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CAC chair candidate Aimee Schnebeck smiles after receiving the result from the CAC chair election on Wednesday. Schnebeck will enter the runoff against candidate Daniel Moreno.

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CAC chair candidate Daniel Moreno celebrates with friends after the results from the CAC elections on Wednesday. Moreno will face candidate Aimee Schnebeck in the runoff.

Schnebeck, Moreno to race again for CAC chair

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“I’m just really excited for the runoff. I think we’re ready.”

AIMEE SCHNEBECK

“We’re going to strategize, and we’re going to see what we can do to reach even more students.”

DANIEL MORENO

“Even though I didn’t make it to the runoff, I’m very proud of myself for that.”

JACOB NGUYEN

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he Campus Activities Council chair election will continue as candidates Aimee Schnebeck and Daniel Moreno will face each other in a runoff election.

Schnebeck received a total of 1,110 votes and Moreno received 816 votes, combining for 73.52 percent of the total vote, according to Student Government Association election chair Abbey Taylor. However, since no candidate reached the 50 percent needed to win the election outright and Schnebeck and Moreno were the top two vote-receivers, they will engage in a runoff.

Schnebeck said she was stoked about results and that she was proud of her team.

“I’m stoked. I’m very excited,” she said. “I’m really proud of my team. This was not me. This was all them. They did so much for me. I’m just really excited for the runoff. I think we’re ready.”

Moreno said he felt amazing when he received the call with the election results, and said strategizing will be key to winning the runoff.

“We’re going to strategize, and we’re going to see what we can do to reach even more students,” Moreno said.

The third candidate in the race, Jacob Nguyen, received 694 votes and only 26.49 percent of the total vote. Despite being eliminated from the race, he said the experience was amazing.

“This has been an absolutely amazing experience,” he said.

“I’ve learned so much, and I’ve

met so many people, and that’s not just on my own campaign team, that’s on other people’s campaign teams.”

Nguyen added that he thought he treated everyone involved with respect and was never out to “target” anyone.

“Even though I didn’t make it to the runoff, I’m very proud of myself for that,” Nguyen said.

When asked what she would do to get Nguyen’s voters to gravitate to her, Schnebeck said she would try to better communicate her platform points.

“I don’t think we’re going to change anything,” she said. “I think I’ll try to better communicate my platform points, but I don’t think we’re going to change anything. We might expand what we’re doing.”

Though she said she was going to take a break from campaigning this Mom’s Day Weekend, Schnebeck said her team would go at it again Monday.

“I’m probably going to take a break (this weekend),” she said.

“It’s Mom’s Day weekend and we have Scandals going on, so we still have a lot to do for CAC. I’ll probably just let everyone enjoy some family time this weekend and then we’ll hit the ground running on Monday.”

The poll for the runoff election will open at 9 a.m. April 4 and close at 9 p.m. that night. Results will be announced after the poll closes.

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SCHNEBECK

1,110

42.37 percent of vote

MORENO

816

31.15 percent of vote

NGUYEN

694

26.49 percent of vote

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Students unsure of SGA’s role ‘Paper Campaign’ seeks to increase campus awareness

WE ASKED: WHAT IS SGA? Special projects editor Supriya Sridhar and reporter Tanner Osborne set up a video camera Monday afternoon and asked students what they thought SGA was. The consensus? The students we asked weren’t sure.

TANNER OSBORNE @tannerosbear

OU’s Student Government Association provides a range of services for students and is comprised of multiple branches and sections, each with its own set of goals.

However, few students actually know what those services are.

Civil engineering sophomore Joshua Storm said he knows what SGA stands for, but could not really say what they do. “ They’re in charge of something. I don’t really know actually,” Storm said.

Other students said similar things and share the same confusions.

Biology pre-med freshman Bridget Parrish said she has “no idea what SGA is,” and industrial engineering freshman Tristan Whitman said the same.

Knowing of this problem, SGA has begun a “Paper Campaign” to promote itself, passing out pamphlets at various locations on campus with information regarding the role of SGA, contact information and more.

SGA Undergraduate Student Congress Chair Emily Sample said the public relations committee is responsible for the bulk of the campaign’s work, and that she and other sections have only made a few adjustments to its message.

The pamphlets provide an acronym for the word congress, each letter part of an

YOU ANSWERED: “I think SGA is student government and ... That’s all, I only know the name.”

MORGAN DEMMINK, BUSINESS FRESHMAN

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Psychology senior John Pham (left), Student Government Association President Daniel Pae (middle) and congress member Alex Byron speak at an Undergraduate Student Congress meeting. Members of SGA have created a public relations campaign to raise awareness about what SGA does on campus.

explanation of what all SGA does.

Sample said she isn’t sure if the campaign has worked, but she feels confident it will.

The pamphlets could be useful for students like psychology and pre-med freshman Savanna Erickson, who said she knows SGA is the student government, but little else.

“I don’t really know anyt h i n g o t h e r t ha n t hat,” Erickson said.

Business freshman Morgan Demmink said she also thought SGA was student government, but that was it.

“That’s all, I only know the name,” Demmink said.

Sample said when it comes to the congress, the Graduate Student Senate or SGA in general, pretty much everyone she has met has

gotten involved because they cared deeply about one issue or another and stayed involved because they grew to love the process.

Sample said one reason students may not be fully aware of the work or services SGA provides is that a lot of the work results in small changes that don’t directly or drastically affect the lives of all students.

Sample said the changes, though small, are important. Students just don’t notice what other students are doing for them.

“We’re students geared toward student service,” Sample said.

SGA President Daniel Pae said he is proud of the work his cabinet, congress and SGA as a whole have done this semester.

“Each of us has the

opportunity and responsibility to make a positive difference for this campus,” Pae said.

Pae said events like SGA’s South Oval Offices have helped bring the student body and SGA closer.

“We have had two successful South Oval Offices when we were able to interact with the student body,” Pae said.

“I am confident that we will continue to build on the progress that has been made,” he said. “We must keep pushing forward together and make sure that the second half of this semester is also strong.”

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“I have no idea what SGA stands for.”

PJ DONATUCCI, BUSINESS AND SPORTS MANAGEMENT FRESHMAN

“I think SGA is the Student Government Association, and I don’t really know what they do.”

JOSHUA STORM, CIVIL ENGINEERING SOPHOMORE

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO: Go to facebook.com/oudaily to see the full video and weigh in: What do you think SGA does on campus?

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Vacationing with purpose Christian sorority members helped out over the break MARY SMITH

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Instead of spending spring break on vacation in paradise, women from OU’s Christian sorority Phi Lambda spent their break serving others.

Sigma Phi Lambda members flew to Central America for mission trips with their local churches, where they volunteered time and spread faith.

Freshmen twins Rachel and Alexis Mann spent their spring break evangelizing, cleaning orphanages and spending time with orphans and homeless people in Tijuana, Mexico.

Since this was their first year with non-denominational church, Antioch No r m a n , R a c h e l Ma n n hoped that by going on this mission trip, she would get to know the other members better, she said. Meanwhile, Alexis Mann said she was hoping to get more in touch with her spiritual life after temporarily setting it aside for school.

“It’s so much more rewarding to go help other people find Jesus than just sitting on a beach,” Rachel Mann said.

During one of their days in Central America, the Manns acted out a skit telling the story of the Gospel as a way to evangelize to those at the orphanages and the homeless shelter. They also had booklets that narrated the Gospel’s message in both Spanish and English to better communicate with those they served, Rachel Mann said. “ It was hard b e caus e there’s so much you want to say, but at the end of the day, you can always pray, and the Holy Spirit works regardless of language,” she said.

Although it was intimidating having to speak with strangers about faith, especially in another language,

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Sigma Phi Lambda members, freshmen Rachel Mann and Alexis Mann, speak to a boy in Tijuana, Mexico, with members of their church. Some Phi Lamb members spent their spring breaks in a unconventional ways by serving others and spreading their faith on mission trips.

the students who shared approachable whenever their faith sometimes saw the students would initiate conversions to the faith and conversations about faith, even miracles of healing, much more so than people Rachel Mann said. in America tend to be, Alexis The most notable miracle Mann said. Those they met she witnessed was the heal- also appeared to be less maing of a man’s knee while her terialistic and possessive friends prayed over it, reliev- of their time, something ing him of knee pain that the twins said they both he’d felt for took away years. from their “Love is so W h e n experience. i t c a m e t o universal, and even Fellow s p r e a d i n g though there was a P h i L a m b their faith, member Alexis Mann language barrier at and human often found times, love (can still relations juthat actions nior Victoria be) shown.” could do just D wira also as good of a traveled VICTORIA DWIRA, HUMAN RELATIONS JUNIOR job as words. with her “You don’t non-denomhave to share the Gospel to inational church, Wildwood every single person that you Community Church, but meet,” she said. “Just show- went to Nicaragua, where ing God’s light is enough in s h e w o r k e d w i t h t h e some cases.” non-profit Christian orWhen they were not evan- ganization O ne by O ne gelizing, students would International. She said play with the children at the her heart was drawn to go orphanage and help clean its there even though her faminterior and exterior. Their ily fought her about it since job was to show love to the she went on a mission trip in children, Rachel Mann said. the summer. In the end, it is Overall, the people in what she had to do.

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working on my heart to go rather than just staying here,” Dwira said.

There, students would clean up and renovate sections of their host church in the mornings and then spend time with local children who were a part of their program, Dwira said.

Children ages 5 to 15 could be sponsored by a donor who would pay for things from meals to school supplies, she said. One by One International acted as something of a YMCA for the children, allowing them to get away from their mostly impoverished neighborhoods to expand their horizons, Dwira said.

The week Dwira and her friends were there, they took field trips every day with the children to places like a park, a pool or a place to make pottery. They even took the children to a deaf school to try to break the stigma surrounding children with disabilities, she said.

At the end of the week, the students created a camp where all the children from the week came together to play games, pray and listen

to testimonies, Dwira said.

Even though the prayers and testimonies were spoken in Spanish, they impacted the students all the same, she said. “(When) we prayed over them, it was so emotional because ... we can pray collectively (even though) they prayed in Spanish,” Dwira said. “It was cool because no matter what, we were all praying to the same God.” Dwira wants to be a child counselor, and this trip reaffirmed her love for children, she said. Despite the difficult language barrier in Nicaragua, she said she felt the group was still able to spread the faith and love that they had hoped.

“Love is so universal, and even though there was a language barrier at times, love (can still be) shown,” Dwira said.

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A screengrab from the video of the class gift from the OU class of 2016. The gift is planned to go beside the Bizzell Memorial Library by the Price College of Business.

New statue depicts 11th century Persian scientist, poet, philosopher OU President David Boren and others unveiled a statue of a Persian philosopher and scientist Wednesday in front of Hester Hall.

The statue of Omar Khayyám, an 11th-century poet, astronomer, scholar and mathematician, is located in front of Hester Hall on Elm Avenue. The unveiling ceremony also recognized the Farzaneh family, which was instrumental in bringing the statue to campus, Dean of the College of International Studies Suzette Grillot said.

The statue stands as an inspiration for friendship and understanding between people from different countries and cultures, Grillot said.

“It’s a symbol of building bridges between our societies and our cultures,” she said. “It’s an important reflection of international society and international cultures around the world and the importance of our future generations of knowing something about other peoples, other cultures and other backgrounds, so that we build greater understanding of one another and hopefully can lead to better relations and mutual respect.”

Boren made similar comments about the statue at the ceremony.

“This statue will stand on our campus for years and decades and hopefully centuries to come as a reminder to us of the role that a university is to play in society,” he said.

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The OU Student Alumni Association is raising money for the class of 2016 class gift.

The gift will be a collection of three red benches, a fountain and a newly p l a nt e d wat e r o a k t re e located just east of the Bizzell Memorial Library by the Peggy V. Helmerich Gardens, said Rijutha

Garimella, the class of 2016 project chair.

Garimella said the ideas for a senior class gift are compiled with the help of a senior class gift committee.

OU President David Boren and Molly Shi Boren help select the gift.

Garimella said the Student Alumni Association began collecting donations at the beginning of the semester and will accept donations from spring graduates until May 13. Fall graduates can continue to donate to the class gift until the end of the fall semester, Garimella said.

A total of $17,031 has

been raised, just $5,969 away from the $23,000 goal.

Donations are collected through the university’s new crowdfunding website, Thousands Strong.

The association has upcoming events to raise even more money, including a cookout at the site of the class gift, said Phillip Ngo, one of the class gift project chairs.

The Thousands Strong donation page will close May 13.

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Number of signatures on penny tax petition exceeds Boren’s goal The petition to get OU President David Boren’s penny sales tax initiative on the November general election ballot has collected 234,000 signatures, according to an Oklahoma’s Children, Our Future media representative.

The number far surpasses the 135,000 signatures needed to get on the ballot and the 200,000 goal Boren set previously.

The initiative, if passed, would add one cent to the already-existing state sales tax of 4.5 percent. The initiative would raise approximately $615 million for state education in one year, $125 million of which would go toward higher education.

The amount could be enough to possibly freeze OU tuition and fee increases, Boren has previously said.

Below is a breakdown of how the money raised from the initiative would be divided within the education system.

Boren said in a statement to The Daily Tuesday that he is “elated” by the petition’s response.

“I think it shows incredible momentum for meaningful increased support for education in our state,” he said in the statement. “I am elated by the response to the petition drive. I urge students all across the state who are registered voters to sign the petition, because if we are successful we could freeze any tuition or fee increases for a reasonable amount of time.”

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Children participate in an OU 4 N7 event in 2015. The program is designed to allow Native American and Aboriginal children to be active in sports education.

Nike sparks youth event Program helps encourage activity in Native children DERRIC CUSHMAN @derric_cushman

The OU Student Athlete Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Native American Studies have partnered to host the third annual OU 4 N7 event.

The event will take place on April 15, and OU 4 N7 event coordinator Madison Stein said the idea was adopted from Nike’s N7 program, designed to enable Native American and Aboriginal you t h t o b e a c t i ve a n d healthy through sports and education.

Stein said the OU 4 N7 event will have approximately 200 Native American students in attendance from different cities and towns throughout the state, ranging from ages 10 to 12. Students will spend the day learning about sports, health and culture from the Student Athlete Advisory Commitee, Native American studies department and various members of the OU athletics department, including student-athletes and coaches, Stein said.

Keynote speakers and volunteers from organizations like the OU American Indian Student Association will also attend the event designed to celebrate health and wellness by getting students involved in physical activities, Stein said.

Students will rotate to different stations throughout

the afternoon, playing soccer, stickball, basketball and on inflatable obstacle courses, among other activities, Stein said.

Stein said there will also be stations dedicated to teach-

built with its N7 program.

She also said the Student Athlete Advisory Committee is dedicated to making N7 a strong program on campus with OU 4 N7.

“Nike started this initia-

“Nike comes out with a line every spring and winter, and part of those funds go towards programs that fund sports, wellness and health to combat things like diabetes and to promote wellness amongst Native American youth. ” HEATHER SHOTTON NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES PROFESSOR

ing children about the importance of leadership, communication, health and nutrition.

She said these stations will have OU student athletes and volunteers there to provide guidance and a helping hand in taking students through the courses.

The courses represent many of the same values of sports, wellness and health that the original Nike N7 program has utilized in the past, Stein said.

Nike also carries an N7 line of clothing, the funds from which support Native American youth, said Heather Sh o t t o n , a n O U Nat i v e American studies professor.

“Nike comes out with a line every spring and winter, and part of those funds go toward programs that fund sports, wellness and health to combat things like diabetes and to promote wellness amongst Native American youth,” Shotton said.

Stein said the OU 4 N7 event is built upon some of the same concepts Nike has

tive,” Stein said. “Nike’s hope is that schools will take N7 and make it their own. We are trying to create our own micro-event from that initiative and brand it as our own while carrying out their initiative.

N7 is focused around Native American culture and the importance of education.”

Although themes of wellness through sports, health and nutrition will be highlighted throughout the event, there will also be a chance for students to learn about Native American culture.

Stein said partnering with organizations such as the Native American studies department is a great way to ensure that OU 4 N7 attendees would get the most educational and cultural learning opportunities they could from attending the program.

Shotton said it has been a great opportunity to work with the athletic department and is happy with the efforts the groups have put forth to reach out to the community.

“It’s great exposure for

(Native students) to be on a college campus and to get to spend the day with college students and college athletes,” Shotten said. “They get a chance to see role models with some of the Native athletes and professors here as well to get some positive encouragement.”

OU 4 N7 volunteers like Breanna Faris, interim adviser for OU American Indian Student Life, hope that meeting these role models and taking part in the event will help inspire Native American youth.

“I would want them to see college as something that is attainable and something that is realistic for them,” Faris said. “My goal is making sure that they know that they are welcomed here at OU and that there are Native students that have come before them that have been able to do it.”

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OU 4 N7 • The event begins April 15 • OU 4 N7 is adopted from Nike’s N7 program.

• The program is to allow Native American and Aboriginal youth to be active and healthy through sports and education.

• There will approximately be 200 Native American students from ages 10 to 12.

BLSA wins awards for volunteer work Group takes home both regional and national honors MARY SMITH

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One of OU’s non-profit organizations has won a regional and national award, distinguishing it from other chapters at universities across the country.

OU’s Black Law Students Association won the regional and the national Chapter of the Year Award for 20152016 among small chapters from the National Black Law Students Association, according to a press release.

This year was the fourth time OU’s chapter has won the regional award and the first time it has won both awards since 2007, said Marcelo Pendleton-Moreno, BLSA president and thirdyear law student. The competition is based on how many

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Marcelo Pendleton-Moreno (left), Stanley West and Desiree Singer represent OU’s Black Law Students Association chapter at the National Black Law Students Association award ceremony. The chapter recently won national and regional Chapter of the Year awards.

programs and events are held for education, service and the development of the minority community, PendletonMoreno said.

The organization’s consistent efforts to serve the community throughout the past year made it a unique candidate, Pendleton-Moreno said. Last February, BLSA members sent Valentine’s Day cards to sick children at

OU’s Health and Sciences Center, and the next fall, they prepared food for young cancer patients in a local hospital, he said.

They also gathered food for a local military mother for Thanksgiving and Christmas and brought in minority students from Norman high schools to the law school to encourage them to pursue a degree, he said.

Pendleton-Moreno said his years in BLSA have shown him how important it is to be a leader in the community. “(BLSA) has given me the opportunity to be a serving leader,” Pendleton-Moreno said. “It has humbled me to be able to give back and be of service, whether that be to fellow colleagues in law school … or going out into the community to be of service.”

They hope to promote the education and development of minority high school students even more this year, he said.

Pendleton-Moreno said all law students are welcome in the organization.

“No matter your background, if you are a law student we welcome you,” he said. “As long as you are trying to better people, we happily accept you and encourage you to be a part of BLSA.” Mary Smith

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Mom’s Day Tea event with Borens canceled due to Final Four game An OU Mom’s Day tradition has been canceled in light of the Sooner men’s basketball team’s first trip to the Final Four since 2002.

OU President David Boren and Molly Shi Boren will attend the Final Four in Houston on Saturday instead of attending Mom’s Day Tea, an event where students and their mothers enjoy tea at the the Boyd House.

OU press secretary Corbin Wallace said the Borens “want and feel an obligation to be in Houston to support the men’s basketball team at this historic Final Four.”

The Sooners advanced to the national semifinals by defeating the Oregon Ducks 80-68 in the Elite Eight, a game in which John R. Wooden Award frontrunner Buddy Hield scored 37 points.

The Sooners will face the Villanova Wildcats at 5:09 p.m. April 2, televised on TBS. OU first faced Villanova Dec. 7, 2015, at the Pearl Harbor Classic, winning in blowout fashion 78-55.

Staff reports

Map shows areas at risk of natural and human-induced earthquakes The US Geological Survey released a map Monday showing areas vulnerable to earthquakes, including earthquakes induced by human activity.

The map shows Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico as states affected by human-induced earthquakes.

The map gives a region of northwest Oklahoma the highest possible chance for earthquake damage.

“By including human-induced events, our assessment of earthquake hazards has significantly increased in parts of the U.S.,” Mark Petersen, chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project, said in a release. “This research also shows that much more of the nation faces a significant chance of having damaging earthquakes over the next year, whether natural or human-induced.”

Earthquakes been linked to wastewater disposal from fracking have been rising in Oklahoma in recent years. In January, Gov. Mary Fallin allocated more than $1 million to earthquake research in the state.

According to Oklahoma Geological Survey data, 790 earthquakes have occurred in the state since the start of 2016.

Staff reports

OU students’ most-searched word reflects deep thirst for knowledge The most-searched word on Dictionary.com on the OU campus in 2015 was ‘hydrate,’ according to a report from the online dictionary site.

Dictionary.com made a list of the most-searched words for different colleges and universities, which it called “Your College in a Word.” Each college had a unique word.

Other Big 12 schools on the list included Baylor, whose word was ‘phlegmatic’; the University of Kansas, whose word was ‘precipitation’; and the University of Texas, whose word was ‘masochist.’

A representative for Dictionary.com said the data was derived by isolating the zip codes of where the colleges and universities are located with high numbers of students and professors based on the census data. The analysis looked at searches from all of 2015.

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Lack of diversity is not surprising

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Criminology and sociology senior Blessing Ikpa.

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Last week, campus was taken aback by the “shocking” (now retracted) story over how Campus Activities Council goes by another popular name — Caucasian Activities Council.

I say “shocking” to further dramatize how the recent exposure to how CAC is made up of mostly whites and Greeks is not genuinely that “shocking” to anyone on our beloved campus. We all knew our money was unwillingly going towards “student activity fees,” but our voices were not heard to these groups that happily took out their load out of our tuition and fees. Many students, primarily minorities, have been giving their money to CAC but have never reaped the so-called benefits that every student on campus is supposed to receive.

When the story broke about the inner workings of CAC, I was ecstatic.

Finally, the elephant in the room about the exclusivity of CAC was going to be acknowledged and we could have the much-needed discussion about how to

better the organization for future generations.

I couldn’t double-click on the article faster if I tried. Unfortunately, numbers and percentages were misconstrued, everyone began playing “The Blame Game,” heated conversations behind closed doors were being had, shade was being thrown at conspiracy theories of campaigns wanting to take each other down. Everyone was left to wonder, “Does it TRULY matter how many minorities are actually in CAC?” Either way, the number, which has been officially reported from CAC, is too low for anyone to be proud of.

Long before the incident of last week happened, students have been voicing their concerns over the clique that was Campus Activities Council. The dialogue has always been going on, no one simply wanted to listen to what these students had to say.

The OU community wants to boast about diversity and giving everyone a voice while systemically silencing the ones who are not afraid to speak out about the racist, oppressive system.

The numbers may have been wrong in the article;

CAC may actually have 32 percent of minorities on their executive committees, SAE may not actually be a racist fraternity and were simply caught up in their emotions (yeah, that’s a lie).

Either way, the concept of CAC has nothing to do with numbers or percentages but more so to do with how students on our campus perceive CAC to be.

If students visualize CAC to be an organization that is only for Greek-affiliated students who are white, why would anyone want to join? How could any minority student feel safe in those types of spaces?

Minorities are already viewed as tokens in the academic setting, why do they have to face the same discrimination in their extracurricular activities?

Since my freshman year, I have seen empty promises from every CAC chair about how they want to work toward diversifying CAC and make the organization more inclusive for students. Efforts about “reaching out” to minority communities consisted of sending a few e-mails and wondering why no one ever showed up to their events.

Each new, doe-eyed

candidate was going to take CAC by storm and make sure every student was reached (within their means). Each year, these promises have fallen onto deaf ears and students continued to be shut out from the exclusive space that CAC has made for itself.

At the CAC debate, I saw candidates for CAC chair sit on stage and passionately speak on how they will move CAC into a new era. Candidates spoke on moving into an era of inclusiveness for all students and the hopefulness that the days of Caucasian Activities Council will be long behind them.

As an exiting senior, all I heard were more empty promises made by people hoping to win the popularity contest that is Campus Activities Council. Who knows, I may have turned into the cynical senior who sees no hope, but I do hope that the next CAC chair can stand by their word for the students to come.

Dispelling myths not all on Muslims until they feel like they need to know about them, sana.r.sandhu-1@ou.edu @_sanasandhu_ and the main source they tend to turn to is media I am an American and current events. When Muslim, a follower of that occurs, stereotypes are Islam, and I consider my- formed. self very lucky to be able to Islamophobia, in my categorize myself as such. opinion, is a byproduct I was born and raised here of misunderstanding and in the United States, and stereotypes. In the many when asked what home is cases that I have seen, and where I’m from, I can heard about, as well as exvery patriotically say the perienced, the main reason United States of America behind the situation is a is the only country I have premeditated belief that called home for the past all Muslims are like the 20 years, and I will contin- people they hear or see on ue to do so. the news causing chaos, Religion plays a huge provoking violence and role in my life on and off inspiring fear in the hearts campus. I was raised in a of everyone hearing about fairly conservative Muslim their actions. Take it from home. I grew up practica practicing Muslim: they ing my faith and polishing are the complete and polar my beliefs as well as atopposite of what an ideal tempting to understand Muslim is supposed to be. the religion through readWe as American ing scripture and taking Muslims, in my opinion, classes to further enhance are doing the best we can to my understanding. I try and change the mindset wouldn’t call myself an of the people as well as diexpert on Islam, but I am a minish the negative stigma devout follower of the re- attached to the faith we so ligion, and it plays a large dearly call our own. But role in my daily life. It sets with things the way they the foundation for how are in the political sphere I should live my life. I’ve as well as the current global attended public schools, condition in terms of the a private Islamic school, a image of Islam, our efforts small community college are often overshadowed. and now a large scale uni- We will continue to do versity, and everywhere our best, but we urge you I’ve gone, I’ve taken my as well to try to help us religion with me. change the perception of Being Muslim at the a faith whose name literUniversity of Oklahoma ally means peace. There has been an interesting are a number of Muslims experience so far. This is on OU’s Norman cammy fourth semester atpus. Make a friend, come tending the university as talk to us, ask questions, a full-time student. In the we’d love to answer them. beginning, I was not preDiminishing stereotypes is pared to defend my relieasier than it sounds. We gion or the piece of cloth I just need to break out of wear on my head if some- our comfort zones and get one were to attack my be- to know one another, and liefs. I soon began to real- when we get that to hapize that Islam is a religion pen, the stereotype will inthat has not been thorvalidate its self. oughly explained to most Hi, my name’s Sana. I’m students on campus and an elementary education that most students had major and an Arabic minor, little knowledge of Islam and I hope you’ll take a outside of the media. minute to get to know me The population of and what I believe in withMuslims in America is out adhering to a stereovery small. Muslims are type created to drive us considered a minority of apart. the population, and like most minority groups, the Sana Sandhu is an general public is unaware elementary education of most things that go on junior at OU. Her column in the lives of these miis the second in The Daily’s norities until something series of guest columns tragic happens. In most from Muslim students cases people won’t be breaking down stereotypes bothered to learn about surrounding Islam. faith systems and beliefs Sana Sandhu

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Elementary education junior Sana Sandhu.

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Medieval Fair marks 40th year

Coordinator stays busy as outreach event approaches TANNER OSBORNE @tannerosbear

Students are dusting off their cloaks, wands and wizard hats, which means it is nearly that time of the year again, when OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reaves Park is transported back in time for the 40th annual Medieval Fair.

People who see the fair each year and think the tents, rides, tables, booths and food vendors seem to just come from nowhere can thank the fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coordinator, Ann Marie Eckart.

Eckart is a busy woman this time of the year. She is so busy, in fact, that her interview was done in a golf cart while she drove around addressing every issue, big and small, to prepare for the fair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can we talk and drive?â&#x20AC;?

Eckart asked.

E c k a r t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s j o b a s t h e Medieval Fair coordinator has her doing everything from logistics for funding, processing paper work and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;un-fun stuff,â&#x20AC;? to helping fix potholes near venues, to directing the cast in performances and helping make the costumes.

While helping a vendor address a pothole issue, Eckart joked that the whole fair takes a week to set up, but less than 48 hours to pack away.

During the course of the interview, Eckart took three calls and drove to four different areas addressing issues regarding tables, chairs and tents.

Eckart said the fair has become a tradition for people in the community and beyond. â&#x20AC;?People tell me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I came out here as a college student, and then I brought my kids out here, and now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m bringing my grandkids out here,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Eckart said.

Eckart has been involved with the fair since 1986, when she came down as a performer from Kansas with a stage play group.

Eckart said the fair started 40 years ago, when a couple of English professors from OU went out to a renaissance

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The Merry Sisters and Arabesque perform on the Troubadour Stage at Medieval Fair last year. This year marks the 40th annual Medieval Fair.

festival in California and de- Eckhart said. cided to come back and start â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course we still have a medieval fair here. the classic roasted corn on â&#x20AC;&#x153;They decided to come the cob and giant turkey legs back and do their own fes- and everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite, the tival, but do it medieval be- marvelous root beer in the cause that was their special- big blue glass bottles,â&#x20AC;? Eckart ty,â&#x20AC;? Eckart said. said.

Eckar t said that after Eckart said a shop called some time, the fair expand- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Todally Awesome Quiltsâ&#x20AC;? ed from the will be giving OU English â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you understand out a quilt on department your past and where Sunday via to OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raffle as well. you came from, it outreach Eckart makes it easier to department. does not just â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are love the mecomprehend why more of a era for we are where we are dieval communithe popular now.â&#x20AC;? ty outreach elements p r o g r a m ,â&#x20AC;? like swords, ANN MARIE ECKART, Eckart said. dragons and MEDIEVAL FAIR COORDINATOR â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our mispints of beer; sion is igshe loves the niting the spark of curiosity history and lessons she said that leads to lifelong learn- can be learned form the meing through educational dieval era. entertainment.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you understand your Eckart said that the 40th past and where you came anniversary will be cele- from, it makes it easier to brated with a performance comprehend why we are to honor past kings, queens where we are now,â&#x20AC;? Eckart and coordinators of the fair said.

Sunday.

If Eckart were an actual In addition to that, the fair queen, she would be tough will be selling coloring books but fair. Everyone working to with all 40 of the past fair set up the fair seemed happy posters in it, and has brought to be there, and Eckart was in 34 new artists and a cou- happy to assist them. ple of new food vendors, Florian Helff, a graduate

student in computer science, said he and other members of OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chess Club reached out to Eckart in order to become volunteers.

Helff thought this would be a great way to get some funding for the club as well as help the community, and that the work was actually really easy and kind of fun, he said.

The Norman Medieval Fair is no small event to put on. According to the fairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web page, the fair was â&#x20AC;&#x153;recognized in 2011 by Renaissance Magazine as the second-largest festival in the country of its type for the number of participants attending.â&#x20AC;?

Setting up can be chaotic, hectic and full of challenges, like rain in the days just before the fair or a shipment of tables that Eckart deemed a safety hazard and had returned and replaced.

At one point, a worker passed by Eckart and asked how things were going.

In reply she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;kinda crazy, so perfectly normal.â&#x20AC;?

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DonĘźt take chances or leave room for someone to interfere in your affairs. Face any challenge with enthusiasm and the will to win. Change is inevitable and preparation essential. Know your limitations and strengths, and forge ahead. ItĘźs up to you to pursue your goals.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- DonĘźt push unless you want to be pushed back. You are best off working at your own speed on projects you can do alone. Physical activity will help you blow off steam.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Express your feelings and share your ideas.

You may not like change, but what transpires now will have beneficial results. A partnership will offer more than you expect.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Travel plans will lead to professionally valuable information. A good opportunity will result from an important decision. When opportunity knocks, be ready to jump.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Sign up for affordable activities and ward off tempting offers made by associates who are not looking out for your best interests. Bring about the changes that will benefit you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Problems will surface if you cannot come to an agreement with someone you live with or work alongside. Look for opportunities that allow you to do your own thing in order to avoid interference.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -Market what you have to offer. Your determination and enthusiasm will help you get the support you need to address a lingering concern. If change is required, make it happen.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- A partnership can help you advance.

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Villanova: five things to watch

Four NCAA Tournament wins have No. 2 seed Oklahoma in the Final Four, but now it gets another stout challenge in No. 2 seed Villanova next week in Houston.

Coach Jay Wrightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Villanova Wildcats pulled off the upset of top-overall seed Kansas Saturday, setting up an enticing match-up of two teams that are playing some of the most balanced basketball in the country.

Here are five things that basketball fans should know about Villanova.

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Villanova played OU earlier in the season and lost badly On Dec. 7 the No. 7 Sooners and the No. 8 Wildcats faced off in what was supposed to be one of the best early-season match-ups, but the final box score ended up being lopsided.

OU ran away from with a 78-55 victory at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the result of Villanova shooting just 12 percent from three-point range. The Sooners shot better than 53 percent from deep. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect that game to have any bearing on this one, though. Villanova was still figuring things out at that time and OU was playing its best basketball of the regular season, but the two teams have now leveled out.

Villanova was the lowest seed to ever win a national title

It has been 31 years since coach Rollie Massimino and No. 8 seed Villanova made one of the most improbable runs in NCAA Tournament history. The Wildcats finished fourth in what was the most formidable conference in basketball at that time, the Big East, but then turned it on in late March. Villanova took down No. 1 seed Michigan, No. 5 seed Maryland and No. 2 seed North Carolina to reach the Final Four.

Then in the national title game, Villanova pulled off the impossible, beating mighty, Patrick Ewing-led Georgetown to win the first national championship in school history. It was the season that brought the program to the prominence on the national stage that continues today.

The Wildcats are shooting well in the NCAA Tournament Much like the Sooners, the Wildcats have been dominating teams in the NCAA Tournament from beyond the arc, but this was not the case during the regular season. Villanova came into the tournament shooting at a 35 percent clip from deep, but since then it has really turned things around. The Wildcats are now shooting 47 percent from three-point range in their last four games. It will be interesting to see how OU coach Lon Kruger and his coaching staff prepare the Sooners for a threat from Villanova they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about early in the season.

The Wildcats have one of the best backcourts in the country Villanova is one of few teams in the nation that has the backcourt to compete with OUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite core of guards. Freshman Jalen Brunson, senior Ryan Arcidiacono and junior Josh Hart arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to wow you with their play, but they are intelligent and crafty, something that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as common with college basketball guards as it used to be.

At the center of this backcourt is Arcidiacono, who is averaging 16 points and a little more than three assists per game in the tournament. He is also shooting 56 percent from threepoint range, making him Villanovaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perimeter answer to Buddy Hield.

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The Wildcats rank in the top 10 in both offensive efficiency (fourth) and defensive efficiency (seventh) according to KenPom. Along with a number of other statistics, this was enough to give them the top-overall ranking. They also have the best field goal percentage of any team in the Final Four, making a little more than 55 percent of their shots from the floor.

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Junior mentioned by players, coaches as O-line emerges

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Fullback Dimitri Flowers played an important role in Oklahomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense in the latter half of the 2015 season, most notably catching the game winning touchdown against Baylor. But the junior is still striving to become a better player.

Flowers had eight receptions for 130 yards and four touchdowns last season, including that fourth quarter touchdown against the Bears â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a touchdown that ranks as the favorite moment in his life thus far, Flowers said.

The beginning of last season started out slow for Flowers, but offensive coordinator Lincoln Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to innovate helped bring him into the fold later on, Flowers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincoln Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a smart guy,â&#x20AC;? Flowers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If he has the athletes and talented players, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to find a way for you to get on the field, and I felt like I was one of the 11 he had, and so I was lucky enough to get on the field.â&#x20AC;?

Although he was targeted more at the end of last season, Flowers said there are still important areas of the game he needs to work on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely just my blocking aspect of it,â&#x20AC;? Flowers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a fullback, I feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one of the more athletic ones in the country, but obviously blocking isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my strong suit, which, I know that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everyone knows that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so I need to work on that and build on that.â&#x20AC;?

Riley said Flowers has improved in the spring, becoming a more physical blocker and a player who will

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Junior fullback Dimitri Flowers carries the ball into the end zone during last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bedlam game at Boone Pickens Stadium. According to Lincoln Riley, Flowers will be important to the team in the fall.

continue to be important for the Sooners next fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can see all the reps last year have paid off with him,â&#x20AC;? Riley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lincoln Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a smart guy. If he has the athletes and talented players, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to find a way for you to get on the field, and I felt like I was one of the 11 he had, and so I was lucky enough to get on the field.â&#x20AC;?

guy that a lot of times â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rarely in the wrong place, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a smart player, but going back we identified some things we could do just so that he could be better physically and technically as a blocker so that when he gets there he can be even more effective, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve emphasized those. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done a good job with that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten stronger, his bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten better and he was a really important player for us last year, and I feel like he will be again this year.â&#x20AC;?

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As the Sooners inch closer to the spring game on April 9, Oklahomaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offensive line is coming into focus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been working hard as a unit,â&#x20AC;? junior Christian Daimler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re finally coming together as an O-line and working really well together.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been moving the ball really well, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited about it.â&#x20AC;?

Daimler, a three-star recruit in the class of 2013 according to 247Sports Composite, has yet to play a down for the Sooners. But now, entering his junior season and his fourth year on campus, Daimler seems poised to make an impact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long process (getting stronger), Daimler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously this is going to be my fourth year here, and I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to get on the field. When I came here, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what I was expecting. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how everything panned out. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just kept working. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kept my head down. I kept working. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made a whole bunch of noise about it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just kept working hard, and I feel like right now is time for me to make a move.â&#x20AC;?

Quarterback Baker Mayfield and offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh have both mentioned Daimler as someone who needs to step up. For Mayfield, he provides a potential upgrade at offensive line to where the Sooners were a year ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we had some spots where we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know

what we were going to do,â&#x20AC;?

Mayfield said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you can see, Orlando Brown and Dru Samia wound up starting for us, which we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cody Ford, Ben Powers and Christian Daimler are three of the guys who come to mind as guys who need to step up and come into their own for our offensive line to come into one.â&#x20AC;?

Daimlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path to this point has been frustrating at times, the Houston native said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really tough,â&#x20AC;?

Daimler admitted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had some really low points.

Anybody would if you come in here ready to play, you feel like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to play, and then it just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. Both my parents have been really good, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both been there for me.â&#x20AC;?

Samia, who started nine games as a true freshman at right tackle, would likely move to right guard if Daimler was to earn a spot in the starting lineup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dru is the type of guy who is excited to do whatever he can to help the team,â&#x20AC;?

Daimler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really excited to do whatever the coaches want him to do.â&#x20AC;?

Spenser Davis

davis.spenser@ou.edu

CHRISTIAN DAIMLER â&#x20AC;˘ Three-star recruit from the 2013 class â&#x20AC;˘ Daimler is a junior, but has yet to play a snap for the Sooners Source: 247sports.com

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