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OU professor juggles classes, museum work

EVAN BALDACCINICampus Reporter

For Marc Levine, han-dling new duties as an assistant archaeology curator at the Sam Noble M u s e u m o f N a t u r a l History is a balancing act, where he tries to keep all his duties in the air with-out letting them come crashing to the ground.

“It’s kind of like a jug-gling act, keeping a lot of balls in the air,” he said.

Levine is now responsi-ble for the various collec-tions and for connecting with members of the staff like the collections man-ager, collections assis-tants and students who are working on projects in the museum.

On top of that, Levine is also an assistant anthro-pology professor , teach-ing a graduate seminar this semester titled “Household Archaeology.”

Levine was hired as the assistant curator three weeks ago, he said.

OU invited four finalist candidates for two days of interviews with the museum and the Department of

Anthropology.“The interview was set

up as if you were going to assume two jobs — one in the museum and one in the anthropology de-partment,” he said. “It was probably the most in-tense interview I’ve ever had.”

The number of hours Levine works per week varies, but it probably to-tals around 55, he said.

“I often work on nights and weekends, but that’s what it takes to achieve many of my professional

goals,” he said. “Because archaeology is my passion, it doesn’t seem like work.”

Levine said he enjoys how his new job allows him to “have a foot in both worlds,” interacting with the public at the museum and students in the classroom.

OU’s only pre-hispanic Mezoamericanist becomes Sam Noble curator

PAIGHTEN HARKINSassistant Campus Editor

Despite getting a late start on the se-mester, the Raising Cane’s on campus has made over $50,000 during its first months on cam-pus , which is more than other restaurants on cam-pus during their first year.

Raising Cane’s in Adams Center has eclipsed both Burger King in Adams Center and Chick-fil-A in Oklahoma Memorial Union in the amount of money made during the two restaurants’ first years of operation, according to requested documents.

Where Raising Cane’s took in $53,018.79 for the first semester, Burger King made $45,428.55 in its first year, and Chick-f i l-A made $25,652.67, according to requested documents.

However, Burger King first came to campus in 1997 and Chick-fil-A came in 1994, which has an effect on how much money the restaurants made.

“Again, 2012 money is different than 1995 money,” Dav i d A n n i s, d i re c t o r o f H o u s i n g a n d Fo o d Services, said in a request-ed email document.

W h e n c o n t a c t e d , local franchise owner of Raising Cane’s, Chad Achord, could make no comments about financial numbers, he said.

However, he did say that he was happy with how business was going on campus.

“I think [the students] have accepted us with open arms,” Achord said.

Based on the first semester profits, students seem to be happy with having Raising Cane’s on campus and even in the building they live in.

“If it’s cold outside, I don’t really have to go anywhere else,” University College freshman James Stratford said.

The restaurant opened on campus in late October, so the first semester profits only re-flect about 3 months of operation, Achord said.

In addition to selling food on campus, Raising Cane’s also has helped student groups with donations, fundraising and providing

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A blog where students can discuss GLbtQ and gender issues will be discussed in a meeting at 6 p.m. today in robertson Hall 100.

the blog will be written mostly by stu-dents, said communication Ph.D. candidate sterlin Mosely, who will serve as an adviser.

students need a space to discuss issues relevant to them, Mosley said. since the blog is not offi cially connected to oU’s Women’s and Gender studies Program, students have free space to air issues they feel are necessary to discuss.

those who participate will gain blogging experience in a community blogging setting and bring greater visibility to gender and GLbtQ issues, Mosley said.

students are encouraged to share creative ideas, including movie and music reviews related to women’s and gender studies and its subtopics, Mosley said.

the meeting time will be used to estab-lish the name, structure and logistics of the blog, Mosley said in an email.

Matt RavisCampus Reporter

A “Jollytologist” will describe the importance of laughter in the face of reality at 7:30 p.m. today in Gaylord Hall’s ethics and excellence in Journalism Auditorium.

Allen klein will offer a presentation on the power of laughter in the face of the struggles of living and dying as part of the Presidential Dream Course, “the nature of Laughter.”

the lecture is free and open to the public. “it’s about learning how to laugh even through hard times,” said

Angela startz the information specialist for oU’s College of Arts and sciences.

klein recognizes a close connection between humor and death like a modern day Charlie Chaplin , according to the press release. He has observed a parallel between the white face of a clown and the white face of a skeleton or ghost.

Author of “the Art of Living Joyfully: How to be Happier every Day of the year” and “Learning to Laugh When you Feel Like Crying,” klein is the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and therapeutic Humor and is the founder of international Mirth Month , according to the oUCAs website.

the course is co-taught by fi lm and media studies professor Andrew Horton and english professor Joanna rapf , according to the press release.

“the whole dream course is a focus on laughter and the importance of humor in everyday life,” startz said.

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“I often work on nights and weekends, but

that’s what it takes to achieve many

of my professional goals. Because

archaeology is my passion, it doesn’t seem like work.”

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In DEpTHLevine’s researchLevine is oU’s only pre-hispanic Mezoamericanist. His research focuses on southern Mexico in the region of oaxaca in the period just before the spanish Conquest: the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. His research focuses on the Mixtechs, which were the rivals and neighbors of the Aztecs, just before the spanish arrived in the 15th century. Levine visits Mexico almost every year, but he hopes to return to continue his fi eld research in the country in the next year or so.

“I think [the students] have

accepted us with open arms.”

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Friday’s story, “new dean of international studies pushes for progress,” incorrectly reported the number of years Grillot has worked in her field. she has 14 years of experience at oU, but began working in her field years before that.

that story also incorrectly identified the origins of the College of international studies. Grillot helped develop the international Programs Center into the college it is today, which includes the Department of international and Area studies, education Abroad and international student services.

in Monday’s story, “$240,000 donation creates scholarship to fund autism research,” Jon and Cathryn Withrow’s name was misspelled Winthrow.

in Monday’s story, “Professor finds success with swapping textbooks for graphic novels,” Jeremy short’s name was incorrectly referenced as scott.

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toDAy AroUnD CAMPUsA Peace Corps career workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage room for students wondering how studying and working abroad can affect them.

A night of comedy with Ahmed Ahmed, world-renowned egyptian-American comedian, sponsored by the College of international studies and the oU Arabic Flagship Program. He will perform in Catlett Music Center’s sharp Concert Hall. Contact Collin tyler at 918-720-3254 or Mariam edwar at 832-633-5161.

WeDnesDAy, Feb. 6A lunch and discussion with retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson titled “iran and the Middle east: Challenges for U.s. Foreign Policy” will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 170. to rsVP contact Donna Cline at dmcmom@ou.edu.

A Study Skills System seminar will be held as part of the student success series at 4 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 245. sophia Morren from student Life will discuss different study skills. the seminar is free.

tHUrsDAy, Feb. 7Oklahoma College Broadcasters club will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. in Gaylord Hall’s Hall of Fame room and will feature guest speaker FoX25 anchor Mark taylor.

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L e v i n e i s b r i n g i n g a wealth of knowledge to the museum, said Michael Ma r e s , d i r e c t o r o f t h e museum.

“Dr. Levine brings with him a wealth of experience in archaeology of Mexico and of the Great Plains,” Mares said. “His strong mu-seum background is also important, given the need for curators to care for and study this massive collec-tion while also contributing to our exhibits and outreach programs.”

Curating archaeolog-ical objects makes them available for researchers to study, said Elsbeth Dowd, collection manager for the museum.

“The collections don’t just sit here; we organize them, process them and prepare them for analysis. It’s where we get a lot of our information,” Dowd said. “The museum is not just a ‘dumping ground.’ At any one time there could be re-searchers to come here and study, and we facilitate ac-cess to that.”

Evan Baldaccini evan@ou.edu

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f r e e f o o d f o r e v e n t s , Achord said.

Raising Cane’s has donated money toward Howdy Week, Campus Activities Council, Camp Cr ims on and The Big E v e n t , a m o n g o t h e r things, according to the restaurant’s contract.

Paighten Harkins paighten.harkins@ou.edu

egyptian-American come-dian Ahmed Ahmed will perform stand-up comedy at 7 p.m. tonight in Catlett Music Center’s sharp Concert Hall.

According to the “A night of Comedy with Ahmed Ahmed” Facebook event page, the comedian is best known as one of the found-ing members of the Axis of evil Comedy tour.

the success of the comedy show that toured America and the Middle east developed into the first American tV show that fea-tured an all Middle eastern cast featured on Comedy Central, according to the Facebook page.

the oU Arab student Association will present the event, which will be sponsored by the College of international studies and the oU Arabic Flagship Program.

“At the advice of one of the oU Arabic profes-sors, Hossam barakat, i contacted Ahmed Ahmed about performing…we really [felt] that the work he does in the field of Arab and cross-culture comedy is very important, very cool, and something we really wanted to bring to oU,” said Collin tyler, public relations officer of the Arab student Association.

tickets for the show are $10 for general seating and $20 for ViP seating.

Erica Laub Life & Arts Reporter

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Oklahoma Gov. Mary fallin is applauded as she begins her annual state of the state address to lawmakers as the 2013 legislative session gets underway in Oklahoma City, Monday.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin called for a modest cut to the state’s income tax rate in her State of the State address to legislators Monday, a year after they refused to embrace her plan to sharply reduce in-come taxes and eliminate popular deductions and exemptions.

Fallin this year is pro-posing a one-time cut of 0.25 percent beginning in the 2014 tax year. Her proposal would drop the rate from 5.25 percent to 5 percent for most tax filers

in Oklahoma and cost the state $125 million when fully implemented in 2015, ac-cording to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

“This is not the last tax cut you will see from my admin-istration,” Fallin said in her 50-minute address to House and Senate lawmakers. “I am serious about lowering taxes, and I will work to get our taxes even lower and to help us be even more com-petitive so that our neighbors to the north and to the south won’t be taking jobs from Oklahoma.”

Fallin’s proposal to slash the income tax drew immedi-ate criticism from Democrats who maintain it will elim-inate a critical source of

revenue for state programs.House Democratic Leader

Scott Inman said it doesn’t make sense for Fallin to pro-mote an income tax cut in the same speech in which she enumerated hundreds of millions of dollars in needs, including repairs to the State Capitol building and more mental health funding.

“She was long on ideas, short on details,” he said.

Fallin also called for fur-ther changes to the state’s pensions that would reduce the unfunded liability of the major systems, an overhaul of the workers’ compensa-tion system and an imme-diate boost in funding for repairs to the Capitol and teacher benefits.

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Everybody’s favor-ite international non-conformist

is at it again. Recently North Korea announced it is taking a more aggres-sive approach to foreign policy by continuing to test nuclear weapons and long range rockets as part of its action against “the sworn enemy of the Korean people.” This is hardly newsworthy, as it has hap-pened numerous times since North Korea’s withdraw-al from the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003.

So what is the U.S. to do? Ideally, absolutely nothing. If countries were celebrities, North Korea would be

2010 Charlie Sheen — dysfunctional, delusional and really interesting to follow. North Korea’s repressive communist government and its complete control of in-formation more often finds itself the butt of jokes than in serious conversations, and rightly so.

The country is not sustainable. North Korea relies heavily on foreign food aid from several countries, in-cluding China, its closest ally, and for no good reason, the U.S.

Past negotiations for food and other forms of aid from the U.S. have worked as an extortion racket. North Korea promises to stop developing nuclear weapons and the U.S. gives aid as an incentive. Then, North Korea resumes developing nuclear weapons and the process starts over again. Extortion is usually the powerful ex-torting money from the weak, but thanks to leadership in Washington, North Korea is somehow extorting us.

The U.S. must realize North Korea is absolutely non-threatening. If the U.S. could go toe to toe with the Soviet Union, a country with thousands of nuclear weapons, we shouldn’t be scared of a country that possesses maybe two.

There isn’t a reason to provide North Korea with aid, no reason whatsoever. Giving aid to third world coun-tries only helps legitimize oppressive governments. More often than not, dictators use food aid to control their people rather than to feed them.

However, North Korea is by no means wrong to de-velop nuclear weapons. In fact, given the ever-present involvement of the U.S. with countries without nuclear weapons, I’d say it’s a smart move. For the most part, countries with nuclear capabilities tend to be left free of unwanted U.S. military involvement. After seeing what happened to Iraq, it is only natural countries like Iran are looking to develop nuclear weapons.

The U.S. needs to respect North Korea’s sovereignty. It is a country’s right to develop weapons it feels are re-quired to maintain sovereignty against foreign threats. At the same time, we need to stop sending aid, which only serves to legitimize Kim Jong-un’s tyrannical regime.

In other words, foreign policy is a lot better and cheaper when you just do nothing.

Scott Houser is an international business senior.

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Our View: Today’s editorial is part of a two-part series on a proposed new sexual assault law. Today we examine how the law would threaten victims’ anonymity. Wednesday, we will look at the police provisions in the law.

OU sexual assault victim advocates are not required to report assaults to police, but state Sen. Tom Ivester, D-Elk City, is looking to change that with House Bill 312. The bill would require university employees to tell police about any report of sexual assault involving a student, whether the student wants to pursue a police investigation or not.

While we applaud Ivester’s effort, we believe forc-ing university advocates to report crimes would dis-suade victims from coming forward at all.

Sexual assaults are un-derreported and rarely punished at OU, The Daily reported in a three-part se-ries in October.

Only 61 reports of sexual assault filed with the OU police department from 2000 to then, we reported. Of those cases, not one re-sulted in jail time for any offender.

National surveys suggest one in four female col-lege students have been victims of sexual assault at one time in their lives. If these numbers are even remotely accurate, OU has a serious problem with sexual assault underreporting; we must not create policies that discourage reporting.

The primary concern of any university policy or department tasked with victim assistance must be the health and welfare of victims seeking help from the university. Confidentiality concerns are among the top barriers to reporting sexual assaults

on campus, according to a study published in the Journal of American College Health in 2006.

When a victim reports sexual assaults to any au-thority, the victim is more likely to receive medical and psychological treatment, the study reported.

After first aid — psychological and phys-ical — is administered, victims can be encouraged to report the assault to the po-lice by university counselors and victims’ advocates.

University advocates must maintain confidentiality. Victims of sexual assault should not be required to report the crime

to the police, but the university should adopt poli-cies and procedures to encourage victims to make the report themselves. University advocacy organi-zations can act as an intermediary between students and the police to facilitate the process of reporting a crime to the police.

It is not enough for a counselor or advocate to tell the victim to go to the police — advocates must work with both victims and police to make the reporting process as accessible as possible.

This strategy combines the protection of confiden-tiality with the benefits of reporting a crime to the police. If a victim does not feel safe enough to report a crime to anyone, no care can be given. Some vic-tims cannot or should not go to the police, and they should not be coerced to do so. But once a victim expresses willingness to go to police, it is the univer-sity’s responsibility to make the reporting process as easy and painless as possible.

The bill Ivester introduced is well intentioned, but threatens efforts to give needed first aid to assault victims. Ask Ivester to amend his bill to encourage universities to adopt policies that do not threaten victim confidentiality.

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Recess appointments are constitutional

In one quick swipe of the pen, an appellate court

in D.C. decided three of President Barack Obama’s intrasession re-cess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board during a “pro forma” Senate session were unconstitutional.

In a breathtakingly poor decision on Jan. 25, the D.C. appeals court took a huge swing at the president’s ability to make recess ap-pointments. Not only has the appeals court decided intra-session appointments are unconstitutional, they’ve also decided most intersession appointments ever made have been unconstitutional.

Intersession appointments have traditionally occurred when a president was unable to receive Senate confirma-tion, so the president would wait for the Senate to go home for holiday or would wait for the end of a Senate session.

Now, if the president wants to make an intersession appointment, not only does it have to happen while the Senate is in be-tween sessions, but the vacated position must also open up in between sessions — no more waiting for the Senate to leave on holiday to make appointments.

The board cannot reach a quorum with just two members, so when a position opened up, the board could not legally op-erate. Obama had to take action to continue doing the business of the people.

He made four recess appointments on Jan. 4, but the Republican minority claims it wasn’t in recess, even though Senate members were still out on a quite lengthy holiday.

If you are saying to yourself, “Well gosh, that sure sounds like a recess to me,” according to Congress, you’re wrong.

In order to block Obama from performing his con-stitutional duty of filling “up all vacancies,” the Senate Republican minority decided to have a “pro forma” session.

A “pro forma” session’s purpose is to block recess ap-pointments. The Senate has no official docket or agenda — other than blocking the president’s duty of appointing

officials — and apparently all you have to do is have some guy sit around and gavel the Senate into session every three days. They “gavel in for minutes or even seconds be-fore gaveling out to try to meet the definition of holding a Congressional meeting,” according to a New York Times article.

The appellate court in D.C. decided the words “the” and “happen” have extremely specific definitions in the consti-tution, and now the practice of recess appointments would be drastically different than before.

“The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by grant-ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session,” according to Article II, Section II, Clause III of the U.S. Constitution.

According to the appeals court, the phrase “the recess of the Senate” means only in-between sessions of the Senate, and the phrase “that may happen during” means appoint-ments can only be made in-between sessions if the posi-tion that is up for appointment was vacated during that intersession.

Recess appointments that are now deemed “unconstitutional” have been common practice since the mid 19th cen-tury. President Andrew Johnson even ap-pointed a district court judge during an intrasession in 1867.

The number of intrasession appoint-ments has skyrocketed since 1947. “There are over 280 recess appointments made during intrasession … by democratic and republican administrations alike,” said Jay Carney, White house press secretary told The Washington Times.

It is asinine to call the president’s actions unconstitutional.

His appointments were being blocked and Republicans moved to hold a “pro forma” session that was disabling a government entity from doing the peoples’ business.

White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler put it best. “Can the Senate, through form, render a constitutional power of the executive obsolete? Our view is that the an-swer to that question is clearly no,” Ruemmler told the New York Times.

Jeff Black is a broadcasting junior.

A letter we got from a Michigan seventh-grad-er has us thinking about what we love about Oklahoma. Alli is working on a school project

about U.S. states and she is writing about Oklahoma. Alli needs to know what we love about our state histo-

ry, sports — anything we think makes Oklahoma special. It sounds like Alli needs our help. Let’s all share with

Alli what we think makes Oklahoma so great.To us, the best thing about Oklahoma is the people

who live here. We might not have ocean beaches, but our friends have the laid back attitude of surfers. We might not have towering mountains, but we are adventurous like climbers. And OU might not be in the Ivy League, but we are in a league all our own.

Oklahomans are generous and caring. We welcome visitors and newcomers with open arms and open kitchens.

And, of course, we love the Sooners. Fans all over the state cheer when OU wins and cry when OU loses. Oklahoma doesn’t have a professional football team be-cause we don’t need one — we have Sooner football.

We hope this answers some of Alli’s questions about our amazing state.

Maybe in a couple of years when Alli looks at colleges, she might join us here in the Sooner nation.

We would love to have her as part of the OU community.

If you are reading this and want to share what you love about Oklahoma, please email dailyopinion@ou.edu and we will forward your messages to Alli.

The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

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LIFE&ARTSTuesday, February 5, 2013 • 5

Emma Hamblen, life & arts editorMegan Deaton, assistant editor

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Frightened Rabbit’s folk lyricism strikes chord

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Dr. Scott Davidson (left), Faculty-in-Residence (FIRs) in the Couch Housing Center, and his daughter, Yelena Davidson (middle), pur-chase art from Student Art Gallery employee Macey Flowers, (right) in the University of Oklahoma Memorial Student Union.

TESS THOMSONLife & Arts Reporter

Art major or not, any OU student is eligible to sell their handmade artwork at the Student Art Gallery in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Established in 1999 by Molly Shi Boren , the gallery sells handcrafted art pieces, such as paintings, jewelry, knitted scarves, ceramics and more. The gallery will sell almost anything made or fabricated by hand, said Jessica Tankersley, a fine arts senior and the gallery’s stu-dent director.

The galler y is a place where students are able to expose their talents to fel-low students and the com-munity. It is more than just a gallery to look at student artwork; it is a place where things are for sale and can be purchased, said Katelynn Knick, a studio art sopho-more and gallery employee.

“We’re here and actual-ly do sell stuff every day,” Tankersley said.

Even employees sell their work at the gallery, like Knick, who sells a variety of pieces, such as knitted head wraps, scarves, paintings and drawings.

“I always feel really spe-cial when something of mine sells,” Knick said. “I really

love it when I’m working at the art gallery and someone buys something of mine —that way I get to meet the customer and talk to them.”

To sell artwork at the gal-lery, students have to bring their art to the gallery when it’s open and fill out paper-work. Their piece or pieces are then looked over by the gallery’s employees, and they decide whether or not to sell, Tankersley said.

“ We s e l l a l m o s t a n y -thing that students make,” Tankersley said.

Students pick the price at which to sell their artwork. When a piece is sold, the gallery takes a 20 percent commission for the costs of renting the gallery. The busi-ness office then processes the transaction and sends a check to the student in the mail, Tankersley said.

The gallery mostly sells to OU students and employ-ees; however, it is open to the public, and members of the community make purchases.

Many customers return often to see the new art students bring, Tankersley said.

“Your purchases are ben-efiting fellow students,” Tankersley said.

The gallery is operated and maintained by three stu-dents. Tankersley said she oversees the gallery and acts as a liaison between the gal-lery and the business office.

The gallery is located on the Oklahoma Memorial

Union’s first floor next to Starbucks. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“Don’t be afraid to try and put your artwork on display,” Knick said. “You never know when someone might want to buy it.”

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There are two obvi-ous reasons as to why studios stay away from January or February release dates. Either studios want to release their movies when people have more free time during the holiday season, or they want them to premiere closer to the Oscars so their films are fresh on the minds of the nominations committee and, ultimately, the Oscar voters.

Seriously, let’s take this year’s nominations for best pic-ture at the Oscars. Of the nine movies nominated for the most coveted award, two of the nominees weren’t widely distributed throughout the U.S. — “Amour” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild” — and of the other seven movies, “Argo” had the earliest distribution date, Oct. 12.

The remaining six movies didn’t hit theaters until at least November, leaving the impression moviegoers should only care about movies coming out at the end of the year if they want to see a serious Oscar contender. However, I see a serious problem with this trend.

Prominent Hollywood studios make their big block-busters year after year. With each passing year, the spectacle gets bigger, and the storylines become less thought-provoking. Unfortunately, Americans are stuck going to see me-diocre movies until the summer slew of block-busters come out.

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Frightened Rabbit began breaking away from its folk

sound with its 2010 album, “The Winter Of Mixed Drinks.” The Scottish quin-tet completely dropped the electronic aspects of its previous album and seems to have made its way back to its folk roots in its new percussion-heavy fourth album, “Pedestrian Verse.”

“Pedestrian Verse” is lacking in crescendo, both within the songs them-selves and the album as a whole. Most of the songs are repetitive and don’t build up to anything more than a nearly identical second verse, making the melodies generally unmemorable.

The opening track, “Acts

of Man,” begins with a piano solo and ethereal vocals, soon to be joined by per-cussion reminiscent of trib-al drumming. This song has all the elements of a great

song but still manages not to achieve anything special. It doesn’t do the best job of setting the tone for the rest of the album, as the songs following are faster and

much more harsh.The single, “The

Woodpile,” stood out among a sea of monoto-nous tracks. The slow bass line swells to a climactic

and catchy chorus. It’s the most mainstream song on the album but still retains the band’s raw, folk-rock style. This is the only track on the album I found myself singing along.

Lyricism certainly is where this album excels. “If you call your album ‘Pedestrian Verse,’ you can’t settle for any old lyric,” singer Scott Hutchison said in a press release. Despite upbeat melodies, the lyrics are dark and complex, often relating to pain and loss.

“Dead Now” features some of the most thought-ful lyrics on the album. I mean, “I’m dead now/ Can you hear the relief/ As life’s belligerent symphony’s finally cease,” is pure po-etry. If you are looking for lyrics to make you feel like sunshine, this album is not for you. If you identify with lyrics about losing yourself and struggling back to nor-mality, “Pedestrian Verse” will strike a chord.

“Pedestrian Verse” is far from what “The Winter Of Mixed Drinks” was. It gets better the more you listen to it, but it is still not an album I would go out of my way to hear. It didn’t make me feel as cool as I felt when my brother put “The Modern Leper” on my iPod in high school. It’s a solid album, but I don’t see it going beyond the fan base Frightened Rabbit already has.

Shannon Borden is a public relations sophomore.

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among the others.Thirty years ago, only

the nation’s finest players received significant media coverage of their recruit-ment. We’re talking once-in-a-lifetime athletes. The Jim Browns, Earl Campbells, Herschel Walkers and Marcus Duprees of the foot-ball world were the only ones to make a blip on the national radar. And even then, the signing of their let-ters of intent wasn’t broad-cast live for the world to see.

But fast forward to 2013, and it seems like every high school football player from here to North Dakota who has plans of playing college ball gets his own announce-ment party — camera crew and cheering section included.

When you think about it, it’s absolutely asinine. When you consider the age of the kids being thrust into the limelight, it’s unbelievable. And when you realize how few live up to their blue chip billings, it becomes insane.

But it’s just another by-product of our country’s idolization of athletes.

Now I’ll admit I’m guilty of it myself. I have about a dozen jerseys of professional athletes — active and retired — I wear with pride, and I live vicariously through the successes and failures of a few different sports teams.

Dillon Phillips, sports editorJono Greco, assistant editor

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SPORTS

With National Signing Day just a day away, I’d

like to take a moment to look at how this sports holiday of veritable athlete worship came to be.

Every signing day, ESPN and its myriad of sister net-works cover college football recruiting as intensely and completely as any political election I’ve ever seen.

They send out reporters in the field. They bring pun-dits into the studio. They get coaches and players on the phone. They show live feeds of players’ announcements.

They assault their view-ers with an army of talking heads, and they do it all day long just to see where some high school kids choose to play college football.

Excuse me for thinking it’s a tad bit ridiculous.

High school players didn’t used to announce their fu-ture plans in front of televi-sion cameras, reporters and their school’s entire student body. They didn’t play for the camera while they pulled hats from a bag like lottery numbers from a hopper, and fans didn’t hold their collec-tive breath in hopes of seeing their teams’ hat emerge from

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Mavs rivalry is work in progress

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Dallas Mavericks and the

Oklahoma City Thunder are on two different paths this season.

The Thunder is contending for another chance at an NBA title. The Mavericks are out-side the playoff picture and on their way toward a lottery pick.

But no matter how well or poorly these two teams are playing, they create an atmosphere that feels like a late-round playoff game.

The Mavericks and Thunder are quickly becoming rivals. Yes, becoming; they’re not rivals yet.

For people who believe these teams already are rivals because it’s a Texas-versus-Oklahoma thing: that doesn’t cut it.

Just because these two teams are separated by only a few hours along Interstate-35 does not make them rivals. They were no more rivals when the Thunder moved to Oklahoma City than they were when the Thunder called Seattle home.

To be fair, OKC does not have any legitimate rivals yet.The team only has called Oklahoma City home since

2008, so it and the fan base have not had enough time to develop a true rivalry with anyone.

The fans have had enough time to hate teams, though.The Lakers knocked out the Thunder in its first playoff

appearance, drawing the ire of OKC’s passionate fans — but let’s be honest, what fan base other than the Lakers’ doesn’t like to hate them? The Heat are on everybody’s hit-list, especially the Thunder fans’ after last season’s NBA Finals.

For now, though, these teams — as well as Dallas — are just opponents.

But the Thunder and Mavericks are well on their way to developing a rivalry.

Sure, the two teams’ history is an exciting one that has laid the groundwork for a rivalry — each team has defeated the other in a playoff series before advancing to the NBA Finals — but what’s been happening on the court this sea-son is the proof why the Mavericks will be the Thunder’s first legitimate rival.

Dallas and Oklahoma City had playoff-esque matchups in their first two meetings, with the Thunder taking both games in overtime by a combined nine points.

The games were hard-fought, exciting and reminiscent of the 2011 Western Conference Finals, and everyone who paid to go to the games got more than his or her money’s worth.

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dallas Mavericks’ guard o.J. Mayo (32) looks to pass against the Suns on friday in Phoenix. the Mavericks won, 109-99.

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But Monday night’s matchup was a little different. The Thunder showed Dallas who exactly was the better team, decidedly defeating the Mavericks, 112-91, marking Oklahoma City’s 10th win in 11 games in the series since the 2011 Western Conference Finals.

In the second quarter, the Thunder outpaced the Mavericks, 39-22, noticeably frustrating multiple Dallas players, which led to players on both teams allowing their emotions get the best of them.

Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins was called for a technical foul in the second quarter after getting into it with Dallas forward Jae Crowder and guard O.J. Mayo.

If there’s no fight, there’s no rivalry. These two teams definitely have been getting chippy with each other.

While the Thunder may dominate this series for the next few years — there’s little reason for it not to con-sidering the direction the two franchises seem to be heading — one thing is for sure: this blossoming rivalry should be a fun one with heated moments in the near future.

Jono Greco is a journalism graduate student and assistant sports editor. You can follow him on Twitter at @jonogreco13.

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