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According to its website, Yik Yak acts like a “local bulletin board” that shows recent posts KELLY ROGERS from other users in the area, and Campus Reporter users can quickly share their own @KellyRogersOU posts through the app. “I be fresh as hell if Student Steve Ashmore, director of Conduct watchin’!” Student Conduct, said when using That’s what one person said on apps like Yik Yak, students should the anonymous, location-based consider personal decency and app Yik Yak on April 10, when the If people aren’t willing to impose self-control. app erupted with anti-Student “If people aren’t willing to imthat limit on themselves, then Conduct posts. pose that limit on themselves, After seeing this posts and oththere’s no way I can do it,” then there’s no way I can do it,” ers, The Daily started looking into Ashmore said. STEVE ASHMORE, the allegations that members of Although Ashmore said Student DIRECTOR OF STUDENT CONDUCT the Student Conduct office were Conduct does not actively police monitoring these social network social media websites, once a posites and using them to conduct tential violation is brought to their investigations on students who attention, they can’t ignore it. may be breaking OU’s Student For instance, Ashmore said he sometimes gets photos Conduct policies. submitted by anonymous sources of pictures posted on soThe short answer: apps like Yik Yak aren’t being moncial media websites. itored. The long answer: if Student Conduct officials are “I really try to get as much information as I can,” Ashmore clued in and do see the posts, they may start investigating. SEE MEDIA PAGE 2
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Dorm elevators still an issue for some residents With more than 400 break downs, residence elevators are a nuisance CAITLIN SCHACHTER Campus Reporter
Most days Heidi Babin, University College freshman, waits for an elevator to stop on her floor of Walker Center. She lives 10 floors off the ground and is frustrated with the time she wastes waiting for an elevator. “Most of the time they don’t stop unless someone’s getting off,” Babin said. “When it’s busy, it’s faster to take the 129 steps down to the first floor.” Babin isn’t the only student who has had elevator problems. Jett Sturges, University College freshman, has had so many problems that he thinks people who live on floors 4 or below should take the stairs instead of waiting for an elevator so those who live on higher floors don’t have to wait as long. “Pressing any floor under 5 is unacceptable,” Sturges said. “As much as the elevators suck, these type of people can make our elevators a complete nightmare.” It’s not just disregard for unspoken elevator courtesy rules that make students wait for elevators — sometimes they’re just broken. In the last year, elevators in Walker Center have broken down 142 times, elevators in Adams Center have broken down 141 times, elevators in Couch Center have broken down 135 times and the elevators in David L. Boren Hall have broken down two times, according to requested records. In total over the past year, elevators in OU’s residence halls have broken down 420 times. SEE RESIDENCE PAGE 3
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Class made to ‘serve’ pre-med students MCAT course will prepare students for 2015 medical school entrance exam
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English junior Whitney Thompson, Letters and economics sophomore Laura Kincaide, math and Spanish sophomore Jessica Brewer play with a Pomeranian puppy Wednesday on the South Oval. Two dogs lounge on the South Oval under some shade. The Sooner Health Hut brings puppies to campus each Dead Week to help students relieve stress.
Junior pre-med students who will take the MCAT exam in 2015 can take a class this fall that will teach them strategic plans for taking the exam. This is the first time the course will be offered at OU, said Ren Freeman, OU Outreach project specialist II. In the course, students will learn to create a plan to take the MCAT that reflects the way they take tests, learn how to study for certain portions of the test and take practice tests in an environment similar to the real MCAT, Freeman said. Most importantly, Freeman said, the course will show students the 2015 test changes. The 2015 test will include a natural science section that reflects recent changes in medical education, a section that shows the importance of sociocultural and behavioral in health outcomes and a new critical analysis and reasoning skills section, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges website. “We have designed this course to serve our OU pre-med students technically and holistically,” Freeman said. The course costs $725 and course material cost approximately $350. Students can register for the course at www. pace.ou.edu/mcat, according to the email. The 2015 MCAT test will be offered from April through August, according to the email.
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•Alpha Tau Omega said. “I don’t ever make a decision if I don’t have enough information to conclude that a violation has occurred.” If it seems the students have violated the Student Conduct policies, Ashmore must first identify the people in the photo as well as the potential violation. Then he will meet with the student organization to which the student belongs and conduct an investigation. The discussion is an important part of the investigation because it gives Ashmore and the organization members a chance to address the problem together. “If they don’t think it’s accurate, they can express that and I’ll look into it to make sure I’m making the right decision,” Ashmore said. If Ashmore finds there has been a violation, that organization will get a strike. “Unfortunately, it gives people an impression of our community of students that I wish it didn’t,” Ashmore said. These sentiments are proclaimed on social media sites. On April 10, Ashmore was a common name on Yik Yak threads around the campus area, where students threatened to defecate on his desk or said that his office was trying to “revoke” their first amendment rights. The following campus organizations currently have strikes: •Sigma Chi •Lambda Chi Alpha
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Be it by smart phone, laptop or handheld tablet, Steven Lee, assistant director of summer programs for Student Life, said the pictures and text posts students create can affect their future as students and employees. As a graduate student, Lee maintained the Union Programming Board’s social media sites, and came in contact with thousands of students’ Facebook pages and posts. “I was seeing what students were posting on their social media pages and thought, ‘Why are they posting that photo?’” Lee said. Soon Lee realized he’d never been told what to post on social media and how it could affect his future and other students probably hadn’t been told either. This experience led Lee to create Brand University in the fall 2011, he said. Brand University is both a website and a lifestyle, which encourages students to be responsible with how they represent themselves online by telling them what not to post. The website also includes ways to best
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All fraternities, sororities and residence halls are dry, meaning students are not allowed to possess, use, provide, manufacture, distribute or sell alcoholic beverage on or off campus in those locations, unless otherwise specified, such as at campus-sponsored events that take place on Friday and Saturday nights. Individual strikes: The university has a mandatory minimum Three Strikes policy. A strike is the university’s official recognition that a student has violated OU’s alcohol policy. For individuals, the first strike results in parent/guardian notification, $75 fee and alcohol education. The second strike results in parent/guardian notification, $150 fee, community service, alcohol counseling. The third strike results in automatic suspension from the university for a minimum one semester and parent/guardian notification. The university can impose additional sanction as needed. Strikes stay on a students record until graduation. Organizational strikes: The university gives organizational strikes whenever an organization—instead of an individual—endorses, sponsors or enables others to violate the alcohol policy and the group’s officers knew a violation was taking place and didn’t try to prevent it. Clarke Stroud, vice president for Student Affairs, determines whether the violation warrants an organization strike. Organizational strikes are under a similar Three Strikes policy. Organization strikes stay on a group’s record for three calendar years, unless the group requests its removal. For groups the first strike results in a minimum $500 fee, or a per capita rate of $1 to $20 based on the organization’s membership, mandatory alcohol education for all members, aggregate community service of 10 to 25 hours and censure. The second strike results in a minimum $1,000 fee, or a per capita rate of $5 to $20 based on the organization’s membership, mandatory alcohol education for all members, aggregate community service of 10 to 25 hours and disciplinary probation. The third strike results in a $1,500 minimum fee, or a per capita rate of $10 to $10 based on membership, mandatory alcohol education for all members, 10 to 25 hours of community service and organization suspension for a minimum of one year. Source: OU alcohol policy
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RESIDENCES: Some students harassed for taking elevator to lower floors Continued from page 1 The elevators could break based on a number of different factors, from operator errors to old technology, Facilities Management director Brian Ellis said. For instance, if a student props open an elevator door for too long, the elevator will shut itself down for safety reasons, Ellis said. The elevator will also shut down if the people in an elevator exceeds its weight limit. “What people don’t realize is that these are delicate pieces of equipment,” Ellis said. Recently three out of the five elevators in Walker Center have been replaced, and all of the elevators in Couch Center have been replaced, said Dave Annis, director of Housing and Food Services. Despite the new elevators, the elevators in Walker Center break down more often than in the other towers. This is because the two sets of elevators are running on two different control systems, one of which is 40 years old, Annis said. The two systems don’t communicate with each other, so they can’t tell where the other elevators are, unlike the new mechanical switch system that controls the elevators in Couch Center. Adams Center is the next residence hall in line for an elevator overhaul, which is scheduled for the summer, Annis said. It costs approximately $150,000 to replace the elevators, Annis said. Annis said employees perform maintenance checks on the elevator doorstops and controls once a week to ensure the elevators are working properly. Until then, students like Carsen Young, University College freshman, must take the stairs or deal with angry peers. Young lives on the fifth floor and said other students get frustrated with him for using the elevator because they are so slow and because he lives on a relatively low floor. “I don’t always take the elevator, but when I do it seems like more of a hassle rather than a convenience,” Young said. GRAPHIC BY TAYLOR BOLTON/THE DAILY
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Health Science Center’s research to benefit parents of autistic children
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Parents of children with autism can use specific techniques to improve their child’s communication and social skills, according to a new study by OU Health Sciences Center researchers. The research, which took place over the course of a year and half, suggests the more time parents spend with their children learning how to “follow their lead,” the less likely children were to demonstrate problem behavior, according to the press release. Once parents learned to follow their children’s lead, the amount of time the children were engaged with their parents increased, on average, by 15 percent. As well, the amount of time the children engaged in problem behavior decreased, according to the press release. There are currently 4,121 Oklahoma children diagnosed with autism, according to the Oklahoma Department of Education. However, that number could be twice as high because the department’s figure doesn’t include children who are younger than 3, homeschooled or in private schools, according to the press release. Staff Reports
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Zoology freshman Lara Olfers and acting freshman Haley Pigman do a circle Wedesday around the South Oval as part of the Cake Walk for Warriors. The event raised donation money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps rehabilitate injured war veterans.
ACADEMICS
88 Sooners to wear the medallion as they graduate with 4.0 GPA’s Bronze medallions will hang from the necks of 88 students at OU’s 2014 commencement ceremony, meaning 88 graduating seniors have maintained a 4.0 GPA during their undergraduate careers. Those recognized include 74 graduates from May 2014, 10 graduates from December 2013 and four graduates from August 2013, according to a press release. The commencement ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. Friday in Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Wendy Kopp, CEO and cofounder of Teach For All and Founder and Chair of Teach For America, will deliver the commencement address. Staff Reports
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Members of OU’s student group Silver Wings hand out cupcakes Wedesday during a cakewalk on the South Oval on. The event raised donation money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps rehabilitate injured war veterans.
Director set to receive prestigious award for outstanding contributions The OU Board of Regents has selected a recipient for the 2014 Regents’ Award for Superior Staff, an award given to staff members at the OU Health Sciences Center. This year’s recipient is Mary Cotter-Lalli, director of sponsored programs for the Office of Research Administration, according to a press release. Cotter-Lalli has been an OU employee for more than 20 years, and has spent 16 of those years on the OU Health Sciences Center campus, according to the press release. Cotter-Lalli joined the Office of Research Administration as director of sponsored programs in 2007. Cotter-Lalli was nominated by a colleague of hers, Adrienne Blalack, who said, “She is one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable people I know, and her knowledge base is far-reaching,” according to the release. The OU Board of Regents established the award in 1988 to recognize OU staff members’ outstanding contributions. The award is given to those whose job performance, service activities and dedication have enhanced the university’s mission, according to the press release. Staff Reports
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Students prepare to safely cross a street with a “no turn on red” sign. Undergraduate Student Congress is lobbying against the lights that don’t let you turn right on red around campus.
Student congress makes the right call The resolution explains that the ban on turnOur View: We support Undergraduate Student Congress’ resolution to allow right on red and want ing right on red at several intersections near OU the city of Norman to make it a reality. is intended to preserve pedestrian and bicyclist safety, but has actually created an unintended hazard. Motorists unable to turn When we first heard about Undergraduate Sturight on red frequently turn the dent Congress’ resolution to remove traffic signs The Our View around campus prohibiting right turns on red is the majority moment the light turns green, which is also when pedestrilights, we weren’t sure how removing the signs opinion of The Daily’s ans are allowed to cross the would make intersections safer for motorists or eight-member road. So instead of being able pedestrians. But after reading the logic behind the editorial board to turn on red, before the crossresolution, we side with Undergraduate Student ing sign is on when pedestrians Congress and support the resolution to allow moare not in the crosswalk, motorists turning right torists to turn right on red. go at the same time people enter the crosswalk. The resolution was approved at Tuesday’s stuUndergraduate Student Congress’ resolution exdent congress meeting, but that doesn’t mean turning right on red will immediately be allowed. A plains removing the right on red ban would alleresolution is more of a suggestion to outside parties viate some traffic congestion while decreasing the of something the Student Government Association risk of danger for pedestrians. We are not traffic experts or city planners, but we would like to happen but cannot fully change on believe it would be a good idea to try out the resoluits own. Furthermore, the resolution shows that tion’s suggested plan. Some may worry that allowUndergraduate Student Congress has students in ing motorists to turn right on red will increase trafmind and is considering multiple ways to make fic accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists their lives better.
because cars will not appropriately yield. However, a study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that the number of right turn on red crashes and the impact on traffic safety are both minuscule. In fact, part of the study analyzed crash data from four states that showed only 0.06 percent of fatal and injury crashes could be attributed to right on red situations. We believe the city of Norman should take Undergraduate Student Congress’ suggestion and remove the “no turn on red” signs. It seems the increase to pedestrian danger, if any, would be negligible and the benefit of expedited traffic would outweigh any risks. We all know how frustrating it is to drive down Lindsey Street during a busy afternoon, and allowing drivers to turn right on red would help reduce traffic congestion. This would be something that would benefit both motorists trying to get down the road and pedestrians trying to cross it.
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if the minimum wage had kept pace with average wages—it would be about $10.50 Governor Mary Fallin recently signed SB today. If the minimum wage had kept 1023 authored by Senator Newberry. The enpace with productivity, it would be almost grossed version of SB 1023 prohibits a munici$18.75 today. Finally, if the minimum wage pality or subdivision from establishing a manhad increased at the same rate as wages of datory minimum the top 1.0 percent, it would be over $28 per number of vacahour. tion or sick days or Another issue are the wages of tipped minimum wage workers. Tipped workers make $2.13 an rate which an emhour. This wage has remained the same ployer would be since the 90s. Once the tipped worker pays required to pay or their taxes, they are relying on tips alone grant employees. to survive. If the tipped wage was indexed The measure also to the minimum wage (60%) then tipped voids any existing workers should be paid $4.35 an hour. It is a shame or future ordiGovernor Fallin believes that there will that the Governor nances requiring be job loss in Oklahoma if people are paid such. a living wage. National statistics actually has sent such Governor Fallin show that the reverse is true. In Oklahoma a negative stated that “most there would be an actual increase of over message to the minimum-wage 2100 new jobs and economic growth of workers are over $535,000,000. In Oklahoma alone over works of this young, single NAME NAME/ORGANIZATION 296,000 workers would be directly affected great state. ” people working cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. and many more indirectly. Nationally over part-time or en284,000 new jobs would be created over a cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here. cutline text here try-level jobs” and three year period. that “Mandating an increase in the minimum It is a shame that the Governor has sent statistics about the workers of Oklahoma. wage would require businesses to fire many college education and 70 percent are in fam- such a negative message to the workers of According to the Economic Policy Institute of those part-time workers.” Fallin also noted ilies with incomes of less than $60,000, more this great state. I hope that come November workers who would see wage increases do that “It would create a hardship for small the workers come out to vote. than a quarter are parents, and over a third not fit the stereotypes. Women would be business owners, stifle job creation and inare married. The average affected worker disproportionately affected, comprising 56 crease costs for consumers.” Sincerely, earns about half of the family’s total income. “And it would do all of these things without percent of those who would benefit and 88 The average person living on minimum even addressing the goal of reducing poverty.” percent of workers are at least 20 years old. Shauna Evans wage today earns roughly $15,000 a year. Almost half of the workers have at least some According to the Economic Policy Institute Governor Fallin clearly does not know her
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Fallin orders review of mishandled drug execution First drug took longer than expected, last two caused blowout in inmate’s vein Janelle Stecklein
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Mary Fallin ordered a thorough review Wednesday of the botched lethal drug execution of a convicted murderer that left him writhing and grunting. But the governor said executions will continue in Oklahoma, and the review by the state Department of Public Safety is to determine if medical and other protocols were followed in the failed execution of Clayton D. Lockett. Lockett, 38, was the first of two planned executions Tuesday night at the state prison in McAlester. Twenty minutes into the drug injection procedure, he began to lift his body from the gurney and grunt, according to gallery witnesses. At that point, the procedure was stopped, the blinds drawn on the death chamber, and witnesses later said Lockett died shortly afterward of a massive heart attack. Fallin promptly ordered a two-week stay for the execution of the second inmate, Charles F. Warner, who was scheduled to be put to death two hours after Lockett. She said Warner would be executed on May 13 unless the review and assessment of Lockett’s death were not completed by then. There are another 50 convicts on death row in Oklahoma awaiting execution. We have a “His fellow Oklahomans fundamental have s e nt e n c e d h i m t o death,” Fallin said in brief standard in this remarks to a room full of country that even media. “We expect the sentence to be carried out as rewhen the death by law.” penalty is justified, it quired Lockett’s bungled exemust be carried out cution stoked the national debate over capital punishhumanely.” ment, and whether lethal Jay Carney, injections violate the conPresidential Press stitutional ban on cruel and Secretary unusual punishment. Even the White House weighed in, with presidential press secretary Jay Carney criticizing the execution. “We have a fundamental standard in this country that even when the death penalty is justified, it must be carried out humanely,” said Carney. “I think everyone would recognize that this case fell short of that standard.” Lockett was administered three drugs: midazolam, a sedative to cause unconsciousness; vecuronium to relax the body’s muscles, and potassium chloride to stop the heart from beating.
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Nathaniel Batchelder, with the Oklahoma Coalition Against the Death Penalty, places a sign protesting the death penalty on Gov. Mary Fallin’s office at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Two Oklahoma death row inmates whose executions were delayed while they challenged the secrecy behind the state’s lethal injection protocol are scheduled to die Tuesday in the state’s first double execution in nearly 80 years.
Robert Patton, director of the state Department of Corrections, said the first drug took longer than expected to take effect on Lockett. He said the process took an unexpected turn during administration of the last two drugs when Lockett’s vein with the intravenous line “blew out” – collapsed. He said that’s when he stopped the procedure, and ordered the blinds drawn on the gallery of witnesses. He said Lockett, still unconscious, died about 20 minutes later of a heart attack. One of the 12 media witnesses, Ziva Branstetter of the Tulsa World, said Lockett was “grimacing, grunting and lifting his head and shoulders entirely up from the gurney” before the process halted. She said he mumbled “man” and appeared to be in pain. “Reporters exchanged shocked glances,” wrote Branstetter. “Nothing like this has happened at an execution any of us has witnessed since 1990, when the state resumed executions using lethal injection.” Warner’s attorney, David Autry, another witness, described the scene as “horrible. It was totally botched.” He demanded the state halt all executions. State Sen. Connie Johnson, D-Oklahoma City,
demanded the state issue a moratorium on the death penalty, at least until an agency independent of the state conducts an investigation. She feared the Department of Public Safety review would be “subject to the same pressure” as the court’s highest justices were in the roller-coaster days leading up to Lockett’s execution. In a last-minute civil appeal, both Lockett and Warner sued, demanding the state disclose details about the execution drugs. The State Supreme Court issued a stay, which it later lifted, but not before Fallin waded in and issued a stay and state legislators began demanding that the justices be impeached. The court later lifted its stay and found the men were not entitled to learn the source of the drugs. “What we saw was a state out of control. The legislature being out of its role. The governor being out of her role,” said Diann Rust-Tierney, executive director the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. “Because they exercised this hubris, they didn’t do that self-examination that could have prevented this from happening.” Richard Dieter, executive director of the national Death Penalty Information Center, said there are a lot of unanswered questions.
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Contemporary Dance Oklahoma | 8 p.m at the Rupell J. Contem Jones Theatre. University Theatre presents Contemporary Dance Oklahoma, an exciting mix of new choreography and works from the CDO repertory. Rated PG. Additional showing: May 2 & 3. Tickets: $22 Adult, $18 Senior Adult, Military, OU Faculty and Staff, $14 Student. For more information, contact 405-325-4101.
R Rowing Big 12 Championships | 8 a.m. on the river in Oklahoma City. The Sooner Rowing team, defending Big 12 and Conference USA champions, look to defend one of last year’s two conference championships. Show the Sooners some home crowd support and head on up to the city for some Saturday morning rowing.
Basketball Shootout | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Food Court, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Take a study break and try and win some cool prizes by playing the Basketball Shootout game. Presented by the Union Programming Board, there’s ALWA SOMETHING at the Union! AL ALWAYS
Softball vs Texas Tech| 2 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field. The softball team continues their final series of the regular season. Baseball vs Baylor | 2 p.m. at L.Dale Mitchell Park. The OU Baseball team continues their final series of the regular season.
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FREE Movie: ‘The LEGO Movie’ | 7 & 10 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Enjoy FREE showings of The LEGO Movie before the film comes out on Bluray/DVD. Presented by Campus Activities Council and The Union Programming Board.
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Iakovos Kolanian Classical Guitar Recital | 8 p.m. at Pitman Recital Hall. The School of Music and Norton Guest Artist Series presents Iakovos Kolanian Classical Guitar Recital. This performance is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact School of Music, sbent@ou.edu 405-325-2081.
Softball vs Texas Tech | Fri 6:30 p.m at Marita Hynes Field. The defending National Champion Sooner softball team hosts their final regular season series at home against the Red Raiders of Texas Tech and are looking to wrap up a 3rd straight Big 12 Softball Title, a feat that has not been accomplished in the history of the Big 12.
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FREE Movie: ‘The LEGO Movie’ | 7 & 10 p.m. in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Enjoy FREE showings of The LEGO Movie before the film comes out on Bluray// DVD. Presented by Campus Activities Council and The Union Programming Board.
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efore he knew it, the moment was here. He had arrived at OU and was standing in a room full of 100 other athletes with the same desire in mind. Even being physically surrounded, he was alone. In the next few hours of his life, everything would come together, or everything would start crashing down. “You better not mess this up,” was the only thing running through Darius Owens’ mind until the first whistle was blown. He remained focused as his Nikes hit the turf. His nerves fled, and he began to play. Owens is a sophomore communications major at OU. When he walks around campus, sporting his black-and-gold Sugar Bowl Championship hat, it might seem obvious that he is a member of the university’s football team. But for Owens, earning that title did not come easily. During high school, Owens told himself if he did not receive a scholarship to a college he wanted to go to, he was going to walk on the football team at OU. His parents met and graduated from OU, where his mom ran track, so he felt a strong connection to the university, as well as its athletic program. Owens was a senior at Yukon High School where he played defensive back on the varsity football team. He received a full-ride scholarship to play football at Henderson State University in Arkansas. Though it was a Division II college and was not his first choice, he gave it a shot. Not too long after settling in at HSU, he was thrown a curve ball. All the players were getting a lot of reps in practice, and football seemed to be going well when one of his coaches informed him they were going to redshirt him. He would be able to practice with the team but not play ball until after his first academic year. “At first I was upset, but then I realized it’s another year to get better and have more time to play,” Owens said. He originally thought he was going to stay at HSU but started to second guess his future there. It took him about a week to consider his options, and the thought of transferring to OU and walking on the football team crept back into his mind. “By the time winter break hit, I was dang near certain,” he said. Sitting in his dorm room at HSU after winter break, he did not allow his fears to stop him from trying, and he applied to OU. Owens told his mother, Barabara Owens, about his decision, and though she was a little surprised at first, she knew her son was serious and supported his decision. SEE WALK-ON PAGE 7
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congratulated Owens on his acceptance. However, Owens hadn’t heard anything about making the team. Owens immediately checked his email from his phone to see it for himself, and sure enough, there it was: an acceptance letter to the team. He was officially a Sooner football player. His high school defensive back coach, and former NFL player, Jamie Thompson said that every high school athlete dreams of going Division I, but only few are able to overcome the odds. Owens never settled, was not afraid of failure or change and always went after the opportunities he had, Thompson said. In high school, he worked very hard and was a great athlete, but it was not just his athleticism that got him where he is today. “Darius’ mindset set him apart from the rest,”Thompson said. “He believed in his self.” However, Owens was not born with football pumping through his blood. He did not take his first steps in a stadium or endure the peewee years like most college studs. In fact, his coming to football was nothing short of an answered prayer. His parents divorced when he was 6 years old, which was a big adjustment for Owens and his two younger siblings. Since then, he felt the need to take care of his younger siblings. They saw him during the highs and lows of life and have witnessed a caring, responsible big brother. Every morning, he would get himself ready, then immediately help his younger siblings get dressed. Each day, after his mother, Barbara Owens, returned from work, she would pick up her kids from an after-school care, and Owens would make his younger siblings popcorn and hot chocolate. His mother noted that he was only allowed to use the microwave at that age, of course. “He naturally stepped up when this occurred, to the point where I had to ask him just to be a kid and have fun,” Barbara Owens saod. He has always been compassionate toward others and a leader, even though he had a medical issue. Because of the asthma he had when he was a baby, his mother refused to allow him to play football. However, even though he played others sports, he constantly begged his mother to let him play football. “This began to wear on me, and I started praying Most people about this matter because he was so tenacious about it,” Barbara Owens said. don’t understand The family was living in Arizona at the time when Owens and his younger brother came home to beg understand that if their mother to go with them to a neighbor’s garage you’re an athlete sale. The neighbor told the boys he would give them a special deal on the football gear his own sons had outand you have a grown but only if they asked their mother first. little bit of skill, Little did the boys know that just a few minutes before, their mother was praying about allowing Owens with a great work to play football. ethic, you can When Owens and his younger brother ran through the door and asked their mom on that September 2007 alwasy go beyond weekend, she knew it was time to say yes. the expectation of “Darius had a sparkle in his eyes,” Barbara Owens said.“He loved the game, and I could not hold him others. ” back.” Owens was in eighth grade the first time he was alJamie thompson, former NFL player and lowed to play football. Since that first season, his love owen’s high school coach for football has only continued to grow. “I think the sky is the limit for my son, Darius, at OU, and I am excited to watch him in action for the upcoming season,” Barbara Owens said. “I thank God for my children and am very proud of how he is using them.” Since his time at OU, Owens has been awarded scout team player of the week. Most of the coaches and players from his high school were shocked to hear that he was doing so well, but that did not surprise coach Thompson who said he always saw success in Owens’ future. “Most people don’t understand that if you’re an athlete and you have a little bit of skill, with a great work ethic, you can always go beyond expectations of others,” Thompson said. “Darius is showing us how to maximize the gifts that God placed inside of him.” Many other athletes have the opportunity to accomplish the same goals as Owens, but not being afraid of failure and chasing his dreams got him to where he is now. “When you are humble, hard working, dedicated, photo provided coachable and love God, you can’t be stopped, and those are some of the ingredients Darius has for his Sophomore defensiveback Darius Owens tackles reciever Austin Bennett in practice. Owens walked onto the Oklahoma football team after success,” Thompson said. leaving a scholarship position at Henderson State University in Arkansas.
Leaving HSU and walking on to OU would cause him to lose his scholarship. According to the OU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, student-athletes who try out as a walkon cannot receive a scholarship in their sport. Because of this, Owens was hesitant to tell his father. In fact, his father was not even aware he left HSU until after his OU tryouts. Owens moved back to Oklahoma that summer, where he spent day after day in the gym training with his younger brother. He knew he had a lot to prove, and he knew he had to work for it. The weekend of walk-on tryouts came and Owens drove to the university alone. Once he got there, The coaches got all the walk-ons together, put them in a room and then sent them out to train and run drills with the coaches for their specific positions. The pressure was on for Owens, knowing he left another school for an opportunity that was not guaranteed. Instead of scoping out his opponents, like the rest of the athletes, he remained focused on himself in those few moments he had before he hit the field. “You’re nervous until you actually get out there,” Owens said. After the tryouts, he did not waste any time and immediately got back to training. Then one day at the gym with his brother, he was out of breath and dripping sweat when he received a phone call from his friend, who also tried out for the team. Although his friend would not become a member of the OU football team, he
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The outdoor pool at the Murray Case Sells Swim Complex sits empty on Monday. The facility opens today and will feature student-only swim times every Friday from noon to 2 p.m. The pool is also free and open to all OU students.
Pool opens to students Sama Khawaja
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With summer just around the corner, OU’s Murray Case Sells Swim Complex on Asp and Timberdell decided to kick off the summer season by opening its outdoor swimming pool today. The pool closed last year toward the end of September when temperatures began falling below 75 degrees. Amy Davenport, director of Fitness and Recreation, said that water temperatures tend to fluctuate, and they wanted the temperature to be just right before they opened the pool. Davenport said that Fitness and Recreation had planned months ahead and were going to open the pool in May. The complex tries to keep the outdoor pool open as much as possible over the year, considering it gets
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really popular during the summertime, she said. Jensen Ropp, English literature junior and swim complex employee, said she’s already hearing people talk about the opening. “It’s just a good atmosphere to come out to and be with your friends,� Ropp said. During finals, Davenport said the deck is a great place for students to come and study. Steven Lee, OU Summer Session coordinator, said that Davenport has made substantial changes to the outdoor pool to make it friendlier and more relaxing for students by setting up cabanas, lounge furniture and plants. “As you can imagine, it’s an Oklahoma summer,� Davenport said. “You want to be outside.� Over the summer, there are a number of fun and engaging programs planned for pool goers, Davenport said. There will be activities organized for Camp Crimson, as well as swim lessons and water aerobics offered at the pool — both indoors and outdoors — to suit the public’s needs, Davenport said. “We’ll have everything
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from aqua Zumba to d e e p - w a t e r c l a s s e s ,� Davenport said. One of the biggest changes over the summer will be a student only swim time on Fridays from noon to 2 p.m., Lee said. OU Summer Session will give out prizes to students who participate in pool games and will also
provide free hot dogs and drinks to participants. The student-only swim time will begin June 6 and continue until August 8, he said. The pool will also be open over the weekend from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for students only. “I’m really excited,� Ropp said. “It’ll be nice to get some sunshine.� Davenport said Fitness and Recreation is excited about finally opening the pool and giving summer students a place to hang out and relax. There is no fee required for students, and all they need is their student ID in order to use the pool facilities, Davenport said.
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Lisa Om. “He [is] a solid team player that was fully engaged with the competition project (in 2013) and the NOMAS OU Chapter,” Om Sarah Pitts said. “He has a creative mind with bold Life & Arts Reporter ideas and [is] a great collaborator.” As graduation quickly approaches, senior Being involved with student groups architecture students prepare to end their helped Stouffe in different ways. He was five years of school by highlighting their able to develop personal leadership skills, skills in a final project that will be show- as well as build a network of peers that he cased in Gould Hall May 2. could go to during times of stress. Using this opportunity to reflect on per“You build such a close friendship here sonal growth, architecture senior Garrett because these people really do become your Stouffe found that he took much more away family,” Stouffe said. “You do some crazy from his educational experience than he things at night when you’re sleep deprived ever expected. and running around playing hacky-sac, so Stouffe said he wanted to pursue archi- those people also are the people you go to if tecture for stereotypical reayou have to have a meltdown.” sons. He described himself as Aside from other students, just a kid with a passion for arStouffe said he was able to rely chitecture at a young age. on two of his professors to help Taylor Bolton/The daily “When I was young, I just him through tough situations. Architecture senior Garrett Stouffe stands on the steps to Gould Hall, OU’s school of architecture on always drew floor plans Thomas Cline and Stephanie Wednesday afternoon. Stouffe is preparing to showcase his senior capstone project in Gould Hall on and sketches,” Stouffe said. Pilat are professors who Stouffe Friday. Recently, when Stouffe and his said really care about their stumom went to their storage unit, dents. In a field as critical as I think it’s they found an old box full of architecture, it was helpful to important for have some positive reinforceover 20 spiral and graph paper notebooks from his childhood, them to step ment from the two supportive Stouffe said. back and look professors. Growing up in Flower Now in their final year, seMound, Texas, Stouffe had dif- at what they’ve niors finally step away from ferent options for college in his the help of their professors and done.” own state and around the nawork on their projects more inStephanie Pilat, tion to pursue his passion for dependently. This year, they are Architecture architecture. However, he only working on plans to redevelprofessor applied to one: The University op the area between Campus of Oklahoma. Corner and Main Street where After a visit to Norman, Stouffe said he Jenkins turns into Santa Fe, Stouffe said. He fell in love with OU’s beautiful campus. has been working on designing a three-stoHe wanted a college town vibe and a good ry building with a restaurant and bar on the football team, so in the end, OU was a bet- first level, event space on the second level ter fit than going to school at the University and student housing on the third level. of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M University, “We wanted to bring more of a student Stouffe said. body to the center of Norman because a lot When he came to OU, he made it a point of newer development for student living is, to be involved in architecture beyond you know, at the Cottages which is way out the major requirements by joining the there and so people have to drive,” Stouffe American Institute of Architecture Students said. With this new design, students will be (AIAS) and the National Organization of able to walk from student housing to camMinority Architecture Students (NOMAS). pus and stay central to Norman life. After Stouffe has always been either the social doing research for the project, Stouffe said chair or vice social chair of AIAS and even he doesn’t want to live a commuter lifestyle competed with NOMAS. When the NOMAS and is very interested in urban living. OU chapter went to Indianapolis for its annual conference in 2013, Stouffe was selected to present the competition project, said More online at OUDaily.com NOMAS president and architecture senior
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A LETTER TO THE OU FAMILY
Dear Members of the OU Family, A special thank you to those of you who attended the open session to discuss OU’s budget situation in the Sandy Bell Gallery of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on Tuesday afternoon. As I indicated, as the university continues to set even higher standards of excellence, we have managed to keep our tuition and mandatory fees at the bottom of the Big 12. As you can see from the attached chart, we have the lowest cost for non-resident students in the Big 12 including current and past member schools and the second lowest cost for resident students next to the University of West Virginia.
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We are working diligently to present the facts to our legislators and Governor in the hope that the budget will be improved. I appreciate the efforts of students, faculty and staff in this educational effort. Final decisions have not yet been made so I cannot yet predict the outcome with any certainty. Erasing a deficit of $15 million for the coming year will be very difficult. Every one percent increase in tuition and fees produces only a net $1.5 million after additional tuition relief is given to our students with the greatest needs. It has also been some time since our faculty and staff have had an across the board raise in spite of their outstanding performance. For every one percent increase in faculty and staff compensation the cost is $2.7 million.
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Because of aggressive cost cutting and very hard work by our faculty and staff, we have been able to retain this ranking in spite of one of the most critical funding crises faced by public higher education in many years. OU today operates with almost $100 million less in support from the state than it did in 2008. This figure includes both cuts in state funding and uncompensated increases in fixed costs. This year, the original budget placed before the state legislature would have cut higher education in the state an additional $50 million! The cut to the OU Norman campus would be an additional $6.8 million. Along with uncompensated fixed Big selection, latestour styles cost increases of $8.4 million, total deficit for this yearREAL would be BARGAINS! $15.2 million. The deficit can only be closed throughSki a combination of even Family Wear further cuts inCh our operational budget or Children Chil ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki n Size increases in tuition and fees. History teaches us a very clear lesson. As the state provides a smaller share of our budget, students and parents are forced to pay more. In 1977, the state paid 46% of the OU budget and students paid 13%. By 1995, the state paid 32% and students paid 16%. By 2015 under the proposed budget unless it is changed, the state would pay only 15% and the students and families would pay 34%. At the medical school the state would pay 6%.
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Fixed Costs – Uncompensated Increases = $8,400,000* 5% Cut in proposed state budget = $6,800,000 __________ dŽƚĂů ĞĮĐŝƚ ĨŽƌ Kh с Ψϭϱ͕ϮϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ ϭй /ŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ dƵŝƟŽŶ Θ &ĞĞƐ с Ψϭ͕ϱϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ Ύ &ŝdžĞĚ ĐŽƐƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ʹ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͕ ŶĞǁ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽŶ ůŝŶĞ͕ ƵƟůŝƚLJ ĐŽƐƚƐ͕ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ĨĂĐƵůƚLJ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ĐŽƐƚƐ͘
Clearly we face a very difficult situation which may well involve a combination of further internal cuts in our colleges, as well as an upward adjustment in tuition and fees. We can only hope that there will be an improvement in the final budget before the end of the legislative session. Our goal will be to maintain the forward momentum of the university while keeping the door of opportunity open for our current and future students. Finding the right balance is very difficult. I thank all of you for your understanding of the challenge which we face and for continuing to make the University of Oklahoma one of the leading public universities in our nation. I will keep you updated when the final decisions are made. Sincerely,
David L. Boren President
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