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A photo illustration of beer being poured into Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The OU Board of Regents voted to approve the sale of alcohol at athletic events at their meeting Oct. 24. Alcohol will be served during the 2018-19 men’s and women’s basketball seasons, as well as at baseball and softball games in the spring.

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OU Board of Regents approve sale of alcohol at athletic events, beginning with basketball in November

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et ready to crack open a cold one, Sooners. Beer is near.

The OU Board of Regents officially approved the sale of alcohol at athletic events at its meeting Wednesday afternoon in Lawton, with beer being served as soon as Nov. 18 at the men’s basketball season opener.

Alcohol will not be sold for the remainder of the 2018 football season, but it will be served during the 2018-19 men’s and women’s basketball seasons, as well as at baseball and softball games in the spring.

OU President James Gallogly said basketball, baseball and softball will serve as a “pilot program” and will be re-evaluated in May 2019, when the regents will make an official decision on whether or not to pursue alcohol sales at football games in 2019.

This decision comes after much discussion from university officials and an extensive push from fans and students.

It also comes just four months after Oklahoma State University started allowing the purchase of alcohol at its football games this season. Oklahoma would be the fourth Big 12 school to sell alcohol at football games if the pilot program goes as planned, joining West Virginia, Texas and

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But while many Sooner fans will rejoice that they will soon be able to drink a cold one while watching their favorite team, there are still many questions left to be answered.

Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione said some of the policies are still under review, specifically how to prevent underage drinking in the student section. The most apparent issue regarding alcohol in the student section is legal-age drinkers buying beverages for underage drinkers. “ There w ill be an alcohol management policy and protocol that will be in place, and it will address everything from the sale of alcohol, as well as managing the consumers of alcoholic beverages,” Castiglione said.

“In terms of identifying legal age consumers, there will be a process in place not only to require identification … but also to require they stay identified.”

Castiglione said there won’t be a “wristband” policy like some venues, but instead security will have to pay extra attention to who bought what drinks and who is drinking them. This might be a difficult task, but some students believe by allowing the purchase of alcohol at

games, it may decrease underage drinking on game days.

“The trend nowadays is to drink beforehand, or pregame, so to speak. Where’s the oversight there? There isn’t any,” said Student Government Association representative Dan Williams. “Sure, you can walk back and give it to your friend, but we’ve got security in place and we’ve got other people in place to watch those things, and they’re going to put a stop to that. But where they can’t put a stop to it at is before the games.

If anything, I think this makes it safer because you don’t incentivize people to drink before the game.”

“Being able to have a cold one with the boys — that’s a good option to have available.”

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Williams has been a strong believer in allowing the drinking at athletic events, going as far as making a resolution on Oct.

7 calling for the sale of alcoholic and presenting it to the SGA congress.

“We like to enjoy ourselves at our sports games, right? We like to have fun and all that, and one of the things I researched is ‘Has alcohol been reported to increase the enjoyment of games?’

Well, the science says, ‘Yes,’” Williams said. “I understand there are safety concerns, but the policies that other schools have implemented are policies we already have.”

In a statement to The Daily, the OU Police Department said it does “not expect that this would result in an increase in problems from inebriated people; however, if we encounter people who are inebriated we will address the issue the same as we do now, which is to handle such situations on a case by case basis.”

Similar policies have been implemented at other universities.

For example, Oklahoma State has two major policies: Only two beers can be bought at a time, and no one can re-enter the venue once they have left.

Policies like this have been researched extensively by OU’s athletic department, according to Castiglione. The university specifically looked at policies at

Texas, Oklahoma State and Ohio State, among others. Castiglione also said this approval is not revenue-based, but instead it’s about wanting to expand the fan experience.

“I don’t know if it will increase attendance,” Castiglione said.

“We hope the other reasons that bring fans to the venue are much more the drive than this, and in our case, it might be an amenity for someone who wants to come to a game and enjoy an alcoholic beverage.”

Castiglione said there will be an “appropriate array” of options when it comes to what alcoholic beverages will be sold and estimates the university will see revenue between $200,000 to $300,000. But no matter what type of beer will be sold or how much money it makes, it will definitely be a new game day experience for Oklahoma fans.

So Dilly, Dilly, Sooner Nation.

“Being able to have a cold one with the boys,” Williams said, “that’s a good option to have available.”

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SGA candidates discuss their platforms, goals Presidential hopefuls, their running mates talk ahead of election JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr

Two candidates are seeking office in this year’s SGA presidential election that takes place next week.

Economics junior and current SGA chief of staff Adran Gibbs is running for SGA president with health and exercise science junior Prince Ohene-Nyako as his vice-presidential running mate.

The pair’s campaign slogan is “Building a better tomorrow.”

Running against them are

economics and political science sophomore Otto Wimer, presidential candidate, and his running mate, SGA representative and MIS and accounting junior Donald Duechting. Their campaign is built on the slogan “Change you can measure.”

Voting will take place Oct. 30 and 31 on OrgSync and through various polling locations on campus.

Gibbs and Ohene-Nyako’s platform is built on three initiatives: student advocacy, campus renovations and student health.

“We chose those because if you take a whole bunch of student concerns and you consolidate them … we found a lot of them align under those,” Gibbs said.

Specific programs that Gibbs and Ohene-Nyako want to implement include a student wellness fund for personal emergencies, a non-voting student member on the OU Board of Regents, a renovation of Sarkeys Fitness Center and increasing accessibility of feminine products on campus, among others.

“Truly, I feel like I have the experience and tools necessary to complete a platform like this,” Gibbs said. “But I think it’s really important that building relationships with students is going to be first and foremost, because a lot of times there is a disconnect between some of those — even multicultural groups or people that get left out of the conversation

entirely — they don’t even know what SGA is, and that’s a problem.”

Wimer and Duechting’s platform is focusing on three keys, as well: safety, accessibility and transparency.

“We chose accessibility because … everyone needs to have an equal opportunity to be a part of (campus),” Wimer said. “Safety, obviously we want to make sure people are safe … so that’s critical to any sort of student life.

Transparency, this is more specific to SGA … we want to make sure that SGA actually reflects the will of the people … instead of just the interests of the people who are inside of SGA, which to some degree we feel like it doesn’t already.”

Wimer said their platform is

crafted around the idea of measurable change. He cited specific goals such as expanding parking, keeping Bird scooters on campus and increasing SGA transparency all a part of the plan to keep their efforts trackable.

“Everything that we do we want to have be quantitatively measurable where it is possible,” Wimer said. “We want to make sure that people can see there is change they can measure.”

GIBBS AND OHENE-NYAKO Gibbs came to OU as a first-generation college student, and he previously served as current SGA president Yaseen Shurbaji’s See SGA page 5

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OPINION

The Student Government Association office Sept. 1, 2017.

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The Daily declines to endorse candidates THE EDITORIAL BOARD

For years, The Daily’s editorial board has interviewed all presidential candidates for the Student Government Association, debated the merits of each candidate and voted on whom to endorse in our yearly editorial.

This year, The OU Daily is choosing to endorse no one.

In a unanimous vote, the fall 2018 OU Daily editorial board elected to discontinue our tradition of endorsing SGA presidential tickets. This decision comes at a time when newspapers around the country are facing criticism over the value of endorsing candidates for political office at all.

First and foremost, our editorial board saw our choice to endorse one candidate over others as somet h i n g t hat u n d e r m i n e s our number one goal as a paper: to accurately report newsworthy events on campus. By endorsing a candidate, there might be the perception that The Daily’s news content would be slanted toward that candidate in the continued coverage of the election and its nuances. We want readers to be able to trust

our coverage.

Also, it isn’t clear that The Daily’s endorsements have an impact on voters.

Compared to other content we produce, our endorsements have a very low readership, and, for at least the last two years, The Daily has endorsed candidates who have lost their elections.

We believe our efforts are better spent elsewhere.

This is what we want to do instead: increase news coverage of the SGA presidential election and critically analyze and fact-check candidate platforms. This is the truly valuable thing our publication can offer you in the weeks leading up to an election.

But we will endorse one thing — every OU student getting on Orgsync to vote on O ct. 30 and 31. And there are important questions to ask about candidates before voting, especially because those in charge of SGA use student tuition dollars to complete their tasks and initiatives, which include funding registered student organizations throughout campus.

Do you want an SGA president who understands the limitations of their office and shapes their platform to include initiatives

that can actually be accomplished? Or do you want a president who will tell you they can achieve more than they actually can in order to get your vote?

Do you want an SGA president who makes a proactive effort to change campus in a positive way? Or do you want an SGA president who will pursue token policies in order to ride out their term until they can write down “SGA president” on their resume?

Do you want an SGA president who advocates on behalf of students to the OU administration and its president in a time of uncertainty and fear about the future? Or do you want an SGA president who will not fight for student representation in the face of administrative adversity?

These are the important questions OU students should ask themselves when they vote. The Daily cannot and should not attempt to answer them for you, but instead empower you with the knowledge you need to answer them on your own.

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SPORTS

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Redshirt freshman running back Kennedy Brooks runs the ball in the game against TCU Oct. 20. Brooks has been waiting for his turn to emerge. Brooks ran for a combined 275 yards and three touchdowns in OU’s games against TCU and Baylor.

ran for 107 yards and two touchdowns.

Weeks later, his number of carries increased significantly as he carried the ball 18 times, running for 168 yards and a touchdown in Oklahoma’s 52-27 win at TCU. With this performance, Brooks just might have solidified his spot as a go-to man for Oklahoma’s run game.

“The man is great running back,” sophomore wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said. “We have a lot of hidden talent in the room that nobody knows or hasn’t had their time yet. But when they do, they’re gonna make

the best of it.”

Anderson waited until halfway through the 2017-18 season to have a break out per for mance in the Sooners’ 42-35 win at Kansas State for 147 yards and a touchdown.

Anderson hadn’t asserted his dominance until that game. It seems fitting that Brooks waited until roughly the same time this season to assert his.

He’s willing to be patient for opportunities, and Brooks describes his run game as having the same quality.

“Being patient,” Brooks said in his first media

appearance Monday when asked about his style of running. “When you see a hole, you gotta go through it. You can’t hesitate and you can’t try to do something you can’t do. You take what you have and just get on to the next play.”

B ro o k s t o o k w h a t h e had in Oklahoma’s games against Baylor and TCU. He ran for a combined 275 yards and three touchdowns, giving reassurance to Sooner Nation there’s stability in Oklahoma’s running game.

In those games his running IQ is apparent, as his long runs always result in

him waiting for the right h o l e s t o s h ow u p f ro m Oklahoma’s offensive line.

But even though Brooks’ talent is showing up later in the season, Lamb isn’t shocked at what he’s done so far.

“Not at all,” Lamb said when asked if he was surprised at Brooks’ performance against TCU. “He’s been doing it since fall camp, since he got here.

He’s been doing it all spring and now that he has the time to shine he’s gonna use it.”

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McNeill keeps it simple with defense GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia

Clear mind, fast legs.

Cloudy mind, slow legs.

That’s the saying interim defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill coaches his defense with. He makes it as simple as possible so the players can perform to the best of their abilities.

This was evident in his debut as the defensive coordinator against TCU. The Sooners kept it simple and it seemingly worked — they had their best performance statistically all season against the Horned Frogs.

“We did keep it simple,” said McNeill, who took over as the defensive coordinator after Mike Stoops was dismissed following the Texas

game. “The kids handled in-game adjustments very well. I was proud of the staff on the sidelines for getting adjusted and even more proud of the kids being able to take the adjustments to the field.”

It was pretty clear the Sooners were playing simple Saturday — few times did players look confused.

In contrast, during the Texas game, players were constantly looking to the sidelines, not knowing what the call was or where to line up.

“It helps us out a lot and that showed this weekend.

He simplified the game plan,” redshirt senior linebacker Curtis Bolton said.

“But at the end of the day, he’s going to preach effort.

That was the main thing when he got the job. That’s the first thing he says every time he opens his mouth.”

“It was good to be out there and to not have to

think about everything,” sophomore safety Robert Barnes said. “We had our base calls that we’re going to run and we could go out there and just really execute and have fun doing it.”

McNeill’s style of coaching is unique. He likes running a mutliple defense — both 3-4 and 4-3 — and he likes his playmakers to be free. He allows his players to go over the playbook the night before the game and let them choose what stays in and comes out of the game plan.

“When you get into a game and it’s live, you want the kids to have confidence,” McNeill said. “It helps the calls be more precise. And helps these guys understand it. So I’ve always done it that.”

McNeill’s plan against TCU was successful in many ways. Oklahoma went from ranked No. 97 in total

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Kyler Murray’s receiving corps is full of weapons.

The Sooners have spread the ball around all season, with the redshirt junior quarterback targeting multiple receivers every game for touchdowns.

Junior Marquise Brown has incredible speed, sophomore CeeDee Lamb makes one-handed catches, and sophomore tight end Grant Calcaterra and redshirt s enior fullback Cars on Me i e r ma ke c o n s i st e nt contributions.

One of Murray’s weapons is his for mer Allen High School teammate, redshirt junior Lee Morris, who seems to only catch touchdowns.

“What he’s doing right now — it’s not normal,”

Mu r ray s a i d o f Mo r r i s’ touchdown to catch ratio.

Nicknamed “ TD Lee,” Morris has had 12 receptions in his career at Oklahoma, and eight of those catches have been touchdowns. When Morris catches a pass but doesn’t score, he catches some grief from his teammates, but he doesn’t mind.

“If I score, I score. If I don’t, I don’t,” Morris said.

“As long as I catch it, that’s all that matters.”

Oklahoma’s passing game has been a strong point all season, with Murray’s quarterback play leading the way. The Sooners rank No. 18 in the nation in passing yards per game, with an average of 301.1.

The offense seems to be clicking even more lately.

Ranking No. 3 in points per game and No. 7 in total offense, the Sooners have continued to build since the bye week.

“I feel like we used that bye week to grow as a team,”

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OU defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill before the game against TCU Oct. 20. McNeill has simplified the defense since taking over from Mike Stoops after the Texas game.

defense to No. 77 and from No. 114 to No. 86 in first downs allowed.

McNeill’s defense is nowhere near perfect. But if it can continue to trend in the right direction, as it did Saturday, it may just be enough to put the Sooners

back in the College Football Playoff.

“I’m buying into his plan,” Bolton said. “Just keep it simple and let us do what we do.”

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Kennedy Brooks knows about patience.

The Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) running back suffered a shoulder injury before the 2017-18 season, forcing him to miss the entire year and to redshirt.

In that season, as Brooks sat on the bench, junior Rodney Anderson asserted himself as the leading back for the Sooners after putting up huge numbers, running for 1,161 yards, 18 total touchdowns and averaging 82.9 yards per game.

Coming into this year, Anderson was expected to be the Sooners’ leading rusher. A season-ending knee injury in Oklahoma’s 49-21 win against UCLA proved otherwise, and a group of younger running backs were left to lead the team on the ground.

Brooks waited his turn for the first few games, only getting limited touches as redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray and sophomore running back Trey Sermon were the ones alternating the top spot in rushing yardage.

Brooks’ waiting paid off when he had eight carries in week five in Oklahoma’s 66-33 win against Baylor.

With those carries, Brooks

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Redshirt junior wide receiver Lee Morris celebrates a touchdown in the game against TCU Oct. 20. The Sooners receiving corps continues to have a strong season.

Lamb said. “Any extra push or extra effort or plays that we need to work on or small little details or fundamentals that we needed to work on — and used it to our advantage.”

Lamb said the focus for the wide receivers was on getting stronger, whether it be catching or blocking.

O k l a h o m a’s o f f e n s e scores so often that it’s more surprising when it doesn’t find the end zone. Of the Sooners’ 14 drives against TCU, eight ended in a score.

“We want to score. That’s what we always plan on doing,” Morris said. “We expect to score with the weapons that we have, we want

to score a touchdown every chance we get. We’re not really satisfied with a field goal.”

The Sooners will take on Kansas State next, playing the Wildcats at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday in Norman.

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT

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Wine and beer fest premieres Legacy Park hosts Cheers and Beers, includes live music ALLISON CRAMPTON @AllisonCrampton

Beer, wine, food and fun will all be part of Cheers and Beers at Legacy Park’s inaugural wine and beer festival on Oct. 28.

Cheers and Beers is a fundraising event that supports the Legacy Park event series. Legacy Park hosts a series of events including concerts during the summer months that are free to the community. “Legacy is going to be doing a special music and entertainment series,� said Krystyn Richardson, committee chair for Legac y

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Legacy Park is hosting a Cheers and Beers wine and beer festival on Oct. 28. Cheers and Beers will be from noon to 5 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Legacy Park at 1898 Legacy Park Drive.

Park and owner of BOLD- do that. There’s not currently Multimedia. “We started anything in the budget for it.� doing it this past summer, Cheers and Beers is a and we want to continue to first-time event and will

Fringe is in: Female artists form alliance Oklahoma women stake their claim in art community

male-dominated industry my whole life, and then I became a metal artist,� Hackler said. “I’m not buying art supplies like paper and paint. I’m at the welding shop with a bunch of pipeline welders. And I’m at the scrapyard with a bunch of crusty, old men.�

Fringe has played an important role in Hackler’s career and in her push for women to no longer be underrepresented in the art world. She said she feels that it is “a good time to keep the push going for equality.�

Fringe has partnered with Verbode, a real estate company in Oklahoma, to put on four art shows during the fall season. Verbode offered its space to Fringe as an art gallery in order to raise money for the Homeless Alliance and support the local art community. “Verbode’s main organization that they like to give to is

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Christie Hackler decided it was time for female artists in Oklahoma to have a voice in the artistic society when she co-founded Fringe: Women Artists of Oklahoma.

The focus of Fringe is to spotlight female art, create a support system, critique ideas and network. Hackler said she has been a feminist all her life and has a passion for women in the art world. Fringe is a community of female artists and businesswomen from all different backgrounds working together to create an audience that wants to support their art. “I have worked in a

the Homeless Alliance because they feel like they are selling homes to people that can afford to buy homes,�

Hackler said. “They want to give back to the community that is unable to have a home. It’s a really beautiful way to give back and kind of open your eyes to the other side of things.�

During the art shows, four female artists who are part of Fringe will be featured and will sell their art. All shows are free and open to the public. There also will be free hors d’oeuvres and free alcoholic beverages. “I believe that any vibrant, metropolitan community — if they want art in their community — they need to support the artist, and that means not only coming out and getting the free food and wine, but also buying the art,� Hackler said.

Fringe’s next art show will be held from 6–9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, at Verbode, located at 415 N. Broadway Ave., Suite 101 in Oklahoma City.

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feature food and spirits from local food trucks, wineries and breweries. Richardson said Cheers and Beers will

Haunt the Zoo: All Grown Up party benefits programs CLAUDIA HODGDEN @yeetclaud

Oklahoma City Zoo is inviting adults to celebrate Halloween with a night of drinks, dancing and dressing up at the “Haunt the Zoo: All Grown Up� party.

Adults 21 and older are invited to enjoy the night at the zoo’s newly renovated picnic area alongside Zoo Lake. The grounds, including surrounding gardens, reopened in May after a year of renovations. The space includes two covered areas, the Roughneck and Wildcat p av i l i o n s, w h e re t h e y added 16,000 square feet of event space and a new fireplace.

This event is an

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Tickets for Cheers and Beers are available for $20 online. This includes 15 wine tasting and a commemorative beer mug. Tickets may also be purchased at the event for $25.

Cheers and Beers will take place from noon to 5 p.m.

Sunday in Legacy Park at 1898 Legacy Park Drive.

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This is the first time the city of Norman has sponsored an event like Cheers and Beers due to the recent change in alcohol laws enacted on Oct. 1, according to a press release.

Only those 21 and older can participate in the alcohol tasting, but there will be activities for all ages at the festival. There will be trick-ortreating, face painting, games and Bricks 4 Kidz.

There will also be a costume contest with categories for best-dressed adult, child and pet. Bragging rights will be awarded to the winner of each category.

The festival will feature live music from the Sugar Free Allstars, Jabee with special guests, and Kyle Reid and The Low Swingin’ Chariots.

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expansion of Haunt the Zoo, the zoo’s family-friendly tradition. For 35 years, members and nonmembers have been invited during regular hours to trick-or-treat at booths along the Haunt the Zoo trail, said Chase Harvick, the zoo’s public relations specialist. “We are taking ever ything from Haunt the Zoo and expanding it to an adult concept,� Har vick said. “There will be Halloweenrelated activities, but the booths will not be operating. All of the action will be at the pavilion.�

Guests are welcome to participate in various games and enjoy music from a to-be-determined DJ. Food from an on-site catering company will be available, as well as food trucks, including Mutts Amazing Hot Dog and Burgers, and beer from sponsor COOP Ale Works, according to a press release

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Do less talking and more listening.

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from the zoo.

Costumes are encouraged but not required. All tickets purchased will include a trick-or-treat bag filled with party favors, according to the release.

All of the proceeds from the event will go toward the Oklahoma City Zoo’s education and conservation programs, such as the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife partnership, Texas Horned Lizard Project and Turtle Survival Alliance.

T h e “ Ha u n t t h e Z o o : All Grown Up� event will take place from 7 p.m. to m i d n ig ht F r i d ay at t h e Oklahoma City Zoo, located at 2101 NE 50th St. Tickets can be purchased for $24 through the zoo’s website or at the box office while tickets last.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Consider the best way to make improvements at home or work. Set the stage for the way you want to see things unfold. Take charge to make progress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- An emotional situation will be difficult to deal with if you get angry. Be cautious how you deal with erratic, unpredictable or indulgent people.

Abide by the rules.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -Physical activity is favored. Lend a helping hand or sign up for an event that tests your strength and endurance. Focus on what you can do, not what you cannot.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ll be prompted to make some lastminute changes. Before you begin, make sure you have the approval of anyone who will be affected by the choices you make.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Behind-the-scenes activity should concern you. Stay in the loop and find out all you can before you jump to conclusions. Someone will try to mislead you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Tie up loose ends, say what’s on your mind and make personal alterations that will leave you feeling good, looking good and living up to your expectations. Romance is highlighted.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Erratic behavior will leave you questioning what’s right or the best way to move forward. Step back from unpredictable situations. Make a moderate choice based on common sense.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Engage in talks that will bring you closer to a loved one. Don’t let anger be the driver of your discussion. A positive attitude and an affectionate gesture will pay off.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You’ll come up with different ways to put your skills to use. There is money to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Anger be made if you negotiate on your will solve nothing, but hard work, own behalf. honesty and integrity will help you get things done. Don’t let distress cause you to miss out. Take care of your responsibilities.

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campaign manager. Gibbs is currently chief of staff to Shurbaji, and said this will be his third year in SGA. Ohene-Nyako is from Ghana, but has lived in Norman since he was 3 years old. Ohene-Nyako is part of the executive committee for Soonerthon Ambassadors and University Sing, has been a Camp Crimson small group leader twice and is the multicultural chair for Alpha Tau Omega.

Gibbs said being chief of staff to Shurbaji has given him a knowledge of “who to talk to on campus” when taking on projects like Stick it to Stigma, OU Loves Norman and other projects across different departments.

“I understand who to go to quickly so that we can streamline that process and basically not get bogged down,” Gibbs said. “That’s a real advantage, because that takes up a lot of time in your research whenever you’re trying to get things done.”

Gibbs said he decided to run so he could invest in the OU community that invested in him, and Ohene-Nyako also said he would like to leave OU “better than where he found it.”

“Strong mentors and great friends, and really just the

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OU family culture, has invested so much into me,” Gibbs said. “I’d like to basically give that back just as much as possible into students.”

Ohene-Nyako said one thing that sets his and Gibbs’ campaign apart is they have different styles of leadership.

“Although we are two people running on the same ticket, we are very unique and we’re very different from each other,” OheneNyako said. “(We have) different means to achieving a goal, but ultimately, we still do have the same goal and we still have the same motive that kind of inspired us to help the student body.”

Gibbs said he does not think his and the Shurbaji administration would compare, since “each administration is unique.”

“For us, it’s more about relationship-building,” Gibbs said. “That kind of goes into making sure we’re including different organizations in the conversation. That coincides with the (Gallogly) administration, first setting a precedent and relationship with the new administration and basically being the liaison between all these different communities under a common goal.”

Gibbs said students should vote for his campaign because of the effort they are making to understand the OU community before being elected.

“I do believe we are uniquely qualified to hold the position,” Gibbs said.

“Just the fact that we are out there, talking to organizations, building a grassroots-level campaign where it’s not all about just being a popular candidate (is what sets us apart). We are taking the time to invest in the community like we want to, like we say we are going to do. Just the fact that we’re out there doing it — I think really speaks volumes.”

W I M E R A N D DUECHTING Wimer does not have prior experience in SGA, although he is a member of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (OIL), which is a “student-run mock government that replicates all three branches of the state government of Oklahoma,” according to OIL’s website.

He said he has political experience working for a committee for one of the two political parties in Colorado, where he grew up, although he declined to say which party. Wimer is also a member of the fraternity Sigma Nu. Duechting is a Norman native, served as the speech captain for OU’s speech and debate team and has also been involved in OIL. Wimer said he thinks his position on the outside of SGA allows him to have “a more objective view of what’s going on because

it’s not colored by our own biases.”

“I don’t know that (experience in SGA) is needed to run in SGA,” Wimer said. “I think that being outside of the system does come with a certain degree of advantages — I think that it allows me to see things more objectively, it allows me to have a bit of an outsider perspective like the normal student body person.”

Duechting said the main reason he and Wimer decided to run for office is so they could bring their ideas to a higher level and address concerns themselves.

“I think a fresh perspective is definitely needed,” Wimer said. “I think there are things that need to be changed that haven’t been addressed at all … I felt that I needed to enter into this race to help change those things, because there are considerations that aren’t being met that are really important to the student body as a whole.”

Wimer said he felt the Shurbaji administration’s efforts were “not far-reaching enough,” although certain initiatives they undertook were noble. Wimer said he also believes he and Duechting could address the concerns of the student body better.

“I think that (the current administration has) focused on the issues that they care about the most, and they’ve done that with their due

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Top: SGA presidential candidate Otto Wimer and vice presidential candidate Donald Duechting.

Bottom: SGA presidential candidate Adran Gibbs and vice presidential candidate Prince Ohene-Nyako.

diligence,” Duechting said.

“Of course, there’s some things that I don’t agree with the current administration, but I think what’s most important is when we come in there, we’re going to go in there with the exact same sort of mindset with our issues.”

Wimer said students should vote for his campaign because he believes Gibbs and Ohene-Nyako’s platform focuses on more “niche” issues that don’t “concern the entire population as a whole.” Duechting said their campaign does

not value these issues any less than the issues on their platform, but that they want to prioritize issues that affect all students first.

“I think that they don’t really address the issues that matter to the student,” Wimer said. “I don’t think that they addressed some of the core concerns people have.”

Jordan Miller

Jordan.R.Miller-1@ou.edu

Research grant funds civic virtue projects OU institute will use money to fund various initiatives FRANCESCA MARINONI @FrancescaGMarin

OU’s Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing received a $3.9 million grant in June to fund a research project focused on the idea of civic virtue in public life.

Nancy Snow, a professor of philosophy and director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing, said the grant was given by the Templeton Religion Trust and will fund 10 research teams to do work on topics of self and virtue in public life. It will also include other research in community and education outreach projects in Oklahoma. The grant period is from Sept. 1, 2018 to Aug. 31, 2021.

“Our two main goals are to support new research on topics related to civic virtue and public life, and the second main goal is integrating the research that we do have into programs in the community to try to make a real impact with respect to public life and civic virtues,” said Max Parish, manager for project and the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing and the Self.

The Institute for the Study o f Hu ma n Fl ou r i s h i ng, through which the grant was received, focuses on

the three civic virtues of compassion, fairness and civility. In general, civic virtues are the virtues that help people to participate in the lives of the public, namely as citizens in society, Snow said.

“The Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing’s mission is to advance the science of virtue and to promote the flourishing of OU students and all Oklahomans,” said Mechelle Gibson, the director of finance for the project.

The grant will fund a variety of initiatives such as 10 new research projects at approximately $190,000 each.

The institute will host a total of four conferences for research grant awardees and for contributors to its edited volumes.

The uniqueness of this grant is that it is mandatory for the research teams to be interdisciplinary, which is an extremely important aspect across all Institute initiatives, Gibson said.

The institute sent out a request for proposals for an international competition.

Ten projects will ultimately be selected, Snow said.

Although projects have not yet been selected, they will relate to self-virtue in public life and consist of interdisciplinary teams of at least one humanist and one scientist.

“The teams will be categorized by deep integration, that is, each member

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OU’s Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing received a $3.9 million grant. The grant was given by the Templeton Religion Trust and will fund 10 research teams to do work on topics of self and virtue in public life.

of the team must be fully and equally invested in the project from inception to completion and 22 months of research will be funded for each of the 10 awarded teams,” Snow said.

In addition, the institute will sponsor and host several outreach initiatives on civic virtue to education and community organizations in Oklahoma. The Institute will work with

external partners such as Nor man High, Nor man North and Irving Middle School to implement civic virtues interventions and assessments, Gibson said.

They will also be holding a public speaker series which will include three public lectures by high profile people on faith and civic virtue in public life, Parish said.

According to Snow, the

project is important because it will produce research in a much-needed topic of virtue in public life, encourage the development of civic virtues in middle schools and high school students in Norman and develop civic virtues among nonprofits in Oklahoma.

OU will be directly involved in this project, as several members of a core project team will include

OU faculty members, as well as other expert scholars from a range of disciplines who will serve as evaluators for the research proposals and provide advice throughout the project.

Francesca Marinoni francescag.marinoni@ ou.edu

Regents discuss Cross Village lease, issues Development has seen problems since completion NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

OU’s Board of Regents voted on protocol for upcoming search committees for executive positions and accepted a commercial lease for Cross Village, among other things in its Oct. 24 meeting.

T h e re g e nt s, w i t h a l l members in attendance for the first time since the June meeting, heard a report from OU President James Gallogly and voted to approve his recommended agenda items.

One of these items was the approval of a commercial lease and parking space license for the Cross Village housing development. The development has seen numerous problems since its completion.

Although the Cross contract stipulated that OU was not meant to shoulder any financial penalties as a result of low occupancy, the regents’ agenda stated the commercial lease and the parking license combined will cost the university more than $6.5 million.

The agenda said this information was not properly brought to the regents by the prior OU administration when the contract was approved.

According to the agenda, Gallogly recommended the regents approve the measure so as not to breach the contract, despite the financial loss.

The regents approved a measure confirming students who live in McClain and Cleveland counties living with parents or guardians would be eligible for an exemption from living on campus as freshmen.

The re g ents als o discussed Gallogly’s performance, pending investigations and potential litigation in a closed executive session meeting.

Nick Hazelrigg

hazelriggn@gmail.com

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The OU Board of Regents during a meeting Oct. 24. The board approved the Cross Village commercial lease, changing housing policy.

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Employee opens up about cancer Breast cancer on the rise for women in their late 20s SIERRA RAINS-MOAD @sierramrains

Chelsee Lewis Wilson was in a meeting with her coworkers at OU’s K20 Center when her phone rang — she was expecting a call, but it was a full day early.

L ew is Wilson left the meeting with a sense of urgency and called back. Her doctor picked up.

“The doctor said, ‘We got your results back, and you have breast cancer,’” Lewis Wilson said.

Lewis Wilson, who was only in her late 20s at the time, was in shock. Without any prior information, Lewis Wilson said she thought this was a death sentence.

“I thought, ‘I’m going to die at 29,’” she said.

Lewis Wilson is one of many women who have been unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age. Every October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities reminds individuals of the disease that affects one in eight U.S. women, according to breastcancer.org.

Yet many young women remain unaware they can be at risk for developing breast cancer as early as their 20s, said OU Breast Health Network radiologist Elizabeth Jett.

Most women do not get screened for breast cancer until they are in their 40s, Jett said. However, the amount of women contracting breast cancer in their late 20s and early 30s is increasing for unknown reasons, she said.

Physicians generally consider genetic risk factors and family history when looking for the cause of the disease, but an increasing amount of young women who are developing the condition have

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Chelsee Lewis Wilson holds up five fingers to represent her fifth round of chemo at the time of the photo. Wilson is an employee at OU’s K20 Center.

no family history of breast cancer, Jett said.

Jett said breast cancer can be particularly harmful to younger women because it not only derails many of their professional and future plans in life butis also often more aggressive biologically.

If breast cancer is not caught quickly in younger women, it can be deadly because the cancer spreads throughout the individual’s lungs, brain and organs, Jett said.

“We go through our 20s and we kind of think we’re invincible, and we’re going to live forever,” Jett said.

“When, all of the sudden, you’re faced with the reality that that’s not necessarily true.”

Before she was diagnosed, Lewis Wilson said she didn’t even go to the doctor for a cold. Lewis Wilson was living a “pretty normal life,” working with schools across the state to help them build interactive learning communities and, in October 2017, celebrating her first anniversary with her husband.

Event to bring together cops, OU community NPD, OUPD unite for conversation, coffee on campus BAILEY LANDRY @BaileyLewis75

The Norman Police Department is coming to OU’s campus to drink coffee and have conversations with students, faculty and staff.

Coffee with a Cop will be open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Couch Center.

Sarah Jensen, public information officer f o r t h e No r m a n P o l i c e Department, said she thinks it’s important to get to know the law enforcement community, especially because students are impacted by a lot of things officers do in the community. “ We w a n t t o w o r k t o build that relationship ahead of time, but also just build some basic education regarding crime prevention and current outreach allowing (students, faculty, and staff ) to know what resources are available in the community and how they can prevent themselves from falling victim to crime,” Jensen said.

NPD has teamed up with the OU Police Department for this outreach community initiative. OUPD patrols all of the campus community, including off-campus

housing and greek life events, while Nor man police oversee the city’s entertainment districts, Jensen said.

“We wanted the opportunity to do some additional outreach in a neutral setting where students, faculty and staff can just come for ward and talk with us about any concerns, questions, or anything else they might have for us,” Jensen said.

Jensen said she hopes all members of the campus community will attend the event.

“Anyone that desires to have contact with us, anyone who has questions, concerns, or is just looking to speak with us further about any issue is welcome,” Jensen said.

Bailey Landry

bailey.n.lewis-1@ou.edu

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A Norman Police Department vehicle outside the NPD office Sept. 13, 2017. NPD’s Coffee with a Cop will be open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Couch Center.

It was a coincidence Lewis Wilson’s annual appointment with her physician was coming up in March 2018 when she first felt a lump in her breast while in the shower.

“I thought, ‘OK, well I’ll just address it. It’s probably just a cyst,’” she said.

Lewis Wilson said her doctor initially thought the lump was a cyst as well, but after conducting a mammogram and an ultrasound, her radiologist came in and said she was concerned.

“The big problem we see so often in young women is they didn’t think they could have cancer — their health care provider says, ‘Oh, this is just a lump, a bump in your breast tissue,’” Jett said.

“They tend to get blown off a little bit because people don’t think about breast cancer in women in their 20s.”

A biopsy was done on her breast, and Lewis Wilson was sent on her way with the knowledge that she would receive a phone call with the results within 48 hours.

Kristen Sublett, Lewis Wilson’s coworker at the K20 research center, was one of the people in the meeting with Lewis Wilson when she received the call.

No one would have ever exp e cte d L ew is Wils on would be diagnosed with breast cancer, Sublett said, but when she left the meeting to take the call, her coworkers knew right away.

“She’s very, very young and healthy — it was just complete shock,” Sublett said.

Lewis Wilson’s particular form of breast cancer, invasive ductal carcinoma, is one of the most common types, but she is triple positive, meaning her breast cancer grows very aggressively and feeds off hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Because her breast cancer was so advanced, Lewis Wilson said she had no option but to go right into chemo for treatment. This meant many long hours at her physician’s office every three weeks throughout the summer of 2018.

Norman police find liquid meth in semitruck, make record drug bust

Norman police made one of the largest drug seizures in Oklahoma on Monday when they located 1,262 pounds and $4.4 million worth of liquid methamphetamine inside a semitruck found in the parking lot of a hotel.

Norman police officers on a Drug and Violent Crime task force conducted an investigation on a semitruck parked at a hotel located in the 100 block of 26th Avenue SW just after 9 a.m. on Oct. 22, according to a Norman Police Department press release. Officers found meth in the passenger side diesel tank of the semitruck.

Two individuals were arrested: Enrique Lara, 36, of Chicago, Illinois, and Jasmine Morales, 21, of McAllen, Texas. Both were booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center on a complaint of aggravated trafficking.

The incident remains under investigation.

Anna Bauman, @annabauman2

SGA appoints election board members after previous veto

The Undergraduate Student Congress passed legislation to appoint general counsel and members to the election board, among other items, in its Tuesday meeting.

The congress appointed Swapnil Akunuri, Traci Baker, Kamrin Gay, Dylan Shirallie and Anshule Takvar to the election board by a unanimous vote. Positions on the election board remained vacant in the weeks prior due to a presidential veto of the bill that would have appointed members to the board.

The board will assume duties necessary to get ready for the elections, helping election board chair Brandon Swearengin to organize the polling locations and keep up with grievances in the coming weeks.

The board would have also helped Swearengin organize the Wednesday debate, which he previously told The Daily he had to take over himself with little help.

Chair of the Undergraduate Student Congress Tom Cassidy said he felt the election process will run as smoothly as possible with the new board.

“It’s great that everything has finally come together to get this passed,” Cassidy said. “It was certainly a headache for a bit, but now that the board has finally passed before the election, they’ll be able to do all the responsibilities that the code entrusts them with.”

During the meeting, the congress also appointed Taylor Stovall to serve as general counsel for SGA, passed an auxiliary funding bill and passed a concurrent resolution it had already seen addressing OU sexual harassment concerns.

Jordan Miller, @jordanrmillerr

First would come the saline, then the anti-nausea meds, then the heartburn meds and finally the Benadryl.

Lewis Wilson said she broke down in the waiting room before getting her first MRI. Only her coworkers and her husband knew of her diagnosis at that point because she was holding off on telling her family and friends.

“Telling someone that you have cancer really sucks,” Lewis Wilson said.

However, she said her doctor was able to calm her down and remind her that breast cancer is highly treatable. Lewis Wilson gradually became more comfortable with sharing her story and began to notice there were a lot of other 20-year-old women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Out of her newfound courage grew a strong support system of family, friends and colleagues.

“No one has given me a chance to feel sorry for myself, and I think that’s part of what’s helped,” Lewis Wilson said. “No one goes, ‘Oh, you have cancer’ and gives me sad eyes. They just treat me like normal.”

Sublett said she was impressed by the way Lewis Wilson carried herself at work following her diagnosis.

“She hasn’t let it keep her down,” Sublett said. “She’s done everything that she’s been able to do, and she’s had a great attitude about it.”

In the seven months Lewis Wilson has been enduring treatment, she has managed to keep traveling across the state to help schools with professional development.

Even when she can’t make it into the office, she works from home, Sublett said.

Lewis Wilson was the first person Sublett said she has ever known to be diagnosed with breast cancer. As a woman in her 30s, Sublett said she has become more conscious of her own health.

“It did make me stop and

think about, ‘Is this something I’m paying attention to? Is this something that I’m asking my doctor?’” Sublett said.

Lewis Wilson went through six rounds of chemo before her doctors said the cancer appeared to be gone.

But they wouldn’t know for sure unless the affected breast was removed.

Lewis Wilson had the option of keeping one of her breasts, but she opted for a double mastectomy because the chances of the cancer returning were at 20 percent, which she said was not worth the risk.

“I would take 20 percent odds if I was playing the lottery — a one-in-five chance is great,” Lewis Wilson said.

“But a one-in-five chance for the breast cancer to come back and that I would have to fight this battle again is way too high for me.”

The idea of having both of her breasts removed and returning home the same day was a hard thought to grapple with, Lewis Wilson said, but on Oct. 18, she had the procedure done.

It took more than half a year to get to this point and a heavy strain was put on her personal life, but Lewis Wilson said she is excited for her battle to finally be over and has obtained a different outlook on life as a result of her experience.

“It sucks, but I would rather fight it now and get it over with than 30 years down the road,” Lewis Wilson said.

“This is a low point, so life just gets better from here and it kind of makes life more enjoyable, which is a very strange thing. I’m just a lot more grateful, and it takes a lot to come to that realization, but we get there.”

Sierra Rains-Moad

sierra.m.rains@gmail.com

Petition calls for removal of statue More than 2,000 want piece gone due to artist’s past NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

Lee said she has gained more support than she expected from fellow students and community members.

The petition says it is seeking 2,500 signatures.

“I’m not the type of person to be the center of change,” Lee said. “But I have two dogs — one who is a rescue — and when I heard the story, it made me very mad that someone could just walk into a shelter and say that’s a good project to ‘shoot.’”

Though Otterness apologized for the act in 2007, his art has been rejected by certain institutions over the incident. The statue was donated by a 1957 OU graduate William Obering, who also donated the LOVE statue on the North Oval.

Lee said no OU official has contacted her regarding the removal of the statue. OU Public Affairs has not yet responded to The Daily’s inquiry into the university’s response to the petition.

A Change.org petition is calling for the removal of a new statue in front of Gaylord Hall after it was revealed the artist who designed the piece has a controversial past.

The petition, which was authored by creative media production junior Abigail Lee on Oct. 22, had more than 2,000 signatures as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

The petition calls on OU to remove the statue because its artist, Tom Otterness, shot a dog on camera as part of a film he was creating in 1977.

“Although this was many years ago, this is a mistake that can be forgiven, but not forgotten, and letting him show his work on the greatest campus in the nation is Kaylie Cotten contributed to not where it belongs,” the pethis article. tition reads. “We believe the art that is exhibited on this campus should come from Nick Hazelrigg someone who routinely hazelriggn@gmail.com shows love, compassion and care for its community.”

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Covered Wagon, a new statue in Gaylord Hall’s courtyard, on Oct. 18. Students have created a petition to remove the statue because of the artist’s controversial past.