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OU DAILY Left: Tabletop Gaming Club members senior Tyren Lynch and freshman John Branon play Dungeons and Dragons. Top right: The Tabletop Gaming Club plays in Bizzell Memorial Library Sept. 8. The club gathers around campus every Saturday to play games together. Bottom right: Chemical engineering freshman Riley Miller plays Dungeons and Dragons as Dungeon Master with club members.
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GRAND ADVENTURES OU students find escape from reality in Tabletop Gaming Club’s weekly Dungeons and Dragons games
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parks whiz through the air as swords clash on a rope bridge suspended over a chasm. A man clad in long robes descends into the inky blackness of a dungeon below an ancient mountain. A group of adventurers ready themselves for combat as a red dragon descends from the sky, blanketing them in its fiery breath. This isn’t the plot of a fantasy novel or a boss fight in a video game. Instead, it’s just a few people sitting around a table in Headington College collectively imagining adventures for their characters in a weekly game of
HEATH KUYKENDALL • @HEATHKUYKENDAL1 Dungeons and Dragons. A group like this is just one of several that meet in Headington College Room 170 as part of the OU Tabletop Gaming Club’s game days. Running from 3– 8 p.m. every Saturday, game days see between 20 and 40 club members break up into tables of seven players and one dungeon master, who serves as the narrator of the adventure. For the next five hours — or more, depending on how long the adventure lasts — the people at the table almost fade away as they take on the roles of grand heroes out to save the world. Amanda Phillips, a biomedical
Dungeons and Dragons, commonly referred to as D&D, is a fantasy tabletop game that debuted in 1974. How to play: •The game requires three or more people, one of whom is the Dungeon Master. The Dungeon Master, or DM, is the narrator of the story or campaign the players are completing. •The DM describes the environment the players will be in and progresses the story. •Players then decide how they would like to proceed within the story. The DM may make simple things challenging and require a dice roll to determine whether or not the players are successful. •The DM and players will move through their adventure until the story comes to an end. According to the official D&D website, the story never really ends and can continue being played. What you need: •The game •An imagination and sense of adventure
engineering senior and the president of the club, said the group offers its members an escape from the stress of college as they take on larger-than-life personas. She also said it’s a wonderful way to make new friends. “It’s a social sport, you know?” Phillips said. “You have to work with other people. It’s a great way to make friends who you start to see in your classes and around campus. I especially think it’s valuable for the freshmen who join. A lot of times, they come into college and don’t know anyone, but they come to D&D club, and suddenly they have some familiar faces.” Much like how Dungeons and Dragons grew in popularity in the 1970s, the Tabletop Club has grown via small events. According to Andy Voigt, a architecture sophomore and the public relations manager for the club, the group generally gains new members through club veterans. “A lot of our new members hear about us through word of mouth,” Voigt said. “Just people telling their friends there’s a cool club, then they tell their friends, and so on. That’s the main way that we get bigger, as well as putting up tables at club events.” Conner Flansburg, a computer science senior and the club’s vice president, said he joined the group when it was first started in 2016 after being invited by other computer science majors. Flansburg said that coming from Tulsa, he knew absolutely no one on campus until he started
attending D&D sessions every Saturday. He quickly made several long-term friends there, eventually taking on a leadership position with the group. Flansburg also serves as the head of the club’s worldbuilding committee, a group of members who create a shared universe which all of the club’s kingdoms, characters and monsters inhabit. “The idea of the original founders was to create a world that changes because of the effects players have on it,” Flansburg said. “They can play (a character) in an adventure one week, then take them to a different adventure the next. It allows us to have these growing and evolving characters. It’s been one of the biggest parts of our club, and anyone can join and be a worldbuilder.” Flansburg and Phillips said playing within one shared universe has allowed players to build connections among their characters from game to game, forming friendships and rivalries as time goes on. The biggest event of the year for the Tabletop Club comes at the end of every semester. Dubbed a “world event,” this specific adventure sees all of the club’s players threatened by a single world-shaking catastrophe or battle. “All of the adventures for this final session will be about this one event,” Flansburg said. “One group will play the keystone event, and other tables play adventures focused on the fallout or ramifications of this keystone
event. This last semester we had a large-scale dragon attack. My game had the players fighting the dragons’ leader, while other games dealt with issues like refugee crises and forest fires caused by these dragons. It turns into one massive event.” Flansburg and Phillips said they are always looking for new creative individuals to work on building the world. Phillips said she believes some of their worldbuilders could be novelists due to their creativity alone. She and Flansburg hope to attract more members like these players who love the game and want to continually grow their shared world. “D&D really fills a need that humans have to tell a story,” Flansburg said. “I think that’s something we forget or neglect. D&D gives anyone the opportunity to share a story with other people and have them share stories back. That’s a very powerful thing. You’re sharing a part of yourself with people, and when you respond to that it makes for some really great storytelling — and it’s fun.” Saturday meetings take place from 3–8 p.m. in Headington College Room 170. The club also offers Friday night game nights from 4– 8 p.m. in Room 170 every week. Anyone interested in joining the Tabletop Club can contact them either through their OrgSync page or their Discord server. Heath Kuykendall
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Kenneth Murray shatters OU tackle record Linebacker helps win war in trenches against Army on Saturday ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman
Trench warfare was made famous in World War I, and it made a return Saturday night in Norman. It was a physical game in a way the Sooners aren’t used to, with
Army’s offensive line diving at Oklahoma’s front seven to make room for its triple-option offense. “This was a physical war in the trenches,” sophomore linebacker Kenneth Murray said. “This was what we knew it was going to be — all week we knew it was going to be a war in the trenches. We knew that at the end of the day we were going to have to come out here and try to make plays ... I think we did a wonderful job of fighting tonight, and I’m glad we got the W.” The Black Knights (2-2) had
control of the ball for almost 45 minutes of the 60 minutes of game play, running 87 plays but making just nine pass attempts. It was an upfront battle that led to a record-breaking night in tackles and an overtime 28-21 win for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12). With all the struggle the Oklahoma defense went through in the grueling game, there was one bright spot. It seems like Murray’s name was being called over the speaker every other play while the Sooners
were on defense. He had 28 total tackles in the game, shattering Oklahoma’s previous single-game tackle record. “I told probably 10 of my teammates that I was going to break it this week,” Murray said of the record he broke. Redshirt senior linebacker Curtis Bolton made 23 total tackles — which would have tied the previous Oklahoma record for most tackles in a game, set in 1981 — but was only second in that statistic to Murray.
Bolton wasn’t surprised by Murray’s performance after seeing the way he worked during the off-season, building on last season. “Me and K-9 talked about it all week,” Bolton said. “We knew it was going to be a slug fest. We knew it was going to be a boxing match. “I’m just glad that we’re off of this triple option, stack 10 people See KENNETH page 5
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School of Dance shines in ballet Oklahoma Festival Ballet breaks mold, dazzles viewers
don’t want this piece to end, but like any good piece, viewers can be appreciative they even got to see it in the first place. This piece alone makes Oklahoma Festival Ballet worth the watch.
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The OU School of Dance unveiled its production of Oklahoma Festival Ballet, which features ballet in two separate spotlights in two acts. Oklahoma Festival Ballet is the annual performance presented by students of the OU School of Dance. Traditionally, the show takes part in two acts, with the first act containing a story ballet and the second act containing individual selections of the director’s choosing. However, this year’s show broke from tradition by featuring four individual works of different styles. Act 1 includes “Concerto Barocco,” a technical, neoclassical ballet, and “Les Noces,” an expressive story ballet. “CONCERT BAROCCO” Dancers in simple, white costumes posed behind each other in two vertical lines against a navy blue backdrop as the curtain rose to reveal the scene for “Concerto Barocco.” S et to Bach’s “Concerto in D Minor,” eight female dancers occupied the stage alongside three featured dancers juniors Caroline Young and Justin Rainey and senior Lauren Martinez. Filled beginning to end w i t h m e s m e r i z i ng p atterns, “Concerto Barocco” is a masterpiece by George Balanchine who serves as an example there can be great creativity while maintaining
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Noah Klarck and Katie Wolfe perform Les Noces during the Oklahoma Festival Ballet dress rehearsal Sept. 20. Oklahoma Festival Ballet will have additional performances at the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre on Sept. 27, 28 and 30.
simplicity. While the tempo of the choreography stayed consistent, the ever-changing spatial arrangements give the piece something to follow. The aesthetic quality of this piece will lure viewers of any level to get lost in the movement until the last violinist lifts his bow. “LES NOCES” “Les Noces,” or “the wedding” in French, is a story ballet with theatrical elements that reflect the Ballet Russe, where School of Dance’s founders, Yvonne Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov, once found their home. The story includes a cast of a bride, a groom, their parents, six women and three men. The parents of the bride, seniors Emily Nichols and Kieran King, walk intertwined toward the back of the stage as the bride, junior Katie Wolfe, longs for her groom, sophomore Noah Klarck. The parents of both the bride and groom are
hesitant to let them go, but when they do, the two come together, and everyone celebrates the wedding as the music builds. Set to the haunting music of Igor Stravinsky, choreographer Nilas Martins did an excellent job of matching the choreography to the otherwise chaotic counts of the music. “Just wait until the second half. That’s where it really kicks in,” said Michael Bearden, director of the OU School of Dance, during the intermission of the show. Previously, Bearden said one of his platforms as the director of the School of Dance is to fuse the ballet and modern programs into one school that learns from each other, and Act 2 showcases exactly that. “LICKETY SPLIT” Choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo of Hu b b a rd S t re e t D a n c e Chicago, the word that came to mind while watching
“Lickety Split” was “seamless.” The three men and three women in this piece did not struggle to move through complicated positions in space during their featured duet, nor did they struggle to become vulnerable and expressive while doing so. Shadowed in dark lighting and muted costumes, the first duet between seniors Sarah Mack and King was meant to protray the trust one must build when starting a relationship. The audience may question why a piece so emotionally intimate is named something as eccentric as “Lickety Split,” until the next duet featuring sophomore Allie Smith and junior Micah Bullard. This duet expresses the fun and pure bliss that comes after proving trust in someone. Smith embodied an elegant yet playful sensuality that complemented her partner and the energy of the music well. Viewers may feel like they
“I RISE” “I Rise” was commissioned by the School of Dance for the 40th anniversary of Maya Angelou’s poem by choreographer Amy Hall Garner. The music in this piece portrays a few of the additions African-American community has made to the music world: jazz, African percussions and soulful gospel. The lively jazz section is likely to put a smile on any viewer’s face. Reminiscent of the 1920s, the stage is flooded with orange, red, pink, blue and purple dresses, designed by senior Benjamin Burton, that have as much movement as the dancers wearing them. Junior Korie Richardson embodied the African percussion section against a backdrop feature reminiscent of a leaf changing colors, which complemented her orange costume. Richardson committed full body and spirit in this solo role, and as a result, the audience could not help but commit all of its attention to her. King took the stage one final time in Oklahoma Festival Ballet for an emotionally driven solo to instrumental piano music with a gospel tone. The spoken word section, featuring the powerful words of Angelou’s “Still I Rise” and spoken by Angelou, parallels the strong women on stage narrating the words with their bodies. The movement
and colors are visually exciting, but this section specifically takes this work from entertainment to art. By using the words of Angelou, Hall Garner encapsulated the human spirit spoken of in the poem. The end section featuring all the dancers in the piece was as theatrical as it was magical. The stage is filled with color and heart, leaving the audience with something to smile about when leaving the theater. Act 1 could be summarized as what should be seen at a ballet: elegant lines, a classic story and technique. Act 2, however, is what the viewer would not expect to see at a ballet, but as soon as they get a taste, they desire more and more. If Bearden continues in this current direction of leadership, the vulnerable and passionate Act 2 is only a glimpse of the future of the School of Dance. As the University Theatre season begins, Oklahoma Festival Ballet is a production that cannot be ignored and should not be missed. Soloists and casts vary from night to night. Oklahoma Festival Ballet premiered at 8 p.m. on Sept. 21, and will have additional shows at 8 p.m. Sept. 27 and 28, and at 3 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Elsie C. Brackett Theatre on 563 Elm Ave. Advance purchase tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for senior adults, military and OU employees and $10 for students with IDs. Tickets at the door are $35 for adults and $15 for students. Alma Cienski
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Students, faculty struggle for space in crowded car lots JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr
It’s 11 p.m. on a Sunday night and Erin Palmer is just getting back to campus. Palmer knows there will not be housing parking anywhere close to the dorms, since students have returned from their hometowns to campus for school on Monday. Still, she hopes to find a space. Half an hour after arriving on campus, the health and exercise freshman is tired, stressed and hungry, and still has not found a spot. She doesn’t want to park far from the dorms this late at night, so she decides to park in a spot not designated for her. She sets an alarm to move her car early the next morning before class. When she returns before her 9 a.m. class the next day, she has a ticket. Parking services charges $274 for a student parking permit, although having a permit does not always guarantee a spot. According to the director of parking services, Kris Glenn, parking services does not limit the amount of permits it sells because not everyone is on campus at the same time. Although parking services does not limit purchases of permits, only commuter permits exceed their amount of spaces. Glenn said in an email parking services sold 6,098 commuter parking permits this year, with 3,022 commuter spaces available across campus. That leaves 3,076 commuters without parking if all require a space at one time. “The number of permits sold vs. spaces available doesn’t really tell much of a story,” Glenn said in the email. “Occupancy at peak times is what really matters.” Peak times for the number of cars parked on campus are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Glenn said. A year later, Palmer, now a sophomore, moved off campus, so she purchased a commuter permit to drive to class. When she first started commuting to school this year, she witnessed how much peak times can affect parking. “I learned that week that if you get here at 10, there’s nowhere to park,” Palmer said. “I basically parked at Callaway for like the first week.”
Palmer said she has to get to campus around an hour early just to find a place to park so she can make it to her 10:30 a.m. classes on time. The amount of spaces available during peak times still exceed the amount used, with more than 100 commuter spaces and more than 400 housing spaces available at these times, Glenn said in an email. “Students have issues finding available parking on campus because they go to where they would like to park instead of an area that has open spaces,” Glenn said. “The best practice is to not circle popular areas that are full but instead go to the sure bet of available parking. Right now that is typically the Jenkins garage for commuters.” Parking is not a struggle limited to students. On Aug. 16, adjunct faculty in the Gaylord College of Journalism were informed the parking pass usually gifted to them by the college would be revoked, and they would have to buy their own passes if they were going to park on campus. This decision was reversed less than a week after this announcement after adjuncts like Jarena Lunsford voiced their concerns.
“The number of permits sold vs. spaces avaliable doesn’t really tell much of a story.” KRIS GLENN, DIRECTOR OF PARKING SERVICES
“I’ve always been really appreciative that the Gaylord College provided the parking permits for the adjuncts,” Lunsford said. “Initially I emailed back … and I think a lot of people did the same thing. It was an email chain of just a lot of like shock and ‘Is this really happening?’” Adjunct faculty either bought a parking permit or parked near campus without a permit from the first day of school until the decision was reversed, Lunsford said. Lunsford parked in a residential area near Headington for the first few days while considering her options with parking. “At the end of the day, (purchasing a permit was) just what we were going to have to do ,” Lunsford said. “On my way after class … there was a tow truck on the street towing
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a car, and all I thought was ‘That could be me any day, for whatever reason.’ ... So then I told my husband, ‘We’re just going to have to buy the permit.’” Lunsford said the adjuncts who purchased permits were able to refund them after the decision was reversed, and she was happy to have administration who listened to their concerns. “I was happy to be a part of the Gaylord College,” Lunsford said. “I really felt like Dean (Ed) Kelley and Dr. (David) Craig appreciate the work the adjuncts do, they appreciate the role we play in the college.” Although Lunsford does have a faculty permit now, she said parking with a faculty permit is still difficult, especially in the afternoons and evenings when she spends “a good 20 to 30 minutes” looking for a spot. “I think a lot of people think having a faculty and staff parking (permit) is like having a Willy Wonka golden ticket,” Lunsford said. “I’ll be the first one to say no it is not. It does not guarantee you a parking space at all.” Palmer knows this from her experiences living on campus last year. However, when she received her ticket, Palmer said she attempted to get it appealed. She said she told parking services she parked there so she would not have to walk a long distance to her dorm late at night by herself, but parking services told her she should have parked in Lloyd Noble and used SafeWalk to get back to the dorms. “It’s just so crazy because Lloyd Noble is far,” Palmer said. “SafeWalk takes a bit of time ... for them to get to you. It was just dark, cold and I’m a girl on campus — there’s not
Restaurant blazes trail, plans to serve cannabinoid food MOLLY KRUSE @MollyKruse98
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Cannafe on Buchanan Avenue on Campus Corner Sept. 20. The cafe will sell coffee, tea, brownies, cheesecake and other snacks, all containing cannabis compounds.
disease, multiple sclerosis and other medical issues. “It doesn’t alter how you can function,” Castor said. “You can still do your job and go to work and go to school and study and relax, and it just kind of takes the edge off.” Cannafe is a “grand experiment” that is different from Castor’s and Jacobs’ main company, Life Organics, which has dispensaries in Norman, Castor said. “Everybody’s kind of ingested marijuana a little differently than this,” Castor said. “This is actual food.”
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a lot of light on the main road like there is on campus. That was just not a response I was looking for.” Parking services issues an average of 50,000 citations a year according to their website, but the parking appeals board gives students the opportunity to get their citations overturned. Mechanical engineering senior Nathan Schmenk serves as the chief justice of the parking appeals board, and said he could not comment on issues with parking on campus or the issue of overselling permits. “I can say I have faith in our administrators and parking services staff,” Schmenk said in an email. “I’ve seen the extraordinary work each and every one of them do firsthand. The entire administration of parking services has always been overwhelmingly positive to any recommendations we make to them to improve student parking on campus.” Schmenk said any issues students face with parking can be addressed through emailing parkingappeals@ ou.edu, so the parking appeals board can “help improve the student situation in any way we can.” Although he could not comment on the problems with parking and permits, Schmenk said he has seen many improvements with parking over the years. “They’ve become much m o re re c e p t i v e t o s t u dent concerns and issues,” Schmenk said in the email. “Kris Glenn is one of the best directors I’ve ever seen in this position ... It’s very clear that the entire parking services staff has improved with his leadership, and the relationship between SGA and parking services couldn’t be
better.” Over time, parking services has opened up new garages and also made changes to the way certain lots and spaces are designated. The Jenkins garage opened up in January 2017 and added 1,217 spaces to campus, and the Timberdell garage opened over the summer and added another 990 spaces. Although the Timberdell garage added parking to campus, many spaces are only available to residents of Cross Village, which is only 30 percent full. During a peak time at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 12, 186 spots designated for Timberdell permits were empty in the Timberdell garage out of 350 spaces available for Timberdell permits. “They should make it open to all housing people too,” Palmer said. “Especially Cross … it’s not nearly full enough for them to have two full (parking) floors just for them when there are barely any residents there.” Parking services also made changes to the Jenkins garage after commuter parking difficulties the first week of class, opening up a floor to commuters that was previously designated as housing only. Lunsford said she thinks when universities are as large as OU is, “you’re just going to run into this issue.” However, she also said a re-evaluation of the allotments for each type of parking may be beneficial. “Parking should be the least stressful part of college,” Lunsford said. “It doesn’t seem to be that case, whether you are a student, faculty, staff or visitor.” Jordan Miller
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Cannabis comes to Campus Corner
A new cafe will open on Campus Corner selling coffee, tea, brownies, cheesecake and other snacks — all containing cannabis compounds. Co-founders of Cannafe, Jim Castor and Joel Jacobs, envision the cafe as a place for students to study and relax. This will be aided by cannabidiol, known as CBD, and other molecules from the cannabis plant that can help reduce anxiety and improve focus, Jacobs said. CBD is a cannabinoid, or a compound found in cannabis plants. However, unlike the mind-altering compound THC, also found in cannabis, CBD does not get people high and is non-psychoactive, according to Medical News Today. Studies show CBD can also help with pain and nausea, as well as benefit people with diabetes, Alzheimer’s
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Oklahoma became the 30th state to legalize medical marijuana this June, with 56 percent of voters supporting it, according to Vox. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority was established soon after to enforce new regulations. The program only regulates medical marijuana in the state, not CBD businesses or products, said Melissa Miller, communications manager for the OMMA. But as long as they don’t contain THC, products with CBD are legal to consume in Oklahoma, according to
Quartz. Castor and Jacobs credit changing attitudes toward cannabis in Oklahoma for making Cannafe a viable idea. “We wouldn’t be here without the law,” Castor said. “There was a landslide victory for medical marijuana, to where people and our reception in town has been great.” The Cannafe founders hope to educate the community and change the stigma surrounding cannabis, Jacobs said. “ To b a c c o h a s n e v e r been scientifically proven for any therapeutic benefit,” Jacobs said. “It’s never been approved by the FDA. Cannabis has — twice.” The owners also want to provide a non-alcoholic space where students too young to go to bars can hang out during the daytime or between parties. Cannafe will have music, events and parties in the courtyard behind the building, Jacobs said. Ben Cottrell, a microbiology junior from Colorado, said he would try out Cannafe. While sometimes cannabis has a bad
reputation attached to it, Cottrell thinks fear about CBD itself is “a little silly,” he said. “I think a lot of students would probably flock to it because I’m sure we’re all pretty stressed,” Cottrell said. Nick Homsher, a creative media production junior, said he is not interested in CBD but has friends who use it to help their anxiety. “I recognize it as something university students will use, but I don’t think I’m the university student they’re looking for,” Homsher said. Cannafe does not have a definite opening date yet but will most likely open in the next couple of weeks. Opening hours will be flexible, ranging mainly from the afternoon to evening, but will probably expand in October, when there will be a Halloween party, Castor said. Cannafe is located at 588 Buchanan Ave. Molly Kruse
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OU Fitness and Recreation develops app Students now able to reserve spots in fitness classes BAILEY LEWIS @BaileyLewis75
To keep from turning students and faculty away from fitness classes, OU Fitness and Recreation has created an app allowing individuals to register for classes. The Fitness and Recreation classes are currently on a firstcome, first-served basis, so certain classes with limited space and equipment can run out of spots, leading to OU students and faculty being turned away. The app launched on Aug. 17 to help negate this issue. According to Fitness and Recreation’s 2016-2017 annual report, 2,103 fitness classes were taught during that academic year, and there are about 70 classes taught each week. Some of the classes offered are yoga, kickboxing, Zumba, cycling and strength training, according to the report. “The app will allow people to plan and know that as long as they reserve a spot, they will get a seat in that class,� said Malinda Williams, Fitness and Recreation’s assistant director. “The app is going to help with the disappointment or frustration that people experience when they are turned away from a class.�
One of the classes that has had to turn people away is cycling because there are a limited number of bikes. While Fitness and Recreation has added more bikes to accommodate this issue, the cycling classes still run out of spots. “Unfortunately, there would be people coming one or two minutes before class or maybe right at class time, and there were no bikes left,� said Renee Williams, a cycling instructor at Fitness and Recreation. “So, in that situation, it’s really hard because they’re ready to work out.� However, the new app will benefit not only those who come to cycling classes regularly, but also those who are new to the cycling classes. “For those people who have their favorite bike, it’s really going to help ensure that they get it,� Renee Williams said. “It will also be helpful for the new people coming in if they can’t get here right on class time because they will know that they have a spot, so when they come they’re ready, and they don’t have to change their workout plan.� The app was created by and through the program IMLeagues, which is used to “run your intramural program, play intramural sports, find people for a pickup game, get news on your favorite sports teams, and much more,� according to the IMLeagues website. Fitness and Recreation helped create the icons on
the app, but IMLeagues took Fitness and Recreation’s information from its website and put it into an app form so that it is easier to use, according to intramural sports coordinator Jonathan Dewhirst. Along with benefiting fitness classes, Dewhirst said the app is user-friendly, so it will help students involved in intramural sports to better organize their teams. “The app will help (intramural sports participation) because it’s in a form that (students) like to receive information,� Dewhirst said. “We have to be like chameleons and try to mold ourselves to what you guys want because ultimately we’re here for the students. So, if this is the way students grasp and gather information, then we need to follow the message you guys need to be received.� For now, the only classes that are registration-only are the F45 program classes, which is a new group-training program that “centers on functional training and developing the muscle groups of the body in order to perform better in all aspects of daily life,� according to the Fitness and Recreation website. “Eventually, we would like to move all of our classes to registration-only,� Malinda Williams said. “We are starting out using it for our F45 program, which is a new program that will be launching in October. I’ve done three classes now using the app, and it has gone really well and
The OU Fit + Rec app. The app lets students register for fitness classes.
been super easy for people to reserve their space and then check in when it comes to class time.� While Fitness and Recreation continues to test out registering for classes with the F45 Program, OU students
and faculty can look forward to being able to reserve a seat in the class they want. �I like to take the barre classes at the Huff, and now that they have an app, I’m looking forward to being able to reserve my spot on there,�
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said Brooke Sears, an early childhood education junior. “I really like that because it saves time.� Bailey Lewis
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Family gifts $20M to ROTC NPD creates advisory board Donation creates scholarship fund, allows renovations JANA ALLEN
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T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Oklahoma received a $20 million gift for its Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, according to an OU press release. The gift, from Miriam and James Mulva of Green Bay, Wisconsin, will create a scholarship endowment and renovate the OU Armory and fourth floor of Cate Center 4, which has been home to the Air Force ROTC program since 2015. The scholarship
endowment will provide tuition and room and board scholarships for Army ROTC, Naval/Marine ROTC and Air Force ROTC students, according to the release. “Through their generous gift, the Mulvas are making a difference in the lives of countless young people who have decided to serve their country through military service,� OU President James Gallogly said in the release. “We are all deeply grateful to Jim and Miriam Mulva for making this transformative gift in support of OU’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.� Jim Mulva was a student at OU in the mid-1960s and was a member of the Naval ROTC program. He served four years
The Daily apologizes for egregious word choice error in Sept. 20 paper
On the front page of the Sept. 20 print edition of The Daily, there was text accompanying a headline with the words “sexual assault� rather than “sexual harassment.� This was an egregious mistake and we would like to offer our apologies to the OU community, the members of the College of Fine Arts and Tom Orr for this error. The Daily prides itself on accuracy and professionalism, and we regret this mistake and the confusion it may have caused. The front-page story itself was a round-up of news since the publishing of an original OU Daily article Sept. 17 with student allegations of sexual harassment against School of Drama professor Tom Orr. The information in the body of the Sept. 20 print story is accurate, as well as the information in the OU Daily articles online and previously in print. The Daily reached out to the offices of Tom Orr and Mary Margaret Holt, dean of the College of Fine Arts, as well as OU’s Public Affairs office to notify them of the error and apologize directly. We collected the print edition of our paper and brought it to our newsroom to mitigate any damages. If community members have questions or concerns, please send them to kaylabranch@ou.edu.
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as a U.S. naval officer and later was president, CEO and chairman of the board of Phillips Petroleum, retiring in 2012, according to the release. “As a family, we believe that it is important to give back to the schools and institutions that have been important to us,� Jim Mulva said in the release. “We very much like supporting the young men and women who have decided to pursue military service.� This gift is one of several to the university from the Mulvas, who are known for giving back to youth, education, their alma maters and the Catholic Church, according to the release. Jana Allen
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Police will work with community to build trust ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2
The Norman Police Department has announced the creation of a Norman Citizens Advisory Board to increase transparency and community partnerships. The board will help advise the police chief on issues regarding police-community relations and community outreach, according to an NPD press release. The group, meant to be representative of Norman, will be formed with the help of the Department of Justice,
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Do something that will make you feel good. Pampering yourself, getting a makeover or spending time with a loved one will help ease stress and avert a mood swing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Listen carefully and make up your own mind. An offer to achieve peace and tranquility through unorthodox means should be politely declined.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- A business trip or meeting will encourage you to take on new challenges. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Put your energy to work for you Educational pursuits will change instead of letting it make your life your way of thinking and pursuing more difficult. Refuse to let anxiety goals. Romance will improve an get the better of you when positive important relationship. change is what’s required.
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 122 and Norman Citizens for Racial Justice. “All involved in the creation of NCAB share a vision of the purpose and scope of the board,� Keith Humphrey, Norman Police Chief, said in theW press release. The purpose of the board is to review various department investigations and enhance community trust, according to the press release. The board will be inclusive of differences in race, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and disability, the press release said. All Norman residents are invited to apply to become board members. Residents can learn more about the advisory board at an informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Sept. 26, at the Norman Public Library East. “I believe members of NCAB will bring a vast level of expertise from outside of law enforcement, in order to help me make better-informed decisions taking into account outside perspectives and community impact,� Humphrey said in the press release. Anna Bauman
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Murray maintains composure
Quarterback keeps his cool against strong Army team GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
You can see it in the clothes he wears — Kyler Murray exudes confidence. Dressed in a silk, black button-up shirt with gold dragons etched on the side and gold Nike high-top shoes, Murray looked as confident in post-game interviews as he did leading then-No. 5 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) to a 28-21 overtime win over Army (2-2). “It’s my job to stay cool, calm and collected,” said Murray, who topped ESPN’s weekly Heisman Trophy poll this past week. “If I go down as far as my mentality, thinking we’re going to lose or whatever it may be, then
things aren’t going good. At that moment, I just have to stay myself.” And that’s exactly what Murray did, again, Saturday night. With just 2:17 remaining in the fourth quarter, Murray led Oklahoma on an eightplay, 46-yard drive to set up a 33-yard field goal for the win. But after senior kicker Austin Seibert missed the chip-shot, Murray remained unfazed for overtime. He hit redshirt senior Myles Tease for a 21-yard gain to start overtime and found sophomore CeeDee Lamb for a 10-yard touchdown pass the following p l ay , w h i c h e ve ntu a l l y sealed the game. Cool. Calm. Collected. “He really stepped up w h e n w e n e e d e d h i m,” Lamb said. “He’s always the backbone of this offense. We depend on him, and he has all the answers. When we
have questions, he’s there to answer them. He’s very composed and into the game. “He knows what he has to do.” Murray recorded 236 total yards and four touchdowns, despite Oklahoma’s offense only having 40 total plays. He had only one really poor decision, throwing an interception in the third quarter on a mistimed and overthrown ball. But Murray was sensational when he was needed most. “I thought he played really good, and he didn’t get as many cracks at it as he normally does,” said Army coach Jeff Monken. “That kid is a terrific player and an unbelievable athlete ... He made a bunch of plays, and he did a great job helping his football team win.” This won’t be the last time Murray will have to be clutch down the stretch
for the Sooners. With tough tests such as Texas, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia quickly approaching, Oklahoma will rely on Murray’s performance more often than not. While Murray easily led Oklahoma down the field to win the game, it was only right that his predecessor and one of the greatest players in Oklahoma history — Baker Mayfield — stood on the sidelines watching him. Time and time again Mayfield came up clutch for the Sooners in his three years. Many wondered if Murray could do the same. And so as Murray led his team down the field Saturday in need of a score for the second week in a row, the only noticeable differences between him and Mayfield were the name and number on his back. “Just trust the process,” Murray said, “Trust what I’m
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Redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray holds up his hands during the game against Army Sept. 22. Murray recorded 236 total yards and four touchdowns, despite Oklahoma’s offense only having 40 total plays.
seeing, go through my reads and execute — that’s really my job.” After the game, in his dragon-themed shirt, Murray was short and to the point as he usually is, looking a little more well-rested thanks to the just 40 plays the offense ran.
He knows he has a long season ahead and a lot more work to do. “I’m not tired at all,” Murray said with a smile and a laugh. George Stoia
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Riley’s offense struggles late, pulls through Sooners run only 40 plays in nearovertime loss GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
Lincoln Riley stood on the sidelines at the 50-yard line, his entire team huddled around him. His and thenNo. 5 Oklahoma’s College Football Playoff hopes were on the line as they headed to overtime against Army. His message was simple. “We have to get back to what we know,” Sophomore tight end Grant Calcaterra recalled of Riley’s speech. “We just have to execute.” Riley’s offense scored two plays later on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Kyler Murray to CeeDee Lamb — the eventual game-winning score in Oklahoma’s (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) 28-21 overtime win over Army (2-2). But it wasn’t always easy for Riley’s offense Saturday night. After a fairly successful first half that had the
Sooners up 21-14 in the locker room, Oklahoma failed to score in the second half. The offense had multiple opportunities to score and put the game away, but failed to do so. A large part of this was Army’s ability to keep the ball out of the hands of the potent Sooners offense. Oklahoma ran only 40 plays the entire game compared to Army’s 87. Army coach Jeff Monken’s plan worked to near-perfection. “(We) just held the ball,” Monken said when asked how he slowed down Oklahoma’s offense. “That’s our philosophy, is to try to maintain possession of the ball, and we were able to do that.” Early in the fourth quarter, Oklahoma faced a fourthand-goal at the 1-yard line. The play before, sophomore running back Trey Sermon was stuffed at the line of scrimmage on a simple halfback dive. Riley decided to go with something different for fourth down.
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Head coach Lincoln Riley during the game against Army Sept. 22. Riley’s offense ran only 40 plays during the game compared to Army’s 87.
Murray lined up in shotgun, handed it to Sermon on a read option, who was — once again — stuffed at the line of scrimmage. Turnover on downs. “Bad call by me,” Riley said, “and then we didn’t get near enough of a push.” Since Riley joined the
Oklahoma staff in 2015, the Sooners have lost six games. In four of those six games, Oklahoma scored 24 points or fewer. Saturday, Oklahoma scored 28 — just enough to seal a victory. A big reason Oklahoma’s offense struggled was the absence of big plays. Junior
wide receiver Marquise Brown didn’t catch a pass for Oklahoma — Lamb and Calcaterra were the only receivers to catch more than one. “When you snap the ball 40 times with overtime, not many people are getting the ball, period,” Riley said. “It
Late interceptions prove key
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Two plays make difference in win over Black Knights
in the box, try to run down. I’m just glad to get back into what we’re comfortable with.” Army looked unstoppable on the ground at times. If the offense couldn’t make it on third down, the Black Knights would go for it on fourth down and, more often than not, end up moving the chains. The unique triple-option offense was something the Sooners had been preparing for for a long time, but — for most of the game — still didn’t look ready for. “ I t ’s j u s t n o t w h a t our team’s built to do,”
ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman
A crowd of 87,177 stood on their feet, screaming, in the fourth quarter. No one expected to be willing the Sooners to a stop so late in a game against Army. Army got the ball back with 12:23 left in the fourth quarter. And after maintaining possession of the ball for most of the game, it was possible the Black Knights could have held onto the ball for the rest of the game. A series of stops late in the drive, however, left the Black Knights at third-and-14 and forced them to throw. Junior quarterback Kelvin Hopkins’ ball was deflected by redshirt junior defensive tackle Dillon Faamatau and caught by redshirt junior defensive lineman Kenneth Mann for the interception. “I was in the right place at the right time,” Mann said. “The ball popped up — anybody should have caught that.” The reaction from the fans to the play was as energetic as the reaction from the players on the field. Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memor ial Stadium was going insane, as the defense forced a turnover for the first
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was just going to be a night where a couple guys get opportunities and that’s going to be it.” Mur ray and S er mon were the only bright spots for Oklahoma’s offense Saturday. Mur ray combined for 236 total yards and four touchdowns. Sermon rushed 18 times for 119 yards. B u t m ov i n g f o r w a rd , Oklahoma has to be more consistent. With a defense that seems to struggle no matter the type of offense it’s facing, Oklahoma’s offense can’t have many unsuccessful drives and turnovers in close games, or else they might not be so lucky next time. “A tough win, but a win nonetheless,” Riley said. “We had some opportunities to separate the game and we didn’t do it ... It wasn’t our best performance.” George Stoia
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defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. But Oklahoma put up just enough stops and forced two critical turnovers to come out with the win. When the game ended, Murray went up to each service member he saw, shook their hands and thanked them for their service. “At that point it wasn’t even about the game of football, it was about their service and what they do,” Murray said. “They make the ultimate sacrifice. They’re the real warriors. They’re out there fighting, sacrificing their lives for this country.” Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu
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Junior cornerback Parnell Motley prepares to catch the ball in the game against Army Sept. 22. Motley’s interception in overtime sealed the game for the Sooners against Army.
time all night. “The crowd was great. They definitely had an impact on the game — thought our team fed off the crowd and the crowd fed off our team, especially there at the end,” coach Lincoln Riley said. “That might be as loud as I’ve heard it here.” In a game that was defined by the Black Knights’ run game, two passes made all the difference. Army (2-2) only threw the ball nine times, but two of those throws were picked off, including the one that sealed the Sooners’ (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) 28-21 win. Most of the game for the defense was fought upfront,
with the Sooners facing 78 plays on the ground and spending almost 45 minutes on the field throughout the game. It seemed like Army couldn’t be stopped, but the Black Knights’ weakness — pass plays — was truly their weak point Saturday night. “They got the stops when we needed them,” said defensive coordinator Mike Stoops. “We needed them down the stretch, and we got them again.” The Sooners fought against Army’s ground game all night, knowing the battle could go their way if they were able to force a turnover. It was fourth down and 7
yards to go, and Army was down to its last play in overtime. Hopkins dropped back to the 29-yard line and let the ball fly. The ball fell perfectly into Parnell Motley’s hands at the 2-yard line for an interception. Game over. “That was just the message all game — just keep swinging and good things will happen ... You see the result,” said redshirt senior linebacker Curtis Bolton. “It turns into picks.” CAITLYN EPES/THE DAILY
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Sophomore linebacker Kenneth Murray walks through the Walk of Champions before the Army game Sept. 22. Murray broke Oklahoma’s previous single-game tackle record with 28 total tackles in the game.
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A member of the Black Daggers parachutes onto the field for the delivery of the game ball.
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Senior kicker Austin Seibert sets up his kick during the fourth quarter of the Sooners vs. Army game. The kick was no good.
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Former OU quarterback and Heisman-winner Baker Mayfield pumps up the crowd during the game.
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Freshman defensive back Brendan “Bookie” Radley-Hiles throws the “horns down” hand sign.
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Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Creed Humphrey lifts up sophomore wide receiver CeeDee Lamb in celebration.
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Junior cornerback Parnell Motley celebrates with sophomore cornerback Tre Norwood after his game-ending interception.
Special teams falls flat in this week’s report Defense, offense score lower than in previous games PARKER PRIMROSE @parker_primrose
In a dramatic affair that came down to the final play, No. 5 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) beat Army West Point (2-2) with a score of 28-21. Here’s how the Sooners stacked up in week four. OFFENSE: BThe Sooner offense had its roughest day of the young season, struggling to establish a rhythm and control the clock. Although the unit started out hot by scoring touchdowns on their first three
drives, it stalled to a painful halt in the second half, represented by more than 36 minutes of game time without a single Sooner point. However, in spite of its struggles, the offense was still able to produce when the team needed it most. Redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray was the saving grace for the Sooners, accounting for 236 total yards and four touchdowns. Murray’s ability to make plays with his feet was invaluable, as he scampered for several large gains with the game on the line. Complementing Murray was a solid outing from sophomore running back Trey Sermon, who improved throughout the game on his way to 119 rushing yards. A concerning trend that
carried into this week was the lack of push generated upfront by the offensive line, which was especially prevalent on Oklahoma’s failed fourth-down run on Army’s 1-yard line. The Sooners may have failed to put up 30 points in a game they were projected to win by 31, but the grit shown by the offense at the end of the fourth quarter and in overtime was a positive sign for this team going forward. This won’t be the last time Oklahoma’s offense needs to deliver with the game on the line, but Murray and the squad proved the moment wasn’t too big for them to handle.
appeared to take a step back for the second week in a row, as Army gashed them for 379 total yards and maintained possession for almost 45 minutes. In addition, Oklahoma allowed a whopping 17 conversions on third or fourth down and 26 first downs overall. The defensive front struggled to control the line of scrimmage, as Army was able to consistently churn out 3 to 4 yards per carry in what resembled the football equivalent of death by a thousand paper cuts. Sophomore linebacker Kenneth Murray and redshirt senior linebacker Curtis Bolton did a solid job of limiting the damage, as the pair combined for a reDEFENSE: C cord 51 tackles, but plays in T h e S o o n e r d e f e n s e the West Point backfield were
hard to come by, and outside containment was an issue throughout the contest. The 339 yards Army compiled on the ground were nearly double the number of rushing yards given up by the Sooners in the first three games combined. However, the defense continued to embody the bendbut-don’t-break mentality that has defined them all season, as they intercepted Army on their two final possessions in order to seal the win. The game was ugly and the defense has plenty of room for improvement, but the mental resolve the unit has shown gives it a chance to potentially develop into something special. SPECIAL TEAMS: C-
Senior kicker Austin Seibert did not have his best night, as he missed on a 33-yard attempt that would have won the game in regulation. Seibert’s only punt on the night was also lacking, as it was five yards shorter than his season average and failed to land inside the 20. The Sooner return game turned in a decent performance, as freshman Brendan Radley-Hiles averaged almost 27 yards per kick return and sophomore CeeDee Lamb returned one punt for 7 yards. The Sooners did not allow Army to return any kicks during the game. Parker Primrose
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