STAFF REPORTSA suspicious package left near a statue

south of Jacobson Hall on the North Oval was deemed nonthreatening after OU and Norman Police Departments called in a bomb squad and surveyed the package.

The area was cleared around 1:20 p.m., about 30 minutes after OU issued an emergency alert to students, asking them to stay away from the area.

A student reported the package to OUPD. OUPD then contacted the Norman Police Department’s bomb squad for as-sistance, said Norman Police Capt. Tom Easley.

Once the police got to the area, they took measures to ensure the safety of the area, but those procedures are classified, said Clay Bolin of the Norman Police Department’s bomb squad.

“They went through procedures and determined it was not a threat at all,” Easley said.

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ARIANNA PICKARDCampus Editor

Long-time Pride of Oklahoma director opposed OU President David Boren’s choice to hire a candidate from the University of Wisconsin as the new director.

Former Pride director Gene Thrailkill, who was on the search committee to find a new director of the band, told Boren in an email in March that he wouldn’t endorse Justin Stolarik as the new director, according to an email obtained from an open records request for all complaints sent to Boren in regard to Stolarik.

Thrailkill’s email to Boren was sent March 2, two days after Boren officially named the new director. In it, Thrailkill quotes an email he’d sent to Boren ranking his preferred candidates before the director had been named.

“Should that individual [the new director] be Dr. Stolarik, I could not, in good conscience, give my en-dorsement,” Thrailkill wrote in the email.

Thrailkill said serving on this search committee dif-fered from every other search committee he’s served on during his approximately 40 years at OU, because there was no open vote to determine which candidate would best fill the position.

“Anytime you have a search committee of any kind, there are different opinions, and at the very end, there’s a vote and the committee comes to an understanding of the person they choose and that’s it,” he said. “There was no vote as such in those meetings.”

Instead, after discussing candidates, Boren told the search committee he was going to be the person to choose the candidate and asked them to email him rank-ing the candidates, Thrailkill said.

“There was no going around the room and saying, ‘I vote for this person,’” he said. “Every committee I’ve been in, that’s the way it’s handled.”

Boren said in an email that every member of the search committee voted and the votes were counted,

PAIGHTEN HARKINSAssistant Campus Editor

OU’s Offices of Legal Counsel and Licensing are looking into requests made by members of Sooners Against Sweatshops, a group advocating for OU to affiliate itself with a new fair labor-monitoring

group.Currently, the Fair Labor

Association is monitoring the factories OU uses to produce merchandise to ensure they meet fair labor standards, but the Sooners Against Sweatshops members asked President David Boren in a meeting Friday to consider affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium, said Luke Bartz, Sooners Against Sweatshops co-president

and Russian sophomore.The reason the group is ad-

vocating for OU to switch its affiliation is because the Fair Labor Association receives the majority of its funding from the companies it’s going in to monitor, which presents a problem, Bartz said.

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PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA

Former director disapproves of hiring process

OU Police respond to threatCAMPUS SCARE

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BRIDGING CULTURES

An unattended package found near Jacobson hall was found to be nonthreatening

Fair labor group may have conflict

President David Boren responsible for choosing Pride director candidate

OU Cousins kicks off year with popcorn

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but Thrailkill was not in the majority.

“Mr. Thrailkill was given a warm welcome when he arrived as the band director, and I would only hope that he would join in giving the new band director a hospi-table welcome,” Boren said in the email.

After he found out Boren’s decision to choose Stolarik as director, Thrailkill sent a message to Pride alumni saying the committee had been searching for someone to change the pre-game, half-time and basketball performances by the Pride.

“I am deeply saddened by what has happened to the national respect that Brian (Britt) and I have built over the past 42 years,” Thrailkill said in the message. “I have received emails and calls from band directors, and your decision has shocked them considering the total lack of respect nationally for the Wisconsin Band.”

Thrailkill served as Pride director for 30 years until he retired 12 years ago. As director, he established tra-ditions that would be car-ried on by Brian Britt, who served as director for 12

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todaY aroUnd CaMpUsA free concert by ivan duvet on piano will be held beginning at noon for Mid day Music in oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

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A meeting for Union programming Board will be held at 9 p.m. the board’s biweekly meetings are open to all students.

thUrsdaY, sept. 12A free concert by Jeffery Weaver on piano will be held from noon to 1 p.m. for Mid day Music in oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court.

A free workshop to improve reading speed will take place from 4:30 to 5:30p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner hall, room 245.

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PriDe: Alumni, fans send Boren complaintsContinued from page 1

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The Pride of Oklahoma marching band performs their pregame routine as OU hosts West Virginia on Saturday on Owen Field.

years after Thrailkill.“[Britt] did a fabulous job

of continuing tradition,” OU Bands director William Wakefield told The Daily in March.

After years of tradition, Wakefield said Stolarik was chosen because OU was ready to focus on more cre-ative elements and enter-tainment value.

“Since we’ve had 42 years of continuity, we’re stepping out a little bit,” he said.

Following OU’s first foot-ball game on Aug. 31, 35 complaints about the Pride’s performance came to Boren through the President’s Action Line, according to the requested records.

Out of those complaints, several were from donors saying they would not con-tinue donating money if the band’s performance did not change.

“I do not consider the threat to withhold dona-tions to be a significant problem,” Boren said in an email. “In fact, thus far, do-nations are running slightly higher this year compared to the same time last year, which was one of OU’s best years ever.”

As a whole, the com-plaints were from students, a l u m n i a n d o t h e r f a n s

oU’s Federal Credit Union is holding a contest that could land your photo on the union’s website for a school year, as well as put a $150 gas card in your pocket.

interested students, faculty and staff have until Monday, sept. 30 to enter the contest and help find the union’s new marketing image, said the union’s president shannon hudzinski.

“i wanted to get pictures of the university for our web-

site, but thought it would be even better if we got pictures from the students’ perspective,” hudzinski said. “i’m interested to see what the students see.”

the only stipulations for the photos are that they must be in good taste, hudzinski said. photos can be submitted to photos@oufcu.com.

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risk of bias,” he said.Sooners Against Sweatshops would

like OU to partner with the Worker Rights Consortium because they are an independent monitoring body, he said.

Boren thought the meeting went well and that it was both informative and constructive, university spokesman Michael Nash said.

In the meeting, Boren told the group he would get back to them with a re-sponse in two to three weeks after con-sulting with the Offices of Legal Counsel and Licensing, Bartz said.

Boren has relayed the information to the offices and they are looking to see how the potential partnership could impact OU and its partners, Nash said.

Many of the members of Sooners Against Sweatshops were a part of an or-ganization called Alta Gracia Coalition. The group met with Boren in the spring requesting that 50.1 percent of the ap-parel sold in the OU Bookstore be pur-chased from living wage companies like Alta Gracia.

“This is a different cause,” Bartz said. “It’s a redirection of those energies.”

Bartz believes OU has leverage over the factories producing its merchandise because of the sheer number of people

willing to buy OU memorabilia.If OU were to partner with the Worker

Rights Consortium, OU could use that leverage to pressure factories to change their labor practices in order to use their services, he said.

“There are a lot of problems all across the world, as anyone who’s paid any at-tention can see,” he said. “But the trick is to address the problems that you have leverage over.”

As of Aug. 23, 180 colleges and univer-sities in the U.S. are now working with the Worker Rights Consortium, includ-ing Texas University and Notre Dame, according to the press release.

LABOr UniOn: Organization meets with BorenContinued from page 1

saying they were dissatis-fied with Stolarik as the new director and the changes he was making to the Pride’s traditional fanfare.

Many of the complaints received after the first foot-ball game were complaints about the bands sound, most saying it was too soft and they couldn’t hear it, and requests that the entire Pride be allowed to march on the field.

Boren said it appears that

the complaints about the band are coming from a rel-atively small group.

“ The loud cheers and applause last week for the Pride of Oklahoma rep-resents the general opinion of our fans and alumni far better than a small orga-nized campaign. I hope that the band will move on and give their full cooperation to their new director,” he said.

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Our View: As today marks the 12th anniversary of 9/11, we encourage students to engage in our nation’s political conversations look at wars and attacks from a humanitarian perspective.

Twelve years ago today, America was scarred by the devastating terrorist attacks from al-Qaeda on U.S soil.

Among the attacks, two hijacked planes were flown into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Most of us weren’t physically there to feel the ground quake as the towers crumbled to mountains of rubble, but people across America felt pain and shock in their hearts as they watched the harrowing footage replay on their TV screens.

Our country came together to com-fort one another and rebuild our spirits. Since then, we’ve built up more than the American spirit — we now have a beautiful memorial and a nearly completed museum in place of the towers that once stood so tall.

The anniversary of Sept. 11 has ar-rived at a pressing time in our country, as our government deliberates whether or not we strike Syria. It’s a decision that pre-sumable will be made any day now, and we certainly don’t envy government officials’ positions at the moment.

According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press, 53 percent of Americans fear striking Syria would lead to a long-term U.S. military commitment in Syria. We’ve already gone through this with the War on Terror that began in 2001. Our government only recently decided to retract our troops from Iraq. With more than half of Americans concerned that attacking Syria isn’t the wis-est idea, our government needs to really consider what the best move is in our coun-try’s interest.

This predicament is a two-way street.

While political motives are the primary factors enticing the final decision, Sept. 11 serves as a reminder to look at the wars in the world from a humanitarian perspective.

Recall where you were when the twin tow-ers were struck, or when you heard the news of the attack. Many of us were just in grade school. We were old enough to remember, but too young to fully grasp the situation.

Planes struck a building. People

were hurt.But we’ve grown and vastly matured

since then. It is our responsibility as stu-dents and as adults to pay attention to things that are happening in the world, including Syria.

We’re reminded of the innocent lives that were undeservingly lost that day in 2001, so keep that in mind and consider look-ing at the Syria conflict from a different

perspective.Sept. 11 stole the lives of 2,606 people, ac-

cording to statisticbrain.com. In Syria, 1,429 people died in 12 locations mostly east of the capital when the country attacked its own citizens with poisonous gas. While the num-bers have a difference of more than 1,000 lives, in hindsight, the difference isn’t so great. Like Sept. 11, lives were lost, pain was caused and trouble brewed.

If we strike Syria, it is almost guaranteed innocent people will lose their lives and loved ones. Our intent may be good to strike, but it may not be in everyone’s best interest.

If we do, people will die. Some family members will lose loved ones, some friends will lose their best friends and that country will lose some of its members of society. Put yourself in Syrians’ shoes and let the idea play out in your head. Innocent Syrians will be destined to share the same wave of emo-tions and pain that we did just over a decade ago.

Wars get us nowhere — just to another temporary safe zone until the next

attack happens. This is speaking for all countries and their past

political war tactics. The question posed is if declaring war on another

country is the right thing to do, and that’s a question that probably doesn’t have a soli-tary answer.

Regardless of what our government de-cides to do, it’s important we all stay in-formed and play an active role in our coun-try’s political conversations.

We will never forget Sept. 11, nor will we ever be able to escape the emotional morn-ing the fallen towers continue to plague our memory. We can learn from our past and apply that knowledge to our future decisions and beliefs of what’s right and wrong. We can make a difference, and we should try to. After all, it’s our future.

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WE REMEMBER12 years later, America is faced with a similar

difficult decision to make

Attacks against Syria justifiedGUEST COLUMN

attacks from al-Qaeda on U.S soil. Among the attacks, two hijacked planes were flown into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Most of us weren’t physically there to feel the ground quake as the towers crumbled to mountains of rubble, but people across America felt pain and shock in their hearts as they watched the harrowing footage replay on their TV screens.

Our country came together to com-fort one another and rebuild our spirits. Since then, we’ve built up more than the American spirit — we now have a beautiful memorial and a nearly completed museum in place of the towers that once

The anniversary of Sept. 11 has ar-rived at a pressing time in our country, as our government deliberates whether or not we strike Syria. It’s a decision that pre-sumable will be made any day now, and we certainly don’t envy government officials’ positions at the moment.

According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press, 53 percent of Americans fear striking Syria would lead to a long-term U.S. military commitment in Syria. We’ve already gone through this with the War on Terror that began in 2001. Our government

but too young to fully grasp the situation. Planes struck a building. People

were hurt.But we’ve grown and vastly matured

great. Like Sept. 11, lives were lost, pain was caused and trouble brewed.

If we strike Syria, it is almost guaranteed innocent people will lose their lives and loved ones. Our intent may be good to strike, but it may not be in everyone’s best interest.

If we do, people will die. Some family members will lose loved ones, some friends will lose their best friends and that country will lose some of its members of society. Put yourself in Syrians’ shoes and let the idea play out in your head. Innocent Syrians will be destined to share the same wave of emo-tions and pain that we did just over a decade ago.

Wars get us nowhere — just to another temporary safe zone until the next

attack happens. This is speaking for all countries and their past

political war tactics. The question posed is if declaring war on another

country is the right thing to do, and that’s a question that probably doesn’t have a soli-tary answer.

Regardless of what our government de-cides to do, it’s important we all stay in-formed and play an active role in our coun-try’s political conversations.

We will never forget Sept. 11, nor will we ever be able to escape the emotional morn-

Re-educate yourselves on IslamGUEST COLUMN

Today marks the 12th anniver-sary of the most tragic event in recent American history.

Unfortunately, most people don’t realize that the four airliners were not the only thing hijacked on that day. Those 19 men also hijacked my religion, and I want it back.

It is necessary, respectful, and de-manded by propriety that we use this day to reflect in solace on all of the lives lost and families torn on that day. However, we should also recognize that this day is an opportunity not only to mourn, but to build a new future.

Twelve years later, there is still a deeply entrenched environment of mistrust and hostility against American Muslims. This fear and mistrust of Muslims is founded primarily upon a lack of understanding and ignorance.

According to a 2010 Pew research poll, 55 percent of Americans admitted that they do not know very much, if anything at all, about the Islamic faith. Only 53 percent said they knew someone who was a Muslim. It is even more alarming that from the time Pew started collecting these statistics in 2001, they have barely nudged forward.

The mistrust is also caused by us Americans listening to the wrong voices. For far too long, we have allowed a pleth-ora of pseudo-scholars, so-called “ex-perts”, and ideologically driven activists to monopolize our national discourse on

Islam, turning Islamophobia into a multi-million-dollar industry.

Allow me a short message to my Muslim brothers and sisters. If we Muslims fail to tell our story, the vitriolic fabrications and tall tales about Islam present in mainstream media will only continue to increase.

Ignorance may be bliss, but in Islamic theology, humans were never promised heaven on earth. As such, we must continue to educate, and, perhaps more importantly, de-educate at every opportunity.

I would never venture to say that there is no radical presence among some Muslims. Indeed, there is a radical presence amongst all religious groups today. However, it is im-portant to realize that the radical few do not represent the majority of the world’s second largest religion’s adherents, most of whom believe in in the spirit of verse 32 of the fifth chapter of the Quran, which declares the taking of one human’s life to be equivalent to taking the life of all of humankind.

As I write these words, I can already hear all the voices, both Muslim and non-Mus-lim, telling me to leave it alone. “People are too sensitive,” they say. But I refuse, because I believe the hyper-sensitive environment which surrounds such events only serves to stifle the critical discussions that help us progress as a nation and a people.

Thomas Parker is a Arabic Middle Eastern studies and political science senior.

On Sept. 7, President Obama advocated for a US military intervention in Syria to pre-vent the Assad regime from continuously using chemical weapons against its own

people. Polls show that before the presidential speech, the public opinion tended to be opposed to such an action. So is the leading trend among the US representatives of both houses of Congress.

Despite his efforts to involve the U.S. in “limited and targeted action” in Syria, if the vote was to occur immediately, President Obama would most probably suffer a setback. This would send a “horrible signal” to the international community.

For most, it is out of the question to engage in another Iraq. Which was an expensive, purposeless, damaging war. The country has not entirely recovered from the 2008 eco-nomic crisis and war equals big figures. The evidence of the use of chemical weapons gathered by the American, British and French intelligence forces don’t call for action ei-ther; evidence is not strong enough at this stage. Sending loved ones into a distant country for matters not directly related to national security has become unbearable.

Syria — and this is more than just a geography lesson — is not Iraq.President Obama said it: “No American boots on the ground,” only airstrikes on chem-

ical weapons arsenals. Bombing such facilities from high above, probably with drones pi-loted thousands of miles away will protect marines’ lives, as well as hundreds, if not thou-sands, of civilians’ lives on the ground.

As for the evidence; contrary to the Iraqi swindle, there is evidence for the use of chem-ical weapons. There is evidence of Assad regime not being state member of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Conventionthat prohibits the use of such. There is also evidence of more than 100,000 casualties since the beginning of the civil war in 2011.

Finally, money. President Obama called for a “no open-ended operation,” once more only involving airstrikes, not soldiers. The intelligence knows where to hit. Maybe we should stop calculating now and begin thinking about something crucial.

One hundred thousand human lives have found death in this terrible ongoing civil war. That’s more than the size of the football stadium we have here at OU. We cannot say we don’t know. We cannot say we must not act because Syria is a sovereign country, for I’m not sure I would call my country sovereign if it were to try to kill me.

Maybe the US, UK, France and others are broke. But what do our morals tell us? Is it re-sponsible to see a scene of violence and just walk away? How does it feel to not give a hand when someone’s really in need? What is it like to be in Syria right now?

Jason Arthaud, jason.p.arthaud-1@ou.edu

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magazine tackles oSu recruitment

Joey Stipekjoey.stipek@gmai.com

sports columnist

As a child, one of my favorite short stories was Danish

author Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The moral of that story involves a sit-uation where observers of an individual with over-whelming power share in the ignorance of an obvious fact, despite each of them recognizing the complete absurdity of the situation at hand.

I couldn’t help but be reminded of my favorite childhood short story this weekend when news broke that Sports Illustrated was running an in-depth inves-tigative feature on alleged impropriety within the Oklahoma State football program from 2001-2007. Allegations include:

• Payments from coaches and boosters to players

• A bonus program for players making big plays as recent as 2011 (former special teams coordinator and current West Virginia associate head coach Joe DeForest was accused of running the alleged bonus program)

• Academic corruption involving the changing of players’ grades and tutors turning in work with ath-letes’ names on it

• Sexual relations with hostesses and drug abuse among players in the col-lege’s recruiting program

This latest episode of

Pistol Pete’s pistols misfir-ing caused another public relations panic in Stillwater. OSU President Burns Hargis issued a press re-lease Saturday to cover the college’s rear end. Hargis closed with this salacious statement of spin, “…OSU requires everyone affiliated with the university to follow the rules and adhere to the highest ethical standards.”

C’mon, man.Hargis’ sentiment would

be believable if this wasn’t the first time OSU had been accused of alleged impro-prieties involving its foot-ball program.

After the Cowboys’ 1988 season — when former wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes admitted to receiv-ing $23,000 in benefits from an assistant coach to play for the team — the NCAA slapped the program with

severe sanctions, includ-ing four years probation, a three-year bowl ban, a two-year loss of televised games and a reduction in scholarships.

Of course, Hargis doesn’t deserve to absolve all of the blame for Pistol Pete’s latest string of misfortunes since he only has been in tenure since March 2008. Hargis is just saying what the spin doctors are telling him, but ignorance isn’t a defense in

a case like this.The coaches and ath-

letic department are the ones who should take the brunt of the blame. Athletic Director Mike Holder, for-mer head coach and cur-rent LSU coach Les Miles, former assistant coach Joe DeForest and current head coach Mike Gundy should be held accountable for allowing the program to spiral out of control like a zeppelin engulfed in flames

before it crashes to the ground.

Sure, the Sooner faithful can joke that the money spent on players at OSU obviously didn’t get them far. During the six-year span when the violations allegedly occured, the Cowboys biggest win total came in 2003 with nine-games, and the Pokes made bowl trips to the Houston, Independence and Insight Bowls.

However, the NCAA sanctions levied against programs that engaged in pay-for-play activities are no laughing matter. Programs such as USC have had national champion-ships vacated and received bowl bans, and SMU had their entire football pro-gram shutdown in 1987 with the “death penalty” for paying players from the

mid-1970s to 1986.This latest incident in-

volving OSU football shows a continued lack of insti-tutional control involving the football program. The NCAA should bring the hammer down on OSU given the level of prece-dence in how they handled previous improprieties in-volving USC and SMU.

After all, the people in charge of running OSU’s athletic department have continually shown to ob-servers of college football that they are wearing no clothes.

Joey Stipek is a multidisciplinary studies senior.

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the sooners run the ball against oklahoma state in a Bedlam matchup nov. 24, 2012. currently, the cowboys are the subject of a sports illustrated five-part series detailing mul-tiple ncAA violations it uncovered while researching the program’s fast rise to the national spotlight. the magazine accuses osu of paying players, academic fraud and providing drugs and sex to recruits.

Defense won the game against WVU

Joe MussattoAssistant sports Editor

Late in the season a year ago, the key to victory for a struggling Oklahoma de-fense was this: Keep the op-posing offense at bay and hope quarterback Landry Jones and company can put up big numbers.

For a defense that allowed 30 or more points in four of its final five games, the plan wasn’t a bad one. While it failed in the Cotton Bowl against A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and the rest of the Aggies, the plan worked against Baylor: 42-34, West Virginia: 50-49 and Oklahoma State: 51-48.

Obviously, this wasn’t the actual game plan defensive coordinator Mike Stoops im-plemented, but the Sooner offense was good enough to bail the defense out when Stoops’ side couldn’t stop a soul.

O h , h o w t h i n g s h av e changed for the Sooners. The offense is far less efficient — the plan doesn’t work anymore.

Sure, the Sooners have been effective on the ground this season — their 305 rush-ing yards per game rank ninth in the nation — but OU’s offense lacks the aeri-al attack and big play ability Sooner fans have been so ac-customed to in recent years.

After Trevor Knight com-pleted just 50 percent of his passes and committed a trio of turnovers through the first

three quarters against West Virginia, coach Bob Stoops pulled his redshirt freshman quarterback and inserted junior fan favorite Blake Bell into the game.

However, no matter which signal caller head coach Bob Stoops gives the reins to this week versus Tulsa, neither has proven their ability to ac-curately throw the football.

But where the offense has regressed from a year ago, the defense is the No. 1 rea-son why the Sooners are off to a 2-0 start.

“This year, it’s a differ-ent defense compared to last year’s defense,” senior

linebacker Corey Nelson said. “Everyone’s just buy-ing in, buying into what the coaches are coaching us, and everyone’s just buying into each other. We’re selfless.”

It’s a role reversal, a com-plete 180, and according to senior safety Gabe Lynn, it’s about time the defense has taken pressure off the offense, not the other way around.

“It’s much needed,” said Lynn, who had a fumble re-covery and interception against West Virginia, . “It’s funny how it works out, you know — how we just flipped sides these past two games

— but I think the offense will come along.”

Whether the, so far one-di-mensional, offense comes along or not, if the defense continues to play at this level, the Sooners should give themselves a chance in every ball game.

As coach Bob Stoops’ side gets deeper into conference play, don’t expect the de-fense to only allow the three and a half points per game they are now, but don’t ex-pect to see opponents hang 40 on a regular basis either.

Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu

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Offense struggles, defense becomes team’s biggest asset

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Junior defensive back trey Franks tackles West Virginia junior wide reciever mario Alford saturday. the oklahoma defense is one of the team’s biggest strengths this season.

Sports Illustrated is running a five-part series about their findings in the OSU football program. It includes:

• The Money (Tues.)

• the academics (Wed.)

• The Drugs (Thurs.)

• The Sex (Friday)

• The Fallout (Sept. 17)

Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

At A GlAncE oSu controversy

Men’s golf to rely on young talent

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Titsworth and Saxton to lead the way for Oklahoma golf this season

trent Crabtreesports reporter

With the college golf season quickly approaching, the OU men look to make themselves into Big 12 contenders. Entering a loaded fall and spring schedule, the Sooners will be all over the country, trying to show that they be-long with conference powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma State.

Experience will be an issue with the loss of key seniors.Seniors Abraham Ancer and Will Kropp will be gone,

which will have an impact. Ancer is second in OU history in career scoring average with 72.42 average and third all-time in career birdies. Kropp has shot 14 career rounds in the sixties and has the third most eagles in school history.

Both have the distinction of shooting the lowest 18 hole scores in OU history, firing a pair of 63s at the 2011 Desert Shootout.

It will be hard to fill these voids. When the rest of the team was struggling, they knew Ancer and Kropp would be there to pick up the slack. This means the team aspect of college golf will be a focal point for the OU men this season.

In other words, the Sooners must find balance.With the loss of these veterans, balance could be re-

alized through young players like sophomore Beau Titsworth and junior Charlie Saxon, who have had suc-cess in key situations.

Titsworth — a Cleveland, Ohio native — played well his freshman campaign. He stepped up in last year’s NCAA championships, firing a career-low 66 in the second round. He also competed in all 13 of OU’s team tourna-ments last season. That experience will help him improve even more this season.

Saxon is coming off a tremendously successful sea-son that saw him earn a top-20 finish at the Big 12 Championship and a win at the 2013 Lions Classic. This is crucial, because he experienced something rare for such a young player — winning individually. He knows he can go out and compete with the best. This confidence boost should help propel the team forward.

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LIFE&ARTSOUDaily.com ››Not sure how to deal with Miley Cyrus’ abrupt evolution? See our “Diary of a Miley Fan” to read the ups and downs of loving the pop star.

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Crowds of people headed to the carnival rides at last year’s Oklahoma State Fair.

So your significant other has decided it is in your best in-

terest to attend this year’s state fair. Don’t panic. You will get through this.

The Oklahoma State Fair, in all its glory, rolls into town once a year. For 10 days, Oklahoma State Fair Park is filled with rides, food vendors and enough events to keep a person busy for a month. Yet, with all of that stuff comes enough negative aspects to keep a person away from that entire area during those 10 days of “fun.”

So, if you do not make the decisions and find yourself at the gates of a modern-day hell. Again, do not panic, I have compiled a list of things to keep you smiling during your time at the State Fair:

It is hot, folks. Labor Day has passed, and we still have temperatures in the 100s. To combat the heat, dress like you don’t care what other people think of you. Break out the tank top and gym shorts. No one is looking.

Luke Reynoldsreynolds.luke5@gmail.edu

LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST

While you are strutting around with your biceps (or lack thereof ) hanging out of your tank top, you are probably going to run into someone you know — the professor you cannnot quite figure out, your best friend’s overzealous mom who refuses to let the tradition of going to the fair go or, how could we forget, the attractive girl in your psych class who is now devouring a turkey leg. Sexy. All are pos-sible options of people you might see at the fair. How to combat this? You cannot. You only can be prepared.

Fried butter, fried Oreos, Fried cheese, turkey legs, fun-nel cakes and Indian tacos. None of these things are good for your body. Are they good for your soul? Absolutely, but you will have to be careful. Eat too much of any of these things, and you will end up missing class for a cou-ple of days while your body cleanses itself. Or, if you are

really unlucky, you might get food poisoning from just one bite. That really happens.

If you do not like going to the bathroom in public plac-es, do not go to the fair. If you like having toilet paper, do not go to the fair. I am not saying all of the bathrooms at the fair are overflowing with human waste or lacking the necessary tools to have a pleasant pit stop, but I can honestly say, from experience, that several of the bath-rooms are downright repulsive. Not that I blame anyone. You cannnot expect a 10-day carnival with thousands of people to be spotless, but is a little bit of Purell in the re-stroom too much to ask for?

The Oklahoma State Fair is not a horrible place. In fact, it’s really a cultural experience, but as with many large events, there are downfalls. I am not saying do not go to the fair — these are just some things you might want to think about. Happy fair week!

Luke Reynolds is a University College freshman.

CAMPUS EVENT

UPB brings fried food to campus for State Fair fun‘Sooner Fried’ will give fair experience to OU studentsGRAHAM DUDLEYLife & Arts Reporter

For many, the best part of the Oklahoma State Fair is the menu. The fair kicks off tomorrow, but not ev-eryone can make it right a w a y . T h a n k f u l l y , T h e Union Programming Board is helping to satisfy deep-fr ied cravings this year with its first “Sooner Fried” event at 11:30 a.m. today on Oklahoma Memorial Union’s East Lawn.

U P B o f f i c e r, P a r i s a Pilehvar, is the Sooner Fried organizer and said she is excited to bring some of her favorite fair foods to campus.

“We just wanted to bring the fair to OU for kids who wouldn’t be able to make it,” Pilehvar said.

The event will feature fried chicken, pickles, okra, and Oreos, as well as a self-serve caramel apple bar. There also will be a balloon dart station to add to the carnival atmosphere, she said.

Union Catering will be cooking for the event, and Pilehvar said she recom-mends that hungry students arrive early to ensure they

get their pick of great fried food.

Pihlevar said she hopes to

GO AND DOSooner FriedWhen: 11:30 a.m. today

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continue Sooner Fried in fu-ture years, but that decision will be based on the success of today’s event.

A nyo n e i nt e re st e d i n joining UPB to play a role in future events like these s h o u l d at t e n d t h e U P B meeting at 9 p.m. tonight in Oklahoma Memor ial Union’s Associate’s Room, Pilhevar said.

Graham Dudleygraham.dudley4@gmail.com

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Deep fried foods are a State Fair staple.

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