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OU President Boren surprised students rallying for a gender-neutral housing policy Wednesday on the South Oval by attending the event MORE INSIDE and addressing Read more their concerns. about the rally Before his ap- for a genderpearance, “Safe neutral housing housing for all! option at OU. Gender-neutral PaGe 3 this fall!” and “We are Oklahoma!” were the rallying cries of dozens of students gathered in the South Oval’s Unity Garden. Rally organizers spoke to a crowd of more than 50 people about their desires for gender-neutral housing
and why it’s important to stand up for this issue in Oklahoma. Rally members had planned to march to Boren’s office in Evans Hall after the rally to deliver a gender-neutral housing proposal drafted by members of Students for a Democratic Society and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends. Boren appeared at the rally 15 minutes after the speakers began. “It is very important that we create an environment where every student riCardo patino/tHe daiLy feels comfortable and respected,” Sarah Garrett, anthropology senior, demands a date for President David Boren said. see rAlly paGe 2
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OU made several runs and had a chance, but Texas A&M held its ground in the end and sent the Sooners back to Norman with a 62-53 loss after only one Big 12 tournament game. The Sooners trailed by five at halftime but quickly cut the lead to two in the second half. Junior guard Steven Pledger hit a jumper to get things started after the break, and junior forward Romero Osby made one of two free throws. One play later, Pledger found Osby wide open under the bucket for the assist to make the score 29-27 in favor of A&M. From that point, the two teams traded buckets, with A&M clinging to a four-point lead. Eventually, OU tied things up for the first time since the first half. Junior guard Sam Grooms grabbed one of his five assists to set up junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald for a widesee HOOPS paGe 9
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Today around campus A discussion focused on women in Classical Greek and Modern Irish theater, part of the Puterbaugh Festival, will take place at 10 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. A film festival featuring Irish films, part of the Puterbaugh Festival, will take place from 12:45 to 4 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. A seminar about effective studying called “A Study Skills System,” presented by Sophia Morren from Student Life, will take place at 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. A free lecture about fair wages in the workplace regardless of gender called “Fighting for Fairness,” presented by Lilly Ledbetter, will be given from 7 to 8 p.m. in Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium. The Juggling Club will meet to teach others how to juggle at 8 p.m. in Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Room 140. An exhibit called “A Veritable Menagerie,” presented by the OU School of Art & Art History and the Visual Art Student Association, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery.
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Boren has reviewed the gender-neutral housing policies of other universities sent to him by Students for a Democratic Society members, he said. After members of the crowd asked him to announce his support immediately, Boren said he couldn’t be expected to decide that quickly. Boren promised to meet with the rally’s leaders to discuss their views on the issue but declined a Wednesday meeting, saying he didn’t know if his schedule was free. He also wanted to read the full proposal first, he said. “I take it very seriously,” Boren said. “I’ll understand it even more after reading about it.” Boren said the meeting with leaders will take place before spring graduation, but as of Wednesday, the OU Board of Regents will not be ready to address the proposal by their March 28 meeting. “I’ve been waiting for a long time for any other Big 12 school policy,” Boren said. Students responded by asking him to be the first. “You don’t jump out and be the first just for the sake of being first,” Boren said. “There may be very good reasons why other institutions have decided to not be first.” First, Boren will have to understand why other universities have turned down this policy, he said. “Do you want to be first in doing the wrong thing? Do you want to be first at putting the university financially at risk?” Boren said. “I’m not saying this would … but let some others do some experimenting, and then draw the best practices.” He said he has to take into account the views of students, faculty, staff, parents
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“I’m going to do what I think is right, I’m going to do what I think is fair and I’m going to do what would reflect my very strongly held personal views of respect for all people.”
WHAT’S NEXT Proposal After receiving the proposal Wednesday afternoon, OU President David Boren said he looked forward to reading it and considering it.
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Boren will choose whether to approve the proposal and whether to send it to the OU Board of Regents to finalize the decision. The regents will meet March 28-29 and May 10-11 in Norman. Source: Boren, OU Board of Regents
and taxpayers before making a decision. Boren will meet with OU Housing & Food administrators and university legal counsel to aid in his decisionmaking process, he said. “I’m going to do what I
think is right, I’m going to do what I think is fair and I’m going to do what would reflect my very strongly held personal views of respect for all people,” Boren said. After he spoke and addressed questions, the rallying members walked with him to Evans Hall. Boren said he could not stay at the rally longer; he had to attend a meeting. While marching to his office, several students spoke with Boren one-on-one about their personal experiences. While speaking to Robert Wild, international studies senior, Boren expressed his sympathy for GLBT students when they broach the subject
of their sexuality with their friends and families. “There’s a lot of courage that comes with that,” Boren said. “There’s a lot of pain that comes with that. It’s not easy to hide your true self from the world.” Boren made it clear he has not yet made his decision on the issue. Whichever decision he makes, he said he knows it will not be accepted by 100 percent of the public. Women’s and gender studies professor A.E. Davis was among the rally speakers. “It’s absolutely inconceivable to me that in the 21st century, a fine institution like see rally page 3
Students expressed dissatisfaction with the university’s lack of a gender-neutral housing policy during an oncampus rally Wednesday. Students for a Democratic Society member Sarah Garrett has been actively involved in the push for a policy change for three years, she said. During that three-year period, organization members consistently have heard that gender-neutral housing cannot happen in Oklahoma, Garrett said. “‘This is Oklahoma’ should mean that change can happen and this is a place where people stand up and make things happen,” Garrett said. If OU were to accept students’ gender-neutral proposal, OU would be the first university in the Big 12 to have such a policy, Garrett said. “It will prove that this is a leading school that makes changes and that we are prepared to lead on the front of social change and progress,” she said. Robert Wild, international studies senior, said he supports gender-neutral housing due to a series of negative experiences his freshman year. Wild said he didn’t feel safe in the dorms because people on his hall called him and his friends names, trying to intimidate and threaten them. The discourse eventually devolved to a point where one of Wild’s good friends had to change dorms and move into a private room for an added
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A group of student demonstrators marches past the clock tower Wednesday afternoon during a rally in support of gender-neutral housing.
“ ‘This is Oklahoma’ should mean that change can happen and this is a place where people stand up and make things happen.” Sarah Garrett, Students for a Democratic Society member
cost, he said. “Students should be able to be comfortable in the place they have to live,” Wild said. Michael Carango, history sophomore, said he believes policies should not be dictated by the closed-minded. “Everyone has the right to be safe and not be forced to live in a hostile environment,” Carango said.
Timeline History of gender-neutral housing proposal at OU Feb. 9, 2010 — OU President David Boren said he doesn’t see gender-neutral housing as an option because of conservative Oklahoma values. March 2, 2010 — OU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends and Students for a Democratic Society hosted a panel discussion of professors to advocate for gender-neutral housing policies. OU Housing and Food representatives attending the panel said the option was ultimately up to Boren and the OU Board of Regents. March 2, 2010 — Undergraduate Student Congress passed a resolution in support of genderneutral housing.
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Department officers broke up the protest after students tried to set up a bunk bed and sign.
March 21, 2011 — SDS attempted to interrupt a prospective student tour to educate visitors about the gender-neutral housing campaign and OU’s policies. The tour did not stop, but the group distributed fliers.
September 2011 — Housing Center Student Association officers heard gender-neutral housing proposals from SDS and GLBTF members and discussed options. The groups did not reach a consensus on the best course of action.
April 18, 2011 — The Gender Neutral Housing Coalition planned to sleep overnight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crossroads Lounge to protest housing policies. OU Police
Wednesday — GLBTF and Students for a Democratic Society organized a rally on the South Oval and delivered a proposal to Boren.
May 24, 2011 — OU added sexual orientation to its list of anti-discriminatory policies.
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the University of Oklahoma does not have a genderneutral housing policy,” Davis said. The gender-neutral housing proposal is not a policy that would apply to everyone; it is a policy of volunteers, Davis said. It is a policy of creating a place where people can feel safe to be themselves — with their own sexuality and gender presentation — and not face the same fear and hate they meet on an everyday basis, Davis said. “If we don’t make these changes in Oklahoma, where will they be made? The University of Oklahoma leads the social policies of the outside,” Davis said. Elizabeth Rucker, SDS member and Daily columnist, spoke afterward. She mentioned the names of many students who have committed suicide because of harassment due to their sexuality. After marching to Evans Hall and Boren’s departure, rally members gathered on the north side of the building to discuss the events. After a vote, rally members decided to meet and demand support from Boren before the March 28 Regents meeting. If he does not give his support, a sit-in likely will be organized as voted upon by the members, they said.
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Today around campus A discussion focused on women in Classical Greek and Modern Irish theater, part of the Puterbaugh Festival, will take place at 10 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. A film festival featuring Irish films, part of the Puterbaugh Festival, will take place from 12:45 to 4 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. A seminar about effective studying called “A Study Skills System,” presented by Sophia Morren from Student Life, will take place at 5 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Room 245. A free lecture about fair wages in the workplace regardless of gender called “Fighting for Fairness,” presented by Lilly Ledbetter, will be given from 7 to 8 p.m. in Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium. The Juggling Club will meet to teach others how to juggle at 8 p.m. in Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Room 140. An exhibit called “A Veritable Menagerie,” presented by the OU School of Art & Art History and the Visual Art Student Association, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery.
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Boren has reviewed the gender-neutral housing policies of other universities sent to him by Students for a Democratic Society members, he said. After members of the crowd asked him to announce his support immediately, Boren said he couldn’t be expected to decide that quickly. Boren promised to meet with the rally’s leaders to discuss their views on the issue but declined a Wednesday meeting, saying he didn’t know if his schedule was free. He also wanted to read the full proposal first, he said. “I take it very seriously,” Boren said. “I’ll understand it even more after reading about it.” Boren said the meeting with leaders will take place before spring graduation, but as of Wednesday, the OU Board of Regents will not be ready to address the proposal by their March 28 meeting. “I’ve been waiting for a long time for any other Big 12 school policy,” Boren said. Students responded by asking him to be the first. “You don’t jump out and be the first just for the sake of being first,” Boren said. “There may be very good reasons why other institutions have decided to not be first.” First, Boren will have to understand why other universities have turned down this policy, he said. “Do you want to be first in doing the wrong thing? Do you want to be first at putting the university financially at risk?” Boren said. “I’m not saying this would … but let some others do some experimenting, and then draw the best practices.” He said he has to take into account the views of students, faculty, staff, parents
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“I’m going to do what I think is right, I’m going to do what I think is fair and I’m going to do what would reflect my very strongly held personal views of respect for all people.”
WHAT’S NEXT Proposal After receiving the proposal Wednesday afternoon, OU President David Boren said he looked forward to reading it and considering it.
David Boren, university president
Boren will choose whether to approve the proposal and whether to send it to the OU Board of Regents to finalize the decision. The regents will meet March 28-29 and May 10-11 in Norman. Source: Boren, OU Board of Regents
and taxpayers before making a decision. Boren will meet with OU Housing & Food administrators and university legal counsel to aid in his decisionmaking process, he said. “I’m going to do what I
think is right, I’m going to do what I think is fair and I’m going to do what would reflect my very strongly held personal views of respect for all people,” Boren said. After he spoke and addressed questions, the rallying members walked with him to Evans Hall. Boren said he could not stay at the rally longer; he had to attend a meeting. While marching to his office, several students spoke with Boren one-on-one about their personal experiences. While speaking to Robert Wild, international studies senior, Boren expressed his sympathy for GLBT students when they broach the subject
of their sexuality with their friends and families. “There’s a lot of courage that comes with that,” Boren said. “There’s a lot of pain that comes with that. It’s not easy to hide your true self from the world.” Boren made it clear he has not yet made his decision on the issue. Whichever decision he makes, he said he knows it will not be accepted by 100 percent of the public. Women’s and gender studies professor A.E. Davis was among the rally speakers. “It’s absolutely inconceivable to me that in the 21st century, a fine institution like see rally page 3
Students expressed dissatisfaction with the university’s lack of a gender-neutral housing policy during an oncampus rally Wednesday. Students for a Democratic Society member Sarah Garrett has been actively involved in the push for a policy change for three years, she said. During that three-year period, organization members consistently have heard that gender-neutral housing cannot happen in Oklahoma, Garrett said. “‘This is Oklahoma’ should mean that change can happen and this is a place where people stand up and make things happen,” Garrett said. If OU were to accept students’ gender-neutral proposal, OU would be the first university in the Big 12 to have such a policy, Garrett said. “It will prove that this is a leading school that makes changes and that we are prepared to lead on the front of social change and progress,” she said. Robert Wild, international studies senior, said he supports gender-neutral housing due to a series of negative experiences his freshman year. Wild said he didn’t feel safe in the dorms because people on his hall called him and his friends names, trying to intimidate and threaten them. The discourse eventually devolved to a point where one of Wild’s good friends had to change dorms and move into a private room for an added
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A group of student demonstrators marches past the clock tower Wednesday afternoon during a rally in support of gender-neutral housing.
“ ‘This is Oklahoma’ should mean that change can happen and this is a place where people stand up and make things happen.” Sarah Garrett, Students for a Democratic Society member
cost, he said. “Students should be able to be comfortable in the place they have to live,” Wild said. Michael Carango, history sophomore, said he believes policies should not be dictated by the closed-minded. “Everyone has the right to be safe and not be forced to live in a hostile environment,” Carango said.
Timeline History of gender-neutral housing proposal at OU Feb. 9, 2010 — OU President David Boren said he doesn’t see gender-neutral housing as an option because of conservative Oklahoma values. March 2, 2010 — OU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends and Students for a Democratic Society hosted a panel discussion of professors to advocate for gender-neutral housing policies. OU Housing and Food representatives attending the panel said the option was ultimately up to Boren and the OU Board of Regents. March 2, 2010 — Undergraduate Student Congress passed a resolution in support of genderneutral housing.
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Department officers broke up the protest after students tried to set up a bunk bed and sign.
March 21, 2011 — SDS attempted to interrupt a prospective student tour to educate visitors about the gender-neutral housing campaign and OU’s policies. The tour did not stop, but the group distributed fliers.
September 2011 — Housing Center Student Association officers heard gender-neutral housing proposals from SDS and GLBTF members and discussed options. The groups did not reach a consensus on the best course of action.
April 18, 2011 — The Gender Neutral Housing Coalition planned to sleep overnight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crossroads Lounge to protest housing policies. OU Police
Wednesday — GLBTF and Students for a Democratic Society organized a rally on the South Oval and delivered a proposal to Boren.
May 24, 2011 — OU added sexual orientation to its list of anti-discriminatory policies.
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April 2010 — OU Housing and Food Services officials said residence halls would have coed floors for upperclassmen. In coed housing, men and women live in separate rooms and suites but in the same wings.
the University of Oklahoma does not have a genderneutral housing policy,” Davis said. The gender-neutral housing proposal is not a policy that would apply to everyone; it is a policy of volunteers, Davis said. It is a policy of creating a place where people can feel safe to be themselves — with their own sexuality and gender presentation — and not face the same fear and hate they meet on an everyday basis, Davis said. “If we don’t make these changes in Oklahoma, where will they be made? The University of Oklahoma leads the social policies of the outside,” Davis said. Elizabeth Rucker, SDS member and Daily columnist, spoke afterward. She mentioned the names of many students who have committed suicide because of harassment due to their sexuality. After marching to Evans Hall and Boren’s departure, rally members gathered on the north side of the building to discuss the events. After a vote, rally members decided to meet and demand support from Boren before the March 28 Regents meeting. If he does not give his support, a sit-in likely will be organized as voted upon by the members, they said.
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n light of Wednesday’s large editorials, we’ve devoted today’s editorial space to your words. You’ve heard a lot of what we have to say about this issue. Now, it’s time to share what you think. These comments about gender-neutral housing have been compiled from OUDaily.com, Facebook and Twitter. They represent a broad slice of the views expressed on Wednesday, but it’s not too late to join the discussion. Of course, we always encourage you to comment online or send a letter to the editor to dailyopinion@ou.edu. But we also want to remind you of a more direct approach. If you feel strongly about this issue — or any issue we cover in the future — you can share your thoughts at our daily editorial meetings. These public meeting take place at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in 160 Copeland Hall, or 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Your opinions matter, so whether through a letter to the editor or an appearance out our editorial meetings, we hope to hear from you soon. Here are some comments from those of you we’ve already heard from:
Financial concerns OUDaily.com: “If you want to create specific floors where gays and lesbians can live together, so be it, but if President Boren passes this, the University of Oklahoma will never get another dime of my money.” (bamasooner) OUDaily.com: “If you stop donating to OU simply because you don’t want homosexuals to have the option to live on the same floor, you are a bigot that is donating money to an educational institution for the wrong reasons. Donate for the academics. Someone’s personal life isn’t your business. Homosexuals should have access to the same education you think you were entitled to (as an alum).” (ohyou9033) OUDaily.com: “I am disgusted at all the negative responses to this! How are you harmed in ANY WAY by this legislation?? It gives everyone more freedom. If parents are concerned about their kids ‘shacking up,’ then quit paying for their things. If you’re not paying for their things, then mind your own business. I simply do not understand the bigotry and hatred toward this act when it does nothing whatsoever to any heterosexual, and in fact gives them freedoms as well.” (baconbits)
OUDaily.com: “When did ‘minority rules’ replace ‘majority rules’? why must a small sector of a much LARGER community be catered to? if one voluntarily enters an LARGE bureaucracy, then one must play by the rules or voluntarily leave the bureacracy if one finds his/her/it’s experience less than stellar or unsatisfactory. what’s next? catering to pet owners, purple people-eaters, right-handed caffiene addicts, wiccans, and left handed harry potter fans???” (kdbp1213) OUDaily.com: “Just because you didn’t see it does not mean it does not happen. Have you not heard about the students who have committed suicide after bullying by their homophobic roommates? It’s real. You just choose not to see it.” (melmo)
Moral questions OUDaily.com: “As an OU graduate and donor, I am shocked and appalled at this. What has happened to common decency in our society? Men live with men and women live with women until marriage, unless of course they want to “shack up” together, which I suspect that is what this is primairly about, only using the GLBT society at OU as an excuse.” (bamasooner) OUDaily.com: “This legislation is not a farfetched dangerous piece of legislation to pass. The only reason gender-neutral housing doesn’t exist currently is to keep parents with a safe mind while their children are away. Their kids are fornicating all the same.” (baconbits) OUDaily.com: The term “shacked up” instantly makes me think of love shack and how my generation is no different than the generations passed. Even if it was though, why should we hinder people from their choice to do just that? Why stand in the way of people’s personal decisions? (Bbates728)
Does this matter? Facebook: “This is a completely rational, practical, forward-thinking policy that addresses a need and would go a long way to promote justice and tolerance. Which is why it has absolutely no chance whatsoever.” (Stephen Martin)
OUDaily.com: “Wow, stop trying to shove this liberal BS down our throats. Realize if this happens, OU will loose A LOT of money from donors, as stated from the alum above.” (BoomerSooner25)
OUDaily.com: “Students worry about the cost of books, whether or not they will be able to find a job after they graduate, and who they are going out with on Saturday night. Everybody is concerned about the economy and the price of gasoline. No one really cares about this subject or any of the other extreme oddball rants found in the Daily.” (briareus)
GLBT rights Facebook: “Transgender individuals and other members of the GLBTQ community face discrimination every day and this provides an option for them, for us, to choose their living quarters and live comfortably without fear of hate and bullying. Trans men and women (that do in fact exist at our school mind you) are people who may be physically male or female but do not identify as such and may even identify as a third or fourth gender. These people deserve every right to a safe environment.” (Derek Wanker) OUDaily.com: “It is about respect. It’s not about shacking up. It’s about tolerance. It’s about the struggles GLBT face on our campus every single day.” (commentah)
we can even attend a University.” (trey08)
Twitter: “Newspapers should report news, not create it.” (jodaciousjody) OUDaily.com: “The editorial board describes taking a step that in no significant way inconveniences non-LGBT students, that may provide comfort for individuals who otherwise feel awkward, frightened, or marginalized. The number of students who feel as described above is ultimately irrelevant, as there is no jeopardy or cost to enacting the proposed gender-neutral housing option. The proposal represents solid, cost-effective policy to create an accepting atmosphere for Sooners for whom the current housing model may not be ideal.” (Scrob) OUDaily.com: “This is a tiny step, folks, and the vehemence with which some seem to protest is further evidence of why it is so necessary.” (K8ie)
OUDaily.com: “It’s not about intolerance. People ... grow a pair ... whether you’re gay, straight, bisexual, transsexual, I don’t care. Grow a pair, Twitter: “Syrian women and children being live by the rules. If you’re a guy, live with a guy for a year ... you’ll be fine. If you’re a girl, live with killed, super tuesday, gas prices, economic downfall fear.and thats what you put on the front a girl, you’ll be fine. Stop complaining and be happy for the fact that we live in a country where page? #oudaily” (Irfanistan)
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Students will hold Boren to his promise Editor’s Note: This letter to the editor was written on behalf of the entire Gender-Neutral Housing Coalition. On Wednesday, the Gender-Neutral Housing Coalition — made up of Students for a Democratic Society, Student Organizer’s Collective, Friends and Friends, Occupy Norman, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends — rallied between 75 and 100 students on the South Oval to support the implementation of a gender-neutral housing option in the residence halls. Student organizers, a professor and individual students loudly proclaimed that not only do students have the right to judge for themselves what housing situation is best for them, but this right is especially critical for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex students who face harassment, bullying and intolerance on a daily basis. Gender-neutral housing, as we have been arguing for three years, protects queer students while creating a community of people who understand there are far more interesting and beautiful ideas to order our lives around than gender. Over and over again, we have pointed to the more than 54 institutions that already have a gender-neutral housing policy, but we have recently realized something just as profound: many insti“As we have made tutions allow students of difsexes to room togethclear over the past ferent er, but there is no name for three years, gender- it. That’s just how it is — beneutral housing may cause gender-neutral housing is a radically simple idea be a small change that it’s a no-brainer. We deeply appreciate and simple idea, President David Boren’s afbut it is critical firmation when he visited to ensuring the the rally that OU is an institution that welcomes diversafety and well celebrates all people as being of our fellow sity, part of the Sooner family and students.” creates a safe environment for everyone. But we know these words will be swept away by Oklahoma wind if he does not honor his commitment to the student body. He promised Wednesday to read through our proposal and meet with us within a month or so. After we marched with our university president back to his office in Evans Hall, the Gender-Neutral Housing Coalition held a meeting on the North Oval to determine our course of action. We will hold Boren to his promise. We intend to set up a meeting with him before the next OU Board of Regents’ meeting, which is scheduled for March 28-29. We hope he will lend his support to the proposal by that date so we can move quickly to ensure this policy change can be ready for the incoming freshmen of 2013. Whatever comes out of this meeting, we expect an answer from Boren in support or opposition to the policy by April 2. He was not able to give us a date, so we’ve set one for him. Further, as our proposal states, we will urge him to form a committee that includes student organizers, university staff and administrators to oversee the implementation of gender-neutral housing. We emphasize “implementation” because we will not be satisfied by a committee with no power or ability to affect change. This coalition will not be co-opted into a warm, fuzzy example of superficial gestures toward student involvement. As we have made clear over the past three years, gender-neutral housing may be a small change and simple idea, but it is critical to ensuring the safety and well being of our fellow students. We affirm that this is our state and our university — and it is up to us to engage with our administration to further this initiative. If you support us, we invite you to join us at Students for a Democratic Society’s next meeting at 9 p.m. Sunday in Kaufman 132, GLBTF’s meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Wagner 180, or Friends and Friends’ meeting at 9 tonight in Kaufman 132.
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Chelsey Schuessler, communications senior, uses the computer after completing a session of video game testing Monday. Schuessler said she will complete more tests in the following weeks to help work out problems with the system.
game: Students to check for coding typos, errors Continued from page 1 analysts, according to Daily archives. Students signed up to play the game and check for coding typos and other obvious problems, play tester and communications senior Chelsey Schuessler said. “I’m the editor for the game,” she said, equating the experience to revising a paper. The play testing for the game is done in the OU K20 center on the research campus. In the 2-D game, students play in first-person mode as an intelligence analyst. “[The game is] almost like a board game where you’re trying to solve a mystery, but we tried to gear it more toward the intelligence agencies,” research team leader Norah Dunbar said. The game has come a long way since its conception,
AT A GLANCE Game timeline October: Researchers receive $10.7 million grant to create video game February: Game finished development and returned to the university Monday: Testers began playing game to find bugs August: Research will start to see if game prevents biases in decision-making Source: Norah Dunbar, team leader
researcher and graduate communication student Cindy Vincent said. “The design is looking cool versus the original design, which was pretty simplistic,” Vincent said. The first time any of the researchers played the game, it
was done with pen and paper, Dunbar said. “On pen and paper, you don’t get that natural intuition that you get maybe playing it on the computer,” Vincent said. Since October, when the team first received its funding, the game has had two developments, Dunbar said. First, researchers sent the game to the Morgridge Institute for Research in Wisconsin to be developed. Dunbar and her group of researchers also hired “like crazy,” including a production manager and an entire team of programmers and artists. In all, six people on campus are dedicated to the game, Dunbar said. On Feb. 3, the game was handed off to OU from the Morgridge Institute, which finished developing the whole game and one minigame within it. A little more than a week ago, Dunbar and
her team played the game’s first prototype. “It’s still pretty bare-bones,” Dunbar said. Despite the game being unfinished, Vincent said she still was able to find parallels between this game and games she has played in the past. “Growing up, it reminds me of games like ‘Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego?’ or spy games like that,” Vincent said. Now, the developers are working on fixing the kinks in the game and developing smaller parts, which Dunbar calls mini-games. During the summer, the team will run pilot tests on the game, and in August, the real experiment will begin when OU students become test subjects to see if the game is working and meeting its educational goals, Dunbar said. “It has to be fun, but it still has to teach people something,” Dunbar said.
discussion about abortion. The society’s membership consists of OU students, alumni and members of the Norman community, Hunter said. The name of the organization is taken from the original slavery abolitionists, Hunter said. Tuesday marked the 155th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision, which stated that slaves were not viewed as people in the eyes of the law. As members of the abolitionist group engaged students on campus, they wore shirts reading, “Remember Dred, Abolish Roe.” The society used the anniversary as an opportunity to educate students about current events in the state leg“This is not the first islature, director Russell time our country Hunter said. has decided a group “This is not the first time our country has decided a of human beings group of human beings are are not humans.” not humans,” he said. In addition to SB 1274, Russell Hunter, SB 1433 — other wise Abolitionist Society of Oklahoma director known as the personhood bill — has incited debate. On Feb. 15, the Senate passed the bill, 34-8. The bill, which declares a developing fetus is legally a person at the moment of conception, is awaiting House approval. The abolitionist society supports the legislation because it is in support of life, Katherine Hunter said. Hundreds rallied Feb. 27 on the north steps of the Capitol to voice their opposition to the personhood legislation. “It is an insult to the women of Oklahoma, and it’s pretty pompous for the men, particularly Republican legislators, to try to impose their values on others,” said Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, D-Tulsa. Sen. Jim Wilson, D-Tahlequah, also opposes the abortion bills under the legislature’s consideration. Wilson senses a majority of the legislators don’t care about abortion, and the issue is being used to incite political passions, he said. “For some reason, in Oklahoma, it feels real good to be able to intimidate a woman,” Wilson said. According to the 14th Amendment, women are entitled to privacy, and the personhood bill’s proposal is not a necessary medical procedure and, therefore, will not hold up in court if passed in the House, he said. “The people who are writing the bills to intimidate her could just as easily write a bill to encourage it if they thought it would get them elected,” Wilson said. “There is no sincerity about it.” However, Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, said he ran for public office because of his views against abortion. Treat said he has been against abortion since he was 10 years old and is in support of the personhood bill. “I do not even refer to it as a fetus — I refer to it as a human being from conception,” Treat said. “Every human being has value in my eyes, even in the womb.”
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“For any significant choice in our lives where we consider all the pros and cons, we have to consider so many things that it’s cognitively impossible to make a decision without using emotions.”
Riggs has breakthrough contrary to previous conventional thought ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Reporter
An OU professor is researching a new theory about the role emotions play in decision-making to dispel centuries of philosophical thinking. OU philosophy professor Wayne Riggs recently found work in social science and neuroscience that strongly suggests the way we reason involves emotions in a central and necessary way, he said. “For example, we’d never be able to make a practical decision about what to do if we didn’t have certain emotions attached to the possible outcomes,” Riggs said. This theory is a breakthrough in social science and neuroscience because scientists and philosophers always have thought if you wanted to think clearly, you would have to leave out your emotions, he said. Riggs expects to find that the previous ideas about decisionmaking now should be recognized as outdated, he said. “I don’t yet have a clear idea on what I think the replacement view should be or exactly how that’s going to affect how we evaluate things,” Riggs said. One way emotions play a role in our decision-making process is that as we’re considering all the different possibilities before making a decision, each possibility invokes a reaction or repulsion in us, he said. “For any significant choice in our lives where we consider all the pros and cons, we have to consider so many things that it’s cognitively impossible to make a decision without using emotions,” he said. Researching and understanding the decision-making process is important because it tells us
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Philosophy professor Wayne Riggs discusses man’s justification of existentialism during his epistemology class Thursday in George Lynn Cross Hall. Riggs is studying the role emotion plays in human decision-making and says emotion is a central and necessary part of making decisions.
about the nature of the mind, what kinds of creatures we are and how we operate, he said. It’s a deeply important practice because we evaluate things and judge others and ourselves on these evaluations, he said.
“I’m fascinated in trying to make sense of our practices — what we mean when we say things like ‘that’s irrational,’” Riggs said. Joseph McKinney, a first-year philosophy graduate student, studied the role of emotions in
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decision-making in Riggs’ semester-long seminar about epistemology and emotion in fall 2011. “I learned that there is a lot of work to be done in dispelling the notion that emotions and rationality ought to be divorced,” McKinney said in an email. “Such a view has been held (in subtle and not-so-subtle ways) for so long that it nearly escapes scrutiny.” In the seminar, students examined the assumption that emotions and reasoning should be separated and learned that emotions motivate decisions and make certain information prominent, he said. “Emotions seem to play a valuable role in how we interact with and come to know about the world around us,” he said. “I take it to be important that we respect the role of emotions in these processes, rather than disavowing or actively fighting against their contributions.” Benjamin Polansky, a philosophy graduate student who also attended Riggs’ seminar, said Riggs was one of the main reasons he came to OU. “He is a fine philosopher, ... an innovative, flexible master of criticism,” Polansky said in an email. “His criticism is illuminating. As your teacher, he will turn his light upon you every so often. When he does, it is absolutely to your benefit as a student [as a burgeoning writer and thinker].”
Sooners to remember March earthquake COCO COURTOIS Campus Reporter
The Japanese Student Association will host a Japanese culture night at 6:30 tonight in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Japan Night will feature modern and traditional dances, as well as a special tribute to remember the March 2011 earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear accidents. “This will be my last Japanese cultural night, so I want to try to do something unique,” coordinator Benson Wong said. The electrical engineering senior said he came up with a movie-theme night, a film-poster flier and a trailer to publicize the event. Wong learned a lot from working alongside Japanese people to help create these culture nights the last few years, he said. “Being around them changed me a little,” Wong said. “It brought me some self-discipline. I guess it’s also a personal giving back to the people of Japan.” Because OU only has six Japanese exchange students, the event coordinators got in touch with associations at Oklahoma State University and the University of Central Oklahoma to invite 40 Japanese exchange students to the event, Wong said. Also in attendance will be 23 Japanese students from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, who have been visiting OU for four weeks. “We became so close while preparing the Japan night, and they are already leaving Saturday,” Wong said. “I really want everyone to have a great memory they can take home with them.”
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AT A GLANCE Previous meetings of OU, Mizzou
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The buses rolled out for Kansas City, Mo., as the OU women’s basketball team headed to the Big 12 tournament, where it will play Missouri. The Sooners finished the regular season on a low note Sunday, dropping their final matchup to the Kansas Jayhawks. After the game, coach Sherri Coale wasn’t quite sure what to think. “We were as flat as can be,” Coale said. “We knew what was on the line — we knew what was at stake — and I can’t explain it. I wish I could.” What was at stake was a second-place finish behind Baylor in the Big 12 and a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. Instead, the loss left the Sooners tied with Texas A&M for the position. The two squads were so evenly matched that the decision came down to the fifth tiebreaker, a draw, which the Sooners won. Sunday’s loss and the final standings will be major motivators for the Sooners sophomore point guard Morgan Hook said. “The motivation is pretty high right now,” Hook said. “We were down after the Kansas game, but we ended up getting second in the league anyway. It’s all the motivation for everyone, second place in the Big 12. I think we got what we need.” Immediately following the tough loss to Kansas, Coale
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Junior guard Whitney Hand calls out defensive assignments to her teammates during Oklahoma’s Feb. 11 victory over the Missouri Tigers. The two teams will match up again tonight in the Big 12 tournament.
The Sooners and Tigers met twice this season, and OU swept the series. In the first matchup Jan. 28 in Columbus, Mo., the Sooners squeaked out a 62-59 victory. Mizzou senior forward Christine Flores had a game-high 24 points while pulling down 16 rebounds — also a game-high. On Feb. 11 in Norman, the contest again was a hard-fought battle and again was won by the Sooners, 64-60. The high-scorer again was a Tiger — that time senior forward BreAnna Brock with 20. OU junior guard Whitney Hand had 17 of her own to lead the Sooners to victory. Compiled by Kedric Kitchens
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP March 7-10 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. wasn’t sure what to do, but heading to the tournament, she believed that she and her team put in the work they needed to do and are ready. “It’s about focusing what we are and who we are,” Coale said. “We had a really good workout [Tuesday], just finetuning little things. You get to conference tournament
Missouri
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Sooners’ play against Kansas was a lack of intensity, the first thing that they went to work on before the team left for Kansas City, Coale said. “Effort is always a personal decision — it’s always a decision that a competitive athlete makes,” Coale said. “It was important for our guys to watch that Kansas game on
film because, for whatever reason, on Sunday afternoon, I was not able to convince them that we weren’t playing with great effort or intensity.” “They didn’t have to watch very much to figure out that it was exactly right.” When the team felt like they had seen enough, Coale made them watch more to
drive the point home. “They were embarrassed, they were humiliated and they want to change it,” Coale said. “That’s all you can do, and that’s all you should have to do.” Missouri beat Oklahoma State, 72-68, Wednesday night to earn the right to face the Sooners in the second round at 5 p.m. today. Not knowing the opponent until the night before the game could bring a certain amount of concern, but Hook said the unknown isn’t a worry. “We’ve played both of the teams before, and either way, it doesn’t really matter,” Hook said. “We know what to do in scout; just gotta play hard. That’s what it comes down to: giving all of our effort.” Coale had similar sentiments, noting that what’s important is what her squad is doing, not the opponent. “When you play every team in the league twice, you are so familiar with everyone,” Coale said. “We know tendencies, we know individual players — it doesn’t really matter. And in a way, I kinda like it because it helps us focus more on us. And when you get to this point in the season, you better be able to do what you do really well, regardless of what the other team does.” OU is led by sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg and junior guard Whitney Hand. Ellenberg leads the team in scoring with 15.6 points per game. Hand comes in at second with 13 points per game and leads the team with seven rebounds per game. SEE TOURNEY PAGE 9
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open jumper. A defensive rebound by Osby set up a fastbreak layup by Grooms to knot things up at 39 a piece. That was as close as OU came to a victory, though. Texas A&M promptly went on a 6-0 run to regain control, and the Sooners were unable to respond. OU had its chances and came within two points of the Aggies several times late in the game. However, the team simply gave up too many secondchance points to A&M. The game came down to the wire, just like the teams’ previous two games this season. However, someone had to take control, OU coach Lon Kruger said. “They’re good games, they just always seem to come down to that critical couple of possessions right there,” Kruger said. “It might be at the two-minute mark or at the four-minute mark; someone’s going to get a little bit of a cushion and play the rest of the game from there.” Going into Wednesday’s game, the teams had almost identical stat lines against each other. Both had won one contest a piece and were averaging 33 rebounds per game, but A&M had a slight edge of 1.5 points per game more than the Sooners. The teams stayed on par with each other in almost every category Wednesday, as well. However, A&M held a clear advantage in the hustle categories, and that is why the Aggies ultimately won. Oklahoma actually had a better field-goal percentage and one more assist. However, A&M had 10 more rebounds (36-26) and six more points in the paint (24-18) than OU. More telling, though, were the second-chance opportunities. A&M grabbed 13 offensive boards to OU’s five, translating to 17 second-
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OU junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald (4) battles for a rebound with Texas A&M forward David Loubeau and forward Daniel Alexander (right) during the first half of the Sooners’ first-round loss in the Big 12 tournament Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
chance points for the Aggies compared to OU’s eight. The major gut check for Oklahoma came with less than three minutes left in the game. However, down by only five, 52-47, Oklahoma went ice cold for two minutes. During that span, OU missed all three of its shots and a pair of free throws while putting A&M at the
line for an easy two and allowing them a wide open 3-ball. That was, essentially, the game. A&M had suddenly jumped out to a 10-point lead with under a minute remaining in the game. The Aggies made their free throws down the stretch and sent the Sooners home with a record one game under the .500 mark.
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With the season now over, OU now has nothing to look forward to but an offseason of preparation to get ready for next year. “Everyone would like to win more games,” Kruger said. “Everyone would like to win right away. Our coaches and players are no different, but they will keep working at it. I know they will keep making progress.”
Hook is the Sooners’ third-leading scorer, producing 11.1 points per game. The Lowell, Ark., native has struggled as of late, but Coale said the team plays better when Hook plays well and believes Hook will be able to bounce back and perform in postseason play. “I think, for Morgan, it’s focused aggression,” Coale said. “When she has an intentional push with the ball in her hand in transition, she is better, we are better. When she has her jaw set defensively, she is better, we are better. I just think it’s an aggression; it’s a confidence; it’s a decision; and I think she’ll be ready for it.” KEY OPPONENT Hook had no assists and six turnovers on Sunday, Christine Flores and Coale believes Hook Year: will be challenged by that Senior and rise above it. Position: When it comes to Forward Mizzou, the offense is Hometown: all about senior center San Antonio, Christine Flores. She avTexas erages 16.7 points and Season stats: 7.8 rebounds per game. Fourth in the conference with Senior forward BreAnna 16.7 points per game and Brock also averages 13.9 seventh with 7.8 boards. points and eight rebounds a game. By getting the No. 2 seed, the Sooners are lined up for a potential championship game with No. 1 Baylor. The Bears are the last undefeated team in the nation and have beat teams by an average of 27.7 points per game. The Sooners are no stranger to Baylor’s dominance, losing to the Bears twice this season by 31 and 27, respectively. Although they seem to be unstoppable, Coale said it can be done. “You have to shoot well — I don’t think there is any doubt about it,” Coale said. “Teams that have hung close to Baylor in a half have shot extremely well from the field. You talk about the (Brittney) Griner factor and all that; you can’t get to the rim. I don’t care what you do — she’s big enough to guard from the elbow extended and still take away layups. So, you have to shoot well from the perimeter. When you get [good looks], you have to make them.” Coale said the defense can’t stop every shot, but the key is to limit opponents’ second-chance opportunities. If the Sooners beat Missouri, they will play the winner of Texas A&M and Kansas at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
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OU’s baseball team completed the series sweep with a 5-4 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Wednesday afternoon at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
Greg Fewell, sports editor Kedric Kitchens, assistant sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Sooners to square off with Missouri Team looks to play strong in tourney after Kansas loss
AT A GLANCE Previous meetings of OU, Mizzou
KEDRIC KITCHENS
Assistant Sports Editor
The buses rolled out for Kansas City, Mo., as the OU women’s basketball team headed to the Big 12 tournament, where it will play Missouri. The Sooners finished the regular season on a low note Sunday, dropping their final matchup to the Kansas Jayhawks. After the game, coach Sherri Coale wasn’t quite sure what to think. “We were as flat as can be,” Coale said. “We knew what was on the line — we knew what was at stake — and I can’t explain it. I wish I could.” What was at stake was a second-place finish behind Baylor in the Big 12 and a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. Instead, the loss left the Sooners tied with Texas A&M for the position. The two squads were so evenly matched that the decision came down to the fifth tiebreaker, a draw, which the Sooners won. Sunday’s loss and the final standings will be major motivators for the Sooners sophomore point guard Morgan Hook said. “The motivation is pretty high right now,” Hook said. “We were down after the Kansas game, but we ended up getting second in the league anyway. It’s all the motivation for everyone, second place in the Big 12. I think we got what we need.” Immediately following the tough loss to Kansas, Coale
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Junior guard Whitney Hand calls out defensive assignments to her teammates during Oklahoma’s Feb. 11 victory over the Missouri Tigers. The two teams will match up again tonight in the Big 12 tournament.
The Sooners and Tigers met twice this season, and OU swept the series. In the first matchup Jan. 28 in Columbus, Mo., the Sooners squeaked out a 62-59 victory. Mizzou senior forward Christine Flores had a game-high 24 points while pulling down 16 rebounds — also a game-high. On Feb. 11 in Norman, the contest again was a hard-fought battle and again was won by the Sooners, 64-60. The high-scorer again was a Tiger — that time senior forward BreAnna Brock with 20. OU junior guard Whitney Hand had 17 of her own to lead the Sooners to victory. Compiled by Kedric Kitchens
Oklahoma State 68
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Game 2 — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP March 7-10 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo. wasn’t sure what to do, but heading to the tournament, she believed that she and her team put in the work they needed to do and are ready. “It’s about focusing what we are and who we are,” Coale said. “We had a really good workout [Tuesday], just finetuning little things. You get to conference tournament
Missouri
72
Visit OUDaily.com to see the complete tournament bracket play, and you gotta defend and you gotta rebound. You can’t have any slips, so we went back and polished a lot of little things defensively. And offensively, just talked about our purpose and what we’re trying to accomplish on every possession. I feel really good.” The big problem with the
Missouri
Game 5 — 5 p.m. today
2
Oklahoma
Sooners’ play against Kansas was a lack of intensity, the first thing that they went to work on before the team left for Kansas City, Coale said. “Effort is always a personal decision — it’s always a decision that a competitive athlete makes,” Coale said. “It was important for our guys to watch that Kansas game on
film because, for whatever reason, on Sunday afternoon, I was not able to convince them that we weren’t playing with great effort or intensity.” “They didn’t have to watch very much to figure out that it was exactly right.” When the team felt like they had seen enough, Coale made them watch more to
drive the point home. “They were embarrassed, they were humiliated and they want to change it,” Coale said. “That’s all you can do, and that’s all you should have to do.” Missouri beat Oklahoma State, 72-68, Wednesday night to earn the right to face the Sooners in the second round at 5 p.m. today. Not knowing the opponent until the night before the game could bring a certain amount of concern, but Hook said the unknown isn’t a worry. “We’ve played both of the teams before, and either way, it doesn’t really matter,” Hook said. “We know what to do in scout; just gotta play hard. That’s what it comes down to: giving all of our effort.” Coale had similar sentiments, noting that what’s important is what her squad is doing, not the opponent. “When you play every team in the league twice, you are so familiar with everyone,” Coale said. “We know tendencies, we know individual players — it doesn’t really matter. And in a way, I kinda like it because it helps us focus more on us. And when you get to this point in the season, you better be able to do what you do really well, regardless of what the other team does.” OU is led by sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg and junior guard Whitney Hand. Ellenberg leads the team in scoring with 15.6 points per game. Hand comes in at second with 13 points per game and leads the team with seven rebounds per game. SEE TOURNEY PAGE 9
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open jumper. A defensive rebound by Osby set up a fastbreak layup by Grooms to knot things up at 39 a piece. That was as close as OU came to a victory, though. Texas A&M promptly went on a 6-0 run to regain control, and the Sooners were unable to respond. OU had its chances and came within two points of the Aggies several times late in the game. However, the team simply gave up too many secondchance points to A&M. The game came down to the wire, just like the teams’ previous two games this season. However, someone had to take control, OU coach Lon Kruger said. “They’re good games, they just always seem to come down to that critical couple of possessions right there,” Kruger said. “It might be at the two-minute mark or at the four-minute mark; someone’s going to get a little bit of a cushion and play the rest of the game from there.” Going into Wednesday’s game, the teams had almost identical stat lines against each other. Both had won one contest a piece and were averaging 33 rebounds per game, but A&M had a slight edge of 1.5 points per game more than the Sooners. The teams stayed on par with each other in almost every category Wednesday, as well. However, A&M held a clear advantage in the hustle categories, and that is why the Aggies ultimately won. Oklahoma actually had a better field-goal percentage and one more assist. However, A&M had 10 more rebounds (36-26) and six more points in the paint (24-18) than OU. More telling, though, were the second-chance opportunities. A&M grabbed 13 offensive boards to OU’s five, translating to 17 second-
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OU junior forward Andrew Fitzgerald (4) battles for a rebound with Texas A&M forward David Loubeau and forward Daniel Alexander (right) during the first half of the Sooners’ first-round loss in the Big 12 tournament Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.
chance points for the Aggies compared to OU’s eight. The major gut check for Oklahoma came with less than three minutes left in the game. However, down by only five, 52-47, Oklahoma went ice cold for two minutes. During that span, OU missed all three of its shots and a pair of free throws while putting A&M at the
line for an easy two and allowing them a wide open 3-ball. That was, essentially, the game. A&M had suddenly jumped out to a 10-point lead with under a minute remaining in the game. The Aggies made their free throws down the stretch and sent the Sooners home with a record one game under the .500 mark.
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With the season now over, OU now has nothing to look forward to but an offseason of preparation to get ready for next year. “Everyone would like to win more games,” Kruger said. “Everyone would like to win right away. Our coaches and players are no different, but they will keep working at it. I know they will keep making progress.”
Hook is the Sooners’ third-leading scorer, producing 11.1 points per game. The Lowell, Ark., native has struggled as of late, but Coale said the team plays better when Hook plays well and believes Hook will be able to bounce back and perform in postseason play. “I think, for Morgan, it’s focused aggression,” Coale said. “When she has an intentional push with the ball in her hand in transition, she is better, we are better. When she has her jaw set defensively, she is better, we are better. I just think it’s an aggression; it’s a confidence; it’s a decision; and I think she’ll be ready for it.” KEY OPPONENT Hook had no assists and six turnovers on Sunday, Christine Flores and Coale believes Hook Year: will be challenged by that Senior and rise above it. Position: When it comes to Forward Mizzou, the offense is Hometown: all about senior center San Antonio, Christine Flores. She avTexas erages 16.7 points and Season stats: 7.8 rebounds per game. Fourth in the conference with Senior forward BreAnna 16.7 points per game and Brock also averages 13.9 seventh with 7.8 boards. points and eight rebounds a game. By getting the No. 2 seed, the Sooners are lined up for a potential championship game with No. 1 Baylor. The Bears are the last undefeated team in the nation and have beat teams by an average of 27.7 points per game. The Sooners are no stranger to Baylor’s dominance, losing to the Bears twice this season by 31 and 27, respectively. Although they seem to be unstoppable, Coale said it can be done. “You have to shoot well — I don’t think there is any doubt about it,” Coale said. “Teams that have hung close to Baylor in a half have shot extremely well from the field. You talk about the (Brittney) Griner factor and all that; you can’t get to the rim. I don’t care what you do — she’s big enough to guard from the elbow extended and still take away layups. So, you have to shoot well from the perimeter. When you get [good looks], you have to make them.” Coale said the defense can’t stop every shot, but the key is to limit opponents’ second-chance opportunities. If the Sooners beat Missouri, they will play the winner of Texas A&M and Kansas at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
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Students stage work of featured playwright Performance of Irish play — ‘By the Bog of Cats’ — to close literature festival Westlee Parsons Life & Arts Reporter
Irish fire, mystique and passion is set to light up the stage this weekend with the OU School of Drama’s production of “By the Bog of Cats.” This play will take the audience through an adaptation of the burning tragedy of “Medea” placed in contemporary Ireland. World Literature Today is showcasing “By the Bog of Cats” and its playwright, Marina Carr, at this year’s Puterbaugh Festival. The play, written in 1998, follows a day in the life of a traveler, the Irish term for gypsy, named Hester Swane. Do not be fooled — this is not a typical day-in-the-life story. It is the happiest, saddest and most tragic day in the characters’ lives neatly bottled in a flask of Irish comedic relief. Acting senior Anna Fearheiley, who plays Swane, said the audience sees her character as someone who is abandoned by everyone in her life in a single day. Drama senior Sam Boeck — who plays Swane’s love, Carthage Kilibride — described the play as a downhill slide into a dark set of circumstances. “The first act is all right, the second is somewhat depressing and then the third act is a boulder rolling down a hill,” Boeck said. This is a mild understatement because, metaphorically, the boulder crashes into a small town and bursts into flames. In other words, the play is not for the faint of heart, but it really ignites emotion in the audience. Fearheiley said one of the biggest challenges with the story line is how to get the audience to the end of the play. Like its Greek inspiration — Euripides’ “Medea” — the
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adaptation’s end is inevitable from the beginning. Fearheiley has never done an Irish play before, so the text was a new challenge, she said. “There was a lot of analysis of the language and symbolism that had to be done,” she said. Fearheiley described the language as beautiful and colorful but with difficult Irish terms that are important to convey correctly in the performance of the play. The set is simple, forcing the play to be driven by the actors, she said. The designers were particular in their use of color to help emphasize the language and symbolism of the play, Fearheiley said. She said that, while the adaptation is placed in contemporary times, the Irish setting has an older feel to it. Drama professor Susan Shaughnessy, who directs the production, said the set is supposed to be an abstract interpretation of the landscape, or, in this case, the bog mentioned in the play’s title. The stage and background are black, with a frosted white willow tree and blood spilled on the stage for certain events, Shaughnessy said. Given the Irish setting, a culture most in the cast are not intimately familiar with,
Above: Drama performance senior Anna Fearheiley (left) and drama performance senior Sam Boeck play estranged couple Hester Swane (Fearheiley) and Carthage Kilibride (Boeck) in “By the Bog of Cats” by Marina Carr, this year’s featured playwright at the Puterbaugh Festival. The play is a loose adaptation of Euripides’ Greek tragedy, “Medea,” set in contemporary Ireland. The show opens Saturday and runs through Wednesday in the Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall’s Lab Theatre.
a lot of research was done in order to successfully produce this play, she said. The dramaturg and assistant director, Kasey Sams, also researched the history of the play to make sure nothing was missed, Shaughnessy said. The actors began preparing for their roles in November, she said. They were provided with research packets that included the play’s historical information, translations of Irish words, bogs in Ireland and information on the original “Medea.” Playwright Marina Carr will be attending Saturday night’s performance, which concludes the Puterbaugh Festival. Shaughnessy said that, while the cast always strives to bring their best work to the stage, having Carr in the audience makes opening night more exciting.
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Left: Hester Swane, played by drama performance senior Anna Fearheiley, (right) and her daughter, Josie Kilbride, played by drama performance sophomore Jennifer Pearson, share an intimate moment during Monday’s rehearsal. “By the Bog of Cats” opens at 8 p.m. Saturday as the conclusion to the 2012 Puterbaugh Festival, hosted by OU’s World Literature Today.
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Performance Review
‘Dance Oklahoma’ show misses mark Left: Students perform “On the Rim,” a modern dance piece choreographed by OU dance professor Austin Hartel. “On the Rim” was the third piece of five performed in “Contemporary Dance Oklahoma,” the OU School of Dance’s second show of the semester.
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Below: Students perform “Indelible Grace: A Tribute to 9/11,” choreographed by OU dance professor Derrick Minter, during “Contemporary Dance Oklahoma” at the Fine Arts Center’s Rupel J. Jones Theatre. It was the second piece performed in the show and was a memorial to the attacks on America on Sept. 11. “Contemporary Dance Oklahoma” opened Wednesday and runs through Sunday. A selected piece from the show also will perform at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in a partnership with the museum’s new Disney-themed exhibit.
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he OU School of Dance opens its second show of the semester Wednesday with “Contemporary Dance Oklahoma,” a performance of five original pieces choreographed by dance professors Austin Hartel and Derrick Minter. As a whole, the recital was beautifully danced. The students of the modern dance department clearly are talented and hardworking. They executed the choreography with precision and attention to detail. This level of talent — a truly beautiful blank canvas — made the tired choreography placed upon them disappointing. There certainly were high points in the show, but they were few and far between. The biggest factor hindering the show was an overuse of props and set. The pieces were too high-concept, which was distracting and got in the way of the dancing itself. The first piece, “Forever In a Day” by Derrick Minter, was enjoyable. Choreographing to Bobby McFerrin is not an easy task, and Minter was generally successful. The dancers in the piece were precise and energetic. The set was simple and served the purpose of enhancing the choreography. It was generally very visually pleasing.
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Minter’s other piece, “Indelible Grace: A Tribute to 9/11,” was not the same. The high-concept scenery and all-too-familiar setting resulted in a melodramatic piece of performance art. But, as with most of the pieces, there was an exception — toward the end, an incredible number provided
a beautiful visual experience. Donned in white chiffon, the company executed an angelic and beautiful scene, which almost made up for the silliness of the rest of the piece. The third piece, “On the Rim” by Austin Hartel, was the most disappointing. The concept was tired and, frankly, boring. This was tragic since the moves were obviously physically tolling on the dancers, who were working hard to do their best with what they were given. The fourth piece, also choreographed by Hartel, was chilling and absolutely enchanting. “Bicuspid” features two dancers performing perfectly in-sync on a naked stage under a simple red-light queue. The music, the choreography, and two
female dancers were outstanding. I was at the edge of my seat begging for more. The fifth and final piece also was refreshing and enjoyable to watch. Hartel collaborated with the dancers to create a piece inspired by Disney Animation’s “Fantasia.” They innovatively used a backlight to create a light-hearted and magical dance experience. “Contemporary Dance Oklahoma” has its high points, as well as several low points. If you love dance and can persevere through the silly, this show will entertain you. If you don’t, however, I don’t suggest you attend this show. Mariah Webb is a University College freshman.
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CONGRATULATIONS ON A CLEAN SWEEP! OU Construction Science teams placed first in all categories at the 17th Region V Associated Schools of Construction/TEXO Student Competition and the sweep was a first for any university in the region and a first in the competition’s history.
Design Build Team Greg O’Bryan, Construction Science Lynnsee Turner, Construction Science Colton Roberts, Construction Science Holly North, Construction Science Beth Pearcy, Architecture Anna Price, Architecture Cole Hixon, Construction Science, Alternate Davis Lasiter, Construction Science, Alternate Tammy McCuen, Construction Science, Coach Anthony Cricchio, Architecture, Coach
International Design Build Team Jonathan Radebaugh, Construction Science Kevin Leach, Construction Science Bryce McCarthy, Architecture Adam LeCours, Construction Science, Alternate Joe Cullinan, Construction Science, Alternate Greg Davis, Construction Science, Alternate Paul Murphy, Construction Science, DIT Conor Shaw, Architecture Technology, DIT Orla Hayes, Architecture, DIT Ken Robson, Construction Science, Coach Lloyd Scott, Dublin Institute of Technology, Coach
Heavy Civil Team Rande Patterson, Construction Science Mike Senn, Construction Science Zach Henderson, Construction Science Adam Hinkle, Construction Science Dominique Harris, Construction Science Cody Wheeler, Construction Science Christina Backus, Construction Science, Alternate Adrian Sopher, Construction Science, Alternate Dominique Pittenger, Construction Science, Coach
Commercial Building Team Jared Bills, Construction Science Carlie Carpio, Construction Science Ryan Puckett, Construction Science Jeremy Nichols, Construction Science David Goldstein, Construction Science John Bledsoe, Construction Science Richard Ryan, Construction Science, Coach
Best Presenters Orla Hayes, First, Design Build Lynnsee Turner, Second, Design Build Rande Patterson, First, Heavy Civil Carlie Carpio, Second, Commercial Building
For more information about the Haskell & Irene Lemon Construction Science Division in the College of Architecture, go to cns.ou.edu