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The Sooners celebrate after winning the meet against Florida, Utah and Auburn in the 2022 NCAA women’s gymnastics chamionship final on April 16.

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Sooners claim 5th NCAA title Gymnasts motivated by preseason criticism, make record comeback NATHAN AKER nathanchristian@ou.edu

FORT WORTH — K.J. Kindler held up a sheet of paper, the script of which had fueled Oklahoma’s fire all season. “If there is a year when it is actually safe to predict Oklahoma not winning, this is the year,” the highlighted white parchment read. Moments earlier, Ragan Smith had proved that prediction wrong by dialing in and transferring her focus solely to nailing her beam routine and bringing home the Sooners’ fifth NCAA Championship. “I didn’t even hear it,” Smith said of the roaring crowd before she began her performance. “I was so locked in and just focused on myself that I didn’t hear a thing.” Holding no awareness of the four teams’ running marks, the former U.S. National Team member and Olympic alternate delivered a near-perfect score in the biggest meet of her gymnastics career. With practically no lapse in time, Smith sprinted into a hug with Kindler, her teammates and assistant coaches, who’d all but clinched the national championship win.

The Sooners awaited the final tallies with anticipation, just like they did the year prior when Michigan closed them out on beam in heartbreaking fashion. However, this was a distinct kind of anticipation on Saturday afternoon. Once Smith’s 9.9625 was revealed, screams of elation echoed through Dickies Arena. Oklahoma notched its second NCAA Championship victory in four seasons with a 198.200 over No. 2 Florida, No. 4 Utah and No. 7 Auburn, and spited the bulletin board material that had lingered inside its locker room for months. Florida placed second, scoring a 198.0875 and Utah placed third with a 197.7500 while Auburn placed fourth with a 197.3500. The win also avenged OU’s regular season losses to the Gators and Red Rocks. “I’ve never experienced this much team love before, and everyone having my back,” Smith said following the Sooners’ championship victory. “I’ve never experienced it until this year, and especially the moment we just had together. It was so special to me.” Clearly, blocking out the external noise worked for the junior, as Smith recouped from a subpar 9.7375 on floor to notch that vital score on beam. Staying composed and locked in seemed a recurring theme for OU throughout the competition. Oklahoma found itself in a massive hole at the end of the first rotation after posting a subpar 49.1875.

But the Sooners buckled down, sharpened their skills and scratched their way back to victory. “They had to fight and fight and claw their way back into this meet,” Kindler said on the ABC broadcast directly after the competition. “I am so impressed with their mental stability and their strength. I just can’t even tell you, I’m just so proud of them.” In the second rotation on vault, a 9.9 from senior Allie Stern got OU rolling. Then, a 9.975 in the No. 2 spot from sophomore Katherine LeVasseur sparked much-needed momentum for Oklahoma, priming a 9.9375 from freshman Jordan Bowers and a 9.9625 from senior Olivia Trautman. With four scores of 9.9 or higher, the Sooners posted their highest vault score ever in an NCAA Championship meet with a 49.6625 and catapulted themselves into third place behind Utah and Florida. “There wasn’t a lot that needed to be said, I felt,” Kindler said of prepping her team for vault following their off performance on floor. “Their heads were in the right spot. “It wasn’t about, ‘Oh, no,’ it was more about, ‘Let’s go.’” From there on, Oklahoma was seemingly infallible, carrying that momentum through the third event with its No. 1 ranked bars lineup. That ranking certainly held its validity, as five of the six routines were 9.9s or higher, the best being

a career-high 9.975 from freshman Danielle Sievers. The Sooners’ bars lineup is accustomed to making history. In OU’s final home meet this season, its bars lineup broke a program record for highest score on the event in school history with a 49.825. On Saturday, the highest score ever on an event in the NCAA Championships added to the record books. “Really proud of the way they just kept feeding off each other,” Kindler said. “They do these kinds of routines in practice all the time, but getting it out of yourself in a moment like that is something special.” The Sooners have stayed close to each other all year despite undermining comments made about the group before the 2022 season began. Back in the winter, fifth-year senior Carly Woodard was searching online, reading about the Sooners and their perceived potential coming into the season, and found the quote Kindler vengefully referenced after Saturday’s meet. That and other similar remarks gave Woodard and her roommates, seniors Allie Stern and Emma LaPinta, the idea to print quotes from skeptics and post them around the Sooners’ practice facility for motivation. The now infamous aforementioned quote, from a gymnastics website called “The Balance Beam Situation,” was posted on the refrigerator in the Sooners’ locker room. Woodard and Oklahoma took it

quite personally. “We read the internet, all of us do, whether we admit to it or not,” Woodard said. “I saw that (quote), and immediately sent it to my senior class. I was like, ‘What’re we going to do about this?’” For Woodard, reaching the pinnacle of competition in Fort Worth took many sacrifices. But, after opting for a fifth year after being provided extra eligibility due to COVID-19, the super senior has achieved just what she set out to do in January — win another ring. “Getting this opportunity in this fifth year is something that I’m incredibly grateful for,” Woodard said. “To go out on top was obviously a goal of mine from the beginning. It’s a surreal experience.” As Woodard’s career comes to a finish, there stands a bright future for the underclassmen and the continuity of Kindler’s championship pedigree in Norman. With Sievers, Bowers and freshman Danae Fletcher heading into their sophomore seasons and LeVasseur, Davis and sophomore Bell Johnson heading into their junior seasons, they will continue to hone their skills as they enter the 2023 season as champions. “I can’t say enough about how great this team was today,” Kindler said. “And again, fighters ‘till the end when it would’ve been easy to count themselves out.”

Graduate Student Senate defines purpose Organization leaders aim to amplify graduate student voices KALY PHAN kaly.n.phan-1@ou.edu

Leaders in the OU Graduate Student Senate are striving to bring the organization out of “oblivion” by creating better communication and bridging the gap between undergraduate and graduate students. The GSS, like the Undergraduate Student Congress, is a legislative body which seeks to represent its student constituents’ interests and goals. Claire Burch was elected as

GSS chair in April 2021 and she said one of her main goals as chair is to create more awareness of the senate’s place and purpose at OU. Over the past couple years, the GSS has “fallen into oblivion,” Burch said, and she hopes to change that with outreach between the senate, the other branches and other student organizations. She said the senate’s reach to build relationships with the OU administration and the graduate student population isn’t being used to its fullest extent. There is more they could be doing to help graduate students on campus, she said. “I recognize that past chairs have been very insular, and we are working really hard to kind of break that culture,” Burch said. “There’s a pretty good chance that (graduate

students) don’t know that we exist currently. (For example), if they see articles that only mention the Undergraduate Student Congress, that creates the perception that they don’t have a voice. They do.” Burch and her vice chair, Rin Ferraro, said they are seeking to have a direct connection to administration through the graduate college to express graduate students’ interests. Departments don’t always offer the best way to voice concerns, so the senate acts as an alternative made of peers rather than staff or faculty, Burch said. Ferraro said everyone on campus wants a voice, which is “especially difficult” for graduate students, and the senate hopes to fix this. “Sometimes (graduate students

are) forgotten in student affairs,” Ferraro said. “We’re considered students or staff, and usually whatever it is doesn’t benefit us. We’re one of the few universities that has a specific branch dedicated just for grad students, and it’s just a great opportunity for us to be heard and be part of different, like Student Affairs on campus.” Ohio University, the University of Iowa and Texas Christian University offer a separate entity for graduate students within their student governments. Other universities, like the University of Texas, only have a “Graduate At-Large Representative” position in its legislative branch. Burch said she has been approached with the question of why GSS — which has many of the same

responsibilities as congress — is needed at OU, where only 22 percent of the student population are graduates. She said that, no matter the percentage, every voice deserves to be heard and considered in decision-making. The senate represents graduate students so the undergraduates don’t have to, Burch said, since they don’t necessarily always understand what a graduate student’s experience looks like. Ferraro said graduate students exist in a “weird role” where they’re both staff and students, with many of their peers being enrolled full-time while also teaching course sections. “One of the things that we had see SENATE page 2

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University to increase salaries Benefits-eligible employees to see 3 percent pay raise ALEXIA ASTON alexiaaston@ou.edu

OU Human Relations announced Friday that the university will implement a 3 percent salary increase for all benefits-eligible employees at all three campuses, pending approval by the OU Board of Regents. An OU HR email reads the increase will apply to all full and part-time benefits-eligible

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to work with was how the graduate college … transfers (students’ classes and credits) from previous degrees,” Ferraro said. “If you’re in a Ph.D. program, you can get classes from your Master’s to count sometimes for your degree requirement, but they’re usually from a different university (or) another country. It’s a totally different system.” Development and Philanthropy Committee Chair Jacob Matney said he thinks it’s important both bodies exist so the needs of their specific constituents are met with the full attention they deserve. He said he felt like specific needs would be overlooked in either body if it was the only one present. “Undergraduates have a lot more things they have to deal with (and) much bigger, broader amounts of information they have to sort through,” Matney said. “A lot

employees who have “satisfactory performance” with a current hire date before Jan. 1, 2022. The increase will go into effect July 1 for OU Norman 12month staff and faculty, July 2 for OU Norman hourly employees, July 3 for OU Health Sciences Center employees, Aug. 1 for OU Norman 9/12 faculty, and Aug. 16 for Norman 9/9 faculty, according to the email. The increase will be administered automatically, the email reads. Personnel requests for salary increases or reclassification of eligible employees will not be accepted between May 1 to June 30.

Employees ineligible for the increase include temporary employees, PEAK personnel, student employees, staff and faculty under a current Performance Improvement Plan or whose 2021 performance rating was “unsatisfactory,” post-docs at OUHSC, graduate assistants and medical residents, according to the email. Individuals in these classifications performing “satisfactorily” remain eligible for increases at the discretion of their supervisor and are subject to department resources and may need to be submitted via Electronic Personnel Action Forms.

of the issues that we talked about in the senate tend to be things that are about funding for going to conferences, for research grants (and other) important things that could apply to undergraduates, but more so apply to the graduate school.” Ways and Means Committee Chair Lexi Walton said she and her committee manage research and creative activities grants, the conference and travel grant allocation. She also serves in an oversight role for the SGA Budgetary Committee. Unlike the congress Ways and Means Committee, which is responsible for allocating the SGA budget out, Walton and her committee members are responsible for awarding grants to graduate students who are in departments that are in “good standing” with the senate. Burch said a “pretty significant part” of a graduate student’s career is finding money to travel or complete components of their research which may elicit costs beyond their department’s funding. “(GSS offers) this unique

financial support to graduate students that’s accessible in both the fall and spring semester for the various conferences that they might be attending or the research that they’re doing,” Burch said. To allocate funding for grants, Walton said she and her committee members grade applications in teams of two and focus on criteria such as formatting and length, signature expectations, the statement of importance and the budget justification. Walton wrote that in spring 2022, applicants who scored a 90 or higher received the full amount requested up to $750, applicants who scored 80-89 received 80 percent of their requested funding, 70-79 received 70 percent, 60-69 received 60 percent and scores less than 60 received 50 percent. She also wrote that cut-offs change depending on how many applicants they have per semester and all applicants were provided with feedback specifying areas where they lost points, so they could continue to improve their grant writing skills.

An OU flag in front of the Bizzell Memorial Library on July 8, 2020.

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OU Giving Day sets fundraising record 1-day event exceeds $10 million donation goal KAROLINE LEONARD karolineleonard@ou.edu

OU set a new one-day fundraising record on Giving Day, surpassing its $10 million goal with a total of $11,043,083 raised, according to a Friday release. The university received 2,978 gifts from faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends across 41 different states during its 24-hour digital fundraising event Thursday. Donations from the event go to support various areas including fine arts, OU Athletics,

student affairs, student organizations, scholarships and research across all three OU campuses, according to the release. “The support that we received through OU Giving Day will have an extraordinary impact on the lives of our students and help us build upon a legacy more than 130 years in the making,” OU President Joseph Harroz Jr. said in the release. Giving Day hosts various challenges for student organizations, departments and more to accomplish in order to receive prizes to support their areas. This year, the most dollars raised winner was OU College of Law, and the most unique donor winner was KGOU. Most gifts for the athletics

team went to OU softball, with OU baseball coming in second. The most dollars for student organizations went to the Pride of Oklahoma, and Sooner Off-Road came in second. “Our campus communities joined together to promote and celebrate the great work that happens every day at (OU),” Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer for the OU foundation Amy Noah said in the release. “OU is truly a special place, and yesterday was a testament to the loyalty and commitment that is felt by so many across our state and beyond.”

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Evans Hall on April 3.

Walton said the GSS seeks to mimic real life to help graduate students understand the expectations for future projects or research. “It’s a very, very specific process, (and) you have to have all those necessary pieces,” Walton said. “Formatting matters (and) language matters. We’re trying to help graduate students get experience in that while, at the same time, not penalizing as harshly. We try to make sure that every applicant gets at least a little bit of something.” On Feb. 15, Burch presented a bill in front of congress to make Walton’s position salaried to recognize the preparation and writing that goes into the grant application process. Walton said her position is one GSS struggles to fill because of its workload. For example, Walton said the grant review session this semester was six hours long, which is “pretty short” compared to past semesters. “I think that was the impetus behind turning (my position) into a funded one — to help encourage graduate students to step into this role,”

Walton said. “It’s a great experience, (and) I love my committee, but it’s a lot of organization, a lot of communication (and) a lot of leadership. People just don’t have time, (and) they’re not sure what the position entails.” The senate also has an International Student Affairs Committee, unlike congress, which addresses any issues concerning international graduate students. Chair Olawale Alo said being able to provide his peers voices in senate decisions has been “a great experience.” “I have learned so much, (and I’ve had) the opportunity to see the totality of the university from different perspectives, not just from (domestic) students,” Alo said. “It’s really been a great experience and one that is enriching my own experience.” Alo said domestic and international graduate students have specific needs that need to be met during their time in college, and the senate creates a “real opportunity” for students to be able to have a say in their graduate experience. “The truth is, being able to

really have a classification that identifies specifically the graduate student is really very important,” Alo said. “Graduate students feel detached from the general student body (and) disconnected from anything that’s run (only) by undergraduates. Now, when you have a body that is specifically geared towards graduate students, you feel (you) belong, (are) appreciated and wanted.” Burch said she wants to ensure graduate students have a concrete place at OU and are represented in any and every space. A part of the university’s strategic plan addresses building OU’s graduate student population, which she hopes to build off of for this purpose. “I saw GSS (as a place) where, if we had leaders who wanted open lines of communication, then we could make real change on campus if we put our minds to it,” Burch said. “The strategic plan … presented the perfect time to get GSS involved in conversations to make sure there was actually a graduate student voice being heard.”

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Beauty and Designz Studio Lounge co-owner Tracy Holman cuts OU football Senior Defensive Analyst Xavier Brewer’s hair.

OU sees 1st Black-owned salon Owners welcome all, offer specialty, diverse treatments Taylor Jones taylor.p.jones-1@ou.edu

Red paint, vibrant artwork, a pool table and couches don’t fit the typical setup of a beauty salon, but you can find them at Beauty and Designz Studio Lounge. Instead of a front desk, customers are met with a friendly smile and wave and, if they’re lucky, they’ll see Kyng, the studio co-owner’s baby, bouncing around in his walker. OU’s first Black-owned beauty studio opened in December 2021 and has “designz” for every customer, whether they are looking for a “fresh cut” or a place of refuge from a long day of classes. Co-owner Natasha Coleman said the logo on the door represents how it provides services to kings and queens of every gender, color and background. Beauty and Designz Studio Lounge is one of the few salons in Norman that does ethnic hair, and Coleman said they will eventually sell products for ethnic hair at the salon. Coleman said she never thought she

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would be the first for anything, so being the first Black-owned business at OU means a lot to her. She loves the recognition it brings to the business and the opportunity it gives her to interact with students. “The students really inspire us because they come in and they (say), ‘We finally got somewhere on campus to go get our hair done, we don’t have to go to the city.’ … It feels good to see that they feel good about us being here, and everybody is so grateful for that,” Coleman said. Although the studio and lounge’s specialty is treating ethnic hair, the stylist’s diverse skill set in cosmetology serves customers of all hair types. Coleman said the mark of a true cosmetologist is found in stylists that offer a wide range of services, so the studio covers braiding, barbering, color, cut and styling, and spa amenities such as facials. “Yes, ethnic hair is my specialty because I’m an ethnic woman, but it doesn’t stop there. … When I decided to do this, I didn’t want my craft just to stop at my ethnic hair. I wanted to do it all,” Coleman said. Coleman has worked on hair since she was 16. She met her first business partner at Supercuts after transitioning

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This has been a dream of McCloud’s since she was 11 years old and watching sports on TV. Instead of keeping up with the game, she was always admiring the players’ hair. “One day I went to work, and I remember sitting here doing (an athlete’s) hair, and I shed a tear because we were talking … and I was like ‘Oh my goodness, I’m so excited to be here. I’m so happy to be here, y’all. I get to go live my dream,’” McCloud said. Not only does McCloud enjoy styling college athletes, but she also loves getting to know them and their stories so she can share them with her children. “I showed (my clients’) pictures to my daughters, because they think it’s cool, and they’re a big inspiration,” McCloud said. “For my kids, it’s telling them (to) never give up. (The athletes) are from everywhere. … They’re here accomplishing their goals, and they have found somewhere where they can come and be comfortable. And they can do the same thing. I like that. I like to be able to learn from them and take it home.” Xavier Brewer, a senior defensive analyst for OU’s football team and one of Holman’s regular clients, said he was excited to have a barbershop so

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in and out of the cosmetology business years after beauty school. The two attempted opening a salon, but due to renovation issues, they had to branch off on their own. It was while working at New Black Wall Street, a hair salon and barbershop in Oklahoma City, where Coleman met her current business partner and co-owner Tracy Holman. When a former client and OU alumna approached Coleman with an opportunity to open a salon on OU’s campus, she decided to give the salon business another chance. Along with manager Ebony McCloud, Coleman and Holman worked to make the salon a supportive and familial environment. “We are just not here to work,” Coleman said. “We’re here to come together. We support each other. Listen to each other. If anyone needs help, we are here to help, and of course, (we are always) bringing the children here (because) bringing our kids here shows them that you can do this even when you have kids, because we are all one.” McCloud said working at the studio and lounge means a lot to her, especially because being a stylist on OU’s campus allows her to fulfill her dream of doing hair for athletes.

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close to campus and his place of work, especially since it is open and inviting. “It’s all love. We talk life (and) all life experiences,” Brewer said. “You can learn and grow from anyone, if you’re open to it, and I think this (is the) type of environment you want to be in if you’re looking forward to a family feel.” As Holman joined Coleman in the creation of the studio and lounge, he said being at OU has been a blessing. He hopes to inspire customers not only with his skill but also with his style. “With our dress, (we try) dressing professional, just to bring professionalism back to beauty and barbery instead of us walking around (and) looking crazy,” Coleman said. “We want all this. We want to leave an impact on here.” The most important thing Coleman wants for her business is inclusivity for OU students, Norman High School students, residents and customers from surrounding cities. “We also want everybody to know that we just don’t focus

on the Black students or the ethnic students,” Coleman said. “We style everybody, and not only the students on campus but outside the neighborhood as well. We want everybody to feel welcome coming here.” One of the things McCloud wants for anyone who comes into the studio is to feel safe and welcome, especially when it comes to the students who are away from home. As Coleman and Holman maintain a familial atmosphere and inclusivity at the heart of their business, they said they hope the studio and lounge serves as a “stepping stool” for other business owners to follow their own career passions. “This will set the example for other Black-owned businesses or even minority businesses to come out here and be like, ‘Well, they did it, let us do it,’” Coleman said. “That just makes (being here) worthwhile.”

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Women’s gym snags 5th title ALL PHOTOS BY RAY BAHNER/THE DAILY

Sophomore Audrey Davis during the meet against Florida, Utah and Auburn in the 2022 NCAA women’s gymnastics championship final on April 16. The Sooners celebrate after winning the meet. OU women’s gymnastics head coach K.J. Kindler during the meet. The Sooners cheer during the meet. Freshman Danielle Sievers. Senior Olivia Trautman. Sophomore Katherine LeVasseur. Senior Carly Woodard.