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State tries to attract teachers But many look for work elsewhere due to low wages ANDRES CLARK Staff Reporter @ClarkyTweets

Schools across Oklahoma are scrambling to find teachers, even if those teachers have not met the minimum requirements to be allowed to fill those jobs.

According to data from Oklahoma State Board of Education meetings, there have already been 845 requests for emergency teacher certificates in the state of

Oklahoma since July of this year. These certificates allow those who have not reached basic teacher training requirements to begin teaching immediately.

Due primarily to its rock-bottom salaries for teachers, Oklahoma is severely lacking in qualified teachers applying for jobs in the state.

The situation for teachers in Oklahoma has not led to a decline in enrollment in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, said Gregg Garn, dean of the college.

He said that some students are encouraged by the fact that there are so many jobs

available in the state.

Most students in Rainbolt are driven by a passion to teach rather than money.

Garn said that most of the students in the college have the test scores and resumes to pursue any career field they want.

However, many graduates of the college are leaving the state to look for employment elsewhere. With most surrounding states offering more lucrative starting salaries and pay increases than Oklahoma, it’s difficult for recent Rainbolt graduates to make the decision to stay in the state to work.

Garn said one incentive

that has encouraged some to stay in the state is a student debt relief program.

The program forgives $5,000 in student debt a year for up to four years if the graduate works as a teacher in a high need area in Oklahoma for those four years. According to Garn, those that do stay in state are also often driven by a desire to serve the area that they are from.

Education experts and lawmakers seem to be in agreement that there needs to be a change to teacher pay in Oklahoma.

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Dean Gregg Garn of the College of Education poses for a photo.

Oklahoma schools are struggling to find teachers.

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Creative media production senior Hayley Jamil speaks on the broadcast of BOOM Oct. 2. BOOM will soon be an FM station and will have the call sign KXOU.

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The station mainly plays variety music shows hosted by OU students.

OUʼs student radio station began broadcasting again the last week of September, with a new name and the promise of a broader audience in the near future.

The station also broadcasts OU hockey games.

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OU President David Boren issued a statement Monday to proclaim the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day at OU. Although this proclamation has been issued, the resolution to create Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the university must still take the normal course of action for a joint resolution through the OU Student Government Association, according to OU press secretary Corbin Wallace.

The resolution was passed by a majority vote through the Undergraduate Student Congress on Sept.

29. However, while it was in Congress, some of its language was amended at the meeting by Spanish international studies and world language education senior Brooke Lefler. Because of this, it must return to the Graduate Student Senate, even though it passed the resolution on Sept. 27.

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Engineering college joins national program Diversity needed to ensure creative problem-solving ANNA MAYER News Reporter @AnnaMay136

An OU engineering college was recently chosen to be one of the five schools to participate in a national diversity and inclusion program.

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and Mechanical Engineering in the Gallogly College of Engineering will be a part of an 18-month long program called Transforming Engineer ing Culture to Advance Inclusion and Diversity (TECAID).

Funded by the National Science Foundation, TECAID is meant to provide mechanical engineering departments with the support and training needed to create an environment that will promote diversity. The

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program will focus on ways to attract more women and minorities to the engineering schools.

“Complex mechanical problems require creative solutions,” Cengiz Altan, director of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, professor and Transforming Engineering Culture to Advance Inclusion and Diversity team leader said in a press release. “Finding those solutions means gathering a

variety of diverse perspectives and expertise.”

Each of the five schools must provide a project team of four to five people that will represent that university at the three required TECAID workshops. The OU team attended the first workshop earlier this year and has just returned from the second one.

At the workshop, the team studied different barriers that may exist between people and how to overcome

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them, Zahed Siddique, mechanical engineering professor and team member, said. They also discussed how conflicts are neutral, and that it is the way they are then handled that matters.

The members of OU’s TECAID team include: Altan, Siddique and School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering director’s assistant Rebecca Norris.

To qualify for the program, universities must show proof

of their willingness and ongoing efforts to welcome female and multicultural students and faculty.

The OU engineering school has been assigning projects to students that will utilize their creativity and problem-solving skills when faced with human issues, teaching them to be more inclusive, Siddique said.

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BOOM, formerly known as The Wire, was rebranded following the FCC’s decision to award OU an FM broadcasting license in the spring.

The station, which will have the call sign KXOU, has not yet begun to broadcast over the airwaves because it does not have an antennae yet, said Scott Maiorca, the station manager and a graduate student in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The station is ideally supposed to be on the air from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

I’m going to check on this time again--JesseMonday through Friday, Maiorca said. The faculty adviser is Lynn Franklin.

The station’s on air talent consists of volunteers and practicum students, with some students having radio experience and others being completely new.

The hosts are not allowed on air until they are trained, Maiorca said.

A trio of returning hosts, creative media production seniors Hannah Jamil, Hayley Jamil and Emily Anderson, have the show “Vas Sapnin,” which airs on Mondays.

Ha n na h Ja m i l i s a l s o the music director for the

One state senator has put forth what he calls a creative solution to the problem. Senator Bryce Marlatt of Woodward has suggested that the state appropriate money from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust to give an across-the-board pay increase to teachers. In his press release, Marlatt referred to teachers’ salaries in Oklahoma as a crisis that would only get worse if not addressed immediately.

Garn said he believes that in order for Oklahoma to be able to competitively recruit teachers, the state needs to increase starting salaries and increase the maximum salary that a teacher can earn.

“It’s hard when teachers in Texas are starting out at around $50,000 and starting in Oklahoma around $33,000,” Garn said.

He said that while surrounding states have been making teacher salaries a priority for several years, Oklahoma lawmakers have been focusing on other issues. Garn said he now believes that the legislature is prioritizing the issue but has a lot of demands being placed on limited resources. He compared the teacher situation in Oklahoma to bucket with a hole in the bottom.

“We produce enough teachers, we just don’t keep enough,” Garn said.

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Creative media production seniors Hannah Jamil and Emily Anderson talk on their radio show Oct. 2. Formerly known as The Wire, BOOM was rebranded and awarded an FM broadcasting license in the spring.

station.

The three met when Emily noticed Hannag wearing a shirt of a band she liked, and from there they bonded.

“From that moment I found my people,” Anderson said.

They prepare for their show on Sunday nights and try to talk about musicians and artists they feel aren’t well known enough.

“For about an hour or two, we discuss what we should talk about, and we kind of know a few things that we will talk about every week,” Anderson said.

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always schedule what songs they will play. Somedays, it’s simply about “what feels right today,” Anderson said.

The studio for BOOM is in the Oklahoma Memorial Union across from the One University Store. Passers by can look through the windows to see the students running their show.

Despite the eventual upgrade to FM, BOOM still plans to use the studio in the Union, Maiorca said.

“There are smaller radio stations in small towns that are working with less tech than we have here,” Maiorca said.

The hosts will speak in between blocks of music.

Maiorca said this is vital to the station because everyone has their own playlists they can listen to whenever they want.

“You’ve got to offer more than just music,” Maiorca said.

The “ Vas Sapnin” trio tackles this by just having a conversation. All three live together, and they joke and laugh like the close friends they are.

If their show is still on the air when the station finally switches over to FM, the hosts don’t plan on

changing their format to cater to a broader audience.

“We kind of want to still be ourselves, for the most part, on a radio show, but obviously we want to step up a little bit,” Hayley Jamil said.

Even once the station will be broadcast on FM, the radio station will still hold itself to a higher standard because it represents OU, Maiorca said.

“There are some things you can get away with on the FCC that aren’t appropriate for an academic institution,” Maiorca said.

“The change (to the language) isn’t anything substantial or consequential,” Byron said.

Continued from Page One The language was changed to better represent the need of a more welcomexpected to once again pass ing environment. the resolution, according to A signing ceremoSGA President Alex Byron. ny will take place at a

currenly-unknown location on Oct. 12 to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Byron said. At the event, Byron said she, Student Congress Chair Emily Sample, and the chair of the Senate will all formally sign the resolution. “(This is) culminating it

all together to show the student body is for this movement, but also administrative support from the faculty side and David Boren’s side,” she said.

Boren will also make remarks regarding Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the ceremony, Byron said.

“ We r e a l l y j u s t w a n t to make sure we treat (Indigenous Peoples’ Day) with the official capacity and respect that we think the day deserves,” Byron said.

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Design demands commitment But for Davis, major offers many rewards as well CHLOE MOORES

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Post-graduation plans for costume design majors can include enrolling in cinema hair and makeup classes in Los Angeles and voluntarily spending virtually all of their time on their craft.

One of seven total costume design majors at OU, S e n i o r S h a n n o n D av i s spends a minimum of 27 hours a week in the costume shop.

“I’m taking 12 hours a week, which is actually not as many as most in my major, because I’ve taken summer and AP classes,” Davis said.

“I work in the costume shop 15 hours a week, and I’m required to attend work calls when we have other shows to prepare for. This week we have three.”

This field is hard if you want to have kids or if you want to be really involved outside of your work. You have to really, really want it to be able to commit the time to it, Davis said.

On top of a normal week

working in the shop and taking classes, Davis was chosen to design OU’s recent main stage show, “Arcadia.”

A costume design major is selected to design a show the University is building based upon how well he or she is working on classes, in the shop, other shows he or she has done and if he or she deserves it, Davis said.

“It’s definitely worth it. It’s really rewarding, and a lot of my friends are in the shop too. I still get to hang out with people that I like while doing what I love to do,” Davis said.

One of Davis’ friends, senior acting major, Tayler Daniels, has known Davis since first grade.

“Something I really enjoy from Shannon is when she gets to design things from scratch. She doesn’t have time to build all the things that she wants to, so when we get to build those things, it’s important that all of the things match her aesthetic and her look. She built this really beautiful dress in ‘Arcadia’ for my friend Alyssa Van Hooser. It’s always nice to see things like that,” Daniels said.

Designing costumes wasn’t always on Davis’ radar. She first learned to sew at Hebron High School

“She won’t be pigeonholed into just being a costume designer or makeup artist.”

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Costume design senior Shannon Davis poses for a photo. Davis is one of seven costume design majors and spends a minimum of 27 hours a week in the costume shop.

and originally wanted to become a zoologist.

“At first this just started as something to do after school. My friends were

there. It wasn’t until my senior year that I pictured myself doing this,” Davis said.

Daniels said one of the most rewarding things about

watching Davis grow in her skill set is watching her take on more responsibility.

“At first she was just assisting in high school, and then we got a good costume director, and she got to sit down and hone those skills,” Daniels said.

Andrea Throop began her teaching career as Hebron High School’s costume director Davis’ senior year of high school.

“I had student taught in Allen and New York, so I worked with students bef o re, b u t w o rk i n g w i t h Shannon was a night and day difference,” Throop said.

“Shannon was clearly following a path; she was much more dedicated to specifics.”

Davis was more mature than other students and set herself up for a good career and life, Throop said.

“I hope that Shannon will be successful in whatever she chooses. I don’t think there is any limit to what she can do,” she said.

Davis said she looked into

going to a school for special effects makeup for film after graduation in May because she enjoys makeup and hair design in the film environment.

“It’s something I’m trying to learn more about while I’m here in the drama program, but it’s something I didn’t really know I wanted until I was here,” Davis said.

I think I’m going to cinema makeup school in L.A. The program I’m looking at lasts six months.”

“If she hones this skill, then she will be able to call the shots. It’s important as an artist to have that freedom. We still have to support ourselves. She won’t be pigeonholed into just being a costume designer or makeup artist. She will be able to find work wherever she goes, and that is important,” Daniels said.

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James Surls comes to Fred Jones Museum Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art be hosting is a gallery talk for the University of Oklahoma’s distinguished visiting artist, James Surls.

The talk will be hosted

by Robert Bailey, assistant professor of art history, whose emphasis is on contemporary art.

Surls’ work is contemporary and explores the natural world with a twist.

In his most recent exhibit, the work covers concepts that involve molecules and the human body.

“Surls’ drawings and sculptures, in their imaginative exploration of the natural world, represent the artist’s escape through a metaphysical ‘crack’ of perception,” Mark White, the museum’s Wylodean

and Bill Saxon director and Eugene B. Adkins curator, said.

In addition to the indoor exhibit, three of Surls’ sculptures are permanently installed on OU’s campuses, two in Norman and the third on the Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City.

The gallery talk will take place at 12:30 p.m. today in the Nancy Johnston Records Gallery. It will feature a walking tour of the exhibit with Professor Bailey.

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Two of James Surls’ contemporary statues are permanent outdoor installations on the Norman campus. The Surls exhibit will open Friday.

Chvrches’ rise continues on newest album “Every Open Eye” should propel band to further stardom JORDAN HALE Staff Reporter

Chvrches may have intentionally misspelled its name in an attempt to allow for easier Google searches, but that is no longer going be necessary. Not if things go well.

Listen closely, and I’ll tell you a secret: Chvrches is the greatest pop band on the face of the planet. Think I’m being hyperbolic? You simply haven’t heard either of the Glasgow trio’s albums.

They gained buzz on the strength of their 2013 album “The Bones of What You Believe,” but I think their new record “Every Open Eye” is going to be the final blow to any doubts about their abilities. At least, in a just world, it would be.

There is no shortage of

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shimmering synth-pop that is meant to be evocative of the 1980s. John Hughes is as relevant today as he was at the release of “The Breakfast Club,” but this album is a cut above the rest. It doesn’t trade in accurate mimicry of old Simple Minds albums.

No, this album has much

more emotional depth than that.

L ea d vo ca l i st L au re n Mayberry pleads her heart out on songs like “Make Them Gold” and the propulsive opener “Never Ending Circles”. This intimacy is the real strong suit of the album, elevating the hooks and

rhythms beyond catchy and into “important” territory.

Even the sequencing is natural. Songs flow into each other, leading up to the ethereal closing track “Afterglow,” which acts as an auditory “fade to white.” The way that the band presents this material is amazing to me. Listening to something like “Down Side Of Me” makes me want to yell their name from the rooftops and buy a copy of the album for everyone that I know.

There are plenty of pretty records that aim to transport the listener to that bygone era of Reaganomics, but Chvrches has figured out that the trick behind all those great 1980s songs is that the band is of the moment. “Every Open Eye,” skips nostalgia entirely and tethers you entirely to this very minute, this very second.

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A professor’s passion CLASSIFIEDS person who did not like him. “It’s not a teaching job,�

Tarpenning said of his position. “It’s a human job.�

When asked whether his near future holds plans of retirement, he simply said, “I’m supposed to retire after this year,� followed by a sly smile.

Last semester, Tarpenning helped the advertising department reach 100 percent hiring for all the seniors.

Tarpenning devotes most of his time to his students, speaking about them in the same way he speaks about his own children and grandchildren. His office brims with the various awards he’s received, but more prominent are the photos surrounding his desk of various students and teams he has worked with over the years. “These kids are my life,�

Tarpenning said. “I get too invested.�

Many of his students have fondly adopted the nickname “Tarp� for him.

Tarpenning said former Gaylord Dean Joe Foote once jokingly told him that “Tarp� stands for “Toxic Asset Relief Program.�

With thick, neatly brushed w h i t e ha i r, a s t a rc h e d , white-collared shirt and heavy, black-rimmed glasses, it is a surprise to those just meeting him how energetic and active Tarpenning is. Tarpenning is always involved in every aspect of his life.

O ver the summer, he would wake up early to go running just as the sunrise would color the sky. Then, more like a student than a professor, he would post photos of the sunrise on his Facebook page.

In fact, Tarpenning has

81-year-old Gaylord instructor not ready to step away ANNA MAYER News Reporter @AnnaMay136

In 1947, when he was 13-years-old, David went outside to wash his father’s mud-covered car. As soon as he finished, his father came out to inspect the work. His father looked the car entirely over, front to rear, and then finally ducked his head and glanced beneath the car. “You didn’t do it right,� he told David.

David had forgotten to clean under the fenders. “It looks ok, but you’re not through,� his father said. “Don’t give up until you’re through.�

81-year-old OU advertising professor David Tarpenning cites that as the advice he lives by: do not give up until you are through. To him, his work is never finished.

Although many expected him to retire years ago, he continues to surprise by returning every year.

Tarpenning has be en teaching at OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication for 18 years, and his popularity is evident. While visiting Tarpenning in his office one day, just within the span of 40 minutes, he received six student visitors, four text messages, two emails and one phone call.

Even those students who never had him as a professor knew who he was, professor Melanie Wilderman said of her days as a student at Gaylord. She has never met a

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Professor David Tarpenning teaches his intro to mass communication class. Tarpenning has taught on campus for 18 years.

easily adjusted to a lot of new technology and social media, especially the modern tools being introduced at Gaylord.

He is currently working to integrate the use of iPads into his entry level Introduction to Mass Communication class.

Wilderman said Ta r p e n n i n g w o r k s l a t e hours each day. He stays even after many have left.

This work ethic is not new to Tarpenning. While working in advertising before coming to OU, he said he would occasionally have to work late into the night, sometimes days on end. “I would go home, and my kids would say ‘Mom, that man is here again,’�

Tarpenning jokes. “They didn’t know who I was.�

Ta r p e n n i n g g ra d u a ted from OU and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and advertising in 1957.

He taught for many years at OU just with a bachelor’s before finally receiving his master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2011.

However, advertising was not Tarpenning’s first choice.

He began his college career as a petroleum engineering major before realizing he was not cut out for chemistry and trigonometry. After his first semester, he switched to advertising. “Advertising is never the same,� Tarpenning said. “You could get a job that’s

monotonous and do the same thing every day, but I would go nuts. I couldn’t do it. But in advertising, everything everyday is an adventure. You’re never bored.�

Tarpenning also still remembers his days working at The Daily. “We used to use typewriters,� Tarpenning said. “Have you seen a typewriter? Do you know what a typewriter is? They are so out of date now. We used to sit there, and they’d click and cling and clang.�

Before becoming an OU professor in 1998, Tarpenning was the owner and president of Advertising and Marketing Resources for almost 30 years. Then, he brought all his knowledge of advertising with him to OU, teaching around four classes a semester and advising the student-run advertising firm Lindsey + Asp. “He was one of my biggest mentors,� advertising senior Julia Leggett said.

Leggett said all of Tarpenning’s former students have only praise for him and that he has influenced many people. “It isn’t until later in life that you find out that life isn’t just always beautiful,�

Tarpenning said. “Life has its exigencies and its problems, but my dad always said never give up.�

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59 “... happily ___ after�

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Dillon Hollingsworth, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

Ohio St. challenging OU record ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

seventh consecutive poll in the top spot, dating back to the final AP ranking of 2014.

Oklahoma, on the other hand, cracked the top 10 for the first time since Oct. 4, 2014 — a year ago. The Sooners fell from No. 4 to Brady Vardeman No. 11 after a loss at TCU, bradyvardeman@gmail.com their first of five on the @BradyVardeman season.

Now No. 10 OU is trying Ohio State tied to climb the rankings once Oklahoma’s record for most more. Still sporting an unweeks spent at No. 1 in blemished record after four the AP Top 25 with 101 on games, the Sooners have Sunday. It was the Buckeyes’ managed to find their way

from No. 19 to open the season to where they are now.

Still, all signs point to Ohio State, which faces Maryland Saturday, pulling in front of Oklahoma for weeks spent at No. 1.

But can OU take back the record before the season’s end?

Even if the Sooners do find their way to the top of the rankings this year, it’s unlikely they will have enough time to reclaim it.

On paper, it looks like it will be easy for the Buckeyes

whom is now a wide receiver — have particularly lived up to the hype. Starter Cardale Jones has yet to break 1,000 yards through the air and has tossed as many picks as he has touchdowns with five.

Over in Oklahoma, the Sooners are defying expectations. Quarterback Baker Mayfield has already thrown for 1,382 yards and 13 touchdowns with just three interceptions. He has multiple targets downfield as well. Five OU receivers have triple digits in the yards column.

Oklahoma looks like a team that probably won’t lose until it plays TCU, Baylor or No. 21 Oklahoma State to close the season.

However, if it can pull off a miracle and go 3-0 over those teams to close its slate, there’s no reason why the Sooners wouldn’t have a case for a No. 1 ranking.

If both Oklahoma and Ohio State maintain their current trajectories — which, in college football, is unlikely — the Buckeyes might not hold the AP poll record for long.

Let’s play ‘what-if’ for a minute.

Say Ohio State falls from No. 1 after losing at Michigan Nov. 28, the same day as Oklahoma ERIC STRIKER (LEFT) — TYLER WOODWARD/THE DAILY CARDALE JONES (RIGHT) — DARRON CUMMINGS/AP PHOTO somehow manages to cap Senior linebacker Eric Striker celebrates a stop against West Virginia on Saturday in Oklahoma’s Big 12 conference opener and Ohio State’s a three-week stretch of to hold onto the top spot.

In fact, OSU doesn’t face a ranked opponent until Nov. 21 when it hosts No. 4 Michigan State. The next week, they travel to No. 18 Michigan.

However, on the field, the story is different. Ohio State hasn’t looked like the team it was made out to be after winning the first College Football Playoff as a No. 4 seed.

None of the Buckeye’s three Heisman-candidate quarterbacks — one of

victories over Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma State. That would put the Buckeyes at a five-week lead for the record.

For argument’s sake, assume the Sooners move to No. 1 when the polls come out the next day and remain there the rest of the season — two weeks.

Then, Oklahoma would have to win the College Football Playoff in order to come in at No. 1 in the final AP poll — three weeks.

Assume OU opens as the AP No. 1 in 2016 — four weeks.

If the Sooners were to win their first game of the season, a neutral-site game against Houston, they would tie Ohio State for the record number of weeks spent at No. 1 in the AP Top 25.

Oklahoma could break the record with a victory over Louisiana-Monroe the next week.

And after all that, if Oklahoma takes the fastest path to reclaiming the record, who would the Sooners face the week after?

Ohio State.

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Cardale Jones runs during the second half of an game against Indiana.

Texas player tweet raises phone questions Sooner coach does not have a specific cell phone policy BRADY VARDEMAN

Assistant Sports Editor @BradyVardeman

With his team trailing TCU 37-0 at halftime, freshman Texas cornerback Kris Boyd’s Tw itter account retweeted a Texas A&M fan calling on Boyd to transfer to the Aggies.

“Our players should never be on their phone at halftime,” Texas coach Charlie Strong said when asked about the tweet. “I was not aware of that.”

At his Monday press conference, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was asked if he has a locker room cell phone policy for his team. He said he didn’t think he needed to address the issue until this week.

“I don’t have one, but if you want to play here, you won’t be on it before a game or when we enter the locker room to play a game, and when we come in at halftime and we’re doing our business, trying to win games,” Stoops said. “If that’s more important to you, you could be on it all day for all I (care) and have at it. Go somewhere else and do it.”

Although a few of his players have slipped up on social media in the past, Stoops said he doesn’t try to control his players on Twitter.

“To me, all that matters to me is one, if you’re sitting there reading comments from all these other fans at other schools, to me it’s foolish,” he said. “But if that’s what you need, whatever. Have at it. But the other is, as long as the information you’re putting out from your phone is your personal information and not team information, or anything about the team or associated with us. Because then it’s just like you just held your own press conference. So that part of it’s off limits.”

“If you want to tell everybody you’re at the grocery store picking up Twinkies, have at it,” Oklahoma wide receiver Sterling Shepard wasn’t entirely sure if Stoops had a cell phone policy, but he said Stoops “would take it and snap it” if he caught a player with one.

“Probably a fair assessment,” Stoops said.

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NCAA TECHNOLOGY RULES Coaches are not allowed to message recruits using social media technologies other than their email Coaches are not allowed to text recruits If a coach is recently aware of a recruit electing to receive direct messages such as text messages on a cell phone, the coach must limit communicating with recruits through social networking sites The NCAA policy does not specify how coaches are supposed to know if a recruit is notified by text, direct message, or when he/ she checks them on a laptop NCAA does not have an offical policy, but many universities have social media rules or guidelines for athletes Bob Stoops does not have a cell phone policy Source: http://espn.go.com/

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Coach Bob Stoops addresses reporters during the post game interview on Saturday. The Sooners won 44-24 in their first conference opener at home against West Virginia.

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Friends with the enemy Former Sooner cooffensive coordinator on Texas sideline SPENSER DAVIS Football Reporter @Davis_Spenser

The 2015 edition of the Red River Rivalry will be Jay Norvell’s eighth as an assistant coach, but it’s his first donning burnt orange.

Norvell spent seven years as the Sooners’ wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator, but now he’s calling plays for the Longhorns.

Only a year removed from his tenure in Norman, a lot of his former players — including those he recruited — will be on the opposing sideline in Dallas.

“It’s going to be weird seeing him in that burnt orange,” wide receiver Sterling Shepard said. “I don’t think it fits him very well.”

Shepard did add that he still talks to Norvell on occasion, and he wasn’t the

only Sooner to express the same sentiment. Even Baker Mayfield, who spent last season piloting the Sooners’ scout team, says he exchanges text messages with him from time to time.

“He’s a guy that I’ve stayed in contact with a little bit,” Mayfield said. “Obviously not talking to him too often, but he’s a good family guy, and he’s a nice guy on that staff that’s making a difference for them.”

Bob Stoops, who made the call to let Norvell go after Oklahoma’s 8-5 season in 2014, says their relationship hasn’t changed.

“I’m always for him,” Stoops said. “Jay, even before we worked together, was always a friend and will still remain that way.

“It’s not like we’re talking every week, but I never did talk to him every week.”

As for Norvell having inside knowledge to OU’s personnel and its tendencies, Stoops downplayed that it would have any impact on the game.

“We’re all aware of each other’s personnel when you play someone year after year after year,” Stoops said.

“We recruit all the same guys. I don’t think there’s a whole lot of surprises there that would be inside information.”

Despite cutting ties with Norvell, Stoops and his players made it clear they still hold a respect and admiration for the former Sooners coach.

“He’s a guy you want on your staff,” Mayfield added.

“He cares about the players, and his players want to play for him.”

And as for Norvell choosing arch-rival Texas for his next coaching destination, his players don’t hold any hard feelings.

“It’s weird seeing him over there, but he has to do what he has to do to take care of his family,” Shepard said.

Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu

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Texas play caller Jay Norvell, left, talks with quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson, right, before an NCAA college football game against California, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Austin, Texas.

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