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HIGH STAKES AHEAD Junior running back Samaje Perine is tackled by senior linebacker Justin Arndt during the first half of the game Nov. 19. in Morgantown, W.Va. Perine rushed for 160 yards in the game.
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2. Ohio State 3. Michigan 4. Clemson 5. Wisconsin 6. Washington 7. Oklahoma 8. Penn State 9. Colorado 10. Oklahoma State 11. Louisville 12. USC 13. Florida 14. Western Michigan 15. Florida State 16. Auburn 17. Nebraska 18. Houston 19. West Virginia 20. Boise State 21. Utah 22. Texas A&M 23. Washington State 24. Tennessee 25. LSU Source: AP Poll
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ORGANTOWN, W. Va — Almost lost in the Sooners’ dominating 56-28 win over West Virginia Nov. 19 was a defensive performance from Oklahoma that left a lot to be desired. Thanks to a furious second-half comeback from the Mountaineers that saw West Virginia put up 21 unanswered points, Oklahoma’s defense will be a major concern as the Sooners prepare for a de facto Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 3. OU allowed just seven points in the first half, but it epitomized a bend-but-don’t-break style. The Sooners permitted 259 first-half rushing yards on a fruitful 12.9 yards per carry. Oklahoma avoided further damage thanks to a litany of Mountaineer mistakes, including a pair of fumbles inside the Sooners’ five-yard line. For the game, West Virginia running back Justin Crawford totaled 331 yards on 24 carries — good enough for 13.8 yards per rush. It was the most prolific rushing attack by a single player against a Sooner defense since West Virginia’s Tavon Austin tallied 344 yards on the ground in 2012. Mountaineer quarterback Skyler Howard still threw the ball 27 times, completing 12 for 191 yards
and two touchdowns. Despite the relative improvement for the Sooners’ secondary — Oklahoma is No. 9 in the Big 12 with 287.5 passing yards allowed per game — OU has a major test coming up on Dec. 3, and defensive coordinator Mike Stoops knows it. “We just gotta suck it up and do it one more time,” Stoops said. “We went into this situation a year ago and played well. I’m sure they’re not real happy about that, but we know what we’ve got to do to win.” Bedlam will be for a conference title for the second consecutive season. The Sooners won 58-23 a year ago, but the outlook of the game is much different this year. Cowboys’ quarterback Mason Rudolph is healthy this time, and the Sooners have struggled defensively all season after consistently holding off Big 12 offenses in 2015. O k l a h o m a S t a t e ’s Ja m e s Washington leads a stellar core of wide receivers, followed by Jalen McCleskey, Jhajuan Seales and Chris Lacy. Rudolph is having a career-year and trails only Baker Mayfield in Big 12 quarterback efficiency. But the biggest change is perhaps the Cowboys’ rushing ability, led by true freshman Justice Hill. He accounted for 154 yards on more than nine yards per carry in
Oklahoma State’s 31-6 drubbing of TCU in Fort Worth and has 980 yards on the season. “To me, they seem like they’re running the ball better, obviously, today,” Stoops added. “They totally dominated TCU. They’re playing their best football right now.” Oklahoma has limited opponents’ run games frequently this season, with major slip-ups coming against Ohio State and now West Virginia. OU is No. 2 in the Big 12 in rushing yards allowed per game (155.6), but tied for No. 7 in the conference in yards allowed per carry (4.5). If the Sooners can’t fix those issues by Dec. 3, the Cowboys offense will be difficult to stop. With a win over the Sooners, Oklahoma State would become perhaps the most-talked about team ahead of the final College Football Playoff rankings. Though the Cowboys have two losses, their first to Central Michigan came on a hail mary that, by rule, should never have happened. Many have asserted that the Cowboys should be treated as a one-loss Big 12 Champion should Oklahoma State find a way to win in Norman. OU head coach Bob Stoops agrees. “They’re playing really well. In my eyes, they’ve only got one one
loss if you play by the rules,” Stoops said. “So really good football team and playing well right now, like I like to think we are, so it will be exciting to be on our field playing for a Big 12 championship. It’s as good as it gets.” Oklahoma survived against the Mountaineers because it forced turnovers — something the Sooners failed to do in early-season losses to Houston and Ohio State. Mike Stoops says to expect more of the same if OU is to win another Big 12 Championship. “We have to make plays like that. We’re not a defense that can just overwhelm anybody right now,” he said. “That’s just not the personnel that we have. We have to come up with big plays and turnovers.” Spenser Davis
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Westbrook runs past West Virginia to win Receiver makes two catches count during Sooners’ snowy sweep JESSE POUND @jesserpound
Morgantown, W. Va — Light flurries turned into heavy flakes as Milan Puskar Stadium became a snow globe at kickoff, with No. 9 Oklahoma and No. 14 West Virginia trading early mistakes as the Big 12 title picture remained obscured. Then the snow stopped, and receiver Dede Westbrook caught a quick screen pass, tossed linebacker Justin Arndt to the ground
and outran every West Virginia defender to the end zone for a 75-yard touchdown, giving the Sooners (9-2, 8-0 Big 12) a 14-0 lead in a game the Mountaineers couldn’t simply shake up and start again. Fa n s w e r e s o o n p o u r i n g through the exits as West Virginia (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) fell further behind in what became a 56-28 loss, their energy and excitement ripped away by the speedy receiver from Cameron, Texas. “With as much as we figured we were going to run it, we knew we were going to have to loosen them up and take advantage of the throws that we did have,” offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said after the game. “We had a
good call … our guys blocked it great, and then Dede did what great players do.” Poor weather had made sporadic appearances all day in Morgantown, but it reached its peak at the beginning of what was arguably West Virginia’s biggest home game in nearly a decade. “Just crazy how the warmup couldn’t have been nicer — I thought ‘Oh man this is going to be a perfect day,’” Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops said. “And I came back out, and it was a whiteout.” Hopes of a memorable Mountaineer win took a fatal blow as Westbrook raced to the end zone. The play was the first reception of the game after the Sooners
struggled with drops in the opening minutes. Westbrook’s heroics helped to jump-start what became a 34-0 Sooners’ run to open the game. “It definitely helped,” Orlando Brown said. “It was a great play by Coach Riley, and we were able to execute it.” The Mountaineers couldn’t find their footing early, losing three fumbles and squandering 80 yards to penalties in the first half on the way to a four-touchdown loss. The Sooners seemed to settle down after Westbrook’s catch, but Riley didn’t see the safe screen pass as a simple confidence builder. “I foresee them all as big plays. They don’t always work out like that,” Riley said. “When you draw
them up as a staff, when you work on them all week, you foresee a lot of them.” Westbrook, who was not available to the media after the game, only had two catches on the day, but he made them count. He finished with 100 yards receiving, which was more than enough as the Sooners were able to lean on the running game to put away the Mountaineers. “Dede didn’t have three or four like he has in so many other games,” Stoops said. “But that one he made, he popped that, and that was special.” Jesse Pound
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Professor, kids targeted by racial taunts, defended by OU community A black associate professor of African and African American studies and his family were the victims of racial taunts earlier this week. Karlos Hill was at the Oakridge Elementary School park in Moore, Oklahoma, playing tag with his children Nov. 12 when someone drove by and yelled, “Run, n*****, run,” before immediately driving away. “I’m not a stranger to racial epithets being screamed at me or yelled at me by some random white person, but what made me most upset was that my children were targeted, too,” Hill said. Hill said he told his wife, Jennie Hill, the director of engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, about the incident when he got home. She told Kelly Damphousse, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who then told other faculty members about the incident. OU press secretary Corbin Wallace said in an email that the person who yelled the racial taunts appears to have no connection to OU. “Professor (Karlos) Hill is one of the most outstanding scholars in his field in the country and was heavily recruited by the university to join the faculty here,” OU President David Boren said in a statement Thursday. “I personally appreciate all of those who have reached out to him and offered support.” Abby Bitterman, @abby_bitterman
Trans-inclusive policies reflect students’ identities OU ID services allow Sooners to use chosen names ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2
Psychology freshman Nathaniel Whisenant’s student ID doesn’t have the name he was born with. Instead, it displays his chosen name, which reflects his identity as a transgender male. Sooner Card, Canvas, OrgSync and Ozone are among areas where OU allows a student to use a preferred name. And while these options are available for stuRescheduled forum will cover dents in various situations, Whisenant said they are necracially charged campus incidents essary for the transgender community. The Office of University Community has resched“It’s best for the transgenuled a previously canceled forum due to recent racially der community if we can charged incidents on campus. be treated like actual peoThe State of Community Forum, a monthly meeting ple and have our (preferred) between administrators in the office and OU students, faculty and staff, will be 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Beaird names used instead of having the name that we were born Lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. with used on everything,” “I, along with my staff and with the support of the Whisenant said. president, felt like we needed to do something as Gender + Equality Center students prepare to go home, to unpack what has director Kathy Fahl said she happened on our campus … and think about what can thinks using a chosen name we do as individuals to go back into our communities,” is significant for everyone said Jabar Shumate, vice president for the university but particularly for transgencommunity. der or non-gender binary Shumate said in a Nov. 15 statement that the forum may not fix campus’s problems but will be an important students who choose to use a name that is not consistent step. with their legal name or genThe forum’s rescheduling comes after a student, der assigned at birth. who no longer attends OU, was suspended Nov. 11 for “It’s uncomfortable to participating in racist GroupMe messages to University have those names used that of Pennsylvania students, racist flyers were found in a campus building Nov. 14, an OU professor and his fam- are not what they see as their ily were the targets of racial taunts, and anti-Black Lives name, even a dead name, being used by a professor in Matter protesters demonstrated on campus Nov. 16. Olivia Dubcak, @olivedubbie a class to call out that name,”
Fahl said. “It can create confusion if someone’s presenting their gender in one way, but their name doesn’t match that.” Fahl said various departments across campus have been helpful in facilitating preferred name options, including the Sooner Card office, the admissions department and Canvas. Sooner Card director Ryan Trevino said he is glad to have this option available to students. “I think it’s important that the card that a person carries is reflective of who they are,” Trevino said. “There’s a number of reasons why a person may want to establish a preferred name, and we try to accommodate as many of those cases as we possibly can.”
“It benefits us because, even if we don’t get properly gendered by everyone, at least they will call us by our names because a name is what you identify yourself with. You are your name.” NATHANIEL WHISENANT, PSYCHOLOGY FRESHMAN
According to Trevino, a student who wishes to register a preferred name with the university can make a request in the office of Academic Records and Transcripts in Buchanan Hall. Upon receiving documentation of
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Psychology freshman Nathaniel Whisenant goes by his chosen name, even on his student ID. Whisenant says having that choice is necessary for the transgender community.
the change, the student can go to the Sooner Card office located in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, where they can have a new card printed with the proper name. Fahl said the GEC can guide a student through the process if necessary. “We’ve certainly assisted people through that process of going over to admissions and registering their chosen name and assisting with ID cards,” Fahl said. “So definitely our incoming freshmen I think are seeking that as an option and taking advantage of that when they get to campus.” Trevino said Sooner Card does not keep records of the number of preferred name requests, although he thinks there has been an increase in the number of students wishing to print a preferred name on their identification card in recent years. Sooner Card has offered a preferred
name option for many years, Trevino said. In addition to Sooner Card, Fahl said students have the fairly new option of listing a preferred name on Ozone and OrgSync through their respective websites. Whisenant said the university’s willingness to recognize his preferred name makes him feel more welcome and creates a better school environment. “I’m glad that the University of Oklahoma is so trans-inclusive as to allow us to change our names on things. It’s really helpful,” Whisenant said. “It benefits us because, even if we don’t get properly gendered by everyone, at least they will call us by our names because a name is what you identify yourself with. You are your name.” Anna Bauman
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Beyond the road to recovery Students return to school after addiction
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ylan Williamson is an OU student finishing a pursuit he began eight years ago before addiction derailed him. He’s picking up where he left off a bit older, more experienced and, he hopes, wiser. Now 27 years old, the chemical engineering junior came to OU in 2008 after a one-week hospital stay to detox two years of hydrocodone and oxycodone abuse. But as a recovering addict, college may have been the worst place Williams on could have been. The environment allowed him to feed his habit while creating new ones. Like most addicts, he wanted to stop, but he didn’t know where he could go, and he had nobody he felt he could turn to. By the end of the fall semester, Williamson had traded pills for booze. The problems were apparent in his GPA and were measured in missed lectures, but the real damage he kept to himself. It was not long until pills found their way back into his life — old friends to dull the doubt and discomfort that echoed in his skull. “I finally felt at peace. I felt like I belonged, “ Williamson said. “I never really felt that way. I’d always been anxious and everything like that, and when I took those, everything felt OK.” The academic year took a toll on Williamson, one he could not hide. When he returned home to Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, in the summer to parents he had been trying to avoid, they could see it on him. In one month, Williamson had lost close to 50 pounds, and though he tried to deny it, his parents knew he had relapsed. Williamson couldn’t explain why. He just didn’t know. “You think of the alcoholic like a bum on the street, a bottle in a bag, sleeping outside, pissing themselves or whatever. And the addict, he’s some meth head, no teeth, a junkie with track marks and all that stuff,” Williamson said. “You look at yourself. You’re like a 19-year-old kid from a good family and doing well in school; you’re like, ‘Who am I?’” Part of Williamson always wanted to ask for help, but he knew nobody would understand. Not at home and not on campus. He had to find help elsewhere, and so he spent the rest of the summer and fall at rehab in Atlanta. At the facility, Williamson could see himself in others, and he wasn’t alone in his shame. It would be years before he would return to OU. Life went on. Sometimes sober, sometimes not, always uncertain if he could ever quit. In that time, there were relapses, jobs and relationships, classes at community colleges, a stint at Oklahoma State University and a return to rehab that left him more doubtful than before. “I already knew everything they told me there. It’s not about knowing,” W i l l i a m s o n s a i d . “ I ’v e known I’m an addict for a long time; that’s never stopped me. I’ve known people loved me for a long time; that’s never stopped me. I’ve known I’m hurting people for a long time, and that has never stopped me.” In February, Williamson will be five years clean. He gives most of the credit to fellow addicts, both current and recovering.
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Chemical engineering junior Dylan Williamson returned to OU in 2015 to finish his degree after battling addiction. He first attended the university in 2008, but after receiving help, plans to continue and graduate at OU.
“I’ve gone to counselors and psychiatrists, and they understand it from a medical standpoint or a psychological standpoint, “ Williamson said. “But the most powerful thing I’ve ever found is another person that understood and that I could tell understood. The only place I’ve ever found that is in other addicts or alcoholics.” Universities across the
the director of the Center for Students in Recovery at the University of Texas at Austin, said she has seen the number of collegiate recovery programs across the nation grow from eight, when UT established its center on campus in 2004, to almost 170 in 2016, she said. Castedo-Rodgers was a 25-year-old second-year graduate student at U T
and by being supported while you’re at school.” Texas Tech established its Center for Collegiate Recover y Communities in 1986, one of the first three created in the U.S. What began as a handful of students periodically gathering in a cramped office has grown to fill a 17,000-square-foot center, according to George Comiskey, the associate di-
“But the most powerful thing I’ve ever found is another person that understood and that I could tell understood. The only place I’ve ever found that is in other addicts or alcoholics.” DYLAN WILLIAMSON, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JUNIOR countr y are taking new approaches to substance abuse, ones that could have helped Williamson. At OU, there are counselors, psychiatrists and mandatory alcohol education programs for incoming freshmen. One counselor, Jackie Jordan, is OU’s licensed drug and alcohol counselor. She comes to campus twice a week to deal with students who have received strikes or have substance abuse issues and want to speak with someone who specializes in that area. For those looking for the sort of understanding Williamson talks about, there are referrals, recommendations from counselors to look elsewhere in the community. T h e re a re n o o f f i c i a l on-campus recovery groups at OU, though an increasing number of universities nationwide are adopting them to combat addiction and substance abuse among college students. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, at least 20 percent of college students suffer from alcohol use disorder, and that number is often higher at institutions with a large greek system and that have a larger focus on athletics. Sierra Castedo-Rodgers,
when she herself found the path to recovery in CSR and, like Williamson, knows the importance of being able to share the burden of addiction. “Because I didn’t even know anyone who was an alcoholic at that age, I thought that meant I was really, really bad and that there was no way I was going to get better,” Castedo-Rodgers said. “Once I actually met other young people who were in my situation, I understood that ... people get better from this, no matter how young they were at its onset.” Collegiate recovery programs like CSR place an emphasis on keeping students on campus. Pushing students off campus to get the help they need can be psychologically damaging, Castedo-Rodgers said. “The validation that you get from knowing that you’re wanted on campus because there’s a space that’s specifically for you ... that sends a message that you’re not a social pariah, that you’re not unsalvageable. You’re not someone who is considered too risky or too dangerous for campus,” Castedo-Rodgers said. “But you are someone who deserves a second chance and is able to prove that you deserve that second chance by coming back to school
rector of external relations for CRCC. Filled with ping-pong tables, computers and TVs, this space functions like a sort of clubhouse where students can go to get away from a college environment that is often the enemy of recovery, Comiskey said. Comiskey said he has data showing that the GPA of students in recovery is higher than the institutional average and that, over the years, the graduation rate for those same students has risen to nearly 100 percent. But charts and graphs can’t capture the feeling Comiskey gets when he walks into the common area of the CRCC. He overhears students laughing, commiserating, leaning on each other, knowing that in this slice of campus, they are safe. “That’s the gift of this deal,” Comiskey said. “You see that there’s hope, that there’s another student like yourself who has gotten recovery (and) that wanted an education, and they have come back and are doing it. You go, ‘Wow, maybe one day I’ll get to the point where I can graduate.’” While Williamson looks forward to his sixth year of sobriety, he also looks back to his 19-year-old self, recalling those feelings that persisted between the highs
and blackouts, of not knowing what to do or where to turn. “I know where I was at my freshman year with drugs and alcohol, and I know there are other people out there like me — that are like that now,” he said. While there may not be a collegiate recovery program at OU, Williamson said there are resources outside of campus that students may not be aware of. “Being a part of the recovery community in Norman ... you have people from all walks of life, excellent people, coming together to help one another,” Williamson said. “I never knew about any of that when I was here before. I know there are students out there right now that have a problem and don’t know that within miles of them there’s an answer. There’s help, if they really want it. All they have to do is ask.” Wi l l i a m s o n a l s o s a i d he wants to make himself available to help any students struggling with addiction or substance abuse. He can be reached at Dylan.C.Williamson-1@ ou.edu. Mitchell Willetts
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Kenton Brice, the digital resource librarian at the Donald E. Pray Law Library, moves his hands while wearing a virtual reality headset Oct. 25. Using the headsets, students will be able to re-explore crime scenes.
Virtual reality rigs to let students explore crimes Devices intended to better law students’ insight for classes BRYCE MCELHANEY @bryce_mac
Virtual reality is changing criminal studies at the OU College of Law. Two white, custom-built virtual reality rigs sit together in the law library, where users can explore models and artifacts in a 3-D space. The rigs include Oculus Rift headsets with Leap Motion controllers, which model the user’s hands digitally, with built-in seating and a 3-D mouse, accompanied with a large monitor to mirror what the user is seeing and doing — all powered by a custom-built Falcon Northwest computer. The rigs are connected to six others across campus, digital resource librarian Kenton Brice said. “We’re all plugged into the same system, and it’s called (Oklahoma Virtual Academic Labs). Ours is basically just the newest one and, in my opinion, the nicest one out there,� he said. Although the rigs were introduced to the library more than a month ago, he said, law students are not able to apply them to their studies yet. Brice said the professors, attorneys and students who have used it have only explored demonstrations so far. “We’re still in the heavily experimental phase of this project,� he said. “Right now, the way it’s set up, students don’t have free, full-blown access to this. Right now what we’re doing is guided workshops, and that’s hit or miss because this is so new.� Educationally, virtual reality is used in a variety of ways around campus. Anthropology, architecture and engineering each use it for their own purposes, he said. As Brice places the headset over his eyes and ears, he waves his hands and points his fingers in front of him, using them to select models to explore. In virtual reality,
Brice is flying around a replica of the Law Library then changes to another model where he can view a skull, examining it from every angle. “This is what engineers use with (computer-aided design) system. Architectures use it in design — but it basically allows you to travel in the x, y and z axis of any space. It’s a sort of joystick for flying around in virtual space,� he said.
“One of the futures of virtual reality in the legal practice is modeling crime scenes, accident scenes, construction defect scenes to where now you can take a jury, lawyer, expert or anybody out to the crime scene without actually physically moving them from the courtroom.� KENTON BRICE, DIGITAL RESOURCE LIBRARIAN
Brice said he would like to see the rigs used for modeling real-life crime scenes, where law students can gain insight on criminal actions or explore past crime scenes. “We’re taking baby steps to get there,� Brice said. “One of the futures of virtual reality in the legal practice is modeling crime scenes, accident scenes, construction defect scenes to where now you can take a jury, lawyer, expert or anybody out to the crime scene without actually physically moving them from the courtroom.� The computers were hand-picked by Brice in order to “future-proof� the rigs, he said. “This was my baby,� Brice said. “We wanted to future-proof this project for the next two, three, four years, and so the better VR gets, the more processing power you (need).� The software development has to catch up in the meantime, he said, but it might be a while before a
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relocation, as if they were back at the scene of the crime, or the jury is reviewing evidence as if it were right there in front of them,� he said. “Even blood-splatter analysis, you can walk through the scene of a crime and see which direction blood came to land,� Cook said. Law student and library reference assistant Ahrens Kerwood said he has enjoyed using the rigs so far, which has been a unique experience. “It takes a little while to get used to — it feels very real in a lot of senses, in how quickly you feel that you’re a part of it,� Kerwood said. “I know a lot of people have actually come in and out and had a lot of motion sickness, so it does take an adjustment,� he said. Kerwood said he has not yet applied the virtual reality to his legal studies. “I’ve just been testing out the modeling system and what we have — making sure things work correctly. But from the times I have messed with it, I haven’t really had any problems,� he said. “It’s one of those things t hat ’s d e f i n i t e l y i n b e ta-phase but has a lot of potential,� Kerwood said. Bryce McElhaney
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full-time developer is hired. Brice said OVAL is comprised of certain librarians, part-time developers and other stakeholders in the project. “We’re the ones coming up with ideas for future development,� he said. Brice said the project i s He l m e r i c h L e a r n i n g Center librarian Matt Cook’s brainchild. Cook said the current software allows professors to show students relevant information for their classes and strips away everything else. “If it’s a chemistry class, you can see things as they exist in 3-D space and recognize patterns about those protein molecules, in this case, that you just don’t get from a page in a textbook — it’s flat, it’s 2D,� he said. Cook said virtual reality can allow students to understand textbook concepts with more perspective. “You can have data all the way around you, which just means more on-screen than any given time, that means you have more insights or discoveries about a data set because you can look at more potential — you can get more perspective,� he said. For criminal justice studies, Cook said students can re-explore crime scenes. “ Yo u c a n d o w i t n e s s
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- If you control your emotions, youĘźll avoid a dispute with someone you want and need on your side. Pay attention to detail and bide your time until you are fully prepared. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Avoid an emotional disaster by listening, observing and making very detailed and cautious responses. Choose to offer peace and kindness regardless of what others decide to do. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Watch your step when dealing with people in key positions. Listen carefully and make considered suggestions. Let your intuition and experience guide you to victory.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Listen and learn. YouĘźll gain valuable information if you network or attend meetings. DonĘźt feel the need to broadcast your intentions or motives. Knowledge will lead to gains. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Play it safe when dealing with relationships and emotional matters. You are best off listening, sizing up whatĘźs being said and responding carefully. Someone will try to bait you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Stay focused on whatĘźs going on around you. Someone will speak out against you if you arenĘźt direct. If you say whatĘźs in your heart, your honesty will be well received. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- DonĘźt let your emotions stop you from pursuing something you enjoy or love doing. ItĘźs up to you to bring about change and assume responsibility for your success and happiness. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- DonĘźt let little annoyances get to you. Do what needs to be done and move on to happier pursuits. Update your image and focus on physical fitness and better health. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You need to embrace the changes that will directly benefit you. What you learn from participating in events will help you make the right decision.
OKC CRAWLER, an Oklahoma City shuttle service, is setting itself apart from other transportation networks by capitalizing on the bar industry. OKC CRAWLER runs from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The shuttle service charges customers $15 for an unlimited one-night pass or $25 for a weekend pass. Aaron Schwab — owner, operator and founder of OKC CRAWLER — is on active duty for the U.S. Navy and wanted to start the shuttle service when he was stationed in Pensacola, Florida, a few years ago. “I got orders to come to OKC so I thought, ‘This is the best time, now or never.’ I moved in May of 2015 and the OKC CRAWLER’s first night was Oct. 28 of this year,� Schwab said. In order to scope out Oklahoma City and get a feel for all of its different districts, Schwab said he worked as a part-time Uber driver for a year until he felt comfortable enough to start his own business. The shuttle stops in districts such as Midtown, Bricktown, The Plaza District, Uptown, The Paseo Arts District and soon Campus Corner. Individuals interested in hitching a ride in Norman can expect to be picked up outside of Logie’s on the Corner at 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight and dropped off in Bricktown at 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., according to the shuttle’s Facebook page. Other specific bar stops include Club One 15, TapWerks Ale House, Fassler Hall, Dust Bowl, Saints Pub, Guyutes, Sauced and The Rockford. OKC CRAWLER uses the buses and drivers from an affiliate business, Royal Limos OKC. Schwab acts as a host on the shuttle. As host, Schwab is responsible for passing out water to riders, ensuring everyone on the shuttle has a voucher, acting as the DJ and making sure everyone is having a good time, Schwab said. Next weekend, Schwab will release a bar voucher on the OKC CRAWLER app. The voucher will include different deals to the bars that the shuttle services, such as free entry, appetizers or discounts on a tab, he said. IOS and Android users can download the OKC CRAWLER app for free. Chloe Moores, @chloemoores13
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42 Primitive home 45 Spike in freezing weather? 46 Mythical craft of Jason 48 Rodeo rope 49 Last musical number, often 50 Deferred payment term 53 Not reached, as goals 55 Acquired 57 Irritated mood 58 Practice boxing 60 Photo ___ (media events) 61 Furry friend 62 In-flight announcement, briefly 63 Word with “dog� or “banana� 64 Shoo-___
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WHO ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? We asked the OU community to name someone at OU that they’re thankful for. Here are a handful of our best submissions so far. Want to add your own? Go to bitly.com/thankfulOU.
Kathy Fahl, Kasey Catlett and Eli Sullivan “These three are the unsung heroes of OU. Everything they do for our campus through the GEC and in their personal lives is invaluable. All that, and they always have a smile on their faces and are there for a laugh or a hug whenever you need it.” — Stephanie Allred
Brian Britt “He never stops trying to get us fired up for Pride excellence, and he truly values the organization, the traditions that it holds, and each individual member. The dedication he puts into being our director and how he relentlessly cheers on the Sooners is something I’ll always admire and be thankful for.” — Kayla McCullough
David Boren “He climbed up on a bench (at age 75) with a megaphone and yelled that OU is not a place for hate.” — Tiffany French
Anne Dubiel, Kaitlyn Carrasco and Josie Fagans
“They are the best friends and family that a girl could ask for.” — Brooklin Jones
Sydney Gilpin, Harlee Toothman and Chandler Pinkley “I am thankful for them because of how much of an impact they’ve made at my time here at OU. I couldn’t ask for better best friends to go through college and life with. They’re selfless and always there when I need them, and even when I don’t.” — Shyann Hester
Dr. Sophia Morren “She is just one of those faces you always see behind the scenes whenever students gather for a cause. She has proven to be a dedicated servant to students and a figure of warmth and compassion for me in the short time I’ve known her. I think her type of work is often the thankless kind. So it is my pleasure to take this opportunity to thank her, sincerely, for being here.” — Emily Mee
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A ladybug sits on a bush outside of Walker Tower Nov. 20. Professor Kenneth Hobson said the ladybugs seen on campus are Asian Lady Beetles.
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Cold weather brings ladybugs
Cool weather has finally arrived on campus bringing with it swarms of ladybugs. Kenneth Hobson, professor of biology, teaches a general entomology class and sat down to answer questions about the recent influx of ladybugs on campus. MOLLY KRUSE • @MOLLYKRUSE98
Q: Why are there so many ladybugs all of a sudden?
Q: What kind of ladybugs are the ones we’re seeing?
A: The ladybugs on campus are Asian Lady Beetles (Harmonia axyridis), a beetle imported from Eastern Asia, Japan and China by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help control pests in pecan orchards and in apple orchards and in soybean and alfalfa. They are now widespread across much of the United States.
A: During warmer weather, ladybugs’ diet consists of aphids and scaled insects and all of the bad things that damage our plants, but, during the winter, ladybugs just shut down and don’t eat anything at all.
Q: What should people do if they find ladybugs indoors?
Q: Do ladybugs pose a threat?
Q: How can you tell the difference between male and female ladybugs?
A: Ladybugs, or lady beetles, migrate to warm places to rest during the winter. It’s just sort of a seasonal event that happens, and we can expect this to happen especially after cold weather on a sunny day. Lady beetles come in from the fields and from the forests and from rose gardens to find a place to hang out and be away from snow and freezing rain and cold.
A: Since they are attracted to white or light-colored surfaces and warm places, ladybugs often congregate inside buildings, and when they find a warm spot, they tend to band together. In the last few years we’ve had a population in Sutton Hall by the fire exit. They just sit up in the corner and don’t move. When it starts warming up outside in springtime, they will gradually fly around and go back out to the outside.
A: Although ladybugs are beneficial insects that do not pose a threat, many people call exterminators when they find them inside their home or building, but if you’re a homeowner or you’re concerned about them, the best solution is just to take a vacuum cleaner to them, take them out and release them if you want to.
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From left, Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham play the beloved mother-daughter duo Rory and Lorelai Gilmore, in the upcoming Netflix revival of “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.” The revival is set to be released on Netflix on Friday.
Throwing back to 2000 for more ‘Gilmore Girls’ MOLLY KRUSE • @MOLLYKRUSE98 Everyone’s favorite mother-daughter duo, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, is returning Friday in the Netflix revival “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.” Here are 10 things that took place in 2000, when audiences first met the Gilmores. 1: What became known as the Y2K problem ended. Y2K stands for the year 2000, and many feared the world would end if computers were unable to display the new millennium’s date, mistaking it for the year 1900. 2: “Gladiator” took home Best Picture at the Oscars. 3: N*SYNC released its “No Strings Attached” album, which sold 2.4 million copies in its first week of release. 4: The show “Survivor” debuted on CBS. 5: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series, was published. 6: Choker necklaces, frosted lip gloss and low rise jeans were trendy womenswear. 7: George W. Bush was elected president in a controversial election, during which Al Gore requested a recount. 8: Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate while she was still the first lady. 9: Shia LaBeouf introduced himself to the world in the premiere of “Even Stevens.” 10: One American and two Russian astronauts became the first residents of the International Space Station.
Q: What do the ladybugs normally eat?
A: Despite their name, ladybugs aren’t just female. Male ladybugs are often the ones without spots.
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