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made it possible to gather more information about a native Oklahoma tribe known as the Caddo. Dowd used a $595 research CHASE COOK grant from the Graduate Managing Editor Student Senate to carbon Elsbeth Dowd, anthropolo- date a piece of charcoal from gy graduate student, received an archeological dig known a grant from her peers that as the Cook site. The charcoal
dated back to the late 13th century, which Dowd said helped shed light on specifically when natives were active at that site. “The GSS provides a wonderful opportunity to supplement external funding,” Dowd said. “It’s really nice to have this extra [source of
funding].” Students in five different graduate student departments won’t have the same opportunity as Dowd this semester. These departments have been listed in bad standing by the Senate, meaning each department’s students are
not eligible for Senate grants ranging from $75 to $750: • College of Architecture • Electrical and Computer Engineering • Leadership and Academic Curriculum • Landscape Architecture • Petroleum and Geological Engineering
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Cervical cancer survivor Abby Skinner, environmental sustainability sophomore, makes blue ribbons to pass out to attendees of the Sexperts cervical cancer awareness talk Thursday while a dinosaur collection bank waits to hold donations to the National Cervical Cancer Coaltion.
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she had received her diagnosis hours before. All the 19-year-old environmental sustainability sophomore could think about was the possibility that she would never be able to SARAH MARTIN have her own children. Campus Reporter Skinner, who is the Walker Center Resident Tears came down Abby Skinner’s face as Student Association president, never expectshe cradled her friend’s newborn child in a ed to harbor these fears, but then again, she hospital room only steps away from where never expected to be diagnosed with an early-
stage case of cervical cancer, either. After being diagnosed in the summer of 2011 and having surgery on her 20th birthday in August, Skinner has fully recovered from cervical cancer and made it her mission to raise awareness about the disease, she said. The members of the OU Housing Center
After spending twoand-a-half months living homeless while studying abroad in Bordeaux, France, Beth Forsythe realized the OU study abroad program might need a little help. When she returned to the U.S., the letters senior began working with OU Education Abroad Director Alice Kloker to fill the gaps in the program that had led to her predicament. This collaboration resulted in an eight-page “s u r v i v a l g u i d e ” f o r students travelling to Bordeaux, featuring important details such as how to get a dorm or find housing. “This project was started and run by me because I saw a need,” Forsythe said. “I have friends who studied abroad who said they needed it as well.” Forsythe’s guide also
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T h e T E D x O U c o n f e rence today in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium will feature 14 speakers from diverse backgrounds lecturing some of OU’s brightest students, said event organizers. TED, which stands for
Technology, Entertainment and Design, began in 1984 as a non-profit conference, according to its website. TEDx events are independently organized and designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue on a local level. The all-day conference is sold out, but videos of the lectures will be posted online. “The goal is to connect the university students, faculty, staff and citizens from across
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the state to a collection of intellectually curious thoughtleaders representing a variety of backgrounds and perspectives,” said Daniel Pullin, vice president at the OU Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. The event has its roots in a meeting between Pullin and TED curator Ken Stoner at a TEDxOKC event in April 2011. Pullin and the CCEW were interested in hosting an event at OU, Stoner said. “They’ve
been one of our greatest visionary sponsors,” he said. Current center interns and students also encouraged the organizers to create an OU event, Pullin said. “A number of interdisciplinary students interning at OU’s Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth had attended other TEDx events across the state,” Pullin said. “They came away from each of these experiences with a see FORUM PaGe 3
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Philosophy to teach lessons on will, discipline VICTORIA GARTEN Campus Reporter
One TEDxOU speaker plans to leave a lasting impression on his audience with not only his words but his movements. Modern dance professor
Austin Hartel plans to share a philosophy he teaches to his dance students that applies both to their studies and their lives, he said. T h i s p h i l o s o p hy i n cludes lessons of camaraderie, as well as the will and discipline it takes to be a dancer, he said. He sees his students and dancers see SPEAKER PaGe 3
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France: Guides provided for traveling students Continued from page 1
Today around campus An open house will be held for students interested in working for The Oklahoma Daily from 6 to 7 p.m. in Copeland Hall, Room 160. “The Empire of Trebizond: The Last Gasp of Byzantium,� a free lecture, will be given at 6:30 p.m. in the A/B room of the Norman Public Library. The fifth annual Beauty and the Beast event, featuring the OU wrestling and women’s gymnastics teams, will take place at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Final day to change from credit to audit for undergraduate students. For more information, contact Enrollment Services. A special TEDx event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
Saturday, Jan. 28 A track & field competition with Oklahoma Christian University will go on all day in Norman.
Sunday, Jan. 29 A wrestling dual against Lehigh will take place at noon at McCasland Field House. Divas!, a performance by Professor Bradley Williams’ voice students, will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.
Tuesday, Jan. 31 A forum on opportunities to study abroad will be led by Education Abroad staff and study abroad alumni at 7 p.m. in Cate Main Social Lounge. Free pizza will be provided.
Thursday, Feb. 2 An information session for students interested in the Journey to Latin America program will be held at 4:30 p.m. in 221 Old Science Hall.
Friday, Feb. 3 The women’s gymnastics team will host a quad meet against Nebraska, Minnesota and Centenary at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. An opening reception will be held for “Reclaimed and Remixed: Chicano Artâ€? by Narciso ArgĂźelles at 5 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery, FJJMA. The reception is free to public. Exhibit runs from Feb. 3 to Feb. 17. A film screening of “Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer,â€? directed by Thom Anderson will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, FJJMA.
Saturday, Feb. 4 The women’s basketball team will play Oklahoma State at noon in Lloyd Noble Center.
Corrections The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers with accurate coverage and analysis. Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention by emailing dailynews@ou.edu. In a Page 1 deck, the date of resignation for Chad Kerksick was misreported. Kerksick is on leave until he resigns in June. In a Page 4 column, the length of time for Jerry Sandusky’s child molestation scandal was misreported. The incidents came to light when allegations first became public in 2009.
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includes information on medical care, general safety, transportation and cultural and shopping tips. Forsythe’s goal is to address problems OU’s education abroad services sometimes miss during orientation, she said. “I wanted something more than just, ‘Study abroad is really good,’� Forsythe said. “[Forsythe] provided our office with valuable feedback on what we can be doing to better prepare students to study abroad,� Kloker said in an email. Procedures in the department have changed since Foresythe’s return, Kloker said, and students now are informed before they travel of what resources will be available while abroad. While assisting the department, Forsythe also has worked with study abroad adviser Brooke Hammer during the orientation process for students heading overseas next fall. While her guide has yet to be integrated into the sessions, Forsythe’s contact information has been provided to students, and some have contacted her for help. “I spoke to one girl and gave her the study guide,� Forsythe said. “I think it really helped her.� Hammer has served as a study abroad adviser only since September 2011, but during her time on campus, she began to write her own survival guides. “The guide includes what to do before you leave, how grades work there, how to get your medication if you need it there, what you should pack, how to get from the airport to your destination,� Hammer said.
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Hammer’s guide includes information about on- and off-campus housing as well, she said. “I don’t know who [Forsythe’s] adviser was, but as far as I know, we typically facilitate on-campus housing,� Hammer said. “Maybe when she went [to Bordeaux], they did that and she declined, and they left her on her own to find an apartment.� Hammer’s guide for students headed to Bordeaux is just her first, she said. In time, she would like to produce guides for the
other regions she oversees, including Spain, Oceania, the United Kingdom and Ireland. “[ The guides] w ill be passed out before orientations,� Hammer said. “We like to send them to students already accepted into study abroad.� Hammer’s attempt to inform also is helping expand the number of students studying abroad, she said. The President ’s International Travel Fellowship, created by OU President David Boren, requires students to help
promote study abroad after they return to OU. One way students can meet that requirement is to contribute to the guide. Forsythe hopes to expand her own survival guide initiative to other countries, she said. She originally interviewed students who traveled to other countries but found she could not create guides as in depth as her own. Now, she is searching for students who can talk about their experiences in depth to write the guides for other countries.
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as the “scientists of human movement.� As an avid fan of TED — a national organization that stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — Hartel said he approached the coordinators to become a speaker at TEDxOU. His presentation today will feature a performance with his students intended to illustrate his philosophies on dance and life, he said. Today’s event features 13 live presentations about applying innovative ideas in the local community, according to its website. The event takes place all day in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. T E D x O U c o o rd i nato r Adam Croom talked to Hartel about his background as a dancer while planning the event and felt he’d make a great speaker, Croom said. “Austin Hartel is more than just a dancer — he is a philosopher on how to read your life, teaching you to explore your body and relationships,� modern dance performance student Taloa Hixson said. Hartel’s journey as a teacher, choreographer, dancer, philosopher and parent
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Austin Hartel poses in his studio in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Hartel’s dance company, Hartel Dance Group, will perform at the TEDxOU Conference today in Meacham Auditorium.
started at age 8 with a not-sograceful beginning, he said. “My mom said I was very uncoordinated,� Hartel said. “So, when I was 8 years old, she started me in dance classes, and sometime between 14 and 15, I got an opportunity to see (Russian ballet dancer) Rudolf Nureyev dance, and it blew me away. I decided I was going to be a professional dancer.� Hartel served as a cultural ambassador in 1990,
traveling all over the world to teach and perform, he said. In a small town near Ambato, Ecuador, he experienced community in the world of dance when the whole town pitched in to clean the local theater that hadn’t been used in years. “Our coming there was an impetus for the whole town to get involved and clean this theater for performances,� Hartel said. “It gave us this great sense of camaraderie.�
TEDxOU Ken Parker Ghislain d’Humieres Reed Timmer Kyle Harper Julia Ehrhardt Bobby Gruenewald Jeremy Short Clint and Buck Vrazel Courtney Griffin Austin Hartel Jason Roberts, Beatrice Williamson and Jeff Swearingen were late additions to TEDxOU.
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strong desire to bring this opportunity to the OU WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 community.� p.m. today The center has a mission to connect students WHERE: Oklahoma with researchers across Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium the state to develop ideas, which fits with the mission VIDEO: There will be no live of TED, Pullin said. stream, but video will be “I’m a big believer in the posted to TEDxOU.com and power of connecting cuTED.com after the event rious, creative people in concludes. new and interesting ways to discuss big ideas and opportunities,� Pullin said. “The byproducts of encounters like the ones we will create at TEDxOU have the potential to spark and later fuel innovation.� The committee began choosing speakers in August 2011 and looked at 50 to 60 possible speakers at weekly meetings, event organizer Adam Croom said. “We seek out extraordinary voices in the local community who have a unique story or an unusual perspective and convey it in a dynamic way,� Croom said. During the conference, 150 students from all 13 colleges will participate in lectures, as well as 150 members of the public, Croom said. Nearly 600 people applied for 300 available spots, which were chosen through an online application process that opened in December. Tickets were $100 for the public and $27 for the students, with total proceeds coming to over $17,000, Croom said. All money from TEDx tickets and sponsorships is used to produce the event. If TEDxOU is a success today, there is a chance the conference will become a recurring event, Croom said.
donate: Sexperts help educate students about human papilloma virus Continued from page 1 Student Association, who helped Skinner extensively during her absence and recovery last fall, are continuing their support by collecting money for the National Cervical Cancer Coalition this month as part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Skinner said. Some women might think they are not susceptible to cervical cancer, but it is an important issue for college women, Skinner said.
AT A GLANCE How to donate Collection buckets are located in all housing center Resident Student Association offices.
“It’s a young-women’s cancer,� Skinner said. Skinner hopes to raise awareness and encourage women to make regular visits to the gynecologist so they can identify and combat cervical cancer in its
early stages, she said. “It is a very treatable cancer,� Skinner said. Skinner collected donations at the Walker Center “S n a c k s a n d S e x p e r t s� event 7 p.m. Thursday in the Walker Center social lounge. “The Sexperts are a group of peer educators, and I organized the event to raise awareness about overall sexual health and wellness,� Skinner said. Sexperts from the OU Women’s Outreach Center spoke about safer sex and
preventing sexually-transmitted diseases and pregnancy, center director Kathy Moxley said. Speakers advocated for prevention methods and vaccinations for human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease that causes almost 99 percent of cervical cancer, Moxley said. “Students in Oklahoma and throughout the south more generally have only been exposed to abstinence education in high school, so they really don’t know a
lot about safe sex, which is something that is really important to know in college,� anthropology senior and sexpert Kalli Wolf said. Women are not the only ones who should worr y about this issue, Moxley said. “[Men] could be transmitting it to women,� she said. “If we are going to stop the spread of [the virus], we can’t just focus on women.� There are donation collection buckets located in all housing center Resident Student Association offices,
and Skinner is passing out teal awareness ribbons from the Walker office. Skinner wears a permanent awareness ribbon tattooed across a four-leaf clover on her hip to remind her of how lucky she was to have such a smooth recovery and still be able to have children, she said. “Every day, I feel so lucky,� Skinner said. For more information about the Housing Center Student Association’s cervical cancer awareness month, visit OUDaily.com
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Today around campus An open house will be held for students interested in working for The Oklahoma Daily from 6 to 7 p.m. in Copeland Hall, Room 160. “The Empire of Trebizond: The Last Gasp of Byzantium,� a free lecture, will be given at 6:30 p.m. in the A/B room of the Norman Public Library. The fifth annual Beauty and the Beast event, featuring the OU wrestling and women’s gymnastics teams, will take place at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Final day to change from credit to audit for undergraduate students. For more information, contact Enrollment Services. A special TEDx event will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
Saturday, Jan. 28 A track & field competition with Oklahoma Christian University will go on all day in Norman.
Sunday, Jan. 29 A wrestling dual against Lehigh will take place at noon at McCasland Field House. Divas!, a performance by Professor Bradley Williams’ voice students, will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.
Tuesday, Jan. 31 A forum on opportunities to study abroad will be led by Education Abroad staff and study abroad alumni at 7 p.m. in Cate Main Social Lounge. Free pizza will be provided.
Thursday, Feb. 2 An information session for students interested in the Journey to Latin America program will be held at 4:30 p.m. in 221 Old Science Hall.
Friday, Feb. 3 The women’s gymnastics team will host a quad meet against Nebraska, Minnesota and Centenary at 7 p.m. in Lloyd Noble Center. An opening reception will be held for “Reclaimed and Remixed: Chicano Artâ€? by Narciso ArgĂźelles at 5 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery, FJJMA. The reception is free to public. Exhibit runs from Feb. 3 to Feb. 17. A film screening of “Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer,â€? directed by Thom Anderson will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, FJJMA.
Saturday, Feb. 4 The women’s basketball team will play Oklahoma State at noon in Lloyd Noble Center.
Corrections The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers with accurate coverage and analysis. Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention by emailing dailynews@ou.edu. In a Page 1 deck, the date of resignation for Chad Kerksick was misreported. Kerksick is on leave until he resigns in June. In a Page 4 column, the length of time for Jerry Sandusky’s child molestation scandal was misreported. The incidents came to light when allegations first became public in 2009.
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includes information on medical care, general safety, transportation and cultural and shopping tips. Forsythe’s goal is to address problems OU’s education abroad services sometimes miss during orientation, she said. “I wanted something more than just, ‘Study abroad is really good,’� Forsythe said. “[Forsythe] provided our office with valuable feedback on what we can be doing to better prepare students to study abroad,� Kloker said in an email. Procedures in the department have changed since Foresythe’s return, Kloker said, and students now are informed before they travel of what resources will be available while abroad. While assisting the department, Forsythe also has worked with study abroad adviser Brooke Hammer during the orientation process for students heading overseas next fall. While her guide has yet to be integrated into the sessions, Forsythe’s contact information has been provided to students, and some have contacted her for help. “I spoke to one girl and gave her the study guide,� Forsythe said. “I think it really helped her.� Hammer has served as a study abroad adviser only since September 2011, but during her time on campus, she began to write her own survival guides. “The guide includes what to do before you leave, how grades work there, how to get your medication if you need it there, what you should pack, how to get from the airport to your destination,� Hammer said.
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Beth Forsythe, letters senior, stands in front of the Eiffel tower during a trip to France. Forsythe studied abroad in France, and her less-than-desirable expriences — such as being homeless for two-and-a-half months — led her to begin writing survival guides for students studying abroad.
Hammer’s guide includes information about on- and off-campus housing as well, she said. “I don’t know who [Forsythe’s] adviser was, but as far as I know, we typically facilitate on-campus housing,� Hammer said. “Maybe when she went [to Bordeaux], they did that and she declined, and they left her on her own to find an apartment.� Hammer’s guide for students headed to Bordeaux is just her first, she said. In time, she would like to produce guides for the
other regions she oversees, including Spain, Oceania, the United Kingdom and Ireland. “[ The guides] w ill be passed out before orientations,� Hammer said. “We like to send them to students already accepted into study abroad.� Hammer’s attempt to inform also is helping expand the number of students studying abroad, she said. The President ’s International Travel Fellowship, created by OU President David Boren, requires students to help
promote study abroad after they return to OU. One way students can meet that requirement is to contribute to the guide. Forsythe hopes to expand her own survival guide initiative to other countries, she said. She originally interviewed students who traveled to other countries but found she could not create guides as in depth as her own. Now, she is searching for students who can talk about their experiences in depth to write the guides for other countries.
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as the “scientists of human movement.� As an avid fan of TED — a national organization that stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — Hartel said he approached the coordinators to become a speaker at TEDxOU. His presentation today will feature a performance with his students intended to illustrate his philosophies on dance and life, he said. Today’s event features 13 live presentations about applying innovative ideas in the local community, according to its website. The event takes place all day in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. T E D x O U c o o rd i nato r Adam Croom talked to Hartel about his background as a dancer while planning the event and felt he’d make a great speaker, Croom said. “Austin Hartel is more than just a dancer — he is a philosopher on how to read your life, teaching you to explore your body and relationships,� modern dance performance student Taloa Hixson said. Hartel’s journey as a teacher, choreographer, dancer, philosopher and parent
Continued from page 1
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Austin Hartel poses in his studio in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Hartel’s dance company, Hartel Dance Group, will perform at the TEDxOU Conference today in Meacham Auditorium.
started at age 8 with a not-sograceful beginning, he said. “My mom said I was very uncoordinated,� Hartel said. “So, when I was 8 years old, she started me in dance classes, and sometime between 14 and 15, I got an opportunity to see (Russian ballet dancer) Rudolf Nureyev dance, and it blew me away. I decided I was going to be a professional dancer.� Hartel served as a cultural ambassador in 1990,
traveling all over the world to teach and perform, he said. In a small town near Ambato, Ecuador, he experienced community in the world of dance when the whole town pitched in to clean the local theater that hadn’t been used in years. “Our coming there was an impetus for the whole town to get involved and clean this theater for performances,� Hartel said. “It gave us this great sense of camaraderie.�
TEDxOU Ken Parker Ghislain d’Humieres Reed Timmer Kyle Harper Julia Ehrhardt Bobby Gruenewald Jeremy Short Clint and Buck Vrazel Courtney Griffin Austin Hartel Jason Roberts, Beatrice Williamson and Jeff Swearingen were late additions to TEDxOU.
GO AND DO TEDxOU
strong desire to bring this opportunity to the OU WHEN: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 community.� p.m. today The center has a mission to connect students WHERE: Oklahoma with researchers across Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium the state to develop ideas, which fits with the mission VIDEO: There will be no live of TED, Pullin said. stream, but video will be “I’m a big believer in the posted to TEDxOU.com and power of connecting cuTED.com after the event rious, creative people in concludes. new and interesting ways to discuss big ideas and opportunities,� Pullin said. “The byproducts of encounters like the ones we will create at TEDxOU have the potential to spark and later fuel innovation.� The committee began choosing speakers in August 2011 and looked at 50 to 60 possible speakers at weekly meetings, event organizer Adam Croom said. “We seek out extraordinary voices in the local community who have a unique story or an unusual perspective and convey it in a dynamic way,� Croom said. During the conference, 150 students from all 13 colleges will participate in lectures, as well as 150 members of the public, Croom said. Nearly 600 people applied for 300 available spots, which were chosen through an online application process that opened in December. Tickets were $100 for the public and $27 for the students, with total proceeds coming to over $17,000, Croom said. All money from TEDx tickets and sponsorships is used to produce the event. If TEDxOU is a success today, there is a chance the conference will become a recurring event, Croom said.
donate: Sexperts help educate students about human papilloma virus Continued from page 1 Student Association, who helped Skinner extensively during her absence and recovery last fall, are continuing their support by collecting money for the National Cervical Cancer Coalition this month as part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Skinner said. Some women might think they are not susceptible to cervical cancer, but it is an important issue for college women, Skinner said.
AT A GLANCE How to donate Collection buckets are located in all housing center Resident Student Association offices.
“It’s a young-women’s cancer,� Skinner said. Skinner hopes to raise awareness and encourage women to make regular visits to the gynecologist so they can identify and combat cervical cancer in its
early stages, she said. “It is a very treatable cancer,� Skinner said. Skinner collected donations at the Walker Center “S n a c k s a n d S e x p e r t s� event 7 p.m. Thursday in the Walker Center social lounge. “The Sexperts are a group of peer educators, and I organized the event to raise awareness about overall sexual health and wellness,� Skinner said. Sexperts from the OU Women’s Outreach Center spoke about safer sex and
preventing sexually-transmitted diseases and pregnancy, center director Kathy Moxley said. Speakers advocated for prevention methods and vaccinations for human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease that causes almost 99 percent of cervical cancer, Moxley said. “Students in Oklahoma and throughout the south more generally have only been exposed to abstinence education in high school, so they really don’t know a
lot about safe sex, which is something that is really important to know in college,� anthropology senior and sexpert Kalli Wolf said. Women are not the only ones who should worr y about this issue, Moxley said. “[Men] could be transmitting it to women,� she said. “If we are going to stop the spread of [the virus], we can’t just focus on women.� There are donation collection buckets located in all housing center Resident Student Association offices,
and Skinner is passing out teal awareness ribbons from the Walker office. Skinner wears a permanent awareness ribbon tattooed across a four-leaf clover on her hip to remind her of how lucky she was to have such a smooth recovery and still be able to have children, she said. “Every day, I feel so lucky,� Skinner said. For more information about the Housing Center Student Association’s cervical cancer awareness month, visit OUDaily.com
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Cervical cancer testing critical Our View: Oklahoma women have more cervical cancer cases but get tested less. Don’t forget to get tested every two years.
this campus should be getting a pap smear at least every two years, along with a yearly pelvic exam. We know it’s a hassle. It’s just one more thing to remember — and certainly not the most pleasant When we heard about the Housing Center experience on your to-do list. Student Association fundraiser for the National But it’s worth it. If the disease is caught and treatCervical Cancer Coalition, we decided to look into ed during the first stage, the five-year survival rate Oklahoma’s cervical cancer and testing is 92 percent, according to the American rates. The numbers are not encouraging. Cancer Society. Overall, the five-year surThe Our View In Oklahoma, 10.3 out of every 100,000 is the majority vival rate with treatment is 72 percent. women were diagnosed with cervical canopinion of Those aren’t bad chances, but they rely on The Daily’s cer in 2007, the most recent year for which catching and treating the cancer as early as 10-member information is available, according to the possible. editorial board Centers for Disease Control. The national So, female Sooners, put a pap smear on average was 7.9 per 100,000 women. Even your calendar. There’s even an iPhone app more alarming is the fact that women in Oklahoma for that. Passport to Good Health includes inforare getting tested at a lower rate than the national mation on a variety of preventative screenings and average. lets you set reminders throughout the year, along Pap smears are preventative screenings that help with appointment reminders and other helpful detect cervical cancer, a disease that killed 4,021 features. women in the United States in 2007. Goddard Health Center offers a variety of womIn Oklahoma, 77.5 percent of women over the en’s health services, including pap smears and anage of 18 have had a pap smear in the last three nual exams. The prices of these tests are reduced years. Among the state’s black community, the through the Student Health Fee, and they may be number is even lower: 75.4 percent. The national completely covered by your health insurance. average is 80.9 percent — and even that has been And consider getting vaccinated against human falling since 2003, according to the CDC. papilloma virus. These vaccines protect against the Women should begin having a pap smear at least two strains of the virus that cause 70 percent of cerevery two years after they turn 21 or when they vical cancer cases, according to the CDC. The virus become sexually active, whichever occurs first, ac- is involved in over 90 percent of cervical cancer cording to the CDC. After the age of 30, if a womcases, so if you haven’t had the vaccine, you should an’s tests have been normal for a while, her doctor talk to your doctor about being tested for the virus. may reduce the frequency of the pap smears. But And all you male Sooners out there, remind the it still is important to have a yearly pelvic exam to women in your life that this test is an important watch for other cancer indicators. way to protect themselves against dangerous and The majority of women on this campus are 21 often deadly disease. After all, your own time for or older and, nationally, 79.5 percent of collegeannual cancer screenings will come. aged individuals are sexually active, according to the CDC. That means that nearly every woman on Comment on this at OUDaily.com
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n a country where OPINION COLUMNIST being part of the majority is encouraged by the way of social norms, is the majority always a safe and healthy avenue to pursue? Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, has found Kayley Gillespie himself in the company of an kayley.m.gillespie-1@ou.edu unhealthy, but growing, majority. With many admirable titles preceding him, namely, his elected position as U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008 as well as governor of New Jersey since 2009, Christie is rightfully esteemed. His accomplishments, though, have been overlooked during the past months of controversy over his weight. Critical observers highlight Christie’s obesity as a deal breaker in the upcoming election. Though the speculations that Christie may have had plans to run for president have been debunked, others still maintain that he could be chosen as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate. This isn’t just about Christie, though. This is about how America votes. What is important, besides a candidate’s platform, ideologies and voting record? Appearance — specifically, weight — has mattered in the past. But when about one-third of U.S. adults are obese, one wonders what license the public has to criticize. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12.5 million children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years old are obese. The obesity rates within the U.S. are high and still are rising. Is hypocrisy America’s stage? Why should America put its political figures on a pedestal, idolizing them as perfectly moral and above-human beings? Christie certainly is representative of our country, a qualification that is traditionally good for a potential candidate to have. But, like everyone else, political figures preform best when in optimal health. Shouldn’t America invest in a “safe bet?” As the voice of the people, by the people, for the people, perhaps elected government officials should reflect good health as the figure heads and role models of our country. At the very least, politicians should conserve capital, and obesity is expensive. According to the Society of Actuaries, overweight and obesity costs an estimated $270 billion in the United States alone . This figure factors losses caused by medical costs, excess mortality and disability. Obesity also has been shown to cause adverse medical conditions. Is it hypocritical for Congress to push for a remedied health care system while our elected officials are stressing the system at the same time? Christie is characterized as one of these stressors. Last July, Christie was hospitalized after having difficulty breathing. Christie is an asthmatic, a common condition linked to and intensified by obesity.
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unday marked the OPINION COLUMNIST 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legally sanction the nearly 54 million abortions performed since 1973. President Barack Trevor Clark Obama released a statetrevor.a.clark-1@ou.edu ment lauding the historic decision as protecting not only women’s rights but promoting a broader principle that government should not intervene in private, family matters. But I don’t want to write about abortion, but I must. I am not alone in this struggle, so I do not think I can rightly be called narcissistic or egotistical for sharing about it. I do not share because I believe myself to be important but rather because I think the issue is. Also, I hope by weighing this confession, you better understand the dynamics of the abortion dialogue around you, since understanding is a part of loving. Now on to it, and please be patient as I have to give a bit of background first. I am a Christian, which means that I have given up my life to follow Jesus, whom I trust in as the loving son of God who was crucified and rose again for us all. One of the things he commands his followers is that they teach others to follow him. “Others” includes you, which means I want you to come to know and be known by him. But, as Dallas Willard writes, in our world today, “Presumed familiarity [with Jesus] has led to unfamiliarity, unfamiliarity has led to contempt and contempt has led to profound ignorance.” So one of my concerns with writing and talking to others is to eliminate contempt they might have toward Jesus. A problem arises, though, when I attempt to do this by pandering to people’s particular worldviews. I lose sight of Jesus and, instead of presenting him as he is, try to present myself as a likeable, cool, smart and even philosophical guy. I become leery of stepping on anyone’s toes and try to distance myself from the mocked and mulish stereotyped fundamentalist. This means that sometimes, I really do not want to write about abortion; it makes Jesus and Christianity even less palatable than they already are. Why not write about the milieu of other social ills we all agree must be rectified, like human trafficking, genocide, racism or dirty campaigns? If I only focus on those issues — and they do need to be addressed — I can keep my gaze straight ahead and not glimpse the burden behind me, a looming mountain of silent screams. After all, Jesus said not to look back once the hand is on the plow. And many of us remember what happened to Lot’s wife. Could it be better to avoid mention of that dark mountain? Ah, but there, I’ve already acknowledged it. The screams have reached my ears, the voice of my unborn brothers’ blood cries out from the ground. And I’m a pillar of salt. For now I know, and knowing demands response. As Jesus’ brother, James, wrote: “Whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” The same Christianity that prompts me to love and understand those around me, and therefore identify with them in a meaningful way, also stands in unequivocal opposition to the practice of human abortion and demands that I do something about it. And writing is not enough. This is another reason I don’t want to write about abortion: because I am consciously aware, even while typing, that writing can only be a beginning, a first step toward the mountain that’s gravity increases the nearer I get, demanding more contrition and action. Since I’ve written, I must pray, speak, preach if I can, maybe picket, adopt, support, get arrested and God knows what else short of violence. All these things rub against my desire to appeal to my peers, but I think it is better that way. That desire, after all, grows from a conviction that I must introduce people to Jesus, but in presenting him, I need to show him as he is without censoring unpopular parts of the Bible’s teaching. So, even though I don’t want to write about abortion, I know I have to, and I trust that this will work out; that honesty is better than improvising; that loving people means more than appealing to them and that loving Jesus is shown — in part — by actually obeying him. Trevor Clark is a professional writing senior.
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Freshmen Erica Brewer and Rebecca Clark are opposites in their approaches to gymnastics. Brewer is powerful and aggressive, and Clark is graceful and exact in all her movements, OU coach KJ Kindler said. But opposites seem to attract in their case. The pair preferred to interview together as opposed to one-on-one, and they played off each other’s answers, even finishing each other’s sentences. They also didn’t hesitate to compliment the other’s style. “Erica is really strong,� C lark said. “She’s a lot sharper and faster, I guess, than I am.� Kindler said Brewer brings grit and quickness to the Sooners, qualities that strengthen her tumbling and bar routines. But Brewer’s aggressiveness can sometimes get the best of her. She said she goes too hard in certain situations and has to step back, take a breath and just do her gymnastics. Brewer gets encouragement from Clark, though, who stays calm and focused during meets. Ke e p i ng a l e ve l h ea d helps Clark with the minute, precise movements that give her routines a graceful quality Kindler and Brewer acknowledged. “She definitely has the flexibility I don’t have,� Brewer said. Ki n d l e r s a i d C l a rk i s smooth, and her technique and form are impeccable. But Clark said she doesn’t have the same confidence Brewer does, and she said she sometimes struggles to trust what she can do in a meet. The benefit for them as teammates, though, is having strength where the other has weakness, allowing them to pick each other up and push each other to do more, something fans will get the chance to see when the Sooners compete for the first time this season in front of a home crowd during tonight’s Beauty and the Beast event. The annual event, which showcases the women’s gymnastics and wrestling teams together at Lloyd Noble Center, helps prepare gymnasts for the volatile environments they will encounter on the road throughout the season, Kindler said.
“It’s a great test of our focus as athletes,� she said. Because the teams compete side-by-side, Kindler said the event caters to all crowds. “There’s so much going on during the meet, and it’s for every family member that you’ve got,� she said. “You can keep everyone happy and occupied, and there’s never a dull moment during the entire meet.�
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Above: Freshman Erica Brewer performs her floor routine during an intrasquad meet this season. Brewer scored a 9.800 on vault and a 9.875 on bars during OU’s quad meet Saturday in Denton, Texas. (Astrud Reed/The Daily) Right: Freshman Rebecca Clark performs her beam routine during OU’s intrasquad meet in December. Clark scored 9.850s on vault, bars and beam during OU’s quad meet Saturday in Denton, Texas. (Photo provided by OU Athletics Communications)
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The hectic nature of the event isn’t off-putting for Brewer or Clark, though. In fact, they both said they’re excited for tonight. “I like the busy,� Brewer said. “We all love noise.� Clark agreed, saying quiet is not good for gymnastics and noise helps them focus. She also said she’s looking forward to their friends who are student-athletes in other sports finally getting
to see the gymnastics squad perform. “It’s really exciting that they’re going to get to come see us,� she said. Above all else, Kindler said she thinks the event makes the crowd more electric, which she said is good for her gymnasts. “It raises the energy level in Lloyd Noble, and I think our athletes respond to the energy level,� she said.
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Levi Cooper, the No. 9-ranked heavyweight in the nation, had every reason to feel cocky heading into his match against OU redshirt freshman Kyle Colling. He was on a roll and had just beat the No. 1 heavyweight in the nation a week prior. Colling was about to get a signature win of his own, though. With the match deadlocked in the final period, Colling had just enough energy to perform an escape with 28 seconds left and hold on for a one-point victory. “It’s something that he needed because he’s very capable of beating everybody,� coach Mark Cody said. “We’re just trying to get it between his ears to believe that he’s as good as anybody out there.� Being ranked as the No. 6 heavyweight recruit in the nation, the Arcade, N.Y., native had his pick from many of the country’s top wrestling programs, including several much closer to home. He’s a competitor, though. There were more important things to consider than proximity to home. “It had the best tradition, it had the best coaches, and mainly, it just felt the most comfortable,� Colling said of OU. Going into this season, Colling expected big things from himself. However, he was beat out of the Oklahoma lineup by former Sooner Elijah Madison. Madison went on to win the Sooners’ first heavyweight match of the year. Then, Colling proved his worth at the Brockport/Oklahoma Gold tournament back home in New York. “Even though he wasn’t starting, he had beat a couple of individuals (at Brockport) that our starting heavyweight lost to, including the guy that was ranked 8th in the country at the time,� Cody said. Then, Madison decided to transfer schools. Colling finally had the chance he had waited over a year for. The redshirt freshman went 5-2 before losing a headscratcher against Iowa State. The confusing part about that Iowa State loss was the fact that he posted such a dominating performance just two days later to take down the nation’s No. 9 heavyweight. As big as that win was, Colling just considered it a relief. “It wasn’t a surprise, but it just felt like a relief,� Colling said. “Because I wrestled so horribly (against Iowa State).� The win was a relief to his coach, too. Cody finally sees his heavyweight gaining the confidence he needs to reach his vast potential. “Confidence-wise, I feel like I can beat anyone in the country,� Colling said. “My body has to be ready, my mind has to be ready, but I don’t doubt that I can do it.�
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Sophomore center Nicole Griffin, with the help of sophomore guard Morgan Hook, battles against Baylor’s junior center Brittney Griner. OU held the National Player of the Year candidate to only 5 first-haf points in the team’s 89-58 loss to the Bears Thursday night in Norman.
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Griner ended the game with a team-high 18 points, albeit lower than her season average of 22 points going into the match-up. Baylor’s outside shooters and fast-breaking forwards also made up significantly on the perimeter and in the paint to score enough points to put the Sooners away. As a team, Baylor was a consistent 49 percent from the field and a near perfect
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16-of-18 from the courtesy line. When the clock finally ran out, six different Baylor players finished with double-digit points in the game along with a combined 18 assists by the team. “They’re the number one team in the country and they just have really good depth at every position,” Coale said. “We were just two thin due to our injuries.”
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The No. 25-ranked OU women’s tennis team will face its first road test this weekend when it competes for a spot at the 2012 USTA/ ITA National Team Indoor Championships starting at noon Friday at UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles. The Sooners will be facing off against St. Mary’sand either Utah or No. 4-ranked UCLA as part of the ITA KickOff Weekend, which is held at 15 different campuses across the country. Oklahoma opened its season at home against vastly over-matched Drake and Arkansas-Little Rock. The Sooners dropped only one match the entire day, beating Drake 6-1 and shutting out Arkansas-Little Rock 7-0. Coach David Mullins was happy with his team’s performance and viewed the opening win as a good way to get back in the swing of competition. The team’s next match, though, was all about
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One of the biggest questions for OU women’s hoops going into the highly-touted match-up against No. 1 Baylor was could the Sooner centers stop All-American Brittney Griner. Limited to just five points in the first half, OU’s defense looked like it had an answer for the 6-foot-8 shooting nemesis. Just not for the rest of the Baylor offense. The Bears were relentless in their 89-58 rout of the Sooners on Wednesday in Norman. “We did a good job early, but we just got worn down,” head coach Sherri Coale said. “It was just a snowball. We got fatigued and let one play lead into another.” In what started out as a defensive blunder for the Sooners who gave up two quick fouls to allow Baylor a 4-0 lead within the first two minutes of action, OU started to settle into their basketball shoes and run the plays they practiced on during the week. The teams traded off baskets, and Baylor built a small six point lead after Griner drained her first points of the game, nearly eight minutes into the first half. But junior guard Whitney Hand took Baylor’s momentum right out of their hands w ith back-to-back baskets. Although the Sooners were able to post a 1-point lead midway through the first half, OU couldn’t keep bouncing back from the blows Baylor dealt. “Just like Coach(Coale) said in the locker room, we have to go out there and punch back,” Hand said. “But I felt like after that last punch we just didn’t stay good together on the court.” Hand finished the game with a game-leading 19 p o i nt s, a n d o t h e r t ha n sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg and freshman forward DaShawn Harden’s double-digit performances, there was little else coming out of the OU offense. “I felt like we got good shots,” Hand said. “We were like 4-of-19 in threes. If half of those shots go down like they usually do, it’s a different ballgame.” Instead, the OU defense began to wear down and
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winning. Oklahoma hosted a very solid North Texas team Tuesday, just three short days after opening its season, and scraped by with a 4-3 win to advance to 3-0 heading into one of the biggest competitions of the season. Senior Marie-Pier Huet and sophomore Whitney Ritchie picked up the win at No. 1 doubles for the Sooners, and sophomore Mia Lancaster and freshman Abbi Melrose clinched the doubles point for the Sooners a few minutes later. That point proved to be the difference, as the two teams split the six singles
matches. Whereas Mullins viewed the team’s first day of competition as a glorified warm up, the win over North Texas is definitely a victory the team can hang its hat on. “Overall I’m happy to get the four points and get out of here with a win,” Mullins said. “I know North Texas will be a good team this year, and this win will help us down the road in the rankings.” The Sooners enter Friday as the No. 2-seed in Los Angeles and will open play at noon against No. 3-seeded St. Mary’s.
Oklahoma’s track and field teams will travel to Fayetteville this weekend for the Razorback Invitational. The Sooners will face off against a bevy of highly ranked teams, including host school Arkansas’ top-ranked men’s and third-ranked women’s teams. “It’s an honor [to go up against those teams], but I don’t worry about other people,” senior shot putter Tia Brooks said. “I just want to do my best. The goal is to PR at every meet, and that’s what I’m hoping for.” Thanks to a successful opening weekend, both OU’s men’s and women’s teams made significant moves in the polls. The women moved up from 21st to 19th, and the men made the biggest jump of any team, advancing from 23rd to 13th. After sending its top distance runners to the Gladstein Invitational last weekend – where senior George Alex won the mile with a 4:03.35 – the men’s team will be at full strength in Arkansas for the first time this season. This also will be the debut of former Montana State miler and threetime All-American Patrick Casey, whose transfer to Oklahoma was made official Wednesday. Casey is the top-ranked miler and second-ranked half-miler in the nation, giving the Sooners two top
PLAYER TO WATCH Tia Brooks Year: Junior Position: Thrower Hometown: Grand Rapids, Mich. Season stats: Brooks made the fifth-best throw in NCAA history during OU’s opening meet.
10 milers – the other being sixth-ranked Maine transfer Riley Masters. Casey joins one of the deepest groups of distance runners in the nation, rounded out by four of the top 20 5,000-meter runners in Kevin Schwab, George Alex, Kevin Williams and Bill Kogel. In addition to fielding a stacked distance lineup and a top-20 hurdler in Malcolm Anderson on the men’s side, the women’s team boasts the top two shot putters in the nation with top-ranked Tia Brooks and second-ranked Karen Shump. Brooks is coming off a record-setting performance at the J.D. Martin Invitational last weekend where she set an OU record for indoor shot as well as meeting the Olympic “A” standard. “I hope to have at least a couple more Olympics under my belt, but I’m just kind of going with the flow right now,” Brooks said. “I just try to go out there and do my thing, and if that gets me the win, that gets me the win.” The meet is scheduled to kickoff at noon Friday in Fayateville, Ark.
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Lindsey Ruta, life & arts editor Mariah Webb, assistant life & arts editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666
Coo-coo for Cocoa W Chocolate has been around for centuries. When the Spanish came across the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in Rachael Cervenka Mexico, they found rachmarie@ou.edu many different plants they had never seen be- Discovery Channel. fore, chocolate being one The Aztecs used the of them, according to the cocoa plant to make
ho doesn’t like hot chocolate? I mean really, after a long cold day of walking all over campus bundled in your mittens and hats, I think everyone could use a nice hot cup of cocoa.
different drinks. The Spanish later took the method over to Europe, where it became a huge success. Over the centuries, the drink has been modified into what we now consider hot chocolate. However, you don’t
have to settle for the generic powder mix you find in your average grocery store. There are so many ways to concoct hot chocolate, and here are just a few.
To read more hot chocolate recipes, including vegan-friendly variations, visit OUDaily.com
Rachael Cervanka is a journalism junior.
Basic Homemade Hot Chocolate
Raspberry Hot Chocolate
Ingredients 2 cups of milk 2 cups Half-and-half 1 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 tablespoon sugar (optional) 1 “handful” of mini marshmallows (optional)
For a different fruit variation, try adding 3 tablespoons of raspberry syrup (the kind you would find in a coffee shop) to the mixture after the chocolate chips are melted. Drop a couple of raspberries into each cup and continue following basic directions.
(Follow instructions for Homemade Hot Chocolate)
(Serves 6)
Warm the milk and half-and half in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, then stir in chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate chips are melted. If this concoction is too chocolaty for you, add more milk. If it isn’t sweet enough, add a tablespoon of sugar. Top with a “handful” of minimarshmallow. I’ll leave it up to you to decide what a “handful” really means. Serve warm in your favorite mug.
Caramel Hot Chocolate (Serves 6)
Ingredients 1/3 cups sugar 1/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cups water 6 round caramels 6 cups milk A dollop whipped cream (optional) Combine sugar, cocoa powder and water in a large saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add caramel candies; cook and stir until melted. Stir in milk. Heat for about 5-7 minutes. Pour into mugs; add a dollop of whipped cream. I would make it a large dollop for this recipe.
Mint Hot Chocolate
Orange Hot Chocolate
(Follow instructions for Homemade Hot Chocolate) For all of you citrus lovers out there, you can create your own unique concoction by adding four slices of orange rind as you warm the milk mixture. Add a splash of orange syrup if you have it, but it isn’t necessary. Continue with basic recipe.
(Follow instructions for Homemade Hot Chocolate) Drop 1 to 2 miniature peppermint patties (York would work) into each mug before adding hot chocolate. Stir to melt and enjoy the minty freshness of the hot cocoa. This would be my personal favorite.
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performance requires a performer, a viewer and illumination. Art requires energy, dedication and passion,” as choreographer Austin Lintner said in the Young Choreographer’s Showcase program. The Young Choreographer’s Showcase was just that, art exquisitely exhibited on the stage. “Vitality,” choreographed by ballet performance and pre-physical therapy junior Austin Lintner was a great opening to the show. The music was jovial and whimsical, and the movement was light and flowing. This piece was performed by two women and one man wearing pastel colors with bare legs. This dance looked like the beginning of spring. “D.S.,” choreographed by modern dance performance senior Diana Robertson, was an abstract Photos by Ricardo Patino/The Daily dance filled with intricate and interesting movement. There was a lot of floor discovered each other. The work in this piece, but movement filled every secoudaily.coM whether on the floor or in ond of the music as the two Video: Modern perforthe air, it definitely held the moved together as one. mance sophomore Megan audience’s attention. The video game charStorey opens up about “Sammen Son Én,” acters Mario and Luigi are losing her sister and havchoreographed by ballet brought to life in Charlotte ing the piece “6 out of 5” performance senior Brett Hart’s ballet. dedicated to her memory. Young, was breathtaking. Hart is a graduate stuPerformed by Zachary dent and professional balSlideshow: See the photo Leighton and Diana let dancer who received gallery from the show. Robertson, this piece told her Bachelor of Fine Arts the story of finding and fallfrom OU. Her piece was ing in love, growing distant The dancers walked animated and fun. The and reconnecting with each around the stage in movement resembled that other. search of something and of electronic characters
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Four of the five dancers in Jammie Walker’s piece, “6 out of 5.” Walker, a ballet performance senior, dedicated his piece to a fellow dancer’s sister who recently lost her battle with cancer.
“Weightless: An Ode to Cello.” This routine is beautifully lit, choreographed and executed. The dancers appear as weightless, and Above: Dancers perform “D.S.” the back wall disappears to at Wednesday night’s preview the audience’s eye and beof the Young Choreographers’ comes an abyss. Showcase. The piece was Ballet performance sechoreographed by modern nior Jammie Walker, not dance performance senior Diana only danced in two numRobertson, who was one of 8 stu- bers, he is one of the young dents selected to choreograph in choreographers. The movethis year’s show. ment of “6 out of 5” is fast and furious. This routine Left: Students perform Nathan resembles a stressful, chaYoung’s “Ineffable Soulstice.” otic life executed with shakYoung, a ballet performance ing hands and different junior, choreographed the piece movements for every dancin a contemporary and abstract er. The color scheme of red fashion. and black is consistent, however each dancer wears different variations of these with high energy and sharp colors, adding to the indimovements. viduality of the movement. This number was very The closing piece, entertaining and definitely “Hocket,” was choreoone of a kind. graphed by modern Ballet performance judancer performance senior Nathan Young chonior Christopher Frazier reographed “Ineffable and began a cappella. The Soulstice.” This is a condancers’ intense focus temporary routine with ab- pierces through their eyes stract movements and out- into the audience as their standing visuals from the subtle movement creates a audience’s perspective. rhythm. Terra Easter, modThe rhythm soon is acern dance performance companied by drums, and senior choreographed a story of lust, lure and
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jealousy unfolds on the stage. The facial expressions of the two leading women, Elyse Anderson and Megan Storey, portray their emotions and motifs behind their movement. The young choreographers showcase was an honor and pleasure to watch. Dusti Gasparovic is a University College Freshman
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Does mother know best? Life & Arts Columnist
Mariah Webb mariahwebb@ou.edu
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’ve always wondered how authority is given to those who give relationship advice. I often find that people who offer the best wisdom are single and struggle to find love for themselves. With the traditional bonds of matrimony being challenged left and right in our generation, no two couples are the same. Advice that works for one individual is seldom applicable to another. As hard as it is for me to accept relationship advice as valid from anybody, there are certain nuggets of wisdom that cannot go unrecognized for the sake of comedy. Parents are the prime example. I receive the best relationship advice from my parents, but not when they are actually trying to give advice. No, in that regard, I often disagree with what they have to say. However, after seven p.m. and a few glasses of wine, their true beliefs start to emerge and a whole new hilarious dimension is revealed. I’m certain that they would never want these stories exposed to the world, but unfortunately for them, I have a column to write. Once, while watching a reality show and downing a few glasses of red, my mom began to comment on the actions of the morons on the screen. Suddenly, almost out of the blue, my mom blurted out; “Mariah, once you get married, never pick up your
man’s underwear.” I looked at her. She continued, “If you do it once, he will expect you to do it forever. You leave it there until it turns green if you have to. Don’t say anything about it. Let him come to the conclusion to pick it up on his own.” Now, I’m not sure if she was speaking from experience on this issue or reciting advice she had recently heard from Dr. Ruth, but I
do know that I was thrown into a fit of laughter by her comment. Also, does underwear turn green? Mariah Webb is a University College freshman.
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