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Hundreds of students, faculty and staff march down the South Oval in the #BlackOUt march Wednesday. Participants gathered together as a response to Donald Trump’s election.

Students unite in wake of Trump presidency

s OU students of various races, ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations gathered on the steps of Dale Hall early Nov. 9, they wept, hugged and shouted in search of support. They sought peace, unity and strength in the wake of the election of Donald John Trump, a man whose detractors say he has consistently marginalized and devalued minorities. Dressed in black and accented with swollen eyes, Barbara Menchaca was one of hundreds to consider what this would mean for her friends, her family and herself. “I’m here because of my parents. I’m here fulfilling my American dream because of them, and for him to call them rapists and criminals is just appalling and not true in any sense,” said Menchaca, who is a person of color. “He promotes hate towards my kind, towards my skin color, towards many different skin colors and ethnicities and religions, and it’s not OK. As a president, you’re supposed to unite everybody, not tear them apart.” Early Wednesday morning, Trump became the president-elect with no prior experience in government or in the military — but that is hardly the most notable thing about him. He has been accused of sexual assault and admitted to dodging income taxes. He has insulted at least 282 people, places and things on Twitter. He has criticized the media. He was shown on video bragging about sexual assault and has boasted that some women were not attractive enough for him to sexually assault. He called Mexicans rapists, mocked a disabled journalist and threatened to put Hillary Clinton in jail.

SPENSER DAVIS • @DAVIS_SPENSER And in the election, he surpassed the required 270 electoral college votes. “I’m not proud to be an American right now,” said Sadie Gorham, a white freshman who has not yet decided her major. “It brought me to tears … The past two elections, we had our first black president, which is phenomenal. It shows how far we’ve come, but with us voting for Donald Trump, we’re regressing. He’s the epitome of regression.” Gorham was one of hundreds of students searching for answers on OU’s South Oval Wednesday. While comforting for some, the demonstration and ensuing march did little to change the outcome. Trump won the election fairly, but many minority communities felt it was at their expense. “That’s what this whole demonstration was about,” said public relations junior and SGA presidential candidate J.D. Baker, who spoke to the crowd and led the march up the South Oval. “It’s about finding a place within our communities. We had a lot of different people here because there’s a lot of intersection on this campus. There’s many students who are not just black or just Muslim. They’re black and Muslim or they’re Muslim and queer — there’s a lot of intersectionality between all these people. It’s about finding a place within each other and within our own circles.” It was not just minorities who joined the march, though. White students, straight students, Christian students, able-bodied students and others stood with their peers, wondering what to do next. “For me, this will not change a lot of my way of life,” said drama senior Austin Reid, who identifies

as a white man. “But it will change the ways of life for people that I love. I’m a member of the school of drama. We have one of the most diverse student populations on campus. People that I love and consider family are going to be adversely affected, potentially, by this presidency. “Part of that is what hurts. It’s this mix of helplessness and ‘What do I do?’” Reid said. Gorham echoed Reid’s frustration with an impending Trump administration. “I have family of color, I have friends of color,” Gorham said. “So I’m going to advocate for them. I’m going to stand up for them. “That also influences me to stand

“I’m not proud to be an American right now.” SADIE GORHAM, FRESHMAN

up for these people and to stand up for my people … And what us white people need to do, what we need to do is stand with them. We need to let them know, ‘Hey, I don’t understand your struggles, but I’m going to be here to support you. I’m going to be here to help you.’ That’s all we can do,” Gorham said While demonstrators took time to pray on Wednesday afternoon, others walked past on their way to class, work or other commitments. Most stayed silent. A few celebrated. In an environment focused on community, it was a reminder that not all OU students were disappointed with the election’s result.

When factoring in the entire state, Trump carried 65 percent of the vote. “I’m amazed right now. It still hasn’t hit me,” said Victor Reyes, a public relations senior and president of the OU College Republicans. “Seeing the interviews, people calling him ‘President-elect Trump,’ it’s unreal, it really is. I was expecting a madam president.” Reyes, who is Hispanic, said he believes Trump’s words and actions will change now that he has been elected. “I think there’s really nothing to worry about,” he said. “My grandparents were illegal immigrants. I’ve told them on occasion that it doesn’t change the fact that what you did is wrong. I’m glad you did it, but, you know? But I don’t think there’s any need to worry.” When Clinton thanked her supporters and publicly conceded the race Wednesday morning, she urged her voters to be open-minded about a Trump presidency. With his inauguration coming Jan. 20, 2017, that may be a tough pill to swallow for some students, Baker said. “I can’t expect people to come into this with an open mind. How do you have an open mind about a man who jokes about sexually assaulting women? How do you have an open mind about someone who has called you a rapist simply as a virtue of your race or you ethnicity? Absolutely not,” Baker said. “So I don’t blame you if you are reluctant and you are mad and you are angry for the next four years. I don’t blame you. That’s my thing, it’s a deeper than just him being elected. It’s everything that he represents and the people who wanted him and what they represent.”

Initially, treating a Trump presidency with an open mind might be particularly difficult for America’s Muslim population. During his campaign, Trump often called for the ban of all muslim travel to the United States. “What happened last night should not have happened in my opinion, but that does not mean that the Muslim-American community is going to be scared or shy away,” said Amanah Fatima, a microbiology junior. “We’re American first and foremost. “I always grew up with this idea that diversity is what makes us special, and I don’t want to lose that notion. This ethnocentric nationalism that’s being promoted because of Trump’s presidency, I want to believe that America is better than this, but last night I just feel like I lost a lot of my faith in that. It’s so sad to me.” As Baker stood on the steps of Dale Hall, he addressed communities that were hurting. As he shouted, they cheered — and united. “May we find hope, love, comfort and unity in our coalition,” he yelled through applause. “And may we always remember that black lives matter. That Latino and Latina lives matter. That indigenous lives matter. That Asian and Pacific Islander lives matter. That queer lives matter. That people with disabilities, their lives matter. Immigrant lives matter. Muslim lives matter. And hell yes, the lives of our women matter!” Daisy Creager and Andrew Clark contributed to this report. Spenser Davis

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Boren suffers rare defeat with penny tax State Question 779 shot down by Oklahomans despite president’s fight JESSE POUND @jesserpound

The campaign to add a one cent sales tax statewide, led by OU President David Boren, met a

resounding defeat Nov. 8, leaving the future of education funding in Oklahoma uncertain and dealing one of the state’s most towering public servants a rare defeat. State Question 779, which would have raised sales taxes to fund K-12 and higher education in the state, fell by a margin of 59-41. Boren, a former state governor and U.S. Senator, is in his 22nd year as OU’s president

and has long been an advocate for increased education funding from the state government. Boren traveled to towns around the state urging people to vote for the measure. The campaign was ignited amid declining education funding from the state, which reached a tipping point when Gov. Mary Fallin declared a revenue failure in December, leading to mid-year

budget cuts across state agencies. Oklahoma, the state with the lowest annual mean secondary teacher salary, has seen some school districts cut back to four day school weeks in a desperate attempt to save money. Boren, one of Oklahoma’s most decorated politicians, suffered a rare political defeat. “It’s been a lot of years since our president has been governor

and senator, and so many of the legislators that we have now refer to him as President Boren and not Senator Boren and not Governor Boren,” said George Henderson, a professor emeritus who first taught at OU in 1967. “And that somewhat diminishes his clout. He certainly has the relationships and the consee BOREN page 3

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Where the electoral map stands

Donald Trump won the presidential election Tuesday night, receiving more than 270 of the 538 electoral votes and beating out his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Oklahoma’s seven electoral votes went to Trump, as expected. Here’s how the rest of the country voted:

Clinton lead

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Students react to results of state questions OU President David Boren’s penny tax, others fail Tuesday EMMA KEITH @shakeitha_97

OU students watching election results Nov. 8 had mixed reactions to the outcomes of this year’s state questions. Students at the Nov. 8 OU Votes election watch party in Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication kept up with news about national and state elections simultaneously through panel discussions and live news. Oklahoma voters watching state results saw a night of mixed success based on their votes. The failure of State Question 779, an initiative led by OU President David Boren to implement a sales tax increase to benefit education, drew multiple opinions based on its controversial nature. Cooper Kahoe, political science and international security junior, said he thinks the question’s rejection means Oklahoma’s education situation will remain dire. “Seeing it not pass is a little disconcerting for our state, given that we are in such a financial and budgetary crisis,” Kahoe said. “It wasn’t a perfect measure that Boren lobbied for — it wasn’t going to solve all of our problems, but it might have been the booster

that we needed right now. Now that that is off the table, I don’t really see how we’re going to go forward with an an actual solution to our budgetary problem.” Kahoe said he could understand why voters would reject the question but is still disappointed. “I can see why a lot of people didn’t vote for it, for a myriad of reasons,” Kahoe said. “Certainly some people are just diametrically opposed to anything that would tax them more. Others though, I could see, wouldn’t vote for it because it would disproportionately burden lower-income people, because sales tax is going to hurt them regressively, more so than higher earners.” Ryleigh Navert, a political science and accounting sophomore, said these reasons contributed to her vote against 779, and she was happy to see it not pass. “I chose to vote against 779 because I think that education funding in Oklahoma absolutely needs to be increased, but I don’t agree with the idea that it’s a regressive tax,” Navert said. “I got the opportunity to speak with legislators on Higher Education Day in February, and the way that the tax cuts were structured, they made it pretty clear that if we did get an additional source of funding, that they were not going to bring back up the state influx of cash.”

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“So it would basically be a burden on a lot of middle to lower-income families to pay for what the state should be paying for, so I would rather put pressure on our legislatures,” Navert said. Some students said they agreed that the failure of State Question 777, a bill to prevent governmental regulation of agriculture, is the right move for Oklahoma. Navert said she was pleased with the outcome, as she voted against the question. “For 777, I don’t know much about it, I didn’t read the in-depth bill, but I read the shorter ones, but it seemed like it was really trying to benefit big (agriculture), and it didn’t agree with the environmental deregulations, so I voted against,” Navert said. Natasha Naik, a vocal performance freshman, said she was glad 777 failed due to its potential environmental concerns. “I’m very happy about that because of the potential damage to environmental concerns,” Naik said. “It legalized most new forms of environmental technology, which while there are some good farming technologies, I’m sure, there are also some that are very harmful practices to the environment. And it also made it very difficult to regulate after that is passed, so I’m very glad that did not pass.” Kahoe also spoke to the failure of State Question

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Dick Pryor, moderator of the election watch party held in Gaylord Hall, introduces the event. Pryor periodically updated attendees on the status of the state questions.

790, which would have repealed part of the Oklahoma Constitution that prevents religious monuments from being placed on public grounds and precludes religious organizations from taking part in public programs to the same degree as non-religious organizations. “I’m a secularist who doesn’t like the idea of religion of any kind imposing itself on the political process, and I think that using public funds to sponsor Christian monuments like the Ten Commandments on the capitol just completely fly in the face of the ideals of our

republican democracy ... The idea that our church and state should be separate, that the government should not establish one religion,” Kahoe said. Naik said she agrees with the outcome of question 790, as well. “I’m happy about that because separation of church and state is very — it’s been in the Constitution for years, so I’m very glad that that stayed as a part of the Oklahoma Constitution,” Naik said. Jacquelyn Hooper, a political science and Spanish freshman, said she was not pleased with the passage of State

Question 776, which guarantees Oklahoma’s power in imposing capital punishment and execution methods. “I was not surprised but pretty disappointed just because, to me, for obvious reasons, just because I think that — especially given what’s been going on with the death penalty in Oklahoma recently anyway, with the failure with the lethal injection — I just don’t think now is the time that you expand that,” Hooper said. Emma Keith

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value from those relationships, but sometimes you can go to the well once too often.” Dan Snell, president of the Norman School Board, said the failure of the question at the ballot box may encourage more teachers to leave for larger paychecks across state lines. “This is a good reason to get out of Oklahoma education in general,” Snell said. Following the defeat, Boren promised to continue fighting for more education funding. “While the results did not come back in our favor, we’ve succeeded in starting a conversation across Oklahoma about education and the need for adequate funding,” Boren said in a statement Tuesday night. “We won’t stop fighting to keep great teachers in the classroom. We won’t stop fighting to improve funding for our schools. We won’t stop fighting for our children.” Snell said he thought the campaign, even in defeat, might have made enough noise that lawmakers would have to listen and is thankful to Boren for leading the charge. “He didn’t have to do this,” Snell said. “It would benefit the university a bit, but mostly it would benefit K-12 education, and he could’ve just kicked back and complained

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President David Boren responds to reporters’ questions regarding the failure of State Question 779 in Oklahoma City Nov. 8.

like the rest of us did, but he didn’t, so I think it’s a noble effort.” The defeat was a first for Boren, who won the 1974 gubernatorial race at just 33 years old and has been a public servant ever since. After one term in the Governor’s Mansion, Boren jumped to the Senate, where he served for 16 years. Boren may have left Washington, D.C., but he did not leave his connections, maintaining strong relationships with lawmakers and serving as chair of Barack Obama’s President’s Intelligence Advisory Board for more than three years. “He’s well-liked by myself and by a lot of us that have been in and around the Hill for a long time …

he’s well respected on both sides of the aisle, and I think President Obama had a good relationship with him,” said former Senator Don Nickles, who was the other half of Oklahoma’s Senate delegation with Boren from 1981-1994. Taking over at OU in 1994, Boren set out to build a university his home state could be proud of, raising the school’s national reputation and exceeding internal expectations. “What he has done has been absolutely miraculous, in my opinion,” Henderson said. “He came to a university where we aspired to be average. We did. And the very first thing he told us faculty when he became president is that we’re going to strive

is threatening the status of the university that he has worked so hard and so long to achieve, both by making it pinch pennies and by failing to properly educate the university’s main student base. “I am very hopeful that we can avoid forced layoffs and excessive tuition increases. We will take our urgent need to the legislature when they go back into session,” Boren said in a statement Wednesday. “The university simply cannot absorb another cut or the magnitude which we received this year, 16 percent, without facing some painful decisions.” In the event of cuts and layoffs, at least Boren can point to the state question and say he fought for the university. “He didn’t lose that ballot initiative,” Henderson said. “At least we had it. At least he can say he tried to do something. But the man does not like to lose. And that’s why the university has won so much.” Boren showed the legislature there is a desire in the state for more education funding, but he could not fix Oklahoma’s education problem alone. “Do all of the hard work that needs to be done to try to change the status quo, and one man can’t do it for us,” Henderson said.

for excellence. And many of the faculty members chuckle, ‘You’ve got to be kidding. Excellence? We haven’t even achieved the average yet.’ President Boren was looking beyond that, and he’s taken us there.” Under Boren, OU has built a study abroad campus in Arezzo, Italy, added new colleges and increased the size of the student body while raising admissions standards. “He took us to heights that very few faculty members ever believed that we could achieve,” Henderson said. “He let us ride in the plane Dana Branham contributed when we were just walking, to this report. and now we take the plane away and blame him because Jesse Pound we’re no longer flying.” jesserpound@gmail.com But Boren said the state’s education funding

Gaylord dean responds to election Media’s reaction to Trump campaign boosted publicity MADISON HOSTETTER @highestviolet

On Monday, most nationwide polls favored Hillary Clinton to win the general election and become the next president of the United States, but just the opposite happened. Around 1:30 a.m. CST We d n e s d ay , i t w a s a n nounced that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the United States. Americans everywhere were — and still are — in shock. National news networks have portrayed Trump as a misogynist and racist, calling mass attention to multiple scandals — such as a recording of him bragging about sexual assault and a speech in which he called Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists.

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Members of the OU and Norman communities attend an election watch party in Gaylord Hall, Nov. 8. Attendees were given the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each panel.

“I think the media was fairly aggressive, particularly in the general election campaign,” said Ed Kelley, the dean of Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. “The East Coast media was very willing to call him out on his fabrications and outright lies. Did that make any difference last night in the voting? I’m not so sure.” Prior to his candidacy, Trump was a household

name, known for his various business ventures and his career on reality television. Existing familiarity, amplified by extensive coverage on the 24-hour news cycle, may have boosted Trump from what many regarded as a joke candidate to president-elect. “It’s been documented to a certain degree how much basically free media they gave him over the 16 months,” Kelley said. “I’ve seen figures anywhere from $2 billion to

almost $3 billion that he got in free publicity. Even though it was negative, it was still publicity.” Several national media outlets, relying on polling data, projected Clinton would win comfortably. FiveThirtyEight, a poll analysis blog run by statistician Nate Silver, showed a 71 percent chance of a Clinton victory the morning of Nov. 8. Many polls gave her greater odds than that. The New York Times’ Upshot poll analysis gave Clinton an 85 percent chance of victory, and CNN reported that Clinton had a 91 percent chance of winning the election as of Nov. 7. Trump’s unprecedented campaign has been inextricably tied to the media. After all poll analysis predictions were proven wrong, the media may change its approach to campaign and election coverage, Kelley said. “I do think there will be less reliance and more distrust, more skepticism, about the polling process,” Kelley said.

“Polling to me, today, is seriously discredited with its performance in this election cycle.” The problem was the national media was too insular and failed to understand the true demographics and motivations of voters who supported Trump, Kelley said. The media discounted voters who did not fit the mold of “undereducated white males.” He added that Trump’s status as a political outsider made him successful with some women and college-educated Americans, as well. “ There certainly are Americans who recoil at what they see, particularly on cable television,” Kelley said. “People who look like they are part of the system and part of the game, and (Americans) don’t like that. They recoil at that and will support people who look like they’re fighting against it.” Madison Hostetter

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Watching electoral upset from afar Students abroad reflect on Trump’s win, coming home MITCHELL WILLETTS @MitchBWilletts

When OU international business junior Holly C raw f o rd d e p a r t e d f o r Quito, Ecuador, in August, she thought she understood the country she was leaving behind. Three months and one presidential election later, she is no longer so certain and wonders when she returns in December if it will still feel like home. President-elect Donald T r u m p ’s v i c t o r y o v e r Hillary Clinton took many Americans by surprise, and Crawford is no exception. In the weeks leading up to Nov. 8, Trump was behind Clinton in the polls, but Crawford said poor estimations and shaky figures do not shock her as much as her

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President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he gives his acceptance speech during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York.

own miscalculations regarding her fellow Americans. “I feel kind of empty, honestly. So many of my friends and my family have been personally affected by it — the things he’s said about minorities and about women,” Crawford said. “Whether he means what he says or not, he says it, and

people believe it.” If nothing else, Crawford said, this election cycle has been illuminating. She is unhappy with the promises made that sound like solutions to some, yet threats to others. She said she fears for her friends, many of whom are immigrants whose already uncertain futures

may grow more muddled amid talks of walls and mass deportation. “I don’t know that it’s a different America, but it’s an America that makes me say, ‘Wow, those attitudes really existed all along,’” Crawford said. “I feel like I’m definitely more aware of our flaws as a country.” Like Crawford, economics junior Ivey Dyson has been following the election from abroad, and is uncomfortable with the idea of a Trump presidency, saying the news has dampened her excitement of returning home. “I come back and there’s only a short amount of time until Trump is sworn into office,” Dyson said. “At home, it’s going to be more real. Here, I can ignore the things that Trump does, I can ignore the news because it doesn’t directly affect me right now. But in four short weeks, I’ll be having to face these issues head on.”

Dyson said her classmates in Arrezzo, Italy, joke about staying put and never making the return trip, but regardless of her feelings about Trump and his supporters, she says America will always be home to her. She won’t run off to Canada or stay hidden away in Italy. She feels she has a duty to that home, to fight for it, to never give up on it. “The reality of it is, staying in Italy isn’t going to fix these issues that we’re passionate about. Staying in Europe isn’t going to fix problems back home,” Dyson said. “It’s our responsibility as educated students and as people who have traveled the world to come home and share some of that knowledge that we’ve gained, and fight for people who might not have anyone fighting for them for the next four years.” Mitchell Willetts

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FOURTH DOWN By Timothy E. Parker

NEWS

November 10-13, 2016 •

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Participants in the #BlackOUt march Wednesday line up and begin walking down the South Oval. The march began at Dale Hall and ended at the Bizzell statue where the group gathered in solidarity.

Students rally in election’s wake Protesters gather, march arm-in-arm day after polls close KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch

Hundreds of OU students locked arms and marched Wednesday in protest of Donald Trump, who defeated Hillary Clinton in last night’s presidential election. Students met at noon at Dale Hall to hear a speech from J.D. Baker, a public relations junior and a candidate for Student Government Association president, and sing the Black National Anthem before marching. “There have been a lot of groups that have been marginalized by Donald Trump during this campaign cycle,” Baker said. “So this is for us to come together and reaffirm our value in this society despite our president-elect thinking we do not have value.” Stu d e nt s c h e e re d f o r

Baker as he talked about the value of all people within American society, and afterwards joined together to sing the anthem, led by public affairs and non-profit administration sophomore Vivian Tyson. “ T h e B l a c k Na t i o n a l Anthem isn’t so much about being the ‘Black’ National Anthem, but it’s to lift every voice and sing — not just black voices, not just white voices, but every voice,” Tyson said. Tyson said the song was meant to inspire hope for those who are saddened by the election results. “It means going into a new day, and even though it’s a bad day ... joy is coming in the morning, and we are going into a new day knowing that great things are still going to come,” Tyson said. “If you Google the lyrics, it’s more than just a song. It signifies what we all should stand for.” After singing the Black National Anthem, students

locked arms and walked from Dale Hall to the statue of William Bizzell in front of the Bizzell Memorial Library.

“This lets me know that the values of our country and the ability of people to overcome hate (are) much larger and much bigger than whatever happened in those election results last night.” JABAR SHUMATE, THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

Students chanted as they marched down the South Oval: “What do we want?” The answer: “Justice!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” Once students reached the statue, they formed a group

around Baker as he thanked them for their participation in the march. Shortly after, a bystander yelled, “Make American great again, losers.” Demonstrators responded: “When they go low, we go high.” After the prayer, Jabar Shumate, the vice president for university community, spoke to students, giving a message from OU President David Boren. “At t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Oklahoma, we feel deeply that diversity is a source of our strength as a university family,” Shumate said on behalf of Boren. “The election results will in no way change the university’s commitment to mutual respect among all members of our community.” Shumate emphasized the importance of the rally and of students coming together. “I think it’s major, because we have come through the most divisive election of my lifetime, and for students of all backgrounds, all

LGBTQ students fear result Trump’s victory leads to concerns over representation REGAN STEPHENSON @regan_leanne_

The mood in the LGBTQ lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union Wednesday was full of anger and disappointment concerning Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election. Many LGBTQ students are worried about how the Trump administration will impact them. “I am afraid that people who may have hidden will be emboldened to act now. I’m afraid of whatever legislation that this candidate and his vice president can dream up and push towards Congress,” said Mikayla Wormley, a recent anthropology graduate. The students in the lounge said they do not believe Trump can represent LGBTQ people as president. “I mean, his running mate openly funds conversion therapy — which, it’s kind of obvious that does not work

ERIN TABBERER/THE DAILY

Psychology freshman Nathaniel Whistant and computer engineering freshman Sydney White react to the election of Donald Trump in the LGBTQ lounge, Wednesday. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States on Tuesday.

and that it’s not healthy for anyone involved, and I think that pretty much sums it up,” biology freshman Brandon Meeks said. The students also doubted the sincerity of Trump’s attempts to reach out to the LGBTQ community. Psychology freshman Nathaniel Whistnant said the photo of Trump holding a pride flag with “LGBTs for

Trump” written on it was a “weird distress signal to the LGBT community.” “I’m just genuinely concerned for my safety as a (transgender) guy,” Whistnant said. Computer engineering freshman Sydney White said Trump’s words carry influence, regardless if he means them or not. “Even if Trump himself

is not (homophobic), he is saying things that support it. Just because you don’t mean something doesn’t mean your words don’t matter,” White said. “Words are not just something that you can throw around. Especially when you’re in a position of power.” Regan Stephenson

regan.l.stephenson-1@ou.edu

races and all walks of life to come together and say we are bigger than hate, is big,” Shumate said. “This lets me know that the values of our country and the ability of people to overcome hate (are) much larger and much bigger than whatever happened in those election results last night.” Baker said the idea for the rally started in a GroupMe message called ‘OU Black Connections.’ “It’s a GroupMe with a lot of different people, almost 500, who are black or are interested in black culture,” Baker said. “This came out of it because a lot of people were feeling the same way, and someone said, ‘Oh, we should have a blackout,’ and more people are saying, ‘Yeah!,’ and so we got together and started this late last night.” Kayla Branch

#BLACKOUT MARCH: Students organized a march in protest of Donald Trump’s election as president. The march began at noon on Wednesday. Students gathered for a speech from public relations junior J.D. Baker and SGA President Daniel Pae, then for the singing of the Black National Anthem. Students and faculty joined arms and marched from Dale Hall to the Bizzell statue on the South Oval. Students then joined hands in a prayer circle, and Vice President for University Community Jabar Shumate addressed the crowd. See a video of the march at oudaily.com.

kaylabranch@ou.edu

Political science professors ‘stunned’ by Clinton’s unprecedented defeat Two OU political science professors said they were surprised by the unprecedented results of the 2016 presidential election. Pat Meirick, director of OU’s Political Communication Center, said Hillary Clinton’s defeat has been the most surprising outcome in American history. “I was stunned — not only because of the polling that had been done before ... but also because this is really unprecedented to have somebody who has never served in an elected office or public service become elected president,” Meirick said. Michael Crespin, associate professor of political science, also said he was surprised with the outcome of the election based on polls, but so were many others. “I think even Republicans were surprised, and I think the Trump campaign was surprised. It was a very narrow path to victory, and he pulled it off,” he said. Crespin said he doesn’t think Clinton will run for office again in the future, mostly due to her age. Clinton would be 73 years old at the time of the next election. “I think she would have a hard time winning a primary. I’d be surprised if she ran again in four years,” he said. Meirick said Trump’s strategy was unprecedented throughout his campaign and is what led to his win. The common strategy, he said, is to appeal to the left-wing or right-wing parties, depending on a candidate’s political affiliation. “(During) the general election, you run toward the middle — you’re moderate (in) your tone. You tend to walk back some of your more extreme rhetoric. Trump did very little of that; he never seemed to stop running as though he were running in the primary,” he said. “The people have spoken, and now we all have to hope that Donald Trump can be a successful leader,” Meirick said. Bryce McElhaney, @bryce_mac

NEWS

• November 10-13, 2016

What this election means to OU

Nine students voiced their feelings about Donald Trump’s victory on Wednesday. Watch their stories online at oudaily.com.

Arantxa Elizondo, art technology and culture freshman

Darian Storms, womens and gender studies senior

Barbara Menchaca, junior microbiology pre-dental

“I just feel like kicked in the stomach.”

“I’m scared to say the least.”

“My next president hates me.”

Savanna Thao, human relations sophomore

Cooper Williams, marketing senior

Sadie Gorham, undecided freshman

“I’m still in shock.”

“They underestimated the feelings of working class white americans.”

“Honestly this was a complete surprise to me.”

Ruth Cruces, human relations pre-med freshman

Rickkia Manuel, sociology junior

DeLaun Lofton, engineering senior

“ I feel very overwhelmed.”

“They don’t support me.”

“It’s going to be interesting.”

Trump win drives rift between students, families Youth await tense holiday gatherings following election CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13

When OU sociology sophomore Kelsey Morris travels home for Thanksgiving break, her mind won’t be on food. She will be trying to convince herself to hug her family — a family that voted for Donald Trump, against everything she believes. Morris’ feelings of isolation are in line with what a majority of young voters are experiencing. The New York Times 2016 exit polls reported that 55 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 voted in favor of Clinton, as opposed to the 53 percent of voters ages 45 to 64 who voted for Trump. More than half of Morris’s family members voted for Trump, she said. “It’s really alienating and it’s really disappointing, but also in a way I feel responsible for it,” Morris said. “ Thos e of us who are white and have family members that vote this way, I guess have failed to keep our people in check.” When Morris learned the results of the election, she called her mother, who told her she was overreacting and voting with her wallet — a common sentiment among individuals who voted for Trump, she said. “For me that means I put money ahead of my humanity, ahead of my daughter’s humanity and ahead of people of color, so that’s not a satisfying answer for me,” Morris said. Environmental studies junior Chelsie Peckio is scared for what the future could hold under a Trump presidency, she said. “ I a m a w o ma n a n d I

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

have friends who are first generation immigrants. Their parents walked here from Mexico and it’s terrifying honestly,” Peckio said. “We are going to lose a lot of rights that we’ve gained and take a step back.” The majority of Peckio’s family bashed her political views on social media throughout the election cycle, and she has not yet been able to talk to her mother without getting into an argument, she said. “It’s just hard to bring it up because it always ends with me being frustrated with her or vice versa,” Peckio said. “It’s sad when you feel like you have to go to a Thanksgiving dinner with all your family and be prepared to defend

“We all should stand-up and play a greater role in making sure that whether it is president or it is city council, that we are finding ways to bring us together and not drive us apart.” JABAR SHUMATE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

yourself because so many of my family doesn’t feel the same way I do.” Peckio believes Trump voters will have to re-evaluate their choice in the next four years when they see things they do not like. However, the outcome of the election has solidified Peckio’s career goal to become human rights lawyer, she said. Pre-nursing junior Emma Francois mirrored

Peckio’s positivity moving forward. “It sucks, it does. Losing (an) election is awful, especially to Trump, but I think positive things come from everything, and I can’t wait to see what positive things come from this and how we can grow,” Francois said. Francois has been a Democrat for as long as she can remember. She went door to door campaigning for U.S. President Barack

Obama when she was 12 years old, she said. While Francois is hesitant to go home for the holiday season, she thinks it is important to have tough conversations with her family. “It’s important for my family members to be exposed to different views. Growing-up conservative Catholic, there’s not a lot of different viewpoints, so to get to sit down with my family and say, ‘I know you don’t agree, but maybe we should like gay people,’ I think those are important conversations to have,” Francois said. Jabar Shumate, vice president of the university community said this has been the most divisive election he has ever seen, but that

he is confident in the work OU is doing to foster inclusivity and diversity on campus. “I really believe we are at a point where we are going to have to lead and not expect policy leaders to be the folks responsible individuals in the world,” he said. “We have work to do.” Students can begin to be leaders in their communities when they go home for the holidays, Shumate said. “We all should stand-up and play a greater role in making sure that whether it is president or it is city council, that we are finding ways to bring us together and not drive us apart,” he said. “I think yesterday’s election was an opportunity for us to get where we are today, in a space where we are standing up and saying, ‘we say no to hate, we say yes to unity.’” Shumate wants students to know he is “always a shoulder to cry on for each and every student, no matter what they believe or think,” he said. The number one thing students should remember when they go home and face their family members is that, “they are loved,” Francois said. “A lot of people don’t realize you are loved, valued, a p p re c i at e d ,” F ra n c o i s said. “That can be really hard going home to people that don’t appreciate you or give you those affirmations that you need, but even if you are sitting at home alone, even if your family isn’t showing that right now, they do love you, and if they don’t, then I do. We are all in this together. Don’t give up, just have hope.” Chloe Moores

mooreschloe0@gmail.com;

NEWS

November 10-13, 2016 â&#x20AC;˘

Hurting and healing Community members marched in solidarity down the South Oval the day after Republican nominee Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the U.S.

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Public relations junior J.D. Baker leads the #BlackOUt march after speaking on the steps of Dale Hall on Wednesday. Participants walked on the South Oval from Dale Hall to the Bizzell statue.

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Participants in the #BlackOUt march comfort each other on the South Oval. The demonstration encouraged students to support each other despite divisions created by the national election.

NOOR EEMAAN/THE DAILY

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Sophomore Ariana Hall leads marchers toward the Bizzell statue during the #BlackOUt march. The demonstration occured as a response to the 2016 presidential election.

Students, faculty and staff gather around the steps of Dale Hall as public relations junior J.D. Baker speaks before the #BlackOUt event Wednesday. The participants marched up the South Oval toward the Bizzell statue after meeting at Dale.

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Director of the Gender + Equality Center, Kathy Fahl, and Associate Director of LGBTQ and Health Programs Kasey Catlett link arms and march with students at the #BlackOUt march on the South Oval. Protesters expressed concerns about the presidential election of Donald Trump.

JULIA HARTH/THE DAILY

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff march down the South Oval in the #BlackOUt demostration. Participants gathered together as a response to Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win.

NEWS

• November 10-13, 2016

State question election results Oklahomans voted on seven state questions on Tuesday, with topics ranging from an education sales tax to the sale of wine and beer in grocery stores. Four state questions passed and three failed. Here are the full results:

STATE QUESTIONS 780 AND 781

STATE QUESTION 777

PASSED

Oklahoma State Questions 780 and 781 passed during the Nov. 8 general election. Set to become effective July 1, 2017, State Question 780 will diminish certain non-violent drug and theft-related crimes from felonies to misdemeanors, simultaneously changing their maximum penalty to one year in prison and a fine of $1,000. The changes are intended to save the state money by decreasing the number and duration of incarcerations. The companion bill, State Question 781, will then set forth a plan to distribute the savings to different counties for the purpose of supporting mental health and substance abuse services. Former Republican House Speaker Kris Steele and former Democratic Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry both publicly voiced their support of the measures, saying it would bring positive criminal justice reform to the state. Those in opposition argued that the measures would actually result in higher crime rates. They also argued that the state has already reduced the number of inmates, and that therefore the new statute is unnecessary. Staff Reports

FAILED

Oklahomans voted against State Question 777, dubbed “Right to Farm,” in the general election Nov. 8. Created by the legislature, the constitutional amendment would have prevented the legislature from passing laws or regulations that would impede farmers’ ability to employ farming and ranching practices without a “compelling state interest.” The amendment cites the importance of agriculture as the “foundation and stabilizing force of Oklahoma’s economy” as its reasoning. Major proponents of the amendment included the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, the Oklahoma Agricultural Cooperative Council and American Farmers and Ranchers, among others. Supporters argued the question would have allowed farmers to defend themselves against unjust laws, while opponents argued it would prevent reasonable laws from regulating farming. Several environmentalist groups were against SQ 777, including the Sierra Club Oklahoma Chapter, the Humane Society and OU student group OUr Earth. Staff Reports

STATE QUESTION 779

STATE QUESTION 792

FAILED

State Question 779, a citizen initiative in favor of OU President David Boren’s penny sales tax, failed to pass by popular vote Nov. 8. Boren conceded defeat to an audience at the 21C Museum Hotel in Oklahoma City. The proposal would have increased Oklahoma’s sales tax by one penny on the dollar, which would then be distributed to K-12, career and technical schools, and higher education programs. Stipulated in the state question is that a minimum $5,000 would go toward a salary increase for public school teachers, among other things. Oklahoma currently has the sixth highest combined state and local sales tax rate in the nation. However, as of May 2015, Oklahoma had the lowest annual mean wage of secondary school teachers of all 50 states — $42,960, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state question was championed with the campaign ‘Oklahoma’s Children, Our Future’, and individual support from State Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez, State Secretary of Education Phyllis Hudecki and Boren, according to Ballotpedia. Boren alone donated $167,000 to the campaign. It was opposed with the “Oklahoma Deserves Better” campaign, and individuals such as Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, state Sen. Kyle Loveless and Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, according to Ballotpedia. Proponents of the state question argued it would prevent teachers from leaving for states that pay more, keep tuition down at universities and benefit grade school children. Opponents of the question argued it was regressive, unnecessary and would encourage future tax cuts to education, according to Ballotpedia. Boren also released a statement saying despite the failure of SQ779, “we won’t stop” fighting. Staff Reports

STATE QUESTION 790

PASSED

State Question 790 failed on the ballot Tuesday, leaving Oklahoma’s relationship between church and state unchanged. The proposal, created in response to the removal of the Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol, would have repealed article 2, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma if it had passed. Article 2, section 5 prevents religious monuments from being placed on public grounds and precludes religious organizations from taking part in public programs to the same degree as non-religious organizations. Opponents of SQ 790 say it would have resulted in too close a relationship between religion and government, creating and strengthening sectarian lines along faith among Oklahomans. In addition to faith-based societal strain, there were fears that educational funding, already in short supply, would be distributed to religious teaching organizations as well, leaving less for public schools. Opponents of SQ 790 were also quick to point out that even if the question did pass, it is likely that federal lawsuits would follow. Staff Reports

STATE QUESTION 776

PASSED

State Question 792, also known as the Oklahoma Regulations Governing the Sale of Wine and Beer Amendment, passed during the Nov. 8 general election. The amendment will go into effect Oct. 1, 2018, changing the state’s current laws governing alcohol sales and distribution, specifically by allowing grocery and convenience stores to sell full-strength beer and wine — refrigerated and non-refrigerated — seven days a week. The legislature will still be permitted to impose certain restrictions and taxes. The proposed amendment, co-authored by Republican Sen. Clark Jolley, Republican Sen. Brian Bingman, Republican Sen. Stephanie Bice and Republican Rep. Glen Mulready, was highly debated in the months leading up to the election. Jolley and Bice have publicly supported the proposal, saying it would allow Oklahomans to “keep their dollars at home” and that it would repeal “Prohibitionera laws.” Among those who opposed the proposal is Bryan Kerr, the owner of Moore Liquor and president of the Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma. Kerr argued that, if implemented, the amendment would hurt small businesses. Others complained that the amendment would allow big corporations to monopolize the industry within the state. This summer, the RLAO challenged the proposal legally by filing a lawsuit which claimed that the measure unconstitutionally favors grocery and convenience stores over liquor license holders. However, the lawsuit was thrown out less than one month later.

Oklahoma State Question 776, also known as the Death Penalty Amendment, passed in the Nov. 8 general election. The question will amend the state constitution to guarantee the state’s power to impose capital punishment and set methods of execution. It will also give the legislature the authority to provide for any method of administering the death penalty not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution and prevent any death sentences already passed down from being prevented due to execution methods being ruled invalid. It was created by the state legislature, with Republican Sen. Anthony Sykes as the amendment’s chief sponsor. Other supporters include Republican state House of Representative members Mike Christian (District 93) and Mike Ritze (District 80). Think Twice Oklahoma is a campaign against the state question, arguing that it would circumvent the traditional government checks and balances and that it opens the state to costly legal challenges, among other things. Supporters of Think Twice and opponents of the state question include the Oklahoma Council on AmericanIslamic Relations and Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, among others. The state question comes after the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in April 2014 and a lawsuit brought by death row inmates against state officials claiming that Oklahoma’s current methods of execution are unconstitutional. In October 2015, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt halted all executions until the completion of all requests by the death row plaintiffs concerning investigations into the execution protocol.

Staff Reports

Ryan Echols and J.D. Baker are final two candidates remaining in SGA presidential race, will go to runoff

J.D. Baker and Ryan Echols are the only two candidates for Student Government Association president remaining after Wednesday’s election went to a runoff. Baker, a public relations junior, earned 36.79 percent of the total vote, while Echols, a drama and economics senior, earned 40.5 percent of the vote. Because neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold needed to win, the two will face off in a runoff election. The remaining three candidates, Matt Marks, Sam Noble and Corey Abernathy, have been eliminated from the race. Marks, a broadcast journalism junior, J.D. RYAN earned 8.27 percent of the vote. Noble, a computer BAKER ECHOLS science junior, earned 5.45 percent of the vote, and Abernathy, a political science junior, earned 9 percent of the vote. Abbey Taylor, the SGA election chair, said 3,689 total votes were cast, but the votes are still unofficial until they are validated by the SGA Superior Court. The runoff between Echols and Baker will occur 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 14. Students may vote again at elections.ou.edu. Staff Reports

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