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Thursday, Thurs ursda Nov. 13 Daily Event: World Kindness Day | 11:30 AM in the First Floorr Lobby, U UPB Dai Oklahoma Memorial Union. In honor of World Kindness day we will be Oklahom handing out free cookies and flowers and you will have the opportunity to place a kind note on our message board. Celebrate kindness! There’s ALWAYS SOMETHING with the Union Programming Board, upb.ou.edu.

Special Screening: ‘And Your Love Too’ | 7 PM in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. German with English subtitles. Introduction by Professor Sebastian Heiduschke, Oregon State University. Free and open to the public. Presented as part of the series of events commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Organized by faculty from Modern Languages, the History Department and International and Area Studies. Sponsored by the German Embassy, Office of the President, College of Arts & Sciences, Faculty-in-Residence Program, and Departments of IAS, MLLL and History. For more information, contact Robert Lemon at rlemon@ou.edu.

New Century Ensemble | 8 PM in Sharp Concert Hall, Catlett Music Center. School of Music presents NEW CENTURY ENSEMBLE, a performance that is free and open to the public.

Friday, Nov. 14 Netflix Friday | 10 AM at the Conoco Student Leadership Wing, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Come hangout in the Conoco Student Leadership Wing and watch Netflix and eat snacks. Anyone is welcome every Friday from 10am to 2pm! Contact sga@ou.edu for more information.

FREE Movie: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ | 6, 9 PM & Midnight in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Watch the FREE screenings of space adventurer Peter Quill trying to find a way to rally the quartet of ragtag rivals hot on his trail to save the universe, before this movie is released on Blu-Ray/DVD. Presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council.

CAC Concert Series and The Opolis Present: The Antlers with Tallows | 9 PM at Oklahoma Memorial Union. The Antlers will be performing a FREE show Thursday November 13th at 9 pm! Come out and bring your friends for a night of jams in the Union. Brought to you by Concert Series and Opolis Production LLC. For more information, contact cac@ou.edu.

Gaming Through The Ages | 7 PM in Will Rogers Food Court, Oklahoma Memorial Union. PlayStation 4, original Nintendo, Sega genesis, and much more will be at this FREE event. Gaming tournaments for Madden 15, Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart will be held along with many retro gaming systems that can be played. Prizes, including a $300 valued prize pack will be awarded at the event. Presented by the Union Programming Board, there’s ALWAYS SOMETHING with UPB, upb.ou.edu.

Saturday, Nov. 15

Women’s Basketball vs. Washington | 7 PM at Lloyd Noble Center. Come check out the Sooner Women’s Basketball team as they play their FIRST regular season game of the 2014-2015 season! Show our team that they will have our support from start to finish! Students get in FREE with Valid OU ID.

Football @ Texas Tech Watch Party | TBA at Crossroads Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union. Cheer on the Sooners at this FREE watch party as they take on the Red Raiders. Presented by the Union Programming Board, there’s ALWAYS SOMETHING with UPB, upb.ou.edu.

Volleyball vs. Texas | 7 PM at McCasland Field House. The Top-5 Ranked Longhorn Volleyball team is coming to Norman, Oklahoma looking for revenge after the Sooners swept the Longhorns 3-0 in Austin. Come out, be loud, and cheer the Sooners on to a season sweep of the Longhorns, and keep their undefeated home record intact! Students get in FREE with Valid OU ID. Sutton Artist Series: Joel Burcham | 8 PM at Pitman Recital Hall, Catlett Music Center. School of Music and Sutton Artist Series present JOEL BURCHAM, TENOR. Advance purchase tickets: $9 adult, $5 Student/OU employee. At the door: $10 all tickets. Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101.

Little Women | 8 PM at Weitzenhoffer Theatre. The Helmerich School of Drama presents Alcott’s classic youth coming-of-age story “Little Women,” the adventures of the four March sisters, Meg, Beth, Amy and feisty Jo, as they make the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Rated G. Runs Nov. 14-23: 8 PM evening showings & 3 PM matinees. Price: ADVANCE PURCHASE - $25 Adult, $20 Discount*, $15 Student (Discount- senior adult 60+, military, OU employee) AT THE DOOR - $30 Adult, $20 Student Fine Arts Box Office (405) 325-4101, online at THEATRE.OU.EDU.

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M ’ Basketball vs. Southeastern Louisiana | 2 PM at Lloyd Noble C t After two home exhibition games it is time to TAKE NOTICE of this Sooner Basketball team as they kick off non-conference play with a matinee game on Sunday. Start the season right with a HUGE home victory! Price: Students can purchase tickets at the gate if they do not already have a ticket.

Matinee: Little Women | 3 PM at Weitzenhoffer Theatre. The Helmerich School of Drama presents Alcott’s classic youth coming-of-age story “Little Women,” the adventures of the four March sisters, Meg, Beth, Amy and feisty Jo, as they make the transition from adolescence into adulthood.

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Choices, Choices There’s so much going on this weekend that you should have no shortage of events to choose from. In this issue, we’ve compiled pieces on some of your best options, but the choice is up to you.

See some of OU’s men go head to head in a pageant (yes, you read that right). Mr. OU will be crowned this weekend in the annual competition (p. 4).

If you’re not wanting to brave the cold, stay inside for a Netflix marathon with some of our suggestions (p. 5).

No matter what, enjoy yourself. Don’t worry, Thanksgiving break will be hear before you know it.

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P.5 netflix fridays

P.6 gear up for game days

P.7 sing it out

P.8 take an art walk

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P.11 five things for the game

P.13 secret lives of boomer & sooner

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weekend what: free movie when: 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight friday where: oklahoma memorial union’s meacham auditorium

Watch “Guardians of the Galaxy” for free before it comes out on DVD, presented by the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council. what: 2nd friday circuit of art when: 6 p.m. friday where: Norman’s main street

Enjoy local art and music while walking down Norman’s historic Main Street. The event is free and open to the public. what: gaming thru the ages when: 7 p.m. friday where: Oklahoma memorial union’s food court

Students can play with gaming systems new and old at this free event. Prizes will be presented to winners of gaming tournaments. what: “Little women” when: 8 p.m. friday and saturday where: weitzenhoffer theatre

University Theatre and the Helmerich School of Drama present “Little Women,” a play adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s novel. Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Box Office or at the door. what: sooners vs. red raiders when: 3:30 p.m. saturday where: broadcast on espn

Stick with the Sooners as they take on Texas Tech in Lubbock. Head to your favorite bar or settle in at home to watch the game.

there he is, mr. ou OU men prove pageants aren’t just for women gloria noble | @glorianoble_ CONTESTANTS

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ifteen men will display their talents Friday night in Oklahoma Memorial U n i o n ’s Me a c ha m Auditorium for this year’s Mr. OU pageant.

Mr. OU is set up like a traditional pageant — there will be an opening number with the contestants, a sportswear section and then a talent round. After the talent round, contestants will be eliminated after their current scores have been tabulated, said Nicholle Niblett, programming director for Union Programming Board.

The contestants that make it through the elimination round will move on to a formal wear and question section, and then the winner will be decided, Niblett said.

“We have an absolutely amazing lineup of guys for this year’s show. I was already excited about the group while we were reviewing applications, but after our first rehearsal the other night, I fell in love with just how incredible they are,” Niblett said. “They all bring so much energy and excitement to the show. I really couldn’t have asked for a better mix of contestants.”

Contestants James Chansombat, Ryne Young, A d a m Cu r r y a n d No a h Helsee will perform their musical talents.

Chansombat is representing his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, and will play guitar and sing for his talent.

“I think I can stand out

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daily file photo University students compete in the first ever Mr. OU pageant last year.

The event will continue this year on Nov. 21.

w i t h my t a l e nt. It i s o f course the usual singing,” Chansombat said. “But I think I have thrown a little twist that the audience will just have to wait to see.”

Adam Curry, fine arts senior, will play a Romantic era composition on the piano for his talent.

“I have noticed that [the other contestants] have a

more humorous talent, and I wanted to add a sophisticated level to the competition,” Curry said. “I would like to sway the judges and the audience with my humor and my sophistication.”

University College freshman Noah Helsee will perform a Disney song, but the song he performs will be based the audience at the

You can see the contestants in action at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #ItsRainingUPB.

time. Business senior Ryne Young will sing “Feeling Good.”

“For me, I have been involved on campus in a lot of organizations and something that is not really in my comfort zone,” Young said.

“One of the major reasons that I have been able to get out of my comfort zone.”

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et Netflix be your study escape as the semester draws to a close. Join students in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Conoco Student Leadership Wing for Netflix Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Netflix and snacks.

Whether you’re looking for a romcom or an action-packed drama, there are plenty of TV shows to choose from in Netflix’s archives. Gather with fellow Sooners or grab a bowl of popcorn for one and enjoy these television gems.

GO AND DO Netflix Fridays When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Conoco Student Leadership Wing

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Parenthood: Through tears, laughter and happiness, “Parenthood” never disappoints. It questions life in a realistic manner by following the Bravermans through autism, cancer, marriage, children and life. It will leave you in tears one second, and you will find yourself laughing hysterically the next. It is a true television gem that is extremely underrated.

Gilmore Girls: Perhaps one of the greatest television shows of all time, “Gilmore Girls” has a light-hearted, comical approach to life, focusing on a mother and daughter as they navigate the whimsical lands of Stars Hallow, Connecticut. It will never leave you on the edge of your of seat, but it will bring big smiles and uncontrollable laughter — and the occasional tissue.

Sherlock: A BBC original, “Sherlock” captures the original characters and allows the plot to speak, rather than just focusing on character development. It is a truly well-written show. The episodes are like mini movies, so there are only three of them per season.

Parks and Recreation: Characters are probably the most important tool in a comedy, and “Parks and Recreation” have one of the best ensemble casts — ever. The humor is a dry, evolving shell that cracks, but never breaks. But this grounds the characters, making them seem more human. The first season is the best, but I encourage you to plow ahead. The rest of the show is worth the wait.

Friday Night Lights: Two words: Connie Britton. Britton alone is enough motivation for your eyes to find time to watch, but “Friday Night Lights” is a show about the world of Texas high school football. All scenes were shot at real locations, and the cast provides a sense of realism that is foreign to the entertainment field.

The West Wing: Aaron Sorkin hits gold with the “The West Wing.” Using an ensemble cast, Sorkin’s long, dialogue-filled scenes find a way to heighten politics in an interesting, fastpaced way. “The West Wing” presents life in Washington D.C. focused on the president and his staff, allowing the audience to see a different side of the White House.

Glee: A show that makes fun of its own characters is probably the best platform for launching something musical.

“Glee” hit a home run in its first few seasons. It pushed the boundaries of modern thought and dabbled in the reality of some major issues.

Orange is the New Black: Dangling between the land of drama and comedy, “Orange is the New Black” delivers an in-depth portrayal of life behind bars.

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gear up for game days bailey chambers | @baichambers

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ame days define Norman culture more than anything else on campus. Home games literally stop traffic, and, with the right crimson and cream attire, you can do the same. Shop this weekend so you’ll be ready for the next home game.

outfit #1: lucca Plaid Shirt: $58 Sooner Tee: $36

First thing, get a Sooners tee. It can be crimson. It can be cream. Either way, you can’t go wrong. Next, to add a fashion element and stay a bit warmer, layer a plaid shirt on top.

The plaid shirt can include other colors to offset the game day look so it can transition into school-day casual wear. To finish off the look, wear leggings or jeans. Simplicity is key with this look

outfit #2: balfour & shoetopia Sweater: $65 Toboggan: $24.99 Red Boots: $159

If you love the holiday season and want the world to know that you support the Sooners, try a winter sweater. Get a bigger size so it can also double as a dress. Leggings are a better fit than jeans for this ensemble.

Go extra bold and wear bright boots to really show off your school spirit. This outfit is for extra cold days. Don’t forget your toboggan to keep your ears warm while you’re in the stands.

outfit #3: lucca Sweater: $49.99 Hat: $58

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Chunky sweater lovers are in luck. Pair a plain, fluffy, cream sweater with a floppy, crimson hat. This look is super trendy and glam for game day. Crimson leggings or dark-wash jeans would go perfectly with the knit sweater.

Neutral, brown or black boots would polish the look. This outfit could be worn anywhere, really, but it just so happens to be the proper colors for the Sooners.

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orget about driving to OKC this weekend. We found the spots in Norman where you can sing your heart out five nights in a row.

henry hudson’s pub on west main street Start your week off right by singing and dancing across the checkered floor of this recently remodeled sports bar.

Song suggestion: Get pumped for the days to come with “Heroes” by David Bowie.

tuesday 9:30 p.m.2 a.m.

o’connell’s For your Campus Corner karaoke fix, look no further.

O’Connell’s offers $5.50 pitchers to help you muster up your courage. If you have fun Wednesday, you can return on Thursday nights for their popular trivia competition.

Song suggestion: Keep it Irish with “Come On Eileen”

by Dexys Midnight Runners.

wednesday

9:30 p.m.2 a.m.

SENIORS come take your FREE portraits for the

mooney’s pub and grill on north interstate drive Get a generous sober friend to drive you over to this bar off the beaten path. If you like the spot, you can go back on Friday wearing a Hawaiian shirt for discounted prices.

Song suggestion: Stir up nostalgia with “...Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.

thursday 9:30 p.m.2 a.m.

sooner legends Not the restaurant — the hotel where you can stay in a room decorated with an OU grad’s gymnastics unitard. If signed memorabilia and an ornate upside-down Longhorn skull encourage your singing ability, this is the place for you.

Song suggestion: To begin the weekend, try “Friday I’m in Love” by The Cure. Keep partying through Saturday with “Rock and Roll All Nite” by Kiss.

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122 E. MAIN ST. If you’re looking for sculpture pieces to admire, you can see the latest from Oklahoma artist and sculptor Holly Wilson as well as woodwork

by Norman Arts Council Individual Artist Award winner Hunter Roth. Join artist Holly Wilson for a special artist talk at 5 p.m. as well as snacks catered by LOCAL.

144 S. FLOOD AVE. It’s never too early to shop for holiday gifts, and if you’ve got gift giving on the mind, the annual Holiday Gift Gallery has gems for the art lovers in your life, ranging from hand crafted jewelry to decorative vases.

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O F C FEE L W O 223 E. GRAY ST. Nothing stimulates the senses quite like a quality cup of joe. At Gray Owl, you can refuel while continuing your art excursion.

While you wait in line, be sure to admire the posters and pilot project about the molecular gastronomy of coffee to learn a little bit more about the java in your cup.

E C O R RDS M O RO 125 E. MAIN ST. Art comes in all forms, including the musical sounds of local indie-pop artists. Swing by Guestroom to see local band Bored Wax as well as Plain Speak from 7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.

324 E. MAIN ST. A brand new location means more space for art exhibits and for onlookers. The community art space features a variety of works from students to professionals.

With a large glass window to greet you upon entry, you can easily see the artworks even before stepping inside. Some of those featured this weekend will include photography by Twig Capra, abstract art by Erin Schalk and more.

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Cute, creative and clever, this is your one stop shop for those who enjoy the little details. Bethany Young, the featured artist of the night, will have her work on display in the shop. The Oklahoma photographer will be selling original landscape images printed on wood. More of her work can be seen on her website.

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very second Friday local gallery spotlights are a little bit warmer and the bustle through exhibits is a little bit busier. Hosted by the Norman Arts Council, the 2nd Norman Friday Art Walk will feature artists of all mediums, spanning across canvas as well as live stages. If you’re looking to get your art fix this weekend, check out these stops on your way around downtown Norman.

This quaint shop is filled with vintage trinkets and local goods. From T-shirts to home décor, the state’s inspiration behind the merch is clear. Aside from it being located next to one of Norman’s galleries, it will also host the 2nd Friday Concert Series. The free show will begin at 7 p.m. in the STASH Annex, featuring a sampler of folk music with artists John Calvin Abney, Idabel and Stranded at the Station.

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Hurry! One week left!

The Crawl Ends Nov. 21 Visit the five on-campus coffee locations listed below between November 3rd and 21st.

Tweet a photo from each location to @OUCampusDining with the hashtag #CampusCoffeeCrawl and the name of the location.

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Finish the crawl by November 21 at 11:59 p.m. to get a FREE long-sleeved t-shirt and be entered to win FREE coffee* for dead week from The Bookmark in Bizzell Memorial Library.

CRAWL STOPS: OMU Starbucks

Bedrock Cafe

Roscoe’s

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Einstein Bros. Bagels

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BONUS ROUND:

Get a second entry for FREE coffee!

Include a stop at the Redbud Cafe, #OURedbud, at the Sam Noble Museum.

PICK UP YOUR SHIRT: Once you’ve completed the crawl, pick up your shirt in Walker Center, room 237W. Shirts must be picked up by Tuesday, November 25 at 5 p.m.

#Campuscoffeecrawl @OUCampusDining Housing and Food Services is a department in OU’s division of Student Affairs.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution, www.ou.edu/eoo.

For accommodations on the basis of disability, email hfs_marketing@ou.edu.

Campus Coffee Crawl open to all Norman Campus University of Oklahoma students, faculty and staff. *Good for one free brewed coffee per day from the Bookmark Cafe, valid December 1-7.

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things to know before the sooners face the red raiders Oklahoma and Texas Tech square off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. Here's what you need to know about the Red Raiders:

brady vardeman | @bradyvardeman

1. Quarterback scramble: When Texas Tech’s apparent-starting quarterback Michael Brewer was injured before the 2013 season, the resulting quarterback derby resulted in freshman Davis Webb securing the starting position by the bowl game and Brewer and backup Baker Mayfield transferring at year’s end. Nowadays, Brewer is the starting quarterback at Virginia Tech, Mayfield is rumored to be lighting things up on the scout team at Oklahoma and Webb is putting up his own impressive stats in Lubbock. However, when Webb went down with a left leg injury in an 82-27 loss to TCU, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury (also a former Red Raider quarterback) called upon freshman Patrick Mahomes to take the reins on offense.

Mahomes put up 109 yards passing in their Nov. 1 loss to Texas before injuring himself.

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2. True freshman thrown into the mix:

Blake Bell cuts through Texas’s defense during 2013’s home game against Texas Tech.

If neither Webb nor Mahomes are ready to go by Saturday, non-scholarship freshman Vincent Testaverde, son of NFL-legend Vinny Testaverde, could start at quarterback for the Red Raiders. After replacing Mahomes against Texas, Testaverde completed 15 of 26 passes for 116 yards. Testaverde is not nearly as large as his father. Standing at 6-1, 187 pounds, he played just two years of high school football before enrolling at Texas Tech.

Vincent’s father and Kingsbury were teammates on the 2005 New York Jets team. Although Kingsbury said he hoped to have Webb and Mahomes back before the Oklahoma game, it will be a game-time decision for the Red Raiders.

4. Hostile territory:

3. Weak against the run:

5. Losing in Lubbock:

The Texas Tech defense has allowed opponents to run for almost 250 yards per game and 26 touchdowns. For context, Oklahoma averages 225 yards on the ground every week against stiffer competition. When asked if the bye week would help the rush defense, Kingsbury did not sound convinced. “It helps us with our plan and what we’re trying to accomplish,” Kingsbury said. “But as far as lining up and being physical and making us more fresh for the game, I’m not sure how much it helps.”

The Sooners have fallen in three of their last four meetings in Lubbock. From 2005 to 2012, the two teams traded wins every year, with the home team getting the victory. Aside from the parity of this series, this game has left an increasingly bad taste in fans’ mouths over recent years. When No. 5 Oklahoma decimated No. 2 Texas Tech in the 2008 contest dubbed the “Jump Around Game,” the Red Raiders returned the favor the next year with their own “Jump Around Game” in a 41-13 stomping of the Sooners.

Jones AT&T Stadium, where the Raiders and Sooners will meet Saturday, has long been known for its extremely hostile fans. According to Lubbock Online, Texas Tech fans average one arrest per 6,700 fans a week, much more “impressive” if you consider that the stadium only holds 60,000 people. One Red Raider tradition, the Tortilla Toss, involves the student section throwing tortillas at the opposing team at opening kickoff. Furthermore, in a 12-0 victory over Texas A&M in 2001, Texas Tech fans proceeded to tear down the goal posts and throw them on the section with visiting fans, resulting in a brawl.

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WILL preparation PAY OFF? Men’s basketball starts its season at home on Sunday

Trent Crabtree | @TrentCrabtree

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fter a long off-season, Sooner nationally in nearly every offensive and basketball is officially back in defensive category.

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Junior Buddy Hield isn’t looking past No. 19 Oklahoma opens the season at them, though. He said the team still has to 2 p.m. on Sunday at Lloyd Noble Center commit on both ends of the floor if it wants when it tips off against Southeastern to set an early-season tone. This commitLouisiana. Expectations are high for ment starts with Kruger, Hield said.

Sooner coach Lon Kruger’s “He [Kruger] says that if squad, and this weekend’s we want to be the best, then matchup against the Lions we have take it seriously GO AND DO could indicate if it’s ready to and make an effort every live up to them. day in practice,” Hield said.

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For Kruger, the last few “The main focus has Southeastern weeks have been a time been defense, because we Louisiana of anticipation for the already know we can score.

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“It’s a great time of year, down defensively and be a every year,” Kruger said. more mature team,” Hield Sunday “ The month of practice said. leading up to the first game OU hasn’t lost an opener Where: Lloyd Noble is the most enjoyable part of since the 2002-03 season, Center it all, and everybody’s fired when it fell by six points to up. We’re anxious to get it Alabama. Since then, the going.”

Sooners have made a habit Sophomore Jordan Woodard said he of starting the season with a win and have looks forward to getting back to competing won the first game by double digits nearly rather than preparing. every year.

“We’ve been practicing against each Considering the renewed hype in other so long, so it’s going to be really nice Norman surrounding this year’s squad, the to play against a different opponent and expectations of fans on Sunday aren’t likely get back into the scouting report routine,” to change. A blowout victory could let the Woodard said. nation know that OU is poised for a breakOU faces a Southeastern Louisiana out season. team that went 12-18 last season and fin“We have a target on our back now,” Jackie eby/the daily ished 7-11 in the Southland Conference. Hield said.

Junior guard Buddy Hield goes up for the layup against Southwestern Oklahoma State University on The Lions ranked outside the top-200 Tuesday at McCasland Field House. The Sooners beat the Bulldogs 73-48.

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the Secret Lives of boomer and sooner What do the iconic ponies do during their free time?

emily sharp | @esharp13

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t each home football game, OU’s twin horse mascots, two Welsh ponies named Boomer and Sooner, pose for photos with fans before the game and race onto the field to celebrate each Sooner touchdown.

However, when the game ends, the ponies disappear without a trace.

The whereabouts of the horses are a carefully concealed secret among OU’s Athletics Department. Their stable’s location is known only by a select few in order to prevent rival schools from harming them.

“We used to get emails about painting them certain colors or branding them,” said Charlie Taylor, assistant marketing director for OU Athletics. “If people knew where they were, general fans would just stop by, and then there would be thousands of fans getting pictures. That’s reserved for game days.”

The current mascots are Boomer and Sooner V, having taken the yoke from Boomer and Sooner IV after their retirement in 2007, Taylor said. Since their adoption, OU has taken every precaution to keep them safe.

“They are taken care of very, very well,” Taylor said. “We spare no expense to make sure they have the best of everything.

They’re a state symbol as much as a university symbol.”

The mascots’ safety is of paramount importance because they are irreplaceable: OU does not have a backup pair of horses.

“It’s different than what [the University of] Texas does,” Taylor said, referring to Bevo, a longhorn steer that acts as Texas’ mascot. “They have tons of cattle, and if something were to happen to Bevo, I’m sure they’ve got 10 more lined up. But right now we only have two ponies. If we had a guarded care facility set up on campus that would be different.”

Furthermore, neither horse can work without the other. They grew up together, they are housed together and they stay in the same stall together, Taylor said. They may not be twins, but they are the next best thing.

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OU also refuses to name the ranchers who take care of the ponies, as they are well-known in the community. The ranchers are paid for their services, but their involvement is not a sponsorship, and the university does not want people to think they’re advertising for them.

Although not much can be known about Boomer and Sooner’s care outside of game day, Taylor assures people they are well taken care of and have a great time, both during and outside of football.

Each pony is fed 1.5 pounds of Equine Senior horse feed with four flakes of Bermuda hay every morning and evening. The pair are driving ponies and have never been trained to be ridden.

“Each of them has a very different personality when they are in their pasture and when they are in the field,” Taylor said.

“Whereas Sooner dominates during game time, Boomer is more opinionated in her pasture ... although both are always ready to go [when] the guns go off!”

The ponies are fed, bathed and cleaned the night before each game and fed again in the morning. They are given water during the game and afterwards they go home, Taylor said.

The horses arrive on campus about an hour before the Ruf/Neks’ Fan Fest does. They stay there for about two hours until their campus run. The horses are antsy before the run, but they calm down after their first run, Taylor said.

They enter the stadium after the Pride of Oklahoma does, and when a touchdown is scored the ponies know the route and what they are doing, Taylor said. Once the command is given they know where they’re going to go.

The ponies are trained during the spring, but the training is more to teach the Ruf/Neks to handle and care for them. They are also trained and housed

over the summer by the same people who train the Budweiser Clydesdales in St. Louis, Taylor said.

“We hold them in the highest regard and take care of them with the best factors and trainers in the state. They are unbelievably important to the fabric of not just OU and Oklahoma football, but all over the country,” Taylor said.

The chief criterion when choosing the ponies is how they behave around people. A horse can run after a touchdown, but it may be startled by 10,000 people around them wanting to take their picture.

However, purchasing new horses is not a pressing issue for the university.

“We haven’t had to address getting a new pair,” Taylor said.

“This pair is doing great, and there aren’t any issues.”

Despite the secrecy surrounding them, the ponies represent a decades-long tradition of Sooner football.

“It’s one thing when the football team arrives,” Taylor said.

“But when people see those two iconic ponies roll in, they know it’s time to win a football game.”

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n the light lab, you’ll find an odd mix a region of the country to work as a freeof items: mannequins draped with dif- lance designer. Others work in architecturferent colored fabrics, hanging lights al and art exhibit lighting fields, and others angled every which way on the ceiling and do lightboard programming and theatrical pieces of foam core painted with colorful electrician work. squares.

Theatrical design junior J. Tyger Walden You’ll also undoubtedly find an odd crea- said he is working to become a master electure among the menagerie: trician because lighting dethe undergraduate lighting sign requires a lot of collabodesigner. ration and knowledge about GO AND DO Students majoring in thethe other fields that com“Little Women” atrical design with an emplete a production. phasis in lighting spend “In a show, you don’t alWhen: 8 p.m. plenty of time in the light lab, ways have a production elecFriday, 3 and 8 p.m. combining technical expertrician or a programmer, and Saturday, 3 p.m. tise with their creative vision. you have to know that techSunday “With the lights, it’s just renology so that when you deally fun to be able to create a sign it, you need to take it by Where: whole new scene with someyourself and hang the plot,” Weitzenhoffer thing that you literally can’t Walden said.

Theatre touch. You can only see it,” The lighting design currictheatrical design freshman ulum lends itself to the colPrice: $25 for Trevor Harris said. laborative atmosphere readults and $15 for Using lighting techniques, quired for a theater producstudents in advance students can make a scene tion, requiring that students look bright and sunny or dark take classes in areas like cosand creepy, Harris said. tume design and scenic deIn OU’s lighting design curriculum stu- sign as well as lighting design, Sprecker said. dents to work on different types of producWalden, who designed five of the six tions before they graduate, from straight pieces required for Contemporary Dance plays in a variety of spaces, to musicals, op- Oklahoma’s recent shows, said that working eras and modern dance, lighting design pro- as a designer is particularly rewarding befessor Richard Sprecker said. cause of the relationships built with the cast Some students, Sprecker said, will pick and other crew members.

dana branham/the daily Theatrical design junior J. Tyger Walden works with a lighting room to practice lighting skills.

“With Contemporary Dance Oklahoma, it wasn’t just sitting there and designing a piece. I got to know a lot of the dancers and the dance professors — it’s a great relationship to have with the dancers to be able to say, ‘Okay, that light’s going hit you there, and it’s going to hit you in this way where you look like this,’” Walden said. Over the summer, Walden interned as an entertainment tech for Disney. For him, working at Disney as a designer would be a dream career.

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With internships over the summer and work as undergraduate assistants during the year, Sprecker said the lighting design students are kept busy, but OU’s program helps prepare them for career success later on.

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