• Foundation hopes new donations offset economic decline
JAMIE BIRDWELL
The Oklahoma Daily
OU scholarship funds, financed by the interest from OU’s $1 billion endowment, are projected to be down 10 percent next year, according to the OU Foundation’s investment director.
Ben Stewart, OU Foundation’s invest-ment director, blamed the troublesome
stock market, which dropped Monday to its lowest point in more than a decade. If the endowment is down, then the interest it creates is also down, he said.
A $100,000 endowment might only be worth $90,000 or $80,000 next year, Stewart said.
But OU has a system to prevent any shocking decreases during hard econom-ic times, he said, because OU’s spending policy averages results from the past three years.
Stewart said that if the interest jumps 30 percent in one year, the extra money is added to the endowment. The system main-tains a steady amount of interest returns each year, so the money can be tapped if there is a drop, he said.
While the current market and economic situation can affect endowed funds, there is an understanding that funds are retained during good years, which allows OU to ensure a proper money flow in tougher years, university spokesman Jay Doyle said in an e-mail.
The projected drop doesn’t mean schol-arships will be unavailable, Stewart said, because new endowment donations may offset the decreasing funds.
Nancy Mergler, senior vice president and
OU Foundation projects drop in scholarship fundingPerson shot in west Norman
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• Residential program may be offered to business
HANNAH RIEGER
The Oklahoma Daily
Since the city began residential curbside recycling in March 2008, Norman residents have had an easier way to go green.
Over the past year, 47 percent of Norman residents have participated in the curbside recycling program, said Ken Komiske, utilities director for the City of Norman. Residents pay $3 per month on their utility bills, but the service is not open to businesses or apartment residents.
“Other cities consider 25 percent to 30 percent participation a success, so Norman is doing really great,” Komiske said.
Each month, 300 tons of recyclable material is collected, 95 percent of which is resold to recycling companies, Komiske said. The other 5 percent of recycled mate-rial collected is unusable and thrown away, he said.
“However much is collected, that is how much we are keeping out of landfills,” Komiske said.
Norman is under a five-year contract with Waste Management, a leading provid-er for trash and waste removal, Komiske said.
The economic recession, however, is affecting the return rate on recycled mate-rials. Waste Management is waiting to sell a stockpile of recycled materials until the economy improves and it can fetch a bet-ter price, Komiske said.
The Norman Chamber of Commerce’s new Greenovation Committee is expand-ing recycling in Norman to businesses,
Curbside recycling curbs landfill growth
• Sophomore tells fellow students to focus on their positive attributes
RENEÉ SELANDERS
The Oklahoma Daily
E.J. Carrion, public relations sophomore, is taking his own advice and getting a head start on his personal goals.
Since May, Carrion has invested time, money and effort into his motivational-speaking business, Carrion Inspired.
Carrion said he’s always had a talent for public speak-ing and has aspired to be a motivational speaker for youth audiences. Rather than defer his dream until after gradua-tion, he decided to take his first step toward achieving his goal by starting his business now.
“I’ve built this confidence to share with people in Norman, people in Oklahoma and the business part is just basically now it’s a part-time job,” Carrion said. “I go to school, I develop keynote speeches, I write, I do different things to just take me to the next step.”
Carrion said many of his own real-life experiences have motivated him to inspire other students to achieve their goals. His Web site pinpoints certain circumstances in his life — like dealing with a speech impediment, an ACT score of 20, not graduating in the top 20 percent of his senior class — that could have hindered him from achiev-ing his goals.
By finding a niche in community involvement and par-ticipating in basketball, Carrion was able to earn several scholarships that recognized his efforts, including the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship.
Carrion said he focused on his positive attributes to help him overcome obstacles and realize his potential, and he
hopes to inspire other students to do the same.“I try to make that foundation; it’s not how intelligent
you are, it’s how smart you are by maximizing your founda-
tion, your motivation,” he said.Carrion has already made a name for himself in his
home community of Wichita Falls, Texas. Zavala Hispanic Cultural Initiative board member Mark
Casares said Carrion’s speech at a dinner to incoming scholarship recipients was so impressive, he outshined the keynote speaker of the evening.
“You can tell he’s just a normal kid that has all these ambitions. He’s a very intelligent speaker,” Casares said.
For this year’s scholarship dinner, Casares said Carrion will be the Master of Ceremonies. He said the board members asked Carrion to return as the featured speaker because of his ability to relate to students.
“It’s very inspiring,” Casares said. “I think he was just kind of born with something.”
Though challenges arise, Carrion is listening to the message he plans to send future young audiences. He said some students may think they can’t start achieving their career goals until after college, and he hopes to debunk that thought.
“I try to make the students want to live, find their pas-sions first,” Carrion said. “Everything I say I try to live through my life. I think the best motivational speakers are the ones that are being the example.”
Carrion’s extensive business plans began when he first bought the Carrion Inspired name in May. He knew he wanted to inspire audiences through live speaking engage-ments, but he also wanted to adapt to the digital age and create a Web-based company where listeners could down-load his motivational talks to computers, iPods and MP3 players.
Carrion worked an 8-to-5 job as an assistant museum curator at a history museum on Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls last summer. In the fall, he invested the money he earned into building his Web site, carrionin-spired.com.
The Web site launched in January and his system,
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• ‘God Delusion’ author to participate in Q&A session on campus tonight
JAMIE BIRDWELL
The Oklahoma Daily
Richard Dawkins, world renown evolutionary biologist and headliner of OU’s Darwin 2009 celebration, will speak at 7 tonight in the McCasland Field House.
Dawkins will discuss the differ-ence between genuine purpose, as in the mechanics of a camera or a car, and primitive purpose, such as different species.
His lecture, titled “The Purpose of Purpose,” will focus on the relation-ship between purpose and evolution and argue that belief in God is delu-sional.
Admission is free, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and seating is on a first-come first-served basis. There will be a question-and-answer session and book signing following the lec-ture, anthropology professor Cecil Lewis said.
Dawkins was a professor at University of California Berkeley and Oxford University, according to his Web site. He is the author of sev-eral books on Darwinian theory, and his most famous book, “The Selfish Gene,” has sold millions of copies in more than 25 languages.
Dawkins said he is adamantly atheist and believes there is a scien-tific reason for everything. He said that some people are biologically predisposed to believe in a religion, but it is easily overcome with educa-
Dawkins to define relationship between purpose and evolution
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Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins sits on the front porch of the Holmberg House in Norman.
Dawkins, a prominent critic of intelligent design and creationism, will speak tonight on campus.
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Recycleprovost, said OU has received $111 million since launching the Campaign for Scholarships in 2004.
She said endowment funds can’t be completely protected from economic decline, but she remains optimistic.
“Because of recent fund-raising suc-cess, I’m confident that this generation of students, including incoming fresh-men, will have more scholarship funds available to them than perhaps any other in our history,” Mergler said.
Stewart said the colleges divide the scholarship funds so everyone will see comparable funding decreases, and one department won’t be affected more than another.
said Kyla McMoran, direc-tor of communication for the chamber and staff of the Greenovation committee.
McMoran, who also sits on the committee, said Greenovation has three sub-committees — transporta-tion, recycling and conserva-tion — each with their own agenda.
The main goal for the recy-cling subcommittee is gaug-ing the business community’s interest in recycling.
The committee is currently surveying to see if business-es are recycling, how much
they are recycling and if they would be interested in a busi-ness curbside recycling pro-gram in Norman, McMoran said.
The recycling subcommit-tee is also trying to inform businesses on how to go green and provide informa-tion on drop-off locations for their recycled materials, McMoran said.
“We are very excited to expand recycling in Norman and encourage businesses to use the cities drop-off center to recycle their materials,” Komiske said.
the Youth Success Inner Circle, is already receiving traffic from those who buy and download his self-help material and web seminars.
Carrion said the Youth Success Inner Circle, which took six months to organize, was the most intense part of building his business.
“I made a top-of-the-line Web site because I believe in what I teach: youth accelerating,” Carrion said.
Youth acceleration, Carrion’s core message, is about getting students to start achieving their future goals now. By jumpstarting his business, he said he hopes to motivate students by example.
Carrion said his next step is to start booking speaking engage-ments in the Norman area.
While most of his current efforts focus on the business aspect of his inspirational speaking, Carrion said he feels truly passionate about motivating middle and high school students.
Other inspirational speak-ers have also spoken out about Carrion’s potential for success.
Diane Cunningham, inspirational speaker, strategies coach and men-tor, is one of Carrion’s colleagues. Cunningham, a former school counselor, targets adult audiences, and said Carrion has all the poten-
tial to succeed and inspire.“I don’t think he understands how
far he’s going to go,” Cunningham said.
For now, Carrion is focused on getting more speaking engagements and writing a book. He anticipates six months to a year before seeing a real return on his business efforts, but said he’s ready to take the chal-lenges that come with pursuing his goals.
“I believe you have to take that risk — you have to fight your fears,” Carrion said. “That’s some-thing I talk about. You have to drop everything else to worry about that one thing that really drives you.”
tion.“I believe in God no more than I
believe in fairies,” Dawkins said.His presence can be very con-
troversial at universities, and pro-testers often demonstrate against his atheist views, he said.
“None of them bother to come inside and ask a question,” Dawkins said.
Dawkins said he became inter-ested in evolutionary biology when he realized there were dif-ferent religions and they can’t all be right. Raised in the Church of England, he found no particu-lar reason that Christianity was right, he said. He began to under-stand the world in a naturalistic or scientific way.
“How could you not want to devote your whole life to [evolu-tionary biology],” Dawkins said. “Look at the trees, look at the birds.”
Dawkins said he read “On the Origin of Species” when he was in his 20s and was impressed with its clarity. He said that Darwin wrote in simple language because he wanted people to understand his theory.
He said he would be willing to take any questions tonight.
“Richard Dawkins has made remarkable contributions and had major influence on science and science education,” Lewis said. “It’s a remarkable opportu-nity and a remarkable speech.”
• Professor shifts classroom focus to economy, effects
SANDRA KUNZWEILER
The Oklahoma Daily
As President Barack Obama implements change within the White House, some OU profes-sors are changing how they teach behind the podium.
David Ray, political science pro-fessor, has been teaching govern-ment since 1992. He usually teach-es his class like any other profes-sor — by assigning homework and leading discussions.
But with this year’s economic cri-sis, Ray is taking a new approach.
“We are on the edge of the worst recession since World War II,” Ray said. “I’m 63 years old, and this is the scariest time I’ve ever seen.”
So instead of simply focusing on textbook definitions and history, Ray is devoting much of his teach-ing time to the economy and its nationwide effects.
Aside from job-searching seniors and students whose families are in economic trouble, it seems like most OU students are unaware of the economic situation’s magni-
tude, Ray said.“It’s like we live in this ‘OU bub-
ble’ and a lot of kids really seem to think this will blow over before they have to worry about it,” he said.
Students need to care and under-stand what they will be dealing with in the future for a democracy to work, Ray said.
“[The economy] is a difficult concept because I hate politics, but Ray is interesting enough that I still come to class everyday,” said Blake Hodges, sociology and criminology sophomore.
Ray said he incorporates eco-nomic education through the busi-ness cycle when he teaches his two courses on government. He
has students read newspaper and magazine articles and participate in class discussions and write papers.
Ray includes questions about the state of the economy on his exams, said Adam Lecours, University College freshman.
Lecours said he has learned more from Ray’s class than any govern-ment class he took in high school,
especially about the economy.“I consider myself aware of
what’s going on, but [Ray] presents it in a different way,” he said. “News can be one-sided, and he teaches it from all sides.”
Ray said most professors might stray from teaching about the financial crisis because it is such a bulky and difficult issue to teach, but economics professor Qihong Liu said he tries to incorporate the economy into class discussions.
“I use real-world examples in my intermediate microeconomic theory class,” Liu said. “We had a discussion about GM’s last quarter loss, the reasons of the loss and possible remedies.”
Economics professor Cynthia Rogers said her graduate class has been discussing the implications of the economy on the state’s faculty recruiting process.
Rogers also said her class dis-cussed the “housing market bub-ble” last semester.
Ben Rossavik, University College freshman, took Ray’s government class last semester and is taking generational politics with him this semester. He appreciates that Ray strives to make students aware of situations facing the country.
“You don’t find teachers like David Ray that often,” Rossavik said. “He wants us to know what we’re getting into and wants us to be realistic without being hope-less.”
Economic downturn prompts classroom change
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Political science professor David Ray stands in his office Wednesday in Dale Hall Tower. Ray has taught government at OU
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEVickie Lynn Findley, 62, W Main Street, WednesdayAngela K. Nolan, 57, 1150 E Alameda St., Wednesday
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• Bill would provide $25 million in crucial funding
WILL HOLLAND
The Oklahoma Daily
A bill that would provide state funding to keep the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa open is on its way to the State Senate following unanimous passage by the Oklahoma House of Representatives last week.
House Speaker Chris Benge, R-Tulsa, wrote House Bill 1127, which would pay $5 million annually in state money over the next five years to keep the OSU hospital in business, according to a press release from Benge’s office.
In the release, Benge said it is important that the hospital stays open so more Oklahoma students can be trained as doctors within the state.
“As the baby boomer generation prepares to retire, we know we are facing a shortage of health care providers while the need for services will continue to increase,” he said. “This plan will help us make sure we do not take a step back in training new Oklahoma doctors.”
Benge has been involved in stabilizing the residency program at OSU
for five years, because the school produces doctors that benefit areas all over the state, especially Oklahoma’s rural areas, said his press secretary Jennifer Monies.
This funding would be in addition to $20 million the state already allo-cated to the hospital and private pledges of $7 million a year over the next five years, the release said.
The OSU Medical Center then would be donated to the city by its cur-rent owner, Ardent Health Services, the release said. A private company, St. John Health System, would take over operations of the hospital.
The medical center is not financially stable enough to stay open with-out the additional funding, said St. John CFO Lex Anderson. If it closed, there would be negative consequences for the Tulsa community, he said.
“If OSU Medical Center had been allowed to close, the other Tulsa hospitals would not have been able to handle the 40,000 emergency room visits, and lives would have been put at risk from long emergency room waits and lack of access to service,” Anderson said.
Several Tulsa community leaders asked St. John to get involved in keeping the hospital open, and the company is already planning for the transition of control, he said.
“Once the governor signs legislation, St. John will work with the [Tulsa] Trust and Ardent to achieve a seamless transition of management services so that patient care will not be adversely affected by changes in ownership and management,” Anderson said.
State Senate bill could create more funding for OSU Medical Center
• Free lectures, film screenings offered as fair approaches
JARED RADER
The Oklahoma Daily
The annual Medieval Fair isn’t for another month, but members of the OU community are already pre-paring for it with a series of precursory events.
Beginning Saturday, an array of free public lectures and films sponsored by the Medieval Fair and OU Outreach will educate people about the historical context of the era and ignite anticipation for the main event.
OU professors will lead discussions about the com-monly misunderstood era.
Enthusiasts of the Medieval Era are encouraging members of the community to attend the Medieval Fair and its preceding events to gain a new perspec-tive on the period.
English professor Kenneth Hodges said he refutes the claim that little social, political or scientific prog-ress occurred during the era.
“It’s a thousand years of history,” he said. “To assume you can leave humans alone for a thousand years is ridiculous.”
Hodges said people who attend the lectures will learn how modern society uses the advances made during the Middle Ages.
“It’s just different enough from the present period to provide a valuable perspec-tive,” he said. “We’re wres-tling with some of the same issues, but perspectives and assumptions are different.”
Hodges said important systematic, societal and practical advances were made during the time.
“Banking systems evolved, Christianity and Islam estab-lished themselves,” he said. “Buttons were even invent-ed.”
Hodges said one of the films to be shown, “Knighty Knight Bugs,” is an exam-ple of how people today make connections with the Medieval Era.
“Bugs Bunny is not a noted Medievalist, but the fact [this film] goes back to the Middle Ages says some-thing about how we now talk about honor, technology and knowledge,” he said.
Cody Nichols, University College freshman and
Medieval Sporting Society president, said the knowl-edge of medieval times provides a lens through
which humans can predict the future of civilization.
“We’re having trouble with the Middle East now, and the study of Middle Ages can help us understand how to handle the situation now,” he said.
Hodges said attending the lectures and film screenings will give members a real understanding of the era.
“A real education is always asking questions and taking what’s available,” he said. “It’s easy to be snob-bish and say lectures good and medieval fair bad, but they’re good for different things. Just never think one is going to be enough.”
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Cody Nichols, president of the Medieval Sporting Society,
demonstrates how to properly hold a sword and shield in
battle. Nichols, along with the rest of the Medieval Sporting
Society, will be performing at the Medieval Fair will be held
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At last, after a month of pretending science and fairy tales should be given equal consid-eration at an institute of higher learning, OU
has been kind enough to book the world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author of “The God Delusion,” Richard Dawkins.
I should point out that I am not an atheist, nor do I have to be to appreciate Dawkins’ contribution to the discussion of religion in society today.
We need people who aren’t afraid to stand up to the religious masses that are hindering the progress of all mankind — more spe-cifically by impeding scientific advancements and cultivating religious conflict — based on ancient superstitions, and tell them just how ridiculous the nature of “faith” really is.
There are two ways we come to know something: We either learn through personal experience (touching a hot stove and burn-ing yourself), or through a credible source (an oncologist tells you cigarettes can cause cancer).
Faith does not logically fall into either of these categories.
Faith is predominately based on books. However, there are a plethora of books that claim to have the exact, and only, answers to the questions humans naturally seek: Where did we come from? What is the meaning of life? What happens after we die?
And none of these books offer any way of “proving,” in any traditional sense of the word, that any particular book’s explanation is the correct one.
This, as Dawkins points out, is what makes religion so dangerous. Religions, in most sens-es, are illogical. But that doesn’t prevent logi-cal conclusions from being derived from their credulous claims.
Dawkins realizes, “There is a logical path-way, leading from religion, to the committing of atrocities.
It is perfectly logical, if you believe that your religion is the right one, you believe your God is the only God, and you believe that your God has ordered you, through a priest or through a holy book, to kill somebody, to blow somebody up, to fly a plane into a skyscraper, then you are doing a righteous act…”
He also observes “there is no such logical pathway leading from atheism or secularism.”
There also seems to be no logical path-way present in virtually anybody’s process of selecting the “one true faith.”
People in this country predominantly claim to believe the Bible is the word of God. Yet only half of Christians interviewed by Gallup could name any of the four Gospels in the New Testament, and less than half could name five of the Ten Commandments.
It’s curious how “believers” could be so ignorant as to what’s in the word of God. It would seem most people who identify them-selves as Christians do so largely because they were born into the faith.
And that would be fine, except there are pesky rationalists like Dawkins who compre-hend that being born into the faith means if one were living in ancient Egypt, that person would be singing the praises of The Sun God Ra.
These days, most Americans would laugh at the idea of worshipping a Sun God, but are totally complacent with being told that Jesus was born of a virgin (incidentally, so was Ra, Krishna, Antiope, Pharaoh Amenkept III, Perseus, Romulus and other gods of reli-gions that were popular around the same time Christianity came around).
I love Dawkins for his ability to critique religion and his contribution to its overall debate, but that does not mean I have to agree with him.
On the contrary, I believe he is every bit as arrogant as the crazy guy shouting on the South Oval who knows I’m going to hell just for writing this.
I’m an agnostic. I don’t believe that, based on the real-ity we occupy, we can ever
know of or prove the existence of a God.I’m comfortable saying I don’t know the
answers to life’s biggest questions.However, I am
uncomfortable with the idea of my chil-dren being taught the earth is a few thousand years old.
I am also uncom-fortable not having medical advances that will come from things like stem-cell research, or being in a tower when the next group of believers hijacks an airplane. Hopefully, with the poignant words of people like Richard Dawkins, you will be, too.
And to all you self-proclaimed “believers” out there: Please do the reading before you try to defend the book.
Travis Grogan is a political science junior.
Delusion seems to be the word of the day. Opponents consistently misrepresent the other side of an argument in order to prop
up their own. Sadly, I often find myself committing intellectual dishonesty by participating in such hyperbole.
I regret many situations in which I ignored viable premises to misrepresent another’s ideas for my own gain. The deluded one is often myself. But because I am often so adept at such misrepresenta-tions, I can smell them from pretty far off. And this is one. A big one.
Tonight, a combination of OU departments will come together to welcome former Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins. As a popular-izer of science, Dawkins held the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford until recently.
His brilliant work in genetics and in publicizing the importance of science should not be avoided or shunned. He is a highly intelligent biologist and adept writer, as the popularity of his books demonstrates. He seems a congenial Englishman, always with a quick answer in interviews.
But at this point, we part ways. Dawkins has not become an
international firebrand of publicity because of his work in genetics or any other area of biology. He has reached rock-star status because of his most recent book, cheekily entitled “The God Delusion.” His arguments against the existence of religious deity, but mostly against the biblical God, have drawn
rave reviews and bit-ter criticism.
But what are we to think of these argu-ments? Rather than try to sum up his ideas, his own words will suffice.
In his chapter entitled “Why There Almost Certainly is No God,” Dawkins asserts “the central argument of my book” as posit-ed in six propositions. In responding to the challenge of explain-ing “how the complex, improbable appear-
ance of design in the universe arises,” he argues that “any temptation…[to do so] is a false one, because the designer hypothesis immediately raises the larger problem of who designed the designer.”
This classical philosophical idea has a specific term: infinite regression. And while it sounds cool and intellectual, the argument itself holds little
water. Response to this primary argument against the
existence of a transcendent deity or mind or design-er is plentiful, but we need to go to philosophy to answer this. Noted philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig, in a public lecture, responded to the idea of infinite regress in this way: “In order to recognize that an explanation is the best, you don’t have to have an explanation of the explana-tion…[which is] an elementary point in the philoso-phy of science.”
To give an example, we don’t need to know the identity of the Egyptians to recognize their complex hieroglyphic patterns to be the work of an intel-ligent mind.
When we see specified complexity, we make inferences to design on a daily basis. As such, the argument that, (A) since we cannot define who or what caused the universe to show the appear-ance of design (B) we reject the inference that the specified complexity we see was designed, is fallacious and misrepresenting thousands of years of theological and philosophical argument. Does Dawkins actually believe that this argument has never been approached before? I certainly agree with cross-discipline study, and obviously Dawkins has thought through his ideas, but really?
Even an atheist philosopher such as Michael Ruse can be honest when he states that Dawkins is “entirely ignorant of the fact that no believer has ever thought that arguments are the best support for belief… Dawkins is a man truly out of his depth. Does he honestly think that no philosopher or theologian has ever thought of or worried about the infinite regress of the cosmological argument?”
If the “infinite regress” argument is truly the foundations upon which Richard Dawkins bases his assumptions and his supposed refutation of God, those foundations seem quite shaky indeed. Perhaps equally shaky seems the scientific and philosophical dishonesty of a public institution such as OU proudly promoting such strong super-natural and philosophical claims by dropping coin in his pocket while ignoring any kind of opposing viewpoint.
It’s fascinating how quickly and easily any pos-sibility of intellectual breaking from scientistic tyranny is suppressed. The 900 people at the intelli-gent-design debate Friday between mathematician William Dembski and the philosopher of science Ruse seems to show that when both sides are brought forth, a clearer discussion can ensue.
The radicalism of both extremes in the science discussion only alienates people from the con-versation and causes more intentional ignorance. While Dawkins will undoubtedly draw a crowd tonight, it seems the delusion title fits more upon his crumbling philosophical misrepresentation than on religious belief.
Jon Malone is an English education graduate student.
God delusion or Dawkins’ delusion?
While Dawkins will undoubtedly draw a crowd tonight, it seems the delusion title fits more upon his crumbling philosophical misrepresentation than on religious belief.
We need people who aren’t afraid to stand up to the religious masses that are hindering the progress of all mankind... and tell them just how ridiculous the nature of “faith” really is.
Richard Dawkins:“The Purpose of Purpose”
When: 7 tonight
Where: McCasland Field House
For more Dawkins discussion, check out the opinion blog at OUDaily.com
Oklahoma, OKC deservemore manly recognition
Oklahoma City was declared the third manli-est U.S. city in Thursday by Mars Snackfood U.S.
Shame on the company for this tainted survey.
Third? We can’t speak authoritatively on
the other cities. But there’s no reason, with the widespread interest in mon-ster truck rallies, noodling and Skoal dipping, that our state’s capital should be lower than No. 1 on that list. In fact, our entire state is undoubtedly the manliest in America.
Don’t believe us? Then head out to State Fair Speedway on Friday nights. It doesn’t get much manlier than sprint cars flinging dirt all over someone’s 1998 Jeff Gordon T-shirt while he eats cheese on a stick with the sweet smell of exhaust lingering in the air.
And did you hear about the recent exhibit at the Ford Center? There was a top-notch robotic
dinosaur exhibit that made spectators feel like they were in the filming of Jurassic Park 4.
Does the name Will Rogers ring a bell? There’s an entire room in the Oklahoma Memorial Union dedicated to the man. Not only did the Claremore native never meet a man he didn’t like, he was one of the few cowboys who could rope a mouse — consistently!
There were, literally, dead bodies all over the Omniplex last year.
Oklahoman City natives were will-ing to shell out that extra sales tax so
the NBA would come to town.This university is home to one of the most
smash-mouth college football traditions in his-tory.
And that university up the road has one of the all-time richest wrestling traditions.
As it turns out, “manly” doesn’t begin to do Oklahoma City, or Oklahoma, justice. And nei-ther did Mars Snackfood.
• Arguably the world’s most famous atheist visits OU tonight for a Darwin 2009 talk ‘The Purpose of Purpose’
TRAVISGROGAN
JONMALONE
ERIC DAMA
The Oklahoma Daily
A lot of the attention surrounding the men’s basketball team the past week has focused on sophomore forward Blake Griffin, fresh-man guard Willie Warren and junior guard/forward Juan Pattillo, whether it relates to injuries, playing time or suspensions.
Before the Sooners take on Oklahoma State at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center, for at least a few minutes, all that attention
will be directed on three other players.Seniors forward Taylor Griffin, guard Austin Johnson and guard
Omar Leary will be honored as part of Senior Day prior to this weekend’s Bedlam matchup, which will be the final home game for the three players.
Taylor Griffin and Johnson have been with OU since they were freshmen, and Leary, a transfer from Northeastern Junior College, is in his second and final season with the Sooners.
All three players, however, have seen an increase in responsibili-ties during their senior seasons.
Both Taylor Griffin and Johnson have started in all 30 of OU’s games this season. Leary, who has averaged 9.7 minutes in 29 games this year, has made four three-pointers and averaged 15.4 min-utes the previous three games.
Expect to see more of Leary against Oklahoma State. Capel has used him in recent games because of his ability to handle the ball and make 3-pointers.
The 5-foot-11-inch senior guard is shorter in stature, he helps the Sooners when they play the more athletic teams in the confer-ence, like Missouri and Oklahoma State.
Another 5-11 senior guard will be on the court Saturday, but he’ll be wearing orange and black. Byron Eaton, who is averaging 14.5 points and 5.5 assists per game this season, most likely will be the man Johnson guards on defense.
And because the Cowboys probably will start four guards, Taylor Griffin will be forced to play on the perimeter, something the for-ward had to do against Missouri Wednesday night. Capel likely will have Taylor chasing around junior guard Obi Muonelo, who is 12.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg.
The last time these two teams met, on Jan. 26, Blake Griffin recorded a game-high 26 points and 19 rebounds in a 89-81 OU victory.
Johnson certainly remembers that game, as well. He scored a career-high 22 points with the help of 5-8 3-point shooting.
OU and Missouri both hold a 12-3 record in Big 12 play, but the Tigers have the advantage because of their 73-64 win over the Sooners Wednesday night.
OU, however, can regain second place Saturday with a win over the Cowboys and a Missouri loss to Texas A&M.
Steven Jones, sports [email protected]: 325-7630, fax: 325-6051For more, go to oudaily.com. SportsSports 5Friday, March 6, 2009
Women’s BasketballMen’s Basketball
• OU looks to finish Big 12 play 15-1
ANNELISE RUSSELL
The Oklahoma Daily
Before the Paris twins hang up their jerseys for the regu-lar season, the University of Texas gets one more shot at the dynamic duo.
The Sooners are headed south this weekend when they finish up their regular season schedule on the road Sunday afternoon against the No. 15 Longhorns.
OU just capped the home season with a win over Texas Tech and should be in prime condition to finish off with a win in Austin.
Texas, on the other hand, is just trying to finish as strong as possible heading into what will be one of the most con-tested Big 12 women’s basket-ball championship.
The Longhorns are current-
ly ranked No. 6 in the Big 12, but should see their season extended into the NCAA tour-nament.
The last time these two teams met in Norman, OU demolished the Longhorns in the 20-point win, and senior center Courtney Paris set a season high of 21 rebounds. If Texas is dreaming about an upset, the Longhorns are going to have to clamp down on the post.
OU is known for out-rebounding teams with the Paris twins underneath the basket, but teams who can get to the basket and pick offensive rebounds will give OU trouble.
The one thing that works to the Longhorns advantage is the injury of freshman guard Whitney Hand who is still out with an injury to her left hand. Without Hand making threes from outside, it is probable the Longhorns could double team inside, limiting the Paris twins’ impact.
Tip off is set for 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in Austin, Texas.
No. 3 Sooners take on Longhorns in regular season finale
PLAYERS TO WATCH
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OU seniors say goodbye
Michelle Gray/The Daily
Senior forward Taylor Griffin (32) looks to throw a pass while Colorado Cory
Higgins (11) defends in OU’s game against the Buffaloes on Feb. 7 at Lloyd
Noble Center. The Sooners won the game, 77-72. When the Sooners take on
OSU on Saturday, it will be Griffin’s last game. It will be the final home game
for senior guards Omar Leary and Austin Johnson as well. Sophomore forward
Blake Griffin, who many expect to jump to the NBA, may be saying his goodbye
to Lloyd Noble as well.
MORE SPORTS ONLINEThere’s even more sports coverage
online, including a Friday Face-Off and
previews for softball, baseball, women’s
gymnastics, wrestling and more at
OUDaily.com.
SENIOR AVERAGES
A look at the career averages
of OU’s three seniors:
• Taylor Griffi n: 6.4 ppg, 4.7
rpg, 1.0 apg
• Austin Johnson: 6.8 ppg, 2.4
rpg, 2.9 apg
• Omar Leary: 2.9 ppg, 1.0 rpg,
1.2 apg
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The Huston Huffman Center is available to every student and faculty member, and pro-vides enough state-of-the-art equipment to get
my lazy butt in shape. Well, maybe not so much. The use of the “Huff’s”
equipment and facilities is guided by rules carefully written in order to ensure everyone has a safe time and respects each other’s space.
Though these rules are spelled out for everyone, hardly anyone reads them and most choose to ignore them. Apart from the written
rules, there are also unwritten rules for every area in the gym. Here’s a guideline to follow when you visit the Huffman Center.
The Weight RoomI originally expected everyone to be tes-
tosterone-filled, ‘roid-raging tough guys, but everyone just minds their business and lifts weights while listening to their iPods.
Something to keep in mind is not to be intimidated. If you can’t lift as much as the people working out next to you, work out at your own pace or else you might hurt your-self.
I remember a few years ago when a guy asked me nicely to spot him, he was obvi-ously benching a lot more than I could lift, but I helped him anyway instead of politely declining.
I ended up injuring my back, lifting more than I could.
The Running TrackThe biggest rule on the track is simple and
easy to follow – run in the direction designated for that day.
Everyone follows that rule, but not every-one knows how to run on the track. When walking on the track, the best thing to do is stay out of traffic by sticking to the edges.
If you’ve finished running on the track and decide that you want to walk the rest of the pain away, that’s fine, just make sure you know where to walk so the joggers don’t run you over.
The Cardio Room The cardio room is another place that has
fewer problems than one might expect. Some people might be much more comfortable run-ning here than on the track.
The only big problem is that people don’t wipe their machines after they finish sweating on them. This isn’t really a problem with the treadmill, but it makes using the elliptical and exercise bikes awkward.
If you feel like running without using the track, this is the best alternative, but please clean up after yourself.
The Basketball Courts I must say, the basketball courts have
the most problems inside the Huffman. It’s probably because it’s one of the only areas
in the gym that allows people to play con-tact sports.
Basketball normally isn’t a full contact sport, but people can get too physical.
Don’t take this personally, just keep call-ing their fouls. They will probably catch on, calm down and keep playing.
The basketball facilities aren’t equivalent to Rucker Park in New York, so you don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Pass the ball to your teammates occasionally. I know everyone wants to win, but if you do so by not passing, no one on your team will like you.
Finally, you need to be courteous to the players on the other team after the game. I think despite the outcome of the game, everyone should shake hands with members of the other team. It shouldn’t matter if they played a little rough and might have made stupid calls, you should at least thank them for playing with you. But in case you won by a large margin, thank them for making you look so good, because they stink.
Just kidding, don’t do this. Remember, the administration intended
to provide a safe place for student and faculty to work out. We must follow the rules and be considerate of others, during a workout and when we’re finished using the facilities.
And get a good exercise. They don’t call it “the huff and puff” for nothing.
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A lesson in gym etiquetteLilly Chapa/The Daily
Natalie Daab, University College freshman, takes a sanitary wipe before she works out in the Huston Huffman Center. Gym officials are urging members to use the
wipes on equipment before and after use.
MINIWEEKEND UPDATE
Friday, March 6Free hot chocolate will be served at 11:30 a.m in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Kanaga will play at 9 p.m at the Fox and Hound Pub & Grille in OKC.
Randy Travis will play at 8 p.m at Riverwind Casino.
Singer/Songwriter Showcase featuring Daddy Love, Ford Chastain, John Madison, Matt Stratton & Gregg Standridge starts at 8 p.m. at Second Wind Coffee House.
Adam Ledbetter will play at 6 p.m. at Othello’s.
Blue Moon will play at 9 p.m. at Othello’s.
Green River Gary, Burn it Down, Drunk on Sunday and Cleavage will play at Justin’s Bar.
Hayes Carll will play at 8 p.m. at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Comedy Fight Night auditions will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
“Milk,” a film about San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, will play at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in Meacham Auditorium.
Free snacks will be served at 9:30 p.m. at Meacham Auditorium lobby.
Richard Dawkins will speak on campus about his book, “The Purpose of Purpose.” His presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. A book signing will follow.
Saturday, March 7
Stevedore with Tip Top Secrets and Guardant will play at 8 p.m. at The Collective.
Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys featuring Leon Rausch, Tommy Allsup will play at 6:30 p.m. at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. Tickets are $22.
The Jonbear Fourtet will play at 9 p.m. at The Opolis. Tickets are $7.
Dylan Hammett and Larry Hammett perform at 6:30 p.m. at Othello’s.
Hush Hush Commotion, For The Atlantic, Map The Sea, The Macabre and Kid Chicago will play at the Bricktown Live in OKC.
Bleu Edmondson will play at 9:30 p.m. at The Wormy Dog Saloon in OKC.
Friday, March 6, 2009
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- When the ball is in your court, it’s important to act on it and make the right moves to bring your dream to reality. When you see that measures can be taken to solidify a relationship, do so.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A diffi cult project you’ve been procrastinating has reached its deadline and has to be done. Happily, it might not be as tough to handle as you thought.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ll be glad you went to a social gathering that you’ve been trying to avoid; surprisingly, you’ll have an extremely pleas-ant time. It’ll be lot more fun than you expected.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Something others believe to be nothing but wishful thinking on your part is achievable, so don’t let anyone discourage you. Maintain your present initiative and drive, and you will succeed.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Mingle with those who are ambitious and materially motivated, and they will motivate you toward reaching your goals as well. Having role models to follow is inspiring.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Stand by your decision, and don’t let others dissuade you from what you believe to be true. By taking a fi rm position, the facts, time and events will validate your correctness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t focus on what you’re going to get out of something, but how well you can do the job. Render your services well, and you’ll be adequately compensated for that which you accomplish.
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Every week, until dead or relieved from my post for my rampant alcoholism, I shall you bring what
in my opinion is the “Beer of the Week.”
The beer of the week isn’t neces-sarily one that you can drink in a 30-pack, or one you have to drive to another state to experience its alco-hol content. It will be a beer that’s more or less readily available and won’t taste like gasoline as it goes down your throat.
This week, I searched for some-thing a little different and found myself taking swigs from a beer by
the name of “Flying Dog” – perhaps you’ve seen it in your favorite liquor store.
If you have, you’ve more than likely cowered away from it like a 5-year-old girl. But hey, no judging here. I’d be apprehensive too.
With Ralph Steadman’s bottle art depicting what a nightmare on acid might be, it definitely gives an odd
impression of the brand, rather than a slick advertis-ing look that shouts “Drink me!”
“Flying Dog” comes in many different variet-ies of beer, but I decided to try its “In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen Ale,” which features the artwork of rather looney-looking dog on the label.
The beverage only really can be described as a mixture of wheat beer with a slight nutty taste and pinch of copper. Yes, copper. It has the subtle taste of a penny.
The crazy art, the mysterious wheat taste and the really super cool, hip fact that there’s a Hunter S. Thompson quote on every bottle makes it a solid, reliable beer at a very trendy price.
This week’s beer is perfect for impressing those with a lack of culture who desperately try to appear really chic, or wheat-beer fans who are looking for a smidgen of change on their taste buds.
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I wouldn’t call myself a “sneaker fiend,” but I do love sneakers. They are comfortable, easy to clean and don’t cost much money – if you know how to shop for them.
In this day and age where sports shoe companies release every other week a new sneaker endorsed by a famous sports fig-ure, I find it difficult to find a good pair of shoes that appeal to me and my wallet. I usually go for classic re-releases because they are cheaper than most shoes. Unless they are limited editions, no one buys them and compared to shoes out today, they are very simple and inconspicuous.
Out of all the numerous classics available, I must say my favorite is the Puma Argentina.
Originally released in 1978 along with two other shoes – the Puma California and Puma G. Vilas – the Argentina was the most popular of the three sneakers, for two reasons.
One, 1978 was the year when Argentina’s soc-cer team won the FIFA World Cup. This appealed to every soccer fan – especially in England – and
two, it was the cheapest of the three. The shoes were available only in blue and white
for the colors of Argentina’s flag. Their popularity spread all over England and
stores quickly sold out. The shoes remind me of Air Jordans, except no one has been killed over a pair.
Just like Corey Feldman, their popularity died out in the late ’80s when everyone was interested in more conspicuous shoes (or whatever Jordan was wearing).
In 2007, Puma rereleased only 240 pairs world-wide of Argentinas in their original colors – which of course sold out immediately – and I can’t find them on eBay or any other auction site.
Before you start wondering what kind of idiot recommends shoes that aren’t obtainable any-more, I suggest you get them in another color. The Argentinas are still available at most retailers and they can be found online in a variety of colors and styles, except the original blue and white.
If you’re like me and can’t get interested in any of the new sneaker brands released today, I sug-gest you look into Puma Argentinas.
OSIZIMETE AKEN’OVA IS A FILM AND VIDEO STUDIES JUNIOR.
A shoe by any other color
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Puma Argentinas were released originally in 1978 after the Argentina team won the World Cup. The increasing popularity of
colorful shoes led Puma to release a new version of the shoe with new color combinations.
