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Students unsatisfied with their current meal plans will be able to choose a different option from Sept. 2 to 12. These meal plans, which cost $2,052 per semester, are required for all freshmen who live in the dorms and drastically fluctuate in value depending on how they are used. There are five options for freshman meal plans based around different ratios of meal exchanges to meal points. Exchanges can be redeemed at restaurants around campus at a flat value of $7.50. Meal points are deducted from the plan at a value equal to that of “real” money.
However, when used at Couch Restaurants during lunch or dinner, meal exchanges are worth $12, which allows a meal plan’s value to exceed its cost. For example, one option for a meal plan consists of 15 exchanges and no points at all. If a student used all 15 of their exchanges at Couch Restaurants during lunch and dinner, for all 17 weeks of the semester, their meal plan would be worth $3,060, over $1,000 more than what it cost. Despite being more cost efficient, the 15 meals option is the least popular one so far, said Amy Buchanan, assistant communications director for Housing and Food. The other meal plan options, along with their values at peak efficiency, can be seen in graphs on page two. Students can change their meal plans at the OU Housing & Food website. SEE MEALS PAGE 2
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Journalism senior Courtney Boggs stands outside Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Boggs recently won a title from World’s Perfect Athlete.
Lady Sooner crowned ‘perfect’
Many undergraduate students have until Friday to petition for any graduate classes they are taking to count as graduate credit. To qualify for graduate credit, the student must: • Submit an application for courses taken during junior or senior years before the first two weeks of the course • Have a 3.0 overall GPA • Have a 3.0 OU GPA • Must ultimately earn an A, B or S in the class If a student does not petition for the course to count as graduate credit, they will receive undergraduate credit for the course, said Brandy Gunter, academic counselor of graduate students. Students who meet all the requirements and complete the paperwork are all approved, Gunter said. Gunter recommends that undergraduates interested in applying for graduate credit meet with their undergraduate adviser and department members in the area from which they plan to take graduate classes before completing the application. Typically the undergraduates who apply for graduate credit are those who are: • In an accelerated dual-degree program • Completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously For more information visit the graduate college’s website. Rosa Miranda ochita_miranda@hotmail.com
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Journalism senior Courtney Boggs is blueeyed, blonde and as of this June, perfect.
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World’s Perfect Athlete crowned Boggs America’s Perfect model for girls in her gym, as well as around the nation,” Cheerleader Miss 2014 in June. Boggs will LeForce said. hold the title until June 2015, when she will As part of the pageant she created a campresent the crown to the new winner. paign to encourage young girls to live a The World’s Perfect Athlete Competition healthy and active lifestyle. LeForce said was designed by Laura Pucker, America’s the pageant also let Boggs shine and grow. Perfect Woman 2012, to give athletes a “I’ve coached her, and she’s always had place to compete and gain confidence. the ability to do what she is doing, but it Though Boggs began competitive gymhas given her more confidence, as well nastics when she was 6 years old and comI’m not what most as giving her voice a platform to speak petitive cheerleading in middle school, she about something she is passionate about,” people would had no experience with pageants before LeForce said. consider to be a entering the competition. Boggs said winning the competition “I am not a typical build,” Boggs said. meant more to her than cheerleading and pageant girl.” “I’m not what most people would consider pageantry. to be a pageant girl. I was a gymnast, so I’ve “I get to work with young girls and help COURTNEY BOGGS, AMERICA’S PERFECT always been a bit stockier, and now that I them to believe in themselves,” Boggs said. CHEERLEADER MISS 2014 cheer and do CrossFit, I’m still pretty bulky Although she has always been athletfor a girl.” ic, Boggs said she struggled with her body After her former cheer coach Jeff LeForce image for a while in high school. advised her to compete, Boggs won the state competition “I went through a phase after I quit gymnastics where I in January and went on to win the national competition. had an identity crisis,” Boggs said. “I felt like she had positive energy and was a good role
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Shooter training requests stay steady Even with this year’s shooting scare, there are no more requests than usual CAITLIN SCHACHTER News Reporter
Despite January’s Gould Hall shooting scare, OU Police Department said requests for active shooter training events haven’t risen. When the police department holds active shooter training demonstrations for on campus groups, the officers show a video and tell attendees what to do during an actual shooting, said Major Bruce Chan, spokesperson for OUPD. Since the shooting scare in January when the campus was put on lockdown after construction equipment backfired outside of Gould Hall, Chan said the number of training requests haven’t increased or decreased.
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MEALS: 15 meal plan proves most efficient but draws least students Continued from page 1
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*The 15 meals/week meal plan has the highest value, meaning students save more by buying the plan at $2,052 and getting $3,060 of meals in return. However, this is also the least popular plan.
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Chan said OUPD holds the training presentations for campus groups so they can be prepared for emergency situations. “It’s more of (a way) to prepare them for what’s going on in the world today,” Chan said.
+ John Cox — school superintendent and educator + Freda Deskin — charter school CEO/ administrator, former teacher The winner will run against Republican Joy Hofmeister in the statewide general election.
+ Connie Johnson — state senator, consultant and rehabilitation counselor +Jim Rogers — retired teacher The winner will run against Republican James Lankford in the Nov. 4 statewide general election.
+ Mike Reynolds — state legislator + Harold Haralson — former Norman mayor and city council member The winner of this race will run against Democrat Cal Hobson in the statewide general election
Tips from active shooter training: •Lock doors and windows if a shooter is outside the building •Lock doors and stay on the opposite side of the building if the shooter is inside the building OR •Exit the building if the shooter is inside and you can safely get out For more information on how to prepare for emergency situations, visit the emergency procedures guide.
The runoff primary election will decide the candidates per party for the Nov. 4 statewide general election. The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election is Oct. 10. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. on Oct. 29.
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In g ymnastics, B oggs would work out for about 20 hours a week. Once she quit, her eating habits affected her body differently, and Boggs gained weight by the time she left for college. However, her outlook on her life and health changed when a friend introduced her to the fitness program CrossFit. Boggs remains involved with cheerleading and is passionate about teaching young cheerleaders at her family’s gym in Lawton, Oklahoma. Creating a campaign for the pageant allowed her to combine her athletic background with her love for working with kids. “It’s not as much about the title as it is about the journey and hopefully being able to make a difference in some young girls’ lives,” Boggs said. “I want them to realize that they are amazing and that they can be imperfect in their own way and still be beautiful.” As well as teaching cheer classes for teens and young girls, Boggs created a blog and made videos as part of her campaign. She plans to continue her work although
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Courtney Boggs, journalism senior, poses for a photo. The OU student was crowned America’s Perfect Cheerleader Miss 2014.
the competition is over. “Because I hold a title, I can represent different organizations and events, so [I have] an opportunity to be an ambassador for different programs that support kids, fitness and dreaming big dreams,” Boggs said. Boggs plans to get her master’s degree in either
journalism or public relations. After graduation, she plans to take over the gymnastics and cheer program at her family’s gym and hopes to create a foundation that supports fitness, health and setting goals among children. “I don’t want to just teach them gymnastics or
cheerleading or how to do a back flip but teach them life lessons they can use after they quit cheer or gymnastics,” Boggs said. Daisy Creager daisy.c.creager-1@ou.edu
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in honor of women’s equality day, What does Women’s equality mean to you? To be a woman means paving your own path. you have some obstacles in front of you, but a woman is strong enough to overpass those and exceed in whatever she wants to do.
- samantha hissack university college freshman
- Walker dow university college freshman
being a woman means to be equal just like a man in society. old ideas of women being considered unequal should be kept in the past. women should deserve equal rights.
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equality means things are 50/50 for men and women with no special favors. gender should be considered almost irrelevant. it’s complicated — society is asking for women to do a lot of different things including being a mom and competent worker.
women are at the highest point of equality now as opposed to the past, but we still have a long way to go.
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What sort of meal plan do you have?
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10 meals a week and 300 points a semester. when i was a freshman, 10 wasn’t enough. i was always looking to use ladies’ exchanges because they never used theirs.”
Eight meals a week and 600 points per semester. it’s good, but it’s hard to use your points because you have to remember to bring your id everywhere.
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to enforce a shortlived citywide curfew. Tensions seem to have relaxed a bit, but even after the protests end we shouldn’t forget the violations of the First Amendment made in the name of police protection. The videotaped beFor example, about heading of James Foley, 11 journalists have an American journalist been arrested in captured by terrorist organization ISIS, is the Ferguson, for offensmost recent and extreme es as minor as taking “too longâ€? to pack up instance of a journalist and leave a fast-food being persecuted for profession. On a small- restaurant. These er and more local scale, aren’t just amateur journalists with iPjournalistic pursuits of hones and Twitter local news reporters are being threatened as feeds. Among those arrested are journalwell. Only this time the ists from The threats come Huffington from U.S. poThe Our View lice forces. The is the majority Post, The Washington nightly news opinion of Post and The Daily’s anchor or homenine-member Sports town beat reeditorial board Illustrated. porter isn’t seen Journalists on as a life-threatthe ground have also ening profession, so it’s reported Ferguson hard to imagine local journalists thrown in jail cops trying to keep them confined to an in the midst of intense approved “press areaâ€? protests. and reacting angrily But that’s exactly if reporters stray from what’s been happenthe area. ing in Ferguson and it Many of us would should scare all of us. probably roll our Journalists getting areyes at people talking rested for doing their about America turnjobs shouldn’t only offend students who work ing into a police state or cry conspiracy at at The Daily; it should those who say our First make everyone weary Amendment rights are of the Ferguson pobeing diminished. But lice force’s willingness Ferguson has taught to stomp on the First us that violations of Amendment. our rights can, and do Anyone with cable television or an Internet happen with little to no tangible repercusconnection can see sions for the offenders. the shocking measures The First Ferguson police have Amendment states: taken against angry pro“Congress shall make testors after the shootno law ‌ abridging ing death of unarmed the freedom of speech, African American teen or of the press; or the Michael Brown at the hands of officer Darren right of the people peaceably to assemWilson. The protests have lasted a week, often ble‌â€? Unfortunately, those rights have been turning violent as militrampled in Ferguson tarized police released by a local police force tear gas and attempted should never be arrested or threatened for doing their jobs, but recent events in Ferguson, Mo., have shown violations of the First Amendment can happen all too easily.
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equipped with tanks, tear gas and semi-automatic weapons. If the press cannot function — a function critical to maintaining an informed, aware public — then we have lost our ability as people to hold those in charge accountable for their actions. Regardless of how you feel about what happened between Michael Brown and Darren Wilson, the subsequent violation of First Amendment rights should make you angry. When photojournalists are arrested for literally doing their jobs, when reporters are threatened and corralled into approved areas and police feel free to manhandle the media, we have lost our power to bring truth to the people and information to the world. We understand in the 24-hour news cycle the hunt for fresh news has become cutthroat, and that in a country paralyzed by partisanship it can be easy to distrust the media. But that doesn’t diminish the importance of good journalism or the need for boots-onthe-ground reporters to bring us powerful stories like the chaos in Ferguson.
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From CrossFit training to weekly games, OU’s club rugby team is full of top rate athletes.
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JENNIFER ROGERS SPORTS REPORTER @JENTROGERS315 If you were playing a word association game and the following three words were given, what would you think of: maul, ruck and scrum? Odds are, it wouldn’t be rugby, but that’s exactly what all three have in common. At OU, there is a definite football culture, but a hidden gem exists just west of the Lloyd Noble Center at the Al Velie Rugby Football Complex. The University of Oklahoma rugby team began in 1974 and has grown in popularity in recent years. This year’s team returns 18 athletes from the 2013-2014 squad. A more impressive number is the 31 new athletes the team added for this season. Coach Jason Horowitz has coached rugby for over 15 years nationally and is in his second year at OU. Rugby is a club sport at Oklahoma, as is the case at many major universities in the country. Inevitably the comparison to football is made, but Horowitz explained the similarities and differences the sports share. “We compete nationally and in the Big 12,” he said. “We have the same rivalries as football.” “The biggest difference between football and us is that we are all volunteers. I am a volunteer, my assistant coaches are volunteers, our trainers are all volunteers and there is not a single scholarship athlete on the team,” Horowitz said. Rugby is a sport that many see as a different form of football, which may be true in some respects, but the play of the game more closely resembles soccer, as senior team captain Michael Al-Jiboori explained. “It is more continuous than football, it is more like soccer where you see a lot of playing time,” Al-Jiboori said. The training schedule for the team is relentless. “These guys are athletes,” Horowitz said. “This is not a game for fall-off guys who can’t compete in other sports. They are held to a high athletic and academic standard.” Practice three times a week, CrossFit strength training twice a week and games on Friday and Saturday keep the
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OU men’s rugby team practices in the brutal heat Monday evening as the sun goes down. OU has both men’s and women’s teams and regularly competes against other Big 12 schools.
team. Last year’s squad raised $90,000 to cover the costs. The players pay dues and participate in fundraisers. The team has a saying, “all in,” which is exemplified by its dedication to training, the sport, academics and the Schedule: online at www.ousoonersrugby.org community. Website: www.ourugby.org Being a student-athlete is twofold: performance on the field and in the classroom. Twitter: @OUsoonerrugby “They go to class because they want to go to class,” Horowitz said. “They exemplify what it means to be a student athlete.” Facebook: facebook.com/Oklahomarugby Senior forward captain Jayce Crowder now desires to have support from the student body at games. “We would love to have more people at games,” he said. squad busy. “We just want people to know about it. I think people would The season extends over both spring and fall, where two really like it if they came out and watched us.” different types of rugby are played: 7 vs. 7 and 15 vs. 15, The Sooners kick off their season on September 6 at Horowitz and Al-Jiboori explained. Missouri. The team’s next home game is at 11 a.m. on Both types are played on a soccer-sized field; the 15 man September 13 at the Al Velie Rugby Football Complex. games last 80 minutes while the seven man games take place in a very brisk 14-minutes. In addition to the rigorous schedule, the athletes, support Jennifer Rogers and coaching staff are solely responsibly for sustaining the jennifer.rogers-1@ou.edu
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VOLLEYBALL
Team prepares to spike harder than ever The OU volleyball team gears up to dig deep despite the loss of its former leader RYAN KING
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team’s depth, knowledge and experience. Junior defensive specialThe Oklahoma volleyball ist Taylor Migliazzo and team is heading into the sophomore outside hit2014 season with an air of ter Madison Ward are also optimism and expected to confidence, decontribute. spite its youth Sophomore and the loss of middle blocker three-time AllMicaela Spann American Sallie is confident the McLaurin. team can move The Sooners on from the went 24-8 in We have got McLaurin loss. their 2013 seanot neca lot of girls e s“It’s son and finished sarily one third in the Big stepping up p e r s o n t h a t ’s 12. This season into leadership replacing her,” DAILY FILE ART they are proSpann said. “It OU’s volleyball team cheers after their triumphant game point in the game against TCU last November. The roles, and jected to finish really is the enteam will have to cope with the loss of a star player this year. fourth behind tire team. Just we have Texas, Kansas all of us strivreally good ing for the goal and Iowa State, a c c o r d i n g t o chemistry this is what’s going its 19 players are freshmen “Overall we are a lot more defensively.” the preseason to replace Sallie and sophomores. disciplined. Also, we have year.” coaches poll. McLaurin.” improved a lot on serving. Work still to be done Although S p a n n w e n t Off-season MADISON WARD, Those are the areas we conThe Sooners still have the team lost OUTSIDE HITTER on to say that improvements tinue to work on and make some weaknesses they will SOPHOMORE its leader in she believes her Although the team is better for the team,” said be working on as the season McLaurin, plenenergy will help y o u n g , c o a c h Sa nt i a g o Restrepo. progresses. ty of returning players are the team as a whole. Restrepo thinks they have Ward believes the team “I think that our biggest more than willing to dig “I give it my all every sin- improved in a lot of areas has grown in the leadership struggle right now is serve Children Chil dren enand tto o IKing Kin Ki n Size d e e p a n d s h o u l d e r t h e Ch gleildr time think that since last season. department. burden. energy really gets the team “I think we are more ma“We have got a lot of girls Setter Kaitlyn Drawe is going and giving their all,” ture, so therefore, we have a stepping up into leadership the only senior on the team, she said. little bit more experience,” roles and we have really but juniors Julia Doyle, setThe team has experi- he said. “We make better good chemistry this year,” ter, and Kierra Holst, out- enced players but youth will decisions. We have im- she said. “Not to mention side hitter, will add to the still be a hurdle. Twelve of proved a lot on blocking.” Mexican being better offensively and
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When asked what a successful season would look like to her, Ward had a quick answer. “Big 12 Championship a n d N a t i o n a l Championship.” Restrepo had a similar goal. “Win, win, win and proceed to the Final Four in Oklahoma City,” he said. “That’s our goal, and it’s going to continue to be our goal. I think this team is capable of attaining it.” The team starts its season in Gainesville, Fla. against Idaho on Aug. 29. Its first home game is Sept. 10 against Cal State Northridge. Ryan King ryanking@ou.edu
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Album a ‘50s rock spin-off
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ithout exhausting the trend, Benjamin Booker toiled to wow us all with a revamped spin on ‘50s rock. Booker’s self-titled album is his first, released from ATO records after Booker spent time touring with the legendary Jack White. The highly emotion-filled, straight-from-New Orleans blues voice juxtaposes wondrously with the old school rock ‘n’ roll guitar riffs. Although both of these elements are included in every one of his endearing songs, the mood of the album is not solidly set. Every song has a different story filled with angst, happiness and deep, thoughtful lyrics. Listening to the album is learning who Booker truly is as a person, because he does not hold back in any element of the music. This album could accompany any daily activity, from homework to quick cleaning. My personal favorite
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song on the album is “Slow Coming,” which is an incredible, mellow song that showcases Booker’s scratchy voice. However, don’t dare stray away from listening to “Violent Shiver,” which will no doubt, leave you dancing in public like nobody’s watching. It’s so catchy and upbeat that you won’t have time to be embarrassed of your terrible dance moves.
AT A GLANCE ‘Benjamin Booker’ Album: “Benjamin Booker” Artist: Benjamin Booker Released: Aug. 19, 2014 Top tracks: • “Spoon Out My Eyeballs” • “Slow Coming” • “Violent Shiver”
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Five Norman artists will go head-to-head Wednesday as finalists for Phase II of the Downtown Norman Sculpture Project. The artists will present their proposed sculptures to the Norman Public Arts Board Wednesday. The sculptures will be on display from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until Sept. 4 at MAINSITE Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St. Joshua Boydston, communications director and gallery manager of the Norman Arts Council, said the finalists were selected from more than 20 applicants. Though there is no set theme for the entries, Boydston said artists often relate their pieces back to “We don’t want Norman through traditional themes and symbols. to put a narrow “We don’t want to put a definition on what narrow definition on what Norman means to them,” Norman means to Boydston said. “For some them.” people it’s more abstract, but for some it’s more JOSHUA BOYDSTON, traditional.” COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Boydston said the vari- AND GALLERY MANAGER OF ety of this year’s pieces have THE NORMAN ARTS COUNCIL been well-received by the Norman Public Arts board, who will choose the winners once the public has formed an opinion. The sculptures will then go to the public where they can discuss each piece. Public comment cards will be considered by the board during the selection process, Boydston said. Two winners will be selected from the remaining finalists and rewarded with permanent places at the southwest corner of East Main Street and Porter Avenue and the southeast corner of the downtown Norman Library building. The winning sculptures will be announced Sept. 2 and will be installed late October in time for the Oklahoma Art Council’s Oklahoma Arts Conference, which will be hosted in Norman. Kelly Rogers knrogers@ou.edu
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