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Acting junior Riley Smith and musical theater sophomore Keith Gruber pose in their drag attire on March 12.

THE QUEENS’ SCENE

Two OU students come together to create annual pageant, giving others the opportunity to express creativity, identity

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n the basement of the OU Fine Arts Center, Riley Smith and Keith Gruber take a seat in front of a row of mirrors. Each pulls out a hefty bag filled with foundation, eyeshadow and lipstick. After 30 minutes, the two young men have disappeared, replaced by a pair of glamorous women with flowing hair and glittering smiles.

Drag queens Vanda Larose and Heather Pleasure have entered the building.

Slipping into character doesn’t take much effort for the men who take on these divas’ personas. Both Smith and Gruber have performed as drag queens for years.

Gruber, a musical theater sophomore, said he enjoyed dressing up as a fairy cheerleader for Halloween when he was young and started dabbling with costumes and makeup when he was 14. He became interested in drag not long after and created the persona of Heather Pleasure, a sultry persona who embodies Gruber’s more risqué side. Gruber said drag allowed him to express his creativity in a new and unique way.

“It was fascinating to me — the social acceptance of creativity that women get to explore with their everyday lives,” Gruber said. “Men don’t necessarily have such a wide variety of tools to express that creativity.”

Gruber eventually started performing in competitions at Oilcan Harry’s, a gay club in Austin, Texas.

Despite his youth and inexperience compared to fellow competitors, Gruber said, he won many of the competitions he took part in.

Inspired by these early successes, Gruber continued to do drag throughout high school and into college. At OU, Gruber met fellow queen and eventual boyfriend Smith.

Smith, an acting junior, started doing drag as a freshman in high school. According to Smith, being a young gay man in Gainesville, Georgia, led him to search for an outlet to express both his creativity and his sexuality. He became involved with theater in high school, where he found the ability to express himself through acting.

Smith’s involvement with theater also introduced him to drag

HEATH KUYKENDALL • @HEATHKUYKENDAL1 culture, and his curiosity drove him to try it himself. Drawing from his past theater roles and his acting personality, Smith created the stylish Vanda Larose.

Like Gruber, Smith enjoyed drag immensely and wanted to continue performing in college.

However, due to age restrictions at most clubs in the Oklahoma City and Norman area, Smith found there weren’t many outlets for young drag performers to shine.

With help from Gruber, Smith set out to change that, creating the annual Miss STI pageant.

Hosted by the OU Student Theater Initiative, an on-campus group which funds student-led theater projects, the pageant features OU students in drag competing against one another in musical and dance numbers.

All proceeds from the show benefit the Women’s Resource Center of Norman. According to its website, the center “believe(s) that women have the right to live in safety, to be treated with dignity, to make choices and to hope.”

The center offers shelter and other resources to women who have suffered abuse in the Norman area.

The money from Miss STI goes toward funding the center’s general operations budget.

“I cannot tell you how amazing it is to give the opportunity to young drag queens to get up and perform,” Smith said. “It’s amazing to look out and see the entire theater full of loving, accepting people. These people are so incredibly supportive.”

Both Smith and Gruber said they have been supported by friends and family over the years.

Fellow OU students have been especially supportive through growing attendance at Miss STI pageants for three years running.

But Smith and Gruber both said their parents are their biggest cheerleaders.

“It was really weird the first time I told my parents,” Smith said. “My dad is not like that at all, so that was a little weird. But my dad has come so far — he even watched an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race with me. Now he knows who Vanda Larose is, and he’s very supportive.”

Jerry Lessley, a petroleum engineering senior and the ally programming chair of the LGBTQ program advisory board at the OU Gender and Equality Center, said that, thanks to better representation through shows like RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag has moved further into the mainstream. Lessley said that this has led to increased interest and acceptance of the LGBTQ community.

“Drag is not only about expressing creativity,” Lessley said. “It’s also a way for people to express who they are. I think that’s why drag is a vital part of LGBTQ history and culture.”

Lessley said that the university and the Gender and Equality Center want to further this important piece of LGBTQ culture. On April 26, the Union Programming Board will team up with the center to host the first “Crimson and Queens” drag show, featuring student performers and professional queens from the local group Norman Pride. The Union Programming Board will also moderate a discussion over the importance of drag to the growth of the gay rights movement.

Audience members will have the chance to ask both the professional queens and the student performers how drag has affected them.

Seeing other students interested in drag events continues to inspire Smith and Gruber. They both said they are excited for “Crimson and Queens” and hope it will educate the OU community and promote acceptance of drag on campus.

To Smith and Gruber, drag is not just an expression of who they are — it is a unique art form independent of theater, one which they hope to remain a part of for a long time to come.

“If someone were to ask me to define drag, I would say it is a tool to express creativity,” Gruber said.

“I love to craft a piece or a number and make a story arc that is unique. It allows me and others to incorporate so many aspects of what we love.”

Heath Kuykendall

kuykendallheath@ou.edu

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Musical theater sophomore Keith Gruber, in drag as Heather Pleasure, gazes off into the distance March 12.

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Acting junior Riley Smith, in drag as Vanda Larose, strikes a pose March 12.

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• April 2-4, 2018

NEWS

Emma Keith, news managing editor dailynews@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com • Twitter: @OUDaily

The Community After School Program building April 1. CASP will provide resources for students on Monday, April 2 during the teacher walkout.

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Community unites for walkout Norman to provide free childcare, meals for families KATE PERKINS @Kate_perkins6

Norman organizations are pooling their resources together to provide childcare and meals for children and families affected by school cancellations due to teacher walkouts.

With the anticipation o f t h e No r ma n t e a c h e r walkouts on the week of April 2, many families are left without childcare options and access to meals.

United Way of Norman, Community After School Program, also known as CASP, Cleveland County Y M C A , No r ma n Pu b l i c Schools and other organ i z a t i o n s a r e p a r t n e ring to provide free and

discounted daycare options and resources to the affected families.

Norman Public School teachers are walking out to protest their lack of a pay raise since 2007. On March 26, the Oklahoma Senate passed tax increases to fund about $450 million for teacher raises and other spending. However, teachers are still going forward with a walkout.

Although Norman public schools have only canceled school on Monday, CASP and other Norman communities have arranged childcare and meal options for the entire week, said Leslie Christopher, the marketing coordinator for the Cleveland County YMCA. “We are just preparing for whatever possibility happens — at this point the only thing we know for sure right now is that

school is out on Monday, and from there we’re going to wait and just be ready,” Christopher said.

C A S P, U n i t e d Wa y o f Norman and Cleveland County YMCA are all partnering to provide childc a re a t s i x e l e m e n t a r y s chools. Thes e s chools are Adams, Eisenhower, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison and Reagan elementar y schools, Christopher said.

T h e c a re p rov i d e d i s free of charge for the first week to all Norman Public School students from kindergarten to eighth grade, said Brenda Birdsong, C ASP dire ctor of Child Services. However, there is a recommended $3 per day per child to cover costs of snacks and supplies.

The care will be offered from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, assuming the walkouts will continue all week, Birdsong said.

Norman Public Schools will provide breakfast and lunch for any student up to the age of 18, Birdsong said.

There is a full list of schools providing this service on the United Way of Norman website, as well as all other information about childcare services.

The elementary schools will provide breakfast from 7:30–8:30 a.m, and middle and high school sites will provide breakfast from 8–9 a.m. All of the sites will provide lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, according to the website.

Unite d Way has be en ensuring that the Norman community is up to date on all of the resources available during the walkout and communicating with the public on behalf of CASP and the YMCA, said Daren Wilson, president of United Way of Norman.

T h e s e a g e n c i e s h av e

required a lot of volunteers and staffing to accommodate all of the students. As of Friday afternoon, the partnership had 278 volunteers to fully staff the six locations for the week, Chr istopher said. They have closed their volunteer registration. However, if the walkout continues into next week, they will ask for more volunteers.

“A variety of individuals ... are offering support and volunteerhood to watch kiddos next week, so it’s been kind of inspiring to see the people who have stepped up,” Birdsong said.

Vo l u n t e e r s f r o m t h e community have ranged from retired teachers to local church members, members of the OU community and individuals who are supportive of teachers, Birdsong said.

“I have to say that we’re really grateful for OU

s t u d e n t s w h o h av e r e sponded to the call because I know that many of the volunteers have come from the university,” Christopher said.

Other organizations that will offer childcare and support include different recreation centers across Norman, including Journey Church, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History and Paradigm Church.

“We live in a great community — this is something that is unexpected, but to see a community pool their resources together ... so that when an event or a crisis like this happens, we’re prepared to serve our community in a really positive way,” Wilson said.

Kate Perkins

mperkins5@ou.edu

OU Native Americans show cultural pride Dancing, singing begins celebration month SIERRA RAINS @sierrarains

Fo r L a n c e Ha rd e n , a Native American student at OU, one of the best parts of the semester just began.

On March 30, members of the indigenous community came together to sing, dance and celebrate their culture as a start to Native American Heritage Month.

Harden, who danced in the celebration, said participating in these festivities makes him feel alive and at home.

“There’s a feeling you get, and with the drum it sounds like a heartbeat, and it reminds you of when you were in the womb as a baby and when you hear it’s like being birthed again — it’s about living,” Harden said. “This is something that makes Norman seem more like home when I get to dance and dress like this.”

Harden and other members of Sigma Nu Alpha G a m m a , a n O U Na t i v e American fraternity, performed several dances and songs, each with a different

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Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma members lead a tribal dance on the South Oval on March 30.

meaning.

Harden said it is unique to b e ab l e to c e l eb rate Native American culture because indigenous people have not always been able to openly celebrate.

“To celebrate it is just to celebrate that we’re even able to live like we should be,” Harden said.

Megan Holt, OU arts and sciences senior and dancer in the celebration, said the celebration is an important reminder of the indigenous community that exists across Oklahoma. “ I t h i n k i t ’s re c o g n i tion that my people are here,” Holt said. “In many of my classes I’m the first

Native American anyone has ever met, and for me that is shocking because I’ve grown up here in Oklahoma — I was born in Lawton, and the Comanche tribe is stationed in that town.”

The keynote speaker at the celebration echoed this sentiment and encouraged

students to become conscious of their heritage.

“My message to you as students is that you know your cultural story — where did you come from?” the speaker said.

This is just one of the first celebrations this coming month, Harden said.

Many other activities and

events celebrating Native Amer ican her itage w ill occur throughout the month of April.

“It’s to remind people around here that w e’re here, we’re alive, and we’re strong,” Harden said.

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April 2-4, 2018 •

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Professor cultures excellence Zhou’s work in microbial ecology advances field JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr

Jizhong Zhou’s office is crowded. More than 25 desks populate the floor for the Institute for Environmental Genomics, with multiple other people in the labs working on projects. However, only about five people are part of the institute’s staff — the rest are there for the opportunity to work with a world-renowned scientist.

“Dr. Zhou is internationally known, and people come here specifically for him that would never come to OU,” said Lindsay Rice, managerial associate of the Institute for Environmental Genomics.

“We get that recognition and expertise just for his name because he’s so well-known in the field.”

Zhou, who is the director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics, as well as a George Lynn Cross research professor and a presidential professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, is one of the highest-paid OU employees, with a salary of $400,000, according to Oklahoma Watch. On March 1, Zhou was elected a fellow of the Ecological Society of America, which is the nation’s largest community of professional ecologists, for his advancements in environmental genomics and microbial ecology.

Fellows are elected based on their overall contributions to the field, not specific projects or studies, and for 40 years Zhou has been working in ecology — more specifically, in microbial ecology, which is the study of microorganisms and their relationships.

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Managerial associate Lindsay Rice, research scientist Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou and Joy Van Nostrand at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center on March 29.

“It’s a good recognition for our work here,” Zhou said.

“We (place) more focus on microbial ecology. Generally, you see more focus on macroecology, like plants and animals. They started recently a few years (ago) to put more effort in (microbial ecology), so we are more involved in the society.”

Over the past 40 years, Zhou has also received other awards for his work, such as the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, which he was awarded in 2014 from the secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. According to an OU press release, this is the highest scientific award given out by the department.

“We have pioneered in several areas in microbial ecology,” Zhou said. “We developed ecology theory to understand microbial

ecosystems, like relationships between diversity and functions in microbial systems.

Secondly, we did work on climate change. ... We are one of the few groups in the world to study how microbial communities respond to climate change.”

Postdoctoral researcher Lauren Hale has been working with Zhou for about three years, mostly related to microbial functioning — how microorganisms function to perform processes that allow for life on Earth. According to Hale, Zhou’s biggest specific contribution to the field is GeoChip, which is a “functional gene micro-ray” that allows for quick analysis of what microbial genes are in different soils.

“That’s a really beneficial tool that completely sped up the ability to process and

understand that type of information,” Hale said. “Beyond that, he’s really promoted the use of that tool and the implications of the data we’ve gotten using those tools on many different projects.”

Recently, GeoChip has also led to discoveries in how microbial functions are affected by climate change. Hale is working on a project under Zhou that looks at microbial organisms in Alaska — specifically, whether they will release previously inaccessible frozen carbon into the atmosphere as a result of increasing temperatures.

“We are (using) a lot of our tools in this group to look at the microbial organisms in these environments and how they’re shifting in changing climate conditions,” Hale said. “That’s seen some really high-impact journals.”

Because of Zhou’s prominence in his field, Zhou yearly has about 25 to 30 visiting researchers, sponsored by the China Scholarship Council, to study and do research under him, Rice said.

Before coming to OU, Zhou got his initial experience in ecology in China. He received his bachelor’s degree in plant pathology and entomology in 1981 at Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, China. He then went on to earn his master’s in mathematical ecology there as well in 1984. In 1988, he was a doctoral candidate in systems ecology at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

In 1990, he moved to the U.S., obtaining a doctoral degree in molecular biology

in 1993 at Washington State University. Zhou also obtained two postdoctoral degrees in microbial ecology at Michigan State and at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in 1995 and 1997, respectively.

After all of this education, Zhou and his team from Oak Ridge were brought to OU in 2005.

“Twelve years ago, OU had a big initiative called the Life Sciences Initiative,” Zhou said. “The staff at the university had a lot of funding to try and hire the best person in the field. I was the first person (they hired) in the field.

They moved the entire group (from Oak Ridge) here. Then we established the Institute for Environmental Genomics ... OU gave me like $3 million to set up.”

OU vice president for research Kelvin Droegemeier was part of the process that helped bring Zhou to OU. “We ... transplanted the entire group of people here because he is so excellent in environmental genomics,” Droegemeier said. “That was an area we wanted to grow and expand in the life sciences arena. He’s a really outstanding scholar and researcher in that arena, that’s essentially why we brought him here.”

With all of his work, degrees, students and awards over the past 40 years, Zhou said he feels the impact he leaves will help to further advance ecology as a field.

“We (work) every day on very unique technologies that nobody has in the world,” Zhou said. “This technology also contributes to society and the economy ... it’s not a big (contribution), but it does have some impact. We’ve had more impact really on the sciences ... we’ve moved the field forward.”

Jordan Miller

jordan.r.miller-1@ou.edu

Eve of Nations celebrates multiculturalism 48th annual event strives to promote unity on campus SCOTT KIRKER @KirkerSc

A campus organization representing international students will host a broad multicultural event next week.

The International Advisory Committee will hold the 48th annual Eve of Nations at the Lloyd Noble Center on the evening of April 6, according to its Facebook event.

Rober t Bob O kello, current president of the International Advis or y Committee, said the event is an avenue for many different international student

organizations to share their culture through food, fashi o n a n d p e r f o r ma n c e s.

Okello said Eve of Nations is the biggest international cultural event in the state of Oklahoma.

Okello said that the event will open for entry starting at 6 p.m. For those who purchase dinner with their ticket, Okello said dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m., and the show will begin at 7:15 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online or from International Advisory Committee representatives that will be at the Oklahoma Memorial Union throughout the week leading up to Eve of Nations, Okello said, and tickets may be available at the door if the event has not sold out. “ ( We w a nt t o ) c re at e

more awareness and celebration around the diverse cultures that are around in the international student community here at our university,” Okello said.

The event will also strive to share a message of unity, Okello said.

“It’s really based on the firm belief that now, more than ever, our world needs global citizens with a deeper international and intercultural understanding,” Okello said. “This year’s Eve of Nations is really engulfed in the conviction that celebration of our different traditions and cultures does create this kind of understanding.”

Scott Kirker

scott.t.kirker-1@ou.edu

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Students from the Colombian Student Association perform in the Eve of Nations event April 4, 2014, at the Lloyd Noble Center.

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NEWS

• April 2-4, 2018

SGA leader has faith in future Yaseen Shurbaji shows optimism about Gallogly

EMMA KEITH @shakeitha_97

O U ’s S t u d e n t Government Association president responded Saturday night to the a p p o i n t m e n t o f Ja m e s G a l l o g l y a s O U ’s 1 4 t h president.

SGA President Yaseen Shurbaji released a letter March 31 via Twitter expressing confidence in Gallogly’s ability to lead and listen. Gallogly, a former oil executive and OU donor, was appointed president effective July 1 by the Board of Regents on March 26.

In his letter, Shurbaji addressed doubts about Gallogly’s lack of experience in higher education, saying Gallogly’s corporat e e x p e r i e n c e m e a n s he is equipped to tackle OU’s financial situation.

Shurbaji also said Gallogly’s

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Industrial and systems engineering sophomore Yaseen Shurbaji is sworn in by law student and Superior Court Chief Justice Connor Bourland on Feb. 2.

significant donations to OU simply express his love for the university. “Regarding his donation, it is important to remember that behind every

title or pocketbook is a person, and one’s character is more important than any title or donation,�

Shurbaji wrote. “Presidentdesignate Gallogly is a man

of integrity, who genuinely loves OU. Supporting the university is not a sell-out; it is an expression of love.�

Shurbaji emphasize d Gallogly’s “willingness to

listen to the community,� work with students and ask for support in any areas of weakness, saying the president-designate is “financially savvy, intentional,

and believes in creating a level playing field.�

Shurbaji also said in the letter that he and SGA Vice President Hannah Hardin will make a point to meet with other student leaders on campus and relay their thoughts and concerns to Gallogly in a student agenda. He said the SGA will help hold the president-designate to a high standard as well as help him understand the campus and its students. “While I am optimistic, that optimism should not be mistaken for passivity or complacenc y,�

Shurbaji wrote. “Rest assured, the SGA leadership has been closely following your concerns, and we hear you. If we expect greatness for our university, we must demand greatness from its leaders. We will hold President-designate Gallogly accountable.�

Emma Keith

emmakeith97@ou.edu

Gallogly’s past includes political donations Republican campaigns among recipients KATE PERKINS @Kate_perkins6

OU President-designate James Gallogly has donated to several political campaigns, including those of Republicans Mitt Romney, George W. Bush and John Boehner.

According to the D onor L ookup page on

OpenSecrets.org, Center for Responsive Politics, Gallogly donated to multiple organizations between 2000 and 2014. Most of these donations were to Republican candidates and leaders, including Romney in 2012, Bush in 2004 and Boehner in 2012 and 2014.

His donations ranged from $300 to $2,600, according to the website.

He also donated $5,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2012, a total of $2,000 to the American Chemistry Council in 2000

and 2001, and $625 to LyondellBasell Industries in 2011, the company by which he was employed at the time.

Gallogly and his w ife h av e a l s o c o n d u c t e d a number of philanthropic donations to legal nonprofits and environmental preservation organizations through the Gallogly Family Foundation.

Kate Perkins

mperkins5@ou.edu

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OU’s next president James Gallogly looks into the crowd during the announcement of his appointment March 26.

President-elect leaves board Gallogly departs from position at OKC oil company ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2

J a m e s G a l l o g l y a n nounced he will leave his position on the Continental Resources Board of Directors to better fulfill his

role as OU’s next president.

Gallogly’s departure from the board will be effective May 17, according to the March 29 announcement.

Gallogly will succeed OU President David Boren as the university’s next president July 1.

Gallogly said in his letter of resignation he is leaving the board to “ensure he would be able to devote the necessar y time and

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OU President-elect James Gallogly speaks at the presidential announcement at the OU Health Sciences Center on March 26.

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attention to fulfilling his new duties to the University of Oklahoma.� “We commend Jim on his service to Continental on our Board of Directors and wish him well in his future endeavors,� Harold Hamm,

chairman and CEO of Continental Resources, said in the press release.

Anna Bauman

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MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018 ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last Take your time. Be reasonable and practical when dealing with matters that can influence your future. Listen carefully and respond cautiously. Understanding every situation you face this year will be imperative if you want to make wise choices. Stay focused and in control.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Protect your reputation. Double-check your work and pay close attention to detail. Collaborate with others, and compromise when necessary.

An effort to make concessions will bring good results.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -Isolate your target and take your best shot. Share your thoughts and feelings passionately, and listen to the response you get with understanding and a willingness to compromise.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Reconnect with an old co-worker to find out about a project or event that excites you. Don’t let anyone speak on your behalf.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Try something new. Don’t miss out on life because you are set in your ways. Don’t let a current relationship stifle your freedom to express yourself and explore.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Emotions will rise to the surface. Channel your energy into a project you feel passionate about. Nurturing your creativity or spending time with someone you can learn from will pay off.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Take a close look at what others are doing

and incorporate what you like into your daily routine. A change to your beliefs or image will lift your spirits.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Get your personal paperwork in order and take care of any documents that are not up to date. Money problems should be addressed realistically. Cut your losses and ease your stress.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Express your feelings and put any uncertainty about the feelings of others behind you. Being on the same page with others will help you expand your pursuits.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t express your feelings or give out personal information. Alter your lifestyle to better suit your professional goals. Someone from your past will want to reconnect.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You’ll be anxious and ready to take on the world, but before you step up and share your opinion, consider your audience and the consequences of your actions.

Protect your reputation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Someone will play with your emotions if you are too open or forgiving. Letting someone from your past have a second chance should be considered carefully.

Don’t let emotions and chemistry dictate your actions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You’ll find some financial wiggle room if you go over your personal accounts, assets and liabilities. Move things around to save a little mad money. Romance is featured.

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SPORTS

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George Stoia, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

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Junior safety Kahlil Haughton runs after his opponent in the Rose Bowl against Georgia on Jan. 1.

4 players rival for safety spots Two OU senior players to leave positions open

GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia

With the graduation of Steven Parker and Will Johnson, Oklahoma will be looking for two new safeties next fall.

This spring, multiple players hope to prove they’re worthy of filling Parker’s and Johnson’s shoes.

Here are four potential candidates to play safety for the

Sooners next season:

the chance to be able to orchestrate where we need to KAHLIL HAUGHTON be and trying to get us to all be Haughton is the leading together and play as one.” candidate to replace Steven Parker at strong safety, having ROBERT BARNES played in 35 games over his Similar to Haughton but at three-year career. The junior free safety, Barnes is one of the has 52 tackles and one pass more experienced players in breakup, but he has only start- the secondary despite being ed in five games. just a freshman. Last season, This is Haughton’s last Barnes played in 10 games, inspring with the Sooners and, cluding one start, and had 10 so far, it’s been a different feel tackles and one interception. for him.

However, due to injuries, “It’s the sense of having Barnes was limited on the some authority, just being field. This spring, Oklahoma the lead guy back there,” hopes to see him stay healthy.

Haughton said. “Just getting “Robert’s been kind of up

and down,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “(He) has a lot of good days, he’s fought a lot of injuries. He’s fought a hamstring injury almost all of last year ... So we need to keep him healthy and on the field.”

Stoops emphasized that whoever starts at the two safety positions, will need to make plays when they’re on the field.

“We ne e d safety play in the middle of the field,” Stoops said. “We need more playmakers. We don’t have CHANSE SYLVIE enough on the field. If you Sylvie, much like Barnes, don’t get more, it’s going to be was also a younger player that tough.” filled in last year. He played in all 14 games as a sophomore, PATRICK FIELDS and he has played 25 total. But An early enrollee, Fields is when Sylvie has been on the one of the many standouts field, he’s lacked production, in the 2018 recruiting class. with only 20 total tackles in From Tulsa high school powhis two years. erhouse Union, Fields was

ranked as the 34th best safety in the country and ninth best prospect in Oklahoma.

Freshman cornerback Tre Norwood, who played late for the Sooners last season and is currently in his own position battles says young guys like Fields competing helps the entire team.

“It’s just competition,” Norwood said. “At the end of the day, like I said, we are all brothers. We all want to see each of us succeed.”

George Stoia

georgestoia@ou.edu

Sooner baseball sweeps Baylor at home Oklahoma to start conference play undefeated KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

There were no brooms at L. Dale Mitchell Park, but there could have been.

For the first time since 1974, Oklahoma (20-10, 6-0) has swept back-to-back conference opponents with their 6-1 win over Baylor (13-12, 3-6). It is the first time since 1984 that the Sooners will be 6-0 to start conference play,

and the first and only time in Big 12 conference play that they are at that mark.

While doing things that have not been done before, the Sooners are not too worried about the current success.

“We don’t talk about the success of it, we just talk ab out dealing w ith the game one pitch at a time,” said Oklahoma coach Skip Johnson. “What’s our growth plan, what are we going to do this week? Are we going to keep getting better weekly?”

“Success only comes with preparation, and we got to keep preparing like we keep preparing and hopefully

things will fall our way.”

The Sooners have won in a plethora of ways this season. From outscoring West Virginia 31-9 to earn a sweep last weekend, to only outscoring Baylor 15-7 to earn a sweep this weekend, Oklahoma’s tight-knit culture of picking each other up and playing “pitch-by-pitch” has allowed them to be up for any situation.

“What they’re doing is trying to stick to the plan that Coach Overcash and Coach Van Hook are doing of what their plan is and being in control in their plan,” Johnson said about

their approach. “G oing pitch-by-pitch.”

Johnson’s message is carrying into the locker room.

“Our culture is phenomenal right now. Picking each other up left-and-right,” said freshman first baseman Cade Cavalli. “(Johnson) is always talking about, ‘Keep the momentum in our dugout.’ Laying bunts down, we’re just executing so much right now, picking each other up. We’re sacrificing for the team and being successful.”

On Friday, Oklahoma battled in a back-and-forth game all the way into extra

innings. In the bottom of the 10th, sophomore outfielder Kyler Murray came up to the plate with two outs.

Murray squeezed a single through the gap between third base and short stop.

After Murray stole second base in the middle of the next at-bat, the pressure of hitting waned for sophomore catcher Brady Lindsly who was up after going 0-for4 in his at-bats on the day.

Lindsly’s day was far from perfect, but baseball is a game of opportunity. He made the most out of it with a walk-off double, showing just how much the Sooners

are buying in to what their coaches are preaching.

“It’s a game of imperfection, Coach (Augie) Garrido used to say all the time,” Johnson said on Friday night. “The guys that make the mistake end up suffering the loss.”

“It’s been about learning for us the whole year, and the team spirit has been there since the first weekend.

That’s what has been really awesome watching those kids do that, and it’s been fun to be around.”

Kegan Reneau

keganreneau@ou.edu

OU softball achieves 22-game win streak Bats turn into brooms for another Sooner sweep CONNOR NOBLE @connornobes

insurance runs in the seventh off a single.

The Lady Bears managed one run in the seventh, but they were not able to come back.

Senior left-handed pitcher Paige Parker started the first five innings in the circle until she was relieved by senior lefty Paige Lowary, who helped the Sooners to their 22nd-straight victory. Parker struck out four and gave up four hits. Lowary recorded three strikeouts and only one hit against her.

The Sooners travel to Iowa State next for a three-game series against the Cyclones starting Friday.

No. 2 Oklahoma completed its three-game sweep over No. 15 Baylor, with a 4-1 victory on Saturday.

The Sooners scored first off a home run from junior third baseman Sydney Romero in the first at-bat of the game.

Senior center fielder Nicole Pendley would add a home run of her own in the fifth inning. Pendley scored two runs and an RBI in her two at-bats. Junior pinch hitter Connor Noble Kylie Lundberg added two connornoble17@gmail.com

Junior Sydney Romero hits the ball March 11.

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Cat club hosts show in Norman Competition will feature all breeds, household cats HEATH KUYKENDALL @HeathKuykendal1

The Oklahoma City Cat Club will bring felines of all shapes and sizes to Norman for its all-breed and household cat show.

According to a press release, the show will be held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds and will feature 42 breeds of cats certified by the Cat Fanciers’ Association.

Featured cats in the allbreeds category will include common breeds like the American Shorthair, Persian and Siamese, as well as more exotic breeds like the Burmilla, the European Burmese and the Oriental Persian. All cats will be judged based on the quality of their build, hair and color, as set by the Cat Fanciers’

said. “You can see the pure joy on the faces of people who just love their kitties.

You hear all sorts of little loving anecdotes about their pets.”

Walkingstick said that most people who come to the show, cat lovers or not, will be entertained.

“Once they get there, most of them end up staying longer than they thought they were going to,” Walkingstick said. “It turns out being fun for most people.”

The show will also feature vendors and a raffle. The Central Oklahoma Humane Society will also be in attendance with pets up for adoption.

The show will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 7.

Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 PROVIDED BY JANIS WALKINGSTICK An exotic cat named “Dancer.” The Oklahoma City Cat Club will put on a show April 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entry prices are $5 for for seniors and military, and $3 for children between 5 adults, $4 for seniors and military and $3 for children between 5 and 12. and 12. Children under 5 can Association. The six judges have six chances to win. will be judged less on looks the show’s manager, said the get in free. for the show will each select Unlike the all-breeds divi- and more on disposition household category is altheir top 10 cats, meaning sion, the household catego- and its bond with the owner, ways a fan-favorite.

Heath Kuykendall that, according to the press ry has no restrictions on ei- according to the press re“I like watching the house- kuykendallheath@ou.edu release, each contestant will ther cats or judging. Each cat lease. Janis Walkingstick, hold pets a lot,” Walkingstick

OKC Zoo to welcome 3 Doors Down in July Tickets will go on sale March 30, presale out now SIANDHARA BONNET @SiandharaB

R o c k b a n d 3 D o o r s Down will make its way to Oklahoma City this summer as part of its “Rock & Roll Express Tour.”

The band, which played at President Donald T r u m p’s i n a u g u ra t i o n , will co-headline with Collective Soul and special guest Soul Asylum.

The bands will play at the Zoo Amphitheatre on July 20. According to 3 Doors Down’s website, presale and VIP tickets are on sale.

The ar tist presale tickets, which require a password found on the band’s

website to purchase, range from $35 to $69.50, while other packages range from $119.50 to $369.50.

General admission tickets will go on sale March 30. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and bands will take the stage at 7 p.m.

Siandhara Bonnet arahdnais@ou.edu

PROVIDED BY JUSTIN ALLEN HUNDSNURSCHER VIA WIKIMEDIACOMMONS

3 Doors Down during a Nov. 21, 2012, concert in Loredo, Texas. The band will play in Oklahoma City as part of its “Rock & Roll Express Tour.”

University of Oklahoma First Lady Molly Shi Boren cordially invites you and your mom to the

Mom’s Day Tea 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 7, 2018 Boyd House All students are invited, even if your mom can’t attend.

No reservations needed. Parking will be available in the lot behind Boyd House.

For more information or accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-3784.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo