Page gathers information about enrollment, degree requirements together into single site

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It can be hard for students to stay on track and make sure they are taking the right courses for their degrees. Now there’s a web-site for that.

Joyce Allman, associate provost of academic advising, launched a

major initiative Thursday evening to consolidate OU’s academic ad-vising information into a single website.

The new site will allow students to view a large portion of informa-tion regarding academic advising in a single location. It also will pro-vide information regarding majors and minors, and a link to Degree Navigator and enrollment.

Allman’s job as OU’s new as-sociate provost of academic ad-vising was created last year by the President’s Retention and

Graduation Task Force to tackle issues specific to academic advis-ing. The new academic advising website is her first major assault on the topic, Allman said.

Allman said she created the site to become a hub for students to facilitate the advisement process and prevent confusion.

“There is so much information out there,” she said. “But not ev-eryone knows how to find it.”

Lauren Brentnell, UOSA’s aca-demic affairs committee vice chairwoman, said she previewed the website and was impressed with its thoroughness.

“Going through it with [Joyce Allman], there were services at OU I didn’t even know about,” said Brentnell, psychology, English and political science junior.

Allman began building the web-site this fall and was responsible

for content layout and compiling information, Allman said.

OU Web Communications spokeswoman Amanda Toohey assisted with site development, Allman said.

“She has been right there beside me to walk me through this as I created it,” she said.

Web Communications provided website design, development and project management, Toohey said in an e-mail.

The website is live, but a work in progress, Allman said.

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Regents create new master’s, bachelor’s degrees plans at OU

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved the addition of two new degree plans for OU Thursday in Oklahoma City.

The plans include a master’s in interior design and the state’s fi rst-ever bachelor’s in environmental sustainability. They will not require any state funds but rather an allocation of current funds in those departments, said Houston Davis, vice chancellor for academic affairs.

The expanding number of environmentally oriented jobs promoted the new bachelor’s degree plan, Davis said.

“This degree really is multi-disciplinary,” he said. “Sixteen departments at OU are coming together to contribute services to this degree.”

International dentist program added

Also, the regents approved a $20,750 fee for a program to allow international dentists to fi nish their education at OU College of Dentistry and become able to practice in the United States.

This program should start next year, and the College of Dentistry expects 50 applicants for the four spots, said Ken Coy, associate dean of academic affairs at the College of Dentistry. The program targets foreign-trained dentists who can’t practice within the United States yet but received degrees in other countries.

“We do not have a shortage of dentists in Oklahoma, we have a maldistribution of dentists in Oklahoma,” Coy said. “That is true in almost every state in the union. Often, foreign-trained folks are much more likely to practice in rural settings than urban settings.”

The fee is so high, the highest at OU, because the program requires intensely training dentists one-on-one before they enter to ensure they have the relevant skills and meet OU’s standards, Coy said. It is equal to the amount a non-resident student would pay for four years education at the College of Dentistry.

Grant approved for annual conference

The Regents also approved a $7,000 grant for the Tomas Rivera Educational Empowerment Conference. This is an annual event at OU that invites students from high schools with high minority populations to OU to learn about higher education.

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Panel focuses on use of literature for personal expression, political impact in China

EMILY HOPKINSThe Oklahoma Daily

Many countries’ media is censored. A roundtable panel highlighted the impor-

tance of discussion between different cultures and the Chinese government’s attempts throughout history to hinder it Thursday morn-ing in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“China has a long history of exploiting literature to trans-for m culture,” said Mir iam Gross, modern Chinese his-tory professor. “Using literature solely for personal expression was considered a deeply politi-cal act.”

She said writing for personal enjoyment was often viewed as self-indulgent or decadent.

Mark Frazier, Chinese politics and international and area stud-ies professor, expanded on the concept of personal expression, discussing the impact of new media, particularly that of blog-gers, on the force of Chinese societal unrest.

“Their veiled criticisms are much more pow-erful as a force than are the direct comments of the genuine dissidents,” Frazier said.

Frazier explained that when censorship oc-curs, it is often shrouded in an optimistic tone; rather than saying websites, blogs and Internet posts have been “censored,” the government re-fers to them as being “harmonized.”

Though much of the discussion was sur-rounded by a sense of hostility toward Chinese authority, Peter Gries, director and professor for OU’s Institute for U.S.-China Issues, made

it clear that the situation “is not a black and white dichotomy.”

“There is an assumption that increased interaction with and knowledge about China will im-prove Western attitudes toward China,” Gries said. “The over-all picture is a positive one that greater understanding leads to less prejudice.”

The Roundtable on Chinese Culture & Politics discussion was the second in a total of eight events scheduled for the 2010 Neustadt Festival of International Literature & Culture.

The 2010 Neustadt Laureate is Chinese poet Li Shizheng, whose pen name is Duo Duo. The re-cipient of this biannual prize, chosen by an international jury convened on OU’s campus, is

awarded $50,000.The Neustadt Festival’s keynote address, fea-

turing laureate Duo Duo, is at 11 a.m. today in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

About 85 students expected to volunteer this weekend at The Christmas Connection

MEGAN DEATONThe Oklahoma Daily

Students who want to volun-teer year round can now partici-pate in Sooner Service Saturdays. The OU Office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism will host the first event 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The event will occur two to three times a semester and give students an opportunity to serve the community regularly.

“It’s a meaningful and reward-ing way to give back to the com-munity with fellow students on a regular basis,” office graduate assistant Megan Bebb said.

Service days will focus on a different project each time, and volunteers will serve Saturday i n O k l a h o m a C i t y w i t h T h e Christmas Connection, an orga-nization that provides shopping for low-income families and cri-sis relief.

“Ou r h o p e i s t o i m p a c t a s many community organizations, causes and non-profit [organiza-tions] as possible,” office assis-tant director Kari Dawkins said.

The group has common goals that are taken into account when choosing projects, Bebb said. These goals are c i t izenship, commitment, controversy with civility, common purposes, con-sciousness of self, congruence and collaboration.

“We are also committed to fa-cilitating significant reflection after volunteering to assist in the growth of students as socially aware, lifetime volunteers,” Bebb said.

T h e o f f i c e e x p e c t s a b o u t 85 students to participate in Saturday’s event, Bebb said.

“It ’s unique because of i ts regularity and reflection por-tion, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Kaleigh Kaczmarek, office stu-dent assistant and management information systems senior.

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2010 Neustadt Festival of International Literature & Culture Prize-winner and Chinese poet Duo Duo reads samplings of his work Thursday evening in Monnet Hall’s Western History Collection. Duo Duo is the pen name of Li Shizheng, who will give his keynote address at 11 a.m. today in the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

Schedule

» Duo Duo & Contemporary Chinese Literature — 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom

» The 2010 Neudstadt Keynote address — 11 a.m. to noon at the Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom

» Duo Duo’s book signing — 2 to 3 p.m. at the Union’s Beaird Lounge

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Chinese poet deserves global literary prizePeople around the world, particularly in China, are very

excited about an event happening today at OU.Chinese poet Li Shizheng, recipient of the 2010

Neustadt International Prize for Literature, will receive the award today in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

If you don’t know, the $50,000 Neustadt Prize is sponsored by OU’s international magazine, World Literature Today. Yes, Oklahoma has its own internationally recognized literary magazine.

Li, who goes by the pen name “Duo Duo,” is the first Chinese author to be-come a Neustadt laureate. Many who have won the prize have gone on to win Nobel Prizes for literature.

Li was born in 1951 and as a young man experienced an intense period of social, political and economic turmoil during China’s Cultural Revolution.

At a time when traditional art forms were rejected as elements of the “jiu shi jie,” or old world, Li wrote poetry in the cover of the night at his own peril. He was part of an underground movement that came to be known as the “Misty Poets.”

He is very deserving of the Neustadt Prize.We encourage all of you to attend the events beginning

at 9:30 a.m. today in the Union’s Ballroom. There will be a discussion, “Duo Duo and Contemporary Chinese Literature” until 10:30 a.m., and then the poet himself is scheduled to give the keynote address 11 a.m. to noon.

There have been many China-themed events held in honor of the award this week; so if you haven’t had a chance to at-tend one yet, be sure to go today. It should give you an interesting look into the contemporary culture of one of the world’s fastest-rising countries.

China has become the world’s sec-ond-largest economy. The nation has a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council and, in 2009, sur-passed the U.S. as the world’s largest automobile market.

Despite China’s growing economic success, some basic democratic rights U.S. citizens are familiar with have not followed, as evidenced by

the Chinese government’s response to a recipient of an-other international prize.

When the Nobel Committee awarded pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo the 2010 Peace Prize, the Communist Party of China condemned the committee’s choice. Liu, who is serving a prison term, participated in the 1989 pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests and is seen as a

threat to the Communist Party’s monopoly of power.We’re glad that the Chinese government hasn’t disap-

proved of Li’s Neustadt prize, despite his decade of exile after the Tiananmen Square protests.

At a Thursday roundtable panel on Chinese culture and politics, OU professors noted that writing as a means of personal expression is sometimes censored in China because of veiled criticism toward authority.

This presents a challenge to both the Chinese government and its citizens, especially with the rise of social media. As Chinese citizens

have greater access to mass communication tools the government will either have to give a little or find new ways to clamp down. We hope it will move toward choos-ing the former.

If Li goes on to win a Nobel Prize for Literature, we hope the government won’t have any qualms, and we hope Li’s writings will continue to enrich the arts and en-courage creativity.

To Li Shizheng, we would l ike to say, “Gongxi! Gongxi!”

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This weekend, OU hits the road to take on the Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Mo., for what is perhaps the biggest game of the Sooners’ season so far.

The matchup comes a week after the BCS polls ranked the Sooners No. 1 in the country. The Tigers had a notable showing as well, coming in at No. 11.

But this game in Columbia is much more than a chance for Mizzou to improve its BCS ranking or for OU to prove to the nation that it deserves the first-place ranking; there’s

some bad blood involved between these two teams, sophomore center Ben Habern said.

“Some of the coaches have told us that [the Tigers] really want to play us and they have us circled; that

they remember what we did to them in ’08,” Habern said. “I know that we’re preparing hard, that they’re preparing hard. We know it’s a national stage basically, so it’s going to be a great game. We’re ready to go.”

In the 2007 season, the Sooners not only defeated the Tigers 41-31 in Norman for OU’s homecoming, but also in the Big 12 Championship game 38-17. The teams met again in the following season’s Big 12 Championship, and OU blew out Missouri 62-21.

This season, the teams head in to a series that has been one-sided over the course of recent history with OU win-ning 19 of the last 20 and remaining a perfect 6-0 under Bob Stoops.

Just as in the past several years, Missouri comes into the game featuring its trademark high-powered offense.

“We’ve just watched a little bit of tape these last few days, and they are as advertised — a really explosive offense,” ju-nior linebacker Austin Box said. “If you’re not clean and if you’re not playing responsibility football, they are going to expose you. That’s what they’ve been doing against teams all year.”

Former Tigers Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin made a national name for the Missouri offense in their day, but now both are gone. However, Blaine Gabbert has led an effective offense all season and should be feared just as Daniel was, defensive coordinator Brent Venables said.

“He’s bigger; he’s every bit as strong as regards to arm strength; he’s quick; he’s athletic; he just stands tall in the pocket, so he has about five or six inches on Chase,” Venables said.

Even though Missouri lost its offensive coordinator from several years ago, former quarterbacks coach David Yost has taken over the job and kept up the potent offensive tra-dition of Mizzou.

“They’re doing a lot of the same things,” Venables said. “They spread the field and force you to defend sideline to sideline. They do a good job of managing the game as well from the sideline with their coaches. It’s no-huddle; they’ll up-tempo you, then they have a bunch of exotics ... that force you to make some very quick decisions and some ad-justments on the field or you get out-leveraged or turn a guy loose.”

Missouri also features a host of skill players who all make significant contributions to their offense. Sophomore wide receiver T.J. Moe and junior tight end Michael Egnew have 50 and 49 receptions a piece this season and three touch-downs each. They are Gabbert’s favorite targets and provide him with deep and over-the-middle targets.

Additionally, the Tigers have a running back committee of five tailbacks who have all received double-digit carries

this year and all average over five yards per carry.“They have really good skill players,” senior defensive

back Jonathan Nelson said. “They’re just more balanced than you would really think. They have a really good run-ning game, and they just sort of put you on your heels. I just really have seen the defenses on their heels against Missouri, sort of panicking.”

Nelson said he believes Mizzou’s offense can hang with any of the offenses in the nation.

Bottom line — the Sooners have one of their most im-portant and challenging games of the season on the road Saturday with ESPN College GameDay and thousands of fans watching.

For Nelson and the secondary, this just gives them an op-portunity to prove themselves.

“This is going to be a really big challenge for the second-ary,” Nelson said. “If we can stop those guys, we’re going to feel really good about ourselves. If we can just contain them defensively, we are going to have to handle our assignments every single play and not take a play off.”

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FOOTBALL

Sooners must maintain poise, dominate 4th quarter to win

No. 1 OU travels to Columbia, Mo., Saturday to face the No. 11 Missouri Tigers in a battle of undefeated Big 12 teams. The Daily lays out some of the keys for an OU win.

POISE

The Sooners rely heavily on production from freshmen to succeed. With running backs Brennan Clay and Roy Finch back in the picture after injuries, there will be even more need for young players to deliver. There is no question OU’s 2010 recruiting class is talented, but Saturday they must prove they can compete on the biggest of stages: on the road and with the No. 1 target on their backs.

With Thursday’s announcement that junior wide receiver Dejuan Miller will be out the rest of the season, freshman Kenny Stills will need to step in and pick up the slack. The Sooners could use a repeat performance from Finch, who rushed for 93 yards in his debut against Iowa State.

Defensively, freshman safety Tony Jefferson has played well all year, and that will need to continue. Freshman cornerback Aaron Colvin may be asked to contribute as well.

The fi rst-year players must keep their composure in a hostile environment against a talented Missouri team Saturday if OU hopes to remain undefeated.

THE 4TH QUARTER

This season, OU has outscored its opponents 192-63 in the fi rst three quarters of games. However, in the fourth quarter, the Sooners have been outscored 51-24.

That stat isn’t too worrisome when OU is winning 52-0, but if the Sooners get wrapped up in a close game with the Tigers, a lack of performance in the fourth quarter would be their downfall.

— Aaron Colen/The Daily

Heated rivalry fuels Mizzou game

DANN WUNDERLICH/THE MISSOURI MANEATER

Missouri junior quarterback Blaine Gabbert (15) celebrates with teammates. The Sooners face the Tigers on Saturday in Missouri.

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T.J. MOETeam: MissouriPosition: Wide receiverYear: Sophomore

50 catches, 589 yards and 3 touchdowns, 98.2 yards per game

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