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Huff among areas with high theft Oklahoma Memorial Union also an area where students often report stolen items
“It’s a relaxed environment,” she said. “You don’t really see anyone do anything weird.” BY THE NUMBERS Stolen items recovered Jones frequently leaves her laptop, backpack and other property unattended in the union when she gets up to use Percent of stolen Percent of stolen the bathroom and feels comfortable doing so, she said. items recovered items recovered “Everyone kind of keeps to themselves,” Jones said. by OUPD from Sept. 2013 by OUPD from Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2014 to Sept. 2013 Music and biochemistry freshman Kayla Smith prefers to keep a close eye on her personal belongings. “I personally keep my stuff with me if I have to go to the bathroom or if I leave the room,” Smith said. She will, however, occasionally leave her backpack or records since Aug. 1, 2011. Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and Traditions Square follow with 20 and 19 reported lar- other belongings unattended on the tables in the union. “I feel OK doing that ... usually I’m not going far away cenies, respectively. Communications junior Lynze Jones studies in the union from it,” Smith said. almost every day, she said. SEE THEFT PAGE 2
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PARIS BURRIS Crime Reporter @ParisBurris
The Huston Huffman Fitness Center, Oklahoma Memorial Union and Cleveland County YMCA have had the most reported thefts within the OU Police Department’s jurisdiction in the past three years, according to open records. The Huff has had 49 reported larcenies, and the union and YMCA have both had 37 reports, according to the
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Big Event date announced for April 2015 Sooners reach out to community through annual service project JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound
Students are already gearing up to help the greater Norman community this April. Big Event will be held April 11, said Evan Baldaccini, an entrepreneurship and supply chain management junior and the vice chair of public relations for Big Event. In the nearer future, students can submit T-shirt designs by 5 p.m. Wednesday to have their shirt worn by Big Event volunteers, Baldaccini said. More information about the contest can be found online at bigevent.ou.edu. For Big Event, OU students, faculty and staff work on service projects in the communities surrounding OU, including Norman and Oklahoma City, according to the event’s web page. Last year more 5,500 students participated, Baldaccini said. Big Event is a great way for students to reach out and help the community and cast college students in a positive light for citizens, Baldaccini said. Students can sign up to volunteer individually or in groups, Baldaccini said. Signing up is free and participants will also receive a free T-shirt for their service, Baldaccini said. Students will volunteer at over 150 sites in Norman and the Oklahoma City metro area, Baldaccini said. The Big Event staff has also created a way to help other groups do community service. Big Event is now offering supply rental for student organizations’ service projects throughout the semester, according to the event’s web page. SHAWNTAL BROWN/THE DAILY
President Boren flips the switch to turn on the holiday lights with elementary school students at the 2014 Lighting Ceremony Tuesday evening. The annual event kicks off holiday festivities on campus.
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College to hold open house with holiday refreshments All students, staff, faculty invited to free event with College of Arts and Sciences EMILY SHARP
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The College of Arts and Sciences will help students kick off winter break with a Holiday Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday in Ellison Hall. There is no cost to attend the event, which is open to all college students, staff and faculty. An annual event for over 10 years, the end of semester open house will host refreshments catered by Abbey Road Catering, said Angela Startz, public relations and marketing specialist for the College of Arts and Sciences. “It really hasn’t changed much in those 10 years,” Startz said. “The food is the only thing that changes ... [We made] a special request for their pumpkin mousse, served with gingerbread snaps. It’s a favorite.” Last year’s open house was held while snow and sleet enveloped campus, which made the event the most exciting
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open house yet, Startz said. “The campus had just been released as we were starting to set up,” Startz said. Last year, the caterers provided carry-out boxes so attendees could bring food back home before they were snowed in, Startz said. Although there is a chance of showers on Thursday, neither snow nor sleet is forecasted. JIANG JIAXIN/THE DAILY
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THEFT: Campus buildings offer lockers for safety Continued from page 1 Bicycles are stolen more than any other item on OU’s campus, said Lt. Bruce Chan, OUPD spokesperson. Laptops, cell phones, textbooks and other electronic devices are also among the most commonly stolen items, Chan said. From Sept. 30, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014, OUPD recovered about 19 percent of stolen items based upon the monetary value of those items, Chan said. “That would be about $1 recovered for every $5 stolen,” he said. The previous year, from Sept. 30, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013, OUPD recovered about 13 percent of stolen items. In the year from Sept. 30, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2012, OUPD recovered about 26 percent, Chan said. The YMCA, union and Huff offer lockers for personal property. For $15 plus tax, students can rent a locker at the Huff for an entire semester, said Amy Davenport, OU Fitness and Recreation director. Students can also use free lockers by using a quarter in exchange for a locker key that they can return when they’re done to get their quarter back. Another option offers free lock rental that students can obtain with their ID. “The lockers are one of the best ways that you can take away the crime of opportunity and to be preventative,” Davenport said. While the union offers free lockers on a daily basis in Beaird Lounge, the best way to prevent theft is for students to be aware and responsible
of their belongings, said Laura Tontz, director of the union, in an email. More than 10,000 people visit the union every day, Monday through Friday, Tontz said. “A s o n e o f t h e b u s i est buildings in the city of Norman, students should regard the union as a public place,” Tontz said. An OUPD community service officer is stationed at a desk in Beaird Lounge overnight, every night, Tontz said. Since the union is open all day, every day, staff members are always in the building. All of the YMCA’s lockers are free, but members must bring their own locks, said Leslie Christopher, marketing coordinator. “We want to make sure that everyone at the YMCA feels safe and secure,” Christopher said. Items like laptops, cell phones and bicycles can be more easily found and returned to the proper owner if the serial number is given to OUPD, according to OUPD’s website. Students can register their bicycles with OUPD online, by mail-in registration or by visiting the OUPD office, located at 2775 Monitor Ave., or the SafeWalk Office in Cate Center, according to the website. Items that don’t have serial numbers can be marked with a permanent marker or other method to have a unique identifier that will help OUPD identify the stolen property, according to OUPD’s website.
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Have you ever had anything stolen on campus? “My comp. books. The books you actually read and need.”
DEC. 3-5 TODAY Tribute Massages — 1 to 4 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Crossroads Lounge Get a free massage at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. Sign-up sheets will be in Crossroads lounge starting at 12:45 p.m. to reserve your spot at this first come, first served event.
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Information Sessions in Norman about Teaching English Abroad — 7 to 8 p.m. in Thurman J. White Forum Building, Seminar Room B1 Oxford Seminars frequently hold informational sessions across the country, where you can learn more about the course and the exciting opportunities for teaching English abroad. Their instructors will answer your questions and share their own experiences about living and teaching overseas.
“Flash drives. Like four of them. I’d be in the library and put it in the computer. Then I’d walk away for like five minutes and someone had taken it.”
THURSDAY Capitol Cart — 9 to 10 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s First Floor Lobby Tell the Union Programming Board where you are on campus by tweeting #UPBCart to @UPBOU, and they will bring you a treat.
CHRISTIAN ALMONRODE, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING JUNIOR
FRIDAY
“No, I haven’t. I’ve just been here one semester though.”
Free Movie: ‘Boyhood’ — Showings at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium Watch this critically acclaimed movie for free in the Union and see a young boy grow up.
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Study snacks to feed the brain LIFE & ARTS EDITOR
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here are many things that factor into a successful study session, and there’s nothing worse than a growling stomach to interrupt your train of thought. Beat the munchies while feeding your brain with these grab-and-go study snacks that have been proven to help brain function.
PUMPKIN SEEDS
Roasted, lightly salted or raw, all you need is a handful to give your body a boost. Pumpkin seeds can provide you with your daily dose of zinc, which is known for enhancing memory and thinking skills — two things that are crucial to a good study session.
BLUEBERRIES James Joseph, Ph.D., lead scientist in the Laboratory of Neuroscience at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, told Newsweek the blueberry should really be called the “brain berry.” While fresh fruits have always been known as a healthy snack option, blueberries boast numerous health benefits, including a boost in memory and motor coordination.
WHOLE GRAINS
Oatmeal, granola bars, brown rice and whole-grain breads are just a few super foods in the category of whole grains. The great thing about whole grains is the diversity — they can easily be great snacks or something to incorporate into a full meal. Steven Pratt, M.D., author of “Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life,” told WebMD, “Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow. If you promote cardiovascular health, you’re promoting good flow to the organ system, which includes the brain.”
WATER
It’s always important to stay hydrated. But when you factor in the lost hours of sleep from the long nights spent in the library, water becomes even more important because dehydration can leave you feeling lethargic.
DARK CHOCOLATE Healthy snacking doesn’t mean you have to ignore your sweet tooth. Dark chocolate is yet another snack that is beneficial to your brain. In a 2006 experimental study, the consumption of high-flavanol cocoa actually improved brain activity by increasing the blood flow to the brain.
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made, such as the Nov. 7 alleged rape in Couch Center. While the current virtual case logs are helpful and essential, we feel OUPD could further benefit the community by developing a separate online crime log specifically for assaults. Assault reports could be added to a separate log, which could be hosted on a free online platform, like WordPress. Even better, using WordPress would allow concerned people to subscribe to email updates from the assault case log. This would allow OU students to remain updated about on-campus assaults at their own choosing instead of sending campus-wide emergency alerts for all reported assaults. We believe remaining informed and facing the reality of on-campus assault is the first step in reducing assaults at universities. We recommend OUPD host a separate case log for reported assaults permitting email updates to allow interested Sooners to keep up with assault on campus without bombarding all students with email or text updates.
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s the college football season winds to a close, junior linebacker Eric Striker took the opportunity to make his pick for the Heisman Trophy known. “Speaking of Alabama and the Sugar bowl, I don’t know if this even matters but let me just put my opinion out there anyway. I think Amari Cooper deserves the Heisman,” Striker said. Cooper is a junior wide receiver at Alabama who has played his way into the conversation for the award given annually to the best player in college football. “I think there’s no other player in college football who makes it look easier than he has and been so consistent even though he’s been hurt. So if I had to vote, I would vote Amari Cooper for Heisman. That’s all I’ve got to say,” Striker said. “Look what he’s done, he’s consistent. He makes it look easy.”
Senior tight end Blake Bell was in a much different position at this point last year — literally. He led the offense on the game-winning drive in his last game as the signal caller for the Sooners. He made the switch to tight end during the offseason, and for him it was an easy one. “I wanted to finish my career at Oklahoma,” Bell said. “It wasn’t only that I wanted to play quarterback here — that was a big thing too, but also finishing out here and just being a part of the program.” Bell said that although it was not a tough one, the decision was one he put a lot of thought into. Bell’s other option after sophomore Trevor Knight took full control of the quarterback position was to transfer, and he said that he reached out to other OU players who had done so. “I talked to a lot of guys that did that transfer, and there’s a lot of positives about it, but I just thought to myself, ‘The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.’ But like I said, the biggest deal for me was just to stay here. You know, the guys that I came in with are some of my best friends, and just finish out and play here,” Bell said. “I could sit here and think about 100 different scenarios that could have happened if someone was here or someone was there, but I’m lucky to have it. I’m lucky to be here, lucky to be in this situation and everything that I’m in,” said Bell.
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Cornerback Zack Sanchez runs the ball down field during the game against Baylor on Nov. 8 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The Sooners were defeated by the Bears 48-14.
Last season’s edition of the annual Bedlam contest was a wild one. The Sooners prevailed in the final moments of the frigid game in a hostile environment in Stillwater. “The whole game from start to finish was crazy,” sophomore cornerback Zack Sanchez said. “From the first play, them going 80 yards and it getting called back on a holding play, and then Jalen Sanders obviously at the end of the game, the last drive was crazy.” “Hopefully it’s not that crazy this Saturday. I’d like to just have a comfortable, nice, big win, that’d be good. But if it is, it’s Bedlam.” Sanchez said he expects a much calmer experience this Saturday. “I’m expecting us to go out and play our game and
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NCAA Tournament to present tough competition for Sooners OU to face Tigers in first-round match RYAN KING
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The Oklahoma Volleyball team will travel to Eugene, Oregon to battle the LSU Tigers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Sooners have compiled at least 20 wins for CHRIS MICHIE/THE DAILY the fifth straight year and Junior defensive specialist Taylor Migliazzo dives for the ball during have advanced to the NCAA the November 18 match against Central Arkansas at the McCasland Tournament for the sixth Field House. The Sooners overcame a two set deficit to defeat the consecutive year. Sugar Bears 3-2. LSU won 14 of their last 15 matches, ending the year with a 19-8 record. The Tigers will be no cakewalk in the first round. Oklahoma coach Santiago Restrepo believes the LSU will be a great challenge for “Like I tell everybody, we take it one OU. match at a time. We are not foreseeing “[LSU] brings every possible challenge that you could the future, but if we can take care of our face,” he said. “They are very well coached, with a very pol- business and play the way we are capable ished offense and they have a of playing, perhaps we see ourselves very good scrappy defense.” there.” Junior setter Julia Doyle thinks that LSU will bring SANTIAGO RESTREPO, a different style than the SOONERS COACH Sooners are used to. Children Chil ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki n Size “Also, the Sweet 16 and Elite extra kick. “They have a really good Ch This is exactly the situa- 8 are in Minnesota and that’s middle and normally we play against heavy outside teams, tion the Sooners find them- my real home, so if we can get so it will be interesting and it selves in, as the Final Four out of Oregon, I get to play at should definitely be a chal- and Championship will be home twice, which is really played in Oklahoma City’s nice.” lenge for us,” Doyle said. Oklahoma has been Oklahoma is far from per- Chesapeake Energy Arena. “Like I tell everybody, we bounced in the second round fect heading into the tournament, but senior defensive take it one match at a time,” of the NCAA Tournament, specialist Kaitlyn Drawe says Restrepo said. “We are not each of the last two seasons. that there are a few key areas foreseeing the future, but if The Sooners will do everywe can take care of our busi- thing possible to get over that the team can improve on. “Coach always talks about ness and play the way we are hump and compete in their the little things and about capable of playing, perhaps fourth Sweet 16 in program history, the last appearance our serve and pass game, so I we see ourselves there.” Doyle, while motivated to coming in 2010. think if we bring that then we The Sooners play the will be able to win,” she said. play in OKC, is extra motivatThe opportunity to go to ed to play in front of her other T i g e r s a t 6 : 3 0 p m o n Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. a Final Four is always mo- hometown. “We basically get to come tivation enough, but when 2409 Agnew Agn gnew ewatAve Ahome, ve with (405) (4 play a home636-1486 the Final Four24 is in09 yourSown Ryan King ryanking@ou.edu court advantage,” she said. backyard, it gives you a little Monday to Saturday 9:00-5:45 & Sunday 1:00-4:45
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handle our business so it doesn’t have to come down to something like that. Like I said, you never know what can happen, but if we play our game we should be alright.” As Oklahoma pulled away at the end of the game, the OSU fans got restless and began throwing things at the celebrating Sooners. Snowballs, water bottles and even turkey legs rained down from the Cowboys faithful. “We wouldn’t do that,” Striker said of the fans’ actions. “I know our fans wouldn’t do that, I know that for a fact. Our fans wouldn’t do that. But I guess that’s how they roll in Stillwater.” Dillon Hollingsworth dillon.j.hollingsworth-1@ou.edu