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‘YOU WERE JUST RAPED.’ A rapist walks free.

A woman was left broken.

The system remains the same.

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She said ‘no’: A first-hand account of campus rape Kassie McClung @KassieMcClung

*Editor’s note: Ashley’s, Haley’s and Brian’s names were changed to protect the victim’s privacy.

Ashley sits at a wooden table and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear with a sweaty palm. Her eyes shift nervously from the officer to the floor. OSU Police Officer Colt Chandler places his folded hands on the table and looks at her, waiting for her to say something.

Ashley wishes she was alone.

Chandler slides a document in front of her.

“All I need from you is a signature right there,” he says in a video provided by OSU Communications. “You can read through there and see what’s going on.”

But Ashley knows what the document says. As soon as she signs the paper her case will be closed, so she scribbles her signature on the bottom line without hesitation.

“Is there any particular reason why we chose to do this?” Chandler asks.

Ashley pauses for a moment.

“I just don’t think it’s a strong case,” she says.

It was the alcohol, the lack of evidence and the little support she felt that shaped her decision to not press charges against her rapist.

It crushed her.

“I felt like I didn’t matter, and what happened to me didn’t matter,” Ashley said in a recent interview with the

O’Colly. “I felt like a statistic pushed under the rug.”

1 OF 9 Ashley was 18, a freshman in the beginning of her second semester at Oklahoma State University.

On a Friday night in February 2012, Ashley and her roommate returned to their dorm with two men in their early 20s after a night of heavy drinking. One was a friend of her roommate, and the other, Brian, was a stranger.

Ashley and her roommate, Haley, went to bed and offered to let the men sleep in their living room. Haley said soon after she fell asleep, she woke to find Brian raping Ashley.

Despite their emotional positions, students facing sexual assault must make decisions quickly. Complete a rape kit? Press charges through the criminal justice system? Let their university handle it? Remain silent?

Ashley chose to complete a rape kit, and upon arrival to the hospital was told she would work with the university police department because the rape happened on campus.

Brian, a non-student from Dover, Oklahoma, never confirmed nor denied raping Ashley. In an interview with Chandler, assistant investigator of the case, and investigator Sgt. Daniel Ray, Brian said he could remember events before and immediately after, but not what occurred while he was in Ashley’s bed.

Many victims say they regret reporting their rape to the police.

Ashley would be no

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exception.

Although OSU police officers told Ashley she could file charges against Brian, she said she chose not to after being told her case wasn’t strong, and that she could face a years-long court process.

Ashley signed a document at the OSU Police Department in March 2012 declining to file charges against Brian.

The only thing Ashley could do from there, she said, was begin to move on.

It’s a common scenario.

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she is certain she was raped.

‘YOU WERE JUST RAPED’ It was a cold night in February, and Ashley was blasting a country song through her Bennett Hall suite, getting ready to go to an off-campus party at a nearby house.

Around midnight, she slid her feet into a pair of brown cowboy boots and went to the living room to meet Haley and their suitemate.

The girls were walking into the house as a friend of Haley’s was leaving. He said

‘I felt like I didn’t matter, and what happened to me didn’t matter. I felt like a statistic pushed under the rug.’ ment reported it had investigated nine sexual assault cases in 2012, four in 2013 and seven so far this year.

Ninety-five to 98 percent of rape cases that go through the OSU Police Department are similar to Ashley’s, said Michael Robinson, chief public safety officer, who has worked at the police station for more than 11 years.

Alcohol is involved, details are fuzzy and sometimes the victim wakes up after a night of drinking and doesn’t understand exactly what happened, he said.

To this day, Ashley said she doesn’t remember all of the details of that night, but

he and his friend, Brian, were asked to leave because they didn’t have an invitation.

It was clear the two had been drinking. When the two men admitted they couldn’t drive, Haley offered to give them a ride home.

It didn’t take long for the group to decide it was too early to end the night.

They went back-roading near the Cimarron River but stayed for less than half an hour before they returned to Bennett Hall to continue drinking.

Brian, who none of the girls knew, put his arm around Ashley’s shoulder on the drive back. They began

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to kiss, but Ashley quickly turned her head away. She said she didn’t think much of it because they were both drunk.

The group took a few more shots when it returned to the dorm and went to bed around 2 a.m. Haley and Ashley offered to let Brian and his friend sleep in the living room of their suite because they had been drinking.

At this point, Ashley was extremely intoxicated.

Shortly after falling asleep, Haley said she was awoken on her top bunk by what felt like a rocking movement, and Ashley saying,” no.”

She looked over the edge of her bunk and said she saw Ashley looking up at her with glassy eyes, and Brian on top of Ashley, raping her.

Haley shouted at Brian to get off Ashley and jumped down from her bunk.

She pulled him off the bed, hitting his head on the corner of the wall in the process. Haley said he appeared to be unconscious.

Haley allowed Ashley to put clothes on and called her to the bathroom.

“Ashley, you were just raped,” she said.

Ashley wept.

Ashley, who considers herself shy and reserved, said her first reaction was to forget the incident, but Haley, worried about injuries, STDs and pregnancy, advised Ashley to go to the hospital.

Before leaving, Haley said she called a friend to get Brian and his friend out of the room.

In a five-hour visit to the Stillwater Medical Center, nurses evaluated Ashley and she gave a statement to OSU

Police Officer Chet Skimbo around 4 a.m.

While there, she completed a rape kit, a forensic tool used to collect evidence of a sexual assault during a hospital examination. It includes the collection of DNA evidence like hair, semen and saliva taken from the victim’s skin, nails, clothing and genitals.

Ashley said nurses gave her a morning-after pill, which prevents pregnancy, and a test for STDs. A nurse took photos of the bite marks on her neck.

Chandler searched Ashley’s suite with her permission, took photos and collected Brian’s clothes as evidence.

Around 8 a.m., she was allowed to return to her dorm.

She climbed into her bed nauseated and exhausted.

Most people wouldn’t want to revisit the scene.

But Ashley called it home — and she spent 74 more nights there.

THE INVESTIGATION For the remainder of the weekend, Ashley seldom ate, slept almost constantly and was frequently woken by nightmares about her rape.

Early that week, she went to the OSU Police Department to give a more detailed account of the night.

In a small interview room, she met with Chandler. He first asked if Ashley wanted to press charges against Brian.

After she asked him what her options were, he said the case wasn’t strong because of her lack of memory.

When Ashley pointed out that her roommate was a witness to the rape, ChanPAGE 2

dler said it was only circumstantial until he had the opportunity to interview Haley.

In her witness statement, Ashley, who had been a virgin, wrote that she stimulated Brian’s penis with her hand to distract him from wanting to have sex with her.

Chandler said it wouldn’t look good to a jury.

It could be a difficult case for the district attorney to get a conviction on.

“The district attorney has to consider all of that before they file a charge,” Robinson reiterated in a recent interview.

“It doesn’t mean it’s not rape. It’s still illegal, it’s still rape, but you’ve got to convince a jury of 12 people that beyond reasonable doubt. No DA wants a losing record.”

Out of the 20 sexual assault cases reported to the OSU Police Department since 2012, only one has resulted in charges filed. One case is under investigation, two are open and 11 victims declined to press charges.

Six were referred to the district attorney’s office, two of which are pending and three were declined, according to OSU police records.

Alcohol-facilitated sexual assault is a frequent problem on college campuses.

“It’s very, very common,” said Assistant District Attorney Lynn Hermanson.

“But if I feel like I have the evidence to support it, it doesn’t matter whether the victim was intoxicated or not.”

Hermanson, who prosecutes sexual assault

cases in Payne County, said getting a conviction on a sexual assault case involving alcohol isn’t impossible, but it is more difficult.

Pushing a case forward without evidence wouldn’t be ethically responsible for Hermanson or be morally right to the victim, she said.

And juries don’t typically like when victims were drinking or drunk when something happened to them, she said. There’s a stigma and pre-judgment about what the circumstances were or what led up to a sexual assault.

“I really don’t think that’s fair,” Hermanson said. “I think that those types of things should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.”

Thinking back A few mornings after her interview with Chandler, Ashley woke in her bed and let her eyes meet the bottom of her roommate’s bunk.

But her roommate wouldn’t be there.

After Haley’s parents learned of the rape, Haley was moved back home where she commuted 45 minutes to school every day. Haley said it was

frustrating.

But for Ashley, it was torture. Her support was gone.

She was too ashamed to tell her parents what happened and felt discouraged by police officers. Ashley said because she didn’t want to spend years fighting for a case she would likely lose, she closed it.

Almost three years later, Ashley sees a chaotic process in which justice didn’t play a part in. The process was so discouraging, Ashley said, she regrets reporting the incident to the police.

In Ashley’s interview with Chandler, she asked him if her parents would have to find out if she pressed charges. He told her that if she did, her name and the incident would become public record.

Chandler said that her name would appear on OSCN.net, the Oklahoma State Courts Network, which is an online public database of court documents.

“You can type in my last name and see I was issued a traffic citation in 2007,” Chandler said in the interview. “Everything, everybody knows about it.”

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Since 2012, 20 sexual assault cases were reported to OSUPD.

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However, several victims’ advocates told the O’Colly that isn’t true.

Oklahoma Victims Rights’ laws protect the victim’s identity in sexual assault cases.

Chandler wasn’t the only one confused about where victims’ names appear.

In a recent interview with the O’Colly, Carrie Hulsey-Greene, public information officer for the OSU Police Department, Ray and Robinson also thought that victims’ names were public record.

However, normally only the victims’ initials will appear in court records.

Ashley said the fear of having people learn of the incident played a major part in why she decided to not press charges against Brian.

Universities and colleges are being called upon to do more to promote awareness of sexual assaults on campus and resources for victims. The White House issued a series of recommendations for colleges earlier this year.

OSU, one of 79 schools the U.S. Department of Education is investigating for potential sexual assault policy violations, says it takes sexual violence seriously and already had some steps in place to curb it. But this semester, it implemented mandatory online sexual assault prevention training.

However, some leaders say it’s not enough.

“Having an online training program mandated for incoming students is a good start, but having it as the only required program without a man-

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datory in-person program that follows it is certainly not enough to create long lasting changes,” said Nadir Nibras, president of OSU’s men’s chapter of 1 in 4, a sexual violence prevention group.

Ashley, who graduates in December, said she wants to see a change in how victims of collegesetting rapes that involve alcohol are perceived in the future.

“I felt like it was never taken seriously because I had been drinking,” she said. “Like maybe it didn’t matter as much. But no matter what anyone says, whatever the police say, you’ve got to move on. You

have to keep going.”

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Behind the story: How the O’Colly reported on sexual assault at OSU

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In early September, a student approached an O'Colly reporter and wanted to share her story about being raped on campus.

After examining police records, case investigative files and watching victim, witness and suspect interviews provided by Ashley* — normally confidential under federal privacy laws — the O'Colly approached OSU Communications and the OSU Police Department.

The O'Colly sat down with Public Information Officer Carrie Hulsey-

Greene, Communications Director Gary Shutt, Chief Public Safety Officer Michael Robinson and Sgt. Daniel Ray to review victim and witness interview videos by their request.

After talking to multiple victims' advocates, sexual assault experts and counselors, the O'Colly compiled all of the information and sources to shine light on a sexual assault case in which the system failed. * The O’Colly changed the victim’s name to Ashley to protect privacy in Kassie McClung’s story. news@ocolly.com PAGE 3

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“It gradually just got worse and worse,” Peaden said. “I’m still picking up nails in some areas.”

Duplexes, houses and apartment complexes line the narrow street that was once laden with nails and potholes.

“There were potholes deep enough that they popped my tire,” said Davor Bakovic, a Duncan Street resident and sociology senior at Oklahoma State.

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Lifelong resident Carla Peaden (whose house is pictured above) watched road conditions as they “just got worse and worse.”

to repair the road, which hasn’t undergone serious repairs since it was constructed in 1928, said Mike Beaty, development review manager for the City of Stillwater.

With the exception of crews repositioning two water services, the City

of Stillwater is not paying for any repairs to the street, Beaty said.

“It was something that was just sprung on us,” said Arnie Garcia, Prime Build project manager.

“They’re supposedly not going to deliver our (certificate of occupancy

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Prime Build, Prime Place’s construction company, began working on construction the week of Sept. 15, with demolition taking about three days from start to finish,

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The demolition left residents with a blocked, impassable road in front of their homes.

Bakovic said he had to cut down a bush behind his house so he and his neighbor could have access to the main road.

“They kind of started without a warning,” he said. “They said they would start on a certain day, but they didn’t.”

Bakovic said Prime Place told residents the construction would only take one week to complete; yet, the project is ongoing.

“Honest to God, a project like that should only take 14 days — in and out,” Garcia said.

Garcia said utilities have caused a hiccup in the construction process.

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Beyond the story: What it means O’COLLY EDITORIAL BOARD We wish we could point a finger, but we can’t.

We wanted a face of failure, but there isn’t one.

It isn’t the police. It isn’t the university. The problem with sexual assault cases in general certainly isn’t alcohol or revealing tops.

The failure is rooted in our society, our culture and our system.

We discovered this when representatives from the school and OSU police invited O’Colly staffers to watch police interviews from Ashley’s case.

The reporter on the story, Kassie McClung, news edi-

tor Cody Stavenhagen and editor-in-chief Catherine Sweeney were in the room.

The meeting was on a Tuesday afternoon. After class, the three met with the others in a boardroom on the second floor of Whitehurst.

Kassie had been working on the story for weeks. We went in hoping someone had made a glaring or illegal mistake. We wanted someone to paint red.

After spending hours watching a broken woman describe the most traumatic moments of her life, all left the room with heavy hearts.

Not only because of the heartbreaking story, but

because there was no way to help.

There was no one to expose. There would be no liberation for the student because of our reporting.

There was only one conclusion: There has to be a better way to protect our students.

As easy as it might be to depict the police officer as a villain for discouraging Ashley from pressing charges, nothing he said was wrong by the book.

It could be a hard case for the district attorney to try. The office might not take her case.

Even with a rape kit, an eyewitness and a hazy suspect interview, it would

be difficult to convince 12 people beyond the shadow of a doubt. That’s unfortunately how it works in almost any rape case.

While not explicitly at fault either, the university has room to grow in how it deals with the issue.

Protecting students is what OSU aimed for with its mandatory online sexual assault prevention training. Online programs are proven to be the most cost efficient, but the least effective in their purpose.

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As an independently run student newspaper, we take pride in our role as watchdogs for the university. Not all will like our means of trying to tackle this issue.

Earlier in the semester, Kassie wrote about OSU’s online training. When she pressed Lee Bird, vice president of student affairs, for answers, Bird replied with the following: “Do we really care about the issues? Or do we really just want to run an article?”

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Notebook: O-line faces injuries, struggles

By TIM AHRENS,

NATHAN RUIZ AND CODY STAVENHAGEN Sport Reporters

The Cowboys are in dire need of a solid performance from their offensive line, and they’re still waiting.

OSU averaged a meager 4.1 yards per rush coming into Saturday’s contest against the Cyclones.

Gundy said this past Monday that it’s nowhere near enough.

Part of that has been due to the lack of blocking from the offensive line, a young unit under first-year coach Bob Connelly.

The Cowboys were no better Saturday, rushing for 3.1 yards per carry.

The line could be in worse shape if its without starting right tackle Zach Crabtree, who was carted off the field in the first quarter with an unknown injury to his left leg.

Crabtree returned to the game and was on the line for special teams, but it’s still unknown how bad the injury was. Michael Wilson replaced Crabtree at left tackle and struggled. “(The medical staff will) probably do some CAT scans, some things like that to make sure (he’s OK),” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “But it’s cer-

tainly better than what we thought. “(Wilson has) kind of been thrown into the fire, and he’s going to have to figure it out really fast if Crabtree is going to be out for a while. He better learn to play because next week we still have a game at 3 p.m.”

FIRST-HALF FRUSTRATIONS OSU’s success in the second half led to a comfortable margin of victory, but it didn’t overshadow a 30-minute span fans will want to forget quickly.

The Cowboys had only 182 yards of offense and 13 points before head-

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Tyreek Hill had 27 yards on offense in addition to his 97-yard kickoff return Saturday.

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ing into the locker room.

Daxx Garman threw two interceptions, and the offense was almost incapable of finding the end zone.

It was so bad that, once Elliott Jeffcoat recovered a pooch kick and gave the Cowboys a short field to work with, OSU almost came up with nothing 1 yard away from the goal line.

Garman rushed for a 1-yard loss and then threw a pass that went well past Marcell Ateman in the left corner of the end zone.

On third-and-goal from the 2, Desmond Roland received the handoff and pushed toward the goal line. At first, the referees ruled the run short as time expired, leaving ISU to think it kept the game tied heading into the half.

But a review overturned the call and gave OSU the touchdown.

“I chewed on the (referee) that was on the side over there,” Gundy said. “He said he couldn’t see. I said, ‘That’s what I said: You can’t see.’ They all pile up there, and those guys are hesitant to run up there and make a call.

“At that point I was so frustrated, we could’ve not scored and I would’ve been OK with it too.”

ATYPICAL GARMAN CONTRIBUTES TO WIN Garman came into Saturday’s contest averaging nearly 19 yards per completion.

Against the Cyclones, the junior averaged 10.42, completing 26-of-41 passes for 271 yards. He also

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had his second-straight two-interception game after posting no turnovers his first two games.

“We talked about earlier in the week that they (ISU) play a little more intermediate to deep,” Gundy said. “… Daxx had to feel his way through.

He’s got to make good decisions.”

There were times Garman went deep, however.

His lone touchdown pass went for 40 yards to Jhajuan Seales, and he also completed passes to Brandon Sheperd and David Glidden for 30 and 20 yards, respectively.

Still, Gundy described Garman’s performance as “average.”

HILL STRUGGLES OUTSIDE SPECIAL TEAMS Tyreek Hill may have had the play of the game with his 97-yard kickoff return to open the second half.

He added in punt returns of 22 and 26 yards.

But his offensive playmaking didn’t match that of his special teams.

Hill had nine rushes for 22 yards and two receptions for 5 yards. Overall, it wasn’t an impressive offensive showing for the speedy Hill.

“We tried to get him in space a number of ways,” Gundy said. “… They’re (opposing defenses) so zoned into him when he’s on the field — they’re moving toward him; they’re crowding him. He attracts so much attention that we need to find better ways to get him the ball in

space.”

FLOWERS, RICHARDS GET FIRST STARTS With cornerback Ashton Lampkin and safety Larry Stephens nursing injuries, two freshmen got their first starts.

Cornerback Ramon Richards, who got significant playing time after Lampkin went down against Texas Tech, stepped in and carried his weight again in the OSU secondary.

Flowers — a redshirt freshman who wore No. 31 rather than his usual No. 7 so he and fellow No. 7 Brandon Sheperd could play special teams together — also came in and played a game that left defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer pleased.

“That’s unbelievable experience,” Spencer said.

“You can’t get that in practice … I loved their effort.

The passion they’re playing with is tremendous.

“They see a sudden change or bad field position and their attitude is ‘Let’s just go out and do our job.’” sports@ocolly.com Up Next vs.

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NAACP national president visiting OSU Montinique Monroe @iAmMontinique

It took six months of countless phone calls, emails and letters to bring the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to one university in all of Oklahoma.

For a president’s tour across the nation, Cornell William Brooks will speak Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Theater.

OSU’s chapter president Cameron Watkins said Brooks is coming to increase numbers and raise awareness about NAACP in Oklahoma.

“A lot of people were unaware of the NAACP chapter in Oklahoma at all,” she said.

Watkins, who became a lifetime member of NAACP at age 4, said the work it took to bring Brooks to OSU finally paid off.

On Wednesday, Brooks will give advice on being successful on campus while also pinpointing the latest issues dealing with police brutality and violence, social justice and voting rights.

“It’s actually a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity because we are in Stillwater, Oklahoma,” Watkins said. “So I think it’s a big thing for OSU because we can finally be heard and

we can finally be seen, and the civil rights movement. although it’s a small popuBut since we’ve progressed lation of us, it’s a starting so much as a society it’s point for a new beginning.” become about the moveVice President Mauree ment and the advancement Turner said of any and she holds everybody the values in America,” of NAACP she said. near and “This is an dear to her organization heart, and for incluthe national siveness.” president’s There is a visit to OSU misconcepwill help she tion that NAACP stress what only certain Cornell William Brooks the organipeople can zation does for all people in join NAACP, but Turner Stillwater, at OSU and in said Native American, the world.

Caucasian and Asian “When NAACP was people have served on the founded in 1909, it was executive board and in the for the advancement of organization. colored people because of Turner said the process

of bringing Brooks to speak at OSU was not easy.

“When I found out that he agreed with us and that he would come, it was just this feeling of excitement,” she said. “We make so many strides on campus and not as NAACP but as students here on campus, and we do so many things, it just felt like a lot of our hard work had finally paid off. ” Joseph Ballard, director of African-American affairs, said people often associate NAACP with racial issues only. NAACP deals with economic opportunities, health issues, issues concerning women’s rights and more.

Ballard said the national president coming to speak

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.”

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In John 5:19-20, Jesus tells us that he can do nothing by himself. God must guide him in the works that he wants him to accomplish. Then he makes this statement; “For the Father (God) loves the Son and shows him all he (God) does.” Jesus is confident in God’s love for him, and knows he will guide his life and work. In Jn.17:23, Jesus communicates something wonderful to us. He tells us that God loves us even as much as he loves his own Son. Since this is so, then we can be sure God will guide and watch over us just as he did Jesus. His love for us guarantees his faithfulness to direct our lives in his will. His Love is su sure; His promise is sure!

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Let us not be like the horse and mule, which has no understanding, and has to constantly be yanked into line. We are told that our lives are to be lived in faith based on the character and promises of God. Let’s choose to actively trust our lives and his guidance into his hands, and be in expectation of God working. He is faithful!

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is the perfect opportunity to show all students what the organization is about.

“It brings awareness to the mission and purpose of NAACP in this country.

And as far as OSU’s campus, it brings an opportunity for the campus to get to know a little bit more about NAACP and why it’s a very impactful organization to be apart of,” Ballard said.

He said aside from discussing political and social injustices, Brooks will speak to students about specific issues happening in Oklahoma while emphasizing the importance of being proactive instead of reactive.

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Special teams pace Cowboys in win Tim Ahrens @ahrens_tim Five weeks ago, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy didn’t shy away from blaming the punting unit for a loss against No. 1 Florida State in AT&T Stadium.

How times have changed. “… Our coverage units on the punt and kick were good, and our return units on kick return and punt return were good,” Gundy said. “We’ve really stressed that over the last 10 days.

It really benefitted us and probably helped us win this football game.”

No. 16 Oklahoma State’s

special teams unit, which has struggled in at least one area each week, did little wrong in Saturday’s 37-20 victory against Iowa State.

It did even more right, especially on a kickoff near the end of the first half.

After Ben Grogan hit his second field goal to tie the score at 6, kickoff specialist Kip Smith sent a pooch kick to right that landed at the Cyclones’ 20-yard line.

What happened next surprised even Elliott Jeffcoat, who recovered the kick.

“So when I’m running downfield, I expected a fair catch. They didn’t fair catch it,” Jeffcoat said. “So I said, ‘OK, I’m a keep running.’

And then, it hit the ground, and I’m thinking about two or three more (bounces).

‘Can I scoop it and score?

Can I even advance it?’ Then it was two against one, I said, ‘I’m a just fall on it and play it safe.’”

That recovery set up a touchdown run for Desmond Roland that gave OSU (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) a 13-6 lead heading into the half. But graduate assistant Robby Discher’s unit wasn’t done yet.

Tyreek Hill fielded the second half ’s opening kickoff at his own 3. Eleven seconds later, he was in the end zone and quickly running out of it as he tried to come to a stop.

“I’ve been waiting for him to break it in a game, and when I seen him hit the hole, I seen it widen and I didn’t look anymore,”

cornerback Kevin Peterson said. “I knew nobody could catch him.”

Hill finished with 221 all-purpose yards, almost all of which came on special teams. He hasn’t had that sort of presence since his FBS debut against the Seminoles in the season opener.

Smith, who Gundy has criticized for weeks thanks to shanked punts, performed well. He held ISU, the No. 2 team nationally in punt returns, to 1 yard on four punts.

And Grogan, the sophomore kicker whom fans groan about when he lines up for a field-goal attempt, was perfect on three attempts. He’s now 12-of-15 on the season, besting his

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Elliott Jeffcoat recovered a pooch kick against Iowa State.

61.1-percent conversion rate from last season.

“Any time we get points on the board, especially on special teams, it’s a big play,” Peterson said.

“Whenever they got that,

it set the pace for us and the offense, even on Jeffcoat’s recovery. It really set a spark going into halftime.” sports@ocolly.com

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Josh Furman had two sacks Saturday against Iowa State.

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Sam Richardson might have nightmares about Josh Furman after what he dealt with Saturday.

Twice, Furman, an Oklahoma State linebacker, forced Iowa State to settle for a field goal after sacking Richardson, the Cyclones quarterback, on third down in the red zone. The Cowboys won 37-20.

The pair of sacks gave Furman, in his final year of eligibility after transferring from Michigan, four on the season. He had 10 tackles in the contest.

“He had a need for us,

and we had a need for him,” OSU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. “It was a good marriage. I don’t want to think where we’d be at without him.”

Furman’s two stops seemed huge at the time, as the Cowboys went into halftime with a 13-6 lead and could have been trailing 14-13 had it not been for Furman.

“It’s crucial,” Spencer said.

“Every week, this is a team that everybody’s got to pitch in, and when somebody’s not producing, then other phases have to produce.

That was huge.

“To hold them to a couple field goals there was tremendous.”

Cornerback Kevin Peterson said Furman was able to

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take advantage of the whole defense’s effort.

Furman has shown versatility in his time at OSU. A safety at Michigan, Furman has played at linebacker and in the “star” role for the Cowboys, while he’s shown the ability to still handle the role of a defensive back.

“A couple sub-packages where we would sub-out last year, we don’t; we just kind of flip positions a little bit,” Spencer said. “He’s smart. It’s good having that experience. He’s a fifth-year guy, so the verbiage that we use and the schemes that we use, after he looks at it, he say ‘Yeah, yeah, I’m used to that. I’ve done that before,’ so it’s not like you’ve got a true freshman that you’re

playing in different spots.

“Even though he’s new to us, the learning curve is really quick with him.”

Peterson has noticed Furman’s ability to play multiple positions.

“When we have different packages, he can just stay on the field and cover a receiver just like he’s got to cover a running back,” Peterson said. “He’s really dynamic.

It’s like having Tyreek (Hill) on offense. You don’t know if he’s going to line up at running back or he’s going to line up at receiver, so it’s really hard to game plan him.

“It’s really good for our defense, and Josh made a lot of really big plays for us.” sports@ocolly.com

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Construct: expansion on student housing has made life difficult for citizens.

From Page 4 construction site to get to their homes.

“It’s especially hard on (Carla) because she has to walk through it,” he said.

“After she’s on her legs for 10 hours a day, you can tell she’s kind of unstable. And I feel like if she does eventually fall, it’s going to be a lawsuit.”

Prime Place told residents that Prime Build would create a fire lane to allow emergency vehicles access to the construction area, but after demolition crews came in, no such lane existed.

Beaty said the city updates emergency service operators weekly about street closures. He also said that outside of The International Fire Code, there is no law requiring emergency vehicle access to individual properties during construction.

“Fire and emergency vehicles have always had, and still do have, access to the properties,” he said. “The International Fire Code

requires access to within 100 feet of temporary or permanent Fire Department connections. There is a fire hydrant located just north of the section of Duncan being reconstructed. There is another fire hydrant at the corner of Maple Street and Duncan Street. The segment of street being reconstructed is a total of approximately 200 feet in length. There is a fire hydrant located at each end of the roadway section being reconstructed. Each property is within 100 feet of a fire truck connection point. Access is provided.”

Sam King, resident and mechanical engineering technology senior, said one of the biggest inconveniences to him has been the lack of parking for his houseguests.

“If I have friends over, they have to park two blocks away,” King said.

King said he was notified of the construction and immediately reached out to the construction workers.

“I knew it wasn’t going to take a week and the guy said, ‘Yeah, it’s going to take two months,’” he said. “I trust the workers over the planners because the planners have never done this before. They’re just giving

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Road closures are blocking in Duncan Street residents.

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people money and saying, ‘Get the job done.’”

Because of the blocked roadway, waste management vehicles haven’t been able to serve the Duncan Street residents, Bakovic said.

“Our trash hasn’t ran in three weeks, and all our trashcans are full,” he said.

Garcia said he and his crews have attended to the inconvenienced residents’ utilities on Duncan Street.

“That’s a lie,” Garcia said, referring to Bakovic’s statement. “I’ve personally taken care of it. I’ve got two 40yard dumpsters over there, and we basically take one of these machines and a small dumpster and we go to each (trashcan) and dump them out.”

Although there is no exact end date in sight, workers are slowly making progress.

“Water lines were lowered Monday, September 22,” Beaty said. “Gas mains were lowered last Friday and Saturday. Subgrade preparation should be complete this week and paving placed late this week or early next week. Several days of curing will be required before the pavement can be opened back to traffic.”

Garcia said his goal is to get the job done correctly.

“We don’t want something that’s going to degrade in another five (to) 10 years,” he said.

But for residents, the longer the project continues, the more frustrating the situation becomes.

“I’m just tired of not having a road,” Bakovic said.

“It’d be nice to park next to my house.” news@ocolly.com

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