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Globalizing the UN CIO Mathews speaks before United Nations PAGE 5

Rescued Student finds healing halfway across the world PAGES 10-11

Tattoo Cover-Up Potential rule could affect athletics program PAGE 14

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News Campus dining to introduce new hours, prices CHRISTEN LATINI

Copy Editor & Staff Writer @LatiniSpeaking

Returning and incoming students registering for the fall semester are seeing a whole new set of meal plan options. The changes come one year after a major meal plan overhaul incorporating tiered pricing.

“Last year we tried out a system that offered cheaper meal plans with less Sodexo bucks,” said ORU Chief Operating Officer Tim Philley. “We needed a restructuring to be able to address the specific needs and actual participation of the student body and drive the price point down.”

The idea behind the tiered trial for 2015-2016 allowed the student to select either a set number of meals per week or unlimited access to Saga and an amount of Sodexo bucks to use over the course of each semester. The stu-

dent paid an adjusted price according to their selection. After evaluating the effectiveness of this program, administration has opted for a solution more tailored to the lifestyle of each student.

The most common complaint from students came in regards to the hours Saga is open during the day. While it is typical of working adults to be able to make it to dinner before 7 p.m., many students were missing dinner due to class, athletics and other activities. Saga will be opening for a late-night dinner option from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. four nights a week to address the issue.

“We wanted to fund another option for meals that offered good value without raising the cost to the student,” said Philley.

Late-night Saga will offer pizza, the grill and the salad bar. These are mostly made-to-order items in order to prevent the potential waste of any

mass-produced meals.

The new meal plans will all be priced the same to allow students to choose the most appropriate option for their lifestyle.

The All-Access plan will not include Sodexo bucks, but the plan overall costs an average of $2 per meal. The most prominent issue with the 2015-2016 structuring was students running out of meals on the 10 meals per week plan.

Students were forced to spend supplementary cash throughout the week or be hungry. While it is more expensive than last year’s lowest priced 10 meal per week plan, there are 224 extra meal-times available because of Latenight Saga.

The next level 17 meals per week and 200 Sodexo bucks, offers three more meals per week and 100 extra bucks in comparison to last year.

Last year students on the All-Ac-

cess plans with Sodexo bucks only used 7-10 meals per week on average, the higher levels of Sodexo bucks are being adjusted to reflect such usage.

For commuters, the new meal plan pricing includes options for both Saga meals and Sodexo bucks. 10 meals costs just $60 – saving an average of $2 a meal. There are also blocks of 25 and 50 meals. Another option offers 25 meals plus 50 Sodexo bucks for $180, or 50 meals plus 25 Sodexo bucks for $275.

The administration hopes to address the unique lifestyle of every student, including commuters. They acknowledged the various habits of the majority of students by offering a late-night option at Saga and a variety of combinations of meals and Sodexo bucks.

For more information on changes to campus dining, logon to oruoracle.com

Graphic by Xavier Gonzalez

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The Candidates ALYSSA LACOURSE News Editor

@AlyssaLaCourse Campaigning has ended and all the votes have been cast. The 2016 SA president is one step closer to taking office.

The election process began March 21 with the official declaration of candidacy. Campaigning officially began on March 28, when the candidates took to social media publicly declaring their run for office.

Campus was plastered with campaign posters on April 4. Candidates got creative with their poster placement. Students could not escape the campaigning with posters in the elevators, restrooms and throughout the dorm floors.

The candidates answered questions from various students during the forum on April 6 in Zoppelt.

Download the Aurasma app and follow oruoracle to view the forum.

To find out more about the candidates continuing to the general elections, visit oruoracle.com. Full features on the candidates including their journey to ORU, their platform and questions and answers directly from ORU students will be available.

Peyton Luke Year: Junior Major: Convergence Journalism Luke is the incumbent student body president and is running for a second term.

“It is now about moving forward with the momentum we gained and building upon our firmly established foundation,” said Luke.

As president, Luke became involved in all aspects of ORU not just SA. She represented the student body in meetings with administration and alumni.

“I do not take my responsibilities and representation of the student body lightly,” said Luke. “I truly value and respect my fellow students’ perspectives and ideas, and I want their voices to be heard. This is why I desire to continue serving in SA.”

Joshua Pernell

Guilliam Nel

Year: Junior Major: Accounting Pernell’s love for ORU stems from the community atmosphere here on campus. He believes unifying different groups on campus will create the pride he believes is lacking.

“I really think the experience I’ve had here gives me a passion to utilize events and the budget, to cater that experience, to be more strategic to why we have events,” said Pernell.

Pernell has taken conversations with students and used them as inspiration for his campaign.

“I am totally in favor of Lucky Charms in Saga and late-night Saga,” said Pernell. “I am also intending to build a wall and make the geese pay for it. I think people should know that.”

Year: Sophomore Major: Ministry in Leadership Nel came to ORU from South Africa after being awarded the Quest Whole Person Scholarship.

“I’ve seen a lot of the ins and outs of the campus like a lot of the great things but some of the things that could be improved,” said Nel. Nel plans on creating interdisciplinary events to solve the problem students run into when there are multiple events in one evening.

“I feel like I had the job [of president] before I had the title and served the students and did problem solving stuff,” said Nel. “I have experience, just from my upbringing, of building bridges and trusting God for the impossible.”

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Shawn Madison Year: Junior Major: Government Madison has dreamed of ORU since middle school. His passion for the student body has led him to run for SA president.

Madison believes his experience and drive sets him apart from the other candidates. He prides himself on not being a part of any clique on campus and having a diverse group of friends.

“Because of that, I feel I am the most connected in each of the different aspects of the university in order to promote the vision of the university to go into every man’s world,” said Madison. “But we can’t go into every man’s world if we are not connected as the body.”

Sizwe Gamedze Year: Junior Major: Business Management Gamadze has served as an R.A. and is using his international experience as a platform to run.

“ORU is not ‘O-R-me’ but ‘O-R-you,’” said Gamadze.

Gamadze is basing his platform on the individual students at ORU because the ORU experience begins with the students.

“What’s happening at ORU right now is because of the alumni that used to be here,” said Gamadze.

“They decided to take initiative and take ownership of their school.”

Gamadze wants to take initiative, just like the alumni, and create change on campus.

Spring outreach, all-school party share Saturday

Keith Prater leads a group activity during outreach at the Tulsa Dream Center.

REAGAN FLEMING Staff Writer

@ReagsFleming The missions department is holding the annual Spring Outreach event, and the Student Association is throwing its annual SA All-School Party on the same Saturday, April 9.

Spring Outreach will be hosted at the South Tulsa Community House, the Tulsa Dream Center and the Boys and Girls Club. Each location will be open to students from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., and to the com-

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munity from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

“The theme revolves around this challenge: ‘What Could Be’ in the next generation if we empowered the youth in the Tulsa community to fulfill their dreams,” said Jaci Pringle, the head outreach coordinator. “We want to challenge the youth and leaders in these communities to believe that they can follow their dreams, that they can see change.”

The outreach will consist of development workshops, food, games, music and dance performances, in order to bring ORU students and the Tulsa commu-

nity together.

The event has been held annually for the past 10 years, and Pringle and the missions team are happy to share the day with SA’s All-School Party just a few hours later.

“We love partnering with SA, and love their heart for wanting to serve the students,” said Pringle. “It’s an awesome event and we’re pumped for the AllSchool event this year.”

The party is Saturday, April 9 at 5 p.m. in the field behind Towers. The party will be equipped with food, for a picnic with a Partiestival feel.

Students can play bubble soccer, the men’s and women’s intramural champions will be crowned and the bands Space Pod for Two and Gibraltar will both perform live.

“The party is a revised spring picnic, transformed to be more open and get more people to attend,” said Tara Lau from the SA programs department. “Why not make it a big celebration and give the students another opportunity to hang out?”

Saga will be closed during the All-School Party, but students can exchange a Saga-swipe for a meal and a free T-Shirt.

“The All-School Party is a wonderful end-of-theyear celebration,” said Lau. “It’s gonna be a lot of fun hanging out with friends as kind of a last hurrah.”

University CIO to speak before United Nations

Photo by Wyatt Bullard

Graduate student Jesupelumi Wickliffe (left) and Mathews (right) demonstrate robot technology with the help of David Hairabeddian (ipad).

RACHEL ANDERSON Managing Editor

@RachelLee66 ORU Chief Information Officer Mike Mathews will act as speaker of the 16th Infopoverty World Conference on April 14. Mathews will speak at the UN Headquarters in New York on leveraging geonetics through geovision technology.

Executive director of the Infopoverty Institute Dr. John Steffens, reached out to Mathews after noticing the national attention ORU has received through it’s advances in education technology, specifically through the use of robots for long distance and handicapped students. John Baker, president and CEO of Brightspace (D2L) will speak in endorsement of ORU’s Geon-

etics/Geovision vision to reach into every person’s world.

“People on the other side of the world can’t afford a four-year degree, so one concept of geonetics is figuring out how to break down education into small bites of intelligence,” said Mathews.

Geonetics by ORU is a new field of study in which data, information and media from previous generations are compressed into smaller pieces of information which can be sent anywhere in the world electronically. It will coordinate, align and connect people through geospatial information (such as a GPS), and educational systems on a global scale, allowing them to attain an education under a digital certificate. A digital certificate places third in the hierarchy of education achievements, falling right under a technical 2-year degree.

Once all the research is collected, Mathews and his team will merge the digitized data onto their numerous Geovision technologies, which are already being used. These technologies

include student-operated robots, fit bits or wearables and mobile devices.

“In the world today, there is so much intelligence that could be passed on, but we’re just not doing it because it’s not being filtered the right way.”

Through the data assembled by Mathews and his researchers, ORU will be able to combine Geonetics and Geovision technology, allowing students from anywhere in the world to complete a whole person degree.

“Oral Roberts University has come up with Geovision technologies because we recognize the fact that around the world smart phone technology and digitization is taking place,” said Mathews. “Now we recognize not everyone’s capable today, but it’s trending upwards at an exponential rate, and there’s no reason we won’t see poverty abolished by year 2030, which is the agenda for the United Nations. What we’re working on may change the world. But does everybody believe it? I don’t know. I only know I do.”

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Presidential primaries get dirty in New York

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Cruz and Sanders won winner-take-all primaries in Wisconsin on Tuesday.

ALYSSA LACOURSE News Editor

@AlyssaLaCourse The 2016 presidential elections are becoming more serious with the playing field narrowed down to five candidates. The final day of primary voting is June 7 for the Republican Party and June 14 for the Democratic Party. The front-runners, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, only need 498 and 641

delegates respectively to win their party nominations.

Clinton is targeting Trump directly as the New York primaries draw closer.

Her campaign released an ad in New York on March 30 explaining why voters should elect her and not Trump.

“When some say we can solve America’s problems by building walls, banning people based on their religion and turning against each other,” Clin-

ton says in the ad, “well, this is New York. And we know better.”

Trump gave his thoughts on the ad during a campaign event in Wisconsin.

“It’s a New York City ad, talking about New York. Except for one problem -- she used a sign that’s on Pennsylvania Avenue [in Washington, D.C.],” Trump said.

Meanwhile Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders, the candidates with the second most delegates in their respective parties, are continuing their campaigns for an opportunity in the general election in November.

Cruz publicly defended his wife, Heidi Cruz, when an unflattering photo was retweeted by Trump after an anti-Trump group posted an ad featuring a G.Q. photo of Melania Trump.

“If Donald wants to get in a character fight, he’s better off sticking with me, because Heidi is way out of his league,” said Cruz, quoting the film “The American President.”

There was tension between the

Democratic front-runners as well when Clinton accused Sanders of lying about the profitability of her relationships with the oil and gas industries.

“Secretary Clinton, you owe us an apology. We were telling the truth,” said Sanders.

Sanders claimed Clinton received $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry, and almost 60 oil and gas lobbyists have helped fund her campaign.

“The truth is that Secretary Clinton has relied heavily on funds from lobbyists working for the oil, gas and coal industry,” said Sanders.

Clinton continues to claim these accusations are false and says she is sick of Sanders spreading lies about her during his campaign.

The mud-slinging battles defining this campaign have not slowed the momentum leading up to the party conventions in July. Voters have a short time to sort through the accusations between candidates and make a choice before the primaries come to an end.

Photo by Xavier Gonzalez

Graphic by Matthew Dean

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Brian Nhira stays alive

Fun Run moved

Speaker announced

Adam Levine chose Brian Nhira to advance to the live rounds on “The Voice” starting Monday, April 11. Nhira sang Bruno Mars’ “Grenade” against Nate Butler.

“I’ve had the opportunity to work with Miley Cyrus, Adam Levine and Pharrell,” said Nhira Monday night. “I’m just so excited.”

Miley Cyrus appeared as a guest coach and encouraged Nhira to go all out. Her advice paid off.

“Brian’s special,” said Levine. “He’s a wonderful singer and person. I can’t wait for Pharrell to cry because he gave me Brian.”

The annual Fun Run has been moved to Saturday, April 17 at 7 a.m.

Students can register starting Monday, April 11 until Friday, April 5 in the HPE department from 8:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Registration will also be available in the cafeteria Tuesday through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration costs $10 and the department prefers exact change and only takes cash.

Students will need to know their instuctor’s name, class name and section number to register.

Students will not be able to register on race day.

Canon Andrew White was announced as the 2016 commencement speaker.

“Canon White has a powerful testimony that will be an inspiration to our students as they leave ORU and go ‘to the uttermost bounds of the Earth,’” said President William M. Wilson.

White pastored one of the largest churches in Iraq and has worked as the president of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East.

“Our community looks forward to hearing his words of faith and wisdom,” said Wilson.

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Features

Graphic by Xavier Gonzalez and Jesse Paul Turner

The Study Abroad Program offers students travel opportunities year round, from studying overseas, to internships within the U.S. Current opportunities for the summer and fall semesters include traveling the journey of the Apostle Paul from Greece to Rome and a six-credit trip to Israel.

Earn credits abroad in the steps of Apostle Paul JENNY YOUNG

Contributing Writer

@jennytyoung Students with a penchant for travel can utilize a semester of their university career to create an indelible academic, personal and spiritual experience. The study abroad department can help arrange a semester abroad in more than 25 countries and 40 cities.

“Students get the opportunity to really come into their own, you really get closer to God because you’re away from influences that might distract you,” said Study Abroad Director Joann Allen.

Allen said 35 students will study overseas this summer, some earning up to 15 hours of transfer credit. The department offers programs during the fall and spring semesters as well.

Students can choose to journey through the footsteps of the Apostle Paul. This fall Edward Watson, Professor of Biblical Literature and Practical

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Theology, will take students on a trip from Athens to Rome.

“It will make all of these places that Paul wrote letters to come alive,” Watson said. “When you read the Bible you’ll be able to think about those places where Paul was, what he was dealing with, and what it was like. It will just change people’s lives; you’ll never read the Bible the same if you go.”

The trip takes students from Athens where Paul preached as recorded in Acts, to Corinth, Thessalonica and Philippi, eventually making their way to Rome, where Paul spent two years of his life in prison and wrote Romans.

The trip also ventures to the ancient city of Pompeii, the Vatican, the catacombs and the Coliseum of Rome.

Twenty students are going on an Israel travel-study trip led by professor of Theological and Historical Studies Eric Newburg, among the many others traveling this summer.

Newburg said he organizes the Israel trip every other year. Students can earn up to six transfer credits through a three-week study arranged by Jerusalem University College.

Students who go to Israel come away with first-hand knowledge of the Bible and the cultures of Israel. Among other sites, students see the Jordan River, Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea. Students often get to see more of the world than the specific country they are officially traveling to.

“Students come back and say it’s the best thing they ever did, because it’s easy to travel among the different countries, especially in Europe,” Allen said. “So it’s not like you just go to England and never leave England, you can leave on the weekends. Many of the programs are designed to run Monday through Thursday and they encourage you to travel.”

Finances can pose a challenge for students hoping to study abroad. Scholarships such as Whole Person don’t apply but most financial aid and government loans do apply to the programs.

The option to study elsewhere in America is also available for students.

“We don’t organize just study abroad, we send people to places here in the United States,” Allen said. “We have two people at the film institute in Los Angeles right now, and we send people to a program in Washington D.C., and for music majors we have a program in Nashville.”

For more information about the study abroad programs, visit Allen in the English and Modern Languages Department on GC 5, or email her at joallen@oru.edu.

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Top Left: McKayla Merrell, pictured third from the left, is two years old surrounded by 5-month-old children equal to her height and weight. The neglect she received in the orphanage resulted in stunted growth and weight gain in her early childhood. She is now involved in numerous activities at ORU including missions work and cheerleading. She will graduate this May with a degree in accounting.

DAISHA FOWLER Contributing Writer

@daishalfowler

Nepal 2014:

The rickety bus came to a complete stop. This was the moment the missionaries had been waiting for. They finally reached the orphanage in Nepal after months of fundraising. The doors opened to an energetic crowd of 20 or more jumping, enthusiastic kids.

With arms stretched wide, ready to tackle, the children yelled, “Brother!

Brother! Sister! Sister! We are so glad you are here!”

The kids had joy and hope, the opposite of what the missionaries pictured. Each missionary stepped off the bus and embraced the ecstatic kids with smiles, but one missionary had a different reaction.

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“I froze. I immediately started crying. When they all started to go inside I just stood there,” said senior McKayla Merrell.

The emotions came flooding back to her as she searched for a quiet place to be alone.

“All the feelings came back in that very moment, the feelings of abandonment, the feelings I had that I could barely remember as a baby,” she said.

Layers of callous protecting hidden pain were stripped away like an onion, bringing her back to the streets of Yiwu, China, where she was abandoned as a baby.

Yiwu China 1994:

It was early. The sun shone sharply across the horizon the morning Merrell was found on the street in front of an

office building. She was introduced to a small orphanage hours later. It would be her home for the next year. The Chinese government was left to estimate her age and gave her a birthday - Aug. 8, 1993.

“They estimated that I was about a year old. It was most likely based on my size. I was extremely small,” she said.

“The weird part is that I had all my teeth, which really makes me question my actual age.”

Orphanages in Yiwu are ultimately small condominiums. They are tight on space and caretakers are few. Some hold up to 15 orphans at a time.

“The orphanage was dark and barely had any windows. The floor was covered in dirt and pieces of food,” Merrell said, remembering the description she was given. “It definitely wasn’t a good

environment to be raising babies.”

The living environment was only one of many obstacles she would have to overcome.

The common treatment of orphans in these orphanages is brutal and sometimes abusive. Joy is non-existent here.

Instead, the orphans are silent, withdrawn and immobile. The existence of hope is shattered. They have no expectation of being comforted or saved.

“I had scars on my wrists and ankles from being tied down to a chair with a hole in the middle. They would tie me to this toilet-like chair wearing pants with a slit in them,” she said. “They left me there for hours. This made it easier for them instead of changing multiple diapers.”

Babies are given bottles without someone to administer the meal during

feeding time. Some children grab the bottles and eat lustfully, some are too weak or too young to hold the bottle by themselves.

“Being neglected in an orphanage like that made me very still and calm,” Merrell said. “When I knew that no one was going to come for me no matter how hard I cried, I kind of gave up on trying for attention.”

The time spent in this nightmare was enough to scar her for life and would affect her for years to come.

July 1995:

Merrell was adopted on July 27, 1995. Adopted was the action; rescued was the result.

“When my parents got me, I still ate out of a bottle and couldn’t walk or talk,” she said. “I was two years old and

weighed 13 pounds.”

The other babies in the orphanage at the time were estimated to be six months old. Merrell was the same size as they were. The family took her to her new home in Denver, Colorado, where she would start a new life. The clothes her new parents had purchased for their 2-year-old were all too big. Doll clothes were the next resort.

Merrell doubled her weight within five months and slowly began to develop, first limited to a crawl and then eventually walking. Human contact became less foreign. Normalcy began to set in as she built a relationship and trust with her parents. She remained smaller than other children her age, taking baths in the sink until she was 5 years old. She would not catch up to her peers until her early teen years.

Graphic by Jesse Paul Turner and Xavier Gonzalez Photos by Jeremy Luczak, Wyatt Bullard, courtesy photos

“I’m still small, of course, and I like it, but I hate when people ask me if I am lost or if they could help me find my mom,” Merrell said with a chuckle.

Oral Roberts University 2016:

Today, Merrell is a senior at Oral Roberts University. She excels in accounting and has been on the cheerleading team for three and a half years.

She became heavily involved in missions work. The first time she stepped off the bus in Nepal was the first time she had been at an orphanage since she was adopted.

“I was completely surprised with how strongly I felt about the orphans and wanting them to have a better life and know Jesus,” Merrell said. “That trip definitely assured me that I wanted to work with orphans in Asia. It

changed my life.”

Although the scars of abandonment are still present, Merrell plans to use them as evidence of God’s love and acceptance.

“I just have to remind myself that I am a child of God and that he never left me,” she said confidently. “I start to think about the moment my mother laid me on the ground and said her final goodbyes. I imagined Jesus being right there, picking me up and holding me through the night. This helped me believe the truth that I was no longer abandoned and I have become a daughter of Christ forever.”

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Sports

Emegano eligible for sixth year policy exception or the athlete’s legal guardian.

“To be granted a sixth year, one additional beyond the five that all Div. I athletes have, you have to have had two missed opportunities to use your eligibility,” said Collin Walker, assistant athletic director of compliance.

Emegano attended Western Illinois as a freshman from 2011-2012.

He transferred to ORU and sat out the 2012-2013 season due to NCAA transfer regulations. This is considered one missed opportunity, but is not considered a circumstance outside of the student’s control.

Emegano was given a medical redshirt during the 2013-2014 season due to the injury to his ACL early in the season. This is considered the second missed opportunity and a circumstance outside of the athlete’s control.

He was an active member of the men’s basketball team from 2014-2016.

JADYN WATSON-FISHER Editor-in-Chief

Photo by Nikolai Stophel

Obi Emegano was named to the Academic All-League team with a 3.34 GPA for his psychology (undergrad) and counseling (grad) majors.

@jwatsonfisher Redshirt senior guard Obi Emegano could potentially return to the men’s basketball program for a third season due to an ACL injury in 2013.

“I’m trying to figure things out,” said Emegano. “I am trying to get a sixth year, as well as looking at my opportunities to go play professional basketball, but I have not made a decision yet.”

According to NCAA bylaw 12.8.4, a student athlete may be granted a sixth year to complete the four seasons of collegiate eligibility due to circumstances beyond his or her control.

Potential circumstances include physical or mental incapacitation of the student athlete or a member of his or her immediate family, natural disasters, academic ineligibility and extreme financial distress on the student athlete

If Emegano’s waiver is granted, he will have the opportunity to obtain a sixth year as a student athlete in order to compete in a fourth year of collegiate competition.

“I want to get to the tournament, that’s what it comes down to,” Emegano said. “[I want to see us do] whatever we can do to make our team better, to give us the best chance to make the NCAA tournament.”

Emegano will likely enter the NBA Draft if his sixth year of eligibility is not granted.

“I’d love to play for the home team, Oklahoma City. That’s where I’m from, but it would be a blessing to play for anybody,” said Emegano.

Log on to oruoracle.com for continuing coverage on the Obi Emegano story.

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2016 MLB Season Outlook

RUSSELL DORSEY Sports Editor @AfroBroRD

Russell’s Picks AL East

AL Central

AL West

AL Wild Card 1

AL Wild Card 2

NL East

NL Central

NL West

NL Wild Card 1

NL Wild Card 2

Jordan and Russell’s Pick NL MVP Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks Goldschmidt can flat out hit. He hit .321 with 33 homers, 110 RBI and stole 21 bases. Goldschmidt will carry the Diamondbacks into the playoffs this season.

AL MVP Carlos Correa, Houston Astros Correa transformed the Astros lineup into an offensive juggernaut when they called him up last season.

His instant impact is reminiscent of A-Rod, Mike Trout and Ken Griffey Jr. when they were called up. Correa is one of the top-five shortstops in baseball in his second year in the big leagues and is a game changer with his bat and his glove. Correa will tie 1971 Cy Young winner Vida Blue as the youngest MVP in MLB history at the age of 21.

NL Cy Young Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals Scherzer is a model of consistency.

He has a nasty combination of pitches and regularly baffles hitters, throwing two no-hitters in 2015.

Scherzer will continue to have success regardless of how the Nationals play this season.

AL Cy Young Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox Sale is one of the best pitchers in baseball. His overpowering fastball and wipe out slider intimidate even the game’s best hitters. Sale’s been in the top-five of Cy Young voting each of the past four seasons. If the White Sox can score runs, Sale will easily win 18 or more games.

AL MVP Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera is always a threat to win the MVP award, even in his fourteenth season. Cabrera played in the fewest number of games since his rookie year, and he still managed to put up a .338 batting average with 18 home runs and 76 RBI. If Cabrera can stay healthy, he will accumulate the monster numbers Tigers fans are accustomed to.

NL Cy Young Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers Zack Greinke signed with NL West rival Arizona Diamondbacks, but it will not affect Kershaw’s success. He will win close to 20 games. He posted a 2.13 ERA with 16 wins and 7 losses in 33 starts in 2015. He had an amazing WHIP of 0.88 and struck out a career high 301 batters.

AL Cy Young David Price, Boston Red Sox Price is coming off of a season where he posted a 2.45 ERA and won 18 games for Detroit and Toronto. He also struck out 225 batters in 32 starts. The Red Sox invested a ton of money in Price and he is up for the challenge.

JORDAN JONES Staff Writer @jonesman14

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Golf prepping for Summit tournament JADYN WATSON-FISHER Editor-in-Chief

@jwatsonfisher The men’s and women’s golf teams are finishing regular season competition before heading to the Summit League Tournament later this month.

Women

The women’s golf team placed seventh at the Kansas City Shootout in Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday with a score of 942 (310-311-322).

University of Arkansas-Little Rock dominated the field, finishing first with 24 shots separating first and seventh place.

“We’ve been working hard this semester, and this last tournament pointed out what each one of us has to work on individually,” said senior Paola Aviles.

Senior Alejandra Acosta finished T16 overall, the highest of the Golden Eagles, but dropped four spots since the first two rounds on Monday.

“The conditions in Kansas City were tough,” said Acosta. “It was really windy which made it harder to shoot low scores, but overall we learned that the key in these kinds of conditions is to stay patient and in the moment.”

This was the final tournament before they travel to Nebraska City, Nebraska on Monday, April 18 for the Summit League Tournament. They are looking to clinch a conference win for the first time since 2012. “[Staying patient] is the key for conference,” Acosta said. “We have to be 100 percent focused each of the three rounds to get the win. I am excited and positive we will have a good result at conference.”

Men

The men’s golf team finished 13th at the Seattle U Redhawk Invitational in University Place, Washington with a score of 949 (324-316-309). They dropped three spots in the final round.

Washington dominated the tournament all three rounds with 79 shots

separating first and last.

Freshman Cody Burrows finished 9th, the highest of the ORU men for the sixth of the last eight tournaments.

Blake Brorman and Spencer Sheets both ended with a score of 241.

“For me, personally, this week was decent. Top 10 finishes are always a positive,” said Burrows. “However, I feel like I had a very good opportunity to finish a lot higher. I had the lead for a little while during the second round, so it’s a little disappointing having to settle for 9th place. Now I’ve got to refocus on our next event and get in form for the conference tournament here in a few weeks.”

The Golden Eagles compete in their final regular season tournament at the ORU Shootout at Forest Ridge Golf Club on Monday, April 11.

For coverage of the ORU Shootout at Forest Ridge Golf Club, log on to oruoracle.com.

ORU Sports Shorts

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Men’s tennis snaps skid

The men’s tennis team snapped a two-match losing streak defeating Oklahoma Baptist 5-2 on Tuesday. The Golden Eagles won five of seven singles matches and two of three doubles matches.

Freshman Barnabas Koncz won his 11th singles match of the season.

Junior Michael Sosnowski and his partner senior Braxton Bates claimed their eighth consecutive win. The Golden Eagles will travel to Denver for a set of matches before returning to play their final Summit League match on April 16.

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Potential rule: tattoo cover-up

The Board of Trustees will vote next week on a proposed rule requiring student athletes to cover all visible tattoos during competition.

President William M. Wilson and the ORU Athletics Department declined to comment until after the vote when asked about the proposed rule and the impact it could have on the athletics programs.

According to the university handbook ORU does not currently restrict tattoos or piercings.

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Alejandra Acosta finished in the top 20 at four tournaments this season.

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Baseball goes on the road

The ORU baseball team will continue their five-game road trip Friday as they take on Western Illinois. The Golden Eagles are coming off of a 15-8 loss to Wichita State and looking to get back into the win column.

First baseman Brent Williams and pitcher Josh McMinn earned Summit League Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of March 28 – April 3. Williams hit .562 with two homeruns, six runs scored and six RBI during the week, and McMinn pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out four hitters.

Scene Children’s play challenges the pursuit of love

Photo by Abby Friedman

David Anthony (Page) and Jenna Hochstedler (Princess Rose) interact with the audience through their quick wit and playful banter.

REJOICE NWADIUKO After months of preparing, the cast Staff Writer

is ready to share their hard work with the Tulsa community.

The story follows a prince in pursuit of his perfect princess. Princesses come from far and wide to try to win the prince’s heart, including Princess Nettle, played by Lauren Marie Wood.

@rejoiceck3 Finding the perfect woman can be a daunting task, but ORU’s rendition of the classic children’s play “Princess and the Pea” gives audiences an inside look at the heart of true relationships.

“The play teaches that you shouldn’t look for this perfect woman, but you should look for a woman that you love and has good character,” said Wood.

All of the costumes are created by ORU students, led by Jessie Cooper and director Dafne Basave.

“It has challenged me to create a work within our imagination and to see how far our imagination can go,” said Basave.

The characters in this play not only give off a fun and exciting vibe, but they also have meaning to the actors who portray them.

The prince, played by Timothy Conn, connected with his character’s method of finding love.

“The prince at one point says, ‘love makes any imperfection seem perfect, and that’s what makes the perfect princess.’ I feel the same way about my friends and family. Sometimes they do things that drive me crazy, but I love

them so much that they’re still perfect to me,” said Conn.

Perhaps the best meaning behind the characters’ pursuit of love is how they relate to the greatest love story of all.

“Metaphorically, I think the prince shows who God is to us...He is searching for us to love Him as much as we want love as well,” said Bassave. “This story in itself inspires me, because I think that in real life we are all in pursuit of love, we are born with a desire of finding true love.”

Audience members can expect a fun, family-friendly night filled with laughter and entertainment.

Performances start on April 7-8 at 7 p.m. and continue on April 9-10 at 2 p.m. General Admission is $10. Students pay $5. Cash only.

Tulsa to host Heartland Gaming Expo

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Event goers can test video games, talk with the game developers and enter tournaments.

VICTORIA ATTERBERRY Scene Editor @Tory2495

Outstanding talent, brilliant minds and exhilarating activities will all come together to make a memorable event at this year’s Heartland Gaming Expo being held on the University of Tulsa campus.

The family-friendly event began in 2013 and has grown exponentially, bringing in large crowds of peo-

ple from all over the country.

Students of all ages and amateur game developers will have a chance to show off their talents and enter teams in one of three game development categories: a game showcase, a gallery show and a 24-hour code jam. Each team will be judged on the originality and creativity of the creation.

“We’ve seen some pretty incredible talent, and we’ve had students who have been given job offers right at the expo,” said Roger Mailler, general chair for the Heartland Gaming Expo. “We have little kids that show up with their laptops and say ‘I want to be a game developer’ and the next year we see them there competing in the expo.”

The gaming expo is more than just work and competitions, and the focus is not solely on video games either. The event offers something for everyone.

“It’s not just coming in and nerding out on video games. It’s coming out and nerding out on anything you think might be fun,” said Mailler.

The expo boasts a plethora of events for all ages and interests, including food trucks, inflatable jump houses and obstacle courses, laser tag and card and board games. Visitors will also have the opportunity to win raffle prizes such as a gaming laptop, one of

two Xbox One bundles, and a PC Minecraft bundle.

Game tournaments will be held and prizes will be awarded to the winner of each tournament. Participants can test their skills in games like Super Smash Brothers Melee, Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat XL and Call of Duty Black Ops. Those who like to be right in the game can enjoy Dystopia Rising’s live action role playing game.

Obtain a mission and use select tools to survive “an irradiated wasteland.”

Gaming trucks will offer a wide variety of games to play and test for those who prefer not to partake in a tournament. Select guest speakers who know the trade will be speaking, and several tutorials will be offered to teach visitors the fundamentals of game development and coding. “[Because] we have a very wide audience, everyone walks away with something. Even if it’s just ‘I had a great time eating at the food trucks,’ they had a great time,” said Mailler.

The Heartland Gaming Expo will take place at The University of Tulsa’s Reynolds Center April 9-10.

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The Conversant Critic: Victoria’s Tea Room

Victoria’s Sensation is similar to a sampler plate. The dish is $12.95 and includes a chicken salad, a select quiche, bread, soup and fruit salad.

VICTORIA ATTERBERRY Scene Editor @Tory2495

Enter a world of elegance at Victoria’s Tea Room tucked away on 6827 S. Memorial Drive near the Woodland Hills Mall. The dainty restaurant is filled with pretty décor, crystal chandeliers and refined china. Both ladies and men will enjoy the Tiffany Blue color theme. Classical music plays softly in the background, creating a classy environment. The restaurant specifically tells customers this is not a fast food restaurant and the staff will take their time. Owner Sheila Daniels is proud of her tea room and strives for her establishment to be unique.

“This is kind of my ministry,” said Daniels, “something I felt like the Lord told me to do, so I did it.”

The atmosphere is peaceful and quiet. Servers are dressed in formal attire and very hospitable, while the host greets customers with a welcoming smile.

Try Victoria’s Sensation to get a sampler of what the menu has to offer. The dish is $12.95 and includes their famous chicken salad, a slice of quiche, a cup of soup, the day’s selected muffin or bread and fruit salad. Each day a different soup, muffin and quiche is freshly prepared.

The chicken salad is a simple mixture of chicken, grapes, carrots, celery and mayo. The salad is refreshing and sweet, and can be eaten on bread to make a tasty sandwich. The cheeseburger soup sounds like a questionable combination, but Victoria’s Tea Room created a successfully delicious blend. This well-seasoned soup includes hamburger meat mixed in a creamy, cheesy broth. Take one bite of this distinctive soup and experience the flavors of a traditional favorite with an eclectic twist. The soup is served in a 16 • THE ORACLE • Friday, April 8, 2016

The cheeseburger soup is a surprisingly delicious medley of savory beef and creamy broth.

small tea cup with two crackers on the side. Next on the plate is the tomato bacon quiche. The quiche is a fluffy combination of eggs, cheeses, bacon and tomato.

A traditional fruit salad makes an appearance on the plate with a succulent combination of fresh strawberries, grapes, kiwi and mango. Finish this delectable sampler with the carrot nut bread. Its a subtly sweet bread tasting of cinnamon with walnuts and carrots.

The flavors work well together and it is not overwhelmingly sweet.

A trip to Victoria’s Tea Room is not complete without an order of bubble tea. The bubble tea is a chilled, fun treat tasting more like a dessert than actual tea. It is served in a glass and toped with whipped

cream. Small “bubbles” pop in the mouth with every sip, and customers can choose from a variety of flavors including strawberry, peach and banana.

Victoria’s Tea Room offers many desserts like cupcakes and chocolate cake. The tea room even offers customers a free slice of lemon or chocolate bundt cake on their birthday. This dainty restaurant isn’t just for lunch; customers can also order wedding cakes and reserve private parties. Come in and try selections from the new breakfast menu as well.

Victoria’s Tea Room is a unique restaurant open to anyone ready to try exquisite food and have an upscale experience for a reasonable price.

Victoria’s Tea Room is elegantly decorated with classic tea sets and fine silver gracing each table.

The Bubble Tea is a bubbleicious treat and customers can mix flavors if desired.

Photos by Wyatt Bullard

Springing up style Ready, set, face RACHEL ANDERSON

KYRA VALDERAS

@RachelLee66

@kyra0324

Staff Writer

Executive Managing Editor

Victorian floral

Mixing patterns

This cotton romper modeled

by Victoria Henshaw alludes to a different era with its long sleeves and flowing fabric, accented with florals in pops of color.

Navy and white

Modeled by Sean Ostrander, men’s spring 2016 is all about pairing navy and white. Add a nuetral colored suit jacket and the look reaches a whole new nautical level.

Modeled by Charles Craighead, this look honors the “50s Grease era” with its leather bomber jacket and white t-shirt. To take the look up another notch, slick back the hair and watch heads turn.

Photos by Wyatt Bullard

This look modeled by Annkelly Cameron, is identified by its unusal collobaroration of patterns. The top showcases the recent plaid craze with a bottom fringe. Matched with a nude colored sequin skirt, these two patterns form an uncoventional ensemble.

Leather bomber

The biggest struggle in wearing makeup is how to keep it on all day long. That problem only becomes more severe in the summer time. I believe I have found the best foundations and tricks to keep a full face of makeup all day long. Whether you’re at amusement parks in the sun and heat, or indoors working, I have got something for you. Check out the video portion of these tips to learn more.

-Medium/Full Coverage for Oily Skin: L’Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation, Revlon ColorStay -Medium/Full Coverage for Dry Skin: Maybelline Fit Me or Betterskin, or Revlon ColorStay -Sheer/Medium Coverage for Combination Skin: L’Oreal TruMatch, or Milani 2 in 1 Foundation -Best Setting Powder: Coty Airspun Powder- Translucent *Tip: Set with a powder ONLY in the places that you are oily. Apply with a wet sponge to bulletproof the look.

-Setting Spray: Urban Decay All Nighter/Chill For those searching for less coverage, try using BB Cream, tinted moisturizer or cushion foundation (Loreal Tru-Match Lumi Cushion). Conceal trouble spots with a heavy duty concealer such as Tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof.

These tricks give my makeup an extra six hours of wear. I will wear this when I know I have a long day ahead of me.

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Muse

Lying and politics: Who’s lying to whom?

SYDNEY ILG Online Editor

@findingsydney It is hard to stay silent on the issue of politicians lying when it is such a prevalent, painful reality in the American political system. Many politicians lie, and then the citizens become angry. It feels like a never-ending cycle.

Twitter feeds and Facebook posts are frequently littered with cries of anger over gross exaggerations, misinformation and bold-faced lies. Ask anyone about the current presidential campaign. The request is usually met with a groan and an exasperated shrug.

Politicians aren’t doing anything wrong from a

legal standpoint by lying. Ethically? Quite a lot. But then, so are the citizens who listen to their lies and often believe them and encourage them.

When Walter Mondale ran for president against the incumbent Ronald Reagan in 1984, he used his party nomination speech to speak the truth.

“Let’s tell the truth,” Mondale said. “Mr. Reagan will raise your taxes, and so will I. He won’t tell you. I just did.”

Reagan refuted the claims and Mondale lost the race. In the end, taxes were raised by more than one percent to make up 18.2 percent of the GDP. The lying problem doesn’t rest solely with politicians. The problem is also with the people. If the people choose to believe a lie, if they prefer a lie, is there anything wrong with it? Politicians, at times, lie to do what they believe is in the best interest of the common good.

President Abraham Lincoln, famously nicknamed “honest Abe,” frequently used political maneuvers in order to pass the 13th Amendment. Lincoln ensured slaves would not be given civil rights upon liberation, despite his strong belief in them deserving such rights. Such an opinion in the North and South at the time was wildly unpopular, and Lincoln believed

in the liberation of slaves more than their civil rights.

So he pushed the bigger issue and suppressed his own desires for a greater good.

People today unanimously agree Lincoln did the right thing, even though in retrospect some historians say he used lies to do it.

It is essential to consider the voter before accusing every politician of lying, before blaming them for being unethical and selfish. Consider the individual and the unfortunate truth that people, as a human race, are selfish - not just the politicians.

A politician’s job is to serve the best interest of the people, but the best interest of the people often comes at a cost. People are often not willing to vote for reality. They want to vote for what makes them feel good for the moment. The people choose to believe the promise of a wall between the border of Mexico and America, or the promise of free healthcare for all because it is desirable, not because it is feasible. The wound created when politicians lie is a self-inflicted one, because the citizens helped sharpen the knife.

Relaxed versus natural hair: Stop the pressure

VICTORIA ATTERBERRY Scene Editor @Tory2495

African American women across the nation have been joining the movement being dubbed as the Natural Hair Movement. These women are dropping their permed dos for a natural look and undergoing processes like the Big Chop or Transitioning. In the midst of the process, these women have picked up the idea that all African American women should follow in their footsteps. Somehow, natural hair is the only correct option for African American 18 • THE ORACLE • Friday, April 8, 2016

women. That is not the case.

There are some serious misconceptions people have about relaxed hair.

First of all, not all relaxed hair is unhealthy. If women care for their chemically treated hair, it will thrive and grow. The typical damage that comes with processed hair can be kept at bay and these women can enjoy healthy hair, just like women with natural hair.

The “you should go natural” mantra is getting extremely old and the constant badgering from African American women with natural hair is discouraging. Natural hair wearers should stop going on this tangent to convince their relaxed friends to chop off their hair and embark on a natural hair journey.

African American women are not “denying their roots” or “failing to embrace their true selves” by deciding not to have natural hair. It’s a personal choice and it’s worked well for many.

People with black hair, know it’s

hard to manage. For some managing that hair is just too difficult and inconvenient so they decide to stay relaxed.

“Sometimes African Americans choose the relaxer because it’s easier maintenance on their coils, if their coils are thick,” said Myechia Love, owner of Level 7 salon.

Women with natural hair need to also understand some women simply like their hair relaxed. Natural hair just isn’t for everyone and women should be allowed to freely choose what style of hair they want.

“Everyone thinks natural hair is the best way to go. It’s not like I’m dying my hair crazy colors; I’m just making it straight,” said ORU business administration major, Gloria Nelson.

Nelson has had relaxed hair for years now and has never had problem with damaged hair. She has felt the pressure to go natural from her friends and she doesn’t believe that kind of pressure is

Gloria Nelson (left) wears a relaxed hairstyle and Jamia Matthews wears her hair naturally. The debate over which is healthier continues. fair or deserved.

African American women should be respected for deciding to stay relaxed just like natural hair gets respected.

Don’t jump into the petty practice of pressuring each other into going natural. There is nothing wrong with being relaxed.

Economy at risk with minimum wage increase

VICTORIA ATTERBERRY Scene Editor @Tory2495

In 2013, President Barack Obama gave a call to action to raise the minimum wage. States have been jumping on the bandwagon and signing bills to increase the minimum wage requirements ever since then.

The most recent states to comply are California and New York, whose governors each signed bills this past Monday to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by the year 2022. Many people were ecstatic for the new bill while others, especially small business owners, cringed at the apparently disastrous idea.

“I live in California and have a minimum wage job. I do not agree with raising the minimum wage. I think that raising minimum wage is just going to raise the prices of everything else and the cost of living in California is already extremely high,” said ORU freshman Jordan Miner.

On the surface, this new bill may seem like the best thing that could possibly happen to Californians and New Yorkers, but the results won’t be what people are expecting.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics evaluated Seattle’s minimum wage increase in 2015 and the results were less than stellar. Restaurant employment took a hit the same year Seattle increased its minimum wage. Over 1,300 jobs were lost. California and New York will be no different. Small businesses will also crumble under the weight of a mandated higher minimum wage.

“It’s gonna be hard,” said Pat Dimatos, owner of Ace Florist in Syosset, New York. “If you can’t pay the $15, then

you’ll have to let people go. It’s a good thing they’re doing it, but I don’t know how many people will stay in business.”

Dimatos only has six employees working at his small flower shop. He currently has no problems paying his employees, but he’s unsure of what the future might hold.

If businesses are forced to pay more than what they can afford, hours will be cut, full-time employees will be demoted to part time and workers will be let go. Hiring freezes will abound and the struggle to find a job will increase.

Another repercussion is higher prices for products. The United States Congressional Budget Office researched the effects of a minimum wage increase on employment and family income. The study found a higher minimum wage would result in a “scale effect.” This effect means the cost of the minimum wage increase is passed on to the consumer, increasing the cost for goods and raising the cost of living. People will start tightening up their wallets

and spending less on products, resulting in the company making fewer products and ultimately hiring fewer workers.

Understand that businesses are in a sense paying for a worker’s labor. With so many employees to compensate, an employer isn’t going to overpay for certain jobs. Serving burgers, checking out people at Wal-Mart or sweeping floors is simply not worth $15 an hour. These are jobs that require little to no skill.

The fact many adults are trying to support a family on just minimum wage is unfortunate, but raising the minimum wage won’t remedy the problem.

It also covers an even bigger problem: there are too many people trying to support a family on minimum wage alone. Maybe instead of pushing for a higher minimum wage, government officials should look into equipping people with the resources they need to obtain higher paying jobs. Leave the minimum wage jobs to the high school and college kids.

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Illustration by Jesse Paul Turner

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