Some scholarships, access to facilities differ between HSC and Norman campus
CASSI TONEYDaily Staff Writer
Students splitting their edu-cation between the OU Health Sciences Center and Norman campuses may face challenges while transitioning from one location to the other.
Though both campuses carry the OU name, they are separate entities with differences that may affect scholarships, study abroad opportunities and ac-cess to student recreational facilities.
Jessica Cavner, speech pa-thology and communication sciences and disorders junior, said the scholarship she earned only applied to the Norman campus and did not transfer to the HSC.
Andrea Fowler, communi-cation sciences and disorders senior at the HSC, said she was almost denied permission to study abroad with the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Media during May interses-sion because she was no lon-ger a student on the Norman campus.
The Oklahoma College of Continuing Education notified her two weeks before leaving that she could not study abroad with the college unless she re-applied to OU-Norman, she said.
“It was ridiculous that I would have to reapply to the university,” Fowler said.
As a student at the HSC, Cavner cannot utilize Goddard or the Huston Huffman Center in Norman. She pays fees for the HSC athletic facilities, but like some HSC students, Cavner lives in Norman so the Huffman Center is more convenient than the HSC gym. HSC students can buy semester passes to the Huffman Center for $100.
Cavner said it would be more convenient if students could choose which gym they wanted to use.
Ciera Fegel, pre-occupation-al therapy sophomore, said she will attend the HSC to finish her degree. She said she was
Family medicine doctor returns from humanitarian trip, orthopedic surgeon to board hospital ship today
RICKY MARANONAssignment Editor
As one OU physician returns from Haiti, another will ship out.Dr. Steve Smith, OU family medicine doctor, returned from helping
hundreds of patients in Haiti on Sunday. As he settles back into life in the U.S., OU orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Teague leaves today and will offer his service on the USNS Comfort, a Naval hospital ship.
“I’ve handled a few mission trips to Africa and another earthquake in Indonesia but this was World War II,” Smith said. “I only arrived when we were in the middle of the second week out from the quake and it still looked bad.”
Smith said he and a few other medical teams flew into the Dominican Republic and drove across the border into Haiti in the middle of the night to set up for his first patients the next morning.
“The people there are so gracious and it was very humbling,” Smith said.
He said he and his team (one trauma surgeon, one orthopedic sur-geon, five resident physicians and two nurses) handled between 320 to 340 patients per day. At times, up to 500 people would wait outside of his clinic for treatment.
“The spectrum of injuries were wide,” Smith said. “We were deal-ing with all types of needs from malnutrition, worms, high blood pres-sure and diabetes. We even saw people trying to take care of their own wounds.”
Smith said he was fortunate enough to work at a secure building in a heavily damaged school complex that was turned into a clinic by the Salvation Army.
Smith was able to walk around and see the damage.“I saw things I’ve never seen before,” Smith said. “We would pass by
buildings and people would tell us that the floor that was on the ground was actually the third floor and that there were two more stories pan-caked underneath it. ... We would see babies that had no mom or dad.”
Smith was in Haiti from Jan. 23 until Sunday night.Teague’s mission, though very similar, will address even more serious
injuries, but instead of being on the island of Haiti he will spend his time aboard the U.S. Naval Ship Comfort.
“Right now there is a backlog of people with serious injuries who
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Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry speaks to House and Senate members in the Oklahoma House Chamber during the State of the State address Monday. Henry said he would “fight against” attempts to cut important funding to educational investments.
Budget cuts in education ‘will not be tolerated,’ says governor
RICKY MARANONAssignment Editor
Gov. Brad Henry told lawmakers Monday he refuses to let budget cuts hinder educa-tion at any level.
Henry said in his final State of the State Address any attempts to cut major funding to educational investments and programs to make up for budget shortfalls will not be tolerated.
“I will fight against anyone who attempts to uproot and hinder the progress of educa-tion in this state,” Henry said.
He said because education plays a vital
role in the state’s future, the budget must be dealt with carefully.
“When we cut budgets and spending in areas we have to realize that these people are not just statistics,” Henry said. “These people are teachers grading papers, meat and poultry inspectors ensuring the safety of our food supply, the child care worker who is helping to prevent child abuse ... ”
Henry cited the budget crises he faced when he first took office in 2003.
“We were able to pull ourselves out of it while shielding education and health care,” he said.
Henry began speaking on the topic of ed-ucation by addressing lower education and his refusal to cut teachers’ pay while fully covering them with health insurance.
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Left: Dr. Dave Teague will be leaving for Haiti today in order to contribute to the relief effort.Right: Steve Smith, a doctor from OU, returned from Haiti yesterday.
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The U.S. Naval Ship Comfort sets sail. Dr. David Teague will be working on the ship when he arrives at Haiti.
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unaware scholarships might not transfer. Cavner and Fowler both said they also were surprised at many of the disconnections between campuses.
“[The HSC] is definitely completely different from OU-Norman,” Fowler said.
EDMONDSON REPORTS RAISING $357K IN 4QOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Democratic
Attorney General Drew Edmondson raised the most among Oklahoma’s candidates for governor who filed their campaign reports early for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, reports show.
Midnight on Monday was the deadline for state candidates to file campaign contribution and expenditure reports for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Democrat Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Republican U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin had not filed their reports by 6 p.m. Monday, but Fallin’s campaign provided her finance figures to The Associated Press.
A spokesman for Askins’ campaign, Don Hoover, said Askins’ report was delayed because of inclement weather but that it would be filed with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission before the midnight deadline.
Edmondson reported raising more than
$357,000 from October through December, bringing the total amount raised during his campaign to nearly $1.7 million. Edmondson’s report shows he raised $336,000 in contribu-tions from individuals, $2,750 from political action committees and another $18,500 in in-kind contributions.
Edmondson reported maximum $5,000 donations from 11 different individuals, including Enid-based Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm and James Epperson Jr., a senior vice president for AT&T in Dallas.
Edmondson reported spending nearly $200,000 in the quarter, leaving him with more than $910,000 of campaign contributions at the end of the quarter.
Fallin reported $313,000 in contributions during the same three-month period, accord-ing to campaign spokesman Alex Weintz. Fallin reportedly has raised nearly $1.2 million and has more than $504,000 remaining in her
war chest.State Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso,
reported raising $31,450 during the three-month period, bringing the total amount raised during his campaign to $154,535.
Brogdon reported having about $46,000 remaining in his campaign fund at the end of the reporting period.
A political newcomer — Republican Yukon businessman Robert Hubbard II — reported raising just $723, all of which he spent during the quarter.
Hubbard just filed his campaign paperwork in December.
Although Askins’ fourth-quarter report was not available, she reported raising $405,000 during the third quarter of 2009, bringing her total amount raised at that time to $670,000. Askins had about $415,000 cash on hand at the end of the third quarter.
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When it came to higher education, Henry urged lawmakers to set up more en-dowments to help bring more professors to Oklahoma colleges and universities.
“By setting up endowments we have been able to double the money that at-tracts over 900 professors at our 21 colleg-es and universities,” Henry said. “We did it without any appropriations and I urge you to pass more.”
Henry also said Oklahoma has im-proved its colleges’ and universities’ campuses through $475 million in capital investments.
“I urge you to do more so that students who aren’t even in college yet can begin reaping the benefits of these good invest-ments,” Henry said.
Henry’s main portion of the speech was spent on the current state budget crisis, but he was optimistic about the future and
asked for bipartisanship.“The voters of this state set up a Rainy
Day Fund 25 years ago and today it is rain-ing,” Henry said.
“But we must look forward. This reces-sion will end and the sun will shine again, but we cannot get through this tough time by ruining everything we have built in the past decade.”
Henry asked to increase the Rainy Day Fund from 10 to 15 percent and urged leg-islators to be careful where they cut agen-cies’ budgets.
“Slashing spending can be good cam-paign rhetoric but there are also human consequences,” Henry said. “More than 70 percent of our legislature was not here during our last revenue failure.
“We must once again look through par-tisan rancor ... The stakes are simply that high but we are up to the task.”
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need our help,” Teague said. “When we take care of the patients currently on the ship they will fly them back to the land and we will get more who are in need of surgery.”
Teague said The Comfort is docked right off of the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital city.
“We will be taking care of patients that can’t be taken care of at hospitals and clin-ics that have been re-estab-lished in the land,” Teague said.
Teague said he is worried about what kind of wounds and injuries he will face that have been neglected or not
treated well while surgeons arrive in the country.
“The body tries to heal fractures fast,” Teague said. “We need to get in there with pins and screws and make sure that the wounds are healing the right way.”
Teague said he, like Smith, has experienced many situa-tions in which disaster has af-fected people, but he is ready for Haiti and its challenges.
“I’ve helped out with in-jured troops who arrive in Germany from Iraq,” Teague said.
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POLICE REPORTS
The following is a list of arrests and cita-tions, not convictions. The information given is compiled from the Norman and OU Police Departments. At times, the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma City FBI will contrib-ute to these reports. All those listed are innocent until proven guilty.
POSSESS ION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCESJoshua James Fuller, 20, 300 E. Boyd St., Thursday, also possession of drug para-phernalia, driving under the infl uence, unlawful use of a license, no insurance verifi cation and expired tag Chandler William Martin, 19, 300 E. Boyd St., Thursday, also public intoxica-tion, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful use of a license
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANAChristopher Daron Stallworth, 18, 1524 Asp Ave., Thursday
KNOWINGLY CONCEAL ING STOLEN PROPERTYSteffan Nnamdi Ihegboro, 18, 1524 Asp Ave., Friday, also possession of drug par-aphernalia and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute
PUBLIC INTOXICATIONAdam Michael Azbell, 27, 107 Crestland Drive, Saturday Michael Anthony Ekwueme, 21, 203 W. Johnson St., Saturday, also interference with an offi cial process Thomas William Jackson, 18, 203 W. Johnson St., Sunday, also interference with an offi cial process Laura Maxine Johnson, 29, 400 E. Robinson St., Saturday
Adeel Anwar, 22, 1500 Asp Ave., Saturday, also resisting arrest Kevin Abel Baker, 20, Lindsey Street and Classen Boulevard, Sunday, also minor in possession of alcohol Joseph Ryan Gibbons, 20, Lindsey Street and Classen Boulevard, Sunday, also minor in possession of alcohol
RECKLESS CONDUCT WITH A FIREARMDavid Nicholas Perosi, 29, 203 W. Johnson St., Sunday, also possession of a fi rearm after a felony conviction
HOSTING OR PERMITTING A LOUD PARTYMason Clark King, 20, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Sunday J.R. Pierce Rey, 19, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Sunday Bryan Ste ve Sanchez, 19, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Sunday
MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLBenjamin Douglas Mount, 18, 1800 Beaumont Drive, Sunday
DISTURBING THE PEACEWendell Keith Shaw, 19, 4105 W. Main St., Saturday
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEJoseph Neal Hinck, 22, Classen Boulevard, Sunday Thomas David Horton, 48, 100 Shiloh Drive, Sunday, also driving with license suspended or revoked Howard Andrew Shaw, 19, 1500 Asp Ave., Saturday Taryn M. Martinez, 22, Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue, Sunday Tyler Henry Bird, 20, Lindsey Street and Classen Boulevard, Sunday, also minor in possession of alcohol, transporting an open container and possession of
drug paraphernalia
AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEEduardo V illalobos-Ruiz, 23, West Robinson Street, Sunday
MUNICIPAL WARRANTMarlon Jose Taylor, 42, 208 E. Mosier St., Sunday Jeremiah Joseph Cox, 29, 1000 E. Robinson St., Sunday Mikol Darwood Defreeze, 35, 203 S. Jones Ave., Saturday Johnny R. Houston, 37, 911 W. Main St., Sunday, also petty larceny Marcus Daryl Osby, 22, 346 First St., Friday
UOSA PRESIDENT VETOES NEW REFERENDUM RULES
A bill that would have made changes to UOSA’s
ballot referendum policies has been vetoed.
UOSA President Katie Fox said she vetoed the
bill because she was concerned its complicated
language would confuse students about who can
authorize items to put on future election ballots.
“The bill said ‘only members of UOSA’ can
author referendums to be put on that ballot,” Fox
said. “If you look at the UOSA-[Code Annotated],
you’d see that a UOSA member is any student
at OU, but the language of the bill might cause
someone to think that only elected members of
UOSA could place items on the ballot.”
Fox said she thought other parts of the bill
also could cause voter confusion.
“There were many parts of the bill that just
seemed to complicate the whole process, and
unless you knew much about UOSA, it would be
hard for someone to understand what they can
and cannot do,” Fox said.
Fox had vetoed one other bill before vetoing
the referendums bill last Thursday.
“I vetoed a bill that would have increased
stipends to the leadership in UOSA,” she said.
“President [David] Boren just announced a crunch
in the budget and there was no real explanation
for why the increases were needed.”
Fox said she talked to members of her admin-
istration and students outside UOSA before she
vetoed either bill.
She said she plans on signing a bill that would
place two controversial amendments on the
Spring 2010 general election ballot.
“I think an election date needs to be set and
this is the only reasonable way I can see that
happening,” Fox said.
-Ricky Maranon/THE DAILY
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INVITED TO STATE CAPITOL
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state representative has invited international students studying in Oklahoma to visit the State Capitol this March. All international students attending an Oklahoma high school, college or university are invited to attend International Student Awareness Day 2010 at the State Capitol on March 29, State
Rep. Shane Jett, R-Tecumseh, said in an open letter. Jett said the purpose of the event is to help international students network with each other and political and business leaders in the state.Students must register online at okhouse.gov by March 15 to attend.
LIVE MUSIC RETURNS TO CAMPUS MUSEUM
The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and OU
School of Music will feature live music in one of its
art galleries today.
The museum kicks off its Tuesday Noon Con-
certs series today with OU’s Ricardo Souza Percus-
sion Studio. These concerts are free and open to
the public every Tuesday this semester.
Tuesday Noon Concerts showcase a 30-minute
concert each Tuesday through April 27, featuring
OU music students and faculty in the Sandy Bell
Gallery.
“It’s a mutually benefi cial concert series
because we believe that people who come to the
concerts also will visit the artwork and those who
come for the artwork will join us for the concert,”
said Steven Curtis, School of Music director.
The Larry Hammett Guitar Studio will continue
the series Feb. 9, followed by the K. Karathanasis
Computer Music Studio on Feb. 16. Additional
concerts including fl ute, opera, harp and piano
students also are scheduled.
The fi rst concert focuses on percussion cham-
ber music. Two graduate students will join Souza
and perform duets by Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriela
Ortiz and Guillo Espel. Special guest performers
include a cellist and a fl utist.
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Journalism, architecture colleges work together to create ‘authentic’ studio set
KATHLEEN EVANSDaily Staff Writer
Two OU colleges will work together to cre-
ate a TV show pilot that will focus on local music.
David Burkhart, journalism graduate stu-dent and video production adjunct profes-sor, has enlisted the aid of 19 interior design students from the OU College of Architecture to design a studio set for his show tentatively titled “Studio D.” The name derives from the fact Burkhart will host the show inside studio D of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, he said.
“Studio D” will highlight independent music artists from Oklahoma, Burkhart said.
Even though the show will take place at the university, Burkhart said he does not want it just to be a college show.
“The goal is not to have a college program,” Burkhart said. “The goal is to have a program that people are going to be interested in buying.”
A potential buyer is Cox Communications’s On DEMAND, which showed interest in a previous show Burkhart created named “The Set.”
To make the show look more professional and to appeal to buyers, Burkhart said he is working with interior design students to cre-ate an authentic, functional set. Some chal-lenges for these students is set pieces must be able to break down and be easy to store, as other students and classes will use the studio, said Scott Hodgson, “Studio D” ex-ecutive producer and journalism associate professor.
Students also will have to design a set that will help convey the message of the show.
“We would like [students] to interpret the spirit of the show and find an expression of the artist,” said Hans-Peter Wachter, interior design associate professor. “There’s a con-cept to try to get across.”
Interior design junior Meredith Majors said she is excited about the program.
To get inspiration, interior design students met with Burkhart on Monday afternoon to hear his ideas, see the studio space where they will work, and to interview the show’s first featured artist — local musician Sherree Chamberlain.
“Mainstream artists already have a place on television,” Burkhart said. “There are all kinds of programming already done on a higher level. We want to focus on Oklahoma artists, those people that are right on the underground.”
Burkhart said he hopes his new project will be more in-depth by focusing more on the artists.
“After you watch it, not only will you know what you need to know about the artist, you will know what [Chamberlain’s] songs are about, you will know what she’s about ... things that are important to her,” Burkhart said.
He said he wants to achieve this by inter-viewing the artists, having them discuss and perform their songs, and allowing the audi-ence to ask the artists questions.
Burkhart also said he wants to make the show look valuable by using top-of-the-line equipment, such as HD cameras and sur-round sound.
Burkhart said he wants to film the show in early April and have a screening before the end of the semester.
Colleges team up to launch music show
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David Burkhart, journalism graduate student and video production adjunct professor, presents information about his new TV show pilot, “Studio D.” The program will involve the Journalism and Architecture colleges.
For more information about Burkhart and his projects visit:www.theviridianpicturecompany.com
COMMENT OF THE DAY »In response to Sarah Rosencrans’ Feb. 1 column on overpopulation
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“If western countries stopped living extravagant lifestyles and provided food for the rest of the world, then sure, everything would probably be fine. With this, you have to factor in the amount of energy (fossil fuels, etc) that would be needed to trans-port all the goods. While really this wouldn’t limit the earth’s carrying
capacity, it would be an environ-mental disaster.
Good luck convincing your average American or European to surrender their cars, large homes, exotic foods, and whatever else comes with living in a first-world country for the cause of equal distribution of resources.
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“We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense.”
As I write, it has been a year since the president’s inauguration and his accompanying speech. I voted for him. Though the specifics of the speech have largely left my memory, I do recall agreeing with much of the content. Of course, his speech, as is often the case, carried little real force—it was primarily show.
The line I quoted above, however, deeply disturbs me still. “We will not apologize for our way of life.” To put it mildly, I have had quite enough of our perennial and excessive arrogance.
The truth is we have a lot to apologize for. Ask yourselves, what makes the U.S. so possessed of virtue and greatness that we are will-ing to stare directly into the eyes of the rest of the world and claim, whether as individuals or as a whole society, we have nothing of which to be ashamed?
I believe in much this country has accomplished. Whatever anyone else says, our Constitution is indeed a wondrous document; many of its amendments shine as some of the greatest strides humanity has made toward making laws intended to defend the helpless and the innocent, and to provide equal opportunity to everyone. Both the na-tion as a whole and many of its individual citizens have historically done much to show we do believe in notions such as generosity, com-promise and even the healthy variety of personal liberty.
Yet our history is replete with darker moments. I ask you, when do our positive accomplishments wipe those away? When we create an obtuse, blanket statement such as “our way of life,” how is it we then proceed to trumpet we will not “waver in its defense” without the slightest twinge of self-doubt?
Many of the running narratives in this country aid us in believing we hold little real culpability. This is a point many of us can likely agree upon; however, I doubt this would be the case if we began to discuss the specifics. So let me enumerate a few items just so we are clear about what I mean.
How many of you realize the sad irony in the U.S. military occupy-ing a nation whose people we once covertly armed to fight violently against another, different occupier?
How many of you remember the lies used to justify the Iraq inva-sion of 2003? Or our sordid affairs with the Nicaraguan Contras two decades ago? Or our long-standing involvement in Chile, which even-tually resulted in the 1973 coup and Augusto Pinochet’s rise to power? Or our aiding, circa 1960, young Saddam Hussein and the Ba’athists in their own coup?
Going further back in time, how many of you know the U.S. was one of the last major western nations to ban slavery? How many of you are willing to admit the only reason we even have the land upon which this country is built is because we killed or displaced the indigenous peoples who originally called it home? Trail of Tears anyone?
Getting back to more recent events, consider the release of the Blackwater (now renamed Xe Services) operatives who shot un-armed Iraqi civilians. Or the Oklahoma man I heard claim the only thing which will set the “Arabs” straight is the Second Coming. Or that wealth and income inequality today are worse than they have been in more than half a century. Or our government impossibly considering legalizing the torture of human beings…
Take issue with any of the points I’ve raised, but there is no way we could claim some apologies are not in order.
You here at the OU— you young, aspiring adults—are the ones who will soon take up the mantles left by your mothers and fathers. It will be up to you to choose what direction you go. Whether you continue with the legacies left by our elders or deviate onto a new course.
But as you do, remember this: The worst of all lies is the one we perpetrate upon ourselves, and it is this lie which is the foundation and birthplace of all others. If you stand against the world, proud and strong, if you let a desire for hope wipe away the memory of the scars we have dealt both to ourselves and the rest of the world, you do a dis-service to all humanity.
The burden of admitting and confronting our faults rests upon us all. As we deliberate over how best to overcome our current woes, it is critical we do not let fear and hubris blind us to this fact.
James Green is a computer science graduate student.
Hope posing as denial and hubris
Companies today are not interested in taking steps toward improving the health of our ecosystem but in finding ways to persuade you to buy whatever item or service they have to offer. For the last 50 years the best way to sell was to offer cheap goods, and the cheapest product or provider usually won, and with it came the rise of big businesses — almost al-ways more capable of offering a less expensive prod-uct than their small-town competitors.
We are now starting to see the blossoming of a society of environmentally sensitive citizens who would rather shell out a few extra bucks for some-thing eco-friendly. Businesses are obliging. In a soci-ety driven by materialism like ours, it was almost too easy to convince us we can still buy all the things we love so dearly while helping our good friend, Mother Earth. The fact is you can’t, and big businesses don’t care. As long as they can run a successful advertising campaign preaching “green” elements and persuade you to buy from them, their job is done. It is some-times called “greenwashing.”
The problem is they’ve done a good job.The hybrid car is a wonderful example of greenwashing.
We’ve all seen the commercial where everyone holds their breath, anticipating a Toyota driving by, only to grab a quick gasp of clean, unsoiled air. I call shenanigans. Yes, hybrid cars use less gasoline, and for a lot of reasons that’s great—but not
for the environment.Firstly, hybrids are much more complicated than their
internal-combustion counterparts and need more energy to produce. Most hybrids use a nickel metal hydride system, which requires nickel mining and all the environmental evils that come with it. After the batteries die, they either rot
in a landfill (very bad) or get recycled, which takes money and requires even more energy. Hybrids don’t last as long as comparable cars. Even if all of this wasn’t true, hybrids still require gasoline, so it’s not like you’re not hurting the planet — you’re merely hurting it less. The entire life of a hybrid isn’t all that green, even if you don’t notice while you’re getting 50 mpg.
Wal-Mart’s new “green” marketing campaign is another case. They’ve gone as far as to begin listing which products are “greener” than others so you can leave the establishment with some sort of moral victory.
I don’t care what Wal-Mart tells you, but no matter what you buy from there it almost always came from China on a shipping freight, often cited as the most pollutant form of transportation in existence. But as long as they convince you you’re helping the environment and you buy their products, they’re happy.
If we want to be environmentalists we need to be conscious
of what impact a product has from the beginning to the end of its life. Our interest is in saving and sustaining the planet. A personal victory like a hybrid car is all for naught when you realize it hurts our world more than a Hummer (as some claim) regardless of its mpg.
That being said, there is legitimate action we can take, but you have to be willing to find it. Nobody makes money off the real solutions, and that’s why no one is pushing them. Things like riding a bicycle, buying things made locally and not buy-ing things at all is far more beneficial for the planet than buy-ing something with an eco-friendly sticker on it. Learning to live with less—smaller houses, smaller cars, fewer clothes, sharing books and videogames, sharing rooms—is the best thing we can do.
In a world driven by excess that’s a hard message to preach, but that is what it’s going to take if we legitimately care about sustaining humanity.
It’s going to take sacrifice to save the earth (a concept we as Americans struggle with), but you simply cannot buy the planet’s future, and businesses don’t want you to know that. Do your research, try to look at the big picture and don’t be tricked into thinking you’re helping when you’re not.
If you’re trying to buy back the environment, I wouldn’t hold your breath.
Jordan Rogers is an industrial engineering senior.
Buying green isn’t as eco-friendly as it might seem
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Sam Scharff is a zoology, biomedical sciences and letters junior.
Today is Groundhog Day, the day when Punxsutawney Phil is rudely awakened, pulled from his warm home and held high before a crowd.
This is all so we humans can see if he will see his worst nightmare: his shadow.
If he sees his shadow, we are con-demned to six more weeks of winter.If he doesn’t see his shadow, we are graced with an early spring.
Even with our fancy new weather center and all the high-tech devices it holds, we still listen to an abused rodent to better understand our weather.
Why you ask?Because it’s tradition. And it’s great.However, there are certain orga-
nizations seeking to undermine this system in the name of animal rights. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is undermining this tradi-tion. It has proposed replacing our
beloved woodchuck with a robot.This would destroy a tradition
and lose much of the spirit of the pa-gan-like holiday, making the whole thing synthetic and fake.
A robot would only respond to human programming; not ground-hog programming, the wisdom of the rodents would be lost. Instead, it will be man’s interpretation of the weather.
Groundhogs are not so easily ma-nipulated by greed as humans and human programmed robots are like-ly to be. We don’t want a late winter sponsored by The North Face, The Weather Channel or Travelocity.
We don’t need any more profi-teering on our holidays.
We don’t need to trade our be-loved, overfed rodent for a glorified Furbee.
Pulling a Furby from a hole in the ground would be far less interesting than seeing Punxsutawney Phil. We know how fake it will be.
As a society, we have lost too many traditions to technology and “progress.” We are becoming so de-pendent on technology we are for-getting how to live without it. Even token traditions, like Groundhog D ay , a re b e i n g c o r r u p t e d by technology.
We need to quit assuming tech-nological advances are automati-cally good things. Technology does not always make the world a better place; technology is not some uto-pian cure-all.
Especially when it encroaches on traditions.
Replacing rodents with Furbys destroys the pagan beauty of the whole day, making it feel like anoth-er synthetic corporate celebration.
PETA, if you think Punxsutawney Phil is being mistreated when he’s awoken from his slumber, don’t cor-rupt our traditions, give him a treat instead.
Happy Groundhog Day.
Sacred traditions must not be defiled by modern technology
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When it comes to music, there’s really not much need to overthink things. Some musicians feel like they need to inno-vate with each release, and that is needed to a point.
Less and less bands are seeing the mer-its of remaining simple and straightforward with their approach.
Yet here comes Surfer Blood, a band that has built a modern marvel on nothing more than Cheap Trick guitar hooks and surf-rock inclinations.
It’s so simple, yet brilliant, and “Astro Coast” will only become more beloved as the year goes on.
The album begins with the dreamy “Floating Vibes” recalling The Shins’ harmo-nies and make a splash doing so. The darting
“Twin Peaks” and subtle “Harmonix” do much the same.But where Surfer Blood really shines is in glimmering,
stadium-gutting anthems like “Swim,” “Neighbour Riffs” and “Take It Easy.”
“Swim” soars with guitar riffs reminiscent of Weezer’s “Blue Album” busting out of the sides of your headphones.
It’s a sugary hammer blast to your eardrums that will have you hollering along with every note and strumming air-chords viciously.
The true gem is “Take It Easy.” Here’s the past, present and future. That precious simplicity meets a little something brew-ing below the surface. That chorus is heart tugging, the verses head-banging and the resulting product, truly amazing.
“Astro Coast” will become a benchmark in melding the new and old, and though the album is little known now, I promise it will take a bite at you in no time.
Toro Y Moi seems poised for 2010 domination.
Remember how Passion Pit and Animal Collective became everyone’s new favorite bands in 2009? Well, Toro Y Moi have somehow smashed those sounds togeth-er and sent the result strutting down the runway enveloped in flashing lights and shrouded in mind-bending outfits.
You can see Toro Y Moi stitching together its sound in “Causers Of This,” and it certainly is a promising stylist if its
debut is this well put together.“Blessa” has a wonderful, oceanic feel before “Minors”
blasts off into the starry night. “Imprint After” patches tribal prints with vintage velvet
smooth, and “Lissoms” mixes a hovering stride with thump-ing bumps.
Constantly fighting elements make for the most eclectic and exciting sound that has arisen this year. “Causers Of
This” is both natural completely synthetic, like the best fashion should
SURFER BLOOD“Astro Coast”Key tracks: “Swim,” “Take It Easy”Score: 9.2
Power-pop enthusiasts make a big splash.
TORO Y MOI“Causers Of This”Key tracks: “Minors,” “Blessa”Score: 8.3
Animal Collective...in space.
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The Daily’s Joshua Boydston takes a look at two albums poised to make quite a splash this year in this edition of New Music Tuesday. One band reaches back at the past with fl oor-shaking guitar riffs on its debut album, while the other looks forward with a full, synthetic sound.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- No one should need to tell you that if you treat others in an ar-rogant, condescending manner, you aren’t likely to score many points. Remember to be gracious at all times.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Be careful not to poke your nose where it doesn’t belong. If you do, you could fi nd yourself involved in a development or argument loaded with serious complications.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you’re in charge of the arrange-ments for a group involvement, be careful to keep those who don’t get along as far away from one another as possible. They could ruin everything.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Don’t wait for opportunities to simply drop in your lap. We all have to work for the chance of making something come to-gether, and you’re no different. Make something happen.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Even if a loss won’t hurt you that much, don’t gamble on a fi nancial situation about which you know little. Research is needed in order to make a smart bet.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- It’s a no-win situation if you and your mate take opposing positions on an issue without fl exibility in your thinking. If you want to win, be prepared to yield.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Your ideas and concepts are not likely to rise to your usual standards and common sense, owing to a bit of fanciful thinking. Abide in the realm of reality, and avoid all wishful thinking.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It’s always smart to be extremely businesslike in all of your commercial dealings, but it is essential at this time. The larger the amount involved, the more important it is to check the fi ner points.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A great deal of what is discussed with some social contacts will never come to pass, mostly because no one will take things seriously enough. Stick to doing business with strangers.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- It’s always wise to be mindful of your demeanor, but it may be more important at this time. Whether you encourage it or not, the spotlight is likely to be focused on you wherever you go.
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FOOTBALL REPORTEDLY HIRES NEW ASSISTANT The OU football team has reportedly hired former Georgia defensive coordinator Willie Martinez to a defensive coaching position, according to Rivals.com. The team has not confi rmed the report. Martinez reportedly had accepted the defensive backs coaching position with the Stanford Cardinal, who OU defeated 31-27 in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31, and had been with Georgia since 2001 before he was fi red in December. The Sooners have been looking to fi ll a defensive coach position since former OU defensive ends coach Chris Wilson accepted a job at Mississippi State as co-defensive coordinator Jan. 16. Martinez’s exact job title is unknown at this moment since the Sooners already have a defensive backs coach, Bobby Jack Wright, who has been at OU since 1999.
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Martinez’s last season as defensive coordinator at Georgia (2009)
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Georgia’s Record: 8-5 Points Per Game Allowed: 25.9 Yards Per Game Allowed: 339.4 Turnovers Forced: 12 Sacks: 30
SOONER SHOWCASE
MASON-GRIFFIN EARNS CONFERENCE HONORS Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffi n was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week after averaging 23.5 points and 5 assists per game in two con-ference games last week. Mason-Griffin put up a career-high 38 points and added six assists Wednesday night against Iowa State in Norman, the most points scored by a Sooner freshman since Wayman Tisdale in 1983. Mason-Griffin’s 38 point game was also the best-ever scoring performance by an OU freshman guard. On Saturday, he scored nine points in a 63-46 road loss to Nebraska. Mason-Griffi n leads the Sooners in scoring during Big 12 conference play.
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Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin (11) moves the ball down the court during the Sooners’ 89-84 win against Iowa State on Jan. 27 at the Lloyd Noble Center.
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The Daily’s Clark Foy stopped by the OU men’s basketball team’s practice Tuesday afternoon and caught up with several players as they prepare for Saturday’s game against Texas.
MASON-GRIFFIN HELPS PICK UP SLACK
Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffi n has had to take on a bigger role recently, as some of the Sooners’ top players have missed games with injury over the past few weeks, including sophomore guard Willie Warren and senior guard Tony Crocker.“I’m pretty much in the same role even without Willie [Warren] and Crocker playing, but that takes a lot of scoring out of our offense,” Mason-Griffi n said. “I just want to step in and be more aggressive.”
WHAT’S WRONG ON THE ROAD?
OU has not lost home game this season. However, the team has struggled mightily on the road. Mason-Griffi n said his team needs to get the right mentality and fi nish games.“It’s disappointing because we can’t seem to pull through at the end on our road games,” Mason-Griffi n said. “Teams make a run on us and we just feel like the game is over with. But once we fi gure out mental toughness and don’t get too high or low on the road, we should be fi ne.”
CRITICISM OF WARREN
Warren has received some criticism lately from the media about his performance and his attitude. Junior guard Cade Davis said that criticism is unwarranted.“I don’t think he deserves [the criticism] at all,” Davis said. He’s a great player, and a team player. He’s just been struggling, and maybe he could’ve handled some situations better but that just comes with the frustration of not playing up to his expectations.Davis also mentioned that Warren has been playing through some pain as of late.“He [Warren] was pretty banged up against Nebraska,” Davis said. “He’ll come back and we’ll come back as a team, we’ve just got to keep working harder.”
SOONERS SEEK INSIDE BOOST FROM WRIGHT
Senior forward Ryan Wright has been on the court more and more as the season has progressed, and Wright said he is up to the task.“The past three games I’ve been playing extended minutes,” Wright said. “I started against Iowa State, so I expect to be playing a lot of minutes against Texas. I’m just getting ready this week for the challenge.”Wright said practice this week will be crucial to stopping the forward for the Texas Longhorns.“It’s going to be a challenge for the big men to step it up on the inside with our rebounding and our post defense,” Wright said. “It is defi nitely going to be a big week for us in practice.”
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