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LAMIS AHMED is an international studies and political science junior with a severe hearing impairment.
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U has better disability accommodation and support than other schools I have been to in Egypt, but OU is still not doing its best when it comes to accommodating and ensuring students with disabilities on campus have the support they need. In my personal experience, the professors are willing to help, but they do not know how and they do not have a system to keep up with their disabled students. It is awkward enough to go on my first day of classes every semester and tell my professors that I am hearing impaired, so needing to remind my professors every week or two that I am disabled is very painful. Some students, including myself, choose to go through the class without proper accommodation just to avoid being the nagging student. I have been in many classes where I lost participation grades because it involved discussions in very loud classrooms or in very big groups. I lost grades for not answering questions correctly about videos I had to watch in class without closed captions. Students have a lot to worry about, and worrying about their right to accommodation should not be an issue. At the start of every semester I have to worry about all the labels I will get on my first day of classes: an international student, a Muslim veiled girl and a non-participating student. It is exhausting to spend time defying stereotypes and proving that I am as academically capable as any of my peers.
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BRADLEY MAYS is an adult and higher education doctoral candidate with cerebral palsy.
MATTHEW JACOBSON is a composition, rhetoric and literacy doctoral student with Crohn’s disease.
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y experiences as an undergraduate student and graduate student with a disability at the University of Oklahoma have been both challenging and rewarding. I have cerebral palsy, which impacts my balance and fine motor skills. As a result, my disability is very visible because I use a wheelchair. CP has not impacted my desire, my hopes or my dreams. My challenges at OU have been mostly physical. Regardless of the challenges, I learned the importance of perseverance. I learned how to navigate campus and I know where most of the accessible building entrances, elevators and bathrooms are located. For me, OU is mostly accessible. In places where the campus is not accessible, OU is striving to become better. Physical accessibility is very important; however, our attitudes toward disability are even more important. My experiences with faculty, staff and students have been mostly positive. In the few instances where I haven’t been treated very well, it’s been because of ignorance and assumptions rather than intentional mistreatment. Improving attitudes regarding disability results from increasing awareness about disability issues. I’ve been blessed to speak about disability issues and my own personal experiences as someone who lives with a disability. I strongly encourage people who have questions regarding a disability to ask the person with the disability rather than make an assumption about that person. Being more open and honest can reduce stigma and improve experiences of people with disabilities.
y first experience with Crohn’s disease arrived when my twin sister was diagnosed with it her freshman year of high school. Her suffering terrified me. I thought, “If this ever happens to me, I don’t want to keep on living.” I was diagnosed the summer before my senior year of college. The cure wasn’t much better than the pain of my immune system choking my intestines shut. Immunosuppressive steroids didn’t let me sleep or regulate my emotions. It was hard to think. I was hungry all the time, and I had to inject a syringe of burning medication into my stomach every other week. Somehow, I finished my bachelor’s. The second year of my master’s, I went to the emergency more than 20 times. My shortest stay was four days. Finally, my doctor put me on the strongest medicine available — an IV infusion drug that would cost $140,000 per year without the Affordable Care Act — and I haven’t gone to the ER since. Now, I have my master’s degree and am nearing the end of my second year as a doctoral student. I look as normal as any other tired graduate student. For the most part, I feel great. But I would hate if anyone read this piece without understanding the brutality of Crohn’s disease on a deeper level. It’s worse than I imagined so many years ago. And yet, if nothing else, I’m grateful that I can now put my hand on my sister’s shoulder and tell her, “I understand.”
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As part of a collaboration between The Daily and Disability Inclusion and Awareness, these students with disabilities share insight into their lives: REBECCA EDEN is an anthropology doctoral candidate with dyslexia.
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KATHERINE HAWES is an industrial and systems engineering junior with postural orthostatic tachycardia.
BRADLEY GREGORY is an electrical engineering senior whose father has ALS.
ith any dis-, there is also ability. It is a package deal. However, when people talk about disability it is always with an emphasis on the DIS- part. I am more than any dis-, I am full of ABILITY. We all are! One of the most important abilities is to see things differently, to know things non-dis people cannot know. In my case, I am dyslexic, so my dis- is supposed to be all about reading. This dis- is a reductionist oversimplification — and not a very useful one, as it turns out. In my package deal is the ability to literally think about things differently. Other people who have had these “One of the most dyslexic abilities include important abilities Thomas Edison, Nikola is to see things Tesla, Alexander Graham differently, to know Bell, Albert Einstein, Bill and Steve Jobs, to things non-dis people Gates name a few. Clearly, there cannot know.” is quite a package deal being offered here. Eventually, I discovered my best dyslexic ability is to mentally manipulate things in 3-D. That is not something appreciated in grades K-12, and so the dis- with reading overshadowed this ability. In college, this ability was really useful to me as I studied chemistry — something others found difficult, I found relatively easy. Ultimately, my DIS-ability was also the source of my strongest ability and nothing to be dissed after all. I cannot know what it is like to live with a different dis-, just as I cannot know what it is like to have those abilities. My abilities are pretty cool. I am willing to bet theirs are too.
s a student with a disability, you may encounter situations that make you feel as if you’re asking for the world when you’re just trying to get by. The cycle of denying your disability and suppressing the feelings that denial brings makes some people hesitant to discuss their disabilities or acknowledge that accommodations are for equity and not favoritism. Every time a professor dismisses accommodations or a peer says, “You don’t look sick,” it furthers the guilt you feel when you finally get the confidence to disclose your disability. I’ve been in this boat before. In high school, I felt like I was being needy and getting special attention when I was diagnosed with a medical condition that required me to receive accommodations. I didn’t want to use them because I was afraid of being judged by my peers. I thought about the things I heard them say behind my back when I was bedridden at home — that I was just fine, playing hooky and faking my illness for attention. I didn’t want to go to school and have those feelings come back when I was present in the classroom even though my body and mind were in pain. Looking back, I realize I wouldn’t have made it to OU without those accommodations I wanted to hide. I’m now at a place where it’s easier to make my schedule coincide with symptoms my disability throws at me. I have learned to be a self-advocate through the experiences I encountered from deniers and resistors, and it has helped me tremendously when I have had to reiterate my rights as student with a disability in higher education. Now, I want to show others that having a disability should not feel like a burden or something we should keep quiet about. Through advocacy and learning from the stories of students with disabilities on campus, we can make accessibility a priority rather than an afterthought.
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HANNAH TURNER is a psychology freshman with a rare form of epilepsy.
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rowing up, I never thought I was sick. Like all other little kids, I thought everyone else was just like me. Even when planning my suicide in fourth grade, it didn’t occur to me that I might be depressed. I thought it was just a normal rebellious thing everyone did. It wasn’t until high school that I really started to realize something was wrong. When I started having daily panic attacks and hurting myself, I knew I needed help. I eventually got on medication and was in and out of therapy for four years. But it wasn’t until I met my best friend when things started to really change. After my first semes“Everyone has ter in college I decided tough times, to adopt my service dog, Lizzie. For a year now I’ve and for people been training her for psywith disabilites, chiatric service; I hope to these are often graduate her in the coming fall. Since I’ve gotten magnified. ” her, my panic attacks have decreased to a couple a month, and I’ve been free from self-harm for over a year. Lizzie quite literally saved my life. Thus, my story is really a story of hope. It’s made me hopeful for both my future and the future of all people with disabilities. Everyone has tough times, and for people with disabilities, these are often magnified. But together we can make OU a safe and understanding community for all of us, where we are accepted, supported and given access to the truly amazing experiences that come with being Sooners.
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eing a college student with a disability brings about many emotions and obstacles, especially when the disability is invisible. Living with epilepsy, a disorder not well-recognized among society, is probably the biggest frustration I have. I know that when I tell a new friend or professor about epilepsy, they may not understand or may simply disregard it as soon as I mention I can function normally and am almost six years seizure-free. On such a large campus, it is hard for me to meet people, let alone find the strength to go out to parties or events that don’t interest me in the slightest. I was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex when I was 2 years old. TSC is a form of epilepsy that affects only one in 6,000 births with only about 50,000 others like me here in the United States. I dealt with two to three seizures per week for 14 years until I had surgery on my left temporal lobe in 2011. After this surgery, I was subject to much bullying and lack of understanding/acceptance. I take pride in all of that now though, and I use it as motivation to be the best epilepsy advocate/educator that I can be. I am currently majoring in psychology, hoping to help others with disabilities in my future career. Just getting accepted here at OU was huge for me. I was told I would be mildly to severely retarded and would not graduate high school, let alone be in college having achieved almost a 3.7 GPA last semester. Knowing all of this, my life and all of the epilepsy research I keep up with on a weekly basis creates the drive in me to try my hardest to achieve what I dream of — medical school for epileptology. I am starting to realize how hard it will be, as I am not doing as well as I would like this semester, but there is one thing I’ll never do regardless of how many friends I have or how low my grades are: I’ll never give up the fight.
our years ago, my dad was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that attacks the body’s motor neurons and is always fatal. As the illness has progressed, his condition has gone from needing a cane to walk to being completely reliant on family and caregivers for mobility and communication. My dad’s illness and resulting disability have changed my life dramatically, both at home and at OU. The greatest impact it has had on my life here, however, has been mentally. My mental health has suffered greatly. I have yet to see someone regarding this “People without — I intend to — so I won’t disabilities need presume to put a name to to be proactive in it. I will say that the situaraising awareness tion leaves me with a sense of helplessness which about and sometimes leads me along resolving issues a vicious, downward spiral facing people with that can make it impossidisabilities.” ble to do anything for the rest of the day or longer. There are many things regarding disability that most people, myself included, don’t think about until their lives are impacted by disability. I’m more aware of issues such as accessibility, the language and stigma surrounding disabilities, and I’m grateful for it, though I wish it didn’t take illness in the family to prompt that. People without disabilities need to be proactive in raising awareness about and resolving issues facing people with disabilities. Awareness also needs to be raised about the issues facing the loved ones of people with disabilities. It’s important to support those families, for their own well-being as well as their loved ones with disabilities.
oing through college with a disability can be challenging for various reasons. For one, being away from home means being away from those who best understand the challenges you face on a day-to-day basis. With ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative form of arthritis, I experience pain in my joints and especially in my spine, I have occasional neuropathy in my hands, and the infusion treatment I receive in order to slow the progression of my disease weakens my immune system. I was nervous about going to school six hours away from home because I thought I was going “I am very thankful to have to start dealing with AS by myself for the resources I without my family’s have received and help. However, OU has provided me with the friendships I have made at OU that help an amazing support system — I have made me strive for my goals plenty of friends who despite disability.” let me know that they care and are there for me whenever I need to rant about the pain. They do not let me feel discouraged when my stiff joints make it difficult to get through the day. In addition, I take my quizzes and exams at the Disability Resource Center, where I am given accommodations in order to level out the playing field, as it is difficult for me to write or sit in the same position for long periods of time. Overall, I am very thankful for the resources I have received and the friendships I have made at OU that help me strive for my goals despite disability.
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The vehicles designed and built by the Sooner Off-Road Racing team in the engineering practice facility on Tuesday. The team was formed in 1994.
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Sooner Off-Road Racing team builds vehicle from scratch MITCHELL WILLETTS @MitchBWilletts
Eleanor will bend and she will break; she will be judged, and eventually, no matter what else happens, she will be replaced. It might seem sad, but this is the fate of every Sooner OffRoad Racing team project, stretching back to the team’s formation in 1994. Eleanor is no exception; just another iteration in a long line of cars that are built from scratch to shine for a short time, only to be remembered for their flaws and strengths and serve as the groundwork for what comes next. This is not to say Eleanor is not special — she is. Eleanor’s predecessor sits right next to her in the Engineering Practice Facility. It’s a veteran of two competitions and a collection of repairs, experiments and bright ideas fused together or bolted on. Eleanor owes her greatest attributes to it as much as to the students who constructed her. Those attributes will be showcased May 25 to May 28 at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. Sooner Off-Road is just one competitor out of
100 from around the world, in town to win the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Baja competition. The vehicle will be tested in a series of “dynamic� and “static� events, forcing car and driver to climb, maneuver, endure or power through obstacles ranging from telephone poles to muddy bogs. At the automotive industry-sponsored event, performance is only half of the competition. Points can be earned or deducted based on the car’s design, with all teams required to operate within the same predetermined specifications, like size, weight, materials and parts. Tight specifications might sound like a creative constraint, but if anything, it pushes people to get craftier, mechanical engineering senior Ryan Hill said. Equipped with the same 10-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine as the other vehicles, the team has to craft the necessary components, then modify and re-modify them to get every bit of power they can. The frame of the vehicle is welded lengths of chromoly, a lightweight steel regarded for its strength, ideal for holding together during a race meant to tear machines apart. It’s an investment — one many teams don’t make — but mechanical engineering senior
Bryson Simer said it’s worth every penny. Safety is especially important to the judges, said Evan Stone, team captain and mechanical engineering senior. Eleanor is equipped with a five-point harness system, as well as wrist restraints to ensure arms and legs remain inside the vehicle at all times. “If you don’t flip the car over, or if you don’t break something, you’re either doing something very, very right, or very, very wrong,� Stone said.
“We haven’t caught fire yet, but don’t jinx us.� RYAN HILL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR
Two red, square buttons inside and outside the car act as kill switches and will immediately shut off all systems if pressed. In case of catastrophic failure, a small fire extinguisher is secured next to the driver. To top off the checklist, the driver is required to wear a pre-approved suit and helmet as a last line of defense. “We haven’t caught fire yet, but don’t jinx us,� Hill said. Upon completion, Eleanor will be 650 pounds, driver included, and cost somewhere between $12,000 and $13,000. Competition registration
alone costs $1,250. There are still many hours behind the wheel and weeks of stress-testing ahead to determine what to fix and who will drive, but already, the team thinks she’s a winner. Cash prizes are awarded only to the top three teams in a given event, from sponsors like Honda, Volvo and Briggs & Stratton. At $1,000, $750 and $500, the winnings don’t come close to the cost of competing in the first place, and ultimately, the Sooner Off-Road team is OK with that. Those tip-top spots tend to get swept by Cornell and the University of Michigan, and “first place would be a bit of a stretch,� Stone said. This will be the seventh consecutive time the team has competed in the Baja event, and though they have never placed higher than eighth, team members think this year will be different. “There’s years where we really got up there, and years where we really stepped back,� Hill said. “The goal is to get up there again, get closer to the bigger schools that have been really good for so long, and I think we’re doing that here. I feel very good about this design right now.� Mitchell Willetts
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Look for opportunities to put your skills, intelligence and experience to good use. Show dedication and finish what you start. DonĘźt worry about what others do. Peer pressure should be ignored. A slow and steady pace will serve you far better than jumping into something unprepared.
To a friend with mental illness, your caring and understanding greatly increases their chance of recovery. Visit whatadifference.samhsa.gov for more information. Mental Illness – What a difference a friend makes.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Learn from your mistakes to avoid an awkward situation. If you compromise, others will meet you halfway. DonĘźt make a fuss when you can make a difference.
To a friend with mental illness, your caring and understanding greatly increases their chance of recovery. Visit whatadifference.samhsa.gov for more information. Mental Illness – What a difference a friend makes.
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The OU Student Government Association is asking students to participate in a survey about a Norman housing ordinance in an attempt to get it amended. SGA designed the survey to present student experiences to members of the Norman City Council when proposing changes to the ordinance, which bans more than three unrelated people from living in a house together. “As members of the Student Government Association, we represent the will and the needs of the students. At the beginning of this administration, we had a few students come up to us and approach us and tell us they were struggling with this, and (they asked) us, ‘Why is this ordinance in place and how can we go about fixing this?’� said Dylan Rodolf, SGA’s chief of staff and history and letters sophomore. After both The Daily and The Norman Transcript published articles regarding the ordinance, multiple students reached out to SGA asking about it and its purpose, sharing stories and asking about SGA’s plan of action, Rodolf said. So far, SGA has met with faculty members at OU, including a former city council member, to learn more regarding both sides of the issue, Rodolf said. “We just thought moving forward, when we’re trying to amend this ordinance, we have to be able to show City Council members and these local residents that this is an issue that is tangibly affecting our students. ... Some of our lower-income students who can’t afford to lose that extra $100 without sharing rent every month,� Rodolf said. The survey can be found on OrgSync. Olivia Dubcak, @OliviaDubcak
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Jennifer Hawkins of Ada, Oklahoma, sits next to Lake Thunderbird with her daughter Brenda, 14, and son, Ethan, 5, on April 1. The state park may be closed due to water quality issues or may face discontinued use of the lake.
the lake is runoff, meaning that when it rains, the water runs off impervious surfaces and through Norman’s water infrastructure, eventually finding its way to Lake Thunderbird and carrying chemicals and pollutants with it, O’Leary said. Norman receives up to 70 percent of its drinking water from Lake Thunderbird, but because pollutants in the lake have far surpassed state recommendations, the city is worried about what could happen in the future if the lake could no longer be used as a water source due to its pollution level, O’Leary said. Joe Long, the environmental programs manager for watershed planning for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, said there are three cities — Norman, Oklahoma City and Moore — whose runoff water flows into the lake. To try and reduce the pollution, a TMDL, or total maximum
daily load of pollutants allowed to enter the water, has been issued for all the cities, though Norman is the only city receiving drinking water from the lake, he said.
“The water quality in Lake Thunderbird is diminishing very rapidly to the extent that if we do not do something, then we would no longer be able to harvest that water for drinking purposes.” SHAWN O’LEARY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
“What we’ve done is put together a TMDL report that determines how much of certain pollutants can be in the water,” Long said. “We have set those values of 34 percent reduction targets for
the stormwater programs in Norman, OKC and Moore to help clean the lake up.” These restrictions from the state have been in place since 2013, but Norman has been unsuccessful in attempts to raise funds so the storm water infrastructure system that carries water to the lake can be updated and maintained, Long said. The latest attempt was a storm water utility vote that would have increased taxes in August 2016, but the measure failed. Since last August, the Norman City Council has put together a committee dedicated to finding a way to get a funding option passed through a general Norman election, said Lynne Miller, mayor of Norman. “Since August, we’ve had a planning committee made up of staff and council, and we’ve planned educational meetings for citizens,” Miller said. “We’ve been talking about what steps we need to
take to get something on the ballot again and fairly soon. We’ve come to the conclusion that one of the things we need to do is to set up a citizen committee.” Setting up a citizen committee is part of a two-phase plan to come up with storm water funding options that was presented at a Norman City Council meeting April 4, O’Leary said. The plan includes spending more than $200,000 to have an outside company come in and help organize educational events, work with the citizen committee and come up with funding options that could feasibly pass a ballot with voters in Norman, O’Leary said. A formal vote will be taken on whether the plan will be implemented at the upcoming Norman City Council meeting Tuesday, O’Leary said. Kayla Branch
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NPD aims for transparency Norman Police first in state to join national initiative SIERRA RAINS
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(L to R) Janet and Jim Gallogly, Lisa Morris from the board of vistors, and Peggy and Charles Stephenson break the ground for Gallogly Hall on Thursday. The hall will include the College of Engineering’s diversity and inclusion program.
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The OU community officially broke ground Thursday on Gallogly Hall, which will serve as the home of OU’s Gallogly College of Engineering and its diversity and inclusion program when completed. The project was promised in April 2015 as part of a $30 million donation from Jim and Janet Gallogly, as well as Peggy and Charles Stephenson, through the Stephens on Family Foundation. Jim Gallogly spoke before the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday and said Gallogly Hall is just the first step towards the goal that he, fellow donors and the university have of “making this college of engineering and school of bioscience one of the best” in the nation. Thomas Landers, dean of the college, emphasized the importance of the diversity and inclusion program and his department’s desire to better serve women and
minorities in engineering fields by establishing a suite for the program in Gallogly Hall. “A learning center, tutoring room and staff offices will provide a warm and welcoming space to house our nationally recognized program and enhance the recruitment, retention and graduation of a diverse workforce,” Landers said. Ali Khan, biomedical engineering graduate student, had planned to move to Australia to pursue a doctorate in augmented reality, but with the establishment of the new biomedical engineering school, he decided to come to OU instead. “It can have a lot of an impact as compared to other fields. I could come across something, for instance a new technique or some novel idea, which later on would be good in clinical use,” said Khan, who said he is excited to be a part of a new field of study on campus. “The possibility of such a huge impact is quite fascinating.” Mitchell Willetts
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The Norman Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in Oklahoma to join the Police Data Initiative. The Police Data Initiative is a national effort focused on pushing law enforcement agencies to be more transparent by releasing data sets to the public and making them more accessible. The initiative is a result of the Task Force on 21st Century Policing created by President Barack Obama in late 2014, said Sarah Jensen, NPD public safety information officer. Jensen said the department is a proponent of community-oriented policing and is seeking to enhance community engagement and transparency by joining the initiative. “We felt like participation in this program was truly just another way in which we can continue to strengthen that culture of transparency and accountability within our community,” Jensen said. Eric Lehenbauer, NPD captain, said this transparency is what fosters a trusting relationship between the police and the community. “W hen p e ople know what you’re doing and why you do it, there’s less mystery to it, and it just seems to foster a relationship where the citizens support the police,” Lehenbauer said. Jensen said the NPD has worked to make the data extremely accessible to the public by compiling the data into Microsoft Excel files that can be found in
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While many state parks in Oklahoma are at risk of closure due to statewide budget cuts, Lake Thunderbird State Park faces different challenges. The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department is preparing for a potential budget cut, which has led them to find 16 state parks that could be shut down to help lower operating costs, said Leslie Blair, public information officer for the department. Blair said shutting down all 16 of the parks would be the worst case scenario, but with a proposed budget cut of 14.5 percent, the department wants to be ready. Shawn O’Leary, director of Public Works for the City of Norman, said though 16 other parks in the state may potentially face closure, Lake Thunderbird is dealing with water quality issues that could lead to the closure or discontinued use of the lake if no action is taken. “The state officials are only looking at closing or temporarily closing lakes that are not generating revenue and that’s not the case for Lake Thunderbird,” O’Leary said. “Lake Thunderbird is what is called an ‘impaired body of water,’ so that means that the state has determined that the water quality in Lake Thunderbird is diminishing very rapidly to the extent that if we do not do something, then we would no longer be able to harvest that water for drinking purposes.” The water running into
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A Norman Police Department squad car sits outside the police department March 31. The NPD became the first law enforcement agency in Oklahoma to join the Police Data Initiative.
the Open Data Portal on the department’s website. The Open Data Portal contains three categories of data sets: complaints and inquiries, use of force and Norman demographics, Jensen said. “That’s so that residents can take time to access and visualize and analyze the data themselves, which is really the true point of the Police Data Initiative. It’s not some fancy graph or some interpretation that we have created ourselves as an agency; it’s the raw data, so people can search through that,” Jensen said. Matthew Bjork, second year OU law student and president of the OU Criminal Law Association, said he is pleased the NPD is making it easier to access this information and thinks all police agencies should follow suit. “I don’t think any police agency is as transparent as they should be if they’re not putting out this data,” said Bjork. “The easier you make it is going to be the most beneficial for the community; they shouldn’t have to go really searching for it.” Police actions have received attention in national media recently, and joining the initiative is a way for
Norman’s police to be open with the Norman community about all the interactions between citizens and officers, Lehenbauer said. “Every time a citizen is wrongly arrested or inappropriately shot or whatever, that’s a tragic thing that we must stop, but ... those tens of thousands of policemen who are really working hard to protect the public appreciate the opportunity to be open and to say, ‘Hey, come and look at what we do,’” Lehenbauer said. Bjork said that though he is proud the NPD was the first Oklahoma agency to join the initiative, there is still a mistrust of the police in communities of color that needs to be addressed with more steps toward police reform and transparency. “This is a positive thing, and I think it’s good that we see Norman leading the way in the state,” Bjork said. “I think in all communities, but especially communities of color, there is a mistrust of police, and I think that it’s rightfully so, but I think that this is a good step toward building that trust.” Sierra Rains
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International Activism Award Courtlyn Vogeding
Outstanding Senior in Social Studies Education Lacy Bull
Paul and Rose Sharp Scholarship Ngoc Tran
Outstanding Senior in Special Education Madison Stewart
Sue Williams Service Award Neira Kadic
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April 7, 2017 4 p.m.
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSFER STUDENTS Recognizing excellence in the areas of scholarship, character, leadership and service to the university community. This award is the highest honor bestowed to transfer students by the university community.
Haley Carson Elisabeth Crawford Delcio Dombassi Dalila Jesus Wyatt Stanford Melissa Wilson
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SOPHOMORES
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Julia Harth Katherine Kramer Katelyn Leeviraphan Jake Mazeitis Vanessa Meraz Christine Murrain Ryleigh Navert Kathryn Primrose Erica Randall Jordin Rice Dylan Rodolf Dat Truong
REGENTS’ AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING JUNIORS
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Casey Cai Holly Crawford Shaylin Daji Meredith Dierks Benjamin Kannenberg Aprill Knox Allison McManus Alexander Nongard Visha Patel Husayn Ramji Auston Stiefer Jonna Vanderslice
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LETZEISER HONOR LIST Stephanie Allred Christa Cherian Mia Chism Syleste Davis Vivian Glazier Jordan Larsen Lucy Mahaffey Elizabeth McCready Michelle McNamara Madison Robins Lisa Shaw Sarah Stagg Margaret White
Jeremy Allen Luke Bartz Skylar Calhoun Daniel Cartwright David Doshier Brett Fene Spencer Gill Daniel Holland Andrew Howard Asher Khan Nick Marr Bradley Morrow Jacob Waugh
Three medals — bronze, silver and gold — are presented to three men and three women who are selected as the most outstanding.
BRONZE MEDALIST Jordan Larsen Spencer Gill
David W. Stearns Outstanding Senior Award Thien Nghiem Estwing Hammer Award Mason Cullen Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering Outstanding Senior Award Dallas Milligan Outstanding Junior Award Maram Al Qallaf Steven Reiley
WEITZENHOFFER FAMILY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Outstanding Senior Brittany Bonefas F. Donald Clark Award for Excellence Kessa Fehring
Dance Partners Outstanding Senior Award Ashley Coffin Bailey Evans Feleacia Quezergue Van Heflin Award from the Peggy Dow Helmerich School of Drama Vivian Glazier Outstanding Senior Award from the School of Music Sydney Arrendell
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Outstanding Senior - Division of Economics Bailey Wilton
Outstanding Senior in Architectural Engineering Chandler Funderburg
Outstanding Senior - Division of Energy Management Bailey Brougher
Outstanding Senior in Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Brittney O’Neill
Outstanding Senior - Division of Entrepreneurship Connor Rowe
Outstanding Senior in Computer Engineering Allison Olin Outstanding Senior in Computer Science Daniel Brigance
Outstanding Senior - Division of Finance Sean Templemore-Finlayson Outstanding Senior - Division of International Business Christa Cherian Outstanding Senior - Division of Management Bentleigh Albert
Outstanding Senior in Electrical Engineering Garrett Robinson
Outstanding Senior - Division of Management Information Systems Tung Lam Pham
Outstanding Senior in Engineering Physics Christopher Brown
Outstanding Senior - Division of Marketing Taylor Perry
Outstanding Senior in Environmental Engineering Lara Mason
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‘Biloxi Blues’ will portray issues still present in society DEVIN HIETT @DevinHiett
Esteemed New York theater director Russell Treyz has returned to OU to direct the Helmerich School of Drama’s production of “Biloxi Blues.” Treyz, a Princeton and Yale School of Drama graduate, delved into directing university plays eight years ago when Tom Huston Orr, director of the OU School of Drama and longtime friend of Treyz, invited him to guest direct a production at OU. In the past eight years, Treyz has spent time directing plays at multiple universities but said he was eager to return to OU and begin work on “Biloxi Blues.” “I find the actors in this university to be very well-trained and easy to work with,” Treyz said. “I’ll call them actors, not students, because that’s how they come in. They come in like it’s a professional gig, and they’re ready to work 100 percent of the time.” Treyz’s desire to direct “Biloxi Blues” stems from his admiration of the show’s playwright, Neil Simon. “Biloxi Blues” is the second play
in what is referred to as the Eugene Trilogy, a series of three plays — “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” “Biloxi Blues” and “Broadway Bound” — that semi-autobiographically tell the story of Neil Simon’s life. “(The Eugene Trilogy is) particularly appealing to me because they’re about his life, family, and in this case, growing up and getting experience in the army,” Treyz said. “I think we’re really seeing into him, what he really believes in, and what comes into his heart.” “Bilox i Blues” is told through the eyes of 20-yearold Eugene Morris Jerome, who is drafted to the army during WWII and sent to Biloxi, Mississippi, to begin basic training. Once there, Jerome meets a group of eccentric soldiers, including the play’s kind, witty protagonist, Arnold Epstein. The main action of the show centers around Epstein’s conflict with his alcoholic, authoritarian platoon leader, Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey, who, in one of the show’s most iconic scenes, forces Epstein to do 200 push-ups in front of his fellow soldiers. Courtney Boykin, “Biloxi Blues” stage manager and stage management junior, said OU opted to utilize a minimalistic, suggestive set design in order to help tell the story in
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Part of the Helmerich School of Drama’s cast of “Biloxi Blues” rehearsing on stage. The play is directed by Russel Treyz, a New York theater director.
an authentic way. “Biloxi Blues” is what’s called a transitional play, meaning the setting often changes from place to place. In order to accomplish this in an intimate theatre space, the crew uses six trunks and three bunk beds to make up the majority of their set design. These pieces stay on stage throughout the show and help transform the space into a train, a mess hall, latrines and army barracks. “It is very unique in the sense that it is full-on 1940s
army barracks. It’s really cool to see how the actors make those transitions. You get to be creative,” Boykin said. Andrew Youngerman, acting junior who plays Eugene in the show, said the production will be relatable to the audience since many of its themes center on issues that are still pertinent today, such as homophobia and antisemitism. “It speaks on issues of different prejudices, and it addressed those issues in a very interesting and comedic way. Neil Simon is one of my
favorite playwrights because his writing is so genuine and so funny without ever trying to be,” Youngerman said. “He just plays the honesty of the situation, and the comedy comes out of that.” Ryan Echols, acting and economics senior who plays Sergeant Toomey, said the combination of humor mixed with the unique take on a popular historical time period will help audience members relate to and enjoy the show. “Come with an open mind and be prepared to enjoy
yourself. It’s a good, old-fashioned story, and it’s a great comedy. It’s also very touching. It’s about issues that are as much alive today as they were in 1943,” Treyz said. The show will run in the Lab Theatre located in the Wallace Old Science Hall at 7:30 p.m. April 11-15 and 3 p.m. April 16. Student tickets are $6 and adult tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door. Devin Hiett
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2017 Sooner Scandals Awards The 2017 Sooner Scandals awards were announced April 8. The winners are as follows:
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Catie Coon practices yoga next to her dog. Coon discovered yoga when she was 17 as a means to cope with depression and founded the JAIA Yoga studio.
Local studio offers serenity JAIA Yoga focuses on self-discipline, meditative practice CHANDLER KIDD @chanannkidd
When classes at JAIA Yoga start, Catie Coon, founder of the studio, can be found amid yogis with their mats and colorful Teeki leggings. Coon helps her students prepare to enter the peaceful practice in the atmosphere of the sageand essential oil-scented studio. Coon said she discovered yoga at age 17 when she was working for a “hippie store” on Campus Corner called Jungle Gym, which no longer exists, and caring for her mom, who who was diagnosed with dementia when Coon was 12, she said. “I just didn’t really understand what was wrong with her. I had a lot of suffering and was very depressed as a teenager. I was just very self-destructive and in a lot of pain,” Coon said. One day, a local yoga studio owner walked into Jungle Gym and passed out flyers with information about an upcoming yoga class. “After seeing those flyers I dove straight into the practice. The yoga became my anti-depressant. I was able to connect with my own self,” Coon said. Yoga is a physical and meditative practice that helps heal the body and mind through different ranges of motion. JAIA Yoga offers a variety of classes, like Relaxation and Meditation, Hot Vinyasa Flow Yoga, and regular Vinyasa Flow. Hot Vinyasa Flow Yoga,
which is the most popular practice of yoga in the studio, is a high-energy practice that helps tone the muscular system in heat, but Vinyasa Flow and other meditative practices help yogis practice the disciplines and purifying benefits of yoga in a different way. Sage and Palo Santo contribute to “the smell of the studio” and are burned to clear out negative energy and create “positive energy and a sacred space,” said Jenilyn Spates, one of the teachers at JAIA Yoga. Yoga practice is centered around controlling breathing in different ways. One breathing technique is pranayama, which is the retention of breath in the body and in yoga practice. Regulating breath helps the body create new neurological pathways in the body, Coon said. The breath helps yogis at all stages become familiar with tapas, which is a Sanskrit word for being a disciple of the practiced and being disciplined. “Yoga helps us find who we are and what our truth is. Through the practice of breathing, this creates internal heat (and) we start to purify toxic beliefs and emotions,” Coon said. Yoga is a workout for the body and the mind because it encourages individuals to embrace self-discipline. Yogis are taught to embrace self-discipline of the mind and the non-violence of yoga — which is called the yamas or niyamas — before entering a physical practice, Spates said. “Yamas is the non-violence discipline of yoga which is known as ahimsa, meaning a non-violence towards actions, yourself and words,”
Sp at e s s a i d . “ L e a r n i ng non-violence is being gentle with yourself and your practice.” Yoga includes every system in the body. The practice engages the range of motion by utilizing the skeletal and muscular system and by stimulating the glandular system, which secretes hormones, Spates said. “We’re pretty magical. Our body can heal 90 percent of the things that ail us. We can repair torn muscle tissue and our motions, but we have to get into a place of stillness and relaxation before we heal ourselves,” Spates said. Students may benefit from practicing yoga if they suffer from anxiety or depression or need an escape from everyday activity. Anna Smith, elementary education senior, sometimes works at the front desk of JAIA Yoga. Smith was introduced to the practice of yoga through a friend, she said. Smith enjoys taking classes at JAIA Yoga because of the teachers and how it has helped control her anxious thoughts. “Yoga is an exercise that focuses on the well-being of your body. For me, I get very overwhelmed with being busy all the time, but when I go to yoga it just melts off the stress,” Smith said. Smith said she enjoys yoga because it has helped her become more self-aware in stressful situations. Smith also sees yoga benefiting her for years to come and hopes to practice it in her future career as a teacher. “I have read many studies where teachers have implemented yoga stretches at the beginning of the day and how it has helped with
productivity. I would love to try that with my kiddos,” Smith said. Coon also offers flower essence therapy and crystal bed healing at her home studio, Spirit of the Rose. Flower essence therapy helps align the energy of the chakras through a natural healing remedy. Flower essence comes from a real flower and helps aid in energetic healing, according to the Spirit of the Rose’s website. The crystal healing bed focuses on energetic healing by engaging energy within one’s chakras. Chakras are the energy center of the spine and rebalance the mind, spirit and awareness, Coon said. “You lie on a massage bed and get covered with the crystals. The light therapy moves within the chakras and balances them,” Coon said. “It strengthens immune systems, calms the nervous system, releases negative emotions, helps decrease muscular pain and helps with spiritual awareness.” Coon said she enjoys yoga because it allows her to have a positive view on a dark time in her life. Yoga has aided Coon with the liberation to continue to search for the truth in life, she said. “Yoga will always be an anchor for what I share in my purpose for this world,” Coon said. JAIA Yoga offers a variety of practices and outlets to help every yogi with his or her journey to healing. For more information about JAIA Yoga visit jaiayogastudio.com for class schedules, descriptions and contact information.
• 1st Place Overall – Clue (Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Delta Theta) • 2nd Place Overall – House of Cards (Alpha Phi and Alpha Tau Omega) • 3rd Place Overall – Magic 8 Ball (Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon) • Best Male Lead – Blake Pettigrove – Texas Hold ‘Em (Lambda Chi Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta) • Best Female Lead – Kaela Beasley – House of Cards (Alpha Phi and Alpha Tau Omega) • Best Supporting Male Lead – Brayden Rucker – Magic 8 Ball (Delta • Delta Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon) • Best Supporting Female Lead – Ally Boney – Operation (Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Chi Omega) • Best Choreography – Clue (Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Delta Theta) • Best Vocal Performance – House of Cards (Alpha Phi and Alpha Tau Omega) • Best Song – Magic 8 Ball - “War” (Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon) • Best Costumes – Clue • Best Act Introduction – Clue (Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Delta Theta) • Best Act Advertisement – Trouble at Sea (Kappa Kappa Gamma and Brothers Under Christ) • Best Script – Magic 8 Ball (Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Phi Epsilon) • Crowd Favorite – Texas Hold ‘Em (Lambda Chi Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta) • Miracle Maker Award (benefitting CAC Soonerthon) – Rumors (Beta Theta Pi and Pi Beta Phi) • Reynolds Performing Arts Center Award – Texas Hold ‘Em (Lambda Chi Alpha and Gamma Phi Beta) • Outstanding Directors – Chess Side Story (Class Council) Source: Courtney Lavender, Scandals Chair
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Maeva Marcus is a leading scholar in the field of constitutional studies. She is the founding director of the Institute for Constitutional History, located at the New-York Historical Society and the George Washington University, where she also is a research professor of law. An author and editor of numerous legal publications, she was recently appointed by the Librarian of Congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Adam Liptak is the Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times and writes “Sidebar,� a column on developments in the law. A graduate of Yale Law School, he practiced law for 14 years before joining The New York Times news staff in 2002. He was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting and has taught courses on the Supreme Court and the First Amendment at several law schools, including Yale and the University of Chicago.
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Sophomore quarterback Kyler Murray runs down the field during the spring game on Saturday. Murray threw for more than 100 yards during the game.
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Transfer shows off ‘great arm’ Quarterback proves skill at spring game, demonstrates depth
GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
Even though Baker Mayfield will be the starting quarterback next season, Kyler Murray proved the Sooners will have depth at quarterback. Redshirt sophomore Kyler Murray put on a show
Saturday at Oklahoma’s 2017 spring game. Murray threw for more than 100 yards and a touchdown in the game. “I felt I played pretty good,” Murray said. “I just go in every day ready to work. (I) go out to practice ready to work and just have fun with it.” The Texas A&M transfer entered the game for the first time on the third possession of the game and led the red team down the field
for a 49-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Murray threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to senior Jeffery Mead. Head coach Bob Stoops wasn’t surprised by Murray’s excellent play. “He’s got a good arm, a great arm,” Stoops said. “Quick release, he’s accurate. He’s doing well of course, Lincoln does a great job with them all. They do a nice job of going through their reads and not forcing the ball.”
“I just go in every day ready to work. (I) go out to practice ready to work and just have fun with it.” KYLER MURRAY, SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK
Murray is also a member of the Oklahoma baseball team, and he actually played Friday night in Austin, Texas. Even though
he’s trying to balance two collegiate sports, Murray believes he’s handled it well so far. “Kind of hectic, but not too hectic,” Murray said of juggling both. “How coach Riley and coach Hughes set it up for me, it’s been pretty successful. The hardest part about it has been juggling school with it.” Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley thinks Murray has handled the situation well because of how relaxed
he is. “He’s a pretty relaxed guy,” Riley said. “When you have the athleticism that he does it’s not hard to be relaxed. He’s been in the system now a year. I think he’s a lot more comfortable.” Murray and the Sooners will continue to practice over the next two weeks before summer workouts start in May. George Stoia
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Senior linebacker to transfer from Sooners Kapri Doucet intends to finish last year elsewhere KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli
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Freshman tight end Grant Calcaterra runs the ball in for a touchdown during the spring game on Saturday. Calcaterra is an early enrollee for the Sooners.
Early enrollee shines during spring game Freshman could become an integral part of OU’s offense GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
Freshman Grant Calcaterra stood out at Oklahoma’s spring game, and he could be a key contributor in the Sooners’ offense next season. Arriving at OU as an early enrollee, Calcaterra has made a splash in his first spring with the Sooners. The 6-foot-3-inch tight end from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, had an impressive spring game, catching three passes for 38 yards. He also caught a touchdown pass that was called back due to penalty. “Overall I thought I did pretty well,” Calcaterra said.
“I’m just doing everything I can to make the team better. Just going out each and every day and giving my best.” Last season redshirt junior tight end Mark Andrews played a huge ro l e i n O k l a h o m a’s o ffense, recording more than 400 yards receiving and catching seven touchdowns. Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley thinks Calcater ra is e ven b etter than Andrews was his freshman year. “Grant is a better player as a young player,” Riley said. “He’s got a little better feel, I think he catches the ball little bit better naturally. He’s little more polished right now than Mark was.” Calcaterra said Andrews is someone he looks up to and asks for advice from. “ It ’s b e e n f a n t a s t i c ,”
Calcaterra said. “Mark’s a really good friend of mine. He’s a great player, he helps me out on and off the field with anything I need.” Head coach Bob Stoops said Calcaterra has already put on a lot of weight and is confident the other freshmen will as well. “Grant Calcaterra has already gaine d 20 p o u n d s,” St o o p s s a i d . “Everyone thinks these guys stay the same weight. By fall all those freshman, they’ll change even more.” With receivers like D e d e We s t b r o o k a n d G e n o L e w i s g r a d u a ting, Calcaterra and other freshmen could become integral parts of the Sooners’ offense. George Stoia
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OU senior linebacker Kapri Doucet announced his intent to transfer on Sunday morning via Facebook. Doucet’s post read, in part, “After deeply thinking about my decision I have decided to be released from the University of Oklahoma. I will be transferring to another school after the spring semester to finish out my senior year.” Doucet also thanked his
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Then-junior linebacker Kapri Doucet pulls down a TCU player during the first quarter Oct. 1, 2016. Doucet announced his intent to tranfer to another school for his senior year.
coaches, teammates and the Sooners, Doucet started three games and recorded 22 tackuniversity in his post. The senior linebacker les and one sack. transferred to Oklahoma from Lackawanna College last year. Kelli Stacy kelliastacy@ou.edu In his first season with the
Quarterback arrested for public intoxication Four-star prospect charged Sunday after spring game DEREK PETERSON @DrPetey15
True freshman quarterback Chris Robison was arrested and charged with public intoxication early Sunday morning. Robis on, a four-star prospect from Mesquite, Texas, was arrested at 3:33 a.m. Sunday morning, according to SoonerScoop’s Carey Murdock. Saturday, Robison completed 3-of-5 passes for 49 yards and ran for a touchdown in the Sooners’ annual spring game.
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Freshman quarterback Chris Robison during the spring game on Saturday. The White team won 14-13 over Red.
“We are aware of the sit- LaRue was also arrested for uation and it will be ad- public intoxication. dressed internally,” an OU spokesperson said. Derek Peterson Dr.Petey15@gmail.com According to Norman Police Department’s arrest records, walk-on Ronnie
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