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The first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, will be speaking at the OU College of Law followed by the annual President’s Associates Dinner. The dinner will be held in Oklahoma Memorial Union ‘s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, according to a press release. The President’s Associates Dinners are held throughout the year so students, faculty and staff can hear national and international leaders speak, university press secretary Michael Nash said in an email. The program has been in
place since 1979. Before the dinner, O’Connor will be speaking to students from OU’s law college as part of The Henry Lecture Series, Nash said. Casey Delaney, assistant dean of external affairs for the College of Law, was unavailable for comment by press time Monday. O’Connor received her economics bachelor’s degree and law degree from Stanford University and served on the Stanford Law Review. Her law career after graduation included work in California, the Quartermaster’s Corps and SANDRA DAY Arizona. In Arizona, O’Connor served as state O’CONNOR Attorney General, according to a press release. After serving as a state senator and the first U.S. female majority leader, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Supreme Court in 1981. Thus making her
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the first U.S. female justice, according to a press release. O’Connor served on the Supreme Court from 1981 to 2006. O’Connor recently served as chancellor for the College of William and Mary in Virginia and currently serves on the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, according to a press release. The President’s Associates Dinner is open to all and those interested can make reservations by calling OU Public Affairs at (405)-325-3784 or emailing them at specialevents@ou.edu. Amber Friend, ambermfriend@ou.edu
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U president David Boren met with leaders of the emergency response team on campus Monday to review the effectiveness of the emergency alert system in the wake of the Jan. 22 shooting scare. Boren and the emergency response team discussed efforts to update students and faculty of future threats and incidents that may occur on campus and in the surrounding areas, according to an email sent to faculty and staff. Boren said he and the team will address technical issues with the alert system and ensure emergency text messages are sent and received in a timely manner. The team decided there will be more emergency law enforcement training, and responders will be given updated campus maps for future reference, Boren said. The email also clarified the meaning of “shelter in place,” which was used in the first emergency text message on Jan. 22. According to the email, shelter in place means: •Faculty and students are to lock and barricade the classroom or office doors •Cover windows from the hallway into the classroom or office if there are any •Turn off lights •Silence electronic devices •Remain quiet and vigilant in the event of an emergency situation Additionally, Boren said he will be scheduling more online training session on emergency preparedness for faculty and staff in the spring. The sessions are not yet available. Students, faculty and staff should update their emergency contact information so they can receive emergency alerts when necessary, university press secretary Michael Nash said in an email. More than 4,200 people have updated their emergency contact information with the university since Jan. 22, Boren said. Go to account.ou.edu to your update emergency contact information. Alex Niblett, alexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu
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THURSDAY, JAN. 23 Boyd Street & Asp Avenue (public property), 1:22 a.m. The defendant was stopped for a traffic violation and charged in municipal court with possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Muldrow Tower, 9th floor (on campus), 4:58 a.m. An intoxicated person was contacted in the Muldrow Tower elevator lobby after a complaint was received from a resident. He was arrested for public intoxication and is charged in District Court. Lindsey Street & Elm Street (public property), 11:52 a.m. A non-injury motor vehicle collision occurred in the 800 block of Elm Avenue. The defendant was issued a Municipal Citation for Failure to Yield. An official Oklahoma traffic collision report will be completed.
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said April Sandefer, assistant director of marketing for OU Physicians. Since the clinic opened, the number of patients has increased by roughly 40 percent, so the current amount of space isn’t enough, Sandefer said. As well, the Oklahoma Geological Survey may be getting a well-core viewing room, pending Regents’
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Students who go above and beyond to make a difference in the campus and community can be nominated for The Molly Shi Boren Volunteer Award until Friday. OU faculty or staff members, or another current student must nominate applicants, according to the press release. Ideal applicants should have made a difference in the community through volunteerism. This is the second year the award will recognize an undergraduate student who volunteered in the campus and community, volunteer coordinator Ashley Sullivan said. “We never really had anything that honored volunteering and community service, so we thought this was something we really should do,” Sullivan said. The award is named after Boren because she is a leading example of volunteerism and she also created the volunteer office, Sullivan said. The selected student will be awarded $250 and will be recognized at the Spring Campus Awards Program, according to the press release.
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SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Parking lot between Asp and Cross, South of 4th St. (on campus), 2:42 a.m. Defendant was contacted for a traffic violation and subsequently arrested for DUI. Defendant is charged in District Court.
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Banning all marriage is ridiculous Our View: The proposition to outlaw all marriage
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The newest nuttiness from the world of Oklahoma politics takes us to Edmond, where Rep. Mike Turner (R-Edmond) has decided to pull a “Fallin.” In an attempt to circumvent the recent ruling on gay marriage in Oklahoma, Turner has filed a bill that would forbid The Our View marriage of any kind in the state. is the majority opinion of It’s the same kind of childish reThe Daily’s action that Gov. Mary Fallin had eight-member not long ago when she decided to editorial board disallow benefits in state offices for all military personnel, hetero or otherwise, simply because the state was ordered to process benefits for same-sex couples. It’s a club mindset; if we have to allow “them” into our clubhouse, we’ll just burn the clubhouse down and be done with it. Supporters of Turner’s bill believe that it’s about time to take the government out of marriage, but to do this would require a more complete plan, involving a series of accompanying laws on taxation and child support, that just can’t be included in Turner’s original shell bill. We believe that there is absolutely no reason to turn marriage, an institution that is already legally complicated, into a separate entity with an all new set of even more complicated laws, or worse yet, to leave marriage legally defenseless.
Judging from the anticipated cost of the change, should Turner’s bill pass, as well as the complete social and legal upheaval it entails, the bill must be meant as more of a statement of protest (or a political troll) rather than a feasible alternative to state-recognized marriage. Though, we hope, there’s hardly a chance of this bill passing, Oklahomans on social media predicted this response on Jan. 14 — as soon as U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern ruled on the legality of gay marriage in Oklahoma. Though most of the “predictions” were meant to be jokes, not many expressed shock when this bill was reported to have been filed. Strange logic, like that displayed by Fallin and Turner, is not rare in Oklahoma when dealing with social change. The civil rights movement in Oklahoma was met with much of the same unbridled stubbornness from the state government. At that time, Oklahoma was just trying to become a state, and President Theodore Roosevelt refused to approve the state constitution unless segregation was left out of it. So, Oklahoma waited until their constitution was approved before immediately amending it to include segregation. This political back and forth, trying to “outwit” the government occurred multiple times before Oklahoma gave in and removed segregation from their constitution. Each time, the federal government ruled segregation unconstitutional, Oklahoma legislation would find some backdoor way to pass another law that enforced it yet again. Evidently, our state is
unnaturally good at legal manipulation that benefits the moral minority. Were the people who fought so harshly against civil rights wrong? Yes. Are those who fight so viciously against same-sex unions wrong? Yes. However, tradition is a difficult thing to set aside — just watch “Fiddler on the Roof” or “Downtown Abbey” for a point of reference. Change of this sort takes time and, sadly, pain for those caught in the crossfire. Most people opposed to gay marriage truly believe their hearts are in the right place, and it will be a shocking world to them when they realize that they ended up on the wrong side of history. Though Turner’s shell bill is easy to dismiss, Oklahoma is still pursuing the case against gay marriage in federal appeals court. Oklahoma lawmakers need to accept that allowing marriage for all people, including gay couples, will likely be a reality in the majority of states in the near future. Several states are or are about to have to evaluate their stance on gay marriage, including Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and even conservative Kansas. Oklahoma can either calmly accept the ruling that the state’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional and enact legislation to overturn the amendment or go the route of Turner and be dragged, clawing and screaming, toward marriage equality.
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Sooners pull together to help Sooners Helping Sooners lends aid to the women of Alpha Gamma Delta after fire Michelle Johnston Campus Reporter @alohamichelleee
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Organizations from all over campus have come to the aid of Alpha Gamma Delta in the wake of the Jan. 14 fire that engulfed the sorority house. The day after the fire, members of Sooners Helping Sooners were seen out on the South Oval, accepting donations for Alpha Gamma Delta. Nicole McGuire, a health and exercise science sophomore and the ambassador program leader for Sooners Helping Sooners, said the organization has been working hard to collect as much money as they can to support Alpha Gamma Delta. Sooners Helping Sooners has committed to give every live-in Alpha Gamma Delta student $250. They don’t have to apply; all they have to do is go and pick it up. Those who need more funding, because of the amount of property they lost, can apply online. In addition to financial support, one of Sooners Helping Sooners’ goals is to let the women from Alpha Gamma Delta know that they have support from campus. “We’re here for them for anything they need,” McGuire said.
Sooners Helping Sooners’ co-chair woman, senior Katherine Williams, has been with the program for over two years now. “Since the event, the response has been awesome. Students have come behind these ladies with support of all, ranging from prayer to money. The Sooner family has been portrayed (well) through this event, and at the end of the day, that’s the heart of SHS,” said Williams.
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The $250 was already raised from the organization’s previous budget. “We have a good amount of money saved up for situations like these and so that we can help all the students we can,” Williams said. Williams said the organization has already raised quite a bit of money. “So far we have probably raised around $4,200. Our
Members of Sooners helping Sooners set up a booth on the South Oval Jan. 16 and collect donations in support for Alpha Gamma Delta members. The money raised will go to repairs for Alpha Gamma Delta’s sorority house after it sustained fire damage in the Jan. 14 inferno.
mission is to show students on our campus they are not alone. These girls need to know we are behind them to help in any way we can,” Williams said. Tonya Kiper, an alumna of Alpha Gamma Delta and recent OU graduate, has also stepped in to help her sisters. She created a gofundme.
com website, which has raised around $12,000 to help the women of Alpha Gamma Delta. “I decided to do this because it’s just one of those [important] things — as an alumni, Sooner and a person. It serves the Alpha Gamma Delta purpose with respect, and I just knew it was the right thing to do. I
was really glad that I was able to raise that money,” Kiper said. To help the women of Alpha Gamma Delta, all students can go to the Sooners Helping Sooners Facebook page and click on the link that leads to Kiper’s gofundme.com webpage. “A lot of my sisters lost a lot of things they use on a daily
basis,” Kiper said. “Everyone can help out by keeping the girls in their thoughts and prayers and simply just being there to help them. That’s what sisters do for each other. We were taught that for four years. I am and always will be an Alpha Gamma Delta for life.” see help page 4
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Continued from page 3 The current Alpha Gamma Delta president, senior Kylie Frisby, said that helping one another out is hugely important within the sorority. Students fortunate enough to have not lost any possessions were giving their $250 dollar donations from Sooners Helping Sooners to their sisters who had lost everything in the fire, Frisby said. Through this challenging time, Frisby said that Alpha Gamma Delta has received support from many campus organizations. According to Frisby, each Panhellenic chapter contributed a basket of toiletries, clothing and other necessities that the Alpha Gamma Delta women may have lost. AT A GLANCE “Many of our members only had the clothes on their backs for the first few days after Online the fire,� Frisby said. “So by Resources Panhellenic chapters donating something as small as a toothSooners Helping brush, our members were able Sooners: ou.edu/ to live a normal life for a few days help/shs when everything else was up in AGD Fire Recovery the air.� GoFundMe: Frisby also said OU Housing gofundme. and Food has provided a new com/697f8s housing situation for all the women displaced by the fire. There is an entire floor of Cate Center that is entirely populated by Alpha Gamma Deltas, Frisby said. “This is so nice because they all wanted to still live together, and now they can,� Frisby said. Although this has been a challenging time for Frisby and her sisters, she believes that, thanks to the support from university and the support from within the sorority, that Alpha Gamma Delta is finally stable. “We are so blessed to be a part of the Sooner family, and we can’t thank everyone for their love and support enough,� Frisby said. Michelle Johnston michelle.johnston-1@ou.edu
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014 •
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Julia Nelson, sports editor Joe Mussatto, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports
The Sooners won the Cowboys last night 88-76. Go online for a full recap of the game.
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OU’s powerhouse athletics are not limited to football o here’s the thing SPORTS EDITOR about OU athletics — it’s pretty great. OU is not just a football school. It’s more than a basketball program on the rise. As a whole, OU is a great place for sports. OK, so maybe it’s time for Julia Nelson full disclosure. I was starting julia.nelson33@gmail.com to feel really sad about the end of football season. After the Super Bowl on Sunday, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m a football fanatic. The first Saturday in the fall of college football is my Christmas Day. So the end of football season makes me sad. I haven’t been the same since the national championship, because it meant college football was over. But here’s the thing. OU has so many other sports to get into, and the teams are pretty dang good. The women’s gymnastics team was just announced to be the No. 1 team for the third week in a row. The men’s gymnastics rankings haven’t been announced for this week yet, but the team looks to hold onto its No. 1 ranking after a win this weekend. The women’s basketball team has fallen short of expectations this season, but could still get a bid for its 15th straight NCAA tournament appearance.
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The men’s tennis team is currently ranked No. 9 and just came off a great weekend in the ITA kickoff weekend. The women’s tennis team is currently ranked No. 34 in the nation and was close to taking down the No. 12 Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last weekend. The wrestling team still features individual national champion Kendric Maple, and the team as a whole has only lost one match this season. The defending national champion softball team will resume play in Norman on March 1. The baseball team, led by new coach Pete Hughes, will start playing in Norman on Feb 14. On top of all of this, the Big 12 has suddenly turned into a basketball conference, and the Sooners are ranked No. 23 in the AP poll. Y’all, football is great, but there are some other really great sports at OU. It just takes getting out of your football funk to see it. Admission to almost all of the games is free for students, with the exception of men’s basketball. Even then, tickets are usually less than $10. So while you’re in your post-Super Bowl depression phase, check out some other OU sports. It might just get you out of your funk.
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