Wednesday, January 16, 2013

SHelBY GUSKinCampus Reporter

The Oklahoma Daily’s website is getting a makeover for the first time in five years, dropping the old red design for a sleeker overall approach.

The Daily instated the new website d e s i g n o n Tuesday. The new website replaced the r e d b a c k -ground with a white back-g r o u n d , a m o n g c h a n g e s t o f o r m a t a n d font.

“ Th e n e w w e b s i t e i s not only more pleasing to the eye, but it’s easier to read and use.” said Mary Stanfield, The Daily’s editor

in chief.The new web design was

created with the hope of in-creasing interactivity with the readers and to better display The Daily’s multi-media at work, she said.

The new web design was cre-a t e d b y T h e Daily’s former editor in chief, C h r i s L u s k . T h i s p r o j e c t has been on-going dur ing Brian Ringer’s time as current director of stu-dent media.

“Chris talked it over with the newsroom, ad-vertising and f e a t u re s a n d tr ied to get a

good feel of what each de-partment needed to make the website more effective,” Ringer said.

The project was entire-ly driven by the initiative of the students to make the website better.

“I think any website needs to take a look at itself every two to three years. People

that access the site get tired of visiting the same website over and over again,” Ringer said. “Even though content changes daily, the design needs to go through chang-es as well.”

The last time the website was redesigned was in fall 2008.

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OU students might endure some severe weather like snowfall and drastic drought con-ditions this winter and in the months to come, despite last year’s mild winter.

There is a very high chance there will be snow before the end of winter, meteorology professor Michael Richman said. Although it is hard to predict just how much, we can count on seeing at least some wintry precipitation.

This weekend, cold air will move down from North Dakota, causing the temperatures to drop below freezing at night. The cold weath-er shouldn’t bring any snow, however, said Jon Kurtz, a meteorologist with the National

Weather Service. In the next three months, the temperatures

will vary and get slightly warmer, according to data on the Climate Prediction Center website. In January, February and March, the daily nor-mal temperature is 39, 44 and 52 degrees, re-spectively. According to the 90 day outlook, we can expect temperatures up to 33 percent above those normals.

Even though precipitation can be expected in the coming months, it still may not alleviate the drought Oklahoma is currently in, Richman said. It would take numerous rainfall events be-fore the start of next summer to relieve it, said Richman.

The Norman area currently is in a stage D3, or extreme, drought, according to the National Weather Service website. If such conditions per-sist, another extremely hot summer will be in

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Huff classes offer new you for new year

CeDAR FlOYD Campus Reporter

The Huston Huffman Fitness Center gives students an opportunity to act on their New Year’s fitness resolutions — at a discounted rate — this week. From 1-5 p.m. Thursday and from 7-11 a.m. Friday, group fitness passes will be on sale for $35 plus tax, which is $15 cheaper than the regular price of $50 plus tax.

The pass provides unlimited ac-cess for the semester to a variety of group fitness classes offered, including

Zumba, strength training, yoga, Pilates, kickboxing and water aerobics.

“I would never go to the gym at 7 a.m., but since it’s a scheduled class, it gets me there,” s a i d A v e r y Szalkowski who attends Zumba classes. “All the instructors I’ve had have been r e a l l y p e p p y . It’s fun to watch s o m e o n e w h o can really dance.”

Fitness-seekers may sign up for an-other healthy opportunity anytime before Jan. 23. The ReNEW YOUrself

Challenge is a free, seven-week in-centive program to help students stay accountable and meet their fitness goals, said Amy Davenport, director

for f itness and recreation.

Individuals or teams of up to three people can receive points to earn prizes, such as a massage or personal train-ing session, by che cking in at

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students enjoying a good work out at the Huston Huffman fitness Center on Monday night.

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“...since it’s a scheduled class, it gets me there. All the instructors I’ve had have been really peppy. It’s fun to watch

someone who can really dance.”

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store, Richman said. This has the potential to wither crops and drive up grocery prices.

In the event of severe weather on campus, facil-ity management’s job is to make sure conditions are safe for people to walk in case of snow or ice, said Brian Ellis, director of facilities

management.T h e d e p a r t m e nt a l s o

clears university streets and parking lots and work with landscaping, custodians and housekeeping in order to ensure the safety of students and faculty.

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Today around campusBingo! students can play bingo and win prizes from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. in crossroads Lounge in the oklahoma memorial union.

Men’s basketball will play Texas Tech at 7 p.m. at the Lloyd noble center.

A Pre-Dental Club Meeting will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in room 125 of dale Hall.

Friday, Jan. 17

Art Exhibition: The 99th annual school of art & art History student Exhibition opening reception begins at 7 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art, followed by an awards ceremony at 8 p.m. The exhibition features art by ou school of art and art History students. The exhibition will remain on display until Feb. 10.

Women’s Gymnastics will compete against denver at 7 p.m. in norman.

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

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progress and attending nu-trition and fitness seminars and events, she said.

The program is divided into three sections. First, find your motivation and passion. Second, tackle your stress. Third, increase your activity level.

“ P e o p l e a l w a y s a s k : W hat ’s t h e b e s t w ay t o

work out? You have to find something you enjoy. It’s got to have a little joy in it,” Davenport said.

Those looking to make a lifestyle change to lose weight also may consid-er participating in the Full Plate Diet program, an eight-week educational program promoted nationwide that teaches participants how to fill their plates with nutri-tious food, stay full and still

lose weight , she said.“It helps people slowly

change their habits,” said Davenport.

The program, which em-phasizes examination and reflection on ones lifestyle in order to make the healthy choice, costs $50 plus tax .

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In DepthGroup fitnessFor group fitness schedules, program information or to register for these programs and others, visit the Huff’s front desk or www.ou.edu/far.

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Zarrow Hall fountain freezes over night because of the drop in temperature.

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Construction documents at OU within the last seven years — to see how much money OU has spent on construction

Energy bills for on-campus housing and the and price breakdown for each resident — To see the difference in cost between what the university is paying and how much students pay for energy per semester

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of Oklahomans hospitalized with the flu has more than doubled in the past week to sur-p a s s t h e t o t a l n u m b e r during last year’s flu sea-son, the Oklahoma State Department of Health re-ported Thursday.

The department also said the number of deaths re-lated to the illness is nearly equal to last season

The Health Department reported 345 people have been hospitalized due to in-fluenza during the current flu season, up from 171 a week ago, and eight people have died as a result of the flu, an increase of six since last week.

In the 2011-12 flu season, 316 people were hospital-ized and nine people died, the department reported.

The flu season is consid-ered to run from September through May, and health department epidemiologist Laurence Burnsed said this is the time of year that the disease typically peaks.

“There are several factors, some are not clearly under-stood. It does seem that it was a mild season last year,” Burnsed said. “Some of the reasons are the strain of in-fluenza, A-H3, this is what the vaccine targets, but this (strain) has been noted to cause a more serious, more intense or severe (flu) sea-son ... This is not necessar-ily a more deadly strain,” he said.

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Oklahoma sees sharp increase in state flu cases, deaths

Those most susceptible are children younger than 5, people over age 65 and those with diseases such as lung disease or asthma. Burnsed declined to spec-ulate on how intense the flu season may become during the next several weeks.

Health officials say the best way to avoid flu is to get a flu shot. The vaccine is available at county health departments.

“We do have plenty of vaccine,” said epidemiolo-gist Kelly VanBuskirk at the Tulsa City-County Health

Department. “I’ve heard the rumors of a shortage of a vaccine, we are not expe-riencing that.”

Joyce Lopez, adminis-trator for immunization at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department said that agency also has the

vaccine and that it’s avail-able to anyone.

“County lines are kind of invisible,” she said. “It doesn’t bother us where you come from, we just want ev-erybody to get a flu shot,” Lopez said.

Flu symptoms include

fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy notes, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue and health officials those infected can spread the disease from a day or two before symptoms ap-pear until up to 24 hours after the fever dissipates.

Health department reports more cases than last year

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left: a public health nurse demonstrates drawing flu vaccine at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department in Oklahoma City, thursday. flu season in the U.s. has struck early and hard. the Oklahoma state Department of Health reports a sharp increase in the number of confirmed flu cases and the number of flu-related deaths in the past week. Right: a public health nurse at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department administers a flu vaccine to Denise nichols at the health department thursday.

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WORLD Wednesday, January 16, 2013 • 3

WORLD NEWS BRIEFS1. SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico to consider bill to protect against discrimination

Puerto Rico’s legislature is expected to approve a long sought-after bill that would make it a crime to discriminate against people based on their gender or sexual orientation.

The bill was submitted Tuesday by Senator Ramon Luis Nieves of the Popular Democratic Party, which gained control of the Senate and House of Representatives after November’s gen-eral election.

The bill aims to protect people in the U.S. ter-ritory from being discriminated at work, in public places, and during transactions including renting or selling property.

“A human being’s dignity cannot be violated,” said Nieves, who was � anked by supporters includ-ing Pedro Peters Maldonado, a San Juan legislator who is Puerto Rico’s � rst openly gay elected of� cial.

Human rights organizations have long demanded such a bill, saying that many gay, lesbian and trans-gender people in the conservative U.S. territory are at the mercy of homophobic attitudes. Most govern-ment departments already have their own anti-dis-criminatory policies, but human rights activists say they are often not enforced.

The bill comes a week after another legislator submitted a bill demanding that all partners, regardless of their sexual orientation or civil status, be covered by domestic violence laws.

Legislators are expected to debate both bills in upcoming weeks.

2. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Faculty become sick en masse after annual university party

Was it the � sh?An estimated 230 University of Amsterdam pro-

fessors or their spouses got violently ill last week after the school’s annual faculty party. Spokesman Joost van Tilburg said food poisoning was believed to be the cause.

He says the professors’ distress “mostly involved stomach problems.”

Some 400 people attended the party.The results of an investigation by health authori-

ties are due Thursday.

3. NEW DELHI, INDIA

6 suspects arrested in new rape of female bus passenger in India

Police said Sunday they have arrested six sus-pects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws.

Police of� cer Raj Jeet Singh said a 29-year-old woman was the only passenger on a bus as she was traveling to her village in northern Punjab state on Friday night. The driver refused to stop at her village despite her repeated pleas and drove her to a desolate location, he said.

There, the driver and the conductor took her to a building where they were joined by � ve friends and took turns raping her throughout the night, Singh said.

The driver dropped the woman off at her village early Saturday, he said.

Singh said police arrested six suspects on Saturday and were searching for another.

Gurmej Singh, deputy superintendent of police, said all six admitted involvement in the rape. He said the victim was recovering at home.

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Syrians stand in rubble of the damaged university building caused by an explosion in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday. Two explosions struck the main university in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, causing an unknown number of casualties, state media and anti-government activists said.

BEIRUT (AP) — Twin blasts inside a universi-ty campus in Syria’s larg-est city on Tuesday set cars ablaze, blew the walls off dormitory rooms and left more than 80 people dead, anti-regime activists said.

What caused the blasts remained unclear.

A nt i - re g i m e a c t i v i st s trying to topple President B a s h a r A s s a d ’s re g i m e said his forces carried out two airstrikes. Syrian state media, for its part, blamed rebels fighting the Syrian government, saying they fired rockets that struck the campus.

Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and a commercial capital, has been harshly contested since rebel forces, mostly from rural areas north of the city, pushed in and began clashing with government troops last summer.

Entire neighborhoods have been destroyed since in fighting and frequent shelling and airstrikes by government forces who seek to dislodge the rebels.

The competing narratives of the two blasts at the city’s main university highlight the difficulty of confirming reports from inside Syria. The Syrian government bars most media from work-ing in the country, making independent confirma-tion difficult, and both an-ti-regime activists and the Syria government sift the

information they give the media in an effort to boost their cause.

Aleppo’s university is in the city’s northwest, a sector controlled by government forces, making it unclear why government jets would target it, as opposition ac-tivists claim.

Syria’s state news agency blamed the attack on reb-els, saying they fired two missiles at the university. It said the strike occurred on the first day of the mid-year exam period and killed students and people who were staying at the univer-sity after being displaced by violence elsewhere. The agenc y did not say how many people were killed

and wounded.The scale of destruction

in videos shot at the site, however, suggested more powerful explosives had been used than the rock-ets the rebels are known to possess.

The Britain-based Syrian Obser vator y for Human

Rights cited students and medical officials as saying that 83 people were killed in the blasts. Several of the more than 150 people in-jured were in critical condi-tion, it said.

The group, which relies on a network of contacts inside Syria, said it was unclear what caused the blasts.

Syria’s crisis began in March 2011 with protests cal l ing for pol i t ical re-form. The conflict has since turned into civil war, with scores of rebel groups fight-ing Assad’s forces through-out the country.

The U.N. says more than 60,000 people have been killed.

Reports conflict on the conflict’s latest deaths

DEFENSE

U.S. will not send troops to Mali

AT A GLANCEDeath tollDespite initial reports estimating 45,000 deaths, the U.N. now estimates more than 60,000 people have died in the Syrian con� ict.

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Syrian university attacked

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French troops gather in a hangar at an airport in Bamako, Mali, on Tuesday. Several thousand sol-diers from the nations neighboring Mali are also expected to begin arriving in coming days, but U.S. troops will not be among them.

M A D R I D ( A P ) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the U.S. has ruled out put-ting any American troops on the ground in Mali, but offi-cials are hoping the French will succeed in establishing better security for the West African nation.

Panetta spoke at a press c o n f e r e n c e i n L i s b o n with Portuguese Defense M i n i s t e r J o s e A g u i a r Branco.

The U.S. is providing in-telligence-gathering assis-tance to the French in their assault on Islamist extrem-ists in Mali, and officials would not rule out having American aircraft land in the West African nation as part of future efforts to lend airlift and logistical support.

O n Tu e s d a y , Pa n e t t a said the U.S. is still working through the details of assis-tance it will provide France.

Later, in Madrid, where Panetta briefed Spain’s defense minister Pedro M o r e n e s o n A f g h a n President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington last week, Panetta said it’s un-clear what the French are targeting and how success-ful they are being at this point.

He said that “anytime you confront an enemy that is dispersed and that is not located necessarily in one area makes it challenging.”

He said the ability to go after that enemy and stop them from moving forward “represents a difficult task, but it is a necessary task.”

T h e c o m m e n t s c a m e after French forces led an all-night bombing cam-paign over a small Malian town, working to dislodge Islamist extremists who had seized the area, including its strategic military camp.

Meanwhile, a convoy of 40 to 50 armed trucks car-rying French troops crossed into Mali from Ivory Coast, where they were stationed, as France prepares for a possible land assault. The insurgents, however, have been gaining ground, push-ing closer to Mali’s capital, Bamako.

Panetta has called the military operation import-ant, although “there is no consideration of putting any American boots on the ground at this time.” He said

French efforts to quell rebels important, Panetta says

that although al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, also known as AQIM, and other affiliate groups in Mali may not pose an immediate threat to the United States, “ultimately that remains their objective.”

“We have to take steps now so that AQIM does not get that kind of traction,” he said, and ensure it does not

secure a base of operations in the region.

He said al-Qaida affiliates in Yemen and Somalia have been weakened. But he said the job is not finished.

“I honestly believe that after four years, America is safer from that kind of at-tack that we experienced on 9/11,” Panetta said.

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Our View: Close loopholes to increase safety.

A weakness in Oklahoma’s gun laws is al-lowing unfit individuals to purchase firearms. Oklahoma is failing to provide critical men-tal health information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System used in re-tail weapons sales. Instead, Oklahoma residents report mental status themselves on a form, which cannot be independently verified.

Oklahoma must immediately begin report-ing mental health to the system so that firearms dealers can easily comply to state law.

State law prevents the sale of firearms to people Oklahoma courts have ruled mentally incompetent , but gun buyers can easily forge background check forms to obtain a weapon.

Woodward, Okla. teen Timmy Dean Eike ad-mitted to doing exactly this when he purchased a shotgun and rifle earlier this year, according to NewsOK.com. Eike was able to obtain the weap-on and ammunition despite being institutional-ized twice for mental health concerns.

Eike was arrested after a taxi driver reported some unusual questions Eike asked about hiding bodies and foreign extradition .

Federal agents seized Eike’s guns and Eike ad-mitted to lying on the form, according to federal investigators.

Eike’s case is special. It is special because he got caught, not because he was able to obtain the weapons in the first place. Asking people pre-viously deemed mentally restricted by a court to report on their own mental health on back-ground check forms is negligent and dangerous.

Oklahoma is not alone. Mental health restric-tions are not being reported by nearly half of all

states affected by national guidelines. “An esti-mated 3 million Americans have been commit-ted involunarily to mental health facilities, but the federal database contains the names of about half of them,” according to NewsOK.com.

Some of the opponents of mental health re-quirements in background checks cite a lack of consistent standards in determining mental

function. Courts have varying qualifications for mental handi-caps and mental health cases are often judged on a case-by-case basis. But the requirements for mental health restrictions are similar to criminal restrictions. Judges and juries, who draw on

expert psychological evaluations as evidence, most often determine mental competency.

Restrictions on mental competency are not very different from restrictions based on crim-inal activities. Background checks include vi-olent and nonviolent criminal offenders and should also include mental competency.

Just as we do not trust individuals with a his-tory of felonious activity to carry firearms, we should not trust those with histories of court-ruled mental health problems to own dangerous weapons.

Not all people who have been declared men-tally unfit will become violent but some will and this standard protects against that possibility.

We encourage you to urge the Oklahoma Legislature to pass legislation to mandate report-ing mental competency to the national back-ground check database.

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School violence debates overlook role of antidepressants

It is nearly certain that most of you are aware of the mass murder at Sandy Hook

Elementary where 20 children and six adults lost their lives. Since then, there has been a renewed and passionate na-tional debate

about gun control as well as the broad topic of mental health management. One thing that has been auspiciously missing from the na-tional discourse and press coverage of this tragedy, is the connection between antide-pressant drugs and incidents of murder, mass murder and suicides.

While it is unknown whether or not these drugs played a part in the Sandy Hook shootings, the connection between medication and violence in the Sandy Hook case needs to be examined. Police have already issued warrants for the shooter’s medical and psychiatric records. It is high time for the launch-ing of a full-on federal investigation and for the press to do its job ad-dressing the connection between antidepressants and violence or suicidal behavior.

The questions surrounding the Sandy Hook shootings recall the Columbine massacre, where one of the shooters was taking the an-tidepressant Luvox . In fact, over a 10-year period, 90 percent of school shootings were connected to anti-depressant drugs called selective se-rotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs, according to a British psychiatrist and researcher Dr. David Healy .

Another study performed in 2010 found that a small number of drugs were directly linked to violent behavior . SSRIs were one of the two drug categories that were the most closely related to violent behavior .

The known side effects associated with SSRI antidepressants through regulatory warnings, studies and documentation in-clude; abnormal thoughts, agitation, anxiety,

confusion, depression, emotional numbing, hallucinations or delusional thinking, homicidal ideation, mania/psychosis, restlessness, self-harm,

suicide/risk/attempts and violence among many others .Common brand name antidepressants include Paxil, Prozac,

Zoloft, Celexa, Luvox, Wellbutrin, Cymbalta, Effexor, Lexapro, Elavil, Remeron, Sarafem, Trazodone .

SSRIs are now some of the most widely prescribed medicines in the U.S.

It is astounding that, in spite of this laundry list of rather un-desirable side effects and potential for violence in those taking SSRIs, more attention is not paid to the issue. The public is in an uproar about everything but the drugs that were, at the very least, a plausible contributing factor to the murderous behavior.

We have heard much about the easy access to semi-au-tomatic rifles with high-capacity ammunition drums,

violent movies and video games, the lack of school prayer or the supposed removal of God from

the public square but hardly a whisper about the probable connection between

mass murders or suicidal behavior and antidepressants.

Reasons for the near silence on this topic can possibly be attributed to three major factors: first, the privacy

or HIPAA laws about disclosing the medical history of suspects , sec-

ondly, that pharmaceutical com-panies are a major advertiser and thus indispensible to the corpo-rate media and lastly, the conflict

of interests created by the FDA’s dependence on their money. View

this article online to sign a petition which demands a federal investigation of

psychiatric drugs. The American public deserves to be in-

formed about the risks posed by these drugs and their meteoric rise in usage and better pro-

tected by the FDA or their government. If you or someone you care about is taking any

of these drugs and there has been any hint of these side effects listed above, tell someone and then consult your healthcare provider and insist

on the close monitoring, which is called for with prescriptions of this kind. This could save the

life of others or yourself.

Scott Starr is a Native American Studies Senior.

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

Scott [email protected]

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November: Barbara Mortenson cannibalizes her 87-year-old grand-mother while on the drug Prozac.

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December:Oklahoman stu-dent Seth Trickey � red on his class while taking several medications. He was 13 years old.

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The Broadway smash-hit “The Book of Mormon” is looking for a new cast and three musical theater se-niors have answered the call.

Sean McGee, Ethan Kahn and Ethan Spell traveled to New York City for a callback audition last month and said that the experience, regard-less of the results, was great in itself.

“You don’t really realize how much like a school au-dition it is,” Spell said. “The people aren’t mean, they want you to do well, and they want you to be the person they need. It’s the same pro-cess, just with higher stakes.”

McGee, Kahn, and Spell began the audition process in Oklahoma City when they were seen by Jeremy Rich, a member of Mormon’s cast-ing department. Spell said Rich asked the three to au-dition for the show’s pro-duction team, which then sent them an email inviting them to New York for their callback. They received the email Dec. 10 and made plans to be in the New York by Dec. 17, Spell said.

Spell said OU has pre-pared him well for life after college and his recent audi-tion experience is just one example of this.

Recent graduates cur-rently are working on cruise ships, national tours, re-gional productions and Broadway itself, according to the Wietzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre website.

Staying in touch with and helping school alumni is a top priority, said school di-rector Paul Christman.

“It’s important to recruit and train our students,” Christman said, “but also to connect them with industry professionals.”

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Way Comes” and came to Norman to work directly with the cast last semes-ter. Christman also said that Roundabout Theatre C o m p a n y a n d Te l s e y + Company’s Justin Huff have both come to campus re-cently to work with and au-dition OU Musical Theatre students. Both organizations are directly involved in cast-ing Broadway musicals.

McGee, Kahn, and Spell will be graduating in May and entering the world of professional theatre.

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“After the first one I figured we would wait six months to hear anything if we heard

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OUDaily.com ››The No. 16 OU women’s basketball team lost to No. 24 Iowa State, 82-61, last night in Ames, ending its six-game winning streak.

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Senior forward Andrew Fitzgerald puts up a shot against Oklahoma State on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners won, 77-68, extending their conference record to 2-0.

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Garrett HoltSports Reporter

The Oklahoma men’s basketball team looks to continue its hot start to Big 12 play when it takes on Texas Tech at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners are 11-3 overall and 2-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2008-2009 season — Blake Griffin’s final year at OU.

In OU’s last game, the Sooners led wire-to-wire against Oklahoma State, winning its ninth-straight home game in the Bedlam series, 77-68.

OSU was able to mount a few comebacks, but heady play by senior forward Romero Osby, junior forward Amath M’Baye and freshman guard Buddy Hield held the Cowboys at bay.

The Red Raiders are com-ing off of a 60-46 loss to sixth-ranked Kansas, dropping their record to 8-6 (1-2 Big 12).

However, while Oklahoma just notched a signature win and the Red Raiders appear to be reeling, the Sooners are not taking them lightly.

“Tech is a ball club with some big guys who can really score,” OU coach Lon Kruger said. “After a big win, you’re concerned about the next game. We have to bounce back and focus on getting better.”

The Sooners will be hop-ing to slow down Texas Tech’s active front-court, consisting of junior forward Jaye Crockett and sophomore forward Jordan Tolbert.

Crockett is averaging 14 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game, while Tolbert is putting up averages of 8.4 points and 5.9 rebounds.

OU will counter with its own dynamic frontcourt, consisting of Osby and M’Baye, both of whom were critical to the Sooners’

Bedlam victory.In that game, Osby had 17 points and

three rebounds. M’Baye chipped in with 15 points, five rebounds and two steals.

“It definitely gives a great deal of confi-dence,” M’Baye said about performing well against OSU. “I’m definitely looking for-

ward to the game [against Texas Tech]. Every time that we can build a little bit of confidence, it’s really good for us.”

T h e S o o n e r s a l s o a re hopeful they will get a crowd that is as large and ener-gized as it was during the OSU game. The fans’ inten-sity fueled the team as it held off the Cowboys’ comeback attempts.

Even though this game ap-pears to be a potential trap for Oklahoma, the Sooners are preparing for it just as hard as if it were against a highly ranked opponent.

“We just have to be ready to go,” M’Baye said. “Their record might not be speaking for how good they are. I’ve been on teams that were below .500 before, and we upset some people because they weren’t ready. We just have to compete with energy and do the same thing that we did against Oklahoma State.”

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PLAYER PROFILERomero OsbyYear: senior

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8 • Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Meet the editors

There are 17 student leaders at The Oklahoma Daily who are responsi-ble for planning and producing the

newspaper and OUDaily.com. If you have questions, comments or story ideas — or if you are interested in joining The Daily — these are the people you should contact.

Name: Mary Stanfield Position: Editor in Chief Class: Philosophy senior This is Mary’s seventh semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as opinion editor, an opinion columnist and a copy editor. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Kyle Margerum Position: Managing Editor Class: Professional writing senior

This is Kyle’s seventh semester at The Daily. He previously has worked as night editor, summer 2012 life & arts editor and a copy editor. Contact him at [email protected]

Name: Hillary McLain Position: Online Editor Class: Journalism junior

This is Hillary’s seventh semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as assistant online editor, campus editor, diversity reporter and copy editor. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Blayklee Buchanan Position: Night Editor Class: English literature sophomore

This is Blayklee’s third semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as design chief and a campus reporter. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Arianna Pickard Position: Campus Editor Class: Online journalism sophomore

This is Arianna’s third semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as an assistant campus editor and a campus reporter. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Dillon Phillips Position: Sports Editor Class: Journalism junior

This is Dillion’s third semester at The Daily. He previously has worked as assistant sports editor and sports reporter. Contact him at [email protected]

Name: Emma Hamblen Position: Life & Arts Editor Class: Professional writing sophomore

This is Emma’s third semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as assistant campus editor and campus reporter. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Mark Brockway Position: Opinion Editor Class: Political science senior

This is Mark’s third semester at The Daily. He previously has worked as a senior opinion columnist. Contact him at [email protected]

Name: Ty Johnson Position: Visual Editor Class: Letters Pre-Med Junior

This is Ty’s third semester at The Daily. He previously has worked as photojournalist and night photo editor. Contact him at [email protected]

Name: Paighten Harkins Position: Assistant Campus Editor Class: Journalism sophomore

This is Paighten’s fourth semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as assistant campus editor and campus reporter. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Nadia Enchassi Position: Assistant Campus Editor Class: Journalism junior

This is Nadia’s second semester at The Daily. She previously was a practicum student. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Micah Wormley Position: Assistant Online Editor Class: Professional writing junior

This is Micah’s second semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as a campus reporter, online intern and is currently an opinion columnist. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Jono Greco Position: Assistant Sports Editor Class: Journalism graduate student

This is Jono’s seventh semester at The Daily. He previously has worked as a sports reporter and Copy Chief. Contact him at [email protected]

Name: Megan Deaton Position: Assistant Life & Arts Editor Class: Journalism and international area studies junior

This is Megan’s fourth semester at The Daily. She has been a campus and a life and arts reporter. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Kayley Gillespie Position: Assistant Opinion Editor Class: English literature senior

This is Kayley’s fourth semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as opinion editor, assistant opinion editor and an opinion columnist. Contact her at [email protected]

Name: Heather Brown Position: Photo Editor Class: Photography senior

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Meet the Editors

Name: Alissa Lindsey Position: Copy chief Class: Professional writing freshman

This is Alissa’s second semester at The Daily. She previously has worked as a copy editor. Contact her at [email protected]

Construction of the new bus transfer station will continue

through Spring Break. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Call OU Parking Services at 325-3311. Call CART (Cleveland Area Rapid Transit) at 325-2278.

ou.edu/parking @OUParkingrideCART.com @CARTNorman

Park at Lloyd Noble Center and ride CART to campus. Parking on the north

side of LNC is free to shuttle riders. LNC Shuttle hours of operation: 7 a.m. to 9

p.m. Mondays to Thursdays; 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays ( 5- to 10-minute service until 6 p.m.; 20-minute service from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays).

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