March 3-6, 2016 by OU Daily

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Senior wrestler Cody Brewer squats in the wrestling practice facility in McCasland Field House on Wednesday. Wrestlers have to maintain their weight in order to compete in the same class.

Unhealthy wrestling stereotypes don’t hold water at OU

ot too long ago, collegiate wrestlers were faced with a daunting task in the days leading up to competitions. If a wrestler wasn’t at or near h i s t a rg e t w e ig ht a s h e ap proached a dual, drastic measures were taken. Sacrifices were made. Lines were crossed. Changes were made following a five-week period in 1997 in which a trio of collegiate wrestlers died trying to make their weight classes. Now, almost 20 years later, athletes like OU senior Cody Brewer are better off because of it. “Guys back in the day always talk about how they did it — kind of nine or 10 pounds a day, or something like that,” Brewer said. “Now it’s so changed that people can’t do that anymore, and it’s better for the sport.” That doesn’t mean it’s not still challenging. Sacrifices are still made. But now, science is involved. Nutrition is emphasized. Athletes are safer. Weight management is a critical aspect of wrestling that can strain the body and mind if done improperly. The pressure wrestlers face to make weight is still there — if a wrestler weighs in above his designated weight class, he can’t compete — but there are now

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significant resources devoted to nutrition and workout programs across collegiate wrestling. Oklahoma associate head wrestling coach Michael Lightner said wrestlers are still stereotyped as dehydrating and starving themselves to make weight, but this is not the case for OU. The key to weight management is nutrition, which the coaches preach to the team on a daily basis, Lightner said. The two main points they focus on are eating five smaller meals a day and staying hydrated, Lightner said. OU head coach Mark Cody said he wants the team to maintain weight through nutrition so they can focus on getting better in practice instead of worrying about their weight. “If you have proper nutrition and you eat five meals a day, your weight is going to come off,” Cody said. “That’s what we do. We try to keep them eating. That way they’re never hungry, and they’re able to work hard.” Sophomore Ryan Millhof competes at 125 pounds, the lowest weight class in the NCAA. Cutting and maintaining weight all comes down to discipline, Millhof said. “The biggest thing is really being dedicated to it and not eating what you shouldn’t eat, like candy and foods that aren’t healthy for you,” Millhof said.

During weigh-ins and medical examinations, wrestlers’ body compositions are checked for dehydration and other prohibited cutting practices. If a wrestler is found to have used banned practices, he will be suspended from the competition. If there is a second instance of unsafe practices, the wrestler will be suspended for the remainder of the season.

“That’s what we do. We try to keep them eating. That way they’re never hungry, and they’re able to work hard.” MARK CODY, HEAD WRESTLING COACH

Despite wrestling season running from November to March, the NCAA monitors weight management nearly year-round. Teams are required by the NCAA to complete weight assessments prior to Oct. 10 each year but not before the first day of classes. The team will have an assessor conduct an evaluation of each wrestler before determining the minimum weight class he may wrestle in that season, according to the NCAA rules. Wrestlers must follow a

personal weight loss plan that specifies the ways in which the wrestler will drop to his goal weight, along with the earliest he can safely reach that goal. To assure a healthy weight-loss rate, the athlete may not compete at his goal weight before the date specified in his weight loss plan. The NCAA suggests weight loss of no more than 1.5 percent per week. Wrestlers must weigh in before each dual or tournament they compete in. Weigh-ins are completed one hour or less before duals and two hours or less before the first day of tournaments. In an individual or team advancement tournament, however, wrestlers are given a 1-pound allowance after the first day, according to NCAA rules. Cody said that is a big change from when wrestlers weighed in five hours before competition. “Ten or 15 years ago, everybody would starve themselves for a night or cut eight or nine pounds the day of competition,” Cody said. “They’d weigh-in five hours before and go out to compete and feel awful.” Kelli Stacy

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NCAA WEIGHT CUTTING RULES Restricted practices: • Laxatives • Emetics • Excessive food and fluid restriction • Self-induced vomiting • Hot rooms, hot boxes, steam rooms, saunas • Diuretics (water pills) • Vapor impermeable suits (rubber, nylon, neoprene) • Artificial means of rehydration

Penalties: • Public or private reprimand • Financial penalty up to $300 • Disqualification of individual contest(s) • Disassociation of the institutional staff member from all team activities for one or more competitions. If the violation occurs during the last event of the season, the disassociation carries to the next season. • Team records or performance adjusted • Event excluded as an NCAA registered context in the NWCA OPC system the subsequent season • Other penalties the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee deem appropriate Source: ncaa.org

Stage lights illuminate body image issues Performers learn how to accept looks, selves CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13

The term “body image” takes on a heightened meaning for performers whose bodies are constantly on display. Body image is defined as “a subjective picture of one’s own physical appearance established both by self-observation and by noting the reactions of others,” according to Merriam-Webster’s medical dictionary. Dancers observe a hyperawareness of their bodies at all times, said Cameron

Morgan, a ballet performance senior. “You don’t have a choice,” he said. “You can’t hide anything. It’s also an elevated self-conscious, because it’s scary to be out there like that.” Morgan struggles with the desire to gain weight and look masculine on stage, he said. “For a guy, it’s very much an emphasis in being that strong base, but even then you can’t be disproportionately large,” he said. “You can have a very slim torso, and your lower body may not be proportionally the same. That can cause uncertainty and self-doubt.” Dancers cannot afford to gain

muscle that is not effective, but eating enough food without feeling bloated on stage is a struggle, he said “Last year I wasn’t getting enough food in throughout the day, and I was looking very skinny,” he said. “My adviser took me aside and asked me if he needed to buy me groceries.” Olivia Abiassi, a junior acting major, said being an actress means her body is her instrument. She didn’t think being self-conscious about her body would ever be an obstacle. “In high school I never really struggled with that, but in college see BODY page 2

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Student dancers perform in Oklahoma Festival Ballet’s December 2015 production of the Nutcracker. Dancers are aware of their bodies and have to watch how much muscle and weight they put gain.

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Image important on stage Drama major says keeping up ideal figure is difficult JESSICA BARBER @JessicaDylan16

Diet and exercise are important aspects of the health of all students, but they take on added importance to performance majors who will spend the majority of their lives in front of audiences. Drama sophomore Justin Armer has focused much of his college career on diet and exercise programs to reach his goal of performing lead roles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important in acting to find out early what type you want to go for or what roles you want to go for,â&#x20AC;? Armer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to be considered for leading male roles, which means I have to focus on my outward appearance as much as technical skill.â&#x20AC;? The entertainment industry is one of the few that is dominated by beautiful, fit people, and you often get jobs based on what you look like, Armer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at Hollywood or Broadway or any place thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producing major theatrical or cinematic works, all of the people doing the best are either very attractive and fit, or theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a character actor,â&#x20AC;? Armer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In big roles, maybe even especially in smaller chorus roles, it hinges on looks.â&#x20AC;? Body image is an issue many people face throughout their lives, regardless of gender, age, race or size. Sometimes society forgets that males struggle with

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Drama sophomore Justin Armer (right) acts in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trojan Women.â&#x20AC;? Armer has focused on his body in order to look the parts he wants to play.

their looks just as women do. Armer says he struggles to feel confident and has modified his routine to achieve the look he wants to have and to feel better about his body.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever I see progress or improvement, it gives me a little bit of hope.â&#x20AC;? JUSTIN ARMER, DRAMA SOPHOMORE

Armerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workout routine can be inconsistent due to his ever-changing rehearsal schedule. In order to combat this problem, he has enrolled in ballet, ballroom and modern dance classes.

In addition, he goes to the gym four times a week to work on specific areas, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The model Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to get behind for this year is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;play an athlete, train like an athlete,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still working towards that because I was never the athlete type.â&#x20AC;? Armer also tries to eat right along with his exercise regimen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eating right is super important, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t punish myself if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat healthy all of the time,â&#x20AC;? Armer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to base my diet on protein and adding a lot more fruits and vegetables. I know I eat plenty of bread and sweets without focusing on adding them in.â&#x20AC;? All of his efforts have helped Armer feel better about his body after leaving home and coming to

college, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually felt better about my body since coming to college,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost weight, especially because I take movement type classes at least three times a week, but I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always room for improvement.â&#x20AC;? This room for improvement helps Armer strive to achieve a healthy and fit lifestyle, along with a positive body image. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever I see progress or improvement, it gives me a little bit of hope,â&#x20AC;? Armer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And that progress is another way I can help my body image, too.â&#x20AC;? Jessica Barber

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people started to ask me about it and talking about it more openly,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It got harder until recently to accept what my body is.â&#x20AC;? Abiassi struggled with the binary body image she felt was promoted: skinny or big. She felt in the middle, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look at it from two perspectives,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about women, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stick-thin, beautiful and love interest, or fat and funny. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing a whole spectrum of another type of woman.â&#x20AC;? Abiassi embarked on a personal journey to be more accepting of her body image using her faith, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew that this was a journey that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just about food. It was about control, peace, joy, love and so many things other t h a n f o o d ,â&#x20AC;? s h e s a i d . â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because I am a Christian, it was one of those journeys that I took with God as well.â&#x20AC;? Mattie Joyner, a musical theatre junior, said she has seen many friends give in to the pressure in her industry to conform to a certain body type. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing, having a strict gym regimen and a strict diet,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to go to the gym every day or measure out your meals to feel like a good person.â&#x20AC;? Joyner began to see a therapist last year to talk through different things, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started seeing a therapist not because I was

thinking that I was fat, but that really helped me with the whole mindset of life and (helped me) get back on track with things,â&#x20AC;? she said. For Joyner it is important to focus on more than her physical appearance, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing I have found the most helpful is really being comfortable with who you are as a person,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you view yourself as a beautiful person both inside and out, that is what is going to help the most.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing, having a strict gym regimen and a strict diet. But you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to go to the gym every day or measure out your meals to feel like a good person.â&#x20AC;? MATTIE JOYNER, MUSICAL THEATRE JUNIOR

For Morgan it is important to remember to celebrate the aspects of his body he is confident about, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are people my age who are dancers and are struggling with failing knees and backs, joints,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regardless of what my body looks like, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a joy to have my body to work with.â&#x20AC;? For Abiassi, it is important to accept herself as she is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest thing is love yourself exactly where you are, and your flaws donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t define you,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover them up. Sometimes I hear that, and I try to hide them, but shame is a lie.â&#x20AC;? Chloe Moores

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SPORTS WEEKEND SCHEDULE Men’s basketball Noon Saturday @ TCU Women’s basketball Big 12 Championships, March 5 to March 7 @ Oklahoma City 11 a.m. Saturday vs. Oklahoma State (First Round) Baseball Dodger Stadium Classic @ Los Angeles, California 8 p.m. Friday vs. Southern California 3 p.m. Saturday vs. UCLA 1 p.m. Sunday vs. Mississippi State Softball 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Dartmouth 3:30 p.m. Saturday vs. Dartmouth Men’s gymnastics 5 p.m. Saturday vs. Stanford Women’s gymnastics 6:45 p.m. Friday vs. Arizona Men’s tennis Noon Sunday vs. Ohio State Women’s tennis 1 p.m. Saturday @ Oklahoma State Wrestling Big 12 Championships, March 5 to March 7 (All Day) @ Kansas City, Missouri Source: soonersports.com

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Fatigue led to late-game falter OU “emotionally” drained” in latest second half struggle TRENT CRABTREE @TrentCrabtree

For the first time in weeks, the shots were finally starting to fall for No. 6 Oklahoma Tuesday night— and they were falling on the best night possible. Blake Griffin was in town, senior night was in full swing and 11,563 people were on their feet as their Sooners jumped out to a 26-3 lead over No. 19 Baylor. The Bears would score the last five points of the half to narrow the deficit to 21, but by all accounts, they were dead in the water — especially on this special night. Then some familiar demons returned. The shots stopped falling, the offense became stagnant and the Sooners became careless with the basketball. The culmination led to a 46-21 Baylor run that played out in surreal fashion throughout the second half. The Sooners found just enough late offense to pull out a 73-71 victory. “(There were) a lot of good plays in the first 25 to 30 minutes, and we’ve got to keep doing that,” coach Lon Kruger said. It’s not difficult to notice something is off with the Sooners at this important juncture of the season—especially when it comes to holding late leads. Just last Saturday, OU only managed to score five points

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Lon Kruger calls a play in OU’s 91-67 win over Texas Tech. Kruger said his team is getting tired down the stretch.

during the last 7:29 of the game while allowing Texas to score 25 during that span. I n t h e i r Fe b. 1 8 l o s s against Texas Tech, the Sooners held a four-point lead with 2:45 left before letting the Red Raiders close the game on an 8-2 run. In that time, a buzzword has started to surround the program: meltdown. Ac c o rd i ng t o K r u g e r, Tuesday was partly the result of the Sooners simply getting tired down the stretch. And it makes sense.

Hield, Isaiah Cousins, Ryan Spangler and Khadeem Lattin are all averaging a career-high in minutes per game this season. “Fatigue and emotion kind of coincide with the flow of the game and how it’s going,” Kruger said. “There early we got off to a great start, great emotion. Then when things were going the other direction the last few minutes, we were very tired. “They were emotionally drained at that point.” Defensively, the numbers were even more concerning.

• Baylor outscored OU 46-21 in the second half. • Baylor shot 67 percent in the second half compared to just 33 percent in the ﬁrst half. • Hield, Cousins, Spangler and Lattin averaging career high in minutes

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The beginning of March signals the start of After a successful 2015 season that saw OU capspring football for Oklahoma and the rest of the ture its first outright Big 12 title since 2010 and a college football world. Some programs across the spot in the College Football Playoff, the team heads country have already started spring practice, but into 2016 with several questions on offense. the Sooners begin Saturday. Four accomplished seniors — receivers Sterling

Shepard and Durron Neal, center Ty Darlington and guard Nila Kasitati — graduated and subsequently left holes on the depth chart. Here are a pair of key position battles on the offensive side of the ball to watch this Spring:

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1. Kansas (13-3) 2. West Virginia (12-5) 3. Oklahoma (10-6) 4. Baylor (10-6) 5. Texas (10-6) 6. Iowa State (9-7) 7. Texas Tech (8-9) 8. Kansas State (5-12) 9. Oklahoma State (3-13) TYLER WOODWARD/THE DAILY

Oklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook is tripped after a catch at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Dec. 31, 2015. Westbrook will look to lead the new receiving corps.

With Shepard and Neal departing with hopes of an NFL roster spot, OU is losing 46 percent of its receiving yardage. That being said, there’s still a flurry of capable receivers on the roster. It’s a clustered group with Dede Westbrook as the only returning player to accumulate more than 400 yards. Last season, Joe Mixon emerged as a major threat in the passing game, but with major losses the Sooners will need more than just him to step up. Sophomore tight end Mark Andrews will no doubt look to become a bigger part of the passing game—more than just a red zone threat. Jarvis Baxter is the only other returning receiver with more than 10 receptions last season and likely has the most to gain in means of depth chart positioning. With Westbrook and Baxter as top two receivers and Andrews continuing to grow as a sort of receiver tight end hybrid, Baker Mayfield will almost certainly have to spread the ball around more, and the biggest question this spring among the receivers will be who emerges as his deep-threat guy. Jeffery Mead is a tall receiver at 6-foot-5 inch but is also lean at 188 pounds. If Mead can add some muscle this spring, he might become a deep threat and a viable offensive weapon. Michiah Quick, Dahu Green and A.D. Miller will also be in the mix for significant playing time. Projected starters: Jeffery Mead, Jarvis Baxter, Mark Andrews and Dede Westbrook.

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1. Baylor (16-1) 2. Texas (15-2) 3. West Virginia (11-6) 4. Oklahoma State (10-7) 5. Oklahoma (10-7) 6. Kansas State (8-9) 7. TCU (7-10) 8. Iowa State (5-12) 9. Texas Tech (3-14) 10. Kansas (0-17) Source: Big12sports.com

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The Bears shot 67 percent from the field in the second half after shooting 33 percent in the first. “I feel like we just get stagnant,” Buddy Hield said. “We didn’t have the flow we had in the first half. Thank God Isaiah could step up and make a big shot. We really needed it. He picked us up enough. I got to the rim. We got a couple stops down the stretch.”

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Redshirt freshman Orlando Brown provides protection for Baker Mayfield. Brown is a likely starter heading into the 2016 season.

The Sooners lost two key offensive linemen to graduation in Darlington and Kasitati. With Jonathan Alvarez sliding over to center — his natural position — to replace Darlington, that leaves two open offensive guard spots heading into spring practice. It looks like there will be three lineman fighting for playing time in those two spots. Jamal Danley, who was a highly touted JUCO commit in the 2015 class, could be poised for a bigger role after being beaten out by Alvarez a season ago. Ashton Julious, another former JUCO lineman, could also contribute to the Sooners this season if he has a good spring. But then there’s the intriguing option: Bobby Evans. Evans, a former four-star tackle from Allen, Texas, redshirted last season after tearing his ACL in September of 2014. Evans’ inclusion in the starting lineup would take a shift from sophomore Dru Samia. Samia, who started nine games at right tackle as a true freshman, is listed at 6-foot-4 inch, 284 pounds — a size that would be conducive to a shift to right guard. Spring practice will be telling for Bill Bedenbaugh and his offensive line. If Samia is comfortable with the transition and Evans is too good to leave on the bench, Bedenbaugh might not have any option but to make the switch. Likewise, Julious and Danley will each have an opportunity to prove they belong in the starting lineup. Projected starters: Orlando Brown, Jamal Danley, Jonathan Alvarez, Ashton Julious and Dru Samia.

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Engineering college will keep footprints Part of ‘Year of Diversity,’ they will stay until December JESSICA JAMES @jessjames43

The Gallogly College of Engineering does not plan to remove the controversial footprints in the engineering buildings before the end of December, amid criticism from some outlets. As part of the college’s “Year of Diversity,” several pairs of red footprints have been placed around Carson Engineering Center, Devon Energy Hall and Felgar Hall with messages intended to raise awareness about diversity and celebrate the contributions of diverse engineers and scientists, said Lisa Morales, director of OU’s Multicultural Engineering Program. “We’re not original in coming up with it,” Morales said, explaining that the idea came from an American Society for Engineering Education conference where similar messages were placed around the conference rooms. Many of the footprint messages are the same as some from the conference, though “a lot of campus entities reviewed and provided input on the messages,” Morales said. Although some conservative news organizations have criticized the footprints for believing they could make white students feel guilty, Morales said she

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Business freshman Ethan Filippo stands on footprints for diversity in Felgar Hall March 2. Some students want the footprints to be removed.

has not received any negative feedback from students, faculty or staff, although she did acknowledge the negative response of some news organizations. “Any time you might make a group or an individual feel uncomfortable, it could cause some negative comments or maybe even fear ... but I think we were anticipating some comments and conversations and anticipating some people feeling uncomfortable,” Morales said.

OU students have reacted to the footprints in various ways. Aerospace engineering freshman Kennedy Reidy said she noticed the footPrints but thought they made certain groups, such as white males, feel excluded. “They did make me more aware of the year of diversity for the College of Engineering but not regarding diversity issues,” Reidy said. “I think that though they had good intentions

posting the footprints, they didn’t have a message that covered the most important part of diversity, which is inclusion; though they had good intentions on focusing on more cultures and races, they are not inclusive of all races and genders, which is an issue.” Architectural engineering freshman Nicole Keenan, however, did not have a problem with them. “I don’t think they make me feel guilty, I think I agree

McClendon dies in car crash Oil giant donated millions to OU academics, athletics STAFF REPORTS

An oil executive and major OU donor died in a car accident Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City one day after the U.S. Justice Department indicted him for conspiracy. Oklahoma City police Sgt. Ashley Peters said 56-yearold Aubrey McClendon, also a part-owner of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, was the only occupant in the sport utility vehicle when it slammed into a concrete bridge pillar shortly after 9 a.m. McClendon was a wellknown figure throughout the state as the ex-CEO of Chesapeake Energy and throughout the university as a major donor. He gave $12.5 million to OU in 2008, funds that went toward Headington Hall, the Honors College — named after his parents — and the building of OU’s rowing facility on the Oklahoma River. Chesapeake Energy also gave $2.5 million to the Me w b o u r n e C o l l e g e o f Earth and Energy and the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences in the same year. McClendon was forced to step down from Chesapeake in 2013 and founded American Energy Partners, where he was chairman and CEO. The Justice Department’s indictment alleged that McClendon orchestrated

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a conspiracy between two large oil and gas companies to not bid against each other for the purchase of certain oil and natural gas leases in northwest Oklahoma. T h e i n d i c t m e nt d o e s not say how many charges McClendon was dealt, but says each charge carries a maximum penalty of of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for individuals. McClendon denied the allegations in a statement released Tuesday. “The charge that has been filed against me today is wrong and unprecedented,” McClendon said in the statement. “Anyone who knows me, my business record and

the industry in which I have interest in creating opporworked for 35 years, knows tunities for our students.” The Associated Press conthat I could not be guilty of violating any antitrust laws. tributed to this report. All my life I have worked to create jobs in Oklahoma, grow its economy, and to provide abundant and affordable energy to all Americans. I am proud of my track record in this industry, and I will fight to prove my innocence and to clear my name.” OU President David Boren issued the following statement Wednesday: “I was saddened to learn o f t h e d e at h o f Au b re y McClendon. He was a very generous supporter of the university and had a deep

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with them ... I am privileged,” Keenan said. Her comment was in response to a particular footprint that read, “It’s not your fault if you experience privilege; it’s your fault if you deny it.” Other students may not have even noticed them. “I don’t really notice them,” said Emily Foster, an industrial and system engineering freshman. “I’ve just learned that as a white person, you have to keep your

mouth closed because everything that you say has a way of offending someone, even if you are the least racist person on the planet.” Morales said the college plans on rotating the footprints throughout the engineering buildings until the “Year of Diversity” ends in December. Jessica James j.james@ou.edu

Students can expect changes from previous years at Soonerthon Several small changes could create a new experience for returning Soonerthon participants Saturday. This year, members of Soonerthon’s Executive team will be implementing additions to the event to encourage fundraising the day of, said Soonerthon Chair Emily DeSantis. The most notable change, said DeSantis, will be that instead of moving to Jim Thorpe the last 2 1/2 hours of the event, everyone will remain in the Huston Huffman Fitness Center the whole 12 hours. Soonerthon reached full capacity for Jim Thorpe and wants everyone to be able to see the reveal of the ﬁnal amount of money raised, she said. “Having the reveal at the end be bigger than it has been before will be really cool to people,” DeSantis said. Some other additions include activities such as sumo wrestling and a ball pit that will give participants options to donate to the cause in the form of paying to get out of time-out in a game, DeSantis said. They also have a gong that will be rung throughout the day to signal whenever someone has donated money, she said. “Hopefully throughout the day that will be a constant sound going off to remind people that all these people are here for the same cause,” DeSantis said. Despite the new changes, they will still have the spirit tunnel and rave as they always do, according to DeSantis. The day will begin at 10 a.m. in the Huston Huffman Fitness Center and will end at 10 p.m. Participants will need to bring their team shirt, wrist band, extra money for games and student ID. Mary Smith, news reporter

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Changes may be delayed SGA feels dead week struggles even mid-semster TANNER OSBORNE @tannerosbear

SGA President Daniel Pae and Vice President Michael Lutter have attempted to make strides in their dead week reform initiative, but it may not be the progress they and OU students have expected. Their administration is currently pushing for the last class period of dead week to be reserved for review sessions only, with a limited amount of material allowed to be presented during the preceding days. Reforming OU’s dead week policies was a crucial aspect of Pae and Lutter’s run for office, and it even played a part in earning the endorsement from The Daily. “There is a limit on the number of hours that classes are required to meet. We’re not trying to cancel classes during dead week. That’s a whole other issue,” Lutter said in a Daily article from December 2015. Pae said the OU Board of Regents mandates that a certain number of hours be taught each semester, and that removing an entire week of classes is not possible under that mandate. Pae said they have met with the Faculty Senate executive committee and proposed their first draft of the dead week reforms. “They gave feedback on what they agreed with and what they didn’t agree with,” Pae said. Pae said in order to get the legislation to the Faculty Senate, it needs to unanimously pass through the Faculty Senate committee.

Pae said they have learned what is feasible and what is not feasible when it comes to these reforms. “You can’t make everyone happy,” Pae said. “There is always going to be something you can’t get done, and that’s just a reality of governing.” Pae said if the proposal makes it through the full Faculty Senate, something he said he was confident will eventually happen, it will go to Undergraduate Student Congress. Pae said there will not be any changes this semester, but that they would be able to announce changes for next fall and subsequent semesters if it passes through the senate. If the proposal does not pass by the end of this week, Pae said they will have to wait until April when the senate meets again. In December 2015 Pae and Lutter sent out a survey to the student body with questions about the expectations and concerns they had regarding OU’s dead week or lack thereof.

“If we don’t get it implemented by the end of this semester, then it won’t be place for the next fall semester.” TIMOTHY CRISP, CHIEF OF STAFF

Pae said they received more than 1,000 responses, which were read and analyzed for patterns by Chief of Staff Timothy Crisp. Crisp said the data showed one thing students wanted was an all-out dead week, meaning no classes for the entire week leading up to finals. However, Crisp said the administration learned early in

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the semester that a real dead week would not be feasible, he said. Crisp said one aspect of the reforms will be to educate the student body about the policies OU has in place regarding dead week, meaning that it does not have one. “That was the first thing we found out we needed to tackle — that we don’t have a dead week as this university, that it is a final examination preparation period,” Crisp said. Crisp said in order to educate the campus about OU’s policies, they added a section to their legislation that would require teachers and professors to put the policies on their syllabi for classes. Crisp said that they are going to stand firm in their fight for students on this issue. ”We fought for the students on this, but you have to give and take a little bit,” Crisp said. However, they have already made at least two concessions to the Faculty Senate on the matter after their first meeting, Feb. 29. Crisp said the senate rejected the portion of the proposed

piece that said students can vote on whether or not a teacher can get a “special case deviation” from the “no tests” portion of the legislation. Crisp said they had to scratch the voting aspect, and in lieu of that concession, they are “working on that to see where we’ll go with it.” The other concession involves the wording of the section that says there should be no new material in excess of 5 percent of the semester’s total material during dead week. Crisp said that the Faculty Senate felt the wording read as too harsh, and suggested a re-wording in the direction of mandating that the “last scheduled day of class” be reserved for review. Crisp said the students “went for the Utopia” with this piece, but that it is going to involve give and take from both sides. Part of that give and take, Crisp said, will be the senate providing more time to hear about the reforms during meetings. Crisp said he was worried that with the little time

allotted, the bill could be killed due to being pushed off from meeting to meeting by the senate. “If we don’t get it implemented by the end of this semester, then it won’t be place for next fall semester,” Crisp said. “That’s worrisome to us.” Tanner Osborne

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Housing and Food responds to petition Department hires dietitian, new pest control after outcry LAUREN MASSING @LaurenMassing

OU Housing and Food has implemented a variety of changes in response to apetition started last semester after bugs were found in university-provided food. Ivey Dyson, a creative media production sophomore, started an online petition after multiple students came forward with pictures of bugs in their food and food with mold from different restaurants on campus. “I created the petition because I wanted our movement to have backing,” Dyson said. “It’s one thing to post pictures on Facebook, but it’s even more effective to have a petition that people can sign to say they support it,” she said. Dyson said the petition gave students an opportunity to come forward with issues they have had in the past in regard to food safety on campus. “I think one of the biggest

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Environmental engineering freshman Isabelle Cunitz and biochemistry freshman Grace Lee enjoy breakfast in Couch Restaurants. A petition to make changes at the restaurants was started after bugs were found in campus food.

issues was that students didn’t know who to go to with concerns or issues they had; it was just obvious there needed to be a more streamlined process,” Dyson said. One week after the petition was created, Dyson met with Frank Henry, the head of OU Housing and Food distribution, to discuss concerns brought forward by the petition. SGA President Daniel Pae and Vice President Michael Lutter were also present at the meeting. Pae said the meeting was productive

and Henry informed the students of different ways OU Housing and Food is making food safety a priority. “Henry was definitely willing to listen to the concerns that Ivey brought up,” Pae said. “He said Housing and Food is constantly looking after the needs of the student body and they want to make sure their concerns are addressed.” Henry said since the meeting with Dyson in December, Housing and Food has worked with the Fast Feedback team to install kiosks in Couch

Restaurants and Cate Ala Carte restaurants. These kiosks have allowed students to give feedback about their dining experiences and suggest dining options they would like to see on campus. “We’ve found the feedback to be really helpful, and have been able to implement some of the changes almost immediately,” Henry said. Henry also said they hired new pest control for their operations, as well as a dietitian to work with students to address any needs they might

have. “We welcome comments and feedback from all of our guests in any form,” Henry said. “If it’s not through surveys or Fast Feedback, they can always contact our office directly, or talk to one of our employees in our restaurants,” he said. Dyson said overall she was very impressed with how quickly Housing and Food responded to the petition by setting up a meeting to address the issues and concerns. “They were really responsive and really open to listening to what we had to say as students, and they were willing to work with us to implement some changes this year,” Dyson said. Dyson is a member of SGA as an assistant director of the Department of the Interior. She said she will continue to work toward implementing policies to ensure students have an easy and reliable way to address any concerns they may have regarding food safety on campus. Lauren Massing lmassing@ou.edu

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Lecture: The New York Young Lords and Revolutionary Nationalism Darrel Wanzer-Serrano of the University of Iowa will speak on the Young Lords’ “revolutionary nationalism” and its distinction from nationalism. Gaylord Auditorium, Room 1140 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday

UPB comedian: Jaime Lee UPB presents MTV and TruTV’s comedian Jaime Lee in its third annual Spring Comedy Show. Oklahoma Memorial Union, Meacham Auditorium 7 to 9 p.m.

Guest Artist Recital: Dan Hutchings, tenor and Rachael Hutchings, piano This free recital will feature tenor Dan Hutchings performing vocally and Rachael Hutchings on piano. Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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The Senior Production class presents its production of the popular musical “Grease.” Tickets: $10 When: Friday — 7:30 p.m. Saturday — 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday — 2 p.m. Where: The Sooner Theatre, 101 E. Main Street

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Teach-In on The First World War

“A Day With Some of the Greatest Teachers in America” Monday, March 7, 2016 Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center 9:30 a.m. – “Christendom’s Last Holy War? The First World War as a Crusade,” presented by Philip Jenkins, who has published 25 books, which have been translated into 16 languages, including The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade. Jenkins is a distinguished professor of history at Baylor University and serves as co-director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion in the Institute for Studies and Religion. Question-and-answer period to follow.

10:30 a.m. – “Recycling the Disabled: Modern Medicine in The First World War,” presented by Heather Perry, whose current book project, Feeding War: Gender, Health and Mobilization in WWI Germany, examines the history of food, nutritional health and the domestic sphere of the First World War in Germany. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Military Press of Georgia’s WWI Centennial Book Series. Perry is an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Question-and-answer period to follow.

2 p.m. – “Uncle Sam Wants You: Oklahoma, the First World War, and the Making of Modern America,” presented by Christopher Capozzola, a historian whose book, Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen, examines the American home front during the First World War, and whose lecture will connect national politics to the wartime history of Oklahoma. He is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the co-curator of an exhibition at the National World War I Museum, and has appeared in World War I documentaries for History, Who Do You Think You Are? and History Detectives. Question-and-answer period to follow. 3 p.m. – “The First World War in the Middle East,” presented by Eugene Rogan, a historian and author on modern Middle Eastern history. Rogan’s newest book, The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict. His works have been translated into 15 languages. He is a professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford and director of the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College in Oxford. Question-and-answer period to follow.

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4 p.m. – Panel Discussion – “How the First World War Shaped the Modern World” H.W. Brands, historian and best-selling author whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and many other newspapers, magazines and journals, and John Horne, author and editor who has recently explored the uses of cultural history as a way of opening up new perspectives on the First World War without believing in the exclusivity of any one approach, will join Jenkins, Perry, Capozzola and Rogan in a panel discussion moderated by Joshua Landis, associate professor and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at OU. Question-and-answer period to follow.

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Coolgreens is getting closer to the opening of its Campus Corner location, but employees and potential customers have become frustrated with the long delay. A m b e r R e n s h aw , t h e manager of the Coolgreens at Brookhaven Village in Norman, said she hopes to have the restaurant open by May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are starting to look at interior design in the next month or so, but we are still about two months out from actually opening,â&#x20AC;? Renshaw said. Renshaw said the Campus Corner location was waiting on one more permit from the city, and then they would â&#x20AC;&#x153;ramp up interior designâ&#x20AC;? and start to move all of the equipment and furniture into the location. Construction at the Campus Corner location has already been underway for some time now, as the sign and exterior parts of the restaurant were put up several weeks ago. The inside, however, still needs walls to be put into place, s o m e t h i n g t hat R a i n e y Powell, the Campus Corner la n d l o rd , i s c o n c e r n e d about. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Construction is going slowly, certainly slower than I would like,â&#x20AC;? Powell said. Sarah Cre el, a s enior at OU and one of the first employees hired by Coolgreens to be a part of its Campus Corner staff, said management has continued to communicate with her and other employees about the status of the location but said they have been hearing each month that it will open soon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always changing,â&#x20AC;? Creel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now they are saying that it will open in May. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty up in the air. No one really knows for sure.â&#x20AC;? Originally scheduled to open in August 2015, the restaurant has been delayed several times as the company has had to deal with trying to get different permits from the City of Norman and turnover in management, Renshaw said. As the opening has been delayed, Creel, along with several other employees, have worked at the Brookhaven location in the meantime. Creel said a number of potential members of the Campus Corner staff have already quit. Their jobs w o rk i n g a t C o o l g re e n s while waiting for the new location to open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The majority of them quit ; there are only three of us left,â&#x20AC;? Creel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was mainly a problem of so many of them were tired of waiting, and so many people had been hired for the Campus Corner store that we were overstaffed at the Brookhaven store.â&#x20AC;?

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The Coolgreens sign hangs outside on Campus Corner March 2. The restaurant was originally scheduled to open in August 2015, but the managers now hope to open it in May.

Renshaw said originally the restaurant had a difficult time obtaining its liquor license from the city, something that was important at the time because Coolgreens wanted to be able to sell wine in its Campus Corner location. Coolgreens has since taken alcohol off its menu at all locations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was too expensive to upkeep the (liquor) license,â&#x20AC;? Renshaw said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t selling enough wine to justify keeping it.â&#x20AC;? Renshaw said the decision was made by the new management in place, the same management that Powell thinks also contributed to the location not opening on time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard a definite timetable from them ... There were some c ha ng e s ma d e t hat, I think, caused the delay,â&#x20AC;? Powell said. The management c ha n g e Re n s haw a n d Powell referenced is to the firing of former CEO Scooter Aselton by Coolgreens after allegations arose that he had initiated a plot to steal company recipes and start up a rival restaurant. The same article from The Oklahoman also reported that on Sept. 29, Coolgreens filed for a restraining order against

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Aselton and two other members of the Aselton f a m i l y , C o d y a n d Ke n . Coolgreens claimed the three men had attempted to also steal employees and franchisees away from the company. Creel said progress was â&#x20AC;&#x153;on trackâ&#x20AC;? for the Campus Corner location until the ousting of the Aseltons. The healthy food options provided by Coolgreens are what has excited students on campus about the eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening, but that excitement has been tempered by the multiple

delays. â&#x20AC;&#x153; I h av e n â&#x20AC;&#x2122; t e a t e n a t Coolgreens yet, but I w o u l d l i ke t o,â&#x20AC;? s a i d Hannah Franklin, a public relations junior at OU. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready for it to open. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annoying for people that have been waiting for it to open and waiting to eat there.â&#x20AC;?

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On Friday a Facebook friend shared an article entitled “OU College Republicans student group expresses concerns about mandatory diversity training.” The article quoted several members of OU Republicans who expressed clear distaste for OU’s mandatory diversity training. Before delving into my response, I want to state that I completely understand that OU’s particular diversity course and its implementation have problems. However, what I found troubling about the opinions expressed by these OU Republicans was the apparent lack of willingness to acknowledge the urgency and necessity of any diversity education at all. I first want to make sure that everyone remembers with crystal clarity why we implemented mandatory diversity training to begin with. The SAE video that was exposed to our campus last year contained literal death threats against black people. That’s the bottom line. If you think I’m speaking in hyperbole, I need you to confront the ugly truth that the lyrics in the chant explicitly referenced lynching, an act of tremendous violence against

black Americans and other people of color that unfortunately cannot be considered “historical,” as it still occurs and is regularly referenced today. These trainings, created in the maelstrom of emotions and consequences that followed the exposure of SAE’s threat-laced chant, are not perfect. But contrary to what these members of OU Republicans would have you believe, diversity education is necessary in today’s world and is especially necessary on a campus like ours. First, I would like to know exactly which parts of the curriculum made students “uncomfortable.” I have no doubt that diversity education can be difficult for students who enjoy racial, gender, sexual, class and religious privilege, but I would caution my colleagues from avoiding discomfort completely. As so many of the students quoted were quick to point out, where does discomfort belong if not at the university level? If we desire an environment that truly exposes students to the “truth” of the world, why should we allow exemptions from emotionally taxing discussions about the systemic privilege that most of us — myself included — enjoy? Secondly, I was frustrated by a student’s criticism of inclusive language training. The student claims that in the real world we should just “apologize and move on.” Ultimately, this argument misses the real goal of such training. The goal of inclusive language

training is to draw our attention to biased, discriminatory or outmoded ways of thinking, along with the underlying prejudices that such language has reinforced. By understanding which words are hurtful to different groups of people, we can avoid using them at all and causing harm in the first place. When we train ourselves to speak mindfully, we take the blame off the person who we have hurt and assume responsibility (as compassionate, educated adults) for our actions. Another student expressed that OU’s diversity training was too divisive, leading to further labeling based on identity rather than on common humanity. This line of thought stems from an incorrect conception of diversity — one that merely views people in accordance with a quota system, marking any two people with the same identity totally interchangeable. Thirty years ago, that might have been enough, but activists now realize that in order to unify and truly love one another, we must celebrate the things that make us different. Not a single one of us knows what it means to be completely human. The “human experience” cannot be condensed or or expressed in just one way; if it exists at all, it can only be fully seen when we all stand together, celebrating the differences and various identities that have shaped the way we, as gloriously diverse individuals, live in the world. The point isn’t to label us so that we can

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A small group meets during Camp Crimson July 24, 2015, during the transfer session to discuss diversity on campus. Guest columnist Audra Brulc believes in inclusive language.

be kept apart; the point is to let us wear the labels we desire with pride, so that we never have to hide or obscure the things that make us, us. Diversity — meaningful, inclusive, celebratory diversity — is not the same as this conveniently blameworthy, amorphously defined spectre of “political correctness,” which terrifies the OU College Republicans. Continuing to ignore underrepresented groups perpetuates oppression, and if we criticize “political correctness” in order to avoid changing our worldview to accommodate others’ experiences of oppression, we continue being part of the problem. OU is a public university. I don’t know why you chose

to attend it, but our state and school have a responsibility to respect and protect every single member of our community. While this training may make you “uncomfortable,” it does not give you the right to willfully ignore the harm that you may be causing to your fellow students. It is within your rights to discuss or criticize what you have been told in such trainings, but it is ignorant, condescending and hurtful to place your personal comfort over a frank exploration of others’ opinions and experiences. If you are a member of this organization who disagrees with the article published on Friday, I challenge you to speak out. Show us you care about

our community’s openness and diversity. While the students quoted in the article may feel some sense of bravery for criticizing inclusivity efforts, I propose we flip that assumption. Being able to admit that our preconceived notions, prejudices and seemingly inconsequential words are harming our friends and loved ones — and humbly working towards bettering ourselves — that’s real courage. Audra Brulc is an international studies junior, a consultant for The Oklahoma Group, a blog writer for Students for Social Justice and a student leader in the College of International Studies.