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election ads fall short, rules violated OU Voiced concerns keep executive branch in check EmmA HAmBliN Campus Reporter
The UOSA Executive Branch was sent a notice for violating student government rules on advertising the offices of student election chairman and election board. The UOSA General Counsel released an opinion after a UOSA Graduate Student Senator pointed
out that the election legislation regarding the hiring of the election chairman and election board was not handled in a timely fashion. Senate Chairman James Cook brought the claims to the general counsel, which included the selection of the election chairman and poll locations by the deadline, the questioning of the election board members and whether the positions were advertised correctly. The counsel’s opinion stated even though election chairman legislation
was approved after deadl i n e, i t wa s d o n e s o by Undergraduate Student Congress and Senate, which implicitly waived the deadline, according to the opinion. The counsel also said the Senate knowingly waived its right to question the election board members. The only problem counsel found was that the UOSA Executive Branch violated the Code Annotated by not advertising the election positions to the full extent required by the code. Unless new facts come to
light that warrant further action as outlined under Title III of the code, the notice is as far as the counsel will take the measure at this time. It was brought to the Senate’s attention that the election legislation was not presented in a timely fashion, and this concerned some of the senators, Cook said. Presenting these concerns to the counsel was not so much a check on the student body president as it was on UOSA as a whole and ensuring that every OU student’s
right to a transparent election was met, Cook said. “The fact is, we’re going to have an election that has been approved by the General Counsel,” Cook said. However, any OU student has the right to file for an appeal to the counsel’s opinion, which means it would be taken to the Superior Court. UOSA President Joe Sangirardi said he realized a little too late all of the things see UOSA paGe 2
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Early voters flock to polling stations Number of votes cast early is up by 400 since 2008 ARiANNA PickARD Campus Reporter
A steady line of voters has crowded the Cleveland Cou nt y E l e c t i o n B oa rd Office for three days to vote early for this year’s election. An estimated 6,400 Cleveland County residents will have voted early in this year’s election, said Jim Williams, the executive secretary for the Cleveland County Election Board. This is more than the 6,000 early votes during the 2008 election, Williams said. This year’s early voters make up about 4.3 percent of Cleveland County’s 150,000 registered voters. “The line has remained continuous every day from open to close,” Williams said. Early voting began Friday, and the office was open
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Students to vote on 2 referendums, 1 question ARiANNA PickARD Campus Reporter
While students rush to polls to vote for the next U.S. president, they also have the chance to vote on three initiatives involving OU student government and student life. The UOSA fall elections take place during the same week every year, and many years they happen to fall on the same day as the presidential elections, as it did this year, said UOSA President Joe Sangirardi. At this year’s fall UOSA elections, students can vote on two referendums and one question, Sangirardi said. One referendum would change the name of the University of Oklahoma Student Association to the Student Government Association, and another would change the UOSA presidential term from a year starting in the spring to a year starting in the fall , Sangirardi said.
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Lowered tax cap slows rate of increase of revenue cHElSEy kRAfT
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Oklahomans will cast their votes Tuesday on a state question that would change the cap on increases of real property taxes for some property from 5 percent to 3 percent. The state constitution states the fair cash value of property cannot increase by more than 5 percent in any taxable year. If State Question 758 passes, the cap on property will decrease to 3 percent for some property, including homestead-exempted property and agricultural land. Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, said he supports this measure. Because property taxes are a rare area in public policy where homeowners receive a tax increase without being able to vote on the increase, he said he has seen homeowners in his district frustrated by rising property taxation levels. This is especially true for senior citizens, who often are on a fixed income, Murphey said. If the measure passes, property owners should not see their property taxes double for about 25 years, he said.
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Opponents of the measure say voting for this measure will deprive public school districts and other common education entities of revenue. Steven Crawford, executive director of the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration, said the council opposes the measure because it will negatively impact the revenue stream for public education. “The real issue is taking money away from school districts that are already struggling to make ends meet based on the last recession,” Crawford said. Murphey said this is not the case. “It is not taking out revenue from any entities,” Murphey said. “It is simply slowing the rate of increase of revenue, not lowering taxation — just the cap — so that taxes don’t increase more than the rate of inflation.” However, the Oklahoma Tax Commission estimates the state question would have a $6.5 million statewide fiscal impact, according to the school administration council’s website. Public schools would lose $4.225 million in growth revenue, according to the website. A lowered cap would impact other entities as well, such as county government, Crawford said. see SQ paGe 2 & 3
will be held in oklahoma memorial union’s meachum auditorium from Watch parties 8 to 11:30 p.m. there will be free pizza, games take place all and trivia according to over campus the event page. students are encouraged to wear a students and faculty patriotic costume or their of all affiliations are ou Votes shirt. coming together tonight there will be a watch to host election watch parties. so if you’re look- party in the library of the Joe c. and carole Kerr ing for the best spot to mcclendon Honors college watch the votes add up, at 6 p.m. here are some on-camthere will be a watch pus options. party in the cate main ou’s young democrats social lounge at 6:30 p.m. is hosting their election to midnight. there will be watch party at seven47 on campus corner, said free papa John’s, Raising cane’s chicken and delivsam peyton, the orgaeries from Housing and nization’s president. Food services. this event will last from the society for 7 p.m. to midnight and professional Journalists is will be held on the upper hosting its watch party at 7 patio with three tVs, p.m. in Gaylord Hall’s Hall food and drinks. you of Fame Room. Free food can find information and drinks will be provided. regarding this event on Staff Reports Facebook. the uosa watch party
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voters: Unexpected lines delay early voters Continued from page 1 through Saturday to accommodate the 3,600 votes over the two days, Williams said. The election board also has mailed out more than 6,000 absentee ballots, Williams said. Wednesday was the deadline to request a mail ballot, and the board has been getting about 200 returned voter ballots per day since Friday. There are no special procedures or advance notice required for early voting, Williams said. Registered voters only have to bring their IDs to the Election Board Office and fill out a short form to vote early. The main reason people might want to vote early is to avoid lines at their polling locations during election day, Williams said. Unfortunately, early voters may have found themselves in line longer than they expected for early voting. Multidisciplinary studies senior Samantha Carper said she had planned on voting early until a co-worker told her the wait time was nearly two and a half hours. Because she thought the
Today around campus Reference assistance will be provided by OU Libraries from 10 a.m. to noon in Gould Hall, Room 275 and 2 to 4 p.m. in Adams Hall, Room 110. A gallery talk titled “Living Cultures” will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Photography Gallery. Heather Ahtone will lead a tour about the key visual elements about Native American cultural dynamics. A Student Success Series seminar titled “Finding an Internship” will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 245. A voice master class led by opera mezzosoprano Marilyn Horne will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall.
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wait time would be shorter, Carper said she decided to wait to vote on Election Day when she could allot more time to wait in line. There are 95 polling locations in Cleveland county for this year’s elections, according to the Cleveland County Election Board website.
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that Congress had included in its election regulations — that chalking had to be done and posters had to be hung by a certain date. In order for chalking and hanging posters to have been done exactly when they were supposed to, it would have invalidated all of the interviews that already had been conducted and the process for assembling an election board would have had to
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be completely redone. This would have meant the elections would be postponed and rescheduled for a later date, Sangirardi said. “Honestly, I have laboriously worked this year to be open,” Sangirardi said. If anyone has had a problem, communication has been a high priority so the situation could be fixed as soon as possible, Sangirardi said. As UOSA president, Sangirardi is responsible for appointing an election
chair — Cole Jackson — who must be confirmed by Undergraduate Student Congress and Graduate Student Senate. The election chair must then conduct interviews for the election board. Once the election chair has chosen the election board, legislation is put forward to confirm them. If someone comes forward and says the election board hasn’t been assembled properly, then the counsel has to take over, Sangirardi said. But, the counsel decided
not to take control of the elections, and everything should proceed as intended Tuesday. Despite all of the confusion, Sangirardi said he is excited for the elections. “I encourage everyone to go out and vote,” Sangirardi said.
allowing for lower bids, according to the League of Women Voters voting guide. Opponents, however, believe that in states that have banned affirmative action, minorities and women have seen reductions in hiring for managerial positions, construction awards, and admissions to graduate schools, according to the guide. “We are very much against this and are recommending a no vote on State Question 759,” said Wallace Collins, the Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman. “We believe that affirmative action means equal opportunity, while the Republicans see it as quotas.”
Collins said Republicans in the legislature already have eliminated committees and commissions that give minorities a voice, such as the Native American Affairs Committee and the Human Rights Commission, and that one effect this strain on minorities would lead to a lessening of the general standard of living for Oklahomans. “They were careful with the wording in the phravse not giving preferential treatment.” Collins said. This means that it could extend to veterans and the elderly he said. “If you read the law the only segment of society that gets preference is veterans.” Political science junior
Kenneth Meador said he opposes the state question because there still are income and college education disparities between whites and minorities, as well as disparities between the genders. “There will be a time when [getting rid of affirmative action] is necessary,” Meador said. “But it has the potential of getting rid of the Veterans preference in employment, which could be an unintended consequence of this legislation.” The Oklahoma Republican Party could not be reached at the time of this publication.
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It’s finally time — vote today your vote has the most impact. Be educated. It doesn’t help anybody to vote Today is the day. just for the sake of voting. The point is to make an Today, you have a chance to take part in every informed vote for the best candidates and referlevel of representative democracy available to you endums. A quick Google search will help you find — from the university elections to the national races. a sample ballot for your precinct and information Today, you can help determine the future of UOSA, about state and local races. You can find our past Norman, Oklahoma and the entire country. editorials detailing all of today’s races at OUDaily. We cannot stress often or emphatically enough com/opinion. what an awesome power this is. This choice is more Forget the president. Yes, it’s the race with the than a civic duty; it is a significant privilege. widest impact and the one with the clearest stakes. But, as we all know, with great power comes great It’s also likely all you’ve heard about for weeks. responsibility. It’s easy to become disenchanted with And it’s worth your careful vote. But it’s not where the entire system when it feels like your vote doesn’t your vote truly has an impact. Focus on the state matter, like your choice won’t effect the outcome and local races if you want to see your vote matter or like few people (maybe yourself included) really and have a real impact on your community. understand the issues they’re voting on. But you can Think local — like on the South Oval. Though fight this disenchantment. student leaders barely have mentioned it, UOSA Some criticisms of the American is in fact holding elections today and Wednesday. democratic system are valid, of You can vote in various polling locations acoss The Our View course. The Electoral College syscampus and at elections.ou.edu. is the majority opinion of tem reduces the impact of indiDon’t stop at voting. When the election is over, The Daily’s vidual votes in non-swing states. don’t forget about these important issues that nine-member Many citizens vote straight party have so divided the country and your community editorial board — or even go into the booth with no for the last few months. As important as it is, voting knowledge about some races. And is just one small action you can take to make this there’s a strong feeling that no matter which party university, this state and this country better. takes office, the political system will remain largely So, Wednesday morning, be ready to wake up unchanged. and take another small step toward real change. None of that means you get a free pass today. There are some simple steps you can take to ensure Comment on this on OUDaily.com
There is a referendum on the ballot today and Wednesday asking members of University of Oklahoma Student Association — the student body — to change its name to the Student Government Association. You should vote against this proposal for three reasons: unnecessary cost, limited benefits and a misleading message. Many of those in favor of the proposal say chang“UOSA is a group to ing the name will not cost which every student students because necesbelongs. By its sary expenses will be taken a pre-existing adverinclusive nature it from tising budget. This notion is is responsible for misguided because the cost associated with this decigovernance.” sion is whatever that money could have been spent on, such as familiarizing students with UOSA. The benefits of a name change are nearly nonexistent. The opposition claims that the new name will make UOSA more visible and accessible — that students aren’t involved in student government because they don’t know what UOSA is. In reality, students don’t know what UOSA is because they don’t care, not the other way around. Interested students already know what it is. A Google search of “OU student government” will tell you why. The proposed name mislabels what UOSA is. UOSA is a group to which every student belongs. By its inclusive nature, it is responsible for governance. The proposed name change suggests an organization only for students interested in governing. Maintain the idea of UOSA as a society of all that governs, not a group that governs all. Tyrus Ernst, economics and letters junior
AT A GLANCE Other than Student Congress and other representatives, what’s on the UOSA ballot today? UOSA President and Vice President Term Student Government Association Referendum Referendum This proposal would move the UOSA presidential election to the fall. Supporters argued this change would give UOSA presidents more time to prepare and gather a cabinet, without the void of summer. But electing the president in the fall would mean the term would begin in the spring. This would put UOSA on a different calendar than other students and, most importantly, other student groups. This would make it more difficult for students to work with UOSA. You can read the full text of our original editorial on this issue at OUDaily.com.
“Shall the ‘University of Oklahoma Student Association’ (UOSA) adopt ‘Student Government Association’ (SGA) as its new name?” This change was proposed to make the purpose of UOSA more clear. This will help in UOSA efforts to reach out to students and get them more involved, as well as making it easier for the organization to work with other student governments across the country. It will bring UOSA in-line with other such groups in the Big 12 and elsewhere. These benefits are well worth any costs accrued — especially if UOSA takes this opportunity to help more students understand its role on campus.
Huston Huffman Renovation Question “Would you support an expansion of the Huston Huffman Fitness Center using funds accrued over time from the Student Activity Fee?” It’s our job to closely follow UOSA’s activities and what will be on the ballot each semester, and even we don’t know enough about this proposal to come to a decision. Though students have no way of knowing, this proposal would use bond funds already set aside to accomplish unspecified expansions to the fitness center. But how much will the expansion cost? What will it entail? And what other options are there for using this funding? UOSA failed to advertise this election and give students the information necessary for an informed decision.
Campus State Question 762
Parol delays cost Oklahoma millions of dollars Rachel Terry
For The Oklahoma Daily
Oklahomans will have the opportunity to decide whether to remove the governor from the state’s pardon and parole process Tuesday with State Question 762. The current process of the Pardon and Parole Board requires the signature of the governor for approval of a person’s parole. Oklahoma is the only state in the nation that still involves the governor in the parole process. “It’s an inefficient, costly, time-consuming process that takes the governor’s time away from other issues and eats up resources that could be used for fighting crime,” said House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee. Approving SQ 762 could save taxpayers millions of dollars, which could be invested in initiatives to prevent crime, Steele said. “A 2 0 0 7 a u d i t o f t h e Department of Corrections found that millions of dollars are lost every year to parole delays caused by requiring the governor to review each and every nonviolent parole,” Steele said. Because the overwhelming majority of these nonviolent offenders are released, the money could be better spent elsewhere, Steele said.
Those opposed to SQ 762 — including Gov. Mary Fallin and Norman District Attorney Greg Mashburn — say it would remove the parole board’s accountability. Taking the governor out of the process would take away the accountability of the system, Mashburn said in an interview with The Norman Transcript. Fallin said she still agrees with the concept of the bill but has some concerns because it would not take into account the offender’s past crimes, which may be violent, according to a story in The Durant Daily Democrat. Fallin said that while she has been in office, she has denied parole for 437 offenders who likely would have been granted parole by the board. Steele said the parole process would not be any different than it is in other states. “The parole board would be the check and balance, just as it is in 49 other states,” he said. “For a nonviolent offender, everything would work just like it does today — only the governor wouldn’t have to sign off on the parole once the board has made its decision.” Steele said the governor will always have a say in parole board operations, as it is part of the executive branch and its board members are appointed by the governor.
State Question 764
State government would refurbish drinking water Zac Smith
For The Oklahoma Daily
Oklahomans will vote Tuesday on a measure that would allow the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to issue more bonds in order to fund the improvement of local water systems. If approved, State Question 764 would amend the state constitution to permit the Oklahoma Water Resources Board the ability to issue an addtional $300 million in general obligation bonds. These bonds would create a reserve fund in order to buffer against defaults on loans issued by the board to local governments. This would allow local governments around the state to expand and refurbish their
drinking water and sewage systems, according to an Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce report. The costs of expanding and maintaining Oklahoma’s drinking water and sewage systems probably will exceed $80 billion over the next 50 years, said Fred S. Morgan, president and chief operating officer of the chamber, in a press release. The measure also is supported by the Oklahoma Mu n i c i p a l L e a g u e , t h e O k l a h o m a R u r a l Wa t e r Association and Oklahoma Farm Bureau, according to chamber documents. The board has issued more than $2.5 billion in these types of loans since 1985 and has experienced only a handful of defaults, according to the report. This program has saved taxpayers more than $900 million, according to Yes on 764, an Oklahoma City-based advocacy group associated with the chamber that supports the
State Question 765
Recent lawsuits against DHS led to proposed restructuring Alexa Youssef
For The Oklahoma Daily
Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to grant the state legislature authority over the Department of Human Services. State Question 765 would abolish the nine-member commission of the DHS — Oklahoma’s largest state
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bill. This history of stability demonstrates that the risk of expanding the board’s bond program is insignificant, said Joe Freeman, chief of the board’s Financial Assistance Division. Taxpayers will incur extra cost if a loan recipient defaults and the board simultaneously exhausts its other funding, which never has happened, Freeman said. The drinking water project costs are expected to rise by $8.2 billion, and wastewater project costs are expected to rise by $12.7 billion, according to Yes on 764. Approximately $20.9 billion in additional costs will fall on local communities if the measure is not passed, according
agency — and replace it with four advisory boards that were approved in the last legislative session. It would give the governor the authority to hire and fire the director of the DHS, and the legislature would have the ability to pass laws that would be enforced by the DHS. As Tuesday approaches, Rep. Jason Nelson, R-Oklahoma City, said he wants to make clear that if SQ 765 passes, DHS is not going to be abolished; however, the way it is being governed — without accountability to anyone — will be gone. “The constitution says the entire operation of the Department of Human The Oklahoma Daily is a public forum, the University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice and an entirely student-run publication.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012 •
Sports
OUDaily.com ›› After beating Iowa State, 35-20, on Saturday, the Sooners held their weekly press conference leading up to a game against Baylor this weekend.
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Kedric Kitchens, sports editor Dillon Phillips, assistant editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports
Football
Oklahoma looks to ground Bears Defense needs to slow powerful Baylor pass offense
BY THE NUMBERS Baylor offense
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Just b e caus e Baylor no longer has Heismanwinning quarterback Robert Griffin III, don’t think the Bears have lost any of their punch offensively. They still have plenty of firepower. “The system is the same,” senior cornerback Demontre Hurst said. “They can put it in the air, and their quarterback can run just like RGIII did.” “We just have to be on our high-horse and defend the passes and try to get the quarterback out of his comfor t zone and star t making him throw some bad passes.” Despite losing Griffin to the NFL, Baylor boasts the nation’s top-ranked total offense and sixth-ranked scoring offense, averaging 581 yards and almost 44 points per game. “They put a lot of pressure o n y o u r s e c o n d a r y ,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “They make you defend the field as well as anybody.” And a large part of the Bears’ offensive production can be attributed to senior receiver Terrance Williams, who leads the country in receiving. “He’s probably one of the best receivers in the whole nation,” Hurst said. “(I’ve) been watching him on film lately now, and he’s a good player. I can’t wait to get a
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Juniors, cornerback Aaron Colvin (14) and safety Tony Jefferson (1) team up to take down Kansas redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Cummings (14). Colvin and Jefferson will lead the OU secondary against Baylor’s potent passing offense.
“Back in two-a-days, I used to watch the Baylor game every day. I know what happened. I lost my spot after this one.”
passes for passes for 1,340 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 18.9 yards per catch. Against West Virginia earlier this season, he had 314 yards receiving on 17 catches, including a pair of touchdowns. Javon Harris, senior safety “The challenge is going to be there for me — slowing chance to go against him him down, kind of getting him out of his comfort zone and go against him a lot.” Williams has caught 71 and trying to get the other
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OU looks to erase mistakes in second exhibition game Sooners outscored opponents by 65 points in first contest Kedric Kitchens Sports Editor
The Oklahoma women’s basketball team looks to shore up the last of its weaknesses when it plays its final exhibition against Henderson State at 7 tonight at Lloyd Noble Center. OU shined in its first exhibition, beating Oklahoma Christian, 118-53, on Thursday. The Sooners were led by juniors center Nicole Griffin and guard Morgan Hook, who scored 23 and 18 points, respectively. The Sooners also got solid performances off their bench from their three newcomers: ju n i o r c o l l e g e t ra n s f e r forward Portia Durrett scored 16 points and freshman guards Maddie Manning and Nicole Kornet added a combined 23 points. “I think I shot it fairly well in the beginning,” Kornet said. “I had a lot of fun just being out there with the girls and finally playing.” The biggest, perhaps only, mistake made by Oklahoma in the contest was losing 22 turnovers, something coach Sherri Coale said she was not happy about. “I don’t like those 22 turnovers, that’s the big thing,” Coale said. Eight of the 22 turnovers came from Manning and Kornet, who at times, were sped up by their defenders and too out of control, Coale said. Both players, however, said they knew what mistakes they made and could, and have, addressed them in practice. “I think [turnovers] have to do with me squaring up to the basket and looking at what
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Junior center Nicole Griffin (4) shoots over an Oklahoma Christian defender in OU’s 118-53 win Thursday. Griffin scored 23 points in the game to lead the Sooners.
AT A GLANCE Leading scorers Nicole Griffin: 23 points Morgan Hook: 18 points Portia Durrett: 16 points Source: SoonerSports.com
I have before I just put my head down and go,” Manning said. “So we’ve been working on that in practice and continue to watch film with the coaches and learn the pace of the game.” Kornet said they are easily fixable mistakes. “[All the mistakes of the game] are fixable things,” Kornet said. “We’ve worked on them in practice, and I think I’ll be alright.” But Coale said the Sooners played well in all 40 minutes, something that surprised her players more than it surprised her. “I think our guys learned
that we can play harder, longer than we thought we could,” Coale said. “It’s always a surprise to players. It’s funny, because coaches know that they sometimes have much greater ability than they think they do.” The Division II Henderson St a t e R e d d i e s p o s t e d a 14-13 record last season and are lead by senior guards Sheay Longstaff and Krystal Beachum, who scored 8.8 and 8.1 points last season, respectively. The two teams are meeting for the first time since 2007, a game that saw former Sooner stars Danielle Robinson and Carlee Roethlisberger make their collegiate debut. The Sooners will open their season officially with a contest against Creghton at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Omaha, Neb. Kedric Kitchens kitchens_kedric@ou.edu
guys (in the secondary) to make plays also,” Hurst said. “So it’s a big game for both of us.” Griffin’s re- Nick placement — Florence senior quarterback Nick Florence — is no slouch either. H e ’s t h e N o. 3 q u a rterback in the country in
terms of passing yards with 3,019, and he leads the nation with an average of 377 yards per game — 40 more than Griffin averaged during his Heisman campaign last season. With or without RGIII, coach Art Briles’ system has proven it can put up big numbers. “They can really isolate you and put you on an island,” Stoops said. “You’re
going to have to play great technique, and our coverage is going to have to be better than it’s been really all year.” After last year’s defensive meltdown in a 45-38 loss, the Sooners’ defense is more motivated than ever to shutdown Baylor. “Back in two-a-days, I used to watch the Baylor game every day,” senior safety Javon Harris said. “I know what happened. I lost my spot after this one. For me to come back where I’m at now and go into this game and prove people wrong, I’m really confident to go into this game.” Dillon Phillips dphillips85@ou.edu
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LIFE&ARTS
Carmen Forman, life & arts editor Westlee Parsons, assistant editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts
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Student shows ogre layers in musical A School of Musical Theatre student takes off year to let his freak flag fly Erica Laub
Life & Arts Reporter
Perry Sook, musical theater senior, is getting a jump-start on his stage acting career by going on tour with Dreamworks’ “Shrek The Musical” and starring in the show. “Shrek The Musical” is the fairy tale of how an unseemly ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a villain with a short temper and more than a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for an ogre of a hero. Sook has been involved in numerous shows at OU and other venues, including “Oliver,” “Legally Blonde” and “Oklahoma!” “From that training, I was very lucky to get summer employment at very reputable theaters after both my freshman and sophomore years.” Sook said. Connections from other shows helped Sook land the role. “Someone who I was working with over the summer was [cast] in the show,” Sook said. “I sent in my headshot and resumé and eventually asked to try out.” “It’s a battle After a round of callbacks balancing this figure with 50 other people, Sook that everyone knows made it to a callback with one other person. He got the and putting your job a week later. own spin on it.” “ P e r r y ’s s u c c e s s i s a combination of talent Perry sook, a n d t i m i n g ,” s a i d Pa u l musical theater senior Christman, director of OU’s Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre. “It’s an excellent opportunity for him to take on a lead role, tour the country and represent the OU School of Musical Theatre.” While Sook was pleasantly surprised he got the role, he also faced a lot of rejection to get there. “At any time you audition for a show, you are going to get turned down 90 times out of 100,” Sook said. “You’re never expecting to get it … you don’t ever expect anything to come of it because most of the time it won’t. It was such a surprise.” Sook explained he always has loved music but didn’t know he would be able to do it as a way to make a living. “I’ve been doing theater for as long as I can remember … I did my first show when I was 4 years old and have been doing it ever since,” Sook said. “I wasn’t always sure I wanted to do it as a career, but I always had fun with it … I had great high school teachers who pushed me in the right direction. Luckily, I got accepted into the OU School of Musical Theatre.”
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Musical theater senior Perry Sook takes on the iconic role of Shrek in “Shrek The Musical” in Alaska while taking off a year of school to pursue acting.
With only 13 days of rehearsals, it was time to begin running the show — something to which Sook had to learn to adjust. “It was a very abbreviated rehearsal process,” Sook said. “We rehearsed for nine days in New York and flew to Anchorage, Ala. Three days later, we opened. It was a huge change for me because I was used to getting at least a month and a half to rehearse for college shows.” Sook undergoes a complete transformation to play Shrek. “It’s the best,” Sook said. “First of all, it’s a total body transformation. Makeup is an hour and a half process. As far as physically goes, you’re unrecognizable from the chin up.” Sook dons a fat suit and morphs into the green ogre. “Mentally, you’re playing an icon, and everyone knows
who you are,” Sook said. “Playing Shrek is a lot of responsibility because people know who he is and what he is supposed to act like. It’s a battle balancing this figure that everyone knows and putting your own spin on it, making it your own performance.” Even with the show running until next summer, Sook still plans to graduate from OU. I’m getting paid to tell a story and bring enjoyment to other people,” he said. “I don’t really think of it as a job because I am doing what I love. When people are screaming and laughing, it’s a remarkable feeling. I can’t consider it work.” Erica Laub, ericalaub@ou.edu
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