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Oil, gas students thrive Employers offer jobs despite industry downfall MIKE BRESTOVANSKY Assistant News Editor @BrestovanskyM
The oil and gas industry may be struggling now, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at OU’s petroleum engineering students. Although the industry is experiencing a downswing, around 70 percent of OU’s petroleum engineer ing students will graduate this year with job offers already in place, said Chandra Rai, director of the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering. While this is a marked decrease from last year, which saw 90 percent of students graduate with job offers, 70 percent is still a respectable number, Rai said.
“The vast majority [of my classmates] do have jobs,” said petroleum engineering senior Kirke Suter, petroleum engineering senior. Suter, who has a fulltime job offer as a production engineer at Anadarko Petroleum, said that he received the offer at a career fair last September, before the downturn, but he knows several seniors who did not. “In past years, most people who graduated with a petroleum engineering degree do get a job,” said petroleum engineering senior Faye Reiley, who received an offer for a full-time position as a reservoir engineer at QEP Resources. Although OU has a close relationship with natural gas producer Devon Energy Corporation, the high employability of OU’s petroleum engineering students has nothing to do with that relationship, Rai said.
“Devon makes business decisions,” Rai said. “[Who they hire] has nothing to do with friendship.” There is no dominant employer for recent graduates in the industry, but as a rule, graduates can make anywhere from $80,000 to $100,000 for their starting salaries, Rai said. Many companies have altered their internship opportunities, shortening the length of time of the internships, Reiley said. The causes of the current downswing have to do with the shifting commodity values of petroleum, Rai said. “What we have is a depressed commodity,” Rai said. “And, like all commodities, it is determined by the laws of supply and demand.” All branches of engineering have to downsize when the market for a commodity decreases, Rai said. Recently, the management
information systems field was hit, Rai said. “Everyone is very interested in watching how the oil price is changing now,” Suter said. The students graduating this year started at OU when the industry was strong and healthy, Rai said. “No one can predict what will happen four years from now,” Rai said. Reiley and Suter both have younger brothers who are petroleum engineering freshmen, Reiley said. While the brothers are somewhat concerned about their future prospects, Reiley is not. “As long as you’re doing well in your classes and staying involved, you shouldn’t have a problem,” Reiley said. Mike Brestovansky mcbrestov@gmail.com
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Stadium receives reduced facelift Only 44 percent of the original plans will be executed BRADY VARDEMAN
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When plans to renovate Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium were released last summer, the improvements to the structure were to cost $360 million. The original plan included renovations to the westside deck and press box as well as improvements to stadium infrastructure. Oklahoma also planned to add a continuous concourse that wrapped around the entire stadium.
H o w e v e r, a f t e r t h e Oklahoma oil crisis, the school scaled back plans. As it stands, Oklahoma is set to go through with $160 million-worth of the proposed renovations, or just 44 percent. Oklahoma President David Boren cited falling oil prices as the reason behind the scaled-back stadium plans. “In one week, half of the net worth of our major donors was wiped out by the falling oil prices,” Boren said. “You’re sitting there, somebody’s worth however-many millions dollars … three days later, they’re worth half that. That’s exactly what happened.”
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OU alumnus has doubts in oil industry Graduate of ‘83 spent years in desert drilling base EMILY SHARP
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Though OU alumnus David Robinson currently runs his own packaging and trucking company that he started with his father, he is still reminded almost daily of his past booming business: the oil industry. David used to manage dr illing bases overseas in places like Brazil and Algeria. Although the oil and gas industry is currently under intense scrutiny for some of its practices, for David, oil and gas was a way of life.
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David grew up overseas in places like Venezuela with his father, who also worked in the oil industry. When he graduated from OU with a degree in management, he got a job with Schlumberger Limited and traveled around the world, he said. “I was basically living out of a suitcase,” David said. “I actually got to live in Brazil [for five years] and that was nice. But I really was just living out of a suitcase most of the time.” David then worked in Hassi Messaoud, Algeria, where he headed a drilling base base for years. The base was surrounded by desert and hours could pass before he saw a single vehicle, he said. “One time I got disoriented, got lost and spent five
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days in the desert,” David said. “I walked about 50 miles and was running out of food and water. Eventually I made it back to the base safe, but they didn’t even know I was gone until the third day.” In 1994, Muslim extremists attacked a drilling location and beheaded two Christians for their religion, David said. After this, David decided he needed some time to go back to the U.S. and spend time with his family, who remained stateside for their own safety. Many experts believe that the recent downswing of the industry is part of a cycle and will reverse itself soon, but David and his family aren’t so optimistic. “People are saying ‘Oh, it’s going to come back around in the next few months,’ but
I don’t think it will,” David said. “We don’t have an energy system in place in this country that would help us by converting our vehicles to compressed natural gas.” “My friend in Ada converted all his trucks to run off of compressed natural gas,” David said. “It cost him about $175,000 out of his own pocket, but he earned that up in about 16 months in regards to compressed natural gas versus the price of diesel ... We have so much natural gas in America that we should be using it.” David’s son Joseph is now following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps and is enrolled as a petroleum engineering senior at OU.
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Class of ‘83 Grad David Robinson worked overseas before leaving to start his own trucking and packaging company now located in McAlester, Ok.
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The Joy Formidable plays at the 2013 Norman Music Festival. This year’s festival will tale place from April 23 to 25.
Lawsuit contests NMF gun ban Association sues Norman for Second Amendment rights
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The Oklahoma Second Amendment Association has filed a lawsuit against the City of Norman to contest the Norman Music Festival’s prohibition of firearms in a public space. O k l a h o m a s t a t e l aw s grant citizens the right to publicly carry firearms in public spaces and, since the Norman Music Festival takes place on public space, it cannot prohibit rights provided by state law, according to a press release from the association.
The lawsuit specifically cites the Oklahoma SelfDefense Act, which states that citizens may carry a firearm “for any legitimate purpose not in violation of the Oklahoma Firearms Act of 1971,” and that “no honest, law-abiding citizen who qualifies pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act [will be] subjectively or arbitrarily denied his or her rights.” “People peacefully carrying a weapon should not be discriminated against,” said Don Spencer, Oklahoma Second Amendment Association vice president. Th e a ss o c iat i o n c o n tested a similar rule at an event in Guthrie last year which eventually lowered its restrictions on firearms, Spencer said. NMF is defending the
policy, arguing that “guns and alcohol do not mix well,” according to a press release. “The official policy of the Norman Music Alliance for the Norman Music Festival is to request customers not to carry guns on festival grounds,” the statement re a d s. “ No r m a n Mu s i c Alliance is certainly a supporter of every amendment to the Constitution ... The Norman Music Alliance does not want to put conceal carry music fans in danger of a felony charges because they carried in a place where low point beer is served.” The Oklahoma SelfDefense Act prohibits the carriage of firearms in “any establishment where lowpoint beer ... or alcoholic beverages ... are consumed.” However, the same law allows carrying weapons in
establishments whose primary business is not the selling of alcohol, Spencer said. Spencer said that members of the Second Amendment Association will carry weapons, both concealed and otherwise, to the festival in protest, but added that they will uphold the law that prohibits carrying a weapon while consuming alcohol. The Norman Music Festival is a free, three-day music festival that will take place from April 23 to 25. On its website, the festival requests that for security purposes, attendees “do not bring weapons, fireworks, explosives or illegal substance of any kind.” FILE PHOTO/THE DAILY
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After months of fighting for equality on campus, OU students will receive high honors from a group committed to promoting rights granted by the U.S. and Oklahoma constitutions. O U Un h e a rd , a b l a ck student alliance, will receive the Angie Debo Civil Liberties Award, the most prestigious award given by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma at noon Saturday at the OU College of Law, according to the organization’s web page. The union’s board of directors typically give the award to people and groups that give voices to timely and important issues, said Ryan Kiesel, the executive director of the civil liberties group. This year, Unheard stood out among nominees because of the way students of the group had persistently challenged racial injustice at OU, Kiesel said. While some people think
that Unheard was created in response to a viral video of an OU fraternity chanting racial slurs, the alliance had been working months before the video hit the web, Kiesel said. “Unheard had really been trying to have the really important conversation about racial injustices long before the world’s eyes were turned toward Norman,” Kiesel said. Even after the video was re l e a s e d a n d a d i s c u s sions about inequality hit OU’s campus, students of Unheard worked to make sure that people understood that racism was not isolated to a few seconds caught on camera or to one fraternity, Kiesel said. After they put months of work into cultivating the alliance, receiving the award was a surprise and honor to members of Unheard, said Alexis Hall, a member of the group. When the group of students began drafting a letter of grievances months ago, they never expected much attention, Hall said. “We never thought people would just give us the time of day,” Hall said. The award reaffirms the work that students have put
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into the alliance and shows the impact they have had, Hall said. Receiving the award also gives Unheard a connection to the American Civil
Liberties Union, an organization with which they share common ideas and goals, Hall said. The students of Unheard never thought their network
would reach such a great breadth, Hall said. Over the past few months, Unheard has not only enacted change on campus but has gained a following in campuses across the state and nation, Hall said. “It’s a great experience to know that we are not alone,” Hall said. The fact that students will win the award this year shows that people don’t have to be administrators or
famed civil rights leaders to make an important change in society, Kiesel said. Throughout its existence, Unheard has reminded people that racism exists and needs to be combated, Kiesel said. Kate Bergum kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu
Event to break stereotypes Secular Sooners to bring people of all beliefs together JON HOOVER Staff Reporter @HoovSports
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Craddock Hall, the Air Force ROTC’s building, sits at 171 Felgar St. The building is scheduled to be demolished.
University upgrades to begin after demolition Air Force ROTC to vacate Craddock Hall this summer AMBER FRIEND News Reporter @amberthefriend
OU’s Air Force ROTC will leave their base, Craddock Hall, this summer so that the nearly 70-year-old building can be demolished to make way for university upgrades. The university notified ROTC of the up coming demolition last December, saying the organization had until July 15 to vacate the building. Craddock Hall, named in 2001 after OU alumnus and decorated Vietnam veteran Captain Randall J. Craddock, was one of many military barracks relocated to the OU campus in 1947. The building houses Air Force Detachment 675, which is recognized as one of the most outstanding units in the nation, according to the building’s historical marker. The building currently houses OU’s Air Force ROTC, and its rooms are used exclusively for the branch’s classrooms, administrative and student leader offices, and study lounges. After the building’s demolition, the branch will move its offices to the fourth floor of Cate IV, which until recently housed offices for human relations, anthropology, social sciences and several other departments.
The Air Force will hold its classes between this area and Dale Hall, and will open a student assembly center in Stubbeman Village, said Major Brendan Devine. Devine said the demolition would result in the loss of some of the building’s heritage and history, though they would try to carry it to other buildings. “We’re going to try and carry as much as that over and see what we can keep in Cate and preserve that heritage, because I think it is important,” Devine said. “You feel like you’re part of multiple generations of a military
“It’s really central to our interactions and we kind of have a family relationship inside the [building].” LISA MCKNIGHT, SENIOR
training program.” While Devine has enjoyed his time in Craddock Hall, he believes he and the cadets will be able to be flexible in the coming months and use the situation as an opportunity to be more connected with the campus as a whole. It will be “a change for the better,” Devine said. “We were a little bit hurt at first because we definitely feel like it’s a nice home,” Devine said. “But we’re going to adapt to anywhere on campus and we’re glad to
be here at OU.” Other cadets were more concerned about the situation. Junior Trent Briscoe and senior Lisa McKnight, both of whom have been involved with the Air Force ROTC their entire time at OU, said the set-aside classrooms and community areas offered a place for Air Force cadets to build relationships. “There’s so much history in it and it’s been a place where we go and meet together,” McKnight said. “It’s really central to our interactions and we kind of have a family relationship inside the [building]. That part is sad.” While both McKnight and Briscoe said the branch will be able to adapt and get past the situation, Briscoe said the lack of community space would create “growing pains.” “I think [a continued sense of camaraderie is] possible … but it’s going to be very different and very difficult.” Briscoe said. “I think the culture is just going to change entirely … not saying that it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but a new culture is probably going to form.” The Air Force ROTC is currently packing up Craddock Hall, and will vacate the building by the university’s deadline this summer. Amber Friend ambermfriend@gmail.com
Students will gather to create an open dialogue with the purpose of breaking stereotypes about atheists and atheism Thursday in accordance with National Ask an Atheist Day. Secular Sooners created the event with the Secular Student Alliance, said Tanner Tibbetts, Secular Sooners president.
The purpose of the event is to help people be more comfortable with being around and talking to known atheists, Tibbetts said. The goal of Secular Sooners is to converse with people of all beliefs and encourage courteous dialogue between believers and nonbelievers alike, Tibbetts said. The purpose of Secular Student Alliance is to “start a campus group for atheists, agnostics, nontheists, humanists, skeptics, freethinkers, and other students who do not believe in a god or gods,” according to their website. Secular Sooners is a social group that has been having
events all year such as dinner nights and business meetings. The group will have a booth set up allowing people to ask questions about their beliefs or why they believe them, or whatever else comes to mind, Tibbetts said. “I just want people to have an open mind and know that there’s a lot of us out there and that we’re not scary or out to get them,” Tibbetts said. “We just want to talk to people and be accepted like anyone else.” Jon Hoover hoov24@ou.edu
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espite a cloudy start, Wednesday ended with cool, sunny weather, bringing Sooners to the South Oval for a multitude of causes, from raising awareness and money for Relay For Life, to free food at Green Week’s farmer’s market.
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Acting sophomores Cassie Ciesla (right) and Nick Marchetti (left) grab a free lunch on South Oval on Wednesday afternoon as part of OU Green Week. Students can find Green Week schedule online at Green Week’s Facebook Page. Green Week ends on Friday.
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Mims Bakery’s owner and previous Daily staff member Samuel Perry gave out various free samples to students in South Oval on Wednesday afternoon as part of OU Green Week. Green Week ends on Friday. PHOTOS BY DANIEL HOANG/THE DAILY
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An arch way of water bottles and plastic bags put in South Oval during Green Week strives to make a positive environmental difference on campus and in the community. Behind the arch are small, rainbow flags arranged in rows. Green Week ends on Friday.
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Accounting and Finance sophomore Alex Clark and International Business freshman Madison Sheeshy dressed in birthday costumes to raise awareness for Relay for Life. Relay for Life supports American Cancer Society and will take place on April 24. PHOTOS BY DANIEL HOANG/THE DAILY
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OKC bombing critical in history Our view: April 19
will mark the 20th year since the Oklahoma City bombing, and we urge all Sooners, from Oklahoma or not, to learn more about the bombing and pay tribute to those affected.
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April 19 marks the 20th year since a truck bomb planted by Timothy McVeigh outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building left 168 people dead in Oklahoma City. Of course, Oklahomans know about that fateful day, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum stands as a constant reminder of a day that impacted state and national history. However, we understand many out-of-state Sooners only vaguely know about April 19, 1995, and many aren’t sure how to learn more about one of the most devastating instances of domestic terrorism. For those students, we’ve compiled a list of how you can learn more about the bombing and why it is important to recognize and pay tribute to the lives lost on Sunday and every day.
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The “survivor tree” still stands today after surviving the full force of the blast from the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building on April 19, 1995.
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forces now guard airports, and there are metal detectors at most major public venues. On a more posUntil September 11, 2011, the Oklahoma itive note, the acCity bombing was the tions of Oklahomans worst terrorist attack in in the minutes and the U.S. The Oklahoma days after 9:02 a.m. City bombing changed on April 19, 1995, exthe way the FBI apposed the world to the proached terrorism and “Oklahoma standard,” focused national secu- referring to the way rity efforts on prevent- Oklahomans came toing terroristic attacks. gether, stood resilient The threat of terrorism and cared for those afbecame a reality across fected by the bombing. the U.S.: armed security The Oklahoma City
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STADIUM: No funding taken from state, students Continued from Page One The renovation will now take place in phases, Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione announced at a Board of Regents meeting on March 10. The first facet of the project will focus on bowling the south end zone as well as adding new suites and club seating. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of the 2016 football season. Boren described the new plans as “focused and frugal.” “Not one penny of state money,” Boren said. “Not one penny of tuition dollars or student fees. It’s all coming from private gifts and athletic department-generated revenue.”
B o n d f u n d s w i l l f u rther contribute to financing the plans, according to Castiglione. The bonds will be funded through ticket revenue, which will provide a conservatively-estimated $5 million per year. Higher ticket prices from suites and club seats will generate an additional $12 million. “People are still having a very difficult time with the budget for all state agencies this year because of the energy price situation and others,” Boren said. “We’re going to have tough times with the university budget, tough times with a lot of our fans.’ The stadium capacity, currently at 82,112 seats, will increase to more than 84,000 seats after phase one. The new south end
zone structure will feature 22 suites, 60 open-air loge boxes and 1,976 club seats. However, future building projects and adjustments to seat width and handrails could bring the new number back down to present-day levels, according to Boren. The new south end zone facility will feature a new locker room, weight room with conditioning field, training room, nutrition center and meeting rooms, as well. The second phase will replace the press box and west side deck. However, Boren said because of the present volatile nature of Oklahoma’s economy, he did not know when it will be green-lit. “This is a 30-year bond, too,” Boren said. “And in the
course of 30 years, oil prices are going to be up and down. I think the important thing is you need to be able to stresstest the project. In other words, that’s why you want the cushion on the annual revenue.” Boren said his chief concern with the stadium renovations is making sure the university can pay off what it spends. “I really don’t want my reputation to be — and I don’t want the university’s reputation to be — joined with anything about financial instability and [not] doing the right thing financially,” he said. Brady Vardeman brady.vardeman@gmail.com
The Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team will travel to Fort Worth, Texas, in hopes of winning their second national championship title. Last year the Sooners made history twice at the national championship tournament. It was the first time for the Sooners to ever win, and it was the first time for there to ever be a tie at NCAA. The Sooners tied with the Florida Gators. The Sooners have remained undefeated throughout the 2015 season, the only team in the nation to do so. At the NCAA Regionals, the Sooners’ gymnastics team placed first in their region. They also had the highest team score of every regional championship. “Regionals is always a tough meet because that’s when the elimination begins,” said OU coach K.J. Kindler in a teleconference that took place on April 9. If a team does not place in the top two at regionals, then they do not get the chance to represent their school at the national championships. It is crucial for teams to do their best if they want that chance to compete at the
championship tournament. The Sooners have a very well balanced team. “We have an exact twenty-five percent contribution from every single class on our squad,” said K.J. Kindler at the teleconference. The team has traveled for most of the 2015 season, so traveling only three hours down to Fort Worth is no big deal to the Sooners. The competition starts on Friday, April 17. There are two sessions that day, and six teams compete in each session. The top three teams from each session will move on to the Super Six competition. The all-around title will also be competed for on Friday night. Saturday evening the Super Six competition will take place. The 2015 national champion will be crowned that night. The Sooners hope to make the repeat and win. The competition w ill take place at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Halee Powers halee.s.powers-1@ou.edu
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Oklahoma softball’s past seven days haven’t gone exactly as planned. The Sooners were perfect in Austin, Texas, but inclement weather has set up a scenario where senior Lauren Chamberlain can make history on her home field. OU was scheduled to play one more game Tuesday in Denton, Texas, but Mother Nature pushed that oneday outing with North Texas to later in the month. T h e S o o n e r s q u i c kly shifted their focus and have prepared all week for
a three-game home series with the Big 12’s second-place team, the Baylor Bears, and Chamberlain is happy for the opportunity. “It ’s always big when we can bring a good team like Baylor in to our place,� Chamberlain said. “We take pride in creating a tough atmosphere for other teams. It ’s always challenging when they come in here, and to get back in front of our fans after a big weekend in Texas, I think everybody is excited to watch us play.� Fans will certainly have more than just OU softball withdrawals, though, to entice them to go out to Marita Hynes Field Thursday night. O U t ra i l e d t h e Te x a s Longhorns 1-0, last Friday before Chamberlain knocked her 89th career
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the country to see the Big 12’s top two squads. NCAA record aside, coach Patty Gasso says the adde d me dia attention won’t weaken her team’s mentality. “If anything it amps it. Our players love the opportunity to play in front of big crowds,� Gasso said. “They love the idea that there are fans that enjoy the game and want to see them perform.� Oklahoma will get a shot at its first ranked team since facing the then-No. 1 LSU Tigers. The Bears boast a 29-9 re c o rd a n d a re r a n k e d 17th in the country by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Oklahoma beat Baylor in Waco, Texas, last season in two of three games. However, the Bears will g e t a f re s h s e r i e s w i t h Oklahoma as both teams contend for the top spot in the conference.
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A customer searches through a collection of over 26,000 vinyls, CDs and cassettes at Guestroom Records on Wednesday. Record Store Day, starting Saturday, April 18, is a world-wide independent record store celebration. Over 350 single-day releases will available for purchase at 10 a.m. Saturday. There will also be COOP Ale products, live music from local artists and food from Norman restaurants.
Sales event to be record-breaking Guestroom Records stock the store with at least 350 copies of new releases before Record Store Day begins April 18.
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aves of vinyl records splash across the room, flowing from genre to genre. A man with a wrinkled face vigorously flips through a sea of albums. For nearly 30 minutes, the 69-year-old searched 26,000 available LPs to find the newest gems for his musical treasure. Behind just-delivered boxes, two employees scurry to place the new inventory into its respective locations. With Record Store Day beginning April 18, Guestroom Records is preparing for another “record-breaking day.” Aaron Walton, an employee at Guestroom Records, reflected on his experiences with Record Store Day since its conception. “I love the excitement of it,” Walton said. “I love when we have a full store and we have to run around.” In the early years of Record Store Day, Guestroom Records ordered from less than five distributors and had less than 10 copies of new releases. This year, Guestroom ordered from 20 distributors and will have at least 350 copies of new releases. In 2014, customers camped overnight in front of Guestroom Records in order to receive first pick of the
TYLER WOODWARD • FOR THE DAILY single-day releases. enthusiasts willing to spend The total transactions so much of their time, effort during Record Store Day and money on vinyls? The 2014 were 343. An average vinyl resurgence could be in day at Guestroom Records is part due to the relationship 20 transactions. The manag- the listener has with their er of the Norman Guestroom music. Records “This store s t o re, Wi l l “It’s kind of like a gives music Mu i r, s a i d a physical scavenger hunt, Guestroom face,” Walton w i l l g e n - and you never know said. “It’s an erate reve- what kind of musical experience nue during that people treasure you are Record Store have and Day equalwhat they are going to find. ” ing an entire buying into.” HAROLD PINSON, month of avIt doesn’t RECORD STORE REGULAR erage profit. take much Long-time research customer Harold Pinson, to discover how to be a a 69-year-old from Ada, cost-effective music junkOklahoma, said he has visit- ie. Purchasing a monthly ed Guestroom once a week streaming plan from Spotify since 2013. Pinson shared his costs less than $15 a month. first experience with Record With that plan, the consumer Store Day. gets virtually any song on the “It’s a mad house,” Pinson market and then some. Flip said. “It’s kind of like a scav- sides, and the average cost of enger hunt, and you never a vinyl record is $20 to $30. know what kind of musical Emily Farris, a student at treasure you are going to OU, gave her reason behind find.” spending more on a vinyl inThis year, Guestroom is ex- stead of saving money with pecting an even larger turn- streaming options. out. Local artists, free COOP “They are fun and pretty,” Ale Works refreshments and Farris said. “I have to go to local restaurants will col- Guestroom with a budget or lectively contribute to the I will spend everything.” independent record store Roughly 1 million vinyl celebration. albums were sold in 2007, So what makes musical a c c o rd i ng t o a Ni e l s e n
SoundScan graphic. In 2008, the first Record Store Day took place in San Francisco, and over 2 million albums were sold that year. As of 2013, annual vinyl albums sales have reached 6 million. Walton believes the vinyl record creates a musical relationship unlike any other medium, and Guestroom Records is the platform through which customers can indulge in their musical fantasies. “You walk in, and here it is,” Walton said. “This is all music. You can’t do this with iTunes or Spotify. You don’t get this kind of interaction.” Guestroom Records focuses on bringing music to the Norman community. “We bring music to people,” said Muir. “There is nobody in town doing what we do. This store is about music.” And the facts support with Muir’s belief. Guestroom Records continues to increase revenue annually. Call it a vinyl resurgence, an independent record store celebration or a desire to experience music — one thing is for certain; Guestroom Records is trending, and music is loved. Tyler Woodward tyler.k.woodward@ou.edu
Native American poets present compositions in local contest
OIL: Industry frees U.S. from foreign oil sources
Performance to celebrate Native America languages
“Joseph always had a good math mind,” David said. “He studied hard and he’s applied himself. He was on top of the world about four months ago and now he’s a little concerned and he’s not the only one.” “I like the aspect of the oil field, tools and services and jobs that it takes to get put together to make it happen,” Joseph said. “Despite all the bad stuff going on with [the oil industry] right now, the oil field is a good field to work in. It’s hard work but there’s a lot of knowledge there and it’s valuable.” Joseph grew up watching his father’s work in the industry make a life for his family. “My family has been all around oil, my dad, grandfather, uncle,” Joseph said.
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Native American poets will perform their works to celebrate Native American languages at the inaugural Language Lives: Native Languages Poetry Contest from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 21 at The Jacobson House Native Art Center. The event, sponsored by the Mark Allen Everett Poetry Series through the OU English Department, seeks to celebrate the history and contemporary vibrancy of Native American languages through poetry, according to the event’s Facebook page.
The contest requires that any submissions be submitted at least partially in a Native language, with an English translation accompanying the submission, according to the Facebook page. The three competition categories include traditional stories, contemporary pieces and original songs. Cash prizes of $150, $100 and $50 will be available for first, second and third place winners in each category for those who choose to read their work at the event, according to the Facebook page. But for Jonathan Stalling, series cofounder and English professor at OU, the event is more than a contest. “ We b e l i e v e t h a t O U ca n p lay a v i t a l ro l e i n the Native Language renaissance taking place in
LANGUAGE LIVES: NATIVE LANGUAGES POETRY CONTEST When: April 21, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Jacobson House Native Art Center, 609 Chautauqua Ave. Price: Free
Native communities in the Americas by providing a space where we can honor the work of creative expression taking place in Native American languages communities,” Stalling said. Speakers Gus Palmer Jr., Richard Whitman, Royce Freeman and Joe Dale Tate Nevaquaya will also be
present at the event to discuss Native language composition and related issues, according to the Facebook page. All submissions will also be considered for publication in a “Language Lives” anthology, which will likely be published sometime next year, Stalling said. The Mark Allen Poetry Series at OU was founded in 2007 and has been sponsored by the Everett Family Fund, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the OU English department as well as other departments and organizations, according to its website. Brittney Bennett brittney.bennett@ou.edu
Continued from Page One “There’s a lot of stories and history that helped push me in that direction.” The industr y David worked in was one that provided a base for his family and one that he enjoyed doing. For people like David, the oil industry isn’t just a job. It’s something that gives the United States the chance to free itself of foreign oil and have a source of energy while new technology is being developed. It’s a job that stays in David’s thoughts, even as he runs a new business, and a job he has passed on to future generations of American workers. Emily Sharp esharp13@ou.edu
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