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OU to offer new online course platform New platform Janux features useful tools for students in a well-organized interface

on Ozone for credit. The courses range from flipped classes to blended to fully online, according to a press release. The platform allows students to rewatch videos of lectures as many times as they may need, take self-quizzes MAX JANERKA and talk to their classmates and the professor about the Campus Reporter coursework easily online, said Kyle Harper, OU’s senior Students can start enrolling to take spring classes on vice provost. OU’s new interactive online course platform, Janux. Some more features Janux provides are online note sharStudents can choose between 14 classes available on ing, live chats with fellow students and professors and inJanux next semester by participating for free or enrolling teractive whiteboards, according to the release. Courses

are broken up by section and taught through short videos and notes to allow for each lesson or concept to be thoroughly understood. This semester, students in six courses participated in a pilot program named platform.ou.edu that launched Oct. 21 as Janux, according to a press release. One of the classes offered is called Law and Justice, taught by Harper. SEE JANUX PAGE 2

OPEN RECORDS ACT

HOMECOMING

OU petitions to move suit to federal court Cites FERPA as defense to releasing records to Stipek and student media ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Editor

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Business sophomore Samantha Hutchison donates to team Aladdin – University College freshmen Jillie Kerwin and Stephen Wood, during Wednesday’s Homecoming Hold-Up on the South Oval.

Students bailed out for a good cause Events raise money for children’s charity group RACHAEL MONTGOMERY Campus Reporter

Students were “held captive” as part of an annual fundraising homecoming activity Wednesday on the South Oval. The Homecoming Hold-Up is an event held every year for representatives from groups participating in homecoming to dress up as their respective themes and beg passing students for donations. “Whatever draws people to them gets them more money,” said homecoming chair Kassidy Cook. The group that raises the most money will get priority seating at the

their respective money-collecting pep rally Friday, Cook said. All proceeds raised during the buckets. “It’s for the kids and a purpose,” two-hour hold-up and the benefit said Alex Malati, at Chipotle Mexican G r i l l M o n d a y “My favorite part of university college freshman. night, will go tothe Homecoming The costumed ward the Campus participants were Activities Council’s Hold-Up is that we all very friendly and Soonerthon philanget to meet lots of enthusiastic about t h ro py a n d ra i ses money for the people from different working together to Children’s Miracle raise money for the organizations.” Network, Cook said. kids. The Soonerthon is a “My favorite part GARRAH DRAPER, EDUCATION JUNIOR charity dance maraof the Homecoming thon that takes place Hold-Up is that we each spring. get to meet lots of Just 30 minutes after the hold- people from different organizaup started, representatives from tions,” said Garrah Draper, educathe 16 groups participating had tion sophomore. already made a dent in filling up

AT A GLANCE Homecoming events around campus this week Thursday

• 7:30 p.m. – Pep Rally

• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Class Council of 2015 Giveaways • 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sidewalk Chalk Competition on the South Oval

Saturday

Friday • 11 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Class Council of 2014 Giveaways • 7 p.m. – Pep Rally doors open

• 10:30 a.m. – Parade lineup begins • 11:30 a.m. – Parade • Royalty winners will be announced during halftime of the football game. There will be free food on the South Oval everyday at 9 a.m. and noon.

Despite OU’s petition to move student Joey Stipek’s Open Records Act lawsuit to federal court, Stipek says he will “fight his case to the bitter end.” If the case is tried in federal court, Stipek’s attorney, Nick Harrison, could be prohibited from trying the case because he is a government employee, Harrison said. However, Stipek said he will continue to pursue his case even if Harrison can’t defend him. “If I can’t have Nick Harrison, I’ll just find somebody else to help me,” Stipek said. In May, Stipek filed a lawsuit to sue OU President David Boren and the director of OU’s Open Records Office for denying him and other student journalists access to records he believes are public. Stipek, multidiversity studies senior, filed a petition with the Cleveland County Court May 10 to sue Boren SEE LITIGATION PAGE 2

DROPPING CLASSES

Withdrawal period ends on October 25 Friday is final day to withdraw from a class without approval from professor BENNETT HALL Campus Reporter

Friday marks the last day for undergraduate students to withdraw from courses, after this day, professorial approval will be required to receive an automatic “W” for withdrawal. The two-week period after classes first begin is always a flurry of uninhibited dropping and enrolling because this is the full refund window, and course switches can be done entirely through the Ozone website, said Rhonda Kyncl, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. After this period, students are able to drop up to five classes throughout their OU career and receive a “W” on their transcript, she said. “The records office will consider a petition for a full refund [after this period], but it has to be under extenuating circumstances,” Kyncl said.

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OUDaily.com ›› OU Regents gave the university the OK to purchase a rock testing system to advance studies of the risk of induced earthquakes on Wednesday. Read what else they discussed online.

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| NEWS: Four lawyers have been inducted into OU’s Law Hall of Fame. | Sooners can now apply for the Department of Energy Scholars program.

JANUX: More online courses available for spring Continued from page 1

TODAY AROUND CAMPUS A luncheon will be held noon to 1 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 339. The luncheon will cover the topics of Open Access’ copyright, author rights, and publication agreements. This event will help people understand their rights as an author and how to retain their rights before signing a publication agreement. The event will review examples of publication agreements, or people can bring along their own examples. An employees benefits fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room. Employees can visit with representatives from OU’s insurance providers and Human Resources in preparation for Employee Benefits Enrollment, which is Oct. 28 through Nov. 8. An art lecture will be given at 4 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. The lecture will focus on Chippewa modernist, George Morrison. A trombone choir concert will be presented from 8 to 10 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Concert Hall. Admission is free.

FRIDAY, OCT. 25 A free screening of “Despicable Me 2” will take place at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

“I think this is the best version of the class I have ever taught,” Harper said about the Janux class. Mechanical engineering and pre-med junior Connor McBride took Harper’s class on the Janux pilot program this semester. McBride said after the initial novelty wore off, Janux proved to be very intuitive to use. “I really noticed the benefit of its features when I started studying for our first midterm,” McBride said. “My notes and highlights were all organized. I could review the lecture material and the readings. I could take practice quizzes whenever I wanted and I could do it all in collaboration with

AT A GLANCE Spring 2014 classes on Janux:

Engineering Majors, GEOL 1114-050

• Introduction to Computer Programming, CS 1323-010

• Computational Thinking, CS 1300

• Native Peoples of Oklahoma, ANTH 1613-001

• History of Science to the Age of Newton, HSCI 3013-995 – fully online

• Introduction to Water, ENGR 1510-901 • Understanding and Detecting Deception, COMM 4970-995

• Practical Importance of Human Evolution, ANTH 4970-995 - fully online

• Chemistry of Beer, 4970-995

• Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources – fully online

• Civil Rights & Civil Liberties PSC 4283001

• Introduction to Sociology, SOC 1113001

• Administration of Adult and Higher Education, EDAH 5023-902

• Physical Geology for Science and

• Native Peoples of Oklahoma, ANTH 1613-001

my classmates.” McBride said Janux is easy to use and well organized, which makes studying simpler and more

productive. to the release. OU partnered with Oklahoma-based technolMax Janerka fifimaxi@mac.com ogy company NextThought to develop Janux, according

LITIGATION: Stipek refuses to drop OU lawsuit Continued from page 1 and Rachel McCombs after they failed to provide him and other student journalists electronic copies or database information of parking citations issued to students in the spring 2012 semester. In August, a Cleveland County judge heard Stipek’s case but dismissed his petition, saying Stipek should have filed the suit against OU as a whole and not Boren or McCombs. In October OU’s attorney, Shawnae Robey, with OU General Counsel, petitioned that the case be tried in federal court, because OU is claiming the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, as a defense to releasing the records, Harrison said. FERPA is a federal law meant

“If they’re successful in moving it over and they try to disqualify me because I’m a federal employee, that makes it so he won’t have an attorney to go through, which pretty much puts an end to his case.” NICK HARRISON, STIPEK’S ATTORNEY

to protect students’ educational records, like transcripts or demographic information. Since FERPA is a federal law, OU petitioned the case to be tried in federal court, Harrison said. How e v e r, s i n c e Ha r r i s o n i s a Presidential Management Fellow, his

CAC Homecoming Free Food | Noon on the South Oval. Enjoy some free food courtesy of CAC Homecoming.

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Oct. 17 - 20

Thursday, Oct. 24 Th I t Intramural Update: Coed 4v4 Volleyball Entries | 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center front desk. $30/team unless all participants live in OU Housing. The event date is Nov. 1-3 and the tournament is double elimination. Sign-ups are Oct. 24 & 25. Contact Jonathan Dewhirst, (405) 325-6755, for more information.

government employment could prohibit him from trying Stipek’s case if it gets moved to federal court. “If they’re successful in moving it over, and they try to disqualify me because I’m a federal employee, that makes it so he won’t have an attorney to go through, which pretty much puts an end to his case,” Harrison said. Harrison said it will probably be several months before the federal court processes OU’s petition to try the case. When The Daily reached out to the university’s legal counsel to get a comment from Robey, OU’s spokesman, Michael Nash, said the university does not comment on any particulars of litigation matters.

Friday, Oct. 25 (continued) CAC Homecoming Pep Rally | 7:30 p.m. at McCasland Field House. The night before the Homecoming football game, OU rallies thousands of students together from organizations around campus. Come be a part of one of the most spirited events on campus. Visit cac.ou.edu for a full list of Homecoming events.

Lecture: Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison, Chippewa Modernist | 4 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Enjoy this illustrated lecture by Dr. W. Jackson Rushing III, Adkins Presidential Professor of Art History and Mary Lou Milner Carver Chair in Native American Art, OU School of Art and Art History which documents, celebrates and investigates the artistic achievement of George Morrison, the distinguished and beloved Chippewa modernist (19192000). For more information, please contact Michael Bendure at mbendure@ou.edu.

FREE Movie: ‘Despicable Me 2’ | 6, 9 p.m. & midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. See the hilarious sequel to one of the best recent animated films. Despicable Me 2 was a hit in the box office and surely won’t disappoint at the showings in Meacham before its available on Blu-Ray/DVD! Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

Sooner Softball vs Butler CC | 6 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. Students get in FREE with ID! Come check out your defending National Champion Sooner Softball team as they round out their Fall Ball Schedule.

Saturday, Oct. 26

Trombone Choir Concert | 8 p.m. Sharp Concert Hall. Enjoy this FREE concert, which is open to the public. Contact School of Music for more info 405-325-5321. Inner sOUndscapes: Percussion & Electronics | 8 p.m. in Pitman Recital Hall. This performance is FREE and open to the public. Contact School of Music for more info 405-325-5321.

Friday, Oct. 25 CAC Homecoming Free Food | Noon on the South Oval. Enjoy some free food courtesy of CAC Homecoming.

Sooner Volleyball vs West Virginia | TBA at McCasland Field House. Come check out OU Volleyball on Homecoming Saturday where EVERYBODY gets in free! CAC Homecoming Parade | 11:30 a.m. The CAC Homecoming Parade is a special showcase of all of the hard work and spirit of several of OU’s finest student organizations before the football game. Floats, the Pride, royalty candidates, and many of OU’s campus treasures are showcased throughout the duration of the parade. Visit cac.ou.edu for an updated schedule and list of events. Sooner Football vs Texas Tech | 2:30 p.m. at Gaylord Memorial Stadium. OU returns home to host a ranked Texas Tech team, who upset the Sooners last time they came to Norman to end OU’s 39 game home winning streak.

Sooner Soccer vs West Virginia | 7 p.m. at John Crain Field. Students get in FREE with ID! This game is SENIOR NIGHT for our soccer team, come cheer on the Sooners as they play their last home game of the year! Fuego Friday Ceramics Demonstrations | 7 p.m. at the School of Art & Art History’s Ceramics Facility. This event is FREE and open to the publ public. For more information, please contact OU School of Art & Art rt Histo History, art@ou.edu 405.325.2691.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Fall Choral Concert | 3 p.m. at the Sharp Concert Hall. Enjoy the OU Combined Choirs performance. Tickets are $9 Adult, $5 Students. Contact the Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101 for more info.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013 •

You Are Invited! Class of 2014

Ring Ceremony Honoring Oklahoma’s Award-Winning Meteorologist and OU Alumnus 1965

Gary England

Honorary Ring Recipient and Homecoming Parade Marshal

ngland is credited with saving countless lives and properties with his steady, measured reporting during severe storms in Oklahoma. He is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, including three Emmys and the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Heartland Division. He is Oklahoma’s top-rated television meteorologist and a graduate of OU with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and meteorology. He is an internationally noted authority in severe weather and holds the distinction of being the person who implemented with Enterprise Electronics, the world’s first commercial Doppler radar.

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Friday, Oct. 25

Class of 1950 Plaza and Oklahoma Memorial Union Courtyard

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be moved to Beaird Lounge. For additional information or for accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-3784. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo

- THE PRIDE OF OKLAHOMA

The discussion continues tomorrow ››

• Thursday, October 24, 2013

Today’s editorial is part one of a two-part series. Tomorrow’s editorial will further discuss the Oklahoma couple’s marriage rights and will touch on minorities’ roles in society. Minorities are just as important as the majority and there is no credible argument defining why not everyone should have equal rights.

OPINION editorial

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What is Oklahoma waiting for? Our View: Regardless of heritage or gender, it’s time for Oklahoma to recognize equality for all.

As of Monday, gay marriage is legally recognized in New Jersey, making it the 14th state in the U.S. to do so. The push for gay rights is inescapable, and it’s time It’s no shocker that New Jersey Gov. Chris for those who oppose equality for all to stop swimChristie backed down from his same-sex marriage ming against the current and go with the flow. challenge. After previously taking a stance of opWhile it is not yet legal in our state, an Oklahoma position, after same-sex marriage became legal gay couple is getting around the hindrance. in his state this week, he withdrew his challenge Oklahoma City residents Darren Black Bear and against it. Jason Pickel were granted a marriage license last It was a smart move on his part. He was practiweek through the Cheyenne and Arapahoe cally asking for his chances of increasing Tribal Court and plan to wed on Oct. 31, his political stature to become staleThe Our View is the majority mated if he were to continue maintainthanks to the tribal law’s lack of specificity opinion of defining marriage, according to NBC News. ing a stance against marriage equality. The Daily’s Tribal law requires that both spouses be Regardless of whether he agrees with nine-member of Native American descent and live within editorial board same-sex marriage or not, his decision to the jurisdiction of the tribe in order to be reconsider his political position against issued a marriage certificate according to this issue is a maneuver Okla. Gov. Mary Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes spokeswoman Lisa Fallin should consider. Liebl (previously reported by MSNBC). We congratulate New Jersey and applaud their While the bigger picture here is a civil rights issue, politicians. On a positive note, they’re not the only it is a state issue as well. It isn’t fair that these men ones taking a stance for equality; New Mexico is were able to get a marriage license because of their too. descent. What about all of the other gay Oklahoman On Wednesday, lawyers and justices in New couples who aren’t native American? Mexico’s Supreme Court had a two-hour heated We’re happy for the Oklahoma couple, as happy debate discussing same-sex marriage and clarias we would be for any other couple getting married, fying the legal confusion on the matter due to the but what is it going to take for our government to state’s ambiguous marriage laws. New Mexico’s take its blinders off and see past its selfish, conserva- marriage laws don’t definitively allow nor prohibit tive ideologies of a “proper marriage” being distinc- same-sex marriages to take place. If New Mexico’s tively between a man and a woman? Supreme Court decides to legally authenticate We’ve said it before, and we will say it again. It’s not same-sex marriages, it will become the 15th state blood that makes you family — it’s love. If two people to do so. want to get married, they should not have to move North, south, east or west, states across the U.S. to one of the 14 states that allow gay marriage to be- are beginning to aggressively settle this issue. It’s come legally married, nor should they have to stay 2013, and it’s time for all 50 states to properly recaway from states like Oklahoma that refuse to honor ognize and support equality. No one should have and acknowledge marriages between gay couples. to find loopholes or move to certain parts of the It’s ridiculous that gay couples, who have already country to enjoy the rights non-gay people do just legally tied the knot elsewhere, can take just one because of their sexual preference. step across the Oklahoma border and lose all merit We don’t know what Oklahoma is waiting for, to their union rights. The rationality is beyond us, but it’s time for our state to legalize same-sex marbut we’re ready to see a change. And thanks to reriage for all. cent events in New Jersey and New Mexico, we have Comment on this at OUDaily.com hope our own state government will follow in their footsteps.

opinion columnist klahoma deserves more than one viable choice in the upcoming gubernatorial elections of 2014. It is a sad indictment of the state when its politics are so monolithic and predictable that a governor, whose entire career is Scott Starr based on the fact that she is a scott.e.starr-1@ou.edu Republican who supposedly cares about ‘family values’ and fiscal conservatism, is good enough to reelect despite her actual track record. She is running unopposed by an actual Democrat or a Republican at this time. I fully understand this is the “reddest” or most conservative state in the union and that those whom consider themselves independent or liberal are in the minority. But, there is no excuse for not being able to produce at least one other candidate who can challenge the present governor who’s done nothing to earn her reputation as a “pro- life,” “profamily” or values voter. I don’t know how she appeals to voters with a straight face considering the slogans found on her new campaign website that states, “From the economy to health care to education, Gov. Fallin has put Oklahoma on the right track.” Seriously? OK — let’s look at Oklahoma’s national rank in education. We’re 43rd. Admittedly, that’s up from 48th or 49th from as recently as 2010, but it is still dismal and we are only ranked in front of Tennessee, Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and West Virginia. Strike up the band. But seriously, is that a figure the state can actually be proud of to campaign about reflecting Oklahoma’s public education system? Here’s an excerpt of what Ms. Fallin said about it in the foreword she wrote for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC’S) Report Card on American Education: State Education Rankings 2013: “From the first day of my administration, education has been a cornerstone of my agenda. Improving our schools is the right thing to do for our children, but it also serves as an investment in our communities, our future workforce and our long term prospects for economic growth. Over the last two years, I am happy to announce that, through a collaborative effort, Oklahoma successfully implemented a series of comprehensive reforms that put our children and our schools on a pathway to greater success.” Fallin is giving herself maximum credit for meager gains. She sure does know what words to say. However, the most recent figures I could find are from 2011, showing that in Oklahoma we still rank 46th in per pupil expenditures, previously reported by the Edmond Sun. Only 50 percent of high school students graduate and 45 percent of college freshman drop out before finishing. State teacher pay ranks 42nd in the nation, and many of the public schools are crumbling. A 2012 report has Oklahoma ranked far below average in math and science, 42nd overall in that category, previously Going by Oklahoman standards, especially college football fans, these rankings and meager progress are nothing to crow about and certainly don’t constitute as being on the right track. One can find the same kind of results regarding healthcare in Oklahoma, in short we are also ranked 43rd on overall health scorecards according to America’s Health Rankings. Just wait until Oklahomans realize how badly Ms. Fallin has hosed them, especially the citizens most in need of healthcare by obstinately signing the state up for the Medicaid expansion package as part of the new Affordable Care Act Law. It won’t be pretty. One can review her record for his or herself online at the Vote-Smart Project. That won’t be pretty either. Don’t be a low-information or party line voter and sell our state’s future short. We deserve better than this from our leadership. Scott Starr is a multidisciplinary studies senior.

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New system offers affordable college degrees to students opinion columnist

ollege is expensive. We already know this, but this is changing in certain colleges across the U.S. Different schools are starting to implement a program to lower the cost of a bachelor’s degree to $10,000. This is an amazing move, as it opens the availability of a bachelor’s degree to people who are currently unable to afford one. While it doesn’t directly impact students at the OU, it gives hope that in the future, the choice between a degree Elizabeth Illerbrun Elizabeth.a.illerbrun-1@ou.edu and a full time job may not be so difficult. At the moment, it is mostly community colleges that offer both associates and bachelors degrees bringing this idea to fruition. The New York Times reports that, “Miami Dade College, the biggest in the system, is offering eight $10,000 bachelor’s degree programs to students who graduate from a local high school, enroll full-time and have a grade-point average of at least 3.0. So far, they have drawn 62 students.” Right now, the program is starting to take off in Texas and in Florida. If it shows success, there is a possibility it will spread to other states. The idea of making a fairly inexpensive college degree is wonderful and high reaching. According to NY Times, “In Florida, the two dozen former community colleges that offer both associate and baccalaureate degrees all volunteered to meet the $10,000 challenge, but several programs are not yet under way. The state universities are not in the program.” While only some schools are taking part in this, it is a major step towards changes in education.

Should this prove successful and grow until it becomes the norm, college will be a relatively different experience. There will probably be a much higher number of online courses offered and the degrees this is being applied to will likely see a rise in the number of graduates. If the implementation of a $10,000 bachelors degree takes place in state colleges around the U.S., there will be a rise in the number of people with a higher education. This program was started as an incentive to keep students in school and have them complete their degree. Like most things, there are requirements including keeping your GPA above a certain point and being a resident of the state the college is in. At this time, the degree does not apply to all majors. Instead, it is applied to less popular ones that don’t have a high demand. These include middle school math and science education. This supports the less popular majors, offering hope that more people will get degrees in these needed professions. By decreasing the cost of the education, the demand for it should increase. Unfortunately, this will not become a widespread occurrence without government help. It is too expensive for the colleges to remain open. While certain degrees may have this incentive attached to them, it will not apply to every major. However, every little bit of aid can help, and if this system helps people stay in school, then it is working. While it may never reach an extraordinarily large scale, hopefully it will grow to the point where it gives many people the opportunity they need to continue. Elizabeth Illerbrun is an international area studies junior. The Oklahoma Daily is a public forum, the University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice and an entirely student-run publication.

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McLaurin makes most of senior year

Tech and OU have opposite QB problem

Still strives to improve her game Dillon Hollingsworth Sports Reporter

Sallie McLaurin wanted to be independent. She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be the little sister who follows her big sister off to the same college after high school, so when her older sister chose to come to OU, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put the school at the top of Sallieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list. Lucky for both parties, things changed by the time she made her decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so blessed to be here with her for two years,â&#x20AC;? McLaurin said, and the OU volleyball team has been blessed to have McLaurin for four. From the time McLaurin stepped on to the court as a freshman, she made her impact felt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; earning Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors, and she has not slowed down since. Coming off a junior campaign that named her to the All-America Third Team, McLaurin has not missed a beat. The senior captain leads the Big 12 in hitting percentage and points, and is second in blocks and kills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time that she steps in there is pretty amazing,â&#x20AC;? head coach Santiago Restrepo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very good role model. She just wants to win.â&#x20AC;? After ever ything that McLaurin has accomplished in her first three years, there was still more to be asked of her as a senior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bottom line is that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a senior and she has to be able to be a little bit more vocal,â&#x20AC;? Restrepo said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a new type of leadership for McLaurin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to use my voice more, because I used to just lead with my actions. The girls seem like they like me,â&#x20AC;? she said with a laugh, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So it seems like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going well.â&#x20AC;? Eden Williams, a senior defensive specialist and fellow captain has played with McLaurin all four years. She said McLaurin has embraced the leadership role in her final year on the court for OU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We count on her for a lot of things, and I think she fills each responsibility that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s given,â&#x20AC;? she said, After both playing together

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Sallie McLaurin sets up to for a hit during practice. McLaurin has had a great deal of success at her time in Oklahoma and has played some of her best volleyball so far this season.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely competitive. She is one of the best athletes that I have ever had the opportunity to coach.â&#x20AC;? Santiago Restrepo, Volleyball coach

as freshmen, the two captains have grown into best friends and Williams said it has been great to watch McLaurin have so much success in the past three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all deserving, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great person, and just a really good teammate and friend,â&#x20AC;? she said. Williams isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only one who has watched McLaurin grow over her time at OU. Coach Restrepo said the difference between her freshman year and now has been night and day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has become a woman,â&#x20AC;? Restrepo said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more assertive and has a lot more confidence in what she does.â&#x20AC;? He said all of the aspects of her game have improved, but some improvements canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be measured. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not afraid of voicing her opinion, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just maturity.â&#x20AC;?

McLaurin is not focused on what she has already accomplished, though. She is looking forward to the rest of this season, motivated by the fact that it is her last. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knowing that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to end soon,â&#x20AC;? McLaurin said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;has made playing the most that I can right now, up to the best I can really important.â&#x20AC;? That kind of drive is what has made McLaurin successful, and is what continues to give opponents fits in their fourth year facing her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the teams key on her, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still (having success),â&#x20AC;? Restrepo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty unheard of, and pretty amazing that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing that in her last year.â&#x20AC;? After all that McLaurin has accomplished in the last few years, she is still striving to improve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just trying to play my best,â&#x20AC;? McLaurin said of her expectations for the final

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OU and Texas Tech have Sports Columnist had their share of great quarterbacks throughout the years. The recent greats for the Sooners have Heisman winners Sam Bradford and Jason White topping the list. The Red Raiders have Sam Hoffman also produced quality quarsamhoffman@ou.edu terbacks, especially since the Mike Leach era began in Lubbock. Most notably are quarterbacks Graham Harrell and now coach, Kliff Kingsbury. In a way, this season is no different for each school. Quarterbacks from both schools are generating the most buzz across the community. However, for the Sooners, this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a positive thing. Coming into the season, OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarterbacks were generating a lot of hype from the media, but so far, the quarterbacks have struggled this season. The opposite can be said of Texas Tech. For the Red Raiders, the question wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just who to start, but if they would produce as well. Currently, Tech is ranked No. 10 in the BCS standings and its two quarterbacksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;freshmen Davis Webb and Baker Mayfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have been stepping up and making plays for them. Mayfield started the season at quarterback and as a walk-on. He thrived as the starter, throwing for almost 1,500 yards and eight touchdowns. Since Webb has started the last two games, the Red Raiders remain undefeated and he has thrown more than 1,400 yards and eleven touchdowns. Mayfield and Webb have solved the problem for Kingsbury. He has had a big hand in making sure that happens, though. Before being the head coach in Lubbock, he coached the Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M last season. As it stands now, Kingsburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quarterbacks will only continue to improve throughout the season. The problem seems to be with the Sooners, and only appears to be getting worse.

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Homecoming has been a time-honored tradition for decades. We delved into The Daily archives as far back as the 1950s for photos of students showing their homecoming spirit at OU over the years.

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1960: “Displaying part of the costume which will be worn by the Big Red’s mascot, “Little Red,” at the Homecoming pep rally ... ”

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1950: “Work on Homecoming decorations begins in earnest at the Gamma Phi Beta house. The girls are (left to right) Pat Lindsay, Joan 1970: “Building a float can sometimes turn into a group effort, which the men of Alpha Sigma Phi and the women of Alpha Chi Omega prove.” Mouser, Wynona Pirkle, Susanna Abbott, Joice Lockard and Mary Louise Lee.

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The University of Oklahoma is a school firmly rooted in tradition, since its humble beginning in 1890. By 1895 there were four faculty members and just 100 students enrolled, compared with today’s student body of more than 30,000 Sooners. The campus has grown, students have graduated, and photos have faded but there’s one thing that never fails to endure: Sooner Spirit. Though some debate remains about the origins of homecoming, The University of Missouri began inviting alumni to “come home” for their rival game against Kansas in 1911. With a spirit rally, parade and the highly anticipated football game, a tradition was born that would soon spread across the nation.

Kassidy Cook, CAC homecoming chairperson, has planned and organized OU homecoming for the past three years, she said. From the colorful banners to painted boards that decorate the South Oval, homecoming brings out creativity in Sooners. “It allows OU students, faculty, administrators and alumni to come together as a family and celebrate the traditions that draw us together and bring campus to life,” Cook said. With close to 50 OU organizations participating in this year’s homecoming events, the parade will be filled with floats that fit this year’s theme “Drawn Together by Tradition.” From Dr. Seuss to Space Jam, floats of all colors and sizes will line the streets of Norman, beginning on Elm Street and ending on Jenkins Ave Saturday.

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“Definitely the floats. I like to see the creative sides of all the different houses.”

“Probably helping paint banners because everyone gets together to hangout.”

emilee o’haire, public relations sophomore

sha’tori graham, art junior

“I thought float watching would suck, but it’s a lot of fun ... ” joe shelley, university college freshman

“My favorite “Definitely the “I think I really like homecoming pomping, dancing the chalking. It’s tradition is the and mixers with so chaotic because everyone is in the boards because they other fraternities add so much life ... ” and sororities.” way ... ” photo provided

The parade route starts on Elm Street and winds over to Jenkins Avenue.

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A former professor and distinguished modern dance instructor will be returning to the OU School of Dance Friday. Kozaburo (Ko) Yukihiro will be teaching the master dance classes as a prof PROFILE guest professor, according Kozaburo to a press release. Yukihiro Yukihiro received the first Irene and Julian Rothbaum Position: Guest modern Presidential Professor dance professor of Excellence in the Arts Award in 1995 while workAwards: First Irene and Julian ing for the OU School of Rothbaum Presidential Dance, according to a press Professor of Excellence release. in the Arts in 1995 During his 22 years as a faculty member, he created fifty original dance pieces for Contemporary Dance Oklahoma (CDO) and one of them, “Voices from the Sea,” was performed at the 26th National Cultural Festival in Kyoto, Japan, according to a press release. Sama Khawaja, Life & Arts Reporter

The OU Trombone Choir will be crossing the pond 8 p.m. tonight in the Sharp Concert Hall with a free concert celebrating British music. The evening’s featured performer is prominent British bass trombonist Jonathan Warburton. He will be backed by the 28-member choir, performing pieces by British composers such as Simon Wills and Gordon Jacob. David Ross Boyd and Regents Professor of Music, Irvin L. Wagner, directs the OU Trombone Choir and said he was honored to have Warburton in the show. “In the U.K. he plays classical and jazz, and he plays TV shows for the BBC in London,” Wagner said. Wagner said he titled this evening’s concert “Basically British Blow,” in honor of his guest. In addition to the pieces by Willis and Jacob, Warburton and the Trombone Choir will play one of Wagner’s original works, “Royal Music.” References to the trombone date back at least 1,000 years and possibly to Biblical times, Wagner said. “The trombone is an ancient instrument,” he said. “Of all the instruments we have in band and orchestra, trombone is the oldest.” Graham Dudley, Life & Arts Reporter

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