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Jamal Bieniemy has been an integral part of OU’s men’s basketball team as a true freshman.

KNOW THY BIENIEMY Freshman point guard goes from benchwarmer to beacon of hope for Sooners in tumultuous season

railing 69-67 with just 54 seconds remaining in the Texas Class 6A basketball state semifinals, the Katy Tompkins Falcons were in need of a hero. The Falcons had just blown an eight-point lead over the South Garland Colonels by giving up 10 straight points, and it appeared they might have blown a chance for a championship as well. As Tompkins head coach Bobby Sanders huddled his team near the bench, he called out just one player to save the Falcons’ season: “Jamal (Bieniemy),” Sanders recalled saying. “You’ve just got to make a play right now.” Bieniemy, then a senior point guard for the Falcons, responded to his coach’s call by hitting a three-pointer with just 22 seconds remaining in the game. The Falcons went on to win 80-76 in overtime, and Bieniemy went on to cement himself in Katy Tompkins history. The former high school hero is now a freshman at OU, and although his dream of earning a state championship ring is over, his quest for a national championship has just begun.

PARKER PRIMROSE • @PARKER_PRIMROSE From being a skinny Texas kid with loads of potential to becoming the future of OU basketball, Bieniemy has excelled at every level and has helped lead his teams to consistent success. As the Sooners prepare for a final push for the postseason, Bieniemy can give them hope both now and for years to come. “He’s committed to helping OU win every single game he plays in,” Sanders said. “When he’s on a team, he’s committed to that team, and there’s no selfishness about him, he just wants his team to win.” THE PROSPECT Bieniemy was raised by a family of athletes. His father, Troy Bieniemy, played football at Grambling State, and his uncle, Eric Bieniemy, who is now the offensive coordinator for Kansas City’s NFL team, was an AllAmerican running back at the University of Colorado and p l ay e d i n t h e N F L f o r n i n e seasons. According to Troy, Jamal’s constant exposure to athletic success served as an up-close example of how to excel on and

off the court. “ Ja m a l ’s b e e n a r o u n d high-level athletes most of his life,” Troy said. “What he got to see was, a lot of those guys, they’re just normal people. They’ve just got extraordinary physical gifts ... He always notices that those guys sacrifice a lot, and if they want to be good at what they do, that’s what it takes.” W h i l e g e t t i n g t o g ro w u p around professional athletes, it became apparent that Jamal also had a unique athletic skill set, as he began to find success in both football and basketball. Ultimately, basketball would become his favorite to play. “He was one of those kids that was really good in all sports, and everything he tried, he excelled in,” Troy said. “He was a really good football player ... but I know for a fact basketball became the No. 1 sport for him because he played basketball or worked on it without anybody telling him to.” It wasn’t just his dad who noticed his talent at a young age. Others also began to catch on that the Katy, Texas, native was something special. Sanders said

he knew Jamal was different when he saw him as a sixth grader in an open gym. “( Jamal) was this tiny little skinny kid, but he wanted to win every pickup game, and he played really hard the whole time,” Sanders said. “Most guys in pickup games just jog around. He’s out there fighting to win and also seeing the floor better than anybody else out there, as a sixth grader.” Jamal went on to be a fouryear starter on the high school team and set program records in points, assists and steals. He was ranked as four-star prospect according to 247Sports.com and was seen as the No. 7 player in the state of Texas. When he started making college visits, OU wasn’t near the top of his list. But in a twist of fate, a visit to Oklahoma State ended up revealing his love for the Sooners. “Me and my parents went up for a game to Stillwater to see OSU versus OU and my mom really, really liked coach Kruger and how he coached, and then he started recruiting me,” Jamal said. “When I came here, I just really liked the environment and

the coaching staff and players. I fell in love with it.” THE PLAYER Jamal began his first col lege season on the bench, the only freshman on the most experienced roster in the Big 12. Despite initially playing as a reserve, the six-foot-four, 181 pound guard made his presence felt early, earning a team-high five steals against UTSA in just his second career game. As the 2018-2019 season has worn on, Jamal’s role has only grown. He made his first start on Jan. 19 against Texas, where he scored 11 points and shot 50 percent from the behind the arc. Since then, he’s made eight more starts and has averaged more than 32 minutes per game. Trae Young, who now starts for the Atlanta Hawks as a rookie, averaged 35.4 minutes per game during his single season at OU. “Jamal was in the shadows a little bit at the beginning of the season,” senior center Jamuni McNeace said. “He wasn’t out

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OUHSC landscapers face possible privatization Further layoffs spark worry that work may soon be outsourced JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr

Editor’s note: This story uses quotes and information from a source who wished to remain anonymous due to this story’s sensitive nature. The identity of the source, referred to here as Jack Walter, is known to The Daily. After five employees from the OU Health Sciences Center were terminated Feb. 7, some say OU President James Gallogly’s justifications for their firing were untrue. The five positions — assigned to turf management — accounted

for 29 percent of the campus landscaping department and were terminated due to changes in the campus’ landscaping requirements, a university spokesperson said. In a Feb. 7 interview with The Daily, Gallogly said the majority of these positions were seasonal workers and that the university was “paying for a lot of those folks to sit around and wait for the summer to come spring planting season.” Jack Walter, a source with knowledge of the situation, said there is still work for the landscapers to do in the wintertime like trimming trees, blowing leaves, mulching leaves, snow and ice removal, pruning and picking up litter. “For him to say they were just sitting around and students were just paying them to do nothing ... It’s insulting, and it’s just not true,”

Walter said. Former landscaper and gardener Ivan Wright was terminated in the recent layoffs and also said there was still work to do during the winter, and said even when there was inclement weather, employees worked in the greenhouse. “(The work) was steady,” Wright said. Walter said the university is planning on outsourcing turf management by putting out a bid to solicit offers from private companies. He worries that the recent reduction in staff will justify further privatization of the department and said these reductions are “closer to 50 percent” of OUHSC landscaping compared to last year due to positions that have remained unfilled. “(The department was) stretched thin to begin with, and

then this will make it almost impossible, almost impossible,” Walter said. “It pretty much guts the department. I think it sets (the department) up for failure ... So my fear is that this is just piecemeal privatization — (the landscaping department is) the first step in that.” University spokesperson Lauren Brookey said in an email that there have been no decisions made “regarding using or not using outside contractors” regarding landscaping, but Walter said he thinks from here the university will privatize departments like housekeeping and other service units. According to a statement from Gallogly the day of the layoffs, the 28 positions terminated — mainly from the HSC’s landscaping department and Information Technology — will save the

university about $2 million annually. However, Walter said since the university will hire out the services for landscaping at the HSC, “there’s no guarantee that those bids will be cheaper than what (the department) could have provided.” Brookey said the possibility of privatization of landscaping is “premature” due to the recent appointment of Eric Conrad as vice president of operations. Conrad’s official start date is Feb. 25, according to an OU Info statement. “The question is premature in light of the expectation that the new Operations Vice President will evaluate and make decisions about future maintenance and operations needs,” Brookey said. Jordan Miller

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OU Regents discuss investigation

Board says Gallogly not involved in Boren inquiry JANA ALLEN @jana_allen21

The OU Board of Regents met Wednesday in an executive session “to discuss personnel investigation(s),”

and would not comment on whether or not the investigation was into sexual harassment alle ga tions against former OU President David Boren. Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes, chair of the board, read a statement after the meeting adjourned to say she could not comment on any of the unresolved personnel issues.

On Feb. 13, The Oklahoman reported that the university hired the Jones Day law firm to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Boren. University spokesperson Lauren Brookey confirmed at the time that the university had hired the firm, but could not say what or whom the firm was investigating.

Rainbolt-Forbes confirmed Wednesday that OU President James Gallogly, who was not present, has nothing to do with the investigation. “What I specifically want to do is affirm this board’s complete support of Jim Gallogly as president of the university,” RainboltForbes said. “And also let me make it clear that he

did not initiate, nor is he involved in, this investigation, which is being conducted by an independent third party.” Ra i n b o l t- Fo rb e s sa i d no regent could comment on any questions regarding the investigation in order to protect any parties involved. “Our goal is to ensure the investigation’s integrity,

and any comment would be highly inappropriate,” Rainbolt-Forbes said. “The investigation will be unbiased, thorough and won’t be rushed.” Jana Allen

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Research office closure impacting undergrads Focus on graduate research affecting student networks SCOTT KIRKER @scott_kirker

As the OU administration works to double research holistically, the closure of the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) continues to perplex some students even as they hope new administration efforts to bolster undergraduate research will prove successful. The office — which worked to connect undergraduate students with research opportunities, particularly students who are historically underrepresented in research — closed in November. Interim Vice President for Research Randall Hewes said in a Nov. 6 statement in response to community concerns that restructuring research services would save significant money for the university, and that necessary functions performed

by the office would shift to existing staff in the Office of Research Services and elsewhere on campus. Political science senior Emily Mee, who worked as an undergraduate research ambassador for OUR, said that the office provided impactful services despite having low funding relative to other offices. Mee said these services included informing students of research opportunities at events through undergraduate research ambassadors, in addition to holding office hours and hosting the Curiosity to Creativity Symposium. OUR worked to help students get into research who didn’t necessarily have a 4.0 GPA or much time to conduct research, Mee said. “The Office of Undergraduate Research wanted to fill that space and offer the everyday student the opportunity to engage in research and engage with the faculty members at OU,” Mee said.

As the administration works to double research, undergraduate research engagement with faculty is one area of particular focus through programs that incorporate research directly into courses and curriculum, Hewes said in a Feb. 6 email to The Daily. The biology department’s Cornerstone course, Hewes said, is one early model of a course that provides students with the opportunity to engage with a professor’s research as a part of the curriculum, and potentially after the course’s conclusion. Environmental sustainability junior Maya Henderson said OUR’s closure forced her to delay research she had started over the summer, which she’d hoped OUR would help her to fund, but she was eventually able to continue her research. Henderson said the plan to incorporate research into curriculum is similar to the way she got into research, and it could be quite

beneficial. “I think it’s a lot easier to get a concept, especially as an undergraduate,” Henderson said, “of what you would like to do research on if you’ve already had a class and you have a professor you have a connection with, and you can work out an idea for something you would like to look into.” Mee said that while the administration’s new efforts

seem promising for undergraduates, she felt OUR was effective in connecting and fostering relationships between students and faculty. “I think that through the years that OUR had been established and the networks that the two staff members were able to make, they really gained momentum on that and had these networks and relationships with faculty members,” Mee said.

Carrie Pavlowsky, chair of the OU Graduate Student Senate and doctoral student in geology, said she worked with OUR as a graduate research guide. This OUR program allowed professors incorporating research into an undergraduate course to request a graduate research guide through OUR, See OUR page 3

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Schools utilize ‘telehealth’ Virtual hospital visits give Norman students extra care

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A student at Irving Middle School brushed her hair to the side as school nurse Ashley Carter used an otoscope to look inside her ear. In front of them was a split computer screen with Kate Cook, Norman Regional Pediatric hospitalist and Norman Public Schools medical director, on one side and the inside of the student’s ear on the other. Every day is different for Carter, as she sees students with everything from a sore throat to serious allergic reactions, but the unique technology at hand helps her diagnose students more effectively and keep them in school. This new, high-tech “telehealth” program being piloted at Irving Middle School

and Washington Elementary School is part of the unique partnership between Norman Regional Health System and Norman Public Schools, Cook said. The Norman Regional Health System and Norman Regional Health Foundation have collectively donated around $4 million to Norman Public Schools to ensure each school has the resources it needs to provide quality health care for students, said Paula Price, Norman Regional vice president of strategy and growth. Price said the health system began working with Norman Public Schools in 1996. However, when they noticed several students were not being reached through normal health screenings in 2007, they began working to ensure every school in Norman had a nurse. “Our goal has always been to continue to have healthy children that are able to learn,” Price said. “So, they’re healthy and have the ability

to learn what they need to to grow, learn and be healthy, productive adults.” However, school nurses are typically funded by the schools themselves and many schools in Oklahoma without community partnerships don’t have the resources to have nurses on staff within the building, Price said. “There’s just not enough funding to have school health nurses,” Price said. “In the rural areas, it’s very much needed, and it’s all about funding. That’s why it was important to us in our community outreach to support children and their parents.” Without a nurse on duty at schools, the responsibility often falls to secretaries and school administrators who are not as experienced in the medical field, potentially causing health issues for students with more serious medical conditions, Cook said. “If you think about kids who have diabetes, seizure disorders, bad asthma or allergies, they really need to be

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recognized pretty quickly and addressed,” Cook said. The telehealth program came from this desire to support Norman families a year ago. The health system approached Norman Public Schools and said, “Hey, we have an idea — we think we could actually extend some of the health services,” Price said. Cook, who played a big role in getting the program started, is the main physician who virtually connects with the school nurses and students while remaining at Norman Regional Hospital. When a school nurse sees a student with a condition that appears beneficial for a doctor to look at, the nurse then notifies the student’s parents and, upon their approval, conducts a virtual visit with Cook and sometimes the parents who can join in on a three-way video conference. “It’s actually like being in the room,” Cook said. “I can see them, and I can move the camera around to see the things that I need to see, and it’s fun to develop that relationship with the nurses at the schools, too.” Since the telehealth program began, Cook has seen around 18 students, 75 percent of whom were able to return to class that day, she said. At Washington Elementary School, the health assistant sees around 56 students a day, which “is a huge number of children coming in and out,” said Erin Barnhart, Norman Regional Health Foundation executive director. Amid flu season, the ability to virtually address student medical concerns in schools plays a considerable role in

limiting infectious exposure to healthy students, Cook said. When student attendance improves, the financial assistance schools receive from the state improves as well, she said. “Part of the schools funding formula as far as the financial assistance they get from the state has to do with attendance, and anything that we can do to improve student attendance is one, good for students and good for learning, but it also helps the schools financially to do that,” Cook said. Having a nurse on hand at every school also increases attendance for students with special needs, as there are various treatments students need throughout the day, Price said. “A lot of special needs children with health needs are in our schools, and I think a lot of people don’t realize that,” Price said. “Because they have a nurse there, they’re able to go to school and be social and integrate. That’s probably the most important part of that.” The Norman Regional Health System hopes to further expand the telehealth program across Norman Public Schools, with tentative plans to integrate the system into Norman North High School by the end of spring, Cook said. “We really see it expanding into other school districts, and I think it’s very important for schools to have community partners, so I think we’ll see more of it,” Price said. Sierra Rains

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Pavlowsky said. This program connected Pavlowsky and other research guides with undergraduates to help teach them how to do research and develop a project or written work on their own, Pavlowsky said. “Students essentially had to write their own book chapter based on a project, looking at the environmental

Student Association is an organization aiming to “create, cultivate, and enjoy community with one another as Latinx/a/o graduate students,” according to the group’s Twitter announcement. Additionally, Latinx Graduate Student Association looks to give its members a space and community to have conversations specific to their “positionality as Latinx/a/o grad students in a predominantly Anglo/white institution,”

and create resources for the OU Latinx community. The organization’s first event is a mixer scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 22 at Pepe Delgado’s. For more information on future events and the group itself, visit @oulatinxgsa on Twitter and Instagram, and OU Latinx Graduate Student Association on Facebook.

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impacts,” Pavlowsky said. “My job was to help guide the students in their research, help them with formatting, help them with writing, finding sources, pruning thesis statements.” This particular OUR function provided not only experience and mentorship for undergraduates, but also helped graduate students to develop their teaching and mentorship philosophies, Pavlowsky said, which are important for applying to jobs in academia. Microbiology senior Emily Gutierrez, who previously

conducted research on a Mentored Research Fellowship funded through OUR, said the office’s closure may leave some groups of students that are typically underrepresented in research without as many opportunities. “I feel like especially as a first-generation minority student, OUR served a great purpose for us, because it’s what introduced us to the world of academia and research,” Gutierrez said. Gutierrez and Mee both said that since the closure of OUR, they have found it more

difficult to obtain funding to travel to different conferences and present research, funds that OUR previously provided. Gutierrez said that while she didn’t know the details of the administration’s plan to incorporate more coursebased research, their new efforts could likely have augmented OUR’s mentorship connections rather than trying to fill a gap created by OUR’s closure. This gap could extend to funding as well. Gutierrez said after her Mentored Research Fellowship, she

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was able to get partial funding for her research through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. “I got partial funding just because they said they had such a high volume of applicants, and I think part of that was because the Office of Undergraduate Research closed,” Gutierrez said. “I think I would have gotten more funding had there been less competition overall.”

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Donor group to lose parking Pass program for certain members to end in August

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Upon thorough review of our program structure, some changes have been made to membership guidelines,â&#x20AC;? Renfroe said in the email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving forward, as the majority of our members do not utilize this benefit, a complimentary parking permit for the Norman campus will no longer be part of Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Associates membership. Current parking permits will be valid until Aug. 14, 2019.â&#x20AC;? The decision comes amid reports donations to the university have been down significantly this fiscal year,

one of the most chaotic years at the university. The President â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Associates group allows members to join on different levels with varying benefits. To join, one must donate a certain amount to the university per year. According to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OU webpage, the group raised $2.8 million in donations in fiscal year 2018.

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and civil rights activist Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) on campus in 1977, and contemporary student activist responses to recent racist videos, including the #BetterTogether march of Januar y 2019, said To dd Fuller, curator of the Western History Collections. A series of symposiums will be hosted by Project STAND around the country over the next year, and will be funded by a federal grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, said Burke. Burke said student activism is an important part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a truly democratic society.â&#x20AC;? The exhibit is on display in the Bizzell Memorial Library and the OU Libraries website.

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OU announced memb e r s o f t h e P re s i d e nt â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Associates donor group will no longer receive a complimentary parking pass. According to an email to members of the group from Karen Renfroe, acting associate vice president, the parking pass program will end effective Aug. 14, 2019.

Exhibit showcases African-American student activism SYDNEY BROWN @sydney_lbrown

The OU Libraries recently joined Project STAND, Student Activism Now Documented, by digitally show casing Afr icanAmerican student activism in the Bizzell Memorial Library in a celebration of Black History Month. Project STAND, which includes over 40 colleges and universities, was created in 2016 to increase access to archives and collections of student activism by creating an â&#x20AC;&#x153;online hub,â&#x20AC;?

according to an OU Info statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Participating in Project STAND gives us the tools we need to present an inclusive and diverse record of the student experience at OU, while also adding the OU exper ience to a national narrative,â&#x20AC;? said Bridget Burke, OU Libraries associate dean for special collections. The photos displayed in the exhibition were taken from the Western History Collections section of the libraries and the image archives of The OU Daily. Some of the exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured images include Ada Lois Sipuel Fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge to racial discrimination in law school admissions in 1946, poet

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OU Medicine receives grant to fund app Researchers will use $2.7 million to help smokers quit

people have smartphones apps,â&#x20AC;? Businelle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see within armâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reach, the use health behavior change of technology in helping services like smoking cespeople quit smoking is a sation becoming more and valuable resource, espe- more mobile.â&#x20AC;? EMILY TUCKER cially in rural Oklahoma, @carthagedelenda where a visit to a tobacco cessation clinic could take Emily Tucker emtuck99@ou.edu OU Medicine research- up a whole day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People spend a lot of ers created an app, which has been funded by a grant time on their phones, parfrom the National Cancer ticularly texting and using Institute, designed to help smokers who are trying to quit. The Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, a program of the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine, has been given a $2.7 million grant that will be used to conduct a study on the effectiveness of the app. The app was originally created by researcher Michael Businelle and his team when he was a faculty member at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Dallas. The app, called Smart-T, asks participants a set of 25 questions five times during the day regarding current urge to smoke, motivation to quit, access to cigarettes and recent alcohol consumption. After this, the questions focus in to form a risk estimator that measures a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s danger of relapsing in the next few VIA PRESS RELEASE hours. According to the press re- OU Medicine researchers created an app to help people quit lease, at a time when most smoking.

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CULTURE

Siandhara Bonnet, culture editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/culture • Twitter: @OUCulture

Guest to direct theater’s show Lab Theatre’s new production comes with new energy SAM TONKINS

@samanthatonkins

OU School of Drama’s Lab Theatre production of “Sense and Sensibility” is directed by guest director Paul Barnes, a freelance director who travels the country teaching the next generation of young actors. Barnes is from Ashland, Oregon, and directs at professional theaters, festivals and colleges across the United States. According to his website, Barnes has worked at Nevada Conservatory Theatre, the Great River Shakespeare Festival and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Barnes said he got involved in theater when he started acting in high school. “As I think theater becomes for so many kids in high school, it became my sort of safe haven and place where I could truly express myself and feel comfortable doing so,” Barnes said. After high school, Barnes said he discovered his passion for directing and has been a director for the past 30 years. He said he enjoys traveling across the country, meeting new people and training young actors. “As long as I’ve got dedicated students who are willing to dive in and work hard and a good script to work on with them, then I’ll be pretty happy wherever I am,” Barnes said. Barnes said he is friends with several OU faculty members, which is how he was invited to come to campus and direct a production. “Sense and Sensibility” will be Barnes’s third show at OU. He directed “Othello” in 2015 and

“Love’s Labour Lost” in 2017. He said the students he works with at OU are hardworking and open-minded. “OU’s program is one of the best in the country,” Barnes said. “The students are talented, and they have a really great work ethic, and there’s very little ego involved in any of it. It’s a real pleasure to get to work with them.” Barnes said he hopes his time at OU will give students a newfound appreciation for theater after this production. “I hope they have an expanded vision of the collaborative nature of theater,” Barnes said. “It just takes a whole lot of people to create a production.” Most importantly, Barnes said he hopes the students are able to have fun and truly enjoy their passions. “I just hope they have a good time,” Barnes said. “The reward is always in working hard but playing hard, too. They are called plays, and we should be able to play.” While at OU, Barnes has been able to teach many different aspects of theater. Lauren Linsey, acting sophomore, is an understudy in Barnes’s production of “Sense and Sensibility.” She said she has learned a lot about the technical aspects of a theater production from Barnes. “It’s a pretty small stage, and it’s a big, big cast,” Linsey said. “He is really awesome in the way he places people and the way he makes pictures on stage and the way he choreographs these transitions that we have.” She said she is glad to have been able to work with someone who is not used to the dynamic of the OU theater department because she learned different processes and techniques that will help her with her future career.

Paul Barnes, guest director of OU’s lab theatre production of “Sense and Sensibility” Feb. 15.

“I don’t know what kind of director I’m going to work with in the future, so now I’ve worked with a different kind,” Linsey said. Maggie Gibson, stage management and dramaturgy sophomore, is the stage manager of the show. Gibson said Barnes’s teaching allowed her to expand her knowledge of theater and adapt to a different swwtyle of directing. “I know how most of the professors at OU work because I have gotten to do a lot of productions with them, but having Paul fly in, I had never worked with him before and I feel like I’ve learned so much from him,” Gibson said. Gibson said Barnes’s teaching not only offered her a new perspective of theater but also helped her build lasting connections. “He had a really clear vision for the show that’s it’s been

really awesome to watch his process because I’ve learned a lot as a student but then also as someone who is trying to network and build professional relationships, it’s really awesome to have that connection,” Gibson said. She said her experience working with Barnes has helped her prepare for future jobs and internships. “I am really able to draw from this experience and say I’ve learned how to adapt,” Gibson said. “I’ve learned how to communicate and collaborate with people I don’t know very well.” OU’s production of “Sense and Sensibility” was adapted by playwright Kate Hamill. Barnes said the play tells the story of two sisters with very different personalities as they navigate adulthood and find love. “They are sisters,” Barnes said. “They clash. They love

each other. They tease each other. They criticize each other. They support each other. And they both happen to fall in love and learn a lot along the way.” Gibson said she is a lifelong fan of Jane Austen’s work, and she loved the energy Barnes and the production cast and crew brought to the show. “Watching all of these people bring the story to life and continually discover new things about the characters and the relationships and the story is really incredible,” Gibson said. Barnes said Austen’s novel features several different locations, which makes it hard to adapt for theater. However, he said this adaptation by Kate Hamill adds characters in order to help transitions. “This particular adaptation is unique in that she frames action of story with a group of gossips who are always

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present, always eavesdropping, commenting on the action and moving a lot of the furniture around to establish new locations every time the location changes,” Barnes said. “Sense and Sensibility” was scheduled to open on Feb. 19, but due to the weather, the performance was canceled. There will be performances at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 20-23 and at 3 p.m. on Feb. 24, and an additional performance has been scheduled for 3 p.m. on Feb. 23. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and can be purchased at the door or through the OU Fine Arts box office. Sam Tonkins

samantha.tonkins@ou.edu

Downtown Norman to hold 25th Mardi Gras Main Street to host parade after party to celebrate festival ARDEN MOAD

@arden_alamoad

The 25th annual Norman Mardi Gras celebration will be held in downtown Norman on March 2. The celebration will feature a parade and an after party. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. on Main Street. The floats in the parade procession will proceed twice down Main Street between Jones and Crawford streets, according to the parade website. The after party will run until 8:45 p.m. and will

feature live music and food trucks, such as La Gumbo Ya Ya and Classic Cajun Cuisine, according to their Facebook page. East Main Street will be closed between the two roads from 6 to 9 p.m. to allow for set up and preparations for the parade. Spectators are encouraged to avoid parking on Main Street if they wish to leave before 9 p.m. There is parking available west of the railroad tracks, east of Porter or on Gray Street for those who are willing to walk to the parade. The free event is family-friendly and open to adults, children and pets. Restaurants and bars on Main Street such as Red

Brick Bar will be open for those who prefer to observe the festivities from indoors. According to the website, the royalty of this year’s parade are husband and w i f e No r ma n Ha m m o n and Sheryl Martin, who are prominent members of the Norman arts community. A party with the Zydeco All Star Band featuring Dr. Victor Rook, Steve and David Short, TZ Wright and more will be held at Bison Witches at 9 p.m. after the conclusion of the street party, according to the website. The Daily contacted the parade organizers and received no comment. Arden Moad

amoad@ou.edu

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A band plays “When the Saints Go Marching In” celebrating the 20th annual Mardi Gras parade on Main Street March 2, 2014.

Three OU students to play in Concerto Gala School of Music contest winners to perform pieces KATHRYN WARD @kathryn_ward7

The Concerto Gala Concert will feature the three winners of the 2018 University of Oklahoma School of Music Concerto Competition March 1. The featured winners of the competition are saxophonist and professional aviation senior Zachary Lewis, soprano senior Hannah Alfaro, and pianist graduate student Hannah Roberts. The competition is open to OU School of Music Students and formally judged by a panel of music professionals unaffiliated with OU every fall semester. The concert will present each individual as they play their pieces backed by

an orchestra, said Jonathan Shames, professor of orchestral conducting and OU opera theater director. “For a young performer it is a very important part of their learning to play a concerto with an orchestra,” Shames said. “One of the great charms of hearing students play is getting to hear the eagerness and liveliness and enthusiasm of a student orchestra.” Lewis will perform Mark Watters’ “Rhapsody for Baritone Sax and Orchestra.” Shames said this piece is unusual because Watters hasn’t written many concert pieces and instead writes movie scores. Lewis received honorable mentions in the School of Music Young Artist Competition in 2017 and 2018. Ro b e r t s w i l l p e r f o r m Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto N o. 3 , 1 s t m o v e m e n t .” Shames said this piece is a

standard piano concerto and that listeners will find piano concertos played more than anything else. Roberts teaches group and applied piano as a graduate teaching assistant and is an accompanist for the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre program. Alfaro will sing Handel’s “Tornami a vagheggiar” from the opera “Alcina.” The opera follows the story of a witch skilled in the art of seduction who falls prey to the enchantment of love. The aria is sung by the enchantress’ sister. Alfaro is involved with OU’s Opera Theatre, has performed singing roles in “Suor Angelica,” performed OU Opera scenes such as Despina in “Cosí fan tutte” and received the Marilyn Horne Performance Award in 2016. The Concerto Gala Concert will be performed by the OU

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Jonathan Shames, conductor of OU Symphony Orchestra, conducts the orchestra April 22, 2018. The Concerto Gala Concert will be March 1.

Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. on March 1 in Sharp Concert Hall of Catlett Music Center. Tickets for Concerto Gala may be purchased in advance over the phone or at the OU Fine Arts Box Office in Catlett Music Center. Advance

purchase tickets are $5 for outstanding undergraduate students, $9 for adults or $10 music majors. All gifts are 100 at the door. percent tax deductible. Proceeds from the concert will be added to the Aspire Kathryn Ward Fund, OU School of Music’s kathryn.v.ward-1@ou.edu endowed general scholarship fund dedicated to providing scholarship support for OU’s

• February 21-24, 2019

SPORTS

George Stoia, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

BIENIEMY: Continued from page 1

there as much as he could’ve been. I feel like once he got that time and that spotlight, that he just started to shine. What he does in the game he does in practice. We saw him do it in the summer. It’s no surprise to us, but I’m glad he’s living up to his potential.” Since being inserted in the starting lineup, Jamal’s made an impact in a variety of ways. He’s averaged 3.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.2 rebounds per game as a starter, and he’s also shown flashes of being a dynamic scorer. A prime example was his performance against Oklahoma State on Jan. 23, when Bieniemy made 100 percent of his shots and dropped 17 points. “He’s very shifty,” sophomore forward Brady Manek said. “He’s a really good point guard. He finds openings, he can get to the hole, he can shoot. He can do a little bit of everything. Him being in the starting lineup, I think it helped him a little bit, got his confidence, and he’ll be a good player the rest of this season and the rest of his career.” It’s not just Jamal’s oncourt abilities that have impressed both his teammates and coaches though. His demeanor, as well as his ability to learn and adapt has caught their attention.

Freshman guard Jamal Bieniemy calls a play in the game against Iowa State Feb. 4.

“Jamal’s not a normal freshman,” senior guard Christian James said. “He’s mature beyond his age. He’s probably the most mature freshman I’ve seen come in in a while. He’s going to be great for this program growing up.” If you ask Jamal, though, his path to success has never been about him. His goal during his time on the bench was to just help the team win. “Just to keep working,” Jamal said about his mindset in the fall. “I knew, if I just keep doing what I’m doing, I’ll make my teammates better and we can all push each other and

everybody will be success- thrive, and that’s the type ful at the end.” of kid he is.” Jamal’s also described THE POTENTIAL as a tireless competitor by On the court, Jamal has those who know him best, a relentless motor and is a as Sanders says he raises tenacious defender. Off the the level of intensity in any court, he comes across as competition. quiet and mild-mannered, “He really wants to win,” something that sets him Sanders said. “So you go to apart from others who’ve practice and all the drills experienced similar suc- and scrimmages, he’s trycess to what he’s had. ing to win them. It’s a com“He’s not a guy who seeks petitive atmosphere whenthe spotlight,” Troy said. ever he’s around it. You can “Almost embarrassed by it. see it when he’s playing for Doesn’t like to be compli- (Oklahoma). On the court, mented, although he’ll take he plays hard all the time.” it in stride and thank you. To Jamal, his mentality Doesn’t really want to hear is simple: avoid the pain it. It’s more enjoyable to of defeat at all costs, in any him to see his teammates situation.

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“I hate to lose, in anything,” Jamal said. “Video games, sports, anything.” A part of Jamal’s competitive nature is also his desire to have the ball in his hands with the game on the line. His potential is unlimited thanks to his confidence in his game. Over the course of his high s c h o o l ca re e r, Sa n d e r s says Jamal hit “six or seven game-winners.” “A lot of guys kind of cower away and hide from the ball at those moments, b u t ( J a m a l ) d o e s n ’ t ,” S a n d e r s s a i d . “A l o t o f times, at the end of the games, I (didn’t) call a play, I just (said) get it to 24 and

let’s give him some room.” Oklahoma faces a crucial final stretch of its season, with a potential bid in the 2019 NCAA tournament hanging in the balance. With games against No. 12 Kansas and No. 19 Iowa State still remaining on the schedule, the Sooners are going to need their starting point guard to rise to the occasion. For Jamal, that means continuing to do what he does every day. “Just competing and trying to win,” Jamal said. “At the end of the day, I just want to win and do whatever it takes to do that.” Even if Oklahoma isn’t ab l e t o pu l l ou t o f t h i s season-ending tailspin, Jamal’s Sooner story is far from over. His dynamic playmaking ability, shooting range and defensive prowess give him the look of a player primed for a long and successful career, and with eight players set to leave the program in May, it will soon be his team to lead. And like he’s shown all his career, he won’t shy away from the moment. After all, he’s used to being the hero. “I think his ceiling will go as high as he wants it to, as his shooting improves,” Sanders said. “If he commits to being a great shooter, with his ball handling and defensive abilities, I think he could be an NBA player for sure.” Parker Primrose

parker.m.primrose-1@ ou.edu

OU wrestling looks to continue win streak Sooners strive to end on strong note as season finishes VIC REYNOLDS @vicareynolds

Oklahoma (7-6, 2-3 Big 12) has won three consecutive dual meets and is looking to end their regular season on a strong note this weekend. On Friday night, the Sooners are hosting South Dakota State, and they will conclude the regular season on Sunday against North Dakota State. The Sooners have experienced their fair share of inconsistencies this season. Prior to their current win streak, they suffered defeats in three consecutive matches by a combined margin of

66 points. With the Big 12 and NCAA championships looming in March, head coach Lou Rosselli emphasized the importance of staying sharp when entering postseason play. “It’s the end of the season — it’s the time to stay the sharpest,” Rosselli said. “Last two dual meets are very important to us to get us on a roll and keep are momentum going. Continuing to stay sharp is a big priority as we go down the pipe for the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments.” For Friday’s match, the Sooners will be facing off against a South Dakota State team that has only been able to muster up a single road victory so far this season. The Jackrabbits are currently on a three-match losing

Teaney. According to Rosselli, there is one key that will lead them to victory in these final two matches: bonus points. “I’ve always said building a lead in bonus points is the reason why you’re successful,” Rosselli. “I think college wrestling is built around building leads and getting bonus points. If you ever want to have a championship team, you got to have bonus points.” Friday’s match against the Jackrabbits will begin at 6 p.m. CT at the Lloyd Noble KATHRYN STACY/THE DAILY Center, and the Sooners will Redshirt freshman Anthony Mantanona wrestles against an opponent in the match against take on the Bison on Sunday Lehigh Feb. 2. at 1 p.m. CT in McCasland streak. The Bison haven’t lost a This will be the final home Field House. Sunday’s match against dual meet since Jan. 12, and match for seniors Davion North Dakota State should they have four wrestlers Jeffries, Reece Henry, Kayne Vic Reyolds prove to be much tougher ranked in the top-20 in their MacCallum, Jake Rubio, victor.reynolds@ou.edu competition for the Sooners. respective weight classes. Jared Schieber and Noah

Gym teams succeed as seasons come to close Women rake in awards; four men join national team STEVEN PLAISANCE @splaisance00

Both the women’s and men’s gymnastics teams continue to dominate competition as their respective regular seasons are quickly coming to a close. After this past weekend, the women are coming off a win at the Perfect 10 Challenge while the men saw four Sooners make the U.S. National Team at the Winter Cup. WOMEN’S GYM Junior Jade Degouveia and freshman Olivia Trautman are the Big 12 Gymnasts of the Week, the conference announced Monday. They share the honor with West Virginia’s Kirah Koshinski and Denver’s Lynzee Brown. Degouveia was named Event Specialist of the Week and Trautman was named Newcomer of the Week for their roles in Oklahoma’s dominant victory at the

Perfect 10 Challenge last week. This marks Degouveia’s fifth career weekly honor and fourth this season. She scored a 9.85 on vault and a 9.95 on floor exercise. Both routines were crucial to Oklahoma’s event scores of 49.575 on vault and 49.650 on floor. Trautman shined once again this week, earning her fifth Newcomer of the Week award. This also marks her sixth conference honor in the last seven weeks. Trautman became only the fourth freshman in program history to score a 10 last week with her floor routine. She is only the third gymnast in the country to score a 10 on floor this season. She also scored a career-high 9.975 on vault. The Sooners will go on the road this week to face West Virginia. The meet will take place at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 24. MEN’S GYM Despite having the weekend off in regular NCAA competition, the No. 1 Sooners didn’t have an easy weekend as 13 current, former and future Sooners participated

in the 2019 Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas. Four Sooners stood above the rest and qualified for the U.S. Men’s National Team, which consists of only 12 roster spots. Senior co-captains Yul Moldauer and Genki Suzuki, along with 2017 graduate Allan Bower, maintained their spots on the U.S. Senior Men’s National Team on day one of the competition, while 2017 OU alum Colin Van Wicklen captured his spot on the team on day two. With their spots now secured, Moldauer, Suzuki, Bower and Wicklen will be among the 12 men who will make up U.S. Men’s Senior National Team through the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City, beginning Aug. 8. The top-ranked Sooners return to NCAA competition on Saturday, Feb. 23, for a matchup against the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines in Norman. Steven Plaisance

srplaisance@ou.edu Freshman Olivia Trautman performs her floor routine Feb. 1.

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