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By AmAndA BlAndGeneral Assignment Reporter [email protected]

A new service-learning organization launched at OSU this year aims to aid the elderly, mentally ill and lower-middle-in-come families and individuals.

MICAH, which stands for Micah, Im-manuel, Caring, and Helping, was originally established by Northern Oklahoma College pre-law student Brenda Merritt in Ardmore, but was moved to Stillwater in the fall.

Merritt decided to relocate the organiza-tion to tap into the strengths OSU students bring to philanthropy.

Young adults are caring, have hope for the future and are less judgmental than older generations, Merritt said.

Katie Flanders, a nutritional sciences se-nior, contacted MICAH after a presenta-tion highlighting volunteer opportunities was given in one of her classes.

Every Tuesday and Thursday she spends an hour talking with senior citizens at West-haven Nursing Home. It helped her gain valuable experience in a medical setting, but is personally rewarding as well, she said.

“It doesn’t take a lot for them to feel wanted and loved,” Flanders said.

MICAH also offers service opportunities for lower-middle-income families and indi-viduals who do not qualify for, or need help in addition to, state assistance programs in exchange for helping them with utilities and basic needs like furniture.

“If a person was willing to do a good deed for someone else, we would never turn anyone away,” Merritt said. However, back-ground checks are performed to assure the

safety of all parties involved.Deanna Sanders is completing service

hours at Westhaven Nursing Home and The Renaissance of Stillwater Assisted Living to earn a futon MICAH will purchase for her. The futon is $179 and Sanders is required to work between 20 and 30 hours.

Living on a limited income is hard, Sand-ers said.

“There’s only so much I have left over af-ter I pay all my bills.”

Merritt, who worked for other nonprofits for several years before establishing her own, wanted to renew a sense of pride and ac-countability in persons and families relying on assistance by rewarding good behavior, which is why Deanna Sanders and others in need are required to complete service hours.

“We write people a check, and I’m not saying that we shouldn’t help people — we should. Let’s give them the tools to help themselves. We took and we flipped every-thing. Instead of us working the program for the people, we let the people that need the help work the program,” Merritt said.

Merritt’s son Clay, a physiology senior, has witnessed MICAH’s progression since it’s inception.

“It’s something that she’s put her heart and soul into, and it’s something she feels she’s destined to do,” he said.

Beyond that, he added that MICAH has the potential to be a valuable resource for the Stillwater community.

“I feel like if enough people know about it and if enough people actually get the gist of what the program’s really trying to accom-plish, then it can be a great program and help countless people,” Clay Merritt said.

By Chris reynoldsCampus Events Reporter [email protected]

Jhett Skaggs may seem

like any ordinary 3-year-old, however the story be-hind the healthy little boy

and his supportive family is much closer to extraordi-nary.

Three months before Jhett’s first birthday, Brian Skaggs, Jhett’s father, had to perform CPR on the young child due to his dif-ficulty breathing. Two days after Jhett’s return from the hospital, where no diagnosis could be confirmed, the in-cident occurred again. This time Audra Skaggs, Jhett’s mother, was there to per-form the CPR.

“It’s a difficult experience

giving anyone CPR,” Brian said, “but giving it to your 9-month-old child is just the absolute worst thing.”

Shortly after the second incident, the family was informed that the left side of his heart was not com-pletely functional and as Jhett would run and play, his heart simply could not keep up. This led to a heart transplant and a very thank-ful family.

This was a very taxing experience for Brian and Audra Skaggs, and they

thank their 3-year-old daughter Merit for their sanity. “She was really the glue that kept us all together, she was right there for both of us, which is asking a lot from a 3-year-old, but she really did a lot of growing up in just a month’s time.” Brian said.

However, things were still not safe for the young-ster, and one of the main dangers was the very place he called home.

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Associated Press speaker

Danny Robbins, an investigative reporter for the Associated Press, will be lectur-ing Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Union Little Theater.

Flavor of the East

Lisa Becklund will be demonstrating Indi-an recipes. The event is from noon - 1 p.m. Thursday at the Sere-tean Wellness Center. Cost to attend is $20 per person. The menu includes: roti, dal (lentils), tandoori chicken, lamb biry-ani, and mango ice cream.

Travel. Study. Live.

A study abroad infor-mation session will be held noon - 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Classroom Building, room 303

Stressed?

Joseph Dunnigan speaks Thursday from 3-4 p.m. at the Student Success Center in CLBN. The topic of the day is stress management.

Concert at the Edmon Low

OSU Trombone Choir plays Thursday from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Edmon Low Library’s Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room

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A Stillwater eatery takes convenience a step further

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CouRtEsy photo/AudRA skAGGsThe skaggs family stands with Ty Pennington, the host of the popular TV show, “extreme makeover: home edition.“

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San Francisco’s meat-free Mondays get a shrugSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco super-

visors have passed a resolution asking residents to ob-serve meatless Mondays.

San Francisco supervisors passed the resolution Tuesday for no-meat Mondays in their latest legisla-tive endorsement of healthy, eco-conscious living.

It cannot stop the city’s residents from eating meat. Instead, it is meant to call attention to the relationship between diet and climate change.

By TiFFAny VinCenTsGA [email protected]

SGA members heard from two guest speakers at the meeting Wednesday.

Mark Shearer of the OSU Police Department spoke about the emergency phones located on campus.

“There was some con-cern as to whether or not there were steps being made to repair and update the Mercy (emergency) Phones,” Shearer said.

Phones are checked on a monthly basis. The police department is working on improving the reliability of phones in the Greek area.

Brian Lackman, a grad-uate assistant for Campus Life, spoke to SGA about Welcome Week, the 10-day replacement for ALPHA. There are 105 planned events, from every division in Student Affairs, includ-ing a new student convoca-tion run by OSU President Burns Hargis.

“The convocation is a big deal because studies show there is a higher correlation

between student success and schools that have had a convocation for their new students,” Lackman said.

Any new student is welcome to attend and all events for the week are free, Lackman said.

At the meeting, the American Hotel and Lodging Association was granted registered status.

SGA also allocated $2,700 to various student groups.

Amnesty International received $300 to attend a national conference in New Orleans. The Latin Dance Cultural Club was given $900 to help pay for its Tango Night on April 17. SGA granted $1500 to ECO-OSU to pay for ad-vertising and supplies for its Earth Week in April.

SGA members made nominations for various po-sitions within SGA: Mag-gie Watson was nominated for university chair; Justin Wheeler, internal affairs; Garrett Hatfield, student community alliance com-mittee; and Flint Holbrook and Nick Elliott, budget.

SGA: Money, mercy phones

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This isn’t your grand-mother’s advice book.

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The latest release from Vintage Books, “You’re a Horrible Person, But I Like You” brings together some of the funniest comedians in show business and asks them some of life’s deepest questions.

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The Daily O’Collegian Thursday, April 8, 2010

Sports

uP next Cowgirl soFtball

Who: Oklahoma State @

Missouri StateWhen:

Wednesday at 5 p.m.Where:

Killian Softball complex,

Springfield, Mo.

By cOrinne MeyerSOnsports [email protected]

The home run trot is a re-nowned tradition.

After a batter hits a ball out, they’ve accomplished the ultimate offensive feat and deserve to enjoy the mo-ment as they jog around the bases.

Junior third baseman Ma-riah Gearhart did no such thing in No. 10 OSU’s 3-2 Bedlam victory Tuesday night at Cowgirl Stadium.

Coach Rich Wieligman said it resembled more of a home run sprint.

“That’s what I told her, I said ‘Hey, I looked up and the ball went over the fence and you were at third. You

can slow down and enjoy it a little bit more,’” Wieligman said. “She beat the girls out of the dugout, I think. That was the fastest one I’d ever seen.”

Gearhart hit the three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth so hard Sooner left fielder Chana’e Jones didn’t have time for a drop step.

“When I saw it go over it

was like a dream,” Gearhart said.

Both teams were locked in a pitcher’s duel, but OU’s left-hander Keilani Rick-etts gave up the first hit in the fifth to senior Megan Castle.

“It felt good,” Castle said. “That’s all it really takes for us sometimes is one hit to get us pumped up.”

Sooner third baseman Dani Dobbs made an at-tempt to force out Castle at second base after a bunt but threw it away, making Castle the first player of the game to reach second.

After two consecutive outs, it seemed the Cowgirls (33-7, 5-0 Big 12) hopes of getting ahead had vanished.

With one ball and two strikes Gearhart couldn’t have chosen a better time to hit her first home run of the season and fifth of her career.

Wieligman said once the Cowgirls got the lead, he knew senior pitcher Anna Whiddon, who was 0-3 against the Sooners (29-9,

Big 12 3-2) before the sea-son, could get the win.

“She’s a senior,” he said. “She’s been through fire be-fore. She finally used that experience and collected herself and finished strong.”

Whiddon pitched a no hitter through 5 2/3 innings, but lost it to Brianna Turang on a line drive to third that Gearhart dropped in a div-ing attempt.

OU’s leadoff hitter Am-ber Flores followed with a two-run home run over the right field wall, but Whid-don struck out the next bat-ter to end the inning.

Whiddon retired three batters in succession in the seventh to end the game.

Gearhart caught the final out and screamed her way to the mob of equally enthusi-astic Cowgirls.

With the win and Texas’

1-0 loss against Texas A&M on Wednesday, the Cowgirls stand alone in first in Big 12.

“It’s so awesome,” Gear-hart said. “Especially after being picked to finish sev-enth. Everyone has always underestimated us. We just want to keep shocking the world right now.”

Kylie mCmains/o’Collegianthe cowgirl softball team celebrates after their 3-2 victory over Bedlam rival Oklahoma on Wednesday night.

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Cowboys fail to serve Bedlam revengeBy STEVEN TABRIZISports [email protected]

The Cowboys couldn’t get Bedlam revenge.

For the second time this year, the men’s tennis team lost to Oklahoma on Wednesday. This time the Cowboys lost 6-1 at the DeBois Tennis Complex in Stillwater.

Nothing went the Cow-boys’ way.

The Cowboys (7-10, 0-4

Big 12) quickly went down 3-1.

They lost all the doubles matches to drop the doubles points and freshman Maxi Kuhn and junior Aleksey Bessonov lost in straight sets while senior Oleksandr Nedovyesov won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.

The Cowboys needed to win the remaining three matches, but after losing the first set in all of them, things didn’t look good.

But the match wasn’t fin-ished yet.

Sophomore Eric West was down 6-1, 5-3 but ral-lied back to win the second set.

“I didn’t want to be the first one done,” West said. “I hate losing. I had to do something to get back in the match. I started being a little more aggressive. He was pushing me from side to side and just running me. I just stepped in and started hitting it.”

Senior Anton Bobytskyi also won his second set, as

well as freshman Ilija Mar-tinoski.

With West up in the third set it seemed as if there was a glimpse of hope for the Cowboys. It quickly faded away, however, when West wasn’t able to convert on three match points and lost 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 to give the Sooners (14-4, 1-2) the win.

“You never like to lose to OU,” West said. “I gave it my all and I’m happy with my effort I gave. On the big

points I just couldn’t get it done. I want a rematch right now.”

Cowboy coach James Wadley said he is also dis-appointed.

“I had hoped we would have played better,” Wadley said. “We didn’t play as well as I thought we could.”

West grew up in Oklaho-ma but said he wasn’t always a Cowboy fan.

“I was an OU fan,” West said. “But this summer when I wanted to transfer (from Southern Illinois), I was talking to both coaches and I just really liked what coach Wadley had in store for me. I knew it was go-ing to be great for me and I’ve been loving it here ever since.”

Bobytskyi and Marti-noski weren’t able to win either.

Bobytskyi lost 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(4) and Martinoski lost 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2.

“I think all the guys are disappointed in the result,” Nedovyesov said. “I under-

stand that but we just have to keep practicing and try to get better.”

Before this season the Cowboys hadn’t lost to the Sooners since 1995 and now have lost two matches in a row.

“I enjoyed all those 20 matches we won in a row

a lot more than I have the last two that we’ve lost,” Wadley said. “I thought our guys gave great effort, it just wasn’t meant to be today. You got to compliment OU on playing real well. Noth-ing else you can do but go back to work and be ready to play someone else.”

Men’s tennis struggles against the Sooners for a second time

Kelly Rathbun/O’COllegianSenior Oleksandr Nedovyesov won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, and was the only Cowboy to come away with a win.

— Compiled by Steven Tabrizi

CowboyNotebook

Andy Roddick was in Stillwater watching the Bedlam match. His brother, John Roddick, is the coach for the Sooners. Roddick, ranked No. 7 on the ATP tour, won the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday.

Roddick set aside time in between doubles and singles to sign autographs and take pictures with his fans. He also signed autographs after the match.

Yep - ‘that’ Roddick

The last time the Cowboys played OU they won the doubles point.

It wasn’t the same Wednesday. The No.2 pairing of Eric West and Anton Bobytskyi lost 8-4, while Maxi Kuhn and Ilijia Martinoski lost 9-7. Olek-sandr Nedovyesov and Aleksey Bessonov were up a break and had three match points, but lost 8-7(5) at No. 1.

Double trouble

It wasn’t a good day for tennis. The wind chill dropped to 37 degrees and the wind was blowing about 20 mph.

Senior Oleksandr Nedovyesov said he hates play-ing in the windy conditions.

“Yesterday it was like 90 degrees and I expected the same thing today,” Nedovyesov said. “I can’t get used to this weather. I just can’t do it. I’ve been here for three years and I just can’t get used to it.”

Weather woes

up next COWbOy tenniS

Who: Oklahoma State @

TulsaWhen:

Wednesday at 6 p.m.Where:

Michael D. Case Center, Tulsa

‘I want a rematch right now.’— ERIC WEST, OSu Sophomore

The Daily O’Collegian Sports Thursday, April 8, 2010

By Nancy Black and Stephanie ClementTribune Media Services(MCT)Today’s birthday (4/8/10). Your challenge this year is to build self-esteem for yourself and for any children in your life. In-dependence comes first. Find ways to generate enthusiasm for activities that don’t require anyone’s help. Then, cultivate your powers of observation and imagination.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Although money isn’t the real issue, that may be how you’ve been keeping track of who loves whom more. A better way is to see who can be most creative in expressing their caring.Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- You may want to run away from home, but you need to focus on household mat-ters. Handle practical issues early, then escape to a movie.Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Although you want to get your ideas out, now’s the time to carefully consider all the ramifications and modify your message.Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Everyone digs in, entrenched and stubborn. This would be a good day to pursue personal matters and save your enthusiasm for later. It will work out.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Today is all about appearances. Hair and accessories do matter. Achieve a unique look using materials already in your possession. You find yourself on stage.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Your desire for independence takes you out of your normal work routine. You don’t have to leave the country, though. Just let your imagina-tion wander.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- The challenge now is to love what you’re doing for as long as you’re doing it, and to let go as soon as it’s finished. Release any negativity.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Use your talents to resolve disagreements about the basics. Be prepared to restate your arguments for the sake of clarity.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- The only way to get anywhere today is through team effort. Focus on the most practical means you can find. Then, throw yourself fully into it.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- To get the most out of a relaxing time, display enthusiasm for someone else’s suggestion. Spend money judiciously, but don’t pinch pennies.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- Keep the home fires burning today. You need space to pursue independent ac-tion. Ask someone else to manage plans for this evening.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 5 -- Consider ways to keep everyone focused. Creative minds (including yours) have a way of wandering off. Reiterate the purpose.

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Errors cost OSU victory

Kylie mcmains/O’cOllegianThe Cowgirls and Sooners meet on the field after OSU’s 3-2 win in the second Bedlam matchup of the season.

The Oklahoma State baseball team was vic-timized by four errors in its 7-5 loss to Missouri State at Hammons Field Wednesday. Cowboy mis-cues yielded four unearned runs for the Bears.

OSU fell to 17-10 over-all with the loss and MSU improved to 12-16 with the win.

It took the Cowboys all of one pitch to get on the board, as Tom Belza smacked Clay Murphy’s first offering of the game over the right-center field fence for his third home run of the year.

From that point, howev-er, the starting pitchers on both sides settled in. Mis-souri State’s Clay Murphy retired 12-straight Cow-boys after the home run, but OSU southpaw Mike Strong was equally effec-tive. He kept the Bears off the scoreboard through four innings, but things fell apart for him in the bottom of the fifth inning when

Missouri State struck for four runs.

A four run top of the eighth gave the Cowboys the lead once again at 5-4, but Missouri State an-swered with three unearned runs coming off of errors by Belza and outfielder Nico Rosthenhausler in the bot-tom half of the inning.

Bears reliever FrantGor-don claimed the win in his first decision of the year, with Strong dipping to 3-1 win the loss.

Oklahoma State and Missouri State faced each other earlier in the year, when OSU got an 8-2 win in Stillwater on March 19.

The Cowboys take Thurs-day off before returning to Stillwater when they host Texas Tech in a three-game series at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium this weekend. Fri-day’s first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

—From Wire reports

Cowgirls win, take top spot in Big 12By ADAM KEMPsports [email protected]

In the top of the fourth, the Cowgirls made it clear how they were treating Bedlam.

As a Sooner batter popped up the pitch from senior Anna Whiddon, Mariah Gearhart ran from third base and collided with catcher Tamara Brown.

Gearhart came away with ball as she untangled herself from Brown, helped Brown up from the dirt and helped lead the No. 10 Cowgirls to the 3-2 win.

“I fell right on my wrist but adrenaline was rush-ing, but thank goodness we got the catch,” Brown said. “Hustle like that and try-ing to get to the ball is just exciting, because we were picked to be in seventh and we are shocking the world right now.”

Before the start of the 2010 season, the Cow-girls had lost 15-straight games to the Sooners.

“Bedlam is just so much sweeter,” Gearhart

said. “We try before the game to treat it like any other game, but you can’t deny the intensity that is with it and to have that kind of moment is just awesome.”

Whiddon said in years past the Cowgirls may have gotten discouraged after giving up late runs like they did in the top of the sixth, but this year’s team is different, especial-ly when it comes to their approach to Bedlam.

After the Cowgirls hit the locker room, cheers and tears poured from the team not only because they beat Oklahoma but also because the Cowgirls are in first place in the Big 12, Whiddon said.

“It’s definitely awe-some,” Whiddon said. “It’s like the first time ever we have been No. 1 in the conference but we know we have to keep playing.”

Gearhart said she knows teams have doubted the

Cowgirls in the past — and she hopes it continues.

“To prove so many peo-ple wrong, it’s awesome,” Gearhart said. “Every single team has made an excuse and it’s never that

we are a good team and it’s just that they didn’t come in show. I just really wanna keep showing that we re-ally are good and we are somebody to actually be scared of.”


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The Daily O’Collegian Thursday, April 8, 2010 News

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THERE WILL BE a fundraiserfor the American Cancer

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Home:From Page 1

The house the Skaggs lived in was in terrible condition. “It was over 100 years old, we were not able to drink the water, the foundation was made from cinder blocks, black mold in the ceilings and walls, extensive water damage and sewer problems. We had financial is-sues that just kept us from renovations,” said Audra Skaggs. Jhett suffered from a weakened immune system after the op-eration and it was very clear that some-thing had to be done.

This is where Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came in. The television show paired up with the local Okla-homa City construction company Ideal Homes and set out to give the family a

safe and comfortable place to live.The project met with many obstacles

along the way, however, with the many sponsors, donations and volunteers, it was a success and the Skaggs are now settled down into a new, 2,800 square foot home.

According to statistics provided by the Ideal Homes Web site, there were more than 3,000 volunteers who, with help from the contractors, booked more than 51,000 hours on the project, and completed the new home from ground up in only 106 hours.

The new home allows for Audra and Brian Skaggs to focus on more impor-tant things, financially and emotionally.

They can now easily afford the constant hospital visits for Jhett and, above all, are glad to have their son healthy.

“The house is great,” said Audra Sk-aggs, “but being able to tell my son’s story on national television is a bless-ing. Jhett is doing great now, he can run faster than anyone out there, we are so glad that he is finally beginning to live a normal life.”

However, things are not over for Jhett, and he has a very long road of recovery before him. According to Audra Skaggs, transplant kids develop a disease and be-gin to reject the transplanted heart, forc-ing them to be transplanted again on a 12-15 year average.

Promoting a healthier future for allBy MEGAN SILVEY Health [email protected]

On Wednesday, World Health Day celebrated its 60th anniver-sary of promoting health to the public.

On April 7, 1950, the World Health Organization formally established a constitution which stated as its main objective “the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health.”

OSU’s Health Promotion Club, or HPC, recognized this day by setting up a booth at Chi-O Clock, spreading the news about World Health Day.

The senior secretary of Health

Promotion Club, Mallory Mc-Cormick, said, “HPC specifically focuses and takes part of this global movement to help OSU students become healthier.”

Health Promotion Club mem-bers passed out toothbrushes and toothpaste, along with healthy tips to students from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m Wednesday.

“We want to make the world a better place by letting students have the chance to learn how to live healthier, happier lives,” health promotion sophomore Kyle Womack said.

This year’s World Health Orga-nization campaign is “1000 cities, 1000 lives,” which focuses attention

on accelerating urbanization and how individuals should find solu-tions to this growing issue. The goal of this campaign is to invite 1,000 cities to clear streets and public areas and close them off from motor vehicle activity in or-der for health-related activities to take place. The second part of this campaign is to gather stories on how the event affected the health of their city.

Urbanization poses many health threats to populations and a great challenge to public health in general, including transporta-tion, water and environmental issues, and especially risk factors

associated with the outbreak of diseases.

However, the World Health Or-ganization encourages individuals to find healthier and safer ways of living, such as finding alternative, environmentally friendly trans-portation and passing improved health regulations on food and tobacco products.

Health promotion fresh-man Chelsea Jones said, “raising awareness about health issues on campus is the key to success.”

For more information about this campaign’s results, please visit the World Health Organization’s Web site at www.who.int/en/.

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