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Protest of anti-abortion display denied Student group barred from demonstrating because of paperwork mistake DANNY HATCH The Oklahoma Daily

The Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association was unable to protest against Justice For All’s exhibit Wednesday and Thursday on the South Oval due to a restriction in the Student Code requiring certain paperwork. Student Life denied the group’s ability to protest in response to complaints by Pro-Life Ambassadors, said Sandra Criswell, association co-president. “Pro-Life called the police at least twice,” Criswell said. “The first two times the cops never talked to us, they just observed, and then finally a police officer approached us about someone having an air horn.” It appeared that Criswell and the rest of the student group did not file the proper permit, university spokesman Chris Shilling said. The student group did fill out a permit, but it was the wrong form, Criswell said. “They knew that we were there because of Justice For All, so I guess it was just confusion,” Criswell said. “We filed the tabling permit, but we didn’t realize we needed a separate protest permit.” Typically, Student Affairs approves most permit requests, Shilling said. “One of the most important goals of this university is to support freedom of speech in a peaceful manner,” Shilling said. Registered student organizations wanting to hold a peaceful

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OU students and Norman community members discuss their views about abortion Thursday on the South Oval. People rallied around the Justice For All exhibit, which included large displays, voting desks and musical performances.

protest must register with the Student Affairs office by filling out a “Facility Use Request” at least five days prior to the event, according to Title 6 of the Student Code. “The Student Code specifies advance notice about protests and demonstrations to ensure that we have resources on hand to preserve campus safety and to inform the university community,” Shilling said in an e-mail. Student Life was unable to be reached for comment after three telephone calls and one in-person

visit to the Student Life office. Even though the Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association was unable to protest, individual students were still out on the South Oval making noise and expressing their disagreement with the display. Justice For All’s anti-abortion exhibit was brought to campus by Pro-Life Ambassadors, an OU student organization. Justice For All aims to make abortion an unthinkable practice, according to its mission statement.

“We are trying to create dialogue on abortion with students around campus by using our different kiosks,” said Maureen McKinley, Justice For All logistics coordinator. Lindsey Vandeventer, women’s and gender studies senior, expressed her distaste for the exhibit. “This is a really conscious, violent act on their part to sell a certain variety of rhetoric,” Vandeventer said. “This imagery is violent imagery, and it’s specifically aimed at inciting a very emotional response in people.”

Cherokee student leader to pass torch leader to step down at end of semester after group switches focus to high school students EMILY HOPKINS The Oklahoma Daily

Corey Still, Native American studies sophomore, has spent his last few years leading community service projects to help his fellow Cherokees and Normanites. Now he’s teaching those skills and values to younger Native Americans. “I was taught that whenever I do something, it’s not because of me,” he said. “We do it for the greater society and for the community, for our people, our brothers, our sisters, our cousins.” Still was first appointed t o C h e r o k e e Na t i o n Yo u t h Leadership Council in December 2006 and has served in such positions as cultural chair, reporter and chaplain, among others. The organization, established in 1989, represents the 14 county jurisdictional districts of the Cherokee Nation. Still is an active presence in

Corey Still the OU Native American community. He is the vice president of the American Indian Student Association and is the secretary of the Sigma Alpha Gamma Society of Native American Gentlemen (a Native American fraternity on campus), is the UOSA representative for the Council of Fire (the Native American debate society) and is the American Indian

Student Life worker in the Student Life office. He is currently working with the OU greek system to organize a coat drive with the Cherokee Nation Youth Leadership Council. The coat drive will continue until Dec. 3 and will benefit the Health and Crisis Center located in Tahlequah. Four sororities and two fraternities will compete to collect the most coats, and the winning sorority or fraternity will receive food baskets for finals week, Still said. Christina Hanvey, vocal music education senior and co-organizer of the coat drive, said she has been involved with the leadership council for seven years and enjoys giving back to the community. “I heard about the organization through a friend and thought it sounded like a great opportunity to get involved with community service and learn more about the Cherokee government,” Hanvey said. The group participates in various community service activities across the Cherokee Nation. The

group’s focus, Still said, is on the youth of the Cherokee Nation, though anyone and everyone in need are welcome to ask for help. “The majority of the time we’re working for specific churches, schools, medical facilities, places like that,” he said. “We try to help Cherokees first. We have a Cherokee preference, but we help anyone.” Currently in a state of limbo, the group is moving away from having college-aged councilors, instead choosing to focus on employing the youth of the Cherokee Nation. “The restructuring of the council is a great shift,” Hanvey said. “There are many Cherokee high school students with untapped leadership potential. The council is an organization that will focus on developing those leadership abilities while also teaching Cherokee culture and offering service opportunities.”

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New events will bring information to students UOSA has announced two upcoming events: Campus Night Out on Nov. 16 and Commuter Day from Nov. 30 through Dec. 1. Norman has partnered with UOSA to bring Campus Night Out to students, said Hannah Morris, political science and public relations junior and UOSA chief of staff. “The focus [of Campus Night Out] is on connecting OU students with the larger community,” Morris said. “It will be much like an information fair.” UOSA has dedicated two days of the following week to clearing up information for commuters on the days designated Commuter Day. Information will be distributed and surveys will be conducted about commuter-parking issues. Campus Night Out will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on the Walker-Adams Mall. Commuter Day will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the South Oval. —Ryan Gerbosi/The Daily

Canned food sculpture contest benefits food bank Wrapping up a successful week of small-scale service projects, judging of the iCantribute structure contest will take place at 1:15 p.m. today on the South Oval. Nine student organizations have been collecting canned goods all week. They will bring all of their collections to the South Oval and will create a structure of their choice in hopes of winning a surprise grand prize. This is the inaugural iCantribute competition and is sponsored by Circle K International and Campus Activities Council Winter Welcome Week. All collections and proceeds from the event will benefit the Regional Food Bank. The student groups have participated in various other projects, from making fleece blankets for Project Linus, a group that provides blankets to ill children, to creating dog toys out of old T-shirts for Faith Hospice. Structures in the competition will be judged according to appearance, creativity and overall presentation. They must have a 6 feet by 6 feet foundation made of wood, must stay within the 10 feet by 10 feet allotted plot and can stand no higher than 6-feet tall. Only seven people at a time are allowed to work on a structure. The winners of the contest will receive a grand prize, a T-shirt and a gift card. Local business donors include Pei Wei, PassionBerri, Interurban and Papa Murphy’s. — Emily Hopkins/The Daily

November challenge means more writing, less sleep Students participating in writing marathon pushed to complete 50,000-word novel in 30 days SYDNEY MCFERRON The Oklahoma Daily

National Novel Writing Month turns November into a writing race. Those who participate try to complete a 50,000-word novel in one month. Participants may begin at midnight Nov. 1 and try to finish their novel by midnight Nov. 30. Madness, some may say, but Chris Baty, NaNoWriMo founder and executive director, thinks that the competition is a portal of the imagination. “The 50,000-word challenge has a wonderful way of opening up your

imagination and unleashing creativity,” he said in the NaNoWriMo 2010 press release. People participate in this competition worldwide, including some Sooners. Marci Maynor, zoology senior, is competing in NaNoWriMo, and she said it is not an easy task. “A lot of the stuff I write isn’t usable,” Maynor said. “Some of the stuff I don’t know how I would come up with it if [I] weren’t on a time crunch.” Maynor tries to write 1,666 words a day, but there are days when writing seems impossible. “There are some days when I can’t write at all, and then there are some days when I can’t stop,” she said. This year, Maynor is writing a modern “Pride and Prejudice” based off of

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Jane Austen’s novel. NaNoWriMo gives participants a certificate when they complete the 50,000word novel. Maynor competed last year and received the certificate. She finished her novel three hours before the deadline. “ It ’s s o m e t h i n g t o b e p r o u d of,” Maynor said. “It takes a lot of dedication.” Maynor has a bachelor’s in English literature but is now working toward a bachelor’s in zoology. “Now that I’m in science, I enjoy writing even more,” Maynor said. “It acts as my creative outlet.”

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Stardeath hits Opolis before national tour It’s practically impossible to write anything about Stardeath and White Dwarfs without mentioning the state’s best and most awesome band of any type — the Flaming Lips. Internationally beloved eccentric and Lips singer Wayne Coyne is the uncle to Dennis Coyne, who fronts Stardeath. The latter band first formed in 2004 as a group of guys working road crew for the Lips as they blew minds across the country with their vibrant, explosive and prop- and gimmick-assisted performances. Included in the young experimentalists’ musical education were opening spots for the Lips on multiple tours and New Years’ Eve blowouts, as well as recording credits on the band’s cover of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” and the subsequent headlining set at this summer’s edition of Bonnaroo to top it off. While the whole affair seems to smack of nepotism, nothing could be further from the truth. Stardeath’s 2009 debut recording, “The Birth,” proved the young veterans’ capabilities as confident, fearless musicians willing to record with unorthodox instruments and techniques, while still maintaining a distinct rock sound influenced by early British psychedelia (and their favorite uncle, of course). Stardeath is packing a pair of cars and hitting the road for a tour with Tame Impala from Australia next week, but not before a send-off show tonight at the Opolis in Norman. — Matt Carney/The Daily

THE DAILY: People are following you guys around for multiple dates on tour now. What’s it like having fans who will travel back and forth to see Stardeath shows? COYNE: I think a lot of those fans who started following us around started following the Lips around and got to know all of us as crew people. They started seeing us at those New Year’s Eve shows, and then they started following us. It’s cool that, at this point, it’s like seeing some of your friends at every show. It’s always nice too when you’re out on the coast, there are going to be a few people who know who you are. They know your history, they know your music a bit. It’s good; it’s comforting to me. MATT DUCKWORTH: When you think about the bands we like from the ’70s, they were all a group of people traveling around together. It’s a cool way to think about rock ‘n’ roll. When you watch movies about The Rolling Stones, it’s always just a big group of the bands playing together, their fans and their girlfriends.

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Top: Dennis Coyne (guitar) and Matt Duckworth (drums) rehearse for the Stardeath and White Dwarfs show tonight at the Opolis. Coyne is the nephew of Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne. Right: Stardeath and White Dwarfs are (from left to right) bassist Casey Joseph, vocalist and guitarist Dennis Coyne, drummer Matt Duckworth and guitarist Ford Chastain. The band performs at 9 tonight at the Opolis with fellow Oklahoma bands Deerpeople, Chrome Pony and Depth And Current. MATT CARNEY/THE DAILY

COYNE: It’s hard — they work hard all the time. If you DUCKWORTH: Yeah we played there once. We played could possibly think there’d be one band in the world that there for CMJ, which is like the New York version of South would not have to work and just let their music do the talk- By Southwest. ing, it’d be the Flaming Lips, but that’s not the case at all. It COYNE: Oh, that Bowery. Yeah! THE DAILY: You guys are playing with [Australian experi- just shows that if you want to be successful at anything, you DUCKWORTH: It’s a cool venue. Everybody’s played there. mental rock band] Tame Impala on this tour. Have have to work all the time. The show we did there was a big showcase; there were eight you gotten to talk to them or meet them anyor 10 bands playing that night. where yet? THE DAILY: What was it like assisting on the COYNE: Have the tickets sold yet? COYNE: We haven’t, but we’re excited. Lips’ headlining slot at Bonnaroo this sumDUCKWORTH: Yeah, there’s two nights; the first one’s sold We’ve done quite a bit of touring and ... mer [where they played through “Dark Side out already! we feel like this is the band that fits toWHEN: 9 tonight of the Moon” in its entirety]? gether with us the most out of anybody COYNE: You know it was really strange THE DAILY: Wow, selling out the Bowery’s got to be some we’ve toured with – and we’ve been to me, because we got there the night be- kind of rock ‘n’ roll milestone for a young band. WHERE: Opolis, 113 N. doing this for five or six years — outside fore and you kind of sit around in this bus COYNE: Yeah, that’s crazy. Crawford Ave., Norman of the Lips. It feels like this genre they’re doing nothing for a day and a half, and then in melds very easily with ours. the first time you go up there to start playing THE DAILY: How’s it going recording new material? TICKETS: $8 DUCKWORTH: It seems like people who something and there are 10 million people out DUCKWORTH: We’ve been in [Norman producer Trent like their music might like our music. there. [Laughs] I think the number was 10 mil- Bell’s Bell Labs Recording Studio] for about three weeks COYNE: Not that we never got anybody else lion people. off and on. It hasn’t been every day, all day for three weeks. to like our music. It’s just that when you tour with British DUCKWORTH: Some of us went to watch bands. So far, we’ve really developed a mood and a feeling and a Sea Power and Band of Horses, people who go to see those COYNE: Stages go from not having a lot of people to hav- sound for the record we’re going to make, which is exciting bands aren’t really looking to hear loud, psychedelic music. ing a ton of people all of a sudden out there; it’s not like the because when we went in there we had songs that sounded It’s not that you can’t like both; it’s more like the majority of usual trickle-in process we have at most shows when we’d like a lot of different things that pulled from different influthe crowd isn’t there to hear that kind of music. open for the Lips or something. It was pretty surreal. ences. I think we’ve brought some of those things together, and we’ve left with a sound. THE DAILY: What’s been the most valuable lesson you THE DAILY: You guys are playing at Bowery Ballroom in FORD CHASTAIN: All the different ideas at first, it’s weird learned from touring with the Lips? New York City for the second and third date on your tour. hearing them sounding like a Stardeath song. COYNE: Effort. Have you ever played there before? DUCKWORTH: It’s a strange morphing process to make it a DUCKWORTH: [Chuckles] Yeah, definitely. COYNE: We haven’t, have we? song that sounds like our band. Our band isn’t a band where I do the drums, Ford does the guitars and Dennis comes in and does his vocals. CHASTAIN: It’s whoever plays the coolest part. DUCKWORTH: If Ford and I are the only two people there, we might be working on the organs or the singing. It’s a group effort for sure — people bring different things to the table.

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Protest rules need revision Student Life told the Women’s and Gender Studies posters. Yet, no OU officials chastised Justice For All on these Student Association on Wednesday it could not exercise its grounds. First Amendment rights to protests the Justice For All antiMoreover, this is obviously not a strictly enforced rule, abortion exhibit because it did not fill out the given that the association protested withnecessary paperwork. out any complaints from Student Life when Even though they That’s right. Student organizations must fill Justice For All came to campus Nov. 1 and 2. out a Facility Use Request five days prior to a Perhaps somebody got annoyed with the couldn’t protest as protest, and then have a meeting with Student association and looked for a way to silence a group, association Affairs and the OU Police Department, acthe group. members just as cording to the Student Code. This doesn’t speak well of Student Life, easily assembled It would appear whoever wrote the Student because it makes the office seem like it was Code doesn’t fully appreciate the concept of together Wednesday” intentionally censoring the organization. a protest. Obviously the rule is in place to preHad Student Life taken the necessary action serve order; no one wants a group disrupting normal campus the first time the association protested without obtaining a life, and if that group notified Student Affairs exactly what it Facility Use Request, this situation could have been avoided. was planning, the office could prevent a potentially troubleThe rule is useless anyway regarding student organizasome situation. But this presents a problem — who decides tions. Even though they couldn’t protest as a group, associawhat is disruptive and what isn’t? tion members just as easily assembled together Wednesday, Some may point to the Women’s and Gender Studies only this time as “individual students,” rather than a regisStudent Association’s kazoo playing and drum beating as tered group. disruptive to normal campus activities and a good reason to We understand the logic of the rule. But concerning mattell members they couldn’t be there as a group. ters of protest, it needs to be revised, if not repealed. However, the same argument could easily be made about the graphic nature of Justice For All’s images. Some students Comment on this purposefully avoided the South Oval, simply because of those column at OUDaily.com

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Religious delusions no excuse On Nov. 1, the U.S. District Court began hearing testimony in the case of Brian David Mitchell. The federal government accuses Mitchell of kidnapping 14year-old Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home on June 5, 2002, and illegally transporting her across state lines. The prosecution alleges that during her nine-month captivity, Mitchell forced Smart to become his teenage wife and repeatedly raped and assaulted her. Although officers detained Mitchell on March 12, 2003, the defense has repeatedly contested his mental competency on the grounds that he suffers from delusions. It is obvious Mitchell is a megalomaniac, but the more specific question his case raises is whether religious delusions constitute

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mental incompetency. I believe the answer is no. Unfortunately, the Utah State Courts believe differently. In 2005 and 2006, Utah judges ruled Mitchell acted under the delusion he was a Christlike figure, sent by God to marry seven wives between the ages of 10 and 14. These delusions, coupled with his homelessness, constituted a mental disability worthy of a comfortable sentence in a psychiatric hospital. Despite my objections to using religion as a defense for kidnapping and rape, I am more appalled the courts ruled against forcing Mitchell to take anti-

psychotic drugs to stabilize his mental state. The courts based their decision on the Supreme Court case Sell v. United States, which prohibits the forcible medication of suspected criminals unless it is “likely to render the defendant competent to stand trial.” To an extent, I can agree with the court’s findings, because I believe evidence shows Mitchell has faked his mental condition. First, CNN reported that in 1983, while attempting to put his children in foster care, the state administered a mental health examination, which Mitchell passed. Second, Leslie Miles, a psychiatric nurse who oversaw Mitchell during his confinement in a state hospital, testified in 2009 that she found him to be “selectively mute.” She said Mitchell realizes if

he continues to display religious zeal and delusions, he will be deemed unfit to stand trial. His constant singing of religious hymns during court proceedings further supports her claim. If he is faking his cond i t i o n , a n t i -p s y c h o t i c drugs will have little effect. However, this also would void the defense’s contention that he is unfit to stand trial. Therefore, I am baffled as to why Utah will not try his case. I hope in the coming weeks the federal government will be able to undo Utah’s mistake in allowing a sadistic man to hide behind his fundamentalist beliefs.

Some long-term recipients of unemployment benefits in don’t always do what’s good Britain will soon be told they either must do 120 hours of for them. Perhaps they have STAFF COLUMN community service during four weeks, or go without for the misconceptions, thinking it’s next three months. Or at least that’s what Work & Pensions something for yuppies, or that Gerard Keiser Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants. The plan is excellent, they’ll not make a difference. and, once reworked for our own country and perhaps ex- Maybe it’s always in intention tended to other benefits, begs for a chance in America. and never in practice — something we are all guilty of. Yes, many of the unemployed, both here and there, have Whatever the reason, the common good and the individubeen honestly straining after work; these days are hard. But al good are united in dragging us to the conclusion. it’s still fair to have them do something in return for taxpayAnd what about that controversial group of disputed size, ers’ dollars, particularly while municipalities trim budgets. the everlasting sponges, the cheat who shoots dice for food Wouldn’t that be contradictory: cutting government jobs stamps, the scoundrel who works a cash-only job or deals while forcing the unemployed to do work in return for ben- dope and still gets benefits, the perpetual beneficiaries of efits? Certainly, but cuts will happen regardless, as will un- public assistance, who did indeed ask, “why bother workemployment checks, so we should make the best of things. ing for a living when you can play this great welfare game?” Some local governments would take advantage of this situa- Many will assert their scarcity, but nobody will deny their tion to cut more jobs, but a well-run proexistence, who put such stigma on the gram could stifle that. system that the truly needy are either unProperly implemented, this scheme This plan can’t end benefits justly suspected or shamed unfairly into might actually dig up better jobs through not taking their lawful benefits. fraud, but could dampen it new experience and skills, for there is no This plan can’t end benefits fraud but by shrinking the incentives, could dampen it by shrinking the incenreason why this would be chain-gangs exhausted by brutally stupid busy work as tives, making the deliberately unproducmaking the deliberately deputies frown down from their horses. contribute and “experience the habits unproductive contribute...” tive Could it cut at the dignity of the unemand routines of working life,” while a time ployed, already wounded by compulsory conflict could force people who work off idleness? One would think it could heal their dignity with a the books to lose the wage or the benefits, either directly socially sanctioned way to give back, and real work to occu- reducing payout, or opening a job to another who can be py anxious minds, despite what the crying hearts and bleed- taken off the long list of the unemployed. What is more, it ing eyes might say about “a downward spiral of uncertainty, could be used to extend benefits and still discourage chronic even despair;” surely getting outside and working with your unemployment. hands does not cause emotional catastrophe. Although complicated and questionable, this scheme deAnd precisely to prevent this, it is vital to tear away all serves serious thought and at least a limited trial run. Like connotations of penalty, to clarify that this is not the justice anything else, it has room for abuse and unintended conseof punishment but of repayment, not the rehabilitation of quences, but the “volunteering” of those in long-term unthose who lost their way but of those who lost their money. employment has a unique and intriguing application. It would, in fact, be much better to use some other term than “community service,” but we are sure that the inventors of — Gerard Keiser, linguistics and classical languages junior “quantitative easing” are up to the task. Considering the benefits, why isn’t everybody already out there volunteering? Because, strangely enough, people Comment on this column at OUDaily.com

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Throughout this entire “Justice For All” debacle on the OU campus I keep hearing the same thing being said by their supporters. Namely that Justice For All is attempting to engage in dialogue with protesters but pro-choice supporters are not willing to listen to the Justice for All point of view. A question for those who keep criticizing the protesters on the grounds of dialogue: Do you even know what dialogue means? It does not mean debate. It does not mean spouting off your point of view via speaking points. It does not mean reading off a script. It does not mean trying to force others to convert to your worldview. It does not mean trying to intimidate others into retracting their own statement. It does not mean setting up inflammatory 30 foot signs, calling the cops on student protesters (exercising their rights), and calling those with whom you disagree “childish”. Dialogue is NOT a conversation where I say something and then spend the time you’re speaking to formulate my response. Rather it is a process where you listen. Dialogue is engaging an issue by learning what others think. Where you converse with others out of a sense of mutual respect for each others’ deeply held beliefs. Never are you trying to change their mind. It is about reaching out to others in order to learn about yourself and why you think certain things. To engage in dialogue is to engage in personal growth. Yes, when you are in dialogue with others often your opinions and beliefs will change, but just as often your opinions and belief with be strengthened—however, both occurrences are side effects of engaging in dialogue. Not its purpose. It is true that the protesters were not engaging in dialogue. But neither was Justice for All. And frankly, I give more points to the protesters for honesty. Speaking to the student protesters, I was told point blank that they were not there to engage with Justice for All (apparently there had been attempts to do so in past Justice for All visits but nothing was ever accomplished). They were not there to change anyone’s minds. Rather to open a forum for members of the OU community to express their opinions about abortion, women’s rights, and freedom of speech on the same scale granted to Justice for All. I found this a much more genuine than having someone from Justice for Life, with their 30 foot graphic display, trying to tell me how I should feel about a very personal issue and claiming it as dialogue. Thank you, — Lessa Keller-Kenton Unclassified Graduate Student.

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A successful (deceptive) protest I hate to say it, but I think it worked. OU’s Women’s and Gender Studies Student Association came to protest the Justice For All exhibit over the last two weeks, blowing kazoos in the ears of students walking past and beating a cowbell like the Blue Oyster Cult. Their protest, as bizarre as it seemed to students like myself who spent several hours at the signs representing JFA, has apparently been highly effective. Though The Daily has been clear in its coverage of the event, many students still characterize JFA as the jerks who forced them to look at bloody pictures right after breakfast, the Westboro Bapists yelling, “God hates women!” and the idiots blowing conch shells because they didn’t know when to quit harassing people. Let me sympathize with you on behalf of JFA: We brought a very serious matter of human rights to the campus, hoping to spark discussion and challenge people to be consistent in their thinking on this issue. We recognize that bringing up abortion has the potential to cause emotional pain, but we did not want you to be ignorant about the actual nature of this procedure. We did not perceive a gentler way which would still get your attention and encourage you to talk. Beyond putting up the signs, however, we have done nothing in the interest of harassing students and inflaming this issue. Unfortunately, in a campaign of confusion and misrepresentation the WGSSA and its affiliated students have made a mockery of your ability to think for yourselves when presented with the facts. By not directly protesting our display but rather standing beside us and harassing students, they have deceived many on campus about the reasonable nature of JFA’s efforts and discouraged students from thinking about this issue. So, congratulations WGSSA for your anti-rational, semi-successful subterfuge. — Joshua Malone, biochemistry junior

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1. STOP THE TRICKY TECH ‘RUN’ GAME This might be the most quoted key to any game, but with an offense like Tech that is so high-powered and multi-dimensional, it is critical. It’s no secret the Red Raiders will come out and pass the ball, but a lot of their passes are in the flats and behind the line of scrimmage. For OU to slow down the Tech offense, it must make sure it keeps Tech one-dimensional while not allowing the Red Raiders to move the chains on short-yardage situations.

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The No. 16 OU football team (7-2, 3-2 Big 12) will have a shot at revenge when it hosts Texas Tech, a team that handed the 2009 Sooners one of their five losses, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Last season, the Red Raiders beat OU 41-13 in Lubbock, Texas, a week after the Sooners blew out Texas A&M in Norman, 65-10. Junior linebacker Travis Lewis said the Sooners haven’t forgotten what happened in 2009. “They drummed us last year,” Lewis said. “We came down there with a good defense, and then we laid an egg. It just adds a little motivation for the players that were there last year to step it up, myself included.” The scenario is flipped this year as OU will be coming into the game following a road loss to Texas A&M. History is on the side of the Sooners this time. In OU’s series against Texas Tech, the home team has won the last six games. The last time the road team won was in 2003, when the No. 1 Sooners capped off an undefeated regular season with a 56-21 victory in Lubbock. OU is still riding its 35-game home win streak, dating back to 2005. Whatever problems the Sooners have on the road never seem to get brought into Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Over the last four games, OU lost two on the road. The other two were blowout victories at home in which the Sooners scored 52 and 43 points, shut out one opponent and allowed only ten points to the other. It is difficult to play the “team A beat team B, and team B beat team C, so team A will beat team C” game in sports, especially in an unpredictable college football season. But for what it’s worth,

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2. LIMIT LEONG’S TOUCHES The kid is like a college Robert Meacham — he only catches touchdown passes. Senior wide receiver Lyle Leong has 15 of Potts’ 24 touchdowns this season. It’s safe to say that if you keep Leong out of the end zone, Tech doesn’t score as easily as it would like. OU’s corners, senior Jonathan Nelson and junior Jamell Fleming, have their work cut out for them, as does senior safety Quinton Carter. Leong cannot be allowed to establish himself as an end zone target for Potts. 3. PLAY KEEP AWAY 26:46 — the longest time of possession Tech has had in its losses this season. This one speaks for itself: Hold onto the ball for longer than half the game, and the Red Raiders are beat. Their defense graduated five starters last year, all of whom were key players. Defense has never been Tech’s forte, and if sophomore quarterback Landry Jones can keep the offense rolling, it should be smooth sailing for OU. — Clark Foy/The Daily

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Then-junior defensive lineman Jeremy Beal (44) chases after Red Raider running back Baron Batch (25) on Nov. 21, 2009, in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech beat OU 41-13. the 5-4 Red Raiders just beat the same Missouri team that OU lost to, and they beat Baylor earlier this season, showing they can play with some of the top teams in the Big 12. “Texas Tech looks really good,” redshirt freshman Tom Wort said. “Their offense is much improved from the beginning of the season, so it’s going to be a good challenge.”

Defensive coordinator Brent Venables said the defense needs to show improvement in several specific areas against Texas Tech to avoid repeating last season’s performance. “We have to play more consistently, stop the run and play better in the fourth quarter,” Venables said. “We have to have gap integrity and play technique. That’s it.”

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