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Emily Lai, women’s and gender studies senior, liked the fact that she could use her e-cigarette anywhere.

She still loves her e-cigarette, but now she has to amend that statement to say she used to be able to use her e-cigarette anywhere.

Because of Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order banning the use of e-cigarettes on state property, as of Jan. 1, Lai and any-one else at OU will have to go off campus to get their fix.

Fallin signed the executive order on Dec. 23, citing the po-tential for harmful long-term health effects caused by the e-cigarettes.

While long-term consequences of using e-cigarettes are not yet known, Fallin said in the order that the vapor pro-duced by the e-cigarettes can release chemicals that might negatively affect bystanders.

As well , some e-ciga-rettes resemble cigarettes, and since the passage of Executive Order 2012-01, which banned use of tobacco products on state property, Fallin fears the use of e-ciga-rettes on state property could confuse employees and visi-tors, according to the execu-tive order.

At OU, the e-cigarette ban will be enforced just as the cig-arette ban is enforced, university spokesman Michael Nash said.

“The University of Oklahoma will, of course, comply with Governor Fallin’s proclamation,” he said in an email.

For Lai, who has been using an e-cigarette since she was a senior in high school to stop smoking traditional cigarettes, the ban inconveniences her when she’s on campus and needs to take a break from classes or studying.

Before the ban, Lai said she smoked e-cigarettes on cam-pus all the time.

“I know how hard it is for students when it comes to study-ing and keeping grades up. I too felt that pressure,” she said. “Smoking was a way for me to help relieve my stress and anxiety.”

When Lai first heard of the ban, she was surprised and angry, and she didn’t understand why e-cigarettes posed any threat to public health or safety, unlike cigarettes.

In her experience with using e-cigarettes on campus,

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Emily Lai, women’s and gender studies senior, smokes her vapor cigarette on Saturday afternoon on Campus Corner. Gov. Mary Fallin recently passed a law banning all electronic and vapor cigarettes on state property.

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“Smoking was a way for me to help relieve my stress

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OU says ‘Hello World’ to talks


T h e t h i r d a n n u a l TEDxOU event will have 11 speakers on stage giv-ing talks on anything from video games to music, fol-lowing the theme “Hello World.”

TEDxOU is an event that brings together pro-fessionals and students to give talks that will help start a dialogue about is-sues and ultimately cre-ate positive change and build connections among people who may not have previously had them, TEDxOU curator Adam Croom said.

The event will be held Jan. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Oklahoma M e m o r i a l U n i o n ’ s Meacham Auditorium.

T h i s y e a r ’s t h e m e , “Hello World,” was chosen because it’s typically the phrase programmers will output to display in the programs they’ve created to make sure everything is working correctly, Croom said.

B u t t h e t h e m e c a n mean different things, Croom said, and this

Tech expo leads new style of learningTecHNoloGY

Wintry fun awaits returning students

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OU Faculty and guests were encouraged to push boundaries and incorporate technological components into their traditional class-room settings at the third an-nual Academic Technology Expo on Friday.

The day-long event was held in the Physical Sciences Center and had various pub-lic sessions and a keynote speech.

The expo had information for attendees that showed the benefits of integrating tech-nical support, such as phone and video elements in in-structors’ teaching methods.

One session, presented by University College advis-er George Bogaski, covered

Speakers to foster dialogue, change

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Students and professors attend the third annual academic technol-ogy expo Friday afternoon in the Physical Science Center. Keynote speaker Jeff Selingo, Arizona State University professor, spoke to attendees as they followed along with their devices.

the benefits of a phone app called GroupMe.

“Students will express ano-nymity or being lost, or small fish in a big sea, and I think [GroupMe] really helped

out,” Bogaski said. “I kept try-ing to think, how can I make it more intimate … how can I connect?”

B o g a s k i s a i d t h e group-messaging app has

had a huge positive effect on how the class and faculty bond.

“Whether we’re educators, advisers …we know there’s a small social component,” Bogaski said. “The greater degree the student connects with the institution, the de-partment of the class and the instructor, it just naturally en-courages success.”

Other sessions at the expo included online software training, online textbook content and using videos for teaching, among other topics.

Breaking up the day of events, keynote speaker and Arizona State University professor Jeff Selingo spoke about the current state of higher education and where it’s headed.

Instead of hosting the key-note speaker in person, this year, the expo demonstrated

Info from sessions show benefi ts of technology in class

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Months of planning went into this year’s Winter Welcome Week, which aims to ease students into the spring semester with free food, activities and giveaways.

Winter Welcome Week takes place at the beginning of every spring semester, but planning began during the first week of September, said Drew Baney, Campus Activities Council’s Winter Welcome Week chairman.

The groups met once a week until Thanksgiving break to plan the week, Baney said.

This week’s theme will be “It’s Snow Time,” according to the website.

Baney said a committee of 20 people divided into three groups — sponsorship, publicity and programming — and did the work to make Winter Welcome Week possible.

“Each of our teams have worked very hard this last se-mester, leading up to this week, in making the best possi-ble events for the students of OU,” said Matt Rogers, vice chairman of sponsorship.

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the possibilities of classroom technology by virtually host-ing Selingo on one screen while an accompanying screen, used a voice-recognition software to transcribe his words.

Nearly every attendee had a tablet, laptop or phone in hand as they listened to Selingo over the speakers.

“People have access to thousands of great courses from around the world … and most of them are free and open today,” Selingo said during his speech. “This, to me, is a great time to be a student.”

Selingo said educators need to embrace the virtual world while maintaining affordable college costs and preserving the quality of education.

During another session, Hong Lin, the associate director in The Center for Teaching Excellence, spoke about incor-porating videos in class lecture.

In the session, called “Using Videos for Teaching,” Lin said she believes incorporating videos in classrooms is an extension of the classroom and “an extension of student engagement” with the course material.

OU adjunct instructor Regina Blair is teaching an online class this semester and said the event was helpful.

“I incorporate video for demonstrations and strategies that I would show my students if it were a face-to-face class, that I can’t show them since it’s an online class,” Blair said. “I can utilize some of the things I’ve seen today in the on-line things that I’m changing.”

group got 27 sponsors, 10 sponsors more than last year, Rogers said.

All monetary and food donations totaled over $20,000 in sponsorship, providing enough funds for the events. This includes the more expensive events, such as the ice rink Friday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s court-yard and the snowball fight Tuesday on the Walker-Adams mall, Rogers said.

An ice rink has never been done at OU, and Rogers and Baney said it was one of the largest feats when planning the week.

“At first, it seemed like impossible because of the price of putting it on, but through all the hard work and the cooperation of Artificial Ice Events, OU and our team, we were able to get it done,” Rogers said.

This year’s theme will be reflected throughout the week’s events across campus in different winter weather events, like the ice rink or the snowball

fight. Breakfast will be served every morning on a first-come first-serve basis, along with provided lunches as well, according to the schedule.

“I really hope that Winter Welcome Week gives students an opportunity to ease back into school after the winter break,” Baney said. “Sometimes this can be a little hard to do after being home for winter break, and these events hopefully start everyone’s se-mester off great.”

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Civil engineering junior Kendrick Piercy, left, and political science junior Drew Baney, right, shows students the secrets to solving a Rubix cube and tying a bowtie during the 2013 Winter Welcome Week.

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Our View: Oklahoma should legalize marijuana because it would reduce incarceration and increase tax revenue.

Imagine an Oklahoma where it wasn’t illegal to smoke pot and where pos-sessing less than 1.5 ounces of marijuana and getting busted for a first offense wouldn’t land you in jail for up to a year.

Marijuana is a drug with few proven adverse health affects, and we believe the use of marijuana for both medicinal and recreational purposes should be legal in Oklahoma.

While it may seem counterintuitive to propose a state as red as Oklahoma le-galize a drug, conservatives theoretically should support freedom of action and limited government interference in private affairs.

In fact, a recent CNN poll shows that 55 percent of all Americans support the legalization of marijuana, and a whopping 73 percent of participants said alco-hol is worse than marijuana.

Legalizing pot can be rather lucrative for states, as shown by the recent legal-ization of pot for recreational use in Colorado.

The state’s marijuana dispensaries have reported sales of over $5 million since pot was legalized for retail recreational sales to adults aged 21 and older Jan. 1. Colorado projects earnings of $70 million in tax revenue from the sale of pot this year, which includes state and local sales taxes and excise tax, according to a Dec. 30 Bloomberg report.

Oklahoma would benefit enormously from the added tax revenue pot sales would bring. In addition to state revenue, the opening and maintenance of mar-ijuana dispensaries would create long-term employment across the state.

Legalizing marijuana usage would also cut down on unnecessary incarcera-tion for pot possession, saving the state money by reducing the number of people in the prison system.

Oklahoma currently has the fourth highest incarceration rate in the country and incarcerates more women than any other state, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

“Nearly 80 percent of Oklahoma’s incarcerated women are non-vio-lent offenders, their presence in Oklahoma Correctional Facilities large-ly attributable to drug abuse, the distribution of controlled substances, prostitution and property crimes,” according to research conducted by OU so-ciology professor Susan Sharp.

It is only logical that legalizing marijuana would cut down on the number of women put behind bars in Oklahoma every year.

Allowing Oklahomans to use pot legally would not mean the state would im-mediately devolve into chaos. Oklahoma should model Colorado’s guidelines, such as instituting measures to limit the amount of pot sold per transaction and requiring state agencies to dissuade drugged driving.

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Marijuana is here to stay despite fed’s expensive attempts

In a 2012 Colorado referendum, voters amended the state

constitution to permit the lawful consumption and sale of recreational

marijuana, becoming the first state to decriminalize recreational marijuana.

The Justice Department cautiously agreed to look the other way so that Colorado is vigilant in pre-venting minors, criminal enterprises, traffickers and people not in Colorado from using the sanctioned cannabis.

Colorado is the first in what is surely to become a national phenomenon. With 40 years of a failed drug war and states moving

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PhOtO PrOVided

A pair of hands holds marijuana product despite the strict laws against the drug in the majority of states. With the initial success of the recreational marijuana business in Colorado, should Oklahoma follow suit in Colorado’s ventures in legalization?

The path toward marijuana legalization in Oklahoma may not be that far off.Democratic state Sen. Constance Johnson proposed twin marijuana bills last

year, one calling on the state to develop a system for dispensing medic-inal marijuana and one that would reduce the punishments for posses-sion of marijuana.

Senate bill 914 suggests a maximum jail stay of 10 days and fine of $200 for possession of 1.5 ounce or less of pot, a welcome downgrade from the current maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1000 fine.

Johnson has yet to receive a hearing for a consideration of either of the bills.

We encourage you to write or email your state senator urging them to approve Johnson’s bills. Talk to your friends and classmates, and encourage open discus-sion about the pros and cons of marijuana legalization.

If enough Oklahomans make their voices heard and support efforts like the aforementioned bills, Oklahoma can begin the path to the common-sense legal-ization of a more or less harmless drug.

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Different strains of marijuana product are separated in large jars for recreational purchase in Colorado dis-pensaries. With the initial success of the recreational marijuana business in Colorado, should Oklahoma follow suit in Colorado’s ventures in legalization?

to liberalize marijuana pol-icy, Congress should move to harmonize federal and state laws, ensuring that legal producers and con-sumers aren’t left in legal limbo.

In 1970, Congress passed the Controlled Substance Act, defining cannabis as a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Today the U.S. spends $20 billion annu-ally policing, prosecuting and incarcerating mari-juana consumers. Of the estimated 22 ton supply,

half is imported, leading to unprecedented violence in Latin America. The gov-ernment reluctantly admits that law enforcement con-fiscates only 10 percent of the crop despite the mas-sive invest-ment in its prohibition.

The defi-nition of a Schedule 1 substance in the Controlled Substance Act — a substance that has no medical ap-plication, is highly ad-dictive and has no agreed method for safe consumption — would provide cause for concern.

While many groups, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse, attest that marijuana can become addictive over long periods of time, it is agreed that addiction is rare.

It is widely disputed whether or not cannabis has any medical appli-cation. The American Medical Association’s official position is that Congress should look into it.

Doctors prescribe can-nabis to treat nausea from cancer therapy, spasms from multiple sclerosis and to deal with pain from

chronic diseases. No one has ever died from a canna-bis overdose.

Cannabis producers in Colorado remain in a state of legal limbo. Since it is still banned under the

Controlled Substance Act, most businesses cannot sus-tain a bank account, meaning that the es-timated $3 billion of legal com-merce will be done al-most entire-ly in cash.

Producers still remain uncertain on how they are to file income taxes. Consumers of legal cannabis are uncertain if their actions are legal and if they could be prosecuted for following the law.

Congress must endeav-or to harmonize state and federal laws. Congress should decriminalize recre-ational cannabis consump-tion. That doesn’t mean Congress should emphat-ically endorse consump-tion. It should enact strict punishments for transport-ing cannabis from a state in which it is legal to a state in which it is not.

The government should continue the prohibition on the import and export of

marijuana and appropriate more resources in prevent-ing it. It should create a bu-reaucracy to strictly mon-itor the cannabis supply, maintain records of who produces it and who pur-chases it. It can fund this by a sizable excise tax on sales.

This is a tempered and rational approach. If the government’s prohibition on marijuana was already a failure, sales in corner stores across the country will only make it worse.

Congress doesn’t have to endorse its consumption so much as admit total pro-hibition is impossible. By monitoring sales, the gov-ernment will know precise-ly how much marijuana is grown, harvested and sold. Unlike on the black market, stores can check conum-ers’ ID to keep it out of the hands of minors. And states that disapprove of marijua-na can continue to fight to keep it out of their borders.

Just like the prohibition of alcohol, the prohibition of marijuana has been a stunning failure. It is our legal tradition to permit any action so long as it causes no harm. For better or worse, cannabis is here to stay.

John Black is a University College freshman.

Congress doesn’t have to endorse its consumption

so much as admit total prohibition is

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YEAR IN REVIEW COLUMN

Things to take away from... With 2013 over and a new year in full

swing, 2014 is already shaping up to be another great year for anyone who cares about pop culture. But, before we allow ourselves to forget Paula Deen, Amanda Bynes or accept our last dealings with Walter White, we have to pay tribute to the illustrious culture of ’13.

2013 will go down in the books as a re-cord year for music. From Lorde to Little Mix, we saw stars rise in the most unlikely places. But even with a crop of new talent, we continued to be shocked and awed by artists we thought we knew (oh Miley...) and didn’t really want to (just stop talking, Kanye).

2013Hello Miley: We don’t know why you do what you do, but you just keep on doing your thing. Her little stunt with Robin Thicke at the VMA’s furthered her title of “notorious.” Yet we all know behind the girl with her tongue sticking out is a sensitive girl who was hurt after a breakup with Liam Hemsworth. And we can’t really blame her for that. “Wrecking Ball” isn’t the worst song in the world and for those of you who didn’t get to watch her on New Year’s Eve with Ryan Seacrest, you may care to know that she seems to be quite stable despite some of her contrary actions.

Good Lorde! (I’ve been waiting for that this en-tire article.) The 17-year-old Kiwi singer-song-writer came out of the woodwork in 2013 to blow us all away with her catchy songs. Royals will for-ever be stuck in our head but we will not complain for we are forever grateful for her presence.

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake: Good work boys. We sincerely appreciate what you did with the Gatsby soundtrack and Holy Grail deserves rec-ognition. JT, thank you for coming back. 20/20 is great and I put on my suit and tie to the beat of a different drum now. The two make come together and good things happen. We’re not going to com-plain if we see more of them.

Amanda Bynes: Goes on a Twitter ram-page and threw a bong out her window. Like a true boss.

Paul Walker: The king of the Fast and Furious series passed away in a car crash. Ironic, yes. Sad, definitely. A good actor with a nice smile. We will miss him.

Paula Deen: Yikes. Just yikes. I mean really? I can’t even use but-ter as much after her egregious com-

ments. (Trust me, butter=Paula and

LUKE REYNOLDS, KEATON BELLAssistant Life & Arts Editor, Life & Arts Columnist

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake:We sincerely appreciate what you did with the Gatsby soundtrack and Holy Grail deserves rec-ognition. JT, thank you for coming back. 20/20 is great and I put on my suit and tie to the beat of a different drum now. The two make come together and good things happen. We’re not going to com-plain if we see more of them.

Amanda Bynes:page and threw a bong out her window. Like a true boss.

Paul Walker: and Furious series passed away in a car crash. Ironic, yes. Sad, definitely. A good actor with a nice smile. We will miss him.

Paula Deen:I mean really? I can’t even use but-ter as much after her egregious com-


Music

ever be stuck in our head but we will not complain for we are forever grateful for her presence.

Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake: Good work boys. We sincerely appreciate what you did with the Gatsby soundtrack and Holy Grail deserves rec-ognition. JT, thank you for coming back. 20/20 is great and I put on my suit and tie to the beat of a different drum now. The two make come together and good things happen. We’re not going to com-plain if we see more of them.

Goes on a Twitter ram-page and threw a bong out her window.

The king of the Fast and Furious series passed away in a car crash. Ironic, yes. Sad, definitely. A good actor with a nice smile. We

Yikes. Just yikes. I mean really? I can’t even use but-ter as much after her egregious com-


TV and music

Paula=butter.) We don’t even feel bad, Paula, learn not to be a racist and then we will begin using your delicious recipes again.

Luke and Keaton are University College freshmen

of our history but also offer a glimpse into our future,” Stewart said.

Opening receptions for both exhibitions will be held Friday. The recep-tion for the alumni exhibit will begin at 6 p.m. in the Lightwell Gallery, and the reception for the student exhibit will begin at 7 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, with awards present-ed at 8 p.m., said Jessica Upson, Public Relations and Event Coordinator of the School of Art and Art History.

“The students who have work chosen for this exhibi-tion have the one-of-a-kind opportunity to have their work displayed in a mu-seum, which is a valuable addition to their resumes,” Upson said.

“Within this 100th annual exhibition is another small exhibition titled ‘XXVC’,” visual communications senior Nathan Lunsford said. “This is to commem-orate the past 25 years of the visual communication program,” Lunsford said. Lunsford and two other stu-dents constructed the entire exhibit themselves to show-case the work of past and

present visual communica-tion students.

Lunsford said his position has granted him invaluable experience, “It’s been inter-esting because many of our projects are fictional, but this began as a bid to win the project, and now the three of us have had to learn how to deal with obstacles coming from real scenari-os we have encountered so far.”

The process of selecting which pieces will be dis-played in the 100th Annual Student Exhibition is high-ly competitive, as only 55 works are chosen from hun-dreds of student submis-sions, says Upson.

“All students are required to submit an online appli-cation and our guest juror, art ist and University of Texas at Austin art profes-sor, Michael Ray Charles,” Upson said. “[Charles] fil-tered through hundreds of submissions to choose the 55 works that will be on display at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. We are honored and very excited to have Michael Ray Charles serve as juror for this exhi-bition,” said Upson.

“All of the artists fea-tured in our alumni exhibi-tion were selected by cur-rent faculty member at the School of Art & Art History,” Upson said.

Kelsey Bennett kelseygabriellebennett@gmail.

com

It’s here. It’s finally here. Spring 2014. The Return of the

Sooner. The Desolation of the Sophomore. And I need to stop geeking out about “The Hobbit” (not really because it was awesome).

Let’s just take a deep breath and calm down. It’s not going to be so bad. It’s the start of the New Year!

New year, fresh start. It’ll be a pain writing 2014 instead of 2013 but I can deal with it. Bring it on, 2013 — I mean, 2014! Darn it…

The drive to Norman is going to be a pain. And the radio stations brutal. I swear, if they play “What Does the Fox Say” one more time, I’m going to show them “What Does the Ticked Off Sooner Say.”

Well, at least I don’t have to deal with cleaning out my

dorm room. Thank you, finals, for finishing early so I could leave and have my roommate clean it up instead, ha ha! OK, I’m not that cruel. I tossed out that week old pizza that was lying around ... I think.

Man, I’ve gained so much weight over the winter. I mean, my tummy has a tummy. That’s it. From now on, it’s the gym, salads and French fries. French fries are healthy, right? Well, they’re made out of potatoes,

potatoes are vegetables and vegetables are healthful after all. Yeah, that makes sense.

Good thing I was responsible enough to keep my ID card safe — where’s my ID card? I could’ve sworn I left it in my drawers. Where is it?? OH MY GOD, I’VE LOST MY ID CARD! NOOO-oh, it’s under my wallet. I’m good.

Speaking of responsibility, I should make a resolution to study for finals this time. No more procrastination. I’m going to start studying more seriously. At least a month before. When are finals again?

Why am I getting so worked up? It’s OU! The home of the Sooners. My home. Sure every semester has its ups and downs but that’s part of the OU experience. It helps you grow as a person and I’ve certainly grown into a bet-ter person.

You know what? I can’t wait to go back. OU, I’ve missed you.

Except the bike lane. Rude bikers…

Sama Khawaja is a University College freshman.

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Life & arts coLumnist

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students begin to readjust to academic life after the break.

Column

new year, same old problems

‘‘It’ll be a pain writing 2014 instead of 2013 but I can deal with it. Bring it on, 2013 — I

mean 2014! Darn it ...”

Art

100th annual student art exhibit begins at museum

Kelsey BennettLife and arts reporter

T h e U n i v e r s i t y O f Oklahoma School Of Art and Art History will cel-ebrate the 100th Annual Student Art Exhibition this week, which gives students a unique opportunity to display their work.

In c e l eb rat i o n o f t h e 100th anniversary of the student exhibition, which will run from Tuesday to Feb. 16 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, an ex-hibit featuring works from OU alumni w il l a lso be showcased, and will run from Monday to Feb. 16 at the Lightwell Gallery in the School of Art and Art History.

“The School of Art and Art History is excited to showcase work by many of our talented students and also offer guests a chance to take a look back at the history of our school,” said Todd Stewart, Co-Interim Director of the School of Art and Art History. “This cen-tennial landmark will not only serve as a celebration

Student, alumni artists to showcase work for centennial

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year’s theme also harkens to the idea that the speakers and those listening are positioning themselves to make an impact on a global scale.

In the week leading up to the event, The Daily will be running five Q&A’s with different TEDxOU speakers. The first Q&A in the series will feature James Simpson, CEO and founder of GoldFire Studios, an Oklahoma City game development company.

Q: What exactly do you do for your job?

A: I started a com-pany called Goldfire Studios and it’s a game studio. We’re located in downtown Oklahoma City, and actually, I founded it when I was at OU. So we make online

games for the browser.

Q: How did you get the idea to start that?

A: Well, I’ve actually been mak-ing games and websites since I was around 13. So I’ve pretty much just continued doing that since then, but I founded GoldFire Studios physically to build massively multiplayer games in the browser.

Q: What are some of the games you’ve created?

A: Some of the ones previously: There’s one called “BC Wars,” which is a s ort of caveman game. It’s a roleplay-ing game, and there’s a caveman and you can join tribes with other people and battle di-nosaurs and things like that.

The newest game we launched that we’re sort of beta test-ing is called “Casino RPG.” We suc-cessfully kick-started it just about a year ago and … that’s what a lot of our focus is on right now.

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people never seemed to mind.

“I’m still dreading going back to campus since Fallin passed the bill,” Lai said.

Oklahoma State University banned e-cigarettes on cam-pus Dec. 6 as part of their

revised Tobacco Use and Smoking Preparation Use in or on University Property policy, according to a press release.

It is unclear if OU was mov-ing in the same direction as OSU, because Nash didn’t answer that specific question when The Daily asked, saying the ban would be officially

discussed in the January Board of Regents meeting.

Lai said she’s thankful she only has one class on campus this year because of the ban and expects to use her e-cig-arette before and after class in her car.

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Q: Why did you want to speak at TEDxOU?

A: I know that TED is always just a great event wherever it is. I’ve seen a lot of talks from the previ-ous TEDxOU events and there have

been a lot of really great s p e a ke r s a n d I j u s t wanted to be a part of that.

Q: What’s your talk going to be about?

A: So it’s going to be about how games can enact social change, c h a n g e o n a g l o b a l scale. Basically, the idea is that games are

really a different type of entertain-ment media than movies or books or television, in that they’re for a social aspect. The perception is they’re sort of more anti-social, but really the new wave of games is all about being

truly social and that can be lever-aged to connect people in new ways all over the world.

Q: What inspired the talk topic?A: Really, it’s what we’re doing here

at GoldFire, that’s a big part of our goal. We’re really focused on build-ing communities around games.

Q: What do you hope people will take away from your talk after hearing it?

A: The goal is really to help change the perception of what games are and what they can be moving forward.

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RED RIVER VICTORY

ROUND UP

What did you miss over winter break?

We all heard about the Sooners’ upset over Alabama in the Su ga r B ow l ov e r w i nt e r

break. But as football season draws to a close, other sports at OU are kicking off. Here’s the top moments you might have missed over winter break.

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The Oklahoma men’s basketball team started a two-game home stand before the beginning of the semester with a loss to No. 18 Kans., but recov-ered against No. 7 Iowa State.

Oklahoma upset the previously unbeaten Cyclones thanks to sophomore forward Ryan Spangler’s dominance on the boards, winning 87-82.

Spangler and the Sooners held the Cyclones from any second chances with no players recording an offensive rebound and just one team re-

bound from a Spangler block out of bounds. The game was tied at half after Iowa State closed out with

an 8-0 run, but the Sooners continued their effort on the glass in the second. OU also came to life from downtown in the sec-ond, hitting 7-13 from 3-point range. Sophomore guard Buddy Hield was perfect to start the second half, hitting his first four 3-pointers.

Just like against Texas, however, Oklahoma allowed Iowa State back in it. The Cyclones led by one with 2:39 to play, but Spangler hit a lay-up and converted the foul shot to give the Sooners a two-point lead they never relinquished.

Spangler’s mark of 15 rebounds is a new career high and allowed OU to outscore Iowa State 22-2 on second-chance points.

OU is now 13-3 and is 2-1 in the Big 12. The statement win against Iowa State will not only help in the standings but will also be

helpful in OU’s effort to make the NCAA Tournament in March.

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BEATING THE BEST

GYMNASTICS OPENS SEASON

A LOSS TO TEXAS

The Sooners gymnastics teams opened their seasons on a high note this past weekend. The women, led by sopho-more Haley Scaman and seniors Madison Mooring and Taylor Spears, beat the No. 8 Georgia Gym Dogs 197.700 — 196.500 on Friday night at the Lloyd Noble Center. It was the Sooners’ highest season-opening score in program history. The Sooners overcame a fall on their first floor routine in the final rotation to post a 49.5, including 9.9s from Spears and freshman Chayse Capps and a 9.95 from Scaman in the an-chor (final) position. The women’s team will continue their season next Friday at 6:45 at the Lloyd Noble against un-ranked Iowa State.

Oklahoma women’s basketball took on rival Texas Jan. 8 following a heartbreaking overtime loss to Iowa State

just three days before.In the first half, everything was fall-

ing Oklahoma’s way. Senior guard Aaryn Ellenberg scored 22 points in the first

half alone. And to end the half, se-nior guard Morgan Hook hit a buzzer

beater at the end of the first half to give the Sooners a 12-point halftime

lead.Texas would pull within one four dif-

ferent times but could not get over the hump. That was, until Texas’ GiGi Mazionyte drilled a three pointer to tie the game with under a minute to play.

To overtime the Sooners went yet again. This time, Sherri Coale and her squad hoped for a different out-

come. However, they could not hang on and dropped their second straight overtime game, 79-74.

Ellenberg scored a career-high 37 points but that was not enough to contain Texas in overtime. With those

Playing in Austin has been a weak-point for the Sooners. Entering this season’s conference opener

at rival Texas, the men’s basketball team hadn’t won in Austin since 2005. Both former coach Jeff Capel and super-star alum Blake Griffin came and went without a road win in the Red River Rivalry.

Despite entering conference play with a loss in their last game to Louisiana Tech, the Sooners beat Texas in Austin for the first time in nearly a decade. OU held on to beat the Longhorns 88-85 thanks to strong play from young players. OU was behind for most of the second half and trailed by

seven with 9:36 to play. Hield was able to finish a comeback with a 3-pointer to tie the game.

With the game tied at 78 points in the final two minutes, freshman guard Jordan Woodard scored four straight points to put the Sooners up. OU held on, hitting free throws and playing strong defense to pull off the win.

Playing in Austin has been a weak-point for the Sooners.

at rival Texas, the men’s basketball team hadn’t won in Austin since 2005. Both former coach Jeff Capel and super-star alum Blake Griffin came and went without a road win in

Despite entering conference play with a loss in their last game to Louisiana Tech, the Sooners beat Texas in Austin for the first time in nearly a decade. OU held on to beat the Longhorns 88-85 thanks to strong play from young players. OU was behind for most of the second half and trailed by

seven with 9:36 to play. Hield was able to finish a comeback with

With the game tied at 78 points in the final two minutes, freshman guard Jordan Woodard scored four straight points to put the Sooners up. OU held on, hitting free throws and

Oklahoma upset the previously unbeaten Cyclones thanks to sophomore forward Ryan Spangler’s dominance on the boards, winning 87-82.

Spangler and the Sooners held the Cyclones from any second chances with no players recording an offensive rebound and just one team re-

bound from a Spangler block out of bounds. The game was tied at half after Iowa State closed out with

an 8-0 run, but the Sooners continued their effort on the glass in the second. OU also came to life from downtown in the sec-ond, hitting 7-13 from 3-point range. Sophomore guard Buddy Hield was perfect to start the second half, hitting his first four 3-pointers.

Just like against Texas, however, Oklahoma allowed Iowa State back in it. The Cyclones led by one with 2:39 to play, but Spangler hit a lay-up and converted the foul shot to give the Sooners a two-point lead they never relinquished.

Spangler’s mark of 15 rebounds is a new career high and allowed OU to outscore Iowa State 22-2 on second-chance points.

OU is now 13-3 and is 2-1 in the Big 12. The statement win against Iowa State will not only help in the standings but will also be

helpful in OU’s effort to make the NCAA Tournament in March.

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4.

A LOSS TO TEXASOklahoma women’s basketball took on rival Texas Jan. 8

following a heartbreaking overtime loss to Iowa State

In the first half, everything was fall-ing Oklahoma’s way. Senior guard Aaryn

nior guard Morgan Hook hit a buzzer beater at the end of the first half to give

Texas would pull within one four dif-ferent times but could not get over the hump.

That was, until Texas’ GiGi Mazionyte drilled a three pointer to tie the game with under a minute

GYMNASTICS OPENS SEASON

was not enough to contain Texas in overtime. With those

2. following a heartbreaking overtime loss to Iowa State just three days before.

In the first half, everything was fall-ing Oklahoma’s way. Senior guard Aaryn

Ellenberg scored 22 points in the first half alone. And to end the half, se-

nior guard Morgan Hook hit a buzzer beater at the end of the first half to give

the Sooners a 12-point halftime lead.

Texas would pull within one four dif-ferent times but could not get over the hump.

That was, until Texas’ GiGi Mazionyte drilled a three pointer to tie the game with under a minute to play.

To overtime the Sooners went yet again. This time, Sherri Coale and her squad hoped for a different out-

come. However, they could not hang on and dropped their second straight overtime game, 79-74.

Ellenberg scored a career-high 37 points but that

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Sugar Bowl victory lands recruit

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Coach Bob stoops and his team celebrate the sooners’ 45-31 victory over alabama in the sugar Bowl. the signature win calmed the fears of many sooner fans across the nation and helped seal the deal for recurits including five-star running back Joe Mixon. Fans and players alike are excited for Mixon’s commitment and hope he will add a new element to the sooner offense.

As Trevor Knight’s knee touched the Superdome turf,

the final seconds ticked from the scoreboard, and all of Sooner Nation’s woes seemed to be forgotten.

The Big 12 could com-pete with the SEC, co-of-fensive coordinator Josh Heupel could call an of-fense, the Sooners weren’t too small on defense and Big Game Bob was back.

But the 45-31 Sugar Bowl bashing of ‘Bama didn’t prove to be the end of the Sooners’ stay on cloud nine.

The sugar only got sweeter.

Not only did OU topple the Tide on that New Orleans night, but Oklahoma also regained its foot-ing alongside the nation’s top pro-grams. And sever-al key recruits took note.

The clock-melt-ing knee and hero-ic Sugar Bowl per-formance helped Knight and the Sooners land what fans hope to be a key component of the future backfield.

Two days after the bowl win, five-star running back Joe Mixon announced his commitment to Oklahoma

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during the Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.

“Welcome to the family,” Knight tweeted to Mixon after hearing the news. “Let’s have a little fun the next couple years.”

OU edged out UCLA, Cal and Wisconsin in the race for the Oakley, Calif., na-tive. But the selling point that attracted Mixon to the southern plains was what transpired two nights prior.

“I’m not going to lie,” Mixon told rivals.com. “Watching that Alabama game sealed the deal.”

In recent years, the Oklahoma staff has slight-ly slipped in corralling highly-touted recruits to Norman. However, they haven’t been able to pitch an exceptional postseason victory in some time.

But the coaches aren’t the only ones hitting the unpredictable recruiting trail.

Now that Mixon has pledged his allegiance to

the crimson and cream, the running back has been busy on social media to beef up the incom-ing class and do a little recruiting of his own.

The back has reached out on Twitter to four different four-star

prospects the Sooners covet — offensive lineman Natrell Curtis, receiver Michiah Quick, defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao and he has even tried to sway a Baylor-committed receiver, K.D. Cannon.

If Oklahoma has a

chance to sign those pros-pects, Mixon’s reputation may be its most lethal weapon of persuasion.

The 6-foot-2, 195 pound back has even professed the Sooners will have a spot in next season’s cham-pionship game — a bold statement but one fellow recruits may also buy into.

If Mixon turns into the star back he is slated to be,

• With Mixon’s commitment on Jan. 4, OU has the 18th recruiting class in the nation.

• Recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent starting on Feb. 5.

Source: rivals.com

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Jan. 2, 2014, will have a spe-cial place in Sooner history as the night the Sooners won against Alabama and

the night the Sooners won over Joe Mixon.

“The Sugar Bowl sealed the deal,” former OU

linebacker Teddy Lehman tweeted. “That’s what hap-pens when you beat the best. You get the best.”

Joe Mussatto is a journalism sophomore. Follow him on Twitter @joe_mussatto.


Emily Lai, women’s and gender studies senior, liked the fact that she could use her e-cigarette anywhere.

She still loves her e-cigarette, but now she has to amend that statement to say she used to be able to use her e-cigarette anywhere.

Because of Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order banning the use of e-cigarettes on state property, as of Jan. 1, Lai and any-one else at OU will have to go off campus to get their fix.

Fallin signed the executive order on Dec. 23, citing the po-tential for harmful long-term health effects caused by the e-cigarettes.

While long-term consequences of using e-cigarettes are not yet known, Fallin said in the order that the vapor pro-duced by the e-cigarettes can release chemicals that might negatively affect bystanders.

As well , some e-ciga-rettes resemble cigarettes, and since the passage of Executive Order 2012-01, which banned use of tobacco products on state property, Fallin fears the use of e-ciga-rettes on state property could confuse employees and visi-tors, according to the execu-tive order.

At OU, the e-cigarette ban will be enforced just as the cig-arette ban is enforced, university spokesman Michael Nash said.

“The University of Oklahoma will, of course, comply with Governor Fallin’s proclamation,” he said in an email.

For Lai, who has been using an e-cigarette since she was a senior in high school to stop smoking traditional cigarettes, the ban inconveniences her when she’s on campus and needs to take a break from classes or studying.

Before the ban, Lai said she smoked e-cigarettes on cam-pus all the time.

“I know how hard it is for students when it comes to study-ing and keeping grades up. I too felt that pressure,” she said. “Smoking was a way for me to help relieve my stress and anxiety.”

When Lai first heard of the ban, she was surprised and angry, and she didn’t understand why e-cigarettes posed any threat to public health or safety, unlike cigarettes.

In her experience with using e-cigarettes on campus,

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Emily Lai, women’s and gender studies senior, smokes her vapor cigarette on Saturday afternoon on Campus Corner. Gov. Mary Fallin recently passed a law banning all electronic and vapor cigarettes on state property.

SmoKING

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“Smoking was a way for me to help relieve my stress

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OU says ‘Hello World’ to talks


T h e t h i r d a n n u a l TEDxOU event will have 11 speakers on stage giv-ing talks on anything from video games to music, fol-lowing the theme “Hello World.”

TEDxOU is an event that brings together pro-fessionals and students to give talks that will help start a dialogue about is-sues and ultimately cre-ate positive change and build connections among people who may not have previously had them, TEDxOU curator Adam Croom said.

The event will be held Jan. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Oklahoma M e m o r i a l U n i o n ’ s Meacham Auditorium.

T h i s y e a r ’s t h e m e , “Hello World,” was chosen because it’s typically the phrase programmers will output to display in the programs they’ve created to make sure everything is working correctly, Croom said.

B u t t h e t h e m e c a n mean different things, Croom said, and this

Tech expo leads new style of learningTecHNoloGY

Wintry fun awaits returning students

wINTeR welcome weeK

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OU Faculty and guests were encouraged to push boundaries and incorporate technological components into their traditional class-room settings at the third an-nual Academic Technology Expo on Friday.

The day-long event was held in the Physical Sciences Center and had various pub-lic sessions and a keynote speech.

The expo had information for attendees that showed the benefits of integrating tech-nical support, such as phone and video elements in in-structors’ teaching methods.

One session, presented by University College advis-er George Bogaski, covered

Speakers to foster dialogue, change

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Students and professors attend the third annual academic technol-ogy expo Friday afternoon in the Physical Science Center. Keynote speaker Jeff Selingo, Arizona State University professor, spoke to attendees as they followed along with their devices.

the benefits of a phone app called GroupMe.

“Students will express ano-nymity or being lost, or small fish in a big sea, and I think [GroupMe] really helped

out,” Bogaski said. “I kept try-ing to think, how can I make it more intimate … how can I connect?”

B o g a s k i s a i d t h e group-messaging app has

had a huge positive effect on how the class and faculty bond.

“Whether we’re educators, advisers …we know there’s a small social component,” Bogaski said. “The greater degree the student connects with the institution, the de-partment of the class and the instructor, it just naturally en-courages success.”

Other sessions at the expo included online software training, online textbook content and using videos for teaching, among other topics.

Breaking up the day of events, keynote speaker and Arizona State University professor Jeff Selingo spoke about the current state of higher education and where it’s headed.

Instead of hosting the key-note speaker in person, this year, the expo demonstrated

Info from sessions show benefi ts of technology in class

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Months of planning went into this year’s Winter Welcome Week, which aims to ease students into the spring semester with free food, activities and giveaways.

Winter Welcome Week takes place at the beginning of every spring semester, but planning began during the first week of September, said Drew Baney, Campus Activities Council’s Winter Welcome Week chairman.

The groups met once a week until Thanksgiving break to plan the week, Baney said.

This week’s theme will be “It’s Snow Time,” according to the website.

Baney said a committee of 20 people divided into three groups — sponsorship, publicity and programming — and did the work to make Winter Welcome Week possible.

“Each of our teams have worked very hard this last se-mester, leading up to this week, in making the best possi-ble events for the students of OU,” said Matt Rogers, vice chairman of sponsorship.

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the possibilities of classroom technology by virtually host-ing Selingo on one screen while an accompanying screen, used a voice-recognition software to transcribe his words.

Nearly every attendee had a tablet, laptop or phone in hand as they listened to Selingo over the speakers.

“People have access to thousands of great courses from around the world … and most of them are free and open today,” Selingo said during his speech. “This, to me, is a great time to be a student.”

Selingo said educators need to embrace the virtual world while maintaining affordable college costs and preserving the quality of education.

During another session, Hong Lin, the associate director in The Center for Teaching Excellence, spoke about incor-porating videos in class lecture.

In the session, called “Using Videos for Teaching,” Lin said she believes incorporating videos in classrooms is an extension of the classroom and “an extension of student engagement” with the course material.

OU adjunct instructor Regina Blair is teaching an online class this semester and said the event was helpful.

“I incorporate video for demonstrations and strategies that I would show my students if it were a face-to-face class, that I can’t show them since it’s an online class,” Blair said. “I can utilize some of the things I’ve seen today in the on-line things that I’m changing.”

group got 27 sponsors, 10 sponsors more than last year, Rogers said.

All monetary and food donations totaled over $20,000 in sponsorship, providing enough funds for the events. This includes the more expensive events, such as the ice rink Friday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s court-yard and the snowball fight Tuesday on the Walker-Adams mall, Rogers said.

An ice rink has never been done at OU, and Rogers and Baney said it was one of the largest feats when planning the week.

“At first, it seemed like impossible because of the price of putting it on, but through all the hard work and the cooperation of Artificial Ice Events, OU and our team, we were able to get it done,” Rogers said.

This year’s theme will be reflected throughout the week’s events across campus in different winter weather events, like the ice rink or the snowball

fight. Breakfast will be served every morning on a first-come first-serve basis, along with provided lunches as well, according to the schedule.

“I really hope that Winter Welcome Week gives students an opportunity to ease back into school after the winter break,” Baney said. “Sometimes this can be a little hard to do after being home for winter break, and these events hopefully start everyone’s se-mester off great.”

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Civil engineering junior Kendrick Piercy, left, and political science junior Drew Baney, right, shows students the secrets to solving a Rubix cube and tying a bowtie during the 2013 Winter Welcome Week.

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