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Senior defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo gets stiff-armed by Iowa State’s David Montgomery in the game Oct. 7. The Sooners had their first loss of the season against Iowa State, 31-38.

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Oklahoma fails to finish against unranked Cyclones

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ith 2:07 left on the game clock in the third quarter, Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was abnormally silent.

Sooner Nation stood in shock.

Kyle Kempt — Iowa State’s third-string quarterback — had just thrown a 28-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Marchie Murdock. The No. 3 Sooners — undefeated thus far — were now tied with the 2-2 Cyclones.

Surely a team that went into the Horseshoe in Columbus, Ohio, and upset the Buckeyes wouldn’t fall at the hands of a team that was playing without its starting quarterback — a team that was a 30-point underdog.

Oklahoma fell.

The Cyclones (3-2, 1-1 Big 12) defeated the Sooners (4-1, 1-1 Big 12), 38-31.

A team that was once a safe bet for the College Football Playoff now seems to have more questions than answers. Oklahoma is riddled with injuries and suffering from a lack of discipline on both sides of the ball. From penalties to poor tackling, the Sooners have hit a rough patch that could prove problematic for their postseason dreams.

“I think it’s a sense of complacency,” senior quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “We’ve been talking about it — it’s not like we haven’t addressed it.

We’ve let teams come back in games and give them hope ...

When you have a chance to bury a team, you have to take care of it. The great teams take care of business, and so for us it’s about no matter what the score is, you have to do your job every play, and it doesn’t matter if you’re up by a hundred or losing by 50, you have to do your job every play.”

Twenty-one — that’s the number of points Oklahoma let both Baylor and Iowa State score unanswered. The Sooners got lucky in Waco, Texas, escaping with a 49-41 victory. On Saturday, their luck ran out. For the seventh straight season, OU lost as a double-digit favorite.

After its upset of Ohio State, people did exactly what coach Lincoln Riley said they would:

KELLI STACY • @ASTACYKELLI they anointed Oklahoma. Then the Sooners went into Waco, got a lead, and allowed the Bears to come back, nearly losing. They did the exact same thing against the Cyclones.

Coming off a win as big as Ohio State, there was worr y Oklahoma wouldn’t take their next few opponents seriously, but the Sooners made assurances they would.

“We’ll look back at the end of the year and regardless of what we do, we’ll be able to point at this moment and say, ‘That’s the moment where we turned it around.’”

LINCOLN RILEY, HEAD COACH

They didn’t.

“We’re going to have to coach a lot better,” Riley said. “I, first, have to do a better job of getting our team to maintain the momentum that we’ve had early in games. We’ve obviously not done a good job of that at all.”

Oklahoma is struggling with self-sabotage. On Saturday, the Sooners were called for six penalties for 59 yards. This season they’ve been penalized 28 times for 287 yards, an average of 54.7 yards per game.

They’ve had problems defensively, allowing 831 passing yards in the past two games and tackling poorly. “ We’ re ju s t n o t ma k i n g enough plays,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “(It) seems like every time we get out there they make all the plays and we don’t make any. It’s tough to win if you don’t make any plays — competitive plays. That’s for sure. We rose in coverage a couple different times and that helped, but we’re going to have to do more to protect ourselves.”

The Sooners will need to do a lot more if they’re going to “protect” themselves and make the College Football Playoff. In 2015

Oklahoma made the playoff as a one-loss team, and it will try to make that happen again this year. With faltering momentum, penalties and a struggling defense, it won’t be easy for them. Oklahoma will need to get injured players back, defend the pass much better and stop shooting itself in the foot.

This is a position Mayfield has been in twice before. Both times he’s led the Sooners to success in the postseason — the College Football Playoff in 2015 and a Sugar Bowl win in 2016. The senior quarterback will need to bring that magic back to save Oklahoma’s season.

“For me, unfortunately I’ve been in this situation before, but that means I know what to do and how to handle it ... like we’ve handled it the past two years, it’s back to business,” Mayfield said. “It’ll be good for us in the long run, but you don’t get these chances back. I think it will really settle in for this team and these guys will realize you don’t get any moment back, so you’ve got to go to work. You

have to realize you only get so many games, so take advantage of it.”

Oklahoma has a rough schedule ahead, facing Texas, Kansas State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State in the next month. Its loss to Iowa State could help or hinder the Sooners. It all depends on how they respond.

“I’m very disappointed.

There’s not a doubt,” Riley said.

“I’m not dejected. I know what this team can be. We in that locker room know what this team can be. The fact that we’re not playing like it right now is disappointing. Absolutely, it is. I feel like we’ve got the makeup in there — I told them in there, this will be the most important game of the year for us as far as how we respond to it.

“We’ll look back at the end of the year and regardless of what we do, we’ll be able to point at this moment and say, ‘That’s the moment where we turned it around.’”

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Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield prepares to throw the ball Oct. 7. The Sooners play the Longhorns Oct. 14 in Dallas.

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Iowa State tramples Sooners OU’s poor defense prompts fan to ask, ‘Where’s your heart?’

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Tied at 31 with little time left on the clock and the Cyclones driving down the field, the Sooners’ defense stood in a huddle readying to make a final stand. Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium fell silent, aside from a solitary OU fan.

“Where’s your heart, defense? Where’s your heart?”

The OU fan’s question is one much of the fanbase is probably asking after watching No. 3 Oklahoma fall to Iowa State, 38-31.

“Obviously we’re extremely disappointed,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “We should’ve been better than that today, and certainly it’s disappointing in a lot of ways. Some of those old scars kind of repeated themselves again.”

Injury-laden and lacking discipline, the Sooners allowed Iowa State to pass for 368 yards. This came after allowing 463 passing yards in Waco two weeks ago.

Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) was burned on bubble screens and short passes, missing tackle after tackle and allowing easy first downs for the Cyclones. Sophomore corner Parnell Motley said the defense didn’t adjust well enough for Iowa State’s offense, but their problems are fixable.

“We’ve got to execute on all plays,” Motley said. “We can’t let up — we have to keep it

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Linebacker Kenneth Murray (right) and cornerback Parnell Motley attempt to tackle Iowa State receiver Marchie Murdock during the game Oct. 7.

going.”

The Sooners shot themselves in the foot with penalties, too, recording six for 59 yards. Four of those penalties came from the defense, which was called for pass interference three times and a personal foul once.

“We’ve just got to stay disciplined throughout the game and not let those kind of plays happen, because those are the kind of plays that matter at the end of the day,” Motley

said of the penalties.

The personal foul that was called on OU was at a pivotal moment in the game. The Sooners had just stopped Iowa State on the fouryard-line on second down.

Then, senior defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo was called for piling on after the play. What would’ve been third down suddenly became first and goal. “(I) was just tr ying to play hard, just trying to get

things going, you know,” Okoronkwo said. “I’ve done that in almost every game I’ve played in and it being called today was just chance.”

The penalty proved costly, as did the others, allowing Iowa State to score and come within a touchdown of the Sooners. The Cyclones went on to score 21 straight points to tie the Sooners in the third quarter, before eventually driving down the field and winning the game in the

fourth.

Stoops understands that with a performance like Oklahoma gave Saturday, there are only two options for the Sooners: Correct their mistakes and succeed, or continue to crumble.

“We’re either going to go one of two ways — we’ll see,” Stoops said. “This will be a gut-check for us, and for whatever reason we just haven’t played like we played a month ago. That’s

probably the most disappointing part of it all for me personally is that we haven’t played anywhere close to that. Defensively, we thought we had some of these things corrected ... We’ve got to find ways to cover people and make plays or it’s just going to keep snowballing.”

Kelli Stacy

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Mayfield’s magic vanishes as time runs out Mid-season loss puts quarterback in familiar position

not going to handle it any differently.”

Mayfield has been magical at times for the Sooners in his three-year career.

From his late touchdown GEORGE STOIA pass against Baylor in 2015, @GeorgeStoia t o h i s d o m i nat i ng p e rOn fourth and four, trail- for mance in Columbus ing Iowa State 38-31 with j u s t u n d e r a m o n t h 1:27 remaining, Oklahoma ago, Mayfield has been quarterback Baker Mayfield d r o p p e d b a c k t o p a s s, “Unfortunately, I’ve scrambled for what felt like an eternity, and fired a pass been in this position across the middle intended before. But that for tight end Mark Andrews. means I know what to Incomplete. “ ( We ) t r i e d t o g e t a do and how to handle matchup from Mark across it.” the middle,” coach Lincoln BAKER MAYFIELD, Riley said about the fourth QUARTERBACK down play. “ They did a good job of bottling him up and it ended up in a scram- Oklahoma’s fearless leader. ble situation, which honToday, Mayfield’s wizardestly, the majority of the ry was absent when it was day, we were really, really needed most. good at.”

“We’re much better than Mayfield’s magic had fi- what we showed today,” nally come up short. In Mayfield said. “Watching one 12-second play, the this film is going to be hard.”

Sooners’ bid for a perfect D espite Mayfield not season had come to an being able to make the end, with Iowa State (3-2, game-winning play, he was 1-1 Big 12) shocking No. 3 efficient for the Sooners.

Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) Throwing for 306 yards in a 38-31 victory. and two touchdowns while “(I) made a speech last running for 57 yards and a yea r ab ou t pu tt i ng ou r score, Mayfield, once again, backs against the wall and was the star of the Sooners’ going to work and win the offense.

Big 12,” a relaxed, but disThe senior quarterback appointed, Mayfield said. has been in this position “ N o w , t h a t ’s t h e s a m e before, and knows he and mentality we need to have. his team can still turn the Like I’ve said before, we’ve ship around. been here before and we’re “Unfortunately, it’s not

something to be proud of, but I have three years of experience being a leader in this time period,” Mayfield said. “2015, got stomped

by Texas — we rebounded well. Last year, we started off terribly — took care of business after that.”

With games versus Texas, TCU and Oklahoma State looming, the Sooners need to get back to business.

“Everybody’s got to do better,” Riley said. “We’re all in it together, so that’s part of it. We’ve all got to play better.”

M a y f i e l d ’s a n d t h e Sooners’ focus has now shifted, and the y know what they have to do to respond successfully.

“Unfortunately, I’ve been in this position before,” Mayfield said. “But that means I know what to do and how to handle it.”

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OU alumnae bake sweet treats Three friends start cookie business in Oklahoma City ABIGAIL HALL

In a quiet neighborhood in south Oklahoma City sits a quaint white house full of love and freshly baked cookies: It is the home of Sundays Bakeshop, a twomonth-old emerging cookie empire started by three 2016 OU graduates and best friends.

During their days at OU, Kayla Hawk, Ciara Ray and Emily Enders had three conflicting schedules. They decided to make Sunday their day together — going to church together, watching the Kardashians, baking cookies and enjoying each other’s company.

“Sundays were our holy day with each other,” Hawk A cookie from Sundays Bakeshop Sept. 29. This bakeshop was opened by a group of OU graduates. said. “It was meaningful for us.” cursive letters on the boxes their college days.

When they graduated, the her friends’ hobby turn into that will become new homes Ray and Enders became three friends realized that, a business.

BAKING TOGETHER for their cookies. Enders is friends during high school in although they enjoyed their “People are going onThe ladies bustle around the social media and cre- Tulsa. Hawk joined in when degrees, they had one ulti- line to order to cookies in their dining room. Soft ative head — she posts on the group rushed Gamma mate goal: to work in their from them,” Plasencia said. pop music plays in the back- Instagram and plans how Phi Beta at OU. own business together. As “It’s really cool seeing your ground as they work. Ray to market and sell their Every week for four years, they talked about what they friends doing something places cookies on a fresh products.

Enders posted pictures on wanted to do, they discov- they love like that.” sheet. She is the baker and The ladies move together her Instagram about their ered that their Sundays tothe creator behind the prod- in harmony, never stepping Sunday ritual together. Their gether were what they en- SENSE OF OWNERSHIP uct. She spends seven to on another’s toes or getting friends and followers began joyed more than anything — The venture of Sundays 11 hours a day baking her in the way. Although they to ask how they could get the so they decided to try to turn h a s h a d i t s h a rd s h i p s. cookies. have only been officially in cookies, begging the women Sunday into every day.

Enders, a full-time employAs Ray works on the cook- business for two months, to start selling.

They moved to Oklahoma ee of Victory Family Church ies, Hawk counts the prod- t h e y h a v e b e e n d o i n g “We were known as the C i t y t o s e t u p Su n d ay s in Norman, makes the comuct and organizes the orders. Sundays for as long as they cookie people,” Enders said. Bakeshop. Birthday par- mute every day, balancing Hawk, who prefers to be have been friends.

The trio joked for years ties, church events and reg- her Sundays job as well. Ray known as “The Boss Lady,” about one day opening a ular orders began to flow has a part-time job in real is the organizational head of CREATING A BUSINESS bakery and being their own in. In only two months, the estate. the operation. She answers The trio sits entwined bosses, but each of them Sundays ladies have created “I don’t think balance is emails, makes the baking on a gray couch in their liv- had separate goals and de- an official LLC business. the key — I don’t think balschedule, deals with all busi- ing room. A snuggly sweat- grees. Ray was a political Tierney Plasencia, the ance exists,” Enders said. ness and organizational ave- er candle sits on the coffee science major, Enders was a Sundays ladies’ roommate The trio works around nues and handles deliveries table in front of them as communications major, and during college, remem- the clock to make Sundays and their finances. they laugh and speak over Hawk was a criminology and bers when baking was just w o rk , bu t e v e n t h ou g h E n d e r s w r i t e s l a r g e , one another, reminiscing on sociology major. a hobby. Now, she is seeing they have had to deal with

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post-graduate debt, financial buildup from their startup and learning on-the-job how to run a business, they wouldn’t change a thing.

“I can’t help but feel a sense of ownership and belonging to it,” Enders said. “I don’t think I could ever walk away from this.”

The company’s mission goes back to one thing: giving customers the same Sunday experience Hawk, Ray and Enders had.

“I want them to feel how we feel on Sundays,” Enders said. “I want them to feel loved because we feel love from each other on Sundays.”

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October 9-11, 2017

Local gallery showcases graffiti

Exhibit features sprayed art created by various artists ROBYN CRAIG @robyncraig21

The Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center filled with the fumes of paint and whispers of spray cans on Saturday morning as eight artists were hard at work painting. The museum wasn’t filled with portraits or sculptures but rather with graffiti, which covered the blank walls. “Not For Sale� is an exhibit in Oklahoma City featuring the graffiti work of 10 Oklahoma artists in a non-traditional setting to help “include the artistic acceptance within Oklahoma,� said guest curator Angel Little. The exhibit will run until Nov. 30.

Little said he and other guest curator Chris SKER were inspired to create “Not For Sale� after realizing the lack of locations where graffiti art can be found. “The graffiti artists I’ve

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An observer looks at the various artworks on the wall Oct. 5. The artwork is part of the “Not For Sale� grafiti collection at the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Gallery.

known, the graffiti I’ve done myself in the past — one of the big things about it is it’s not something you normally see in a gallery. You don’t see it showcased,� Little said.

The artists filled their wall space by reaching high corners with ladders and carefully detailing outlines of their work with light strokes.

would have, so I couldn’t really get an idea of what to do. So it’s kind of coming off the top of my head,� JASPYR said.

A r t i st SA DAT sa i d h e wished to include his Native American heritage in his piece of work as freestyle. “I’m Native American.

My tribe is Pawnee, and traditionally we understand ourselves as star people, so that’s the reason for these plus signs — that’s how we’re represented in a lot of our traditional artwork,� he said.

SADAT said he enjoys the Here is a list of other events happening around campus Monday from the Office of University free movement he gets while painting, which allows him Community. to progress as he freestyles his piece.

10 A.M. “When I paint, I like to The South Oval celebration will begin with a Grand move. When you paint a Entry Procession and include official remarks and wall, being able to climb up and down, certain motions, information tables. flowing motions — that’s how all of this came togethNOON er,� he said.

Author Simon Ortiz will participate in a lunch and Th e a r t i st s to o k t i m e learn at the Gaylord Hall Library. Seating is limited in between each spray to for this event. look back at their work-inprogress from a distance and then walk back up to 1:30 P.M. begin working in a different There will be a stickball presentation on the South section.

Oval.

Within an hour, black outlines were filled with vibrant colors.

GERM, who came into the project with a draft he prepared two days before, said he “works better under pressure.� “ I just wante d s omething bright and vibrant.

I know pink is not really a

masculine color, but I like pink. It’s a bright color, and it’s pretty bold — just so my colors would pop more,�

GERM said.

Other artists, like JASPYR, took the image in mind and decided to freestyle the whole piece. “It’s all freestyle. I didn’t know what wall space I

Norman joins OU in festivities STAFF REPORTS Monday marks the third official celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day at OU, and this year Norman is joining in.

OU President David Boren first signed a resolution recognizing the holiday in 2015 after the activist group Indigenize OU helped usher the resolution through the student government legislative process.

In August, Norman City Council approved making the second Monday of October Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The day celebrates Native people on the same day that much of the country recognizes Columbus Day. Oklahoma City Council has declined to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. There will be a march on City Hall on Monday to protest the council’s decision. It will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m., according to the event’s Facebook page.

Additionally, there will be a Native American literary festival this week at the Thurman J. White Forum Building on OU’s campus. The festival, Returning the Gift, began on Sunday and will run through Wednesday. Admission is free for OU students.

4:30 P.M. An anniversary reception for the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People will be held at the OU College of Law. 6 P.M. An evening celebration will be held at The Jacobson House. Cheyenne Peace Chief Gordon Yellowman, Breanna Faris and Matthew Cancio are scheduled to attend.

Each artist was selftaught. “Maybe now you can go to school for graffiti, but back then there was nothing like that. Graffiti, for me, is self-taught,� SKER said.

The title of the exhibit, “Not For Sale,� was inspired by co-curator SKER to emphasize that none of the work in the show will be available for sale. “Even for the show itself, you cannot buy this work at all. You can buy prints of it, you can get T-shirts made of it, all of that, but you can’t buy anything on the wall — mainly because we’re graffiti artists, (and) that’s how it is.

We do our work because we love it,� Little said.

Although the idea of graffiti has evolved over the years, it still receives a negative spotlight. The artists hope this exhibit will help change that. “It’s always called a crime or vandalism, you know — that’s the first aspect of it,�

GERM said. “It’s not just something you see on a dumpster or a wall. It’s actually art,� he said.

SKER disagrees that the negative perception of graffiti is an issue, saying we are “past that point.� “We’re well past the phase where people should be thinking that graffiti is anything less than a full-fledged, dynamic-engagement, progressive art movement. In my opinion, it’s the strongest art movement that has come out of America in the last 100 years,� SKER said.

SADAT hopes viewers of the graffiti exhibit will keep open minds. “I hope they take away an experience. Something you can walk through and follow with your mind,� SADAT said. “I hope it sparks some intrigue — some wonder.�

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Beta denies hazing allegations Contradicting evidence emerges amid accusations STAFF REPORTS

The Beta Theta Pi fraternity released a statement that calls into question dates and details of an account of an alleged hazing by a former OU student.

Former student Blake Novacek filed a lawsuit Sept. 29 in Tulsa County District Court against the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and two of its members, alleging that he suffered serious personal injury after being struck with a baseball bat and knocked unconscious during a fraternity initiation ritual on Oct. 11, 2015, according to court documents.

Zach Allen, president of the Beta Theta Pi Corporation of Oklahoma, told The Daily in an email Tuesday that allegations against the fraternity and its members w ere fals e and the defendants would be s eeking legal action to refute the suit. Shane Mu s e l m a n n a n d G av i n Martindale, the two current OU students named in the lawsuit, also denied the allegations.

In a second statement s ent to Th e D ai ly in an email Friday on behalf of the Beta housing corporation and OU’s chapter, Allen said the fraternity takes hazing allegations seriously and has performed an initial investigation that led to evidence contradicting Novacek’s claims. “ To t h e c o n t r a r y , w e have numerous witness accounts and other evidence

The Beta Theta Pi Fraternity house pictured at 800 Chautauqua Ave. Sept. 6, 2016. A lawsuit was recently filed against the fraternity.

which contradict Blake’s story and which question his credibility,” the statement said.

According to the statement, no pledge or fraternity activities occurred on the day of the alleged incident, because nearly all of the fraternity members and pledges — including Novacek and the students

named as defendants — attended the OU-Texas football game that took place 11 a.m. Oct. 10 in Dallas, Texas.

The statement also says Novacek attended a Dallas Cowboys football game on Oct. 11 in Arlington, Texas, bas e d on an Instagram photo, in which The Daily was able to locate and

confirm Novacek’s identity.

No v a c e k ’s a t t or n e y, Michael At k inson, said in an email the original petition should have read “on or about Oct. 11” and that Novacek was unsure when exactly the alleged incident occured.

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CORRECTION In the Oct. 5 edition, the opinion column titled ‘Gun laws must change now’ incorrectly said June 8, 2014, as the date of the Las Vegas shooting. The shooting occurred Oct. 1, 2017.

In the Oct. 5 edition, the story ‘Former OU student alleges hazing, files lawsuit against Beta Theta Pi fraternity’ had an incorrect byline. The writer of that story was Anna Bauman, not Nick Hazelrigg.

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ith increased retention and the arrival of the largest freshman class in OU’s history, the university’s administration is struggling to find classroom space to accommodate students.

An increase in students taking classes on campus means a strain on classroom resources, said Breck Turkington, director of enrollment services and academic records.

“Between retention rates and the increased freshman class this year, we have about 800 more students on campus taking courses than we did a year ago,” Turkington said. “That also translates to the fact that they’re sitting in classes somewhere on campus.”

Turkington works with OU’s Office of Classroom Management, which schedules when and where courses are held.

Turkington said this office works to schedule “centrally controlled” class spaces for various general education courses not scheduled by specific academic departments.

In general, courses are at higher capacity during peak class times from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Turkington said. The university is attempting to stop scheduling 7:30 a.m. classes because of lower performance, which Turkington said leads to less available time and room for departments seeking to add new course sections.

“The crucial areas are some of the gened requirements, we’ve got a lot of people in those classes,” Turkington said.

“Biology, chem — where we have labs associated with them — we have a finite space for labs.”

The need for class space is not new, but has been growing over the last 10 years, said Associate Provost Mark Morvant.

“We have more courses because of more people, but that’s been coming on for a decade,” Morvant said. “We’ve slowly been increasing our number of classrooms, but not at the same rate we’ve been increasing incoming freshmen and retention and graduate programs.”

Morvant said one specific issue has been finding locations for language classes since they are required for many different majors and are usually five days a week, meaning a class space is occupied all week for a particular time.

Dylan Herrick, chair of the department of modern languages, said his department has reached 95 percent capacity in class spaces between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the most popular time span for language classes.

“There are times when we’d like to add a class at this time — and you can’t. There are no classrooms available at that time,” Herrick said. “If we don’t get more classrooms and we continue to bring more students in, we’re going to have to start using the peripheral time slots more and more and more.”

Herrick said he was hoping for some new construction on campus to be solely dedicated as general classroom space, but that has not yet been the case.

“When are some of these new buildings

going up going to be for classrooms?”

Herrick said. “That’s something we really need.”

There are various locations on campus undergoing construction, such as the area where Gittinger Hall used to stand on the South Oval and Gallogly Hall on the engineering quad.

But this removes them from the pool of available classroom space, and most current renovations are to increase lab space, not general classroom space, said Brian Holderread, director of architectural and engineering services.

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When are some of these new buildings going up going to be for classrooms?

That’s something we really need.”

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Even though the university is facing this strain on classroom space, it spent roughly $100 million to build the Residential Colleges, according to OU press secretary Matt Epting. The Residential Colleges added only four centrally scheduled class spaces, Morvant said.

Despite these issues, the administration is taking steps to help alleviate the pressures placed on academic

departments with new approaches to classroom management.

Morvant said minimizing inefficiencies in the scheduling of classes helps to free up more class space, and donations to the university could lead to new options in terms of space. Morvant also said the introduction of online classes has also helped to mitigate some of these issues.

“Well, you always hope a donor is going to pop up and give you funds for a new building. Better utilization of space is still a possibility,” Morvant said. “We have capacity growth. We can continue to grow.

We may want to look at more evening offerings. The university has always done well, has a great donor base.”

Turkington also said there were ways the program could be better optimized in the future, but was generally optimistic in the university’s ability to maintain course scheduling.

“It’s not that we’re super flush for space, but at the same time we’re not in a crisis stage yet,” Turkington said. “It becomes a little bit like a puzzle, and it’s a process that’s all-evolving.”

OU recently brought down Gittinger Hall, which housed various classrooms, to replace it with a building dedicated to physics and astronomy.

Holderread said in an email to The Daily the building being constructed in place of Gittinger Hall would provide 14 research labs and one seminar room.

Holderread also said Gallogly Hall, another building under construction, will house one lecture hall and 24 varying types of lab space.

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A full lecture hall during class Oct. 3 in Dale Hall room 300. Growing campus population is leading to a shortage of classroom spaces.