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Must see spring sports

OU during the civil rights movement (Page 4)

REMEMBER a list of events to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. (Page 4)

Free food (Page 3)

Jan. 15-18

Thursday, Thursday sday, Jan. 15 IIntramural Basketball Sign-Ups | All Day at Huston Intramura Huffman Fitness Center. Sign up a team to compete in 5-v-5 v-5 intramural basketball. Registration ends Wednesday, Jan. 21 at midnight. Play begins Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. - League Play Event - Cost is $70/team (teams where all participants live in OU Housing play for FREE).

Winter Welcome Week: FREE Food | 8 AM at Clary Lounge, Price Hall. CAC’s Winter Welcome Week will be providing FREE food to start off the Spring semester. For more info, contact cac@ou.edu.

FREE Popcorn | 11:30 AM in the First Floor Lobby, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Swing by for some FREE popcorn and see the line-up of great movies coming to campus this semester and enter for a chance to win FREE Meacham Concession vouchers. Presented by the Union Programming Board.

Friday, Jan. 16 Ice-Skating Rink | 4 PM at Walker-Adams Mall. CAC’s Winter Welcome Week will be hosting a FREE ice-skating rink for students until 9 PM. Skates are provided. For more information, contact cac@ou.edu.

FIT Pass Sale | 6 PM at Huston Huffman Fitness Center.

Purchase your FIT Pass at a discount for unlimited access to over 50 FIT classes per week at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center and the OU Pool all semester long. Pay $40 (regular price $55) plus tax. Try Before You Buy! OU Students have access to all FIT classes for FREE during the week of Jan. 1216!

FREE Movie: ‘Fury’ | 6, 9 PM & Midnight at Meacham FR R Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Watch the FREE Au u screenings of army sergeant Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) as he sc cr commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a co om deadly mission behind enemy lines in an attempt to strike att dea de the heart of Nazi Germany, before this movie is available on DVD/Blu-ray. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

Snowball Fight | 7 PM at Walker-Adams Mall. Join CAC’s Winter Welcome Week for a FREE Snowball Fight in Walker Adams Mall.

Wrestling vs. NC State | 7 PM at McCasland Field House.

Cheer on our wrestling team as they host NC State. OU students get in FREE with student ID.

Saturday, Jan. 17 Movie Matinee: ‘Fury’ | 1 PM at Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Watch this FREE matinee screening of ‘Fury’ before the movie is available for home release. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

Sunday, Sund unda Jan. 18 Wrestling vs. West Virginia | 2:00 PM at McCasland Field Wrest House.

Ho se Cheer on the Sooners as they take on conference opponent, West Virginia. OU students get in FREE with valid student ID.

Men’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma State | 6 PM at Lloyd Noble Center. Support the highly-ranked men’s basketball team as they take on Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Series.

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want to EAT FREE? Free food opportunities span first weeks of class Amber Friend | @AmbertheFriend

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FRIDAY What: Free breakfast and lunch When: 9 a.m. and noon Where: Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Why: Winter Welcome Week

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TUESDAY What: Free wheatgrass shots When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where: First floor of Oklahoma Memorial Union Why: Union Programming Board daily event What: Free hot chocolate When: 7 to 9 p.m.

Where: Adams Center Why: Housing Center Student Association event

WEDNESDAY What: Free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where: First floor of Oklahoma Memorial Union Why: Union Programming Board daily event

mike brestovansky | @brestovanskym Black Student Association urges Martin Luther King’s relevance today

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inter break is over, but don’t stock up on coupons or ramen just yet — here are some chances to grab free food on campus this month.

What: Free popcorn When: 1 to 3 p.m.

Where: Walker Center lobby Why: Housing Center Student Association’s International Popcorn Day

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Thursday What: Free vegetable tray and bagels When: 8 to 9 p.m.

Where: Cate Center social lounge Why: Housing Center Student Association event “Because I Said I Would”

upcoming free food What: Free Asian food and snacks When: 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28 Where: Couch Center lobby Why: Housing Center Student Association event “1,000 Cranes for a Wish” What: Free popcorn When: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29 Where: First floor of Oklahoma Memorial Union Why: Union Programming Board daily event

hile Martin Luther King Jr. Day means a long weekend to some students, OU’s Black Student Association wants to make sure that King is still relevant today.

BSA’s involvement during Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be small, but King’s importance to today’s society is greater than ever, said Isaac Hill, BSA president.

“He’s started meaning a lot more to us in these times, with these recent events,” Hill said, referring to the recent unrest and protests surrounding the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City.

“We’re starting to take his mantra of peaceful protest and [we’re] trying to use what he has done in the past to hopefully stand up and show that we are here and we do find an issue with this,” Hill said. “And hopefully they will take notice and follow through with correcting these injustices.”

The BSA held a moment of silence for Brown and Garner after a grand jury chose not to indict the officer who shot the former, and members participated in protests organized by other groups, Hill said.

Many of these protests received mixed reactions from students, but Naome Kadira, BSA vice president, said that such a reaction is inevitable.

“Cultures are going to collide on campus,” Kadira said.

“It’s about learning about others … realizing that your culture isn’t the only right way.”

The BSA will participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Oklahoma City.

The BSA also has events planned for this semester, including several throughout Black History Month in February.

Black History Month will conclude with a Black Heritage Banquet, along with the Big XII Council on Black Student Government, Hill said.

“The only thing we can really do on our campus is just educate people,” Hill said. “A lot of people feel one way — like, ‘Oh, [Brown] was robbing a convenience store when he got shot’ — but do you really think robbing a convenience store deserves a sentence of death?”

The BSA’s goal is to evoke change with students. “[Change] definitely needs to start somewhere small,” Kadira said. “We need to bring awareness, because people can’t change what they don’t know. We need to bring awareness about what issues are going on around the world, what we face here as students.”

Being black on campus can be difficult sometimes, but she wouldn’t trade it for anything, Kadira said.

“He started a legacy that we all live with today, that we still see happening as black students today,” Kadira said.

“What he did for us doesn’t really have an end.”

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OU during the fight for civil rights

Kate Bergum | @kateclaire_b King was a role model for black students at OU during the Civil Rights Movement, particularly those who founded the Afro-American Student Union, said George Henderson, human relations professor emeritus and former dean of the College of Liberal Studies.

In 1967, Henderson became the third full-time African American faculty member at OU, and he has since written a memoir about civil rights on OU’s campus, Henderson said.

Henderson, along with professors Melvin B. Tolson Jr. and Lennie Marie Tolliver, served as faculty advisers of the Afro-American Student Union in the 1960s and ‘70s, Henderson said.

The Afro-American Student Union, which was created to fight racism in its various forms, looked to King as their “moral and spiritual leader,” Henderson said.

The group internalized King’s teachings of nonviolence and his protest strategies.

“His civil rights activities instilled in most of us a

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MLK DAY

OU students have the day off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but there are plenty of events around the community where students can go to honor and remember the work of Martin Luther King Jr.

hough Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Georgia, preached in Alabama and delivered his famous speech in Washington, D.C., the activist’s influence spanned the country and reached OU’s campus.

sorely underrepresented commitment to try to abate on campus, Henderson the horrendous behaviors said, and few black stuof our enemies but not to dents were represented physically attack them,” in academic or honors Henderson said. “And when Dr. King was murdered in Together, the black faculty members and the organizations.

The campus environ1968, his death solidified students found their voices and spoke their ment was largely racour resolve to not give in to truths to racial bigots at OU and ist, fraught with slurs on bigots or their surrogates.” elsewhere...we were bodacious.” bathroom walls, offensive Throughout the Civil caricatures during homeRights Movement, race coming activities and relations at OU mirrored George Henderson, Human Relations Professor Confederate flags flying those across the country, from some fraternity housHenderson said. es, Henderson said.

Though black and white The creation of the Afro-American Student Union drastistudents shared physical spaces, there were few substancally helped change systematic race-relations on campus, tial interactions between the groups, Henderson said.

Members of the two groups shared classrooms and labs Henderson said. Black graduate and undergraduate stuand may have participated together in intramural sports dents were the main agents of these changes.

“Together, the black faculty members and the students or fine arts programs, but social groups such as fraternities and sororities remained largely segregated, as did res- found their voices and spoke their truths to racial bigots at OU and elsewhere,” Henderson said. “We were bodacious.” idence and dining halls, Henderson said.

A small number of white faculty and staff allied with the Further, black faculty, staff and administrators were

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MLK DAY GATHERING 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, Zarrow Hall This event will include a performance by the OU Collegiate Gospel Choir, gospel-style worship led by John and Ronda Tyson, and a Q&A session with award-winning professor emeritus and OU Human Relations Department Founder George Henderson. A reception will follow with sweet tea and sweet potato pie.

Photo Provided President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Martin Luther King Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

group as well, Henderson said.

Universities such as OU are critical in promoting social change, and the late ’60s were a crucial time for promoting equality on campuses, said history professor Ben Keppel, who teaches a course about African American History.

“You might even say they’re the first responders — the ideological first responders — to both resistance and acceptance,” Keppel said.

The class that Keppel teaches — African American History from 1865 to Present — directly results from the work of students leading the campus civil rights movement in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Keppel said.

“Sixty years ago, that class would not have been considered, would not have been in the picture, would not have been imagined,” Keppel said.

Despite the social gains because of students like those in the Afro-American Student Union, race still influences the way that OU recruits and retains students and faculty, Henderson said.

Further, many OU students and faculty are not aware of the struggle for equality that took place on campus during the Civil Rights Movement, Henderson said.

“Students who are not knowledgeable about those histories cannot fully appreciate the positive changes that have occurred,” Henderson said. “Nor can they be optimally effective advocates for more positive changes.”

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2015: HONOR, CELEBRATE, AND WORK

JJ/The Daily Human relations professor emeritus and former dean of the College of Liberal Studies George Henderson poses for a photo in his office Wednesday afternoon.

The parade will begin at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, located at 127 N.W. 7th St. in Oklahoma City. This is Oklahoma City’s 32nd holiday celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s theme is “Honor, Celebrate, and Work.”

Also part of the celebration is the silent march, which is set for 9 a.m. at the Freedom Center at N.E. 23rd and ends at the south steps of the State Capitol building.

Following the march, the bell-ringing ceremony will take place at the Oklahoma Historical Society steps.

The annual King holiday program will wrap up the event at St. Pauls’ Episcopal Cathedral and will feature a guest speaker.

For more information, visit http://bit. ly/1wWt3m7.

NATIONAL PARK ADMISSION WAIVED Admission to all 401 national parks will be free on Monday, Jan. 19, according to the Associated Press.

READING AND WEEDING AT THE MYRIAD GARDENS

Reading and Weeding activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and participants are encouraged to bring a book for donation and stay to help beautify the gardens.

The parade will start at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, South Lobby of the Crystal Bridge Topical Conservatory.

There will be choirs from OU, Oklahoma City University and University of Central Oklahoma singing to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

MAYOR’S INTERFAITH BREAKFAST This event will include breakfast and a keynote speech from Marilyn LuperHildreth, daughter of late Oklahoma civil rights activist Clara Luper, who has participated in every major civil rights march over the years.

Doors will open at 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, at the First Baptist Church’s Hallock Hall located at 211 W. Comanche St. The buffet breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the program is set for 8 a.m.

Prayers and music will be offered by representatives of several different faiths.

The event is free and open to the public.

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spring sports preview a look ahead at sports throughout the semester

BRady Vardeman | @BradyVardemaN

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s the spring semester gets rolling there is plenty to look forward to in the wide world of sports. Here are a few highlights of OU’s spring sports schedule:

1. Men’s basketball: vs. Kansas – time TBA, March 7 No. 18 Oklahoma men’s basketball will take on perennial power Kansas at the Lloyd Noble Center to close out the regular season. The Sooners upset Kansas in Norman two years ago and will look to end the season on a high note after a ruthless conference schedule, featuring six ranked teams.

2. Baseball: vs. Notre Dame – Feb. 13 - 15 The team opens their regular season slate with a Valentine’s weekend series with Notre Dame. The Sooners return long-bomber Craig Akin as well as pitchers Adam Choplick and Jacob Evans.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015 Take time to discover what you really want to accomplish this year. You will be able to gain the support you need if you use your eloquence and persuasiveness, along with a wellthought-out plan. Your intuition will provide a valuable guide to lucrative projects.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Be a participant, not a spectator. Find a venue that grabs your attention and enjoy what it offers. Rewarding friendships and social connections will result.

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Our take on the conference championship games

Fourth and Blog brought you the latest story lines incorrectly called by officials. from the NFL last semester online, but as the Conference This week, maybe the referee crew will incorrectly call a Championship games and Super Bowl loom, we’ve made it fumble, give the wrong team a big-time penalty or simply big time. forget the Packers are God’s gift to football. No matter what, come Monday morning, the Internet will be ablaze for a third ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Conference straight week. Have a nice offseason, Roger Goodell.

Championship Story lines My prediction: Seahawks 21, Green Bay 19* 1. Andrew “N’eard” Luck.

The Neckbeard put on a clinic in Denver last weekend as the Colts ousted the Broncos 24-13. In other news, Peyton Manning’s new car smells Brady Vardeman like Andrew Luck, because brady.vanderman@ou.edu nothing beats that new car smell.

Luck should have a tougher time moving the ball against a greatly improved Patriots secondary in the AFC Championship, however. Remember the last time a Luck-led Colts team played New England? They got beat. Bad. What about the time before that and the time before that?

Beat, beat. Bad, bad.

There’s a reason the Pats have already opened as a seven-point favorite.

My prediction: Patriots 48, Colts 24 2. Circle of Life.

Detroit lost in Dallas in the Wild Card round on a questionable flag-pickup. Green Bay beat the Cowboys on an even more dubious call a week later. This week, it’s the Packers’ turn to get shafted.

“It’s the circle of shaft..!

And it screws us all..!”

I fully believe something will happen in this week’s PackersSeahawks NFC Championship. After all, CenturyLink Field is home to the now-infamous “Fail Mary,” the name given to the botched Hail Mary that secured a Packers’ victory, as

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP Colts at Patriots

5:40 p.m. Sunday (TV on CBS)

3. IT WAS A CATCH. 4. NO, SERIOUSLY. DEZ CAUGHT THAT BALL.

5. Get ready for the Cowboys to lose everybody.

Wide receiver Dez Bryant, running back DeMarco Murray and even head coach Jason Garrett are free to leave Dallas this offseason if they want to.

Regardless of whether Bryant is a top-three, or –five, or –10 wide receiver, the man deserves to be paid. Jerry Jones, on the other hand, apparently dislikes winning games and so far has PHOTO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS refused to be reasonable.

Dez Bryant goes up for a catch against the Green Bay Packers.

I’ll admit, Murray’s ball-handling is at least as loose as Brennan Clay’s wife’s morals, but he won the rushing title by a mile this year and I would like to have him back. But again, like I said, Jerry Jones has an aversion to winning (read: cutting large checks.)

Garrett is the least likely to go, which isn’t exactly a reason to jump for joy. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good coach.

Garrett didn’t catch 16 touchdowns or rush for 1,845 yards, however.

The good news for Dallas, however, is that even Jabba the Hutt could run behind the Cowboys offensive line and there are some promising prospects at receiver in the 2015 NFL Draft.

The not so good news? Tony Romo is being held together Tuesdays Thursdays by bubble gum and uncooked spaghetti and may not last too 4 PM Noon much longer.

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