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injunction issued by a Cleveland County district judge ordering OU to halt stadium renovations, meaning OU may continue them until the appeal process is finished.

ANDREW CLARK assistant news managing editor District Judge Thad Balkman is@Clarky_Tweets sued the injunction ordering OU Editor’s note: The story in this spot to stop renovations after a hearin Monday’s paper was outdated ing Oct. 23 amoung OU, Flintco and mistakenly placed. Below is the Inc., W&W Steel and Haas Metal updated version that was supposed Engineering Inc. The university to run. is appealing this injunction. Haas Metal Engineering Inc. is suing The Oklahoma Supreme Court the university and other parhas granted a stay of a temporary ties after it alleged the university

violated the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974, which says public contracts worth more than $50,000 must be awarded to the “lowest responsible bidder.” OU awarded the stadium construction contract to provide steel for the stadium renovations to W&W Steel, even though Balkman determined the plantiff as the “lowest responsible bidder.”

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Multiple arrests made at checkpoint Norman PD implement “No Refusal” campaign BRYCE MCELHANEY news reporter @bryce_mac

Brother Ross says it all If you walked by Dale Hall on Monday or Tuesday, there’s a large chance you were engulfed by a hypnotized crowd listening to a man shouting about sexual actions.

Pictured is Ross Jackson, also known as Brother Ross, who preached outside of Dale Hall on Tuesday evening.

Ross can spread his gospel on campus because OU is a public university where free speech is upheld.

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National group receives criticism Campus organization exists amid controversy JESSE POUND, news editor @jesserpound

At Autism Speaks U’s first meeting at OU in September, an attendee stood up and protested the organization, comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan, according to The Daily archives.

This is not the only criticism that is lobbed at Autism Speaks, which has come under fire at the national level for a supposed lack of inclusion of people with autism in the day to day operations of the organization and for trying to “cure” autism, rather than working to make

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people who have the disease more accepted in society.

In 2014, a group of advocate organizations for the disability community released a joint letter calling for people to end their support of Autism Speaks.

Cassandra Fluitt, a social sciences and organizational studies senior, first came up with idea of bringing an Autism Speaks U, a collegiate program under Autism Speaks, chapter to campus while she was running for Miss Asian OU as a sophomore, she said.

Fluitt, who has a sibling with autism, did not know about the criticism of the organization before she started the OU chapter, she said.

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Two people were arrested at a DUI checkpoint on Friday on Flood Avenue as part of the “No Refusal” campaign, where drivers were subjected to blood testing if they refused the state’s implied consent test.

Police drew driver’ blood after they refused the state’s implied consent test, said Sarah Jensen, Norman Police Department’s public safety information officer.

The state’s implied consent test is an Oklahoma law that requires drivers to undergo a test of their breath, blood, saliva or urine within two hours after being pulled over, and it cannot be refused without a penalty, according to a DUI laws website.

Jensen said a total of seven people were arrested – six for DUIs and one for possession of marijuana or drug paraphernalia and three for outstanding warrants. She said the amount of arrests should be attributed to the day of the week, not to it almost being Halloween.

“It was a Friday night, so I think any Friday night lends itself to … maybe consuming alcohol,” Jensen said. “Anytime we can arrest a drunk driver and get them off the street and prevent them from causing harm from themselves or anyone else, it’s a success in our regards.”

She said the police did not have certain expectations on how many people would be arrested.

“In a perfect world, we would catch no one drinking under the influence,” Jensen.

The campaign was considered a success, Jensen said, and is done for now.

“I think that more than anything, it gave a voice to raising awareness for the risks of driving while under the influence of alcohol. Ultimately our goal is to do campaigns like this (and) to not find anyone drinking under the influence,” she said.

For now, there are no plans for the campaign to take place again, Jensen said, though District Attorney Greg Mashburn spoke recently about making the campaign a standard in Cleveland, McClain and Garvin counties in the future.

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NEWS Students concerned with dorm elevators Housing & Food Services say not to worry over elevators’ safety ANNA MAYER news reporter @AnnaMay136

Concerns have arisen about the elevators in the OU residence halls, but Housing & Food Services says not to worry.

There are 4,782 freshmen who attend classes on OU’s Norman campus, according to OU Institutional Research and Reporting. Due to a policy that requires most of them to live on campus, a

large number of freshmen live in the residence halls.

Therefore, it is necessary that the dormitories always be well-maintained to assure student convenience and, more importantly, safety.

Yet recently, several students have been complaining about the upkeep of the elevators.

“As if living on the 12th floor of Walker doesn’t already come with struggles, students have to deal with the fickle elevators,” chemical engineering freshman Chyann Williams said. “Some days the elevator doors decide to take their time opening, which, from personal experience, is both annoying and scary. Additionally, certain

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elevators refuse to accept more than three floors at a time.”

O t h e r s t u d e n t s h av e voiced similar complaints.

“Everyday I go on the elevator, it seems like one of them is being worked on,” university college freshman Jamee Barwick said. “They are generally pretty slow, and when you try and push the button that indicates to close the door, it doesn’t work. A college student’s time is usually pretty cut throat, so it would be a huge help if the elevators became more efficient and reliable.”

Not counting the elevators at Headington Hall, there are a total of 19 elevators in residence halls on campus: Couch Center with five, Walker Center with five, Adams Center with eight and David L. Boren Hall with one.

“The department receives daily elevator reports, and it is important to us to address and correct each issue as quickly as possible,” said Amy Buchanan, director of marketing and communications of OU Housing and Food Services. “We know that students need all elevators in their centers running at full capacity.”

OU Facilities Management performs preventative maintenance on each elevator once a month, Buchanan said. This maintenance

includes visual inspections, testing and cleaning.

State law also requires that a third party inspector inspects all elevators annually. A separate safety test also is performed annually, Buchanan said.

Students and staff should be assured that the elevators are safe, Buchanan said. The department has begun elevator upgrades. New elevators were installed in Couch Center by 2013, and Walker upgrades were finished in 2014. Elevator replacements are currently in progress at Adams Center and are scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2016.

The elevators in Walker were replaced by a local company called American Elevator Co. The company replaced everything on the elevators, except for the doors, jams, cables, counterweights and rails, said Tony Fox, the company’s operations manager.

American Elevator Co. has a one year warranty on each of its elevators, which has already expired for OU’s elevators, Fox said. However, the elevators should last for approximately 30 years, he said.

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Invention helps babies crawl Researcher’s work allows children to gain experiences GARRETT WATTS News Reporter @gwattsthoughts

An OU Health Sciences Center researcher helped create a groundbreaking invention that was honored one of the 13 inventions showcased annually at the Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C. Thubi Kolobe, a physical therapist at the OU Health Sciences Center, and Peter Pidcoe, a former colleague of hers, created a skateboard-like device, called the Self-Initiated Prone Progressive Crawler, that allows babies with motor disabilities to move and develop the crucial brain developments necessary for proper movement later in life, according to the Smithsonian’s online article.

Babies with a motor disability diagnoses, like cerebral palsy, are often diagnosed late and subsequently, the intervention to address the diagnoses comes far too late, Kolobe said.

“We know that the most rapid time for growth for the (baby’s) brain is that period between two months and nine to 10 months,” Kolobe said. “The brain is forming connections very fast at that

time.”

If the brain connections, such as those necessary for movement, are not being stimulated and developed in that critical period, they will fall by the wayside and transform a struggling baby into an immobile adult, Kolobe said.

Kolobe and her colleagues developed a method of determining if the babies showed early signs of disability so that they could intervene during the crucial period of brain development, before it was too late.

Kolobe then had to ask herself what they could do to help children have experiences necessary for the brain development that would allow children to have unhindered movement once they grew up, she said.

Kolobe knew that crawling is a crucial aspect of babies’ development, as it helps them development cognitively, emotionally and in other capacities, she said.

Kolobe, Pidcoe and an engineer and physical therapist at Virginia Commonwealth University set out to create a device that could allow these babies to crawl and develop their brains. It was necessary for the device to distribute the weight of the baby’s body and allow them to then use their appendages to crawl about and stimulate their brains.

Eventually they came up

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with the crawler, which has been attracting attention and helping babies develop. The device is patented, and it is undergoing continued research and development, according to the Smithsonian article.

The pair hopes to develop a method of mass-producing the device at an affordable cost for parents and even seeks to create a mobile app that can be used to easily control the device, according to the Smithsonian article.

The Smithsonian and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examine the myriad patents filed in the U.S. to select the “top 13 patents that they think are most innovative and likely to influence human performance and

behavior for years to come,” Kolobe said.

Kolobe and her colleague were then invited to the Smithsonian’s Innovation Festival to showcase the device for two full days in Washington D.C. in late September alongside the other 12 inventions, Kolobe said. The lineup of the festival, which ran from Sept. 26 to 27, featured the work of universities and major corporations and agencies such as NASA, according to the Smithsonian’s website.

“We felt really privileged that we were one of three universities selected,” Kolobe said.

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Bring on No-Shave November OU police officers to refrain from shaving for a whole month TANNER OSBORNE news reporter

Officers at the OU Police Department will participate in “No-Shave November” to raise money for cancer research.

“No-Shave November” has become a country-wide tradition in which some men and women refrain from shaving for the whole month of November. The No-Shave website describes it as “a month-long journey during which participants forgo shaving and grooming in order to evoke conversation and raise cancer awareness.”

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“This was something we wanted to raise awareness about,” said Chan. “We want to show support for the research aimed towards combating cancer.”

“At the end of the month, we will pull everyone and vote for who has the best beard,” he continued.

There are also no plans for a mass shaving at the end of the month.

OUPD MAJ. BRUCE CHAN “I’m sure the officers will do their grooming at home, but if they want to get toThe site also explains that gathered by a designated gether in the locker room the concept behind “No- officer who will then deliv- and shave, that’s fine,” he Shave November” is any er it to the American Cancer said. person or persons involved Society at the end of the should show support of month, OUPD Maj. Bruce cancer awareness “embrac- Chan said. OUPD doesn’t Tanner Osborne Tannerosborne84@yahoo.com ing our hair, which many yet know how many officers cancer patients lose, and will participate, as some ofletting it grow wild and free.” ficers are still signing up to The money raised will be volunteer, he said.

“At the end of the month, we will pull everyone and vote for who has the best beard.”

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Taylor Bouska, pre-med freshman, takes the Couch elevators up to her dorm. Speculations about the safety of the elevators in the OU Residence Halls have recently arisen.

AUTISM: Continued from Page One “To be honest, I freaked out,” Fluitt said.

Jeb Robison, one of the few leaders in the national organization who has autism, resigned in 2013, wr iting that Su zanne Wright, one of the organization’s founders, “says things I would never say to people with autism and cannot in good conscience stand by.”

The organization has also suffered from internal rifts over the link between vaccines and autism, of which there is no strong scientific support.

Another criticism of the organization is that it takes money out of the local communities, said Julia Bascom, the deputy executive director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.

Even though Bob Wright, Suzanne’s husband and an original cofounder, has officially stepped down from his role as chairman of the board, the founders are still heavily involved with Autism Speaks, Bascom said.

“We haven’t seen any sort of change,” Bascom said.

O n N o v. 2 , A u t i s m Speaks announced that Suzanne Wright was taking a leave of absence from her position on the board of directors to focus on her fight with pancreatic cancer.

When she learned about the criticisms, Fluitt called the Autism Speaks student group at the University of California, Berkeley, and they told her to try to make clear the differences between her group and the controversial national entity, she said.

“We’re not the national organization,” Fluitt said.

“We’re not the founders.”

Fl u i tt sa i d s h e wa nt s Autism Speaks OU to make people with autism feel more welcome.

“I never wanted to bring this organization for people to think I’m trying to find a cure, (or that) I’m trying to not accept them for who they are,” Fluitt said.

Fluitt said members of Autism Speaks OU have tried to explain to their critics on campus about what their chapter stands for. One of the people who criticized the group at an earlier meeting ended up attending a later one, Fluitt said.

Autism Speaks U is heavily involved in the direction of OU’s chapter, Fluitt said. But, Fluitt said, Autism Speaks U is mostly autonomous from Autism Speaks.

However, Bascom said the university chapters serve as fundraising arms for the national organization.

There are few charities and groups that are completely free of criticism, Fluitt said.

“It’s hard to make a perfect organization and a perfect charity,” Fluitt said.

None of the executive members of OU’s chapter have autism, though several members have siblings with autism, Fluitt said.

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Band to visit OU again CLASSIFIEDS Siandhara Bonnet arahdnais@hotmail.com @SiandharaB

As the sun set, four performers took the stage — the only light was colored, obscuring the actual image of The Capital Why’s, one of the greatest alternative indie-rock bands I’ve ever heard.

After the band played at Campus Activities Council’s Boomerfest Oct. 15 — I was nothing short of blown away — I decided to look into this incredibly talented group.

T h e Ca p i t a l W hy ’s, a Tulsa-based group, is definitely worth the listen. Not only is its genre of music alternative and indie-rock — my type of music — it’s also meaningful. The lyrics aren’t just some words strung together in order to make money and sell records; it’s a story. Whether it’s “5AM� talking about fakeness and lost love or “She Can Dance� talking about betrayal, it sounds good. “We’re not a band that’s just out to get fans and play to people and what they want to hear and stuff like that,� Josh Wagner, the band’s rhythm guitar player, said. “We just kind of get together, play music that we like and play our own kind of style.�

The instrumentals,

although not what maybe The Rolling Stones would consider a professional sound, are certainly good; there is obviously some talent running through the band’s veins.

They aren’t particularly angry, and they aren’t particularly sad either. They truly fit the classic meaning of alternative and indie-rock.

Although they only have about 15 songs available to listen to on SoundCloud and Spotify, you’ll be wanting more. Each track has an easy beat to feel and keep in tune with that you can’t help but drum along. The songs vary in harshness, with “Cruel As Nature� and “Swam Into An Ocean� being two of the harshest, but the band also has more mellow songs such as “Cinderella Bomb-Shell.�

The drummer, Matthew Baker, knows what he’s doing. Even his sound check for Boomerfest sounded great.

Not only his, but Wagner, who played lead guitar for Boomerfest, began his sound check like any other player would, except for one difference: he played his chords flawlessly.

T h e b a s s p l a y e r, C J Fennell, was also very talented, keeping up with the spirit of frontman and lead vocals, Drake Walker, who easily took control of the stage and crowd by beginning with complementing the preceding acts and making jokes. “It took a while to get three members and record songs and like really get our name out there,� Walker said. “But overall it’s been really fun.

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Lead singer Drake Walker sings during Campus Activities Council’s Boomerfest on Oct. 15. Walker co-founded the band with drummer Matthew Baker.

Everyone should be a lead singer of a band in their life.�

The Capital Why’s was founded in 2013 when Walker and Baker were 15 years old, Baker said. “In the beginning, it was pretty difficult finding gigs and getting everything rolling and finding band members because it was just me and Matthew,� Walker said.

Since the beginning, as most bands, The Capital Why’s has gained and lost members but stayed with its current five for at least a year — the one member not at Boomerfest was lead guitarist Covey Tims. The band’s biggest difficulty, though, is that three of the members are still in high school. “Even just being able to play shows in bars — we

can’t really do because we’re not 21,� Wagner said, “so being able to book shows in different states or something like that is a little bit of a challenge because most places you can play are bars, and places that pay are bars, so it’s just hard to get into those venues.�

However, the band prevails, finding other ways to get its name out there. The Capital Why’s use Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and Facebook.

The band’s next performance will be 7 p.m. Friday at O’Connell’s on Campus Corner for Dad’s Day’s Papa-palooza.

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OU School of Music to present screening, lecture and performance As a part of the campus-wide Galileo’s World exhibit, the OU School of Music will present three events this week.

The first two events will be on Thursday and will include a screening of a TV program entitled “Culture Wars of Venice and the Birth of Public Opera� by Eugene Enrico, Reaugh professor of musicology.

Following the screening there will be a lecture over 17th century music and opera presented by Lyle Nordstrom, a guest artist who is a prominent American lute player.

Both the screening and the lecture will be held in the Pitman Recital Hall at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.

The final event of the series will be a performance of the opera “Orfeo� by Accademia Filarmonica. The opera will feature performances by prominent Oklahoma City area artists, OU students and professors. It will be performed Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall as a part of the Sutton Concert Series.

Tickets for the Sutton Concert Series are $9 for adults and $5 for students, faculty, staff and seniors.

Jessica Barber, A&E editor

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SPORTS Offensive line settling into offense

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Position group finding its form as the season goes on ANDREW CLARK

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The Oklahoma offensive line had a less-than-stellar performance against the Texas Longhorns on Oct. 10 in Dallas.

After netting only 67 rushing yards and surrendering six sacks, it decided to go back and start from scratch.

“We basically went back to the drawing board and just went back to the things we were doing before that,” freshman tackle Orlando Brown said. “I feel like we kind of got away from those things as a group up front mentally.”

Since then, the line has JOE BUETTNER/THE DAILY improved dramatically, and Oklahoma senior Ty Darlington looks up to the stands. The senior the stat books show it. The center helped Oklahoma to a 62-7 win over Big 12 foe Kansas on Oklahoma offense has avSaturday in Lawrence, Kansas. eraged just above 300 yards

rushing per game in the system a little bit more,” he three contests since falling said. “We’ve kind of found to its Red River rival. some of the things that our Brown said the improve- guys are starting to get good ment stems from the team’s at and (are) featuring those a performance at the line of little bit more. And with sucscrimmage. cess comes that confidence, “Whether we’re play- and it’s growing for these ing good or bad, running it guys right now. They’re good or bad, playing fast, I feel like it “We basically went they’re not starts with h e s i t at i n g , us up front,” back to the drawing they’re letBrown said. board and just went t i n g t h e i r “And I just hysical back to the things pabilities think the kind we were doing mentaliof take over, ty has been a n d t h a t ’s before that.” there.” normally ORLANDO BROWN, Oklahoma when they OFFENSIVE TACKLE offensive start playing coordinagood.” tor Lincoln This play R i l e y , w h i l e a d m i t t e d - not only eases the duties of ly never satisfied with the OU’s running back committeam’s performance in any tee, but also opens up opoffensive aspect, said he no- portunities for the air raid tices the confidence of the Riley has installed since the line skyrocketing. beginning.

“I just think guys have “Guys, like you saw last kind of settled into the week, they were trying to

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The Oklahoma secondary was one of the team’s biggest question marks heading into the 2015 season.

Coming off of a year in which the team finished ninth out of 10 teams in the Big 12 in pass defense, it was no guarantee that the unit would show improvement. However, through eight games this season, the Sooners’ defensive backfield has been one of their strengths. OU leads the conference in pass defense, allowing just 168.4 yards per game through the air and 10 passing touchdowns all season.

A big reason for that success has been junior corner Zack Sanchez, who recorded three interceptions through

the team’s first five games.

As the unquestioned leader in the secondary, it was no small loss when Sanchez was wheeled off the field in the first quarter against Texas Tech with a leg injury.

In his place though, junior cornerback, Dakota Austin has performed admirably.

The Lancaster, Texas, native has recorded one interception and 16 tackles in two games worth of action.

“Dakota’s done a great job.

Dakota’s been here a while, but he knows the defense inside and out,” sophomore cornerback Jordan Thomas said of Austin’s play.

Sophomore safety Steven Parker also had plenty of praise for the way Austin has filled the void left by Sanchez’s injury.

“It’s finally his time, so he’s actually getting the time to shine, and he’s doing his part,” Parker said. “So I mean he’s going out there, he’s having a good time, he’s getting a chance to play— getting the chance to make

plays. And he’s just doing a lot for us.”

Just because Sanchez has not been able to make plays for the Sooners doesn’t mean he hasn’t found other ways to contribute. He has been a vocal leader on the sideline, finding ways to help his squad without suiting up.

“Zack is helping us in a big way just by being our support system,” Parker said.

“Telling us what kind of routes that they like in this situation—just being a veteran player that he is.”

Sanchez’s player-coach role has even extended beyond his position group according to senior defensive end Charles Tapper.

“He’s even coaching the D-line, like ‘Come on guys get to the ball,’” Tapper said.

“He’s just being a great leader right now and just really focusing on trying to make everybody better.”

Coach Bob Stoops said Monday that Sanchez is doubtful for Saturday’s game

against Iowa State – but that doesn’t mean he won’t find a way to help.

“He could be selfish and say, ‘I’m just going to sit back and just try to do rehab on myself,’ but he’s being a great leader and a great teammate,” Tapper said, “and it’s like, ‘wow, Zack’s an amazing guy.’”

load the box and we were getting them pretty good through the air, and that’s just things that happen whenever your run game is so strong,” senior wide receiver Sterling Shepard said.

The Sooners will likely face a tougher defense on Nov. 7 against Iowa State than they faced against the winless Kansas Jayhawks.

The Cyclones blanked t h e L o ng h o r n s 2 4 - 0 o n Halloween, the same day Oklahoma eased its way through Kansas 62-7.

“We’re getting more confident at what we’re doing and those guys are having to think less, and so now they’re able to go play (physically),” Riley said.

“They’re playing more confidently, less (hesitantly), and in turn, we’re playing better.”

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