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JAKE MORGANStaff Reporter
OU’s College of Medicine has taken a $4.1 million step to fund its next 100 years of scholarship.
The Second Century Campaign, referring to the college’s recent centennial, has raised $902,000 in immediate contri-butions and $3.2 million in pledged commitments since it was launched in March. The campaign falls under the univer-sity’s larger Campaign for Scholarships, which has raised approximately $184 million in gifts and pledg-es since 2005.
The college had been planning a campaign for more than a year to ad-dress the need for schol-arship funds, said Stacey Maxon , executive director of development for the Health Sciences Center.
“The 100th anniversary of the College of Medicine offered the opportunity to link this important milestone with rais-ing more funds for scholarships in support of future genera-tions of physicians,” Maxon said.
M. Dewayne Andrews , provost for the Health Sciences Center and executive dean for the College of Medicine, is the chairman of the leadership committee along with ’92 graduate Jonathan Drummond and ’52 graduate Ted Clemens. Clemens acts as honorary chair of the campaign .
The college has seen its share of history since it began in 1911, Andrews said. These highlights include its trans-formation into Oklahoma’s major hub for biomedical
LANEY ELLISORAssistant Managing Editor
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected OU for a research agreement worth up to $75 million, President David Boren announced at a news conference Monday.
The federal funds will go to the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies through 2016 to ad-vance weather radar re-search, improve severe storm forecasts and increase under-standing of extreme weather and short-term regional cli-mate, according to a press release.
The agreement will main-tain employment levels and additional staff could be hired. The grant will involve about 160 jobs, Boren said.
OU has had an agreement with NOAA for five years but had to re-compete for the grant this year. Because OU won the competition, it will
not have to compete for the grant in the future, he said.
Oklahoma is ideal for weather research because of its remarkable geological dy-namics and volatile weather,
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OU President David Boren and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator Craig McLean shake hands during a news con-ference Monday. NOAA awarded OU a $75 million research grant, which could create 160 jobs and further weather research at the university.
BY THE NUMBERSWhat can $75 million buy?
937,617 $79.99 weather radios
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600,000 $125 women’s rain boots
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the ou foundation’s donor records — The foundation acts as an investment fi rm for donors and uses funds to reimburse OU according to donor’s intent. The Daily requested the documents to see who is donating and why, but was denied because the Open Records Act allows public universities to keep donor information private. However, the act doesn’t forbid the university from releasing the information.
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Drug cartel coverage life-threateningCollEgE of mEdiCinE
$4.1M to carry scholarships for 100 years
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Lorne Matalon, a journalist with PRI’s “The World,” talks about his experiences covering Mexico’s battle against drug cartels during his dinner address in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
PAIGHTEN HARKINSStaff Reporter
A smokey sky and shim-mering stars may not be what normally comes to mind when one thinks in the mid-dle of a kidnapping ring bust.
But for journalist Lorne Matalon , it’s what he re-calls during a night raid with Mexican law enforcement.
Matalon, reporter for Public Radio International’s “The World,” described a raid where members strapped on weapons, put knives in hol-sters and pulled on their bul-let proof vests.
“By now I’m pretty sure this is not going to be a dog and pony show no matter what happens,” he said.
This was the first of several incidents Matalon recounted during his talk Oct. 24 in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Library of Gaylord Hall.
The conference, “The Price of Silence: The Drug War and Journalism in Mexico,” out-lined the troubles Mexican journalists face trying to cover issues involving the drug cartels.
Matalon specifically spoke about the self-censoring that is being done by several newspapers in Mexico simply out of fear of cartel retaliation in the form of kidnapping or
Self-censorship protects reporters, speaker says
killing of reporters or their families.
He said reporters in Mexico every day ask themselves if the story they’re pursuing is worth the risk — the risk being their lives — because
the cartels are watching, which is why some newspa-pers have resorted to self-censoring, meaning they only print stories unrelated to cartel activities, and any stories published about the
cartels are direct government statements.
“They’re doing that walk along that fine line so that they can practice their craft without endangering their lives,” Matalon said.
Because the cartels are the de facto government in many parts of Mexico, and the legit-imate government is not in a position to help them, these
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“They’re doing that walk along that fine line so that they can practice their craft without
endangering their lives.”LORNE MATALON, REPORTER FOR PRI’S THE WORLD
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today around CampusA 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 405-325-1832.
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 to the museum 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 will be hosted by art history professor Jackson rushing at 2 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. museum of art.
A Bible study held by the Christians on Campus will take place from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the oklahoma memorial union’s traditions room. this event is free.
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Campaign: Scholarships to ease graduate debtContinued from page 1
NOAA assistant adminis-trator Craig McLean said. However, NOAA selected OU because of its students and its
excellence as a research insti-tution, McLean said.
Boren said research grants to OU have increased by 25 percent in the last three years. In the last few weeks alone, OU has won $115 million in
research grants.“We’re talking about 1,000
jobs created by OU Research in the last few weeks,” he said.
To illustrate OU’s research growth, Boren reflected on the weather center itself,
which he said was a vacant lot just six years ago.
The afternoon conference was attended by numerous OU deans and administra-tors as well as Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal.
research, the development of “major centers of excellence” like the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center and the discovery of heart rhythm electrophysiologic mapping, Andrews said.
The five-year campaign will continue the college’s tradition of attracting medical school candidates, he said.
“[We want to] provide fi-nancial assistance to medi-cal students to ease the enor-mous financial burden and debt burden with which most students graduate,” he said.
This burden has students paying through the nose.
According to U.S. News and World Report, the college’s yearly in-state tuition and out-of-state tuition is $19,120 and $44,816 as of 2010. The aver-age total debt for the gradu-ates of 2010 was $147,000.
Andrew Nguyen, microbi-ology senior and recently ac-cepted OU medical student,
are the measures they are having to take, Matalon said.
Alan McPherson, professor of international and area stud-ies, said he wanted to bring Matalon to OU because he can cover comprehensively something that is very impor-tant in the world right now.
He also said Matalon’s epi-sodes and adventures are particularly important for stu-dents to hear.
“He’s really doing some-thing as opposed to writing about it,” McPherson said.
McPherson also said it was important to hear from Matalon because it highlights the problems associated with buying and using drugs.
“It ’s causing a war in a neighboring country,” McPherson said.
Katy Wyatt, an international
security studies and Russian major who attended the event, said she knew some about the cartels activities because she has been doing several papers
over the issue.She said she came expect-
ing to hear about some more recent and specific things happening with the drug war
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Lorne Matalon, journalist with PRI’s The World, shakes hands with OCCC student Filo Gomez after Matalon’s dinner address Monday evening in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
said he plans to cover the ma-jority of his tuition by taking out student loans.
“I currently have two part-time jobs with OU National Scholars Recruitment and Target Pharmacy, but I doubt I’ll be able to save enough funds for even one year of school,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen said the created scholarships will appeal to students who are considering OU’s College of Medicine.
“Medical school is an in-credible expense, and any help in lowering the amount of loan I’d have to take would be attractive and definitely reduce a small amount of
stress,” Nguyen said.The College of Medicine
hopes to raise the average amount of awards from $2,100 to $2,500 through the cam-paign, according to a College of Medicine press release.
Thus far, the campaign is within $1 million of its $5 mil-lion goal for scholarships.
in Mexico. There are a lot of things
happening in Mexico right now, but no one really pays attention to them because they’re so close, Wyatt said.
Matalon concluded his lec-ture by saying one makes a choice in life.
“If you want to pursue in-formation, you have to make a choice to do so using cau-tion, letting fear be felt so that it acts as a restraint on ill-advised moves that are not conducive to your physical safety,” Matalon said. “What I would say to people is: one has to make a decision. Is the prize worth the battle to get that prize? For everybody, it’s a different answer.”
For Matalon and many re-porters in Mexico still trying write the stories as a public service to the people, the an-swer is, in most cases, defini-tively yes.
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Jess Burrow (left) and James Patterson, examine the damage caused outside the home of Joe and Mary Reneau on Sunday in Sparks, Okla.
Oklahoma experienced two earthquakes Saturday, one of which registered a 5.6 magnitude, the strongest re-corded earthquake in state history.
The university has an emergency response plan for such situations. Individuals on campus are encouraged to follow these steps during an earthquake.
If outdoors1. Move away from trees,
signs, buildings, electrical poles and wires. Protect your head with your arms from falling bricks, glass, plaster and other debris.
2. Move away from fire and
smoke.3. Once outside, move at
least 300 feet away from the affected building. Proceed to the Emergency Assembly Area for your group, if safe to do so. Check with your su-pervisor to determine your assembly area location if you do not already know it.
4. Check for injuries and give or seek first aid.
5. Be alert for safety haz-ards (fires, electrical, gas leaks, etc.).
6. Do not use telephones or use roadways unless abso-lutely necessary.
7. Be prepared for poten-tial aftershocks.
8 . C o o p e r a t e w i t h
emergency response per-sonnel, keep informed and remain calm.
If indoors1. Immediately take cover
under tables, desks or other such objects for protec-tion against flying glass and debris.
2. If you are not near a sturdy object, make your-self as small as possible and cover your head and neck.
3. In an earthquake, if you stand in a doorway, brace yourself against the frame and watch out for swinging doors or other people.
4. Avoid overhead fixtures, windows, tall furniture, bookcases and heavy objects that could fall or shatter.
5. If possible, stabilize laboratory procedures that
could lead to further dan-ger (turn off gas or electrical equipment).
6. After the effects have subsided, evacuate the im-mediate area and call OU Police (911).
7. Seek and assist injured and disabled persons evacu-ating the building.
8. Do not light matches, and do not turn lights on or off.
9. Exit via the stairway.10. Do not use elevators.11. Keep roadways and
walkways clear for emergen-cy vehicles. Wait for further instructions from OU Police or other properly identified emergency personnel. Do not re-enter the building until instructed to do so.
Chase Cook, Managing Editor
With the recent earthquake outbreaks, students should learn proper procedures
Reducing plastic usage will require communication with Coca-Cola
The Undergraduate Student Congress passed a resolu-tion Nov. 1 asking OU Housing and Food Services to reduce the amount of plastic it uses in water bottles.
OU Housing and Food Services makes the purchasing de-cisions for water bottles, according to the resolution. Coca-Cola Co. produces both the OU H2OK brand and Dasani.
OU has contracts with Coca-Cola Co. and sells both water bottles on campus. However, the H2OK bottles have more plastic and are considered more harmful to the environ-ment than Dasani bottles, according to the resolution.
Author of the resolution Devin Smith said “there is a no-ticeable difference” on how much plastic is in the H2OK bottles compared to other brands, according to the meet-ing’s minutes.
Smith also did not offer plans on how to reduce the plas-tic in the resolution or to Student Congress. Smith said he has been working on this matter since September and has emailed people in support of the resolution but has not yet spoken with Coca-Cola Co.
Housing and Food spokeswoman Lauren Royston said the Housing Center Student Association has been working on the amount of plastics in water bottles and is trying to get in touch with companies to see what can be done.
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Few things are more upsetting to me than the size
of the philosophy section at Hastings. If taken as a representation of human history, then one might conclude all of Western philosophy was half as important as the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” franchise.
I don’t blame them, though. After all, as a business, Hastings is only trying to meet consumer demand. Its shelf arrangements are just a reflection of public values, a sadly accurate one given my experience as a philosophy major discussing it with those less interested in it.
One family member even bluntly stated that philoso-phy was “just a way to get people to pay you for talking about nothing.” While I could agree that might be the case with certain post-modernists, it is also worth noting that her criticism itself is a philosophical criticism.
This is because philosophy is literally inescapable. As the controversial philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand once said, “as a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy,” but you do have a choice as to whether that philosophy is developed consciously or unconsciously.
Every aspect of human action rests upon implicit philo-sophical premises. Economists must establish why we should care about the transfer of goods between people, as well as account for how economic value comes about, which are fundamentally philosophical endeavors. Similarly, psychologists must hold, explicitly or implicitly, a defensible theory of mind in order to distinguish their field from neuroscience.
Even artists and musicians must embrace, whether ex-plicitly or implicitly, a coherent stance on aesthetics.
This doesn’t stop many great thinkers, particularly sci-entists like Stephen Hawking , from declaring that “philos-ophy is dead.” In Hawking’s case, he basically believes this because it isn’t science.
Such hard-line, reductionist scientism is like blowing up the bridge you’re on, as science is a philosophical po-sition rooted in epistemological principles. This is why the two greatest thinkers in Hawking’s field, Newton and Einstein, were deeply invested in philosophy.
It may seem that this raises another common attack on philosophy majors — that “anyone can do it.”
While it is true that aspects of philosophy are widely ac-cessible, to discount specialization in philosophy on the basis that it is self-evident ignores human history.
It is hard to imagine Immanuel Kant’s complex moral theory being developed by a biologist floating ideas in his spare time. For those like myself who reject Kant’s ideas, it’s equally hard to imagine that the best criticisms could have come from an astronomer browsing “The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals” at the library.
Though Thomas Jefferson said the ideas in the Declaration of Independence were “self-evident,” it is un-likely he thought its Lockean stances on representative government and property rights were obvious to every-one. After all, the centuries of divine-right monarchism that would make that claim ridiculous were what made the Declaration of Independence so notable.
Perhaps the degradation of philosophical arguments as they pass to the arrogantly ignorant — who assume they don’t need much time with philosophy to master it — gives the best argument for those who specialize in it. William Paley’s famous argument from design for the existence of God is intellectually respectable. But when it is watered down to Bill O’Reilly’s infamous argument, “Tides go in, tides go out — you can’t explain that” for the existence of God, it’s not.
A recent article in The Atlantic, “Is Philosophy the Most Practical Major?,” questions the conventional view that a philosophy degree is radically impractical. The article cites a survey that found working conditions in the field of philosophy were better than even aerospace engineering and astronomy. Furthermore, it reminds the readers that philosophy majors in the business world, armed with cru-cial critical-reasoning skills, tend to do exceptionally well — like George Soros and Carl Icahn.
I’m not asserting philosophy majors are some higher class of person. But the constant derision that philosophy majors face is completely unfounded. It’s fine, though, if you philosophically disagree.
Jason Byas is a philosophy junior.
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You’ve read about it here before: the Open Records Act, the Open Meeting Act and the impor-tance of transparency. These themes have been highlighted in many of our editorials. But we’ve realized that it’s time to do more than talk.
As you can see from the new feature on the front page, we’re taking on a renewed commitment to use every freedom offered by the state’s Open Records Act to fulfill our role as watchdogs and keep you the public aware of your representatives’ actions.
Open records laws offer essential protections for freedom of information. The Oklahoma Open Records Act requires all public bodies and public officials make their records available for public view and copying.
These records deal with your money, with your positions. You have chosen these officials to repre-sent you. They may seem untouchable, but you put them where they are. You have the power, the re-sponsibility, to watch their actions and hold them accountable.
The average citizen won’t often check a commit-tee’s minutes or a politician’s phone records, but these freedoms allow the press to do it for you and to engage in the reporting that uncovers and stops abuses of power.
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of open records requests to uncover a long his-tory of preferential treatment by UCLA’s School of Dentistry in which wealthy donors could pay to en-sure their child was accepted.
We’re not saying these kinds of abuses are hap-pening at OU. But they could be. And it’s our role to not only uncover these situations, but to let public
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This doesn’t mean we don’t like or sup-port Bob Stoops or President David Boren — in fact, we’ve been vocal supporters — but it’s our responsibility to stay on top of their actions, and the actions of all public officials.
We’ve been quick to point out the oc-casional glaring Open Meeting Act violation by UOSA. But we haven’t followed up or followed through. We haven’t been holding our public offi-cials accountable in any real way.
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And we’ll be keeping a running tally on the front page of unfilled requests, why those records are im-portant and how many days have passed since the request was made, to help keep the open records office accountable and openly demonstrate our commitment to this responsibility.
We’ll be doing our best over the next two days — and for the rest of the year — to demonstrate the importance of freedom of information, the limitations of the current law and necessary improvements.
We’ve renewed our commitment to the respon-sibilities inherent to our role in a democracy. We call on you to do the same.
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Early in the morning of Nov. 2, 10 members of Occupy Tulsa were arrested at Tulsa’s H.A. Chapman Centennial Green for violating curfew. According to
the Tulsa Police Department, 25 officers were dispatched to evict the protesters and were forced to use pepper spray to subdue a number of protesters who actively resisted arrest .
The reality was far different. Video of the incident shows that a force of at least 60 uniformed men was used to arrest the 10 protesters. Police wielded pepper-spray pellet rifles. Numerous police cruisers and vans were used to shut down two intersections adjoining the park.
The following day, Police Chief Chuck Jordan told the Tulsa World that “only the people who were actively resisting and would not comply” were pepper-sprayed, a claim that is contradicted by all available evidence. The 10 individuals ar-rested — at least nine of whom were pepper-sprayed — were sitting passively in a circle with their arms linked when po-lice arrived. Video of the incident shows that those arrested continued to sit calmly on the ground as they were encircled by a phalanx of police officers.
“[An officer] maced me at point-blank range for about five seconds,” said therapist Eli Silva , who was among those arrested. “It was excruciating. It was one of the worst experiences of my life — but it was also one of the greatest. It made me realize that what we’re doing is more crucial now than ever.”
According to Occupy Tulsa organizers, the group had previously enjoyed a friendly relationship with police and had received permission to occupy Centennial Green overnight until the issue of whether or not permit fees would be waived could be determined by the Tulsa City Council. According to organizers, the permits necessary to legally occupy the park during the 11 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew would total about $3,000 per month.
“When we arrived [at Centennial Green] on Friday night, the first thing we did was notify our police liaisons and ask if it would be all right if we stayed,” Army veteran Samuel Molik said. “The response that we got from Capt. [Ryan] Perkins and Capt. Steve Odom was, ‘No, it’s all right. Leave your tents on the grass for now.’ In a very sudden manner, our relationship with the Tulsa Police Department changed. ... We were informed that from now on the curfew would be enforced.”
That evening, Molik was among those who decided to re-main in the park after curfew in an act of civil disobedience. “We thought we would probably either be cited or, at the very most, arrested,” Molik said. “What ended up happening was the Tulsa Police Department showed up in force, with at least 60 uniformed officers. ... They took individuals out of our circle by forcibly removing anything that was covering their face, pepper spraying them and dragging them away. It was completely unnecessary. ... We were literally just sitting
on the ground.” It is clear that what hap-
pened on the morning of Nov. 2 was not the modest operation the Tulsa Police Department later claimed, but a display of force intend-ed to intimidate members of Occupy Tulsa. Of course, it only succeeded in galvaniz-ing protesters.
“In the holding cell, we were all together,” Silva said, who spent about six hours in police custody. “We started singing and laughing and telling jokes and feeling like heroes. There was a crowd that stayed out [at Centennial Green] all night, waiting for us to get out of jail. ... When we got out, there was breakfast ready and wait-
ing for us.”On the following night, 13 protesters oc-
cupied the park in solidarity with those arrested that morning, knowing that they might receive the same treatment. Most of them came to Tulsa from other communi-ties in the state.
Once more, an enormous number of police descended upon the park, though — presumably smarting from the public rela-tions repercussions of the unprovoked mac-ing of nine people — they did not pepper-spray anyone. Sgt. Virgil Litterell directed the arrests.
The following day, the Tulsa Police Department, speaking via the Tulsa World, claimed that only 43 officers participated in the arrests, which is a blatant lie. I witnessed at least 70 officers present, not including those in-volved in shutting down nearby roads.
It is telling that the Tulsa Police Department feels the need to make false claims in order to justify its actions to the pub-lic, and it is unfortunate that the Tulsa World has chosen to uncritically repeat those false claims.
The fact is that people choosing to peacefully demonstrate in a park maintained with their tax dollars have been told they must either cough up $3,000 per month or be put in jail. The fact is that the authorities of Tulsa — a city with ongo-ing budget issues — have dispatched enormous numbers of police to apprehend a handful of peaceful people. The fact is that numerous men who joined the police force with the hope of protecting the public have found themselves or-dered to arrest protesters whose only crime is offending the capitalist elite.
When the history of these events is written, the protesters who now find themselves in court for curfew violations will be vindicated as heroes.
Zac Smith is a journalism junior.
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Tomorrow ››Junior forward Romero Osby, a transfer from Mississippi State, made his debut with the Sooners with the support of his family.
Tobi NeidySports Reporter
It’s been two years since ju-nior guard Whitney Hand has experienced a season-opener in an Oklahoma uniform.
Those two years have seemed like eons to the Fort Worth native, she said, but she hasn’t been suffering alone.
OU women’s basketball coach Sherri Coale said the team hasn’t been at its best during Hand’s absence.
“Having her back and healthy is a huge breath of air for everyone,” Coale said. “Her greatest gift is she makes the guys around her better, and when you have eight un-derclassmen on your team, her presence becomes more important and her play even more integral.”
After shredding her ACL during the fifth game of OU’s 2009-10 season, Hand’s lead-ership shifted from the court to the bench until her return Jan. 2 against TCU.
But just returning to the court wasn’t enough for Hand, she said.
“I love going through the preseason, and I struggled with not going through that last year,” Hand said. “Last season was hard for me mentally.”
Hand said she respects and enjoys what the preseason brings into focus — not just for her but for the dynamics of the team as a whole. Missing the preseason in 2010 con-tributed to her lack of confi-dence last season, she said.
“I’m a practice player,”
Hand said. “When I get to go through practice, I know that I’m leaving everything out on the floor. It’s been fun to run, lift and struggle with them this season. It brings a new a level of chemistry that I didn’t get to have last year.”
And chemistry is already a worry for a Sooner squad loaded with underclassmen.
OU’s 86-52 exhibition victor y against UCO on Wednesday gave coaches and fans a preview of the newcom-ers to the Oklahoma lineup, including a couple of feisty guards — DaShawn Harden and Sharane Campbell — who could make a difference for OU’s offense.
The Sooners still are figur-ing out what their offensive front will look like after the graduation of All-American Daniel le Robins on last season.
A couple of players poised to help Hand on the perim-eter are sophomores Aayrn Ellenberg and Morgan Hook.
“ No o n e c a n r e p l a c e Danielle,” Ellenberg said. “I’m going to do my best to
do what I can to help fill that void.”
But having Hand back in the practice facilities and in the weight room has given OU’s guards an unspoken, calming presence that should help in tight situations during the upcoming season.
“She’s back to 100 percent,” Hook said. “And as long as she stays healthy, we’ll be great.”
Coale echoes the belief that Hand is back in top form heading into the season.
“She looks much more like the Whitney Hand we saw as a true freshman,” Coale said. “I don’t know that any of us really knew the pain she was in last year.”
What makes Hand one of the most down-to-earth play-ers on this Oklahoma roster is her humility.
“I know I’m not the most gifted or natural athlete, but I feel like I can make up for that with how hard I work in prac-tice,” she said.
Hand’s willingness to work hard in practice and her de-sire to become a better stu-dent of the game is some-thing coaches like Coale consider invaluable for their programs.
“If there was a poster child for Oklahoma women’s bas-ketball, I’d probably want it to be Whitney Hand,” Coale said.
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Junior guard Whitney Hand runs the offense during OU’s 86-52 exhibition win against Central Oklahoma on Wednesday at Lloyd Noble Center. The game was the first time in two years Hand had competed with the Sooners in preseason play after sitting out with an ACL injury last year.
Junior says she missed preseason, chemistry-building
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Freshman earns rookie honors
OU freshman outside hitter Tara Dunn was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
It was the second such honor for the Poth, Texas, native, following rookie honors earned Oct. 24.
Dunn notched a dou-ble-double — her eighth this year — during OU’s 3-1 loss to No. 12 Iowa St at e o n We d n e s d ay in Norman. She led the Sooners with 18 kil ls, adding 10 digs and one block assist.
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Junior brings in defensive award
OU junior defensive end Ronnell Lewis earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors, the conference announced Monday.
It was the third time this season an OU player won the conference’s weekly defensive honor. Junior safety Javon Harris won after his performance against Florida State, and senior cornerback Jamell Fleming won after his game against Texas.
T h e D e w a r n a t i v e had one pass breakup, a team-high nine tackles — including two tackles for loss — and one intercep-tion during OU’s 41-25 win against Texas A&M on Saturday in Norman.
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Magnets & ghosts“Mass”(MAG Productions)
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Variety is the key word when it comes to new band Magnets & Ghosts first album “Mass.” From rock ‘n’ roll to trippy tunes, the album has something for everyone.
For example, Coldplay fans might like the song “Mass,” which features a long instrumental intro-duction and some inde-terminable but calming lyrics. On the other hand, “Light My Flame” would be better suited to follow-ers of The Black Keys.
No doubt about it, Magnets & Ghosts is tal-ented. In some ways, I enjoyed the variety, but at other times, the lack of a distinct sound made me forget who I was listening to. If the band can choose a sound and stick to it, I’ll be adding them to my music library in no time.
If too much variety makes you feel a little crazy, stay away. I will not be responsible for your breakdown.
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top: “Now That’s What I Call Music! 40” hits stores and iTunes today. The latest installment of the “Now” series features music from popular bands and music artists.
Bottom: Maroon 5 is one of the many bands and music artists featured on the “Now That’s What I Call Music! 40.” The “Now” series is released in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
America’s popular music industry is a vapid, soul-
crushing hellscape, and no aspect of our culture bears witness to this sad state of affairs better than the “Now That’s What I Call Music!” franchise.
Each installment in the “Now” franchise, which has been assaulting good sonic taste in America since 1998, is a thinly-veiled cash grab intended to compile all the hottest, most over-exposed hits in popular music onto one album.
The “Now” series has made streamlined popu-lar music consumption an art form, and with terrific, horrifying success. Twenty-nine releases in the series have been certified plati-num, with 15 installments occupying the Billboard 200 album chart for at least one week.
Today marks the release of “Now That’s What I Call Music! 40,” and I saw the occasion as an opportu-nity to reconnect with my generation by placing my finger directly on the pulse of popular music for the first time in years.
If nothing else, I thought
by reviewing “Now 40,” perhaps I’d finally learn the song titles and artists associated with the thump-ing club beats I hear echo-ing onto the street as I walk past Logan’s and Seven47 every weekend on Campus Corner.
In the interest of full dis-closure, I don’t often listen to the radio. In the age of Pandora and in-car iPod docks, I largely subsist day-to-day on a steady diet of jazz, jam, funk and soul music with a healthy smat-tering of nerdy podcasts added in for good measure.
For this reason, I had only heard one song on the album before undertaking this review, and I was largely oblivious to the artists whose work was featured therein.
So oblivious, in fact, that I
was recently mocked by my newsroom colleagues for believing Lady Antebellum was a solo female artist.
Heading into this review I was naively optimistic about the quality of music I hoped would be featured. After listening to each of the 20 formulaic, repetitive songs featured, however, I
look forward to returning to my self-imposed musical exile posthaste.
My biggest complaint with “Now 40” lies with the com-pilation’s musicianship, or lack thereof. Only four songs feature a human being play-ing a drum kit, and only four songs on the compilation use an actual guitar.
Relentless, computer-generated beats and tones are the norm in “Now 40,” and when you take into ac-count the songs’ lyrics, with good reason. Nearly half of the songs on the compila-tion deal with drinking, partying, dancing or graphic
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promiscuity, and nearly all of the songs feature catchy, up-tempo beats to match.
Don’t get me wrong, dear reader — I can enjoy a song about sex and booze as much as the next guy; I simply never go near trendy dance clubs, and my musi-cal tastes have developed accordingly.
The songs in “Now 40” deal with many of the same tried and true pop themes that have sold for years, including the joys of love, the agony of heartbreak, the wonders of sex and the longing to find one’s place in the world, with a terrible Nickelback song thrown in for good measure.
In the end, if the music on “Now 40” makes you happy, more power to you. I believe there are few things more subjective in all of human experience than our individ-ual tastes in music, so if “Mr. Saxobeat” by Alexandra Stan puts a smile on your face, I can’t fault you.
However, if you’re truly seeking aural pleasure, dear reader — and aren’t we all? — there are better options out there. There is more to music than infectious, meaningless pop hooks and thumping, computer-gener-ated beats.
My recommendation for pop-music detox lies in the work of artists who have de-voted thousands of hours to practicing real instru-ments or developing a dis-tinct vocal style to push the boundaries of their chosen profession.
Listen to Sam Cooke and Pink Floyd. Listen to Frank Zappa and Django Reinhardt. Listen to Phish, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane, The Grateful Dead or any number of artists who have played real instruments or sung within the con-straints of their actual voices.
Now that’s what I call music, but then again, what do I know?
Chris Miller is a journalism senior and The Daily’s online editor.
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Cobra Starship is one of the bands and music artists featured on today’s release “Now That’s What I Call Music!” Vol. 40. The band’s song, “You Make Me feel...” is one of the popular songs on the album. The “Now” series compiles dozens of chart-topping songs several times a year.
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1 a Maroon 5 song featuring Christina aguilera and a
Britney Spears song are the first two tracks on the album. let’s party like it’s 2004, everybody!
2 “In the Dark” by Dev actually contains the lines,
“When you work on me, open my body up and do some surgery.” Gross.
3 “It Girl” by Jason Derulo is the fifth song on the album
to feature a whistling melody. songs feature whistling more than guitar, and that’s sad.
4 Nickelback continues to be terrible, but at
least it’s consistent.
5 “Skyscraper” by Demi lovato may be the most
melodramatic song ever recorded.