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Professor reviews by students have not increased in spite of incentives
SABRINA PROSSERThe Oklahoma Daily
Response rates for professor evaluations have declined since the introduction of the on-line eValuate system.
In fall 2008, the last time the College of Arts and Sciences used paper, the response rate was 64 percent, said OU provost Nancy Mergler.
The College of Arts and Sciences response rate was 52 percent in spring 2010, a drop of 12 percent since changing to the online system.
OU has been using the online eValuate sys-tem for a year, while the College of Arts and
Sciences has used the online system for two years.
For spring 2010, the spring student response rate was on average 62 percent, Mergler said.
Most campuses find that students need to be reminded to complete the evaluations; and Provost has built into the eValuate system a variety of mechanisms to remind students, Mergler said.
Some of these mechanisms include e-mail, social networking websites (like Facebook) and traditional campus media outlets such as oZone.
The Provost team is using other incentives to increase the response rate by giving away several iPads every semester in a random drawing for students who complete all course
evaluations.“The more care that students take with com-
pleting these evaluations, the more useful the information will be. I see it as a student’s re-sponsibility in helping make OU even better,” Mergler said.
As students get used to the system the re-sponse rate should improve as well as the com-ments provided, Craig said.
“We, as a college, need to do more to prompt students to complete the evaluations,” said David Craig, Gaylord College associate dean.
The old system required instructors to take paper scantron sheets and select a class time
Columbia University warns students about discussing site on social media sites
TREVOR SHOFNERThe Oklahoma Daily
After Columbia University warned students not to discuss WikiLeaks on social media web-sites, a university spokesman said OU will not take a position on this particular issue.
University spokesman Chris Shilling said OU does not have an official recommendation for students.
“The university isn’t con-demning anyone for freedom of speech,” Shilling said. “They can do whatever they want to, but we aren’t recommending anything in particular either.”
After an alumnus’ comments regarding WikiLeaks, Columbia University sent an e-mail to students applying for federal government jobs recommend-ing they not make comments on social media sites about the documents.
The e-mail said: “Engaging in these activities would call into question [their] ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government.”
The threat is only for people trying to get government jobs with agencies like the CIA or FBI, where security clearance is nec-essary, said Joshua Landis, OU Center for Middle East Studies director.
Columbia’s recommendation isn’t indicative of “a big nation-al clamp-down on freedom of speech” or the “university acting as a government press agent,” Landis said, but is probably the result of an anxious employee at Columbia acting out of responsi-bility to the students to let them know what’s going on.
Landis said in most situations, the threat is minimal as other qualifications are typically more important in job candidate con-sideration, but he advised stu-dents be aware of the possible repercussions.
“You don’t want to have your name all over some laughing e-mail about how the government is embarrassed over these cable leaks,” Landis said. “It would just be begging someone who’s tracking down your security rat-ing to make trouble for you. All it takes is one asshole.”
Mina Farzad, international and area studies senior, said for people in her area of study, it is near impossible not to view the documents or have an opinion on them, but acknowledged that such online interaction could shut down a student’s pursuit of
Department plans updates to OU2GO and OU4YOU, which were released this year
RYAN GERBOSIThe Oklahoma Daily
OU Information Technology is developing additions to OU’s iP-hone applications, but will not re-lease any new applications, an IT spokesman said.
The department is working on ways to improve OU’s two apps, OU2GO and OU4YOU, as op-posed to creating new apps, IT
spokesman Nicholas Key said.“We want to have one concise
place where students can go to ac-cess their information,” Key said.
One addition to OU2GO the department is working on is a vir-tual campus tour for prospective students.
“The app would supplement an on-campus tour,” Key said. “It would also be good for those who can’t make a tour or want to see campus before they schedule their tour.”
With OU4YOU directed more to-ward the OU community, OU2GO
primarily provides information for the external community such as parents, visitors and prospective students, Key said.
Key said the app is being de-veloped in conjunction with the Prospective Students office.
Recruitment Services spokes-woman Allison Stanford said she believes that the app will be help-ful to students who are unable to visit OU.
“We hope that by offering a
Evaluation responses decrease online
OU off ers no advice concerningWikiLeaks
OU to add virtual campus tour to iPhone app
Spring 2010 student response by college
» Architecture — 60 percent» Arts & Sciences — 52 percent» Aviation — 57 percent» Atmospheric & Geographic Science — 49 percent» Business — 60 percent» Earth & Energy — 50 percent» Education — 62 percent» Engineering — 58 percent» Fine Art — 52 percent» Gaylord — 55 percent» Honors — 70 percent» SIAS — 52 percent
*Source: OU provost Nancy Mergler
Resolution urges dead week talksStudent Congress asks Faculty Senate to review pre-fi nals week policy
CHASE COOKThe Oklahoma Daily
T he Faculty Senate Executive Committee decided Monday to meet with the Undergraduate
Student Congress regarding a resolution concerning pre-finals week passed Nov. 30.
The resolution asked the Faculty Senate to review its March 2009 decision to wait until 2014 before reviewing pre-finals week policy, according to a Daily Dec. 1 report.
The policy prohibits instructors from as-signing work worth more than 10 percent of a student’s total grade during pre-finals week, according to the faculty handbook. Any content previously due during the week that is worth more than 10 percent of the student’s total grade must be assigned 30 days prior to pre-finals week.
The Faculty Senate voted against Congress’ proposal to change pre-finals week policy from 10 percent of a student’s total grade to 5 percent Mar. 9, 2009, ac-cording to Daily archives. After voting for no change, the Faculty Senate amended the policy so that it may not be reviewed until 2014.
The executive committee was not sure what issues Congress was asking the Faculty Senate to review, said LeRoy Blank, chemis-try professor and Faculty Senate chairman.
“I intend to contact the person who sent me the resolution and set up a meeting in the near future,” Blank said in an e-mail. “I will report back to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee concerning this dis-cussion by our next meeting.”
Blank said he hopes this meeting will shed light on any issues. As the pre-finals week policy stands now, it is beneficial for students but also restricts the process teach-ing, he said. Students should be given time for heavily weighted assignments through-out the semester and the effort applied dur-ing dead week should be minimal, he said.
Sean Bender, Ways and Means chairman, co-authored the resolution. He was contact-ed by phone and said he was aware Blank wanted to discuss the resolution but de-clined to comment by phone and asked his interview to be conducted through e-mail.
The resolution was passed to reopen discussion and provide a blank slate on the issue, Bender said in an e-mail.
Blank will meet with UOSA President Franz Zenteno, Congress Chairman Brett Stidham and Bender about restarting dis-cussion regarding OU’s pre-finals week
NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY
Mathematics junior Ashley Donaway studies for her organic chemistry lab final Tuesday in the Union’s Clarke Anderson Room. Dead week marks the biannual rush of finals studying; many students choose to study in public areas while others prefer more tranquil areas of campus.
NEIL MCGLOHON/THE DAILY
Shown is OU4YOU, an iPhone app directed at the community. OU Information Technology is planning to update its apps with new features.
SEE EVALUATE PAGE 2
policy, said Bender chemistry sophomore.It is difficult to develop a policy that works
for all course types, OU Provost Nancy Mergler said in an e-mail.
“The Final Examination preparation week [policy] seems to me an appropriate policy to ensure that students are not given unanticipated and additional assignments due during the week prior to finals,” Mergler said.
No date has been set, but the meeting with Blank will occur later this week, Bender said.
SEE IPHONE PAGE 2SEE ADVICE PAGE 2
OU’s dead week policy
Instructors are prohibited from assigning work worth more than 10 percent of a student’s total grade during pre-fi nals week. Any content previously due during the week that is worth more than 10 percent must be assigned 30 days prior.
*Source: Faculty handbook
a federal job.“I understand why stu-
dents would be advised not to do it, if they’re criticizing American foreign policy,” Farzad said. “If your trying
to get a job within the State Department you have to subscribe to its foreign pol-icy, whether you agree with it or not.”
Farzad said it’s not a mat-ter of censorship, but rather just the school trying to help students.
“It’s really hard not to give your opinion on it,” Farzad said. “I have on Facebook, and it’s probably not the best thing for me to be doing. But that’s just the name and the State Department is really traditional and conservative about this.”
within the last two weeks of the semester for students to fill out the forms.
“The old system was time consuming, used paper, and if the forms got dropped into a puddle, well, data was lost,” Mergler said.
The online system avoids issues of “dropping the forms in a puddle” or taking up valuable class time.
In addition to decreas-ing cost and waste, online evaluation also helped units
give faster feedback to fac-ulty regarding their evalu-ations, particularly during the tight fall evaluation cycle when academic units are anxious to receive the fall evaluations that are used in January for the calendar year faculty evaluation process, according to a press release from the provost’s office.
“As new reports are built within the system, I believe it will only continue to im-prove and will provide in-formation to both admin-istrators and professors more promptly,” said Debra
Vaughn, Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts managerial associate.
The university as a whole had a response rate of 53.5 percent.
“We welcome additional suggestions for getting the OU student body to com-plete these, it is an impor-tant part of our instructional assessment,” Mergler said.
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CAMPUS Reneé Selanders, managing [email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666
Today around campus» Society of Chinese Students and Scholars will meet 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Traditions Room.
» Union Programming Board will host “Late Night Breakfast” from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Will Rogers Room.
» Student Success Series will present “Final Exams — Test Management” from 2 to 3 p.m. in Adams Center’s Housing Learning Center.
» Christians on Campus will host a Bible study 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Traditions Room.
Thursday, Dec. 9» Union Programming Board Mid-Day Music will feature Anthony Nagid from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Union’s Will Rogers Room.
» Women’s Mentoring, hosted by Student Affairs, will take place 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Union’s Sooner Room.
Friday, Dec. 10» Union Programming Board will screen “The Town” at 4, 7, 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in the Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
» African Christian Fellowship will meet 7 to 10 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.
» Holiday Dance Club will meet 6 p.m. to midnight in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.
EVALUATE: More feedback neededContinued from page 1
ADVICE: University will not restrict free speech, spokesman saysContinued from page 1
ONLINE AT OUDAILY.COM» Link: Online evaluations info
v i r t u a l c a m p u s t o u r through the iPhone ap-plication, prospective stu-dents and their families who cannot visit our cam-pus in person can get a sample of campus beauty and what the OU experi-ence offers,” Stanford said.
The virtual tour addition will also include the ability to schedule an on-campus tour, Stanford said.
“We want to show them why they should come to Norman to visit OU in-person,” Stanford said.
OU4YOU, which was released this fall, provides students and faculty with services such as Desire 2 Learn, access to OU librar-ies, a Cleveland Area Rapid Transit GPS, a campus directory and a personal planner.
University College fresh-man Hayden Lane said she has found it easier to find assignments and grades since he has downloaded the OU4YOU app.
“Instead of having to jump on my computer all the time, it’s much easier to just go on my phone and find an assignment,” Lane said
O U I T h a s b e e n i n discussion with the OU Health Sciences Center to develop a similar app for HSC students, but no plans have been made, Key said.
IPHONE: No new OU apps in the worksContinued from page 1
MERRILL JONES/THE DAILY
Aaron Biggs, university computer network manager, sits in his office Monday in Ellison Hall. Biggs coordinates the course evaluations for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Recently at Pennsylvania’s West Chester University, a number of curious fliers were posted, advertising for the first meeting of the White Student Union. The fliers state:
“Feeling under represented on campus? Looking for a place to share YOUR views? Uncomfortable in other ‘special interest’ groups? Then this is the place for you!”
At the bottom of the page is a picture of seven fists held up in the air. Needless to say, this caused much controversy.
Students became concerned about the possibility of a racist organization being formed and notified authorities, who investigated the matter. It was discovered that those responsible for the fliers actually intended neither to form an organization nor to hold the meeting (which had no at-tendance), but instead sought to raise awareness against racism. The students were not punished, due to their good intentions, but a campuswide e-mail was sent explaining the fliers were a hoax.
On campus, several students told the Daily Local, the newspaper serving West Chester University’s area, they considered the fliers to be in bad taste. Others questioned
why exactly there would be a problem with an organization oriented toward Caucasian students. Overall, the responses on campus appear to vary significantly.
Considering all of the uproar caused by the fliers, clearly their creators hit on a social disconnect in their misguid-ed attempt to start conversation about race. It seems to me that the key problem with the whole situation was the use of the term “white” — not Caucasian, not European — but white. Had another term been used, it seems unlikely that such a row would have come about.
This term has a long history of association with elitism in America, from the Ku Klux Klan to neo-Nazismism. No other term for people of light-colored skin really encompasses the bigotry that has occurred in the past.
Also, virtually any time you read about Caucasians com-ing together in American history, racism is involved. Being the majority, Caucasians typically have had little reason to come together except to ban against some out-group. Thus, the combination of the term “white” and the idea of form-ing a group centered around white interests of course would raise some eyebrows.
All the same, “white” is the term virtually everyone uses
for people of light-colored skin. It’s unfortunate that such a common term can connotes such hatred. Black is the same way to some extent, although African-American has become more mainstream than any alternative for white. Both terms hark back to less-enlightened times, and be-
cause of this they tend to make some people uncomfortable.
One thing is for certain about this, how-ever: we certainly are not a color blind so-ciety. Racism is still around of course, but even in the seemingly all-inclusive realm of college campuses we still acknowledge race more than we’d like to think we do, if simply through an over-awareness of when some-
thing seems racially biased.We will know that racism is dead when we ourselves no
longer question if another is racist.Until then, we’ll be left to question the merits of fabri-
cated fliers.
— Buck Roberson,
University College freshman
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Suppose a father tells his son that a stork delivered him as a baby. At first this might seem perfectly fine and inno-cent, but then suppose the son is 15 years old and has yet to attend biology class.
It gets worse. The father also has instructed the boy to reject any notion that questions deliverance by stork. Why might the father do this? Perhaps his own dad told him something similar, or he was absent from the delivery room at the time of his son’s birth.
After all, why should he accept something he didn’t ob-serve firsthand?
In case you’re still not disturbed, let’s have him — with a group of influential, like-minded friends — do every-thing in his power to make stork theory universally ac-cepted doctrine.
It may not be a perfect allegory, but I hope putting things in this context will help you understand the incredulity I felt last week as I read the news.
Come 2014, Kentucky will be known for a biblical creationist theme park, brought to us by Answers in Genesis, an apologetics ministry known for twisting scientific facts and promoting a literalist interpretation of the Bible.
This is the same group that established a creationist museum in 2007, which features dinosaurs eating pineapples with penguins in the Garden of Eden. In the context of my story, the group members believe storks de-liver babies.
Aside from debate about tax incentives (separation of church and what?), this proposal should spark serious concern. In establishing a museum dedicated to false-hood, Answers in Genesis seeks to undermine our integ-rity. Now, by building a theme park, it’s blatantly attempt-ing to indoctrinate children.
According to a 2008 Gallup poll, 44 percent of Americans still believe literally in the Bible’s account of human ori-gin. For something that is scientifically invalid, that is much too large a number.
A literalist, young-Earth creation like that in the Bible can now be disproved with more or less the same certainty we can disprove the stork theory.
Forget evolution, I’m talking about what we’re pretty sure didn’t happen. Even the Catholic Church has admitted a literal Adam and Eve never existed.
As a society dependent on our youth’s proper educa-tion, I thought we had agreed that lying to children should be looked on with contempt, whether it’s backed up by religious convictions or not. If anything, that should be
all the more reason to be concerned: taking Bible readings literally can ultimately lead to fundamentalism, which is incredibly dangerous.
To show I’m not raging purely against re-ligion, let me recommend finding a more educated understanding in prominent Christians who accept evolution. One such man is Francis Collins, Human Genome Project and the National Institutes of Health director. You don’t need to be a critic of reli-gion to keep the children rightly informed.
Unfortunately, because Answers in Genesis is particularly stubborn, I can only ask for your indignation. Take a look at what this group is trying to do, realize why it’s wrong, and guard against it. It has the right
to build what it wants, but it’s time we — inhabitants of the Bible Belt — consider the immorality of lying to chil-dren and reject a literalist interpretation of the Bible.
Also, there will be no rides at the park, so don’t bother supporting it even if you disagree.
— Steven Zoeller,
University College freshman
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America has yet to become a colorblind nation
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2008 Gallup poll,
44 percent of
Americans still
believe literally in
the Bible’s account
of human origin. For
something that is
scientifi cally invalid,
that is much too
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Creationist amusement park should evoke moral outrage
The online course evaluation system will complete its first run for the whole university this year, and so far the results aren’t surprising.
Since moving online, the response rate among students has declined, the university provost said.
For the College of Arts and Sciences alone, the re-sponse rate has declined 12 percent since the college implemented the online system two years ago.
Professors used to hand out course evaluations in class and students used class time to complete them. Now, professors need not set aside class time, but students have to take the initiative upon themselves to complete the evaluations.
This is a welcoming change in that the university saves time and printing costs, and there is less room for human error to lose the evaluations.
However, the trade-off is that respondents have de-creased, most likely because students are being asked to use their own time, and if a student doesn’t feel
particularly strong about a course then he or she prob-ably won’t fill out an online form. It’s a typical truth of the Internet that people only respond when they really, really like something or really, really hate it.
Thus, course evaluations will now consist of mostly students who really enjoyed the course or those who strongly disliked it.
How this will affect the purpose of course evaluations is unclear, but many professors will likely be left specu-lating what the opinions were of several missing students against the rants and raves.
We understand the lack of motivation to review every course, but we strongly encourage students to take the time to fill out these evaluations. Most professors do take them into consideration, and all opinions are needed, even the lukewarm ones.
Plus, you could win a free iPad if you do.
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Editor’s note: These comments are in response to Evan DeFilippis’ Monday column, “A nude awakening — TSA and privacy”
“Very nice article. It seems absurd to me that so many people are simply okay with being frisked or fully viewed in the name of security. If that is really the case then those same people should let the police search their home without a warrant and without cause because hey, that could stop terrorism too.”
— resipsaloquitur
“Pilots are responsible for killing more people than terrorists? Is every single commercial airline crash the fault of the pilots? What about mechanic failures (Concorde) and air traffi c control failures (near miss at my home fi eld a month ago)?
Interesting article; bad hyperbole.”
— pilot
“The real answer is to make better judgements about who is potentially a problem. Not old ladies or young children. Profi ling - while a non PC word, is the real answer.
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but virtually all the terrorists were of the Islamic faith. That is a fact that can not be disputed. There are other terrorists who have other faiths, but the ones who are most actively attacking america and our way of live are Islamic.
Spend the money on training and better profi ling of travelers and things will become far more effective (both for the people and the government).”
— HT307
“Hey Evan DeFilippis, I was more or less with you until you said that the war in Afghanist is “an unjustifi ed war”? Were you on another planet on September 11, 2001? You didn’t notice any unusual events being reported on CNN that particular day? What kind of a moron thinks that if you are attacked, you SHOULDN’T fi ght back? Seriously DeFilippis, that is just the dumbest thing you could have said. Pacifi sm is a nice ideal, but to not respond to aggression is to invite more aggression, and you are old enough to know that. Stop being an idiot.”
— albert911emt
“The terrorism we’ve encountered here in the United States of Homeland Security is more concerned with symbolic acts that instill fear than it is with actually infl icting damage.
If any of this security theater was actually about saving lives, effective mass transit would be considered a national security priority.
Cars kill as many Americans every month as Saudi hijackers killed on 9/11, yet the government goes out of its way with bailouts, subsidized highway infrastructure, and cash for clunkers to ensure as many people as possible are out there driving.”
— anon1262010
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LIFE&ARTS Dusty Somers, life & arts [email protected] • phone: 405-325-5189
OUDAILY.COM ›› Read a review of ‘Decoded,’ the new memoir by Jay-Z (shown right)
orman arose to such a clatter at the beginning of this year’s holiday season to find neatly wrapped presents awaiting its residents.
No, these presents weren’t sleds or dolls or any of the other classic holiday fare. They were free 12” vinyl records, festively wrapped and dropped off by a pair of entities teaming up to play Santa Claus.
Sponsored by Fowler Volkswagen and Nice People Records, the “Checking It Twice: 2010 Nice People Holiday Companion” features 14 local bands team-ing up on 10 original holiday-themed songs, including tracks from The Boom Bang, Evangelicals and Depth and Current.
It gets better. Eight of the bands have teamed up to play a free show at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.
“I didn’t even really think about a show until I heard how great all of the songs were,” said Nice People owner and operator Chris Harris, also the creative mind behind Depth and Current. “The album came first.”
Co-sponsored by Jonathan Fowler, former Norman Arts Council pres-ident and past Norman Music Festival chairman, the album and show mark a creative venture between a pair of local businesses .
“The overarching theme is sort of this magical vibe that happens during the holiday season,” Harris said. “To me, it’s about family, friends, kindness and wonder. I hope the album emphasizes those aspects of the season.”
It does, in a modern, hipstery Christmas time sort of way. “Good cheer invites a soundness of mind,” Student Film sings on “Slay
Belles,” the album’s last track, before wishing the listener a happy holiday with electronic drum beats and dancey synths.
Talented singers Penny Hill and Samantha Crain team up on “No Whiskey Snow Cone” for a surprisingly intimate depiction of a sad, lonely holiday. The album promises a terrific show with plenty of locals playing together for the sake of good holiday cheer. Harris said each band will get a mini-set, playing at least one holiday song apiece.
“We’ll definitely hear some of the songs that these bands have on their albums and CDs,” he said. “It’ll be a great chance to hear a handful of great bands from right here in town.”
Local bands to gather ’round Union for free show
If you go
WHAT: Holiday Concert presented by Fowler VW and Nice People
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Union’s Meacham Auditorium
PRICE: Free
PHOTO PROVIDED
Top: Gentle Ghost performs a set. The band will be one of eight performing in Saturday’s holiday show.
Right: The Boom Bang will perform Saturday in the Union. The band released an EP in September.
Saturday’s concert at OU will showcase original holiday-themed tracks recorded by 14 local artists
BY MATT CARNEY | THE DAILY
Bands performing
The Boom BangKite Flying RobotBrother GruesomeDepth and Current (feat. Skating Polly)Student FilmPenny HillGang Starr MuseumGentle Ghost (feat. Brine Webb)
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Former Sooner offensive coordinator returns to Big Ten country as head coach
AARON COLENThe Oklahoma Daily
Former OU football of-fensive coordinator Kevin Wilson officially accepted the head coach position at Indiana University on Tuesday afternoon.
Wilson announced the de-cision at a press conference at 3 p.m. in Bloomington, Ind.
“I think it’s a natural tran-sition for me,” Wilson said. “I’m from this region, and my wife is from Cincinnati.”
He coached in the Big Ten region with Miami (OH) from 1990-98, and Northwestern from 1999-2001.
Wilson said talks with the Hoosiers began before the Big 12 Championship game Saturday, but he was grate-ful Indiana backed off dur-ing that time to allow him to coach in the game.
“I appreciate the admin-istration for giving me the chance to do my job, be-cause the most critical thing on Saturday night was win-ning that football game,” he said.
OU head coach Bob Stoops thanked Wilson for his role in helping the Sooners win
six of the team’s seven Big 12 Championships in a state-ment Tuesday.
“[Wilson’s] attention to detail, innovation and abili-ty to develop players to their fullest ability have helped us remain a strong program,” Stoops said. “Kevin, Angie and the entire Wilson fam-ily leave with our gratitude for a job well done with the Sooners and our best wishes
for continued success with the Hoosiers.”
Stoops will decide wheth-er to allow Wilson to coach in the Fiesta Bowl. Though Wilson is open to it, he said he understands the decision will be made with OU’s best interests in mind.
Wilson signed a seven-year contract worth $1.2 million per year with the Hoosiers. He has worked
under Stoops at OU since 2002, and served as offen-sive coordinator since 2006.
W i l s o n r e p l a c e s B i l l Lynch, who was fired nine days ago after three consec-utive losing seasons.
Stoops will address the process of filling the posi-tion and the coaching ar-rangement for the Fiesta Bowl later this week or the first part of next week.
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Wilson accepts Indiana job
PETER STEVENSON/INDIANA DAILY STUDENT
Former OU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson takes the podium for the first time as the Indiana Hoosiers’ head coach Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind. Wilson had been with OU since 2002.
Daily staff writer says his farewell
After 2 1/2 years, this is my last column as a member of The Oklahoma Daily.
In that time, I was able to get a taste of most every-thing OU sports had to offer.
Since I’ve been here, I’ve had the opportunity to write about everything from rowing to football. I’ve met some kind people and some unpleasant ones; been to nice ven-ues and crappy ones; and written good stories and prob-ably some bad ones.
I covered the incomparable Blake Griffin in the NCAA Tournament a few years back, and I also covered the in-compatible 2009-10 men’s basketball team.
I was in the press box this season when the Sooners watched their No. 1 BCS ranking disappear in Columbia, Mo., and I also was in Cowboys Stadium when OU defeated Nebraska in a Big 12 Championship game that will be re-membered for years to come — and not just because it may be the last one for a while.
I watched the Paris twins redefine OU women’s basket-ball and was sitting on the sideline when Courtney Paris fouled out against Tennessee, ending her double-double streak that may never be broken.
I was able to do all those things while working beside some of the biggest names in journalism, both in Oklahoma and in the country. I got to experience things that — de-pending on where my post-grad life takes me — could turn out to be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
It would be wrong for me to go any further without thank-ing The Daily and everyone who I’ve worked with, who I’ve worked for and who have worked for me. This organization gave me the opportunity to go from an unpaid intern to edi-tor of the sports page to now being the footbal beat writer.
It would be even more wrong for me to neglect to thank God for the positions I was put in, the opportunities I was given and the success I had in each of those opportunities.
I never thought I’d be the guy who wrote one of these farewell columns. I’m not pretentious enough to think that many — if any — of those who read The Daily sports page will miss me or my contributions, because someone equal-ly qualified will likely take my place.
However, it would feel inadequate to spend this, my last opportunity to be published in the foreseeable future, just talking about another player or game.
Thank you, and good luck in the future to everyone who helped me achieve all the things I did in these past five semesters.
— Aaron Colen,
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