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Norman PD to use body cameras Video recording will protect officers as well as civilians MIKE BRESTOVANSKY Assistant News Editor @BrestovanskyM
The Norman City Council approved a budget of $750,000 to equip all Norman police officers
with body cameras during Tu e s d a y ’s c i t y c o u n c i l meeting. The cameras will be implemented six to eight weeks from now, said Tom E a s l e y , No r ma n Po l i c e Department spokesperson. “The camera never lies,” Easley said. “[The cameras] will not only help protect citizens, but also protect officers from different
kinds of allegation.” Daniel Holland, a member of the Student Government Association’s external affairs committee, said that the city council greeted the plan with nearly universal support. “After the Ferguson and Er i c Ga r n e r ca s e s, t h i s can prevent officers from doing anything morally reprehensible or illegal,”
Holland said. Holland, constitutional studies freshman, said the cameras will be worn by animal control officers and any officer who will interact with civilians. Easley called the camera system a “grand experiment,” saying not every officer will be issued a camera at first. Instead, the plan will be implemented
gradually as the police department grows more accustomed to the devices. The department already has policies in place for recording, storing and accessing the data, Easley said. While the cameras will not be active at all times, officers will be required to activate them during enforcement actions. “It’s not as simple as just
turning on a cell phone camera,” Easley said. Videos captured by the cameras will be open to the public under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Easley said. Mike Brestovansky mcbrestov@gmail.com
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Rachel Wolansky (left) and Lucy Gauthier, members of the OU Equestrian Team, ride horses Friday at Takeoff Farms in Washington, Oklahoma.
Fire can’t stop equestrian team BRADY VARDEMAN • ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
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klahoma Equestrian coach Amanda Eggleson was awakened by the sound of her dogs barking early in the morning on Jan. 14. She peered out the window to discover two sheriffs’ cruisers in her driveway, and she heard banging on the door. Just yards from the house, her barn was on fire. “It’s not what you would expect when you open your door at four in the morning,” she said. By that point the fire had already engulfed most of the barn, and the officers would not let Eggleson out of her house. Nonetheless, she screamed for the officers to let her near the barn-her horses were inside.
Abby and Jimmy, died of smoke inhalation before the barn collapsed. The barn fire left OU’s fledgling Equestrian Team without most of its equipment less than two weeks before its next show. Despite the hardship, the team worked together and competed better than ever before. A month after the fire the team is making strides to find their “new normal,” Eggleson said.
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Although the emotional toll from the fire was hefty, the financial hit loomed, as well. Each lost horse was valued near $50,000. Then there were the destroyed “I think they were politely trying to let me know riding saddles and other tack. that it was too late,” she said. “There was nothing The equestrian community quickly that could be done.” jumped in with donations, Eggleson Eggleson lost thousands of dollars in the fire, said. from riding saddles—which can cost anywhere from a few hundred to well over $1,000— and SEE HORSES PAGE 2 other tack, to horses themselves. Horses Lovie,
Lectures give students view of Western frontier “Teach-in” to show glimpse of past education in U.S. DAISY CREAGER News Reporter @daisycreager
for the American Constitutional Heritage, the event will consist of a series of lectures by the authors and historians in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall of Catlett Music Center. Here’s a schedule of events:
Two Pulitzer Prize• 9:30 a.m. — “The winning authors and four historians will speak March Great Coincidence: The 9 at the day-long “Teach-In California Gold Rush and the Re-Making of America.” on the Western Frontier.” Hosted by the Institute
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1803-1821” A question and answer period will follow each presentation, according to the website. The event is open to the public, but attendees must RSVP on the Teach-in website for each lecture they would like to attend. Daisy Creager Daisy.C.Creager-1@ou.edu
The second candidate for senior vice president and provost will hold his open forum for OU students and faculty tomorrow morning at the Sandy Bell Gallery at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The candidate, John Wiencek, is currently the interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. Wiencek said he will discuss why his background makes him well-suited for the position of provost, and about how he hopes to improve the OU community if he is appointed. "I've spent most of my career working at [Association of American Universities] universities," Wiencek said. "So I'm looking for an opportunity to lead at a fine university like [OU]." The Association of American Universities is an organization composed of the top 60 research universities in the nation, including some of the best universities in California, as well as Ivy League institutions, Wiencek said. Wi e n c e k s a i d h e w a s drawn to OU because of its broad range of available majors and its medical campus. "Oklahoma could do a better job bragging about itself," Wiencek said. Wiencek said that, if he is appointed, he hopes to work at developing a shared vision among departments and students at OU. Wiencek's open forum will take place at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Sandy Bell Gallery in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The free event is open to all students, staff and faculty. Mike Brestovansky mcbrestov@gmail.com
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The Muslim Student Association hosts a prayer vigil Wednesday in Dale Hall. Over 100 students gathered in remembrance of three Muslim students murdered Feb. 11 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Biology freshman Ameel Chaudhary wiped tears out of his eyes as photos of fellow Muslim students flashed onto the screen. “Sometimes it takes a great tragedy to unite us,� he said. “It is difficult to look at their pictures.� Wednesday night, the Muslim Student Association held a vigil in Dale Hall for three Muslim students who were shot in their apartment in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Feb. 10. The vigil included a photo slideshow of the victims, prayers and a moment of silence. The event focused on the deaths of Deah Bakarat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Mohammad’s sister Razan Abu-Salha, 19, who were shot by their neighbor, Craig Hicks. The Chapel Hill Police Department have not confirmed a motivation for the shooting, but the students’ families claim that it was a hate crime against the students’ Islamic faith. Hicks has been indicted on three counts of murder and one count of discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling. At the vigil, a slideshow of the students who were killed played on a screen. A poster with their photos and lights sat on the stage. Over a hundred students, faculty and community members sat in the lecture hall. The vigil began with
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“This was not only a Muslim tragedy. This was a tragedy for all college students, all minorities ‌ and all human beings who believe that all men were created equal.â€? MOBEENA AMIL, PRESIDENT OF MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION
“It breaks my already broken heart,â€? Quershi said. “But‌for every terrible person, there are 10 good ones, and for every act of hate there are 20 acts of love.â€? Quershi urged her sisters, and the crowd, to be hopeful instead of fearful in the wake of the shooting. “The three that died, they did not lose,â€? Quershi said. “They brought people together and made people realize what a waste hatred and anger are. Don’t fear it.â€? After Quershi’s poem, Mobeena Amil, biology junior and vice president of Muslim Student Association, gave a speech about the fear she has because of the shooting. “For the past week these t h re e i n d i v i d u a l s hav e clouded my every thought
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and have received innumerable prayers from my lips,â€? Amil said. “When I first found out I was shocked, upset and a little afraid.â€? Amil said the thought that someone could harm her or her friends because of their faith scares her. “It terrifies me that my beliefs and the scarf that I wear on my head, the very scarf that Yusor and Razan wore so proudly, the very scarf that gives me courage and confidence every single day could be the very reason that anyone could hate me,â€? Amil said. The vigil concluded with a prayer lead by Kabbani and a moment of silence. The lights were turned off and several students held up flashlights. Amil said it is important for the community to recognize events like this because they do not just concern the victims. “This was not only a Muslim tragedy,â€? Amil said. “This was a tragedy for all college students, all minorities ‌ and all human beings who believe that all men were created equal.â€? M o i r a O z i a s, t h e a s s o c i a t e d i re c t o r o f t h e ConocoPhillips Writing Center, said it is important to acknowledge discrimination faced on campus. “I want to support the [Muslim Student Association] and the victims of the shooting and their families,â€? Ozias said. “It may not have happened [here], but student on our own campus face discrimination every day, and it’s important to be aware of that.â€? Daisy Creager Daisy.C.Creager-1@ou.edu
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his year, there are many crowd favorites that have been nominated for The Oscars, including “American Sniper,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Boyhood.” Here are The Daily’s predictions for award winners:
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Best Picture: “Boyhood”
Acting in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper “Boyhood” is a film that was shot from 2002 to 2013 documenting a Texas boy’s life after his parents file for divorce. There are showings of the film at 10 p.m. today and Friday at Cinemark Tinseltown USA, 6001 N Martin Luther King Ave., in Oklahoma City.
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Bradley Cooper stole the most votes for this award for his role in “American Sniper.” “American Sniper” documents the life of the most deadly sniper in U.S. history with about 255 kills in his time with the Marines. The film is based on the autobiography written by Chris Kyle about his time as a sniper overseas after the attacks of 9/11. “American Sniper” has been nominated for six awards, which is the most of any picture this year.
Actress in a Leading Role: Rosamund Pike or Julianne More The Daily was torn between Rosamund Pike who starred in “Gone Girl” and Julianne More from “Still Al ice.” “Gone Girl” is a New York Times Bestseller about a woman who frames her husband for her own murder and follows her husband as he frantically tries to put the pieces together for a crime he did not commit. “Still Alice” is a film about a linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s and how she changes her life to cope with her diagnosis.
Best Cinematography: “Birdman” “Birdman” is a film about an actor who has seen better days. The film is centered around his journey to overcome his ego and perception of himself as he prepares for a Broadway play.
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Committee votes to ban AP U.S. History Our view: Oklahoma’s
certain history curriculum and prohibit state spending on AP U.S. History classes. During the committee’s meeting legislators alleged AP curriculum is too similar to Common Core national curricOklahoma’s students ulum and that AP U.S. are hurting, and a state History in particular legislative commitemphasizes “what is tee rubbed salt in the bad about America” and wound Monday by vot- fails to teach “American ing to ban Advanced exceptionalism.” Oh, Placement United States sorry we forgot it’s OK History in Oklahoma to leave out the parts public schools. This of history that are state is ranked 48th in uncomfortable. the country in academAnd, sorry to burst ics, and we believe inyour bubble, but sane decisions like tak- “American exceptioning away opportunities alism” is a delusional, from students will put disproven viewpoint Oklahoma at 50th. The that America is the best Common Education because it’s America. We Committee voted 11-4 believe AP U.S. History to approve House Bill offers a more sophis1380, authored by Rep. ticated viewpoint by Dan Fisher (R), directteaching the negative ing the state Board of and positive aspects of Education to adopt a lawmakers are taking away opportunities from Oklahoma’s already underserved students by voting to ban AP United States History.
our history and setting the U.S. in the context of global history. The U.S. is not the greatest country in the world at everything, and that’s OK. Allowing Oklahoma’s students to be exposed to the more open-minded curriculum of AP U.S. History Our View is might the majority just opinion of teach The Daily’s them nine-member editorial board that. Also, did these lawmakers forget we live in a state that was the endpoint for the Trail of Tears? Did they forget that you cannot rewrite history to fit your narrative and that the only way to prevent history from repeating itself is by educating the students of our future on the good — and the bad — aspects of our
history? They probably didn’t take AP U.S. History, which explains why they wouldn’t have a well-rounded view of America’s past. Now is the time, Oklahoma. It is unacceptable to sit idly by while 11 legislators try to take away students’ chances to earn college credit, take rigorous courses and prepare for their futures. And we speak from experience. The majority of our editorial board had the privilege to take AP classes, and several of us took — and thoroughly benefitted from — AP United States History. AP classes are a low-cost way to earn college credits, get ahead academically and become prepared for the rigor of college-level coursework. They are a godsend for students
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Committee’s decision will directly hurt Oklahoma’s students. If you, like us, are done letting Oklahoma’s legislators worsen the state of Oklahoma’s education system, let them know. OU’s Undergraduate Student Congress has already approved a resolution expressing its disapproval of House Bill 1380 and it’s time for the rest of us to do the same. Write letters, massemail your representatives and call their offices to urge them to vote no on House Bill 1380. This is the future of Oklahoma, and it is our duty to let these legislators know we do not approve of the path of ignorance they are leading Oklahoma’s students down.
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tournament. The Wildcats beat the Sooners 5-4 in 10 innings when the two teams met last year. The returning players surely still remember the heartbreaking defeat. Ranked fifth in the preseason polls right behind OU, UK suffered two early losses which dropped the squad down to No. 11. To conclude the weekend, the Sooners will play Loyola Marymount. OU boasts a 3-0 record against the Lions, and run-ruled the team 11-1 in five innings when the two teams played in February of last year. Loyola is 3-5 this season but will most likely throw all it has at the Sooners in order to try and
steal a win. OU will continue to miss senior infielder Georgia Casey this weekend as she suffered a thumb injury in the season opener and has not played since. The injury happened during a tag on a close play at second base. Casey has a tear in her ulnar collateral ligament in her left thumb, which will keep her out for a significant amount of time I f t h e S o o n e r s a re t o do well this weekend, they’ll have to rely on their high-powered offense to overcome the exceptional pitching they will face all weekend. Senior Lauren Chamberlain will be the one
to lead this offense as she is having a monstrous start to her final season at OU. She is leading OU in almost every offensive category and sits just 12 bombs away from the NCAA Division I all-time home run record. The pitching will also continue to shine for OU. This will be the hardest weekend lineup yet for the team, and a solid set of wins would give the team confidence before they host their home opener Feb. 28 in a double-header against the IPFW Mastodons. Hank Tobolka htobolka@ou.edu
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HORSES: Equestrian team wins Texas match despite costly fire incident Continued from Page One “It’s been overwhelming because we didn’t have any of this,” Eggleson said, gesturing to a storage shed full of donated gear and feed. “[The morning of the fire], two of my clients texted me: ‘We’re on our way with feed.’” Eggleson said the donations have been so generous that she is running out of storage space. A friend of Eggleson’s family set up a donation page through the crowdfunding website GoFundMe. The first goal of $5,000 was met within hours. Subsequent goals of $7,500 and $10,000 were both met over the coming weeks. Just one month and three days follwing the fire, Eggleson’s GoFundMe page has raised $11,565. “I’m so thankful for that,” she said. “It didn’t really sink in until later that I lost my source of income. How do you pay for everything when your income is gone?” Although the financial toll was abundant, Eggleson’s team took an emotional hit as well. “It was hard because you hate to see people you love in pain like that,” sophomore member Lane Jones said. “Our assistant coach lost her horse, and it was really hard for her because it was like her baby.” The show On Feb. 1, the team traveled to Dripping Springs, Texas, just outside of Austin, for its first horse show since the fire. Oklahoma Equestrian Team president Jesilyn McCarroll said the team did not expect much out of the performance because they were not able to practice beforehand. “ I t h i n k w e w e re t r y ing to stay positive and stay motivated about the show,” McCarroll said. “We couldn’t really get our team together and have any kind of bonding beforehand because all we were doing was picking up pieces of the barn.” By the end of the weekend in Texas, McCarroll said the team resolved to ride as if nothing happened. Regardless, the mood was somber. “We had a team meeting the night before in the hotel room,” Jones said. “We got down to the root of things and had a really deep talk about the team and everything that happened.” Before the show Sunday afternoon, each member of the team wrote the names of the three horses that died in the fire on their wrists. McCarroll said they wanted to honor the horses with their performance. “They were three horses we used a lot in our prog ra m,” Mc Ca r ro l l s a i d . “With them gone, it kind of put a hole in our program.
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The charred remains of the Oklahoma Equestrian Team’s barn are all that’s left from a Jan. 2015 fire, which killed three of the team’s main horses.
We wanted to take a picture to signify that the weekend was for them and for our coach.” T h ro u g h o u t t h e d a y , M c C a r ro l l n o t i c e d t h e team was doing well on numerous occasions. The team garnered mostly second-place finishes in their events, Jones said. Even though she saw the team doing well, McCarroll said that small clubs typically don’t have enough members to win overall awards. “I knew we individually had a lot of victories, but as a team I didn’t realize how well we had really done,” McCarroll said. The women were packing up their equipment and preparing to leave the arena when a voice came over the loudspeaker. The team had won the horse show as the highpoint team. “At first we were all kind of shocked,” McCarroll said. “We were like, ‘Did we hear this right?’” It was the first time ever Oklahoma Equestrian Team finished a show as the high-point team. Jones said the team was completely surprised. “There was a huge sense of unity,” Jones said. “I’ve never seen the team so unified and supportive.” After a rough two weeks preceding the show, the women felt a weight come off their shoulders. McCarroll said the victory brought the team a much-needed morale boost. “Even at the lowest point of our team, when we didn’t
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Environmental sustainability sophmore, Lane Jones, a member of the Oklahoma Equestrian Team, rides her horse at Takeoff Farms in Washington, Oklahoma.
have horses and didn’t ride and didn’t do all the things we had prepared for in the past, we still could win,” McCarroll said. “I think going into the next competition, we’re more stoked and more ready for sure.” Back in Oklahoma, their coach was finally able to
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clean up the last few bits of burnt barn a month later. Eggleson said she has already spoken to several different barn construction companies and hopes to have a new one erected in the next 90 days. “It will be nice to get our lives back to normal,” she
said. “I think that’s the first said. “It was our first step step. When we finally get getting back to our new our barn back, it’ll feel a lit- normal.” tle bit more normal to us.” Eggleson said the team victory in Texas was key to leaving this haunting situaBrady Vardeman brady.vardeman@ou.edu tion behind. “I think they were going, ‘We’re going to be OK,’” she
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• Thursday, February 19, 2015
February 22nd - 28th
Sunday, February 22 -Road Rallye (REPF 200, 2pm-4pm) A driving scavenger hunt that requires deciphering clues and solving engineering problems for cash prizes and free food at the final destination. Monday, February 23 -Engineering Quiz Bowl (REPF 200, 4pm-6pm) Teams compete by answering questions over engineering concepts, College history and pop culture for cash prizes. -Games Tournament (Willoughby Lounge, 7pm9pm) Pairs compete in a tournament of pool, ping pong and foosball for cash prizes! Tuesday, February 24 -Stress E-liminator (REPF 200, Noon-3pm) A day for students and faculty/staff to be pampered with chair massages, games, snacks, and more. -Engineers Got Talent (Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center, 7pm-9pm) Engineering students showcase their talents for a chance to win cash prizes. Wednesday, February 25 -Blood Drive (REPF 200, 10a m-3pm) -Casino Night (REPF Leadership Center, 7pm9pm) Las Vegas style games encourage strategic thinking to win prizes. Bring canned goods for extra chips. Thursday, February 26 -E-Olympics (Lloyd No ble Center, 6pm-8pm) Five-person team dodge ball and relay race tournament for cash prizes. Friday, February 27 -’Rush’ Goldberg Contest (REPF, Building Phase 1pm-3pm, Judging & Awards 3pm-4pm) Contestants compete with each other and the clock to design and build a Rube Goldberg project. -LKOT Fireout (Carson/Felgar Lawn, 5:22pm) See the college’s most loyal servants revealed. -Fluid Dynamics Lab (O’Connell’s on Campus Corner, 6:30pm-11pm) The study of the movement of low viscosity, green, effervescent fluid into human oral cavities. Saturday, February 28 -Banquet (Sandy Bell Gallery, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 6pm-9pm ) Outstanding students, faculty, staff, and event winners are recognized, and
LKOT’s cannon, “Old Trusty #7.” A cannon much like this one was first fired in 1915, which destroyed the windows of the Law Barn.
The rivalry between engineers and lawyers is one of our most timehonored traditions. The beginning of the rivalry at OU can be traced back to 1915, when a group of engineers “confiscated” a cannon and fired it to honor St. Patrick. The firing destroyed every window in the Law Barn, and so began the rivalry. Although engineers have clearly shown their superiority through the years, lawyers have had their moments. In 1919, a female law student gained entrance to the Engineering Banquet and managed to spike the coffee with a mixture containing pepper, castor oil, and other assorted ingredients. The combination caused considerable gastric distress among the guests. Some guests caused an interruption due to their nausea-related exit. In the 93 years following this incident, the best the lawyers have managed to do is campaign for a few of their less desirable female cohorts for E-Queen and paint scales on top of the LKOT shields. What the lawyers lack in imagination they make up for in gullibility. In 1926, the owl on the Law Barn received the first of many future coats of paint, which have continued to this day. In 1980, engineers posing as construction workers poured a cement footing on the lawn of the new law center in broad daylight. Later that night, a large concrete tombstone was erected on the footing with the inscription, “IS THE RIVALRY DEAD?” Due to extremely cold temperatures, the tombstone was not fully cured and was found the next morning on the Engineering lawn upside down with the words “HELL NO!” spray-painted on its face. In 1982, a couple of fine engineering students attached a green dye injection system to the law center’s water supply. Every time a fountain was turned on or a toilet flushed, green water “mysteriously” appeared. That E-Week the law center was ceremoniously decorated each night with green toilet paper. The lawyers responded by presenting a restraining order to LKOT during Fireout, stating that the cannon could not be fired. The restraining order was rolled up and placed exactly where it belonged: in the muzzle of Old Trusty. There was not much left after the first shot sounded. A small riot ensued and the lawyers once again found themselves on the wrong end of the beating stick. If they had only remembered a few years later, when a “Lawyer” was found buried face-down (with only his feet to be seen) on the Engineering lawn. The epithet classically read: Here lies the poor lawyer His legal work undone He mouthed off to an engineer When he should have run During the winter of 1985, a profuse growth of winter rye grass in the shape of a shamrock adorned the north-side lawn of the Law Barn. Accusations were made but what do engineers know about gardening? In 1989, engineers were once again blamed for a law school computer malfunction that resulted in letters being sent to more than 500 law students informing them that their records had been lost due to computer error. Fearful that they would not graduate, they proceeded to call the 24-hour hot-line listed on the letters; good thing it was the law dean’s home phone number. Rumor has it law students don’t have what it takes to play with engineers anymore. Don’t be disappointed; there’s always the business college…
St. Patrick’s Day is drawing near, and it will once again be time for the engineers to pay homage to their patron saint, St. Patrick, who is revered through legend as the oldest Engineer. In modern times, we do this by electing new E-Club officers, listening for the distant rumble of the cannon being fired in the night, and consuming healthy portions of green brew. Engineers’ Club would like to give special thanks to our latest In the spring Big of 1903, selection, the University of Michigan began styles Premier Sponsors: construction of a new engineering building. While the construction crew was digging, a large stone with a faint inscription was unearthed. The stone told the adventures of St. Patrick and his ties to the Engineering profession. Later that year, geology instructor Children Chil Ch ildr dren ena tto o King Kin Ki n Size from Missouri brought a small piece of the stone to Oklahoma where OU engineers kept it. Each year thereafter, graduating seniors would survey their way into the woods, bury the stone, and leave their calculations for the next year’s seniors to locate and rebury the stone. From the ideals and values set forth by St. Patrick, each year a student is elected Knight of St. Pat. His or her fellow students acknowledge that student’s devotion to the Engineering profession and to the Patron Saint of Engineering, St. Patrick.
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A group of engineering students “confiscated” an old civil war cannon which became known as “Old Trusty,” and decided to establish a tradition of firing the cannon on a regular basis. In 1920, the Loyal Knights of Old Trusty was formed, and the University and the College of Engineering have been under their watchful eye ever since. LKOT is one of the oldest organizations on campus, and they have not lost focus of their purpose continuing to make a difference on and off campus. The membership of LKOT is made up of students who actively participate in College of Engineering programs and organizations. The members closely monitor all events within the College and act accordingly to ensure that traditions are observed, upheld, and continued. Their service to the College is selfless. Public appearances are limited to their annual fireouts and other special occasions such as St. Patrick’s Day and Engineering Convocation. The Spring Fireout will take place on the lawn between Carson and Felgar on Friday, February 27th at 5:22pm.
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Queen Candidates (from left to right): Hunter Conover and McKenzie Middle
King Candidates (from left to right): Jared Dopp, David Duncan, and Adam Gray
Vote Online at https://eballot4.votenet.com/ou/login.cfm Monday through Friday of E-Week. Winners will be announced at Banquet ay!
Engineers’ Club was founded in 1910 and has grown to become the largest Engineering program in the Sooner State. With more than 2,200 undergraduate and 700 graduate students, it is the largest student organization on the University of Oklahoma campus. E-Club’s purpose is to promote fellowship among Engineering faculty and students and to help students develop leadership skills to supplement their technical expertise. There are several opportunities for students to become involved with Engineers’ Club. Annual events include Shell Fall Festival/Schlumberger New Engineers Welcome, Career Fair, Winter Ball, Engineers Week, Williams Student Leadership Retreat, and several philanthropy events throughout the year. Additionally, E-Club’s members can be found in front of Felgar Hall selling homemade burgers before every home football game. Serving the engineers since 1910, E-Club’s purpose has surpassed even its most lofty goals. E-Club now serves as a hub for all engineering student organizations and competition teams, actively promoting the hands-on engineering and leadership experience that sets OU graduates apart from the competition. Engineers Week is celebrated nationally each spring as a time for students to escape the pressures of the classroom and have fun with fellow engineers. At OU, the tradition and history of St. Patrick and the spirit of engineering is showcased in grand display throughout the engineering campus during this week-long celebration. As evidenced by Engineers Week and all of the many events throughout the year, the principles of dedication, perseverance, and hard work, on which E-Club was founded, are still apparent today and guarantee its successful future.