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Team develops cancer vaccine Researchers create specific medicine for each individual SUPRIYA SRIDHAR News Reporter @SupriyaSridhar4

OU researchers are developing a personalized melanoma vaccine that can be tailored to a patient’s specific cancer mutation to better eliminate tumors. Personalized cancer vaccines of this sort may become a reality within only five years, said team leader William H. Hildebrand. Hildebrand’s team includes doctorates from Switzerland and Iran, a p o st d o c t o ra l stu d e nt

at Hildebrand’s lab and Andrea Patterson, a Health Sciences Center doctoral candidate. Patterson, whose dissertation project is about the use of immunotherapies to treat ovarian cancer, discussed the importance of personalization in the quest for cancer treatment. “Everyone’s cancer is different because you have your own different set of mutations in your cancer,” Patterson said. “You have your own different immune system which is going to shape what your cancer turns into, so I think the personalized approach is going to be really, really pivotal.” “For a number of years people have realized that

everybody’s cancer is quite distinct,” Hildebrand said. Fifteen years ago, Hildebrand started Pure Proteins, a company partially owned by OU to help develop cancer therapies. Two years ago, Pure Proteins partnered with Washington University at St. Louis, which was conducting research about targeting cancer through the body’s immune response. The two teams comp l e m e nt e d e a c h o t h e r, Hildebrand said. Researchers from Wa s h i ng to n Un i ve rsi t y would find cancer mutations while Hildebrand’s team would target the mutations’ immune responses. “We came to the same

point independently to where we could combine our efforts to develop personalized cancer vaccines for melanoma,” Hildebrand said. Each of the study’s three participants has had a customized cancer vaccine made, and each subject’s tu m o r s re g re s s e d a f t e r treatment, Hildebrand said. In the future the same techniques can be used to develop treatments for other cancers besides melanoma. SEE CURE PAGE 2

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William H. Hildebrand, faculty at OU Health Sciences Center, poses for a photo for his OU faculty profile. Hildebrand and a team of researchers have been working on a personalized melanoma vaccine that shrinks the size of tumors by looking at individual mutations of the patient’s cancer cells.

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South Oval MORE RAIN IS FORECASTED FOR TODAY. GO TO PAGE 6 FOR RAINY DAY ADVICE.

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Education freshman Sneha Sibimon sloshes through the water in her rainboots while protected overhead by an umbrella. Campus sidewalks flooded after storms moved through campus Monday.

OWS to hold three forums OU Cousins to host

end-of-semester BBQ

Agency to educate public on water conservation, reuse

Event to include mechanical bull, live country band

JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound

In the face of a continuing drought, the Oklahoma Water Survey is holding three educational outreach forums on how to better reuse and conserve water within the next few months. The first of the forums, held on April 23, focused on different techniques for water reuse, according to the event’s agenda. The next forum will take place on May 14 and will focus on water treatment options and examine different case

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Dr. Robert Puls poses in his office in the Five Partners research building. Puls will lead three educational forums about water conservation conservation in the National Weather Center.

studies, said Robert Puls, the College of Atmospheric and director of the Oklahoma Geographic Sciences. Water Survey and an OU SEE WATER PAGE 2 associate professor in the

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OU Cousins will host a barbecue Tuesday for members, students and faculty alike to relax before the semester ends. Andrew Tierney, OU Cousins Advisory Board member, said the barbecue will have a live country band, a mechanical bull and a dance floor for attendees to enjoy.

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Tierney said the event is open to anyone that would like to go and is a good opportunity for students to see whether they are interested in joining the organization. Tierney said that, through OU Cousins, he has made friends with students from all across the globe over the last three years. “I am excited to see this diverse group of OU students come together and have an enjoyable evening,” Tierney said. “Many of my closest friends have been through OU Cousins over the past three years and I am thankful to have the opportunity to help host this

end of the year celebratory event.” The barbecue will take place tomor row at 5:30 p.m. at the Whinery Ranch. Attendees can get free transportation to the event at the Lloyd Noble Center and at Couch Restaurants. Buses load at 5 p.m. and leave at 5:15 p.m. Gloria Noble glorianoble@ou.edu

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WATER: Western United States suffers drought Continued from Page One The final forum on June 18 will focus specifically on the plans Norman has for conserving and reusing water, Puls said. The City of Norman has created a plan that involves drilling new wells, reusing wastewater and adding additional treatment to all the wells, Puls said. There are more advanced t e c h n i q u e s f o r ma k i n g wastewater safe to drink that are not currently being used at Norman’s water treatment facility, Puls said. But that could change soon. “Norman is one of the few cities in the state right now that’s actively considering a potable reuse plan,” Puls said. A large portion of the western United States is suffering from drought. The map on the University of Nebraska’s drought monitor website depicts the western states as a mosaic with shades of yellow, orange and red, indicating conditions ranging from moderately dr y to extreme drought. Patches of Oklahoma, Texas and California are listed as having “exceptional drought,” according to the map. These drought conditions led the state of California to announce mandatory restrictions on water use in the beginning of April. One of the speakers at the first forum was Julie Cunningham, the chief of the planning and management division of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. In some parts of southwest Oklahoma, the drought

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Oklahoma residents are able to experience all types of extreme weather in one place. The National Weather Center will hold an educational forum about water conservation led by Robert Puls.

“Norman is one of the few cities in the state right now that’s actively considering a potable reuse plan.” ROBERT PULS, DIRECTOR OF OKLAHOMA WATER SURVEY

is as severe as the one in California, Cunningham said. Conditions were worse two years ago, but currently everything west of Interstate 35 is in drought, Puls said. The Oklahoma legislature passed the Water for 2060 Act in 2012, with the goal of using no more fresh water in 2060 than they were using at the time, Cunningham said. One of the ways this goal can be achieved is to introduce new water reuse techniques. Because these techniques can require significant investments, the public needs to be educated about the

“In the future the goal is to be completely therapeutic to get rid of the cancer,” Hildebrandsaid . Rick Walters, who has been treated for thyroid cancer and a sarcoma, said he was interested in the idea of cancer being treated with a vaccine like a virus or bacterial infection. Walters’ cancer was treated traditionally through radiation and the surgical removal of the affected area. “If [my cancer] would have been something that could have been tested

earlier and taken care of with a vaccine or a pill, that would have saved not only close to a million dollars but also my family a significant amount of heartache and disruption,” Walters said. Supriya Sridhar supriyasridhar@ou.edu

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Students win scholarship Four OU students earn Boren Awards to study abroad

Students focus on doctorate degrees One dissertation to be presented to five OU professors

DAYTEN ISRAEL Staff Reporter @daytenisrael

Four OU students received a prestigious award that will fund a full year of studying abroad in an area of interest to national security. The scholarship, the Boren Award for International Study, is named after OU President David Boren and funded by the National Security Education Program. The scholarship focuses on geographic areas, languages and fields of study deemed essential to U.S. national security, according to an OU press release. Out of 750 applicants, 171 received the award, with four of them being OU students, OU press secretary Corbin Wallace said. Luke Bartz, a junior Russian and international studies major, will be using his scholarship to study for a year in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, Bartz

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Russian and international studies junior Luke Bartz poses for a photo Thursday afternoon in Hester Hall. Bartz is one of four OU students receiving a Boren Award for International Study this year.

said. Bartz originally intended to study in Russia, but because of the tense political relationship between Russia and the U.S. and the award being backed by government funding, it was not possible, Bartz said. As part of their acceptance

of the award, recipients must agree to the NSEP service requirement of working in the federal government with national security duties, Bartz said. Bartz will intern with the State Department in Vienna this summer and hopes to work on nonproliferation efforts with them in the future. “I would like to personally be involved in reducing the number of guns and missiles in the world,” Bartz said. Another recipient, Daniel Meschter, is an Arabic and economics senior and will be studying for a full year in Meknes, Morocco, Meschter said. “It was a really good feeling to receive the Boren Award,” Meschter said. “It gives you up to $20,000 to study in some critical language in the country of your choosing, even countries with travel warnings on them, which I think is insanely cool.” Meschter is considerYA JIN/THE DAILY ing whether to work as a Arabic and economics senior Daniel Meschter, a recipient of the Department of Defense anaBoren Award, poses for a photo on Campus Corner. Meschter plans to lyst or intelligence officer for use the Boren Award to study abroad in Morocco. his service requirement, but

his ultimate goal is to leverage his professional experience from his government service to go to graduate school in economic development, Meschter said. Jeremy Allen is a junior triple-major in economics, environmental sustainability and Chinese and will be studying in Beijing for the next academic year, Allen said. In the future, Allen wants to work for the Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked last summer through a fellowship, or the State Department, Allen said. “I could honestly see myself working at a variety of different places,” Allen said. The fourth recipient was Barrett Shelley, who will travel to Morocco this summer before beginning a full year of study in Meknes, according to an OU press release. Shelley could not be reached for comment. Dayten Israel daytenisrael@gmail.com

Graduate students trying to earn their doctorate degrees have spent years working on their dissertations, but their effort all comes down to one hour. Noumane Rahouti has spent two years working on his dissertation “Language Epiphany and Flow Theory” and will defend his work to five professors on Friday, May 1. “ I’ m p re t t y e x c i t e d about it because I’ve been waiting for it for so long,” Rahouti said. At this point, Rahouti wants to tell everyone he talks to about his 200page paper, he said. And despite his hard work, he is not nervous — yet. “I’m worried that one or two of the professors will ask tricky questions, but I’m starting to be prepared,” he said. Rahouti’s research is about how second-language learners pick up a new language successfully, he said. To c o n d u c t t h e re search, Rahouti followed around four different people and witnessed and interviewed them about their process in learning the language, he said. “I believe learning a second language is a phenomenon, and I believe that across my four participants, although they all have a different perspective on this phenomenon, you can still extract s o m e u n i ve r sa l i t i e s,”

Rahouti said. “You can still extract concepts, rules that all of these people share.” One of the commonalities Rahouti found in his subjects was something he calls a “language epiphany,” the point where his subjects finally decided they knew the language, he said. “At some point in their process of learning a language, there was a moment in which their evolution just exploded, where they felt like ‘Oh, I can speak Chinese now,’” he said. This moment came for his test subjects when theory began to control their learning experience, Rahouti said. “It means that at some point in their study, they were able to create sentences they have never heard before,” he said. Along with researching and building his dissertation, Rahouti also had to balance teaching Spanish classes at the university, he said. It would have been impossible to balance the two activities without planned breaks, Rahouti said. “I need a break of [...] playing soccer or going to the gym just to cool down, otherwise I cannot go from studying to grading papers,” he said. Rahouti will have to convince the professors that his research can contribute to teaching and that it can translate into the classroom in the defense of his dissertation, he said. Andrew Clark Andrew.T.Clark-1@ou.edu

LIFE&ARTS

MyIdol app builds cartoons Users create animations with selfies through app JESSICA BARBER L&A Reporter @jessiedylan16

Becoming a cartoon character that gets caught in crazy situations has finally become possible thanks to a brand new app called MyIdol. MyIdol allows you to take a selfie, add it to an animated body and have your new character do anything from singing “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” to strutting down a runway to even pole dancing. MyIdol has become one of the newest internet sensations due to all the crazy and fun things you can do with it, including making animations of celebrities and politicians in addition to yourself.

The app allows its users to upload a selfie, then customize their outfit, outward features and situation. You can create and then save a video, GIF or photo of your cartoon self. The app was originally released in China by Huanshi Ltd. Other than the title, it is still entirely in Chinese. This language barrier makes things harder to navigate but that confusion is also part of the fun. The app is currently trending in the Apple App Store, because who doesn’t want an animated version of themselves singing “Let It Go?” If you’re looking for a humorous break from studying, make sure to check out MyIdol. Jessica Barber jessicabarber_16@ou.edu

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This week, Tuesday’s new music will consist of less alternative rock and more of a mix for each listener to enjoy. Pop artist Josh Groban is releasing his seventh studio album “Stages” this Tuesday after releasing his last album less than two years ago.

Groban is widely known for his Christmas songs as well as his Christmas album “Noël” released in 2007. The album has already been released in the United Kingdom, where it has risen to the top of the charts. It will feature selections from various stage musicals, including “Over the Rainbow” and “If I Loved You.” For those that enjoy a classic rock approach to music, Odessa, a new Los Angeles based singer, will be releasing her self-titled debut. Following its release, Odessa will have released a

Last chance to buy festival tickets This week is the final opportunity to purchase early bird tickets for the Center of the Universe Festival, which will be held July 24 and 25 in the Brady Arts District in Tulsa. Through Thursday at 11:59 p.m., ticket prices are $30 per day, $60 for the weekend and $210 for a VIP weekend pass, according to a press release. On Friday, tickets increase to $40 per day, $70 for the weekend and $230 for a VIP pass, and they increase again on July 1 to $50 per day, $80 for the weekend and $250 for a VIP pass, according to the press release. According to the festival’s website, this year’s headliners are Panic! At the Disco and Three Days Grace. The festival also has a street market where people can buy pieces from local artists and sample from Tulsa’s food trucks. The festival is a two-day, non-profit music and art festival in the Brady Arts District, and the primary focus of the festival is to help the art district grow, said festival co-founder Chris Lieberman. The festival will feature more than 112 live bands, and additional lineup announcements will be made in the next few weeks, according to the press release.

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Using the MyIdol app, students can make dancing avatars for themselves by uploading a photo. Here’s what OU President David Boren looks like as a MyIdol avatar.

Artists to release new albums Music from Josh Groban, Odessa, Zac Brown Band

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four-track EP, a single and a full length album in the past year. One of her songs was also used in a 2014 Subaru commercial. For listeners that have been awaiting the new Zac Brown Band album, it is finally here. The band will release their fourth full-length studio album Tuesday, to follow up their popular first three albums “Uncaged,” “You Get What You Give” and “The Foundation.” Gloria Noble glorianoble@ou.edu

OTHER ARTISTS RELEASING ALBUMS TUESDAY Ambrosia Parsley American Wrestlers Blur Briads Crocodiles Delia Gonzalez George FitzGerald MG Millencollin Nai Harvest Nick Catchdubs Raekwon Robert Pollard

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A TRIBUTE TO OU STAFF Regentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Award for Superior Staff - Chris Kennedy, Director, Strategic Technology for Enrollment and Student Financial Services

Hourly Employees Council Distinguished Performance Award Julie Comer, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education

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Hourly Employees Council Distinguished Performance Award - Ross Mehl, College of Continuing Education

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Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award Alison Baker, Director, OU Scholarship Office

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Student Government Association Outstanding Staff Award - Jennifer Trimmer, Veteran Student Services

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No. 25 Oklahoma (2918, 10-5) will travel to face Wichita State (17-26, 6-6) in a midweek battle on Tuesday. The Sooners will be looking to rebound after dropping their home series with Sam Houston State this past weekend. OU’s matchup against the Shockers will also serve as a final tuneup b efore B e dlam next weekend. Meanwhile, Wichita State has won three in a row after sweeping New Mexico at home last weekend. The Shockers’ RPI sits at just 166, which makes this a must-win game for OU. This will also be Oklahoma’s second easiest game remaining, with only contests against Oklahoma State (13), Kansas State (72), Stephen F. Austin (231) and TCU (7) left to play. And while OU’s series loss against the Bearkats was disappointing for a team with postseason aspirations, the Sooners can

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Junior infielder Kolbey Carpenter makes contact with a pitch in the Sooners game against Sam Houston State University on Sunday at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

recover by finishing strong in Big 12 play. But first, Oklahoma must travel to Wichita State for a one-game battle. The Sooners will look to junior right-handed pitcher Corey Copping to stop the team’s losing skid at two games. Copping will be making just his second start since having his appendix removed in late March. He faced Alcorn State last Tuesday in Norman and earned the win, allowing three runs and four hits over five innings work. On the season, he is 4-0 with a 2.57 ERA. Opposing the Temple City, California, native will be freshman Tyler Jones. His appearances against the Sooners will be his seventh start of the season. Jones currently owns a 7.86 ERA

in 23.1 innings. O klahoma enters the matchup on a seven-game w i n s t re a k a g a i n s t t h e Shockers, with the most recent win coming in the NCAA tournament in 2009. Overall, the Sooners hold a 14-10 advantage over Wichita State. The Sooners will also be getting back their head coach as they head north to Wichita. Coach Pete Hu g h e s l e f t Sat u rd ay ’s game against Sam Houston State with chest pains and spent the night in a Norman hospital for precautionary reasons. Hughes will return to the dugout immediately, a team spokesperson said. First pitch will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu

win over Baylor. Chamberlain is still looking for her record-breaking 91st career home run. However, OU’s opposition has done everything it can to keep her from going yard. While teams continue to Joe Buettner walk Chamberlain and projoebuet@ou.edu long history, her teammates @Joe_Buettner are quietly dominating Oklahoma’s adversaries. Senior Shelby Pendley wo weeks remain is tied for the second most in OU softball’s home runs in the country regular season schedule, but the Sooners this season. She’s put 23 over the wall and is batting have already locked up a .447 in 45 games played. share of the Big 12 title. Pendley follows Following a successful Chamberlain in OU’s batweekend in Lawrence, Kansas, OU (42-7, 14-2 Big ting order, which makes it 12) is atop the Big 12, and baffling why anyone would they have a powerful line- walk Chamberlain with one up and a stud freshman in of softball’s other most dangerous hitters waiting for the circle to thank. her turn. The narrative for Pendley trails Oklahoma’s season has Chamberlain and Nuveman focused mainly on the by seven career home runs history-chasing senior on the all-time list. She Lauren Chamberlain. still has time to catch up The California native and make history herself, is a home run waiting to happen, and she cement- but Oklahoma’s power ed her name in the record hitters don’t stop with Chamberlain and Pendley. books by tying former Junior Erin Miller has 54 UCLA Bruins catcher Stacey Nuveman’s NCAA hits, seven home runs and owns a .412 batting average, Division I all-time home runs record in an April 18 while fellow junior Kady Self

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has 48 hits and nine home runs this year. Freshman Paige Parker has also hit nine homers and is one of three Sooners with 50 hits this season. In addition to her batting talents, Parker has become Oklahoma’s ace in the circle, going 23-5 this season after being thrown into the fire early. Against the then-No. 1 LSU Tigers March 20, Parker and LSU’s Carley Hoover found themselves in a pitching duel. The game ended in a 1-0 win for the Tigers, but Parker has only lost two games since then. Parker and the Sooners end their regular season with a road trip to North Texas Thursday night, a two-game home series against Utah Valley and the final two games of the Bedlam series. OU should roll into the postseason with plenty of momentum, and the Sooners should have no problem staying in the state of Oklahoma for all of the postseason.

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