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HEALTH

University helps students quit smoking

MOLLY EVANSAssistant Campus Editor

Graduate students voiced built-up con-cerns at a Wednesday meeting in Robertson Hall regarding the late notice on the universi-ty’s health insurance coverage changes.

The recent switch from Macori Student Health Insurance to Academic HealthPlans, a BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma insur-ance program, has presented financial pros and cons to students insured by universi-ty-provided coverage.

Graduate students, like Kelsey Madsen, were not notified of potential financial

burdens accompanying the new insurance plan until Aug. 21 by a mass email, despite the switch taking effect the first day of school, said Madsen, a graduate teaching assistant in the department of Modern Languages.

“I would say one of the biggest problems with all of this has been a failure to have clear communication and transparency about the changes,” Madsen said.

The general changes from Macori to Academic HealthPlans include a $500 in-crease in the deductible, a 100 percent in-crease in out-of-pocket maximums and a decrease in coverage of non-Goddard Health Center visits, according to the carriers’ online coverage plans.

The graduate teaching assistants in the Language Learning Lab in Kaufman Hall had

a departmental orientation on Aug. 15 with Donna Benge, human resources technician, outlining the changes, Madsen said.

Full details of the coverage changes were not explained, however, and most depart-ments did not have any sort of orientation, Madsen said.

“For example, my husband in the mathe-matics department did not receive any notifi-cation apart from the email,” Madsen said. “I am under the impression that many remain unaware since they may not read those mes-sages closely.”

Madsen said some students lost time to prepare or adjust financially for these chang-es because of the last minute communication.

With graduate teaching assistants earning $6,000 per semester for teaching one class,

the now $750 deductible might discourage some from seeking medical care when they need it, Madsen said.

“The benefits [of Academic HealthPlans] tend to be on the extreme end of things,” Madsen said. “The problems are more in the low to mid-range medical expenses—things you would encounter on a yearly basis.”

Madsen, who is due to have her baby in October, understands that within the year, let alone the next few months, complica-tions with her pregnancy or delivery make the now $10,000 out-of-pocket maximum on Academic HealthPlans’ Enhanced program a possibility, she said.

The switch not only increases expenses

CEDAR FLOYDCampus Reporter

Fourteen months after Gov. Mary Fallin banned smoking on all state prop-erty, and OU began en-forcing a campus-wide s m o k i n g b a n , c i g a -rette-smok-ing rates have dropped, ac-cording to the O k l a h o m a S t a t e Department of Health.

Oklahoma c u r r e n t l y ranks 39th in the U.S. for adult smok-ing rates, an improve-ment citing an estimated 75,000 fewer adult smok-ers than there were in 2011 when Oklahoma was

ranked 47th, according to the OSDH.

Smoking, which kills more people than suicide, murder, AIDS, car accidents, alcohol and illegal drugs combined, remains Oklahoma’s leading cause of death, according to OSDH.

For that reason, Healthy Sooners, an organization whose mission statement

i s t o s u p p o r t p h y s i c a l a n d mental well-be-ing among the OU communi-ty, has contin-ued to pay for s m o k i n g c e s -sation coaches, programs and re s o u rc e s f o r students, faculty and staff inter-

ested in quitting since the campus smoking ban went into effect in July 2012, said

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Academic HealthPlans is OU’s new health insurance provider

Healthy Sooners help you quit

RESTRICTED DIET – NOT A PROBLEM

RACHAEL MONTGOMERYCampus Reporter

With a campus of over 20,000 students, thousands of whom regularly eat on campus, Sooners with food allergies may have a hard time finding food to fit their dietary needs. However, several restaurants in Oklahoma Memorial Union have op-tions for students with some of the most common allergies.

Dorothy Flowers has been working for OU’s Housing and Food as the ingredients specialist for the past five years. Her job is to act as a facilitator and to assist the different kitchens on OU’s campus. She also makes pamphlets to help inform people with Celiac disease — an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine — and vegans, spreadsheets of the cafeteria’s menu and meets with students with food allergens and spe-cial diets to help arrange eating options for them.

Students do not have to meet with Flowers if they suffer from any of the top eight food allergens: milk, soy, wheat, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, walnuts), fish (such as bass, cod, flounder), shellfish (such as crab, lob-ster, shrimp) because those allergens are already covered. Students with unusual food allergies can arrange meals with Flowers at [email protected].

To maximize dining options, a nutrition calculator on the OU Housing and Food Services website can be used to find meals at various restaurants on campus. With the calculator, students can check small boxes next to each allergen or cate-gory — like vegan, gluten free or vegetarian — and a list of all options that fit their personal search will appear.

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Today around campusA contest to guess the outcome of the first sooner football game against the university of Lousiania will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in oklahoma memorial union’s food court. Those with the closest score can win a prize at the end of the season.

A free concert by Jeffery Weaver on piano will be held from noon to 1 p.m.for mid day music in the oklahoma memorial union’s food court.

An informational session about alpha phi omega will take place at 5p.m. in the Heritage room of the oklahoma memorial union.

A meeting for international Fulbright students will take place at 5 p.m. at the sam noble museum of natural History to commemorate Fulbright Gateway orientation week. participants will experience traditional native american culture and heritage through music, dance and food.

A discussion concerning the events following the death of Trayvon martin will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. in Gaylord Hall, room 1150. The event will include a spoken word performance by George Lee, a summary of events and a panel discussion.

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HealtH: New carrier could mean more costContinued from page 1

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French graduate teaching assistant Kelsey Madsen looks over the new health care plan offered by OU on Wednesday in a packed meeting held in Robertson Hall room 311. The meeting was held to introduce chnages to benefits, deductibles, and premiums to the group of graduate teaching assistants.

but also reduces coverage, Madsen said.

For example, Macori’s basic coverage (Macori Plan II) offers 75 percent cov-erage of emergency room (non-Goddard Health Center hospitals) costs where as Academic HealthPlans offers just 50 percent to students on its basic coverage, according to both carriers’ websites.

Madsen will also face an increase upgrading to the Academic HealthPlans Enhanced coverage, she said. On Macori’s advanced cover-age (Macori Plan I), Madsen paid $625 to upgrade, she said.

Though cost to upgrade to the enhanced plan is just $379, the overall cost to students changing plans from Macori to Academic HealthPlans is an addition-al $254 since the new basic plan’s deductible is a third larger to begin with, accord-ing to Academic HealthPlans website.

“I think that it’s a prob-lem to me that I’m paying to upgrade, but the upgrade is not as good as what I had been getting [with Macori],” Madsen said.

T.H. Lee Williams, dean of the graduate college, and Nick Kelly, benefits manag-er at OU human resources, along with two representa-tives from BlueCross Blue Shield addressed the grad-uate students’ and faculty’s concerns during a meeting Wednesday afternoon in Robertson Hall.

OU is a self-insured institu-tion, meaning the university does not have to comply with the Affordable Heathcare Act requirements, Williams said.

However, the new plan does adhere to the act’s health-care services and with rising healthcare costs, the price in-crease with the carrier switch was expected, Williams said.

The new plan more ade-quately covers severe medi-cal situations, such as those that would require an in-sured student to go direct-ly to the emergency room, Williams said.

The plan is meant to lessen emergency room visits when Goddard could provide suf-ficient care in many medical situations, Kelly said.

“I’m not going to say there aren’t some winners and some losers in this situation,” Kelly said.

At the meeting, Williams apologized for a lack of com-munication, but there were two components to imple-ment the carrier change that delayed relaying information to students earlier, Williams said.

A graduate student was on

the 30-person selection com-mittee, which spent a year deciding the new insurance provider and came to con-sensus in May, Williams said.

The second phase of the change was formulating the details of the plan itself, which took place all summer, justifying the late notice to students, Williams said.

Wednesday was the first open meeting to discuss Academic HealthPlans in de-tail, but more meetings can

be arranged if students con-tinue to express concern or confusion, Williams said.

Kelsie Kemp in human re-sources will serve as the grad-uate students’ direct contact for questions about the plan, Kelly said.

Changes to the plan also may be welcome later on if student dissatisfaction con-tinues this year, Kelly said.

The OU student health in-surance program provides automatic paid coverage to qualified graduate assis-tants and is available to all students and required for international students on a student visa unless they have alternate coverage, Williams said an email to graduate stu-dents Friday, Aug. 23.

Details of the Macori cov-erage are no longer accessi-ble online as of Wednesday.

Details of the new plan can be found at http://hr.ou.edu/studenthealth/NormanStudentHealth.asp.

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Syria

President considers action in Syria

The AssociATed Press

An Israeli soldier is seen next to an Iron Dome rocket interceptor battery deployed near the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Wednesday. Israel ordered a special call-up of reserve troops Wednesday as nervous citizens lined up at gas-mask distribution centers, preparing for possible hostilities with Syria.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it would take action against the Syrian government even without the backing of allies or the United Nations because dip-lomatic paralysis must not prevent a response to the al-leged chemical weapons at-tack outside the Syrian capi-tal last week.

Ne w re q u e s t s f o r t h e United Nations to authorize military action in Syria may have complicated the Obama administration’s plan to take retaliatory action on the pur-ported poison gas attack east of Damascus that U.S. offi-cials claim was carried out by President Bashar Assad’s forces.

But a State Department spokeswoman said the U.S. would respond even in the absence of U.N. backing.

“We cannot be held up in responding by Russia’s in-transigence — continued in-transigence — at the United Nations,” Marie Harf said. “The situation is so serious that it demands a response.”

The U.S. has not publicly presented proof that Assad’s government used dead-ly chemical weapons near Damascus last week. Even so, U.S. officials, including Vice President Joe Biden, have pointed a finger squarely at Assad. The administration was planning a teleconfer-ence briefing Thursday on Syria for leaders of the House and Senate and national se-curity committees in both

international intervention in the Syrian crisis. Russia, along with China, has blocked past attempts to sanction the Assad government.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the use of force without a sanction of the U.N. Security Council would be a “crude vi-olation” of international law and “lead to the long-term destabilization of the situa-tion in the country and the region.”

Syria, which sits on one of the world’s largest stockpiles of chemical weapons, has de-nied the charges. Moreover, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, Bashar Ja’afari, is demanding that United Nations experts investigate three alleged chemical weapons attacks against Syrian soldiers. He said the attacks occurred on Aug. 22, 24 and 25 in three suburbs of the Syrian capital and dozens of soldiers are being treated for inhaling nerve gas.

The draft U.N. resolu-tion was an effort to bol-ster British Prime Minister David Cameron’s case that a military action is needed. Cameron has called an emer-gency meeting of the British Parliament on Thursday to vote on whether to endorse international action against Syria.

He’s promised British law-makers he would not go to war until chemical weapons inspectors had a chance to report back to the world body about their findings. That means British involvement in any potential strike wouldn’t occur until next week at the earliest.

parties, U.S. officials and con-gressional aides said.

U.S. intelligence intercept-ed lower-level Syrian military commanders’ communica-tions discussing the chemi-cal attack, but the communi-cations don’t specifically link the attack to an official senior enough to tie the killings to Assad himself, according to three U.S. intelligence offi-cials. They spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the intelligence publicly.

The White House ideally wants intelligence that links the attack directly to Assad or someone in his inner circle, to rule out the possibility that

a rogue element of the mil-itary decided to use chemi-cal weapons without Assad’s authorization.

That quest for added intel-ligence to bolster the White House’s case for a strike against Assad’s military infrastructure has delayed the release of the re-port by the Office of the Director f o r N a t i o n a l Intelligence lay-ing out evidence against Assad. The report was promised earlier this week by administration officials.

The CIA and the Pentagon

have been working to gath-er more human intelligence tying Assad to the attack, re-lying on the intelligence ser-vices of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Israel, the officials said.

Both the CIA and the Defense I n t e l l i g e n c e A g e n c y h a v e t h e i r o w n human sourc-es — the rebel c o m m a n d e r s and others who cross the border to brief CIA and defense intelli-gence officers at

training camps in Jordan and Turkey. But their operation is much smaller than some

of the other intelligence ser-vices, and it takes longer for their contacts to make their way overland.

Britain added a hurdle to deliberations about a mil-itary strike on Wednesday when it went to the U.N. Security Council with a draft resolution that would autho-rize the use of military force against Syria. This, as mo-mentum seemed to be build-ing among Western allies for a strike against Syria.

The draft seemed doomed before it was proposed. As expected, the five perma-nent members of the secu-rity council failed to reach an agreement as Russia re-iterated its objections to

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weapons analysts are por-ing over new videos from Syria that purport to show U.N. chemical weapons experts examining a recov-ered rocket fragment.

The rocket may have been used in the suspected nerve agent attack a week ago near Damascus. Analysts said the fragment appears to have come from a short-range artillery rocket commonly used by Syria’s army. That could complicate the goals of a U.S. missile strike because there are many such rocket launchers scattered across Syria.

The video shows inspectors measuring and photographing the rocket fragment. British analyst Eliot Higgins said it could be from a Russian-made BM-14 140 mm rocket, capable of carrying explo-sives or chemical payloads.

Australian weapons expert Nic Jenzen-Jones said Syria’s army deploys so many short-range rockets it would be hard to destroy them all.

The Associated Press

recovered rocket complicates U.s. missile strike goals

WaLL STrEET

Investors worry as oil stocks rise in value

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market edged high-er Wednesday as inves-tors continued to focus on the likelihood of a U.S.-led attack on Syria. Energy stocks rose sharp-ly as the price of oil in-creased to the highest in more than two years.

The Dow Jones indus-trial average rose 48.38 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 14,824.51. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 4.48 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,634.96. The Nasdaq composite rose 14.83 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3,593.35.

The quick rise in the price of oil has caused in-vestors to worry. Costlier oil almost always trans-lates into higher fuel ex-penses for businesses and consumers, weigh-ing on consumer spend-ing and the economy. While Syria produces lit-tle oil, a regional conflict in the Middle East could lead to supply disrup-tions in an area where half the world’s proven oil

The AssociATed Press

Trader Gregory Rowe, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. U.S. stock futures are modestly higher while global exchanges are falling, with Western nations laying the groundwork for potential military strikes in Syria.

Syria denies use of chemical weapons

Oil prices highest since May 2011

SYRIA

“The situation is so serious

that it demands a response.”

MARIE HARf, STATE DEpARTMENT

SpokESWoMAN

reserves lie.“When you add it all up

– the problems in Libya, Egypt, Syria – you’re looking at 3 million barrels a day in potential production outag-es,” said Nick Koutsoftas, a commodities-focused port-folio manager at Cohen & Steers.

Oil rose $1.09, or 1 per-cent, to $110.10 a barrel, the highest price since May 2011. It went as high as $112 a barrel overnight.

Energy companies were the biggest gainers in the S & P 5 0 0 . Ma rat h o n O i l rose $1.22, or 4 percent, to $34.60 and Dow compo-nent Chevron climbed $3, or 3 percent, to $121.81.

While the selling in stocks appears to have abated for now, the overall trend for the market has been down over the last couple of weeks. The S&P 500 has lost 4.4 percent since reach-ing an all-time high on Aug. 2, while the Dow is down 5.3 percent. Fund manag-ers said investors will have

little reason to enter the market until next week’s employment report or until the Federal Reserve holds its mid-September policy meeting.

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People of Egypt, over two and one-half years ago, I wrote about your plight as you struggled for your freedom from former President Hosni

Mubarak. I, too, shared in your joy when he left power and became even more excited about your first dem-ocratic elections. Sadly, though, the understanding of democracy has not caught up with the mechanism of de-mocracy. Yes, indeed, there was a vote, and candidates won with a majority, albeit a very small one, but I don’t think anyone in Egypt fully comprehended the responsi-bilities that are required of a democratically-elected re-publican representative form of government. It is similar to preparing for a camel race without knowing the rules of the race. Winning a election does not constitute the acquirement of absolute dictatorial power. It requires that those elected serve all the people and not just those who supported them.

Even in the United States we have checks and balanc-es, as set up by our Constitution, that limits what those in power can do. As much as I am in disagreement with the coup d’état executed by your military, I am also hope-ful that once the violent protest recedes into peaceful protest, the election process can begin again with those newly-elected officials having learned a lesson from this first-time fiasco. My brothers and sisters of Democracy who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood need to understand that compromise for the public good is not necessarily a compromise of one’s religious beliefs. You must come to a fundamental agreement with my broth-ers and sisters of Democracy, who are members of the secular group, that you agree to disagree without having to resort to violence.

The Egyptian military needs to be convinced that your two groups will come together to form a strong, unit-ed country before they are willing to suspend martial law. You must demonstrate to them, and the world, that whether you are secular or Islamist, Christian or Muslim, it is more important for all to live in peace and have equal opportunity than for a chosen few to rule as dicta-tors in support of one small faction.

People of Egypt, it is up to you.

Joe Bialek, guest columnist

Our View: Hindering a person’s chances of receiving a college education or future job due to a wreckless decision is unjust.

An explicit photo of a group of female OU stu-dents rapidly spread across campus at the begin-ning of the semester, and many of you already know what we’re talking about. The photo may have hit your inbox as it hit ours, revealing several members of an OU sorority posing, some topless, for a camera.

The Daily has known about the photo for almost two weeks now, but this is the first story you will read about it in our paper. We chose not to report it because we don’t believe a group of students taking an ex-plicit photo of themselves merits news, and you shouldn’t either.

Moreover, participating in the mass spread of that photo is participating in sexual harassment. Of course we wouldn’t have run the photo across the front page, but telling people about the photo when they might not already have heard is nearly as convicting. It risks sparking the curiosity fueling the photo’s transportation.

So why are we writing about it now? One, be-cause ample time has passed for many of you to have already seen the photo. Two, because we want to explain that forwarding the photo without the consent of the subjects victimizes them in a way they don’t deserve.

We’ve learned that OU is investigating the case, and we don’t mean OU’s Panhellenic Association. OU’s Panhellenic adviser Jillian Tran said the case has been passed over to OU’s Title IX office, which handles sexual harassment cases.

The Sexual Misconduct Office inherited the case not because some students took a “sexy” picture, but because a photo was taken in private, and now it’s being devoured by the public and jeopardizing the subjects’ educations and future careers.

We don’t know how the photo got out, but OU’s Title IX coordinator, Laura Palk, said releasing an inappropriate photo

without the consent of its subject could be consid-ered sexual harassment and sexual exploitation.

Title IX says no one should be denied the ben-efits of an education on the basis of sex. Palk said this kind of sexual harassment case could be con-sidered in violation of Title IX, because it could

prevent the victims from going to class.“Being the victim of that type of harassment

makes it really difficult to focus on your studies to do your work. They need to be free from that kind of harassment,” Palk said.

And that’s why Title IX is enforced at institutions across the country — so people can have the free-dom and equal opportunity to go to class and suc-ceed in their chosen careers.

Even if the subjects in the photo don’t look like they care about their classes or their future ca-reers, that doesn’t mean the photos should be passed around without their consent.

Taking a silly photo in private shouldn’t prevent someone from getting a college education and contributing to society with a professional career. So please, use some discretion when getting into other people’s business — and this from a room full of journalists.

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Group of students do not deserve harassment

My eyes are scanning the Associated Press

Wire. I see the informa-tion. Syria. Israel. Chemical bomb. UN actions. One thing is missing. What is missing?

Syria is threatening Israel with chemical bombs. President Barack Obama voiced that he believes actions from Syria have already taken place. Chemical bombs, pushing the envelope of what the rest of the world is willing to take. News organiza-tions are all a flurry to be current and up-to-date with the news coming out of the White House and the Middle East.

I sit at my desk in the Daily newsroom. Anger and rage fill my body. I can feel myself letting go of reality. I cannot see; I cannot hear; I cannot understand the words that es-cape my lips. I run out of the newsroom. I am flying. I am screaming. Screaming without words. Screaming from the depths of my soul. My insides are tearing me apart as I walk on the South Oval.

The tweets keep coming in as I retweet every Syria-related tweet coming from the AP. The stories are all about actions that will be taken by my country, my home. The US vows to do something about conflict in Syria.

Bile burns my throat as I walk down the hall of Copeland Hall and look around. I have calmed down a bit, and suddenly, I realize why I’ve lost it completely. My sister is in Israel.

Stories flood the wire, making it difficult to sift through the hordes of information coming through my brain and eyes. I hear about rocket pieces traced to the common composition of Syrian weapons. I read about the response of countries all over the world. I experience the stories as they rush into me. Word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and story by story. I watch the en-tire thing unfold before me and cannot believe what I am

seeing. I run away from the building. I fight back tears as I push

my way through the crowd on the South Oval. It cannot be. Leah cannot be in the line of fire. I cannot breathe. My heart sinks. She is over there, and I cannot do a thing about it.

The story that begins in Syria today is continued throughout the rest of the Middle East. The story is always the same — mothers sending their children into the war-zone, not knowing if they will ever see their child again. I can understand these feelings as I think of my older sister’s dark, curly hair falling around her beautiful face lit up by dark eyes.

The story never gets any better, only worse. The peo-ple of these countries do not want war. The citizens do not want to send their children into the line of fire. They could see their child coming home in a wooden box. The worst price a country pays for war is death — senseless death, at that. The governments of countries all over the Middle East neglect the fact that every war is scarred by the faces of its casualties. This is their worst mistake. I vow to never forget their eyes, their hopes, their dreams.

I have heard stories from Israeli soldiers about sleeping with a rifle underneath their pillow. They have described it to me as a feeling you simply get used to. I will never get used to it. I will never get used to the fact that I don’t know how safe my sister is going to be over the next few days while she is still in Israel. I will never get used to the fact that my tears are spilled for those that have died, some I have known and some I have not. I will never forget the fear in my mother’s voice when I asked her if my sister was okay. These are things I refuse to get used to. Therefore, I carry on. Tears streaming down my cheeks and a wavering voice, I stand to say there are no winners here, only losers. The pain will never let up. All anyone wants is a happy end-ing, and no one gets to have one.

Shelby Guskin is a political science sophomore.

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›››› Sooner Sampler:How do you take current

sale tax rates into consideration when making

local purchases?

“I usually only consider it on large purchases. I recently purchased a truck and I calculated it in when I was doing that. Normally I just

consider it the price of being here.”

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Maggie Pool, a registered nurse and QuitSmart coach for OU Health Services.

“We have found that the quitting process is unique for each person,” Pool said in an email. “Different methods work for different peo-ple. We tailor the pro-gram to accommodate individual needs.”

Students have free access to a Quit Kit filled with cessation resources and tools, sessions with a certi-fied Quit Coach and an online cessation course, Pool said.

T h e s e r e s o u r c e s are available through the Health Promotion D epar tment of O U Health Services.

E n r o l l m e n t i n -creased in these pro-grams when OU first went smoke-free, but interest has since waned, Pool said

Due to the low level of interest, OU does not current-ly offer free classes like it did when the ban was put in place, Pool said.

“[Healthy Sooners] has offered tobacco cessation pro-grams for as long as I remember,” Pool said in an email. “Classes will resume as staffing and demand increases.”

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Bennett Hallcampus Reporter

The average combined and local tax rates in Oklahoma are among the high-est in the nation, according to a recent study by the Tax Foundation.

Since 38 states have legislation that allows local governments to enact sales taxes at their own discretion inside

their respective jurisdictions, these states, which include Oklahoma, tend to sport significantly higher sales taxes on consumer goods, according to the study.

Along with Oklahoma’s average combined tax rate of 8.72 percent, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Washington round out the list of states with the highest combined rates in fis-cal year 2013, according to the study.

To create the combined rate for Norman, the 4.5 percent Oklahoma

state sales tax rate is added to the cur-rent Norman sales tax rate of 3.5 per-cent, effective July 29, and the current .25 percent Cleveland County tax rate. This results in an 8.25 percent total sales tax on each consumer purchase in Norman, according to a report by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Elsewhere in the metro area, the cur-rent Moore and Edmond rates are both 8.25 percent and the Oklahoma City rate is 8.375 percent, according to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

Taxes in Oklahoma have risen to a national high

SmOKe: Healthy Sooners help students become smokefree Continued from page 1

Students have a little under a week to decide if they’re going to apply for a position as Student Government Association election chair or superior court justice.

Applications for the two positions are due on Sept. 4 in the SGA office, SGA president Ernest Ezeugo said.

The election chair is in charge of all elections on campus and making sure voting and campaigns are in accor-dance with the code annotated, Ezeugo

said.A superior justice would sit on a board

to listen to and decide on cases that have to go through the judicial branch, he said.

Interested individuals can print an application from the SGA website or pick up one from the SGA office located on the first floor of Oklahoma Memorial Union in the ConocoPhillips Student Leadership Center.

Paighten Harkins Assistant Campus Editor

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volleyball gears up for successDemetrius KearneyVolleyball Beat Reporter

The Oklahoma volleyball team will head into the 2013 season looking to build on last year’s success. The Sooners posted a 22-11 re-cord, and finished fourth in the Big 12 with a conference record of 10-6 last season.

The Sooners have experi-enced consistent team suc-cess since the hiring of head coach Santiago Restrepo in 2004. Under Restrepo’s tutelage, the Sooners have posted three straight 20 plus win seasons and have made six NCAA appearanc-es in seven years, includ-ing two NCAA third round appearances.

This season, the Sooners are eying a Big 12 champi-onship and a deep NCAA tounament run. They pos-ses all the tools to make this goal a reality.

The S ooners w il l rely o n t h e v e t e ra n l e a d e r-ship of the senior class to lead them to the prom-ised land. Senior middle blocker and team captain Sallie McLaurin will lead the charge when the sea-son kicks off at the Holiday Inn West Invitational, host-ed by Western Michigan i n K a l a m a z o o , M i c h . McLaurin takes over for four year starters Maria Fe r n a n d a a n d M o r g a n Reynolds who graduated last year.

McLaurin earned AVCA All-American Third Team, AVCA All-Central Region

First Team and All-Big 12 First Team honors follow-ing the 2012 season. The Midwest City native was a force to be reckoned with averaging 1.37 blocks per set and .357 hitting percent-age. Fellow seniors Mindy Gowen, Keila Rodriguez and Eden Williams will as-sist her.

OU’s offense will be led by McLaurin and a mixture of veteran and newcomers at the outside hitter position. Rodriguez, the lone senior within the group, has been a productive offensive asset recording 164 kills and was second on the team with 311 digs last season.

Ju n i o r o u t s i d e h i t t e r Tara Dunn wil l provide

Rodriguez with valuable assistance at the position. The Poth, Texas native was a preseason All-Big 12 se-lection a year ago and con-cluded the 2012 campaign with 294 kills, good for third on the team.

The Sooners will depend on defensive support from senior defensive special-ists Williams and Gowen. However, the Sooners will depend heavily on the back-line skills of Williams, who saw action in all 33 match-es and recorded 205 digs by the end of the season. Gowen also saw action in 29 matches and recorded 109 digs by the end of the sea-son. The Sooners will rely on both defensive specialist

AT A GLANCESooner volleyball home scheduleTuesday, Sept. 3 vs. Arkansas at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 19 vs. Nebraska-Omaha at 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 20 vs. LIU Brooklyn at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 vs. Miami at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 vs. Texas Tech at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 vs. Iowa State, time TBA

Saturday, Oct.12 vs. Kansas State at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct.26 vs. West Virgina, time TBA

Saturday, Nov. 2 vs. Texas at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 13 vs. TCU at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 16 vs. Baylor, time TBA

Saturday, Nov. 30 vs. Kansas at 7 p.m.

to provide quality passing and defense.

Sophomore setter Julie Doyle also returns to an-chor the Sooners offense. The Plymouth, Minn. native earned All-Big 12 Freshman Team honors last season, recording 1,104 assists.

The Sooners possess all the right tools to capture a Big 12 championship and make a deep NCAA tour-nament run. As long as key players remain healthy, the 2013 Oklahoma volleyball team will have another suc-cessful season.

Demetrius Kearney is a politcal science senior.

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Seniors Eden Williams and Mindy Gowen lead the Sooners at one of the deepest spots on the OU roster. Williams played in every set of the season in 2012 and led the Oklahoma backcourt with 205 digs. Gowen also saw ample time on the court, collecting over a hundred digs on the year. Alongside the pair of seniors, sophomore Taylor Migliazzo, who played sparingly in her freshman campaign, will look to make a bigger impact this year. Coach Santiago Restrepo added further depth at the slot by bringing in three freshman defensive specialists.

Middle blockers

Senior Sallie McLaurin, the Big 12’s active leader in blocks and block assists is Oklahoma’s primary player at the position heading into the season. McLaurin was a third team selection to the 2012 AVCA All-American squad wand has earned All-Big 12 honors during her career. Joining McLaurin is sophomore Kierra Holst who is coming off a freshman season in which she earned a spot on the All-Big 12 freshmen team. The younger middle blockers, redshirt freshman Summer Cole and true freshman Micaela Spann, will have much to learn from McLaurin and Holst.

outside Hitters

Junior Tara Dunn highlights the six outside hitters on Restrepo’s squad. Dunn has totaled more than 500 kills throughout her first two years at Oklahoma, and another big year is expected from the Poth, Texas native. The other veteran hitter on the team is senior Keila Rodriguez. The Puerto Rican saw playing time in each of her first three years with the program. Four others fill out the roster at the position including three freshmen vand senior Whitney Johnson. Johnson, a transfer from LSU, earned All-Big 12 honors in the triple jump for the OU track team.

Setters

Juniors Caroline Weir and Kaitlyn Drawe along with sophomore Julia Doyle all return to the team with varying levels of experience. Doyle saw the most time in 2012, collecting over 1,000 assists on the year. While Drawe and Weir saw less action a year ago, Restrepo may expect more out of the two in 2013.

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Final Day to Register for Sooner 5K | The annual Sooner 5K Fun Run will be on September 21 in Norman. This fun event is free and open to OU faculty, staff, students, and retirees. Registration is required by August 31. No registrations can be taken at the event. For questions, please contact [email protected].

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Oklahoma puts offense first

There’s no doubt that the Big 12 has turned into

pro-style football in recent years. It started with Sam Bradford breaking records left and right at OU, only to be drafted No. 1 overall by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL Draft.

But then Landry Jones came along and out-passed Bradford in the passing category, which seemed impossible at the time. However, now it all makes sense.

The Big 12 is an offense first and defense second league.

The goal for the Sooners now is to outrun, out-pass and outscore the opponent, no matter how many points are given up on the defen-sive side of the ball.

Mike Stoops will be the first one to tell you. In an interview with Jake Trotter earlier this month the de-fense coordinator said, “We’d love to dominate. But that’s out the window.”

Could Stoops be referring to the days before he left to coach Arizona and OU won its first BCS National Title in 15 years? The days where linebackers Rocky Calmus and Teddy Lehman stuffed running backs stiff at the line of scrimmage?

In the same interview with Trotter, Stoops went on and said, “Holding

people to 17 or 10 points in this league — that’s just not realistic.”

It appears that Stoops has come to terms with the offense first mentality, but the Sooners will be in seri-ous trouble if giving up 17 points is a good day.

Not to mention that under center for the Sooners will be someone less experienced than OU’s most recent quarterbacks, both of whom are playing in the NFL now.

The departures of safe-ty Tony Jefferson, safety Javon Harris and corner-back Demontre Hurst did not help the defense either. However, OU will turn to its experienced defenders—senior cornerback Aaron Colvin and senior lineback-er Corey Nelson — in times of a stop.

Back to Stoops’

comments — I agree, 10 points in a Big 12 game? Stingy defense.

But 10 points in an SEC game? Blowout.

This is why a team from the South Eastern Conference has won the BCS National Title seven years in a row. They have a defense first mentality.

Look, I’m not saying OU needs to hold teams under 10 points each game if it wants to win football games. I’m just saying the Sooners will have a difficult time if they expect to give up more than 17 points per game and still be as suc-cessful as they have been in recent years.

Sam Hoffman is a journalism junior.

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SPORTS COLUMNIST

SPORTS BRIEFS

VOLLEYBALL

McLaurin CLASS Award candidateSenior Sallie McLaurin was selected as a candidate

for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. The CLASS award stands for Celebrating Loyalty and

Achievement for Staying in School and aims to encour-age athletes to use their platform to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

McLaurin has been named to the Dean’s Honor Roll four times and the President’s Honor Roll once while at OU. She also is a � ve-time Big 12 Commissioner Honor Roll selection and a � ve-time Sooner Scholar.

To be eligible for the CLASS award each student-ath-lete must be an NCAA Division I senior and have nota-ble achievements in four of the following areas — com-munity, classroom, character and competition.

Kristen Hahn from Iowa State, Caroline Jarmoc from Kansas and Bailey Webster from Texas were also nomi-nees from the Big 12.

From the 30 total candidates, they will be narrowed down to 10 � nalists midway through the season. The � nalists will be placed on an of� cial ballot that will be voted on nationwide.

The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship in December.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Washington competes in South American long jump competition

Sophomore long-jumper Kealan Washington � n-ished fourth this weekend in the long jump at the Pan American Junior Games in Medellin, Colombia.

In his � rst international competition, Washington � nished with a mark of 7.27 meters for Team USA. In his other legal jump, he marked 7.26 meters.

In his freshman year at OU, he was named an All-Big 12 honoree in both the outdoor and indoor long jump. His best � nish to date was third- place at the Outdoor Championship last year after earing a 7.63 mark.

The Pan Am Junior Champions have been held every two years since 1980.

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$5,500-$10,000PAID EGG DONORS. All Races needed.

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BRAND NEW Student Housing manage-ment company is looking for a group of energetic individuals wanting to join a winning team! These individuals will be responsible for showing the model home and leasing 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 bedroom apartments! Email your resume today, to [email protected]

Recreation Leader I (PPT) (3 Posi-tions)

Parks and RecreationIrving, 12th Ave, and Whittier

Recreation CentersApplicant must be at least sixteen (16) years of age. Must have experience working with youths in a recreational at-mosphere and knowledge of recreation activities and programs. $10.53 per hour. Work Period: 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mon-day through Friday during the school year (August - May). Works 15-20 hours per week during the school year and 30-38 hours per week during the summer. Se-lected applicant must pass physical ex-amination, background investigation and drug screen. Application deadline: Open Recruitment. A complete job announce-ment and application are available on our website at www.normanok.gov/hr/hr-job-postings or call (405) 366-5482, or visit us at 201-C West Gray, Human Resources Dept., City of Norman.

Gingerbread Nursery School and Kin-dergarten is hiring a teacher’s assistant. M-F 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. for the school year. One-to-eight teacher-student ratio, field trips and fun! Also hiring afternoon help-ers 12 - 3 p.m. M,W,F, or Tues,Thurs, or M-F. Call Skye Diers after 1 p.m. week-days or any time on the weekend if inter-ested. 321-0087 or 850-3082.

Special Instructor I: After School Instructor (3 Positions) Parks and Recreation

Whittier, Irving, and 12th Ave Recreation Centers

Experience working with children. $7.50 per hour. Work Period: 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, during the year, September - May. 7:00 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Friday during the summer, May - Sugust. Selected appli-cant must pass physical, drug screen and background invesitgation. Appli-cation Deadline: Open Recruitment. A complete job announcement and ap-plication are available on our website at www.normanok.gov/hr/hr-job-post-ings or call (405) 366-5482, or visit us at 201-C West Gray, Human Resources Dept., City of Norman.

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COMPaid survey takers needed in Norman100% FREE to join. Click on Surveys.Now Taking Applications for the Fall 2013 SemesterCommunity After School Program is now taking applications for part-time staff to work in our school-age childcare pro-grams in Norman Public Schools. Hours: M-F 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Begin working immediately. Closed for most Norman Public School holidays and profession-al days. Competitive wages starting at $7.25/hour. Higher pay for students with qualifying coursework in education, early childhood, recreation and related fields. Complete application online at www.caspinc.org.

Housing RentalsJ

APTS. FURNISHED1 bd furnished garage apt, all bills paid, renter responsible for cable and internet only. Non-smoker, no pets. 1.2 mile from campus. email [email protected]

CAMPUS AREA: 1bd efficiency, large kitchen, utilities PAID. Call 329-2310

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LIFE&ARTSThursday, August 29, 2013 • 9

Megan Deaton, life & arts editorTony Beaulieu, assistant editor

[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts

playlist

Keep summer going with these tracks

column

Keep your party life separate

beer review

Beer boasts warm, exotic flavor

Tony [email protected]

assistant l&a editor

Briana [email protected]

life & arts columnist

San Miguel Cerveza Negra is a mysteri-ous brew — touted

as a dark lager but light like a pale lager. Stout but smooth, flavorful and re-freshing, Cerveza Negra’s distinguishing factors are its fine, full-bodied foam head and regal, roasted malt flavor.

Cerveza Negra is a warmly flavored beer. The roasted malt is reminiscent

of freshly ground coffee and dominates — but doesn’t overpower — the taste. The soft, toasted notes make it a pleasure to sit back and let your taste buds get lost in

Cerveza Negra’s dark-cara-mel flavor.

When poured into a glass, Cerveza Negra produces fine foam that highlights the beer’s light taste and smooth texture. The result is a delightful, creamy head that sits on the beer and forces the drinker to enjoy the bever-age through modest sips.

A great fall season beer, Cerveza Negra could be paired with a nice, sweet dessert or enjoyed on its own. Not so great for party occasions, save this brew for when you’re sitting back with your amigos on a lei-surely afternoon.

This is partly because of Cerveza Negra’s refined strength and partly be-cause of its price, which

doesn’t encourage buying in bulk but also isn’t out-rageously unaffordable. San Miguel has produced a richly full-bodied jugger-naut of flavor with Cerveza Negra.

Tony Beaulieu is a film and media studies senior.

HeatHer brown/tHe Daily

try not to carry your partying over into the next day at work.

On most days, the tininess of Norman is rather

endearing to students who have ventured to Oklahoma in search of a college town, “best days of life” experi-ence. However, the approx-imate seventy square miles of this town is less than appealing when you realize that it must contain both your professional life as well as your nighttime persona.

This one goes out to all of the freshman newbies out there who haven’t yet realized that you must, at all costs, avoid intertwin-ing your less-than-cogni-zant nights with work and school.

If you know anything about awkward situations, you also know that seventy square miles is not enough room to avoid the inevitable run in with the boy you un-comfortably met last night.

Rule number one of pub-licly interacting with peo-ple from last night states that you do not address last night.

If I danced with you, and

you tried to kiss my neck three times, and I walked away three times, do not show up at the restaurant I work in with your parents and nonchalantly say “Hi!” as if we know each other well.

That will lead your moth-er to ask, “Oh, how do you know each other?”

Well, innocent mother looking for a nice brunch,

your son tried to indecently kiss me multiple times, and I rejected the offer because, well, it was strange, and I didn’t know his name.

In fact, I still don’t know your name, so why are you saying “Hi!” to me in my workplace? That is the ulti-mate question.

And, dear freshman boys, if I met you at a party three nights ago, you do not get to

come up to me with three of your eager friends dutifully by your side and act like we bonded over loud rap music and sour refreshments.

This is mostly because we did not bond. We are not homies. If we were homies, you would not be making a point to talk about the “fun night” we had last week in front of your cool friends.

Of course, this sacred rule does not mean that you are never allowed to reconnect with anybody that you’ve met during your nighttime escapades. In fact, you will probably meet most of the people that you go out with at nighttime shenanigans. The key is to reconnect with the ones who are not awkward. You can usually tell whether or not to talk to somebody again by how they exit your introduction.

If they smile, give you their number or say some-thing along the lines of “let’s hangout soon,” then by all means, go for it. Text them something clever and meet up sometime.

If they leave abruptly, slip away quietly or look at you like they are wildly uncom-fortable on the inside and awkwardly laugh as they walk away, then do not go for it. Never go for that.

Briana Hall is an economics and English writing sophomore.

Set those lawn chairs back up. Fire up that grill. Refill that keg, and relight that cigarette butt. Summer isn’t over yet. We don’t want to let it go.

Here’s the soundtrack to 2013’s last hurrah. From indie favorites to mega hits, you’ll find the right song for the right moment this Labor Day weekend.

“Young Volcanoes”

Fall Out Boy

“Light A Roman

Candle With Me”

Fun.

“Picasso Baby”

Jay-Z

“Kids”

Sleigh Bells

“Horchata”

Vampire Weekend

see the rest on spotify labor day 2013Access the playlist at oudaily.com or scan this QR code with your phone to go straight to the playlist. Be sure to follow Daily Arts on Spotify.

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Life in the Fast Lane

GRAHAM DUDLEY/THE DAILY

Housing and Food Services employee and golf cart driver Kala Sellers carts injured students around cam-pus. The service is available to anyone eligible for a handicap-parking pass.

As I approached the cart, I asked my guide, Kala Sellers,

if I should sit in the back.“I’m not exactly a

chauffer,” she said.Fair enough.I zoomed down the

South Oval next to Sellers, and we chatted idly about her career, my new major and trying not to hit pass-ing students. As she steered the golf cart through the oval, I realized I was get-ting a taste of what many injured students had be-fore me — minus the injury part, of course.

Kala works for OU Housing and Food Services, and one of their many proj-ects is the injury transport program. For freshmen liv-ing in the residence halls, a broken leg no longer means

Graham [email protected]

LIFE & ARTS COLUMNIST hobbling from Couch to Sarkeys.

In the spring of 2012, the Housing and Food depart-ment decided to try out the program for the first time. Students and parents had both requested it, and it was born out of a desire to better serve residents, Housing and Food Services Director of Operations Jenn Doughty said.

The semester went well, and the program entered its first full year in the fall of 2012. While things general-ly went smoothly, Doughty said the Housing office en-countered some unexpect-ed difficulties.

While there were no major incidents — other than once reminding a driver all traffic laws still applied in a golf cart — the program did have trouble accommodating all inju-ries at once, Doughty said. It reached the point where the carts were booked at every hour.

“I think we had eight riders at one time last year,” she said. “Which is a lot when you think about scheduling around

everyone.”Doughty said some

compromises had to be reached. Some students

had to be taken to class early, others just in time. Fortunately, the program isn’t usually so busy, she

said.So far this year no stu-

dents have needed it, she said.

However, she wants all freshmen to know the ser-vice is available if anything, unfortunately, were to hap-pen to them. It’s covered through their room and board payments and will take them to and from class

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday.

Anyone eligible for a temporary handicap-park-ing pass is eligible to ride, Doughty said.

Though I didn’t meet these criteria, the lack of other riders made it possi-ble for Doughty to offer me a spin in a real program golf cart, which I gratefully ac-cepted. Who knew when I’d get the opportunity to ride VIP-style past other stu-dents again?

That’s how I ended up on the South Oval in a golf cart with Sellers. Several student employees just like her make the program pos-sible, all hired through the Housing and Food office and able to work around a busy midday schedule.

Sellers herself has grad-uated and now works full time in the Housing and Food office in Walker Tower.

As it turns out, the ride was a lot more waiting and dodging than burn-ing rubber, but it sure beat walking.

I could only imagine how much of a blessing it would seem if I were on crutches.

Graham Dudley is a public relations sophomore.

“I think we had eight riders at one time last year. Which is a lot when you think about

scheduling around everyone.”JENN DOUGHTY,

HOUSING AND FOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

OU Housing and Food Services offers a golf cart service for injured students to get across campus

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