000 square feet of space, began in May — Jay Doyle, press secre-tary and special assistant to OU President David Boren, said the new Collings Hall will feature a bell tower entrance.

“The approximately 15,000-gross-square-foot addition will include new space for a student professional services center with a curriculum library and placement services, several specialty classrooms for mathematics and science education, several general purpose class-rooms, and two conference rooms,” Doyle said.

D a v i d R o b i n s o n , c o n s t r u c t i o n

supervisor for Collings Hall, said con-struction, including the add-on, was set to be complete in the fall 2010. The build-ing will not be open in the fall semester, he said.

GOULD HALL

Doyle said the reopened Gould Hall will include a large presentation gallery, design studios and a new library, in addition to a huge increase in square footage.

“Upon completion of this project, Gould Hall will contain approximately 108,000 gross square feet of space,” he said.

Doyle said Gould Hall needed renova-tions to be bring it up to current building safety codes. Construction is scheduled to be completed winter 2010. Currently ar-chitecture classes are being held at the old Hobby Lobby shopping center located on Main Street.

NIELSEN HALL

Doyle said Nielsen Hall was being ren-ovated in order to bring it up to current building codes.

“Interior and exterior repairs will be made to restore the 1948 building to good condition,” he said. “The exterior brick and stonework of the building will be re-stored. Exterior windows will be replaced with new energy-efficient windows, and the existing roof will be replaced.”

Doyle said that the inside also was being renovated to improve labs and util-ities. He also said the renovation of the

existing corridors will match the original design of the building, which will be open in the fall.

GAYLORD HALL

Phase two of construction on Gaylord Hall is now complete and its grand open-ing is later this month. The extension has added approximately 42,000 square feet, Doyle said. The extension will include a new student-led public relations and advertising agency along with an entire floor dedicated to graduate students and research according to a press release from Gaylord College.

D E V O N E N E R G Y H A L L A N D R A W L

ENGINEERING PRACTICE FACILITY

The construction of Devon Energy Hall was needed to accommodate growing en-rollment and research, Doyle said.

“The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Computer Science will be the primary occupants of the new facility,” he said.

Doyle also said that Devon Energy hall will be approximately 100,000 square feet, including new classrooms, research labs and graduate work areas. He talked about the features of the neighboring Rawl Engineering Practice Facility, currently in construction

“The building will include open high-bay work areas for selected major projects, a drilling simulator, support services, and shared common work areas for computer-aided design, fabrication of components, subassembly, prototyping and display of products,” Doyle said.

Construction for both is scheduled to be completed in the fall.

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Former OU offensive lineman Brandon Walker was arrested on Sunday for allegedly committing domestic abuse in the presence of a minor.

According to Norman Police, dispatch received a call about a disturbance between two people at 6:22 p.m. at the Garland Square apartments on Woodcrest Drive. When police arrived, they found a woman who claimed Walker assaulted her during a custody dispute over their child.

Norman Police said Walker had attempted to take custody of the couple’s 6-month-old son when the dis-pute allegedly became violent. After Walker placed the child into his vehicle, he allegedly went back into his girl-friend’s home and continued to yell at her.

Walker was arrested on charges of domestic abuse in the presence of a minor child.

“Domestic abuse is defined as injuring or striking a person who you are either married to or in a relationship with,” Norman Police Lt. Jim Keesee said.

Keesee said there is not a large a difference between the charges of domestic abuse and domestic abuse in the presence of a minor child. When a child witnesses the domestic abuse, the incident is handled with more care and consideration for the child, he said.

“If the report states that a minor was present during the incident, the court system will tend to look at it stron-ger and more seriously,” he said.

Walker signed as a free agent with the NFL but was released from the Houston Texans because of his two previous criminal offenses in May, when he was arrest-ed for driving under the influence and failure to pay a ticket for driving without proper proof in registration and insurance.

FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER ARRESTED

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Demolition continues on Gould Hall, the home of the College of Architecture. The College of Architecture is temporarily located on Main Street in the old Hobby Lobby shopping center. Other construction projects also continue across campus, including adding a new wing to Collings Hall, building the Devon Energy Hall and finishing the second wing of Gaylord Hall.

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In this archived photo, Brandon Walker (right) protects quarter-back Sam Bradford. The former Sooner lineman was arrested Sunday on charges of domestic abuse in the presence of a minor.

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SOONER SAMPLERWHAT DID YOU DO FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY?

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“I was in Tulsa watching the fi reworks show. We only saw half of the show because the fi reworks truck exploded.”

ADRIAN REENTS

“I traveled home and had a fi sh fry with my family.”

DUSTY BAILEY

“I stayed at home — the fi reworks were rained out.”

RONALD CIFUENTES

“We watched fi reworks at Lake Tenkiller.”

MARGARITA MENDIUESLO

POLICE REPORTSNames are complied from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The reports serve as a record of arrests, not convictions. Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.

AGGRAVATED DUIGregory J. Brownlee, 42, Meadowood Blvd., SundayRyan Evan Stanford, 27, W. Main St., Sunday

MUNICIPAL WARRANTJames A. R. Fee, 31, 24th Ave. SW, SundayDana Leigh Alice Williams, 40, 701 Verreaux Drive, SundayLisa Leann Burks-Standridge, 54, 517 N. University Blvd., Saturday

COUNTY WARRANTMatthew Leon Jingozian, 24, 518 Crest Place, SaturdayDesmond Deshay Drennon, 33,

1400 Beaumont Drive, Saturday

FIREWORKS VIOLATIONJoseph Anthony Moore, 21, 2704 Northern Hills Road, Saturday

DUI WITH NO VALID DRIVER’S LICENSEJose Rivas, 39, W. Lindsey St., Sunday

DISTURBING THE PEACEFred Orren Walden, 62, 3097 36th Ave. NE, Saturday

DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THE PRESENCE OF A MINOR CHILDBrandon William Walker, 23, 201 Woodcrest Drive, Sunday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEWilliam H. Birdtail, 35, Boyd Street, SaturdayDavid Clay Floyd, 24, E. Lindsey St., Saturday

Albert Nole Leonard, 32, 1200 E. Robinson St., SaturdayAntonio Cordell Mendoza, 23, 156th Ave. NE, Saturday

PUBLIC DRUNKENESSLon Clayton Blackburn, 4750 Highland Lake Drive, Saturday

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONVerlon Leon Freeman, 41, 2361 E. Alameda St., SaturdayPatrick Wayne Stewart, 36, E. Boyd Street, SaturdayDavid Shane Stiger, 27, 920 24th Ave. SW, Saturday

PETTY LARCENYAmber Diane Gifford, 22, 3505 W. Main St., Saturday

POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCEVarick Remond Stewart, 36, 2804 Dewey Ave., Saturday

Norman Day 2009 celebrates Fourth of July

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Fireworks illuminate the sky over Reaves Park Sunday evening. The fireworks were rescheduled from Saturday evening after thunderstorms roll through Norman.

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Kids scramble for their share of the 1,000 nickels buried in the sand during the 2009 Norman Day Nickel Find. Volunteers set-up one pile for children five and under and another for children over the age of six.

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The American flag waves proudly during the 2009 Norman Day fireworks.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Although a friend might offer a simplistic suggestion for what you consider to be a serious situation, don’t ignore it. Some-times the most obvious solution is the best solution.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Cir-cumstances are slowly moving in your direction, enabling you to strengthen your fi nancial position for the fi rst time in a while. Although it might start as a trickle, it could become a fl ood.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Lady Luck is likely to smile on you over a development where she has frowned on others -- so keep on plugging, even if people say to stop. You have the winning edge.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Be smart enough not to discuss with others a family matter of an extremely sensitive nature to one member of the clan in particular. Understand that he or she would be greatly distressed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- If you’re having trouble de-veloping something new, don’t think you have to avoid tested and proven methods. Adapt them to your present goal, instead of toying with different experimentations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Today could bring the payoff for a long-envisioned project. You won’t be disap-pointed because your reward will be proportionate to your efforts, and rightfully earned.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- People will instinctively sense that when you speak, you should be taken seriously; they will know that your words are coming from experience and not from false hopes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You’ve heard it many times: “Do not worry needlessly over what may never happen.” Should a crisis arise, you will be able to manage and deal with it effectively.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- If you need to negotiate with someone who has been kind to you in the past, you will get that opportunity to reciprocate and grant him or her some thought-ful concessions.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Conditions are exceptionally good for making the necessary strides required to fulfi ll a personal ambition. Singleness of purpose and consistency are the two elements that will bring success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Participating in some type of pleasurable activity that chal-lenges your mental and physical abilities could do wonders for your attitude and outlook in other important areas of your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- A disturbing and hard-fought contest is likely to be concluded in your favor. If benefi ts are in-volved, you will receive exactly what you deserve.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The star quarterback and the waitress met six months ago, at a restaurant where she worked and his family often ate. He was married and 16 years older, but she seemed happy and eager to build a life with him.

Steve McNair was retired from the NFL and spending time again in Nashville, where he had spent the best years of his career. Sahel Kazemi was 20 years old and swept up: He gave her an Escalade for her birthday and took her on trips to Las Vegas and Key West.

“She just had it made, you know, this guy taking care of everything,” her nephew, Farzin Abdi, said Monday.

They were found dead on the Fourth of July — McNair from two gunshots each to the head and chest, Kazemi from a single shot. Kazemi bought the handgun found under her body less than two days before the shooting, police said. They haven’t yet linked the weap-on to the shootings.

On Monday, as the coach of the Tennessee Titans remembered McNair as the man who put the franchise on the map and police continued their investigation, more details of their relationship came to light.

Kazemi appeared confident the pair would last and had introduced her family to McNair, her nephew said. Abdi quoted her as saying McNair was divorcing his wife and that it would be finalized soon.

The first sign of trouble was early Thursday morning. Police stopped Kazemi on Broadway, not far from the honky-tonks where throaty

country singers belt out tales of unfaithful spouses. She was driv-ing the Escalade SUV that McNair gave her for her birthday in May.

According to an arrest affidavit, Kazemi had bloodshot eyes and al-cohol on her breath. She refused a breath test and told an officer “she was not drunk, she was high.” She was charged with DUI.

McNair was with her but not charged. He later made her bail.The two then apparently spent some time apart.

According to police spokesman Don Aaron, McNair wasn’t with Kazemi when she bought the semi-automatic pistol that was found at the scene. Police have declined to release the caliber or the name of the person who sold it to her.

The next night, McNair was out late with friends, but he and Kazemi met soon after at a down-town condo within sight of the

Titans stadium, a pad McNair shared with a friend. A witness told police the quarterback arrived be-tween 1:30 and 2 a.m. Her car was already there.

When McNair’s roommate, Wayne Neeley, got to the condo at midday, what he thought he saw was his friend sitting on the couch and Kazemi lying on the floor. So he went into the kitchen. Then he saw the blood, police said.

Officers said they found a gun under her body. There were no signs of forced entry into the condo. Police labeled McNair’s death a homicide Sunday but said they were reviewing every possibil-ity before labeling Kazemi’s.

Mechelle McNair, his wife of 12 years and mother of two of his four sons born between 1991 and 2004, has been described by police as very distraught about his death and has not commented on it.

A STAR QUARTERBACK’S AFFAIR ENDS IN TRAGEDY

JAMEY KEATENAssociated Press

LA GRANDE-MOTTE, France — If age is Lance Armstrong’s enemy, then experience is his friend.

With a savvy sense of the pack and a touch of luck, the 37-year-old Texan surprised some of the younger Tour de France contenders Monday to move within striking distance of the yellow jersey.

He made up for what his legs lack in power with road smarts dur-ing the breezy third stage along the Mediterranean, rising from 10th to third place.

Armstrong hitched a ride with a breakaway group led by old sidekick George Hincapie’s Team Columbia. Mark Cavendish, a Columbia rider from Britain, won the stage for the second straight day.

Race leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland kept the yellow jersey for a third day in a row. The Swiss rider with Saxo Bank extended his lead and is ahead of Columbia rider Tony Martin of Germany by 33 seconds and Armstrong by 40.

Most of the favorites were trapped by the wind during the 122-mile ride from Marseille to La Grande-Motte. Sensing the gusts were playing havoc ahead of a turn with about 18 miles to go, Armstrong simply stayed in front, outfoxing riders like Alberto Contador of Spain, the 2007 Tour winner and fa-vorite this year.

“Good positioning, experience, a little bit of luck,” Armstrong said. “Just before that corner I was 20 guys back and I decided just that idea to move up enough to be on their wheel. And there it went.”

“Whenever you see a team lined up at the front like that, you have to pay attention,” he added. “You know what the wind’s doing, and you see that a turn’s coming up, so it doesn’t take a

rocket scientist to know that you have to go to the front.”

But Contador didn’t. Nor did Levi Leipheimer of the United States or Cadel Evans of Australia or 2008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre of Spain. All lost 41 seconds to Cavendish, Armstrong and Cancellara.

Contador dropped from second to fourth overall, 59 seconds behind Cancellara. Leipheimer, Armstrong’s Astana teammate, slipped from sixth to 10th, and is 1:11 back.

“I was moving up with a teammate and we ended up in no man’s land,” Contador said. “I’m not going to eval-uate the team strategy because every-one will draw their own conclusions anyway. In any case, the Tour won’t be decided by what happened today.”

Armstrong, a seven-time champion coming out of retirement, agrees.

“Gained valuable time but most likely minor in scheme of 3 weeks,” he wrote on his Twitter account. The race finishes July 26 in Paris. “Onward.”

Armstrong said it was “not my ob-jective” to gain ground on Contador, insisting he was “just trying to stay up front and out of trouble.”

But he may have delivered a psy-chological blow in this stage, leaving rivals to wonder what otheropportu-nistic strikes await. In any case, now they have to catch him.

Tuesday’s stage is a 24-mile team time trial that starts and finishes in Montpellier. Astana will have an edge by riding last and seeing how riders fare. The teams set off at seven-minute intervals in a race against the clock.

If Astana wins with enough of a gap on Cancellara’s and Martin’s teams, Armstrong could take the yellow jer-sey. Is it within reach?

“Never say never,” Armstrong said.His performance also fanned ques-

tions about who deserves the role of Astana team leader. Manager Johan Bruyneel, who coached Armstrong during his record run of victories, has said it is Contador.

A wily Armstrong jumps from 10th to 3rd at Tour de France

AP PHOTO

Taylor Smith leaves flowers at Steve McNair’s Gridiron 9 restaurant Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.. Former NFL quarterback McNair and a woman were found shot to death Saturday inside a residence in Nashville, police said.

AP PHOTO

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, right, and his teammate Alberto Contador of Spain, left, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, are seen during the second stage of the Tour de France Sunday. The race began in Monaco and ends 116 miles away in Brignolles, southern France.

The Mid-Summer Classic is con-sidered to be the fans’ game, but sometimes the fans can be wrong. This year was defi nitely no excep-tion when fans voted for the start-ing lineup for the American League by putting in players who do not deserve to be making the trip to St. Louis for the 2009 Major League All-Star Game.

It has been estab-lished that the All-Star Game voting is basically a popularity contest that is no different than voting for the high school home-coming court. But it is somewhat of a joke that two of the starters will be taking part in next week’s celebration.

Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton and Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia won out the popular vote for their respective positions, but neither one of them deserved the amount of votes that they got.

Hamilton has played only 35 games this season – which is less than half of the Rangers’ 80 games played – and was less than stellar during his limited play. The left-handed slugger is hitting a dismal .240 with six home runs and 24 RBIs.

The only reason why the Great Hambino got the votes is that he became a national hero during the 2008 Home Run Derby after overcoming his multi-year battle with drug and alcohol addiction. No matter how great his comeback story is, that does not give him a free pass – the only players who deserve free passes are non-steroid players who have surpassed monu-mental records, such as hitting 600-plus home runs or recording 500-plus saves.

Even though Hamilton will be returning from a two-month long hip injury this upcoming week, he

said that he will be making the start and will be treating it as a rehab start. The reasoning makes sense, but it is somewhat selfi sh to treat the start as that rather than treat it as it should be, an honor that some 20 other AL outfielder should be getting.

It is not a surprise that Pedroia, last year’s AL Most Valuable Player and starting AL second base-man in the 2008 All-Star Game, will be making the start next week, but being a major part of Red Sox Nation is not a good enough reason to be an all-star. He is hitting .290, which is well below his career average, and has

hit only three homers.Either Toronto Blue Jays sec-

ond baseman Aaron Hill , who is a reserve, or Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler should be in Pedroia’s place.

Hill has hit 20 home runs and has been a major reason why the Jays are still in the playoff hunt, even though that hunt has become slimmer in the past month. He has deserved his all star nod, but he has earned the right to call himself a starter.

Kinsler, on the other hand, is put-ting up monster stats as a leadoff hitter. His .253 average is low, but his 19 homers and 51 RBIs are staggering for the leadoff man. Also, he does have a slightly better fi eld-ing percentage than Pedroia, and is arguably the best defensive second baseman in the MLB.

The All-Star Game is a game for the fans, but it can be annoying for the viewers to watch players who should not be at the game to fill their television sets. I doubt that there will ever be a year where only deserving players make it.

Jono Greco is a journalism junior.

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As enforcers of the law, police officers should be ex-pected to understand the laws which they uphold. With the training and power they are given, police officers should be anything but ignorant of the law. I happened to come across an officer who was not even aware of a fairly basic traffic law.

Last Tuesday, I was pulled over by an officer of the Oklahoma University Police Department for not wear-ing my seatbelt. I received a ticket which I accepted without dispute because I understood the policy and consequences of Oklahoma’s “Click-it or Ticket” law. As anyone would suspect, I thought it was going to be a standard citation, but apparently, I was wrong.

While examining my license, the officer noticed that I had an Intermediate Driver’s License. For some mistaken reason, the officer thought that I was in violation of the restrictions. Not knowing exactly what course of action to take, the officer requested back-up. This seemed a tad outrageous since the officer already had a partner along and no ruckus was being made.

With four officers at the scene, they forced my licensed

passenger to take control of the vehicle. This would seem like the logical course to take if I was in violation of the restriction.

When I returned to my home, I wanted to take a look at the law for myself. The law clearly states that I am al-lowed to have one passenger in the car, which was the case in this particular situation. During the issuing of the citation, I was confused, but after reading the restric-tion for myself I realized that the officers obviously were uneducated in the laws that they had sworn to serve and protect.x

After calling into the police department, a different of-ficer said that the situation would be taken care of. This just does not suit my needs or the rights that I feel belong to every citizen. How could any citizen feel safe when those who are supposed to protect us do not understand the laws which we are forced to follow?

Police officers go through rigorous training and educa-tion to obtain that status that they maintain, but if none of the information that they are taught is retained, what is the point in training them? If officers are not instructed

well enough to remember the basic traffic laws, then why should we trust their ability to use a handgun?

As I previously stated, there were four officers at the scene and all misinterpreted the law. The officer I was able to get a hold of at the station understood the law. That means that one-in-five officers were able to under-stand a simple traffic law that is listed on the Department of Public Safety Web site. It is a law that almost every teenager and parent in Oklahoma knows of, but some-how those who are supposed to be in control are unable to comprehend.

Officers need better training and if that means spend-ing more tax dollars, so be it. We need officers, but not inexperienced ones. We need those who have the proper training to do their job, serve and protect. If we cannot trust in our officers to know what to do in basic traffic situations, what will they do in a hostage situation when lives are truly in danger?

Brandon Smith is a University College freshman.

Training police offi cers to retain laws is essential to our safety

Every summer hundreds of bands put out new albums and go on the road. However, one place you will not see on their tour calendar is Norman, Okla.

Usually, colleges are hot spots for bands to visit because of the amount of young people located in such a small area.

But Norman has lost its ability to draw bands in because of the lack of a venue big enough to raise enough money to make their trip worthwhile.

Currently, Norman has only one main stage where out-of-town bands usually visit.

The Opolis, run by local musicians The Starlight Mints, used to be able to host concerts with bands people may have actually heard of. Now, instead, they are filled with the same type of indie bands every week.

If you are not a hipster, there is always The Deli, but then again, if you are not a hippie, and do not want to see a jam band every night, you may not like that place either.

Now, all these bands that used to come to Norman are going to Oklahoma City and Tulsa. In fact, the only concert worth even noting coming to Norman anytime soon is U2 in October, and the only good a U2 ticket would do me is to earn me a few bucks off of an eBay sale.

Besides that, it is either a 25-minute drive to Oklahoma City for a concert, or for bigger bands you probably have to go to Dallas.

The Norman Music Festival is a prime

example of how the local music scene is quickly dwindling. During its first year the event was able to bring in a wide va-riety of bands from across the nation. While this past festival seemed like a local music showcase, with the excep-tion of Of Montreal and a few others, .

A better music venue – and by bet-ter, I mean bigger and preferably air conditioned – could point Norman on the map for musicians. A bigger venue would also allow for ticket prices to go down, which would make it more af-fordable for everyone.

It would also help local bands in get-ting their name out there to the public.

It isn’t impossible. The Flaming Lips were able to build a career out of Norman. During that time, there were venues such as the American Legion Hall, which I doubt any of us even knows where that is located.

These days local bands mostly see Norman as a stepping stone before mov-ing on to another city in hopes of getting a record deal. Touring for a band is more important than ever now for earning money.

Bringing in bigger bands and having more concerts would provide all of us with something fun and exciting to do on the otherwise mundane nights in Norman.

Dara Mirzaie is an economics senior.

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Eli Hull is a broadcast and electronic media senior.

Bigger music venues will put Norman back in concert loop

Truly talented should remain in our thoughtsAt a time when our pop references now

involve the death of a famous name, we need to take a moment and reassess who really deserves the spotlight.

Everyone knows we’ve lost some of the biggest celebrities and most talented peo-ple our society has known, but it seems our focus remains on the controversy of their deaths and other dramatic events within pop culture.

After the death of pop icon Michael Jackson, emotions flowed from fans and criticisms seemed almost as numerable.

Despite the recent name-calling – Rep. Peter King’s (N.Y.) backlash against the media, calling Jackson a “pedophile” and stating his feelings about the cover-age – Jackson should be remembered as the pop icon who defined a generation of music, not his odd personality. The mil-lions of fans who are attending his funeral surely prove the importance of the singer’s global and musical influence.

Instead, people seem to focus on the divorce of Jon and Kate Gosselin, Spencer

Pratt’s fued with Al Roker and the latest sensation on “America’s Got Talent.”

This obsession with drama is under-mining the honor we should dedicate to the truly talented.

Farrah Fawcett, one of the star’s of Charlie’s Angels, became an iconic voice for cancer survivors with her documen-tary, “Farrah’s Story.” Unfortunately, her death received its 15 minutes of fame, then disappeared in the headlines.

Robert S. McNamara, Secretar y of Defense during the Vietnam War, admin-istered several policies that changed the American military. In the documentary “The Fog of War,” McNamara intimately describes the dark realities of the Cold War, and bringing racial equality to troops during the Civil Rights Movement.

As we say farewell to some of the big-gest names our generation knows, let their positive influences remain in our thoughts, not the negative drama or un-necessary allegations that seem to also catch our eye.

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partner 5 Lab-culture

medium 9 Donkey

sounds 14 “Assuming

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messy eaters 19 Hapless 20 Type of

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to legal damages

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This brief EP will tide over diehard fans until the new album (which should be due sometime Spring of 2010) is released.

The title track is just pure, classic Spoon. Impossibly catchy and quick on its feet, frontman Britt Daniels brings “Got Nuffi n” to life with the gentle call of his voice.

“Tweakers” is unusual to say the least, a three minute murky drum beat that feels like a song intro to some-thing that never comes.

Then “Stroke Their Brains” shimmers to a start with cos-mic guitar scratches, before a bum-bum beat stomps them out. A punchy little

piano beat chimes in here and there all in good fun.

It might be a bit of a tease, but “Got Nuffi n” is a good indication that we’ve got nothing to worry about with the upcoming seventh Spoon release.

Joshua Boydston is a psychology sophomore.

Released on the newly born Nylon imprint, “About Love” is far from innovative or original, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun.

It’s a very chic and stylish record; it shows that even the most Plain Jane girl can come out beautiful in some hip threads.

The album blasts off with the sultry “I Could Rob You” that will kiss you right on the cheek.

“Pas Avec Toi” seduces you with its French accent and ziggy guitar riff.

“Barcelona” will mesmer-ize you into a lull before punching you right in the teeth. The whole album comes off that, distracting you with its beauty before

making a strike.Even though everything

feels a bit last season with its elementary hooks and basic song formulas, it’s spruced up with enough lipstick and eyeliner to suck you in nonetheless.

The Plastiscines might be a little bit more about style than substance, but when it looks this good, there’s not much to gripe about.

“Wilco (The Album)” is just that — a nice little mis-sion statement that comes across very Wilco-y.

It feels like a bit of a memoir, showcasing hints of the past and the things that made the band who it is. A bit of a peek into the mind of Wilco, showing where it is, and a few clues about where it’s going.

I doubt few Wilco fans will claim this as their favorite album, but it’s defi nitely one that will please all of them, and new listeners as well.

“Wilco (The Song)” is probably my favorite song of the group to sing along to.

“Deeper Down” feels like an isolated desert that swirls into an oasis.

The duet with Feist, “You and I,” is simply gorgeous, and “You Never Know” might very well sum up Wilco the best.

So even though it might not be the best Wilco album ever released, compared with a lot of the music today, it is quite good.

It may be hard to not com-pare Wilco against itself, but if you can avoid that fate, you will realize just how great it is.

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A little bit of Wales has come to Oklahoma City in an art exhibit called “Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection.”

On loan from the National Museum Wales, many pieces from this exhibit of more than 50 paintings and drawings are being displayed in the U.S. for the first time at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Museum visitor services associate Ann Eggers said the chance to view these well-known paintings is very rare.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this important impressionist collection from Wales,” she said. “And the art-ists in this exhibit are very major ones.”

The artist with the most pieces in the collection is J.M.W. Turner, whose paintings usually portray the theme of nature as sublime and awe-inspiring.

Turner had a major impact on many of the other artists featured in the collection.

After the Turner works, the second-largest body from one artist is that of Honoré Daumier.

Several sketches and drawings of Daumier’s depict satiri-cal characters that he meant to poke fun at, adding a humor-ous side to the collection that is otherwise absent.

The exhibit has brought many more visitors to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Eggers said.

“We’re getting a lot more people,” she said. “It’s a really un-usual opportunity, and people seem to be taking advantage of it.”

The opportunity is somewhat rare because Oklahoma is not normally considered a major avenue for imported art on display, Eggers said.

“This is an especially unusual event for Oklahoma,” she said.

William Sit, on his first visit to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, said he was very impressed with the “Turner to Cézanne” exhibit.

“It was wonderful to be able to see these [pieces],” he said. “They’re all very good, and it’s interesting to see them here.”

The Welsh Davies sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret, were responsible for creating this collection.

The sisters used their inherited wealth to make the art pur-chases in the hope of advancing the art scene in Wales.

Gwendoline and Margaret completed their collection be-fore the outbreak of World War I.

Throughout the exhibit, each painting or work of art is ac-companied with a brief explanation or interesting fact about the artist or the specific piece. Many of the pieces, however, also include information about the Davies sisters, such as why they bought a certain piece, the impact the purchase has on

the overall collection and the aesthetic tastes of Gwendoline and Margaret individually.

Visitor Rachel Rogers said details about the sisters added a lot to the meaning of the exhibit.

“I liked learning about the Davies sisters and their time period — not just about the art itself,” Rogers said. “Although that was good too, of course.”

Other artists in the exhibit include Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, among others.

During the first weekend of every month, Bank of America cardholders are admitted into the museum for free, Eggers also said.

“Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection” runs until Sept. 20 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art at 415 Couch Drive.

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Paul Cézanne’s “The François Zola Dam” was painted circa 1900, and is included as part of “Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection” at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The exhibition runs until Sept. 20.

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J.M.W. Turner’s “The Storm” was painted circa 1900, and is part of “Turner to Cézanne.” The exhibition includes pieces on display from the National Museum Wales.

Exhibit from Wales showcases impressionist works

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