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Student groups shack for charityHabitat for Humanity’s annual Shack-a-Thon raises money to build houses for low-income
DHARA SHETHThe Oklahoma Daily
Twenty-six groups of students in homemade cardboard shacks will encourage passersby to do-nate spare change from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The re c yclable cardboard houses across the South Oval are part of the annual Shack-A-Thon — OU’s Habitat for Humanity event that raises money to build houses for low-income fami-lies, Shack-A-Thon chairwoman Kathryn Hamstra said.
A trophy is awarded to the group that raises the most money, Hamstra said. She said organizers hope to raise $5,000 this year.
The event usually raises $4,000 to $5,000, said Melanie Seley, president of OU’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
OU’s chapter works for the Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity, although they are sep-arate organizations, Seley said. The two groups usually work to-gether on builds.
The money Shack-A-Thon raises will be used to put two
C l e v e l a n d C o u n t y f a m i l i e s into homes, said Tracy Curtis, Habitat for Humanity Outreach manager.
One of the projects is an ac-tual house build, which will cost an estimated $80,000. The other project is a $30,000 house renova-tion. Both projects are scheduled
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Trained teaching assistants offer group sessions, individual appointments through University College Action Center
JIYEUN HEOThe Oklahoma Daily
With midterm exams approaching in the following weeks, students should start preparing for their exams now to avoid all-nighters and cram sessions later.
The University College Action Center offers group tutoring sessions students can tailor to their own class and study schedules.
Part of the Assessment and Learning Center, the UC Action Center offers tutoring sessions for a wide range of subjects. They are led by graduate and teaching assistants and trained undergradu-ate Peer Learning Assistants who specialize in their respective fields, said Tammy Pratt, director of the Assessment and Learning Center.
Louise Vo, zoology senior, is an undergraduate PLA who has tutored for the UC Action Center since fall 2008 teaching general chemistry I and II and physi-ology courses. She conducts scheduled group tutor-ing sessions and individual tutoring appointments.
Vo said her role as an undergraduate PLA is to help students understand concepts from their class lectures, as well as an-swer any questions students may bring to the sessions.
Michelle Reed, zoology junior, has gone to the UC Action Center for three semesters in preparation for her chemistry exams.
She said the undergraduate PLAs helped her understand concepts tested in her classes. After attending group tutoring sessions, Reed said she saw a major improvement in her grades.
To take advantage of the center’s resources, follow these steps:
1 CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULES ONLINE
To see the schedules for all group tutoring sessions, visit the UC Action Center schedule online first, Pratt said.
Next, decide which times and locations best fit your sched-ule. Then plan to attend the group session.
Pratt said students can find out when each subject’s sessions take place on the website.
For example, if students are seeking assistance in chemistry, they can go online to the UC Action website and find out all the chemistry courses the UC Action Center offers, Pratt said.
2 FIND THE SESSIONS THAT BEST SUIT YOUR SCHEDULE
Most tutoring sessions take place in Wagner Hall, the Housing Learning Center in Adams Center Muldrow Tower and the Modern Languages Learning Center in Kaufman
Hall, Pratt said. Though these are the main tutoring locations, Pratt said UC Action Center tutoring takes place all over OU’s campus.
Students can make appointments for individual tutoring by calling the Assessment and Learning Center office. Walk-in tutoring sessions are also available, as well as online tutoring sessions.
3 COME PREPARED FOR EACH SESSION
When students come to the center, they should be prepared to ask questions and bring something to work on, Vo said.
It’s best to attend sessions well in advance of exams to get the most out of the tutoring experience.
“We have a lot of students who come in right before the exam, which can be helpful, but it is not effective overall,” Pratt said.
Vo advises students to come in a couple of weeks before their exams so they can plan ahead and have ample time to review materials.
TUTORS | PEER ASSISTANCE ENHANCES LEARNING
Academic assistance available during crunch time, midterms
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Economics sophomore Carly Dillon (right) receives tutoring from psychology junior Nick Purcell (left) at the Wagner Hall Learning Center on Sept. 29. Students can use tutoring resources throughout the semester.
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OU sends professors to military sites to teach
DEBBIE DAVISThe Oklahoma Daily
Of the 6,000 graduate stu-dents at OU, approximately 1,750 will pursue master’s de-grees on military bases around the world. These students are either on active duty or are mili-tary dependents.
The classes taught on base are instructed by professors flown from the Norman campus to the sites.
Tim Davidson, associate pro-fessor of Human Relations, has been flown to numerous mili-tary sites six times a year since 1997.
“There are some new faces on base every once and a while, but for the most part, there has been a group of particular professors who have been going over for a while,” Davidson said.
He explained professors who are flown onto base are usually picked by the Human Relations department and the professors accept the offer.
The professors are gone for about a week of class time and are present on base for 30 contact hours, according to Davidson. While the professor is on site, another professor will typically cover scheduled class-es for that professor.
Although the schedule for these students is condensed, the class content is the same as it would be on the Norman campus during a full semester.
“It is the same classes, same professors, same standards,” said T. H. Lee Williams, pro-fessor and Graduate College dean.
There will be about 475 dif-ferent classes and seven differ-ent Masters programs available to these graduate students this year, said Richard Little, associ-ate vice president of continuing education.
The classes will be avail-able at nine sites within the U.S. outside of Norman and 16 military bases abroad, includ-ing sites in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Azores and Spain. Online class-es are also offered through the Norman campus.
A typical class day is four hours of class time and eight hours on the weekends. In two weeks, the students will ac-cumulate their 30 hours of re-quired class time, however they will also have 15 hours of out-of-class directed reading and as-signments to receive their three hour credit for the course.
Although the class sizes vary from course to course, the ideal class size consists of 20 students.
OU is under contract with the military bases to make sure that each graduate student is eligible to receive their degree within
Soldiers obtain graduate degrees abroad
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two years. Although some students may be able to obtain a degree sooner, the t ime in which the
students receive a degree is the same as it is with g ra d u at e s t u d e nt s o n campus in Norman.
The program was estab-lished in 1965 by two for-mer OU professors.
to be completed by May so students working on them can see the finished prod-uct, Curtis said.
“Because of the number of volunteers we have, we are able to build really nice and inexpensive homes at a high quality,” Curtis said.
Habitat for Humanity provides no-interest loans to families otherwise un-able to qualify for home loans from bank, Curtis said. After Habitat chooses a family, a block of land is chosen depending on the number of people in the family and the most opti-mal locations for the family to live. Professional archi-tects and OU architecture students work with the family to design a custom
home that suits the family’s needs.
To qualify for a house, a family must be a resident in Cleveland County for at least 12 months and have a family income ranging from $21,600 to $40,000, depending on the number of people in the family, Curtis said.
Families do not have to pay interest on the home loans, but they still have to pay taxes, escrow and other related fees, Curtis said. Depending on the size of the house, monthly pay-ments can range from $450 to $500.
Habitat for Humanity, which is a non-profit home builder, also serves as a mortgage company.
S o far, i t has buil t 37 houses across Cleveland County.
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Today around campus» “Financial Planning,” presented by Edward Jones, will take place noon to 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room.
» Student Success Series will host a time management session 2 to 3 p.m. in Adams Center’s Housing Learning Center.
» Career Services will host “Interviewing to Get the Job” from 3:30 to 4 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.
» OU Salsa Club will host a four-week salsa training session 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Union’s Frontier Room.
» Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will host a student opening party featuring “Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the art museum.
» “Risky Business,” a program about assessing breast cancer risk, will meet 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union.
» University Sing, hosted by CAC, will take place 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.
» This day in OU history
Oct. 6, 1965Students fi ght for hot coffee, tables
Many students voiced their concerns over the lack of service and seating at Oklahoma Memorial Union eateries.
Long lines caused coffee to be cold and when lines weren’t long, there were no more tables. Even when tables were available, chairs were scarce.
*Source: The Oklahoma Daily archives
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Energy week hosts farmers marketFresh fruits and vegetables are available for purchase on
Walker-Adams Mall as part of an effort to encourage students to acquire healthier habits at home and in the community.
Housing and Food Services will promote the fi rst Unplug Day on Thursday at the farmers market to encourage students to save electricity when not using electronics.
It will work with the Physical Plant to determine how effective the day is compared to last year’s electricity usage, said Dot Flowers, OU nutrition specialist.
Pamphlets will be handed out with information about how to help out in the community.
“It’s about encouraging opportunities to volunteer [on campus] or off campus,” Flowers said. “We are promoting social responsibility.”
The Laughing Tomato holds a farmers’ market every Friday inside the Oklahoma Memorial Union, but in an effort to reach dorm students, today’s event is being held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Walker-Adams Mall.
— Chase Cook/The Daily
CONGRESS | APPOINTMENTS APPROVED
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UOSA President Franz Zenteno, Integrity Council Chairwoman Elizabeth Miracle and Student Congress Chairman Brett Stidham discuss the appointments of Integrity Council members at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Student Congress meeting. Congress representatives also approved Integrity Council and Superior Court appointments. Approved appointments will move to the Graduate Student Senate for final approval.
For a full recap of the Congress meeting, visit OUDaily.com.
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Undergraduate Student Congress
Understanding UOSA: A guide to student government
History
Structure
Function
Recent Legislation
» Congress was founded in 1969 in conjunction with the executive and judicial branches of UOSA. Before that, student government only consisted of a student senate, in which the senate leader served as student body president, similar to other university governments, said Jason Robison, representative and political science senior.
» UOSA drafted a Constitution in 1969 which was approved by the Board of Regents, creating the new style of student government consisting of four branches.
» The original student legislative branch was just for undergraduate students.» The idea of the government was to give students a way to talk with administration and be more
active on campus.
» Congress consists of 48 representatives from 16 districts; the number of representatives from each district is a proportion of how many undergraduate students are in that district.
» These 48 people represent the approximately 20,000 undergraduate students at OU, as the Constitution outlines. This number could be changed, but no one has really tried, said Katherine Borgerding, representative and Congress spokeswoman. It is a good amount for getting business done and reaching quorum, the majority needed to hold a meeting, she said.
» Only 37 of the 48 positions are currently fi lled due to people moving to other branches, quitting or graduating, said representative Joe Ahrabizad at the Sept. 28 Congress meeting.
» UOSA holds elections in November and March/April to fi ll open seats in the legislative branch. Students only can vote on seats in their district.
» Congress meets at 7 p.m. most Tuesdays in Adams Hall, Room 150, to vote on legislation. Meetings are open to all students.
» Congress’ role is to “serve as an advocate for undergraduates and consider ways to improve” the university, said Forrest Bennett, representative and Congress spokesman.
» It votes on legislation passed by the GSS to provide checks and balances. » Any student with concerns or project ideas can fi nd his or her representative’s contact information
on the Congress website.» Though it takes time for legislation to reach the Congress fl oor, representatives want to hear from
their constituents and learn how to help them, Borgerding said.
» Last year, Congress put in more sidewalks and bicycle racks on campus for students. However, that is a project that only affects a small number of people. In order to make a difference, Congress needs to hear from constituents and create projects that can affect everyone, Bennett said.
» Congress has the power to allocate more than $500,000 in funds to student organizations. Without this funding, student organizations would be hindered in throwing events and creating communities within OU, Bennett said.
*Sources: Borgerding, Bennett, Robison, UOSA Constitution and Code Annotated
» The Graduate Student Senate was not part of the 1969 formation of UOSA. Congress acted as the only legislative branch and only served undergraduate students.
» In 1982, the Graduate Student Association was formed to address needs and concerns of graduate students.
» In 1987, Senate was formed to give graduate students more representation, according to the GSS website.
» Various people throughout the years have attempted to disband the Senate, including a spring 2010 attempt to merge it with Congress and create a branch of student organizations, according to Daily archives.
» The Graduate College is composed of departments. Each department and the College of Law can have two senators. Because it is based on departments, the number of senators is not consistent each year.
» This year, the 48 departments and the College of Law create 98 open spots for senators. However, only 71 spots are currently fi lled.
» These 98 senators represent the approximately 4,000 graduate students at OU. The structure is different than that of Congress because each department needs representation because Senate awards grants and travel funds based on Senate participation, Senate chairman Silas DeBoer said.
» UOSA holds elections in November and March/April to fi ll open seats.
» Senate serves to protect graduate students, who are “a completely different constituency than undergraduates, being researchers, students and employees,” DeBoer said. “GSS is the closest thing to a union that will be allowed in [Oklahoma], and half of all graduate students work for the university.”
» It also votes on legislation passed by Congress to provide checks and balances.» The Senate lists all senators and their department on its website for students to access, and
meets at 7 p.m. most Sundays in Sarkeys Energy Center, Room A235.» Senate allocates travel and research grants each year to graduate students, which affects their
research.
» The Graduate College and the Senate helped create a quality of life initiative to learn about graduate student demographics and needs, such as what percentage have kids or are married, DeBoer said.
» Congress and Senate both played a role in having students vote on a new study abroad fee, an addition of a drug policy to the student code and a vote to add sexual orientation to the OU non-discrimination clause, according to Daily archives and past GSS legislation.
*Sources: DeBoer, GSS website, Daily archives, UOSA Constitution and Code Annotated
Every student at OU is a member of the University of Oklahoma Student Association and every student has a say in what it does. UOSA consists of four branches — the executive, the judicial, the programming and the legislative. The legislative branch is made up of the
Undergraduate Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate, which work together to pass legislation affecting everyone at OU. Here’s a quick breakdown of what each group does. — Kathleen Evans/The Daily
Graduate Student Senate
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COLUMN COLUMN
The time has come once again for OU’s most shameful annual tradition: Shack-A-Thon. Ostensibly a charity event aimed at raising money for the university’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, most Greek fraternities and sororities and several campus organizations participate in Shack-A-Thon. They construct “shacks” on the South Oval and solicit donations.
In addition to harassing students all day, participants de-grade the poor by putting on what is basically a homeless theme party. They build crude shacks and play around in them all day because, as we all know, poor people live in shacks. They scribble messages on cardboard to solicit do-nations, parodying street beggars.
Last year, someone shouted to me from the throng of priv-ileged kids playing dress up, “homeless people love DG!” — the initials referring to Delta Gamma, a campus sorority.
Most of the participants probably have no idea how of-fensive the whole spectacle is. After all, members of the Greek community are not known for their impoverished backgrounds. More than that, I am sure most just see it as an event and think nothing of what the whole display looks like to those coming upon it for the first time from a different background.
Well, let me tell you, it comes off as a crude joke aimed at the poor. It’s a cartoonish display; a spoof of crippling need.
Poverty is not depicted as a solemn often silent experi-ence riddled with anxiety, fear, and need; instead it is a quasi-celebration, a good time for people to laugh about while pretending to portray it. In fact, it is such a non-serious thing that par-
ticipants can feel comfortable saying absurd things about the poor loving a sorority full of wealthy children and no doubt high five one another for their crass cleverness.
If any of the participants had any real concern for the poor, they would be appalled by the total embarrassment that occurs on the South Oval every year. The display is en-tirely the opposite of an event aimed at helping the poor. To parody, mock, and degrade those you aim to help is perhaps the worst abuse, robbing the needy of their dignity.
When I bring this up to oth-ers, it is generally conceded that the theatrics of the event are done in poor taste, but al-ways shrugged off because it is for a good cause and does raise a significant amount
of money. But is this really all that is necessary to make an event acceptable?
If I organized and sold tickets for a blackface minstrel show to raise money for the NAACP, would that be ac-ceptable? Of course not. There should be outrage at such a degrading and disgusting mockery no matter how much money it raises for a good cause. What if the KKK held a cross-burning rally at which they collected money for UNICEF? Would that be a perfectly fine event if it resulted in enough money collected? Once again, I doubt you will find many defending such a gathering.
What defenders of Shack-A-Thon also fail to understand is that homeless-themed picnic bashes are not the only way to raise money. There are many more acceptable and non-degrading ways to do so. The Salvation Army manages to raise massive sums of money every year with red buckets and bells. I shudder to think what the red bucket campaign would look like if it were put together by the same people who do the Shack-A-Thon. I can see it now, rich college kids dressed in tatters furiously jangling coins in a Big Gulp cup while aggressively approaching people, screaming incoher-ently and laughing about it.
It’s safe to say that of all the questionable things that happen in and around this campus, the most consistently embarrassing one is the Shack-A-Thon. I don’t care that it raises money. Do something else to raise money; it’s not like the bulk of the participants are lacking in that department. Degrading and mocking the lives of the very people you seek to help is offensive and I dearly hope that no one who is actually helped by Habitat for Humanity is ever made to witness the annual spectacle that made it possible.
— Matt Bruenig,
philosophy senior
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STAFF COLUMN
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If you haven’t seen a blacked-out Honda Shadow Phantom cruiser with the low-slung gunfighter seat and 750cc V-Twin, I apolo-gize. I should get out and ride more.
I bought that bad mother and was the first person in North America to own one. Her name is Angelina, and I love her. But I don’t want to die because of her.
Motorcycle riding is dangerous. Bikes don’t have a seatbelts, roll cage, or air bags; it’s just you and the con-crete. That’s why the extra fee that will go into effect in November for newly registered motorcycles is a great idea. It’s only $3, and the money will go to rider and driver education.
One day I was going down a back road in Norman, and as I went around a pretty sharp turn, a cop car was sitting in the middle of the road on the other side. I freaked out, slammed on the brakes, and since the road had gravel on it, I slid right into a ditch.
Angelina and I got a little bruised up, but the cop helped us out of the ditch and then drove off. I was shook up for a while, but then I thought to myself, “What the hell was he doing in the middle of the road on the other side of a blind curve?”
I guess he was waiting for people to come speeding around the corner or maybe he stopped to check some-thing on his computer or radio. For whatever reason, there he was. Had I been on four wheels, I could have simply slowed down and gone around him; however, I only had two. And when you hit the brakes on two wheels while leaning through a turn on a gravel road, it’s a recipe for disaster.
But the cop probably wasn’t expecting a motorcycle to come around the corner at that time; he didn’t an-ticipate the danger he created. And who can blame him? Motorcycles are an afterthought for most drivers.
Indeed, hundreds of wrecks occur every year in Oklahoma and dozens of motorcycle riders are killed. It’s difficult for a wreck involving a motorcycle to not be tragic, given the nature of the beast.
Many of these wrecks occur because drivers are simply not aware of the motorcyclists around them. We’re small and inconspicuous, and therefore easily looked over. On the other hand, some drivers will look you in the eye as you go down the road, only to pull out in front of you and force you to hit the brakes.
It’s not that motorcycle riders are reckless idiots (al-though there are some, just like there are reckless idiot drivers). I got a bike because it was significantly cheaper than a car, it gets 63 miles-per-gallon, and there is ample, cheap parking on campus. It just made sense to me.
I’m glad that OU is helping to train drivers and riders to make it safer for people like me to enjoy the advantages of riding a motorcycle.
There’s always a chance of getting in a wreck, regard-less of what vehicle one is operating. With a motorcycle, however, the stakes are higher. So I’ll pay the state $3 to make it a little less dangerous.
Fellow riders, please don’t be idiots on the road; it only puts you in danger and creates animosity among drivers. And drivers, please keep an eye out for your two-wheeled brethren; we don’t have any beef against you guys. We’ll all agree to share the road.
— Jerod Coker,
journalism senior
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Motorcycle registration fee fi ne
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STAFF COLUMN
er
MN
To parody, mock, and
degrade those you aim
to help is perhaps the
worst abuse, robbing the
needy of their dignity.”
ELI HULL/THE DAILY
Shack-A-Thon 2009 participants stand along the South Oval raising money for Habitat For Humanity. To persuade students passing by to donate, participants offered various services, including hugs, kisses and ninja lessons. The 2010 Shack-A-Thon occurs today.
Upcoming election matters — register by FridayFriday is the last day you can register to
vote in Oklahoma’s important general elec-tion Nov. 2.
We’re sure you’ve heard all the “get-out-the-vote” clichés you can handle, but this election will be monumental for the nation. You can be a part of it.
Among the several offices Oklahoma citi-zens will elect are Governor, one U.S. Senator and five U.S. House Representatives.
All state-wide offices are on the ballot, many without an incumbent. This is a first for many offices such as Attorney General and State Superintendent.
Since President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, our nation has only polar-ized, and unfortunately Washington has become the focal point for most candidates. Oklahoma is no exception.
Oklahoma will elect its first female gov-ernor, and so far, both candidates have pointed to the Obama administration in
campaign ads as reasons to vote for or against the other. Republican candidate Mary Fallin has vowed to fight “the liberals in Washington” if she is elected governor.
She has accused Democratic candidate and OU alum Jari Askins of relating too closely with the Obama administration, forcing Askins to distance herself from the Democratic majority in Washington.
Oklahoma Republican candidates for the House have made it clear they will fight all major legislation Obama has passed, vow-ing to repeal the federal health care bill.
While Americans are divided over many aspects of the overhaul, most Americans support the immediate benefits of the bill, prohibiting insurance companies from de-nying people with pre-existing conditions. Young Americans are also now able to stay on their parents’ health care plan until they are 26 years old.
Is repealing the federal health care bill
worth voiding these measures? Oklahoma voters can answer this question by voting on state question 756, which, if passed, will allow the state to opt out of the federal health care legislation.
There are 10 other state questions, mak-ing this November’s ballot Oklahoma’s lon-gest in 26 years.
The most well known and controversial of these is SQ 744, which would require Oklahoma to raise its per pupil spending for K to 12 students to the regional average. Oklahoma lawmakers and even university presidents have opposed SQ 744, but have you formed your own opinion?
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MATT CARNEYThe Oklahoma Daily
Of the 525 cataloged songs that compose the fan-run database at themountaingoats.net, there are songs written as part of a series, songs that stand alone as singles, unreleased and unidentified songs, songs written for specific people, standardized songs about bitterness and songs from as early as 1991.
That was when John Darnielle released his first record under The Mountain Goats moniker, sparking a lo-fi, do-it-yourself s t y l e o f s o n g w r i t i n g that eventually earned him praise as one of the greatest living American lyricists.
But Darnielle isn’t just f lattering a scenester crowd’s music-collecting fetishism with an endless supply of songs. He’s re-ally got something to say.
“ [ M o u n t a i n G o a t s songs] tend to be about subjects that have emo-tional weight to them,” said Peter Hughes, who’s played bass for Darnielle in the band since the early 1990s. “Often times they’re about narrators working through various traumas and I feel like people who identify with our music do so because ... well, for that reason exactly.”
The singing at Mountain Goats shows is fervent, both from Darnielle’s nasal regis-ter and the dedicated crowd that’s memo-rized the content and tone of every syllable in “This Year” and “No Children,” two of its most popular songs.
“When we perform these songs live, it turns into this really cathartic, amazing en-ergy where that kind of darkness is turned inside-out and celebrated and conquered,” Hughes said. “It’s awesome.”
Hughes’ voice gets a little shaky over the phone while describing this catharsis that has grown into a regular part of his life over the last 20 years. He said his close friend Darnielle is always changing and trying new things with his songwriting by adapting his methods and collaborating with different musicians to keep things interesting.
“He still surprises me,” Hughes said. “In the last few years, he’s started writing on piano more than on guitar. He ends up writing songs on piano that he would never have written on guitar.”
Hughes said “Genesis 3:23” from the band’s most recent work, “The Life of the World To Come” (a concept album where each track is based around a Bible verse), is a good example. The song’s repeated chorus hook, “I used to live here,” is driven along by guitars playing a distinctly piano-like melody that makes an appearance at the song’s beginning and end. It’s a mel-
ancholy track, which becomes even more ap-parent when one consid-ers that the verse depicts Adam’s banishment from the Garden of Eden.
“The Life of the World To Come” also was ac-centuated by an appear-ance from noted indie composer Owen Pallett, who formerly performed under the name Final Fantasy (and recently worked on Arcade Fire’s album “The Suburbs”). Hughes said Darnielle and Pallett met at a music festival in Australia and
“hit it off,” eventually leading to a tour with Final Fantasy.
Pallett’s violin work and string arrange-ments contributed an appropriate rever-ent quality to the album as Darnielle sang lyrics like, “He has raised me from the pit and set me high.”
Hughes said Darnielle’s dedication to creativity and substance is what ultimately inspires such dedicated behavior in their fan base, which is smart and open to lis-ten to most anything that expresses it in a well-developed manner.
“I think that it works to do something that raises an eyebrow or to mystify an audience that comes to expect a certain thing,” Hughes said. “If you’re just making the same record over and over again, OK, fine, but at some point your audience is going to get bored and you’re going to get bored. That’s no fun. We think it’s more interesting over the long haul to do things that are different and to challenge yourself to go places you’ve never been to before.”
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Indie-rock band The Mountain Goats includes (from left to right) Jon Wurster on drums, John Darnielle on vocals, guitar and keyboard and Peter Hughes on bass. The band, which is currently based in Durham, N.C., began as a solo, lo-fi project for Darnielle in 1991. The band, which released its 17th studio album, “The Life of the World to Come,” in 2009, performs tonight at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma performance lab.
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OU musical theater senior Adrianna Hicks received a 2010 Congressional Black Caucus Performing Arts Award. The award was presented Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C., at the National Museum of Women.
Hicks, originally from McKinney, Texas, has starred in University Theatre productions of “Chicago,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and the recent production of “Rent,” in which she played activist lawyer Joanne Jefferson.
She is scheduled to graduate in May.
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Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning work ventures off Broadway
JANNA GENTRYThe Oklahoma Daily
Besides the ubiquitous “Oklahoma!” there haven’t been many theatrical rep-resentations of the Sooner State.
One of the few, “August: Osage County” by Oklahoma native Tracy Letts, presents a decidedly darker portrait of rural Oklahoma than the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
T h e O k l a h o m a C i t y Repertory Theatre produc-tion of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play opens Thursday.
After a successful turn on Broadway from 2007 to 2009, the rights were re-leased to professional re-gional theaters throughout the nation, and CityRep will present one of the first non-Broadway productions of the play.
T h e b l a c k l y c o m i c “August : Osage County” tells the story of the Weston family, which has more than its fair share of dirty laundry. The whirlwind of passion and aggression throughout the play is ma-triarch Violet Weston, who
is often a source of great grief to her family.
Violet has enough issues to keep a counselor busy for years, and her family seems to inherit her propensity for personal problems. When Violet’s husband, Beverly, mysteriously disappears, the hot-mess of a fam-ily congregates in Violet’s country home outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Pam Dougherty stars as Violet in the CityRep pro-duction, a character she sees as both the protagonist and antagonist of the play, she said.
“If there is an outsider in this group it is her, and she’s this glue, this deep foundation to the family,” Dougherty said.
Violet’s three daughters — Barbara, Ivy and Karen — do not escape the Weston curse of familial dysfunc-tion as they each struggle with cheating spouses, in-cestuous relationships and significant others who have a penchant for underage sexual encounters.
Despite the Weston fam-ily’s exponential amount of often depressing problems, laughter is not something that occurs sparingly in “August : Osage County,” said director Rene Moreno.
“[It ’s] funny as hel l ,”
Moreno said. In the vein of “Hamlet,”
the play combines humor-ous elements with a serious plot, leaving the audience something to think about.
“It causes you to look at your own life and com-pare it, and take something away,” said Jonathan Beck Reed, who plays daugh-t e r B a r b a ra’s c h e a t i n g husband.
Because the play is set in Oklahoma and the CityRep production is one of its first non-Broadway stagings, Moreno looks at it as more
Quartet looks to draw students in with the sounds of jazz
CARMEN FORMANThe Oklahoma Daily
While many students might prefer Lil Wayne, Arcade Fire or Lady Gaga to Miles Davis, now would be the time for them to start get-ting interested in jazz, as The Brubeck Brothers Quartet performs tonight in Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall.
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet is jazz royalty by lin-eage, with bassist and trom-bonist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck being sons of world-renowned pia-nist Dave Brubeck.
But just because they grew up with a famous mu-sician father, Chris and Dan weren’t forced to become musically inclined.
“[My father] was not hov-ering around with a whip saying, ‘You must practice,’” Chris said.
Rather, he and his brother
grew up in awe of their fa-ther, and tended to gravitate toward music because there was music all around their home, he said.
The quartet also includes two non-Brubecks, Mike DeMicco on the guitar and Chuck Lamb on the piano. The group’s style of jazz is quite broad, best exempli-fied by what Chris described as “post-bebop straight-ahead jazz.”
Despite critical and com-mercial success, the quar-tet does have one problem. When it plays near univer-sity campuses, it can have a hard time drawing students
to come listen. OU trombone professor
Irv Wagner, who organized the concert, said, “It is hard-er to get younger people [to jazz concerts] but once they get out there, they love it.”
Wednesday nights present students with three oppor-tunities, Chris said — “pick [their] nose, watch porn or go to a concert.”
For Chris Brubeck, the choice is clear. He’ll choose jazz every time.
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Oklahoma-set play explores family’s dysfunction
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Pam Dougherty (standing) stars as the issue-ridden Violet Weston, matriarch of the Weston family, in “August: Osage County,” opening Thursday at the Freede Little Theatre in Oklahoma City.
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than just a play.“We felt a moral impera-
tive to do this show,” Moreno said. “It doesn’t pass lightly that we are one of the first companies in the nation to do this huge play.”
“August: Osage County” is a play that almost anyone can relate to, Dougherty said.
“Who hasn’t had a critical mom, a bitchy aunt, a horri-ble sister-in-law?” she said. “It is about America and what makes us American. It’s regionally based, but it is about us as a culture.”
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Jonathan Beck Reed, Pam Dougherty and Stacey Logan star in CityRep’s production of “August: Osage County.”
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Bassist and trombonist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck make up half of The Brubeck Brothers Quartet. Both are sons of legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. The quartet performs 8 tonight at the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall inside Catlett Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St.
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2010 recruiting class fi lled with ‘special players’ who are performing well; leaving their mark on the football fi eld, Stoops says
CLARK FOYThe Oklahoma Daily
Coach Bob Stoops has said multiple times since training camp that this year’s freshmen class is special.
At one point, Stoops even said the class might be the most talented group of freshmen he has ever coached. Saturday’s win over Texas further proved this group of youngsters is dif-ferent than any before, he said.
“I feel stronger about it now,” Stoops said. “You won’t know if it is till three or four years down the road, but how do you deny that now? We’ve got other guys that are on the way too, that are going to be really good.”
Seven freshmen saw playing time against Texas on Saturday in the Sooners’ 28-20 Red River Rivalry win.
Wide receiver Kenny Stills had his most productive game yet with 78 yards and one touchdown, while nickel back Tony Jefferson finished third on the team in tackles, fol-lowed by cornerback Aaron Colvin at fourth. Daniel Noble also contributed at defensive tackle.
“They all played well,” Stoops said. “Not only were they out there — they impacted the game.”
The freshmen’s effort and readiness to take on such a big stage like OU-Texas was most impressive, Stoops said. As they were about to take the field, Stoops recalled look-ing around at his players and failing to spot any wide-eyed, anxious freshmen out of the whole team.
“It was something; I’ve got to admit it was impressive,” he said. “After watching them for the first four games, I felt they would (surprise me), but then they get out there and you’d think they were juniors.”
Jefferson said the OU-Texas game was a big reason why he came to OU from California. The game, he said, did not disappoint and even exceeded his expectations as he and his fellow freshmen were ready to take the field and were not the least bit anxious.
“I was ready to get out there,” Jefferson said. “There was a lot of trash talk before the game, and I am a guy that feeds off of that trash talk from other players so I was just ready to get out there.”
One of the most highly touted freshmen coming into this sea-son was Niceville, Fla., native Roy Finch. The running back was injured during training camp, but Stoops said the team expects him back for the Iowa State game Oct. 16.
It’s not clear if the coaches plan to use Finch or redshirt the tailback, but Jefferson thinks Finch is a special talent.
“You’ll be seeing a lot from Roy Finch, just know that,” Jefferson said. “His moves are Reggie Bush-like and you’ll enjoy watching him.”
But this handful of freshmen does not represent the whole
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Freshmen bolstering Sooners more than ever
class. There are more freshmen who are going to be top-quality players once they get their chance, Stoops said.
“In fact, I made a point to even tell some of those that weren’t play-ing yet the night before the game to not be discouraged because I’ve seen them practicing and there’s a bunch of them that are going to be excellent players,” Stoops said.
Je f f e r s o n m e nt i o n e d a f e w names — receivers Trey Franks, Joe Powell and Justin McCay, along with running back Brennan Clay — as being a few big-time players in the making who are still waiting for their chance to play.
“I’ve got to cover all those guys,” Jefferson said. “They’re not easy, I
can tell you that much.”The freshmen themselves saw their class as something
special before they even got to campus. Many used social networking sites to get in touch with one another before they met, and by the time they arrived in Norman for train-ing camp, the new Sooners all felt like they already had
known each other for years, Jefferson said.“Just the bond that we had when I was getting recruited
before I even committed here showed me how special we were,” Jefferson said.
“Once the other commitments found out I was showing interest, they were already getting in contact with me and telling me how they wanted to win a championship and how they thought that if I came, we could all do this thing and win a championship.”
Colvin said while he knew the freshmen were special, he is shocked at how talented the OU freshmen already are this season.
“I knew we were talented and I knew that we had a lot of potential just from seeing newspapers, magazines and stuff,” Colvin said. “You can’t really go off of ratings and stuff like that, but when I got here and started seeing us go through two a days, I knew we had a special class.”
It is unclear who will be the next star from the 2010 re-cruiting class.
“To be honest — and this is no bluff — almost every-body (of the freshmen), because our team is really talented right now,” Colvin said. “I really can’t describe it because we have so much talent that it’s ridiculous. You guys will all see it.”
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Freshman cornerback Aaron Colvin (14) celebrates with teammates after the Sooners’ 28-20 victory Saturday over the Texas Longhorns in Dallas. Colvin recorded five tackles in the Red River Rivalry. The Owasso High School product is one of many freshmen players on the team who are playing at a high level, coach Bob Stoops said.
I knew we were talented and I
knew that we had a lot of potential just
from seeing newspapers, magazines
and stuff. You can’t really go off of
ratings and stuff like that, but when
I got here and started seeing us go
through two a days, I knew we had
a special class.”
— AARON COLVIN, FRESHMAN DEFENSIVE BACK
Sooner sports stock report
RISING: THE SOCCER TEAM ON THE ROADLast season the team won one game on the road. So far as visitors this season, the team is 3-3. If the team can do it with this much youth, the next few years are looking up.
EVEN: THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN COMPLETE GAMESBig starts, stalled middles and bad ends. The Sooners can’t seem to string together four good quarters outside of the Florida State game. Even though they’re 5-0, if the problems aren’t fi xed soon, the fourth-quarter letdowns are going to bite them.
FALLING: THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AFTER INTERMISSIONWin or lose, OU has not won the third set in a match since Sept. 15 when they swept Colorado. In the tough Big 12 Conference, the Sooners can’t afford any recurring mistakes.
— Daily staff reports
The court heats up for Sooner volleyball
OU hits the road for the second match in a row to take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 7 tonight in Manhattan, Kan.
The Sooners rebounded from their first back-to-back losses of the year by beating Baylor last Saturday.
The team is looking to get another winning streak going, but more importantly, the Sooners need to win every game to separate from a crowded pack in the conference race.
OU and Kansas State, both 3-2, are two of the five teams tied for second in the conference behind Nebraska,
currently 6-0 in conference. There is more than a month left in
the season, but the upcoming games are crucial for the Sooners.
The team needs a string of wins if it hopes to make any kind of run on the Huskers.
With consecutive home matches coming up, this could be a good stretch for the Sooners if they can pull off their second road win in four days tonight.
Winning in Manhattan will not be easy, though. Even though the Wildcats (9-7) have not had the best year, they are on a two-game winning streak and have kept themselves in the conference race. The Wildcats have only lost once at home.
The Sooners and Wildcats are essentially in the same position — a loss means dropping toward the bottom of the standings in conference; a win means staying in the heat of the jostle and keeping a winning streak alive.
With conference play in full swing, the stakes will only get higher each match.
Win or lose, the Sooner volleyball team is back in action at 7 p.m. Saturday when they host Missouri. Then, OU stays at home to face rival Texas at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 at McCasland Field House.
— Greg Fewell/The Daily
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