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COLUMN: Deck the halls with naughty costumes, liquor

December 13, 2010 | 5 comments

Well tickle my tinsel! You’re done with finals and so are your friends. Before those painfully disappointing grades come in, take a moment to celebrate another successful semester of pretending to take notes while clicking through textsfromlastnight.com. READ MORE

COLUMN: Fine, I'll graduate, but I don't have to be happy about it

December 10, 2010 | 1 comment

A couple of years ago, I shoved all of my belongings into my Mazda Protégé and drove 1 hour and 45 minutes south. I spent one year in transition, the next year in hiding, the year after that I was inebriated and the final year I was in over my head. READ MORE

COLUMN: All I want for Christmas is a GPS and a zombie-killing bat

December 6, 2010 | 2 comments

What do you want for Christmas? Various members of your family are already asking you this question and you never really have the right answer. READ MORE

COLUMN: WikiLeaking myself — the dangers of Internet oversharing

December 1, 2010 | 2 comments

By this time, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” has informed you of the massive dump (yes, everyone is calling this a dump and I love it) of classified cables from foreign terrorists published by WikiLeaks. READ MORE

COLUMN: Make Thanksgiving memorable in eight steps

November 23, 2010 | 0 comments

Thanksgiving is almost here — the holiday you only understood after taking U.S. history, and even then, you still get confused as to why it’s legal to celebrate it. READ MORE

Aviation majors find freedom in the skies

November 22, 2010 | 0 comments

The life of an aviation student doesn’t exactly fit the mold of the typical college experience. Aviation students still attend football games and have a social life, but much of their degree-seeking experience happens three miles away from campus — at Max Westheimer Airport — or even further — in the sky. READ MORE

Campus bathrooms: The good, the bad and the disgusting

November 18, 2010 | 6 comments

Everyone has a favorite bathroom. Some call it their “office” or place where they take care of “business,” but no matter the name, OU’s campus is full of some clean, comfy and terrifying places to do the dirty. Here is a quick guide to the bathrooms to use in case you are in a jam and the ones that are so scary you should probably just hold it. READ MORE

COLUMN: A plea to the guys of ‘The Buried Life’

November 17, 2010 | 0 comments

MTV wants you to be more civic-minded and the CAC Speakers Bureau agrees. At 7:30 Wednesday night in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Ballroom, the boys of the MTV show “The Buried Life” will dish out some awesome motivation to a group of students who are for the most part only a few years younger than them. READ MORE

COLUMN: Singing — the sacred ritual of worshipping my Mazda Protegé

November 9, 2010 | 0 comments

My car is my sanctuary. I spend so much time in it that it’s more like my home than any room could ever be. Some people say that their body is their temple, but I gave up on that a long time ago — it’s way too fun to desecrate that thing. READ MORE

Studio on wheels collects American stories

November 8, 2010 | 0 comments

Parked in front of the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City is a large silver Airstream trailer that looks a lot like a baked potato on wheels. Inside the trailer is a mobile recording studio that has just one mission according to Eloise Melzer, state supervisor for StoryCorps. READ MORE

COLUMN: No-Shave November not just for the bearded

November 3, 2010 | 1 comment

It’s that time of year when the walk to school is torture in a new way — the gallons of sweat that you tote to class everyday are suddenly replaced with frostbitten digits. Your pumpkin spice beverage becomes a peppermint mocha beverage overnight. READ MORE

An alternate Halloween history

October 29, 2010 | 2 comments

Halloween is strictly an American holiday and just like anything American, it’s poorly replicated in other countries. In order to understand the true meaning of Halloween, you must look to its origins READ MORE

Guide to Halloween laughs: Offensive Costume Tips

October 27, 2010 | 0 comments

There is one day out of these 365 that you, darling, get to totally ignore the opinions of others and blatantly mock them to their face. If you are a girl, you have the option of doing this half-naked — a fact I personally find liberating. READ MORE

Bead shop branching out

October 27, 2010 | 0 comments

Wild Hare Beadery provides Norman with a unique and diverse selection of beads, jewelry-making accessories and locally made jewelry. The store has now expanded its inventory to include vintage clothing, shoes and accessories. READ MORE

COLUMN: Everything I need to learn about life comes from my TV

October 19, 2010 | 1 comment

Listen, we can’t all be heroes in this life. Sometimes you need guidance from others to help you rise above your sewage-filled existence. I have tried other sources of inspiration like the Bible, famous historical figures and Jack Daniels to name a few, but none of these have really met the challenge of picking me up when I was down. READ MORE

COLUMN: Dr Pepper — or how I learned to stop worrying and love the midterms

October 12, 2010 | 0 comments

Some people are just good test takers. They bubbled in their name on the ACT and instantly scored high enough to get into OSU. Others struggle to make it through Cosmo’s “Do You Know Your Man?” quiz without an anxiety attack. READ MORE

Film blitz requires fast-paced filmmaking

October 11, 2010 | 2 comments

The 24-Hour Film Blitz has been moved to the food court” is written in green marker on a piece of torn notebook paper. The makeshift sign has been shoved into one of the brass sign holders that populate the lobby of Beaird Lounge in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, the original location of the event. READ MORE

COLUMN: Making music not essential to musician status

October 4, 2010 | 0 comments

I took piano lessons for six years, was in choir for nine years and spent one really terrible year as a percussionist in the middle school band. In the end, I was too tone deaf to sing, too bored to practice and — let’s be real — too cool to carry my instrument on the bus every morning. READ MORE

Boutique, vintage spot diversify shopping

September 29, 2010 | 0 comments

The Daily's Caitlin Turner highlights two new boutiques to the Norman shopping scene that sport unique imports and local flavor. READ MORE

The Daily's guide to breaking up with break up

September 15, 2010 | 1 comment

Much like grief, there are many stages to a breakup. With each stage comes a whole new sack of crap to deal with. Wouldn’t you give anything to just wake up one morning and realize that you are suddenly over someone? You don’t even feel like thinking about your ex-significant other and the world seems new and full, like a fresh box of Sour Patch Kids. READ MORE

‘Brotastic’ blog chronicles Norman adventures

September 13, 2010 | 2 comments

The creators of the Norman blog Nom Nom Nompton have six rules for dating girls. Arguably, the most important of these rules is No. 3. “No. 3: all rules can be broken when voted on by the broship,” said Jeff Chanchaleune, aka “Cheff Jeff,” one of the seven contributors to Nom Nom Nompton. READ MORE

COLUMN: Intrusive relatives the scourge of social media

September 8, 2010 | 2 comments

Every day you hear how important it is to be careful about what you post on your social networking sites. After all, employers are spending inordinate amounts of time stalking you on the Internet in order to decide whether or not to hire you as their social media manager. READ MORE

A survival guide to avoiding awkward moments when Mom calls

September 1, 2010 | 0 comments

Your phone has three programmed ringtones: one for unknown numbers (aka debt collectors and European boyfriends/girlfriends), one for your best friends (that way you don’t have to hesitate before answering the phone with a wildly inappropriate insult) and one for your mom (mine is the chorus of the 1982 Hall and Oates hit “Maneater”). Mom calls are a part of everyone’s lives. Mom calls don’t care that you just did a keg stand at 3 in the afternoon or that you have finally discovered the courage to say “hey” to the film class hottie. READ MORE

Freshmen speak about first week at OU

August 26, 2010 | 0 comments

Freshman year greets every new arrival on the OU campus a little differently. As with all new chapters in life, expectations are met, unmet and occasionally exceeded. Five freshman students shared their expectations and apprehensions on move-in day with The Daily and later, their reflections and realizations after their first few days of college life. READ MORE

COLUMN: Summing up summer

August 23, 2010 | 0 comments

Welcome back, dudes! It’s time to make your way to campus and run into all of your favorite acquaintances. I believe acquaintance is French for “awkward kid who was in all of my classes last semester.” READ MORE

The ‘final’ conversation of the semester

May 6, 2010 | 0 comments

The Daily’s Lunden England and Caitlin Turner have a text conversation over their dead week “activities.” READ MORE

Comedian aims to get laughs on record

May 3, 2010 | 0 comments

James Nghiem was sick of seeing his friends move away. So he took matters into his own hands — he started a record label for comedians. READ MORE

I am with the band ... of other journalists

April 28, 2010 | 2 comments

Norman doesn’t allow for too much social climbing. It is one of those everyone knows everyone that they want to know sort of towns. It isn’t like you walk into Gray Owl or Blu or the Union for that matter and see someone that you literally have never seen before. READ MORE

Norman band haunts festival a second time

April 22, 2010 | 0 comments

One of Norman’s most talked about local bands, Gentle Ghost, will christen the main stage at Norman Music Festival at noon Sunday. READ MORE

Art event adds to music festival fun

April 21, 2010 | 0 comments

This year Norman Music Festival welcomes Dust Bowl Arts Market into the mix of events to happen April 25. he open-air market featuring local artists and their handmade wares will open at 11 a.m. Sunday and run till 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot on the corner of Gray Street and Crawford Avenue. READ MORE

Anatomy of an Oklahoma hipster

April 14, 2010 | 8 comments

Oh, what’s that? You don’t know what a hipster is? Sweet goodness! Have you been living under a rock? Nope, just in Oklahoma, huh? That explains your total lack of excitement about Dirty Projectors headlining at Norman Music Festival this year. READ MORE

Caitlin Alison Turner's guide to being a lady

April 1, 2010 | 1 comment

Sugar and spice and everything nice? That crap is for little girls. READ MORE

'Robsession' strikes once in a 'New Moon'

March 31, 2010 | 3 comments

Netflix sent me the notification of delivery e-mail Tuesday. READ MORE

We didn't start the flier

March 25, 2010 | 1 comment

There comes a time in every student’s day when she finds herself on the frontlines of a battlefield. READ MORE

Love in the time of Chatroulette

March 11, 2010 | 4 comments

Since the dawn of Xanga I have been a connoisseur of Internet boyfriends. READ MORE

Students get their MR. and MRS. degree

March 3, 2010 | 2 comments

After a long day of work followed closely by a long night of school, Kacie Kinney, communications senior, returns to her quaint efficiency on University Boulevard and the arms of her loving husband, Kaleb. READ MORE

Anime society offers glimpse at another culture

February 17, 2010 | 1 comment

Take a second to think about what you are doing today to make yourself a more cultured individual. READ MORE

New Main Street bar, restaurant goes public

February 10, 2010 | 0 comments

A Tulsa and Oklahoma City favorite will open a Norman location in the upcoming weeks. READ MORE

Brother, can you spare a laugh?

January 28, 2010 | 0 comments

Cameron Buchholtz was never the class clown. He was the kid in the back of the classroom making fun of the class clown. READ MORE

Articles by Caitlin Turner