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Texting ban enforced with fine Composing messages illegal, maps allowed ANNA MAYER News Reporter @AnnaMay136

Two bans regarding texting while driving will go into effect this Sunday, Nov. 1. In May, Oklahoma passed a statewide ban, to be enforced at the beginning of November, on texting while driving, known as the “Trooper Nicholas Dees and Trooper Keith Burch Act of 2015.” The act honors two Oklahoma troopers killed by distracted drivers on their phones.

The law states “It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway within this state while using a hand-held electronic communication device to manually compose, send or read an electronic text message while the motor vehicle is in motion.” The City of Norman approved a similar law in September. As previously reported by The Daily, under the ordinance passed by the Norman City Council Sept. 22, use of an electronic device to write, send or read text-based communications has been prohibited and carries a fine of $100 plus court costs.

The bans are identical, Sarah Jensen, Norman Police Department public safety information officer, said. The city adopted the same ban for the convenience of Norman drivers. Norman officers will now be able to file the specific citations through municipal courts instead of district courts. Additionally, the fees that drivers would be fined should be lower than the statewide fees. The law stipulates that typing while in motion is prohibited. However, if the car is at a full stop, such as in heavy traffic or

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A student texts while driving his vehicle in Norman in a photo illustration. Effective this Sunday, Nov. 1, two texting while driving bans will be enforced statewide and SEE BAN PAGE 2 citywide.

Barriers aren’t fazing James Student embracing herself while pursuing career in journalism

Oklahoma earns spot on sex market map

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atherine James: Aspiring TV Journalist Catherine James is similar to many other busy students at OU. She stays busy taking classes, working for the school’s student-produced newscast and maintaining friendships. As a creative media production senior, James hopes to produce newscasts or work as a news correspondent in the future. “I just want to have a positive impact on society on a national level,” she said. “The way I can do that is by being in journalism and telling other people’s stories and also telling my own story when I can.” However, several factors make James different from the typical college student. James is a 31-year-old mother. She juggles the responsibilities not only of school, but also taking care of her daughter, who

was born with CMV, or cytomegalovirus, which results in profound hearing loss in both ears and neurological damage. And James is transgender. -----------Her str uggles w ith gender and path to becoming a woman have been a convoluted journey that began when she was a child in Bethany, Oklahoma. Then, she was Christopher or Chris. “I’ve had gender issues since I was five or six years old, and between all of it I just got lost and derailed,” she said. She began trying on her sister’s clothes at that age, but her father sent a hard and fast message that it was not okay. Throughout elementary school, middle school and high school, James was forced to suppress her true identity. In those years, she “floated around,” trying to find somewhere — anywhere to fit in.

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Global issue has local impact BRYCE MCELHANEY news reporter @bryce_mac

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Catherine James works a camera behind the scenes at OU Nightly. As a transgender woman, James said she faced criticism for her appearance when auditioning for an on-air role at OU Nightly.

Women and children are b e i n g b o u g ht a n d s o l d a s prostitutes across the nation. Though it’s a national issue, human sex trafficking is closer to home than you might think, according to president and co-founder of No Boundaries International, Lori Basey. No Boundaries International is a nonprofit, faith-based organization that considers ending human trafficking one of its most important missions, and Basey said Oklahoma is on the commercial sex market map. “ Th e g i rl s w e s e e i n t h e street level are typically from Oklahoma, or they may be moving through Oklahoma, and our girls from Oklahoma have also worked in Dallas, or Kansas City,” Basey said. The highway system in Oklahoma has been regularly attributed to the sex trafficking problem, Basey said, but there are many states with the same amount of trafficking. Instead, she said, it’s a problem with sexual abuse and low self-esteem of women. SEE TRAFFICKING PAGE 2

University mailrooms having difficulties Increase in deliveries confounds postal staff DAYTEN ISRAEL news reporter @daytenisrael

An increase in student usage of Amazon Prime delivery services has led to university mailrooms across the country that are not designed for mass influxes of large packages being overwhelmed. OU’s postal services have not escaped the increase of online purchases and express delivery. OU postal services have not seen an increase in departmental

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deliveries, but have seen an increase in students ordering books and other personal things online, said Andy Wright, the supervisor of OU Central Mail, the student post office and the Oklahoma Memorial Union post office. “We’ve gotten a couch this year and a refrigerator, so we’re getting a lot of bigger stuff as well,” Wright said. The campus post offices are small and not equipped to process and house multiple large packages, Wright said. There are two full-time staff members and two part-time student workers at the student post office in Cate Center, Wright said.

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“It’s really made an effect over there as far as manpower, getting it done and getting it sorted in a timely manner,” Wright said. On a normal day, the post offices receive a postal container of 50 to 100 packages, but at the beginning of the semester, they were getting six to seven containers a day, Wright said. OU postal services recently purchased a new tracking software and is now using scanners, which it did not have before, so the packages can be tracked fully throughout the system, Wright said.

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Lori Basey is the president and co-founder of No Boundaries International. It began as a devastation relief group in 2006, then changed its focus to human trafficking.

TRAFFICKING: Continued from Page One Basey said the No Boundaries team goes into the hot spots in the city, where prostitutes are known to be. “When we originally went, we didn’t really think there would be any work to do. So we went to one of the areas where there’s visible street prostitution or human trafficking,” she said. From there, Basey said she saw women being bought, sold and controlled by pimps. “After watching that one specific instance throughout the day, we decided we needed to get more involved in what was happening here,” she said. Basey said No Boundaries International originally started in 2006 as a devastation relief group, helping heal the devastation of places like post-war areas and the sites of earthquake catastrophes, she said, but they found a different kind of devastation right around the corner. “We started working with victims that we now call ‘human trafficking victims,’” she said. Forms of trafficking can

“It made me realize how everyday sexism and objectification actually does feed into these larger issues like human trafficking.” LEAH KENNEDY SENIOR MINORING IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RELATIONS

even be found on campus, she said, with websites like arrangementfinders.com, which allows men to sign up to become “sugar daddies” and girls to sign up to become “sugar babies.” “They have older men who are going to be mentors for young women who they’ll pay anywhere between $3-6,000 per month. The females will be their escort, if you will. Statistically, it’s been found that men have signed up to be sugar daddies, (and) females from OU with their OU emails have signed up to be sugar babies,” Basey said. She said the idea of sex becoming a commodity on campus and women being consumed with men as the consumers is a mindset that needs to be addressed. “I really feel that this is an identity crisis and a low self-esteem crisis that we have in the U.S. with females,” Basey said. Leah Kennedy, a senior majoring in music composition and minoring in social justice and human relations, coordinated and directed a benefit concert on Jan. 31 called “Not Buying It” to raise awareness on human trafficking. Kennedy said she isn’t aware of any trafficking on campus, but she said it’s a matter of vulnerability. “I think there’s this idea that trafficking only happens to a certain group of people. We think it happens outside of the United States ... but it can happen anywhere to anyone,” Kennedy said. “It made me realize how everyday sexism and objectification actually does feed into these larger issues like human trafficking,” she said. She said the concert ra i s e d ove r $ 1 , 3 0 0 a n d donated 70 percent to DaySpring Villa to help local victims of trafficking and the other 30 percent to Free the Slaves to fight trafficking

on a global scale. “It’s always been my goal to combine my passion for social justice with my music, so I thought, ‘Why not do a benefit concert?’” she said. Kennedy said volunteering for organizations like No Boundaries International and DaySpring Villa can be a great start to combatting the issue. “I really like to look at everyday sexism and things that we do in our lives that feed into human trafficking. In my view … women wouldn’t be bought and sold if it was unthinkable for women to be treated like an object,” she said. Unfortunately, Kennedy s a i d , o b j e c t i f i cat i o n i s something we can see every day. Joleen Neighbors, No Boundaries International development department director, said her heart goes out to the girls who have been sold into trafficking. Neighbors said it’s not easy helping victims leave their situation. “You know you can’t, because, as Dr. Basey said, there’s the whole psychology element, the mental element (and) the emotional element that goes along with that. They’ve been so conditioned to be out there,” she said. Neighbors said it’s important to get the message out about how preventable this issue is in the U.S. “It happens right here in our backyard. It happens right here,” she said. “This trafficking thing can happen in your living room or your kid’s bedroom. It can happen so quickly. Just the whole message of prevention ... know what your kids are looking at online — monitor their accounts,” Neighbors said. Bryce Mcelhaney btmcelhaney@gmail.com

TRAFFICKING FACTS • No Boundaries International originally started as a devastation relief group in 2006, but is now a nonproft, faithbased organization • No Boundaries works with human trafficking victims. • Forms of identifying trafficking can be found on websites such as arrangementfinders. com • A benefit concert raised over $1,300 and donated 70 percent to DaySpring Villa to help victims of trafficking and the other 30 percent to Free the Slaves to fight trafficking

“It’s kind of like a UPS or FedEx type of system,” Wright said. OU Traditions Square, a group of student apartments on campus, is just as overloaded as the post offices on campus, Wright said. The mail for Headington Hall and OU Traditions Square is bundled up and delivered to each location, and then students come pick it up, Wright said. With the old system, these places were using a piece of paper similar to a manifest to match up the numbers and have students sign for each package, Wright said.

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They now have access to the new tracking system, scanners and ID card readers, which allow students to scan their ID and be notified of how many packages they have, Wright said. “Before, we had it sorted, and I believe Traditions had it done the same way, where it was alphabetical. We would have to go and physically look through every single thing to find how many packages a student had,” Wright said. The hours of workers, however, are still the same, though there has been a bit of an increase in manpower by work-study students when it is needed, Wright said. Dayten Israel daytenisrael@gmail.com

had a ban on distracted driving already in place, the new law brings more attention to the issue. It emphasizes the importance of safe driving, Jensen said. According to the National Safety Council, texting while driving causes 1,600,000 accidents per year. For the year of 2014, 130 citations w ere made in Norman for careless driving, Jensen said. Anna Mayer anna.n.mayer@gmail.com

with a hand-held electronic device by writing, reading, or sending a text message Known as: Trooper Nicholas Dees and Trooper Keith Burch Act of 2015

What it says: Do not drive and communicate

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t’s time for election season, and the Student Government Association presidential race is hotly contested. Get to know a little about the candidates and what they plan to do for OU. Elections will be held on Nov. 10 and 11 through an online forum on OrgSync.

Depew & Marks

Presidential candidate Julia Depew (left) is a second year master’s student in human relations, while her running mate Matt Marks (right) is a broadcast journalism sophomore. They want to give the students a voice and serve all people on campus. The Daily: What is your history with student government or government in general? Julia Depew: For me, I did student government when I was in high school. I was senior class president. I haven’t done anything at the college level, but now that I’m at OU, I felt a need to get involved and make a change in this campus, so I wanted to get involved by running for Student Government Association president. Matt Marks: I’ve done student government-type leadership skills throughout high school for three years, and I’m currently the president of the Headington Hall Student Leadership Association. I’ve been doing student government in Headington Hall since I got here my freshman year. The Daily: What are your reasons for running for President or Vice President? Depew: We have an interesting story. I wanted to run for president, and he (Marks) wanted to run for vice, but neither of us had a running mate. We were kind of put together by fate, and we both have the same reason and vision on running. We both want to see a change in the culture of the university. We want to create more connectedness and get with the different associations that are out there — interviewing them and talking with them, seeing where the common problems are and working from there. We want to be there for everyone. Marks: We want to really be a voice and have people’s voices be heard. We feel very strongly that if people can bring us ideas and really share our concerns, we can move forward and really make SGA where people don’t think of it as an exclusive group. The Daily: What would you like to accomplish and what issues would you like to address on campus? Depew: Our motto is “Tell Us About It.” We really don’t have certain agendas of our own that we want to push off onto anyone. We want to hear what other people want. This isn’t about our personal agendas; we’re here for the student body, so we want to hear what they want out of this university and what they feel they need to feel a part of this school. Marks: Instead of doing something specifically that I want to do, let’s do a lot of things we can get done for a lot of people. That’s really the whole point of having us in these roles is that we want to serve everybody. Like Julia was saying, we can’t meet everyone’s needs, but we can make everyone feel like this is a community and everyone is listening to them. It echoes President Boren’s vision of a family oriented community.

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Hill & Clemenson

Pae & Lutter

Chemical engineering and pre-med senior Isaac Hill (left) is running for President of Student Government Association with running mate Leah Clemenson (right), public affairs and administration junior, to promote development, empowerment and transparency.

Economics and political science junior Daniel Pae (left) is running as one of the three presidential candidates this election season alongside his running mate, economics and letters junior Michael Lutter (right), to promote communication, student concerns and inclusivity.

The Daily: What is your history with student government or government in general?

Isaac Hill: I’ve been involved with Campus Activities Council and served as a vice chair in CAC Crew. I’ve been president of the Black Student Association and president of the College of Engineering Leadership Council, so I have a lot of leadership skills not directly to SGA but indirectly to SGA.

Daniel Pae: I’ve been mostly in the legislative branch, specifically right now as the Human Diversity Committee chair. We’ve been working with United World College and international students. We helped with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Prior to this, I was the Academic Affairs Committee chair, and we worked to advocate for getting a Korean language class here at OU as well as working with Dr. Joyce Allman, the associate provost for academic advising, on improving the academic advising system by standardizing the advising process as well as getting an advising evaluation set up. I’m very proud of the progress we made on it during that time. SGA and Congress in general have been my home away from home. The people are just wonderful, and it’s nice to see so many people passionate about serving their fellow OU students.

Leah Clemenson: With student government, I started out in Sooner Freshman Council my freshman year. My sophomore year, I was a co-chair of SFC and that kind of helped me enter the executive branch because as a co-chair, they wanted us to be aware of what was going on. So this year, I’m now on the executive branch helping with the One Campus, One Book Initiative. And with government in general, it’s kind of my major. I’m really interested in non-profits and governmental agencies, so I’m working with food and shelter right now. I have an interest in how the government interacts with non-profits. It’s a little different than student government, but it all goes back to outreach. The Daily: Why are you running for SGA president? Hill: We’re running on the campaign of changing for the better. We’re at a critical point in our university where there’s a lot of things moving and moving quicker. Things are being catalyzed and things are moving really fast, and we want to help guide that along to make sure we’re going in the right direction. Clemenson: I started thinking about it at the beginning of the year. After talking to some of the people involved in SGA and gaining so much empowerment from SGA, I realized that I can lead and empower others. I decided that I could be a good representative of the university. I feel like I’m fairly approachable, and I like to reach out to different organizations on campus. The Daily: What would you like to accomplish on campus and what issues would you like to address? Hill: I’m running on three main points and that is development, empowerment and transparency. I want to increase transparency because a lot of things happen in SGA, but a lot of people aren’t aware of this. People think SGA isn’t relevant to them. I think by increasing transparency, it will make SGA more relevant to the student body. So one avenue we’re thinking about taking is having a monthly letter sent out through avenues like The Daily and having money set aside to do something like that or having a stronger social media presence. We just want to try to make sure people are aware they can say stuff to us. With development, I want to do that to kind of help students who want to get involved, get involved. We have this consulting group that consults student organizations, and I want to increase that so that they can consult students who want to start a student organization who want to get involved. I want every student to feel like they can do something and help them get there. And also, empower. I want every community to believe its voice is being heard. I want to be aware of the community and check in on communities and increase that personal touch with SGA. I want to increase the amount of people running for SGA positions and further our outreach. Clemenson: Our slogan is “Reach Out,” and we’re looking at the different communities at OU. I think OU is so special because it’s a state university, yet by involving yourself, you can make it seem so much smaller. On the South Oval, you can see people you know, whether you know them well enough or not. I know that not every student at OU has this same experience. Camp Crimson might be great, but they get into their first semester, and they might not have the best utilities to get themselves involved. So we want to give SGA a more personal touch and make it more transparent because I think people see it as a bubble: once you get involved with it, you can’t be involved with anything else. Some people are asking me what SGA is, and they have such an impact on the university. I think people are starting to realize that with Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act. I think they saw how we impact students’ everyday lives.

Michael Lutter: I started freshman year with Sooner Freshman Council. I got involved in the executive branch, so sophomore year, second semester, I became the director of development on the executive branch. We’ve been working with freshman students and letting them get a sample of what SGA has to offer here on campus. We’ve been working on a bike sharing program as well as trying to get legal councel available for the law school here at OU and probono legal councel from current law students. Most schools in the Big 12 have that service, so we’re trying to implement that. I’m currently planning a watch party for the OU vs. Baylor game that we’re co-programming with UPB. We’ll be raffling off a Bob Stoops signed football during halftime. The Daily: Reasons for running for President or Vice President? Pae: The first point we want make to make is both Michael and I are extremely passionate about student government. A lot of the students are rather cynical about it’s contributions, and we want to challenge that status quo. We don’t want to blame other people or engage in partisan politics because we think people are tired of blame and politics. They want to hear about concrete ideas and meaningful solutions to help them. With that in mind, we’ve developed a comprehensive platform that takes into mind all of the concerns we’ve heard from students, and we think our message is going to resonate with the student body. When we decided to run together, we decided to run an issues-oriented, student-driven campaign. We want to share our positive, hopeful vision for SGA. We believe the best is yet to come. If we have the ability to serve, we’re going to do our absolute best to allow OU to be more successful and prosperous. We do have a positive image for this university, and we think that it will resonate with the student body. The Daily: What would you like to accomplish on campus and what issues would you like to address? Pae: The one issue we can address is the concern of communication. Regardless of all the other issues, if you don’t engage with the student body, then there’s no point really. So we want to work with The Daily and OU Nightly and working on social media more. We want to hold more town hall meetings with coordination with student organizations, specifically multicultural groups. We’re envisioning having a multicultural night with all the different multicultural groups so that way people know about the diversity among the student body. We will have a Union Update where we will set up a table in the Union, and we will just be there to answer people’s questions and literally take them to the Conoco Student Leadership Center, which is close to the Union. The second issue we want to accomplish is Dead Week. It’s actually not a “dead” week. There’s a lot of stuff to do, and the students feel overwhelmed. We think there’s potential in looking at what other universities do in regards to dead week. I’ve already looked into these problems as the Academic Affairs Committee chair. There needs to be a dialogue between the faculty, administration and students because it’s too controversial, too difficult to address. We want to work on inclusivity. We want to have a cabinet representative of all the people on campus, representing all the organizations. Lutter: We will be sending representatives to the Big 12 Student Government Conference at the University of Texas in the first week in November. Our hope is that they can tell us what other universities are doing that we might want to take a look at. Other than that, we pretty much have our platform set.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of my teenage years I would cry myself asleep just praying that God would change my body, that God would fix things and make things right,â&#x20AC;? she said. For years, James went back and forth about the idea of actually transitioning. Two years ago, she was still in the middle of that process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was still kind of wrestling with the idea, and I thought that I could never do it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, my dad â&#x20AC;Ś I suck at makeup â&#x20AC;Ś I still looked so masculine â&#x20AC;Ś it would never work. I was in a lot of despair, and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was possible.â&#x20AC;? But then she had a realization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of my biggest motivations in the end was asking myself: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What is my biggest regret?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; before I transitioned, and it was that I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done it 10 years ago,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And what hardened my resolve was that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be another 10 years down the road and say, I wish I did it 20 years ago. Or die and just be like: I never lived.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James began taking estrogen pills and testosterone blockers on Sept. 5, 2014, when she was 30 years old. To her, this date is â&#x20AC;&#x153;almost a second birthday.â&#x20AC;? Last spring semester, she arrived at school in a form-fitting sweater, skinny jeans, purple eye shadow, blush and a womanly figure. Plus pink Chucks, something she had always longed to wear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ever yone was fine. Even before my name was changed, I talked to my professors on the very first day, and they called me Catherine from day one,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding that she has not experienced any negativity or prejudice because of her gender on the OU campus. Kami Day, a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and gender studies professor at OU, said she has heard similar opinions that the campus is an accepting environment for transgender students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting a lot better,â&#x20AC;? Day said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was at a prayer vigil the other night for LGBTQ people who have died. One young transgender man spoke about how he was treated bad at high school, but once he came to OU, he felt pretty safe here.â&#x20AC;? Now that Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; physical appearance matches her inner feelings of self, she has gained confidence, improved friendships and is a happier person, according to her and those that know her. Joey Stipek, a journalism senior who interned at The Oklahoman with James, describes her as â&#x20AC;&#x153;infinitely a lot happierâ&#x20AC;? and said her transition hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed the strength of their friendship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much the same. Nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really changed. When she went full-on transition, it was a little awkward at first, and it was a bit different to get used to, but now

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itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the same it ever was,â&#x20AC;? he said. Even her traditional and conservative father has accepted her new identity as Catherine, his daughter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He just sort of laughed and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe you felt that you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell me all of these years that you struggled with that. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always seemed sad, and you would never tell me why,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Though James has found acceptance in her personal life, the broadcast news industry is not so readily embracing of those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit its mold. In the current climate, where women on TV are often judged on physical appearance, one can only imagine the adversity a transgender woman would face. James got her first taste of these challenges at her audition for the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student-produced newscast, OU Nightly, as an on-air talent this fall. Each applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recording of a short news brief is sent to a panel of judges outside of the OU Nightly staff, who judge students on presentation, look, voice and writing skills. Comments on Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; look and presentation were highly critical. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Severe hair style and glazed eyes not pleasing. Not stylish.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not an appealing look at all.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Needs to think about working behind the camera.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have to be honest : I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think America is ready for a Trans anchor.â&#x20AC;? The final comment initially surprised James, but she said she wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let discouragement hinder her ambitions. Mike Boettcher, a veteran network news correspondent and journalism professor at OU, has mentored Catherine in her broadcast news endeavors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I got into the business there were very, very few black reporters and Hispanic reporters,â&#x20AC;? he said. COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

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In Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion, the most important effort for trans people to make is to be visible members of the greater community and active participants in society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess the more people meet transgender people and realize we are just people and not crazy weirdos trying to do something strange, the more people will realize thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just normal people living our lives like everyone else.â&#x20AC;? A 2011 report from The Williams Institute estimated that only 0.3% of adults are transgender in the United States. Many Americans have never seen a transgender person before, Day said. She has experienced the way education transforms peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspectives firsthand in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and gender studies class she teaches every semester at OU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every semester, I see more acceptance of gender non-conformity,â&#x20AC;? Day said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then they go out into the world, talk to families and friends, and they make a difference. Students who are learning are going to make the world better.â&#x20AC;? For James, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the time is nowâ&#x20AC;? for her to pursue her career, and she is ready to take it on, challenges and all, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; There will always be people saying that America isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready for pretty much anything,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I think the person who said America is not ready is just dead wrong.â&#x20AC;? Ali Stratton Alexandra.Stratton-1@ou.edu

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;But all those barriers came down. It took decades for white America to not give a damn that the presenter in front of them was someone of color.â&#x20AC;? Boettcher said the transgender issue will take time, but that it is the new frontier of change in American society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not going to be a fast process for Catherine,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not going to be an easy process, but it is a process that is happening. Every day, bit by bit, another brick in that barrier is coming down.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In 2007, L A Times Sportswriter Mike Penner made headlines, announcing he was transgender in a newspaper column. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the headline â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old Mike, new Christine,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Penner explained that he would soon assume a female identity and byline, a decision that followed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a million tears and hundreds of hours of soul-wrenching therapy,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? a 2010 LA Times article said. Penner was Christine Daniels for over a year before becoming depressed and returning to his male identity in 2008. Then, in 2009, Penner committed suicide. Now, six years later, Eden Lane is considered the first transgender reporter on mainstream television and has experienced success in the broadcast news industry. In 2008, Lane covered Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gubernatorial elections, which turned into a regular hosting and reporting role at Colorado Public Television, according to a 2015 People Magazine article. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Financial matters are highlighted. A change in location will be the key to potential gains. Check out real estate and property deals and determine what SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You your current assets are worth. will be disappointed if you are too trusting. Make sure the people you CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Positivshare your secrets with have your ity is contagious. The more you do to best interests at heart. Someone will help others, the better you will feel make you look bad. about yourself. The time and dedication you invest in a worthy cause will CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -be rewarded. Follow your own path. The strategies that worked for someone else will LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Update your not be right for you. Pick up some resume, set up an interview or ask pointers from experienced individu- for a raise or promotion. Valuable als, but in the end, add a personal opportunities are apparent. Minor touch. health issues should be dealt with promptly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You have much to lose and little to gain VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- An interif you end up in an emotional tugesting offer will be awarded to you. of-war with a family member. Admit DonĘźt dwell on personal setbacks or that you donĘźt have all the answers disappointments. A self-improvement and try to work on an amicable regimen will give you more energy compromise. and the confidence to excel. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You are more talented than you think. The possibility of turning one of your skills into a moneymaking venture should be investigated. Ask someone who has experienced success doing so.

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Frisky felines in disguise JESSICA BARBER • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • @JESSICADYLAN16

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In honor of National Cat Day, some cats embraced the Halloween spirit and dressed up. From top left, clockwise: a dragon, a reindeer, santa claus, and Yoda.

Top 15 cats in pop culture JESSICA BARBER,

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and friend and was the perfect addition to Dr. Evil’s bald family. 8. Surprised Kitty Surprised Kitty surprised us with her happy demeanor and excitement for life back in 2009 on YouTube. With over 76 million views, surprised Kitty is one of the top cats in the world.

To celebrate National Cat Day, The Daily is taking a moment to reflect on the top cats in our lives — the cats who have dominated pop 7. Binx from “Ho cus culture and are impossible Pocus” not to love. With Halloween right around the corner, our list 15. Nyan Cat The cartoon cat with the wouldn’t be complete withbody of a pop-tart followed out the dapper black cat who by the rainbow, was upload- helped save the world from ed to YouTube in 2011 and the return of the Sanderson has been an icon ever since. sisters. 14. “The Aristocats” The family of cats that adventured into our hearts back in 1970 has become a family classic. Marie, Thomas O’Malley, Duchess and the others have become a part of the family. 13. Keyboard Cat The both adorable and musically talented, keyboard cat was first uploaded to YouTube in 2007, and it has become so popular that you can now watch a 10-hour loop of its musical genius.

6. Simba from “The Lion King” Simba just can’t wait to be king, and watching his adventures left the audience excited for this Disney character’s future. 5. Cat from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” Cat was just a slob without a name who helped Holly Golightly understand that running from her problems was not the way to go. Any list without Cat would be simply incomplete.

4. Cat in the Hat With his rhymes and lit12. Zazzles from “The tle reason, the Cat in the Hat Big Bang Theory” Although Zazzles only made a couple of appearances on the show, Sheldon Cooper’s cat was so “zazzy” that he had to make this list. 11. Milo from “The Adventures of Milo and Otis” “The Adventures of Milo and Otis” followed the different incidents that these two unlikely friends got into and out of. The two wandered away from home but into our hearts. 10. Grumpy Cat G r u m py Cat i s a r g u ably the cutest, most upset cat that there is. The Grumpy Cat meme took over the Internet back in 2012. Grumpy Cat’s official Facebook page has over 8 million likes and will be loved by the masses for the rest of time. 9. Mr. Bigglesworth from “Austin Powers” Mr. Bigglesworth was Dr. Evil’s trusty, furless feline

Jessica Barber, arts & entertainment editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts

Select less ‘basic’ costume in 2015 A&E REPORTER

It’s National Cat Day, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with cats dressed up in Halloween costumes.

Celebrating felines who have captured hearts of millions

so drawn to costumes like these? When I look back at my personal experience, it was a combination of lack of time and lack of thought. Girls, I know that all of us are creative and intellectual people. It’s just that someAlara Stuckey times the idea of having to alarastuckey@ou.edu think outside the box can @alara_stuckey be a little scary. And I get that. We’ve all been there. Halloween (noun): the But together, we can help night of Oct. 31 where Halloween 2015 not be the basic girls crawl into their most basic season of the closets and crawl back year. out wearing any of the folSophomore nursing lowing costumes: major Elise Wright said, “I a hot cat got diagnosed with basic a hot risky business b*tch syndrome last year squad around Halloween and, a hot Miley Cyrus unfortunately, a cure hasn’t You may either be been found yet.” thinking (A) “well, there But wait, yes there has! goes all three of my cosWell, maybe not a cure, but tumes for the weekend,” I did find a treatment. To or (B) “this girl is basic for make your Halloween a liteven writing this article.” tle better, I came up with a No matter what you are small list of things that are thinking, I am here to tell both easy and creative and you to not do it. well known enough to acLook, I’ll go ahead and tually be understood. They admit that I have been might not be 100 percent all three of these basic mind-blowingly original, costumes and probably but they are better than the more. But am I proud of above. that? No! Because whenImperator Furiosa from ever I look back, deep “Mad Max: Fury Road” inside, I know that I could Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj have done myself and the in the “Feeling Myself” rest of society some good video by being a little more Justin Bieber (if you have original. blonde locks this will work) The problem with basic Cookie Lyon from costumes is that they are “Empire” just simply overused. Madonna and Drake (you And when something is know, the makeout scandal) overused, I feel like it is The plus side to all of a natural instinct to get these is that you can add annoyed. Think of it like the word “hot” in front each your mother telling you costume in case you don’t to do the same thing (like want to be too original. clean your room) 10 times Happy Halloween! in 10 different ways. You get the point. You just don’t know why the point Alara Stuckey is an has to be made so many advertising sophomore. times. So why is it that we are

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Simba is the memorable protagonist in Disney’s “The Lion King.” Simba has maintained a place in pop culture since the film was first released in 1994.

kept life for two kids exciting, posts done by their owner. even though it sometimes Meredith is known for her turned out messy. sass and Olivia for her silliness ; together they are 3. Garfield unstoppable. The original lazy, fat cat, Garfield is one of the most 1. Salem Saberhagen iconic cats. From his cartoon “Sabrina, the Teenage strip to his multiple major Witch” would not have been film appearances, Garfield is the same without the sass an icon. of her convict-turned cat, Salem Saberhagen. 2. Meredith Grey and Olivia Benson Taylor Swift’s cats have Jessica Barber become icons from countjessiedylan16@gmail.com less Instagram and Twitter

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Former Disney star Miley Cyrus has become such a pop culture icon, her disctinctive style has become a costume.

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Stade aims to make history Goalkeeper could break Sooner record for most shutouts SCOTT HINEY sports reporter @scotthiney

As the Sooners stare down Oklahoma State and their final game of the season Friday at home, eyes will be fixed on the scoreboard — but not for the obvious reason. Junior goalkeeper Kassidie Stade is on the brink of Oklahoma soccer history. She’s currently tied with Jennifer Nichols for the most shutouts in one season with seven. Nichols set the record in 2005 and tied her own record the next year. While Stade is one game from re-writing history, she wasn’t always guaranteed to be this year’s starting goal keeper. Last season, then-freshman Katelyn Fahrner started 22 of 28 games and registered six shutouts. Stade appeared in just five games, logging 188 minutes. In the offseason, Stade set her sights on this year’s job. Senior defender Laura Rayfield knows it was that offseason work that made the difference. “I think last year watching Katelyn get the playing time was a lot of motivation for her to come out and have a really strong spring,” Rayfield said. That work paid off. Stade currently leads the conference in lowest goals against average, allowing just .39 goals per game during conference play. She also has the conference’s highest save percentage, saving 92.1 percent of shots that come her

way. She’s gotten the recognition for her performance, too. Stade has been named the conference defensive player of the week twice this season, including this week after a 2-1 win at Texas and a shutout at TCU in a 0-0 tie. Coach Matt Potter is satisfied with the progress his goalkeeper has made. “Kassidie Stade’s come into her own this season,” Potter said. “She’s had a lot of help obviously from the people in front of her, but she’s getting the credit that she has the potential to live up to. So I’m very pleased for her, and it’s exciting. Brings a smile to your face.” Rayfield, as a regular starter on defense, knows that she can trust her goalkeeper. “We tell each other this thing, we say ‘I got you’ so we know if we make a mistake, she’s going to be there to help us out at times,” Rayfield said. That trust spreads across the team. “I think that’s kind of all over the field,” Rayfield said. “If anyone makes a mistake, we’re always there to pick them up after and we try our best not to put (Stade) in tough situations, but so far this season she’s come up in those tough situations.” Friday night gives Stade the chance to make school history, but she was coy about the prospect of being a record-holder. “I mean, it would be cool, but I think it would just be an indicator that we’ve just been really solid in the defense,” Stade said. She thinks the record would signal her defense’s success as much as it would mean hers. “(We) haven’t really given

OU to host ALS Halloween Game Baseball and softball teams will play in costumes SPENSER DAVIS sports reporter @Davis_Spenser

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Kassidie Stade in goal in the Sooners game against West Virginia on Oct. 9 2015. The Sooners and Mountaineers ended in a 0-0 tie.

many opportunities to score, so we’ve just been really consistent, and it’s a just a good accomplishment for our defense and for our team as a whole,” Stade said. As far as the game itself goes, the Sooners stand to clinch at least a top-five seed in the Big 12 Soccer Championship that starts No v. 4 i n K a n s a s C i t y , Missouri if they win Friday against Oklahoma State. That game, however, won’t be easy for Oklahoma. The Sooners have never swept the Cowboys in a season series, something they have the chance to do with a win Friday. Rayfield knows the challenge of facing the in-state rival twice each season. “We always know that the second OSU game we have in a season is always way different from the first game,” she said. “Just because we won

last time doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to be able to win it the way we did then.” That s a i d , O k l a h o ma knows the importance of heading into the conference tournament with a win and what would be a three game unbeaten streak. “When you play in games at this end of the season, you obviously want to be competing at your best and putting yourself in a place to win, and Friday night’s no different,” Potter said. “If you want your season to prolong, you’ve got to find a way to win games,” he said. The Sooners and Cowboys will Bedlam battle it out at 7 p.m. Friday at John Crain Field in Norman. Scott Hiney scotthiney@ou.edu

The Oklahoma baseball and softball teams will team up to host the third annual ALS Halloween Game today. The tradition started two years ago when coach Pete Hughes was hired to head up the OU baseball program. The game, which benefits the ALS foundation, is part of the team’s 19 ways foundation — a commitment to positively impact the Norman community in at least 19 ways over an academic year. This year’s game will take place at Marita Hynes Field and will feature a six-inning slow pitch softball game. The squads will be mixed between the two teams, both clad in Halloween costumes. Admission is free for

ever yone, and children are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. This will be the first year that Oklahoma’s softball team will take part in the event. “We are excited about joining forces with them and doing our part to help raise more money for ALS awareness,” softball coach Patty Gasso said in a press release. “It’ll be a lot of fun to engage with them and see all of the costumes. Both programs have worked really hard through the fall so this is a welcome relief of fun, but the main point is helping support Coach Hughes and his initiative to help raise money for the cause.” Hughes was a college coach of Peter Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2012. Frates led the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral last summer. The game will start at 6 p.m. and gates will open at 5 p.m. Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu

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Sophomore pitcher Alec Hansen winds up to pitch during the April 3 game against Kansas at L. Dale Mitchell Park. The Sooners defeated the Jayhawks 6-3.

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