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Senior wide receiver Dede Westbrook celebrates in the end zone during the second quarter of the Bedlam game Saturday. The Sooners won the game 38-20 and are back-to-back Big 12 champions.
STILL THE CHAMPS
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i t h t w o e a r l y l o s ses squashing playoff dreams and an injury list that seemed to grow by a starter per week, Oklahoma was on the ropes. Beaten, bruised and backed into a corner, the Sooners looked up and still had nine rounds left in the season and a Big 12 championship up for grabs. So they started swinging. “We’ve been through a lot this year,” linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo said. “We keep fighting. That’s like the M.O. of this team, you know. We’re fighters. We want a dog fight every week. Before the games we watch boxing videos, we watch stories. That’s how we see it. We’re ready to go into a slug match with anybody. That’s not what we want to do, but if need be we’re ready. We’re going to swing until somebody falls.” In a microcosm of its season, No. 9 Oklahoma (10-2, 9-0 Big 12) overcame a slow start to knockout No. 10 Oklahoma State, 38-20. The Cowboys (9-3, 7-2 Big 12) couldn’t hold up against a team whose coach had decided to motivate his players with
JESSE POUND • @JESSERPOUND boxing classics, showing them videos of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard before games. “Bob’s message through all that is it’s a personal battle, oneon-one,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “We feel like we have 15 series a game. You better fight each one of them. If you win more than you lose, you’re usually going to win the fight. And that was kind of the message behind all that.” The win sends the Sooners to the Sugar Bowl — a New Year’s celebration in New Orleans that seemed so distant when the team was 1-2. “I’m just really proud of this group — to endure what we’ve had to endure all year, for everybody to tell you everything we’re not,” Mike Stoops said. “But we are Big 12 Champs again, so that’s for all the naysayers or whatnot. This was a challenging year for a lot of different reasons that people will never understand, but our kids, I couldn’t be more proud of them to overcome all of that and do it in the fashion they did. All the credit goes to them.” The Sooners lost star wide
receiver Dede Westbrook to a concussion in the second quarter, but they absorbed that blow like all the others, scoring touchdowns on three straight drives to
“I’m just really proud of this group — to endure what we’ve had to endure all year, for everybody to tell you everything we’re not. But we are Big 12 Champs again, so that’s for all the naysayers or whatnot.” MIKE STOOPS, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
separate from the Cowboys. “That’s just our mentality as a team,” wide receiver Geno Lewis said. “No matter how the fight’s going, if it’s going back and forth,
we’ve just got to keep fighting until the end, and we prevailed in the end.” It was Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops’ 10th conference title in 18 years, but he said this one was his most gratifying. The team that stumbled early became the first Big 12 team to go 9-0 in conference play. The Sooners’ defense had been a target for criticism all year, allowing big rallies and career days for opposing quarterbacks early in the season. But after bottoming out against Texas Tech, Oklahoma picked themselves up off the mat, improving week by week until it held Cowboy quarterback Mason Rudolph to 186 yards on 11-25 passing. “For us to overcome so many things that we’ve had to overcome that the normal person wouldn’t understand, and everybody just constantly berates you and belittles you, and it’s hard ,and our players didn’t say anything,” Mike Stoops said. “They just stayed with it, and we know we’re capable of playing better. Like I said, this has been a challenging year, and I just think it makes it feel that much sweeter
to have that kind of vindication on your home field against our rivals and to out-play them in a lot of ways, that’s what it’s all about.” The final bell brought elation — and a turn to the future. Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield — who was masterful, even when star receiver Dede Westbrook left with a concussion in the second quarter — announced after the game that he would return for his senior season. The Sooners, adorned with their championship hats, celebrated in their locker room, still-under construction, in the south end of Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, “I wanted the seniors to have a piece of it, a taste of it, what they’ve left behind,” Bob Stoops said. “So we had a nice celebration in the new locker room. Hopefully we didn’t damage any walls that need to be re-done. “We’ve won back-to-back championships out of a trailer, and nobody’s ever bellyached about it and had a negative thing to say about it.” Jesse Pound
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Mayfield leads Sooners to Big 12 championship Confident quarterback throws for three scores in Bedlam win SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser
By all accounts, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield is the heart and soul of the nowBig 12 Champion Sooners. After Dede Westbrook went down with a head injur y in the second quarter, Mayfield took over and made sure the Sooners’ offense never missed a beat. He’s the quarterback, but he’s also the team’s emotional
leader. “He’s the core of this team,” senior receiver G eno L ewis said. “We play off of Bake, and Bake — no matter what happens, no matter who goes down — he keeps that same mentality of next man up, let’s keep going, let’s keep grinding. We folBAKER low his lead each MAYFIELD and every time. I’m just grateful and humble to have him as my quarterback and as a captain.” But when the clock inched toward double zeros on No. 9
Oklahoma’s (10-2, 9-0 Big 12) tenth Big 12 Championship, Mayfield enjoyed a moment of peace. He walked away from the line of scrimmage and launched the ball high into the air as the rest of his teammates went toward the middle of the field. For a few seconds, Mayfield was alone as he stared into the s ky i n s i d e Gay l o rd Fa m i l y Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. “It feels good,” Mayfield said. “I’ll be honest, it feels really good. “I made a promise after the Ohio State loss that we were going to win the Big 12 and we were going to go on a run and I was going to push this program
harder,” Mayfield said. “I kept that promise, and I’m proud of our guys.” Mayfield said he was confident that his team would get the job done against Oklahoma State, and he doubled down on that. After the win, he revealed a custom undershirt that said “Back-to-back Big 12 Champions.” Running back Samaje Perine said he talked about the shirt “all week,” though OU head coach Bob Stoops denies knowledge. The shirt expressed the sort of confidence that Mayfield has been displaying ever since he stepped onto OU’s campus. “Typical Baker,” Perine said.
“There’s nothing wrong with being confident and he has all the confidence in the world. He has more confidence than you need … it’s him.” Other players made key contributions. Dede Westbrook got things started with a 69-yard touchdown. Joe Mixon iced the game with a 79-yard run after Oklahoma State launched an errant field goal attempt. Samaje Perine controlled the game in the second half, rushing for 239 yards on 37 carries. But it was Mayfield’s day. He threw for 288 yards and three
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Perine powers Sooners to win Running back takes over, races up OU’s rushing list KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli
Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine had his best game of the season in Bedlam, helping the No. 9 Sooners (10-2, 9-0 Big 12) to a 38-20 victory over No. 10 Oklahoma State (9-3, 7-2 Big 12) and the Big 12 title. OU struggled to run the ball in the first half, only amassing 40 yards compared to the Cowboys’ 186 rushing yards. Perine had 35 of OU’s first half yards. Perine came out strong in the second half, rushing for 106 yards and one touchdown in the third quarter alone. The first drive in the third quarter set the tone, and Perine credited his success to his teammates. “It was relatively easy,” Perine said of the drive. “The linemen did a fantastic job at creating holes, and them and Dimitri Flowers did a great job at blocking and winning their individual battles, and it just made my job all the easier.” By the end of the game he totaled 239 rushing yards and one touchdown on 37 carries. The junior running back’s big game moved him up in OU record books, putting him in fifth place in career rushing yards, 82 yards behind record holder Billy Sims (4,118). Perine now has 4,036 career rushing yards — five yards away from Steve Owens in fourth
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Junior running back Samaje Perine takes a knee in the fourth quarter of the Bedlam game Saturday. Perine had 239 rushing yards in the game.
(4,041) and nine yards away from Adrian Peterson in third (4,045). Perine, who left the game briefly in the second half with an injury, said he hasn’t been focused on breaking the record this season. “I haven’t thought about the record since we started the season,” Perine said. “That’s not what I play for. I just go out and do whatever I can to help my team win, and fortunately it was nasty
“The linemen did a fantastic job at creating holes and them and Dimitri Flowers did a great job at blocking and winning their individual battles and it just made my job all the easier.” SAMAJE PERINE, RUNNING BACK
weather so I got the ball more than I have, so I just went out and did what I do.” Pe r i n e wa s p o i s e d t o score one more touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter but chose to take a
knee instead. The Sooners then ran out the clock and kept the final score to 38-20. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said that the decision to take a knee didn’t come from the coaches, but
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When asked about his decision, Perine said it was the right thing to do. “What’s the point of scoring? We were already up by two touchdowns,” Perine said. “There was only a few seconds left, so there’s really no need to run up the score, so I just did what I thought was the right thing to do.” Kelli Stacy
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scores on 13-of-19 passing despite constant rain. “ You g ot to give it to Baker Mayfield, on a wet field he goes 13-of-19 and I bet those six were drops,” Stoops said. “I guarantee you those other six are drops … He just handled the ball great and threw the ball great.” It was the kind of day that could launch Mayfield to New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation on D e c. 1 0 . Bu t a s h e m e t w i t h re p o r t e r s f o l l o w ing the game, he sported a “Mayfield/Westbrook Heisman 2016” campaign button with his name marked out in Sharpie. “Dede’s the best player in the country,” Mayfield said when asked why he covered his name. “That’s why.” We s t b r o o k m a n a g e d 111 yards and a touchdown before being forced to leave the game after
from Perine. “That’s on him and God bless him,” Stoops said. “What a class character guy. He wanted to run it out, but it’s character, that’s him. Rather than padding his stats, just take a knee and finish the game that way. There’s no sense in running it up on somebody, and be a good sport about it and finish the game — that way you don’t have to kick it off. You take a knee and we’re done.”
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Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield proudly displays a shirt reading “back to back” after the Sooners took home the Big 12 championship in the Saturday Bedlam game.
a controversial hit from Oklahoma State safety Jordan Sterns. He missed the entire second half, but Mayfield adjusted. He hit Jeffery Mead for 42 yards w ith under 90 seconds left in the second quarter, helping spark a 21-0 run that sealed the game for OU. He found Lewis for a pair of key thirdd ow n c o nve r s i o n s t hat extended a third-quarter
drive, ultimately ending in a touchdown pass to Mixon and 31-17 advantage for Oklahoma. With the win, Mayfield is now 17-1 against Big 12 competition in two seasons at the helm. Mayfield announced after the game that he would be returning for his senior season, promising that “The Sheriff ” — represented by his mustache — would be
back for another year. “It started off as a joke, but we ran with it and said there was a new sheriff in town and that we were the real outlaws,” Mayfield said. “The Sheriff ” is still here and I came back and got another title.” Spenser Davis
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Oklahoma finished No. 7 in the final College Football Playoff rankings released Sunday morning, sending the Sooners to the Sugar Bowl as Big 12 champions. Their opponent will be the No. 14 Auburn Tigers, a top-ranked SEC team that’s not going to the College Football Playoff. It’s the Sooners’ first appearance in the Sugar Bowl since upsetting No. 3 Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma won that game 45-31 thanks to a career day from then-Sooner quarterback Trevor Knight. Dating back to 1949, the Sooners are 5-2 in the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma grabbed a trio of appearances under Bud Wilkinson, winning in 1949 and 1950 before losing in 1951. Chuck Fairbanks also has a pair of Sugar Bowl wins in the early 1970s. Bob Stoops is 1-1 in New Orleans, beating Alabama but losing the 2004 National Championship game to LSU. Oklahoma and Auburn have met just one time in history: a 1972 Sugar Bowl win for the Sooners by the score of 40-22. The 2017 Sugar Bowl will be played at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com. Spenser Davis, @Davis_ Spenser
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Pursuing dreams without sleep
Non-traditional student works, studies, parents ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman
It’s a sunny November Saturday in Norman. The Sooners have an away game, so campus is quiet. Roy Williams is sitting on the steps of Gould Hall, tying the laces on his daughters’ roller blades. Williams is a 34-year-old sociology-criminology junior at OU. He goes to school during the day and works at night. As a result, he doesn’t have much time to spend with his family, except for those rare days off. Williams’ average week day goes like this: At around 8 p.m., Williams leaves home to go to work as a protection specialist for the Chickasaw Nation. When he gets home from work at 7 a.m., he wakes up the girls and gets them ready for school. After dropping them off, Williams gets ready for class. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he starts class at 10:30 a.m. His Tuesday and Thursday classes start at noon. But each day, he is done at 1:20 p.m. Between classes and work, Williams tackles homework or, if he can, sleeps. He gets three and a half hours of sleep on a good day. At 8 p.m., he’s out the door again. “I’m not a really smart student naturally, so I have to work hard and study to make my grades,” Roy said. “So in order for me to spend time with my family, I just don’t sleep.” “It’s hard,” said Larra
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Sociology-criminology junior Roy Williams helps his daughter Peyton Williams put on inline skates Nov. 19. Roy decided to put off his education but attended classes at Murray State College from 2004 to 2005.
Williams, Roy’s wife and a first year law student at Oklahoma City University. “We never see each other. It’ll be worth it though.”
“Everybody’s got a big heart, and everybody’s working towards something.” ROY WILLIAMS, SOCIOLOGY-CRIMINOLOGY JUNIOR
The couple is raising two girls, Roy’s daughter Hailee and Larra’s daughter Liberty, and has another child on the way — their first together. Roy
also has four other children from previous marriages and relationships. “It stinks because we never get to see him because he’s always at school, and then we’re always at school,” Hailee Williams said. “Then ... he has to do his homework, and he has to sleep at some point, and then he has to go to work.” Roy started working in the oil and gas industry after high school when his first child, Austin, was born. He said he took some classes at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, from 2004 to 2005, but he decided to put off his education.
He had his own business as a safety consultant for oil and gas companies until the prices fell, and he lost a lot of his business. Larra said Roy would be gone for days or weeks at a time to oil rigs in West Texas, but she and the kids would rent a hotel room on the weekends and come visit him. “We’ve kinda been on top,” Roy said. “We’ve had enough money where we can do whatever we wanted with ... but we worked for it.” Roy said he grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and had always wanted to go to OU but never thought he would
get the chance. He said he once told Larra, “There’s only one college in this world, and that’s OU.” He and Larra sold all of the family’s toys, rented out their house and moved to Norman so Roy could go back to school and Larra could get her law degree. “She’s pursuing a dream that she’s always wanted ever since I’ve known her,” Roy said. “She’s always wanted to go to law school, (but) she’s never been able to be put in a position to actually go.” Larra said being a single mom had kept her from going to law school before. After Larra and Roy both
went back to school, the couple almost took Liberty off her softball team because they worried they would not have time for it, but coaches volunteered to take her to practices and games when her parents could not. Larra said sometimes she brings her law books to the field and studies while she films Liberty’s games. Roy also squeezes in time to coach Liberty’s basketball team. Liberty said her dad is a fun coach, and she wishes she could spend more time with him. “I think it’s kind of sad because we don’t get to see him, but then I’m kinda happy for him,” Liberty said. Being back at college, Roy said he is surprised to find such strong liberal beliefs among his younger classmates because Oklahoma is traditionally a conservative state. He also said today’s 18 year olds and 19 year olds are not as aware of their surroundings because they are all buried in their phones. “But other than that, it’s Oklahoma,” Roy said. “Everybody’s got a big heart, and everybody’s working towards something.” Roy said he has about 16 credit hours left that he has to complete on campus, and after that he hopes to finish his degree by taking online classes. Things are hard right now, he said, but his kids are what motivate him. He and his wife have about two and a half years of school left before they are both finished. “We’re ready for the future that’s for sure,” Roy said. Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu
Two students run for Norman City Council Candidates plan to enact change using past experiences OLIVIA DUBCAK @olivedubbie
KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch
Two OU students have announce d their plans to run for Norman City Council positions in the upcoming February election. T r a c i B a k e r, a p o l i tical science freshman and openly transgender woman, will run for Ward 7 with a platform focused on “maximizing freedom and quality of life for all Norman residents,” according to her campaign page on Facebook. Victor Reyes, a public relations senior and the president of OU College Republicans, will run for Ward 1 and focus on three points: supporting city law
VICTOR REYES
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enforcement, the connection between Norman and OU, and encouraging public and private partnership with the city of Norman. need to know specifically what this means “It’s a great privilege, I think, to serve in a public office, and that’s something I want to do,” Reyes said. “If the voters will grant me that, I will consider it an honor and a pleasure to serve the city of Norman.”
Greg Heiple is currently Norman’s Ward 1 city council member, and he will also run for reelection. According to Baker, her campaign will center on deregulating zoning, lowering sales taxes in Norman and removing the city government from the lives of individuals as much as possible. She said she plans to eliminate residential and business zoning restrictions and lower the
Norman city sales tax from its current rate of 4 percent to 3.5 percent. “I am running because I see that the city is moving in a certain direction, and I would like to provide an option on the ballot to move it towards a more freedom-oriented direction,” Baker said. Both candidates have had previous political experience; Baker is the Libertarian Caucus chair for Oklahoma, the secretary of the National Outright Libertarians Organization and was Gary Johnson’s state volunteer coordinator for Oklahoma, she said. Reyes said he has experience working with elected officials and on various political campaigns in the state, which has helped him cultivate relationships with voters in the area and prepare him for running for his own office. “I worked for congressman Tom Cole in District
Four, and working for him, meeting the voters, meeting the constituents — I really got to know a lot of great people here,” Reyes said. “Getting to connect with the voters was a great privilege for me and kind of establishing a relationship with them and thinking, ‘You know what, if I’m going to serve anyone, I want it to be these people right here.’” Re yes said balancing school and running for an election with the possibility of actually being on city council will be a challenge but one that he is ready to tackle. “I pers onally haven’t been through a semester of college where I haven’t worked,” Reyes said. “I’ve never just been tied down to one thing, but I’ve been fortunate enough to dedicate myself to a few things. I plan on br inging that work ethic with me to the Norman City Council.”
Baker decided to run a couple months before the fall semester began, after seeing that city councilman Stephen Holman would run for re-election as the Ward 7 representative. Holman is running for a third term, and his current term will end in July 2017. Ho l ma n wa s c ha rg e d with acquiring proceeds from drug activity and possession of drug paraphernalia in December 2015. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and will have a hearing Jan. 9, 2017, according to court records. Nor man City Council elections will be held Feb. 14. Olivia Dubcak
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Students take gap years to travel, plan for future Some struggle to return to academic world after time off MADISON HOSTETTER @meehostetter
Not all students move directly from high school to college, graduate on time and then immediately join the workforce. Instead, some take a semester or more off, stepping away from the pressures of academic life to explore and experience life outside of being a student. “There is an appeal to taking a year off between high school and college and do something really meaningful and gain a bit of world knowledge — just kind of step out of the box a little bit, and get off the conveyor belt of education,� said Kathleen Shea Smith, associate provost for Academic Advising. These gap years can be part of a structured program or allow the student to explore on his or her own schedule. Jaclyn Lashar, international studies freshman, took a structured gap year between high school and college that took her from Philadelphia to the Bahamas, the Middle East, Tanzania, Peru and Bolivia. It was a Christian program, focusing on self-discovery through God, Lashar said. “It’s weird taking a whole year off schoolwork. I was nervous to come back at first, and it was kind of weird getting back into the swing of things,� Lashar said. Lashar has always been a driven student, and once she had returned to Norman and started college, she found it relatively easy to adjust. For her, the gap year was a valuable experience and gave her time to decide what she wanted to do in college and in her career. During her time off, she changed her mind about which school she wanted to attend and what she wanted to study, Lashar said. “(Students) have gone and done a gap year, spent a semester or a year abroad — they learned a different
A resolution in support of the protest efforts against the Dakota Access Pipeline was passed in the Undergraduate Student Congress Tuesday. The resolution acknowledges the grievances faced by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and expresses support for students who are joining the fight. “As representatives of Congress and students at the University of Oklahoma, I think it’s important for us to take a stance on this issue because we’re in Oklahoma,� said freshman Carlos Rubio, who helped author the bill. Graduate Student Senate Chair Carrie Pavlowsky, who also helped author the bill, said the resolution will not mean SGA is taking legal action to help with the protests, but that they will show support, encourage students to be involved, talk about the issue and try to raise funds. CAITLYN EPES/THE DAILY The bill passed with a vote of 21-4-1. International studies freshman Jaclyn Lashar describes her gap year experience to a reporter Kayla Branch, @kayla_branch Thursday. Lashar took a gap year before the start of her college career.
language and met different people. Hands down, those experiences are really valuable,� Smith said. “They give people a chance to get a taste of what the world is like beyond being a student.�
together and started studying. I thought ‘Oh, this is real again. I need to be a student.’� Smith said for many students, maintaining the momentum of studying and taking classes is critical.
“It’s weird taking a whole year off schoolwork. I was nervous to come back at first, and it was kind of weird getting back into the swing of things. JACLYN LASHAR, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
However, returning to the academic world is not always as easy as it was for Lashar. Criminology sophomore Hannah Giffen found returning to OU difficult. She took her gap year, which was also a structured Christian program, after her freshman year of college. “The first two weeks (back at OU) really kicked my butt. I wasn’t reading my schedule right, I wasn’t there, I missed two classes, and I forgot I had one class,� Giffen said. “But after the first two weeks I really got it
Studies within the advising department have shown that continuously enrolled students are more likely to graduate, she said. “ The data here shows that students who study through the summer are actually graduating at a higher rate and graduating faster,� Smith said. Both Lashar and Giffen plan to graduate on schedule, as if they had never taken a gap year at all. For Lashar, who intends to complete her undergraduate degree in three years, this requires precise
academic planning with little room for electives. Giffen takes extra classes during the semester, summer break and other intersessions in order to make up her lost time. “It’s hard. I got back and I thought, ‘I don’t have to graduate on time,’ but I don’t want to stay here. The gap year made me want to get out and start my life or travel more,� Giffen said. Ultimately, the decision to step away from school is an individual one. College comes with a lot of stress and anxiety, but there are resources to manage that, Smith said. Whether students are unsure about their majors or are experiencing personal struggles, OU has resources they can and should turn to before taking time off school and losing their academic momentum, Smith said. “I just want our students to be able to make really good decisions for themselves,� Smith said. Madison Hostetter
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The Board of Regents approved OU President David Boren’s appointment of the next vice president for governmental relations at the Thursday meeting. Jonathan Nichols, an OU College of Law alumnus and former Oklahoma state senator, will replace Scott Mason as vice president for governmental relations. Boren announced Nichols’ appointment at what he said was a pivotal time for OU and the state of Oklahoma due to budget cuts to higher education. Especially because of cuts to higher education, Boren said it’s vital that OU has a good relationship with state government. “It’s imperative that we put a great emphasis on our relationship with the state government,� Boren said. “We’ve had record-breaking support from our own alumni and friends at the university. We could not do what we’re doing without really, really significant private contributions.� Nichols has served since 2012 as the chief of staff and legal counsel for the Office of the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate. Dana Branham, @danabranham
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -If you do your own thing, youĘźll make a lasting impression. Your ability to set goals and meet them will put you in a good position for advancement and increased opportunities. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -DonĘźt sit back when you should be looking for ideas and starting conversations with people who want to make a difference. Set high standards and impressive goals, and stick to them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -Take a close look at your financial situation and health. Look for a way to cut corners without incurring more debt. Set up a health routine that will strengthen you mentally, physically and emotionally. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -DonĘźt take anything for granted, and focus on preparation. A detailed approach to getting things done will help you gain acceptance and rewards. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -Engage in interesting spur-of-the-moment plans. Taking part in something will help you recognize what it is you want to pursue. DonĘźt let anyone deter you from following your dreams. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -DonĘźt get angry when you can get even. Accomplishing your goals and gaining respect from your peers will help you overcome lingering bad feelings from a rivalĘźs efforts.
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ith dead and finals weeks right around the corner, you might want to start thinking about how to get the most out of your long days of studying. In other words: Where are you going to go to get your “most important meal of the day” fix? Here are three local breakfast joints and menu suggestions for the upcoming weeks.
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Hassler’s Restaurant, located at 333 S. Porter Ave., serves breakfast and lunch. One of Sami’s favorite items is the Ham & Cheese Omelet with a side of hash browns.
The hole-in-the-wall restaurant has been a popular Main Street spot for more than 100 years. It is open from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the weekends and is located at 213 E. Main St. I recommend The Diner’s Famous “Eggaritto” for a heart-unhealthy option. What’s an “eggaritto?” Basically, a flour tortilla burrito filled with scrambled eggs, some veggies and cheese covered in ranchero sauce and more cheese. If you think you’d crash after the “Eggaritto,” I also recommend The Skinny, which is an egg white omelet with spinach, queso fresco, guacamole and pico de gallo, according to The Diner’s menu.
HASSLER’S RESTAURANT
OLD SCHOOL BAGEL CAFE
Hassler’s Restaurant is located at 333 S. Porter. It’s a fun environment because the walls are decorated with OU memorabilia, and the wait staff is very welcoming. Forewarning: As a student, you might be the youngest customer. This spot is open from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the weekends. I recommend the Ham & Cheese Omelet. The restaurant’s omelets are served with a choice of hash browns or home fries and grits, toast or a biscuit and gravy. As a healthier option, I recommend the Veggie Omelet. Ask them to hold the hash browns and home fries and choose a side of wheat toast.
Some call it Bagel Caf, some call it Old School. Whatever you call it, it’s a tasty and quick breakfast option. Located at 710 W. Main St., Suite 100, Bagel Caf is open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the weekends. For a (little bit) healthier version, I recommend the Breakfast Bagel on a plain bagel with ham. It’s served hot with egg and American cheese. If bagels aren’t your preferred carbohydrates, the Breakfast Croissant with sausage, egg and American cheese is a delicious option.
Initiative to bring artwork to Lindsey Projected intended to help businesses hurt by construction CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13
Ongoing construction on Lindsey Street has hit nearby merchants hard. With some businesses losing as much as 50 percent of their regular sales, Norman Arts Council has partnered with other local organizations to offer a creative solution through the We Art Lindsey Street initiative. The initiative aims to install artists’ work or some form of artistic activity on Lindsey Street with hopes of bringing business to local retailers until construction wraps up in October 2017, Erinn Gavaghan, executive director of Norman Arts Council, said. “The idea behind this concept is that there is going to be a series of arts-related events or surprising things. It could be a piece of public art, it could be a performance, it could be a film screening. The possibilities are really endless, but the idea is between now and when the construction ends is that there will be a series of things that will hopefully make people want to come back and experience more,” Gavaghan said. Gavaghan received the idea for the project a couple months ago from an organization in the Saint Paul, Minnesota, area, she said. “After (the organization) finished their project, they posted all their information: how they did it, all their contracts, their workshop outlines. They made everything available to anybody in the community who wanted to use it,” Gavaghan said. The initiative is set up to give $1,000 grants to artists who submit proposals for the project. Gavaghan would like to fund 17 to 20 projects through the initiative and spread them out over the next year, she said. T h e We A r t L i n d s e y Street initiative wasn’t in the Norman Arts Council budget. The grant money for the project was raised through a partnership between the Norman Arts Council, Norman
Public Arts Board, Institute for Quality Communities, Norman Chamber of Commerce, Norman Economic Development Coalition and Visit Norman, she said. The funding that the partnership between the organizations of Norman created will get the initiative started, but the Norman Arts Council has posted an application on its website to raise additional grant money to last through next fall. Doug Kennon, general manager and owner of Sooner Legends, said Gavaghan approached the Lindsey Street merchants about the initiative six weeks ago during their monthly meetings. The merchants were excited about the prospect of the project, Kennon said.
“I know sometimes it’s a hassle, sometimes people have to do a little extra, sit in traffic for an extra two or three minutes and be inconvenienced at a light or two, but we need you more than ever.” DOUG KENNON, SOONER LEGENDS OWNER/ GENERAL MANAGER
“We are looking for any and every way to bring business to this town and awareness to our plight, and it’s been well received by the community,” he said. “There’s a lot of artists in the town, and it will give visibility to the artists and their cause, while at the same time giving exposure and visibility to the Norman street merchants.” The initiative comes at a vital time for nearby businesses. Sooner Legends is down a “huge amount of dollars” and Kennon has watched approximately 19 businesses close since the Lindsey Street project began in 2012, Kennon said. “For the first time ever in 17 years, we had to lay off four housekeepers about three
weeks ago and it hurt, it hurt tremendously to ever put somebody in that position, but you have to be creative,” he said. “The big thing is for all of us to try to hang on for the next six months to a year to make it.” Kathryn Provost, assistant manager at McAlister’s Deli, said the store’s sales declined about 20 percent when Berry Road was closed, but since Berry Road reopened Oct. 11, sales haven’t increased that much. “A lot of stores do upwards of $35,000 a week and we only do about $25,000 on a good week ... on a bad week, even less than that. Daily, other stores do about $6,000 and we only do about $3,000 or $4,000, and on really bad days we only do a little bit over $2,000,” Provost said. Provost has worked at five different McAlister’s Deli locations and said the Lindsey Street restaurant’s sales are “drastically less” than any other location she has worked at. This week, construction will begin directly in front of the deli, Provost said. McAlister’s Deli has tried to overcome the gap through fundraisers and catering, but for now the plan is to ride the construction out, she said. “We can try to control labor, but that’s the only thing we can really control ourselves since we can’t control the construction,” she said. Provost is hopeful that the We Art Lindsey Street initiative will “definitely help” the area and encourage customers to stop by the restaurant for dinner after seeing a show or piece of artwork, she said. The Lindsey Street project is something completely different from any other solution the nearby merchants have tried, Kennon said. “We’ve had all kinds of different approaches, but nothing in the arts area. We’ve tried to do it through media and events and doing sales. We’ve worked with the Chamber of Commerce doing a bingo and small business Saturday, but this was something new,” he said. It is critical for the Lindsey Street merchants to survive the construction, Kennon said.
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Business has declined for Classic 50’s Drive-In, along with other businesses on Lindsey Street, since construction began. The Lindsey Street merchants, Norman Arts Council, Norman Chamber of Commerce and other partners are beginning the We Art Lindsey Street initiative.
“I know sometimes it’s a hassle, sometimes people have to do a little extra, sit in traffic for an extra two to three minutes and be inconvenienced at a light or two, but we need you more than ever,” Kennon said. Kennon has known for a long time that the construction was coming, but nothing could have prepared him for the reality of it, he said. “I honestly never knew it would be so bad; it’s a lot worse than I ever dreamed,” he said. Artists interested in participating in the We Art Lindsey Street initiative must attend a workshop to submit their artistic proposals. Proposals will then be looked over by the initiative selection committee and selected artists will be given $1,000, Gavaghan said. The first workshop took place Dec. 4, but a second workshop will be available in February or March. The Norman Arts Council hopes the first round of artists’ projects will encourage more artists to sign up, Gavaghan said. At the workshop, Norman Arts Council members will go over creative place-making with the artists and give them an overview of the
Lindsey Street construction by observing what kind of traffic disruptions people will encounter, Gavaghan said. Chloe Moores
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ARTISTIC INTERVENTION • Lindsey Street businesses have lost as much as 50 percent of their regular sales since construction began. • The We Art Lindsey Street Initiative hopes to install artists’ work on Lindsey Street to help bring business back to retailers until construction ends in October 2017. • Artists interested in submitting a proposal are required to attend a mandatory workshop led by the Norman Arts Council. The next one will be held in early February or March. Artists will recieve a $1,000 grant if their proposal is selected.
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OU’S BEDLAM WIN, IN PHOTOS OU played its rivalry game against Oklahoma State Saturday in Norman, winning its ninth straight game 38-20 to win the de facto Big 12 Championship. OU will play Auburn in the Sugar Bowl at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 2. See the Bedlam celebration in photos:
Sophomore wide receiver Nick Basquine shows off his Big 12 Championship hat during the Sooners’ celebration of their win against Oklahoma State Saturday.
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Coach Bob Stoops celebrates the Sooner win against Oklahoma State with his team Saturday. The Sooners will play Auburn in the Sugar Bowl.
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Junior running back Samaje Perine gets pulled down by Oklahoma State defenders in the fourth quarter of the Bedlam game Saturday.
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Junior safety Steven Parker and junior cornerback Jordan Thomas celebrate a play in the air during the final quarter of the Bedlam game Saturday.
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Junior cornerback Ramon Richards screams as he runs onto the field with his teammates for the Bedlam game Saturday. Richards had two tackles in the game.
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OU fans endure the rain for the 11:30 a.m. kickoff of the Bedlam game Saturday. The Sooners won the game 38-20.
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