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Bedlam beatdown cements Mayfield’s Heisman hopes BRADY VARDEMAN

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STILLWATER, Okla. — No. 3 Oklahoma (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) grasped an outright Big 12 title Saturday for the first time in five years, completing the journey of a team that had little-to-no preseason expectations and, in all likelihood, propelling the

Sooners into the College Football Playoff. But for quarterback Baker Mayfield, there’s one more item on his checklist before his team begins postseason play — earn an invite to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist. Mayfield stepped out of the locker room after the Sooners’ 58-23 demolition of No. 11 Oklahoma State (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) still sporting a giant grin

stuck between two tails of a handlebar mustache. “It’s a new QB thing here at Oklahoma,” he said. “We’re doing it for Bedlam week. We’re the real outlaws.” The Sooners secured their position at the top of the state as well as the Big 12 Saturday behind Mayfield’s 180 yards and two scores on 17-of-25 passing. He added 77 yards and one more touchdown on the

Pae, Lutter recruiting reps SGA leaders looking for people to fill their cabinet BRIANNA SIMS news reporter @briannana18

OU Student Government President and Vice President Daniel Pae and Michael Lutter are beginning to compile a representative team to help them serve their terms in SGA. The applications for Pae and Lutter’s cabinet are all online through OrgSync and will be due on Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m, according to Pae. “We’ll have a whole bunch of interviews during dead week, and we’ll make our final decisions the week before Christmas break,” Pae said. Pae and Lutter sat down and discussed the structure of their cabinet to ensure that it encompasses

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everyone on campus. “We’re going to have a Chief of Staff, an Executive Assistant, a L egislative Assistant, then four departments : Department of Interior that will focus on campus-wide issues ; a Department of Exterior that will focus on city and state issues, particularly with the sales tax that will be a big campaign in the spring; Department of Communications that will reach out to the student body; and finally, a Department of Inclusivity that will reach out to multicultural and minority groups to make sure they’re represented and to make sure SGA has diversity among the branches,” Pae said. Pae and Lutter said the applications are open to anyone and everyone who is willing to apply.

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Facilities budget steadily climbing Increase due to prices of power, heat, water, light

SEE RECRUITING PAGE 2 Daniel Pae and Michael Lutter speak at the peace rally on Nov. 20. The pair is creating a representative team to help them serve their terms in SGA.

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ground. Oklahoma’s primetime Bedlam victory was the third chapter in Mayfield’s recently-emerged Heisman campaign, pushed by everyone from fans to the OU athletic department on social media with the hashtag #Baker4Heisman since the Sooners’ 44-34 victory over Baylor Nov. 14.

The budget for OU Facilities Management has increased by over 42 percent since fiscal year 2010 and now totals more than $48 million. The biggest growth sector of the budget has been power, water, heat and light, which has increased by more than $10 million during that time frame. This increase is due to upgrades to the utility system, including Utility Plant #4, OU Press Secretary Corbin Wallace said in an email. Utility Plant #4, which also includes a water cooling component, costs

over $70 million, said Brian Ellis, director of Facilities Management. The 15 megawatt plant, which lies directly south of the construction site for the new residence halls, produces additional power for the university, complementing a preexisting plant that had been around since 1947. Utility Plant #4 was completed in the fall of 2011, Ellis said. Eventually, the new plant may fully replace the old one, Ellis said. “The intent is really to make Utility Plant #4 become the new central plant for the university,” Ellis said. The office of the director saw large increases between FY10 and FY12 before steadying. SEE BUDGET PAGE 2

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