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Ou to cut retirement benefitsuniversity tries to improve fi nancesafter receiving low credit rating

NICHOLAS HARRISONThe Oklahoma Daily

OU administrators plan to cut faculty and staff retirement benefits in an attempt to improve the university’s financial condition, according to a re-port from a credit-rating company.

Fitch Ratings assigned OU an “AA” credit rating

with a negative outlook — citing “diminished fi-nancial flexibility, a high debt burden and con-strained liquidity relative to debt and expenses” as the reasons for its evaluation.

Credit-rating agencies like Fitch provide inves-tors with independent assessments of the risks of default on bonds and other financial instruments issued by private companies and government

Summer school schedule changeduniversity switches to block scheduling, fi nds new funding options for summer programs

JARED RADERRENEÉ SELANDERSThe Oklahoma Daily

A 17-percent decrease in sum-mer enrollment numbers since 2007 has prompted university officials to redesign the way the term is funded and scheduled in order to boost student registration in summer 2011.

In an attempt to improve en-rollment, Nick Hathaway, OU executive vice president and Administration and Finance vice president, and Nancy Mergler, senior vice president and pro-vost, established the Summer Session Steering Committee, which is tasked with creating new strategies to increase summer enrollment.

The committee’s members are Hathaway, Mergler, Matt

UOSA offers freshmen internship programOu Freshman council will help introduce new sooners to uOsA, member says

SARAH MARTINThe Oklahoma Daily

A new UOSA initiative will give University College fresh-men leadership opportunities and offer them lower level expe-rience in student government.

The OU Freshman Council is a new program under all branch-es of UOSA that will introduce freshmen to UOSA, teach fresh-men leadership skills and give them a mentor, said Rainey Sewell, communication sopho-more and UOSA member.

University College freshman Ranya Forgotson was selected by UOSA president Hannah Morris as nominee chair of the council, a selection which must be confirmed by UOSA’s legisla-tive branch when it resumes in the fall.

Forgotson has been devel-oping the freshman council throughout the semester with Sewell and political science se-nior Jason Robison.

Forgotson has established that members of the council will intern for one semester with a member of the executive branch and one semester with a mem-ber of Undergraduate Student Congress, Forgotson said.

U n d e r g r a d u a t e S t u d e n t Congress vice chair and secre-tary and executive branch direc-tors are among those who will have interns, Forgotson said.

“I think that it will make our student government more effi-cient … if we start our freshmen

Dale Hall Tower staff to relocateconstruction to displace personnel up to 15 months

KATHLEEN EVANSThe Oklahoma Daily

Faculty and staff in Dale Hall Tower will have to relocate on campus for 15 months because of construction, OU officials said.

Departments within the tower include history, philosophy, psy-chology, anthropology and politi-cal science. Some departments will move to the South Base buildings on Constitution Street near the golf course, Facilities Management

Director Brian Ellis said.Professors have known about

the move since fall, but moving a department is an endeavor, history chairman Robertt Griswold said.

“My colleagues have been pack-ing up their offices, some of which have been in them for 30 years now,” Griswold said.

Others, such as psychology pro-fessors, will take up spaces left be-hind in the old chemistry building and the Physical Sciences Center when the chemistry department moved out, psychology chairman Jorge Mendoza said.

OU has been helpful throughout

the process and will have per-sonnel do the physical moving, Griswold said. Officials have been quick with answering questions and coordinating everything, Mendoza said.

However, logistics are somewhat uncertain, especially since some of the rooms still have furniture and things left behind, Mendoza said.

“It’s not going to be fun for any-body, but, you know, we’re trying to keep a good attitude and hope for the best,” philosophy chair-woman Susan Vehik said. “We want to make it the best for the students.”

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Faculty senate to appoint new leaders at final spring meeting

the ou Faculty senate will appoint new leadership and propose a resolution to increase ou employees’ health and wellness at its end-of-semester meeting.

economics professor georgia kosmopoulou will become the new chairwoman, and members will elect at-large members, a secretary and chair-elect for next year, according to the meeting agenda.

the faculty also will ask ou to commit more time to improving employee health because of increasing costs and proven benefits, according to the resolution.

specifically, senate members want an annual wellness report, a smoke-free campus, incentives for healthy eating and more healthful foods on campus.

other items on the agenda include a recognition of departing senators, announcements about Bike to work Day and a summary of the year’s work by the Faculty senate speakers service.

— Daily staff reports

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SEE UOSA PAGE 3

campus, Norman locations take donations for six organizations, buying books back for cash

HILLARY MCLAINThe Oklahoma Daily

Students stuck with unwanted textbooks have a

variety of options, including donating them to raise money for AIDS victims and selling them back to local textbook retailers.

Austin Conwell, multidisciplinary studies ju-nior, will be taking textbook and cash donations for the CARE for AIDS organization. Conwell will have tables set up taking donations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during finals week on the South Oval and the Walker-Adams Mall.

If students donate three books they will receive an American Apparel T-shirt. Conwell said he will donate all money raised from the event to help Kenyans with the disease.

Better World Books also has donation centers set up in the Honors Library, Hester Hall’s international and area studies office and in the residence halls.

Donations made to this organization will be distu-buted among five major partners: Books for Africa, Invisible Children, Room to Read, Worldfund and the National Center for Family Literacy.

For students who want cash for their textbooks, booksellers around Norman are opening up their highest payback amounts this week through finals week. Ratcliffe’s Textbooks, Boomer Book Co., and Sooner Textbooks all opened up for buybacks on Monday.

Ratcliffe’s supervisor Jason Hale said they will try to buy back anything.

“This week we will be paying more for certain titles we know will be used again next year,” Hale

Cash offered for unwanted books

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university debt Current debt: $697.6 millionAnnual interest: $58.6 millionbudget used for interest: 8%new debt planned in 2011: $75 millionAdditional annual cost: $4.9 million

entities. Each firm examines factors like amount of debt and cash flow to determine how easy it will be for an in-stitution to meet its obligations. After this evaluation process, credit-rating agencies assign credit ratings to institutions.

Failure by university administrators to “implement substantial and recurring expense reductions related to personnel and other post-employment retirement ben-efits” could result in a reduction of the university’s credit rating, according to an April 28 Fitch Ratings report.

However, the administration already was working on the changes suggested in the report, said Chris Kuwitzky, OU associate vice presi-dent and chief financial officer.

“OU’s administration is in the process of sharing possible plan design changes with its employee benefit groups that, when implemented, will strengthen OU’s operating margin and bond rat-ing,” Kuwitzky said.

The credit ratings issued by compa-nies like Fitch impact the ability of or-ganizations to secure financing at fa-vorable interest rates. With its current credit rating, Kuwitzky said that it costs OU about $65,000 in interest each year for every $1 million borrowed.

“The university is seeking to refund an existing $73.1 million bond-antici-pation note,” Kuwitzky said. “Doing so will provide favorable long-term rates, but will not otherwise increase the university’s bonds outstanding.”

In the recent Fitch report, the university was notified that “continued issuance of new debt without a defini-tive increase in resources necessary for its repayment” could result in a downgrade of the university’s credit rating.

OU currently has $697.6 million in outstanding debts with maximum annual payments estimated at $58.6 mil-lion, according to Fitch’s report.

This sum accounts for 8 percent of the university’s op-erating revenues.

University administrators plan to issue another $75 million in bonds in 2011, according to the Fitch report.

“The university has not reached the limits of its bor-rowing power, and it is not on the verge of a credit down-grade,” Kuwitzky said.

OU administrators had expected Fitch’s rating, and it was comparable to the ratings of peer institutions, Kuwitzky said.

“A bond rating is an evaluation of the possibility of de-fault by a bond issuer. It is based on an analysis of the

issuer’s financial condition and profit potential. Bond ratings start at AAA (being the highest investment qual-ity) and usually end at D (in payment default),” Kuwitzky said. “The university’s bonds carry a high quality AA rat-ing that, along with AAA-rated bonds, are considered in-vestment grade.”

The UniversiTy’s response

At its March 24 meeting, the OU Board of Regents ap-proved the creation of a Retirement Plans Management Committee. Initially, there was no representation on the committee.

However, LeRoy Blank, OU’s Faculty Senate chairman, said that the Faculty Senate had concerns about the makeup of the committee.

“Initial concerns, occurring in the 2010-11 academic year, led to the ap-pointment of Dr. [Kanthasamy K .] Muraleetharan as a faculty representative to the [Retirement Plans Management Committee],” Blank said. “We raised the issue again more recently with the presi-dent and, separately, with members of the [committee].”

The administration had agreed to ap-point at least three faculty members to the committee on staggered three-year terms, Blank said.

Faculty members also had been as-sured the university would have discus-sions with current and former univer-sity employees before any changes were made, Blank said.

University spokesman Chris Shilling also confirmed input from faculty and staff would be included in the process.

“[Human resources] has recently begun discussing possible future changes to retiree medical benefits and contribution requirements with the Employee Benefits Committee and the Norman Faculty Senate Welfare Committee,” Shilling said. “Feedback and suggestions are being solicited from these standing committees in ad-vance of developing a proposal to be shared with faculty, staff and retirees.”

The Staff Senate didn’t have any details regarding the proposed cuts, university Staff Senate Chairman David Houck said.

Senate members were aware the administration was putting together proposals to cut retirement benefits, but they were still waiting on further information, Houck said.

The Staff Senate had been told all members of the Retirement Plans Management Committee would be appointed by Boren, but he was not aware of any staff members who had been appointed yet.

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CAMPUS

Today around campus

» Final day of spring classes.

» Free screenings of the film “I am Number Four” will be provided by the Oklahoma Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. Screenings will take place at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

» OU baseball will play Kansas at 6:30 p.m. at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

» The Oklahoma Festival Ballet will present a variety of dance numbers from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre. Tickets are $14 for students, $18 for OU faculty and staff and $22 for adults.

» The New Horizons Chamber Ensemble will perform a free rehearsal from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.

Monday, May 9

» Spring final examinations begin.

Thursday, May 12

» The New Horizons Band will perform a free concert from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.

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[Human resources] has recently begun discussing possible future changes to retiree medical benefits and contribution requirements with the Employee Benefits Committee and the Norman Faculty Senate Welfare Committee.”

— Chris shilling, university spokesman

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Hamilton, registrar and Enrollment vice president, Kelly Damphouse, College of Arts and Sciences associ-ate dean, Robin Stroud, as-sistant to the executive vice president for Administration and Finance, Joyce Allman, associate provost, Paul Bell, College of Arts and Sciences dean, Chris Kuwitzky, as-sociate vice president and chief financial officer and Gregg Garn, director of the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal and associate dean for school and community partnerships.

The two biggest changes are the implementation of summer block schedul-ing and a combination of funding summer programs through education and gen-eral funding and shared tu-ition funding.

new sUmmer fUnding

To f u n d d e p a r t m e n t budgets, the university will fund some courses using the shared tuition model, Mergler said in emails.

Under this model, instruc-tional costs will be funded by 50 percent of tuition rev-enue generated by students enrolled in the course. The other 50 percent will go to the central administration.

This funding model makes courses more dependent on the number of students enrolled. If not enough stu-dents enroll in a course, tu-ition revenue won’t cover the cost of instruction, and the course could be canceled.

However, colleges have the option to keep under-en-rolled courses open if these courses are essential for stu-dents to graduate on time, Mergler said in an email.

Some colleges, like the College of Architecture and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, plan to use both their education and

general budget allocations as well as the shared tuition model to fund courses.

Not every college has this option, however. For ex-ample, the program costs of the College of International Studies have grown so much during the past few years that education and general bud-get money allocated is insuf-ficient, said Suzette Grillot, College of International Studies assistant dean.

The $15,000 allocated to the College of International Studies is still inadequate to cover the school’s summer requirements, Grillot said, and the college would have to use its own funds if it re-lied on the education and general budget.

The shared tuition model is a better deal for the col-lege because it has the best potential for helping the col-lege break even given enroll-ment and course expenses, Grillot said.

“It all, of course, depends on enrollment,” she said.

The school used to have another option called “One-Time Instructional Support” to fund courses, Grillot said. Under this funding model, school administrators would request funds from the pro-vost to cover the instruction-al costs of general-education courses during the summer.

The department would request $6,000 to $8,000 to fund instructional costs, and the tuition revenue would go toward central administration.

Grillot said the School of International and Area Studies always used the One-Time Instructional Support model because the central administration would make more off of the tuition rev-enue and courses didn’t de-pend on enrollment.

“It was easier for us to just submit the [One-Time Instructional Support] re-quest and get the instruc-tor’s salary covered through that and not have to worry about what kind of enroll-ment are we going to reach,”

Grillot said.Now that the department

doesn’t have this option to fund courses, professors have to hope enrollment will generate enough tuition to cover costs, she said. If the course doesn’t have enough students to generate tuition, then the school would have to decide whether to cover the cost or cut the class.

Grillot said she didn’t understand the reason for moving the School of International and Area Studies funding model to the shared tuition model.

“I think that in the push for the summer session, in all of [the provost’s office’s] crunching of the numbers, they’ve determined that the shared tuition model is perhaps a better deal for colleges and departments,” Grillot said. “I don’t know that that’s really the case for us.”

However, Grillot said it might be that officials in the provost’s office want the school to focus on boosting enrollment numbers.

“It just depends on wheth-er you’re looking at it from the provost’s perspective or the college’s perspective or the departmental perspec-tive,” Grillot said.

Because of the decreased e ducation and g eneral funding, some colleges have cut summer programs and courses. For example, the College of Architecture will not offer study abroad courses this summer as a re-sult of decreased funding.

“In our fields this is an im-portant educational com-ponent that students need, but we are reducing these in deference to other priori-ties,” said Charles Graham, College of Architecture dean.

Graham said the college would offer courses this summer that help students stay on track toward gradua-tion in place of study-abroad programs.

O t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s , s u c h a s t h e C o l l e g e

off by educating them about the UOSA system and how it works instead of just thrusting them into positions within it,” Forgotson said.

In addition to interning, Forgotson said the fresh-man council would per-form a service project and a public relations project promoting knowledge of UOSA. Specific details of the freshman council will be established over the summer, Forgotson said.

The freshman council will be advertised during Camp Crimson, and the plan is to gather 40 to 50 members, Forgotson said. Applications and inter-views will happen during the first weeks of the fall semester.

OU’s council was modeled after those at Oklahoma State University and Texas Tech University, Sewell said. UOSA has known about these councils for a while but de-cided to create one after meeting student leaders at the Big 12 student-government conference, Robison said.

“Going back to the Big 12 [student-gov-ernment] conference this fall kind of rekin-dled that excitement for it,” Robison said.

At the conference, Forgotson, Sewell and Robison met the coordinator of the OSU Freshman Representative Council.

Sewell said her class schedule allowed her to visit OSU several times to gather

information on its freshman council and she attended its Freshman Representative Council service trip.

While many ideas for OU’s council came from OSU, the OU Freshman Council will not be a clone, Sewell said.

“Ours is going to be so much different from OSU’s because their student-gov-ernment association is set up entirely different from UOSA,” Sewell said.

Because of these con-nections, UOSA was able to collaborate with OSU on higher education day events and the executive branch will have a retreat with the OSU executive branch, Sewell said.

The development of the OU freshman council has developed greater con-nections with OSU student government, Sewell said.

“It is bigger than just creating a freshman [council] at OU. It has also been about building a better friend-ship with the OSU student government,” Sewell said.

Forgotson and Robison said they re-searched other universities’ freshman councils online.

Kelbie Kenney, student congress vice-chairwoman, said she is excited about having an intern.

“I would like my intern to take away a working knowledge of how to get things accomplished as well as find out what is-sues they are most passionate about,” Kennedy said.

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I think that it will make our student government more efficient … if we start our freshmen off by educating them about the UOSA system and how it works instead of just thrusting them into positions within it.”

— ranya Forgotson, ou Freshman CounCil Chairwoman

o f A t m o s p h e r i c a n d Geographic Sciences, are able to offer more courses than last summer and do not plan to implement the shared tuition model this summer.

Some college’s general funding decreased while o t h e r s’ i n c re a s e d . T h e College of Arts and Sciences and College of International and Area Studies received the largest increases com-pared to last year — $8,089 and $8,954 respectively.

T h e P r i c e C o l l e g e o f B u s i n e s s a n d G a y l o r d College of Journalism and Mass Communication were cut deepest — $14,471 and $16,206 respectively.

new sChedUle bloCks

The new block scheduling allows colleges to offer class-es on four-week, six-week or eight-week time frames, and offers classes that begin May 16 at the start of intersession and end Aug. 5.

The previous summer schedule began in June and ended in August.

The objective of the new block scheduling is to offer more classes that fit students’ summer work, internship or study abroad schedules and thus increase enrollment by making classes fit in with students’ summer plans, Mergler said.

said. “We find out which ones with information from the university.”

Boomer Book Co. general manager Devon Poland said they will probably pay 50 to 55 percent of the full price on the main titles they want back.

“Our highest prices started on Monday, but the price will work it’s way down closer to finals,” Poland said. “The last day of finals will probably be the last day for the higher rates.”

The books that will draw the most payback are like-ly to be general education and freshman-level texts, Poland said.

Both retailers said they do have limits on the amount of books they can buy back, and are less likely to buy back custom textbooks. They also will not take damage books.

Although the highest prices will no longer be offered after the last day of finals, textbooks are bought back year-round. Prices vary depending on the time of year and the need for the book.

The university bookstore began its buyback at off-site locations Thursday. They will be present today and throughout finals week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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My brilliant colleague and friend Trevor Clark penned an article in Thursday’s issue of The Daily about the importance of getting outside of one’s ideological bubble.

While the first half of the article was hard to make out due to the rambling incoher-encey of it, the last half of the column was a bit more clear: Clark wants us to consider the apparently novel idea of abolishing human abortion.

In his signature incomprehensible style, Clark urges us to open our mind and listen to the arguments of the hip, new anti-abortion group Abolish Human Abortion. He then derides people who ridicule the group on its website.

Clark, of course, is being somewhat tongue-in-cheek about this whole ridi-cule thing. For those not aware, the Abolish Human Abortion group was created as a spoof of the Abolish Horse Abortion group that has been challenging people to con-template the moral evil of terminating horse pregnancies.

They have a blog easily accessible online where they lay out various arguments against

horse abortion, challeng-ing others to step outside their ideological bubble and consider this moral harm.

I am personally on the fence about their position right now, but they do make compelling arguments. The website is loaded with quotes from The Good Book that — speaking as a layman here — appear to indicate God’s dislike for horse abortion.

For those out there who are not keen on reli-gion and The Truth, they have secular arguments as well.

One in particular I found persuasive was the argument that stal-lions become upset when mares are allowed to have abortions, and they end up taking their anger out on them.

For instance, the horse abortion aboli-tionists hold that beloved Hollywood actor

Christopher Reeve’s paraly-sis was the result of a horse acting out against the preva-lence of horse abortion.

I cannot go into their entire abolitionist doctrine here, but

suffice to say, it is a genuine effort to bring at-tention to a moral issue overlooked in our time.

However, instead of engaging in the very serious arguments of Abolish Horse

Abortion, Clark and his friends decided to mock the abolitionists by starting their own group and blog called Abolish Human Abortion.

The satirists created a blog with an identically ugly theme and styled arguments. They took the logo and branding of Abolish Horse Abortion and reappropriat-ed it for their own ends.

For instance, Abolish Horse Abortion cre-ated a campaign where they took a snaz-zy stylized AHA icon and it slapped it on

pictures of the founding fathers with their horses. At the bottom of each of the pictures, the horse abortion opponents placed the word “Abolitionist” in LOLCAT lettering.

Abolish Human Abortion then took the very same AHA icon and word “Abolitionist,” but placed it on pictures of obnoxious white hipsters with looks as vacuous and empty as themselves. All of this is done to mock those trying to bring attention to the overlooked issue of human abortion.

I am not here to tell people how to feel about horse abortion, or even human abor-tion for that matter.

I do want to point out that Abolish Human Abortion is being very disingenuous when it asks people to step outside their ideological bubble. If they were serious about dialogue they would not take to mocking horse abor-tion opponents like they do on their website.

— Matt Bruenig,philosophy senior

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When I was on Twitter Sunday night scroll-ing through updates, a couple Tweets ap-peared, mentioning the death of Osama bin Laden.

At first I thought it was a running joke among the famous politicians on Twitter, but then I realized it was true. An hour after find-ing out, President Obama was speaking on America’s behalf.

Having heard bin Laden’s name for half my life after Sept. 11, I was happy to hear of his death. If I had control of his corpse, it would have been dragged down the streets of New York City, especially around Ground Zero.

All dark humor aside, wrapping bin Laden’s body in cloth and tossing it into the ocean in accordance with Islamic law speaks more about our class than it does about our crass.

But not everyone agrees. “If you ask me, he didn’t even deserve to be washed or wrapped [in accordance with Islamic law]. I hope they dropped him in shark-infested waters,” Sal Gjonbalaj, whose family is from Albania, told the Daily News. Gjonbalaj’s father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.

S.E. Cupp, columnist for the Daily News, said, “As much as it makes my skin crawl to give Osama bin Laden, dead or alive, any sign

of respect, it was the right thing to do. And it proves that even when we are face to face with one of the most vi-cious and vile mass murder-ers the world has ever seen, America is decent, honor-able and a force for good.”

On Wednesday and Thursday, I asked a couple OU students what their thoughts were regarding the death of bin Laden, as well as where they were when they learned of bin Laden’s death.

“I found out around 10 p.m. at my apartment on Sunday night and my re-action was kinda neutral, I guess,” said meteorol-ogy junior Colt Forney. “I mean, I’m glad that he is out of the picture, but it doesn’t seem like he has been much of a threat for years, and there is so much else happening in the world today that this seems miniscule, comparatively. I think it was ridiculous how so many people react-ed by throwing big parties and all for that fact

that we killed him.”Meteorology junior Isaac

Pato said, “I got a text from a friend Saturday night saying that Osama had been killed. I think that bin Laden de-served what he got and that the operation to get him was

well executed. I think that justice was done. However, I can’t see his death making the world more or less safe.”

Meteorology junior Kevin Rolfs said, “That kind of reaction to the death of a person brings us down to the level of those who cel-ebrate in the streets when an American dies.”

“Death is never some-thing to be celebrated, but the fact that Osama can-not hurt innocent people anymore is something to be celebrated,” Rolfs said. “Also, his death does not

mean the end of terrorism. Who knows how terrorist activity will be affected because of his death? You never know how killing such a massive symbol will affect the future of those

left behind.” Over all, killing Osama bin Laden is mere-

ly cutting off the head of an extremely long snake.

Though he is dead, the threat has not been completely erased, because the jihadists and the al-Qaeda remain. Our reaction to his death was in celebration. And celebrate we did.

There was nothing wrong with how America reacted to the death of the world’s most dangerous terrorist. Some believe be-cause of the death of bin Laden, we should expect retaliation from the Middle East. We have nothing to worry about. They should be the ones running scared, not us.

Even though I hold reservations about President Obama’s foreign policy, his han-dling of the terrorist threat and his omi-nous relationship with religious America, he showed the world America leads by example.

— Sage Mauldin,psychology junior

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However, instead of engaging with the very serious arguments of Abolish Horse Abortion, Clark and his friends decided to mock the abolitionists by starting their own group.”

Wrapping bin Laden’s body in cloth and tossing it into the ocean in accordance to Islamic law speaks more about our class than it does about our crass.”

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On Wednesday, President David Boren announced tuition increases are inevitable and the exact figure is dependent on the university’s allocation from the state. Boren said tuition increases will help balance OU’s budget.

Today’s story “OU to cut retirement ben-efits” outline’s the administration’s plan to balance the budget and decreasing the university’s debt by cutting faculty and staff retirement benefits.

Students are no longer alone in being fi-nancially responsible for OU’s deficit. The burden of OU’s budget deficit is now shared by students, faculty and staff.

We understand why tuition increases are necessary, but question whether it is nec-essary to put faculty and staff in a situation where they must reevaluate their future savings.

Student debt is a huge problem when we leave OU, but we have the rest of our lives to set up payment plans in order to pay these loans. Before coming to college many of us planned how and when we are going to pay for these debts. We are expected to deal with them once we leave college.

But for faculty and staff, this is their job. We doubt cuts to retirement benefits was something they thought about. Dealing with a budget deficit should be the responsibility of administrators, not it’s employees.

It is unfortunate that we are receiving a

tuition increase, but at this point there is not much we can do about it. We had our chance to speak out, now let’s focus our ef-forts on helping OU’s faculty and staff.

These budget cuts are not just going to affect faculty and staff. The article says that our credit rating may also be affected by these cuts. By having a bad credit rating our investments will suffer, our financial power will decrease and OU’s ability to apply for loans will be diminished.

According to the story, Fitch Ratings an-alyzed “the risks of default on bonds and other financial instruments issued by pri-vate companies and government entities.” These reports examine such factors as debt, cash flow and an establishment’s ability to meet its financial responsibilities and then assigns a credit rating.

We understand the administration is at-tempting to eliminate extra spending, but cutting benefits from staff and faculty is not the way to do it. We want Boren and the rest of the administration to look for other ways to balance our budget besides cutting benefits.

Perhaps we could find a new revenue stream, or liquidate other assets — like we did our power plants. But do not hold the faculty and staff responsible for OU’s finan-cial deficit.

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SPORTS MONDAY ›› The Daily lays out its year-end review of Oklahoma sports

Team extends all-time record over Mean Green to 20-0 with 9-1 win

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The Oklahoma softball team (36-16, 8-8 Big 12) compiled a seven-run lead in the first two innings against North Texas and earned necessary runs in the fourth to secure a 9-1 run-rule win Thursday at Marita Hynes Field in Norman.

The OU offense showed its strength, an aspect of the Sooners’ game that had been absent most of their confer-ence schedule.

“Our swings are coming back,” OU coach Patty Gasso said. “We’re sharing the wealth, and you’re not see-ing it from one person.”

Leading the pack was se-nior Chana’e Jones, who finished the night 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Jones, who was voted cap-tain of this year’s team, has been instrumental in lead-ing her team by example. After playing in the outfield and at second base, Jones has played much of the sea-son at first base.

Even with all the changes in defensive positions, this senior still maintains a level head every time she takes to the field.

“I’m really not thinking about myself,” Jones said. “I just want to help get my team back to the World Series.”

And that goal was evi-dent in her performance at the plate against the Mean Green on Thursday.

Jones’ single to left center in the bottom of the second

inning allowed sophomore Brianna Turang and fresh-man Destinee Martinez to plate the fourth and fifth Sooner runs of the game.

Freshman Brittany Williams doubled to score the addition-al two runs of the inning.

OU starter pitcher Keilani Ricketts did not pitch the entire game, but she hit her 10th homer of the year to score all three runs in the first

inning and get the Sooner offense pointed in the right direction.

Senior third baseman Dani Dobbs hit the game-

w i n n i n g R B I i n the fourth, plating Ricketts on a single through the left side of the field.

When the dust settled on Thursday, eight Sooners had

hits while Williams, Ricketts and Jones all collected mul-tiple RBIs.

That hit production was exactly what this Oklahoma team needed to get after falling short several times against conference oppo-nents this year, Gasso said.

“You’re starting to see a lot more confidence in the swings, and they’re a lot lighter out there,” Gasso said. “We have all parts of the game working now.”

The Sooners are back in action for the regular season finale against Iowa State this weekend in Norman.

Closing regular season strong at home

Sooners headed for pitchers’ battle of Iowa State’s Zabriskie, OU’s Ricketts in regular-season � nale

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The OU softball team (36-16, 8-8 Big 12) needs all hands on deck for its regular-season finale series this weekend in Norman.

The Sooners face Iowa State (21-22, 3-9) for a pair of con-tests beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday before finishing up con-ference action at noon Sunday.

“We’re just going to keep sticking to that game plan of continuing the streak,” OU coach Patty Gasso said. “Finish strong and send a message to the rest of the country that we’re a team that is starting to peak again.”

OU will have to keep its hitting rhythm against ISU’s lone senior, right-handed pitcher Rachel Zabriskie (14-14), in the circle this weekend.

The Austin native is 10th all-time in the Big 12 with 799 strikeouts, and she holds Cyclone career re-cords in complete games (85), innings pitched (860.1) and wins (66).

This season is no differ-ent for the senior, who has thrown for a 3.80 ERA with 185 strikeouts and 16 complete games.

Zabriskie is a good pitcher, but her numbers flay in com-parison to the prolific results of OU sophomore Keilani Ricketts.

Last weekend against Texas, Ricketts became the pro-gram’s single-season strikeout leader by collecting her 367th career strikeout. Ricketts (22-12) leads the Big 12 in that category, as well as innings pitched (223.2), appear-ances (40), games started (32) and complete games (27).

This season, she has been dominant on the mound, maintaining a 1.53 ERA. She’s completed 27 of her 32 starts this year and has thrown eight shutout games.

And she’s doing it with less than two years of collegiate action under her belt, something Gasso said is building Ricketts’ confidence in herself.

“Keilani will never admit to you that anyone’s intimi-dated by her,” Gasso said. “But when you see her walk out to the mound and in the box, you automatically feel her power. And I think she’s starting to realize that.”

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Sophomore pitcher Keilani Ricketts prepares to throw against Oklahoma State on April 13 in Norman. Ricketts hit a three-run home run in OU’s 9-1 win over North Texas on Thursday.

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Life&ArtsFestival schedule to liven up summer

If Norman Music Festival wasn’t enough music for you, there are plenty of festivals this summer for you to enjoy no matter where you are in the nation.

From Tennessee to Wisconsin, you are sure to find a music festival that suits you and your summer plans.

Here’s a guide to help you get a music fix.

Pitchfork Music Festival

Whether you’re a fan of Pitchfork.com’s biting re-views, the website’s five-year-old festival has turned into one of the must-attend events of the summer. With a mix of no-names, up-and-comers and a few indie-rock darlings, it promises to live up to all the hype.

Location: ChicagoDates: July 15 to 17Featuring: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, Thurston

Moore, TV on the Radio, DeerhunterTickets: $45 per dayWebsite: pitchforkmusicfestival.com

Wakarusa

With an eclectic mix of bands and artists, the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival offers four days of fun in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. There also are a ton of activities to check out during music breaks: a costume contest, morning yoga, hiking, fishing and float trips, and kayaking in the Mulberry River.

Location: Mulberry Mountain, Ark.Dates: June 2 to 5Featuring: My Morning Jacket, Mumford & Sons, Minus

the Bear, Grace Potter & the NocturnalsTickets: $69 to $595Website: wakarusa.com

Bonnaroo

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is so epic that Rolling Stone named it one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The four-day event — spread out across a 700-acre farm — features artists from every genre imagin-

able. The festival boasts a 100-acre entertainment village with 24/7 attractions like arcades, on-site cinema, a silent disco, comedy club and a beer festival, among others.

Location: Manchester, Tenn.Dates: June 9 to 12Featuring: Eminem, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The Black

Keys, Florence + the MachineTickets: $249.50 plus feesWebsite: bonnaroo.com

Summerfest

Not only is Summerfest one of the longest festivals of the summer (11 days), it also is the largest in the U.S. in terms of attendance. With a combination of stars and lesser-known acts, it’s bound to be one of the most exciting festivals this year.

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Gabriel and the New Blood OrchestraTickets: $8 to $33Website: summerfest.com

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza, a festival with its roots in gr ung e ro ck that ’s now spread across the whole mu-sical spectrum. Set up in the 115 acres of Grant Park in Chicago, the event features more than 130 artists, plus a farmer’s market and an arts-and-crafts fair.

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The home of both South by Southwest and ACL, Austin can easily be called the music festival capital of the South. Drawing an-nual crowds of more than 100,000, Austin City Limits consistently has one of the strongest lineups of any summer festival.

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