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STILL GROOVIN’ Members of Annie Oakley perform on the stage at Groovefest 2017 Oct. 1. Groovefest has been gathering local activists, artist and musicians for 31 years.
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Norman’s Groovefest brings attention to social issues
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arious generations came together at Andrews Park on Sunday to enjoy the great weather and continue the legacy of an event that began with a few OU students. The atmosphere filled with the sound of toddlers chasing one another as groups of both young and old listened to music and chatted in-between songs and performances focusing on social justice issues. In 1986, OU student artists wanted to have an art day in the park. Student activists decided that at the event, they would get signatures to free people incarcerated for freedom of expression. The event became known as Groovefest — a festival that still takes place today. The annual event is an art festival that sets up a platform to discuss various human rights issues from a national level to those occurring in Norman’s backyard. This year, it took place from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. Groovefest began with a small crowd this year, with pairs and groups scattered around the amphitheater in Andrews Park. Surrounded by various food vendors and activism groups at tables promoting their social causes, attendees began the afternoon listening to the music of the first performer, Peggy Johnson. After singing an original song that featured a negative message
ROBYN CRAIG • @ROBYNCRAIG21 about President Trump, who was a popular topic, Johnson joked, “At least if I don’t get invited to the next show, it’s because I don’t wear make up.” However, Johnson’s set continued to have a relaxed and calm tone. Other groups, like the band Annie Oakley, also discussed the president. During its set, the group took time to address Trump’s recent tweets regarding various current issues, receiving a few chuckles from the audience. Like Johnson, the group’s members kept a calm and relaxed tone while speaking, but they mentioned that they wanted listeners to enjoy the festival while remaining aware of the issues surrounding Trump. During her set, Johnson also interacted with the audience. She had a brief back-and-forth exchange with a trio of girls at the event: Caylee Wells, Jordan Buss and Juliana Wood. The g i r l s f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s a ttending their first Groovefest, pleased by the warm weather and excited to see what the event would provide — knowing that, at Groovefest, music and activism go hand-in-hand. “Music is a way to reach people and get them involved,” Wells said. “You can use music as a tool for activism. Artists can be very powerful,” Wood said. The wide variety of issues spoken on was something that
stood out to Heather Burns, a member of the group Marjan and Mystical Hips. “I love how it’s been going on for so many years, but every year it’s a little different because it changes with the times. So whatever’s relevant, whatever’s happening, you can find it at Groovefest,” Burns said.
“It really took off, and it was truly like a human rights agenda with speakers, bands playing for free and vendors and tie-dye T-shirts and other nonprofit organizations coming out to raise awareness with their part of human rights.” AIMEE ROCK, 2017 GROOVEFEST COORDINATOR
Groovefest may have changed with the times, but, at its core, its mission has not changed. “O verall, it ’s pretty much the same thing,” said Aimee Rock, the 2017 Groovefest coordinator. ‘80S AWARENESS Historically, the arts have had the ability to break down
barriers and discuss politics. From the Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, the arts have developed and created discussion. Groovefest grew quickly after its inaugural event, hitting its peak in attendance during its first decade, Rock said. “It really took off, and it was truly like a human rights agenda with speakers, bands playing for free and vendors and tie-dye T-shirts and other nonprofit organizations coming out to raise awareness with their part of human rights,” Rock said. The setting could be imagined as an ‘80s Woodstock. Rock explained that as time progressed, the festival began to change. Student activists graduated and their move out of the area caused the attendance for the festival to decrease, as well as the push for activism itself. “You know U2 was really big trying to raise awareness about A I D S, a n d y o u k n ow B r u c e Springsteen at the time and Peter Gabriel and Sting had all came out at the time for human rights and against Apartheid in South Africa,” Rock said. “I think, at that time, there was more consciousness and desire to be active.” TODAY’S ISSUES When it comes to the issues being presented, Rock said that they have become more local and have evolved over the years.
“What are the human rights issues in O klahoma?” Rock said. “Maybe, really, it’s Native American issues or environment and water issues locally. More recently, addressing racial inequality — but you also know, barriers to education, women in prison. I mean, these are all really heavy local issues that have incomparable numbers internationally.” As for Kayla Ciardi, who attended Groovefest to watch her friend perform, she said many issues should be discussed in the Norman community. “I feel like helping small business owners — they were just talking about that. I wish we would be more green,” she said. Although the event had a growing crowd as the event continued, the initially small crowd almost created a new form of intimacy. Annie Oakley band members mentioned seeing familiar faces in the crowd, and as many performers approached the stage, they could spot friends or family members in the crowd and wave at them with huge smiles on their faces. Times have changed, and issues have evolved, but the principles of Groovefest remain centered in activism and artistic expression, with a distinctly Norman flavor. Robyn Craig
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Spooky films to haunt theaters
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Four movies to spice up the scariest season
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he spookiest month of the year is upon us. Deep inside, many of us have the inexplicable desire to have our pants scared off. Synthetic fear can trigger our fight-or-flight instincts in ways that everyday life — hopefully — does not, and we love it. Each year in the U.S., we celebrate the things that scare us, not only on Halloween, but throughout the entire month of October. Dedicated to the ghostly, ghoulish and downright scary, decorations adorn every house, and movie theaters are full of horror films. If front door skeletons and curbside pumpkins aren’t scary enough for you, the following horror movies, available or soon-to-premiere in theaters, promise to give you the nightmares you secretly crave.
1. “IT”
Three weeks into this movie’s global release, “It” is already the highest-grossing horror film of all time. If you have not already seen this movie, go check out what is popularly thought to be the best horror film of the year. “It” is an exploration of childhood fears with a tone similar to “Stranger Things.” In the late 1980s, a group of outcast kids on bikes must hunt down a fear-feeding clown in a wonderfully nostalgic town in Maine. The horrific scares are broken up nicely with summer teenage antics and funny moments. “It” is guaranteed to make you laugh before you scream.
2. “FRIEND REQUEST” This modern horror film, which opened Sept. 22, is an intriguing take on how horror can be updated with social media, so count on plenty of scares. When Marina, a social outcast, is unfriended by the popular Laura, she seems to haunt Laura’s profile. As people start to die, Laura must figure out what is going on, or she might be next. Though the film is currently sitting at a 17 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, when you’re looking for this year’s “so-bad-it’s-good” movie, this might be your ticket.
3. “JEEPERS CREEPERS 3”
This movie was originally meant to be in theaters for just one day on Sept. 26, but due to popular demand, you’ll have another chance to see it on Oct. 4. Set between the first and second “Jeepers Creepers” films, this third installment promises to give the audiences a taste of the Creeper’s origins. A task force tries to hunt down and destroy the Creeper forever, and he fights back in his signature gory, horrific fashion. If you aren’t feeling the rush to the theater, don’t worry — SyFy will air the film Oct. 28, just in time for Halloween, according to the film’s Facebook page.
4. “HAPPY DEATH DAY”
The trailers for this movie show the premise of “Groundhog Day” with a murderous twist. Tree Gelbman must relive her birthday over and over again, only to be murdered by a mysterious masked man each time. While Bill Murray had to fall in love to escape his loop, Tree must solve the mystery of her own murder and, hopefully, put a stop to it. This is a birthday most people would rather not have, much less repeat indefinitely. See if this movie is as uniquely terrifying as it looks when it hits theaters Oct. 13.
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Queens strut for mutts on stage Local gift shop hosts drag show, dog costume contest to raise money for animal rescue SIANDHARA BONNET • @SIANDHARAB
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airy lights hung overhead and music boomed. Walls couldn’t contain the cheers, woofs and laughter from both crowd and queens — good thing the event was outside. STASH, a local gift shop on Main Street, hosted Wig Wag Drag Show on Saturday night, benefiting Mutt Misfits animal rescue. The queens of Haus Down Productions strutted the stage throughout the evening while dogs clad in cute costumes melted hearts in the audience. “It means a lot that we are able to do something in our hometown to benefit not only my personal views but a lot of personal views about animals,” said Crystal Beth. “I’m proud I can be able to say that I was a part of it.” This is the second charity show Haus Down has been a part of. According to Rebecca Bean, owner of STASH, she and Chace Hindman-Cleveland, owner of Haus Down Productions, had been discussing the possibility of a drag show at the location for a while. “Combining (the drag show) with a dog costume contest seemed too fun,” Bean said. “I put the idea on Facebook and asked for ideas for a name. The post got hundreds of comments. I knew that we were onto something good — something that people wanted.” For about three hours, the people got exactly what they asked for: queens strutting the stage and dogs in costumes. All proceeds from the evening went to Mutt Misfits, which currently has five dogs available for adoption. “I have no idea how we got so fortunate that we got chosen for this,” Heather Hernandez of Mutt Misfits said. “While we don’t have the ability to take in huge numbers of animals, we take ones that we think will be really great parts of the family — they just have to see past their quirks, if you will.” STASH has also hosted and partnered with organizations for OU Green Week, the 2nd Friday Concert Series and a dual art show. SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY
Drag queen Kinzada Van de Kamp during her performance in the Wig Wag Drag Show Sept. 30.
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New major approved Latinx studies will focus on culture within US context
KIMBERLY NOELEHENBAUER @kimberlynoe
Student advocates for Latinx studies at OU scored a victory last month when the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved Latinx studies as an official major in the College of Arts Staff Reports and Sciences. Students and faculty put OU student raises storm relief funds in two years of work to develop the program, which the for Dominican family, community Regents approved with a 6-2 For 48 hours, OU graduate student Gail Sharplis felt vote on Sept. 7, OSRHE associate vice chancellor of comhelpless as she waited to hear from her family after munications Angela Caddell Hurricane Maria destroyed her home in Dominica. said in an email. Sarah Kidwell, Sharplis’ friend and fellow OU Development of the prograduate student, wanted to help, so she started a gram started with a request GoFundMe to raise funds to send to Sharplis’ family from students who wanted and community. to see more ethnic studies in “It’s just really hard to watch someone who you’re a United States context, said close friends with not be able to help their family or Paola Lopez, College of Arts get in contact with their family or reach their family,� and Sciences director of stuKidwell said. “This is kind of our way of helping her dent development. help her family.� While the College of Hurricane Maria made landfall Sept. 20 on the International Studies already island of Dominica as a Category 5 storm, claiming at least 27 lives and leaving hunger, debris and destruc- offered a Latin American course of study, that track tion of homes and property in its wake. focuses more on the geopoKidwell’s fundraiser has raised more than $1,400 litical, economic and social with a goal of raising at least $3,000. It will close conditions of Latin American around the second week of November when the ban countries in relation to the on shipping packages to Dominica is lifted, Kidwell United States, Lopez said. said. Students told Lopez they “Words are not enough to express how grateful I would like to see a more foam to Sarah in particular for putting the GoFundMe cused study around the histogether, because my family is in so much need right tory, culture, literature, polnow because they lost everything,� Sharplis said. itics and impact of LatinxSharplis said her family does not have a roof or a safe place of their own to live, so the funds will first go Americans in the States, she to repairing the family’s roof. She also intends to have said, which is what the new a donation drive during October to collect two barrels major will address. “One of the students was worth of dry food, toiletries and other supplies for from Costa Rica — I myself her family and the community, which she will drive to am from Puerto Rico. We Houston and ship from there, she said. have many students from “It is really, really hard, and I’m just ... trying to be Mexico and Guatemala,� strong for them,� Sharplis said. Lopez said. “These are all Hannah Pike, @h_pike_ very different in terms of the American experience.� Lopez and other faculty reOU safety report shows increase ceived approval from former in vehicle theft, drug violations CAS dean Kelly Damphousse OU released its 2017 Sooner Safety and Fire Report to explore the feasibility of officially adding the new Friday with information regarding campus crime in major, Lopez said. This pro2016 and university safety policies. The report shows motor vehicle theft as 2016’s most cess included finding existing common offense, with 21 instances of theft occurring courses to make up the major, which would receive no new on and around OU’s Norman campus last year. That funding, Lopez said. number is up from 16 incidences of vehicle theft in R.C. Davis-Undiano, di2015 and 14 incidents in 2014. rector of World Literature Stalking, the second most reported offense, Today, Neustadt professor in increased from 14 instances in 2015 to 15 instances in 2016. Reports of dating violence and domestic violence have also increased, with dating violence going up from seven reports in 2015 to 10 reports in 2016 and domestic violence increasing from six reports in 2015 to 12 reports in 2016. Rape, also in the top reported offenses, is down from previous years, with 11 instances reported in 2016, 12 instances in 2015 and 18 instances in 2014. While arrests and referrals for liquor law violations dropped significantly from 2015 to 2016 (with 93 arrests in 2015 and 51 arrests in 2016), drug violation arrests jumped from 82 in 2015 to 122 in 2016. The report also contains numbers on weapons violations, hate crimes and burglary, and provides safety and reporting resources. The report data is gathered from offenses reported to the OU Police Department, the Norman Police Department, OU Division of Student Affairs, OU Department of Housing and Food and the OU Athletics Department. The Sooner Safety and Fire Report is provided in compliance with the Clery Act, a federal law requiring federally-funded universities to annually disclose campus crime and security information. The full report can be found at ou.edu/oupd.
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literature and director of the Latinx studies program, was selected to head the initiative after these existing courses were found. “I am just so grateful for the opportunity,� DavisUndiano said. “It was one of those things where there was no budget, so no new courses, and they wanted it put together in a couple of months.� Davis-Undiano put together a steering committee of students and faculty and eventually submitted coursework from 11 different departments across campus for approval. “On one hand, it was good to see we already had so many offerings in Latino studies,� he said. “The response from faculty was heartwarming. Not only did they say yes (to cooperating with the program) in every case, they said ‘let us help in other ways, too.’� Latinx studies also has an 18-hour minor that university officials approved in the spring semester of 2017, less than two years after Lopez’s initial student meeting. But the process for getting a planned program approved as a new official major through the regents is a little more intense, Davis-Undiano said. “It’s a huge application,� he said. “It’s like a Manhattan phone book.� The application process included descriptions of the program, degree check sheets outlining its requirements and projections regarding its potential interest to students. “It’s a vote of confidence on behalf of the university and the program,� Davis-Undiano said. Interim dean of CAS David Wrobel said he is optimistic the Latinx studies program will grow and thrive because it is so badly needed in the state. “It is so important that every group of students, every constituency, is able to make a full exploration of its cultural heritage,� he said. “It’s time — absolutely time — for this program to make its mark.� Lopez said with the changing demographics of the state, it’s a critical time to introduce the new major. “Our state is in an interesting time — Oklahoma
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Orlando Brown talks future fashion goals
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When thinking of Oklahoma left tackle Orlando Brown, the first thing that may come to mind are his skills on the football field. What you don’t know, though, is that the 6-foot-8, 345pound Brown has a passion for fashion — especially for those who are “big and tall” like him. The Daily’s resident fashion expert Robyn Craig sat down with Brown to discuss his personal style.
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A: Well, Jammal Brown. I mean obviously he played a pretty important part of my life — you know where I’m at. One of the things when I was younger, you know, I always kind of been into clothes, but obviously me being my size, it’s kind of hard and just to learn how to shop and where to shop. What looks good and what doesn’t look good. So he kind of introduced me to that.
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Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY FASHION COMMANDMENTS YOU FOLLOW? A: Honestly, not really. What I wear is basically based off emotions. How I wake up that morning and what the weather is. So I mean I don’t really have anything that I stick to. I mean I’m not a fan of mixing up dark blues, but that’s about it. Q: WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER STARTING YOUR OWN FASHION LINE? A: Yeah, absolutely. You know, kind of what I want to do at the next level. I just feel like there isn’t a face for “big and tall” — they always use taller skinny people or ... if they are big, they’re too big and not tall. I definitely could see myself starting something. Q: WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF YOUR FIRST PIECES?
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A: I really would kind of go into a different look I guess as far as, I mean I don’t want to say military surplus, but kind of just — I’m really into fur. I feel like different types of shirts and different types of jackets whether that be camo jackets or kind of like a Siberian general jacket, I think. I don’t know. But I’d really be into probably some type of fur, fur on shirts. Something like that.
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Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY FASHION ICONS YOU LOOK UP TO?
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A: Aw man, gosh, it’s weird. I’m a fan of Cam Newton, I like what Russell Westbrook does, a little bit of LeBron (James). For color combinations I feel as if he does a really good job of that. Deion Sanders, kind of his older swag is something that I pay attention to, and also Jammal. Yep, those people.
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s u s p e n s i o n f o r p e r f o rmance-enhancing drugs. Bledsoe is currently suing the NCAA over the suspension, arguing the whey protein he said he was given by a teammate tested positive for a banned substance. He appealed the original suspension, but the NCAA upheld its decision. The sophomore’s suspension comes to an end Oct. 5, and the Sooners are ready to get him back on the field. Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said Bledsoe will likely see significant playing time early. “He’ll play. He’ll be in the rotation,” Stoops said. “Amani’s fresh and he’s anxious, you can tell, these last two days. (You can tell by) working him with the ones and twos that we miss him, and he can give us another guy to lean on.”
S enior defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo said Bledsoe will add depth to the defensive line but will also be a big help when it comes to the pass rush. “A m a n i ’ s g o i n g t o make us (a lot) better,” Okoronkwo said. “He’s really talented. He can run stop. He can pass rush. He’s just another dynamic piece to our defense that we’ll get back.” Bledsoe played in six games for the Sooners prior to his suspension, recording three tackles and one pass breakup. After being suspended, he was able to practice and work out with the team during spring and fall camp, which is why Stoops believes he’s ready to play against Iowa State. “The time off hurt him,” Stoops said. “Obviously losing that eligibility through the last half of the season
and the first half of this season slowed his progress down. Amani’s a hard worker and he’s a very conscientious kid, and he’s getting caught up. It’s not like he’s gotten too far away — we’ve kept him involved througho u t c a m p a n d t h ro u g h spring, so he understands what we’re doing. It’s just game speed. He’ll catch up once he gets in there.” Bledsoe will step onto Owen Field suited up in f ro nt o f S o o n e r Nat i o n for the first time in a year when Oklahoma takes on Iowa State, and Okoronkwo said his impact w ill b e immediate. “He brings a lot of depth and can play every position on the D-line,” Okoronkwo said. “He’s very versatile, and he’s explosive.” Kelli Stacy
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issues that don’t get enough discussion,” he said. “But I also wanted it to show the possibilities of a brighter future for America. I ended up in this no man’s land between academic and popular. But I had to — to do it justice.” Davis-Undiano said his hope is that the book will encourage Latinxs and give non-Latinxs a means of understanding. Kimberly Noe-Lehenbauer
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