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Apartments not all up to code Caution needed when choosing apartments DAISY CREAGER news editor @daisycreager

After spending their freshman year living at home or in campus housing, many students live in apartment complexes near campus, but not all of these complexes are up to code.

Five apartment complexes around OU had six or more code complaints since 2009. The complex with the most complaints is The Commons at 1111 Oak Tree Ave. with 13, according to records from the Norman Code Compliance Unit.

However, only three of these complaints were found to be violations.

Complaints for these complexes included problems with electrical wiring, bed bugs and mechanical issues.

The complex with the most violations is West Oaks at 917 24th Ave. SW. with five. Five complexes near campus have not had complaints or violations since 2009, including OU Traditions Square, The Ave, Ashley Square, The Grove (now called Varsity House) and East Village.

Kelvin Winter, Norman Code Compliance supervisor, said code officers are assigned areas of the city where they patrol, looking for potential violations and responding to complaints. As complexes

age, there tends to be more violations, he said.

“Basically we look at it as a whole from the outside as we go in,” Winter said. “Is there holes in the siding, does it look like the building is in disrepair, does it need maintenance. We also look for inoperable vehicles in the parking lot, trash and debris, those kinds of issues.”

Winter said tenants who suspect a code violation or have a problem should report it to management first and give them time to fix the problem. Norman code compliance officers alerted to a complaint will check with management first.

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The Sooners have rolled over their last four opponents since a catastrophe in the Cotton Bowl, but a road matchup in Waco, Texas on Saturday awaits. A battle with the undefeated Baylor Bears will add clarity to the Big 12 and College Football Playoff picture.

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An OU alumnus and former student government leader was recognized for his contributions to and advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

Joe Sangirardi, a former student government president, was awarded the Horizon Award by Freedom Oklahoma, an LGBT advocacy organization.

Sangirardi won the award for co-founding the OU LGBT Alumni Association, a group dedicated to supporting the LGBT community after gradu at i o n , a c c o rd i n g t o T roy Stevenson, the executive director of Freedom Oklahoma.

Sangirardi said he helped develop the association after realizing there wasn’t an LGBT-specific scholarship for OU — there weren’t any in the state either.

“That kind of bothered me, and I realized that, much like there is much of a brain-drain in Oklahoma, we also have an LGBT-young-person drain,” he said, meaning many LGBT graduates would leave the state to find more inclusive places to work and live.

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Mosaic topics include ableism, masculinity Symposium open to any major or discipline BRYCE MCELHANEY news reporter @bryce_mac

Students will present social justice topics at the third annual Mosaic Social Justice Symposium event from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall.

K a s e y C a t l e t t , W o m e n ’s Outreach Center assistant director for LGBTQ and health programs, said this year’s event will

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have a different set of students presenting a different set of issues.

“Mosaic is only open to students of the University of Oklahoma to present, and they can be within any major or discipline that the university offers,” Catlett said.

The social justice issues will include environmental issues, racial issues and LGBTQ, he said. Once called “Sooner Mosaic,” the symposium dropped the “Sooner” from its name after criticism regarding inclusivity to Native Americans.

Last year’s topics discussed American habits, sweatshop dilemmas, sexual objectification

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“Last year we had about 20 presentations, and it’s in groups.

There (are) typically five presentations within a session … so audience members can go to different ones of their choosing,” Catlett said.

“This year it’s a mixture of things from topics on ableism to Native rights and representation.”

Other topics include sign language, masculinity and building inclusiveness within educational THANT AUNG/THE DAILY curriculum, Catlett said.

Then-music composition senior Charity Leah Kennedy addresses the audience during Sooner Mosaic in Wagner Hall on March 7. Sooner Mosaic gives interested SEE MOSAIC PAGE 2 students the opportunity to bring different voices and researches together.

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NEWS HORIZON: Continued from Page One “There needs to be a support network available to them — to encourage them to stay and fight the good fight,� Sangirardi said.

To d a y , S a n g i r a r d i i s fighting that battle in Washington, D.C., working at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. “It’s an organization that helps elect LGBT people to office around the country, for everything from city council to the U.S. Senate,� he said.

Sangirardi said when he was a student at OU, the campus seemed pretty positive toward the LGBT community, especially from a student organization perspective. “I thought that it was generally pretty accepting,�

Sangirardi said. “I was able to get elected to student body president without it being an issue.� “I was also able to help start a fraternity on campus my sophomore year of college,� he said. “I know there was a lot of hesitancy to begin with — that’s kind of the way things go. As soon as it’s established, people’s

expectations for LGBT people kind of starts to shift.�

Sangirardi said the LGBTQ lounge on campus is emblematic of the university’s respect and support for the LGBT students. “I would say that any current LGBT students at OU to just not get complacent and to realize there’s still a lot of work to be done,� Sangirardi said. “They’re in a very infused position in which they’re actually being empowered,� he said.

Freedom Oklahoma gives out a series of awards each year. The Horizon Award is traditionally given to a student or a recent graduate in the state, Stevenson said. “Last year, the student was from (the) University of Central Oklahoma. It’s been given to high school students even in the past and sometimes it’s graduates,� he said.

Stevenson said the award is given specifically to emerging leaders in the LGBT community.

Sangirardi said the event was great and focused on the last 20 years of the organization and paid homage to all of the key players. “In a lot of ways it was also kind of helping to invigorate people about where we’re going in the future,�

Sangirardi said. “There’s still

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Former student body president Joe Sangiardi sits on the steps of Carnegie Hall on Aug. 15, 2012.

Sangiardi was recognized for his contributions to and advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

“In a lot of ways it was also kind of helping to invigorate people about where we’re going in the future.�

in Oklahoma, even though I don’t currently live there,� he said.

Sangirardi said the LGBT Alumni Association is in the JOE SANGIRARDI, final stages for fundraising FORMER STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT the scholarship. “It will be used to supa lot of challenges our com- ourselves as a community.� port current LGBT students munity faces in Oklahoma.

Sangirardi said getting the who are interested in LGBT It was clear that there was a Horizon Award is a way for advocacy in Oklahoma,� he message that people need him to step up for the LGBT said. to stay engaged and that movement. there’s more work to be “To me personally, (it’s) to Bryce McElhaney done, and it’s not going to make sure I continue to do btmcelhaney@gmail.com happen if we don’t activate that and continue to invest

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The students presenting will have a wide range of experiences, Catlett said, including their separate fields of research at the university. “The idea of Mosaic is that it basically brings together the different identities of community and interest within our university system — that we’re not just a homogenous melting pot (and) that we’re very distinct in our identities,� he said.

Catlett said it’s one of the few events on campus that bring the whole campus community together.

The event’s keynote speaker will be Madison Witman. Catlett said he is not sure what direction Witman will travel with her speech but said the general topic will be about younger generations taking the reigns and moving forward with social justice issues. “It’s important to have that perspective, and Madison will have an interesting experience to share with everybody else,� he said.

Catlett said Mosaic is a way to explore the “distinct and fascinating pieces of who we are.�

Catlett said students need to register before attending.

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Varsity House is located at 3201 13th Pl. The apartment complex has not had any complaints or violations since 2009.

APARTMENT: Continued from Page One city, and the city finds out the management did not know there was a problem,� Winter said. “Most of the time the complexes are pretty responsive to work orders when they get complaints from their tenants.

The only time we need to get involved inside of the unit is when management is not responding and making repairs.�

Winter said when a complex is found in violation of a city code, the management and owner of the property are given notice of

the violation with a time period to fix it. If the violation is not addressed in time, the city can file charges in municipal court or abate the property.

When the property is abated, the Norman Code C o mp l i a n c e Un i t h i re s contractors to fix the problem and sends the bill to the complex management.

If they do not pay the bill within 30 days, a lien is put on the property.

Winter said generally the code compliance office abates properties rather than taking them to court because it takes care of the problem more quickly. However, the apartment complexes around campus have not had a problem

with that, Winter said. “Generally, as a whole ,they do a pretty good job of policing themselves, and we don’t have to do a whole lot,� Winter said.

Allison Norman, a senior majoring in Chinese, said when she was looking for her first apartment, she mainly considered price and where her friends lived, with minimal guidance from her parents or others on what to look for in a lease. “Price was a big thing. I just looked up relative prices in Norman,� Norman said. “I looked at furnished versus unfurnished — what the kitchen was like. Stuff like that.�

Although apartment

complexes around OU are responsive to problems, students should still look out for things like cracks in walls, unkept common areas and other possible problems, Winter said. “Look around, is the exterior in pretty good shape?�

Winter said. “On the inside check underneath the sinks, look for signs of water leaks.

Check the batteries on the smoke detectors — stuff like that to kind of give you an idea of how they’re keeping up with things.�

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Zack Sanchez: The ‘Candy Man’ Injured corner gives out gum to reward big plays SPENSER DAVIS football reporter @Davis_Spenser

Oklahoma’s 52-16 win over Iowa State didn’t receive much national attention, but at least one Sooner took notice of OU’s “exemplary play.”

“Ever since Zack (Sanchez) has been hurt, (bubble gum) has been his reward for everyone who has scored a touchdown or made a big play,” receiver Durron Neal said.

Sanchez didn’t play against the Cyclones due to an ankle injury, but he was active on the sidelines dispersing bubble gum for any play he thought was fit for a reward.

“That’s just Zack being Zack,” defensive tackle Matt Dimon said. “His demeanor off the field as far as motivating us and being there for us has just been really positive and something that we need.”

It’s also a way for Sanchez

“Zack’s trying to remain relevant while he’s hobbling around in his boot.”

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to stay involved while he’s on the sidelines.

“It keeps him tuned in with the game,” senior defensive end Charles Tapper said. “He’s paying attention at all times because he’s trying to hand out that next piece of bubble gum.”

Tapper was one of many Sooners whose play merited a piece of bubble gum and he admitted to getting motivation from the treat.

“It’s just like a sense of accomplishment that you made a big play,” Tapper added.

It may seem like a small thing — senior center Ty Darlington likened it to a bounty for kindergarteners — but cornerback Dakota Austin insisted there’s more to it.

“You’d be surprised by how hard people actually work for that gum,” Austin said. “It’s way more gratifying than you’d think.”

It also serves as a way for Sanchez to continue his leadership of the Sooners’ young secondary and the team as a whole.

“As soon as those young guys are off the field, he tells them if they made a wrong step or didn’t make the right play on the ball. He comes right to them and tells them (what they missed),” Tapper said. “And as soon as they make a good play, he’s handing them bubble gum, so he’s just building their confidence.” “ Z a c k ’s a n a m a z i n g

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Injured cornerback Zack Sanchez hands defensive end Charles Tapper a piece of gum after a defensive series at the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadim on Saturday. OU defeated Iowa State 52-16.

leader,” Tapper said. “He’s an amazing leader — to see him do these kinds of things, and he’s not on the field, but he’s fighting to get back.”

While most of Sanchez’s teammates enjoy the challenge of earning the gum, at least one player feels the deck is stacked against him.

“Zack’s trying to remain relevant while he’s hobbling around in his boot,” Darlington joked. “I was told

that if I get pancakes and (the offensive line) blocks well, I would get bubble gum. And I haven’t gotten any bubble gum, so apparently Zack doesn’t think very highly of me.”

Darlington was possibly one of the only Sooners to not receive any gum from Sanchez Saturday, which is a testament to the number of big plays the Sooners had.

Oklahoma posted at least

50 points for the fourth consecutive game and had four plays of at least 50 yards. The Sooners also forced a turnover and sacked Cyclones quarterback Joel Lanning four times.

B a k e r Ma y f i e l d , w h o passed for 342 yards and three scores, made sure to show his appreciation for Sanchez and might have given him a new nickname in the process.

“Zack’s our candy man,” Mayfield said.

The Sooners will now turn their focus to Baylor, a game where they hope to have Sanchez making an impact on the field. But if not, he’ll still find other ways to contribute as OU fights for a chance at the Big 12 title.

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The nine games — eight victories and a loss — already behind the Sooners (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) were the equivalent of preseason play.

Now that OU has put away the last of its exhibition opponents with a 52-16 drubbing of Iowa State, it’s time to focus on what really matters — a murderer’s row of No. 6 Baylor (8-0, 5-0 Big 12), No. 8 TCU (8-1, 5-1 Big 12) and No. 14 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) to close the season.

The Big 12 backloaded its conference schedule.

Until Saturday, none of the conference’s top four teams faced each other. But then we got a look at TCU and Oklahoma State for the teams they really are.

After OSU’s 49-29

Frogs, it’s clear the Cowboys and their daunting defense deserve to be taken seriously. TCU came into the game averaging 3.54 points per drive, third-most in the country.

Saturday they scored 1.7 points per drive, good enough for No. 96 nationally.

Baylor’s Thursday night game at Kansas State, in which it kept its record unblemished despite a Wildcat upset bid, provided a blueprint for beating the Bears.

OU’s Oct. 10 loss to Texas gets more and more confusing as the season rolls along.

Saturday night the Sooners rolled over Iowa State — a team just a week removed from beating the Longhorns — with little trouble.

It’s going to be hard for TCU to climb back into the national picture after a late loss, but dominating wins over Baylor and Oklahoma in a span of six days would go a long way in that battle.

There are four teams at the top of the Big 12 — two undefeated and two with a single loss. All are capable of scoring an immense

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Fans raise their hands during a kickoff at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadim on Saturday. OU will face ranked opponents Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma State to finish the season.

amount of points.

When it comes to defense, however, two teams have proved exceptional while the other two have proved mediocre.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State ranked first and second in scoring defense in the Big 12 heading into the weekend, respectively. On the other side of the ball, it’s the same story. Baylor and TCU are first and second in scoring offense.

No one knows exactly how the next three weeks are going to shake out in Big 12 country. It’d probably be best to consider Murphy’s Law. Anything that can happen will happen.

But the fact remains that right now, when it comes to the race for not just the conference, but a berth in the College Football Playoff, Oklahoma State has the best case of any Big 12 team.

ESPN GameDay to Waco Before the Sooners and Bears kick off Saturday night in Waco, Texas thousands will gather around ESPN’s College GameDay that morning. Here’s a look at each team’s history when GameDay rolls into town.

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The Sooners are GameDay veterans. Saturday will mark the 29th time Oklahoma has been featured in the Saturday morning spectacle, the fifth most among any team and the most among Big 12 teams. The Sooners are 19-9 in those games with an 8-2 record as the road team.

The Bears are still relatively new to the college football spotlight as they’ve only been featured by GameDay twice, once at home and once on the road. Baylor’s only time to host GameDay was successful as the No. 5 Bears beat No. 9 Kansas State 38-27 on Dec. 6, 2014 in McLane Stadium’s first year.

While they are used to the spotlight, the Sooners haven’t been showcased on GameDay since 2012 when Oklahoma lost 30-13 at home against No. 5 Notre Dame on Oct. 27.

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Saturday’s game-of-theweek showdown between Oklahoma and Baylor should be very telling as to who’s who in the Big 12, but nothing will be crystal clear until both teams face OSU in Stillwater — the Bears on Nov. 21 and the Sooners a week later.

The combined record of Oklahoma’s final three opponents is 25-1 — not exactly a cakewalk to a conference crown.

It’s a home-stretch reminiscent of 2000, when the Sooners defeated No. 11 Texas, No. 2 Kansas State and No. 1 Nebraska back-toback-to-back on the way to a national title.

Lightning never strikes the same place twice, right?

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Sophomore fullback Dimitri Flowers crosses the goal line for the first touchdown of the game against Iowa State on Saturday. Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley called a trick play on OU’s first snap.

“If we don’t have the guts to make a call like that, then it’s kind of hard to sit there and tell the kids to be aggressive if you’re not wanting to do that as a coach.�

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happy, but damn,� Dimon said.

On a more serious note, the defense took notice of the momentum boost it gave the team. “It’s big momentum when the offense can go out there and score fast,� cornerback Dakota Austin said. “When that can happen, it just starts to snowball.�

The play sparked the offense, which scored 21 points in the first quarter for the second week in a row.

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Darlington said. “It’s gonna be a slow-developing play.

It was one where coach Bedenbaugh told us we would have to protect for a long time, but if you protect, it’s a touchdown.�

Outside of the play’s effect on the score of the game, several Sooners noted that the play spoke to the kind of swagger and mentality the offense has right now after the team scored over 50 points for the fourth straight game. “That’s one thing I like about this offense and coach Riley,� wide receiver Durron Neal said. “He’s not afraid to take shots.� “That’s the glory about playing in this offense,� Neal said. “ Right off the bat that’s one of the plays that we’ve been working on all week and we ran it exactly like

(Riley) dialed it up.�

Da r l i ng t o n sa i d Ne a l about what it says about his team, which now heads to Waco, Texas, Saturday to take on the undefeated No. 6 Baylor Bears—a matchup that has already drawn national attention—College Gameday will be present for the showdown. “It didn’t just set the tone with us just scoring points.

It’s the mentality,� he said. “We came out with a reverse flea flicker touchdown pass but that just shows ‘we’re here’. That’s the mentality we have. We’re not coming out slow or conservative.� “We’re coming out gun-slinging. I love it,�

Darlington said.

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It’s as if offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley was standing on the sidelines holding an Xbox controller.

Baker Mayfield took the first snap of the game, and 13 seconds later the Sooners had a 7-3 lead.

Oklahoma pulled off a reverse flea flicker that resulted in a 75-yard touchdown pass to fullback Dimitri Flowers.

While it was just one of Oklahoma’s seven touchdowns on the game, it held plenty of importance — and was awfully bold. “I had no idea he was going to call that first play,�

Mayfield said after the game. “But hats off to him.�

Mayfield took the snap and handed it off to Samaje Perine, and then Perine ran to the right side where, right before being tackled — which would’ve blown up the play — he tossed it to Sterling Shepard who was coming left back towards Mayfield. Shepard then pitched the ball back to Mayfield, and from there it was nothing but green grass for the Sooners as the quarterback heaved a ball down the right sideline to a wideopen Dimitri Flowers.

Flowers caught the ball at midfield and easily took it the rest of way to give the Sooners a four-point advantage before the Cyclones could even figure out what had hit them.

While it took confidence for Riley to call a trick play on his teams’ first offensive possession, that’s what those types of plays are all about. “That was fun,� Riley said. “ You draw them up at times and then you get up enough guts to call them on the first (play) — it doesn’t always happen like that,�

Riley said.

In his mind, Riley sees it as doing his part in instilling confidence in his players. “You can’t be scared to take chances,� Riley said. “We’ve got confidence in these guys and that’s two weeks in a row that we’ve started off with a big play on the first play of the game.� “If we don’t have the guts to make a call like that, then it’s kind of hard to sit there and tell the kids to be aggressive if you’re not wanting to do that as a coach,� he said.

While the play developed just like the team hoped, not everyone on the Oklahoma sideline was happy about it — at least not completely. “I was more tired,� defensive tackle Matt Dimon said.

Dimon and the Sooners’ defense had just gotten off the field after forcing Iowa State to punt on its first drive and wouldn’t have a long break. “When they go one play and you’ve got to go back out there, it’s like ‘Damn!’ I’m

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Daily endorses SGA candidate Our view: The Daily

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endorses Daniel Pae for Student Government Association President.

After meeting with each of the three pairs of students running for SGA president and vice president, The Daily’s editorial board has chosen to endorse Daniel Pae and his running mate Michael Lutter for their tangible platform goals and experience with OU’s student government.

Of the three presidential candidates — the other two being chemical engineering and premed senior Isaac Hill and second-year human relations master’s student Julia Depew — Pae’s goals for the presidency were the most concrete and achievable.

While Hill and Depew’s platforms focused on important issues like making SGA leaders more accessible to students who may be less involved or connected on campus, we felt Pae’s platform included more specific goals.

Given fairly short SGA terms (and the general trend that SGA presidents often don’t end up serving a complete term), we appreciated

This year, registered student organizations will host polling booths to facilitate student voting.

Visit a polling booth on Nov. 10 and 11 at the following locations, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Cate Rock Garden Oklahoma Memorial Union The Bookmark or vote online at elections.ou.edu SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY

SGA presidential and vice-presidential candidates Daniel Pae and Michael Lutter pose for a photo. The Daily endorses Pae and Lutter for the SGA presidential elections due to their achievable goals and experience with the organization.

expressed an interest in the specificity in Pae’s better engaging with the platform. For example, student body, Pae and rather than sweeping Lutter plan to hold taclaims about helping students get more inbling events in the union where students can simvolved or changing the university’s culture, ply stop by to ask quesPae’s platform includes tions or voice concerns. changing the Each of the canuniversity’s didates expressed Our View is the majority dead week concern that stuopinion of policy to endents either don’t The Daily’s know about SGA sure that stusix-member dents are given editorial board or they feel their communities arample opportunity to preen’t being heard

by SGA, but Pae and pare for finals.

Lutter’s idea to meet stuPae (along with Hill) has plans to continue dents in a familiar, conSGA’s initiative to imvenient location to field their ideas and concerns plement a bike share seemed the most realisprogram on campus.

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Pae and Lutter were also the only running mates who both had prior SGA experience — Pae in the Undergraduate Student Congress and Lutter on SGA’s executive branch.

Depew, who attended OU Tulsa before this semester, said her lack of experience with SGA could play to her advantage. Because most students on campus don’t have experience with SGA, Depew said she would be able to better understand their concerns and would question why SGA

able to jump into action works the way it does. quickly, without having Hill, though involved to compensate for a lack around campus in orga- of knowledge about OU’s nizations like Campus student government.

Activities Council’s Finally, while we enCrew, the Black Student dorse Daniel Pae as the Association and Camp candidate we feel could Crimson, also lacks prior best serve OU, we are SGA experience. glad this race is contestWhile we appreciate ed, as it hasn’t been in the spirit of questionyears past. It’s in the stuing why things are done dent body’s best interest a certain way and not to have multiple candiaccepting the “because dates with different viewwe’ve always done it that points running against way” answer, too much each other — all of questioning and too little whom seem to genuinely understanding of how care about the university SGA works proceduralcommunity. We encourly could slow down the age students to vote for other candidates. Again, the candidate they feel given short terms, who- will best represent them ever is elected should be on Nov. 10 and 11.

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Professor influences students Acting instructor to commence 17th year of teaching CHLOE MOORES a&e reporter @chloemoores13

Acting professor and director Judith Pender is embarking on her 17th year at OU. Through her time at OU, Pender has witnessed many of her students enter the professional acting world.

“It’s a little piece of immortality — to feel like a little tiny kernel of you is continuing on,” she said of her students success.

Pender formerly taught at the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Florida and Truman State University before settling in for 17 years at OU. She is also a member of both the Screen Actors Guild and the Actors’ Equity Association and lived in New York for four years between earning her master of fine arts and doctorates.

Pender works 60-70 hours per week between acting, directing and teaching.

“It is a career/lifestyle choice. There’s not much time in my life when something dealing with theater is not on my mind,” she said.

Pender’s love of acting began after watching Ethel Merman on The Ed Sullivan Show and then imitating her performance for her parents as a young girl.

“I really liked that kind of attention ... so I started looked at other people I could imitate, and it kind of snowballed from there,” she said.

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Acting professor Judith Pender (middle) sits with her students in the Fine Arts Center Nov. 4. Pender is currently in her 17th year at OU.

As far as juggling the roles of both director and actress, Pender said she does not like going too long doing one without the other.

“When you act, it is your personal artistic journey, and it’s all about me — it’s for me,” Pender said. “When I’m directing it’s a bigger responsibility. I’m the final decision maker for everything. I am a better director because I act, and I know I’m a better actor because I’ve been on the other side.”

Senior acting major Tayler Daniels said he met Pender when he was an understudy in his high school’s production of “The Ride Down Mt.

“It is a career/lifestyle choice. There’s not much time in my life when something dealing with theatre is not on my mind.”

JUDITH PENDER, ACTING PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR

Morgan.” Pender was a clinician for the show.

“She gave the best notes I’ve ever seen, and she was v e r y m u c h a b o u t ma king sure we were honest,” Daniels said. “She didn’t treat us like high school students. I just sat there and stared at her. She was amazing. That’s the reason I came to OU ... I thought I have to come and work with that

professor.’”

Three years ago Daniels performed in “Middletown” a play by Will Eno that Pender directed. Daniels said “Middletown” initially confused the actors in the show because it’s very existentialist in style.

“Right before rehearsal started I said, ‘Doc Midge’ (her maiden name is ‘Midget’),” Daniels said, “’I

don’t have any idea of what I’m doing’, and she told me to calm down and that we got this, and we had our first read through. She’s just amazing. It’s crazy how talented that woman is.”

Junior acting major Suzy Weller said she was initially intimidated by Pender her freshman year but feels as though Pender has gotten to know her on a personal level.

“She has so much knowledge (and) vast experience, and you feel like she knows everything, but she doesn’t know everything,” Weller said. “She’s aware of that, and if she doesn’t know

how she wants to fix a problem. Yet, she will say ‘I don’t know, lets try this’, she’s willing to learn something new everyday, which I think she does,” Weller said.

“I’ve never been in a show directed by her, and I hope that happens senior year,” Weller said.

Weller said everything from analysis to picking the right words to say to an actor to get them to do something, Pender helps her understand how much work a good director has to put in.

A term acting students have learned from Pender is “feeding your souls.”

“It’s something new you try to do — something that makes you feel like you are living life right now. It can be anything from seeing the University Opera to trying a new restaurant — that influenced my decision to go to Italy next semester,” Weller said.

Pender said she will never stop acting and directing, and she hopes to direct her way through all of Shakespeare.

“Not everyone is going to be a movie star or the next Carol Burnett, but there is a way to live a life that makes you feel like you are making a contribution,” she said. “A life in which you continue to learn and grow as a human being. I think that’s important. You don’t have to be the 1 percent to be successful.”

Chloe Moores margaret.c.moores-1@ou.edu