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hen Maribel He r n a n d e z w a s 2 years old, she and her pregnant mother began their journey to the United States from Juan Aldama in Zacatecas, Mexico. They rode in a series of trucks for hundreds of miles with others on other journeys, avoiding border patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and helicopters. Sickness in the trucks was rampant — if someone got sick, everyone got sick. Eventually, they arrived at the Rio Grande, crossed, and made it to the United States. Hernandez and her mother later reunited with Hernandez’s father, who had already come to the United States by plane, in Oklahoma City. They’ve been there ever since. Hernandez applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals soon after President Barack Obama’s administration created it in June 2012. The
program allows undocumented people who entered the United States. as minors and me et other criteria to receive renewable two-year relief from deportation and makes them eligible for work permits. Hernandez is now a political science sophomore with an uncertain future in a tumultuous political climate. And she’s not alone: Jabar Shumate, vice president for the university community, said admissions’ office data shows there are 75 undocumented students at OU. During his campaign, President Donald Trump said he would repeal DACA, calling it “illegal amnesty.” He has since softened his stance on DACA, though, saying at a White House press conference Feb. 16 that it’s a “difficult subject” for him. DACA’s future is up in the air — the Trump administration may repeal or change the program, but no one is certain of what will happen.
“The country runs on stability and confidence. Our country doesn’t run on chaos and misdirection.” STEVEN LANGER, IMMIGRATION ATTOURNEY
U.S. TACKLING IMMIGRATION “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you,” Trump said pointing at people in a crowd on June 16, 2015, when he announced his candidacy. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Hernandez remembers when Trump said this. She thought of her parents. “They sacrificed their entire lives just for me. … and to hear someone say that Mexico sends it worst, when all I have ever seen is its best … and for someone to run their campaign on such hateful words, it was really awful,” she said.
Carlos Rubio, aerospace engineering freshman from Jalisco, Mexico, who is also undocumented, said people who agree with Trump’s rhetoric don’t see who immigrants really are. “They don’t see what’s good from them and what they can bring to society,” he said. Trump has placed a lot of focus on immigration since he took office. Five days into his presidency, he signed an executive order to move forward with the construction of a wall to block the southern U.S. border. On Jan. 27, he signed an executive order indefinitely suspending the admission of Syrian refugees and temporarily banning travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. On Feb. 17, The Associated Press reported that the Department of Homeland see DACA page 2
Freshman retention rate at all-time high About 97 percent of first-year students remained enrolled HANNAH PIKE @h_pike_
The retention rate this year of freshmen between their fall and spring semesters at OU was the highest its ever been. Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e O U Institutional Research and Reporting office, 96.8 percent of freshmen enrolled fall 2016 also enrolled spring 2017. “The high retention rate is an achievement of the whole OU family,” Kyle Harper, OU senior vice president and provost, said in an email. “It starts with the extraordinary talent and hard work of our students. Then it takes dedicated faculty and staff around them to support the goal of student
success.” Harper said in the email that students choose to leave OU for a variety of reasons, which can be “academic, social or financial,” or often a combination. “Our philosophy is to try to help students on an individual basis, because everyone’s story is different,” Harper said in the email. OU’s official retention rate is a reflection of what percentage of the freshman class stays enrolled from one fall to the next. Harper said in the email that two years ago, the goal was to reach 92 percent, which they thought would take five to seven years to achieve. “Already crossing the 90 (percent) mark puts us among the best public universities anywhere (top 35 or so),” Harper said in the email. “And to consider the fact that we do it
with so little state funding, and that we prioritize being a place of opportunity for students of all backgrounds, makes it even more remarkable.” In 2005, the retention rate was 84.6 percent, according to the OU Institutional Research and Reporting office. In 2015, it increased 4.2 percent from the previous year, more than any year since 2005, and reached 90.4 percent. “We are constantly striving to achieve the highest retention rate we can,” Harper said in the email. “We are trying to raise money for scholarships and be smarter with the needbased aid we have. We are working to improve teaching in the classroom and outreach to students who are facing challenges.” Hannah Pike
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Students walk down the South Oval Thursday. The University of Oklahoma achieved a student retention rate of 96.8 percent for 2016-2017.
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Security had weighed using 100,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups, although the White House has denied that report’s validity. Steven Langer, an immigration attorney in Oklahoma City who said he has assisted in processing 100 to 300 DACA applications, said there is fear that Trump may reverse the deportation philosophy set forth by the Obama administration, which was to prioritize deporting criminals before anyone else. “DACAs right now still are last in line for deportation,” Langer said. “But once you un-prioritize felons, misdemeanants … the natural reaction of the enforcement is to go for low-hanging fruit, because that’s how you put up the most impressive numbers. That’s how you’re able to round up the most people.” Even with that philosophy, ICE deported 3,118,927 people under the Obama administration — more than it did under any other president. Rubio said he is worried that Trump will deport even more. “That number is going to shoot up,” he said.
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LACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Oklahoma was one of the most pro-Trump states in the country during the presidential election, with more than 65 percent of its votes going to the real estate mogul. Not only do Rubio and Hernandez think Trump and his administration are against them, they also think Oklahoma’s federal representatives — Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, in particular — don’t support them.
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Political science sophomore Maribel Hernandez (left) and her siblings. Hernandez and her mother journeyed to the United States from Juan Aldama in Zacatecas, Mexico.
However, Rubio said there are pockets of support within the state, such as OU, his high school and Aspiring Americans, an Oklahoma City-based organization that helps undocumented students through mentorship, grants, scholarships and legal assistance. Rubio’s OU experience began as a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, when he met Shumate, a fellow Booker T. graduate. Rubio said Shumate began mentoring him when he found out about Rubio’s undocumented status. Shumate said Rubio is like a little brother to him. “He was one of the first students I had a chance to personally recruit, and we’ve become very close,” Shumate said. “Carlos Rubio is a survivor,” he continued. “He doesn’t let any setbacks cause him to be bitter or be ungrateful. … His story is one of resilience, and I’m just very proud of him.” A l o ng w i t h Shu mat e, OU President David Boren, Student Government
Association President J.D. Baker, and other students have also expressed support for undocumented students. Boren supports DACA and the DREAM Act, according to a statement from OU press secretary Matt Epting. Baker recently sent letters to Lankford, Inhofe and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, which expressed his support of undocumented students and asked them to support the proposed BRIDGE Act. Baker said he has not yet heard back from any of the three politicians. The Daily also contacted Lankford and Inhofe Feb. 12 regarding the BRIDGE Act and Baker’s letters but received no response. “If they responded (to Baker’s letters) ... it would feel like they were listening,” Rubio said. “But I don’t think we’ll get a response.” Furthermore, hundreds of OU students have participated in campus demonstrations that took place Jan. 30, Feb. 2 and Feb. 9, in which they protested the travel ban, the wall and Trump himself.
OU group hosts conference Public relations students will hold networking event ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2
OU students will have the opportunity to network with others from the field of public relations at an upcoming conference, themed “Find Your Passion Sooner.” The OU Public Relations Student Society of America was selected to host the Feb. 24-25 regional conference after undergoing an application and interview process, said Mary Newsome, communication senior and PRSSA regional conference coordinator. This is the first time the OU chapter will run the event independently after co-hosting with the University of Texas two years ago, Bob Pritchard, PRSSA faculty adviser, said. Newsome said the conference welcomes all OU students interested in exploring the industry as well
as students from schools across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri. The two-day event includes breakout sessions with speakers from different sectors within the industry, including sports, digital, corporate storytelling and travel. The speake rs at ea ch s e ssi o n a re professionals from various companies like Oklahoma City Thunder, Love’s, Visit Norman, Smirk New Media and others, Newsome said. Newsome said the speakers will be emphasizing their personal stories about how they chose their fields of study and career paths as part of the “Find Your Passion Sooner” theme. “I feel like that’s one of the things that a lot of students struggle with is finding something that they love and want to do for the rest of their life, so the purpose of it is just to get speakers in here talking about how they ended up in the field and why they love it,” Newsome said. Pritchard said he is looking for ward to meeting
students from other universities. “Getting a chance to meet like-minded students from other areas, other universities is always exciting to me as the faculty adviser to learn a b o u t t h e i r p ro g r a m s and what they’re doing,” Pritchard said. “We often learn something that we can apply here.” After the breakout sessions, there will be a panel session with recent college graduates to discuss their post-college career choices, as well as networking opportunities and a resume critique. Three meals and snacks will be provided throughout the event, Newsome said. Students can register at www.findyourpassionsooner.com for a fee of $30 for PRSSA members and $35 for non-members. Anna Bauman
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The OU Public Relations Student Society of America at its 2016 Agency Tour in Chicago. The group was selected to host the regional conference Feb. 24-25.
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AN UNKNOWN FUTURE As of Sept. 30, 2016, the U.S. government had approved 1,340,305 total requests for initial and renewed deferred action, according to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. It is unclear how Trump will act on DACA, but Langer said it would be “catastrophic” if Trump deported everyone protected under DACA. “The country runs on stability and confidence. Our country doesn’t run on chaos and misdirection,” Langer said. “It would take us from an immigrant-created country over to the category of a nationalist sort of country. And I think it’s very dangerous.” However, Langer said he does not think Trump will immediately remove every DACA-protected person from the country. He said he
thinks Trump will most likely let applications in process go through, but still remove them when their two-year deferral is over. “To be uncertain about your future … I guess we’ve lived with that for our whole lives,” Rubio said. “So, it’s just natural.” Even with their futures in others’ hands, Rubio and Hernandez are trying to be optimistic. “If we go back, we go back,” Rubio said. “We continue to study, we go to school over there, we figure it out.”
DACA STATISTICS TOTAL APPLICATIONS APPROVED: 1,340,305 (initial requests and renewals) TOTAL APPLICATIONS DENIED: 68,240 (initial requests and renewals) AVERAGE REQUESTS ACCEPTED PER DAY: 1,457 PENDING APPLICATIONS: 119,934 Source: U.S. Citizenship
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Hernandez said she thinks all the time about her deferred action being repealed, and the thought is scary, but she’ll have to keep fighting. “If I don’t end up receiving full citizenship, if I end up getting deported, then I guess I’m gonna have to follow my dreams elsewhere or try to get back someh ow ,” He r na n d ez s a i d . Andrew Clark
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Tensions tarnish discussion Political divisions trickle into classes, impact engagement OLIVIA DUBCAK @olivedubbie
The current political climate has made tensions rise in classroom discussions — especially those dealing with social issues — and many students are choosing to remain silent. Ronald Peters, Regents Professor of political science at OU, has been teaching at the university since 1975 and was here as both an undergraduate and graduate student. Peters said he has seen periods of extreme division at the university in his time here but nothing like the campus climate of today. “As an undergraduate student and then as a graduate student, I was on campus during the period of the Vietnam protests and the civil rights demonstrations. ... Buildings were set on fire, large-scale demonstrations, so I’ve certainly seen more social upheaval,” Peters said. “But I don’t think I’ve experienced anything quite like what we’re now seeing in terms of the erosion of the sort of the norms that govern the way our ordinary politics are conducted.” This division has trickled into the classroom, and instead of causing students to become combative, it is silencing them, Peters said. “If it is the case that we have an environment now that’s so polarized that people are just afraid to talk to each other, that extends into the classroom. ... You have lots of students who are sitting out there, and you’re looking at them, you don’t know what they’re thinking,” Peters said. “But that students are led to feel as though they don’t want to speak frankly about
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Students listen to professor Ronald Peters’s class Thursday. Peters encourages students to discuss the current political climate.
their views and have open and engaged discussions (is) a real cost for higher education, and it’s a cost for this generation of students.”
“That students are led to feel as though they don’t want to speak frankly about their views and have open and engaged discussions (is) a real cost for higher education.” RONALD PETERS, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
Meta Carstarphen, OU professor who teaches a class about the roles of race and gender in media in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, said she sets an agenda for her class discussions to avoid straying from the topic when discussing important issues. “We don’t live in a bubble,” Carstarphen said. “There are
things going on in the world that we have opinions about and that affect us, and so the classroom ideally could be a very good place to have students of all backgrounds and experiences, guided by the professor, to talk about them and make it relevant to whatever work they’re doing in this moment in time.” Encouraging discussion about relevant issues is a vital part of her classroom discourse, Carstarphen said. “What I hear from students is that maybe in some of their other classes where these issues might be relevant, they may not feel as free to talk about it or the professor may not explicitly say, ‘Let’s talk about it or see how it’s relevant,’” she said. “And I think that’s where I would suppose the tension is.” Ella Watson, international security and Judaic studies freshman, said she has experienced this tension firsthand. “I have a professor who every single day brings up how horrible the president is, and so by constantly talking
about how immoral and horrible he is, I feel like that’s really difficult on other students who may support his policies,” Watson said. This division in the classroom is not only affecting students but professors as well. David Vishanoff, associate professor of Islamic studies, said he also struggles with taking a firm position in discussions centered on politics. He said he wrestled with attending the “No Ban No Wall Solidarity March” in which hundreds of people marched in opposition of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. “(I wrestled with the question of) should I, as a professor of Islamic studies, weighin on the public conversation,” he said. “Should I be, you know, standing up for people who are understandably worried and upset and feel targeted?” Vishanoff said he still feels uncertain about his decision to not attend the march. But he said he feels a responsibility to teach “sacrificial listening” to his students.
“That’s the only bumper sticker I’m ever gonna put on my car, is ‘Listen,’” he said. Although political discussion may incite disagreements, the alternative is much worse, Vishanoff said. “In religious studies classes, there are always differences of opinion that result in some students suddenly articulating very strongly an opinion that they’ve kept back all semester, and suddenly it comes out and you can tell there are other students getting uncomfortable and occasionally arguing back,” Vishanoff said. Classroom discourse is an important way to challenge your own views and try to understand things you disagree with, Peters said. “I would say to my students, if you come and spend four years here at OU and you haven’t changed your mind on anything, then you haven’t gotten your money out of this place,” Peters said. Olivia Dubcak
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Panel to amplify voices Boren opposes
guns on campus
Event will cover Native American issues, resources
House bill would allow weapons on college grounds
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OU students will have the opportunity to discuss activism and Native American representation on campus at a panel next week. The Office of the University Community will host the discussion from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Feb. 20. at the University Community Center. OU Tribal Liaison Officer Warren Queton said the discussion will create a comfortable space that empowers students to have their voices heard on issues they are passionate about. “College campuses have had a lot of demonstrations come up on campus since the election of Donald Trump,” Queton said. “I think we as a university want to make sure we’re being supportive of the student voice on campus. We want students to feel comfortable, that they have a spaces of empowerment to have their voices heard.” Queton said the panel will consist of attorney Brenda Golden, film director Sterlin Ha r j o, a c t i v i s t C o r n e l l Tahdooahnippah, photojournalist Tom Fields and OU student activists Justin Tiger, Apollonia Piña and Brittany McKane. Piña, a senior studying cross-cultural epistemologies in science and math, said she thinks the panel will be valuable because of the variety of people represented. “A lot of us have the same common goals, but we all take different approaches in how it’s best to reach those goals,” Piña said. “What I’m trying to get across is that there’s a multitude of ways to
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OU tribal liaison officer Warren Queton speaks at the Academics United – No to Visa and Immigration Ban protest Feb. 9. The Office of the University Community will host a panel to discuss activism and Native American representation on campus.
engage in direct and non-direct activism.” Queton said he hopes to introduce students to different modes of activism that are effective in sharing a message. He said Golden will help address the legal aspects of activism to help students understand proper protocol. “You have to know your limits,” Queton said. “We want to hear the voices heard, we want their voice to be out there, but we also want them to know what can they do and what can’t they do.” Queton said the discussion will allow the Native
American student population to have its voice heard on campus. “We want to hear their needs. We want to make assessments and identify ways in which we can help them survive and thrive,” Queton said. “We want to identify ways that they’re going to be successful in their educational endeavors here at the University of Oklahoma.” Anna Bauman
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A bill was proposed last month that would allow concealed firearms to be carried on college campuses in Oklahoma, and OU President David Boren reiterated his opposition of allowing guns on campus outside of law enforcement and other trained professionals. Rep. John Enns, R-Enid, introduced House Bill 1600 on Jan. 19, 2017. If passed, it would allow personal handguns on college campuses beginning Nov. 1, 2019. The bill, which was referred to the house judiciary committee Feb. 7, also prohibits handguns from being carried in any building with “adequate security measures,” such as guards or metal detectors at entrances, or that has a “restricted access entrance,” such as a keycard or access code requirement. The bill gives universities until Nov. 1, 2019, to equip buildings with these security measures or restricted access entrances. HB 1600 also says anyone who is convicted of violating the bill by carrying a firearm in an unauthorized location would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no more than $250. In a statement provided by OU press secretary Matt Epting, Boren cited a study conducted by the OU Political Science Department, which
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Oklahoma state Rep. John Enns introduced House Bill 1600, which would allow personal handguns on college campuses, Nov. 1, 2019.
concluded that 70 percent of OU students oppose opening the campus to guns. “I personally feel a strong sense of responsibility for the safety of our students,” Boren said in the statement. “Placing guns on campus, except in the hands of highly trained law enforcement officers and professionals, would be a serious mistake and would lead only to tragic results. To put our university students, faculty and staff at risk in this way makes absolutely no sense.” Boren said in the statement that in the case of an emergency, OU uses its SWAT team, comprised of members of the OU and Nor man police depar tments, and its emergency communication system, which sends text messages, emails, voice mails and messages over outdoor speakers around campus to alert people of urgent information. Shane Byler
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Forum tackles sexuality, health Student-run digital magazine solicits art, poetry, articles
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OU Forum, a digital, student-run news magazine, launched its latest issue Feb. 14 on its website over the topic of sexuality, relationships and reproductive justice. Twelve sets of art, poetry and articles were chosen to represent the topic. OU Forum reaches out to students, professors and alumni for submissions of art, poetry and articles in its monthly issues. Each issue includes a theme, feature article, 3-5 guest articles from the OU community and alternative media forms, according to OU Forum. The February issue, entitled “Sexuality, Relationships, and Reproductive Justice,� also included a cover story written by Kelsey Morris, sociology sophomore and student section editor on the OU Forum, entitled “Exploring Sexuality: How do we talk about it?� “We’ve wanted to do an issue about LGBTQ+ issues and we debated for a long time about whether we wanted to talk about gender, sexuality or both in one issue or two,� Morris said. “Eventually we settled on sexuality in one
OU Forum’s lastest issue was entitled “Sexuality Relationships, and Reproductive Justice,� and it came out Feb. 14. OU Forum was founded in 2015.
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Miranda Koutahi (center), section editor of OU Forum, speaks at a meeting Feb. 3. OU Forum is an online news magazine that reflects a cross collaboration on OU’s campus.
issue and gender in the next month.� On Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 there will be a “Take Root� conference on campus. “Take Root� will include speakers and workshops that will explain the importance of sex education, reproductive health and sexuality from an interdisciplinary perspective, according to its website. OU Forum’s board members said they thought it was important for the February issue to tie into the Take Root event and stay relevant to what is happening on campus, said Alexandra Goodman, professional writing senior and managing editor for the OU Forum. “At one point we discussed the title being ‘Understanding
“As far as alumni, we’ve always tried to reach out to alumni because it’s good tohave perspectives from people who’ve gone through the experience.� MIRANDA KOUTAHI, SECTION EDITOR OF OU FORUM
Sexuality,’� said Ashley Jeffalone, psychology graduate student and Alumni section editor. “So another part of it is the education part. I mean awareness to this. Trying to express other people’s experiences with this so that others can better understand what someone of a different sexual orientation or someone who had a different reproductive right experience.� A big part of OU Forum
is to establish a wide variety of perspectives. OU Forum co-founders feel that one group of people on OU’s campus often have a louder voice than others, said Emily “Eddy� Mee, political science sophomore and editor in chief of OU Forum. OU Forum has received positive feedback from student groups and alumni. They have also tried to include alumni in the OU Forum
DJs, dancers, artists mingle in new space Events intended to give atmosphere to experience craft MOLLY KRUSE @mollykruse98
Resonator Art Space provides a low-pressure atmosphere for dancers and DJs alike. The art space’s monthly series, Alt Shift Dance, brings curated DJ sets to anyone who wants to dance and have a good time. Laine Bergeron, Resonator’s in-house DJ, started the series, Allison Campbell said. Campbell is on the development team for web communications at OU and also volunteers to help run Resonator. “We really wanted to develop a culture for DJs, and DJspecific nights at Resonator,� Campbell said. Resonator’s team does this by pairing less experienced DJs with more experienced ones, supplying “an outlet for people who wanted to learn how to DJ,� Campbell said. The upcoming Alt Shift Dance night will feature a DJ from Brazil whose wife is an OU student, Campbell said. Taylor McKenzie, local German teacher who DJ’d for Alt Shift Dance in January, said the events are a good place for DJs to experiment with their favorite music. Each Alt Shift Dance night begins a little bit later than other Resonator events and is given a different loose theme
or phrase, Campbell said. Some past themes have included “These Are a Few of My Favorite Things� and a Halloween party, but DJs are not restricted to following these themes, she said. The series stresses collaboration between artists and DJs. In addition, video artists are invited to submit their work to be projected on a screen during the show, Campbell said. In a way, Alt Shift Dance nights resurrect the Oklahoma rav e s c e n e o f t h e ‘ 9 0 s, McKenzie said. Although the spirit might be similar, Alt Shift Dance events do not serve alcohol, Campbell said. Instead, the nights create a healthy space where people can focus on dancing without any external factors that might accompany a dance party. Katie Murray, barista at Gray Owl Coffee and elementary education sophomore, has been to three Alt Shift Dance events so far, she said. She appreciates the opportunity “to dance and feel safe,� she said. “Sometimes going out to clubs and bars and stuff and dancing with your friends can feel gross, and dudes will come hit on you and stuff, and it will just be really uncomfortable,� Murray said. “But being able to kind of let loose and be in this space without worrying about that is really positive for a lot of the community.� Molly Kruse
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continue to include topics that not only come from current events and what is affecting people, but what students, faculty and alumni want each issue to be about. OU Forum was founded in 2015 after individuals visited campuses like Harvard and Georgetown. Both campuses had student-contribution newsmagazines with content that was a culmination of a cross-discipline collaboration across campus, according to OU Forum. OU Forum’s February issue and others from the past can be found at ouforum.com. Archiebald Browne
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Copyright 2017, Newspaper Enterprise Assn. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2017 Take your time and do your own thing. DonĘźt feel pressured by what others choose to do. Be your own person and make decisions based on your knowledge of situations. Your consistency and steady progress will not fail you. Striving for perfection and paying attention to detail and quality will serve you quite well. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Keep a close watch on your co-workers and employer. Gather information that will help you outmaneuver anyone who tries to get in your way. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Live your dream. DonĘźt deny yourself the right to get ahead. Choose to be in control, and make your decisions based on whatĘźs best for you. Personal improvements are favored.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Trouble at home will arise if you donĘźt discuss your plans with the people who will be affected by your decisions. Emotions will flare up if you arenĘźt fair. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Face challenges head-on. Be willing to bring about change that will make your life better. Making a move, following an educational pursuit and nurturing important relationships will be in your best interest. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Discussions will lead to controversy, but in the end, a unique solution will be found. DonĘźt shy away from sharing your feelings if you want to bring about positive change. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Turn your focus inward. Learn from your mistakes and refuse to get involved with infamous individuals trying to take advantage of your good nature and generosity.
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February 20-22, 2017 •
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Spenser Davis, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports
Young talent commits to OU
Fit, feel contribute to five-star recruit opting to stay in OK DEREK PETERSON @DrPetey15
Trae Young, five-star point guard and gem of the 2017 recruiting class, didn’t sleep Wednesday night. With his college commitment announcement set for Thursday afternoon, Young was too nervous to sleep. Not because he didn’t know where he was going, but because he wanted to practice what he’d say. Like his game, he wanted it to be perfect. Yo u n g h a d d e c i d e d where he would take his talents early last week. After narrowing his list of suitors to just three schools — Oklahoma, Kansas and Oklahoma State — Young was going to be making one fan base ecstatic and two others dejected. When the time came with Young sitting in a packed auditorium inside Norman North High School, there was no hoopla, no shows or games. Young, seated at a table with his family, pulled out a crimson Oklahoma hat and announced a commitment that has been over four years in the making for the Sooners. “This recruiting process has been very long, very tough,” he said. “But this is home.” For the 6-foot-2-inch point guard who’s averaging a blistering 43 points per contest during his senior campaign, it all came down to basketball and fit. Young said that just days before he ultimately made his decision, he was leaning toward the Jayhawks and the lore of Allen Fieldhouse. But then
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Trae Young, Norman North senior and five-star recruit, shows off his OU hat after commiting to the school Thursday. Young is 6 feet 2 inches tall and is averaging 43 points per game this season.
he realized something. “I just felt like I could do what I would do at OU at a blue blood,” Young said. “I can be on that stage, I can help lead our team and put us on the biggest stages of college basketball next year and however long I’m in college. I feel like what I can do at OU I can do at any other school.” That thought process and confidence in his ability to put Oklahoma over the top comes from the chip on his shoulder that Young has always carried. “ H e ’s a k i d f ro m Oklahoma who everyone said, ‘You can’t be a McDonald’s All-American, you’re at a public school in Oklahoma,’” said Young’s father, Ray Young. “That’s why he didn’t go to prep school last year. He wanted
“I just felt like I could do what I would do at OU at a blue blood. I can be on that stage, I can help lead our team and put us on the biggest stages of college basketball next year and however long I’m in college. I feel like what I can do at OU I can do at any other school.” TRAE YOUNG, FIVE-STAR POINT GUARD
to prove everybody wrong. He’s achieved all his dreams ... at a public school in Oklahoma. That’s what he has inside of him right now, he wants to prove to the national basketball people that OU is going to be back in the next year.” Oklahoma has struggled this season. It’s 9-17 on the year and has only won three conference games. But the Sooners own the Big 12’s
youngest roster, and all that youth — and everything that comes with it — has been on full display at times this season. Young said he didn’t look at that as a deterring factor but rather a positive. “I feel like this team has been having a lot of struggles, but they’ve shown a lot of good signs too,” Young said. “They’re very young, only losing one or
two seniors this year. With Kam McGusty and Kristian Doolittle playing like two of the top freshmen in the country this year, they’ve been outstanding, I can’t wait to play w ith those guys.” R a y Yo u n g , w h o r e vealed to USA Today that he had reservations about the Sooners’ ability to top Kansas, said that he and his son have done their research on Oklahoma and they know what they’re getting into. “We’ve recorded every game this year, we watch every game, we look at every player,” Ray Young said. “The biggest thing with all this is he feels confident in those guys that he can go in there and help them get better, and they can help him and teach him the college
life, and they can teach him the balance between basketball and school.” When Trae Young gets on campus next season, he’ll slide right into the starting guard spot that has been inhabited by another Oklahoma native, Jordan Woodard, for the last four seasons. Young’s backcourt running mate? Current freshman Kameron McGusty, who is in the midst of the longest streak of double-digit scoring efforts an Oklahoma freshman has had since 1990. “I feel like me and Kam (McGusty) can be one of the best backcourts in the country next year,” Trae Young said. His father agreed. “No doubt,” Ray Young said on the duo’s potential to be one of the best backcourts around. “Because Kam can score with the best of them and Trae’s proven that he can score with the best of them, I don’t see how other backcourts are going to be able to stop them. You can’t double-team Kam because Trae’s going to hurt you, and you can’t double-team Trae because Kam’s going to hurt you, and if they’re having a bad game you have Kristian Doolittle who’s already a grown man.” With the pieces in place, Trae Young has his sights set high for the Sooners next year. He said he knows the path to the Big 12 crown goes through Kansas, but he’s ready for that challenge. “I’m coming there for a re a s o n ,” Yo u n g s a i d . “Winning takes care of everything. I’ve always been a winner growing up so I don’t see that changing at the collegiate level.” Derek Peterson
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Sooners make up deficit, defeat Dirtbags Pitching, balanced offense make series win conceivable SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser
Oklahoma (2-1) clinched a series win over No. 17 Long Beach State (1-2) with a 4-2 victory Sunday afternoon. The Sooners rallied back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the Dirtbags and avenge a series loss to the same program from a season ago. “I love the fact that we played from behind in a rubber match,” coach Pete Hughes said. “There was no panic, there was composure and a veteran approach to playing from behind at home.” Th e w e e ke n d s t a r t e d with a dominant pitching per for mance from Jake Irvin, who threw seven innings of shutout ball, striking out 10 while allowing just one hit and zero walks in the 6-2 win. Irvin kept batters off-balance all day long by throwing his curve b a l l f o r s t r i k e s, s o m e thing he attributed to new OU pitching coach Skip Johnson. “It was a lot of offseason work with Skip,” Irvin said. “Just developing each pitch, they were already there in the past but Skip fixed a couple things and added more break.” Oklahoma got balanced offensive production as well on Friday as five different Sooners scored a run. It was one of the most complete wins of the Hughes era, who is now entering his fourth season in Norman. “I love the fact that we
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didn’t feel our way into the game,” Hughes said. “ T h e s e g u y s w e re o n a mission and they had an objective and they played hard. That’s all I want them to do. I don’t know how the result is going to end up, but I think we have a good chance if we just go out and execute what we want to do.”
“These guys were on a mission and they had an objective and they played hard. That’s all I want them to do. I don’t know how the result is going to end up, but I think we have a good chance if we just go out and execute what we want to do.” PETE HUGHES, BASEBALL COACH
On Saturday, the tide changed slightly as the Dirtbags came away with an 8-3 victory thanks to a six-run seventh inning. “Yeah, I mean, can’t be disappointed for the first half of that game, and we played out butt off. (Dylan)
Grove pitched one heck of a game,” said senior Jack Flansburg, who had one of OU’s two RBI on the day. “And the next half of the game wasn’t what we wanted, but that’s ok because tomorrow we’re going to come back and win the series.” F l a n s b u r g ’s p r o m ise proved fruitful as the Sooners used a three-run sixth inning to down Long Beach State in the rubber match. “Knowing Long Beach, they’re a good team,” said Steele Walker, who scored a run Sunday after launching a leadoff triple in the sixth. “Two quality wins against them, they were both team wins. Everybody contributed.” JB Olson closed out the game for Oklahoma with a six-out save, propelling the Sooners to a 2-1 record to start a 19-game homestand. OU will next play Grambling State in a midweek series on Tuesday a n d We d n e s d a y . B o t h games will start at 3 p.m. OU won’t play a conference game until March 24, but Walker added the Sooners plan to use the next few weeks of non-conference play as preparation for that challenge. “We’re looking to make a statement in the Big 12,” Walker said. “ The only way you do that is to prepare b efore the Big 12. We’re not taking any games lightly. We’re coming in full-fledged, we’re attacking. We’re the underdog this year, we don’t care. ... We’re coming for people. We’re not playing around.” Spenser Davis
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Freshman catcher Brady Lindsly mid-swing during the first inning Sunday. The Sooners won two of the three game series against the Dirtbags.
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