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L EAVING A LEGACY College of International Studies to bear Boren’s name
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arzaneh Hall is lined with photos. With art on loan from the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to smiling students studying abroad, every few steps is covered with life. There’s one face that appears over and over across the floors and halls: OU President David Boren. Boren was instrumental in founding the College of International Studies and has been one of its biggest champions over the years. Now, after Boren’s announcement of his retirement on June 30, 2018, pending the selection of his successor, the college will bear more than just his pictures — it will bear his name. BUILDING A NEW COLLEGE The international studies program at OU has existed since 1996, but was made its own college by Boren in 2011. The college combined the School of International and Area Studies, t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l P ro g r a m Center, Education Abroad and International Student Services into the College of International and Area Studies. On Jan. 27, 2011, Boren announced a $2 million beginning to a $14 million fundraising campaign for the fledgling college. At the time, the college had approximately 450 undergraduate students. The first dean of the college, Zach Messitte, came to OU to lead the International Programs Center in 2007. Messitte had known Boren since
ALLISON WEINTRAUB • @ALLIEFRANCES12 the mid-1980s, when he interviewed then-Senator Boren for his school paper. Messitte later worked with Boren in various capacities, including as an intern and employee in Washington. Messitte, who currently serves as president at Ripon College in Wisconsin, said Boren’s passion for international affairs made working with him as the college’s dean a “dream.” “He’s an internationalist,” Messitte said. “He always has been, from his earliest days as someone who was interested in history and politics and economics. He obviously studied at Oxford and traveled the world as both a senator, but also just as a student. He loved international travel, he loved being in the international environment.” Messitte said Boren’s work establishing the Colle g e of International Studies has helped students and the state of Oklahoma as a whole by giving students important experiences. He said the college and all affiliates will be an important part of Boren’s legacy. “There’s a whole generation of students going backward and now going forward who have had an international experience at OU,” Messitte said. “They have been touched by this idea that it’s a much wider world than just Oklahoma and Texas — there’s this great big world out there that we need to be a part of.” The current dean of the college, Suzette Grillot, became interim dean in 2012 and took on the position officially in 2013.
When Grillot was appointed, she stressed the importance of attending to all aspects of the College of International Studies’ mission. She said while global education is important moving forward, offering students a chance to expand their horizons through globally-focused classes and study abroad opportunities is also beneficial to their understanding of the world. CHANGING THE COLLEGE One of the biggest changes the college has undergone is the renovation of Farzaneh Hall. The building, formerly known as Hester Hall, changed its name to recognize a gift given by the Farzaneh Family Foundation. Boren helped spearhead the fundraising campaign, which raised $13.5 million to expand the building for international studies majors. The Farzaneh brothers, Jalal and Mohammad, through the Farzaneh Family Foundation, gifted the college $4 million, the largest gift in OU’s history from international students. Jalal Farzaneh said he thought Boren’s time in the Senate gave him vision about the difficulties Oklahomans faced getting into the world of politics. Due to Boren’s vision, he was able to develop a program that went “toeto-toe” with the Ivy Leagues, according to Farzaneh. “He made it possible for everybody, every kid in Oklahoma, and afforded everybody the opportunity for them to be able to get into a school that is going to
be about on par with all the Ivy League College of International (Studies),” Jalal Farzaneh said. The brothers, who are from Iran and received masters’ degrees from OU in 1984, had previously donated to support the establishment of the Education Abroad and International Student Services reception suite and an endowment fund, in addition to donating more than $8 million. Mohammad Farzaneh said Boren’s understanding of the importance of global community helped shape the college. OU’s three campuses abroad in Arezzo, Italy; Puebla, Mexico; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, help extend the reach of the opportunities for students, according to Farzaneh. “It is very difficult for (O klahoman) kids to imagine they can study locally and be exposed to all those things,” Mohammad Farzaneh said. “But, this college ... it’s just an amazing opportunity for Oklahoma young men and women just to get this kind of exposure.” At the time, Grillot said the gift was extremely helpful to the college. “The impact that it has on this college is just tremendous,” Grillot told The Daily in 2016. “It’s allowing us to develop the world’s most premiere Iranian studies program.” BOREN’S LEGACY In 2017, the College of International Studies boasted 774 students on the Norman
Campus, according to OU Fact Book. That’s an increase from its original enrollment number of 431, in only 6 years time. Mohammad Farzaneh said Boren deserved to have his name on the international studies program because he played such an instrumental role in the college’s foundation. “He deserved to have his name there and that college deserved to have David Boren’s name for the future of people to realize: that’s (an) important college because he’s (an) important man,” Mohammad Farzaneh said. Jalal Farzaneh said the College of International Studies should be proud of the work Boren did for the college. “(It) shows the legacy of a man who has vision,” Farzaneh said. “Because of his vision we are now seeing the College of International (Studies), which is going to play a role in the future of the United States.” Messitte said while Boren has influenced every department of OU, his work in the field of international studies and founding the college was one of his defining moments. “He’s got so much to be proud of,” Messitte said. “I would put right up there, at or near the top of the list, the things he did to promote internationalism at OU. (Those) will be among his most lasting contributions to the university and really to the state.” Allison Weintraub
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Boren inspires in freshman class OU president intends to continue teaching after his retirement HANNAH PIKE @h_pike_
When President David Boren was little, he invited his whole class to his birthday party, including the banker’s daughter and the garbage man’s son.
Despite their differences, they were all friends, Boren told his students in class one day, just as he was later friends with senators who did not share his political beliefs. Ha n na h Pe r r y , a c re at i ve media production sophomore, said she learned this inclusive mindset while taking Boren’s freshman political science class, and will always remember. Even after Boren’s 23-year
tenure as president comes to a close June 30, 2018 — pending the selection of his successor — the former United States senator, governor and state legislator plans to continue teaching the class, in which he has impacted students across campus every semester through his jokes and anecdotes. “Getting to see just a real him and not him as President David Boren was just really like, ‘Hey,
there’s Professor Boren,’ and it’s a different kind of feeling,” Perry said. “It really just shows how personal he was with his students and how he really just wanted to connect and touch everyone’s life.” The first day of class, students were “tensed up” and nervous when Boren walked in, but after that, Boren was playful, which made the class fun, said Chris Loerke, a chemical biosciences
sophomore who took the class his freshman year. “Before, he had just seemed like such a powerful figure, but then we just kind of saw him as a person — and a person who really wanted the best for his students and the best for the people he interacts with — and that just see BOREN page 2
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gave me a lot of respect for him,” Loerke said. Loerke said he used to think political discussions were either boring or hostile, but his attitude shifted after taking Boren’s class. “Being in that class really brought a lot of life and humanity to politics by him talking about his role and his experiences and his friendships that he made through it,” Loerke said. “It just made me really interested in public service.” During Boren’s time in office, he advocated for bipartisan efforts, educational improvements, international outreach and the arts. In class, he shared these experiences in an open and inviting way that did not feel too formal or intimidating, said Gagan Moorthy, a political science and art history junior. “In a way, it was kind of like story time with D-Bo,” Moorthy said. Shad Satterthwaite, associate dean of the college of professional and continuing studies, started
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teaching with Boren in the spring semester of 1995. The two currently teach a section of American federal government together. Satterthwaite said Boren told him that class is like his tonic. “A president deals with a lot of things — you can imagine the headaches that come along with that job — and to be just in a class with students, for him, is like the breath of fresh air that he needs,” Satterthwaite said. “It’s what keeps him going.” Journalism senior Matt Marks said taking Boren’s class was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” that felt surreal. “It’s that feeling that’s just... it’s hard to describe,” Marks said. “Like, this is just incredible. This is the university president, and he’s teaching my class.” Marks was inspired to serve others after seeing Boren’s character and his vision through his jokes and his stories in class, he said. “It makes you want to be a better person,” Marks said. “I mean his character, just his laugh, his jokes, his stories — I want to do that. It’s very impactful to (make
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OU President David Boren teaching a political science class. After retiring as president, Boren plans to continue teaching the class.
you want to) go out and serve the community and be the best person you can be.” Moorthy has gotten to interact with Boren a number of times since the class, as he is involved in Crimson Club and works in Boren’s office. Boren even remembers him by name, he said. “There are so many aspects of this university that
seem kind of more elevated, or there are people that seem so high up that they can be unapproachable,” Moorthy said, “But through a class like this, it makes it clear that this really is the type of community where ideas and thoughts are welcomed and warranted, so there’s no barrier between being able to express that and show that in an open
way.” Satterthwaite has decades’ worth of memories of Boren and his students. One time, the entire class of over 200 students hid in another classroom and then surprised Boren as an April Fool’s Day joke. Sometimes, “cute little silver-haired ladies” attended his class like “groupies,” Satterthwaite said.
And many times, Boren walked back to Evans Hall with students after class, asking them about their lives and helping them in whatever way he could. “We have a fun time,” Satterthwaite said. “I’ve been able to see him where he would literally give a coat off his back to students.” Hannah Pike
Student makes city council redemption bid Junior to campaign a second time for seat in local government SIERRA RAINS @sierrarains
An OU student has announced she will be campaigning for a seat in the Norman City Council for a second time. Traci Baker, political science and pre-law junior, is running for Norman’s Ward 2 council seat after she campaigned and lost the election for a Ward 7 seat in February. T h e s e a t f o r Wa r d 2 opened up after Aleisha
Karjala, the previous Ward 2 council member, decided to make a bid for the Oklahoma state Senate, according to a Facebook post from Baker. Baker said it was a coincidence that the Ward 2 seat became available right after she moved to the area, and after careful consideration she decided it was worth it to campaign again. “I just have it in my heart that public service is something important to me and something that needs to be done,” Baker said. “So I decided that I would throw my hat in the ring and try to take that position.” In the previous election, Baker won 20 percent of
the vote. She said she felt she did relatively well, considering that she was up against a better-known incumbent and had little financial support. Th i s ye a r, Ba ke r sa i d she is going into the election with a bigger political presence, and she plans to manage her finances better. Baker said she will also shift the main focus of her campaign from property and zoning rights to environmental issues because of the greater impact of storm water issues on the area of Ward 2. “We have houses that are very close to falling into Imhoff Creek because of the storm water issue and
the erosion that it causes, so I think priority No. 1 needs to be fixing that before any other city priority,” Baker said. Despite this shift in focus, Baker, who is transgender, said she will also continue to address issues close to her heart such as LGBTQ rights and the representation of minorities and the OU community. Baker said one of her other
major objectives is to serve as a campus liaison to OU. “Being an OU student is a really unique opportunity to be on the city council, and being as that OU is such a central part of Norman community and they don’t really have representation as a whole, I feel like being that representation is very important,” Baker said. Baker said she is optimistic about her second
campaign and has drawn upon her losses from last year in order to better prepare herself for this time around. “Building on those past experiences, with new approaches, new strategies and new resources, I think I have a better shot at winning this time,” Baker said. Sierra Rains
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Political science junior Traci Baker Sept. 18. Baker is running for Norman City Council Ward 2 council seat after losing the election for the council seat for Ward 7 in Feburary.
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Camp Crimson announced plans to end its practice of strolling at orientation events, citing concerns over cultural appropriation. The organization said in a Sept. 15 Facebook statement that it reached the decision as a result of concerns voiced by the OU community. The stroll is a type of syncopated step dance set to music and performed in a line that has been part of the camp’s three-day summer orientation events for the past several years, said Bridgitte Castorino, assistant director of Student Life Orientation and Transfer Programs. Concerns over potential cultural appropriation were raised just last week, Castorino said. “Someone brought it to our attention on Facebook
Friday, and action was immediately taken,” Castorino said in an email. The “Divine 9,” the traditionally black fraternities and sororities making up the National Panellenic Council, trace strolling and stepping back to their earliest traditions at the turn of the 20th century. Alexis Hall, vice president of OU’s NPHC, said the group was previously unaware of the Camp Crimson stroll debate. “We think it is important to note that prior to this discussion, we were not aware of this situation,” Hall said in an email. “But we are happy that we are included in the conversation about a topic so close to our organization’s traditions.” Though the Facebook announcement did not mention the specific concerns cited in the complaint, Castorino said Camp Crimson staff has been very supportive of the decision to discontinue the tradition. “We will be continuing to
take measures to educate students on issues of cultural appropriation and the significance of strolling to our black greek letter organizations,” the statement said. “It is the mission of Camp Crimson to help all students find a place at the university and anything that comes in the way of that will not be endorsed.” Hall said NPHC is glad Camp Crimson took action quickly and hopes the OU community will learn more on the meaning of strolling. “We acknowledge that Camp Crimson had no ill intentions in their actions,” Hall said in an email. “We appreciate their swift decision to end the stroll in all forms. We hope that everyone will take this as a learning opportunity to seek education on the importance of strolling to Divine 9 organizations.” Kimberly Noe-Lehenbauer noelehenbauer@ou.edu
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Sermon answers Sooners’ prayers True freshman delivers message in Baylor game GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
WACO, Texas — With 14:48 remaining in No. 3 Oklahoma’s 49-41 win over Baylor, true freshman running back Trey Sermon entered the game for the first time. S e v e n ca r r i e s a n d 6 8 yards later, Sermon was in the end-zone, bowing before the Baylor crowd. “I just stay locked in the game, because you never know when your time is ready,” Sermon said. On the very next drive, Ser mon would find the end zone again — this time on only two carries for 69 yards. “I just like coming in and helping the team, making the biggest impact I can,” Sermon said. “I love it when our team’s back is against the wall.” Sermon was clutch for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), who had been struggling against a w inless Baylor (0-4, 0-1 Big 12) team all night. He would
Freshman running back Trey Sermon runs the ball past the defense in the game against Baylor Sept. 23.
finish the night with 148 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries — all in the fourth quarter when Oklahoma looked to be falling apart. His ability to break tackles and keep the clock rolling in the fourth quarter
was remarkable to watch for his teammates. “He’s a fantastic player,” senior quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “Just how physical he is. Not just how special he is, but going into the game, he came in and took over. At that point in
and time, he wore the defense down with the run game.” However, this isn’t the first time Sermon has come up big for Oklahoma late on the road. Rushing for 64 yards and catching a touchdown, Sermon was a major
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component in the Sooners’ w i n ov e r Oh i o St at e i n Columbus, Ohio just two weeks ago. A performance like Saturday’s is something his teammates have become accustomed to, even though he’s a freshman.
“That’s a grown man,” defensive end Ogbonnia O k o r o n k w o s a i d . “ Yo u all saw him. (Defenders) bouncing off him, spinning off, (he’s) getting extra yards — he’s not playing like a freshman right now.” Sermon has now run for 283 yards on the season, averaging 6.6 yards per carry. After his incredible fourth quarter performance Saturday night, Sermon may have separated himself from the other running backs, who have all been competing for more touches all season. As a unit, the backs combined for 342 yards on the ground against Baylor — a season high. Coach Lincoln Riley said it doesn’t matter who’s in the backfield for the Sooners — they’re confident they will get the job done. “We felt confident in the guys that we’ve recruited and we’ve developed here,” Riley said. “I’m excited about their growth, and I think we’re getting better there. I think they’re getting more in sync with what we’re doing up front.” George Stoia
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Defense faces tough truth after Baylor game Sooners struggle to make big plays, barely secure win GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
WACO, Texas — No. 3 Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) struggled defensively on Saturday despite a 49-41 victory over Baylor (0-4, 0-1 Big 12). The Sooners showed vulnerability on defense for the first time this season, giving up 523 total yards and four touchdowns to the Bears. They were especially bad in the passing game, with Baylor quarterback Zach Smith tearing apart the OU secondary for 463 passing yards. “(I’m) just disappointed in just not being able to make enough plays,” defensive coordinator Mike
Stoops said. “(Baylor) obviously came in and opened it up. They attacked us in the passing game and they did a good job.” Baylor was able to drive on the Sooners, as well as score on big plays, including two touchdown passes measuring at least 71 yards each. Senior cornerback Jordan Thomas was the victim of both long scores, and multiple plays just not going his way. “I thought the DB’s made some good plays. I thought (Thomas’) was a great play on the ball when he tips it to the receiver and he comes up with it,” Stoops said. “Just a tough night overall.” Until the fourth quarter, part of Oklahoma’s problem was their inability to pressure Smith, leaving him with all day to throw. “ P re s s u re i s g o i ng t o lead to better coverage because they have less time,
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Senior defensive back Steven Parker makes a tackle in the game against Baylor Sept. 23.
and with better coverage it gives them more time to get to the quarterback,” senior safety Steven Parker said. “We had a lot of mistakes, but all credit to Baylor. They
came out and they played their butts off.” Even though the Sooners’ defense struggled for the majority of the game, they came up big when needed
most. After recovering an onside kick with just under two minutes to play, Baylor had an opportunity to tie the game with a touchdown
a n d t w o p o i n t c o nv e rsion. Then, on third and long, senior defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo came off the edge to sack and str ip the ball from Smith, ending the game. “We were in the huddle and we all just said, ‘Hey, we got to get off the field right now,’ and that’s what we did,” Okoronkwo said. “If not me it was going to be someone else.” Okoronkwo and the defense were happy to win, but know they have a long way to go before they get where they need to be. “We don’t feel like we lost, but we don’t feel like we put our best perf o r m a n c e o u t t h e r e ,” O k o r o n k w o s a i d . “ We a r e u p s e t a b o u t t h a t .” George Stoia
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Riley, Oklahoma hold on for shaky victory Head coach shows vulnerability for first time in season
a play caller has to think of all three sides of the ball, so now, as a head coach himself, things aren’t much different for him. Riley said his team is still inconsistent, and still learning about each other, calling them a “work in progress.”
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WACO, Texas — Despite a 49-41 victory, Lincoln Riley showed signs of struggling for the first time as a head coach. In his second road game at the helm of Oklahoma’s program, Riley faltered. His team looked sharp at home, beating UTEP and Tulane handily. He went into Columbus, Ohio, and upset the Buckeyes. Baylor (0-4, 0-1 Big 12), though, posed a challenge from the start of the game. Riley warned about the Bears early in the week, saying the team had improved greatly through the first three games of the season, despite recording three losses. Baylor proved they had indeed gotten better, competing with Oklahoma (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) for the entire game, something no team has truly done so far this season. The game was close from the first kickoff to the last snap, but the Sooners were still able to pull out an eight-point win. After the game, he was excited about the win, but
“I think we’re improving, but we still have a lot to develop,” Riley said. After the win over Ohio State, Riley and Oklahoma said everyone would want to “anoint” the team when they still had a long way to go. Riley himself may have been
anointed for what he was able to do early in his coaching career, but a real test was inevitable, and he stayed calm through the challenge. Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu
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blamed the struggles on himself. “I didn’t do a very good job in the second quarter,” Riley said. “I got a little impatient. (I) didn’t put our guys in great position. They made some adjustments defensively and it took me too long to catch up.” Riley was not concerned
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Baker’s bluster bites back OU quarterback’s trash talk nearly backfires in win KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli
WACO, Texas — A group of OU players stood at midfield of McLane Stadium ahead of the No. 3 Sooners’ game against Baylor and e x c h a n g e d w o rd s w i t h their opponents. In the loudness of the s cr um, senior quarterback Baker Mayfield’s voice was heard above the rest. “You forgot who daddy is,� Mayfield said. “I’m going to have to spank you today.� Mayfield and the Sooners didn’t back those words up, though. They outlasted the Bears, 49-41 — not exactly a spanking. Facing a 0-3 team, the senior quarterback had his second-worst game of the s eas on, completion wise, going 13-of-19 for 283 yards, and three touchdowns. He came into the game amped up like usual, but this time his mouthing nearly backfired. Down 31-28 in the third quarter, Mayfield received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, setting the Sooners back 15 yards. He would make up for it on the next play with a 48yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Jeff Badet. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley didn’t look upset on the sidelines after Mayfield’s penalty, but it wasn’t because he approve d of Mayfield’s actions. “I mean, it’s not our first rodeo together,� Riley said. “I wasn’t happy with him. I made that pretty clear, but for me it’s not about what it looks like on T V, or if everybody loves it in the stands when the coach is ripping a guy just to rip h i m . My w h o l e d e a l i s ‘What’s going to help us on the next play?’ I’ll get him later, trust me, but what’s going to help us on the next play? Is me tearing him up right there going to help him? My ego’s not too big for that.� Riley’s decision seemed t o b e t h e r i g h t o n e, a s
Mayfield — with the help of freshman running back Trey Sermon — would lead the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) to 21 straight points, helping them seal the victory over the Bears (0-4, 0-1 Big 12). “ Yo u j u s t c a n ’ t g e t caught up in the hoopla,� Mayfield said. “I’m an emotional player, but t h e re’s g o t t o b e a l i n e drawn. That’s on me, especially as a team captain, but it’s all about how you respond ... It’s about how you respond — taking the momentum.� Despite the win, Mayfield knows Oklahoma originally underestimated Baylor. The Bears ended up racking up 523 total yards — 463 of those passing — and Mayfield was sacked twice. “ You get caught up in the hoopla about their record—0-3 coming into this game—and you don’t realize that some teams and guys get their backs up
against the wall, and that’s when they play their best,� Mayfield said. “You’ve got to expect that, and we’ve got to be consistent and not take anybody lightly.� Kelli Stacy
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3. Oklahoma
16. Washington State
4. Penn State
17. Louisville
5. USC
18. South Florida
6. Washington
19. San Diego State
7. Georgia
20. Utah
8. Michigan
21. Florida
9. TCU
22. Notre Dame
10. Wisconsin
23. West Virginia
11. Ohio State
24. Mississippi State
12. Virginia Tech
25. LSU
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Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield throws a deep pass in the game against Baylor Sept. 23. The Sooners beat Baylor 49-41.
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53 Snooty one 55 Kit ___ (candy bar) 56 Type of small finch 58 Cut again 61 Chubby, tan circus performer? 66 Letters on American egg cartons 67 Actor LaBeouf 68 Concur 69 “Seize� homophone 70 Prefix with “nomial� 71 Dubbed DOWN 1 British military air grp. 2 Flightless Aussie bird 3 Short classical music piece 4 Skin blemish 5 Kid stuff? 6 Confine but good 7 Keeper of remains 8 Hive dweller 9 Type of milk or bean (var.) 10 Previously, previously 11 Guard 12 Asker’s word 13 Engraver’s needle 18 Bygone big bird
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David Boren announcing his retirement from the University of Oklahoma Sept. 20. Boren’s retirement will be effective June 30th, pending the selection of his successor.
Boren raised the bar at OU After more than 50 years of public s er vice to Oklahomans at the University of Oklahoma and beyond, David Boren’s indelible impact on our university is clear in a myriad of ways. Though Boren assumed his post as president before most OU freshmen were even born, many of us became familiar with him through his signature greeting on snow day phone calls or the National Merit scholar memes that spread across Twitter like wildfire. But beyond the photo-ops, building dedications and social media fame, the legacy of changes Boren has made at OU will impact students for generations to come. There’s plenty of room for the administration to improve, and the next university president will be responsible for taking OU’s achievements above and beyond what has already been accomplished. The bar is high. Thank you,
President Boren, for raising it. In his time as OU presi d e nt, Dav i d B o re n s e t a number of ambitious benchmarks, and his success will live on at OU for decades to come. The physical home of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College bears his name, as does one of the nation’s most prestigious study abroad fellowships. Portraits of a smiling Boren greeting an assortment of world leaders line the shelves of Farzaneh Hall’s loung es, a reminder of Boren’s commitment to increase the number of students studying abroad by 50 percent between 2009 and 2013. Student travel has been a particular focus of Boren’s tenure at the university, manifested in the launch of three international study centers. We would also be remiss if we didn’t thank Boren for his help to The Daily through the years. Boren
has always been a supporter of journalism, and student journalism in particular, but he has ensured The Daily could operate financially even in a difficult national environment for newspapers. Without his financial support, The Daily would not be nearly as strong as it is today. In 2011, Boren remarked upon his desire to stay at the university until at least 2019 — a feat which would put him ahead of George L. Cross as OU’s longest-serving president. He won’t quite reach that mark, but he has led strongly in his final years. Most upperclassmen currently attending OU readily remember Boren’s decisive reaction to the 2015 SAE scandal, which gained national media attention. Boren again took up the bullhorn — literally — against racism on campus in 2016, demanding anti-Black Lives Matter protesters remove themselves from the South Oval.
While Boren has spearheaded a number of material improvements to the university, he has also faced rightful criticism for his handling of last year’s sexual assault report and rising frustrations among students over repeated increases in tuition and fees. While activists on campus have logged successes like the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, OU’s administration has been quick to co-opt the success of such efforts. At times, it’s been hard not to feel like some of the de cisions coming from Evans Hall were simply paying lip service to students’ frustrations. In 2015, Boren authorized the hiring of a new psychiatrist in light of concerns raised by OUr Mental Health, an on-campus student organization that aims to bring attention to mental health issues. That brought OU’s total number of psychiatrists up to two, and so far, they’re still the only ones available
to serve the university’s 26,000 students. Boren quickly ordered the Office of University Community’s creation in SAE’s aftermath, but the office has often appeared disorganized and mission-less. Construction on campus has flourished, but student concerns are often swept under the rug in favor of promoting OU’s latest award or achievement — regardless of how students actually feel on a day-to-day basis. Despite his faults, Boren’s tenure has brought about a lot of positive change for the university. It’s safe to say that, even after his retirement, his legacy will be impossible to extricate from OU’s history. Boren’s successor has undoubtedly big shoes to fill. As June approaches, we wish you a happy and healthy retirement, and we’re excited to see what possibilities the future holds. The Editorial Board
DeBarr not reflective of city’s values As you drive past The Earth Cafe on Flood Avenue, a tri-colored yard sign proclaiming the same message in Spanish, English and Arabic might catch your eye: “No matter where you’re from, we’re glad you’re our neighbor.” There are more like it sprinkled throughout Norman, a visible manifestation of the diversity and inclusion Norman purportedly values. But just a mile away, you’ll see another sign — a street sign demarcating DeBarr Avenue. The Daily’s enterprise editor spent the better part of August and September researching and reporting on the ongoing legacy of the street’s namesake, Edwin DeBarr — an OU founder, professor and chaplain of the Ku Klux Klan. Current and future renters hold an important bargaining chip in the fight to change DeBarr Avenue’s name: economic power. If students made a concerted effort to stop renting property located on DeBarr while publicly advocating for a name change through city council involvement and SGA action, a clear message would emerge: OU students will not live on a street named after a renowned racist. When it comes to local politics, it’s easy to feel disengaged as a college student. It’s easy to spend four years in a town, earn a degree and leave. But Norman isn’t just a college town. It’s our home, and it’s our opportunity to show towns like ours how to be better. What we do at OU doesn’t happen in a vacuum. One of the biggest
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The intersection of DeBarr Avenue and Boyd Street. DeBarr Avenue is named for Edwin DeBarr, a former OU professor and KKK leader.
arguments resisters cite is the inconvenience of changing a street name. Addresses will have to be changed, as well as driver’s licenses and other documentation. No one likes visiting the DMV, but it’s a minor inconvenience for the sake of making Norman a safer, more respectful and inclusive place for people of color to live. If the name change were to happen as proposed, the street’s name
would be changed to reflect an infinitely and inherently more positive figure: George Henderson, a civil rights activist, campus leader and the first AfricanAmerican to own property in Norman. The change would primarily require a one-time adjustment for the street’s 25 property owners, and doing so would be the perfect opportunity for these economically influential
Normanites to show their support for the city’s motto: “Building an inclusive community.” It’s hard to know where to start with an issue like this, but it truly is a local challenge with a local solution. At every bi-weekly city council meeting, time is allotted for citizens to make comments to the council — so if you feel strongly about renaming DeBarr, there’s a forum for you to do so on
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at 201 W. Gray St. Our efforts reflect our values, and have the opportunity to shape those of the children who will grow up here long after we move on. It’s time for us to show once and for all that Edwin DeBarr no longer has any place in Norman.
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Boren supportive of fine arts OU president gave time, donations to creative programs
money to renovate Holmberg Hall and create a facility for the School of Dance.
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For Mary Margaret Holt, dean of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, President and Mrs. Boren’s deep love of the arts can be seen while walking around campus. Along a winding sidewalk between Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the Weitzenhoffer Theatre are patches of grass speckled with small iron sculptures and trees. A l a r g e f l ow e r s t r u cture with eyes as petals sits among them. The plaque below it reads “Big Walking Eye Flower, Gift of Molly Shi Boren and David L. Boren.” “We have public art in every single area of our campus,” Holt said. “It’s not a usual factor in many universities, but it is in ours because of them.” The Borens have played a large role in growing the infrastructure of the College of Fine Arts through event attendance, support and monetary investment. “Think about our own lives without the fine arts,” Boren said at OU’s annual President’s Concert in 2013. “We would be locked within the boundaries of our own narrow life experience — limited by our own imaginations, limited to our own individual creativity. It’s the arts that tear down the limits and open up the boundaries that feed our souls and speak to those things that are
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OU Board of Regents Chairman Max Weitzenhoffer and OU President David Boren talk during the Board of Regents meeting in the Scholars Room Jan. 28, 2016. The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts was renamed after the Weitzenhoffer family in 2004.
deepest within us.” Originally known as the School of Fine Arts in 1903, the College of Fine Arts has grown to house art and art history, dance, drama, music and musical theatre, making it the largest fine arts program in the state. Each year, the college hosts approximately 400 recitals, concerts, performances and exhibitions, many of which the Borens attend. “This has been the golden age of the College of Fine Arts,” Holt said.
ARTISTIC SUPPORT Wearing a red OU shirt, Katie Hart sits at a large table amid a backdrop of ballerina portraits. The junior biomedical engineering and double bass performance major is on her fourth year in the symphony orchestra. She remembers Boren traveling to Dallas with the symphony to perform. The support they felt from the university president meant a great deal, she said. In an email to The Daily
earlier this year, Boren boasted about the symphony. “When the symphony and chorus performed in Dallas a few years ago, there was a sellout audience at the Meyerson Symphony Center, and many people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are still talking about the quality of our musicians,” Boren said. Hart’s large brown eyes lit up, looking off with wonder as if seeing Boren in the crowd at a performance. “ To k n o w t h a t h e ’s
listening and watching and came — took the time to actually physically come and to not be doing anything else at that moment — is very humbling, and it means a lot, I think, to each student who performs,” Hart said. Holt remembers a time when Boren helped draft a multi-million dollar proposal gaining $14.5 million for the college. Boren presented the proposal to the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation himself. Boren also used university
MOVING FORWARD I n t h e Ji m a n d Ma r y Carmichael Green Room of the Weitzenhoffer College, a cluster of couches sit in the midst of photo-covered walls. A photo of the Borens hangs in the center. Students eat, do homework and chat. They begin discussing Boren’s retirement, and the room erupts in dramatics. “It’s too soon,” said a student rushing out the door. Zoe Henson, acting junior, eats lunch on a black leather couch with friends. “I think that the School of Drama as a whole is really sad that he’s retiring. He has been very generous with our department,” Henson said. She reminisces about the opportunities they have had to go to competitions, attributing Boren’s generous contributions. “We’ve had some really amazing opportunities because of him,” Henson said, discussing her hope that the next university president appreciates the arts as well. In light of Boren’s retirement announcement, Holt said she hopes that the next president will value and invest in the arts the way that he did. In the meantime, she said those in the College of Fine Arts should move forward and be inspired by Boren’s efforts. “We all will move forward keeping that support in mind and being inspired by it,” Holt said. Supriya Sridhar
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