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‘I still have that fear’

OU community fears risks to return to ‘normalicy’ GABRIELA TUMANI & ZARIA OATES @GabrielaTumani @ZARIAOATESTV

In May, over a year of perpetual pandemic fears

were met with a glimmer of hope, as a CDC guideline update noted vaccinated individuals were no longer required to wear masks indoors or practice social distancing. An end to an era of Zoom, isolation and masked gatherings seemed possible, and the summer opened up an opportunity to transition into “a new normal.”

This moment of celebration was followed by uncertainty as universities looked to the fall and wondered how they would manage COVID19 restrictions. Some opened their doors at fuller capacities with vaccination requirements, while others argued whether COVID-19 vaccinations should be a personal choice.

In light of these guidelines, OU changed its university-wide masking policy, stating fully vaccinated individuals 12 years of age and older are no longer required to wear a mask during the fall semester. It also eliminated its social distancing protocols in all areas, minus patient care and clinical research participant settings, to resume in-person classes at regular capacity.

Although the university released its Phase IV Return Plan, in the hopes of answering the questions of OU community members, university administration, staff, faculty and students communicated a variety of emotions in response to the shedding of requirements.

As OU prepares for a fullcapacity campus this fall, the university community called for more clarity and expressed concerns surrounding the university’s COVID-19 guidelines.

Vaccine-related hesitancy, legislation and requirements OU Chief COVID Officer Dr. Dale Bratzler and associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the OU Health Sciences Center Dr. Aaron Wendelboe agreed there are likely to be cluster outbreaks of COVID-19 during the fall because not everyone will be vaccinated.

As of July 19, 56.1 percent of people in the U.S. have received at least the first dose of the vaccine and 48.6 percent have received both doses. In Oklahoma, 46 percent of people have received at least the first dose of the vaccine, while 40 percent are fully vaccinated.

The passage of SB 658, a bill authored by Sen. Rob Standridge (R-Norman) and approved

by Gov. Kevin Stitt, prevents Oklahoma universities from mandating vaccinations.

The bill prohibits any institution of higher education from requiring COVID-19 vaccines or requiring vaccine passports as a condition of admittance, attendance or implementing a mask mandate.

Bratzler said he doesn’t agree with SB 658 and encouraged unvaccinated individuals to protect themselves by getting their vaccinations, or the “most effective intervention” against COVID-19.

“The law did explicitly exclude healthcare facilities which can mandate vaccines to protect healthcare workers and patients,” Bratzler said. “I am quite comfortable that fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear a mask in

most settings, but if we were to see an outbreak among unvaccinated students, staff or faculty, we would like to be able to require the wearing of masks.”

OU Health announced July 8 it will require faculty, staff, trainees and students on rotations and employees inpatient and non-patient settings to be fully vaccinated by Aug. 31.

Staff is allowed to decline the vaccine under limited circumstances, including medical contradiction and religious belief.

OU’s former Director of Media Relations Kesha Keith wrote in an email after revisions of its COVID-19 protocols the university “strongly recommends” all unvaccinated individuals wear masks while inside OU’s academic, athletic, housing and administrative facilities, although it won’t be enforced.

Keith wrote unvaccinated individuals are encouraged to set up a free vaccination appointment through OU Health Services. She also wrote that, as of May 24, OU Health Services stopped offering free COVID-19 tests.

Patients with insurance should not have any out-ofpocket costs for a covered COVID-19 test, but she wrote they should check with their health plan to confirm before scheduling a test.

Although OU is not requiring vaccinations for students, faculty and staff based on state legislation, a federal ruling regarding vaccination requirements at Indiana University seems to be the first example of a court upholding a vaccine mandate. The judge cited the 14th Amendment, which he said allows Indiana University to “pursue a reasonable and due process of vaccination in the legitimate interest of public health for its students, faculty and staff.”

Other colleges and universities have mandated COVID-19 vaccinations, including Columbia University, Duke University, University of Delaware, the California Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University. Some are requiring faculty and students to be vaccinated, while others only mandate vaccinations for students living on campus.

Bratzler encouraged OU community members who don’t feel comfortable with the updated masking policy to wear a mask at any indoor event.

“Wearing a mask does provide protection for the person wearing it,” Bratzler said. “Remember that the risk of transmission of the virus remains low outdoors, but wearing a mask at any indoor event can afford some protection.”

Wendelboe said because health experts and the university cannot require COVID-19 vaccinations, he has been trying to address vaccine hesitancy in Oklahoma, where he said there is “a huge emphasis on personal freedoms.”

“I’m trying to set up a town hall so that we can let people who have concerns about getting vaccinated talk about the issues, see if they want more information, express their concerns or, (if) there is something else,” Wendelboe said. “Because what I have learned is that each community and each person seems to have specific issues, and I don’t know that we can address that with one, two or three different public health messages.”

Delta Variant Bratzler said his biggest concern for the fall is the COVID-19 delta variant is currently circulating in Oklahoma. First identifiedin India and

classified as a variant of concern” by the World Health Organization, Bratzler said the variant still imposes risks to fully vaccinated individuals.

231 delta variant cases were identified as of July 14, accounting for 33.6 percent of variant cases in the state.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joseph Biden’s chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the delta variant is responsible for more than 70 percent of recent COVID19 cases in some parts of the U.S. In Oklahoma, 231 delta variant cases were identified as of July 14, accounting for 33.6 percent of variant cases in the state.

The delta variant has significantly increased transmission and is responsible for new outbreaks of COVID-19 in a growing number of countries. Its multiple alterations of the virus’ genetic material — specifically in the spike protein — may account for its quick spread and transmissibility.

“We know that the variant is 50 to 60 percent more transmissible. In other words, it spreads easier from one person to another,” Bratzler said. “Preliminary data suggests that patients who get infected with the delta variant actually are sicker, more likely to have complications (and) more likely to end up in the hospital.”

Although the university constantly updates its COVID-19 dashboard, which includes Cleveland County and regional area statistics alongside Goddard Health Center results, a university spokesperson wrote in a July 9 email they are unable to provide variantspecific information because variant testing is “not readily available or done on a regular basis in Oklahoma.”

Bratzler wrote in a July 19 email that variant information is available in the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s weekly epidemiology and surveillance report. The university spokesperson wrote OU will consider modifying its testing procedures “in the event variant testing becomes more available.”

Even though COVID-19 vaccines are not 100 percent effective, Wendelboe said they are highly effective against the emerging variants.

“I think that what people want is a guarantee, and there’s never a guarantee in life,” Wendelboe said.

“But as far as me personally, my family and friends and then, of course, working in a public health community, I can still share with people confidently (that) if you get vaccinated, you’re going to be able to go out into the community and get back to that new normal.”

Bratzler said he has been impressed by students who complied with masking policies during the peak of the pandemic, and he hopes that enthusiasm will continue into the fall semester.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is not over,” Bratzler said. “Many of us are concerned that we may see outbreaks in the fall and winter months when K-12 and colleges and universities go back to full capacity. We need to maintain our vigilance and watch out for outbreaks closely.”

Community reflection on OU COVID-19 new policies OU students and staff expressed apprehension toward the fall COVID19 guidelines while also

indulging in the optimism of “normalcy.” Personal health concerns and risks of exposure for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals have created anxiety throughout the OU community, as they consider what no masks and full-capacity classrooms could mean for the university this fall.

OU library technician and administrative assistant Jay Edwards said despite the implementation of OU’s Phase IV Return plan, he is concerned about his health and the health of others.

Edwards has a genetic lung condition that he said will only be an issue if he were to smoke or contract COVID-19, so he continues to wear his mask for his safety. He said he has friends, family and co-workers with medical exemptions and compromised immune systems, which has prompted concerns for him surrounding the spread of the delta variant.

“I still would like to see more masking right now … because I’m concerned with not only my health, but (also) the health of other people,” Edwards said. “(Masking) seemed to be very helpful in preventing the spread of disease, not just COVID-19, but also the regular flu, stomach bugs and colds.”

With masking policies slowly dwindling from public spaces, Edwards said he is seeking salvation in vaccination clarity. Edwards said he understands there are rules and protocols on the health information of others, specifically concerning HIPAA but believes the university should still aim for transparency.

“I would love the university to be able to require vaccinations like they do with other kinds of vaccinations required by law,” Edwards said. “If they can’t, I would like to see the university give us numbers on vaccination rates at OU.” Nearly one year ago, the university encountered a similar problem of not meeting student expectations for COVID19 procedures, ultimately invoking fear in returning students. Students Torey Henderson and Persephone Himes described their fears of infecting immunocompromised family members and personal autoimmune diseases that, when paired with COVID-19, threaten survival.

Coupled with the decreasing remote-work accommodations for students and faculty, students held a die-in protest last year to express their disapproval surrounding the COVID-19 protocols in place. This year, students are counting on the university to consider their opinions Robby Frost, a sophomore meteorology student, said he generally supports the university’s fall COVID-19 policies, but his support comes with a mix of anxiety and excitement.

“I still have that fear in the back of my mind that something’s going to go wrong, or we’re going to have to go back to the way things were in the fall and spring,” Frost said.

Frost said it was good timing to lift the mask mandate with a reduced number of students on campus in the summer to see how it would work.

He said he hopes there’s a protocol to quickly tighten COVID-19 procedures in the event there is a big spike on campus and an initiative to get more students vaccinated.

“My main fear is how many people are not vaccinated, but they have not made it a requirement for students and staff. …

I would definitely feel a lot better if that was done because then you would know everyone walking around without a mask has at least been vaccinated,” Frost said.

Frost said he’s excited to get back to normal but hopes the university won’t have to revert to its 2020-21 COVID-19 policies.

“I would hope the school would take notice of the things that have been concerning people … and address them … or (say) ‘we are going to change the policy because we’ve heard these concerns,’” Frost said. “I would also hope that would cause them to crack down on getting more people vaccinated or at least encourage more people to get the vaccine,” Frost said.

OU’s campus dynamics after lifting its masking policy OU Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students David Surratt wrote in an email that all individuals who wish to continue wearing a mask “can, and should certainly do so based upon their comfort level.”

Surratt wrote those who can provide health documentation to support special accommodations due to circumstances presented by COVID-19 should register with the ADRC. While COVID-19 vaccinations aren’t required for most OU community members, Surratt wrote he still encourages the community to get vaccinated regardless of masking policy changes.

OU Faculty Senate Chair Keri Kornelson wrote in an email that she is “reassured” because OU’s administration will continue to track COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations along with Dr. Bratzler.

She wrote this will ensure a quick response from the university if there is a surge in cases during the fall.

“The senate encourages everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated and will continue to promote the recommendations of epidemiologists as OU determines policies for the fall,” Kornelson wrote. “I will encourage the administration and (Human Resources) to accommodate students, staff or faculty members who have compromised immune systems or other reasons that they are not able to safely return to normal on-campus activities.”

Because OU is not requiring documentation or proof of vaccination, Wendelboe said there has been discussion on what type of information would be required and how it would logistically implement its return plan.

Ultimately, he said the university decided to rely on the “honor system.”

“Honestly, there’s so many ways that people can get around providing honest information that we feel that the honor policy is really the best policy to implement at these campus levels, recognizing that, yes, there are some people that are probably going to falsify that information, and they may not be 100 percent truthful,” Wendelboe said. “I do not think that that level of dishonesty, alone, is going to cause outbreaks of COVID-19. I’m fully confident that we’re actually going to see a surge in COVID-19, at least by default, if not maybe even earlier.” gabrielatumani@ou.edu ztoates@gmail.com

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André-Denis Wright steps into new Norman campus provost role with ‘fair,’ transparent’ leadership, spirit of mentorship JILLIAN TAYLOR @jilliantaylor__

said when Wright started as dean of the agricultural college, it required new leadership, as faculty members often butted heads with administration and research stakeholders.

Sue Ishaq currently

works as an assistant professor of animal and veterinary sciences at the University of Maine, but she said she wouldn’t be in the position she is now without André-Denis Wright.

“It was fresh air when he came,” Gill said. “Before he came it was, to be honest, really terrible. The college administration and fullscale faculty would get their way on this and that but, after André came, he sort of pacified it.”

The now-confident scientist and researcher was once an uncertain undergraduate student studying to become a veterinarian in the University of Vermont’s animal science department from 2003-2007. When she realized that path wasn’t for her, she said she chose to go back to Vermont for research at the end of her undergraduate studies.

Ishaq said she was worried the road ahead would be difficult, as it can be challenging to find well-funded and open projects and positions.

She said she worked in Burlington, Vermont, for three years until a colleague encouraged her to reach out to a new department chair at the University of Vermont.

That chair was Wright, and little did she know, he would soon become her Ph.D. mentor. All it took was a cup of coffee.

“I, as an undergraduate, had very intentionally avoided microbiology, avoided genetics, avoided computer programming. … But then, during a conversation with André, I realized my degree was probably going to be in microbiology, genetics and computer programming,” Ishaq said. “(But) he made it sound so interesting, and I thought, ‘Well, I have no experience in this, so I don’t really know that I don’t like it, and he’s got experience, and he looked over my application. He had a conversation with me, and he thinks I can do it, and I can do it.’ That turned out to be the case.”

Wright, a man of humble beginnings, became OU’s first Black senior vice president and provost on July 1, opening up yet another opportunity for him to change lives.

University administration and those who know him well highlight his peopleoriented nature, strength in mentorship and passion for research, preparing him to become a premier academic leader in the rolling plains of Oklahoma.

Learning to lead Wright wrote in an email his hungry spirit and passion for education were shaped in Beechville, Nova Scotia, a Black community established in 1816 by freed slaves. He wrote his inspiration was his single mother, who met his every need and want while working as a nursing assistant and encouraging her only son to study hard and get good grades.

A place without running water or heating left Wright splitting wood, chopping through ice to access a well and bringing in water buckets for drinking and bathing. He wrote he planted deep roots in his community by singing in the choir of his Baptist church and serving as the president of the Men’s Brotherhood, who helped the elderly and sick.

A university degree was his ticket to bigger things.

He wrote that his mom believed it would open up opportunities for a steady career or a well-paying job so he could one day have

Gill said Wright’s land grant research mission was beyond that of previous administrators, as it allowed faculty members to effectively and independently build upon their research.

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Senior Vice President and Provost Andre-Denis Wright in his office in Evans Hall July 22.

the basic things most take for granted.

The dreams Wright’s mother held in her heart came true, as he went on to get his bachelor’s degree at Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia and traveled across the Pacific Ocean to attend graduate school at the University of Guelph in Canada. He wrote that, in between his undergraduate and graduate studies, he also served on the cadet instructor’s list of the Canadian Armed Forces, working his way up to receive a commission from Queen Elizabeth II as a second lieutenant in 1986.

He wrote his education and background in the armed forces worked hand in hand in teaching him about leadership.

Military training, alongside a bachelor’s degree in biology, a masters’ degree in zoology and animal biology, and a doctorate of philosophy, lead him to take on his first position of leadership as a research scientist in Perth, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

The organization serves as the country’s national science agency which turns “science into solutions” to help address issues of food security, clean energy and resources, health and valuing environments, according to its website.

Although Wright wrote his eleven years of work as a project, stream and research group leader were fulfilling, he yearned to be in an academic setting within his first year working for the organization.

“I realized that I missed teaching and being around students,” Wright wrote.

“Fortunately, several years later, I was awarded adjunct faculty appointments at two local universities, which provided me with the opportunity to teach courses and to co-advise graduate students. I still love teaching, whether it’s in a classroom, on a field trip, or one-on-one in my office, and being able to nurture and encourage the lifelong learning of my students.”

Wright would later serve as a department chair and professor of animal science at the University of Vermont from 2009-2014, a director and professor in the University of Arizona’s School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences from 2014-18 and, most recently, a dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University from 2018 to June 2021.

In each position of educational leadership, Wright wrote he has routinely sought input

from others and focuses intently on supporting and developing people. These experiences inspired his values and goal to create a shared vision of the future with the people he serves.

Wright wrote he lives by 12 guiding principles: listening twice as much as you speak, accepting responsibility, having a positive attitude, persevering, remaining flexible, leading by example, being transparent, planning, delegating tasks effectively, supporting while giving constructive criticism, clarifying problems and making logical decisions and creating enthusiasm to make things happen. He wrote each one is equally important in leadership, and he has stuck to them in every leadership position he accepts.

OU Dean of Students and Vice President of Student Affairs David Surratt wrote in an email that, as he and College of Arts and Sciences Dean David Wrobel searched for provost candidates, Wright’s experience and background stood out immediately based on his accomplishments.

The more university administration learned about Wright, the easier it became to picture him in a position of leadership.

Encouraging diversity and research Wright will be stepping into the place of Jill Irvine, a presidential professor of international and area studies who filled the role in the interim. She held the position in place of Kyle Harper, a current classics and letters professor, who resigned from the position in June 2020. Before stepping down, Harper faced scrutiny for failing to speak out against racist incidents on campus, including former Gaylord Director of Graduate Studies and Gaylord Family Endowed Chair Peter Gade comparing the N-word to the phrase “OK, boomer” and Kathleen Brosnan, a history department professor, reading it aloud multiple times from a 1920’s U.S Senate document.

As part of a sit-in after those events, OU’s Black Emergency Response Team spoke to the “lack of trust” they had in Harper to handle diversity issues, which was also a concern expressed by the search committee who received his application.

The provost position is crucial to university success as they support and direct all college-level operations and initiatives at OU, Wrobel wrote. For him, Wright fulfilled each of the

essential qualities a provost must possess “and more.”

“There are many keys to success in this role including, a strong research profile, deep interest in student needs, concerted commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and an elevated emphasis on and respect for staff,” Wrobel wrote.

“In addition, a successful provost must be an effective communicator who will be passionate in their promotion of the university and all its constituencies.”

Wright wrote, in issues of diversity on campus, he hopes to be a source of inspiration, encouragement and unity to all students, staff and faculty.

“I know how I felt when I was a student and I saw someone that looked like me as my instructor, or when I was a junior faculty member and I discovered that my chair or leader had similar experiences as me growing up as a child of mixed races,” Wright wrote.

“I am blessed, honored and very proud to have been selected from a large pool of highly qualified and diverse candidates as the incoming Senior Vice President and Provost of the University of Oklahoma Norman campus.”

Wright’s extensive background in research made OU appealing, as he wrote the university is a premier research and flagship institution. He wrote he looks forward to working closely with OU President Joseph Harroz and serving as the chief academic officer for the Norman campus.

“The more I learned about OU, the more excited I became about its future and I wanted to be a part of this journey,” Wright wrote.

“After reading OU’s new strategic plan, the purpose and pillars resonated well with me. The strategic plan is practical, bold, and most importantly, achievable.”

A record of success in grant-funded research and authoring a multitude of publications are qualities that Wrobel wrote will make Wright an excellent mentor and the perfect person to carry out the university’s strategic plan.

“The Norman campus Strategic Plan will set OU on the path to achieving AAUlevel metrics and achieving national recognition as a public research university, focused on equity and access, ‘’ Wrobel wrote.

“Dr. Wright’s values, as evidenced in his record of transformative leadership, align superbly with the values of the plan.”

Kulvinder Gill, a professor in Washington State University’s department of crops and a soil and wheat geneticist,

“He understands what it is like when many administrators do not,” Gill said. “He knows what it is to be connected with stakeholders and serve our stakeholders. Having that deep understanding, I think, is his best strength, because then he knows who to connect with, and what is needed to move the institute forward.”

Transparency was something Gill said was apparent in Wright’s character, as he was always upfront with the decisions he made and left little unknowns surrounding his process of making calls. He said he’s envious of OU as it enters its fall semester.

“When I heard that (André was moving to Oklahoma), I was still trying to get over it,” Gill said. “We were personally so excited that he is here because you need a fair voice in an administrator position. That’s not really very common here.”

Inspiring others Although Wright has experienced individual success, he has also acted as a catalyst for the success of others. Ishaq is one of those people.

As Ishaq looks back on the highs and lows of her career, she said she owes a lot to Wright. Despite his busy schedule, he still checks in on her over email, exemplifying his ability to connect with his colleagues and students.

“You know how you learn how to be a good parent from your parents? I learned how to be, hopefully, a good lab mentor, because André was a good lab mentor,” Ishaq said. “He was always accessible to me … even though he was the department chair at the time. I never felt like I had to wait in line to speak to him. … I didn’t have to hide when I was struggling with my work or struggling with concepts, because I knew that I could approach him and we could talk it out together, and I wouldn’t feel like he would think less of me for not understanding things.”

Surratt commended Wright’s ability to inspire students, writing that he is excited to see him work with students and faculty on campus.

“The earnestness in his demeanor paired with his ability to be relatable set him apart from other candidates,” Surratt wrote. “He was thoughtful in every aspect of his communication which displayed strong interpersonal skills while also showing great administrative acumen and authority.”

As the fall semester approaches, Wright wrote the first thing he hopes to accomplish as provost is getting to know OU faculty, staff, students, stakeholders and donors. He stressed his open-door policy from serving as a Washington State University dean will transition into his role as the senior vice president and provost.

“Before COVID-19, I also visited our (Washington State) faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders in their offices, laboratories, studios, and classrooms, across the Currently, she leads her state and region,” Wright own lab titled “The Ishaq wrote. “I also started a new Lab,” which focuses on the tradition in the college by gut microbiomes of wild hand-delivering letters and domestic animals of promotion and tenure — or more specifically, ruminants, which are even- to faculty members on the main campus, and toed, hoofed, four-legged by personally calling our mammals who eat grass. faculty at our other 48 She said her focus is on locations around the state moose populations, where she has had the opportunity of Washington. As Provost, I want to be accessible to to collect microbes and those I serve. I also hope I study their stomach contents, which ultimately can get out of the office and walk around campus and contribute to their entire meet people.” biome.

She said she was inspired to continue in the field after “a great couple of talks” with Wright, who encouraged Ishaq to apply to the school, where he accepted her in 2010. She said this is when she began her study of the moose, as Wright taught her how to work with microbes in anaerobic chambers, which allows scientists to study things in spaces without oxygen. He was the perfect mentor in microbiology, Ishaq said — he even had a ciliated protozoan, or a single-celled microscopic animal, named after him called the “Apokeronopsis wrighti.”

“He sort of instilled a love of protozoa in me,” Ishaq said.

Wright created an environment where Ishaq took ownership over the research projects she was working on and the coursework she completed.

She said she saw her communication skills improve as he helped her figure out how to navigate the field she was entering.

Surratt wrote he has worked closely with the provost’s office throughout his time at OU, and he expects that partnership to continue as Wright takes on the role.

“Dr. Wright has expressed support of the student experience overall as well as a desire to support services that lead to positive outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students,” Surratt wrote. “Based on his collaboration with my counterpart in student affairs at Washington State, I anticipate a similarly strong partnership here at OU, given my division’s touchpoints related to areas such as first-year programs, retention initiatives, student development, advocacy, and campus wellbeing, I expect there will be many opportunities for us to partner in the future.” even earlier.”

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Summer highlights from city, campus Welcome, or welcome back. If you’re new to campus, if you have been away for the summer or if you’ve been around but just tuned out a bit (trust us, we get it), here is a quick catch-up of highlights in the city and around campus since the spring semester ended.

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Members of the Norman City Council gather with residents who attended their June 29 special session.

City Council prohibits practice of conversion therapy on minors; Norman only city in state with protections JILLIAN TAYLOR @jilliantaylor__

As the City of Norman celebrated the last day of Pride Month, the joy and sentiments shared by attendees during the council’s June 29 special session persist after council members voted unanimously to amend a city ordinance, adding a definition of conversion therapy and prohibiting the practice of it on a minor.

Chapter 7 of the City of Norman code was once mainly concerned with anti-discrimination and public contracts, Assistant City Attorney Anthony Purinton said. He said the amended chapter contains three articles, including a general provision with a definition and statement of purpose, an anti-discrimination article and the additional definition of conversion therapy.

Purinton said the definition of conversion therapy is a “practice or treatment, seeking to change sexual orientation and gender identity.” He said the therapy is not defined by services providing acceptance, support and understanding to individuals or facilitating someone’s coping, social support, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Starting at 5:30 p.m., 21 individuals stepped up to the podium, one by one, each speaking in favor of the amendment in an intimate, rainbow-adorned crowd of supporters. An hour later, the eight council members all voted in favor of the new definition and prohibiting the practice of conversion therapy on minors.

Although there is debate in the courts, specifically in the 11th Circuit court system, surrounding how speech fits in the professional context of therapy, Purinton said nothing legally prevents the council from passing the amendment.

“Therapy is technically speech, and especially speech therapy, so that’s what you see is the court grappling right now,” Purinton said.

“So you have already kind of a mixture of court opinions on these types of ordinances, but in the 10th Circuit, (where Oklahoma resides), there was no binding precedent that would restrict us from entertaining this amendment.”

The prohibition on conversion therapy prevents providers from engaging in it with a minor. Penalties range from $50-750, up to 60 days of imprisonment and provide an option for civil action in any court of “competent jurisdiction.”

Council members and residents alike shared their

research surrounding conversion therapy alongside personal testimonies of the hurt it has caused them or people they know.

Bow Clement, a Ward 4 resident and member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, thanked the council for shedding light on this issue, which they said is not a supportive practice. They said they have the luxury of a loving family who accepts them for who they are, but not every Norman resident is that lucky.

“It hurts so much to see (my friends) not get the love and care that they deserve,” Clement said. “While I have always had a wonderful support system, people have not always been kind. I have been bullied since elementary school, been called slurs from the streets walking home from school and been told that I should go to conversion therapy by my classmates.

I cannot imagine where I would be without my support system, much less a family that would willingly subject me and my siblings to torture and emotional abuse.”

Tom McFarland, a Ward 5 resident and member of the Red Dirt Collective, said his educational background in psychology has allowed him to work with teens and young adults. He said he’s seen people’s identities crushed by conversion therapy, causing people to take their own lives to escape feelings of brokenness, and called upon the council to ensure the safety of Normanites.

“I am straight, and I am cisgender — nobody tries to convert us. We don’t have to come out of our closet.

Nobody sends us to a place to be changed. We don’t live this,” McFarland said. “For us, it is difficult to conceive of what it would be like to be manipulated and twisted to hate ourselves — to hate our identity. An identity is instrumental in our perception of self … and you can’t take that away from somebody. You cannot take the gender identity from someone or the sexual orientation from a person any more than you can take that thing that you have within yourself.”

Three people attended the meeting to voice opposition to the amendment, including Ward 3 Councilmemberelect Kelly Lynn, Ward 5 C o u n c i l m e m b e r- e l e c t Rarchar Tortorello and OU Math Department member Gary Barksdale. The three residents argued amending the ordinance is not in the purview of the city government and could set precedents allowing the council to ban other things like abortion.

They all left the meeting following their time on the

podium while others remained to hear everyone on the speaker list. Lynn and Tortorello will be sworn into council July 6 during their next meeting.

Megan Strong, a licensed clinical social worker and member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, was the first to address their statements.

“Children and youth deserve appropriate mental health care. They deserve a community that stands by them. They deserve a city council that will look out for them, even when their families aren’t willing to,” Strong said. “This is absolutely city business, and this policy reflects science, ethics and norms and values of inclusivity and diversity.”

In what was her last meeting, Ward 3 Councilmember Alison Petrone said she believes “protecting children from abuse is the job of the city government.”

“That is the purview of government, is to protect the people, especially the defenseless,” Petrone said. “I mean, these are children that we’re talking about tonight, (and) it’s not just children, it’s adults as well, that fall victim and prey to these practices that are so sadistic. … You are (all) brave. You’re beautiful, and you’re perfect just the way that you are — every single one of you and everybody at home just listening, and never let anybody tell you otherwise.”

In w hat wa s a l s o h i s l a s t m e e t i ng, Wa rd 5 Councilmember Michael Nash said he has watched his niece, a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, firmly establish her identity and radiate confidence in it. He said, if his niece was forced by therapy to become someone beyond her current identity, she wouldn’t be his niece.

He said it is sad the council often has to apologize for the rest of Oklahoma’s actions, but he hopes to see the council continue creating a place of inclusivity for all of Norman’s residents.

“If we need to, (we can) hold a torch to the rest of the country saying our state might be backwards, but we are not,” Nash said. “We will protect our people, whatever their identity is, whoever they choose, whatever color they are. … The only thing that we do not tolerate here is hate and hatred. I’m thrilled that it sounds like there is no opposition to passing this, and I’m surprised we haven’t done this sooner.”

To t h o s e w i t h r e l i gion-based objections to banning conversion, The Rev. Blake Woods of St. Anselm of Canterbury said he has seen the burdens carried by

2SLGBTQ+ youth as they attempt to change their identity to be faithful to their religious community. He said while these youth are often told they are not worthy of love, they in fact deserve to be honored as children of God instead of broken down by therapy that attempts to build them into someone they are not.

“I have attended the funerals of too many of those youth after they made the choice to end their life rather than live in a world that tells them they are a problem to be fixed, instead of a beloved child of God, just as they are, without question, or equivocation or conversion therapy, which is no therapy at all,” Woods said. “It does not serve or honor our children, it does not serve or honor the image of God that we say is present in them … It is a weapon used by parents who believe that they are helping, who believe that they are being faithful, but are destroying some of the best and most sacred parts of their children, and they do it in the name of God.” To w a r d t h e e n d o f t h e m e e t i n g , Wa r d 1 Councilmember Brandi Studley shared how she came out as bisexual in the ’90s and could not imagine someone telling her she couldn’t love who she wanted to love. Now, as she raises her 15-year-old daughter, she said she is constantly reminded of the emotional intelligence young people possess, and the city government should vote to protect them.

“I called my 15-year-old — before I came in here tonight — who’s at her dad’s for the summer, and I told her what we were doing tonight, that there was a special session, and she clapped and then she said, ‘Why is this even a thing?’ Studley said. “Why is this even a thing? Why is there such a thing as conversion therapy in our society?

So, again, I just want to thank you guys for coming out and sharing your truth, and I will support this.”

Although local government is often difficult, Norman Mayor Breea Clark said she considered the vote to be “the good stuff.” She encouraged the members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community at the meeting to never quit fighting, as their courage is part of what makes Norman great.

The meeting concluded with the council’s unanimous vote.

“Happy pride, y’all,” Clark said. jillian.g.taylor-2@ou.edu

Crisis response changes: Norman’s City Council approved at its June 8 meeting using $500,000 to create a non-police Mobile Crisis Response Program, a non-violent task force for mental health emergencies. The team’s funding was initially going to come from the police department, but council members voted to pull the money from the general fund instead.

The vote came at the end of a meeting — which was packed with Unite Norman supporters — at which the city’s fire marshal moved to enforce city hall’s capacity limit, which veteran Ward 7 Councilmember Stephen Holman said he hadn’t seen done in 25 years.

New councilmembers: The council swore in Ward 3 Councilmember Kelly Lynn and Ward 5 Councilmember Rarchar Tortorello on July 6. The United Norman-backed duo replaced Alison Petrone and Michael Nash, respectively.

Lynn, a national guard member and general practice lawyer, has not responded to The Daily’s request for an interview. Tortorello, an Air Force veteran whose campaign prioritized additional funding for the police department and unity and transparency in Norman city politics, hosted his first town hall meeting days before being sworn in.

During the meeting, Tortorello addressed his attendance at former President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in January that preceded the Capitol insurrection. He said he went for the president and had veritable proof he was in his hotel room during the insurrection, although he did not produce it for attendees.

Campus restaurants: OU plans to open all campus restaurants for the 2021-22 academic year, including Cross restaurants. A new, larger Union Starbucks, first announced in January 2020 but delayed due to the pandemic, is slated to be completed by mid-fall. It will fill the space most recently used as the Think Tank in the Union’s first floor. The old, smaller Starbucks near the Union’s Crossroads area will reopen at the beginning of the fall semester and remain open until the new location is done.

Tuition change: The OU Board of Regents’ voted on June 22 decision to raise tuition costs by 2.75 percent following three years without increases. The move was met with disapproval from both students and faculty, who felt separate from the decision-making process and worried about financial impacts on lower-income students. Faculty noted decisions made by Oklahoma’s state legislature could also cause the university to rely on students for funding.

Statue removed: “The Gossips,” a statue outside the Union, was removed in June based on requests from community members,

alumni and at the appeal of the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues. The statue, which was donated by then-OU President David Boren and his wife, Molly Boren, in 2007, has been moved to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. An OU spokesperson wrote that the university plans to replace it with a piece that “celebrates women.”

Personnel moves: Adrienne Carter-Sowell was named the director of OU’s Gateway to Belonging course — which will serve as one of three classes in a FirstYear Experience suite — on May 20. CarterSowell, who served as associate head of diversity, equity and inclusion in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University, will supervise the gateway course’s curriculum and coordinate a faculty team.

Gateway to Belonging was originally to be a standalone course requirement. The university shifted its plans after Gov. Kevin Stitt in May signed into law House Bill 1775, which restricts certain gender and diversity theories being taught in schools.

This year, it will develop a First-Year Experience suite of three courses — Gateway to Belonging, Global Perspectives and Engagement, and Ethical Leadership Development — one of which students will have to take.

OU President Joseph Harroz said, despite the restrictions of HB 1775, the university chose to adjust its plans because “no student should graduate without an understanding of people they’re not familiar with. …. Can you really say as a university that you prepare your students for a life of meaning and impact if they come here, and early in their academic career, they don’t understand others?

I don’t believe you can.”

In other personnel moves, Michael Cawley was appointed chairman of the OU Board of Regents on May 27, succeeding recently departed former regent Gary Pierson. An Oklahoma City resident and 1972 OU graduate, Cawley was appointed in 2019. ... Katheleen Guzman was appointed dean of the College of Law on May 25. She served as interim dean since 2019.

Pissarro battle ends: French Holocaust survivor and businesswoman Leone Meyer transferred the title of the 1886 Camille Pissarro painting “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” to the OU Foundation in late May. The painting was looted from Meyer’s father, Raoul Meyer, during World War II and donated to OU in 2000

by Max Weitzenhoffer, a former regent whose family acquired the painting from a New York art gallery in 1957.

A legal battle between Meyer and OU started in 2013 when she filed a suit to gain complete ownership of the painting. Under the new arrangement, the painting remained on display at the Musée d’Orsay before returning to OU’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art to go on display in July. After three years, the painting will return to France for its rotating three-year public display at a French institution.

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Another season of early kickoffs CHANDLER ENGELBRECHT @ctengelbrecht

A R L I N G T O N , Te x a s — Jeremiah Hall had to study the OU-Nebraska rivalry.

Hall said the matchup is a bit before his time, as he was in middle school in North Carolina when the Sooners and Cornhuskers last played in the 2010 Big 12 Championship game.

But now, Hall understands just how much this storied game matters to both fanbases.

The redshirt senior H-back is ready to bring the rivalry back — even though it doesn’t have a prime time slot.

“Even though it’s in the middle of the day,” Hall said at Big 12 Media Days, “we’re still gonna make sure that game is fun and go out and compete.”

The 11 a.m. kickoff time for the 87th meeting between OU and Nebraska was announced on May 27, much to the dismay of OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione. Shortly after the time was announced, Castiglione released a statement saying he was “bitterly disappointed” that the game couldn’t be played at a later time. On Wednesday, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby addressed Castiglione’s comments.

“Well, 11 a.m. is an inconvenience for some fans,” Bowlsby said. “Some fans prefer night games. When I was at Stanford, I did a survey, and there were those that wanted to play afternoon games exclusively and hated night games. There were those that played night games exclusively and hated afternoon games. … It depends on who you ask. I think Joe’s position on it was it was a marquee game and he would have liked to have seen it played in prime time.

“He’s entitled to that position, and we talked about it extensively in the time before he made his comments. Having said that, we all signed the TV contract, and we can change it the next time around if we want to change it, but we are going to live by our stipulations on the television agreements and that’s what we did on this occasion.”

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Game of the Century between the Sooners and Cornhuskers. Nebraska won that meeting, 35-31.

When asked about morning kickoffs, head coach Lincoln Riley said, “just tell us when and where … we’ll adjust with it.”

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OU coach Lincoln Riley speaks during Big 12 Media Days in Arlington, Texas, in mid July. Entering his fifth season at OU, he’s 45-8, but 1-3 in bowls.

Riley, leaders stress poise despite preseason noise Season with elite expectations opens at Tulane on Sept. 4 CHANDLER ENGELBRECHT @ctengelbrecht

ARLINGTON, Texas — Nik Bonitto smirked when asked at Big 12 Media Days if this year’s OU team could be one of the best ever assembled.

The redshirt junior outside linebacker thinks the Sooners need to play at least one game before they’re in the running for that title, even though they may have the talent to get there. This offseason, Oklahoma is the preseason media favorite to win its seventh consecutive Big 12 championship and among favorites to earn a berth in the 2021 College Football Playoff.

College football prognosticators even picked the Sooners to win the national championship.

Earlier in the day, head coach Lincoln Riley was asked if he thought 2021 would be the year his team could snap its CFP losing streak and win the playoff outright.

Like Bonitto, the now-fifth year answered with a smile before saying, “This is Oklahoma — every year is the year to do that.”

A s bu zz su r rou n d i ng t h e Sooners has heightened with the start of conference media days around the country, OU’s hype of winning the CFP isn’t unjustified.

The Sooners ended last season on an eight-game winning streak, return a Heisman favorite at quarterback in Spencer Rattler and boast a defense that features Pro Football Focus’ No. 1 overall edge rusher in Bonitto.

Yet, this preseason hasn’t been perfect for Oklahoma. Although the Sooners’ offseason has come with plenty of accolades, it’s come with plenty of distractions as well.

Due to their alleged involvement in an April 15 robbery, Trejan Bridges, Mikey Henderson and Seth McGowan were dismissed from the program this offseason.

Henderson and McGowan’s dismissal means Oklahoma returns only four running backs, while Bridges’ exit leaves the team without a former five-star wide receiver.

Heading into a season with as much outside noise as ever, the Sooners’ leaders want the focus to stay within the program.

“They just made a mistake, and that mistake was handled

by Coach Riley,” redshirt senior H-back Jeremiah Hall said of the dismissed Sooners. “For right now,

we’re focusing on the guys that we do have (on the team). I’m leading the guys that are in the locker room right now and may the best happen to the guys that we lost.”

Hall said he didn’t fully realize his leadership position within the team until this offseason. A conversation with Riley made him realize how he can pull his teammates together. Hall believes OU has a strong culture — one sustained by players like Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts — and he wants to grow it further by the time he graduates.

Bonitto shares Hall’s belief of the program’s culture, but admits it took him a while to buy into it.

Bonitto said that during his freshman season in 2018, he struggled at times with off-field issues. His head coach said Bonitto “was on thin ice” as that season progressed.

But Bonitto held multiple conversations with family members and defensive coordinator Alex Grinch — then just months into the job — and managed to turn his career around.

“You got to make sure you’re doing the right stuff off the field,” Bonitto said. “Whether it’s going to classes, not missing any tutoring sessions or mentoring sessions, it all starts there. Once you can get

that together you can start coming to the football field and being a vocal leader (and) playmaker.

“I’m not really much of a ‘rah rah’ type of guy, but I like to lead by example in all those different aspects. If you don’t take care of yourself off the field, it’s gonna affect you on the field.”

Riley knows his program’s culture is atop the list of things he can control. Previously, Riley has voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement, his players’ right to vote in presidential elections and to get vaccinated. He believes for the Sooners to continue to find themselves among the country’s best programs, they need to hold themselves accountable every step of the way.

“Anytime anything in our program happens with anybody, good, bad (or) in between, I’ll always evaluate it and always take it into account,” Riley said. “I’m always looking to get better. You’re always gonna adjust as time goes on.”

Oklahoma opens its season on Sept. 4 in New Orleans against Tulane. chandler.engelbrecht@ou.edu

Name, image, likeness policy like ‘a bonus’ NCAA changes sports landscape by allowing studentathletes to profit AUSTIN CURTRIGHT @austincurtright

ARLINGTON, Texas — For Jeremiah Hall, monetization for players wasn’t an option or thought as a high school recruit.

Now, things have changed as the three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection heads into his fifth season with the Sooners – one that allows student-athletes to profit off their names, images and likeness for the first time after a new policy was adopted by the NCAA on July 1.

“I’ve been around for a while, so I didn’t initially come into college for the NIL,” the redshirt senior H-back said Wednesday at Big 12 Media Days. “To me it’s just like a bonus.”

Hall said he’ll see how things play out, but doesn’t have high expectations for NIL as he’s a veteran role player whose accumulated 423 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in three seasons.

But for players like redshirt sophomore quarterback Spencer Rattler — among the most-followed college football players on Instagram with over 378,000 and a preseason Heisman favorite — the implications of the new rule could result in thousands of dollars.

Rattler has already signed with an agent, started selling merchandise and even promoted Raising Canes.

Also, Rattler charges $177 per short video on Cameo.

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Redshirt sophomore quarterback Spencer Rattler, a Heisman favorite who has signed several endorsement deals, eludes a Baylor defender last season.

It’s a new season, and in some ways a new era for college sports “On the outside to me, it almost feels like (NIL) has a negative connotation around it,” head coach Lincoln Riley said. “I know it doesn’t with athletes but (with) everybody else it almost feels like (there’s) this dark cloud over it. And (NIL’s) not a bad thing, like this is a good thing we just have to do it the right way.”

To help educate student-athletes in the NIL age, OU’s athletic department created The Foundry, which is partnered with INFLCR, meant to help players “grow their brand while

staying compliant,” according to its homepage.

However, Riley added that the process of NIL is still “blurry as hell,” and there needs to be a standard set of rules for teams to follow. Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby also addressed his discomforts with NIL, but stated schools will figure it out soon.

“Generally speaking, schools are managing it,” Bowlsby said. “There isn’t the consistency that I might have liked, but it is pressing ahead.”

Riley hopes the adoption of NIL opportunities will deter players

from taking illegal payments during recruitment and perhaps even the playing field for teams that follow rules. Without further lines and regulations in recruiting, Riley feels NIL could become messy.

“We’ve obviously seen that people are going to bend and push the rules in this game and that’s pretty clear,” Riley said.

Despite the issues presented from Riley and Bowlsby, redshirt junior linebacker Bonitto and Hall are excited for themselves and their teammates’ future with monetization on their NIL.

“It’s really exciting,” said Bonitto, the second-team AP All-American selection last season and potential first-round NFL Draft pick. “Not only for myself, but just other student-athletes across the country starting to benefit from their name, image and likeness and starting to earn money.

“I’m just happy that a lot of student-athletes that work so hard finally get to reap the benefits of their hard work.”. austincurtright@ou.edu

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Top left: Jocelyn Alo gestures after hitting a home run on June 10 in the Women’s College World Series final championship game against Florida State. Top middle: OU coach Patty Gasso speaks on June 12 during a title celebration at Marita Hynes Field. Top right: Mackenzie Donihoo makes a leaping catch June 10 in left field. Bottom: Catcher Kinzie Hansen and pitcher Giselle Juarez, who was named WCWS Most Outstanding Player, hug as Grace Lyons races to join them after OU clinched the final out to win the national championship.

GASSO'S GLADIATORS CLINCH 5TH NATIONAL TITLE TO CAP PANDEMIC-PLAGUED SEASON LIKE NO OTHER CHANDLER ENGELBRECHT @ctengelbrecht

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sooner fans lined above Oklahoma’s dugout at USA Hall of Fame Stadium as Patty Gasso posed for pictures with her family and team on the field.

As Gasso turned to leave after OU’s 5-1 win over Florida State to clinch the Women’s College World Series championship, chants and applause broke out for the now fivetime national championship-winning head coach.

“Natty Patty,” the crowd cheered three times, drawing a laugh from Gasso. After collecting herself, she paused to wave at the crimson-and-cream row of leftover WCWS attendees before giving them an applause of her own. The Los Angeles native then made her way back inside the stadium and into the team media room for her postgame press conference, but she didn’t do so alone.

Gasso’s granddaughter, Grace, sat in her lap momentarily as the coach answered media questions over Zoom.

After becoming just a little too interested in Gasso’s microphone, Grace returned to the arms of her father, OU assistant coach J.T. Gasso, off screen. It was a moment that captured Gasso’s more-than-softball personality, as the head coach is known for teaching players about the more important things in life during her 26 years at Oklahoma.

And in part, the Sooners’ national championship win Thursday afternoon was just that — larger than the sport.

OU’s win comes in the season after COVID-19 canceled the WCWS, and the rest of the sports world, in 2020. After a year in which families were forced apart, friends were distanced and thousands of Oklahoman lives were lost, the Sooners’ title victory gave their program a moment of needed togetherness.

“This seems like we’re all emerging from this collectively victoriously,” OU President Joseph Harroz told The Daily after the game. “I’m just so proud of Patty and the student-athletes, they’re incredible. … (I’m) inspired. You see the level of joy out there. It’s not just winning, but it’s

winning with joy, and with purpose and that personifies what a team is and what a family is.”

Oklahoma defeated FSU behind three RBIs from freshman Jayda Coleman and seven strikeout performance from senior Giselle Juarez. Coleman’s homer in the second inning gave the Sooners a tournament record 15 home runs. On the season, OU hit an NCAA record 161 homers.

The WCWS was held in front of crowds ranging up to 12,173, and was conducted with few COVID-19 restrictions. To earn its way to a WCWS-deciding game, Oklahoma took a path few have emerged victorious from.

The Sooners were upset 4-3 in eight innings by James Madison on the opening day of the WCWS, sending OU to the tournament’s losers’ bracket. There, Oklahoma knocked off Georgia and defending national champion UCLA to earn the right to face JMU again. The Sooners subsequently beat the Dukes twice to advance to the WCWS championship.

Afterward, OU was downed in the first game by Florida State, 8-4. Once again placed in a do-or-die situation, the Sooners delivered by winning two-straight games to become the fourth ever team to win a national title after losing in the WCWS opening round.

OU Dean of Students and Vice President of Student Affairs David Surratt met with Gasso and her team before the season, and was immediately struck by the Sooners’ commitment to winning. Since that moment, Surratt believed he’d find himself in the stands watching Oklahoma take a national title to Norman, like he was June 10.

“They’re a team that not only supports each other on the field, but off the field too,” Surratt told The Daily after the game. “I’m so happy for them. … Patty is someone who’s a professional at all she does, and she demands respect. This is the ultimate sign of respect, having her players perform like that on the field. I’m so impressed.”

Throughout the season, Gasso said there were times she was teaching select players positions they’d never played before due to COVID-19 keeping some players in quarantine. Overcoming issues of contact tracing and

other precautionary measures makes this win stand out for Gasso.

“I just don’t know that people understand how rough it was,” Gasso said of OU navigating its way through the season. “I think every coach in the country could relate. Week by week, you’re wondering who’s going to be at practice and who might not. It was tough on a few players particularly that were quarantined but never had tested positive. … It was just such a selfless team approach the entire season. That’s what it’s about.”

The Sooners’ win also marks the 20th national championship OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione has overseen in his tenure with the program. He’s spent 23 years at Oklahoma as of July.

Because of its unparalleled circumstances, this national title holds “a special place” in Castiglione’s mind, although he doesn’t have a select favorite national championship win. He believes the OU’s ability to persevere through a global pandemic and fight its way to the biggest stage in college softball is a testament to the Sooners’ core values.

“We have that spirit at Oklahoma, people refer to it as ‘Sooner Magic,’” Castiglione told The Daily after the game.

“We know that there are always going to be challenges, long odds, to try to do what we want to do and or accomplish because we have a lot of lofty goals for our program. …

(That creates) the incredible talent, skill and character that exists on every part of this campus. Today, we’re talking about a national championship softball team. Tomorrow, we could be talking about some incredible discovery by our scientists or one of the best teachers in all of the world being recognized for their scholarly work.

“As exciting as it is, we still feel like the best is yet to come.

And that’s what gets you energized to get up and keep pushing for excellence. (People) see that interlocking OU and it’s a symbol of excellence, character and integrity. I’m just so proud to be part of that.” chandler.engelbrecht@ou.edu

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• Aug. 17-Aug. 30, 2021

Greetings from campus leaders ABBY TOW @abby_tow

Erin Simpson — GEC director, OU Advocates coordinator Welcome home! I am so glad you are here, the Gender + Equality Center is so glad you are here. The most important part is that you are supposed to be here. Here’s the deal: you get to be you here. If that means waiting a minute to get this place figured out before you join something, cool cool, let us know when you’re ready (but also we’re probably going to email a few more times).

If that means jumping in with your whole self for maybe the first time ever, we are here for it! There is a whole campus community literally rooting for you from the moment you step onto the Walker Adams Mall for the first time to the moment you cross a stage a few years later. Let’s make the most of it, together.

across all three OU campuses. My team and I are excited that you have chosen to make OU your new home away from home. At OU, we change lives. The University of Oklahoma is committed to achieving a diverse, equitable, and inclusive university community by embracing each person’s unique contributions, background a n d p e r s p e c t i v e s. T h e University of Oklahoma strives to cultivate a sense of belonging and emotional support for all, recognizing that fostering an inclusive environment for all, with particular attention to the needs of historically underserved populations, is vital in pursuing academic and inclusive excellence in all aspects of our institutional mission ... We will continue to promote a community of care, dignity and respect for all. We are excited to have you as a member of our campus community, and we are here to help support each of you. Welcome to the University of Oklahoma.

Belinda Higgs Hypp olite — DEI vice president

Sydney Smith — Panhellenic president

Welcome from the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; My name is Dr. Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, and I ser ve as the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

I am so excited that you all have decided to call OU your home for the next few years. No matter where you end up, always remember you can call OU home. I hope you find

people and places that bring you joy and that you have the best collegiate experience!

David Surratt — vice president for Student Affairs, dean of students Dear OU Student, I’m honored to welcome you to the University of Oklahoma and congratulate you on your arrival to campus! If you are a first-year student, congratulations on making a great choice to join the OU community and making a tremendous investment in your own success. ...

As your Dean of Students a n d Vi c e P re si d e nt f o r Student Affairs, my primary role is comprehensive but simple. It is to serve as an advocate and supporter of you as a student during your time at OU. Additionally, I am committed to working with our Student Affairs team and all of our faculty, staff, alumni and students to assist in that important mission, as well. ... On behalf of the Division for Student Affairs, I applaud your future growth and accomplishments and know that our staff is committed to helping you achieve your personal and academic goals. I am so grateful that you are here at OU, and I look forward to seeing you

on campus either on your way to class or at a campus event during your time here. Again, welcome and have a great start to the new academic year!

Kobe Chen — C AC executive chair I am super excited for the new incoming class to get here to OU, there are so many opportunities here and a place for everyone. The Campus Activities Council (CAC) was founded in 1971 and is the programming branch of OU’s Student Government Association.

C AC is resp onsible for programming inclusive, campus-wide events that serve all students. As an organization, we initiate and implement quality campus-wide programs throughout the academic year to all facets of campus life, with an emphasis on building community, developing leaders and leaving a legacy.

CAC has events you can get involved in. The CAC Common Application opens at the beginning o f e a c h s e m e s t e r, a n d you can apply to be on executive committees such as the High School LeadershipConference, Scandals, OU Dance Marathon, College Bowl and more! You don’t need to have any experience to

apply, and CAC is a great way to get involved an foster relationships.

Joseph Harroz J r. — U n i v e r s i t y o f Oklahoma president Dear Members of the class of 2025, Welcome to the University of Oklahoma! This is an exciting time in your life, and it is an exciting time to be at OU. For well over a century, OU has been a place of opportunity and excellence with a legacy of producing world-class scholars and leaders. All that we do at OU is driven by our fundamental purpose — We Change Lives — three small but powerful words that carry deep meaning. ... More than anything, our commitment to becoming a place of true belonging for all is what makes OU so special.

Although we come from different places and backgrounds, we are one family, united by the traditions we hold dear and inspired by the shared values that let us dream and achieve together. It is an honor and privilege to welcome you to the OU family, and we look forward to seeing the impact you will make on our campus and beyond.

Live On, University, Joseph Harroz, Jr.

Key dates this fall ABBY TOW @abby_tow

AUGUST

13-20: Camp Crimson 13: Last day for returning students to buy football, men’s basketball season tickets 14: 2nd Friday Art Walk (monthly) 17: Kesha concert at The Criterion 21: Samantha Crain concert at Tower Theatre 21: Norman Farm Market (Saturdays through October) 22: Summer Breeze Concert Series Homegrown Volume II at Lions Park 22: Tech N9ne concert at The Criterion 23: First day of fall classes 23-27: CAC Howdy Week 23-27: Football, men’s basketball season tickets on sale for new, incoming students 26: Soccer vs. Oklahoma State (home opener) 27: Volleyball vs. Lipscomb (home opener) 27-29: Five Moons Dance Festival at OU 30: WWE Raw at Chesapeake Energy Arena

SEPTEMBER

3: Last day to get out of a class without financial or records penalty 4: Football at Tulane 6: Labor Day holiday (no classes) 10: Lady A concert at Lloyd Noble Center 11: Football vs. Western Carolina (home opener; stripe the stadium) 15: Final day to file fall graduation application 18: Football vs. Nebraska 24-26: Fall Family Weekend 24: University Theatre’s Mad Forest starts 25: Football vs. West Virginia 26: Soccer vs. Texas (Big 12 home opener) 30: Modest Mouse concert at Diamond Ballroom

OCTOBER

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Student organizations JACINDA HEMEON @jacindarae4

Leadership organizations College is the perfect time to grow and figure out who you want to be.

If you want to become a better leader and communicator, OU has a plethora of leadership organizations to join.

Here are a few to check out:

Association.

Recreational organizations If you’re looking for a fun way to blow off steam after class or meet new friends, OU has plenty of recreational organizations for you to try. Here are a few:

Student Film Production Club offers a collaborative community for creative students interCampus Activities Coun- ested in filmmaking. No cil is a way for students previous experience in of all backgrounds and is required, and stuwalks of life to get indents of all skill levels volved. It provides a way are welcome. The group for students to gain lead- takes an annual trip to ership skills and build a the Austin Film Festival, community by planning where students can see events that keep campus new films, meet with exciting and connected. film professionals and The CAC plans events form new friendships. like Howdy Week — the series of events to OU Esports Club is a fun welcome everyone back way for students who to school at the start of play video games — caeach semester. sually or competitively — to come together and Student Government enhance their gaming Association members experience. Everyone is are elected by students welcome, regardless of to represent the OU experience level. With student body. Members over 200 universities voice student concerns now involved in esports, to OU’s administration OU Esports offers an and allocate funds to opportunity for joining a student organizations. large network of gamers SGA includes the Unand making the most of dergraduate Student your college experience.

Congress, the Graduate Student Senate and the Union Programming Crimson Leadership Board plans events and

activities in the Oklahoma Memorial Union to enhance student life at OU. Past events include haunted houses, laser tag and bingo days. If you’re lucky, you might happen upon the UPB offering free snacks.

students. AISA holds annual cultural events like AISA Stomp Dance, OU Spring Powwow and the Miss and Mr. Indian OU pageant.

Asian American Student Association promotes diversity on campus by Multicultural encouraging students to organizations get involved in activities to celebrate Asian OU is a huge campus, American heritage and and it can be easy to feel traditions. AASA events small. Luckily, OU has often emphasize Asian countless multicultural language, history and organizations designed culture, and include the for students of all differ- annual Mr. and Miss ent backgrounds to feel Asian OU pageant, an at home. If you’re feeling Asian New Year celebraout of place, these tion and the Asian Food organizations can help Fair. you make OU your new home away from home: Black Student Association offers a safe space African Women’s League for Black students to is an organization for share their experiences passionate and driven and build a community African women. This for success. BSA students sisterhood offers a com- can gain leadership munity for international experience and celebrate African female students the history and culture to excel in order to of OU’s Black students navigate life on campus, in events such as the racism in the U.S. and Stompdown Step Show, other barriers for African the Black History Month women. celebration and the Miss and Mister Black OU Scholarship Pageant American Indian Stuhosted with African dent Association celeAmerican Programs and brates the customs and Services. culture of Native Americans. Through activities Black Emergency and education on Native Response Team, also culture, AISA hopes to known as BERT, is a enhance the lives of OU student-led organiza-

1: Volleyball vs. Kansas State (Big 12 home opener) 2: Max Westheimer Airport Aviation Festival 2: Football at Kansas State 3: University Theatre’s Mad Forest ends 5: St. Vincent concert at The Criterion 8: Herb Greene exhibit opens at MAINSITE gallery 9: Football vs. Texas (Dallas) 11-16: Homecoming 15: University Theatre’s She Loves Me starts 16: Football vs. TCU 18: OU Board of Regents meeting 23: Football at Kansas 24: University Theatre’s She Loves Me ends 25: Advance registration for spring semester begins 28: Soccer vs. Baylor (home finale) 30: Football vs. Texas Tech

NOVEMBER tion that fights for social change on campus for Black students and other marginalized communities. BERT’s goal is to dismantle oppressive systems to create a safer campus community for Black students. BERT hopes to be more proactive in addressing racial issues, as opposed to reactive.

Hispanic American Student Association promotes leadership, diversity and cultural awareness to unite students. HASA assists in organizing the annual Day of the Dead Street Festival, Latino Flavor of OU — an event featuring Latin food and entertainment — and the Mr. and Miss Hispanic OU pageant.

LGBTQ+ Student Alliance is a safe space for all members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies. Speakers and other events throughout the year seek to unite the student body and create a warm and welcoming environment.

OU’s Gender + Equality Center offers counseling, sexual health resources and ally training for 2SLGBTQ+ students and allies.

4: OU Board of Regents meeting 11: Dr. Dog concert at The Jones Assembly 11-13: University Sing 11: University Theatre’s Bach’s the Coffee Cantata and La Serva Padrona starts 13: Football at Baylor 14: University Theatre’s Bach’s the Coffee Cantata and La Serva Padrona ends 20: Football vs. Iowa State 21: John Moreland concert at Tower Theatre 24: Volleyball vs. Baylor (Big 12 home finale) 24: Herb Greene exhibit closes at MAINSITE gallery 24-28: Thanksgiving break (no classes) 26: Willie Nelson concert at Riverwind 27: Football at Oklahoma State

DECEMBER

3: Contemporary Dance Oklahoma starts 4: Big 12 football championship (Dallas) 5-12: Dead week 7: Men’s basketball vs. Butler 11: Contemporary Dance Oklahoma ends 11: Heisman Trophy presentation (New York) 13-17: Finals week 31: Creighton Gilbert exhibition closes at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 31: College Football Playoff semifinals (Cotton, Orange bowls)

JANUARY

10: College Football Playoff national championship (Indianapolis) 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day 18: First day of spring classes

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• Aug. 17-Aug. 30, 2021

SGA president welcome message

Welcome back to school, OU! This school year will be an exciting one, and I feel incredibly optimistic about what is in store for our community. We will have the opportunity to collaborate face to face, run into each other at the Bizz and chat for a bit too long or grab a bite at the Union between busy classes! These are all simple luxuries that we have missed out on, and I cannot wait to experience it all with you!

This past year has been an interesting one as we experienced socially distanced courses, reimagined many of our essential OU memories and learned how to quickly identify someone with a mask.

However, as I wrote this, I found myself wanting to welcome you all to the “normal” school year that we will have … but I struggle with calling this school year “normal,” because it is anything but that. Over this past year, I have experienced a whirlwind of new emotions and experiences that have taught me quite a bit. From learning about how viruses spread to figuring out what I value

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m o s t, I hav e a ra d i ca l ly new perspective of the world. When discussing life before and after being vaccinated, “normal” is an expectation that I must let go of.

To be candid, this past year was challenging to navigate. I struggled with a loss of identity amid the upending of our school year in 2020. I didn’t

realize how much of who I wanted to be was centered around school and work.

Once these things disappeared from thin air, I was forced to sit and figure out what mattered to me, and it felt like I was finding a new version of myself. Throughout this reckoning, I began to struggle with my mental health. As someone who once needed

routine and certainty to function, I felt like I was walking on a floating rug that was constantly about to be pulled from underneath my feet. Thanks to the passing of time and science, I am happy to say that I have a new sense of belonging and comfort as I walk through our not-sonormal-anymore world.

With that said, as I

continue to acclimate to what once felt so “normal,” the pandemic has left a permanent imprint on me that I will have to heal from. I believe that it is imperative to our healing and growth as students that we genuinely acknowledge how the pandemic has impacted us. Refraining from labeling this school year as normal is my own decision but, most of all, I encourage you to allow yourself space and time to process if needed.

T h ro u g h o u t t h e p a s t year, one thing remained constant for me — our extraordinary OU community. When I struggled to be present, I had people around me who understood and helped me find ways to engage that were more accessible. When I needed extra encouragement, people at our university were ready to lift me up. When I wasn’t doing the best that I could, members of our community offered me a new perspective and an opportunity to learn. Community is defined as “a feeling of fellowship with others,” and that is what being an OU

From the editor BLAKE DOUGLAS @blake_doug918

Students stepping onto OU’s campus for the first time this year are entering a paradox.

The university is as stable at the highest levels as I’ve seen it during my time here, but change is happening everywhere — from what our leadership looks like to how we’re welcoming the class of 2025.

Some of your class might have already experienced the small changes made to Camp Crimson, and each of you will help shape the identity of your new campus as it claws back from two-and-a-half semesters of hybrid learning, vacant hallways and an uncharacteristically sparse South Oval.

My hope is that your freshman class will be one of the few in recent memory to truly experience what a full first-year college experience can be. Broadening you r k n ow l e dg e o f t h e world by befriending people unlike you. Diving into the things you enjoy and d i s c ove r i ng t h e t h i ng s you’re passionate about.

Learning not to walk in the bike lane after watching an unsuspecting bystander get decimated on their way to class.

Perhaps the most exciting change taking place this year is that you get to experience all of this for the first time alongside the students from last year’s freshman

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class. Like yourselves, many of them have been chomping at the bit to finally see what OU can be when its campus community can gather safely and healthily.

I hope you’ll all take advantage of what that means — learn from those peers with a year or more of experience, but with the same enthusiasm they never got to fully harness. I hope that pent-up creativity, motivation and drive will make your class and the class before two of the most influential shapers of campus OU has ever seen.

I say all of this because I have seen what OU is when students jump at the opportunities available here. I’ve seen the power students can wield to reform and create everything from administrative positions to entire curricula . That power is one of the most important

things you can use to define what your time at OU will be.

It isn’t the only thing, t h o u g h, a n d t hat ’s t h e beauty of the campus you’re stepping onto. You can spend your time petitioning university administrators to fundamentally reshape how diversity initiatives are implemented at OU. Or, you can strive to set a new record for least amount of time taken to eat a head of lettuce (yes, really, check out the Lettuce Club).

If you really want to, you can do both.

If you’re ever unsure of what you’re doing here or if you actually belong, that’s OK. The fact that you’re entering OU at such a pivotal time — after several semesters of campus soul-searching on what it means to be a place for everyone — is an absolute boon. Writing for

Essential Eats

The Daily for almost four years now has led me to believe that, now more than any other time in my college career, OU’s students are coming together to welcome one another and help others feel like they belong.

Most importantly, the fact you received that acceptance letter means you absolutely deserve to be here. Revel in that every day for as long as it makes you feel amazing, because it should.

It might seem at times there aren’t other people who look like you, who speak your language or share other important aspects of your identity. The greatest thing about our little pocket of the Great Plains is that whether you’re looking for a group based on your interests, your native language or your culture, you’re almost guaranteed to find it.

Oklahoma itself might never be home for many of you. I hope that at least OU’s campus — its people, your people, those relationships you build along the way — can give you the same feeling of community.

I’m sure this is nothing new to you that recruiting materials and tour guides haven’t boasted, and you don’t need the editor of the campus news outlet you may or may not ever meet to reiterate that. But I was skeptical about all of that, too — it’s part of a journalist’s job, at times — and have found that OU’s

campus is everything I was sold on. Career opportunities, lifelong pals, football games, late-night cramming and amazing mentors.

I encourage every single one of you to try as much as you can to take advantage of what we’re all paying 2.75 percent more this year for.

Join that club that sounds a little weird but could be fun. Go to that lecture about something you’re not studying but piques your interest. Absolutely use every single meal swipe and point you have, every time you can.

These years have the potential to be the most formative of your life. You may not be surrounded by this many magnificent minds, fun friends or extensive resources again. So dive into anything you do here with every ounce of enthusiasm you have. It might take a few tries and some painful landings, but you’ll wind up somewhere that’s perfect for you.

Through it all, I hope The Daily is one day writing about your leadership, your talent or the wacky club you start alongside the issues and developments that will influence your time here.

We’re here to serve you, as ever, and I can’t wait to see how you continue to change campus for the better. blake.douglas918@gmail.com

Mental health resources EMILY MCPHERSON @emcphersonok

College can be a lot — paying tuition, living away from friends and family, working, balancing a heavier workload with new extracurricular activities — but you don’t have to struggle alone. It can be easy to lose sight of your mental health among it all, but OU has mental health resources for students to utilize.

Mental health is just as important as physical health, and both are vital to success and happiness in college. When your mental health is not taken care of, your social life and grades may suffer. It’s important to get help when you feel like you need it.

T h e re c a n b e a s t i g ma associated with seeking help, but don’t let that stop you. Whether you are

having difficulty adjusting to school, relationship problems, anxiety, depression or any other mental health issue, what you are dealing with is valid, and you deserve help and support. Don’t be afraid to take advantage of the resources OU offers.

One resource is the Un i v e r s i t y C o u n s e l i n g C e n t e r, l o c a t e d i n t h e Goddard Health Center on Elm Avenue. The UCC offers individual counseling, couples counseling, group counseling, career counseling and testing and psychiatric services. The UCC is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To get involved in these groups or make an appointment in advance, call the center’s front desk at 405-325-2911.

Another resource is the OU Advocates, a 24/7, free and confidential resource.

The OU Advocates provide support and additional resources for anyone who has experienced sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking or sexual harassment. They can be reached on the phone via WhatsApp or the crisis line at 405-615-0013.

The Accessibility and Disability Resource Center can provide accommodations for those who need them. After you provide the DRC with documentation and request accommodations, ADRC staff will set up a meeting during which you can talk about what you need. Accommodations include alternative test taking, tutoring and help with notifying your professors about how they can best accommodate you. The ADRC can be contacted at 405-325-3852 or adrc@ ou.edu.

student with you all has meant to me. While community is whatever you make of it and community means something different to everyone, I am honored to be part of this one.

This upcoming school year will be the best, kindof-normal school year because we have persevered together as a community to be here today. As we enter this new season together, we must remember that there will be difficult moments, but there will also be times of wondrous c e l e b r a t i o n . W h e re v e r you’re at, the OU community and I will be here with you. It has been an absolute honor to serve as your SGA President this past semester, and I can’t wait to see what we will celebrate together this year! As we leave the pandemic behind, I hope that the 20212022 school year brings you everlasting joy and endless growth. Together, we got this!

Live on, University, Tavana Farzaneh, SGA president

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Other resources to call: • University Counseling Center: 405-325-2911 • OU Advocates: 405-615-0013 • Accessibility and Disability Resource Center: 405-325-3852 • Title IX and Sexual Misconduct office: 405-325-2215

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Norman Women’s Resource Center: 405-364-9424 National Hopeline: 1-800-442-4673 National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 @emcphersonok

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You’re bound to work up an appetite trekking across a large campus — OU covers an area of over 3,000 acres.

Here’s a list of the best places to grab a bite in Norman.

Bison Witches Bar and Deli, 211 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069.

A long-standing local sandwich shop open for dine in, carry out or delivery. Open 11 to 2 a.m., Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Tuesday Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 752 Asp Ave., Norman, OK 73069. An Austin-based chain and now an Oklahoma favorite serving tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and salads. Offers dine in, curbside pickup and delivery. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.

Gray Owl Coffee, 223 E. Gray Street #7205, Norman, OK 73069. A favorite coffee shop and study spot for OU studwents, open for dine in and take out. Open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day.

Neighborhood JAM, 102 W. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069. A breakfast and brunch spot with pancakes, breakfast bowls, sandwiches and benedicts. Open for dine in, curbside and delivery.

Open 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. every day.

O’Connell’s Irish Pub and Grille, 769 Asp Ave., Norman, OK 73069.

A favorite lounge of students serving some of the best burgers in town. O’Conn’s offers trivia and karaoke nights and is open for dine in, curbside and delivery. Open 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday.

Syrup, 123 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069. A cozy breakfast, brunch joint with pancakes, waffles, benedicts and soup. Open for dine in, curbside and delivery. Open 7 a.m. t o 1 p.m. Monday through Friday and until 2 p.m.

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45% of college students report that they did not drink alcohol in the past 2 weeks

What is there to do on the weekend in Norman besides drink?

WůĞŶƚLJ͊ ĞůŝĞǀĞ ŝƚ Žƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŝŶŬͲ ŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϮϬ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŽůůĞŐĞ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ͕ ϰϱй ŽĨ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚƌŝŶŬ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ďƌĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ƚŽ EŽƌŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚ ďLJ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵͲ ƉƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ Kh ĂŵƉƵƐ ĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŽƵŶĐŝů Žƌ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶLJ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ůŝŬĞͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƚͲ ƚĞŶĚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ͘ KƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĂŶĚĞŵŝĐ ƉƌĞĐĂƵƟŽŶƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ůŝŌĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ŽĨ ŽīͲĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ EŽƌŵĂŶ͗

WůĂŶ ĂŚĞĂĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͗

ͻ dŚĞ ϮŶĚ &ƌŝĚĂLJ ƌƚ tĂůŬ ŝƐ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞͲ ĂƟǀŝƚLJ ŚĞůĚ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ăƚ ϲ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ ŝŶ ĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƉĞƌƵƐĞ Ăƌƚ ŐĂůůĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ ůŽĐĂů ƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ͻ ,ĞĂĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ K< ĨŽƌ >/s ͊ KŶ ƚŚĞ WůĂnjĂ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮŶĚ &ƌŝĚĂLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ WůĂnjĂ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ƐƚĂLJ ŽƉĞŶ ůĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ůŝǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ůŽĐĂů ƐŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ͘ ͻ dŚĞ EŽƌŵĂŶ WƌŝĚĞ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ KĐƚ ϴͲϭϬ͘ dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞŵĞ ŝƐ ͞ ůů ƚŚĞ ŽůŽƌƐ ŽĨ WƌŝĚĞ͘͟ ͻ tĂƚĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞͲďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝĞǀĂů &Ăŝƌ ĂŶĚ EŽƌŵĂŶ DƵƐŝĐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘

^ĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ ŝŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ͗

ͻ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ͛Ɛ WĂƐƚĂ ^ŚŽƉ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă EŽƌŵĂŶ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ϯϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ 'Ğƚ ƌĞĂĚLJ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƚ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŚĞƌĞ͊ ͻ dĂƚƐƵŵĂŬŝ ZĂŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ >ŽƵŶŐĞ͘ ,ĞƌĞ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů :ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞ ZĂŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ^ƵƐŚŝ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ƐƚLJůĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƵŶ ĂŵďŝĂŶĐĞ͘ ͻ WĞƉĞ ĞůŐĂĚŽƐ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ŝƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ůŽĐĂů ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƌĞƐŚ ŝŶŐƌĞĚŝĞŶƚƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂůƐĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƵĐĞƐ͘

,ĞĂĚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ͗

ͻ ,ĞLJĚĂLJ ŝŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ďŽǁůŝŶŐ͕ ŵŝŶŝ ŐŽůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƌĐĂĚĞ ƚŽ ůĂƐĞƌ ƚĂŐ͕ Ă ƌŽƉĞƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͕ LJŽƵ͛ůů ĮŶĚ ƉůĞŶƚLJ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ͻ 'Ž ĂdžĞ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ Ăƚ KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ džĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƌLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ͛ůů ƐŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚƌŽǁ͊ dŚĞLJ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƐĞůů ĨŽŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ͊ ͻ hƐĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚLJ͕ ƉƌŽďůĞŵͲƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂŵǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ůŽĐŬĞĚ ƌŽŽŵ͕ Ăƚ ƐĐĂƉĞ dŚŝƐ EŽƌŵĂŶ͘ ͻ dĂŬĞ Ă ĨƵŶ Ăƌƚ ĐůĂƐƐ ďLJ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ Žƌ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ŝƌĞŚŽƵƐĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͊ ͻ ĂƚĐŚ Ă ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ͕ Žƌ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ^ŽŽŶĞƌ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ ͻ dĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů LJŽƵƌ ŝŶŶĞƌ ŬŝĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ 'Ğƚ ŝƌ ƚƌĂŵƉŽůŝŶĞ ƉĂƌŬ͘ 'Ğƚ ŝƌ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ Ă ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ŽƉĞŶ ƚƌĂŵƉŽůŝŶĞƐ͕ ĨŽĂŵ ƉŝƚƐ͕ ƚƌĂŵƉŽůŝŶĞ ĚŽĚŐĞ ďĂůů ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ƐůĂĐŬ ůŝŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͊ ͻ Ăƚ ĨŽŽĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉůĂLJŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŽĂƌĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŽŶƐƉĂĐĞ 'ĂŵĞ ĂĨĠ͘

dƌLJ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͗

ͻ EŽƌŵĂŶ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉĂƌŬƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ͕ ZĞĂǀĞƐ͕

'ĞŽƌŐĞ ^ƵƩŽŶ tŝůĚĞƌŶĞƐƐ WĂƌŬ͕ ^ĂdžŽŶ WĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁͲ ůLJ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ZƵďLJ 'ƌĂŶƚ WĂƌŬ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƉĂƌŬƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ũŽŐŐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĚŝƐĐ ŐŽůĨ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŐ ƉĂƌŬƐ͕ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ƌĞůĂdžŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ ͻ ^Ƶŵŵŝƚ EŽƌŵĂŶ ŝƐ Ă ĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĐůŝŵďĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ďŽƚŚ ĞŶũŽLJ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ƚŽ Đůŝŵď ǁŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂī ĐĂŶ ƚƌĂŝŶ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŽͲďĞůĂLJ͘ ͻ >ĂŬĞ dŚƵŶĚĞƌďŝƌĚ ^ƚĂƚĞ WĂƌŬ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϬ ŵŝůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ͘ ŶũŽLJ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ Žƌ ƐƚĂƌͲŐĂnjŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ͕ Žƌ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ Ěŝƌƚ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ŽŶ ĨŽŽƚ Žƌ ďŝŬĞ͘ ͻ /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚƌŝǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĨĂƌƚŚĞƌ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ tŝĐŚŝƚĂ DŽƵŶͲ ƚĂŝŶƐ EĂƟŽŶĂů tŝůĚůŝĨĞ ZĞĨƵŐĞ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚ KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ͘ DĂŬĞ Ă ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ ďLJ ĐĂŵƉŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽLJŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŶLJ ŚŝŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͘ ;,ŝŶƚ͗ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌďLJ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ DĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ WĂƌŬ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ŚŽůĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐͿ͘ ͻ ZĞŶƚ ƐĐŽŽƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĚĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ Žƌ ŽǁŶƚŽǁŶ EŽƌŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ ͻ ,ĞĂĚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƉĂŝŶƚďĂůů ǁĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĚƵŶĞ ďƵŐͲ ŐŝĞƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ EŽƌŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁĞƐƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗ ds 'ĂŵĞƐ WĂŝŶƚͲ ďĂůů͊ ͻ 'ƌĂď LJŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ ŝƐĐ 'ŽůĨ ƉĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϭϴͲŚŽůĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ Ăƚ ŽůŽŶŝĂů ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ŝƐĐ 'ŽůĨ Žƌ >ŝŽŶƐ ĂƐƚ ŝƐĐ 'ŽůĨ͘

,ĞĂĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ ŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ͗

ͻ ŽŽŬ Ă ďŝŬĞ ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ZŝĚĞ K< ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ KŬůĂŚŽŵĂ ŝƚLJ͕ Žƌ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƚŚĞŵĞĚ ƌŝĚĞ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ WŝnjnjĂ ƌĂǁů͕ ,ĂƵŶƚĞĚ 'ŚŽƐƚ dŽƵƌ Žƌ ,ŽůŝĚĂLJ >ŝŐŚƚ ZŝĚĞ͘ ͻ ^ĐŝƐƐŽƌƚĂŝů WĂƌŬ ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƐŬĂƟŶŐ ƌŝŶŬ͕ Ă ďŽĂƚŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ͞ƐƉƌĂLJŐƌŽƵŶĚ͘͟ dŚĞLJ ĂůƐŽ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶͲ ĐĞƌƚƐ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ͻ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ KďƐĐƵƌĂ͛Ɛ DŝdžͲdĂƉĞ ŝƐ Ă ϲϬϬ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ĨĞĞƚ ŚĂŶĚͲĐƌĂŌĞĚ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞ Ăƌƚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ůŝŬĞ ŝƚ ŝŶ KŬůĂͲ ŚŽŵĂ ŝƚLJ͊

dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƐĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚƌLJ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵ͛ůů ůŝŬĞůLJ ĮŶĚ LJŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂůĐŽŚŽů Ăƚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ Žƌ ŐĞƚͲƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ Žƌ ũƵƐƚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ďƌĞĂŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ĐŚĞĐŬͲŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƟƉƐ ďĞůŽǁ ƚŽ ƉĂƐƐ ŽŶ ĂůĐŽŚŽů͗

Decide ahead of time that you do not want to drink Consider confiding in a supportive friend that’s hanging with you OR find a friend to stay sober with you Bring your own non-alcoholic drinks If you’re going out, try ordering a soda with lime Be prepared to pass on drink offers with confidence... or with a professional-level excuse. Check out these lines: • “No thanks, I’m taking a break” • “No thanks, I’m not drinking” • “I’m the DD tonight” • “I’ve already got one, thanks” • “I have a test tomorrow” • “(Friend’s name here) is grabbing me one” KŶĞ ůĂƐƚ ƟƉ ďĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵ ŐŽ͘​͘​͘ ŝĨ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ ďĞͲ ĐĂƵƐĞ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ͕ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ͞^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ZĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ͟ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ůŝŬĞͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘

HAVE HAPPY WEEKENDS AND STAY SAFE! dŚŝƐ ZĞĚ ƵƉ YΘ ŝƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďLJ ƩĞŶ ďLJ ŚĂƌůĞŶĞ ^ŚƌĞĚĞƌ͕ DW^͕ / W^͕ ŚůŽĞ ^ ŚůŽĞ ^͕ ^ĂŶĚĞƌƐ͕ > ^t͕ ĂŶĚ DĂĐŬĞĞ ^ůĂƩĞƌLJ͕ ^ůĂƩĞƌLJ͕ ƵƚŚ ŚǁĞƐƚ ^t ĨƌŽŵ Kh KhƚƌĞĂĐŚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚ WƌĞǀĞŶƟŽŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƚĞ ƚĞŶƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƌŝnjŽŶĂ ƌŝnjŽŶ ŽŶĂ ,ĞĂůƚŚ WƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ WƌĞǀĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ĞŶƚĂƟǀ ƟǀĞ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ĂŵͲ h Ăŵ ŵͲ ƉƵƐ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ ZĞĚ ƵƉ YΘ ŝƐ ƉĂŝĚ ĨŽƌ ďLJ ^ D,^ ^ D,^ ^W&ͲW&^͘

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