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ony Ndunda used to lose track of time. The passing of a week, sometimes two, was measured in bottles and cans. “I can probably finish threefourths of a 750 mL bottle of vodka, whiskey or whatever, or about a case of 12 beers,” Ndunda said. “Yeah, I can do that in a night.” The days were divided by long walks to the liquor store for the OU chemical engineering senior. Whether under the sun or the stars, it made no difference. The only lights that mattered during those benders were red neon, reading ‘open.’ “(Things were) pretty shit, pretty terCAMPUS RESOURCES r i b l e. I w o u l d just cower in my GODDARD HEALTH CENTER room. I would n o t l e a v e ,” Schedule a counseling Ndunda said. appointment by calling “All I would do 405-325-2911, or visit the is drink. I didn’t Counseling Services front care what was going on around desk on the second floor of the me.” Goddard Health Center. The addiction sneaked up on BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION Ndunda. Like TEAM many other college students, If someone you know is he partied more struggling with addiction, than he thinks contact OU’s Behavioral he should have Intervention Team by filling out and handled his alcohol cona form online or by calling 405sumption in 325-7700. much the same way, he said. NORMAN ADDICTION “I would say INFO & COUNSELING that it’s a onetime thing. Tell Norman Addiction Information myself ‘oh yeah, & Counseling, Inc is open to I’m not the only walk-ins from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. one who does this; this is norMonday through Thursday and mal; ever yone 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. You else does this,’” may also call the center at 405Ndunda said. 321-0022. “And to me, it would seem like it’s normal, but to everyone around me, it doesn’t look normal. I wanted it to be normal. I made myself

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think it was normal.” Over the months, the social drinking gradually became more solitary. “I’d come home from school, and that’s all I would think about is, ‘okay, when am I going to get my next drink?’” Ndunda said. “(I felt) nothing, just completely numb. Just drink, pass out. Drink, pass out.” Drinking began to affect every facet of Ndunda’s day, his schedule, his thoughts. “You just think about alcohol all the time. Your mind is just always on that, so it distracts you from everything else,” Ndunda said. “So that kind of detracted from a lot of things in my life. I’d miss class or work because I’d be too drunk in the morning, and I would not want to be seen that way outside, so I’d just stay home and keep drinking.” Ky e L e B o e u f , t h e O U Comprehensive Alcohol Program coordinator, said alcohol education is a critical first line of defense for students. “We all need a foundation with which to make judgments, decisions, things like that,” LeBoeuf said. In addition to teaching students about the risks involved in using alcohol, the alcohol program also highlights resources available on and off campus for students who feel they have a substance abuse problem or are at risk of developing one. “I would advise that they reach out, and if nothing else, reach out to counseling here knowing that we have a (licensed alcohol and drug counselor),” LeBoeuf said. “If they are uncomfortable seeking help on campus, again, we do have Norman-based resources, which they could be referred to officially and formally.” Fo r m e r p ro b at i o n o f f i c e r Jackie Jordan serves as OU’s sole LADC and has an understanding of addiction and the mental and emotional landscape in which it thrives. “I’ve once heard it said that relationships last as long as needs are being met,” Jordan said. “The question is, what need is being met by the use of alcohol?” For some, like Ndunda, alcohol abuse started in college, but for others, it began before and blossomed on campus. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 20 percent of college

students suffer from alcohol use disorder, while only 7.2 percent of the general American population meets the same criterion. Alcohol use disorder is characterized by drinking longer than intended and alcohol interfering with family or work, among other things.

“I would say that it’s a one-time thing. Tell myself ‘oh yeah, I’m not the only one who does this; this is normal; everyone else does this.’ And to me, it would seem like it’s normal, but to everyone around me, it doesn’t look normal. I wanted it to be normal. I made myself think it was normal.” TONY NDUNDA, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR

“So many people think alcohol is not the drug that it is, and it’s the most abused substance in this state. It just happens to be legal,” Jordan said. “Some have been in treatment, but they’re the exception, not the rule. Most have not. I am frequently the first person they’ve ever spoken to about their alcohol and other drug use.” Jordan said loneliness, anxiety and insomnia are three major factors behind substance abuse, and though the causes vary from victim to victim, the symptoms are often the same. “Denial is part of the dise a s e p ro c e ss,” Jo rd a n sa i d . “When you’re looking at a line

of defense, you’re talking about a person who is attempting to maintain their relationship. If the alcohol is meeting a need, then they’re going to protect that relationship. So, to say that someone is in denial, why wouldn’t they be? The last thing they want to do is give up something they perceive is helping.” The admission of dependence and acceptance of disease are the first of many bricks in the reconstruction of a fractured life, an ongoing project that Jordan believes is best not tackled alone, she said. “There’s hope, and there’s help,” Jordan said. “And all it requires is for you to reach out to someone. Do not sit and suffer in silence. There’s help, and there’s hope and resources as close as the University Counseling Center.” Ndunda said he began counseling at the University Counseling Center in the spring of 2015 and went for about six months, though he admits counseling alone was not enough to stop him from slipping. He found Alcoholics Anonymous, a network of people who are addicted or have gotten out of addictions to alcohol, in June. “ Things have be en pretty good so far. I’ve been able to go to school regularly, and my life is starting to come back to normal, basically,” Ndunda said. “(People in AA are) very accepting people. A lot of them have been through this, so they know the situations that you go through, and they know about the cravings and all that stuff.” In the meantime, the cravings have not gone away. They shoulder their way to the forefront when they get the chance, Ndunda said, but people he has connected with are always willing to help him. “When you have more than a few people looking out for you and kind of, like, keeping track of what you’re doing, then it becomes easier because you know it’s more than one person,” Ndunda said. “They understand because they’ve all actually been through it.” Mitchell Willetts

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THE FACTS: Alcoholism and alcohol abuse in college students

20 percent of college students meet the criteria for

an alcohol use disorder. You can assess whether you have an alcohol use disorder with questions like these. In the past year, have you: — Had times when you ended up drinking more or longer than you intended?

— More than once wanted to cut down or stop drinking, or tried to, but couldn’t? — Experienced craving — a strong need, or urge, to drink? — Found that drinking — or being sick from drinking — often interfered with taking care of your home or family? Or caused job troubles? Or school problems?

1 in 4

college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers and receiving lower grades overall.

1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor-vehicle crashes.

696,000 students between the ages of 18

and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.

97,000 students between the ages of 18

and 24 report experiencing alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape. Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

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In-person interviews voted down Act revises funding application process for student groups KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch

A bill eliminating the process of face-to-face int e r v i e w s w h e n s t u d e nt organizations apply for funding though the OU Student Government Association was passed in the Undergraduate Student Congress Tuesday. The bill, formally known as “An Act Revising the Budgetary Process,” will replace the in-person interviews that organization members go through when applying for funding with an online form. The bill went through two hours of debate and was passed by a vote of 19-15. Those in support of the bill argued that in-person interviews promote bias against certain groups because of race and gender and can potentially expose the inability of one person to represent an entire organization. “Do we owe it to students to make sure that we fund them correctly? Absolutely,” Kaylee Rains, chair of the Undergraduate Student Congress, said during the debate on the bill. “Do we need to judge and question their organization? No.” Complaints about the interview process are what pushed SGA leadership to take a closer look at the issue. “Last year, we had some calls to look at the funding process and some concerns about the interview process,”

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Members of the Undergraduate Student Congress listen to speakers at the Sept. 20 meeting. Members of Congress debated for two hours over a bill that ended in-person interviews for organization funding applications. It was later passed 19-15.

Rains said. “This is a topic that I am very passionate about and a committee that I am very passionate about, so I wanted to really dive in and see what we could do.” “And upon further evaluation, I thought that this was going to be the best way to go forward with the funding process for all student organizations and all students on OU’s campus,” she said. The new process makes registered student organizations submit a generic form through OrgSync that outlines their budgetary needs, which will then be reviewed by the SGA Ways and Means Committee. The in-person interviews for organization members that have already been set up with the Ways and Means Committee will still happen,

but no more will be scheduled, Rains said. The bill was heavily opposed despite its passage, and many members of the Ways and Means Committee, including chair Ryan Echols, were against it.

experiences and said the intent of the interviews is not to question the validity of student organizations. He also said the answers needed from organizations about their budgets won’t be received in a timely manner if done through email. “Obviously, the Ways and “We are all devoted Means Committee believes to serving the that the interview process was better, but we are fully student body, so to making this we’re going to hit the committed new process as good as it ground running and can possibly be,” Echols do everything that said. “We are all devoted to serving the student body, so we can.” we’re going to hit this new process on the ground runRYAN ECHOLS, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ning and do everything that CHAIR we can.” Echols said the Ways and Echols argued that face- Means Committee was alto-face interviews prepare ready working on the new students for real-world online forms ahead of time,

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in case the bill did pass. Although several of them did not vote for the elimination of the interview process, Echols said Ways and Means Committee members will move on and get to work. “I am here to try and help as many students as I can,” Echols said. “So dwelling on what I perceived to be a better system when the body disagreed with me wastes time and hinders our ability to serve students.” Members of different student organizations were also present at the meeting, including Nathan Bowser, p re s i d e n t o f t h e B l a c k Student Association. “I think this bill passing means that everyone has an equal chance,” Bowser said. “If you are a small organization, it is harder for you to

get off the ground and gain membership. It is great that they finally have a chance to not have to worry about interviews and will still be able to ask follow-up questions in a way that won’t question the validity of what you stand for.” Bowser said last semester BSA dealt with the in-person interview process and felt it was biased. “In the interview, they kind of strayed from the questions that are normally asked,” said Bowser. “We have different events and programs for Black History Month, and they questioned the necessity of that, and I feel like people shouldn’t be in the position to question the necessity or the validity or the importance of what you do.” Bowser said it is easy to forget that there are multiple groups on campus that are underrepresented and therefore don’t have the chance to receive the same type of funding. He also said he believes the new online forms will allow for a more thought-out line of questioning. “I feel like if you are sitting there and something pops in your head, there could be negative connotations,” said Bowser. “Now, you will have time to think about things and really focus on what you will ask an organization.” The bill was unanimously passed in the Graduate Student Senate and will now be sent to SGA President Daniel Pae to sign.

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October established as LGBT History Month Norman City Council approves proclamation DANA BRANHAM @danabranham

October 2016 will be recognized as LGBT History Month in Norman after a vote by the Norman City Council. The proclamation passed unanimously, but not without some contention — Councilmember Robert Castleberry motioned to allow public comment on the proclamation, which was opposed by all other councilmembers. The chambers were filled with those who either opposed or supported the proclamation, and overflow seating had to be provided outside the room. Many supporters of the proclamation wore red shirts that read “Standing Together for an Inclusive Norman.” Throughout the night, attendees trickled out of the room, though many waited until the very end of the meeting — more than four hours after it began — to comment on the LGBT History Month proclamation. In 2010, public comment was allowed on the same proclamation before the vote, which was debated for hours. In that meeting, nearly 50 people participated in the discussion before the proclamation eventually passed. In the week following the 2010 meeting, University

Lindsey Street, other roads approved to be resurfaced beginning in 2017 The Norman City Council passed a project agreement at its Tuesday meeting to allow the resurfacing of Lindsey Street next year. Imhoff and Constitution Streets will also be repaved and remarked starting March 2017. Lindsey Street resurfacing will begin May 2017, after OU’s spring semester is over. Lindsey Street repaving will occur from Jenkins Avenue to Pickard Avenue. Renovations will include Americans with Disabilities Act - compliant wheelchair ramp improvements, a new sidewalk and video-detection system for trafﬁc signals at the intersections of Lindsey Street and Flood Avenue, and Lindsey Street and Chautauqua Avenue. Dana Branham, @danabranham

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People fill the Norman City Council chamber on Tuesday for a meeting. Supporters of an LGBT History Month proclamation wore red shirts, and the proclamation passed unanimously.

of Central Oklahoma student Zach Harrington, who attended the meeting and identified as gay, committed suicide. Troy Stevens of the LGBTQ advocacy group Freedom Oklahoma said the proclamation was an important message, especially for younger members of the LGBTQ community. “What you folks did is made those young people feel that for the first time in a long time, they feel like their leaders are behind them,” Stevens said. “These kids need to understand that they don’t have to hate themselves. Self-loathing is not necessary, and self-harm is never an option.” Six years after the original meeting, Melanie Adams, the assistant director of Career Services at OU, said

the tone of the meeting was markedly more civil. “If we could arrive at a place where we can approach a proclamation as just a civil opportunity in our city to have a voice, that’s how I felt it was tonight,” Adams said. “It was more about , ‘I have a right to be here in city council, I have a right to talk about the things that affect my city,’ but I feel like it was done a lot more respectfully than last time.” Representatives from the OU Gender + Equality Center attended the meeting, and Councilmember Breea Clark, the associate director of OU’s Academic Integrity Programs, expressed her support for the proclamation. “This proclamation not only recognizes LGBTQ history, but it recognizes

Norman’s history for being, or at least attempting to be, an inclusive community, which is saying something in the great state of Oklahoma,” Clark said. “I ran for city council so a voice like mine could be represented — the voice of a mother of two young children who I want to grow up in an inclusive community, the voice of a young professional who wants to work in an inclusive community, the voice of my college students who need Norman to be an inclusive community so they can grow into adults who not only respect themselves, but respect local government.”

The Norman Police Department has identiﬁed the victim of the Monday pedestrian-train collision as 33-yearold James Kenneth Irons. A release from the police department Monday said Irons was struck by a train north of the Duffy Street railroad crossing after he jumped in front of it. The department’s release also said the train’s conductor saw Irons initially lying in the middle of the tracks, so he blew the train’s horn. After hearing the horn, Irons moved off of the tracks, the release said. However, as the train was approaching Irons’ location, he jumped back in front of it. Irons was transported to OU Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries, the release said. The incident is the second of its kind in two weeks. Eighteen-year-old Isaac Lee Tevault was struck and killed by a train Sept. 12 on the railroad tracks north of Constitution Street. Staff Reports

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College of Law gains collaborative learning center with new technology The new Inasmuch Foundation Collaborative Learning Center, located in the OU College of Law, ofﬁcially opened on Monday with OU President David Boren in attendance for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The center shares a wall with the Donald E. Pray Law Library, but instead of housing stacks of books, it is home to multimedia rooms, computers with dual monitors, two virtual reality stations and — as Boren said he hopes — the hum of voices of students working together. A former OU College of Law student himself, Boren emphasized the importance of putting university libraries and learning centers on the cutting edge and of replacing outdated resources and techniques to comply with 21st century demands. “It’s sad what has happened to libraries in some other institutions. I won’t name the institution, but one Big 12 institution closed its entire main library and had students sit in their rooms and try to work individually,” Boren said. “That was not going to happen at OU.” The Inasmuch Foundation Collaborative Learning SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY Center was inspired by a similar facility in the Bizzell Faculty members listen to Michael Thomson, director of broader impacts in research in the office of the vice president for Memorial Library, which Boren believes is a model for research, speak about solutions his table group came up with during the theory of change retreat on Tuesday at the Embassy how all OU libraries should be. Suites hotel. The retreat lasted from 9 a.m. to about 5 p.m. “This is a place where people use technology ... not to be isolated ... but to come together,” Boren said.

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OU’s faculty Diversity and Inclusion Academic Council hosted a summit on Tuesday to discuss issues of inclusion and plans for the recruitment and retention of a diverse body of students and staff. The Theory of Change retreat at the Norman Embassy Suites was held for faculty and staff to create a guide for OU to ensure diversity is reflected by staff and students across campus, said Belinda Biscoe, the OU associate vice president for outreach. Biscoe served as the facilitator of

the retreat. “Usually in a theory of change, you have a flowchart or a process map that helps you to identify outcomes that will get you to the long-term goals,” Biscoe said. “Then, departments or other groups can decide, ‘How do I create an action plan that helps my unit move towards these desired outcomes?’” Guest speakers Cris Cullinan and Zoila Airall were invited to talk about their own experiences with diversity on college campuses, Biscoe said. Cullinan is an associate director of organizational development and training at the University of Oregon, and Airall serves as associate vice president of student affairs for campus life at Duke University.

Jabar Shumate, the OU vice president for the university community, said the retreat attendees looked at where the university has been in regard to diversity and inclusion and are now developing a way forward. “This day is about coming up with an overall plan that each college can take and embrace for their own area and figure out how to take what we learn from here and look at where they are with diversity and inclusion within their college,” Shumate said. Biscoe said about 40 people were at the event, and they were divided into three groups to discuss diversity among students, staff and faculty. All attendees were very responsive to the theory of change program, she said.

“Everybody’s been significantly engaged, and it is going extremely well,” Biscoe said. The plans discussed at the summit will go through OU senior administration for approval and then be moved into individual colleges and implemented, a process that should take a month or two, Biscoe said. The faculty Diversity and Inclusion Academic Council is the work of OU President David Boren, Shumate said. The council is part of an initiative to ensure OU’s individual colleges have diversity officers reporting to their deans and are working to implement inclusion initiatives in their departments. Emma Keith

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Rally to take place in response to fraternity’s treatment of protesters American Indian Movement Indian Territory is organizing a protest in response to a dispute between OU fraternity members and protesters during a previous protest. The Rally Around Our Women and Children will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, according to the event’s Facebook page. The protest is in response to the alleged treatment of an indigenous mother and her child, as well as others, during the Sept. 17 protest of a fundraiser event for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Some of the participants of the protest, many of whom were Native American, were standing on Phi Delta Theta’s property. Fraternity members asked the protesters to move off the property, allegedly singling out Native Americans. Following the incident, Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity announced it is reviewing allegations that its members at OU interacted with the protesters. The fraternity’s announcement said, “Any behavior that contradicts the spirit of inclusion and sensitivity to multicultural issues would be in violation” of the principles the organization was founded upon.

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Debate reinforces views for most

Clinton, Trump fail to change most students’ minds KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch

Some OU students have had a preferred presidential candidate for a while, and after attending a watch party for the presidential debate on Monday at the Bizzell Memorial Library, many feel more certain than ever in their choices. The debate lasted a little more than 90 minutes, in which time Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton discussed policies, rumors and, among other topics, each other. “I thought it was quite t h e s p e c t a c l e ,” s a i d Brandon Swearengin, meteorology freshman, who

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Viewers react to the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday in the Bizzell Memorial Library. Students and guests from the Norman community attended the event.

is involved with Oklahoma Young Republicans, along with a variety of other political groups. “I’ve been looking forward to (the debate) for the past several months.” Swearengin said he believes Clinton didn’t perform up to expected standards and that Trump was not able to answer

questions fully for fear of retribution. “I feel that Clinton did not perform like many people thought she would,” Swearengin said. “With Donald Trump, I feel that he didn’t hit on all of the things that he could have, but I think he was also trying to stay cautious because if he had taken any

p a r t i c u l a r h a rd s t a n c e against Hillary on certain things, he could be considered a racist or a sexist simply because Clinton is running as the first female president.” After the debate though, Swearengin’s mind was still set on the candidate he previously wanted. “The debate has me even more excited for the e l e c t i o n ,” S w e a r e n g i n said. “But my mind hasn’t changed — I am a hard Trump supporter.” Elena Shimanek, psychology sophomore, stuck with her desired candidate, as well. “I came in a Hillary supporter, and I left a Hillary supporter,” Shimanek said. “I think the debate reinforced my view. It was very good to see them both in action, and I feel more confident that Hillary knows what she is doing.” Shimanek also said

Trump did not answer questions fully, but more because he was unable to give full answers. “I felt that Trump didn’t have a lot of proof or good information backing up what he said, and I think that’s why he didn’t answer the questions completely,” Shimanek said. “I know Hillary has had a history of dancing around the questions, but I feel like she actually hit the points a lot more, and I was impressed with that.” The watch party was held in the Commons Room of the library, and the party’s coordinators believe it was a success. “I’m really delighted with how the watch party went,” said Mary Ellen Spencer, the Undergraduate Services and Learning Initiatives librarian. “We really wanted a lively, spirited event, and we hoped for a high turnout, and

the turnout exceeded our e x p e c t a t i o n s. We w e re thrilled that people came and stayed for the event and were engaged and interested. It’s really what we wanted.” There will be another watch party for the presidential debate Oct. 19, and Spencer said she thinks that one w ill be just as successful. “ We ’v e b e e n m a k i n g notes, and we hope for another great event and great turnout for students,” Spencer said. The watch party was hosted by OU Libraries, the Carl Albert Center, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Political Communication Center, the Julian F. Kanter Political Commercial Archive and the Student Government Association. Kayla Branch

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OU faculty weigh in on presidential debate Professors believe Clinton succeeded, Trump struggled ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman

Keith Gaddie, the chair o f O U ’s d e p a r t m e n t o f political science, said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was poking a bear during the first presidential debate Sept. 26 and that Clinton won, although not directly. Gaddie said Republican presidential nominee

Donald Trump was more emotional and incoherent during the second half of the debate and was irritated by Clinton. For Gaddie, a big question going into the debate was whether or not Trump would make a “presidential pivot.” “This would be a good time to just put it away by demonstrating that he was a serious man who addressed serious issues and did so in a serious manner,” Gaddie said. “For 10 minutes he was there, and then bit by bit he started to unravel.” Pat Meirick, the

director of the OU Political “Coming into the Communication Center, agreed with Gaddie that debate, she had kind Trump was at his best in the of a tightrope to walk first 20 or 30 minutes of the in terms of being debate. “Trump was not as freeaggressive enough wheeling as he had been as a woman to make during the Republican primary debates,” Meirick said. her case and not get walked over.” Gaddie said Clinton did well and seemed prePAT MEIRICK, pared — and even seemed OU POLITICAL COMMUNICATION relaxed. CENTER DIRECTOR ON HILLARY “One of the big probCLINTON lems with Hillary Clinton is you feel like she’s spent trying to make sure you her whole career read- knew she was better than ing you her resume and you,” Gaddie said. “Last

night, she finally figured out how to present a balance on that. She looked completely comfortable in her own skin, maybe for the first time ever while campaigning.” Me i r i c k s a i d C l i n t o n needed to make herself more likable and that he thinks she did so. “Coming into the debate, she had kind of a tightrope to walk in terms of being aggressive enough as a woman to make her case and not get walked over, but also to do so as a woman while not seeming shrill. “So it was a tall order, but

I think she did really fairly well,” Meirick said. Mobilization is the important thing now, Gaddie said. “She is selling a hope argument and he is selling a fear argument followed by the prospect of hope, but they are talking to different countries,” Gaddie said. Gaddie said he expects upcoming presidential debates to be similar to the first one. Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu

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The Norman City Council tabled a downtown restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request to have live music outdoors Tuesday night, deciding instead to review noise ordinances for the entire district. The request, which would allow Puebla Tacos y Tequileria to play music outdoors at its location on 305 E. Main St., was tabled after more than an hour of discussion. The request was opposed by Opolis, a neighboring lounge and music venue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe that we should look at this as a whole,â&#x20AC;? said council member Stephen Tyler Holman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downtown Norman has changed a lot since our current ordinances were written, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turning into more of an entertainment district, and I think we need to change our entire ordinance, really, to accommodate whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on and to address some of these concerns so that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have these instances going into the future.â&#x20AC;? Opolis co-owner Andrew Nunez said he was pleased with the decision to further examine the noise ordinances and just wanted to stop Puebla from getting the permit at this time, not stop them from playing music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wish them any ill will,â&#x20AC;? Andrew Nunez said. The request w ill now be discussed by the Community Planning and Transportation Committee, which Holman chairs. The request will then go back in front of the city council. Andrew Nunez said it is unrealistic for Puebla to have music on the back patio and be under the current legal noise limit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honestly, those decibel levels, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really do anything with â&#x20AC;Ś I think the intention is to actually have a full-on outdoor music venue eventually,â&#x20AC;? Andrew Nunez said. The request would allow the restaurant to have outdoor music on its back patio. Before the meeting, Puebla Tacos y Tequileria bar manager Brenda Feberson told The Daily that someone from Opolis calls the police every

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The bar Opolis on Crawford Avenue on Tuesday. Opolis and Puebla Tacos y Tequileria are currently in a dispute over live music at both venues.

time the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musicians begin to set up. Andrew Nunez told the council that the management of Puebla was being uncooperative with Opolis and bad neighbors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we were causing someone else disturbance, we would make every kind of effort to close our doors, dampen the sound, whatever,â&#x20AC;? Andrew Nunez said. The businesses are near enough to each other that Opolis contends the outdoor music from Puebla will disturb events being held in Opolis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Puebla has an event on their back patio during our business hours, they negatively impact us whether we have an event or are just open as a lounge,â&#x20AC;? a statement from Opolis says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are advocates of the arts and encourage participation from other downtown businesses,â&#x20AC;? Andrew Nunez and his wife Marian Nunez said in a protest letter dated Aug. 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have worked numerous times within the parameters of the current outdoor noise rules over the past 14 years and consider them not only reasonable but generous. Making an exception or alteration to the current City of Norman ordinances for Puebla Tacos y Tequileria would be unfair to the downtown business community.â&#x20AC;? Opolis received an approval for special use of nightclub in 2003 and special use for bar, lounge or tavern in 2012, according to the city council staff report. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is also about the city and the environment downtown Norman wants,â&#x20AC;?

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Marian Nunez said. Marian Nunez said she was afraid other businesses with patios would apply for the same special use permit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a slippery slope for Norman,â&#x20AC;? Marian Nunez said. Andrew Harroz, the attorney representing Puebla, said the eventual goal was the get the noise ordinances changed, but he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want Puebla to have to wait for

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Student follows dreams abroad Singer-songwriter finds inspiration in Quito, Ecuador KAELAN DEESE @RedNPinkFish

In Quito, Ecuador, OU student Hannah Asfeldt has ambitions to establish herself as a singer and songwriter. Asfeldt hails from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her musical life began when she learned how to play the piano at age 6, but eventually she decided she needed more instruments under her belt, she said. “I learned my second instrument (oboe) in elementary school, and since then I’ve just picked up a new instrument every few years or so,” Asfeldt said. Along with singing, Asfeldt’s musical repertoire includes the piano, oboe, accordion and ukulele. Asfeldt currently defines her musical genre as indie folk, a style she says best matches her voice and delivery. She describes the process of writing music as random. “When I sit down to write a song, my vision can drastically change from one chord to the next,” she said. Zoe Narvaez, mathematics sophomore, met Asfeldt after working on the Halloween UPB event, Haunt the Union, last year. Narvaez describes Asfeldt’s sound as “gentle and melodic, with all the good quirks of her own personality mixed in.” Tw e nt y O n e P i l o t s i s Asfeldt’s lyrical influence, Florence + The Machine is her feminine power influence and Wes Anderson has a great impact on her style and method of creativity, she said. “It’s important to take inspiration from other artists, but it is possible to rely too much on that inspiration and

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Psychology and pre-nursing junior Hannah Asfeldt hopes to become a singer and songwriter. Asfeldt can play the piano, oboe, accordion and ukulele.

forget that your art is your art,” she said. “Your brain creates things that nobody else’s brain does. I need to trust my brain.” One thing that has helped Asfeldt tremendously is the amount of performance opportunities that the OU and Norman community provide, she said. Places like Second Wind and Blue Bonnet Bar have been home to some of Asfeldt’s start-up gigs. “Open mics, street performances and benefit concerts are all different places to show my art and ability and teach me how to be flexible and diverse with my talent,” she said. A hurdle that Asfeldt has faced as a musical artist is

how to market herself, but she used humor as a way to overcome that obstacle, she said.

and pre-nursing junior, is currently studying Spanish abroad this semester in Ecuador. Asfeldt said being exposed to the culture of has influenced her “I want to be able to Ecuador music greatly. look into someone’s “ The graffiti around eyes and know that Ecuador has really influI sang something or enced my lyrics,” she said. “I see the Spanish words played something written on the walls, and I that they desperately already hear a song in my head. Being in Ecuador has needed.” opened up my art into a new HANNAH ASFELDT, avenue of fear, love, joy, sadPSYCHOLOGY JUNIOR ness and struggle. I have millions of new stories to write.” “Music is about making Asfeldt’s creativity extends the world feel something, beyond music. so I market myself by makOlivia Black, a computer ing other people laugh,” she said. Asfeldt, a psychology

science sophomore, also worked underneath Asfeldt at the Haunt the Union event last year. Black said Asfeldt brought something unique to the Halloween event. “(Asfeldt) brought ideas that seemed over-the-top or crazy and turned them into the most successful Haunt the Union OU has ever had,” Black said. As far as future plans go, Asfeldt would like one of her future albums to be about redemption. Asfeldt describes the future album telling the story “of a girl with butterfly wings who runs away and joins a circus and ends up getting her wings ripped off

... I have a vision of having tracks alternating between spoken word and music with a lot of vivid lyrics to give the image of the story to the listener,” she said. “I want to be able to look into someone’s eyes and know that I sang something or played something that they desperately needed,” Asfeldt said. For more information about Asfeldt’s music and her time in Ecuador, visit her blog, hannahasfeldt.com. Kalean Deese

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Oklahoma’s 1-2 start can be partially attributed to struggles in its secondary — specifically at right cornerback — which is beginning to draw frustration from within the team. On Monday, senior safety Ahmad Thomas voiced his frustration over the battle going on for the corner spot. “It’s more competitive,” Thomas said. “It was way more competitive (this week) because that spot’s still open, and it’s just kind of frustrating because we’re still dealing with it throughout the season, but they’re stepping up now. I mean, they should’ve stepped up before, but they’re stepping up.” Senior corner Dakota Austin originally won the starting spot heading into the 2016 season but ended up being taken out of the game against Houston after playing poorly. True freshman Parrish Cobb started against Louisiana-Monroe and Ohio State, but that’s not a certainty going forward. Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said Tuesday that no one had established themselves as the starter and that they will fill the spot “by committee” going forward until someone claims it. When asked whether he was surprised about the lack of reliability at right corner, Thomas said, “A little bit because we already had a corner that was here four years, so it’s kind of surprising, but that’s the coaches decision.”

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Freshman cornerback Parrish Cobb wraps up a ULM ball carrier during the game Sept. 10. The starting cornerback position is not set, according to defensive coordinator Mike Stoops.

Thomas was referring to Austin, who impressed during the two games he started in the 2015 season after former OU corner Zack Sanchez was injured. Austin had two interceptions and 25 total tackles in 2015. After Tuesday’s practice, Stoops talked about the struggles at the cornerback position and mentioned wishing Sanchez, who left early for the NFL Draft, was still around. “It’d be nice to have Zack (Sanchez), I know that,” Stoops said. “We haven’t developed the position as well as we probably needed to, especially in this league.” Stoops also mentioned the shortcomings and departures of other players as a reason for why the Sooners are in a hole at cornerback. “I feel like we’re on track with the players we have,” he said. “We’ve recruited some highly-rated players like Stanvon Taylor, who’s never played after his freshman year. Very talented player — played as a freshman, and we haven’t seen him since. We lost L.J. Moore after a year ... Some of it’s off the field issues, players aren’t as committed as they need to be to play at this level. It takes a lot at this

level and especially to play corner. We’ve just got to do a better job at developing our players. “If you’re a DB, you’ve got to be able to cover. That’s your job. Some of those things,

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are down, our interceptions are down; we’re not winning any of the battles or nearly enough to compete at this ... the people we play, you’ve got to win some battles ... We’re at the opposite end of the spectrum right now where there’s not a lot of balance. It’s a lopsided situation, and we’ve just gotta find a way to get some hands on some balls.” Oklahoma’s other corner, junior Jordan Thomas, said that he’s frustrated with the corner battle but believes they’ll be OK. “Yeah, it’s difficult, but at the same time, that’s not my job,” Thomas said. “That lies in the hands of our coaches, and I trust them with everything I have, so I trust that they’ll get the job done, and

at the same time, I’ll do what I can on the field to help the guys that we are obviously having the competition for this spot for. Yes, it’s frustrating, but I know it’ll come along.” Stoops ultimately expressed confidence for the secondary going forward. “This year is a long way from over, and somebody is going to emerge and establish themselves,” he said. “Hopefully it’ll happen this week; We need it to happen. Again, there’s only so much help on the football field we can give each player. The player’s got to be able to do certain things.” Kelli Stacy

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After a disappointing month that saw the Sooners fall to 1-2 and out of the College Football Playoff chase, Oklahoma will hit a fork in the road as it travels to Fort Worth, Texas, to face No. 21 TCU. If OU manages a win, it will be 1-0 in conference play with a pivotal matchup against Texas on Oct. 8 to follow. But if the Sooners lose, they will be 1-3 and off to the program’s worst start since 1996. According to fullback Dimitri Flowers, the team is aware of that as it goes through prep this week. “It’s huge, kind of getting over the hill. With a win this week, it would start hopefully a domino effect like it did last year after we had that loss to Texas,” Flowers said. Last season, Oklahoma suffered its first loss of the season to Texas but rallied with a 55-0 win at Kansas State the next week. OU didn’t lose again until meeting Clemson in the College Football Playoff. After Oklahoma’s blowout loss to Ohio State Sept. 17, the Sooners were still able to still use a potential Big 12 Championship run

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Junior fullback Dimitri Flowers raises a hand up toward the sky after a touchdown during the game against the University of Louisiana-Monroe Sept. 10. If the Sooners lose the game against TCU this weekend, it will be one of the worst starts in OU football history.

as motivation. But a loss to TCU would hamper those aspirations, too. “It’s a clean slate,” Flowers said. “It’s a new season, we can finish the season 10-2. Those two losses in the beginning, yeah they hurt, but 10-2 and undefeated in the Big 12, that’s still a Big 12 Championship and that’s our goal right now.” Quarterback Baker Mayfield will have to be

better if the Sooners hope to escape Fort Worth with a win. He’s completed nearly 65 percent of his passes and owns seven touchdowns to just two picks, but his decision-making cost the Sooners against Ohio State and Houston. The Sooners’ defense will also need to improve against the Horned Frogs. OU is one of seven FBS teams in the country without an

interception, something defensive coordinator Mike Stoops is very aware of. “We’re at the opposite end of the spectrum right now where there’s not a lot of balance right now,” Stoops said. “It’s a lopsided situation, and we’ve just gotta find a way to get some hands on some balls. “We’re not far off in a lot of instances. We’ve played quality teams, obviously.

When you play good teams, they’ll expose every weakness you’ve got. Teams exposed some of our weaknesses, and that’s what we’ve got to correct.” Oklahoma’s season is coming to a tipping point much earlier than anyone expected. With two varying paths still possible, the Sooners’ contest with TCU might be their most important of the season.

“If we lose the game, we’re 1-3 and off to one of the worst starts in the history of Oklahoma football,” Flowers said. “But if we win, it’s a new season. We’re 0-0 in the Big 12. We can only do what we can do as an offense, as a defense, as a team.” Spenser Davis

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Oklahoma offense prepares for TCU game Horned Frogs’ defense typically best in Big 12 JESSE POUND @jesserpound

The Oklahoma offense struggled to get in the end zone against Ohio State, and now they have to face a defense that is typically one of the Big 12’s toughest. Under coach Gary Patterson, TCU has consistently had top defenses, finding a way to stop some of the country’s most powerful offenses. The Horned Frogs’ defense has started slowly this season, but the Sooners’ players are preparing for a tough match up. “(Patterson) has always had good teams, good defenses,” junior fullback Dimitri Flowers said. “And they’re fast. They fly around to the ball, they know what to do.” TCU let up 41 points in the season opener to South Dakota State and then lost 41-38 in double overtime to Arkansas in week two. The defense has improved since then, holding SMU to three

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Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield dodges a TCU defender during the game Nov. 21, 2015. The Sooners will play TCU this Saturday.

points last Saturday. The Sooners scored just 17 points on offense against Ohio State as the Buckeyes blew them out in Norman on Sept. 10. The Sooners struggled to throw the ball against TCU last season. Baker Mayfield and Trevor Knight combined to complete just 14

of 37 pass attempts for 203 yards in the one-point win in Norman. “ TCU — they have a p r e t t y g o o d d e f e n s e ,” said senior receiver Dede Westbrook, who had a 36y a rd t o u c h d o w n c a t c h against TCU last season. “Those cornerbacks are really aggressive when they

put their hands on you, so as far as me and every other receivers, we’ve got to work and do our job of freeing our hands up, trying to get clean releases.” Last season, the Sooners settled for three field goals in the second quarter and lost Mayfield to injur y. Then the offense stalled

in the second half, and the Horned Frogs came roaring back before falling 30-29. Close games between TCU and the Sooners are nothing new. The last four games have all been decided by one score, and Gary Patterson’s 2005 team upset Oklahoma before the Horned Frogs even joined

the Big 12. “Gary does a great job coaching them, and they’ve got a lot of good skill playe r s a c r o s s t h e b o a r d ,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. Jesse Pound

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Sophomore wide receiver Nick Basquine carries the ball to the end zone on a 63-yard reception during the game against ULM Sept. 10. Basquine said as he grew up, he focused more on baseball but focused on football after he played with linebacker Jordan Evans in high school.

Homegrown talent Former Norman North star earns his shot for Sooners

ick Basquine, Oklahoma’s budding redshirt sophomore wide out, has a confidence about him. It’s not arrogance, and it’s not misplaced, but rather a firm belief in his ability to succeed and an itch to prove he belongs. For a brief moment on Sept. 10, the world got the chance to see what Basquine has been working toward since he was in the first grade. On his first career catch, Basquine crossed over the middle of Owen Field, snagging a deep pass from his quarterback and taking it the distance for his first career touchdown. For Basquine, the moment was surreal. “It was kind of a little taste of success and the fruit of your labor,” he said. From her seat in the stands, Basquine’s mother, Mary, watched — and cried — as her son dove into the end zone. She took pictures of the Sooners’ monstrous video board, displaying her son for the first time, and knew in that moment that everything was worth it. “It was amazing,” she said. “I just thought he deserved every bit of that touchdown because I know how hard he’s worked. I’m talking about things that people don’t see. I’m talking about behind-thescenes stuff, and I know how much that meant to him.” Basquine grew up in a single-parent home — Mary divorced Nick’s father when he was a baby — with his mother and his older brother AJ. Sometimes his mother would work two or three jobs to be able to provide for him and his brother. He viewed that as a sacrifice. She didn’t. “I don’t look at it like I’ve made sacrifices. I look at it like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing as a parent,” Mary said. “I just want to make sure that I do everything in my power to make his journey as easy as possible. I haven’t made any sacrifices. I don’t deserve any praise or anything. I’m only doing what I was taught to do and what he

DEREK PETERSON • @DRPETEY15 deserves.” When Basquine was a little kid, he always had a ball in his hands. He played soccer, baseball, football, and he even liked tennis. “When he was in grade school, he played football, and he played both sides of the field — offense and defense — and he played the whole entire game,” Mary said. “I remember coming home and he would be exhausted, and he would lay on the living room floor, and he would be in pain. I was never afraid because I knew if he was determined to do

collegiate football seemed too far away. He didn’t think he was big enough (he would hit a major growth spurt late in high school), and there wasn’t much tape for him to send to potential schools. It wasn’t until another Norman North star pulled Nick aside that he started to believe football was the right path for him. Nick was a sophomore at Norman North when Jordan Evans, now his teammate at Oklahoma, was a senior linebacker on the football team. The two were friends, but Evans saw something special in Basquine.

“I don’t even like the term ‘chip on your shoulder,’ but I definitely have a point to prove when I’m out there.” NICK BASQUINE, WIDE RECEIVER

something, he would put his best foot forward, and he was going to do the best he could.” But even as he starred on the field, Basquine admired his mother. He thanked her one day when he came home from high school — not for anything in particular, but for everything she had given him and AJ. That feeling has endured throughout the years. Basquine hasn’t expressed any desire to his mother to meet his father. He knows who he is, but the impact of the divorce has given him the drive to do better and be a better person. He’s mature beyond his years — after having to grow up early while Mary was at work — and quietly humble. Even though he was mature emotionally, he was still physically small, so he started to focus on baseball more and more. “I would say my primary focus when I was first in high school was baseball. I was really good at baseball,” Basquine said. “I thought I was better at it. I really was trying to go to college for baseball.” The idea of playing

“Nick looked up to (Evans), and he valued what he said because Jordan was encouraging, and he was letting Nick know that, you know, ‘you’re good enough; you can do it,’” Mary said. “I don’t think Jordan had any doubt in Nick’s ability, and I think he wanted to see what Nick could do on the big stage, and he wanted to be his teammate at this level.” Mary said Evans was like a big brother for Nick. When Evans told him he could really do something with football, Nick began to shift his focus. The transition was natural. He hit his growth spurt after his junior year and then had a breakout senior season with the football team, hauling in 64 balls for 1,187 yards and 13 touchdowns. Now, he just needed a chance to play at the next level. Basquine always wanted to be at Oklahoma. Always. Despite the fact that the Sooners didn’t offer him a scholarship, Oklahoma was the place he wanted to be. “We got offers from different places. Different coaches would come to the house and interview us, and then

we went to New Mexico, but it was always something inside him that pulled him back to OU,” Mary said. “We talked about it and talked about it, and he said ‘Mom, I know we want a scholarship, but what’s the worst that could happen going to OU?’” Mary agreed, and Basquine walked on in 2014. He took a redshirt his freshman year and went on the practice squad. There he started to develop a relationship with Baker Mayfield, the Sooners’ star signal caller. “I saw how hard he worked, so I wanted to match that because he took (being on scout team) as an advantage to get better,” Basquine said. “We were making plays, and naturally we kind of clicked — our personalities. Now he’s more outgoing, and I’m subtler and quiet, but he brings that out in me, and it just clicked like that.” Basquine made a name for himself on the scout team in 2014 and was determined to see the field last season. He had a good summer and spring, but he injured his hand during camp and found himself on the shelf for the rest of the season. “That one probably hurt the most,” he said. “Probably the day I went up there and they told me I was out for the season, that was probably the only day I dwelled on it, but then after that I just wrote in my journal and said ‘look, at this point you need to work as hard as you can to be the best player you can be,’ and that was kind of my motivation every day I was out there.” Eventually, Basquine viewed the injury as a blessing in disguise. He hit the gym and remained focused on proving himself. His mother thinks the lack of a scholarship is one of the single hardest things he’s had to deal with. “I don’t even like the term ‘chip on your shoulder,’ but I definitely have a point to prove when I’m out there,” Basquine said. “I’m trying to earn my respect — show

them that I’ve earned the right to be on the field, and I deserve to play out there because I’ve worked for it.” That touchdown catch in the Sooners’ home opener was vindication for all his hard work and affirmation of the ability that Mayfield has been publicly promoting since the spring. “He’s put in a lot of work to get to where he’s at right now, and I’m very proud of him,” Mayfield said. Once Basquine scored that touchdown, Mayfield sprinted from midfield to the end zone to celebrate with his former practice squad teammate. “That was probably the most excited I’ve been in a long time when he scored that touchdown,” Mayfield said. “I didn’t see him because he was beating my head in,” Basquine said with a laugh. “But seeing the replay, that was pretty special to know that he’s been in my corner since two years ago, before anybody knew who I was, and I got to perform in front of 85,000 people.” Basquine thinks he deserves the right to be on that football field, playing against top-tier competition, and his confidence is beaming. His former high school teammate, his quarterback and his mother all share in that confidence. “I can’t wait for the next one, and the next one after that,” Mary said. Derek Peterson

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