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OU football head coach Lincoln Riley speaks to reporters July 16.

Riley expressed confidence in the Sooners ability to be great in the upcoming season.

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SQ 788 CHANGES FACE CRITICISM AFTER VOTE

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OKLAHOMA TOPS BIG 12 PRESEASON POLL

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SQ 788 changes spark questions A student smokes a fake joint for a photo illustration. Medical marijuana was legalized with State Question 788, but smokeable marijuana has been banned by the Oklahoma Board of Health.

Cannabis law reform advocate voices opposition GABI MERCHEN @gabalabalopolis

An emergency draft issued by the State Board of Health restricts certain patient rights that some feel have undercut the progress promised by the bill’s passage.

Recent addendums to State Question 788 made by the state health department leave something to be desired by the issue’s most passionate advocates.

In addition to requiring a

licensed pharmacist at dispensaries, the addendums also place a new limitation on patients regarding the forms of cannabis that will be allowed under the bill.

While patient access to cannabis pills, ointments and medically-appropriate vaporization are maintained, the revised bill bans the dispension of the flower, dry leaf and plant forms of cannabis.

Erik Altieri, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), has been advocating for cannabis law reform with the organization for over a decade.

Altieri said the changes

to SQ 788 are detrimental given the expectations of the voters and the subsequent “duping” by state legislatures. He believes that substantially altering the provisions of the bill after the ballots have already been cast invites retaliation from voters.

“The changes are not only overly stringent — they’re anti-democratic,” Altieri said. “This is not what most voters had in mind that the program would look like when they approved it at the most recent election, and it’s also detrimental to patients.

Access to the herbal form of whole plant cannabis is incredibly important. It provides a lot more in terms of

distinct cannabinoids­— the compounds in marijuana that work together in a synergistic fashion to provide the best therapeutic relief.

It’s also a far easier method to consume cannabis when it comes to titrating the amount you recieve.”

The opposition to the initial bill resulted from conservative backlash to the possibility of increased recreational use as a result of legalized medical marijuana, a sentiment shared by Gov. Mary Fallin. Altieri feels this motivation for changing the law invites backlash from voters.

“If that is their concern, and that is their motivation for restricting the medical

program so severely, it’s likely going to backfire on them,” Altieri said. “The Oklahomans that approved this believed that patients would have a relatively easy way to access the products they’re looking for for their treatments, and in absence of having that program being functional, it’s more possible than not that many of those voters will move on to supporting full legalization instead to get rid of these barriers.”

T h e a d d e n d u m s may placate the concerns of the opposition, but they also trouble the bill’s initial advocates.

“The bill was very patient-centric (before the

changes). It left the decision in regards to qualifying conditions up to doctors who should be making these medical decisions and not state legislators,” Altieri said.

“And it provided access, initially, to things like whole plant cannabis and personal cultivation rights that any really successful medical program should have. Bare minimum, they need to re-institute access to whole plant cannabis at the dispensaries, as well as reinstate the ability for patients to cultivate a limited amount of plants at their home.”

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OU joins with Ugandan school

Conference in Uganda brings women together MORGAN MISSEL @tomahawkmissel

OU’s Center for Peace and Development partnered with a Ugandan girls school in hosting a peace-building conference in Northern Uganda.

A multidisciplinary group of OU students and faculty joined with St. Monica’s Girls Tailoring Centre and nine other women’s organizations to host the Conference on Grassroots Peacebuilding in Gulu, Uganda, according to a press release from OU’s Center for Peace and Development.

The purpose of the conference was to begin discussions about conflict in Northern Ugandan communities, the stigmatization of kidnapped

women and some priority actions for the women.

Much of Northern Uganda has suffered from violent civil unrest since their independence in the 1980s. The conflicts have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds more were abducted by rebel forces.

Lupe Davidson, associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and co-director of the OU Center for Social Justice, said in the release the conference allowed women to come together and discuss their experiences and propose solutions.

The conference also brought women together to support each other and introduced them to a new platform for change, Andreana Prichard, associate professor of African History in the OU Honors College, said in the release.

“This conference allowed women whose voices are not often heard or taken seriously

to do just that: to be heard and to be taken seriously,” she said in the release. “The conversations were incredibly powerful and seemed to offer an opportunity for continued healing.”

The students who attended the conference will continue to help the Ugandan women’s groups by compiling paperwork and action items to use to continue their advocacy work, according to the release. Sally Beach, Grant Family Presidential Professor in the College of Education, said in the release the students benefited as well by seeing a new perspective.

“Watching the OU students interact with and support the women as they exchanged ideas supported my belief in the value of service as a way of learning about the world outside of your own comfortable life,” Beach said in the release.

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A speaker at the Conference on Grassroots Peacebuilding in Gulu, Uganda. OU students and faculty joined with St. Monica’s Girls Tailoring Centre and nine other women’s organizations to host the conference.

OU refuses to comment on president’s salary Public affairs declines to say if Gallogly to take pay NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

OU Public Affairs refused to comment on whether President James Gallogly would be taking his $500,000 salary during a time in which he has said university expenses are too high.

Following Gallogly

removing highly paid employees in order to, as he has said, increase efficiency on the Norman campus, OU said they would not comment on whether Gallogly himself would be accepting his executive salary.

“We will not comment on the status of an employee’s salar y,” acting Vice President for Public Affairs Erin Yarbrough said in an email to The Daily.

“However, it is clear that President Gallogly and his family have been very

generous as donors to the university in the past.”

Yarbrough, who took office following Gallogly’s removal of former Vice President for Public Affairs Rowdy Gilbert on July 2, sent the email in response to The Daily’s inquiry on whether Gallogly would take his salary.

On March 26, the same day Gallogly was ann o u n c e d a s O U ’s 1 4 t h president, the OU Board of Regents set Gallogly’s salary at $500,000 per year. The

same day, Gallogly told a reporter he didn’t know what he was getting paid and was not interested in the OU presidency for its pay.

Gallogly’s $500,000 salary is below the national average for university presidents but still an increase from David Boren’s base pay of $431,037. Boren himself frequently refused certain financial compensation during times in which he sat on boards of various companies such as Continental Resources.

Gallogly has frequently criticized the financial management of the university under his predecessor’s administration and says he would work to decrease OU’s nearly $1 billion debt level. Gallogly also said the university’s financial burdens have been unduly placed on the students.

As he’s piloted companies such as LyondellBasell Industries and ConocoPhillips as CEO, Gallogly is expected to have considerable

personal worth. Data from OpenSecrets.com and the Oklahoma Ethics commission indicates Gallogly has donated to political candidates, political parties and political action committees in excess of nearly $13,000 since 2000.

Gallogly officially took office July 2 and will hold a ceremonial inauguration Aug. 16 at New Sooner Convocation.

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OU football head coach Lincoln Riley speaks to reporters July 16.

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NEW SEASON, NEW OPPORTUNITIES KEGAN RENEAU

Despite lack of experience, Riley’s hopes remain high

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FRISCO, Texas — The questions awaiting Lincoln Riley at the podium of Big 12 Media Days were as expected as wind was howling on a summer day in western Oklahoma.

He had questions to answer for the team selected as the conference preseason favorite but let media members know — before any were able to ask him who the starting quarterback was, how the defense will improve or who will step up as leaders — what he was most concerned with heading into the 2018 season, and the reason why he is excited.

“I think its got a chance to be maybe the most talented team that we’ve had in the four years that we have been at OU, but also probably our most inexperienced team, as well,” the second-year head coach said in his opening statement. “So I think our leadership is going to be a very, very key part of how this team progresses.”

Riley didn’t mention the defense, which has been the front of criticism since Georgia’s Sony Michel scampered into the Rose Bowl end zone in a 54-48 gut-wrenching double overtime loss in the College Football Playoff, nor did he mention replacing walk-on quarterback turned Heisman Trophy winner and

No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft Baker Mayfield.

Leadership — something Mayfield and his teammates over the last three seasons took extreme pride in — is the biggest concern, and the Sooners’ head man doubled-down on it.

“I do think the talent is there, and I do think our leadership is going to be so critical,” Riley said. “Our leaders have to step up, and our young, talented players have to grow up in a hurry — maybe even fair to say ahead of schedule on both accounts.”

Riley spurned a question about how the offense is going to change with junior Kyler Murray, given he hasn’t bestowed the title of “starting quarterback” for the 2018 season quite yet.

When asked how the defense will improve, he said he has good players but lacks the talent that other defenses in the country have.

“We got to recruit,” Riley said. “We feel like we’re in the process of making a pretty good move there. That’s the first thing that I’ve seen is our talent levels needed to increase, and I think we’re on the way to doing that.

“I feel like some of our best talent defensively right now is from our freshmen and sophomore classes. We are probably only going to play with maybe one, maybe two seniors this year — which is

alarming in some ways — but it also, I think, shows you we’ve been on a nice run recruiting over the last couple of years.”

The 2018 defense is young, as indicated by Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year being handed to true freshman defensive back Brendan “Bookie” RadleyHiles and sophomore middle linebacker Kenneth Murray being a representative of OU at Big 12 Media Days.

On offense, Oklahoma has exper ience returning in senior linemen Ben Powers and Dru Samia, junior linemen Bobby Evans, junior running back Rodney Anderson and wide receivers in junior Marquise Brown and sophomore CeeDee Lamb. Sophomores Grant Calcaterra (tight end) and Trey Sermon (running back) received ample meaningful snaps, too.

T h e p l a y e r s n o t l i s te d a re Ba ke r May f i e l d , Orlando Brown, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and Steven Parker, who were the bonafide leaders of the 2017 Sooners.

On Monday, Riley mentioned Anderson as someone who has started to embrace the role as a leader for the 2018 team, but he pointed out another on the defensive side of the ball who is ready to do it.

“Defensively, Kenneth Murray, even though he’s

going to just be a sophomore,” he said. “He’s a ‘Mike’ linebacker — he’s kind of the heart of our defense there — and he’s ready to do it, even though he is young.”

At the Ford Center, Murray said he felt he was a natural born leader. He said he watched the tape from the Rose Bowl, one of his worst games of the season, 128 times — dissecting every snap, every play.

It remains to be seen if Oklahoma is able to replicate the 45 points per game offensive production that was led

by Mayfield, find new leaders or improve a defense that has been dragged through the mud over the last six months, but Riley believes his team is capable of winning a fourth straight Big 12 Championship and returning to the College Football Playoff.

“I do think we have that capability,” Riley said. “Now, having that capability and getting there are two different things. It takes so many things to go your way. You’re going to have to win some tough games, you’re going to have to stay healthy — a lot of things factor into that.”

“I think if this team reaches its potential, then we can play with them, and we can beat anybody.”

Kegan Reneau

keganreneau@ou.edu

OU football running back Rodney Anderson speaks to reporters July 16.

OU football linebacker Kenneth Murray speaks to reporters July 16.

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SPORTS

July 18-24 •

VIA TREJAN BRIDGES’ TWITTER

OU commit rises to elite status Oklahoma 2019 wide receiver commit Trejan Bridges in Hebron High School uniform. His commitment to OU has helped him become an elite prospect.

Top 100, four-star wide receiver pledges to Sooners KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

FRISCO, Texas — On a cold, rainy fall day, a single play foreshadowed Trejan Bridges’ football life.

Bridges was playing quarterback against the Rockwall Yellowjackets in little league.

His team marched down the field with an opportunity to score from the 5-yard line.

The play call was an outroute for a wide receiver to the sideline. A Yellowjacket linebacker blitzed, Bridges scrambled, and an underhand flick with pressure in his face — one reminiscent of an all-time great — gave his team a much needed touchdown.

“I had seen a play that B r e t t Fa v r e h a d m a d e

— i t w a s a l i t t l e f l i c k ,” said Bridges, a 2019 fours t a r w i d e re c e i v e r a n d Oklahoma commit. “It was something simple, but it was nice.”

At a young age, Bridges made the inordinary normal.

He was never the fastest, couldn’t jump the highest and wasn’t physical enough to run someone over, but he made certain unique plays that caught audiences’ eyes.

“I’ve always still felt that Trejan had that ‘it’ factor,” said Bridges’ dad Jack about watching him when he was young. “I’m like, this dude is going to be special, and as long as he keeps his head straight, as long as he walks that narrow line and does the things that he’s supposed to do and be responsible as he grows into a young human being, Trejan has that ‘it’ factor.”

Even with his uncanny ability for the big play, the

attention for a recruit as highly ranked as Bridges — now the No. 67 prospect for the 2019 class according to Rivals — came later than usual.

As camp season for recruits heated up in the late winter and early spring of 2017, BYU was his lone offer after his sophomore season.

Texas Tech, Washington State, Baylor and Ole Miss were some of the first Power 5 conference schools to extend a full scholarship that spring. Bigger programs such as Oregon, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Mississippi State came calling next.

Arkansas followed, and then after an unofficial visit to Oklahoma in late July — the Sooners threw their hat in the ring.

Bridges and OU had been in contact before the official offer came. The relationship was already built, and the feeling with the university and coaching staff was

different than with other schools.

With an offer in hand, he and his dad returned to Norman for Oklahoma’s first game against UTEP. The environment was overwhelming. Thousands of fans surrounded the stadium tailgating. The buzz leading up to the season opener was palpable.

All the recruits visiting for the game loaded the sideline on the field for warmups. Although it’s a consistent routine for teams to have their prospects come on to the field during this time, a section of fans started to chant Bridges name.

“That was a great moment that I got to take in — not something that everyone gets,” he said. “Their fan base is so focused on football. It’s a blessing when people are calling your name like that.”

When he got in the car to go back to Frisco after

the Sooners’ 56-7 win over UTEP, Bridges knew he had made his mind up.

He and his dad made it down I-35 about 10 miles outside of Norman before Bridges chimed in.

“Dad, that’s where I’m going,” he said.

Jack had to make sure he was hearing that right.

“Man, wait a minute, we just went to a game,” he said to his son.

B r i dg e s, t h ou g h, wa s positive.

“No Dad, that’s where I’m going.”

That night, he told his mom about his decision.

Three days later, he publicly committed to Oklahoma.

At the time, he was labeled as a talented four-star recruit OU landed from the Dallas area — now he’s a top 100 recruit and one of the top high school wide receivers in the country.

His rise through the recruiting ranks happened

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after he exploded onto the scene his junior season, with Alabama and Ohio State taking notice and extending offers of their own.

This spring and summer, Bridges has earned numerous recruiting camp awards.

He continues to excel in every setting and has since become one of the country’s best.

The work it took to get to this point came with the help of a new title — an OU commit.

“Once you say that you are an actual commit to a university, it plays a big part in getting yourself to play that role,” Bridges said. “You’re not just representing yourself — you’re representing Lincoln Riley and your receiver coaches in the biggest form of the university, and you have to make sacrifices.”

Kegan Reneau

keganreneau@ou.edu

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Sooners sit in Big 12 top spot Media poll predicts OU to win conference again KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

Oklahoma is the favorite to win the Big 12 for the fourth straight year, the conference announced.

T hu r s d ay , t h e Bi g 1 2 Conference released the preseason media poll for the 2018 season, and the Sooners were at the top for the sixth time in the eight years since the league moved to 10 teams.

In the voting, Oklahoma received 46 first-place votes.

West Virginia and Kansas State received two, and TCU and Texas received one.

Seven Sooners were named

to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team on Wednesday, the most in the conference by three.

West Virginia followed Oklahoma in the Big 12 preseason media poll, with TCU, Texas and Oklahoma State coming in third, fourth and fifth. Kansas State, who received two first-place votes, came in sixth and is followed by Iowa State, Texas Tech, Baylor and Kansas.

The Sooners have won a conference-leading 11 Big 12 Championships and will begin their Big 12 schedule at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 15, against Iowa State (TV on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU).

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OU coach Lincoln Riley is presented with the Big 12 Championship trophy after the Sooners won the Big 12 Championship game Dec. 2. The Sooners are the top pick to win this year’s Big 12 Championship, according to the conference’s preseason media

Praise for Riley, Sooners’ prolific offense Big 12 coaches congratulate OU for 2017 season KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

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Baylor football head coach Matt Rhule during his press conference at the Big 12 Media Days July 17. Rhule congratuled OU football head coach Lincoln Riley and the Sooners for their accomplisments in the 2017 season.

F R I S C O , T e x a s — Day one of Big 12 Media Days had TCU coach Gary Patterson praising Oklahoma’s 2017 offense, saying it was either the best or second best he’s faced.

Day two started off fast with West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen answering how his team will handle the pressure of preseason expectations and Texas’ Tom Herman selling his program coming off a 7-6 season. Then, Baylor’s Matt

Rhule opened up talking about Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma’s accomplishments in 2017.

“I want to congratulate Lincoln Riley — I think he’s one of the great coaches in our profession, and the team they had representing our league on a national stage was awesome to see,” Rhule said in his opening statement. “Baker Mayfield and that entire Oklahoma Sooners team and I would be remiss if I didn’t say congratulations to them.”

The Bears were the first ones to push the Sooners a year ago in a 49-41 loss at home in Waco, Texas.

Oklahoma went on to win the conference after

beating TCU twice — something Rhule was impressed at. “ ... as a person that loves college football, I want to be one of the people that stands up and talks about just how hard it is — how impressive it is — to do what Oklahoma did last year to win a match-up — not just No. 1 versus No. 2 — but after having been in the NFL, knowing how hard it is to beat a team twice in one season,” Rhule said. “For Oklahoma to be able to do that, and for whatever team this year has to do that, I think it needs to be said.”

Kegan Reneau

keganreneau@ou.edu