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The OU Black Student Association kicked off its annual BSA Week with campus events every day from Monday to Saturday. The first event of the week is a canned food drive that started Monday and continues through today. Students can donate canned goods at the Student Life suite on the third floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. The donated goods will benefit Norman food pantries, said Brittny Dike, BSA’s special projects coordinator. On Wednesday, students can gather at the HendersonTolson Cultural Center for some soul food and games from 7 to 9 p.m. Students can socialize with each other while playing cards, board games and other activities like Twister, Dike said. Thursday’s event, called “Black & Brown Lives Matter,” is a
commemoration of the victims of police brutality that will be held at 7 p.m. in Dale Hall. The event will include a moment of silence and a candlelit prayer, Dike said. Berthaddaeus Bailey, political science and economics junior and the winner of last semester’s Mr. Black OU Pageant, will also speak at the event. Rashid Campbell, an African and African-American studies senior, will perform a spoken word presentation. On Friday, students can watch and listen to their fellow students at OU’s first official rap battle at 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. BSA Week will conclude with the Show-N-Tell at 7 p.m. Saturday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Members of the BSA’s umbrella organizations — including the Essence Dance Team, the National Society of Black Engineers and Women of Power — will provide performances singing, dancing and more, Dike said. After BSA Week, the next annual event the BSA will hold is their Thanksgiving dinner. Next semester, BSA’s events will include a conference with similar organizations throughout the Big 12 and the Mr. and Miss Black OU Pageants, Dike said.
AT A GLANCE BSA Week Schedule Canned Food Drive When: Yesterday through Today Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s third floor Student Life suite Soul food and games When: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday Where: Henderson Tolson Cultural Center “Black and Brown Lives Matter” When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Dale Hall
Rap Battle When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium Show-N-Tell When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium BSA’s next annual event will be a Thanksgiving dinner.
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hen letters and biology senior KC Poe uses the elevator, even just to go up a few flights of stairs, it’s not because she’s lazy. She has arthritis that affects many of her joints. Some days, stairs are her obstacle. Other days it’s typing a paper. While the arthritis makes her joints painful to use, for Poe, the lack of understanding about her disability can be a bigger problem than the pain. “There are a lot of problems that can come with [arthritis], but what I get out of this as the biggest issue is that if I’m hurting, people can’t always tell,” Poe said. “What they will assume is that I’m lazy, and that’s not fair at all.” Invisible disabilities, Poe said, are handled differently than visible ones — say, if someone was in a
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wheelchair. Throughout Poe’s time at OU, her invisible disability has been an issue with professors and fellow students who don’t understand that although she may look OK, she’s suffering. And Poe isn’t alone. In 2010, approximately 21.1 million people aged 15 to 44 who live in the U.S. reported they have some kind of disability. Those individuals didn’t classify their disabilities as severe and didn’t specify they needed assistance, according to the Americans with Disabilities 2010 report. Because people don’t realize Poe has arthritis, sometimes she has to tell them herself, which is often stressful and not something she wants to do. Poe’s been in situations that if her disease had been visible, nobody would have commented.
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“Some people are very cautious with people who have visible disabilities, because they’re afraid of saying something that would hurt their feelings or something that is a very sensitive topic,” Poe said. However, because strangers can’t see her disease they’re more prone to say something, such as the time she was chastised for taking an elevator to a low floor. Then she feels she must explain herself. “It’s hard to talk about, I’m sorry,” Poe said. “It’s personal. It’s something I have to work up to.” Invisible disabilities can also create difficulties in the classroom, Poe said. For instance, Poe must always tell her professors about her disease and also work to complete assignments on time despite arthritis flare-ups. SEE DISABILITY PAGE 2
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Technologically savvy students can try their hands at programming and app development for OU’s first iBeacons Hackathon to create a technology the university may use. Applications for the hackathon, which are available on OU’s One University website, are due Wednesday. T h e e v e nt w i l l b e h e l d Sept. 26-28 in Oklahoma Memorial Union and is open to all students. Participating students will be put into groups and given two days to work on a project using iBeacons, small plastic boxes that send information to apps on IOS devices using Bluetooth, said David Goodspeed, Information Technology’s campus stores engagement manager. iBeacons, which may be used in the future as part of OU’s Digital Initiative, are an emerging technology that could enhance students’ experiences, Goodspeed said. “We’ve got to find ways to enhance the student experience, drive down the cost of education and explore new emerging technologies that could bring all of this together,” Goodspeed said. For the hackathon, representatives from Dom & Tom, a web development
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firm, will be working with students and teaching them how to code and develop apps for iBeacons. D om & Tom has held other hackathons and conventions to help students learn about programing and how apps are used in the real world, said Tom Tancredi, Dom & Tom co-founder. “A lot of students come out of school and know how to do things in theory but don’t have the experience to know how to work well with teams or use certain programs,”
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Tancredi said. “It’s like saying, ‘I have the hardware and the supplies to build a house, but where do I start and how do I do it?’” By hosting hackathons like the one at OU, Dom & Tom representatives hope to teach students how to apply skills, use information and work with teams. They also want students to learn what it’s like building a product from start to finish, Tancredi said. As well as connecting students with professionals, the
hackathon is meant to connect students to each other and give them an avenue to explore the world of coding and developing, Goodspeed said. “We want to give the students the opportunity to get their hands on something that they may not be able to do in their classrooms,” Goodspeed said. “We wanted to balance out the skill sets, so we opened it to anybody and everybody.” The outcome of the hackathon will determine the future of the event, as well as the use of iBeacons on campus, Goodspeed said. The event is sponsored by the One University Store, Union Programming Board and Dom & Tom Web Development. Daisy Creager daisy.c.creager-1@ou.edu
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DISABILITY: Students face difficulty with classes Continued from page 1 Poe said she works with the Disability Resource Center on campus, and they help make accommodations for each of her classes, making the subject easier to broach with her professors. Junior Elizabeth Knapp deals with similar difficulties in the classroom. Knapp, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder and an undiagnosed issue that makes her extremely fatigued, said her disease limits her academic ability. “It’s definitely made it really difficult for me to focus on school the way I want to,” Knapp said. Knapp wants to be accepted into a Ph.D program, but sometimes can’t complete assignments because of her disability. For example, a teacher may assign a reading during class, but sometime between that class and the time the reading is due, Knapp will start feeling unwell and won’t do the reading. “It’s frustrating to feel like I can’t do everything I want to do,” Knapp said. Mental illness is largely misunderstood by those who haven’t dealt with it, Knapp said. “In college, it seems like anyone who hasn’t experienced [mental illnesse s ] , d o e sn ’ t k n ow a ny thing about them,” Knapp said. “I wish that they were just a common topic of discussion.” Like Poe, Knapp said she has a hard time broaching the subject with people.
Signs asking students to keep with OU tradition and not walk on the newly erected university seal in front of Bizzell Memorial Library were installed Friday. While walking on the seal won’t damage it, said Director of Facilities Management Brian Ellis, university spokesperson Corbin Wallace said walking on the seal is an issue of respect and a new tradition, not costs. The signs read, “In keeping with OU tradition, please do not walk on the AT A GLANCE University Seal.” OU Seal The signs and posts OU spokesperson were installed to prevent Corbin Wallace said people from walking or cynot walking on the cling over the seal, like any seal is a matter of other seal at the university, traditiion. Students Wallace said. should not walk Wallace said stuover the seal until dents know not to walk graduation. on the seal in Oklahoma Memorial Union near Beaird Lounge. The tape and signs on the South Oval seal were installed Friday rather than after the seal was erected because university officials noticed individuals walking and riding over the seal. There is one time Sooners should walk on the seal, though, and that’s at their graduation, Wallace said. After donating the hand-cast bronze seal to the OU Foundation, OU President David Boren and his wife, Molly Shi Boren, wanted to create a new tradition that students wouldn’t walk on the seal until graduation day, Wallace said. The graduation walk makes walking over the seal like a right of passage, Wallace said. The signs asking individuals to not step on the seal are expected to stay posted for a while to remind students and inform visitors of the tradition, Wallace said.
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Senior biology and letters major KC Poe squeezes a therapeutic ball she uses to lessen some of the effects of her arthritis. When the arthritis affects her hands, Poe said she uses the ball to stretch her joints.
Knapp hasn’t spoken with any of her professors about her disease because she’s afraid of how they’ll react. “I don’t talk to any of my professors about this stuff, because I’m scared that they’re going to think I’m not good enough,” Knapp said. “Of course, it’s not my fault. I still work hard in spite of it, and I feel like that’s a pretty good thing.” Freshman Karina Haritonov has a different kind of disability; she’s autistic. While autism affects people in different ways, Haritonov is especially sensitive to sound and touch, sensations that might not bother other people. “If you touch someone, you don’t expect them to be
super sensitive to it and all of a sudden they start screaming at you, and you don’t know what you did wrong,” Haritonov said. “It’s just little things that — I mean, it’s fine. I can avoid them.” Av o i d i n g s i t u a t i o n s that could be troubling to Haritonov has been more difficult since arriving at college, she said, as people aren’t necessarily aware of her disability. “For me, a lot of people misunderstand, and they assume things,” Haritonov said. “If you’re in a wheelchair and you can’t go up stairs or something, people are like, ‘Oh, it’s okay, we can help you’ but if you’re in a crowded, loud place, and you can’t function, then
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o, we don’t think bras are racist. Our editorial published Sept. 8 titled “Replacing the fashion industry’s definition of ‘nude’â€? encouraged readers to actively redefine the color “nude,â€? as it’s comArianna Pickard monly limited to describe@ari_pickard ing the light-tan color associated with Caucasian skin. Three days after we published the editorial, Fox Nation, a web forum operated by Fox News, published an article called “Bras Are Now Racist‌,â€? which was an aggregated post from National Review Online called “Bras Are Now Racist Because They Come in ‘Nude.’â€? The post begins by stating our Editorial Board “declared that bras are racist because they come in colors named ‘nude,’ since non-white people’s skin isn’t that color when they’re nude.â€? That same day, a website called Weasel Zippers posted six paragraphs of our editorial with no additional commentary besides its title, “University of Oklahoma Op-Ed: ‘Nude-Colored’ Bras Are Racist, An Example Of ‘White Privilege’‌â€? and an introduction of sorts that states, “Also deemed racist: Band-Aids (no, not making that up).â€? That post was then aggregated by Red Flag, a website dedicated to “Aggregating the News the Mainstream Media Distort and Ignore,â€? and given the same title incorrectly making it look like we had written that “nude-colored bras are racist, an example of white privilege.â€? Also that day, a website called The Federalist Papers posted an article titled “Attention White Women: The Color of Your Bra May Make You a Racist,â€? that begins by stating, “According to the Editorial Board of the
Oklahoma Daily, the color of your bra may make you a racist!� Just to be clear, we never declared bras are racist because they come in colors named “nude,� and in no way did we say the color of your bra might make you a racist. We used our editorial to explain how limiting nude-colored bras to one color, in this case light-tan, shows how the fashion industry and society at large has based its ideal of nude on Caucasian people. We then commended a lingerie company called Nubian Skin for designing nude-colored clothing in different shades. This isn’t the first time the definition of the color “nude� has been debated in the media and fashion world. The Associated Press was criticized for describing a dress Michelle Obama wore in November 2009 as “flesh� colored, after which the AP revised the description to “champagne,� according to May 2010 articles published by the New York Daily News and The Guardian. We did not write that editorial to condemn the fashion industry, manufacturers, bra-wearers or bras themselves as intentionally racist. The purpose of our editorial was to shed light on one aspect of society — the definition of the color “nude� — that is built upon the assumption that light skin is the norm and every other color is the exception. But since the Internet makes it so easy for content to be copied, pasted and altered at the speed of lightning, we want to use this instance to encourage readers to look at content in its original form before basing their opinion on an aggregated version. Arianna Pickard is a journalism senior.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Consider the steps necessary to realize Concentrate on making important per- the bright future you are seeking. You have the ability, so make a serious sonal improvements. You will make effort to take one step closer to your great strides in your efforts to help goals. others, but you must also remember to help yourself. Once other people PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Your notice and assess your talents, your judgment may be clouded today. If ideas will be readily accepted and you are feeling upset over a recent opportunities will appear. dispute, you should slow down and take a deep breath. Rushing through VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- DonĘźt the events of the day will cause be hard on yourself. You may have made some questionable choices, but unnecessary setbacks. you shouldnĘźt second-guess your next move. Trust your intuition and refuse ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Emotional complications will preoccupy you to let uncertainty be your downfall. today. Make an effort to face head-on the issues that arise. Overindulgence LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Exciting or overspending will not fix the probromantic encounters lie ahead. Donate your time to community events, lem; it will only make matters worse. causes or activities. New acquainTAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You will tances and old friends will influence feel satisfaction if you catch up on the changes that take place in your your chores. Reorganize or rethink personal life. what will really make you feel happy and content. A garage sale will help SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Consider a different venue for something you simplify your life. youĘźre planning. Property deals could GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You will prove lucrative, but overspending could obviate any gain, so be practical gravitate to the fast lane today. Social activities and group events will fill and remain well-informed regarding your schedule and bring pleasing investments. results. Trust in your skill, knowledge and ability to communicate. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- A positive outlook and strong work ethic CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Stay out will put you in a position to make of the limelight today. Listen and favorable changes. Put forth the effort to share your ideas and let your learn while keeping a low profile. You may discover some enlightening facts personality shine through. that have eluded you in the past. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You have self-esteem may be low if you have knowledge and insight into what been beating yourself up over past others desire. Your willingness to disappointments. Give yourself a make a positive difference in the lives break. You have the energy and of people experiencing difficulties will the know-how to outmaneuver your boost your self-esteem and reputation. opponents.
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ACROSS 1 They give a hoot 5 Put in the fridge 10 Not a nice film 14 Pullman track 15 Flood embankment 16 Middle word of Descartes’ conclusion 17 Uneasy, eerie sensation 19 Frigid 20 From the mountains of Peru 21 Dustin Hoffman movie 23 Defeated king of Troy 26 They’re “company� 27 Completely surround 30 Like some teas 33 Empty truck’s weight 34 Causes to attack 36 Feel remorse over 37 Small margin of victory 38 Grand ___ (wine phrase) 39 Desertlike 40 Heptplus one 41 Saint Francis’ home 44 Warm, on a hunt
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12 Jamaican tangelo 13 A la ___ (with ice cream) 18 A wife of Henry VIII 22 Wilson of “The Grand Budapest Hotel� 24 Baldwin and Templeton 25 Art of writing verse 27 Guiding beliefs of a group 28 Racial equality org. 29 Found fault with 31 Enveloping qualities 32 Impolite glances 35 Emmy winner Lucci 39 Trouble spot for Indiana Jones
41 Prime minister’s assistant 42 Batting coach’s concerns 43 Weather map lines 46 Lasso wielders 48 Part of BBC (Abbr.) 51 Grand ___ home run 52 Shell food? 53 Heavy low cart 55 Shower gel ingredient, often 56 ___ record (make history) 57 Ivan the Terrible’s title (Var.) 60 Seek answers 61 Royal jelly producer
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Joe Mussatto, sports editor Carson Williams, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports
FOOTBALL
Ford sidelined for 2-3 weeks Ford experienced fibula fracture in the third quarter of Saturday game. JOE MUSSATTO Sports Editor @joe_mussatto
The Oklahoma offense will take the field at West Virginia on Saturday without one of its most dynamic playmakers but a duo of underclassmen are poised to keep the Sooners running. Sophomore running back Keith Ford has been ruled out of the contest, coach Bob Stoops announced during Monday’s Big 12 conference call. Ford exited the Tennessee game during the third quarter after suffering a non-weightbearing fibula fracture. “It was really sad,� sophomore Alex Ross said. “I hate seeing my teammates hurt. It’s like seeing a brother getting injured. I hate it.� While there is no exact timetable for Ford to return, Stoops estimated that the featured back would be sidelined 2-3 weeks. Ford’s five touchdowns and 194 rushing yards led the team in both categories. The bulk of the carries will now be balanced between Ross and freshman Samaje Perine — Ford’s friends in the backfield. The trio has been interchangeable for the Sooners this season. More will be expected of the remaining two as they head to Morgantown, West Virginia, for the team’s first conference clash. Ross is welcoming the idea of increased opportunities in the run game. “That’s going to be nice,� he said. “We’ll take care of it. We’re conditioned really well so we’ll take on the load.� Taking on a heavier load won’t be a problem for Perine. The 5-foot-11, 243-pound freshman bulldozer back welcomes the opportunity to obliterate any defender in his path to the endzone. “I look for contact,� he said. “I’m not the one that will try to juke you.� Ross recalled a summer workout when coaches were caught scratching their heads as they added more and more weight to Perine’s bench press bar — nothing could slow him down.
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Sophomore running back Keith Ford scores a touchdown in Saturday’s game against Tennessee.
“We’re down one back that’s performed really well for In addition to his alleged superhuman strength, Perine has done more this season than his 177 rushing yards us,� Heupel said. “The other two guys have to step up.� They’ll get that chance at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. suggest. “He’s a really good pass protector and catches the ball well out of the backfield,� co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “He’s a complete player.� Joe Musatto jmussatto@ou.edu But as effective as Ross and Perine have been, Ford had been the lead offensive catalyst behind sophomore quarterback Trevor Knight.
Sooners prepared to take on Mountaineers Players ready to play despite injury
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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorson has instilled a high-powered offense in his four years in Morgantown. However, their defense is not one to overlook either. Co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said, “they’re very active, they’re very physical and they like to bring pressure. We have a lot of things to work on this week. We have a lot of challenges and we’re excited.� In going up against their own defense during practice, Norvell sees some similarities between the two defenses. “They come from all over the place,� Norvell said. “They love to pressure and they love to get after the quarterback and so we’re gonna have to protect Trevor [Knight] and we’re gonna have to do a great job in protection.�
Other than junior Sterling Shepard, no wide receiver had much experience heading into the season. Norvell said junior Durron Neal has made big strides. “He’s just continued to come in and make progress every day,� Norvell said. “He’s really turned himself into a good receiver and I think it’s because a lot of his hard work and determination.� The St. Louis native has hauled in 15 receptions for 183 yards this season — more than he had all of last year.
The last time Oklahoma visited Morgantown, West Virginia, senior offensive lineman Tyler Evans was out with a torn ACL and didn’t travel with the team. From the things Evans has heard about the atmosphere, the Sooners are in for a treat. Offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh worked for the Mountaineers before coming to Norman and told the team what to expect. “He said it’s going to be loud,� Evans said. “They’re going to be ready because they’re defending their home turf.� Oklahoma came from behind to edge West Virginia 50-49 two years ago and senior defensive end Chuka Ndulue still remembers what the environment was like. “They’re loud and rude,� he said. “It’s really loud over there. On defense, we’re not going to get a lot of it but they’re Freshman K.J. Young has taken over the role as slot re- very loud and very rude — almost like [Texas] Tech. I want to ceiver after Sterling Shepard moved to the outside receiver say they’re worse.� position. Young is turning to the veteran Shepard as a model for success in the slot. “He makes big plays and he takes his football serious,� Young said. “If I do the same thing has him, I can have the SEE MORE ONLINE same success.� Visit OUDaily.com after each football practice for the Shepard’s fearless style of play is something Young is strivFootball Notebook. ing towards. oudaily.com/sports “It’s the University of Oklahoma,� Young said. You’re here to make big plays. Playing with fear is not an option.�
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STUDY ABROAD
Student raises money for semester at dream college Business cards, blogs and fliers take place of loans
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With the expenses of international study and requirements for graduation tied to an overseas trip, raising money for an international experience can be challenging for many college students. One student looking to travel to Germany has written off applying for loans and is trying a more organic approach. In an ensemble of blue stripes, black jeans and b l a c k- r i m m e d g l a s s e s, Angela Gutierrez is the picture of effortless sophistication. With a smile on her face, the international studies senior began to talk about her dream of spending a semester abroad in Germany. “I wanted to spend the entire semester there so I can become fluent and remember the language,” Gutierrez said. With a blog, business cards and plenty of fliers, Gutierrez has set out to raise the funds to take her all the way to Germany through OU’s study abroad programs. After learning Spanish from her Venezuelan parents, she tried learning Italian — a language known to be similar to Spanish in pronunciation. But Angela
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wanted to learn something entirely different. While watching a German soap opera, she fell in love with the language and made it her minor. Gutierrez then picked Germany for her mandatory travel. Of course, while still here and learning bits and pieces about Germany, Angela grew more and more
excited at the opportunity to go in the spring. “The university where I’ll be taking classes is the oldest one in Germany,” Gutierrez said. Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität Heidelberg, the university at which Angela would study, is over six hundred years old. The public research university
l o c at e d i n He i d e l b e r g , Baden-Wür ttemberg, Germany, was founded in 1386. With many of America’s buildings aging hundreds of years younger, the history in Germany seems quite exciting, Gutierrez said. Not only is the trip expensive, but there is a tight deadline for raising the large amount of money. Gutierrez, like other students looking to study abroad this spring, has until February to raise $5,000. With less than $100 so far, Gutierrez said she’s at square one. In order to meet the cost of a semester in Germany, A ng e la ha s a n a c c ou nt set up at Trevolta.com/ oktogermany for donations. She also has a blog at Angelaaroundtheworld. wordpress.com, where she has written about her past travel experiences.
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show about six kids living in a hospital sounds depressing, right? Proving just the opposite is Fox’s new show “Red Band Society.” The show is an adaptation of the memoir “The Yellow World: Trust Your Dreams Cort Fisher and They’ll Come True” by cfisher368@hotmail.com Albert Espinosa. The show @cort_fisher isn’t about dying — it’s about living. Once viewers make it past the morbid reality, they will see the patients for who they are — teenagers living life. Red Band Society transforms the view of hospitals as someplace to die into a place to live and thrive. The show’s contrasting dark and lighthearted humor bring together every aspect of the teenagers’ lives. A comatose boy named Charlie (Griffin Gluck) narrates the show. While Charlie is unable to physically move and interact with the patients, he can observe their experiences as they play out. WATCH Charlie watches Leo Red Band (Charlie Rowe), a oneSociety preview legged cancer patient who has contrasting feelings When: 8 p.m. about dying and his reWednesday lationship with Emma (Ciara Bravo), a patient Where: FOX with an eating disorder. The dynamic changes when two new patients, Jordi (Nolan Sotillo) and Kara (Zoe Levin), arrive. Jordi made the decision to come to the hospital in order to be treated by the most qualified physician associated with his disease, Dr. Jack McAndrew (Dave Annable). Somehow, Jordi coerces Dr. McAndrew into treating him even though McAndrew is overbooked. Kara, on the other hand, is forced to stay in the hospital after a fall at her high school cheer practice. Kara has a rough start with the other patients at the hospital, making some enemies early on. While the idea of the show sounds depressing, the writing and the representation of the idea bring thoughts of hope and happiness to this dismal reality.
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