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Freshman quarterback Caleb Williams (left) and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jadon Haselwood (right) celebrate after Williams scored a touchdown during the game against Kansas in Lawrence Oct. 23.

Sooners redeemed in 2nd half Oklahoma pulls through ‘lackadaisical’ first half to defeat Jayhawks MASON YOUNG @Mason_Young_0

LAWRENCE — Isaiah Thomas had a pointed message for his teammates on Oct. 22. “Tie your process to your passion, never tie your process to the opponent,” the redshirt senior defensive lineman and team captain urged his peers, who have perpetually played down to their foes’ level this season. Despite Thomas warning not to relent against a lesser adversary, his sentiments seemed lost in No. 3 Oklahoma’s 35-23 win over Kansas on Saturday, where what should’ve been little more than a scrimmage turned into one of the team’s more embarrassing performances in recent memory. OU (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) was on the ropes after the Jayhawks (1-6, 0-4) shut out Lincoln Riley’s offense in the first half for the first time since he became the Sooners’ coach. Before flipping the script in the second half, OU entered halftime with zero points for the first time since its 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl loss to Clemson and failed to score

on Kansas in the first half for the first time since 1992. The Sooners’ defense was gashed for 195 yards compared to Oklahoma’s 78 and Kansas outrushed its visitor 132-7. OU also racked up eight penalties for 55 yards. “I don’t care who you’re playing,” Riley said. “If you don’t seize momentum early in a road football game, you’re gonna be in for a dogfight, and we were.” Roughly two minutes into the chilly, hazy contest, a partial power outage shut down the scoreboard inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Distracted by a short stoppage of play, OU’s defensive line jumped offsides three times on the opening drive before Kansas took a 7-0 lead. Oklahoma’s offense was held to three first half possessions which resulted in a punt, an interception thrown by freshman quarterback Caleb Williams and a turnover on downs. The Sooners’ “Speed D” allowed Kansas to go 7-of-9 on third down, which helped it dominate time of possession 22 minutes to eight. “I think it kind of became a theme in the first half, the inability to stop or get stops in the run game,” said defensive coordinator Alex Grinch. “We’re just not making enough plays

defensively, and specifically on third down, and you’re just asking for long drives and you’re asking for momentum, and it was very difficult for us to turn the tide, momentum wise. “There’s a theme forming over the last few weeks. This is an inconsistent unit. Whose fault is that? All of ours, obviously. Specifically me.” In the second half, Oklahoma looked like a completely different team. The Sooners outgained Kansas 320-217, forced a much-needed turnover and put the game away with five consecutive touchdown drives. “That was probably the fastest first half I’ve ever been a part of,” Riley said. “And so we had to bow up, obviously, in the second half, and we did that. We played better on all three sides in the second half. I give our team credit for rising up.” Rebounding from a rough opening to his first road start, Williams finished with 178 yards and two touchdowns on 15-of-20 passing while rushing for 70 yards and another score on eight attempts. Redshirt junior running back Kennedy Brooks also asserted himself with 24 carries for 72 yards and two touchdowns. In his second straight start, sophomore safety Key Lawrence met the occasion with a team-high eight tackles — two for loss. He also forced

a fumble in the fourth quarter that redshirt senior Justin Broiles recovered, boosting a diminished secondary missing injured cornerbacks D.J. Graham and Woodi Washington and safety Delarrin Turner-Yell. On OU’s ensuing possession, Williams’ offensive heroics reached new heights when he saw Brooks halted short of a first down, swiped the ball from his backfield mate and plowed past the line to gain to move the chains. It was a play that demonstrated a headiness few true freshmen would display, and one that required review by officials before being upheld. “The reviewable aspects of the play were position of the ball in relation to the line of scrimmage and if possession was ever lost by the offense,” Big 12 Coordinator of Officials Greg Burks said in a postgame statement, affirming the play was a legal handoff. “The ball never crossed the line of scrimmage and there was never a loss of possession, not a fumble, so this play was a forward handoff behind the line of scrimmage.” Seven plays later, Brooks’ second touchdown of the quarter closed the game with 42 seconds remaining. Afterward, coaches and players debunked theories that one light day of practice affected their preparation

for the Jayhawks. However, Brooks did admit his team “just played down to (its) opponent,” failing to heed Thomas’ warning. “I don’t really have an excuse,” said redshirt senior H-back Jeremiah Hall, who caught an 8-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. “We just came out kind of lackadaisical, which is something that I’m wanting to address as a captain next week. No excuses, it just kind of happened. ... We’ll make sure we come out a lot better next week.” Next, Oklahoma faces Texas Tech (5-3, 2-3) at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30 in Norman (ABC) in a game that could prove more problematic than anticipated. The Red Raiders beat West Virginia and narrowly lost to Kansas State, which both played the Sooners close. “I love the way we finish, and damn, if we’ll ever figure out how to play a complete game combined with the way this team can finish, we could have something,” Riley said. “But it’s gonna be on us and how bad that we want to become that complete team, because the way we finish is elite, but we’re gonna have to bring the rest of it around here pretty quick.” masyoung@ou.edu

‘Up to my own discretion’ International, exchange students region blocked by Healthy Together app KALY PHAN @KPhsn

OU international and exchange students are taking on the burden of entering quarantine following COVID-19 exposures and positive tests as they lack access to the Healthy Together app, the institution’s primary source of “honors system-based” contact tracing. International and public administration master’s student Sandra López-Alvarado is from Mexico. She said, during one of the first weeks of school, she developed what she initially thought were cold symptoms or seasonal allergies. López-Alvarado said she received positive test results from an at-home COVID-19 PCR test, and she decided to go to Goddard Health Center to ensure her results. When her Goddard test came back positive, she called housing and was moved from Traditions East to Traditions West to quarantine. She said the two weeks she spent in a separated community with 200 girls were emotionally taxing. “When I tested positive, I was like, ‘I got (COVID-19) now. I don’t want to die. I don’t want to do this,’” LópezAlvarado said. “(Quarantine) was not that hard, but it was just stressful.” OU’s reliance on the Healthy Together app for contact tracing didn’t help with her move into quarantine, as the app is region blocked, according to the app’s user terms of service. Effective Sept. 13,

people from or living in the European Economic Area — a trade agreement containing most of western Europe that expands the European Union’s market to states of the European Free Trade Association — cannot access the app. Johannes Korg, an English and sport junior from Paderborn University in Germany, was exposed, tested positive and quarantined in late September. He said most international students cannot download the app, which made contacting the university “more complicated.” Korg was left to reach out to everyone he had recently been in contact with so they could test for COVID19. Fortunately, he said most of them were negative, but, even after he emailed OU Housing and Food, he could not access the Healthy Together app. A university spokesperson wrote in an Oct. 12 email to The Daily that 5,286 OU community members have signed up for the Healthy Together app, as of Oct. 11. Approximately 331 individuals from the Norman campus filled out a daily survey to clear them to come to campus, which is logged in the OU COVID-19 dashboard. There are 28,052 students on the Norman campus in Fall 2021, and there were 1,996 faculty and 7,135 staff members in Fall 2020. In an Oct. 15 email, the university spokesperson wrote the Healthy Together app supports phone numbers from the U.S. and its territories, Canada and most of the Caribbean on iOS devices, but Android users should not be region-blocked. They also said the university acknowledges community members “who either cannot or choose not” to use the

Healthy Together app. The spokesperson wrote that those who do not use the app should follow Section II, Number 2 of OU’s Phase IV Plan in the case of COVID19 exposures or positive test results. This section stipulates that individuals quarantine, call housing if they live on campus and notify anyone with whom they’ve been in close contact within a 48-hour window. Samantha Hepburn, an OU economics and political science pre-law sophomore from the Bahamas who can access the app wrote in an email she feels it has helped identify symptoms and direct students. However, she said she wishes OU had a “standard COVID-19 quarantine procedure” beyond leaving contact tracing up to students. “(OU) never contacted me (about my exposure), I just knew through the person telling me that they tested positive,” Hepburn wrote. “The university knew that I was self-quarantining, but because I had not tested positive, and there wasn’t any contact tracing on campus, it was left up to my own discretion on whether I followed quarantining protocols or not.” Like Hepburn, Korg and LópezAlvarado said OU didn’t inform them of their exposure. López-Alvarado said she was made aware that she was exposed, and Korg said he doesn’t know where he was exposed. All three students said they used their judgment and told those they had been in contact with that they had been exposed or tested positive. University quarantine policy states that individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, vaccinated or not, must self-isolate for 10 days.

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International and public administration master’s student Sandra LópezAlvarado stands in front of Traditions Square.

Throughout Korg’s 10 days in quarantine, he was not tested and only had to communicate his symptoms on the second to last day. When Korg contacted the university on his ninth day in quarantine, saying he was no longer symptomatic, they released him on the following day. As a potential solution, Korg drew from his experience in Germany, where they use QR codes for contact tracing in public buildings and transportation. “For example, when you go on the bus, and when a person is positive (with) COVID, he or she is able to put that into an app and you get information that you have been on a bus with a person who might have been infected (and are encouraged to) test yourself,” Korg said. “That’s pretty convenient because you (could) just scan a QR code whenever you enter a classroom.” López-Alvarado said OU’s “honors system” policy for contact tracing places “a lot of responsibility” on the person who contracted or was exposed to COVID-19. For example, she said she had to inform her roommate about her positive test, and her

roommate wasn’t contacted when she was released. “When I came back, she was just like, ‘What are you doing here,’ and I’m just like, ‘Don’t worry, I’m free,’” López-Alvarado said. López-Alvarado said she wishes the university would implement constant check-ups via email for students who don’t have access to the Healthy Together app. Hepburn wrote she believes students should “never have to choose between their education and their health” and that OU should prioritize their safety through more specific contract tracing. “I know people will be a little irresponsible. I totally understand — you’re young, you don’t want to use the mask if there’s a crush (and) you want (them) to see your face, if you want to smile and you want to laugh,” López-Alvarado said. “But the reality is that everybody should be responsible. I know that, yes, maybe I was irresponsible (when I was exposed), but I’ve learned from my mistakes. It was hard. It was not nice. I really wish I didn’t catch (COVID-19).” kaly.n.phan-1@ou.edu

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BERT, OU-AAUP join ACLU suit Oklahoma civil rights groups to represent organizations in legal challenge to HB 1775 KALY PHAN @KPhsn

The OU Black Emergency Response Team and the OU chapter of the American Association of University Professors are challenging House Bill 1775 — a bill limiting instruction on genderand race-based topics — in a lawsuit with a coalition of state civil rights groups, according to an Oct. 20 press release. The suit is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and pro-bono counsel Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. It argues that HB 1775 “chills” students’ and educators’ right to talk about these issues and prevents them from having a complete dialogue about U.S. history. ACLU of Oklahoma’s Legal Director Megan Lambert said the chapter has advocated against HB 1775 since the legislatures were still talking about proposing the bill. She said the union MEGAN viewed the bill LAMBERT as “an affront to the First Amendment” and immediately began gathering people to challenge it when it became law on May 10. Because HB 1775 applies to both universities and K-12 schools, Lambert said the ACLU wanted the lawsuit to encompass the “broad scope of harm it has” on all education levels. BERT was brought onto the lawsuit because HB 1775 “directly attacks” the organization, Lambert said. The bill prohibits “orientations or requirements that present any form of certain stereotyping or bias,” which directly affects the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training BERT demanded and won during its 2020 sit-in at Evans Hall in. “(The ACLU of Oklahoma) reached out to BERT because we knew this bill, in its Oklahoma iteration, was a direct response to their successful activism for safety on campus,” Lambert said. A faculty task force also recommended the development of a semester-long general education course in March 2020

called “Gateway to Belonging.” Following the passage of HB 1775, OU President Joseph Harroz said the university had to adjust its plans by creating a suite of three courses, including Gateway to Belonging, Global Perspectives and Engagement and Ethical Leadership Development. Now, freshmen are required to take one of the courses to fulfill a Core V General Education three-hour credit. “Because that word stereotype (in HB 1775) is so broad, OU — out of an abundance of caution and understanding the motivation for the bill — moved that course from mandatory to voluntary, and that’s a direct harm on BERT, and we wanted to make sure that the harm they face (from HB 1775) was represented as well as their work (at the Evans Hall sit-in) was respected and included,” Lambert said. In the context of OU’s celebration of Free Speech Week, BERT Director D’India Brown wrote in a press release Thursday that HB 1775 seeks to “degrade the quality of (Oklahoma’s) education” by hindering students’ freedom of speech. She wrote that BERT won’t back down until the bill is abolished. “(HB 1775’s) glamorization of history not only prevents (students from becoming competent leaders), but also directly puts students of color, LGBTQ+, Indigenous communities, and other marginalized communities in harm’s way when inclusive education is censored,” Brown wrote. “The opportunity to learn and talk about our histories, as they happened, is impactful but also a well-earned and deserved right.” Lambert said some of the ACLU’s OU clients who are Black women have reported “an increase in harassment, both on the basis of their race and their gender” since HB 1775 went into effect. “I want to be clear that the harm of this legislation is significant in the classroom, but it extends beyond that,” Lambert said. “We as humans extend beyond the classroom. We take the lessons that we learn outside the classroom, and so we take the consequences of the lessons that we don’t learn.” O U - A AU P P r e s i d e n t Micheal Givel said he agrees with the ACLU’s characterization of the bill, as he feels it is “a complete and utter affront” to the First and Fourteenth Amendments and, therefore, should be opposed by anyone from the U.S., regardless of

their political beliefs. Givel said the OU-AAUP “advocates for academic freedom” and voted “overwhelmingly and unanimously” during its meetings to participate in the lawsuit. He also said the bill “arbitrarily targets” university professors, staff and faculty who teach “controversial topics,” and that they are not here to be “elected politicians’ sock puppets.” “(Professors are) not here just to teach the good,” Givel said. “Oklahoma has a checkered past, for instance. It’s not just about the good things that have happened here. We’ve had the Tulsa Race Massacre, Norman, Oklahoma, has been a sundown town from 1889 (to) 1967, the Ku Klux Klan and its terrorism (in) the 1920s was an extremely prominent and powerful political force. All of these things cannot be erased from history.” In response to Oklahoma At t o r n e y G e n e ra l Jo h n O’Connor’s tweet saying HB 1775 represents “Oklahoma values,” Givel said he disagrees with this understanding of the bill and said these values represent only one side of the state’s culture. “The plaintiffs are all Oklahomans. We represent key Oklahoma values, as well,” Givel said. “Whose culture (is he) talking about? Is it just one part of the culture, or is it everybody’s culture? Native American, African American, women, LGBTQ+, caucasians? We all live here, we all have our backgrounds, our cultures.” If the lawsuit fails in front of the district court, Lambert said the ACLU of Oklahoma will continue moving up to higher courts, even if that takes them to the Supreme Court. “Lawmakers do not have the ability to restrict conversations in classrooms without a fight,” Lambert said. “And, even if we end up losing, we want folks to know we’re watching, we’re fighting and we’re not going anywhere.” Lambert said the ACLU is hosting a town hall open to the public at noon on Oct. 25. She said she, some of the lawsuit’s plaintiffs and one of the attorneys will be present to answer questions about the suit. kaly.n.phan-1@ou.edu

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The Student Government Association Undergraduate Student Congress will host presidential and vice presidential debates at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 1 in the Meacham Auditorium of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. The two tickets are presidential candidate Angelora Castellano, an international and classical studies junior, and vice presidential running mate Samantha Hepburn, an economics and political science sophomore. Their opponents are presidential candidate Zack Lissau, a public relations junior with an emphasis in pre-law, and vice presidential candidate Denzel Akuffo, a marketing and finance junior. Castellano has served as the SGA Executive Cabinet’s director for two years, and Hepburn has spent the past year in the SGA Executive Cabinet’s inclusivity department, according to the SGA candidate booklet. Castellano and Hepburn wrote that they hope to hold administration accountable, foster an environment where students feel safe and ensure an equitable

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The student government association will hold a debate between the Lissau-Akuffo and Castellano-Hepburn campaigns for SGA president on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.

university experience for all students. “One of the most rewarding parts of this experience is getting the chance to talk to a wide variety of students,” Castellano wrote in the booklet. “Getting to listen to multiple perspectives and hearing y’all’s stories and experiences has been so informative. I want to be able to best represent the changes students want to make, and that process starts with y’all.” Lissau and Akuffo have served in executive roles in both SGA and the OU Campus Activity Council, according to the candidate booklet. They wrote they are dedicated to celebrating student achievement, facilitating communication with student groups through task forces and improving OU and Norman’s community-at-large. “Zack Lissau and Denzel Akuffo want to continue to

work to make OU a safe space for all students, physically and mentally,” Lissau and Akuffo wrote in the booklet. “Initiatives raising transparency circulate around collaborating with the University of Oklahoma, the Board of Regents, the local and state governments, and other institutions to ensure all students are always in the loop with what is going on. … LissauAkuffo for SGA stands for enhancing equity; OU is a campus founded on the belief that every voice is equal, and everyone has a right to be heard.” The debates will last 90 minutes, beginning with the vice presidential candidates and ending with the presidential candidates. The Daily will send a representative from its staff to help moderate both debates. Voting will be open Nov. 2-3. jillian.g.taylor-2@ou.edu

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Members of BERT leadership make an announcement on day three of the Evans Hall sit-in on Feb. 28, 2020.

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‘Even more of a hero’ Field goal contest winner donates prize to church CHANDLER ENGELBRECHT

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Shawn Jones kept his eyes on the teed football in front of him as the crowd of 84,391 fans at Gaylord FamilyOklahoma Memorial Stadium brimmed with anticipation. Jones, a master sergeant in the United States Army with 20 years of service, was participating in the Chick-fil-A “Kickin’ for Chicken” field goal contest at the end of the first quarter during Oklahoma’s 52-31 win over TCU on Oct. 16. If he nailed the 15-yard attempt, he’d win a year’s worth of meals from the fast food chain. Jones wasn’t very nervous leading up to the contest. He practiced in a field behind his church in Moore where he measured out the length of a goal post and planted two fishing poles in the ground to simulate the real thing. Once he got the hang of it, he visited Westmoore High School in south Oklahoma City and, after being granted permission, practiced kicks there. His attempts were on-and-off but not bad for a near-40-year-old, he said. When the moment arrived, he donned cleats for an added boost. OU football emcee Malcolm Tubbs even noted Jones’ footwear to fans after he was escorted onto Owen Field, calling him “the first contestant to be prepared” for the kick. With his introduction over, Jones entered his kicking stance, burst forward

and struck the ball through the uprights to take home the contest’s grand prize. He’s not keeping his winnings for himself, though. A week before the game, he reached out to Charlie Blount, the lead pastor at First Moore Baptist Church where Jones spent his first few practice sessions. He promised Blount that if his kick was successful, he’d donate the meals to those in need. “I told my wife that I thought it was the right thing to do,” Jones told The Daily. “There’s a lot of people out there who are a lot worse off than we are. … So, I just gave (Blount) all of the gift cards (the following Sunday) to give to families that are in need.” Jones didn’t even know the kick went through until he heard the crowd roar with excitement. His eyes were still on the tee. Overcome with joy, he tried to take off his OU ROTC hoodie to reveal a “winner winner, chicken dinner” T-shirt he was wearing underneath, but he couldn’t take it off in time. A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Jones and his wif Jennifer moved to Oklahoma City when he was offered a job as the senior military instructor at OU’s ROTC program. The couple remains fans of West Virginia University athletics, but since becoming acquainted with the Sooners, they’ve come to love both programs. Jennifer nominated Jones for the contest, which was open to military members, after seeing an advertisement for it on Facebook. Jones earned 38 medals during his years of service, including a Bronze Star, two Meritorious

Service Medals and four Army Commendation Medals. It wasn’t the first time she’s entered his name in such a drawing, but it was the first time they’ve received a call back. “If there’s any contest for heroes or veterans, I always nominate my husband,” Jennifer told The Daily. “He’s had three deployments (overseas). He’s made so many sacrifices and he’s never asked for recognition or anything like that. He’s so selfless.” Jennifer was even more proud of Shawn after learning of his intention to give up his winnings. When he told her of his plan after he’d been selected, Jennifer jokingly asked how he could “give the Lord’s chicken away” before agreeing that it was the right thing to do. It just meant the pair wouldn’t receive a year’s worth of chicken nuggets or spicy chicken sandwiches like she originally hoped. Jones’ charitable act also wasn’t surprising to his wife. After all, she’s always known him to put others before himself. In fact, Jones believes one of the biggest lessons he learned while serving was the importance of relationships. He aims to help those he crosses paths with in life however he can, he said. His donation wasn’t done so he could so he could receive praise, but rather because it simply made someone else’s life easier. “The only thing is, the (advertisement) was called ‘Nominate Your Hero,’” Jennifer said. “I know I’m biased, but I feel like he’s even more of a hero now.”

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