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Sophia Babb, Grace Babb and Nia Personette of Annie Oakley rehearse Jan. 31. The band is set to appear at the Norman Music Festival again this year.
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Americana-folk band Annie Oakley builds larger following, will perform at Norman Music Fest for 5th consecutive year
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mong the many groups performi n g a t t h i s y e a r ’s Norman Music Festival will be Annie Oakley, a local Americana-folk girl band comprised of Grace and Sophia Babb, twin sisters, and their best friend Nia Personette. Personette and the Babbs attended All Saints Catholic School in Norman, where they met and became inseparable. When Grace and Sophia Babb decided to become an official band, they reached out to a few friends to join them. Personette joined them six months after the formation of the band in 2013, and they’ve been playing together ever since. “I’ve been friends with (them for) so long that it’s like their lives are permanently bound to mine,” Personette said. “All the best experiences of my life have been related to playing this music in some way.” When Annie Oakley began, Sophia Babb had just discovered feminism and found a strong female figure in Annie Oakley, a renowned markswoman from the 1800s. At the time, it felt fitting to name their band after her, as it aligned with the girls’ newly discovered ideals. Their music is reminiscent of growing up, facing trauma and experiencing first joys. “Music is universally beautiful and accessible,” Sophia Babb said. “I can create melodies and words that have some sort of emotion, but when I put them out there they can mean anything for anyone. It feels like I’m able to give something out back into the world.” For Grace Babb, Annie Oakley has the perfect dynamic. Their friendship and sisterhood allow them to trust each other with the personal nature of their music, as well as confront each other or be frank when something is not working. “The band for me is just constant improvement. I think you need honesty to make something good,” Grace Babb said. Annie Oakle y has made a point to call out issues in the music industry and raise up other girl bands. “We love going to (other girl bands’) shows and spending
ABIGAIL HALL • @HEARTOFABIGAIL time with them because it’s so cool and kind of rare to see young girls taken seriously,” Personette said. “It’s more joyful to play music with people you’ve loved forever,” Personette said. THEN TO NOW: NORMAN MUSIC FEST They began playing local gigs around Norman in spots like Othello’s Italian Restaurant and any local venue that would accept them. The girls learned to be critical of themselves early on and learned from their mistakes in small shows. The group continued to play through trial and error and slowly began to gain notoriety. According to Personette, the Norman community was supportive of the group, giving them places to play and encouragement. Older girl bands in and around Norman at the time championed the group, often inviting them to play gigs together. “They saw a lot of potential in us and invited us to play for them, even though we were awkward,” Personette said. As they gained more conf i d e n c e a s a ba n d , t h e y s e t their sights on becoming good enough to play larger shows. They made pointed efforts toward specific venues such as The Blue Door, which Sophia Ba b b s a i d w a s t h e i r d re a m venue to play. By 2014, the group played The Blue Door with Samantha Crain. They were the youngest group to perform in that venue. According to Grace Babb, playing The Blue Door opened them up to a level of professionalism. “Before that we were just immature, just gigging around. After that, we were serious,” Grace Babb said. Annie Oakley has played at Norman Music Festival for the last four years and will perform there again this April. For their first Norman Music Festival, they played at Michelangelo’s as “Grace and Sophia,” and their crowd filled up the entirety of the space. The following year as Annie Oakley, with Personette, the group was given a main stage: the Depot Stage. While performing on such a
large stage was initially daunting to the group, they conquered the challenge and had a second substantial audience, Grace Babb said.
“Music is universally beautiful and accessible. I can create melodies and words that have some sort of emotion, but when I put them out there they can mean anything for anyone. It feels like I'm able to give something out back into the world.” SOPHIA BABB, ANNIE OAKLEY MEMBER
The following year, they finally reached the Sooner Theatre, where Grace Babb said she hopes they will always play. “For Norman Music Festival, there is no better place for our type of music,” Grace Babb said. This will be Annie Oakley’s third consecutive year playing the Sooner Theatre. Although performing at Norman Music Festival is a regular occurrence for the band, nerves can always set in.
“We’ve always done pretty well, but there’s always a fear that, ‘No one’s going to show up this time. This is going to be the time where it’s empty,’” Personette said. Newcomers to an Annie Oakley show can expect an intimate experience, according to Sophia Babb. The nature of Annie Oakley’s music is incredibly personal, with light voices and warm melodies. Annie Oakley’s songs are written by Grace and Sophia Babb and tell the tales of their struggles and joys, both in their own lives and in the lives of those they love. Attendees should expect to feel like they are a part of a storytelling experience and will hopefully walk away feeling like they are friends along for the ride, Sophia Babb said. LONG-TERM GOALS Annie Oakley has dreams of taking the band nationally and internationally. The three of them are currently students: Sophia and Grace Babb are multimedia journalism juniors at Oklahoma City University, while Personette is an engineering junior at OU. Due to their studies, the band members are limited in their touring and playing performances. They meet together weekly to practice and plan
Members of Annie Oakley perform on the stage at Groovefest on Oct. 1, 2017.
for future gigs and tours, which they organize for weekends and holidays. It is not uncommon for one of them to be doing chemistry homework before a gig or even on the way home after a show on the road. Even in their pursuit of other careers, the group hopes that Annie Oakley can survive and continue to play together. Both Sophia Babb and Personette plan on studying abroad in the fall semester, with Grace Babb staying at school. The group is planning future shows after Sophia Babb’s and Personette’s return to Oklahoma. Annie Oakley would like to break out into the European market eventually, Sophia Babb said. Through Annie Oakley, the group hopes to inspire future female musicians to put themselves out there and keep pursuing the music they love. “Men feel like they have the right to play, and young girls are more timid,” Sophia Babb said. “For young girls specifically, don’t be afraid to ask for things.”
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Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of the band Tune-Yards. Tune-Yards will perform at 10 p.m. on April 28 at the Fowler Automotive Main Stage.
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Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast. Japanese Breakfast will perform at 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 26 at Lyft Opolis Stage.
Q&A: Indie-band Tune-Yards Q&A: Japanese Breakfast Indie-pop band will play at Norman Music Festival ALLISON WEINTRAUB @AllisonWntrb
T u n e -Ya rd s, s t y l i z e d tUnE-yArDs, is a project that started with Merrill Garbus, who is joined by her collaborator Nate Brenner on recent records. Garbus, who started writing poetry in earnest when she was working at a summer camp in 2005, attributes her success to a combination of privilege, luck and talent. Tune-Yards’ nuanced lyrics about social issues combined with their indie pop stylings create a one-two punch that has earned them a loyal fanbase. Garbus answered several questions about her work and process ahead of her group’s headlining spot at the 11th annual Norman Music Festival. I SAW THAT YOU HAD DONE A COUPLE THINGS BEFORE MUSIC, INCLUDING PUPPETRY. WHAT SPARKED YOU TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO MUSIC? That was a really long time ago, now. Really, it was that I wrote a puppet opera and that was a project I worked on during my time at a puppet theater. So, I wrote a solo puppet opera and friends of mine said, “You should use the ukulele (because) ukuleles sound creepy.” So, I bought my first soprano ukulele, for whatever it was, $20 or something. I started composing on it and I guess I had this — eventually — this thought, “I like this part better than the puppet part.” I was very depressed in my mid 20s and decided to move on from my job at the puppet theater and work at an arts camp over the summer. That’s where I started writing a lot of poems and eventually formed a band with one of those people I met at that camp. I KNOW A LOT OF YOUR WORK IS INFLUENCED BY DISCUSSIONS OF RACISM AND SEXISM. DO YOU VIEW YOUR ROLE AS AN EDU C AT I O N A L R O L E , A S YO U ’ R E W R I T I N G THESE SONGS TO EDU C AT E P E O P L E O N THESE ISSUES OR TO INFORM PEOPLE THAT
THESE ISSUES ARE OUT awareness of how whiteness blinds me to what’s THERE? going on in the world with I would never say that, people who are not white. in terms of being educa- And there certainly is a lot tional, because I feel like affecting people of color I don’t know anything. Of these days. course, I know some things, but I don’t know how we’re I S I T D I F F E R E N T supposed to get through W O R K I N G W I T H A this time on earth. I don’t PARTNER TO CREATE know how we’re supposed T H E M U S I C , A S O Pto live with each other. I re- POSED TO WORKING ally like to think that I pose INDEPENDENTLY? questions with the music. (Brenner) and I have But, I think what you say is interesting because I think been working together, sometimes even the words so I think this definitely used in the question are an has been — we’ve evolved into a real team, (and we) education. For instance, like “white have been for the last coucentrality,” people are like, ple albums anyway, but “Oh you used the phrase this really feels like the ‘white centrality’ or the most sharing that we’ve sixth extinction,” these con- done in terms of writing cepts that I am just learning the music. For one thing, about. So posing them as we like certain things that questions in songs is kind of we hear in the exact oppoadding them to people’s vo- site ways. So, a song like “Home” cabulary for the first time. — I wrote it in a certain But certainly, I don’t start key and then (Brenner) out to be didactic. I don’t listen to music for that. I w ro t e a b a s s l i n e t h a t listen to music to help me made it in a different key. express really complicated It took me 24 hours to be and complex and confusing like, “No,” and really miss the song that I thought I states of being. was writing, and then to H O W D O YO U K E E P realize how much deepYOURSELF AWARE OF er — he gave it so much depth harmonically, THESE ISSUES? which I think gave it more It’s funny because I feel depth in its meaning, too. so unaware of things most It’s like any relationship, I of the time. I try — I think think, where there’s these it’s a real balance because real challenges and real there’s such an onslaught tension and moments of of news and media that, I disagreement that hopeguess — particularly be- fully will create way more cause my creative brain depth. needs some space to create — in order to create, I need WHAT SHOULD FANS a lot of clarity. So that’s EXPECT FROM YOUR where meditation comes NORMAN MUSIC FEST in, and exercise and mak- SET? ing sure I can get clear. But We ’ r e s o e x c i t e d t o I read a ton. I’m reading all the time. And I’m also read- come to Oklahoma. I exing specifically, and pod- pect a lot of joy. It feels casts and trying to keep up like it’s springtime, the with the news as much as I summer is around the can without my soul dying. corner. I don’t know what A l s o h a v i n g c l a r i t y the weather’s been like around whiteness, (having there, but it’s been cold clarity) around that part of here, and now the sun is white privilege that’s like finally coming out. We just not really needing to be want to bring dance and a aware of some of things that moment to come togethare threatening the lives of er. It feels like a time in the people of color. There’s a world where the more oplot of, “I can stay really con- portunities (there are) to cerned about whatever,” come together in joy and Trump and the economy, in dance and in music, the and going to war with North better, so we’re excited. Korea. There are certain things that feel more imTune-Yards will perform portant, but I might just be like, “Oh that doesn’t really at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Apr il 23 at the Fowler have to do with me.” So part of my plan of ac- Automotive Main Stage. tion around really trying to work around white suAllison Weintraub premacy in my life, how it allison.weintraub@ou.edu manifests in my life, is an
Michelle Zauner speaks on grief, creative process ABIGAIL HALL @heartofabigail
I ndie-p op s ensation Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, formerly of Little Big League, will stop in Norman on her American/ European tour for Norman Music Festival. Japanese Breakfast will tour until October. In 2016, Zauner released her first album as Japanese Breakfast, “Psychopomp,” which was creative process to help her deal with the grief of losing her mother. Originally she had no intention of continuing as Japanese Breakfast, but when “Psychopomp” was released and received a wide array of praise, she decided to keep going. Zauner will be joined on stage by Craig Hendrix on drums, Deven Craige on bass and Peter Bradley on guitar. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER ATTENDED A JAPANESE BREAKFAST PERFORMANCE, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT? A good time! A passionate, fun performance, I hope.
Japanese Breakfast. I think the image that comes to mind is a really beautiful and put-together image. I’m half-Korean, but I thought Korean Breakfast sounded stupid. It’s kind of the same thing as an English breakfast — there are things that you associate with that. So, I’m not Japanese and I’m not breakfast either, so I just named it something that I enjoy.
still talks a lot about grief and moving on and just a new stage of grief. I think I’ll probably be grieving for the rest of my life. I imagine I’ll write about it in some ways forever. I think the new album is a different stage of grief really. I think each record is just an archive of what I’m going through in my life at the time.
ARE THERE ANY MUSICIANS THAT INSPIRE I KNOW YOU STARTED Y O U I N Y O U R O W N JAPANESE BREAKFAST MUSIC? A F T E R YO U R M OT H ER PASSED AWAY AS A I really wanted to use this WAY TO PROCESS YOUR project to just express myself GRIEF. WHAT LED TO in every way, and I really inYOU CONTINUE WITH fused my identity in everyTHE PROJECT? thing I do. The artists that I really value are the people I just made a record that I who are really involved in all had no expectation for. I just aspects of their work, so artused it as the therapeutic ve- ists like Bjork. Just having sort hicle to channel feelings that of a visual canon to go along I was having and to navigate with your music. them. I wanted a vinyl because I just wanted a physical I S T H E R E A P L A C E reminder of that time period. YOU’RE LOOKING FORI never thought I could WARD TO RETURNING make a living as a musician TO AND PLAYING? because I had already tried, (and) it didn’t happen. And I’m really excited to play then, of course, when I had our hometown show. We’re kind of resolved myself to from Philly, and we’re playthat kind of life, the record ing a venue I used to work came out and I think it real- coat check at, so it’s a very ly resonated with people. It full-circle moment for me to just seemed like not the right headline (there). time to hang my hat up.
SINCE YOUR FIRST REJapanese Breakfast will W H AT ’ S T H E STO R Y CORD WAS TELLING THE perform at 10:45 p.m. on WITH YOUR ALIAS AS STORY OF YOUR GRIEF, IS Thursday, April 26 at Lyft JAPANESE BREAKFAST? YOUR SECOND RECORD Opolis Stage. A CONTINUATION OF Even though it’s my proj- THAT STORY OR IS THERE Abigail Hall ect, I still collaborate with A NEW NARRATIVE? ahall@ou.edu a lot of people. It’s more I think that the new record than just me. I really liked
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Designers make fantasy reality
OU students create costumes for ‘A lice in Wonderland’ HEATH KUYKENDALL @HeathKuykendal1
The quiet atmosphere in the OU Fine Arts Center basement might lead you to believe no major work goes on there — but this is far from the truth. The basement houses the OU costume shop, where the characters in University Theatre shows are brought to life by dedicated costume designers. Currently, the shop is busy preparing for an upcoming production of “Alice in Wonderland.” This version, adapted by actresses Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus in 1933, is nearly a word-for-word recreation of Lewis Carroll’s acclaimed 1865 novel. The costumes for the characters are extensive, as creatures like giant caterpillars and talking playing cards must be made to appear lifelike and partially human. According to Christopher Harris, the costume shop manager and the head costume designer for “Alice in Wonderland,” conceptualizing the show was a long process which took many different courses early in production. “When we found out we were involved in creating the world of ‘Wonderland,’ I sat down with (the director) immediately,” Harris said. “We ran through a gambit of different stylistic themes. At one point, it was really dark and macabre, and then it was really campy. We went through a lot of choices in reading the script and looking at what we wanted to say.” Harris said one of the biggest challenges the costume shop faced was designing a show that was appealing to adults while still remaining charming to children. For instance, Harris said the design for the Gryphon, a mythical beast with an eagle’s head and wings on a lion’s body, posed an issue. The designers needed to build a costume that would awe both 9- and 90-yearolds. With aid from the scene shop, the designers created a set of wings for the Gryphon, covered in long eagle feathers that could flap as the actor ’s arms moved. Har r is said when designing creatures like the Gryphon, the shop had to
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Dramaturgy sophomore Benjamin Burton works on fabric for “Alice in Wonderland” April 24. The production will open April 27 in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre.
decide on just how animal-like they wanted them to be. Harris questioned whether the actors should fade away into the animal or if the costume should accentuate animal features while retaining human qualities. “In a show like this, costumes are essential,” Harris said. “It’s hard designing for a show with no set boundaries but a lot of real boundaries. We decided not to go for realistic animals. We decided to go for a more anamorphic feel — we know these are human actors playing animals, so we’re fully embracing that.” Erin Lavespere, a theater design senior and the assistant costume designer for “Alice in Wonderland,” worked extensively to make the more humanlike animal theme come to life, helping to design creatures like the White Rabbit and the March Hare. Lavespere also designed the costumes for the playing-card people in Wonderland, attempting to continue the blended theme Harris had begun working with. “I worked mostly off of the illustrations for the Queen of Hearts,” Lavespere said. “We concluded the cards should look like what the Queen would want. She’s probably ordered them all to be in uniforms so everything will be neat. Each card
has a specific uniform that hints at their role.” Lavespere mentioned that the heart cards serve as the Queen’s royal guard, spending their time on stage dressed in militaristic clothing with sashes denoting their rank. Other cards will be dressed according to their duties as footmen, gardeners and other positions. Another aspect of the costumes to consider are wigs. Almost ever y character without headwear features some kind of elaborate wig, whether it’s ears poking out from the head of an animal or the footlong cone of hair worn by the Duchess. Conor Donnelly, a musical theater senior and the wigmaster for “Alice in Wonderland,” said the inclusion of unique wigs in this show grounds each character a little bit more in the world of fantasy. “My favorite piece in the show is the Queen of Hearts’ red rose wig,” Donnelly said. “This whole process has been wonderful because there’s so much fantasy to it. There’s so much that goes into figuring out how to do something so unreal.” Donnelly said that by far the largest and most complex piece he has worked on for the show is the caterpillar’s wig. The hairdo is made up of large blue bulbs tied off in a ponytail that will descend down the actor’s
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Members of the band Arctic Monkeys. The band will stop in Oklahoma City on Oct. 10, 2018.
Arctic Monkeys add more stops on North American tour, will visit Oklahoma City’s The Criterion this fall The Arctic Monkeys added more North American tour dates to support their sixth album. The band will add nine shows to its 2018 tour in October. One of the shows will be in Oklahoma City at The Criterion on Oct. 10, 2018. According to a tweet from the Arctic Monkeys, tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 27. The band’s sixth album, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino,” will be released May 11. The tour will begin May 2 in San Diego. The other stops on the tour are sold out through May. Siandhara Bonnet
back. Donnelly said the last few bulbs are unique, however, as each contains a helium balloon that will allow the hair to float and undulate in the air like a tail. This hairpiece is also a favorite of Judith Pender, the director of “Alice in Wonderland” and a professor in the Helmerich School of Drama. Pender said she has been absolutely astonished by the costumes the shop has created thus far for the show, and she cannot wait to see her actors get to try them on. “I think that the whole thing is going to be so
visually overwhelming that I’ll be surprised if anyone listens to anybody talk,” Pender said. Pender also stressed how important it is that the costumes for all mainstage productions at OU are designed and created by students in the shop. “I don’t think that many people who see the shows realize that all of the scenery and costumes are built by student labor,” Pender said. “It just looks so professional. It’s amazing.” According to Harris, upward of 75 percent of all costume pieces used at OU are
built in the costume shop. Of that 75 percent, almost all are designed by students. Harris said this gives future costume designers an incredible opportunity to see their work in a huge production before they even graduate college. “Every single person who works in the shop gets to be a little bit of a god,” Harris said. “They get to take an idea, create it from nothing and watch it live and breathe on stage. I think that’s so important. It builds the spirit.” Harris said almost 90 percent of all graduates from OU’s costume design major will be placed either in graduate programs or in theaters across the country directly after graduation. According to Lavespere, being in a program like OU’s has prepared her to work in the theater industry with a lot of confidence. “It teaches you how to be disciplined and self-motivated,” Lavespere said. “To get the job done on a time crunch because other people are relying on you to do your job. I’ve learned to take responsibility for my project so that others can get on with their own work.” “Alice in Wonderland” will be performed in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre at 8 p.m. April 27–28 and May 4, with matinee performances at 3 p.m. April 28–29 and May 5. Tickets are $10 for students, $20 for OU employees, senior citizens and veterans, and $25 for adults. Tickets can be purchased online, at the OU fine arts box office or by calling 405-325-4101. Heath Kuykendall
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Development could create jobs University North Park could bring revenue to Norman NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg
A recently released economic analysis said the proposed University North Park entertainment district will create $21.2 million per year in revenue for Norman 10 years after its completion. According to an OU Foundation press release, the study was conducted by OU professor Robert C. Dauffenbach at no cost to the OU Foundation. The study was released April 24. “The study is based on e x i st i ng, re a l e v i d e n c e of local tax receipts from the financially successful University North Park S o u t h d e v e l o p m e n t ,� Dauffenbach said in the press release. “I believe that the ‘grounding’ of the study in factual material is strong and that the employment
and income generating potentials of continuing University North Park development are compelling.� The press release also said the OU Foundation is currently searching for a master developer for the project and has seen interest from several candidates. The proposed development would include restaurants, bars, hotels and an arena where OU would plan to move basketball games if the project were approved. Concern has been raised ov e r w h e t h e r s t u d e n t s would be willing to attend basketball games at the development. Chip Carter, vice president of Jones PR representing the OU Foundation, said in a press conference he believed the businesses nearby would attract more students to come to the games than the games currently held at the Lloyd Noble Center. “There’s nothing around the Lloyd Noble to do before or after a game,� Carter said. “You pull up before
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The University North Park entertainment district. The proposed district could create $21.2 million per year in revenue for Norman 10 years after its completion.
tipoff, you go inside, you come out and you go some place else looking for bars or restaurants or climbing
walls or other things like that after games — gives you a reason to make it an afternoon, evening and
Council approves expansion Norman to gain larger living center, new local brewery SIERRA RAINS @sierrarains
T h e N o r m a n C i t y Council approved the expansion of an assisted living center and the development of a new business that will serve as both a bar and a brewery, among other things at its April 24 meeting. The business, Big Brew Co., will be located east of Main Street and Peters Avenue and will add to the vibrant culture the city council has been trying to create in downtown Norman, said a representative for the business. “The neat thing that has happened in the last 10 to 15 years is we’ve seen local restaurants move downtown,� the representative said. “As those mature, we’re seeing a resurgence of nightlife downtown, and this is a continuation of that.� Norman Mayor Lynne Miller said the city council has put around $13 million into revamping the downtown Norman area within the last 10 years and that she is happy to see what it has become and is becoming. “Every time I drive down Main Street to go home from this office, it’s really a wonderful feeling to see what’s happened,� Miller said. The council’s approval of the expansion for the Grace Living Center will allow the center to add a doctor’s
office to the living space, as well as classrooms for children participating in school activities such as reading to the elderly residents of the living center. Council member Robert Castleberry said he was pleased to see the motion for expansion pass and commended the center on its services. “I’ve had personal experiences with the center — they do a great job,� Castleberry said. “There is a need for this in Norman.� The council members also discussed a proposal to change the time of regularly scheduled city council meetings from 6:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. However, the proposal failed with a 4-5 vote. Council member Kate Bierman, who voted in opposition of the proposal, said she feared that changing the time would decrease meeting attendance because of Norman residents who work in Oklahoma City and who would have trouble getting back in time. “When I thought about this, I thought, ‘Who benefits?’� Bierman said. “For me, I want to ensure that we have meeting times that the mass majority can attend, and I don’t think moving it to 5:30 will help that.� The council also passed several proclamations, including the declaration of the week of May 6 through May 12 as National Travel and Tour ism Week, the week of May 1 through May 7 as May Fair Arts Week and the week of April 29 through May 5 as Small Business Week in the city of Norman. Miller said she is happy t o b e ab l e t o c e l eb rat e
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the small businesses in Norman and the unique culture they bring to the city. “America’s progress has been driven by pioneers who think big and work hard — small businesses are the backbone of our
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A story that ran in Monday’s edition of The Daily incorrectly stated OU President David Boren’s inauguration date. The correct date is Sept. 15, 1995.
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Student creates support group
Girls Support Girls founded for sexual assault survivors SIERRA RAINS @sierrarains
For OU creative media productions sophomore Mikaela Hall, coming forward about her experience with sexual assault wasn’t easy. It was her freshman year on campus when Hall said she was sexually assaulted, and at first, she didn’t know what to do. “My freshman year, I actually was sexually assaulted, and it was something really hard for me, especially being far away from home,” Hall said. “So when something that traumatic happened to me, I didn’t really know what to do.” In the fall semester of 2017, Hall said her experience drove her to create a support system on campus called Girls Support Girls. The club works closely with Norman’s Women’s Resource Center and serves as a space where other women can come forward and share their experiences as well, Hall said. “I just wanted to create a space where women going through the same thing — or hopefully not going through the same thing — could have a place to talk,” Hall said. “A lot of times, victims feel alone, even though you know in the back of your head that it happens to other people.” As women like Hall share their experiences through local services and national movements, more women are following in their footsteps to report the largest amount of sexual assault cases Norman has ever seen. Courtney Foster, Women’s Resource Center assistant executive director, said the center oversees a number of forensic exams, which are done to collect and preserve evidence of sexual assault
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The logo for the Girls Support Girls club at OU. The club works with Norman’s Women’s Resource Center and allows sexual assault survivors to share their experiences.
that can be used in court each month. In October 2017, Foster said the center saw its highest number of forensic exams ever at 16, and then, in March 2018, that number almost doubled to 29. Major Bruce Chan of the OU Police Department said the department has seen a similar increase in the number of reported sexual assaults as the number jumped from four in 2016 to 16 in 2017. This clearly isn’t just an increase in the number of sexual assaults occurring, said Eli Sullivan, OU Gender and Equality Center case manager. “It’s actually just that people know the services and
they feel comfortable to come forward, and I think a lot of it is that they’re seeing other people come forward especially in the media,” Sullivan said. Foster said this increase in women coming forward is part of the culture that has been fostered by the “Me Too” movement. The conversation started by the movement has increased awareness of resources provided for women, like Girls Support Girls, OU’s Gender and Equality Center and the Women’s Resource Center, Foster said. “ I think the ‘ Me To o’ movement has really influenced it and made people understand that they’re not alone,” Foster said. “It has
helped others figure out what resources are in their community so that they can access those resources. Sullivan said she’s seen the difference in student and faculty use of resources at the university, like OU Advocates, a 24/7 crisis hotline, ever since the “Me Too” movement began gaining popularity. “People are talking about it now, and I’m glad that people are coming forward and getting the help and services they need,” Sullivan said. “I was an OU Advocate and when it first started — there were maybe four … 10 at most, calls a year, and we’re getting, sometimes, 10 calls a week now, so we definitely see that — not necessarily
that sexual assaults are increasing, but there’s awareness of the services.” This is significant step in a long-term battle against sexual assault, Hall said. As more women come forward to report sexual assault cases, fewer people will get away with the crime, she said. “A lot of people who do commit sexual assault, they don’t really characterize their actions as sexual assault, and unfortunately, when a lot of cases go unreported, people aren’t held accountable for their actions,” Hall said. Foster said seeing these women come forward to use their provided resources in the fight against sexual
assault is inspiring, but that she empathizes with the women having to go through this experience. “It’s both positive and negative, so I’m so glad that I’m there for them. It feels really good that we can provide that service for them, but then it’s negative because I have that empathy for them,” Foster said. “I understand what they’re feeling, and I totally get it, and it hurts my heart to see them go through that. I wish I could take that pain away. I wish they weren’t having to go through all of the resources that they need.” Sierra Rains
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SGA congress elects new chair positions OU body appoints members to varied committees GRACE MITCHELL @graceem__
O U ’s Undergraduate Student Congress met April 24 to appoint a new election chair, new committee chairs and designate office spaces for clubs. In what normally would have been its last meeting of the year, the cong re s s e l e c t e d B r a n d o n Sw earengin as the new chair of the election board.
Swearengin, who was appointed 24-3 with two abstaining, said his three main goals for this position would be to enforce election laws, to advocate for transparenc y in the board and to increase voter count. He said he will attempt to make these goals attainable by opening new polling places and working toward higher student involvement. “This is an enforcement position, not a legislative position,” Swearengin said. “My job as an enforcer is to enforce the rules and regulations regardless of what my opinion is.”
In addition to appointing them be put into action. a new chair, the congress also appointed new mem- • Drew Hutchinson as the bers to various committees. chair of external affairs. Hu t c h i n s o n s a i d s h e ’s T h o s e a p p o i n t e d going to work with groups include: over the next year to improve OU and is interested • Amer Begovic as the chair in creating panels for issues of communications. Begovi that impact OU students. said it feels incredible to be elected chair and that his • Pe dro Manu el a s t h e ideas have motivated him chair of human diversity. to try harder in congress. Manuel said he considers his appointment a learn• Caitlin Schneider as the ing opportunity and that he chair of congressional ad- could not be more honored. ministration. Schneider said she has a lot of plans • Tim Kuketz as the chair for the next semester and of problems and projects. that she’s excited to see Kuketz said he’s excited
for the next year and that he looks forward to worki ng w i t h p ro b l e m s a n d projects. • Emma DeAngeli as the chair of sustainabilit y. DeAngeli said it feels amazing to be appointed chair and that her appointment is quite the success. • Karla Bonic as the chair of university policy. Boni said that she’s excited for the work ahead of her next semester and starting new projects that people are concerned about. Congress also designated
offices to various groups on campus in the Conoco Center offices and passed resolutions thanking various people involved with the congress. Congress has one more meeting of the semester in which it will designate funds to various groups for the next year. The funds couldn’t be discussed at this meeting due to SGA bylaws saying bills must wait seven days to be on the agenda. Grace Mitchell
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Fishing Club helps community OU students teach Norman kids healthy hobbies JORDAN MILLER @jordanmillerr
Cass Blalock sat in front of a group of children, teaching them a fishing knot. The kids watched as he tied the knot, laughing when he wet the line with his spit. Blalock’s experience is just part of what the OU Fishing Club does when members aren’t competing in fishing tournaments — mentoring children throughout the Norman area through different programs at schools and in the community. The club is affiliated with the Hooked On Fishing-Not On Drugs program, which helps to put kids on a positive path with fishing as a hobby instead of getting into dangerous activities. The fishing club helps mentor kids from Stanley Hupfeld Academy, teaching them fishing strategies with equipment donated by local companies. When the school year is over, the club takes the kids out to a pond to go fishing and have a barbecue. While fishing is one of the main priorities of the program, the club’s spons orship officer Charles Vang, information science and technology junior, said building a relationship with the kids is another part of the program. “ We’ l l hav e a l i t t l e knot-tying session where we can sit one-on-one with these kids,” Vang said. “We’ll just ... talk to them, get to know about them, let them know about us and they can ask more personal
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Members of the OU Fishing Club at a meeting with students at Broken Arrow High School.
questions and things like that.” B l a l o c k , a n e n v i ro n mental science graduate student, is an officer for the club and read about Hooked On Fishing-Not On Drugs before becoming involved. “When I heard that the OU fishing team was involved I was thrilled because I think it’s a great program,” Blalock said. One of Blalock’s favorite memories from the program is teaching kids different knots. “It was fun to see how the kids responded to the different knots and which ones
they preferred,” Blalock said. “They seemed to really enjoy that whenever you’re tying a knot, you have to wet the line so you don’t burn your line and usually you use your spit — the kids really liked doing that. It was hilarious.” Mike Schwartz, a Stanley Hupfeld Academy board member and Hooked On Fishing-Not On Drugs affiliate, said he got the OU Fishing Club involved by talking with the club and inviting the members to meet with students at Stanley Hupfeld. “I let them teach some of the basic casting and
knot-tying and work with t h e k i d s o n e - o n - o n e ,” Schwartz said. “But they also introduced themselves and explained to the kids what it’s taken them to get where they’re at in their education, and a big part of that was keeping their nose clean and keeping out of trouble and not getting involved with drugs. So here I have these young men that love to fish that also set a good example for these young children.” Schwartz said he feels the club is a good influence on the students of Stanley Hupfeld. “The biggest thing I get
from the OU team is the clean-cut, neat, well-spoken young men that come down and interact with these children,” Schwartz said. “And (they) tell them, ‘Here’s what it takes to get to college’ ... not getting off the track or getting involved with the wrong things.” In addition to the club’s activities, members are also involved in C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation, who hold an event during which they take children with disabilities to Lake Thunderbird for their own fishing tournament. The club also visits high school fishing teams in the area to talk to them
about college life and their club. Vang said he feels these events can really make an impact on the kids they mentor. “We really want to promote ... creating and molding new anglers and trying to influence somebody to do something good,” Vang said. “A lot of these kids come from broken families, they don’t have someone to look up to. We want to be someone that they can look up to and be like, ‘We want to be like them someday.’” Jordan Miller
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3 softball players go pro OU seniors drafted, will head to NPF after this season CONNOR NOBLE @connornobes
As of Monday, three Oklahoma seniors are headed to the pros after their final season as Sooners comes to an end. Senior pitchers Paige Lowary and Paige Parker and senior center fielder Nicole Pendley were selected in the National Pro Fastpitch League Draft on Monday. Lowary was drafted first overall to the Chicago Bandits. She joins Lauren Chamberlain as the only two
Sooners to be drafted first overall. Lowary transferred to Oklahoma from Missouri in her junior season and holds the Sooners record for saves with 11. “My sophomore career has been a journey,” Lowary said. “A couple of years ago I never thought I would be at Oklahoma, let alone the number one draft pick. It is kind of a crazy thing. It is hard to put into words, but I am just very thankful for OU, for just giving me an opportunity, believing in me, trusting me and just helping me get where I am today.” Parker and Pendley were both drafted by the USSSA Pride. Parker was drafted in the first round as the No. 6 pick. Pendley was drafted in the second round as the No.
12 pick. Parker, a three-time AllAmerican for the Sooners, said she made her decision to enter the draft about a week and a half ago after talking with coach Patty Gasso. “I decided I wasn’t ready to be done yet,” Parker said. Pendley holds a .313 batting average and nine home runs this season. Like Parker, Pendley’s love for the game drove her to pursue it after college. As her senior season started, she realized it was the last time she’d play, and decided she wanted to keep going. Parker and Pendley join Sooner alumnae Lauren Chamberlin and Shelby Pendley on the Pride. Pendley’s sister Shelby is in
her third season with the Pride. “I think it is really cool,” Pendley said of getting drafted to her sister’s team. “I haven’t played with (Shelby) in a couple years, and every year — I only got to play with her for a year in high school, and I got to play with her for a year in college. It was only a glimpse, so it is exciting that I am going to be on the same field as her.” Parker and the 2018 class join the 20 former Sooners who have been drafted to the NPF. In addition to being reunited with some former teammates, Parker will also be close to her sister who lives in Florida, where the Pride is located. “I’m really excited about playing for the Pride,” Parker
said. “I’m excited Nicole is going to be there as well. It is really comforting knowing I am going to be able to play with people I have played with before.” Drafted to the Bandits, Lowary will compete against her former teammates in the upcoming seasons. “It is awesome, but it is crazy,” Lowary said. “I have been playing with them for the past couple years, and now I am going to be playing against them and it is awesome. They work so hard, and I am just so happy that they also got drafted, and we are going to have a lot of fun” Connor Noble
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Final draft predictions for Sooners Thursday night will end long wait, NFL fan speculation ABBY BITTERMAN @abbybitt
The 2018 NFL Draft starts Thursday night, bringing an end to what has been an exciting spring for Sooner fans speculating where Baker Mayfield will end up, how much the NFL Combine hurt Orlando Brown’s draft stock and more. The draft talk has largely surrounded Mayfield, though, as all eyes have been on him while he meets with different teams and participates in pre-draft workouts and activities.
Here is a final look at Trophy-winner threw for where the Sooners are pre- 4,627 yards and 43 touchdicted to go: downs in his senior season while leading Oklahoma to BAKER MAYFIELD the College Football Playoff. QUARTERBACK Mayfield is widely predict- MARK ANDREWS ed to come off the board at TIGHT END No. 3 to the New York Jets. On The tight end had strong Monday, however, ESPN’s performances at the NFL Adam Schefter reported C o m b i n e a n d p ro d a y . Mayfield could be the No. Andrews is being predicted 1 overall pick because the to go in one of the first three Cleveland Browns are “defi- rounds of the draft. nitely” considering him. Andrews made 62 recepMayfield won’t be at the tions for 958 yards and eight draft at AT&T Stadium in touchdowns in his junior Arlington, Texas. He an- season. He was an importnounced earlier in the spring ant part of the Sooners’ topthat he will be watching from ranked offense. Austin, and Wednesday it was announced he wouldn’t ORLANDO BROWN allow ESPN to do a live shot OFFENSIVE LINEMAN of him when he’s chosen. At the end of the season, T h e H e i s m a n Brown was being projected
to go in the first round, but a bad combine performance hurt his draft stock. Brown is now projected to be taken in the second round. Brown was the Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year in his junior season. DIMITRI FLOWERS FULLBACK Flowers is a very versatile player, and he’s improved his draft prospects at the Senior Bowl, combine and pro day. Flowers is the No. 1-ranked fullback in this year’s draft class, according to WalterFootball. He is predicted to go between the fourth and sixth rounds. In his s enior s eas on, Flowers made 26 receptions for 464 yards and five touchdowns, while running in
another four touchdowns. Along with Mayfield and Andrews, he was an integral part of the Oklahoma offense. OGBONNIA OKORONKW LINEBACKER Okoronkwo had a solid NFL Combine performance, posting near the top of his player group in many of the skills. He is predicted to go in the second or third round. O k o r o n kw o m a d e 7 6 total tackles, eight sacks and forced three fumbles. The first round of the draft will take place April 26 at 7 p.m. CT. Abby Bitterman
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Class of 2019 offensive lineman E.J. Ndoma-Ogar announced his commitment to Oklahoma early Wednesday morning — the seventh commitment since the weekend of the Sooners’
annual spring game. Ndoma-Ogar, an Allen, Texas, native, joined current high school teammate Theo Wease with his commitment to Oklahoma. The Sooners newest commit is a consensus four-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN. With his commitment, Oklahoma gained more ground at the top of 247Sports’ and Rivals’ rec r u i t i n g ra n k i n g s. T h e Sooners had the No. 1 class on Rivals after Derek Green
committed at the spring game and moved to No. 1 on 247Sports after Jonathan Perkins committed last Wednesday. The Sooners have never landed the No. 1-ranked recruiting class. However, Oklahoma also lost a commit this week. A recruit flipping his commitment from one school to another is common, but a graduate transfer flipping his commitment during his second time through the recruiting process is not.
After deleting his commitment tweet to Oklahoma late last week, Notre Dame graduate transfer defensive linemen Jay Hayes officially announced his flip to Georgia on Wednesday. Hayes officially visited Georgia last weekend — a week after taking a visit to Oklahoma for its spring game. He committed to the Sooners on the Sunday of his visit but never signed and made it official. “I want to play in the
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