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Seniors Buddy Hield and Ryan Spangler watch as their teammates finish out the game against Villanova on Saturday. The Sooners lost 95-51.

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Sooners’ season ends in 44-point thrashing

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OUSTON — Buddy Hi e l d s au nt e re d i nt o Oklahoma’s locker room Saturday night, still clad in crimson and cream, knowing he would never suit up for the Sooners again.

“I don’t want to take (this jersey) off,” Hield said after the Sooners’ 95-51 loss to Villanova. “I wear this jersey with a lot of pride.

This school means so much to me.

I can’t tell you how many doors this school opened for me.”

Hield entered the Sooners’ program in 2011 as a raw talent, but developed into a nation’s favorite son.

“Everybody’s out there supporting me, and I’m glad to call the Bahamas my home,” Hield said.

“Everybody looks up to me back home, and I’m just sorry.”

Hield captivated the nation as a senior, scoring 25.4 points per game and featuring college basketball’s brightest smile.

But on Saturday against V i l l a n ov a, Hi e l d’s r u n a s a Sooner came crashing to a close.

Oklahoma lost by 44 points to

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Villanova inside Houston’s NRG Stadium — the worst loss in the history of the Final Four.

“You never want to go out with a 40-point loss,” Hield said. “We let (the fans) down. Losing by 40 is unheard of for this team.

“We missed shots that we usually make, and that’s tough when you’re going against a team like Villanova that made every shot.”

Oklahoma shot just 20 percent from the floor and 12.5 percent from three-point range in the second half. The Sooners got as close as nine points in the second half before Villanova pulled away.

The Wildcats used a 33-4 run to pull away from the Sooners. For the game, the Wildcats shot a remarkable 71.4 percent from the floor and 61.1 percent from beyond the arc.

But in the second half, Villanova was even better. It made 17 of its 22 field goal attempts after halftime, including five of seven from deep. Of the nine Wildcats who took a shot in the second half, nobody missed more than one attempt.

Josh Hart was the catalyst for the Wildcats, scoring 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting.

“Certainly defensively we didn’t do a very good job,” OU coach Lon Kruger said. “But Villanova had a lot to do with that.”

And Buddy Hield was nowhere to be found.

“Everybody looks up to me back home, and I’m just sorry.”

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“I got good looks, I just missed them,” Hield said. “I was aggressive at first, but then they were making everything, and it just sucks the life out of you.”

Hield made OU’s first basket of each half — a three-pointer 23 seconds into the game and a layup to start the second half — but only

made two other baskets.

And for just the third time this season, Hield did not attempt a free throw.

It was a battle remarkably similar to OU’s 23-point drubbing of the Wildcats on Dec. 7, 2015 — but the roles were reversed.

In that game, OU shot 53.8 percent from beyond the arc in the second half while Villanova made just 12.5 percent of its long-range attempts.

“There’s not much relationship to the game in Hawaii,” Kruger said cautiously on Thursday.

“They didn’t make shots. We did.

That’s kind of it. I was watching film. I was hoping to see a bigger difference than that, but it wasn’t anything bigger than that. They just didn’t shoot the ball very well.”

Simply put, the Sooners — and Buddy Hield — ran out of magic.

“I feel it was their time,” Hield said. “What they did tonight was special.”

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Hield adds Naismith Trophy to list of honors Senior guard wins player of the year TRENT CRABTREE @TrentCrabtree

Buddy Hield fell short of winning a national championship, but he racked up another individual award Sunday.

Hield won the Naismith Trophy on Sunday, which is given to the top men’s college player of the year. Hield was one of 10 semifinalists eligible for the award and was the only semifinalist from a Big 12 school.

It’s the fourth award that he has won this season. Hield has also claimed Sporting News

Player of the Year, CBS Sports National Player of the Year and the Oscar Robertson Trophy awarded by the United States Basketball Writers Association.

The senior guard averaged 25.4 points per game this season while shooting 50 percent from the field, 47 percent from threepoint range and 88 percent at the free throw line. He scored 30-plus points 12 times during the season.

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Senior guard Buddy Hield gets back on defense during Saturday’s game. Hield won the Naismith Trophy on Sunday.

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One era ends, another begins Senior departures signal new start for Sooners in 2017 SCOTT HINEY @scotthiney

HOUSTON — It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t fun. There aren’t a lot of ways to stomach a 95-51 loss in a national semifinal, but whatever feelings players and coaches have following the game, a sense of optimism is still there — as unlikely as that seems.

While Ryan Spangler, Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins will depart the team with a bitter taste in their mouths, the younger players have an increased appetite focused on continuing to build upon the foundation those seniors have created.

“We have even more of a point to prove because people are going to say the team won’t be the same without our seniors and things like that,” freshman forward Dante Buford said. “But this will fuel us to get back here and prove them wrong — that we could be just as great of a team as our starters (were).”

It won’t be easy, but the Sooners have the pieces to do so and a coaching staff that sees potential.

Assistant coach Chris Crutchfield knows he has plenty to work with.

“Yeah, we got a good young nucleus of the team coming back,” Crutchfield said. “Plus we signed some good players. And they’re going to be in different roles next year, so I think they understand that and we’ll see a different role from all those guys. Christian

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The Sooners meet during a timeout during Saturday’s Villanova game. The younger players will take over after the seniors graduate.

James, Dante Buford, Jamuni to work hard in keeping the McNeace, even (Khadeem Sooners relevant.”

Lattin’s) role will change because he’ll be more of an of“We have even fensive player.” more of a point With the youth, howevto prove because er, it takes guidance to bring out their full abilities. The people are going senior-heavy starting lineto say the team up has showed the younger players what it takes. won’t be the same “They’ve been able to without our seniors watch these guys work the and things like last year,” Crutchfield said.

“This senior group includthat.” ing Jordan (Woodard) has DANTE BUFORD, worked their butt off and gotFRESHMAN FORWARD ten the program back on the national scene, so now those young guys are just going Following the loss, as emoto follow suit and continue tional as it was to understand

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HOUSTON — It was not the game Buddy Hield wanted to give his fans in Norman or in attendance at NRG Stadium Saturday night.

The senior guard closed his career with nine points on 12 shots in a 91-55 blowout loss to No. 2 Villanova in the Final Four.

The devastating loss closed Hield’s career with Oklahoma, but it does not diminish the memories he shared with the program.

“It’s a tough out right now, but I would never trade any school for OU,” Hield said.

The Sooner faithful has reciprocated that admiration for their star player this season.

The attendance in Lloyd Noble Center received a major increase from the previous year. The program sold out nearly every home game this season.

“I appreciate them. I love them,” Hield said. “I really appreciated the fans at Oklahoma. It wasn’t like the Bahamas, but they made it home for me.”

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The idea of getting back to the Final Four can seem premature after a game like this, but Spangler is confident in where he leaves the younger players.

“I think it makes them hungry, especially losing like this, and then on the other side of it, us three seniors are leaving and so they want to prove to us and to themselves and prove that when other guys leave, we can keep it rollin’.”

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he’s just played his final game as a Sooner — a team he grew up cheering for — Spangler had a look of optimism in his eyes as he spoke about whose hands he leaves the program in.

“These young guys work,” Spangler said. “Especially these freshmen, they work.

You know they try to take after us and they put in work.

And I know there might be some struggles next year just because they’re young and losing a lot of experience but I think Christian’s group, Jamuni’s group, Khadeem and them, you know, I think they’ll fight and get back here to the Final Four.”

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Senior guard Buddy Hield speaks to his teammates during Saturday’s game against Villanova.

The Sooners lost 95-51 after trailing 42-28 at the half.

Loss doesn’t negate legacy JOHN WALKER @jtw2213

HOUSTON — It was a far cry from how the Sooners’ core four wanted to close the season.

Oklahoma was thoroughly outplayed in its 95-51 Final Four loss against Villanova inside NRG Stadium. The team filed out of the tunnel with an overwhelming sense of dejection.

“It hurts so much,” guard Buddy Hield said. “I’m just mad that we didn’t have that fight and effort to come back and make it a game.

A team like that makes so many shots can suck the life out of a team because you’re fighting hard to get stops. We were fighting so hard. We usually come back on teams, and seeing that not happen and getting beat that bad.”

But through the cloud of the worst loss in Final Four history is a gleaming legacy for one of the most influential senior classes in Oklahoma basketball history: a group that allowed the program to reach its first

Final Four in 14 years.

It was not the finale the seniors wanted, but it was a good run.

“What the seniors have done, what they’ve left as they leave the program in terms of a standard, work ethic, you know, as good of ambassadors as they’ve been in the community, the young guys have benefited tremendously from those guys,” OU coach Long Kruger said.

In 2011, Kruger inherited a team that had endured a pair of losing seasons.

The following year, Kruger acquired four-star recruit Buddy Hield and threestar guard Isaiah Cousins.

Subsequently, Bridge Creek Hi g h S c h o o l s t a r Ry a n Spangler transferred to Oklahoma from Gonzaga.

Jordan Woodard joined the Sooners after winning a state championship at Edmond Memorial.

By 2012, Hield, Woodard and Cousins became a constant in Kruger’s starting lineup and a major cog in the program’s renaissance.

Dedication and coachability from its core group led the Sooners to an uptick in wins every season under Kruger.

Through 105 starts, the core group topped No. 1 in the AP Poll after a 26-year drought, matched the program’s best start in nearly eight years and broke through to the Final Four for the first time since 2002.

The seniors molded the program into a team that collectively conquered uncharted waters while creating an unbreakable bond with each other.

“I will never not miss playing with those guys,” Hield said. “These guys made me who I am today. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be in this position right now.”

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Two of Kruger’s long-time assistants accept head coaching offers

Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger has always spoke highly of his coaching staff, but now he’s without two of his protégés for next season.

According to reports, assistants Steve Henson and Lew Hill have accepted head coaching positions at other schools.

ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Thursday that Henson, who has been an assistant to Kruger for a combined 13 years, has accepted the UTSA job. UTSA fired Brooks Thompson after the program went 5-27 in his tenth season. The Roadrunners haven’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2011.

Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports also reported Thursday that Lew Hill, who has been on Kruger’s staff going back to his time at UNLV, accepted the opening at UT Rio Grande Valley. The Vaqueros went 8-22 this past season before firing Dan Hipsher on March 15.

Kruger began his head coaching career at UT-Pan American in 1982.

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Hield adds all-time Big 12 scoring title to resume during loss

HOUSTON — Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield became the Big 12’s all-time leading scorer after breaking the record on college basketball’s biggest stage. Hield hit an early three-pointer against the Wildcats to tie the record and then made a layup to set a new mark.

The senior guard scored his 2,287th career point against Villanova Saturday in the Final Four, passing Baylor’s LaceDarius Dunn’s mark of 2,285 career points. Dunn starred for the Bears from 2008 to 2011.

Hield also broke the Big 12 record for made three-pointers earlier in the season.

Hield entered Saturday’s matchup against Villanova averaging 29 points per game in the NCAA Tournament. However, the Wildcats shut down the senior, holding him to just nine points on 4-12 shooting.

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Meet your mayoral candidates Norman will vote for mayor and city council members in even-numbered wards and on seven propositions in Tuesday’s city-wide election. Read about the three mayoral candidates here:

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Lynne Miller LAUREN MASSING @LaurenMassing

After serving the Norman community for more than 30 years, an OU alum, small business owner and lifelong Norman resident has decided to run for mayor.

Norman city councilwoman Lynne Miller said she has always been passionate about serving others and making a difference. After graduating from OU with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, Miller worked in the Norman school system for more than 30 years and was a principal at the elementary and middle school levels for 20 years.

Cindy Ros enthal, the current mayor of Norman, will step down after her term ends in July. Miller is one of three candidates running to replace her.

In 2011, Miller retired from the school system and started a property management business with her husband, buying, selling and renting houses. Two years later, Miller ran for city council after being encouraged by friends and family. Miller was successful and decided to run again last April, making this her second term as a council member for Ward 5.

Miller said she has enjoyed her time on the council.

“It’s the level of government that’s closest to the people, and so you can actually help people and make a difference,” Miller said.

c o u n c i l m e m b e r s, t o work with other staff, and especially to work all across our community to accomplish a lot of really great projects for the city of Norman,” Rosenthal said.

Miller said she thinks h e r p re v i o u s e x p e r i ence from being on city council, and the leadership roles she held while working in the school system give her the skills she needs to be an effective mayor.

“I think it’s really important for the mayor to have previous council experience,” Miller said.

“The learning curve is so steep when you get on the council … there is just so much to learn.”

Miller also said the positive relationships she has formed with other council members and staff members during her time on city council will help her as mayor.

“Politics is all about relationships, and so I thought that put me in a particularly good situation to run,” Miller said.

Skyler Hoffstatter, a political science freshman, said he will be voting for Miller particularly because of her dedication to children, her support for LGBTQ protections granted by the city of Norman and her overall service for the people of Norman.

“I really like that she’s a retired Norman Public Schools principal, small-business owner

“I think it’s really important for the mayor to have previous council experience. The learning curve is so steep when you get on the council ... there is just so much to learn.”

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Miller said she found the same satisfaction working on city council that she did working in the school system because she feels like she is doing something important to make a difference in the lives of the people in the community.

“When I heard that the mayor was not going to run again, I took stock of my own abilities and decided that, as a retiree, this would be a great time for me to offer my services in this way,” Miller said.

After spending 12 years on city council and serving as mayor for nine years, Rosenthal said she hopes to stay involved even after her term ends.

“It’s been a privilege to work with all of the other

and two-term city councilwoman,” Hoffstatter said.

Miller said she thinks the most important thing for the mayor to do in the next few years is to take ongoing projects to the next level and ensure they are completed in a timely, cost-efficient way.

“I think Norman is in a really good spot. I think that we are on the right trajectory; we’ve had a lot of strong, positive leadership, we have engaged citizens, we have a strong staff, and so we really have a lot of things going for us,” Miller said.

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Gary Barksdale JESSICA JAMES @jessjames43

An OU math professor is running for mayor to promote integrity and responsibility in Norman’s government, but some feel he will not be able to effectively govern in a more liberal city like Norman.

Gary Barksdale is one of three mayoral candidates up for election on April 5.

Barksdale, who described himself as “the reluctant candidate,” said he was running because he is concerned about city spending, selective voting dates and ethics violations in the current administration.

A fourth generation Normanite, Barksdale said his primary concern has always been the welfare of the people of Norman, and that the current administration’s habit of choosing inconvenient days for citywide voting deprives many of their say in government.

Barksdale cited the vote on Norman Forward, a measure that introduced new taxes to pay for city improvements,

When asked about which of Barksdale’s proposals appealed to him, Pope said he liked the idea of contracting with OU rather than out-ofstate universities to conduct studies in the city.

“I do believe that we could perhaps enter into agreements with talent at the university to conduct some of these studies and avoid a lot of the extreme expenses,” Pope said.

Barksdale said he hoped his relationship with the university could help bring this about.

However, Norman resident Kathryn Taylor said Barksdale’s values are not inclusive and, because of this, he will not be able to work with those who believe differently than him to build consensus.

Taylor is one of the administrators of the Facebook page “Norman Residents Against Gary Barksdale for Mayor,” which posts what it claims are screenshots of Barksdale’s past Facebook posts where he criticized or mocked liberals.

“There has to be a certain

“I believe in treating every person with dignity and respect. In that respect, I’m more of an adherent to Martin Luther King Jr., because I’m going to look at the content of your character.”

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as an example. Of Norman’s population of around 120,000, he said only 12,000 voted. Barksdale said the low voter turnout was intentional, a way for elites to get their agenda passed.

Barksdale said he believes this is indicative of a larger problem in Norman government.

“Our city council hasn’t been the best at following ethics,” he said.

Current Norman mayor Cindy Rosenthal violated the city’s ethics policy in June 2015 when she agreed to cohost a fundraiser for a candidate in a Cherokee Nation election, a violation she called unintentional.

In contrast, Norman resident Fred Pope said he is supporting Barksdale because of his principles and character.

“He is the better Christian and constitutional-centered individual running in the race,” Pope said.

Barksdale said constitutionalism and conservative values, like fiscal responsibility and civil liberties, are an important part of his platform.

“The city can either allow civil liberties or deny civil liberties a lot more easily than the federal government can because the city’s laws affect one’s day-to-day activities,” he said.

level of respect that you have for people even if you disagree with their lifestyles or their beliefs,” Taylor said.

Although many of the screenshots are submitted by others, Taylor said the administrators are “fairly certain” that they are authentic and that “we would not have them up if we were not 100 percent sure that they were what he posted to his Facebook.”

Barksdale acknowledged that a few of the posts were his.

“I’m not going to deny the fact that I’ve made jokes,” he said, but added that other posts were photoshopped and that the page’s administrators are not credible. He denied Taylor’s claim that he will be unable to work with people from different backgrounds, citing his time at OU during which he wrote letters of recommendation for students of different races, sexual orientations and ideologies as proof.

“I believe in treating every person with dignity and respect,” he said. “In that respect, I’m more of an adherent to Martin Luther King Jr., because I’m going to look at the content of your character.”

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A small-business owner and Norman native who claims he has been to every city council meeting since 2007 is running for mayor.

Bobby Stevens, 52, is the owner of B&C Tow Service and said he has made it his mission to better the city, especially in Ward 5 where he lives.

His main focuses are public safety, government transparency and the in-

for 10 years and not learn anything,” he said.

Stevens’ dedication to public service has led him to not only attend every city council meeting for the past nine years but also record them and put them on DVD for the people of Ward 5 to watch at the community center, he said. If he didn’t do so, nobody in the area would know what was going on at city council, he said. “ That’s how you get a good government, you inform your citizens,” Stevens said.

“Any input is good input; everybody has something to bring to the table. Any time you can sit down and have a discussion with people and get different ideas, it will do nothing but make things better.”

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clusion of all the wards in Norman, he said.

Because he has lived in Nor man his whole life, Stevens has invested himself in the community and those around him, he said. However, he has been criticized for having a negative attitude, which he admits to only because he believes the city government should do its job better, he said.

Although Ward 5 is the largest in Norman, it is more spread out and has received less benefits than more populated areas, Stevens said. Some of the biggest things he’s advocated for are more ambulances in the area and the construction of a senior community center, he said.

On the topic of transparency, Stevens said he has been to more than 200 city council meetings and that he believes council memb ers aren’t open enough to the public. The first thing he wants to do if elected is get rid of the city council’s lack of transparency with the citizens, he said.

Instead, he wants the all questions to be answered and to bring in new voices to the discussion.

“A n y i n p u t i s g o o d input ; ever ybody has something to bring to the table,” Stevens said. “Any time you can sit down and have a discussion with people and get different ideas, it will do nothing but make things better.”

He u n d e rst a n d s h e isn’t necessarily the most qualified candidate, but he does know what is going on at city hall and is dedicated to the Norman community, he said.

“I didn’t go down there

Participating in city council meetings for so long, Stevens has been able to make some changes, such as cutting back trees in front of schools and stop signs and getting a mural painted on Main Street, he said.

Stevens would also push for the purchase of defensive armored vehicles for the fire department and police department to help them protect the community, he said. Once purchased, he would encourage the armored vehicles to be brought to a “Touch-ATruck” event where children could see them and associate them with positive connotations, he said.

Ultimately, Stevens wants to serve the people of Norman and would do so if elected mayor, he said.

“Let’s take it to a vote of the people,” he said.

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Chinese Chefs Coming to OU Chefs from OU’s partner university, China Beijing Normal University, will demonstrate Chinese cooking styles and prepare authentic Chinese food for customers at the cafeteria. They will also return Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Couch Restaurants Monday: 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday: 11 a.m to 2 p.m.

CAC Chair Runoff Election Aimee Schnebeck and Daniel Moreno will face each other in a runoff election for Campus Activities Council chair. Results will be announced shortly after polls close at 9 p.m.

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Mark Morvant, associate provost for teaching and technology, explains at a town hall meeting how proposed learning management system Canvas works March 25. If the recommended change is approved, the university will use both Canvas and Desire2Learn next school year.

Faculty question switch to new online platform

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Professors and administrators who teach online c ou r s e s a re c o n c e r n e d about the proposal to move the university to a new online learning management system starting in the fall.

Robert Kerr, a journalism professor on the Provost Advisory Committee for Learning Technologies, abstained from voting for the proposal to adopt the new system known as Canvas because he questioned the necessity and ease of the transition.

Kerr said one of his classes was copied over from the current system, Desire2Learn, to Canvas as a test, but the transition did not work correctly because there was too much content.

Kerr said faculty members have been told their classes can just be copied over, but he believes the test proved that larger classes like his may experience difficulties in the transition.

The plan is for both systems to be available next school year to allow for different adoption times, with Canvas becoming the sole system in summer 2017, said Mark Morvant, the associate provost for teaching and technology.

According to the recommendation, the committee listed user experience, mobile capabilities, data structure and experiences of other universities as cr iter ia when de ciding which systems would be an option.

Kerr questioned the necessity of a better mobile presence. “I’ve heard a lot of student complaints about a lot of things, but I don’t remember any student ever coming to me and saying, ‘I wish I could do more D2L on my phone,’� Kerr said.

Environmental sustainability freshman Sheary Mandapat agreed. She said she would continue to use her laptop more than her phone, even if there was a better mobile app. “(The laptop is) bigger and it’s easier to utilize,�

Mandapat said, adding, her phone battery dies so often that she would not start using it for school work.

John Saver y Madden, curriculum development supervisor for the Center for Independent and Distance Learning, said the university’s decision to self-host the current system means it has not taken full advantage of all the system’s capabilities, including the mobile app. �Everything that’s been mentioned as a reason to go to Canvas is something that’s available in D2L already,� Madden said.

The change also comes with an added cost. The systems would have to run s i mu l t a n e o u s l y d u r i n g the next school year before completely transitioning to Canvas. Running the two systems simult a n e ou s l y w i l l re q u i re about $740,000, Kerr said.

According to the recommendation, the current contract with Desire2Learn ends June 30, 2017.

The switch comes as the university faces a budget crisis due to decreased funding from the state. At the Board of Regents meeting in January, university

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President David Boren announced a plan to cut $20 million from the school’s budget.

Morvant said all change brings costs, but he thinks Canvas allows for a shorter transition period than other systems, so the price tag is not as large as it could be.

Running the two systems simultaneously is different than the last time the university changed systems, moving immediately from Blackboard to Desire2Learn with no transition time in 2005, Morvant said. “We do not think that would be effective (this time),� Morvant said.

Morvant said he does not know when the final decision on the recommendation will be made, but it will need to be soon in order for the transition timeline to be feasible. Morvant said one person involved in the decision is Provost Kyle Harper.

Regardless of whether the move to Canvas is approved, the university will no longer self-host a learning management system, Morvant said. The system will be hosted in the cloud, either by Desire2Learn or Canvas.

The committee looked at other schools that have explored switching learning management systems as it evaluated different options. In a pilot program, the University of

Wisconsin-Madison found that 49 percent of students reported Canvas was better at engaging them with class material than other systems.

However, Madden said the switch may lead to confusion among students and will take away some aspects of Desire2Learn.

For example, Madden said the content section of Desire2Learn will simply be a list of links in Canvas.

Madden said instructors will not be affected by the change even though Canvas is less robust in many functions than Desire2Learn. “Most instructors, once they’re kind of shown ‘here’s where your syllabus goes, here’s how you have to set up a gradebook,’ I think they’re going to be fine,� Madden said.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison report said faculty participants in a pilot program liked the “ease� and “simplicity� of using Canvas.

However, Madden said the switch will limit the flexibility and functionality professors have access to, bringing the university back to the level of older versions of Desire2Learn. � We’ re ro l l i n g b a c k about five to seven years,�

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Mermaids talk to fairgoers Saturday from a structure where children could take photos with them. The Norman Medieval Fair ran from Friday to Sunday in Reaves Park.

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Regulars reflect on Medieval Fair Newbies also find much to appreciate about annual event DANA BRANHAM @danabranham

Amid the chaotic noise of Norman’s annual Medieval Fair — bagpipes blasting a traditional tune, crowds cheering on a troupe of knife-bearing acrobats, belly dancers’ skirts jingling to the steady, deep thrum of a band of hand-drums — Lyda Major-Sweet operates a quiet shop, her little oasis in the shade of a pop-up tent.

The baubles she sells show off skills she’s picked up along a lifetime of experiences.

She learned to knot covers for wine bottles during her time in the Navy. Her glass etchings, intricately detailed trees and flowers on tiny clear vases, were born out of careful attention paid to lessons

she taught as a substitute art teacher.

For 12 years, Major-Sweet has worked as a vendor at the Medieval Fair, a free, threeday yearly congregation of costumed fairgoers and performers that goes back in time. Before that, she attended the fair as a participant when she was an OU student, and she’s seen firsthand how it has grown.

“I used to attend when it was at the Duck Pond, just as a participant, and I’d watch the jugglers and the sword-swallowers, and I’d go to all the booths and make all the purchases I could as a student,” Major-Sweet said.

“Once it came over here, there were just three or four main rows and that was all.

It’s gotten huger and huger.”

The Medieval Fair was initially held on the South Oval when it began in 1977 as part of OU’s English department.

After outgrowing that space, and then outgrowing the

Duck Pond, the fair moved to atmosphere — the music and the smells and the costumes,” Reaves Park in 2003.

Robin Smith, a lifelong Smith said. “There was a loveNorman resident, has seen ly mix of some kind of fragrant the same growth Major-Sweet smoke from one booth, and described. Now 28, she at- something cooking in another booth.” tends the fair Not all atevery year, all the way back “I’ve seen everybody tendees have here from cowboys been coming from when to the fair all her parto storm troopers ents would from ‘Star Wars.’ I’m their lives, however. OU bring her in a serious. Men have classical lanstroller. just as much fun guages juS m i t h doesn’t sell here as women do — nior Trysta e r s h n e r, anything there’s something for K sporting a at t h e f a i r, nor is she a everybody. The best n e w l y a c per for mer. part — it’s free to the q u i r e d a rcher ’s hat, Dressed in an public.” came to the Elizabethanfair for her style gow n LYDA MAJOR-SWEET, MEDIEVAL FAIR VENDOR first time on with her red Saturday. curls twist“We went to see the storyed into a Renaissance-style updo, she prefers to simply teller, Brother Donald; he’s take in the atmosphere of the awesome,” Kershner said.

“We saw some performers, fairgrounds.

“I like to wander on my and someone had a dulcimer. own and just enjoy the It sounds majestic.”

As the largest weekend event held in the state, according to the fair’s website, the festival has a wide draw, attracting plenty of attendees from outside of Norman.

Ryan Thompson and Alissa Moore, both from Ada, Oklahoma, made the hour trek to see the fair for their first time, and Thompson was surprised by the turnout.

“There’s a lot more people here than I thought there’d be,” said Thompson, the 20-year-old Seminole State student.

For new attendees and ones who’ve been fair-goers all their lives, Major-Sweet said the fair offers something for everyone — whether that’s axe throwing, watching a jousting match, painting ceramics or just casual shopping.

“I’ve seen everybody here from cowboys to storm troopers from ‘Star Wars.’ I’m serious,” Major-Sweet said. “Men have just as much fun here as

women do — there’s something for everybody. The best part — it’s free to the public.”

As a vendor, Major-Sweet loves helping customers find something special from her haberdashery of a shop.

“It’s wonderful to see something that you’ve made walk past you,” she said. “It’s neat matching up the perfect item with somebody. It’s a very satisfying feeling for all of us.”

Aside from the joy of seeing someone wearing cloak or a piece of jewelry at the fair, Major-Sweet said her favorite part of the fair is the wide range of people who can enjoy it.

“The part that I love the most — I’m Chinese, black and white, and this is the one place where I see more ethnicities than anywhere else,” she said. “Everyone comes.”

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Bringing Broadway to Norman OU theater to make a journey to New York come to life CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13

New beginnings, 1920s New York and a whole lot of tapping is headed to OU with the opening of the six-time Tony award winning musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” on Friday. “ Thoroughly Mo dern Millie” tells the story of Millie Dillmount, a young girl from Kansas who travels to New York City for an exciting environment and a rich husband.

Instead, Dillmount finds ambition, friends and love.

Taylor Bryant, who plays the lead role of Millie, said coming to college and the journey Millie embarks on are similar experiences.

“Millie comes in with this plan to marry her boss and then by the end she changes her mind because she found something better,” Bryant said. “I think college students in general can find a relationship with that.”

The production has given actors the task of creating genuine relationships between characters, perfecting their comedic timing, finding their voice in the music

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Jillian Hoffman, Mattie Joyner, Jordan Barron, Taylor Bryant, Madison Levy and Aubrey Reece (left to right) share the spotlight in University Theatre’s Thoroughly Modern Millie.

and maintaining high energy in all of the dance numbers.

“As far as singing and tap dancing at the same time goes, it just comes from pacing vocally, but also getting on the treadmill and singing your song at the same time,” Bryant said.

Jordan Barron, who plays the lead role of Jimmy, said the music in the show has posed a challenge because it was written specifically for the original Broadway stars such as Sutton Foster, he said.

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to work the music into our numbers involving dancing voices and not trying to rep- on moving desks and ledges, licate how (Broadway stars) Bryant said. made those Patrick sounds with Nowak, who “It’s just a show their voices,” that makes you feel plays Trevor Barron said.

Graydon, good. It is just pure said the past The actors entertainment and f e w w e e k s h av e c o m batted these old fashioned in a lot have includchallenges ed working of ways.” by working on the pacing on their own and timing of PATRICK NOWAK, and coming the jokes in ACTOR in before rethe show behearsal to work with each cause they are so physical. other, especially for musical “The show is very comedic

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and a lot of it is very presentational,” he said. “That takes a lot of planning and a lot of rehearsal for everyone involved, not just the person with the punch line.”

Paul Christman, music director and conductor, said despite the rigorous demands the show asks of its leads and ensemble members, the rehearsal process has gone smoothly due to his 15-year relationship with director and choreographer Lyn Cramer. Cramer also worked on the show this past summer at Broadway Rose Theater in Portland, Oregon. “(The rehearsal process) has been really luxurious,” Christman said. “It has been the first time in my memory of working on a show with Lyn where we have had Monday through Friday rehearsal instead of the usual Saturday morning rehearsal.”

Cramer, acting as both the choreographer and director, helped eliminate any miscommunication between the actors, Bryant said. “(Cramer) knows exactly what she wants,” Bryant said.

“She is a musician and she knows how to communicate with our accompanist. She just gets it.”

The cast did some research on the 1920s with the help of the dramaturg on the show,

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“Knowing the value of alcohol at the time versus how it is now — that is such a little example, but it really helped the energy in that scene because it is such an important part of history,” Bryant said.

The clothing styles of the 1920s also helped the actors embody the physicality of the time, Barron said.

“The clothing leads the physicality in a way that nothing else does,” he said.

“Just the fact that the men are wearing jackets and suits all the time, which is something we just don’t do.” “ Thoroughly Mo dern Millie” is reminiscent of the original intent of musicals, to give people an escape: Nowak said. “ It ’s ju st a s h ow t hat makes you feel good. It is just pure entertainment and old fashioned in a lot of ways,” he said. “In a place like Norman, it’s so cool to provide people with something when they are so far from New York or Chicago.”

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