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After 10 unbroken weeks of school and the weariness of

winter’s short, dark (though per-haps not-so-cold) days, Spring Break has appeared like an oasis in the desert.

A traditional part of the col-lege experience, Spring Break is a much-loved respite from the drudgery of schoolwork, a chance

to kick back and relax—and for many, a time to party.

Sophomore Andrew Gionette said that he plans to travel to South Padre Island off the coast of Texas, a popular destination for Spring Break-bound college students.

“It’s something they really look forward to because we’re stretched out a lot over the semester.” Gio-

where we get to be free and young and wild.”

Gionette, who is one of about 50 TU students heading to South Padre, will stay in a condo on the beach for a week, a trip which he prices at about $300.

“It’s nice to have a week off school, to relax and become close friends with a lot of your buddies,” Gionette said.

For others, Spring Break is a time to experience the familiar-ity of home, and perhaps to taste mom’s cooking at last.

Freshman Nick Paulison said that he will spend next week at his home in Broken Arrow. Pauli-son said that he was eager for the “time off of school, getting to be at home and hang out with my pets, my family, stay home, sleep late, just relax for a week.”

Describing herself as an avid reader, feshman Kedrica Taylor said that she wanted to read “A

Hunger Games” series over the break.

“Usually I have something big planned for Spring Break

KALEN PETERSENNews Editor

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The seven-year head coach Doug

Wojcik this Sunday, citing a de-cline in the prominence and prof-itability of Tulsa basketball under Wojcik as the primary reason.

The dismissal comes after the Hurricane’s disappointing triple-overtime loss to Marshall in the Conference USA championship, which left TU with an uninspiring 17–14 record to close the season.

Athletic Director Ross Parm-ley addressed the media from the Reynolds Center Sunday after-noon, explaining the decision.

In his opening comments Parm-ley said, “This is a business deci-sion based on some serious chal-lenges we have in basketball,” adding that since 2005, TU men’s basketball had seen a 35-percent decrease in season ticket sales and a 43-percent decrease in revenue

due to “rapidly growing apathy among fans.”

Throughout the conference Par-mley stressed that “our decision was based on the economic chal-lenges we face” and that the uni-versity was “doing this to make our product better.”

Parmley said that the university had been assessing the possibility of a change for some time, and re-fused to speculate on what differ-ence a win against Marshall could have made.

Parmley said that he “was wait-ing for something good to hap-pen and it didn’t at the end of the year,” prompting Parmley and the university’s administration to dis-miss Wojcik.

While Parmley would not com-ment on any potential replace-ments for Wojcik or a time table for the process, he emphasized that TU would take as long as needed

Throughout the conference Parmley spoke positively about Wojcik’s character, calling him a

representative of the university both on and off the court.”

After the Athletic Director’s comments, Golden Hurricane players Scottie Haralson and

J. CHRISTOPHER PROCTORSports Editor

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“Winningest” basketball coach

After Wannamaker Mile at the

105th Millrose Games in New York City last month, Tulsa All-American Chris O’Hare said, “I feel like I could’ve ran faster, I feel like I was ready to go faster.”

After the Feb. 11 race, O’Hare

setter, known as the “rabbit,” started slower than the racers had expected.

This Saturday at the 2012 Divi-sion I Indoor Track & Field Cham-pionships in Nampa, Idaho, there were no regrets as O’Hare won TU

Posting a facility-record 4:01.66 time, O’Hare, a junior who hails from Edinburgh, Scotland, etched his name in Golden Hurricane his-tory with the signature win.

His nearest competitor, Rich Peters of Boston University, was close behind at 4:01.78, while de-fending champion Miles Batty, the top collegiate racer at the Millrose Games, took third with 4:01.86.

“We didn’t really plan on tak-ing it from the gun, but that’s how it played out,” O’Hare said. “My biggest thing was I did not want to get stuck. I ended up in the front, which is where I’m most comfort-able, and I was able to hold on.”

“I wanted to push the tempo and make everybody behind me work for it,” he added.

O’Hare was in control of the race early on, reversing what had been a missed opportunity in the Wannamaker Mile.

After Wannamaker he said, “I didn’t want to make a move too

early and then die, and I’m frus-trated at myself, because that’s not like me. I’m normally just gung-ho, and if I need to make a move I’ll make it, and if I die, I’ll just hold on as best I can.”

O’Hare moved early in the Na-tional Championship and did not run out of steam.

“He wanted to stay out of trou-ble and make sure he didn’t have to pass anybody late,” said Tulsa coach Steve Gulley.

Claiming the crown that had eluded him by 0.13 seconds last year, he said, “Nobody’s taking this from me again.”

Saturday was especially sweet for O’Hare because it was his mother Gillian’s birthday. “I can’t be home to give her a present or a birthday hug, so to be able to give this to her means a lot to me,” O’Hare said. “Winning this cham-pionship means even more to me knowing that it is on her birthday.”

O’Hare’s win is the third NCAA national championship in TU his-tory. Tulsa women’s golf won the NCAA in 1982 and 1988, as well as winning the Association for In-tercollegiate Athletics for Women in 1980 and 1982. TU men’s bas-ketball also won the NIT in 1981 and 2001.

JOHN LEPINEStaff Writer

“Claiming the crown that had eluded him by 0.13 seconds last year, O’Hare said, ‘Nobody’s taking this from me again’”

a student newspaper of the university of tulsa march 13, 2012 issue 21 ~ volume 97

On Saturday, the University of Tulsa hosted what was billed as a “centennial celebration of the birth of Oklahoma native son Woody Guthrie.”

Born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912, Guthrie was a folk musi-

across Oklahoma, California, New York and even to the Merchant Marine.

Guthrie emphasized the con-cerns of the common man and

musicians.TU’s celebration was the cul-

mination of years of work with institutions across the country. It opened with Bob Santelli, execu-tive director of the Grammy Mu-seum in Los Angeles, speaking to the crowd at the Lorton Perfor-mance Center Saturday afternoon.

“The Grammy Museum be-lieves in all kinds of music,” Santelli said. “But one thing I’ve thought was missing were songs of conscience.”

“We still have situations with immigration, poverty, haves and have-nots,” he said, arguing that

Guthrie’s music remains relevant to our time.

Over two years ago, Santelli spoke with Woody’s daughter Nora, who suggested holding a series of celebrations in regions of

-enced Woody’s life.

The Grammy Museum sought out partners in California, New York and Oklahoma.

Brian Hosmer, a professor of history and TU’s Symposium Committee Chair, said that they “wanted to follow Woody’s life, and to begin in Oklahoma.”

TU’s symposium, entitled “Dif-ferent Shades of Red: Woody

Guthrie and the Oklahoma Ex-perience at 100” aimed to study the “political and cultural envi-ronment that shaped Guthrie’s views.” It opened with breakfast

including TU President Steadman Upham and Provost Roger Blais.

Professors and Guthrie scholars from TU and across the country formed panels and lead discus-sions from the stage of a packed LPC throughout the day.

Several panelists remembered Guthrie for the progressive mes-sages intertwined in his music. Jim Ronda, a TU Emeritus Pro-fessor, told the crowd that Guthrie “believed in the redemptive power of music.” Guthrie “imagined that songs were a key to unlock that

Ronda said.

Will Kaufman, from the Uni-versity of Central Lancashire, said that Guthrie was not always politi-cal. Instead, “Woody had a way of stumbling from one milestone to another.”

Recounting one famous inci-dent, Kaufman said that prior to Woody’s radio career in Califor-nia, he was a “casual racist,” oc-casionally saying “some really un-enlightened stuff.”

When an African American confronted him about a remark made over the airwaves, Woody “(came) on the radio the next day and apologized profusely ... it was one of those milestones.”

The day was not all academic, however. The conference was or-ganized in tandem with an eve-ning concert at the Brady Theatre, which featured a myriad of Guth-

John Mellencamp and Woody’s son Arlo Guthrie.

The last panel of the conference was formed by four of these mu-sicians, who took time out of re-hearsal to perform a few songs for the crowd in Lorton.

Hosmer said the celebration was “great ... I was hoping for 250 (attendees) and we doubled that.” Hosmer said that he hopes TU stu-dents will remember Guthrie “as one of the most important contem-

century, a prophet in terms of his music and his politics.” He said that Guthrie’s work “speaks to our

shared humanity and to our time.”First-year geology graduate

student Sloan Anderson described himself as a “pretty good Woody Guthrie fan.” He said that after

despite being “kinda behind on my thesis, I couldn’t not go” and that it was great to have “such an amazing, unique opportunity right in our backyard.”

Further symposiums will be hosted by Brooklyn College, the University of Southern California and Pennsylvania State University throughout the year, and Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum is featuring an

exhibition featuring Guthrie’s “life and work” through April 29.

The Museum’s “Gilcrease Goes to School” outreach program will also be touring Guthrie works around Oklahoma public schools throughout the next school year.

Addressing the audience to-wards the end of Saturday’s sym-posium, Santelli said, “I have a real feeling of satisfaction,” saying the day had felt like a great way of “giving back to a guy I’ve been enthralled with since I was seven

(Guthrie’s hit) ‘This Land is Your Land.’”

like traveling with family or friends, but really I’m just going to stay home this time and take a breather,” Taylor said.

To junior Tyler Kinshella, Spring Break is also an opportu-nity to serve. Kinshella and about 20 other students will travel to Chicago, where they will volun-teer with Sunshine Ministries in the inner city.

“I can’t think of a better break from the busy life of a college stu-dent than to spend a week serving others,” Kinshella said.

Kinshella said that he hopes to get a new perspective on the world through the missions trip, which

in a part of the world many of us choose to ignore should be an eye-opening experience,” he said.

Though most students will leave campus, a few will spend the week at TU. Senior Milton How-ell, a cornerback for TU’s football team, said that he planned to catch up on some education classwork over the break. “Lesson planning for little kids. That’s one thing I’ve gotta do,” he said.

He did not rule out some down time, however. “(I will) probably play the game ‘Call of Duty,’” Howell said.

While many migrate south

to warmer climates, sophomore

will drive northwards to Wiscon-sin, where they will stay with the grandparents of one of the students.

“The goal is mainly to just get away from tech,” Sherwood said. “Not really taking computers, just hang out, run, enjoy the outdoors, get snowed on, enjoy a winter that we didn’t really have here.”

Sherwood said that he hopes the time away from technology will bring the group of friends closer.

that has been elusive in Oklahoma this year: “I’m looking forward to seeing some snow,” he said.

Like Sherwood, sophomore Marshall Gilbert has vacation plans that involve many hours of driving. Gilbert said he will travel from Tulsa to Memphis, where he will spend St. Patrick’s Day, and from there to Panama City, Flor-ida, where he will be staying at a friend’s time-share.

Gilbert said that he wanted to “throw around the football” and “take a break from school and lay out on the beach.”

“I’m looking forward to the weather down there,” Gilbert said.

As an event with TU’s out-door recreation club, TU Treks, 15 students will head to Colorado Springs for a week of hiking, ex-

ploration and sightseeing. Sophomore Weston Kight-

linger, who helped plan the trip, said that the students will climb Pike’s Peak, go bouldering at Sev-en Falls, hike in the Garden of the Gods and optionally go to Sunday service at the Air Force Academy Chapel.

“We’ve been planning most of the year,” Kightlinger said. The trip was offered for free to a limit-ed number of TU Treks members.

Anh Nguyen, who is from Viet-nam, said that he is looking for-ward to seeing the Rockies. “I’ve been climbing a lot of mountains in my country, but it was kind of low and we never got that high, like above cloud level,” Nguyen said.

Kightlinger said that Spring Break is an opportunity to get out and experience new things. “It’s great to see as much of the world as you can, as a rule in life and particularly in college,” he said.

Sherwood viewed the break as a welcome respite from “a long, long period of time where you

While it may be an escape from rote work, Sherwood also said that

in college culture.“Most of us will take it as too

much of a break,” he said. “But then again, we’re in college.”

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“Guthrie was not always political, instead, ‘Woody had a way of stumbling from one

milestone to another’”

Skateboarders might not a very common sight around the Univer-sity of Tulsa campus, but that does not stop students like freshman

major Alec Wallace from tearing it up whenever they can.

“Skateboarding is not welcomed (on campus) at all,” Wallace said. “Even if you’re a student, Campo and even the Tulsa Police will pull you over to make sure you’re not some hood rat passing through.” As every campus skater knows, the cobblestone walkways can make for quite a jarring ride.

Because of this, TU students are more likely to see longboards on campus—skateboards more suited for cruising and transportation, characterized by their elongated shape, larger wheels and wider trucks, or axles.

Longboarding is also a more advisable venue to get into skating for beginners. The ride is smooth-er and easier to control, and a sol-id, entry-level board setup can cost around $100. “Sector 9 is always a good starting board,” Wallace said.

As far as shopping goes, there are several venues around Tulsa that provide good gear and ser-vice. The Boardshop is less than a block south of campus on Harvard and hosts a knowledgeable staff and even a miniature skate park in the back. Zoomies, found in Woodland hills mall, carries less skate gear, but a good line of shoes and clothing.

Otherwise, a shop called Quickie Mart off Peoria and 53rd is guaranteed to satisfy with just about anything a skater can want. “It’s the best place to get long-boards, and the people there know what they are talking about,” Wal-lace said.

The store carries an impressive inventory including specialized gear like bamboo Loaded long-boards, mountain boards, and var-

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ious other parts and accessories. They also have a great selection of name-brand discount shoes for anyone looking for cheap and styl-ish kicks.

Wallace said that the best plac-es to skate are downtown. Lo-cals have developed nicknames for some of the best skating and boarding spots. “The Cage” is a parking garage at 6th and Boston with a rather beat-up “hellivator” that takes riders all the way to the top; BOK Center’s garage, dubbed “The Mellow,” has spacious gentle slopes; and “The Sandy” garage by the Tulsa Jazz Hall of Fame is also a fun place to stop by.

As a general rule, garage skat-ing should be done at night, and it is a good idea to be courteous and avoid venues with trespass warn-ings.

For anyone looking for a skate community to connect with, the “Tulsa Longboarding” group on Facebook is a place to start. It is a private invite-only group, but is a good place to meet like-minded riders. Large groups will often meet up for barbecue and large skate sessions downtown.

Wallace explained that “it’s also like an eBay for skaters; you can get rid of (equipment) for cheap

also use the board to seek com-pany on a skating expedition or to ask for help or advice on tricks or equipment. “There’s always some-one who’s really knowledgeable,” Wallace said.

YouTube is also a venue for learning more about skating. There are many helpful amateurs and professionals alike who are excited about sharing their skills, and channels like “LoadedNews-letter” and “OriginalSkateboards”

skate videos with good riders and cinematography.

If the interest were there, Wal-lace would certainly be interesting in putting together a skating orga-nization at TU. Wallace is looking for people “who do it more for rec-reation, not just transportation,” he said.

Wallace said that accomplished

him on Facebook. To anyone inter-ested in enjoying the thrill of speed in the great outdoors, longboards are a potential starting place.

Chances are, someone will be more than happy to share their skills. Longboarding is an exhila-rating experience that might just become a student’s best way to spend a sunny afternoon.

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Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s most powerful group of trade unions, Cosatu, has initiated a national strike against the reigning African National Congress government.

Reasons cited for the strike include new highway tolls, the practice of contracting cheap tem-

porary laborers over permanent workers and the corruption in the ANC’s.

Costatu has been a stalwart ally of the ANC since it gained power in 1994, but support for the party, which will be celebrating its cen-tennial this year, has been dwin-dling.

Asia

INDIA

A website founded by Swati and

Ramesh Ramanathan seeks to ex-pose petty bribery worldwide.

The website, ipaidabribe.com, was launched in August 2010, and

across Asia and Africa. Users can anonymously report both paid and requested bribes.

In countries like India, Ke-

“fees” to process routine paper-

driver’s licenses. In India, 80 percent of the

400,000 reports submitted to the site are such illicit transactions.

Kenyan branch founder Stephen King argues that because of the website, “the risk of being caught is much greater,” and thus motiva-tion to accept bribes decreases.

Europe

BRITAIN

Two men who assaulted and robbed a Malaysian economics student have been sentenced to seven years in prison.

During August’s London riots,

John Kafunda, 18, and Beau Isag-ba, 22, attacked Ashraf Rossli, 20, after footage shows them appear-ing to help him.

Isagba hit Rossli in the jaw, breaking it in two places, and then the pair proceeded to steal his bike and commit more robberies.

Judge Witold Pawlak stated that

incident unfortunately epitomized everything evil about the riots,” and that his sentence will “reas-sure the public and visitors to our country that this sort of behavior will not be tolerated.”

Middle East

SAUDI ARABIA

Police are investigating a protest at King Khalid University after more than 50 Saudi Arabian women were injured.

The injuries sustained were caused either by security forces or by being crushed by fellow protes-tors. Security forces claim that the women had attacked the staff.

The protestors are calling for

gender equity, better university management and a cleaner cam-pus.

Such protests have been spread-ing across Saudi Arabian college campuses as more women en-ter facilities of higher education and the Saudi government passes women’s rights reforms, such as the right to vote in municipal elec-tions.

South America

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Margarita Cedeño, a vice presi-dential candidate and the wife of the current Dominican president,

against a television commentator. The commentator, Marcos Mar-

tinez, claimed that Cedeño had $96 million in a Danish bank. When asked, he stated that he would “not recant” since “all documents are there.”

Cedeño vehemently denies his allegations and argues that Marti-nez’s documentation is false.

JINAN ELSABBAGHStudent Writer

Feb. 2812:01 a.m.An emergency in Fisher East.

Upon with a witness who stated that there was an ill student locked in the restroom.

attempted to make con-tact with the student, but she was not cooperative.

EMSA arrived and was able to contact the student who was then taken to the ambulance for further evaluation.

Feb. 2912:33 p.m.An of unattended children in a vehicle.

Upon to a witness that stated that three young children were locked in a vehicle.

contacted the registered owner of the vehicle and unlocked the vehicle to remove the children.

March 2

9:49 a.m.An

-tact with the owner of the vehicle.

The student suspected that his

due to a recent break-up and argu-ment.

10:49 a.m.An -hicle driving at a high rate of speed on campus. The vehicle ran multi-ple stop signs and passed vehicles in an illegal and unsafe manner.

The stop, but the vehicle continued to drive. As the vehicle neared ACAC, the driver stopped his ve-hicle.

As driver was mumbling profanities.

The driver was an employee at-tempting to make it back to work in time.

10:49 a.m.

in Lottie Jane Hall. Upon

panel and cleared the room in-dicated. The room was occupied and the occupant stated she did not know why the alarm went off.

-celled TFD.

March 310:49 a.m.An vehicle crashed into the retaining wall near Keplinger Hall. Emer-gency services were contacted

driver. The driver was a student of the

-hol about the person. The driver was verbally non-compliant.

The driver was arrested for al-cohol violations and TPD was no-

to jail.

3:12 p.m.An West Apartments to meet with a

of harassing text messages. The student had received a

death threat previously and was concerned for her safety. TPD was

Incident able to determine that the threaten-ing text messages that were sent were from a mutual friend. The messages were meant as a joke. There is no reason to believe that the text messages are related to the prior incident.

6:22 p.m.responded to a medical

emergency at Mayo Village. Upon

with the subject who stated that he was moving furniture and dropped a table on his foot. He believed he had broken multiple toes.

EMSA arrived and transported

the student to St. Johns Medical Center.

March 4

1:06 a.m.An vehicle run two stop signs on 8th street travelling at a high rate of speed.

The contact with the driver who con-tinued to drive erratically.

were able to make con-tact with the driver in Mayo Vil-lage. The driver was verbally non-compliant and profane towards

detected the odor of alcoholic beverages about the person. A reckless driving cita-tion was issued and the driver was escorted off of the property by a friend.

8:39 p.m.responded to the Kappa

Sigma House in reference to a vandalism call.

Upon -rected to the outside area and no-ticed an excessive amount of trash and debris littered throughout the yard and air conditioning units. There was also an overwhelming odor in the area and throughout the house.

The investigation is on-going.

March 6

8:39 p.m.responded to the Fisher

alarm. Upon -

rected to a pull station near an exit.

were not able to identify any signs

The panel was cleared and the station was set to normal. A copy of this report has been sent to Housing and Student Affairs.

The Collegian does not produce or edit the Campus Crime Watch, except for clarity and brevity.

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SAM MORTONStudent Writer

Conference USA Men’s Basketball Cham-pionship, the Golden Hurricane took on the Marshall Thundering Herd last Thursday afternoon.

The tournament, which was held at the Memphis Tigers’ home stadium , included every C-USA team, with the winning team being awarded the conference automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament.

game in C-USA tournament history to go into a third overtime, and was only the second time in TU’s history that the men’s basketball team has played such a lengthy game.

Despite constant lead changes throughout -

shall defeated Tulsa 105–100 at the end of the three-hour game.

Similar to when the Golden Hurricane took on the Thundering Herd in February, scoring was consistently back and forth, in-cluding many tie-ups over the course of the game.

Tulsa pulled into the lead in the remain-ing minutes of the game, after a Jordan Clarkson three-pointer gave Tulsa the larg-est lead of the game at 62–56. But the Herd went on a 6–2 run to tie the game at 64–64

Tulsa never gave up the lead, but could not hold on, and the Thundering Herd forced the second overtime period by tying the game at 74–74.

The Thundering Herd raced relentlessly at the heels of the Golden Hurricane again in the second overtime, once again coming

game at 86–86 with 12 seconds to go.In the third overtime, Marshall took the

3:20 remaining. Tulsa continued to score points, but could not capture the win as the Thundering Herd went on an 8–5 run, win-ning the game 105–100 and claiming the

Miss.High-point scorers for Tulsa included

freshman Eric McClellan, who scored a ca-reer-high 25 points, as well as Steven Idlet with 20 points.

Kodi Maduka, Scottie Haralson and Jor-dan Clarkson each contributed 14 points to

With this game, the Golden Hurricane ended its season 10–6 in conference and 17–14 overall, down from last year’s 19–13

The team looks to the 2012–2013 season to improve on these records and take anoth-er shot at both the conference championship and a bid to the NCAA tournament.

The University of Tulsa women’s basket-ball team concluded its season with a 59–49

Conference USA tournament Wednesday night at the University of Memphis.

TU beat ECU in late February at the Reynolds Center but the Pirates scorch-ing start was too much for the Hurricane to overcome this time.

Tulsa cut the East Carolina lead to seven with 2:02 remaining, but the Pirates went 8–8 from the free-throw line down the stretch to seal the victory.

First-Team All-C-USA performer Taleya Mayberry led Tulsa with 15 points, but was

Taylor Hooker contributed 12 points, while Celeste Stewart of East Carolina led all

scorers with 18 points.

year of head coach Matilda Mossman proved a success.

-son, the Golden Hurricane women went 13–15 this year.

The 13 wins for the TU women were the most since the 2005–2006 season.

Mossman commented on the loss, as well as the rest of season, saying “I just felt like we were on our heels for most of the game, playing from behind. I’m proud of how our kids hung in there. For that matter, I’m re-ally proud of the effort our kids have given us all year long.”

Mossman continued to say that “to be

No. 6-seed, it gives us a good feeling about the future of our program.”

The Golden Hurricane will now turn its eye toward next season where it hopes to improve upon this season’s success.

As John Conner is to the terminators and Luke Skywalker is to the Sith, Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is to German football club Bayer Leverkusen.

Last Wednesday—to lead his team to the

Messi scored a Champion’s League record

chipped a very confused and overwhelmed Leverkusen keeper.

In a postgame interview, Leverkusen coach Robin Dutt said, “Without Messi, Barca is the best team, and with him, they are in another galaxy.”

Congratulation to Dutt for maintaining re-spect for a team who just destroyed his 7–1.

from the Indianapolis Colts to free agency.In a teary interview alongside Colts own-

er Jim Irsay, the elder Manning talked about his wonderful career with the Colts but also said, regarding his future, “I haven’t thought about what team I’m going to play for (next year).”

Manning’s reluctance to speculate pub-licly about his future is good business, but the statement taken at face value is almost certainly false.

There’s no way that Peyton hasn’t con-sidered the possibility of playing quarter-back for the Dolphins; He already owns a house in Miami. There’s no way that Peyton hasn’t thought about following in the foot-steps of Kurt Warner and riding the shoul-ders of Larry Fitzgerald to another Super Bowl in Arizona.

And there’s certainly no way Peyton hasn’t thought of the possibility of replac-ing Mark Sanchez of the Jets and playing in the same city as his brother Eli.

Let’s face the facts: Peyton Manning is un-employed; he’s thinking about his next job.

This just in: the Washington Redskins have traded up in the NFL draft to acquire the St. Louis Rams’ number two selection.

This move was clearly an effort to acquire last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, Robert

speed, a cannon of an arm and above-average intelligence.

“Sexy Rex” Grossman and journeyman John Beck, Washington’s current quarter-backs, but will he be worth the price Red-skins’ owner Dan Snyder paid for him?

In order to move up a measly four spots in this year’s draft, Snyder traded to the

2014!) and a second rounder. In order to sweeten the pot, he even re-

and an undisclosed amount of livestock. To put this monstrous deal in perspective, be-tween the time the Redskins select RG3 in

roughly three quarters of TU’s undergradu-ate student body will graduate! Holy smoke!

Tulsa closes out season with

AMANDA SCHENKStudent Writer

Jordan Clarkson commented on the situa-tion, with each expressing their disappoint-ment for the loss of Wojcik, but a commit-ment to work hard for whoever replaced him.

Haralson said the news of Wojcik’s dis-missal was “shocking,” while Clarkson said it made for a “sad day.” Clarkson said that the Hurricane’s players need to “stay strong” and keep the team together through the search for a new head coach.

As too their new coach, Haralson said that he was looking for a coach with “pas-sion in the game” who was willing to work hard, while Clarkson said that he had faith

Both players expressed their desires to re-turn to the glory days of TU basketball, with Haralson saying the Tulsa should be “win-ning championships,” and Clarkson calling “getting back to the NCAA tournament” the team’s main goal.

Wojcik leaves TU as the school’s leader in total wins, with a 140–92 record, a 2008 College Basketball Invitational Champion-ship and two National Invitational Tourna-ment appearances.

Wojcik came to Tulsa in 2005 from Michigan State, where he was an assistant coach and replaced former head coach John Phillips.

ZAK PATTERSONStudent Writer

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Remember that kid back in high school (probably a percussionist) who just would not sit still? He would always be tapping his feet, clicking his pen, slapping himself … always making noise, com-pelled to form a rhythm. Heaven forbid you have to sit in front of him on the school bus.

Now imagine that kid times eight and on drugs. That’s STOMP.

But perhaps unlike the annoy-ing drummer boy, each performer in the production possesses a rare and amazing gift—rhythm.

STOMP makes it looks easy; leaving each audience member excited and inspired. Every Tom, Dick and Harry goes home think-ing “I could totally do that.” But any musician can tell you just how much skill is required of a STOMP performer.

Polyrhythm was the theme of the night, and stomping one rhythm with your feet while clap-ping something completely differ-ent is a talent almost impossible to pick up unless you are just born with god-like coordination.

Yet for all the enormous talents and endless hours of rehearsal, STOMP’s biggest appeal is that it

remains down-to-earth and univer-sally appealing.

STOMP is a modern manifesta-tion of percussive dance, a form which is totally cross-cultural. Ev-ery culture on earth has one, from Native America to Africa.

It is not something you need ed-ucation or social context to appre-ciate; anyone with a beating heart can relate. Rhythm is innate, as its connection to movement.

Even babies bounce when they hear a beat—it is not something you have to be taught. It is in our human blood. STOMP is a reincar-nation, a new percussive dance of a modern, urban tribe.

This unique production is mu-sically mature and complex, but

takes advantage of many opportu-nities for silly physical humor, and the humorous dynamics between the characters onstage keep view-ers of all ages and sophistication levels engaged.

STOMP may be a big-budget production, but it takes us all back to the days when a spoon, a colan-der and a mixing bowl was all it took to create an afternoon of ca-cophonous entertainment.

Still, I do not envy those poor parents whose young children, inspired by the energetic stylings of STOMP, will go home and pro-ceed to give their own concert on every pot, pan and garbage can they encounter.

Last week I had a chance to sit down with a few members of Tul-sa’s premier up-and-coming folk-rock group, Bandelier.

As we gathered around a crack-

around the great music roots like Woody Guthrie. “He’s really the reason I picked up the guitar here at TU when I was in the dorm room at the John,” said frontman Ryan Allen.

Allen, who graduated in 2009,

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scoring.He explained how it was a re-

ally creative time in his life. Now he works full time, and the band is the “the only way I can survive” he said.

Bassist Jake Dodson, a sopho-more studying energy manage-

ment, piped in, saying, “I couldn’t imagine my college experience without it.”

Dodson joined Bandelier almost a year ago now with fellow sopho-more Jon Martell, who plays viola. “I thought I was good until I sat down and tried to read their music and play,” Dodson said.

Both current students expressed their enthusiasm for playing to-gether with such a tight group of older, experienced musicians.

The rest of the group includes guitarist Andy King and drummer Joel Wood.

Allen writes the majority of the music for the group, but each musician’s personal styles take over as the pieces come together. “Everybody brings their voice and makes in their own.”

Allen actually wrote much of the music during his time at TU, and Dodson expressed how it was fun having “never heard those songs before … we got to recreate them—they were reborn.”

“We just see what works and what didn’t work—probably more stuff didn’t,” added Allen, with a laugh.

Everything came together and

Gypsy Coffee House in April last year and have been performing ever since.

This week, the group will be

coming to the TU campus for the latest show in what Allen describes as “kind of a homecoming.”

The performance is hosted by Sharp Chapel and Umin’s Gate-way Late-Night Fellowship, but Allen was quick to clarify that “it’s still gonna be a folk-rock con-cert—old timey themes of death and blood and God.”

The band is excited to de-but some new songs, and will be throwing open the doors to ad-vertise great music, free food and good company.

The show is free and open to the public from 7–9 p.m. March 15 in the Sharp Chapel atrium.

Beyond that, the group is also looking forward to exciting events in the future including a show on the main stage of Cain’s Balroom.

Bandelier is providing music for the “Pioneer Woman’s” new cookbook launch party and will be pulling out the stops, even ac-centing its original pieces with a couple of classics by Guthrie and Bob Wills himself.

The free event is hosted by Booksmart Tulsa and Dweling Spaces and includes free food. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m.

Be sure to check more about Bandelier and demo re-cordings on Facebook or at bandeliermusic.com.

Last week’s Retro Review featured Muddy Waters, one of the most

and the founding father of the so-called “Chicago Blues” genre.

Waters’ work and style paved the way for a myriad of other art-ists, from the British Blues of Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones to pure rock bands such as AC/DC.

However, Waters certainly was not the only pioneer of Chicago blues, and any discussion of the genre would not be complete with-out mentioning the work of anoth-er blues giant.

George “Buddy” Guy was born in 1936 in the deep southern state of Louisiana. His guitar talent manifested itself at a young age; by fourteen, Guy was already per-forming with groups on the Baton Rouge local scene.

By the 1960’s, he had moved to Chicago, where Muddy Waters

-ences. He received a recording contract from Chess Records.

Despite these early successes, Guy’s career experienced a slow start up. After a failure to release hit singles, he began performing as a solo guitarist for Muddy Waters and a few instrumental jazz bands.

During the 1980s and 1990s,

in 1991 he released “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues,” perhaps his biggest success ever.

An excellent blues album, “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” reinstated Buddy Guy as a top blues artist, and eventually won him a Grammy Award for Best

Contemporary Blues Album.“Damn Right, I’ve Got the

Blues” is typical of Buddy Guy’s blues style. The album features Guy’s vocals and guitar, backed by numerous other musicians playing a wide variety of instruments from piano, drums and bass to saxo-phones and trumpets.

Furthermore, the album features a number of guest artists. Jeff Beck lends his guitar skill to “Mustang Sally,” an outstanding cover of a Sir Mack Rice original, and Eric Clapton is featured on “There is Something on Your Mind.”

Guy’s original tracks really make the album, however. Some of the better songs include the album’s title song, “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues,” and “Too Broke to Spend the Night.”

Guy’s “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” was a massive suc-cess. Not only did the album win a Grammy Award, but it also re-ceived decent praise from the pro-fessional reviewers.

“Rolling Stone” magazine gave

and Allmusic gave a similar rating of four and half.

In summary, Buddy Guy’s “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” is a very good blues album. A chunk of the album is comprised of covers of other artists’ mate-rial, but there are enough original tracks to satisfy most listeners.

While it is, without a doubt, a blues album, “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” is a bit guitar-heavy in comparison to other blues albums, but for good reason; Bud-dy Guy is one of the greatest gui-tar players of all time, and “Roll-ing Stone” magazine placed him at number 23 on their 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time list.

When our generation hears the phrase: “The best time to wear a striped sweater…” the knee-jerk response would be “is all the time.” This is because most of were raised by a terminally cheerful brain-washing sponge.

But as we reach a level of social sophistication and cultural awareness henceforth unseen by man (or sponge), it is time to call into question this most basic and accepted behavioral standard.

The issue is of course hotly contested, but here are the events at which are still considered appro-priate to wear a striped sweater:

1. Valentine’s Day2. At a Thrift Store

3. On the TV4. When you are out of

polka-dot bikinis5. In the pool6. Never (unless you

are underwater)7. Strip Club Weddings8. Funerals9. All the time. Wanna

In all this fashion con-troversy, however, there is a consensus: there is still a place in our highly cultured society for the striped sweater. While the garment ought never to be ubiquitous, it is a pow-erful tool when used in moderation.

Feel free to wear your favorite striped sweater and join us at 8 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Kendall Hall Room 110. This way, you can earn a few more stripes for that sweater of yours.

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1. “Green Eggs and Ham” – Americans love “Green Eggs and Ham.” Families read it here and there, families read it everywhere. Many would read it in a box, many would read it with a fox. Others read it in a house, still oth-ers read it with a mouse. We like to read green eggs and ham.

2. “The Cat in the Hat” – Al-though this beloved story de-veloped into a rather unfor-tunate movie, it still remains one of the most memorable children’s books. “Look at

Brown borrows lyrics from Dr. Seuss.

3. “Horton Hatches the Egg” – A lot of people know Hor-ton from “Horton Hears a Who” which was adapted by Dreamworks to the silver screen.  4. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” – “Maybe Christ-mas … perhaps … means a

wouldn’t mind a little bit more of the Grinch. Also im-mortalized in cartoon and by Jim Carrey, this ugly green guy has a loveable quality about him.

5. “Fox in Socks” – Ev-eryone should know that “When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles

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6. “One Fish, Two Fish, Red

You must not hop on pop.” But you should hop on the Dr. Seuss bandwagon.

8. “Oh, the Places You’ll

your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself Any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” Sounds like what a lot of parents say to students heading off to college.

9. “The Lorax” – Danny DeVito, Zac Efron (girlish scream) and Taylor Swift

that debuted this month.

watch and a read.

10. “If I Ran the Circus” – Yeah … It would just be cool to run a circus.

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Over a week ago Apple released some choice teasers that, without revealing much, obviously hinted at an new iPad tablet. The latest version of Apple’s hit product was eventually unveiled on March 7.

The newest Apple tablet actual-ly appears to have dropped any nu-

3, the iPad 2S or even the iPad HD— it’s just “the new iPad.”

The biggest improvement in the new device is its crisp “retina” display, packing over four times as many pixels into the same space as an iPad 2.

No one should be surprised at this, however; the retina display has represented the face of Apple’s mobile industry since the release of the iPhone 4 back in June of 2010.

Enthusiast may have asked why the iPad 2 (released over nine months later) lacked the same display quality, but it turns out that the technology itself was not yet solid enough for such a large screen.

According to Apple’s website, with so many pixels, “signals get crossed and image quality suf-fers.” The new iPad, however, boasts double-layer engineering that allows the pixels to sit on a different plane from the signals.

Despite its drawn-out arrival, the new display truly is a mag-

screen jumps to life with over 300 pixels per inch, clearer than other displays by far (standard 72 ppi)

and even clearer than print media. That means that suddenly the

tablet is just as crisp—if not bet-ter—than the papers and photos on the desk next to it. The iPad’s display is actually 2048x1536, even higher than the striking 1920x1080 boasted by the best modern HDTVs.

Another interesting develop-ment is the improved 5-megapixel camera mounted on the back of the device. It is not necessarily stron-ger, but certainly smarter, boasting dynamic automatic white-balance adjustments, exposure settings, autofocus and image stabilization.

The camera even soaks up a sur-prising amount light with an f/2.4 aperture lens. Developers prob-ably don’t know how many tour-ists in the near future will actually walk around New York City toting tablets in front of their faces, but still, these unusually impressive features may piqué any photo-en-thusiast’s interest.

Another highly anticipated fea-ture is the new tablet’s mobile in-ternet capabilities, as it can now jack into a variety of network car-riers with 4G LTE speeds.

In a brilliant stroke of much-needed common sense, the new

iPad can also function as a WiFi hotspot if users are willing to dish out the extra cash to their carrier, meaning that any nearby laptops or even other iPads can enjoy in-ternet connectivity as well.

In the grand scheme of things, developers had only barely begun to tap the potential of the iPad 2’s processing capabilities, so it will be interesting to see what the fu-ture will bring for graphical 3rd generation iPad apps and games. The new iPad is driven by Apple’s powerful A5X mobile processor that is bound to deliver stunning quality.

Consumers considering upgrad-ing their old iPads might be ask-ing themselves if these few new features are worth the price, and newcomers to the tablet market are probably wondering if an iPad is really “a magical pane of glass” as Apple’s keynote will have them believe.

We at The Collegian will have to let everyone decide for them-selves, but in the meantime, read-ers may also be pleased to note that the old iPad 2 models will continue to sell for a decreased $399.

LUCAS FORSYTHEManaging Editor

opinionTHE COLLEGIAN : 9 13 MARCH 2012

A week ago, Cody Rogers, a young Tulsa resident, was violently attacked by group of people shouting anti-gay slurs at a local par-ty. Rogers was targeted because of his sexual orientation.

The attack left Rogers with bruises all over his body, a split lip and a bloodied eye. “It’s hard to look at, especially in the mir-ror,” Rogers said in an interview with Fox 23 News.

In the past week, Rogers’ previously-created Facebook page—“Help Stop the Stomping”—has carried news of the attack to the outside world with the goal of raising awareness about hate violence in general.

The page has gained enormous attention, with 11 thousand likes at the time this article went to press. Rogers has appeared on Fox 23, and last Friday a vigil was held in his name on the steps of McFarlin Library.

Among the speakers, who included Rog-

ers himself, was Toby Jenkins—the execu-tive director at Oklahomans for Equality—

publicizing Rogers’ case. Oklahomans for Equality

hopes to raise awareness of the fact that cur-rent Oklahoma law does not include crimes committed on the basis of sexual orientation

Along with 18 other states, Oklahoma would classify what happened to Rogers as “assault,” withholding the more severe pen-alties established for hate crimes.

Any successful political movement needs a rallying point, a case like that of Rogers’ that coalesces into one concrete story the in-justices all of us are too quick to ignore—a story that can render cold legal clauses per-sonal.

Usefulness aside, what happened to Rog-ers was terrible and should shock us. He de-serves praise for having the courage to bring such a traumatic incident to public attention.

He has done so despite the fact that this is an incident that is no doubt traumatic for him and has the potential to expose him to the criticism of the insensitive.

Yet Rogers’ assault has me thinking of an even broader issue than hate crimes. I

upon the LGBT community—not just the killings and the assaults—but also the slurs and the insults.

We are shocked by physical violence

shocked by the emotional violence directed against the same group.

To be fair, I think that a large portion of the people I come into contact with con-

cerned. It brings me joy to see the number of people I know that regularly speak up, not just for protection against hate crimes, but for gay rights in general.

It would be naïve, however, to pretend that this represents everyone.

That one-third of all teenage suicides are members of the LGBT community evidences this. There are still too many bullies, too many

thoughtless pundits and too many polemiciz-ing anti-LGBT politicians.

There are also too many people willing to stand by. The boys attacking Rogers could not have been the only people at the party, after all. Anti-LGBT discrimination will continue until each of us is shocked enough by it to do something.

CONOR FELLINStudent Writer

Being a vegetarian and living on campus is only slightly better than being a vegetarian in a public high school—at least the cafete-ria workers on campus do not force me to have meat on my tray.

They also sometimes make vegetarian entrees. That is nice—when it happens.

More often than not, however, I end up grabbing cookies and some rice for lunch. They do have a salad bar. But who wants to have a salad for every meal?

To make matters even worse, the only places on campus that consistently (every meal, every day) offer good vegetarian op-tions, Subway and the Hut, are not covered under the meal plan.

My Dining Dollars did not even last until March when I tried to have a more complete diet and eat the black bean burgers at the Hut or the “veggie max” at Subway. Neither the world nor TU make it easy for vegetar-ians or vegans to have a complete diet.

For instance, tofu is not served at every meal, and usually if it is, that is the only

vegetarian-friendly option served that day. There are good vegetarian meals out

there. But the cafeteria thinks that a good vegetarian meal is stir-fried rice with some tofu.

This know how to prepare (besides the only mild-ly disgusting veggie burger I once tried).

The stir-fry the cafeteria serves is not very healthy, either. And the sandwich bar—there is not a huge chance of getting something vegetarian there, unless an aver-age avocado wrap (provided there is avo-cado on that day) is what you want.

The to-go program only infrequently of-fers vegetarian options, which usually con-sist of peanut butter and jelly or macaroni and cheese. Only one of those is vegan. Of-ten, neither is offered. The to-go meals in ACAC are a little better, and usually have peanut butter and jelly every day.

Other schools in this state have entire vegan bars that are open every day, for every meal. This irks me quite a bit, since I pay a good deal more money to go to this school and for my meal plan here, yet I hardly eat a complete meal.

The cafeteria serves “Halal meals” for some of the international students. Yet there

vegetarians or vegans. And when there is an option, there is little variety—that is, un-less you feel a little adventurous and go for the lettuce instead of the spinach that day.

So, yes, sometimes the cafeteria offers vegetarian options, but rarely is there more

protein and nutrients as a vegetarian on campus.

I have kept track for a few weeks, and eating on campus as a vegetarian gives me

only about 20 percent of the recommended amount of protein. If only soy milk were of-fered as part of the to go meals—if only we had a vegetarian bar!

For -ing animals morally questionable, Big Al’s on 15th and Harvard makes delicious veg-etarian and vegan wraps. P.F. Chang’s of-

fers many vegetarian options, and there is a Whole Foods on 41st and Peoria.

You should get comfortable with leaving campus to eat well, and spending your mea-ger college income on groceries.

If you cannot leave campus or do not have a lot of extra money, well, let me just say that I hope you like spinach and rice.

LILY CLOUGHStudent Writer

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St. Patrick’s day, or as Americans call it “St. Patty’s Day,” is a day for widespread cele-bration of Irish culture all around the world. It has been recognized as a religious holiday in Ireland for over 1000 years.

On March 17th, believed to be St. Pat-rick’s death date, we celebrate not only his life, but our Irish heritage, by attending church, sporting green clothing, holding pa-rades and drinking a few pints of Guinness.

The origins of St. Patrick’s Day trace

namesake was kidnapped and taken as a slave to Ireland to tend sheep. While in cap-tivity, Patrick’s faith grew.

He was ordained as a priest, and he dedi-cated his life to converting Irish citizens to Christianity.

To do so, Patrick used the shamrock to explain the holy trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So next time you see a sham-rock around St. Patrick’s day, you will un-derstand why.

The myth that St. Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland is, of course, not entire-

ly true. However, some interpret the myth thusly: snakes represent evil and tempta-tion—forces St. Patrick dedicated his life to banishing from Ireland.

In my own experience, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the most enjoyable, unpredictable days of the year. It gives me and my friends a chance to celebrate our national identity. We normally start by eating a traditional Irish breakfast washed down with a few pints of Guinness.

This is followed by celebrating in the streets with fellow university students and singing traditional Irish songs such as the

national anthem—pronounced ow-rann na vain). Everyone gathers to enjoy the day and, in all honesty, I look forward to it more than my birthday.

Many cities in the U.S. spare no expense in making the day one of the most enjoyable for all who wish to attend. In Chicago they dye the river green to represent Ireland’s national color. Boston and New York hold extravagant parades and in Tulsa the streets are closed off around McNellie’s Irish pub.

So be sure to take advantage of the fes-tivities. At the end of the day, it’s all a bit of craic!

Opinion THE COLLEGIAN : 1013 MARCH 2012

Each December the Kendall-Whittier com-munity bands together to gather a bag of Christmas goodies for each child at Kend-all-Whittier Elementary.

Jo Anne Deaton, President of Kendall-Whittier Inc., highlighted the collaborative effort that community engagement in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood requires.

“Kendall-Whittier Inc. bought health food and the University of Tulsa ran a shut-tle to bring in people to stuff those bags,” she said. Deaton believes that the two most powerful forces for positive change in the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood are TU and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.

For those unfamiliar with the state of the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood a few statis-tics and stories are in order. Over 90 percent of the students at Kendall-Whittier Elemen-tary and Will Rogers Early College Acad-emy qualify for free and reduced lunch.

The median household income of fami-lies living in the neighborhood is a full $10,000 below the Tulsa median, which is almost $10,000 below the national median. The neighborhood also has a higher-than-average percentage of absent landlords.

When lay on the eastern edge of Tulsa. Since then, the citiy has expanded and Kendall-Whittier now lies in what is north-central Tulsa. It is divided by Interstate 244, a fact that is wide-ly blamed for having driven residents and businesses from the area.

According to Susan Neal, TU’s Vice

President of Public Affairs and Economic Development and a former city councilor, Kendall-Whittier once contained the most resource intensive intersection in Tulsa.

“Fifth and Atlanta was the corner from which the city received the most calls (for emergency services). That is no longer true today,” she said. Neal also credits the efforts of TU and George Kaiser Family Founda-tion for many the positive changes of the past decade.

Kendall-Whittier itself should not, of course, miss its deserved accolades. It was four churches within the neighborhood it-

response to the deterioration of the neigh-borhood.

Those four churches were Grace Luther-an, St. Francis Xavier Catholic, College Hill Presbyterian and University United Meth-

and most recent addition to the Kendall-Whittier Inc. roster.

Such neighborhood cohesion is unusual. “Kendall-Whittier is known as being a pro-gressive neighborhood,” said Michael Mills, Associate Dean of Students and Coordinator of University and Community Engagement

to come up with a renewal plan.”Mills is most impressed with this element

of the neighborhood renewal effort. “What I think is great about this neighborhood is that the residents are engaged with us as well,” he said. “It’s a collaborative effort.”

There is no doubt that improvements have been made. The formation of the Ken-dall-Whittier Elementary community school

-ress. “Kendall-Whittier Elementary offers what’s called wraparound services,” Deaton said.

The school offers “early childhood edu-cation, after school programming, and runs a health clinic The health clinic is called

Kendall-Whittier Elementary and its ser-vices represent a serious concern for and response to the needs of a community.

Even so, progress remains, if not elusive, at least piecemeal. One of KWI’s primary projects is an emergency food pantry which provides recipients with food for a week up to four times a year. This is an admirable service, but the fact that it is necessary is an indication of a remaining systemic problem.

This is not a criticism of any of the insti-tutions involved in the neighborhood resto-ration. TU, GKFF, KWI and their partners are all important institutions doing admi-

-cally to the students of TU.

I realize that many of TU’s students are recorded as having done “service.” I real-ize that many of them volunteer within the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood. But I also know that unpaid legal internships some-times count as service—even when they are located in distant cities.

I wish to speak to something I witnessed last Saturday on TU Service Day. I saw be-tween 500 and 600 students go out for a few hours—more in some cases—do some work, and return not much more socially conscious than they were when they left.

We have to remember what service ac-tually is. Service is not a day of charitable work. Service is not a donation.

Service is justice. Service is engagement. Restoration work has to extend beyond sub-

sistence and one-time engagements. A prime example of a project that reaches

beyond bare-level assistance is TU’s spon-sorship of the FabLab, located on Lewis. “This is the kind of partnership that seems to go beyond traditional notions of charity,” said Nancy Eggen, Executive Director of United Campus Ministries.

Eggen would like to know “Why it is that people who work full time, still need food assistance?” Her focus is on justice which “seeks long-term, sustainable solutions.” It seems that, too often, charity efforts succeed

I think this is important to keep in mind as we work together to counter social injus-tice. So I ask the students of the University of Tulsa to remember the words of Michael Mills: “We’re not giving hand outs. We’re listening to what people need, not giving them what we think they need.”

Deaton echoed the sentiment: “My im-pression is that things are improving. There’s still a long way to go. ”

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