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VICTORIA GARTENCampus Reporter

Oklahoma’s recent earth-q u a k e s h av e n o t f a z e d Turkish exchange student Mehmet Ali Nerse because he’s been there before.

“Mom, are we still mov-ing?” Nerse asked his moth-er in 1999 after Turkey’s 7.6-

magnitude earthquake.“Since I had two big earth-

quake experiences, 7.2 and 7.4, the one Saturday wasn’t scary,” the civil engineer-ing student said. “I hope Oklahoma won’t experience big ones.”

A civil engineering stu-dent, Nerse expressed his concern for building strength to withstand such natural disasters — and infrastruc-ture in his home country has

been put to the test.Turkey continues to suffer

in the aftermath of the coun-try’s most recent 7.2-magni-tude earthquake, but Nerse is doing his best to help Turkey from here in Oklahoma through the Turkish Student Association.

“It is not something to joke about; it’s a part of real life. Most houses were de-stroyed in the 1999 earth-quake. If they were alive, the

people were living in a tent,” said Arif Keceli , geography doctoral student and presi-dent of the Turkish Student Association.

The group has offered its help to the people of Turkey by promoting the nonprofit Raindrop Turkish House or-ganization’s Helping Hands donation website . Helping Hands aids the needy af-fected by catastrophes like the Oct. 23 earthquake in

Turkey . Keceli said they have received numerous donations from the OU community.

It is difficult to relate when you have not experienced it, Keceli said.

He described an image seared into his thoughts from the news of an 11-year-old boy trapped beneath a building that had been

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sPOrTslegendary sooner coach honoredOU dedicated a statue to former football coach Barry Switzer. (Page 8)

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Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles lays on the field after a 30-yard reception against Texas A&M on Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Broyles tore the ACL in his left knee, ending his college career at Oklahoma. He finished his senior season with 83 catches for 1,157 yards and 10 touchdowns.

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Saturday marked the end of an era for OU football, and the closing stanza of a Sooner great ended in tragedy.

Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles tore the ACL in his left knee during OU’s 41-25 win against Texas A&M, OU coach Bob Stoops said after the game.

The injury, which will require surgery once the swelling goes down, not only ended Broyles’ sea-son but his career at Oklahoma.

“We are all disappointed for Ryan,” Stoops said. “He is a spe-cial, special player that everyone has talked about all year, and for that to happen, it’s just deflating for him and for all of us.”

The Norman native had a mea-surable impact during his four seasons.

He totaled 349 catches for 4,586 yards and 45 touchdowns.

He holds nea rly e ve r y O U

receiving record of note, including career catches and yards.

He caught the most touchdown passes of any receiver in Big 12 history.

He holds the NCAA record for career receptions and was only a few hundred yards from breaking the NCAA career receiving yards record.

But his pursuit of the last few records he hadn’t already broken ended in the third quarter Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. He finished with two catches for 87 yards and a touchdown.

“That’s heartbreaking,” sopho-more defensive back Aaron Colvin said after hearing Broyles’ career was over. “Ryan is a rock to our team, and that’s a big loss.”

Junior defensive end Ronnell Lewis said Broyles was the team’s impact player. Sophomore wide receiver Jaz Reynolds said Broyles was the focal point of the offense.

Everyone who spoke about Broyles after the game said he will be missed.

With Broyles on the sidelines, a

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Dylan Smith doesn’t arm himself with skates, pads and hockey sticks when he takes the ice. Instead, he wields a broom and a curl-ing stone.

Smith, civil engineering sophomore, is the presi-dent of the Sooner Curling Club, which held its first of-ficial club event Sunday at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Edmond .

The club needed 20 peo-ple to pay for and use the arena. A last-minute surge in members put them over that requirement, Smith said.

“It [was] our first-time being out together on the ice as a full club,” Smith said. “Previously, we had only been on the ice togeth-er in small groups, provid-ing learn-to-curl sessions for all the new curlers.”

The club’s chalking on the South Oval led University College freshman Wolfgang

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International students make up less than 10 per-cent of the OU campus, but it’s a growing minority.

The number of active international students has increased by 28 per-cent, from 1,632 to 2,094, according to the statis-tics from the Office of International Student Service.

And the growing num-b e r o f s t u d e n t s f ro m abroad isn’t just a Sooner trend.

U n i v e r s i t i e s i n t h e United States have been setting records for inter-national student enroll-ment since 2008, accord-ing to several articles pub-lished by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

International students become more visible as they are involved in more front-end roles. They are no longer satisfied with merely taking up part-time on-campus employment, but actively seek posi-tions that, in the past, one would naturally expect an American to be in charge, according research by the chronicle.

T h e C h r o n i c l e f o r Higher Education reports suggest this is mainly trig-gered by the increase in purchasing power by the national from the emerg-ing countries, namely the BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

With an increasingly di-verse pool of international applicants, how does OU evaluate their applica-tions? As an American stu-dent, do these potential in-ternational students make competitions tougher?

Max Matthis, assistant director of International Ad m i s s i o n s, s a i d t h e university has no prefer-ence for American or in-ternational students, but there are two additional requirements for interna-tional students.

“They must attain a certain level of English proficiency and satisfy

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today around CampusA seminar on time management will take place at 2 p.m. in the Housing Learning Center in adam Center’s muldrow tower 105. the seminar is part of the university College’s student success series.

A lecture titled “practice in Context, Context as practice” will be hosted by the the College of architecture and the school of art and art History at 4 p.m. in Gould Hall’s Joe and Jane Buskuhl Gallery.

A recital by er-Gene Kahng, university of arkansas violin professor and norton Visiting artist, will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett music Center’s pitman recital Hall. tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for students, ou faculty and senior adults.

A workshop titled “Cracking the Hidden Job market” will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the oklahoma memorial union’s Beaird Lounge.

tuesday, noV. 8A workshop on learning how to use online data, maps and graphing tools, titled “measuring our nation’s economy,” will take place at 1:30 p.m. in Bizzell memorial Library, room 149d. reservations are required. to reserve a space, contact Jeffrey Wilhite at 325-1832.

A lecture titled “the idea of iranshahr: From the oxus to the eupharates; 200-1200 Ce” will take place at 5 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art’s mary eddy and Fred Jones auditorium. the lecture will be given by university of California-irvine professor touraj daryaee.

A concert by the ou Cello ensemble and professor Jonathan ruck will take place at noon in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art’s sandy Bell Gallery. the concert is part of the noon Concert series. admission is free.

A concert by the Hornsemble and Brass Chamber Choir will take place at 8 p.m. in Catlett music Center’s sharp Concert Hall.

Wednesday, noV. 9A workshop offering advice for international studies students on the u.s. department of state and how to apply to graduate school will take place at noon in Hester Hall, room 170.

A guided walking tour of native american art is hosted by art history professor Jackson rushing at 2 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art.

completely destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey.

“Only his hat and his hand were out of the build-ing,” Keceli said. “But there was another hand over his shoulder, the hand appar-ently belonging to his dad who died trying to protect his son.”

K e c e l i m o v e d t o Oklahoma three years ago from Turkey to continue his studies at OU. He said he and his family feel the smaller earthquakes here in Oklahoma, but they don’t feel scared.

They wait for it to end and pray, Keceli said.

Communication and international and area studies senior Caitlin Miles, who spent a year in Turkey, said the country is very resilient and pulls to-gether in time of need.

“People have been post-ing all over their Facebook pages about ways to do-nate and what people can do to help,” Miles said.

She said she feels a deep connection to the Turkish people in their struggles after interning with the American Turkish Society in Turkey.

“Turkey has been a huge part of many humanitar-ian disasters, and I think that it is important to stand with them through this like they have stood with so many others,” she said.

Turkish: Students group for supportContinued from page 1

ExchangE: Entrance factors toughContinued from page 1

BY THE NUMBERSstudents from abroad

302 Number of international

students from China


students from India


students from South Korea


students from Nigeria


students from Vietnam


students from France


students from Saudi Arabia


students from Colombia


students from Venezuela


students from Canada

Source: College of International Studies

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H a n f t t o c h e c k o u t i t s Facebook page and subse-quently the event. And al-though rare, the sport is not unknown.

Hanft said curling has c o n t i n u e d t o f a s c i n a t e him.

“Curling is on my bucket list,” Hanft said.

Smith and several of his friends started the curling club in September 2010.

The Oklahoma Curling Club was founded in 2010 to promote the Olympic sport of curling in the state of Oklahoma, according to the organization’s website.

“It was something I had always wanted to try out, and got the idea to start the club when I noticed OU didn’t have a club,” Smith said.

At the time, as a newer student organization tar-geting a very niche market, the club faced the adver-sity of the unknown, Smith said.

“ W h e n t h e c l u b f i r s t started, I really had no idea what to expect,” he said. “I didn’t know if it would ever grow, if we would ever even get to curl, or how long it would even last.”

The event also included instruction for newcom-ers from some top-notch instructors from the state-wide Oklahoma Curling Club. The club was abso-lutely crucial in the cre-ation of the Sooner Curling Club, Smith said.

“It’s huge for the club that

we were able to get enough people out there, and if the event goes smoothly we should be able to have more Sooner Curling days i n t h e f u t u r e , b e c a u s e Arctic Edge Ice Arena will be much more interested in working with us again,” Smith said.

Fa c u l t y a d v i s e r s R o n C o n l o n a n d J o n a t h a n H a v e r c r o f t r u n t h e Oklahoma Curling Club and have been a huge asset

by providing materials and helping event organization, Smith said.

While the Sooner Curling C l u b a t t ra c t e d e n o u g h people to attend Sunday’s event, the club still faces recruitment problems.

“When people hear about the club, they are almost al-ways interested in trying out the sport,” Smith said. “The biggest problem is that the club just isn’t that well known on campus.”

the immigration require-ment prior to coming here,” Matthis said.

Currently, internation-al applicants must obtain a minimum of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Applicants with 500 score or above are ad-vised to take one semester, 12 credit hours of English class in the Center of English as a Second Language in the College of Continuing Education before they are eligible for pursuing a full time degree at OU.

But test scores are not the only factors for international students seeking entrance.

“As an American institu-tion, we also look heavily at their scope of interest, extra-curricular activities, com-munity involvement, and their ability to take initia-tive to realize their plans,” Matthis said. “GPA has never been the only benchmark for our applicants, American or international.”

But Gedi Yotbarek said, in

his case, his schooling made it harder to apply for school in the United States.

“The system in Ethiopia is designed to test the memo-rizing capability of students as opposed to testing their thinking ability. That makes it harder for students to score higher results. That usually doesn’t not translate well when applying for a college in the States,” Yitbarek said.

But Yitbarek said OU made applying less of a hassle.

“The admission office is so helpful throughout the process. I thought they understood me, and they did whatever they could to help me be part of this great school,” Yitbarek said.

Michael Li, a University Col le g e freshman from China, said success at OU isn’t determined by one’s country of origin.

“In my opinion, it’s not dif-ficult to get an A in either the U.S. or China. The question for students is ‘Do you work hard enough?’ I do believe that students have to chal-lenge themselves frequent-ly,” Li said.

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Sooner falls all over again for u-Sing ’11

Top: Flick and the ant princess embrace during Delta Delta Delta and Delta Tau Delta’s performance of “A Bug’s Life” during Wednesday’s dress rehearsal of University Sing 2011: The Underdogs.

Bottom: Members of Gamma Phi Beta and Beta Theta Pi perform “A League of Their Own” during Wednesday’s dress rehearsal of University Sing 2011: The Underdogs.

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CAC’s University Sing was a chance for me to fit in as a

freshmen. A chance to make close friends in my soror-ity, some of whom I still consider my best friends. A chance for me to be part of a tradition that is loved by this community.

Now a senior, being in U-Sing when I was a fresh-man seems like an eternity ago. I still can’t believe I was once on that stage with an excessive amount of makeup caked on my face, making hilarious facial expressions and hand gestures that could probably be used to direct traffic.

This year, the theme of U-Sing was “Underdogs.” I at-tended the show Saturday night, and it was a joy to experi-ence once again.

Every single show had some creative aspect to offer, and there was not one show I honestly didn’t love. There were a couple of changes in U-Sing this year that we did not do when I participated in 2008. More singing was involved and the dancing appeared to be slightly more complicated compared with the dance steps we did before. Every act was also required to incorporate a song by the Beatles, something that I particularly enjoyed listening to.

Some shows that stood out to me were “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” performed by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Upsilon, “Revenge of the Nerds” by Kappa Alpha Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha and “A Bug’s Life” by first-place winners Delta Delta Delta and Delta Tau Delta.

In “Rudolph,” the costumes were adorable. With the green-velvet tops and suspenders and the candy-cane, knee-high socks, it made me feel like I was in a winter wonderland — too bad it still has been 70-degree weather outside.

With the witty dialogue and hilarious lead characters, “Revenge of the Nerds” made me laugh throughout the

entire show. The costuming in “A Bug’s Life” was creative, especially that on the lead grasshopper who wore a top hat and walked on stilts.

“A League of Their Own,” performed by Gamma Phi Beta and Beta Theta Pi, “The Newsies” by Chi Omega and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and “Hercules” by Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon were other shows that had many creative elements and talented singers and dancers.

The most memorable act of the entire show was by the continuity staff of the U-Sing Executive team. The staff mem-bers came out dressed like elderly people in a retirement home, with floral muumuus and baby powder in their hair.

While visiting their grandparents at the retirement home, the girls make up an excuse to get away from their lame grandparents for a couple of minutes. All of a sudden, rap music is blasted throughout the theater and the ‘elderly’ staff members begin to “drop it low” and dance hysterically. I was crying from uncontrollable laughter, which lasted for an ab-normal period of time after the skit was over.

I loved going to U-Sing. It helped me remember my own experience as a freshman, an experience that I’m proud I was a part of. Congratulations to everyone who was a part of this year’s show.

Lauren Duff is a journalism senior.

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Our View: Don’t just vote “Yes” for the animal shelter expansion on Tuesday — help end the carelessness that causes the problem.

On Tuesday, Norman residents will vote on a bond measure to provide funding for improvements to the city’s overcrowded and unsanitary animal shelter. Anyone registered to vote in Norman should vote “Yes” on this long-overdue, 10,000-square-foot expansion and modernization.

The Norman Animal Welfare Center is a disgrace. It’s small, unhealthy and unsafe and many of its practices are deemed un-acceptable by the Association for Shelter Veterinarians.

Double-stacked cages force animals to defecate in the same space they eat and sleep, which contributes to the spread of disease. Even with these cages, the shelter euthanizes 40 percent of dogs and 60 percent of cats that come through its doors, accord-ing to the Norman Transcript.

There simply isn’t enough space for all the aban-doned and abused animals in Norman, and that population is only expected to grow. These animals are helpless and blameless, and they deserve humane conditions. The shelter must be expanded immedi-ately and brought in line with standards.

While this bond measure would provide for an es-sential project, it seems to be funded in the wrong way. The measure would raise property taxes for five years to pay for the $3 million shelter — an average in-crease of about $1 a month on $100,000-market-value properties, according to the Norman Transcript.

This is a reasonable price to pay to end these cruel conditions. However, most students don’t pay prop-erty tax but are the major contributors to Norman’s

animal problems.Shelters near college campuses see a sharp rise in

abandoned animals near the end of each semester when students return home or graduate, according to the Humane Society. This cycle of adoption and reck-less abandonment is especially evident in Norman, where animals left in parking lots are a common sight

every finals week.If students are contributing to the prob-

lem, then students should contribute to the solution. But this property tax will end in five years, while a sales tax could be forever. And it’s too late to change the measure without risking the entire initiative.

This doesn’t mean students are off the hook. An animal shelter is just a Band-Aid;

only students can address the roots of the issue.Sooners must end this culture of disregard that

leads to animal abandonment. Pets are not animated stuffed animals for your amusement. They are living things, and owning one is about committing to cer-tain responsibilities. If you can’t uphold them, then don’t take an animal into your life. Leaving them at a shelter, or a parking lot, is not an option.

It isn’t enough that students must vote yes for this shelter and donate to the effort. Sooners have to hold each other and themselves accountable.

If you own a pet, get it spayed or neutered and find it a good home if you must give it up. If you don’t own a pet, think hard before getting one.

And if you decide to get a pet, don’t buy from a pet store or breeder. Adopt from the Norman shelter. You’ll save your new friend’s life and give another ani-mal a chance to live long enough to find a home.

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The proposition of a campuswide smoking ban pres-ents an opportunity to explore the relationship not only between the students and an administration but also between essentially any populace and governing body.

First and foremost, the seemingly impervious de-fense for the smoking ban — that smoking is bad for your health — is a clear trespass of the role of an ad-ministrative body. To prescribe and encourage better health practices and living styles for OU students is one thing, but enforcing them in a policing manner is quite another. It is the inherent right of the individual, uni-versally, to be self-determinant. This right cannot be overstepped by majority rule nor by executive action. Simply put, the argument that smoking is harmful to one’s health and thus can and should be banned is not valid.

Furthermore, the second most-poignant argument for a smoking ban concerns beautification costs, and this is a much more valid objection to campus-smok-ing policy. However, it should be clearly noted that the campus isn’t exactly smoker-friendly. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, thus making it that much more difficult for smokers to refrain from tarnishing the aesthetic ap-peal of campus. The fact that the university hasn’t gone to any lengths to accommodate the student body in this manner is revealing of the genuine resentment non-smoker’s possess for smokers. Stemming from a lack of

empathetic understanding, such animosity should not be considered a legitimate cause for action.

In regards to the unpleas-ant offense of smoking in the presence of non-smok-ers, such an offense is inex-cusable. Not only is second-hand smoke repulsive to the nonsmoker, it is also po-tentially harmful. To stand within 25 feet of a door and blow smoke in fellow class-mate’s faces is a problem. Smokers can’t claim the

moral high ground in this discussion. One party offends the other in a specific way: the unpleasantries of the presence of smokers. The other party seeks to offend in return: encroachment on the rights of the minority.

The answer to this problem, I propose, is for the ma-jority to respect the rights of the minority. It is within the power of the university to make room for the presence of smokers, to provide them with the ability to respect the university grounds and non-smoker’s right to not have to breath smoke. By no means am I encouraging the cre-ation of two or three designated smoking areas around campus crammed with smokers. I propose some of the $45,000 spent yearly on smoker-caused cleanup be di-verted to smoker-caused damage prevention. There should be more cigarette receptacles, more clearly de-fined non-smoking areas and a more-outspoken major-ity against smoking offenses.

The root of the problem lies in the latter. As enthusi-astic as the majority may be about supporting a smok-ing ban, you simply don’t see much of that in the daily activity of students. Nonsmokers don’t engage smokers. If nonsmokers gave smokers an earful every time smoke is blown in their face or for every tossed butt, then we might not have such a big problem.

No governing body should settle disputes among its populace by simple majority-versus-minority calcula-tions. That is pseudo-democratic. The problem with a smoking ban is that it further alienates and separates two groups of students, thereby damaging relations among students. It does not bring them together as good policy should. It just increases the distance between smokers and nonsmokers, both physically and interpersonally — the opposite of what suburb-raised Midwesterners need in their college experience.

In agreement with my colleagues who have expressed frustration at the insignificance and ineffectiveness of UOSA, this matter should not be handled there. And any inclusion of faculty sympathies for this issue should be relegated to an entirely different forum. Students pay to be here; faculty are paid. The administration, however, is in a unique position to avoid further encroachment on the lives of students and actually instigate a reduction in smoking offenses.

Jess Eddy, religious studies senior

To note the horrify-ing displays of po-lice brutality at the

Occupy Wall Street protests at this point would be su-perfluous. What was nota-ble at Occupy Wall Street — a completely unprovoked decision to pepper-spray a random protester — has now been overshadowed by the use of tear gas, which would be considered a war crime if used in a battlefield setting, and “non-life-threatening,” critically injuring, rubber bullets at Occupy Oakland.

However, this doesn’t stop many occupiers’ goals from including the demand that the wealthy pay more to the very government that is literally assaulting them. Nor does the fact that giant corporations effectively own the American government phase many who plead for the same corporate-owned government to draw up more financial regulations (which have histori-cally been used to protect already powerful companies).

That being said, criticisms of the move-ment from nominally anti-government voic-es have been just as disappointing. Many are condescending, asking why the protesters don’t “just get jobs,” as if that is feasible in the present economy.

Even more upsetting, many rush to the defense of the giant corporations that the Occupations are protesting, alleging “Walmart never arrested anyone,” which, while techni-cally true, is beyond simplistic.

No blame, they contend, can go to big business, just government. However, when Apple Inc. maintains mo-nopolies on certain products through modern patent law, various ethically unrestrained firms are contracted to assist with never-ending wars, and the Federal Reserve prints out paper money at will for nearly any mammoth bank that wants some, it becomes difficult to draw the line between government and big business.

Thus, to the confusion of those stuck in the dominant dichotomy, an alliance of sorts has grown from within the Occupations of libertarians and the far left. Both are out-raged at bailouts, war and the Federal Reserve. Both know that the government has never been, and likely never will be, the friend of the poor. Both know that titanic corpora-tions like AIG never have and likely never will lobby for anything close to a free market.

They aren’t alone, either. In 2008, icons Ralph Nader and Ron Paul signed a statement, called “We Agree,” out-lining the overlaps between libertarian and far-left ideals. In it, they gave four areas in which they, as the title would suggest, agreed: foreign policy, privacy, the national debt and the Federal Reserve.

It’s not hard to imagine other areas where libertarians

and the far left have more in common with each other than with “small government” conservatives or main-stream liberals.

Immigration: As both “small government” conserva-tives and mainstream liberals rush to assure voters they are ready to “get serious about immigration,” libertarians and the far left defend the ever-unpopular freedom of movement.

The drug war: In contrast to the last several administra-tions’ iron commitments to keeping the drug trade in the hands of violent gangs, libertarians and the far left both understand that it makes no more sense to prohibit drugs such as marijuana or even cocaine than it does to prohibit alcohol, and that whatever personal moral problems with recreational drug use that one might have (like the author of this column) are completely irrelevant to deciding what kinds of things we should imprison someone for.

NAFTA and other such “free trade agreements:” serious libertarian knows what the far left knows that such pacts are really nothing more than managed trade agreements that enrich already powerful businesses at the expense of

smaller competitors and laborers.The list could go on and on, from laws

holding back unions to all victimless crimes, civil liberties, gay rights, free speech issues, etc. No matter what shady alliances either have made — be it libertarians of the 20th century frightened by the loom-ing specter of state socialism or those far leftists who truly believed that corporate-funded war hawks with warm speeches like President Obama actually have the interests of the poor at heart — there’s a better one

waiting to emerge.The idea isn’t without historical precedent, either.

Proto-libertarian economist Frederic Bastiat sat on the same side — the left, incidentally — of the French as-sembly as early socialists like Pierre-Joseph Proudhon . Perhaps even more telling, many American anarchists of the 19th century, including Benjamin Tucker and Lysander Spooner , self-identified as “socialists” but were radically more free market than most modern “small government” Republicans. Spooner even started the American Letter Mail Company in direct competition to the United States Postal Service to prove the market could do better despite the USPS’ legally enforced mo-nopoly (by the way, he succeeded until it was forcibly shutdown). As recent as the 1960s, radical libertarian economist Murray Rothbard teamed up with Students for a Democratic Society President Carl Oglesby , attacking centralized power and the Vietnam War.

If we are to have serious hopes of dealing with either side of the revolving door that is companies like Goldman Sachs and their symbiotic partners in government, it seems our best course of action would be for libertarians and the far left to recognize they are natural allies.

Jason Byas is a philosophy junior.

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Freshman quarterback Blake Bell (left) rushes up the middle for a first down during OU’s 41-25 win against Texas A&M on Saturday at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Bell rushed 12 times for 37 yards and two touchdowns, mostly in short-yardage situations out of a Wildcat-like option formation, earning him the nickname, “Belldozer.”

BROYLES: Sooners will need several players to step up, Heupel saysContinued from page 1

BY THE NUMBERSBroyles’ career

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four seasons (83 in 2011; 131 in 2010 single-season best)

316 Career catches by Purdue’s

Taylor Stubble� eld, the NCAA record Broyles broke against Kansas this season

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40-10 OU’s record during

Broyles’ career (2008-11), including a 23-7 record in Big 12 conference play

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trainer indicated to Broyles what might be wrong with his knee. The senior hung his head and tears welled up in his eyes. He knew he’d like-ly played his final down for Oklahoma, something he ex-pected to happen in January instead of November.

But Stoops said Broyles’ spirits perked up by the end of the game.

“He had a smile on his face (in the locker room),” Stoops said. “He’s upbeat. He knows he has a challenge in front of him, and he’ll face it.”

Junior quarterback Landry Jones, who is a close friend of Broyles, said the receiver will deal with what happened in his own way.

“Ryan’s not defined by what he does on the foot-ball field,” Jones said. “He’s a man of God first, and he’ll definitely lean on that as he’s working through this process.”

Though Broyles will cer-tainly be missed, the Sooners also understand they have

three more games and a bowl to play this season — and they’ll have to do it with-out Broyles.

“With Ryan going down, everybody just has to step up,” Reynolds said. “We have to step up because if he’s not there, somebody has to make the plays.”

Co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said no player on OU’s roster has the ca-pability to fill Broyles’ shoes alone.

“We’re going to need mul-tiple guys to step up and make plays,” he said. “They can’t take someone’s role, but they can become a play-maker, take advantage of the opportunity.”

The eyes of the Sooner nation will be on senior Dejuan Miller and sopho-mores Reynolds, Kenny Stills and Trey Franks. The receivers understand better than anyone what the loss of Broyles means for them, and Reynolds said all they can do is push forward.

“To lose (Broyles) is tough, but we just have to keep going,” Reynolds said.

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In the chilly November air Saturday, OU dedicated a statue to one of its most prominent sons: legendary football coach Barry Switzer.

An hour before the unveil-ing ceremony, fans, friends and family of Switzer had overrun the grass patch in front of his vel-vet-covered likeness. The bronze sculp-t u re s t a n d s no more than 100 feet from a building that already bears his name: the Barry Switzer Center.

Switzer worked the crowd with his trademark smile and charm — the same charm that sealed so many recruits for his national champion-ship teams — taking time to pose for pictures with anyone who knew his name.

In 1973, he was hired to re-place Chuck Fairbanks, who left OU to coach the New England Patriots.

Switzer had been an assis-tant at OU for six years.

“I came in 1966 with Jim Mackenzie,” Switzer told the crowd of well-wishers. “Enrollment at the University of Oklahoma was 12,000, and they hadn’t beaten Texas in eight years.”

OU beat Texas that year. Switzer started his career at

the helm with a bang, leading the Sooners to back-to-back national championships in 1974 and 1975.

Switzer led the Sooners for 16 years and is the winningest coach in OU football history.

1969 Heisman winner Steve Owens, 1978 Heisman winner Billy Sims and 2003 Heisman winner Jason White made appearances in Norman for the Texas A&M game and Switzer’s unveiling.

Owens took his seat among the dignitaries during the ceremony. His praise was ef-fusive of Switzer following the unveiling.

“I can’t say enough good things about him,” Owens said. “He influenced my life so much — not just as a play-er but as a friend. Everybody loves Switzer. This is just a great day for him, and I’m so happy for him.”

Sims was recruited by Switzer in 1975 and helped him win a national champi-onship that year. He thought O klahoma should have sculpted a statue for Switzer years ago.

“It’s about time,” he said. “I’m always proud of my coach. That’s a no-brainer.”

W h i t e i s o n e o f t w o Oklahoma Heisman winners who grew up in Oklahoma under the legend of Switzer’s football teams. The Tuttle High School football star said he was happy to see “The King” memorialized along-side coaches Bud Wilkinson and Bennie Owen.

“He deserves it,” White said. “He’s done a lot for the University of Oklahoma, and he’s a great coach. They have Heisman statues, but the coaches are the ones who make those players Heisman Trophy winners. It’s a great honor for him.”

Several prominent OU and college football officials at-tended the 12:30 p.m. cere-mony, including OU athletic director Joe Castiglione, OU President David Boren, OU coach Bob Stoops and in-terim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas.

Stoops arrived early to the ceremony to shake Switzer’s hand and congratulate him before taking care of business later in the afternoon.

Castiglione was first up on the podium. He thanked ev-eryone for attending while alluding to Stoops receiving a two-story bronze replica in the years to come.

Boren, in a dark suit, white shirt and candy-cane tie,

praised Switzer for his abili-ties as a football coach and humanitarian. He spoke about Switzer’s ability to out-coach and out-love any coach he ever faced — on or off the field.

“Above all, we really honor him for the man that he is,” Boren said. “No one in the history of coaching the game has had a greater grasp of the game itself. No one has

had a greater strategic mind as coach. But I think the real secret is the fact is that no coach of any sport has ever excelled better at loving his players and caring about his players.”

Neinas was the Big Eight’s commissioner at the time of Switzer’s hiring. The two have remained good friends, and Switzer asked Neinas to introduce him to the sea

of crimson and cream after learning about the statue art-fully sculpted in his honor.

Neinas opened his intro-duction with fond stories of Switzer and a poem about the legend to commemorate the occasion.

“Barry brings joy wher-ever he is,” Neinas told the crowd of denizens and dip-lomats. “If you’ve ever been in a room, and Barry Switzer comes in, the room lightens up. He just makes you feel a little bit better.”

After the crowd was set-tled and the dignitaries had described the living legend, “The King” stepped up to the lectern before the huddled masses. He told stories about the day he was hired, about his players, about his staff, about his family.

He ended his speech by thanking everyone for com-ing and gave them all a cheer.

“I just want to say thank you for being here,” Switzer said. “It’s a great day for me and my family. We’ll treasure it the rest of our lives. I love you.”

Switzer descended from the podium to the sound of cheers, but the bronze like-ness of him will silently stand tall on campus forever.

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Barry Switzer stands with his family under the new statue of himself Saturday on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The statue was dedicated two hours before the OU-Texas A&M game.

BY THE NUMBERSbarry Switzer

.837 Winning percentage of

former OU football coach Barry Switzer (157-29-4) from 1973-1988

8 Big Eight conference titles won by Switzer

during his Oklahoma career

3 National titles won by OU under Switzer

(1974, 1975, 1985)Source: OU athletic department

Switzer honored with on-campus statue Saturday

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