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Whitney Thompson to go to semifinals of Jeopardy! College Championship

CAITLIN SCHACHTERCampus Reporter

The recent cold weather has many Normanites leaving their started cars unattended in the morning so the cars can thaw while they can stay warm, but this practice has left some citizens carless.

There have been six cars reported stolen in the last month because of this practice, said Tom Easley, Norman Police Department captain.

“This is a self-inflicted crime,” Easley said. “If you don’t start your car and leave it unattended, then it won’t get stolen.”

The most recent incident occurred at 5:41 a.m. Feb. 11 when Norman PD received a call of a stolen vehicle on the 800 block of Brooks Street.

The victim reported he started his car and went back in-side. When he returned it had been stolen, according to a press release.

A car matching the description of the stolen vehicle was seen entering Interstate-35 Northbound on Lindsey Street. The pursuit went into Oklahoma City where the suspect, Glen Gregory, got out of the vehicle and ran, according to the press release.

Gregory was placed in the F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehi-cle, eluding a police officer, driving under suspension and a valid Oklahoma County felony warrant, according to a press

release.Though bike theft is the No. 1 reported crime on campus,

car theft is also an issue, said Maj. Bruce Chan, OU Police Department spokesman.

Out of the 278 felonies reported last year, 13 of them were car burglaries, Chan said.

To prevent additional theft from occurring, students can use different preventative methods.

“I would suggest for students to lock their valuables in their trunk or in their glove compartment so they won’t be as visi-ble to the thief,” Chan said.

“Or I would also suggest for students to take any valuables

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Art technology and culture senior Seth Feken looks bewildered at a piece of art on Thursday afternoon in front of the School of Art and History. When asked about the piece’s origin, art history junior Monique Mogilka said that she had just noticed it between classes on Wednesday, but she didn’t know why it was erected.

Norman Police report an increase in car theft, advising extra caution

KELLY ROGERS • CAMPUS REPORTER

OU student Whitney Thompson made it to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship, after some smart wagering in the

final Jeopardy! round.The quarterf inal round of Jeopardy! College

Championship aired Tuesday morning, pitting Thompson against two other collegiate students, James Fulwiler from Temple University and Sarah Stevens from the University of Delaware.

“Going from couch Jeopardy! with a dog on either side of me to standing behind a podium was way too exciting,” Thompson said.

After years of playing couch Jeopardy!, Thompson wait-ed behind the podium for host Alex Trebek to introduce the topics that would make or break her chances of mov-ing onto semifinals.

This round included the topics “Names in Nature” t o “ B a c k i n g B a n d s .” Fulwiler began the game with “Backing Bands,” test-ing the contestants’ knowl-edge of new and old bands, and moved into the lead early on.

However, Thompson began racking up points, earning her first bit of cash when Trebek asked the contestants to fill in the blank for the band name, “Florence + the ____________.”

Thompson buzzed in with “What is ‘the Machine’?”

After moving on to “Novels by Quote,” though, Fulwiler quickly took the lead again in a war between buzzers.

“A classic: On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth ap-peared the letter A,” Trebek said.

Fulwiler answered, “What is ‘The Scarlet Letter’?,” secur-ing his lead.

Stevens stayed silent until the first two categories had cleared, chiming in with “Who is Sacagawea,” finally put-ting her on the board.

By the first commercial break, Fulwiler was in the lead with $3,000, Thompson in second with $1,600 and Stevens trailing behind with $400.

After the break, we got to know a little bit more about the student behind the Oklahoma sweatshirt.

Thompson’s basset hound is almost completely brown, a rare phenotype for the breed, which prompted her to write a children’s book on basset hound genetics for a

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JEOPARDY!

KATE BERGUMCampus Reporter

Emergency responders found nothing suspicious at Oklahoma State University Thu r s d ay a f t e r a b o mb threat shut down a campus building and parking garage.

G a r y S h u t t , d i r e c t o r o f c o m mu n i cat i o n s f o r OSU, said the OSU Police Department received a call regarding a bomb threat in the OSU Multimodal facility at 8:45 a.m.

Police were on site at 8:46 a.m. and examining the situ-ation, Shutt said.

Around 10 a.m. students

were notified of the threat and warned to stay away from the Multimodal facility and the nearby parking ga-rage, Shutt said.

O S U P o l i c e Department and the Stillwater po-lice and fire depart-ments conducted a preliminary search of the bui lding, Shutt said.

The Oklahoma H i g h w a y Pa t r o l conducted a sec-ondary search with dogs and a bomb squad. They found nothing suspicious, Shutt said.

Classes continued during the threat. Shutt said the Mu l t i m o d a l f a c i l i t y i s

isolated from most of cam-pus and did not seem to pose a significant threat to the rest of the grounds.

“Obviously, had we found something, it might have changed the whole scenar-io,” Shutt said.

During the threat, stu-dents were contacted by the Cowboy Alert System, which

sends text messages and leaves voice messages on students’ cell phones, Shutt said. OSU also has a safety

website and social media ac-counts, which were updated during the scare.

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high school biology class, Thompson explained in one long breath.

She ended up reading the book to second graders, she said.

Thompson didn’t recall that bit of Basset-related knowledge unprompted, though. Apparently she and the other contestants had filled out anecdote sheets to share beforehand, she said.

Four questions into the “Names in Nature” catego-ry, Thompson hit the Daily Double.

The small blue screen read, “They have only one cell each, but can take pride in their name, from the Greek for ‘first animals.’”

Thompson strategized and wagered a risky $600 in

attempt to pass Fulwiler who was still in the lead.

Thompson’s face, which was sculpted in an ear-to-ear smile for most of the com-petition, dropped when she missed the question, answer-ing “amoebas.” The correct answer was protozoa.

Not all hope was lost for Thompson, who was still in second place with $1,800, leading in front of Stevens who was -$200.

“At this point, I was try-ing to focus on two things,” Thompson said. “Answering questions and not passing out.”

Moving into the second to last category, Thompson began picking apart the questions themed “Other

By the end of Double Jeopardy!, Thompson was in the lead with $10,000, Fulwiler in second with $9,200 and Stevens in last place with $6,200.

T h e s m a l l r e c t a n g u -lar screen flashed white block letters with the final Jeopardy! clue: Islands.

This word was daunting, Thompson said, because she didn’t trust herself with this topic.

“I had studied capitals, but I knew this topic was going to be near impossible,” Thompson said.

The question revealed on the screen was, “In a sat-ellite photo, volcanic ac-tivity can be seen on this 10,000-square-mile island.”

The contestants scribbled down their answers. It was time to reveal the winner.

Stevens: “What is Crete?”A b ov e h e r

a n s w e r w a s a s c r i b b l e d out, “What is Sicily?”

C r e t e w a s i n c o r r e c t . St e v e n s l o s t $4,800.

F u l w i l e r : “What is Fiji?”

F i j i w a s i n c o r r e c t . Fulwiler lost

$9,200 on the wager.T h o m p s o n : “ W h a t i s

Crete?”S h e ’ d w a g e r e d $ 0 .

Everyone had answered in-correctly. She won.

“The penny didn’t actually drop with me until Alex had said I had won,” Thompson said.

Thompson will appear in the semifinalist round on Monday.

Kelly Rogers kelly.n.rogers-1@ou.edu

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Whitney Thompson, English literature junior, studies Feb. 9 inside Bizzell Memorial Library’s Great Reading Room. Thompson recently competed on the Jeopardy! College Tournament over winter break in January.

Colleges.” Despite that, Fulwiler quickly regained his lead.

“ F o u n d e d i n 1 9 6 1 , Hamburger University is this chain’s training center,” Trebek said.

Fu l w i l e r i m m e d i a t e -ly buzzed in with the an-swer that placed him in the lead once more: “What is McDonalds?”

The lead volleyed between Fulwiler and Thompson like a tennis ball at Wimbledon, with Stevens now a bystand-er in the competition.

With Thompson lead-ing with $6,200, Fulwiler in second with $3,400 and Stevens last with -$200, the Double Jeopardy! round was underway.

But Stevens was deter-mined to make a comeback and put herself on the board. After correctly answering

“Carrie” to the question, “Chloë Grace Moretz was the title telekinetic teen in a 2013 remake of this horror movie.”

Stevens even scored a verbal pat on the back from Trebek, who said, “Good for you. You’re out of the hole.”

Thompson hit the second Daily Double in a fast-fir-ing round, though, finding herself tied with Fulwiler at $7,400.

Trebek asked, “In 439 A.D. Genseric the Vandal cap-tured this North African city, which became the Vandal Capital…”

Thompson said, “What is Cairo?” losing $600.

A n d t h e c o r r e c t a n -swer from Trebek: “What is Carthage.”

At this point, I was trying to focus on two things: Answering questions and not passing out.”

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T h e N o . 2 r a n k e d Oklahoma women’s gym-n a s t i c s t e a m l o o k s t o take on No. 3 LSU, No. 17 Arizona and Kentucky in the Metroplex Challenge at 7 p.m. Saturday in Fort Worth.

Oklahoma looks forward to the Metroplex Challenge this weekend where they w i l l f a c e t w o nat i o na l -ly-ranked opponents. The Sooners have proven to be a force to be reckoned with, holding either the No. 1 or No. 2 ranking nationally since the second week of the season.

After a difficult loss to the LSU Tigers at home Sunday, the Sooners are undoubted-ly ready to go head-to-head with the Tigers for a second weekend in a row.

The Metroplex Challenge is the first podium meet for Oklahoma this year. Junior Rebecca Clark said the feel of podium meets is differ-ent, both physically and mentally, but the prepara-tion is the same.

“We are focusing on the details. We didn’t have the best beam rotation (against L S U ) , b u t w e d i d h av e strong performances in the other events. We will con-tinue to build off of those,” Clark said.

This week was also spe-cial for two athletes in par-ticular. Freshman Chayse Capps earned her third Newcomer of the Week ac-colade this season after an incredible performance against LSU, including a

9.95 on vault, a career-high.“ I t i s a n i n c r e d i b l e

honor to have received this award three t imes. It really is a surreal ex-p e r i e n c e,” C a p p s s a i d . Sophomore Haley Scaman received her first Big 12 Gymnast of the Week award after the meet against LSU. Scaman scored a 9.9 or higher in all of her events against the Tigers.

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Freshman Chayse Capps dances to the music during her floor routine against Louisiana State University on Sunday afternoon at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners fell to the Tigers 197.325-197.650. The Sooners will get a second chance to take on LSU, along with Arizona and Kentucky this weekend in the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth.

“It is going to happen again — where we are going to have a miss, and they are

going to have to handle that pressure. So it is good practice for the future. Those

are mistakes they don’t normally make it practice.”K.J KiNdLeR,

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Following loss, OU gets second chance against Tigers

Sooners will take on Arkansas and Purdue this weekend in Fayetteville

Andrew ClArk, Women’s Tennis Beat Reporter @A_Clark_oUdaily

The OU women’s tennis team will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to face the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Purdue Boilermakers this weekend. It is the beginning of a month-long road trip. The Sooners won’t play another home match until March 21. The Sooners will also travel to Albuquerque, N.M., Stillwater and Tulsa during the trip.

Tennis coach David Mullins’ expectations are no different on the road than at home, and he said he expects the team to play as good without the home crowd as with it.

“Even though it’s away from home, it’s a region we are very familiar with. A lot of the older girls have played in Arkansas several times,” he said.

Although the environment should have no effect on the players, Mullins did say the courts in Arkansas are different than the courts in Norman.

“The courts in Arkansas are a little faster, so we’ve been trying to take time away from the players, giving them no rhythm, making them feel a little uncomfort-able, which is how they’re going to feel on Friday and Saturday.”

Senior Whitney Ritchie shares the beliefs of her coach and said that the team is just trying to play as well on the road as at home

“We just have to play like we do at home,” she said.No. 24 OU is 5-1, No. 44 Arkansas is 5-2 and No. 30

Purdue is 3-2. The Sooners are hoping to move to 7-1 after the weekend in Fayetteville.

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PLAyeR PRoFiLeWhitney Ritchieyear: Senior

Position: competes in doubles and singles

Statistics: 6-0 in singles and 4-1 in doubles this season

Tennis team starts month-long road trip this weekend

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Our view: This Valentine’s Day, we are reminded of how much we love OU.

OU, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways this Valentine’s Day.

We love OU for its campus, beautiful by day and night, from its flowers in the spring to its archi-tecture. Standing in the middle of the South Oval with the Sower to our backs and majestic Bizzell Memorial Library in front, we can’t help but love yOU.

The spring semester can be a hard time for your students, OU. We long for the roar and thrill of game-day, for the fanfare and spectacle that only a tradi-tion as strong and true as Oklahoma football can give us. Having to wait nearly 200 more days to hear, “It’s football time in Oklahoma,” and to hold our breaths at opening kickoff seems unbearable. But we know you have many more delights to tide us over until we can see the white visor of Coach Bob Stoops again.

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We love OU for its brazen squirrels who liven up campus wildlife, particularly Chester of Twitter fame. Although we prefer the greenery and lush flowers of spring, we love being able to walk over to the Oklahoma Memorial Union on even the coldest, dreariest day to pick up a soul-warming coffee from Starbucks. The Union really is a mecca for things to love about OU. From playing with 3-D printers at One University store to catching a free movie in Meacham Auditorium, what’s not to love?

And don’t forget to admire our darling OU’s unfor-gettable statues scattered across campus. From an overweight winged woman to a group of gossiping ladies frozen midsentence, we love them all.

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For the active among us, we also can’t get enough of OU’s rock wall in the Huston Huffman Fitness

Center. It’s so fun, we almost don’t even know we’re working out. For the hungry among us, nothing beats “the Caf,” as long as you can find a freshman buddy to share their meal ticket.

And, we love OU’s administrators, who keep our favorite school in tip-top shape — especially President David Boren, or “DBo” as we affection-ately call him. We love Dean David Ray for helping our honors college maintain excellence and Dean of Students Clarke Stroud’s bowties for making us smile.

So if you’re walking around campus feeling down that you don’t have a sweetheart for Valentine’s Day, just look around. There are places and people to love all around you. While OU is our Valentine every day, most of all we love you, our fellow students, for lending a helping hand whenever needed and mak-ing every student feel like a member of the Sooner family.

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“These awards are truly a reflection of their hard work throughout the season,” coach K.J. Kindler said.

It is no doubt that these individual accolades are impressive. Oklahoma is currently first in the Big 12 for weekly awards. West Virginia is second on the list and has six fewer awards than OU.

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typically a strong event for OU, despite their unchar-acter ist ic per for mance last weekend. Kindler ac-knowledged the previous performance and the men-tal errors that occurred but seemed very optimistic for the upcoming meets.

“It is going to happen again — where we are going to have a miss, and they are going to have to handle that pressure, so it is good prac-tice for the future. Those are mistakes they don’t normally make in practice,” Kindler said.

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Joe MussattoAssistant Sports Editor @joe_mussatto

F r i g i d t e m p e r a t u r e s picked the right time to leave Norman, as the Oklahoma baseball team opens its 2014 campaign this weekend with a home series against Seton Hall.

Snow covered grass and a freezing chill hasn’t created ideal baseball conditions for first-year coach Pete Hughes and his squad leading up to opening day. The Sooners have often been forced to re-sort to indoor practice.

“The last two weeks have been challenging. If there’s snow on the ground, or if it’s below 30 degrees, then I won’t do it,” Hughes said of practicing outdoors. “I think it’s dangerous.”

With spring-like tempera-tures projected for the week-end, Hughes won’t have to worry about the weather. He’ll be more focused on his inaugural game as a Sooner.

Oklahoma hired Hughes in June following Sunny G o l l o w a y ’s d e p a r t u r e . Having been in Norman for months, the former Virginia Tech coach has settled in nicely and is eagerly antici-pating his OU debut.

“I can’t wait,” he said. “I’m finally getting used to wear-ing crimson, and I’m starting to like it.”

His players are also having trouble waiting for Friday to roll around. The Sooners have gone through plenty of practices since their loss in last season’s super regional round.

To achieve the often-spo-ken goal of getting to Omaha for this season’s College World Series, OU’s level of focus and intensity during practice hasn’t faltered. T h e S o o n e r s s a i d t h e y

Warm tempetures welcome baseball season in Norman

aren’t treating this week any differently.

“Since coach Hughes first got here, we’ve been grind-ing pretty hard, so nothing’s changed,” junior outfielder Taylor Alspaugh said. “But it’s just exciting. The adren-aline starts going.”

With Friday’s opening pitch, the Sooners will begin a non-conference schedule that doesn’t include many easy outs.

S e t o n H a l l c o m e s t o Norman following a 37-win

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In this file photo, then-sophomore right fielder Colt Bickerstaff watches the ball go over the out-fielders for a two RBI double last season against Texas Tech. Oklahoma opens up its season against Seton Hall today, tomorrow and Sunday in coach Pete Hughes’ debut as a Sooner.

“Since Coach Hughes first got here, we’ve been grinding pretty hard, so nothing’s

changed. But it’s just exciting. The adrenaline starts going.”

TylER AlSPAugH, junIOR OuTfIlEdER

series a year ago. The Pirates boasted one of the Big East’s top squads in 2013,and Hughes and his players wel-come a battle this weekend.

“If you play weaker teams and go out there and sweep them, it might give you a false sense of confidence,” s o p h o m o r e o u t f i e l d e r Hunter Haley said. “But when you beat a good team, then you know you’re the real deal.”

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t h e n e w s e a s o n w i l l tell whether or not the S o o n e r s a r e t h e r e a l deal. OU lost several key players from last year’s Big 12 champion squad.

Ev e n t h e f i r s t- y e a r coach is intrigued to see how his team performs this weekend.

“I don’t know what kind of guys I have,” Hughes said. “You only see that w h e n y o u ’ r e p l a y i n g against someone else and the scoreboard is on.”

First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. Friday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. Oklahoma and Seton Hall will also play at 2 p.m. Saturday be-fore concluding the series at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Union Programming Boards’s Chocolate Factory event coincides nicely with Valentine’s Day. Stop by from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room for some free choc-olate.

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The only thing in the world that is better than chocolate is free chocolate. This year the Union Programming B oard w il l host a Wil ly Wonka-themed event called the Chocolate Factory from 7-9 p.m. Friday in Oklahoma Me m o r i a l Un i o n ’s Wi l l Rogers Room.

“We decided to do Willy Wonka because people can relate to that,” said Alex Len, advertising sophomore and coordinator for the event. The Chocolate Factory is held annually in conjunction with Valentine’s Day and this time it is happening the very same day.

There is an assortment of entertainment lined up for the night. And no choc-olate-based event is com-plete without a chocolate fountain.

David Thibodeaux, in-ternational business soph-omore and food supervisor for the event, explained how there will be a table laden with fountain dipping tidbits — ranging from the ordinary such as marshmallows, to the bizarre like pickles and potatoes.

“We’re also bringing in chocolate-covered insects because why not?” Len said.

Chocolate-covered bacon was the highlight of last year. This time the UPB want-ed to get something just as different and adventurous, Thibodeaux said.

“We wanted to at least get one item that was different from last year,” Thibodeaux said. “[We’re] kind of curious how that one will turn out.”

Other than the chocolate, there will also be some in-teractive games for people to enjoy.

“It’s like ‘Minute to Win It’ kind of games,” Len said.

Bianca Herrera, University College freshman and event decorator, said the games will be one to two minutes long where contestants will have to complete a task as quickly as possible. By the end of the night, priz-es will be handed out to the winners.

“For those who haven’t seen ‘Willy Wonka,’ it’ll be playing as well,” Herrera said.

Len said that the UPB held a poll regarding the older and newer version and in-terestingly enough, the older

version won by popular vote. Nostalgia certainly has a way of swaying the audience.

Finally, the cherry on top will be Willy Wonka himself strutting around the Union if anyone wish-es to capture a moment with, as Grandpa Joe put it, “the most amazing, the most fantastic, the most extraordinary chocolate maker the world has ever seen.”

The Chocolate Factory is an open event where people can come and go as they please. It is full of interesting activities to indulge in and enjoy with friends and loved ones.

“Everyone loves free and everyone loves choc-olate,” Thibodeaux said.

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The 2014 adaptation of “Endless Love” might as well not have even used the same title. Gone is the gritty world where love and sex clash within one young couple’s blooming romance. In its place is PG-13 eroticism and a narrative that fails to grab your attention.

“Endless Love” tells the story of a privileged girl, Jade, who has always been on the outside of the social circle. After her brother tragi-cally passed away years earli-er, she closed herself off and instead sought the comfort

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