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University employees to relocate after restaurants close, changes made to housing

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EMILY NICHOLS • @EMSKY Y Y17

ate Center, a group of five buildings on OU’s Norman campus, is undergoing renovations this summer and will no longer directly offer the same housing and food options to students.

Cate Restaurants, located in Cate Main, closed in late May for the summer term, but it will not reopen in the fall to offer services from Taco Mayo, Oliver’s

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Breakfast, O’Henry’s Sandwiches, Roscoe’s Coffee and Ruthie’s.

The building, instead, will be known as Central Production and will be used by OU Housing and Food Services to prepare “grab-and-go” food options sold in campus dining locations, Dave Annis, director of Housing and Food Services, said in an email.

“Cate Restaurants has been in operation for 66 years, and while it was a popular place

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for freshmen students, Cross restaurant options provide an opportunity for both freshmen and upperclass students with a wider variety of food choices,” Annis said in the email.

Cate employees were not notified of its permanent closure until July 11, according to an email sent to Cate employees from Nancy J. Nichols, Cate’s centralized scheduler.

However, Annis said employees were notified of the changes in late June.

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First Pride to come to Norman The Norman Pride board members meet on July 17. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the upcoming Norman Pride Festival, the first Norman will have.

Organization hopes to raise LGBT+ awareness MORGAN MISSEL @tomahawkmissel

Norman Pride will host its first-ever Pride Festival in August and hopes to bring awareness, support and education of the LGBT+ community to Norman.

Norman Pride is a non-profit organization that is putting on the first Norman Pride Festival, which will take place from Aug. 24-26. The kickoff party is at 4 p.m. Aug. 24 at Toly Park. The following days, the festival will take place from 10 a.m. to about 10 p.m. with the parade taking place at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 on downtown Main Street.

Andrew Coulter, president of the Norman Pride organization, said Norman Pride wanted to bring awareness of the LGBT+ community to Norman.

He said for the most part, LGBT+ events in Oklahoma take place in Tulsa and O k l a h o ma C i t y , bu t h e hopes to bring more events to Norman.

“I think (the festival will) bring awareness to the people of Norman,” Coulter said. “By having a festival and a parade, it makes it to where the conversation (is) started … you bring that discussion to home — you bring it to church, bring it to the university and bring it to bars and restaurants.”

Coulter said if there is more LGBT+ exposure, like the festival and parade, it will make Norman more aware and respectful of

LGBT+ individuals. Their message is one of unity within the LGBT+ communities, the Norman community and Oklahoma as a whole, he said.

Michelle Wood, Norman Pride treasurer, said there is a need to create support for individuals who may face discrimination or suffer from mental illnesses.

Mental illnesses are a concern of LGBT+ youth, as some individuals do not have support of their sexuality from their families and friends.

“It’s also a big thing for the community because it lets people know, especially people from more rural communities, know that you’re not alone — that there’s other people out there,” Wood said. “It just helps bring a community together and makes

everyone happier.”

Coulter said he hoped to not only to bring awareness to Norman but also education. The festival will include an educational exhib-

“I think (the festival will) bring awareness to the people of Norman.”

ANDREW COULTER, PRESIDENT OF THE NORMAN PRIDE ORGANIZATION

it about the history of Pride.

The history of the Pride festivals began in the 1960s, a time when police raids of LGBT+ friendly bars and clubs were typical. During the month of June 1969, it seemed as though the spark was lit for LGBT+ rights and activism.

A f t e r a n o t h e r ra i d o f

the local Stonewall Inn bar, a bar which accepted openly gay individuals in Greenwich Village, New York City, violence and fighting broke out in the early morning of June 28, 1969. A large crowd had spontaneously gathered in the street, which began clashing with police conducting the raid.

This outburst by the community led to a gay rights movement as groups began protesting for more societal acceptance. Activist groups formed quickly within the next few months, and by the next year, the first-ever Pride marches were held in June in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago to commemorate the Stonewall Riots.

Although Pride festivals have traditionally been held in June, the Norman

Pride Festival will be held in August to accommodate for University of Oklahoma students leaving for the summer to feel included as they come back to the university.

K.C. Fox, a Norman Pride board member, said because of the geography of Oklahoma, there are often towns that do not have a large LGBT+ population, and thus, less support for the group. Students who come from these small corners of Oklahoma should feel included in their OU and Norman communities, he said.

“They can have a place to kind of open up and be who they are,” Fox said. “They don’t have to hide themselves anymore.”

Morgan Missel

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Shumate resigns from position OU executive leaves following university changes NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

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Former Vice President for the University Community Jabar Shumate at the NoBanNoWall march Feb. 2, 2017. Shumate resigned from his position July 24, three weeks after OU President James Gallogly took office.

OU’s associate vice president for university community has resigned to pursue “other career opportunities” three weeks after OU President James Gallogly began his tenure.

Jabar Shumate, who was known for his close relationship with former OU President

David Boren, has resigned from his position, acting Vice President for Public Affairs Erin Yarbough confirmed to The Daily via email July 24.

Shumate came to his position with the creation of the office of university community as a result of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal of 2015 in which OU fraternity members were seen on camera making racist remarks. The university’s reaction to the SAE scandal is something Boren pointed to as a crowning achievement of his presidency.

Yarbough said Shumate was

thanked for his service and that a national search will get underway for his replacement after the appointment of an interim replacement.

The resignation comes three weeks after Gallogly, who has expressed displeasure with the state of OU’s executive staff, reassigned Shumate’s position as one that reports to the provost instead of the president.

Shumate attended OU, where he served as student body president. He would go on to serve in the Oklahoma Legislature as both a state

representative and state senator as a Democrat between 2004 and 2015.

The office of university community, which Shumate has been the only head of during its short existence, was often seen as lacking direction.

Many questioned the effectiveness of its goals.

It is unclear what qualifications Gallogly will seek in the national search for Shumate’s replacement or what the timetable will be for that search.

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Norman highway ranks 2nd most dangerous Study hopes to remind drivers to stay safe on Route 9 JANA ALLEN

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A map of Oklahoma’s highways with State Route 9 in red. SR-9 was found to be the second most dangerous highway in the United States. The majority of fatal crashes occured on the Cleveland County portion of the highway.

A study by ValuePenguin found that Oklahoma’s State Route 9 is the second most dangerous highway in America, with the majority of fatal crashes occurring in Cleveland County.

Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System between the years of 2010 and 2016 was analyzed by David Ascienzo, data scientist at ValuePenguin, in order to compile the ranking. Ascienzo found that State Route 9 is the second most dangerous highway overall, 42nd in DUI fatality ranking and 28th in EMS wait time ranking.

Though there were only 50 fatal crashes on the highway in the period analyzed, Ascienzo’s analyzation of the following

three factors placed SR-9 in its high position on the list: fatal crashes per vehicle-miles-traveled per capita, fatalities per crash and the percentage of fatal non-vehicle collisions that occurred on each highway.

According to the website, fatal crashes per vehicle-miles-traveled per capita allowed researchers to factor in how many people are locally driving on that road, and fatalities per crash allowed researchers to know the areas that the deadliest crashes occurred on average. The percentage of fatal non-vehicle collisions allowed researchers to see where a road may have safety risks not resulting from other drivers.

Ascienzo said 82 percent of fatal crashes on SR-9 were non-vehicle collisions, which could be “a car crashing into a ditch or hitting a pothole or a guard rail.” According to the data, 28 percent of the total fatal crashes occurred in Cleveland County, with Pottawatomie County having 22 percent and Haskell County with 18 percent.

“There may be something inherently dangerous on that road,” Ascienzo said. “Perhaps there’s an intersection (in Cleveland County) or a region of the road that either still or at one point had a very dangerous reputation.”

The percent of fatal crashes on SR-9 involving a drunk driver between 2010 and 2016 was 18.2 percent, with the national average being 28.7 percent, according to the study. The average EMS wait time on SR-9 was 12 minutes, while the national average is 10.8 minutes, the study found.

Ascienzo said that the study came about because researchers wanted to identify the most problematic highways across the U.S. “We’re just hoping that the results of our study will serve as a reminder that drivers have to remain diligent and proceed with extra caution when it comes to certain roads,” Ascienzo said.

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Cate Center construction site July 24.

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CATE MAKES WAY FOR CROSS CATE:

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Some Cate Restaurant employees will stay at Central Production and others will be transferred to other restaurants on campus, according to Annis.

Another Housing and Food representative sent a follow-up email on July 18 to employees at Cate who will be transferred to Cross OU in the fall.

“We are certain the skills a n d e x p e r i e n c e y o u ’v e gained while at Cate will be an incredible bene fit to opening these brand new restaurant concepts in just a few weeks,” Housing and Food Services’ Talent and Organizational Development representative Lauren Royston said in an email to Cate employees transferring to Cross.

“The managers of Cross are currently evaluating your class schedules and will be assigning you to a concept within Cross soon!”

Patrick Turner, a student super visor at Cate Restaurants, said he was t ra i n i n g t o b e t h e s t u dent manager at Cate Restaurants before it shut d o w n f o r t h e s u m m e r.

Turner said he first heard a rumor about Cate’s possible closure a couple weeks after spring semester ended.

“That was really nerve-wracking,” said Turner, an aerospace engineering junior. “So then, I went and talked to the

actual management that was in charge of Cate. They didn’t know either.”

Sarah Spurlin, a student supervisor at Taco Mayo, said she heard the same rumors in May but was still expecting work to resume at the start of the semester in August.

“At the end of the semester, everything I was hearing was we were going to be open in the fall,” said Spurlin, a vocal performance junior. “I was at that last closing shift, and it was very much, ‘See you next semester.’”

Turner said he was frustrated by the lack of communication from Housing and Food and the uncertainty of his job status.

“I mean, if we knew everything, it would be no problem,” Turner said. “But the fact that it’s taken them so long to get answers out there, we don’t know what’s going to happen, so we’re uncomfortable with the situation.”

While the changes have been frustrating for some students, Annis said employees were notified as soon as decisions about the transitions were made.

“Housing and Food Services works with University leadership to evaluate and adjust services to best meet student and guest needs,” Annis said in the email. “Over the past few years, efficiency and responsible management of resources has directed changes for both Food and

Housing operations.”

As part of these changes, Cate Main’s annex, which housed the residential adviser office and community center, has been torn down to improve sidewalk drainage and congestion in attempts to make it easier for students to walk through the southern part of campus, Brian Holderread, director of Architectural and Engineering Services told The Daily in March.

Spurlin said the changes have their pros and cons.

“It will be a fun new challenge, I guess,” Spurlin said.

“We’ll be in a brand new building, which will be nice, but we’ll have to re-learn how to do our jobs.”

Cate Center housing is also undergoing some major changes. As the oldest dorm still in use at OU, Cate Center first housed students in 1949 when it was initially a freshmen women’s dorm.

The buildings were named after Roscoe Cate, who studied journalism at OU in the 1920s and later became the editor of Sooner Magazine, the chief financial advisor to George Lynn Cross and the financial vice president in 1950, according to the OU Housing and Food website.

Cate Three will not house students for the 2018-2019 year since the Residential Colleges and Cross OU are now available for upperclass housing, Annis said.

Camryn Fry, a modern dance performance sophomore, lived in Cate Center

Cate Restaurants, dorm close down EMILY NICHOLS • @EMSKY Y Y17

Emily Nichols

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“Danger hard hat atrea” sign at the Cate Center construction site July 24.

Four during the 2017-2018 school year and said renovations began last fall. Fry said the dorms weren’t falling apart when she lived there but were clearly old with rusted furniture and chipped paint.

“At one point in the year, they were re-tarring the roof, so all our rooms smelled like tar at all times,” Fry said.

“They would start work at 4:30 in the morning, and we were never warned about any of that. So one day, there were people on our roof, and all of our rooms and belongings started to smell like tar.”

Fry said she was told the dorms were being turned into offices by her RA in a dorm meeting at the end of the fall semester. Around the same time, construction efforts began to tear down the lobby, Fry said.

“That’s kind of upsetting a little bit just because we were still living there, and here they are, starting construction at 4:30 in the morning right below my room,” Fry said. “My roommate and I were waking up at 4:30 every morning to construction.”

Although the Cate dorms were not in the nicest condition while she lived there, Fry said she liked how they were closer to classes and cheaper than other dorms.

However, the quality of the building made it apparent why they were the cheapest, Fry said. emily.nichols@ou.edu

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Cate Center construction site July 24.

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OU loses 4 players to injuries Multiple Sooners to sit out in 2018 football season KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

Prior to fall camp starting, four players are expected to be out for the 2018 season.

At the local media day press conference, Lincoln Riley announced freshman linebacker Jalen Redmond, freshman defensive tackle Michael Thompson, junior defensive back Chanse Sylvie and senior defensive back Prentice McKinney

are expected to be out this season.

Two or three weeks ago, doctors found a blood clot in the lungs of Redmond. He spent a couple nights in the hospital but is out and doing well, according to Riley.

Thompson suffered an ACL tear in his knee, McKinney had shoulder surgery and Sylvie suffered an achilles injury during the spring.

Redmond and Thompson were composite top-150 recruits in the country in the 2018 recruiting class.

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OU head coach Lincoln Riley speaks during the OU Media Day press conference July 22. Riley listed off which players are recovering from injuries and who will be missing this upcoming season during his opening statement in the press conference.

Maturity leads OU defensive back to success Sooner RadleyHiles receives praise for mentality KEGAN RENEAU @keganreneau

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Freshman defensive back Brendan Radley-Hiles raises his arms before the OU football spring game April 14.

Getting yelled at by defensive coordinator Mike Stoops is a rite of passage on the Oklahoma defense.

When five-star linebacker Caleb Kelly got his first taste, he became nervous to mess up again. When five-star defensive back Brendan “Bookie” Radley Hiles got it, he looked at him wanting to learn.

“He handled it way better than I did,” Kelly said.

“He was like, ‘Coach, talk to me — I understand what you’re trying to tell me.’”

Radley-Hiles, an In g l e w o o d , Ca l i f o r n i a,

native, was the first ever five-star defensive back Oklahoma has landed, according to Rivals.

He made his college announcement live on national television during the Army All-American game.

He has 138,000 followers on Instagram and 65,000 on Twitter, with people engaging his photos and tweets moments after being posted.

Instead of getting away from the spotlight garnered by the five-star label, he is embracing it — something Kelly said he is ready for.

“Bookie (Radley-Hiles) has a mentality where he can’t be touched. Bookie is a guy who has been through so much already, there’s nothing that you could do that would make h i m b e w h o h e i s n o t,” Kelly said. “He has a real

mentality. He came from rough patches and now he’s here, and he’s finally having the success that he deserves.”

“He had it in high school, but I’m saying he’s living the life that he’s worked towards, and he started to get more success. You can’t faze Bookie.”

After enrolling early and p a r t i c i p at i ng i n sp r i ng practice, the expectation of Radley-Hiles starting — with the departures of Steven Parker and Will Johnson to graduation — is extremely high.

He is coming into a conference that is known for chewing up secondaries and spitting them out — four of the top-13 passing offenses in college football last season. A conference with a national perception that they “can’t play

defense.”

R a d l e y - Hi l e s ha s t h e pressure of being a five-star and the pressure of helping the Oklahoma defense climb out of the depths of college football, but according to his defensive coordinator, it’s nothing he can’t handle.

“He’s far mature beyond his years, and it ain’t going to scare him none,” defensive coordinator Stoops said. “I think he’s foaming at the bit to get out there and compete and play at a high level — and he won’t look at himself as a freshman when he steps on the field.

“He’s mature and understands what it takes to perform at this level from being here in the spring.”

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OU quarterback battle rages on Quarterbacks Austin Kendall and Kyler Murray speak to reporters during OU Media Days, July 22.

Kendall, Murray continue to fight for starting QB spot NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

While Austin Kendall sat with a small number of reporters around him, nearly the same amount of reporters waited at an empty table where Kyler Murray would soon sit.

And when he arrived, more reporters swarmed to Murray than to any other player that day.

In the midst of what coach Lincoln Riley calls a legitimate battle for the starting quarterback position — in which the public feels convinced of who the

winner will be — Kendall and Mur ray appeared ready for the fight ahead at OU Media Days July 22.

“I just come in every day to work,” Murray said when asked if he considers it a competition between him and Kendall. “I don’t really pay attention too much to that competition.”

Murray’s apparent struggle to land the starting spot is overshadowed by the veritable elephant in the room — Murray’s signing of a contract with the Oakland Athletics with a $4.6 million signing bonus.

Kendall does find himself thinking of the position he’s seeking and how it helps him push forward. “ Ye a h , i t d o e s m o t i vate me,” Kendall said of the competition. “I mean,

I’ve been working hard all summer, just like everybody else, so when camp starts I’ll go ahead and do the same thing. So we’ll see whoever goes out and executes.”

Mu r r a y ’s d e c i s i o n t o head to the MLB in the spring has called into question whether he’s as committed to the program as Kendall, especially in a time when coach Lincoln Riley said finding leaders for the team is a top priority — something Kendall says he still needs to work on.

“I’m usually a quiet guy.

Me stepping out has been a p e r s o n a l c h a l l e n g e,” Kendall said. “Throughout the spring, I was able to do that, and through the summer workouts, I’ve been able to just kind of lead the

team, lead the guys.”

When asked how he plans to lead when most other Sooners know they won’t be following him next year, Murray simply said it’s about working hard.

“Showing up everyday and working hard,” Murray said. “I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing. I’ve been gaining trust every day, and that doesn’t change. I’ve been here for three years now. I’m not too worried about it.”

Murray said he and Kendall are both pretty different people, something Kendall echoed when descr ibing their personal relationship.

“We don’t really hang o u t . We ’ r e c l o s e w h e n we’re here. We talk to each other, it’s not like we’re

distant. I tell him what’s on my mind, he probably tells me the same thing,” Kendall said. “So I guess it’s a different kind of relationship. I wouldn’t say we’re best friends or anything like that. We just come out and compete every day.”

Murray said he knows at the end of the day Riley will choose the quarterback who makes the least mistakes, but he doesn’t let that get under his skin during practice — Murray said the competition is far from his mind as he sets his sights on a national championship.

“There’s no beef in the quarterback room. It’s a competition at the end of the day, and we know that — not being mad at each other if somebody

gets more reps,” Murray said. “He’s (Riley) going to choose the best quarterback.”

Murray, who’s known for his legs and his ability to make plays out of the pocket, is contrasted by Kendall, who fans expect to be stronger with his ability to throw the ball. With the exit of former starting quarterback Baker Mayfield, there is a big gap to fill.

Despite this, Riley said he’s confident that whoever’s under center will lead the S ooners to another promising season.

“Is the level of play going to be the same? I don’t know, but I expect it to be pretty damn good.”

Nick Hazelrigg

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