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Bursar changes credit card policy

BOREN’S $631,000 EARNINGS TOP NATIONAL AVERAGE

Students to host Hearts for Haiti Walk-a-thonTA’CHELLE JONESDaily Staff Writer

OU students are transforming the day-to-day act of walking into a gesture of the heart in response to Haiti’s need of a helping hand.

The Hearts for Haiti Walk-a-thon, created by OU Haiti Helpers, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 30 at Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City.

Founded by OU Haiti Helpers president Jourdan Selim-Gyuton, the walk-a-thon will raise funds and support for the people of Haiti.

“At first I did not know the extent to how bad it really was,” Selim-Guyton said. “But when I saw my mom crying I knew it was serious.”

Each walker will pay a $5 registration fee in order to participate. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief fund, Selim-Guyton said.

According to the Facebook event page, more than 300 participants have registered. The Black Student Association, Medical Ethics and Issues Discussion Panel and Women of Power also will support and participate in the event.

“BSA [The Black Student Association] is really ready to get in-volved and support the people of Haiti during this crisis,” said Lauren McMillan, organization president and English writing senior.

Groups and individuals are invited to participate in the event. Registration can be completed on the Facebook event page, online at haitihelpers2010.weebly.com or on the day of the event from 7 a.m. until the kickoff of the walk-a-thon.

“I have a feeling there are a lot of people here who want to help, but just don’t know how,” said Megan Powers, international area studies senior, said. “The walk-a-thon is an amazing opportunity.”

oZone glitch results in refund

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE GRAY

Opposing group to hold counter demonstration Saturday

RICKY MARANONAssignment Editor

A newly formed activist group plans to protest an Islamic group’s campus involvement at OU Saturday.

The recently formed group, cal led Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate, said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is linked to terrorist activi-ties overseas. The group wants to expose CAIR for what they see as a sponsor of terrorism, especially on the OU campus.

“CAIR tries to portray itself as an innocuous civil rights organiza-tion, but it is not, Cindy Crenshaw, Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate president, stated on the group’s Web site. CAIR leaders have been sentenced to 65 years in prison for terrorist related activities; CAIR re-ceived funds from a bogus ‘charity’ called the Holy Land Foundation which funneled money to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas; the FBI cut off relations with CAIR late in 2008 out of concerns for CAIR’s terrorist connections; and CAIR is regarded as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League, a nearly 100-year-old respected in-stitution dedicated to fighting anti-Semitism. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of proof of CAIR’s ter-rorist connections,” “As a veteran, a mother and a survivor of a terrorist attack, I call upon Oklahomans of all faiths, all political persuasions and all walks of life, especially those in the news media, to speak the truth about CAIR as a group with connections, and to join us Saturday night to protest CAIR’s planned event at OU.”

But Roberta Clark, associate regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, said her organization does not see CAIR as a terrorist group with terrorist connections.

Ahmad Khattab, president of the OU Muslim Student Association, said the protesters do not under-stand what CAIR is and what it does.

“We’ve worked with CAIR for many years, and they’ve been very helpful in improving the image of Islam and Muslims in America,” Khattab said. “When these peo-ple come on campus to protest CAIR, I feel they are attacking me personally.”

Khattab said the group’s accusa-tions against CAIR do more harm than good.

“By them coming to campus and shouting out stereotypes, they are promoting ignorance,” Khattab said. “It is that negative stereotyping, ignorance and bias that they will show that makes life hard for many Muslim Americans in this country every day. CAIR re-ally does do positive things, and by

Protest planned for

OU Muslim event

Bursar’s offi ce blames error on new system

DIONNE BUXTONDaily Staff Writer

Many students were surprised to see bursar balances after receiving refund checks, an error caused by the new student system oZONE, , a bursar office’s employee stated in an e-mail.

Those affected have cashed their checks and brought the money back to the bursar office to pay off their balance, but the bursar is work-ing to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

“When batch refund checks are generated in the new student sys-tem, which this is the first semester the accounts receivable module is

on-line, automated applica-tion of Title IV funds using these rules can result in a balance owed and a refund check being generated,” Max Hawkins, bursar’s office em-ployee said.

The bursar office gener-ated more than 4,600 refund checks through early dis-bursement. In the past, they

never generated batch refunds until the student came into the office or until it was the end of the add/drop period.

Hawkins said the bursar’s office is working to correct this error.“Enhancement we’re developing is an automated notification with

refunds that a balance is remaining on an account. Another is to de-velop the option to delay printing batch checks while continuing daily direct deposit,” said Hawkins.

Students can monitor their bursar account balance on oZONE.

Income includes salary, supplemental retirement plan

CASEY PARVINDaily Staff Writer

President David Boren’s salary pack-age exceeds the median amount other public university presidents are paid.

The Chronicle of Higher Education shows that Boren received a package of about $631,000, including a salary of $380,585 for the 2008-2009 school year.

Oklahoma State University is at the median of compensation packages for public university presidents, with OSU President Burns Hargis receiving just above $436,000.

Boren receives $54,000 in deferred compensation and more than $196,000 in a supplemental retirement plan. These figures do not include the costs of Boyd House or his vehicle, which is from private sources.

OU Press Secretary Jay Doyle stated in an e-mail that Boren ties his contract to the faculty and staff so that he will not

receive a higher percentage pay increase than others employed by the university. Boren has declined several annual raises for this reason.

Boren also has given the equivalent of his raise back to the University. He has designated those donations to the funds for the Sooner Heritage Scholarship Program, Doyle stated in an e-mail.

Doyle stated that the Borens have made gifts to the university of $1 million or more.

“The majority of these gifts have been in the form of cash, but President and

Payments must be made online and carry a fee

CASEY WILSONDaily Staff Writer

Students who have used credit cards to pay their bursar bills may be affected by new rules from the bursar’s office.

Students can no longer pay their bur-sar bill with a credit card in the bursar’s office or over the telephone, and those who pay with a credit card will be subject to a 2.75 percent convenience fee, according to the bursar’s Web site.

Students who choose to pay their bursar bill with a credit card have to do so through oZONE, said Matt Hamilton, registrar and associate vice president for en-rollment and student financial services.

“The bursar’s office has set up terminals in Buchannan Hall for those paying with credit cards who may not be aware that credit cards must be paid online,” Hamilton said.

The convenience fee will cover charges that are assessed by credit card companies to the users. However, students who pay with checks, cash or money orders can avoid the convenience fee, according to the Web site.

“Additionally, the university can no longer accept Visa for bursar pay-ments,” Hamilton said.

This is due to Visa’s rules regarding convenience fees, according to the site. Matt Haben, mechanical engineer junior, and Caleb Green, economics junior,

were unaware of the changes in policy regarding credit cards.Afton Redmon, sociology sophomore, said she was also unaware of the new

rules until she visited the bursar’s office.“They’ve got signs up there. Big, bold signs,” Redmon said of displays in the

bursar’s office that tell students about the changes in policy.She said she was not affected by the new rules because she has a scholarship.Colin Kirk, aerospace engineering senior, was unaware Visa cards could no lon-

ger be used in the bursar’s office. He also said the convenience fee for credit card usage was extraneous.

“It’s the bureaucracy milking us for every possible penny,” Kirk said.

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Mrs. Boren have also in-cluded some gifts of artwork and other gifts which have helped beautify the campus for the enjoyment of the OU family,” Doyle stated in an e-mail. “The amount of gifts which they have given to the University is unusually large for public university presidents.”

“ W h e n B o r e n ’s s a l -ary package is compared to presidents of major corpo-rations, his salary is in line with those positions,” elec-trical engineering freshman

Jeff Stoller said.“I don’t see problem with

it,” Stoller said. “He’s got a big job to do so I don’t think (his salary) is exorbitant.”

Even though marketing junior Chelsea Johnson calls herself a supporter of Boren, she said she sees some room for improvement.

“I think (his salary) could be a little lower to help cut costs,” Johnson said. “It could be spent other ways, but he’s done a great job so far and deserves it in a way.”

The AP contributed to this article.

throwing out rumors and false accusations, they are showing that they are just here to be hateful.”

The protest is scheduled to take place at the Oklahoma Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Saturday, but language on the Web site suggests the group will try to disrupt the CAIR sponsored event in Meachum Auditorium that evening. The CAIR event will feature a film called “Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Think.”

“I was planning on attending the event, and I hope that instead of disrupting the event and being rude, they would be willing to sit down and talk about our differences and clear some things up,” Khattab said. “I think that if they would talk about their concerns and questions with us, there would be a better understanding of the truth.”

Caitlin Harrison, managing editordailynews@ou.edu • phone: 325-3666 • fax: 325-6051

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HATE CRIMES BILL FILED IN STATE LEGISLATURE

A controversial hate crimes bill will be considered this spring in the Oklahoma legislature.

State Sen. Steve Russell fi led a bill that would limit what the state of Oklahoma would do when it came to investigating hate crimes while also protecting religious speech, Russell’s secretary said. “The federal government should not be creating a special class of people, and that is just what they did when they passed and signed this bill,” Russell told The Daily in November. “All crimes against another person have some level of hate in them, and people can be assured that our laws that protect people against crimes such as murder are suffi cient to protect everyone.”

— Ricky Maranon/The Daily

APPOMATTOX, Va. — The victims of a gunman’s violent rampage in central Virginia included the suspect’s sister and brother-in-law, as well as two other adults, three teen-agers and a 4-year-old boy, according to authorities who charged the alleged shooter with first-degree murder on Wednesday.

Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, surrendered to police at day-break after leading authorities on an 18-hour manhunt following the slayings at a house in rural central Virginia where deputies found a mortally wounded man and seven bodies.

A bomb squad discovered a multitude of explosives at Speight’s home, and crews were detonating the devices into the night.

Speight had no weapons when he surren-dered at the house. He was wearing a bullet-proof vest over a black fleece jacket, camou-flage pants and mud-caked boots. Neither the sheriff nor a state police spokeswoman would disclose what Speight said when he gave up.

Speight was charged with one count of first degree murder, but other charges are likely. He’s being held at a jail in Lynchburg.

Speight co-owned and lived in the home where some of the bodies were found. David Anderson, co-owner of the Sunshine Market

grocery store in Lynchburg, where Speight sometimes provided security, said Speight was worried that his sister and brother-in-law, wanted to kick him out of the house. The two recently moved in with Speight, he said.

Speight’s mother deeded the house to Speight and his sister in 2006, shortly before she died of brain cancer. His mother’s obitary listed the daughter as Lauralee Sipe and her husband as Dewayne Sipe.

State police identified the Sipes, both 38, as two of the victims, along with 16-year-old Ronald Scruggs; 15-year-old Emily Quarles; 43-year-old Karen and Jonathan Quarles; 15-year-old Morgan Dobyns; and 4-year-old Joshua Sipe.

Police say Speight knew all the victims, but they did not outline the victims’ relation-ships or discuss a motive. No court date has been set.

Their bodies are at the state medical ex-aminer’s office in Roanoke, where their causes of death will be determined.

In nearby Lynchburg late Wednesday, about 100 people attended an impromptu prayer gathering at Thomas Terrace Baptist Church, where friends described Scruggs as a class clown and Emily Quarles as outgoing and friendly.

Youth minister Walt Davis said the com-munity would need strength in the coming days and weeks. Adults were on hand for young people who wanted to talk or needed comforting.

Courtney Crews, 14, said she and Emily Quarles attended the same middle school but different high schools. They kept in touch by texting and talking on the phone.

“She was just a really good friend,” Crews said, sobbing. “She was never mean to anybody.”

Neighbor Monte W. Mays said Speight’s mother deeded the house to Speight and his sister in 2006, shortly before she died of brain cancer.

Mays, the county’s retired commissioner of accounts, said Speight was a good neigh-bor. They waved as they passed each other on the road and sent their dogs out to play with one another.

“All the dealings I’ve ever had with him have been cordial and polite,” Mays said. “We got along fine.”

Speight had long been a gun enthusiast and enjoyed target shooting at a range on his property, Mays said. But the shooting recent-ly became a daily occurrence, with Speight firing what Mays said were high-powered

rifles.“Then we noticed he was doing it at night-

time,” and the gunfire started going deeper into the woods, Mays said.

Mays said the entire community is dev-astated and wondering what triggered the slayings.

“The only one who’s going to know now is Chris,” he said.

Anderson said Speight never wanted to talk about his problems, but he “constantly paced the floor,” Anderson said. “I thought he was going to wear a trench in it.”

Clarence Reynolds, who also works at the market, said he recently discussed a person-al family problem with Speight, and Speight told him “don’t let your emotions get the best of you.”

Reynolds said Speight was not married and had no children.

Police were alerted to the bloodbath when they found the wounded man on the side of a road. Then sheriff ’s deputies discovered seven more bodies — three inside the house and four just outside.

—AP

VA. POLICE: RAMPAGE VICTIMS WERE AGES 4 TO 43

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Amy Cerato recognized at the White House for her work on expansive soil

KATHLEEN EVANSDaily Staff Writer

An OU assistant professor traveled to the White House to receive an award from President Barack Obama last week.

Cerato was one of 100 scientists and en-gineers to win the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor for those in the early stages of their career, according to a White House press release.

“These extraordinarily gifted young scientists and engineers represent the best in our country,” Obama stated in a press release. “With their talent, creativity and dedication, I am confi-dent that they will lead their fields in new breakthroughs and discoveries and help us use science and technology to lift up our nation and our world.”

The award consisted of a signed letter, a certificate and a White House tour, Cerato said. She also got to shake Obama’s hand.

“He seemed so much taller and thinner in person than he does on television,” said Amy Cerato, assistant professor of civil en-gineering. “It was so surreal to see this man speaking six feet in front of you that you have seen on television. It was almost hum-bling to be that close to the leader of the free world.”

Cerato won the award for her work on expansive soil, which shrinks or swells with climate change, she said. This type of soil covers 25 percent of America, but most people do not know much about it.

“This is the most costly natural hazard in the U.S.,” Cerato said. “It’s not on people’s radars because it doesn’t happen suddenly, but it’s a big draw on the tax base.”

Cerato’s research focuses on designing tests to predict how much soil will change and how to build a better infrastructure.

“You can never beat Mother Nature, but you can learn to work with her,“ she said.

When Cerato moved to Oklahoma five years ago, everyone told her to be careful about such soils when choosing a house, she said. She began doing research on her own and became more interested in study-ing the soil.

Since winning the award, Cerato said she has received a lot of publicity, but does not mind it.

“It’s exciting to bring the message of civil engineering to the public,” Cerato said. “I have students saying, ‘Hey, you’re a good role

model — you’re a woman, you’re successful and you have a family.’

“Civil engineers are just as important as doctors or lawyers. I want to change the perception of being nerdy.”

Engineering students and faculty agreed Cerato’s honor and publicity could be good for the engineer-ing field.

Engineers contribute to society in ben-eficial ways and deserve a pat on the back every once in a while, mechanical engineer-ing sophomore Steve Silva said.

“Amy Cerato is highly regarded by her students and faculty peers,” stated Thomas L. Landers, dean of the OU College of Engineering, in a press release. “National recognition was sure to follow suit. We are very proud of her accomplishments and grateful for the recognition she brings to our engineering college.”

Besides research on expansive soil, Cerato said she serves on a bicycle com-mission for Norman to make the city more bike-friendly. She also works with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to make roads smoother and safer for cars, buses and bicycles.

OU PROFESSOR RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL AWARD

“This is the most costly natural hazard in the U.S.. It’s not on people’s radars because it doesn’t happen suddenly, but it’s a big draw on the tax base.” AMY CERATO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

JEREMY DICKIE/THE DAILY

Professor Amy Cerato tests the strength of soil using triaxial testing in the Unsaturated Soil Testing lab at the bottom of the Carson Energy Center Wednesday afternoon. Cerato was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for being one of the top 100 most creativly innovative scientists and engineers and for her community service involvement.

STATE BRIEFS

7 INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES A federal grand jury has indicted seven people for conspiracy to

possess and distribute the painkiller oxycodone.

The defendants were among 44 people arrested in Norman on

Dec. 11 after what authorities said was a year-long investigation.

Named in the indictment are Norman residents Joshua Ryan

Compton; Zacharry Lawrence Compton; Jeremy Scott Compton and

Lindi Marissa Applegate; Noble residents Stephan Scott Compton

and Deborah Jeann Compton, and Martha Earlene Phillips of

Oklahoma City.

The indictment alleges the defendants used co-conspirators

who scheduled doctors appointments and obtained prescriptions

for oxycodone.

It alleges the Comptons paid the doctors fees and prescription

payments and even drove co-conspirators to their appointments

and to pharmacies.

Calls to attorneys for Stephan and Joshua Compton weren’t

immediately returned late Wednesday.

ACADEMIES MOVING TO OKLAHOMA CITY The Department of Corrections plans to move its correctional

officer training program from Wilburton to the Highway Patrol

Training Center in Oklahoma City.

The agency announced Wednesday it also will move a separate

employee training facility from the College of Continuing Education

at the University of Oklahoma to the Oklahoma City facility.

The move is expected to save the state more than $500,000 with-

out reducing services.

Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore says the move will centralize and con-

solidate training for correctional offi cers.

TRIBES WANT LAWSUITS OUT OF STATE COURTS Two Oklahoma-based Indian tribes are asking a federal judge

to prevent civil lawsuits against Indian casinos from going to state

courts.

The Choctaw and the Chickasaw nations claim their gaming

compacts with Oklahoma don’t allow state courts to have jurisdic-

tion over casino-related lawsuits. The tribes say an arbitrator has

decided that such lawsuits must be heard in tribal courts.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court in June ruled that two lawsuits

over injuries at Indian casinos can be heard in state courts.

—AP

One time, I sneezed out meatloaf. It ejected the way a good joke forces par-tially digested milk up the nasophar-ynx and out hairy nostrils. Instead of milk beading down my lips, I had meat-mucus.

And now that I have your attention:

The Oxford Engl ish Dictionary defines discre-tion as “the action of dis-cerning or judging; judg-ment; decision; discrimi-nation.” For example, it was against my better judgment to reveal that vignette, but there it is. Discretion-—more importantly its absence—is this column’s theme.

The Monday after finals last se-mester, I drove to campus to submit my grade report. As one of the four re-maining humans on campus that day, I parked on the faculty lot with my red parking pass. That parking pass is a daily reminder that responsibility and privilege are not always coincident.

My task accomplished and having been away from my car no more than 30 minutes, I discovered OU Parking services tendered me a lovely, yellow Christmas card. The reward for serv-ing this University is a $15 parking fee. I was irate as I saw no sign of life in any direction, not even this ticket’s mailman.

Certainly, there are plenty of great reasons to adhere to parking regula-tions. Given the finite parking resourc-es our campus has, it is unfair to take what precious few spots exist from those who pay for a pass. These rules seem less reasonable when the crime harms no one.

And now for something completely different:

Look at Zachary Christie, the mod-ern face of terror; a spork-wielding six-year-old. His robin’s egg blue eyes are

frigid portals into a heart that murders like he colors.

Coincidently, sporks are excellent for eating meatloaf.

Last October Christie was sus-pended and sent to reform school for bringing his scout knife to class. The issue polarized over safety and security versus criti-cism of the zero-tolerance poli-cies that allowed this to happen.

As a nation we may never know whether Christie’s intent was in fact pernicious or he was “excited about recently join-ing the Cub Scouts” like he said. Regardless of this boy’s intention,

a thoughtful mind is forced to wonder what playground mayhem he could have wrought in comparison to other examples of school violence.

The media even relating this case to Columbine and Virginia Tech was a flagrant logical misstep. Where those crimes were committed by self-identi-fied social outcasts, Christie displayed public eagerness to celebrate his initia-tion into Cub Scouts. Did the principal employ reasonable discret ion when punishing Christie? Did the media when covering this story?

W h a t l i n e i s drawn that punishes Christie for his crime but awards Nick Twisp (the protago-nist from “Youth in Revolt”) the merci-ful sentence of three m o nt h s i n juv e -nile detention for a hodgepodge of seri-ous crimes?

Both injustices to Christie and myself had happy, Yuletide-esque endings. His

suspension was lifted and a new law exists to provide greater leniency for such cases. As for me, the ticket was voided after a figurative cage match with the appeals process. The incident resolved itself without as much as a bloody nose, and that’s more than I can say for my meatloaf dinner’s en-core presentation. Justice may now lift her blindfold.

Police departments, especially those that serve campuses, receive far less respect than they deserve. They are the first responders to campus vio-lence, should any ever occur. For that reason, I will bite my tongue whenever they hand out deserved parking tick-ets. Likewise, the precedents of school violence require administrators to take certain precautions to protect student safety. All I ask is that administration and law enforcement use their dis-cerning eyes and discriminate be-tween just and unjust punishment.

Bryan Honeycutt is an English Literature graduate student.

ERIC M. STAIB

BRYAN HONEYCUTT

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excuses for their various super-ficiality, and are always reluc-tant or unwilling to communi-cate with inner-selves. We have long forgotten that the mission of an ordinary person is to be fully-consistent and realize his or her most potential.

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As students return to cam-pus for a new spring semes-ter, most of us will drain our bank accounts for tuition, books and special calcula-tors. Rather than smiling and

accept-i n g a l l o f t h i s a s t h e cost of a quality educa-tion, we o u g h t t o e x -a m i n e wheth-e r o u r

education is delivering the best possible value for our money.

The answer, unfortunate-ly, is no.

I am not contending that a degree from OU is not worth the total tuition. If I believed that, I would have dropped out by now. Rather, my contention is that a sig-nificant portion of the aver-age student’s tuition, time and mental energy is wasted each semester on frivolous, academic pursuits.

The reason for all of this waste is the outdated liberal arts model and, of course, its backbone the core curriculum.

T h e c o re c u r-riculum is an inef-ficient model of ed-ucation that keeps students in univer-sities much longer than is necessary. It is absurd and childish to force adults who have cho-sen to major in economics to study cell structures, just as it is absurd to force biology majors to understand the Keynesian national income model.

The rationale behind the liberal arts model of educa-tion is that “the whole indi-vidual” should be educated. This of course is simply an impossible goal, for there are endless academic pur-suits necessary to educate “the whole individual,” from ethics to ballet to ancient French.

The core curriculum, aside from forcing us into several classes we simply do not care about, also makes classes less valuable for those who are genuinely interested in the topics dis-cussed. One only needs to peek at the masses of fresh-man texting and doodling during their introductory lecture halls to see that this is true.

The core curriculum leads to larger-than-ideal class

sizes, which has a tendency to ruin students’ ability to develop meaningful rap-port with professors in their field of interest. In this way, the core curriculum also hurts professors’ experience in the classroom. Because every professor I’ve ever met prefers a classroom full of questions and challenges to one full of blank stares and distracted minds.

The reason this model still exists is an entire college de-gree is still worth the entire cost of tuition to students. We’ve all heard the numbers about lifetime earnings for those with degrees rather than only high school diplo-mas, and that’s why most of us are here.

However, i t would be much more cost-effective to shave off the useless require-ments of our liberal arts de-grees and only require stu-dents to take those classes which are relevant to our chosen major or majors.

For many students, such as my fellow economics majors, this would shave as many as two full years off the time necessary to complete our degrees. This creates two additional years to pursue in-

t e r n -ships, travel or gain r e a l w o r k e x p e -rience w h i l e

we’re still relatively young.F o r o t h e r s , s u c h a s

Petroleum Engineers, abo-lition would probably not save them an extra year in college, but would allow them to focus more heav-ily on their career-oriented studies.

One effect of the core cur-riculum many people ignore is it can actually prevent stu-dents from truly delving into a second or third subject. Because we are required to meet so many different re-quirements, students may find they do not have time to pursue a minor or a second major.

Even if the core curricu-lum were abolished, there would still be students who choose to pursue minors and dabble in other subjects. Some would even choose a liberal arts education, pur-suing many tracks.

To these students, addi-tional classes are worth their tuition. Many of us, howev-er, would choose to explore other topics in our free time (as most of us already do) and focus our time at the university toward our future careers.

Abolishing the core cur-r i c u l u m f o re v e r w o u l d allow students to earn their degrees in less time. It also would allow them to cus-tomize their education to their own goals and desires rather than requiring them to satisfy some adminis-trator’s definition of “well-rounded.”

Eric M. Staib is an eco-nomics senior

Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate are planning to protest a Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) docu-mentary showing this Saturday. The film, “Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think,” is free to students.

Glenn Beck recently claimed CAIR has been funding terrorists overseas. Like many of Beck’s claims, this one was seemingly devoid of facts.

However, that will not stop Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate from protesting the documentary.

To us the protest seems similar to when Westboro Baptist Church protested the Jewish high holidays in the fall at the Hillel Jewish Student organization.

Oklahomans Against CAIR Hate may be a new organi-zation, but they are using old tactics.

Like Westboro, they are coming from out of town and

protesting a group they don’t understand or identify. They are just another disruptive group doing their best to make the Midwest appear rife with ignorance.

However, from all things bad there is an opportunity for good.

Last year after Westboro protested Hillel, the Jewish Student Association hosted Commonground—event where many student organizations came together in soli-darity declaring their common goals.

This would be a great chance for the Muslim Student Association to turn something negative into something positive and to capitalize on the protest as well as using the support that generally follows.

Hopefully some good can come from this unfortunate situation.

Developing the whole individual: a failed model

“It is absurd and child-ish to force legal adults who have chosen to major in Economics to study cell structures”

Discretion is necessary in law enforcement and meatloaf

STAFF CARTOON

Mark Potts is a broadcast graduate student

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THIS WEEKEND AT YOUR UNIVERSITY

Friday, Jan. 22

Thursday, Jan. 21

This University in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, fi nancial aid and

educational services. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact the sponsoring department of any program or event.

Saturday, Jan. 23

Darwin Remembers: Recollections of a Life’s Journey | 7 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. A historic play written and performed by Floyd Sandford. Much of the information was derived from Darwin’s autobiography, edited and published shortly after his death by his son Francis. Sponsored by the University of Oklahoma Departments of Zoology and Botany and Microbiology and the University of Oklahoma Libraries.

Wrestling: OU vs. Iowa State | 7 p.m. at the McCasland Field House. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Free Concert: Stephen Speaks | 7-11 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Food Court. Presented by CAC Winter Welcome Week and the Union Programming Board.

Women’s Tennis: OU vs. Arkansas-Little Rock / OU vs. Oral Roberts | 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the OU Tennis Complex. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Women’s Basketball: OU vs. Kansas | 2 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. Visit soonersports.com for ticket information.

Sunday, Jan. 24Sunday Science Film Series: “Madame Curie” | 7 p.m. at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. This 1943 classic was nominated for 7 Oscars. Starring Greer Garson as Madame Curie, the fi lm traces the struggle she and her husband and colleague, Dr. Pierre Curie, undergo to isolate the new element, radium. Unrated. Free with paid museum admission.

CAC Winter Welcome Week | Today and tomorrow on the South Oval, get free hot chocolate at 8 a.m. and snacks at 11 a.m. courtesy of Housing and Food Services. Visit http://www.ou.edu/uosa/CAC.html for a full schedule of events.

Intramural Update | Pres-season and regular season basketball entries today and tomorrow! For more information visit recservices.ou.edu or call Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-3053.

Make a Mitten Magnet | 11:30 a.m. in the fi rst fl oor lobby of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. There’s Always Something at the Union, www.ou.edu/upb.

Night at the Huff | 7-10 p.m. at the Huston Huffman Center. Enjoy a free dodgeball tournament, games and prizes. Sponsored by Coca Cola as part of CAC Winter Welcome Week.

Free Candy and Spring Movie Schedules | 11:30 a.m. in the fi rst fl oor lobby. Get some FREE candy and a schedule of the movies that the Union Programming Board and CAC Film Series will be showing in Meacham Auditorium this semester.

Free Movie: “Zombieland” | free screenings at 3, 9 & 11 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Nothing says “welcome back,” like zombies at an amusement park. See this hilarious action/horror comedy presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council Film Series. ALWAYS SOMETHING at the union!

Public Art: From the Object to the Environment | 6 p.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Presented by Marc F. Pottier, Contemporary Art & Public Art Curator. Visit www.ou.edu/fjjma for more information.

Thursday, January 21, 2010 5

CAMPUS EVENTS

TODAYALPHA SIGMA KAPPAAlpha Signma Kappa will host a meet and greet

at 6 p.m. in the Cate Main Social Lounge.

FRIDAYNo events listed.

Note: To post a campus event to be published in The

Daily, click on the “Submit Event” tab underneath the

calendar on OUDaily.com. All event postings are sub-

ject to approval of The Daily Editorial Board.

CAMPUS EVENTS

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 contribute to these reports. All those

listed are innocent until proven guilty.

PETTY LARCENYDavid Ali Akbaran, 31, 740 W. Main St., Monday

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONDee Jack Brown, 46, 401 12th Ave. SE.,

Monday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

TRESPASSINGKimberly Denise Brown, 35, 1620 Cherry

Stone St., Monday, also disturbing the peace

DISTURBING THE PEACEJerry Paul Chancy, 26, 300

36th Ave. SW., Monday

ASSAULT AND BATTERYDana Sue Haight, 29, 301 W. Boyd St., Monday

Joseph D. Haight, 28, 301 W. Boyd St., Monday

Nicholas Dawayne Harrison, 30, 901 N. Porter

Ave.,Tuesday, also for country warrants

MUNICIPAL WARRANTMelissa Nicole Johnson, 28, South Webster

Avenue, Tuesday, also for county warrants

Kelly Michael Deaton, 27, South

Webster Avenue, Tuesday

CRUELTY TO ANIMALSThomas Jerry Jones, 55, 800

Lexington St., Friday

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCEDianna Marie Kuehne, 64, 150

Vicksburg Ave., Tuesday

POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIABruce Edward Walker, 58, 401

12th Ave., Monday

OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCYSamuel Troy Wallace, 40, 1201

12th Ave. NE., Tuesday

POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTEDaniel Joseph Willis, 28, South Webster

Avenue, Tuesday, also obstructing an offi cer

ASSAULT AND BATTERY, NON-AGGRAVATEDChristopher Paul Cook, 30,

Van Vleet Oval, Tuesday

KNOWINGLY CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTYChad Allen Istook, 33, Lindsey Street

and Asp Avenue, Tuesday, also driv-

ing under suspension/revocation

POLICE REPORTS

CLARIFICATION

In Tuesday’s story about stu-

dents helping raise money for

Haiti, spokespeople for Sprint,

Verizon and T-Mobile stated in

e-mails that standard fees for

texting would be waived for text

donations to charity, and those

texts will not count against

allotments in a texting plan.

AT&T also will waive those fees.

However, that information is avail-

able on AT&T’s Web site, and did

not come from a company spokes-

person. AT&T’s Web site also states

the company “will advance pay-

ment of verifi ed texted donations

to the Red Cross for Haiti relief.”

CORRECTIONSIn The Daily’s story about the

opening of the Oklahoma

Heart Hosptial South Campus

published Tuesday, a name

was misspelled. The name

printed as “Susha Sharma” is

actually “Sushma Sharma.”

In The Daily’s story about a con

artist using OU athletics there

are two corrections that should

be made. (1) The mugshot is of

a man named Robert Jordan

Chiles, not Jordan Chiles, and (2)

Raye Dawn Smith, Kelsey Briggs’

mother, was convicted of enabling

child abuse that lead to the death

of her daughter, not murder.

OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY

Local restaurant helps HaitiBenvenutis Restaurante dontates proceeds to American Red Cross

A Norman restaurant is asking people to help them raise money for Haiti for the American Red Cross.

Mohammed Hussien, general manager and own-ing partner of Benvenutis Restaurante, said he will give 100 percent of his proceeds to Haiti earthquake relief Wednesday, Jan. 27.

“We’ll give them access to the salad and pasta buffets that night,” Hussien said. “All we ask is that they give a minimum donation of $10.”

Benvenutis Restaurante, located at 105 W. Main St., will hold its Haiti fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m.-Daily Staff Reports

STATE BUDGET TOPS OKLA. HOUSE REPUBLICAN AGENDAOKLAHOMA CITY — Managing

state government’s budget woes will be the top priority when lawmakers convene the 2010 Legislature next month, but House Republican leaders said Wednesday they will also work to improve the state’s workers’ compen-sation system and make government more efficient.

GOP House Speaker Chris Benge of Tulsa led a delegation of Republican lawmakers in rolling out the House majority party’s legislative agenda for 2010, a list that includes promot-ing healthy lifestyles, maximizing the state’s natural resources, improving student achievement and moderniz-ing state government.

But Benge said the state budget will influence every policy decision law-makers make this year. Last month, state officials declared a revenue short-fall of more than $729 million for the fiscal year that ends June 30 and cer-tified a revenue estimate for next year that is $1.3 billion less than the current state budget.

House Democrats criticized the Republican response to the budget crisis and described the GOP as “the

party of double standards.”“It seemed ironic to hear them

crowing about the supposed success-es of their tax and fis-cal policies while ig-noring the extremely serious budget short-fall those ‘successes’ helped create,” said Democratic Leader-d e s i g n a t e S c o t t Inman, of Del City.

Benge said he will push for an energy stabilization fund to mitigate the financial fallout from volatile oil and natural gas prices. The fund would capture excess revenue when energy prices are high and distribute it when they are low, thus providing a cushion to avoid mas-sive budget cuts whenever prices fall.

Democratic leader Danny Morgan, of Prague, said Republicans can’t count on the oil and gas industry to solve the state’s financial woes.

Similar legislation has been pro-posed in the past, including a bill by Sen. Kenneth Corn, D-Poteau. The bill, filed last year, calls for a referendum

on a constitutional amendment to force the Legislature to use a 10-year average gross production tax revenue

estimate during the budgeting process.

B e n g e s a i d t h e House’s Republican majority will work to-ward changes in the worker’s compensa-tion system, a priority that is shared by the Senate Republican caucus.

Supporters say their goal is to reduce the

cost of worker’s compensation claims, cut down on fraud, adopt term lim-its on workers’ compensation judges and perhaps reduce the number of judges. Republican legislative leaders have said high workers’ compensation awards are a deterrent to attracting new employers to the state.

House Speaker-designate Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, said GOP law-makers will resume their efforts to promote healthy lifestyles.

—AP

“It seemed ironic to hear them crowing about the supposed successes of their tax and fi scal policies while ignoring the extremely serious budget shortfall those ‘successes’ helped create.”

DEMOCRATIC LEADER-DESIGNATE

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Joshua Boydston, L&A editordailyent@ou.edu • phone: 325-5189 • fax: 325-6051

1. ON CAMPUS » Have a gory good time watching “Zombieland” when UPB and CAC present the fl eshy horror-comedy at 3 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight Friday for free in Meacham Auditorium.

2. AROUND NORMAN » Support local artists by visiting the Emergent Artist 2009 exhibit before the showing wraps up Jan. 31. at Mainsite Contemporary Art at 125 Main St.

3. AT HOME » Want to help Haiti, vibe to Hova and sit on the couch? You are in luck. You can catch the “Hope For Haiti Now” telethon on MTV, VH1, CMT and BET at 7 p.m. Friday.

4. IN OKC » For some ear pulverizing, drenched in sweat rock ‘n’ roll, look no further than the power duo of The Boom Bang and The Pretty Black Chains as they blast the speakers out of the 51st St. Speakeasy at 1114 NW 51st. at 10 p.m Friday.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010 7

Sooner Style Guide: Winter 2010 Sadly, the holidays are over. But winter weather and

the fashion that accompanies it aren’t disappearing any time soon. This winter season is all about sleek and basic cuts, edgy silhouettes and pieces that make bold statements. ’80s infl uences are here to stay, and bold colors are shaking up the traditional dark color palettes of

winter fashion.

Here are some my picks for the most popular winter trends:

JACKETS

O b v i o u s l y ,

jackets are always going to be a winter trend. They are a necessity. Leather bombers and statement c o a t s w i t h untradit ional silhouettes are a perfect way to break from the classic pea coat.

Leather has made a strong comeback and

has become a fashion staple if

you want to add a

biker-chic edge to your outfit. But if you are going for the classic pea coat

look, try one with a belt or tie that accentuates the waist for a sleek and polished silhouette.

BOOTS

Again, obviously boots are a big winter trend. No, I am not (nor will I ever be) talking about UGG boots.

The big trend in boots this season are mid-calf to knee-high riding boots and ankle length, high heeled boots.

I realize many of us rarely wear heels or any type of shoe that we couldn’t stand spending a whole day in walking around campus, but that’s what the evening is for. Riding and slouch boots are perfect for the day.

OVERSIZED SWEATERS, CARDIGANS, AND SCARVES

As I said before, the ’80s are back.

L o n g s w e a t e r s a n d h e a v y o v e r s i z e d cardigans paired with leggings or skinny jeans are a simple yet chic look that have proven to have staying power as it was also a trend last winter.

Scarves, in many ways, have become the accessory equivalent of the necklace. And just like necklaces this season, the bigger the scarf the better.

S TUDS AND

EMBELLISHMENTS

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rhinestones and studs are everywhere. They c a n a d d a n e d g y f l a re t o a n y t h i n g

from tailored blazers to purses to high heels.

However, be cautious of wearing

rhinestones on the back of denim jackets

like women in infomercials for the BeDazzler. You know what I’m talking about.

BOLD COLORS

Winter is the season infamous for dark color palettes. However, an

emerging trend is the use of bold jewel tones and even some neon to brighten up your ensemble.

If any of you are award show junkies like I am, you noticed the color purple (no, not the

movie) was quite the trend on the Golden Globes’ red carpet last

Sunday. Multi-colored jewelry or a

bright layered tee can add a great pop of color to any outfit in need of a pick-me-up.

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HIDDEN WEAPONS by Carol Ross

ACROSS 1 Gordon of

the comics 6 Protest

topic, often 9 Economist

Robert 14 Life of ___

(ease) 15 “Now

___ seen everything!”

16 Blow holes? 17 Deprived of

nutrition 18 “Now wait

just a ___!” 19 Barrel

scrapings 20 Part of

a salad, perhaps

23 A G rating admits them all

24 Former Disney chief Michael

25 Apprehend 28 Didn’t follow 29 1979 film

“Norma ___” 30 Term of

endearment 32 Addlebrained 34 Bumper

blemish 35 It’s at the

entrance of some estates

41 Hula swivelers

42 Blender button

43 Ipecac and others

47 Body-slam landing spot

48 Witchy woman

51 Japanese currency

52 Extremely serious

54 Couch potato’s domain

55 Gainesville students

58 Addictive narcotic

60 Barnyard grunter

61 Italian coins replaced by euros

62 ___-cochere (covered entrance)

63 All-purpose truck, for short

64 Scapegoat’s onus

65 Animal in a roundup

66 Grad. degree 67 More cunningDOWN 1 Careful about

spending 2 Amount of

space in a newspaper

3 Batman’s butler

4 Bird-feeder fill

5 “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ___”

6 Most thin and weak

7 Affirms 8 Scouting

missions, in military slang

9 Stand the test of time

10 Cop after pushers

11 Drink in a Chinese restaurant

12 Drumstick 13 Shaky start? 21 Below, to

the Bard 22 Dawn

moisture 26 “___

Misbehavin’” 27 ___ noire

(pet peeve) 29 Equip, as a

ship 31 “Postcards

from the ___” 32 Process for

fingerprints 33 Puppy

protest 35 Cheese-

making byproduct

36 Hoarfrost 37 Combat-

commencing command

38 Searched (through)

39 Chimp relative, briefly

40 Pay stub listing

44 Compound related to another

45 ___ anglais (English horn)

46 Blunder 48 “Yippee!” 49 Steep-roofed

house 50 Funny joke,

in old slang 53 “All in the

Family” character

54 Moonshine machine

56 Guitar granddaddy

57 Priest’s robes 58 Photo ___

(White House events)

59 “Legalize It” subject

PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Trust your judgment and reasoning faculties when it comes to dealing with others. Your determinations are likely to be superior to those who have paralysis from over-analysis.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You have two powerful complementary elements going for you that can enhance the possibilities for obtaining mate-rial success. One is ambition; the other is sheer luck.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You are without equal when it comes to stimulating people to join in -- at work or at play. You’ll be in good form and draw helpmates.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Operating unselfi shly from behind the scenes is more to your liking than making noise out in the open. What you gain will be personally satisfying.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- What you do best is to make companions feel signifi cant and important. The reason this works so well is that you truly see value and worth in each person.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Conditions in general are good, but your best areas of operation are likely to pertain to matters that affect your career and fi nances. If you can choose, select these venues.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Play-ing second fi ddle will not be anything you ever envision for yourself. Anyone who attempts to usurp your position and talent will discover this quickly, in no uncertain terms.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You won’t hesitate to use bold measures when called for, espe-cially with regard to commercial or fi nancial dealings. You’ll do what it takes to be successful.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s likely that you will be a major contributor to others having a good time simply by showing a willingness to go along with the majority. Everyone will follow your example.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Even if cohorts waste their time on insignifi cant and unproduc-tive matters, they are not likely to exert any kind of infl uence on you or your ambitions. You’re too much of a go-getter.

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Seniors propel OU to victoryANNELISE RUSSELLDaily Staff Writer

OU avoided the threat of the Tigers in a close 62-61 win on the road over Missouri.

In the initial min-utes of the first half, Missouri struggled c o n t a i n i n g A b i Olajuwon in the post, allowing the senior center to be success-ful in the paint.

S e n i o r g u a r d Nyeshia Stevenson c a m e o u t s t ro n g against the Texas A&M Aggies, and against Missouri she was just as produc-tive using her speed and quickness under the basket.

Many predicted the Sooners would run away with the game after the first few of-fensive possessions, but Missouri was ready to compete.

Missouri did not allow OU to control the tempo, knotting the game at 14 after just seven minutes into the contest.

OU went to a half-court trap on defense, but Missouri was still sinking jump shots.

As OU struggled with turnovers and poor passing, Jessra Johnson came up strong for the Tigers. The senior put up eight points midway through the first half and gave the Tigers a 19-18 lead.

Missouri then went on a 13-3 run to go up on the Sooners 30-21.

Junior forward Carlee Roethlisberger, who has recently struggled with the basketball, could not work out of her slump in the first half committing two personal fouls and pick-ing up three turnovers.

OU could not minimize the turnovers, to-taling 14, and headed to the locker room for the half down 30-25.

Stevenson started the second half with a quick layup miss and putback, then drained a three on the next possession to tie the game at 30.

Missouri then went cold to start the sec-ond half, struggling to find the bottom of the net and only putting up two points before the first timeout.

OU finally found an offensive rhythm and was able to go up on the Tigers 41-35 after five minutes. Unfortunately for OU, the Tigers

did not struggle for long.

T h e S o o n e r s n e v e r w e n t u p b y m o r e t h a n s i x p o i n t s , a n d M i s s o u r i h u n g around only trailing the Sooners by one or two possessions.

With s ix min-utes remaining, Missouri headed to the free throw line and took the lead 55-54.

OU and Missouri continued to trade buckets up until the final buzzer, until senior for-w a r d A m a n d a Thompson made a key shot at the end to seal the win for the Sooners.

Thompson fin-ished the game with

another double-double, scoring 19 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.

Stevenson finished the game with 23 points, her second highest total of the season.

Junior guard Danielle Robinson was the other OU player in double digits with 16 points.

Turnovers again caused the Sooners to struggle and 23 giveaways stifled their of-fensive rhythm for significant periods in the game.

Missouri’s Johnson finished the game as the Tiger’s leading scorer with 18 points.

OU will need to improve its intensity when they host the Kansas Jayhawks at 2 p.m. Saturday in Norman.

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Nyeshia Stevenson (1), looks to make a bas-ket during the Sooner’s game against OCU on November 10.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

NYESHIA STEVENSON

Senior Guard

23 points, 3-5 3PT , 10-18 FG

Stevenson was a spark for the Sooners initially in the first half, and she came out the locker room to drain two three’s for OU.

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It’s a weird time to live on Earth. With advancements in technology, we live in an age of instant gratification. With DVRs, our favorite television shows are at our fin-gertips. YouTube and iPhones keep entertainment in our pocket, and if you have the means, an airplane can get you on the other side of the globe in a day.

In the year 2010, humans rarely have to wait for anything, and the world of college basketball is no different.

With so many young basketball players eyeing the NBA and the big money it offers, the one-and-done player has become a huge part of college basketball. And with that phenomenon, those players who only spend one year in college are expected to contribute the second they set foot on campus.

OU athletes are not immune from these expectations. Although Blake Griffin stayed with the Sooners for two seasons, his impact was felt from the second he ar-rived in Norman.

Certain players provide instant gratification for college hoops fans and set a stan-dard of success that becomes hard to live up to. Since Griffin arrived at OU, head coach Jeff Capel has recruited three more McDonald’s All-Americans, each who have been consistent starters since their arrival.

And while the play of those big-time recruits has been great, 95 percent of the rest of college basketball gets lost in the shuffle.

The majority of players are more likely to warm the bench for a year or two. The majority of players do not make an impact until they have spent some time in the col-lege game. The majority of those players are much more like OU junior guard Cade Davis.

Davis came to OU two seasons ago as the second highest-rated recruit in the state of Oklahoma. Unfortunately for Davis, Griffin was the No. 1 recruit and Davis received little attention; just like no one remembers who finishes second in a Usain Bolt race.

This season though, Davis has blossomed into a leader for the Sooners. After a dis-appointing freshman campaign and a sophomore season in which Davis was mostly used as a three-point specialist, he has become a much more well-rounded player this season.

Davis is averaging over 1.5 more rebounds per game and nearly four more points per game than he did his sophomore season. Davis’ improvements were never more evident than in his game against Missouri on Saturday.

Against a scrappy Mizzou squad, Davis played 36 minutes and recorded the first double-double of his collegiate career, shooting 50 percent on his way to a 15-point, 11-rebound performance. Meanwhile, Davis played tough defense, and when his three-point shot was not falling, he drove the ball hard to the basket, showing an added dimension to his game.

The performance showed that Davis is a far different player than the guy who lived behind the arc his freshman season and shot just 32 percent. But then, it is not sur-prising. Davis is progressing like the large majority of college basketball players do, though he and players like him get little attention.

That should change, though. While players like Griffin are clearly fun to watch and critical to the success of teams, the Davises of the world—those that work hard, de-velop their game, and progress at their own rate—deserve some credit, too.

After all, if OU has any hope of playing better against Big 12 competition than it did out of it, the Sooners will need more Davis-like efforts from all their players, not just big-time recruits.

Steven Jones is a language arts education senior.

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Sooner vet overshadowed in age of one-year wonders

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Cade Davis dribbles the ball down the court, evading an opposing British Colombia on Nov. 3.

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