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OU DAILY Students pomp for their homecoming float by stuffing tissue paper in chicken wire while chatting and eating food at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house on Oct. 19.

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PROUDLY GLEAMING Organizations collaborate for successful homecoming

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(Right to left) Business entreprenuership sophomore Lauren Leslie, health and exercise science sophomore Christina Schutz and biology sophomore Carla Clark paint their group’s homecoming banner Oct. 17. Pi Beta Phi is paired with Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Student Government Association and the Asian American Student Association.

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Members of The Pride march in the homecoming parade on Oct. 24, 2015. Homecoming: Reunion Weekend 2016 will take place Oct. 28 to 29.

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eople see the floats in the parade, returning alumni, boards on the South Oval, the Homecoming Bash and Rah! Rally, but what they rarely see are the people behind the scenes who pull homecoming together. The preparation for this year’s homecoming began just one month after the 2015 homecoming. Nick Marr, letters senior, was elected as the Campus Activities Council homecoming chair and began to organize and plan as much of the next year as possible. However, there was only so much they could do until the date of the game was released. “We got that in late July, early August,” Marr said. “We have a lot that develops as it goes along.” As the executive committee planned, they also took concerns and recommendations from students during Community Advisory Board meetings. “Those are great. I’d recommend them for everything on campus,” Marr said. “You can ask people who maybe had nothing to do with planning, ‘what did you think of this?’ That’s your audience.” Some of the things addressed in those meetings were the organization pairing process, individual participation for students not in a group and the Homecoming Bash. This year, CAC also kept safety in mind following the 2015 Oklahoma State Homecoming accident, where four people were killed. “That was one of the first things that came up in the conversation about the parade,” Marr said. “That’s just working with the city on all of our plans, working with the police on all of our plans, holding it up and turning it every which way.” When school began in August, competing organizations began work on choreographing the Rah! Rally and designing boards, floats and banners. However, according to the 2016 Homecoming Representative Handbook, participants cannot commit more than 15 hours to

their projects. The groups also work with time constraints: no activity between midnight and 8 a.m., and homecoming activities should not go past 10:59 p.m., according to the handbook. “We definitely stuck to all of the rules because that was drilled into my head from day one,” Pi Beta Phi homecoming chair Katheryn Stokes said. “It was just kind of ... what can I do to make this more efficient during that 8 to 11?” Each group’s projects are coordinated efforts. Pi Phi worked with Sigma Phi Epsilon, Student Government Association and the Asian American Student association to coordinate supplies and space to practice. Each group is assigned a faculty or staff member guide who monitors meetings, helps to resolve disputes and make the process go smoothly, and makes sure the group stays on track with handbook rules, Marr said. This year, CAC implemented a Thousands Strong Campaign to raise money for organizations that did not have enough funds for their homecoming budgets. “When you have these new organizations — these smaller organizations — a lot of them, especially if it’s their first time, haven’t budgeted for homecoming,” Marr said. “The last thing that should keep anybody away is money. This is one of the oldest and my personal ... favorite thing on campus, and the last thing I want somebody to say is, ‘We were going to do it, but we didn’t have any money.’” Groups must consider chalk, paint, pomping — stuffing tissue paper into sheets of chicken wire — supplies, wood and other materials for homecoming preparations. One of the biggest surprises of working with other organizations was the amount of supplies the other organizations already had, Stokes said. “There was a group that had chalk (and) there was a group that see HOMECOMING page 2

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Students from the freshman class gather to sign and snap pictures of their graduation year board Monday. The boards will be on the South Oval Thursday and Friday from noon to 2 p.m. for students to sign and pick up a free shirt.

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had window paint,” Stokes said. Pi Phi, Sig Ep, AASA and SGA held pomping parties where their members could eat, drink and pomp. “It was like a mixer, almost, with four organizations you’d usually never have access to outside of homecoming,” Stokes said. Another group that contributes to planning homecoming is Class Council. The council is responsible for class banners, boards and T-shirts, which are available every day of Homecoming Reunion Week, as long supplies last. Class of 2017 Event Director Kendal Nichols said the council and CAC have worked together to co-program homecoming, and it has been great. But it does not end there. CAC has multiple executive boards and chairs working with homecoming, including the Concert Series chair Henry Unterschuetz. The concert series is responsible for organizing the Homecoming Bash. “Everyone’s wanted to do it, but the real push was we have these great events. We’re trying to open them up, make them more inclusive and open to individuals, but

we didn’t have anything that was just for that,” Marr said. H o w e v e r, M a r r a n d other members of the Homecoming Committee work with the athletic department in order to prepare for the announcement of Homecoming Royalty during halftime of the game. After the announcement, the week is essentially over. That is, until they have to begin planning for next year. “It is a long, long process,” Marr said. “Right after it’s over, we go ahead and start the process for the next one ... There’s just so much to it.” Siandhara Bonnet arahdnais@ou.edu

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Members of Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, the Student Government Association and the Asian American Student Association pomp for their homecoming float Oct. 19. The theme for this year’s homecoming is “colors proudly gleaming.”

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Advertising and nutrition junior Angela Orsini instructs members of Pi Beta Phi’s homecoming dance team on their house lawn Oct. 18. Pi Beta Phi is partnering with the Student Government Association, the Asian Student Association and the Sigma Epsilon fraternity for all homecoming festivities this year.

MEET THE CANDIDATES:

2016 HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN Six men and six women have been nominated as candidates for OU’s 2016 Homecoming King and Queen. Meet each of the candidates at oudaily.com/hoco-court.

CHANDLER FUNDERBURG

CHRISTA CHERIAN

EB MCCREADY

JACLYN KNIERIM

MARIA THOMAS

SARAH STAGG

DANIEL PAE

DAVID DOSHIER

JESSE COKER

NATHAN BOWSER

MICHAEL LUTTER

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Regent Max Weitzenhoffer and OU President David Boren during the Board of Regents meeting Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The regents passed a new construction project and changes to OU’s health care policy for 2017.

Regents approve Price project Board also goes over changes with health care, grants degree

ANDREW CLARK • @CLARKY_TWEETS The OU Board of Regents Wednesday passed a number of agenda items, including a new construction project, the awarding of a posthumous degree and changes to OU’s health care policy for 2017. Here are the top agenda items the regents passed:

POSTHUMOUS DEGREE The regents approved the awarding of a posthumous Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering degree to Garrison Lee Taylor, a chemical engineering senior who died in August. Taylor completed 92 hours of coursework and maintained a major GPA of 3.25 and an overall GPA of 3.36 during his time as a student, according to the agenda. Boren also announced at the meeting a gift to the university from Ronnie K. Irani in support of the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. Half of the gift will be used to establish an endowment to support and enhance existing CCEW programs and operations, according to a press release from OU. The remaining sum will create an endowment to

fund new initiatives and innovations that will expand the center’s high-impact programming and entrepreneurial consulting to graduate and undergraduate students, the release says.

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The regents authorized OU to revise the cost of construction for the renovations to the OU football stadium, approving the new amount of $125 million. The original amount was $122 million, but even with the $3 million The regents authorized OU President Boren, or his des- increase, the total budget for the project remains at $160 ignee, to approve the 2017 health care changes and premi- million. um rate strategy. The changes will: terminate the fully insured health maintenance organiMICHAEL F. PRICE COLLEGE OF zation plan option for active employees • add a $20 monthly tobacco surcharge to medical BUSINESS GRADUATE AND EXECUTIVE premium rates CENTER • require employee contributions of $5 monthly for The regents approved the University Research Park individual dental coverage • implement employee contribution rates as de- Michael F. Price College of Business Graduate and Executive Center Build-out project. The regents also apscribed in the attachments in the agenda The regents’ agenda says OU employees will be re- proved the project design and authorized the preparation quired to attest to being a tobacco user or not during the of construction documents of the project. The regents annual enrollment process. It also says employees active- also authorized the university to contract and make payly engaged in smoking cessation programs will qualify for ments not to exceed $3.5 million for the project. non-tobacco user rates.

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Esai Eazy Rivera paints political science freshman Isabel Godinez’s face to help promote the Day of the Dead Celebration Oct. 18. The Day of the Dead celebration will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Day of the Dead street festival to celebrate life Music, food trucks, carnival rides will help honor culture MADISON HOSTETTER @highestviolet

OU Latino Student Life will host a street festival next week in honor of a traditional Mexican holiday. The fifth annual Day of the Dead Street Festival will feature carnival rides and food trucks and will showcase Latin cultures. “I think it’s important for our campus to go to these types of events that represent different cultures,” said Karen Gutierrez, the publicity chair of the festival. “Whether they’re just there for the food or they’re interested in the band, they’ll be able to take in what our culture represents.” The festival is recognizing

the holiday Día de los Muertos, which falls on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. The traditional Mexican holiday comb i n e s a 3 , 0 0 0 - y e a r- o l d Aztec celebration with the Catholicism brought by Spanish conquistadors. Despite its name, which directly translates to “Day of the Dead,” Día de los Muertos is a celebration of the deceased and their lives filled with food, drinks and parties, according to National Geographic. “ The festival is based on celebrating life. I know there’s a lot of emphasis on the dead, but you’re basically just celebrating your family, your friends and the ones who passed away,” Day of the Dead chair Christian Villarreal said. T h e f e s t i va l w i l l f e a ture Aztec fire dancers and Latin Grammy-nominated Banda Carnaval, a group

from Sinaloa, Mexico, that is known for revolutionizing traditional Mexican music. Attendees can bring offerings for the dead to altars in their honor, and there will be a traditional processional, Villarreal said. “I’m looking forward to seeing how big it gets this year,” Villarreal said. “I was also involved last year, and I’m excited to see how it grows.” About 8,000 people attended the 2015 festival, according to Villarreal, and he hopes even more will attend this year. The festival will be at 1 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the Lloyd Noble Center. Admission is free for all ages, according to the event’s Facebook page. Madison Hostetter

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Premium costs increase Price of health care insurance to rise in Oklahoma in 2017 ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman

Oklahoma will have the second-highest increase in the nation for health care insurance premium costs for the benchmark plan on the Affordable Care Act exchange, also commonly known as Obamacare. In 2017, average premiums for 27-year-old Oklahoma residents on the second-lowest cost silver plan will increase by an average of 69 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Health Policy report. Craig Russell, OU professor of business administration, said typical OU students are under 26 and that they can be covered under their parents’ health insurance. The increase in the cost of premiums, a monthly payment for one’s health insurance plan, would not affect these students, but it would affect the students whose parents do not have health insurance, he said. Russell said he thinks the students who have parents without health insurance are most likely in the lowest income group among students,

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President Barack Obama gazes into the crowd at Durant High School in Durant, Oklahoma, on July 15, 2015.

but he thinks this is only a small percentage of students. “They’re going to be the ones with the least amount of resources to address their health care needs because then they’ll fall under the Affordable Care Act,� Russell said. “They’ll be required ... to purchase insurance out of this pool and they’ll have to pay the higher premiums.� In 2017, Oklahoma will also have insurance plans provided by only one insurance provider on the federal exchange, according to an article by CNN Money. Russell said having only one provider is fine if the provider meets the insurance

needs of everyone at a competitive price. “It kind of begs the question as to whether it is going to be a competitive price since there is no competition,� Russell said. Russell said it is also unlikely that a single provider’s products will meet every client’s possible need. Experts say these changes were expected because many of the insurance providers initially underpriced their plans to attract more customers, according to the CNN article. Federal subsidies for health insurance recipients through Obamacare

exchanges are based on the costs of the silver plan for a 27 year-old, according to the CNN article. The subsidies lower premium costs for recipients. Average premiums on second-lowest cost silver plan for 27 year-olds as part of Obamacare exchanges will increase by an average of 25 percent for all states where the exchanges are used, according to the Department of Health report. Only the average increase for Arizona is larger, at 116 percent. Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu

Fair sheds light on oppression Students tabling on South Oval explain stereotypes, effects

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Undergraduate and graduate social work students worked together to diminish stereotypes at the Diversity and Oppression Fair Tuesday. The fair was a required a s s i g n m e nt f o r t h e s o cial work course Human Diversity and Oppression, taught by Anthony Natale. The focus of the assignment was to show how myths and stereotypes among minority groups can easily turn into prejudice and discrimination, something social workers have to address in the real world. One hundred and twenty-five students set up 24 tables on the South Oval, each with poster boards, fliers and pamphlets explaining a different stereotype, ranging from health issues in minority groups to the treatment of minority groups in the workplace. At the station about sexual assault of college women, social work graduate students Audrey Brand, Ashlee Brown, Daniel Caldwell and Kelsey Baldwin had a cup filled with cotton balls and five Popsicle sticks. One of the five Popsicle sticks was marked with an “x,� and whoever pulled out the marked stick represented the one out of five female college students who would be sexually assaulted on

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A team of scientists led by an OU graduate student recently discovered a 45-million-year-old circumstellar disk, the oldest of its kind known to science. Also known as a planet-forming disk, this reservoir of gas, rock and dust surrounding a star can create planets nearby if the swirling materials coalesce. Steven Silverberg, an OU astrophysics graduate student, said he is fascinated by what he and his Disk Detective team found. “It’s a weird discovery, and weird is interesting in science,� Silverberg said. “Usually you only see a disk this bright around stars 10 million years old.� Silverberg insists the discovery was a collaborative effort of Disk Detective, a NASA program that invites interested citizens to help scour through survey data provided online, looking for important finds such as this. “Probably the coolest thing for me is ... we have people with backgrounds as varied as a computer technician in Argentina and a retired medical doctor who lives in Napa (Valley, California) contributing to new astronomy,� he said. Silverberg said he is hesitant to offer any speculation, as of yet, to why this particular disk is so old but believes further investigation could yield some valuable results. “We have never seen anything like this before. It’s possible it could end up changing some of our theories,� Silverberg said. “It could have very interesting implications for how disks form and then dissipate into planets.� Mitchell Willetts, @MitchBWilletts

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Social work graduate students Kelsey Baldwin, Daniel Caldwell and Audrey Brand talk about sexual assault awareness outside Bizzell Memorial Library Tuesday. Undergraduate and graduate social work students hosted the Diversity Fair along the South Oval.

campus this year. At the station for health care outcomes among women of color, social work junior Queen Efiom said candy, fliers and energy get people to talk to them about their topic. Efiom, along with social work juniors Brianna Thomas, Deidra Bass and Chris Wilkerson, all decided to talk about health care among women of color. Thomas said it is a topic that is not talked about in great detail. “We talk about it, but we really don’t talk about it,� Thomas said. T h e g ro u p d i s c u s s e d the lack of resources many women of color face in the health care world and wanted everyone to walk away with a better understanding of the reality many AfricanAmerican women face in dealing with breast cancer. “Most African-American women have higher mortality rates in breast cancer because they do not have

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access to (mammograms),� Thomas said. “And they also believe in self-care, and they are in denial like they do not have it, but they do.� Other topics that the fair’s stations focused on

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Sour cream: secret to pumpkin bread SAMI CANAVAN • @SAMICANAVAN

In light of pumpkin season, I’ve been doing a little experimenting in the kitchen. I decided to combine ingredients from two of my favorite pumpkin bread recipes to create my own. My experiment led to a soft and spongy loaf packed with spices and flavor. The secret to the moistness? Sour cream. Side note: If you’ve never microwaved your pumpkin bread with butter on top, now is the time to try it.

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Show offers new scares, storylines every season “American Horror Story” writers work to create fresh twist OLIVIA EDWARDES @edwardesolivia

“American Horror Story” fans are in the depths of season 6, “Roanoke.” The massively popular television show’s plot completely changes every season, while maintaining a recurring cast that plays different characters. OU students and “American Horror Story” writer James Wong shared their thoughts on the show and its latest season. Each season of “American Horror Story” has a stylized grotesqueness. The seasons are titled: “Murder House,” “Asylum,” “Coven,” “Freak Show,” “Hotel” and “Roanoke.” Ja m e s Wo n g , w r i t e r and executive producer of “American Horror Story,” has written and directed episodes of the “X-Files,” produced “Scream Queens” a n d w r i t t e n t h e “ Fi n a l Destination” films, to name a few of his projects. Although Wong was unable to speak about the show’s current season due to privacy contracts, he was

able to explain the show’s writing process. Because the show is so dense in complexity, there are fear themes that haven’t been explored. In a society becoming increasingly exposed and arguably desensitized, writing tasteful and gripping horror is a challenge, Wong said. “Now we are heading into season 7, and we’ve done a lot of stuff,” Wong

“In my opinion, horror comes from the ability to put the audience into a situation they could encounter.” JAMES WONG, “AMERICAN HORROR STORY” WRITER

said. “So the idea of not trying to repeat yourself makes it more and more difficult.” By having a mostly occurring cast, the show has the advantage of enriching the fans’ artistic appreciation. The writers of “American Horror Story” have several approaches to writing storylines for their recurring actors, Wong said. “In the case of Sarah Paulson, or Jessica Lange, when she was on the show,

and Kathy Bates, you take into account the actor because that is who we have as the main character — here’s what she is good at, here is what will challenge her, this is what will interest her,” Wong said. “In that regard, the actor sort of helps inform what the character does because you know what they can do and you know who they are. When the actor (is) not recurrent, we write the character and then find the actor that fits that. So there are two approaches.” The “American Horror Story” writers draw on social anxieties when they plot out the scare tactics in each season. The theme of the current season has been social media, Wong said. “In my opinion, horror comes from the ability to put the audience into a situation they could encounter,” Wong said. “That’s a good way to do it, where the audience themselves feels like this could happen to me or these are the problems I am running into, and how do we twist that and make it really terrible.” Lange, one of the show’s main characters, left after the third season. After Lange left the season, Lady Gaga’s appearance in season four helped

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fill the gap in some ways, Wong said. “Once Jessica (Lange) wasn’t in the show, you still needed that power character,” he said. “In ‘Hotel,’ when Lady Gaga came into it, she represented that power. She is much younger; she has this very exotic, physical and sexual energy. So that informed her character. So you need that powerful antagonist.” Hunter Purvine, instrumental music education major, said the appeal of “American Horror Story” is the ever-evolving story line. “One of the coolest things that stands out to me is how (the show) uses the actors and, honestly, the aesthetic of the show,” Purvine said. “It’s always creative in the way it approaches things. It’s always fresh but sort of familiar. It’s hyper-reality. It’s cool because it introduces these horror movie tropes and character archetypes.” The sixth season of “American Horror Story” airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays on FX. Visit the “American Horror Story” website for more information about the current season. Olivia Edwardes

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Audra Brulc, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/opinion • Twitter: @OUDailyOpinion

Farm rights at stake on ballot ‘Right to Farm’ threatens SQ 777 aims to improve Oklahoma’s water, food lives of farmers, ranchers

localities from taking action in the future to protect water supplies. For this reason, the Oklahoma Municipal League and many cities, including Norman, oppose SQ 777. The regulatory framework of the Clean Water Act balCindy Simon Rosenthal ances federal and state authority, but SQ 777 would efcsrosenthal@ou.edu fectively neuter future state State Question environmental regulations 777 purports to help and make water quality proOklahoma’s family farmers. tection a matter of federal Unfortunately, that roman- intervention. Oklahoma tic appeal to a “right to farm” fought all the way to the U.S. is deceptive and dangerous. Supreme Court to protect Both urban and rural voters drinking water from polluneed to consider closely the tion in the Illinois River by significant threat posed by large factory farms. If SQ 777 this proposal to the environ- passes, those hard-fought ment, municipal drinking protections will not stand water supplies and food against new methods of disproduction. posing of animal waste by Oklahomans already big agri-businesses. For this have the “right to farm,” so reason, the Conservation what does SQ 777 actually Coalition of Oklahoma, do? This proposal would the Five Civilized Tribes, add a new section to the water advocates like Save state constitution, creating the Illinois River, and many the highest possible legal Oklahoma environmental bar against any future state and wildlife organizations law, municipal ordinance oppose SQ 777. or agency regulation that SQ 777 is heralded as would limit or regulate the a policy to save family use of agricultural technolo- farms, and certainly many gy, livestock procedures and Oklahomans cherish our ranching practices. No law farming and ranching tradiby a democratically elected tions. But this proposal does legislative body — state or not come from local family local — could interfere with farmers. It was written by these rights, unless justithe corporately-dominatfied by a “compelling state ed American Legislative interest.” Exchange Council and is Essentially, farming and financed by mega-corporanching would be granted rations owned by foreign special legal protection that countries, such as China. is not available to any other These “big ag” businesses sector of our economy. seek to avoid reasonable The grant of special rights regulation by our state and effectively negates the funlocal officials. For this readamental idea of equality of son, many small ranchers, rights for all. organic farmers, members Cities and towns could of the Oklahoma Food no longer impose reasonCooperative and farm-toable local zoning limits to table markets or restauranprotect water supplies from teurs oppose SQ 777. large animal waste lagoons. SQ 777 threatens animal Agricultural uses are a major welfare, and Oklahomans contributor of polluted run- will be prohibited from off into lakes and streams stopping objectionable and across the state and nation, potentially health-threatbut SQ 777 would prevent ening breeding techniques,

hormones, antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals, which might be adopted in the future. For this reason, many health professionals, physicians, public health and nutrition professionals oppose SQ 777. One thing is certain: SQ 777 will lead to costly litigation. The phrase “compelling state interest” provides agribusiness with a firewall to fight reasonable regulations. “Compelling state interest” is a legal standard requiring courts to apply the standard of the highest “strict scrutiny” to any new agricultural regulation. Historically, this legal standard applies to fundamental rights like freedom of speech and religion, not to business practices. Even the spokesperson for the major proponent for SQ 777, the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, acknowledged publicly that he wished “compelling state interest” was not part of SQ 777’s language. If SQ 777 were approved and the city of Norman were to adopt new safeguards to protect Lake Thunderbird from pollution generated by agriculture or livestock, it would face an uphill litigation battle against big corporate interests. According to a study from the University of California Los Angeles, local ordinances are struck down 85 percent of the time when challenged under the “strict scrutiny” standard. Listen to those who oppose SQ 777; they provide good reasons for voters to reject the proposition.

would allow farms to control their own ranching practices, such as how the livestock are handled, what wages and hours workers are employed for and how they manage their property. As a consumer of agricultural goods, this bill makes sense to me. If I am going to Aliah Detwiler be purchasing food items Aliah.Detwiler-1@ou.edu from a local farm, I want State Question 777 aims the producer to be under to change the amendment the same rights I am when I regarding farming to betam at work, and workers in ter the lives of ranchers such an important industry and farmers. I have never should not have to struggle been a farmer or lived a in order to make a living. farm life, but it’s not necMoreover, the bill essary to have lived that would also allow farmers lifestyle to understand and ranchers to defend why the question regardthemselves against uning Oklahoma’s stance just laws that are harmful on amending the laws on to the industry, including ranching and farming has regulations and interferbecome prevalent. ence with their practices. Terry Detrick, a support- Proponents of the bill note er of SQ 777 and president that it would be a “tool in of the American Farmers the toolbox” of local farmand Ranchers, believes ers, allowing them legal that the “right to farm” protection against spequestion should be apcial interests, like animal proved because it will pro- rights groups. The so-called vide incentive for contin“right to farm” could make ued development in order Oklahoma increasingly to “secure safe, dependmore attractive as a farming able and affordable food state due to the increase in supplies for the future” by farming and the freedom allowing farmers to work to do so, meaning more within the methods they profits for the state and its desire, instead of within a residents. regulated set of methods. There is a substantial The bill fundamentalamount of backlash and ly provides farmers and opposition to this bill, ranchers with the rights to most of it surrounding make use of agricultural the potential impacts of technology and livestock deregulating farming. procedures. SQ 777 also Many Oklahomans,such

as Oklahoma Food Cooperative representative Adam Price, see the bill as a way for farmers to gain more power over the legislation and run away from regulations, especially those relating to how livestock is kept and how workers are paid and treated. Therefore, the bill is seen by opposition as a way to permit practices that result in animal cruelty and violate workers’ rights. Although the bill has been widely opposed, proponents hope it would make the daily operations of farmers and ranchers simpler by allowing them to run their farms and ranches as they please, without having to worry about expensive or restrictive government regulations. When Nov. 8 comes, I will be unable to vote due to age restrictions, not lack of political motivation. If I were voting, I would vote “no” on SQ 777 because I strongly believe the bill will benefit larger corporations and destroy small farms while also harming many animals and workers in the process. Even though I am in opposition of the bill, I do believe it’s very important to see the support side and show why citizens would want these amendments. Aliah Detwiler is a journalism freshman and columnist for The Daily.

Cindy Simon Rosenthal is the former mayor of Norman, current director and curator of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center and a guest columnist for The Daily.

ABOUT THIS SERIES Leading up to election day, we’re publishing point-counterpoint columns for each of the state questions on the ballot in Oklahoma this year. For more information about each state question, visit oudaily.com/statequestions. 211169A01 4.25"

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Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield throws a pass during the first half of the Sooners’ game against Texas Tech Saturday. The Sooners will play Kansas for their homecoming game Oct. 29.

Conference title still within reach

Oklahoma sits in first place despite disappointing start JESSE POUND @jesserpound

When quarterback Baker Mayfield dropped to a knee at 11:20 p.m. Saturday night, the No. 16 Sooners (5-2, 4-0 Big 12) found themselves the victors of one of the greatest offensive performances in college football history. They also found themselves in the thick of a threeteam Big 12 title race, with the two biggest conference contests still to come. The offensive inferno between Oklahoma and Texas Tech (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) at Jones AT&T stadium — combining for 17 touchdowns, 76 first

downs and just 52 total yards short of a mile — didn’t occur in a vacuum. It was also a key game for Oklahoma in the standings, keeping them tied with undefeated Baylor and West Virginia atop the Big 12. Both teams now sit in the top 10, with Baylor only playing one close game all season and West Virginia shutting down Texas Tech and TCU in consecutive weeks. The Sooners have games against hapless Kansas and Iowa State to iron out some kinks, but then they will take on both of the conference’s heavyweights in an eight-day stretch in mid-November. If Oklahoma’s defense can’t find some answers before the Bears come to town, the Sooners may be forced to win another historic shootout. “We can only go up from

here,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “Just total breakdowns — technique, guys running post routes wide open. I’ve never seen that in my whole life. Never seen that many guys open before.” Texas Tech’s up-tempo offense forced the Sooners’ defense, depleted by injury, to play 109 snaps, and it wilted in the second half, allowing five straight touchdown drives to end the game. Baylor’s offense might be even better than the Red Raiders’, and it won’t slow down to let the Sooners catch their breath. “I believe in these guys,” head coach Bob Stoops said after the game. “They have pride. It’ll bother them. We made some of these plays through the year. We’ve just been terribly inconsistent.

“I thought we were starting to turn a corner here in the last few weeks. Obviously, we didn’t look like that out there tonight.” West Virginia has an impressive offense of its own, but its sturdy defense has drawn attention through the first half of the season. Big 12 teams are averaging just 11 points per game against the Mountaineers. It isn’t clear, however, that anyone can stop the Sooners right now. “I let (my teammates) know very quickly we weren’t going to flinch,” Mayfield said. “We knew they had a high-powered offense. I told some of the guys at halftime, ‘If you’re scared, if you don’t want to score every drive, stay in here.’ We did just that. We came out on fire.” Oklahoma has seen its

share of big moments this season, with disappointing losses to Houston and Ohio State preceding the game for the ages in Lubbock, Texas. But for all the wild emotional swings of the season thus far, a few things remains true. The Sooners have won four in a row, are undefeated in conference play and control their own destiny to a berth in a New Year’s Six bowl game. For the Sooners, there’s still plenty to fight for. “You’ve got to feed off each other,” Mayfield said. “That’s the thing we’ve been talking about so far this year is you’ve kinda got to play off each other. You’ve got to keep the momentum.” Jesse Pound

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BIG 12 STANDINGS 1. Oklahoma (4-0) 2. Baylor (3-0) 3. West Virginia (3-0) 4. Oklahoma State (3-1) 5. Kansas State (2-2) 6. TCU (2-2) 7. Texas (1-3) 8. Texas Tech (1-3) 9. Iowa State (0-4) 10. Kansas (0-4) Source: big12sports.com

Sooners cite effort issues for Texas Tech struggles Jordan Evans says players lacked energy in practice KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli

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Freshman defensive end Amani Bledsoe and senior linebacker Jordan Evans jump to block a pass from junior quarterback Patrick Mahomes II during the game Saturday. Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said the team was not well prepared for the game against Texas Tech.

Oklahoma’s defense is attributing their poor play on Saturday in part to a lack of effort in practice. The Oklahoma (5-2,4-0 Big 12) defense allowed 59 points and 854 yards in their win over Texas Tech. The Red Raiders converted 20-25 third downs, as well, with the Sooners missing tackles and allowing wide receivers to get open easily. OU also allowed Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes to set an NCAA record for single game total offensive yards against the Sooners’ defense, passing for 734 yards and rushing for 85. Senior linebacker Jordan Evans, who struggled in Saturday’s game, said his effort wasn’t what it should’ve been. “I can speak for myself. It was terrible.” Evans said. “That’s not what a captain should do. That’s not what a football player should do. That has to change and it’s going to change and it’s never going to be shown again.

“Some people might not have been aware of (the lack of effort). During a game, you don’t realize you’re doing it until you go watch the film, and then coming in on Monday it was just a different ball game for everybody out there.” Evans said the week of practice prior to the game foreshadowed their performance. “Yeah, I mean, you practice how you play,” Evans said. “The energy and effort wasn’t that great last week in practice, so it definitely showed against Texas Tech. Now, with saying all this, but at the end of the day Texas Tech is still a great offense and have a great quarterback and skill guys, so instead of letting them have those big plays every time we’ve got to minimize their gain. A lot of that came from our effort.” Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops agreed with Evans, saying the team wasn’t well prepared. “I just don’t think we were ready for that type of shot that we got the other night,” Stoops said. “We didn’t prepare as well as we should have prepared throughout the course of the week, and I don’t know if they thought what happened against West Virginia (would happen

again). They were going to lay down, so it shows when you get embarrassed what you can do when you come back.” Heading into next week, practice has to be more intense and the defense has to keep their confidence up, Evans said. “It’s just an attitude and a mindset, a want, and you’ve got to go out there each and every day and want to get better and want to work hard, and then you’ve got to do it,” Evans said. “It’s easy to say it and talk about it, and I’ve got other guys out there that think the same. It’s not just me, so it’s pretty easy because if one guy is working hard, all 11 guys are working hard.” Kelli Stacy

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