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Oklahomans headed to the polls August 23 for the runoffs from the June primary election. Markwayne Mullin defeated T.W. Shannon for the Republican nomination to replace Senator Jim Inhofe. Madison Horn won against Jason Bollinger for the Democratic nomination to run against Senator James Lankford.CarrieBlumert, the incumbent, defeated Anastasia Pittman in the Democratic primary runoff for Oklahoma County Commission District 1. Myl es Davidson won the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma County Commission District 3 over Amy Alexander.Kevin Calvey defeated Gayland Geiger in the Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma County DistrictTheAttorney.deadline to register to vote in the general election is October 14, 2022. Requests for absentee ballots can be submitted no later than October 24, 2022. The general election will be held November 6, 2022.
Lyons said she disagrees with HB 1775, which prohibits material about race and sex if they are deemed discrimanatory by the Bill’s guidelines. This makes a teacher’s job impossible, Lyon said, because they have to go through their class and find everything that could be in violation of the law.
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Lyon plans on leaving the state after finishing her degree due to better opportunities. She said several education students feel the same way, and that the incentives given are not good enough to keep teachers in Oklahoma. UCO’s English Education department has also seen a 9% decrease in students enrolling in the program in the last semester, Lyon said. “We feel like we’re losing before we even start the race,” she said. Teaching students must work contract teaching hours and work towards full-time certification while going to school full-time in their final semester for what Lyon said are unsatisfactory conditions and and low pay.
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“The whole time that the restaurant’s open, six days a week, she and I are there doing something or picking something up or, you know, doing something business related,” Haase said. “Which is well over 70 hours a week. But we’re busy. We’re busy people.”
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Bishop said schools in Oklahoma are already under staffed. Teachers are leaving because of inadequate pay Summer Boismeir covers her library collection in her classroom, writing, ‘Books the state doesn’t want you to read.” (Provided) Couple buys OKC Cafe after working there for years
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Allison Miller Contributing Writer Oklahoma educators, as well as future teachers, expressed frustration following the Aug. 23 primary in which Oklahoma Education Secretary Ryan Walters defeated April Grace to become the Republican Party nominee for State Superintendent For Public Instruction.Oklahoma Education Association’s President Katherine Bishop said there was a “huge sense of dis appointment” following the results of the election due to low voter turnout, as well as the political rhetoric taking center stage over student needs. Bishop said the result could be devastating if Oklahomans do not focus on electing officials who have the best interest for public school students. It could result in politicians taking more money away from public schools, the loss of teachers and support professionals, and an increase in emergency certifications, said Bishop. Higher education could also be affected, with an in crease in tuition and a decrease in class options, Bishop said. Walters supports “school choice,” in which vouchers are given to Oklahoma students to attend private schools. The money for these vouchers would be taken out of public school funds, Bishop said, and that Walters will likely push for passage of The Empow erment Act, a school choice bill, if he is elected. The bill failed earlier this year. “[Kids] have the right to a free and equal education. We can’t let political agendas control or dominate how we are teaching students, because that is indoctrina tion,” said Victoria Lyon, an English education student at UCO.
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The couple needed more help running the business without their former boss.
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Though Haase and Shan officially ac quired ownership of the cafe last October, the transition was a cooperative effort with the
It took a lot of communication to make a smooth“Thetransition.restaurant business over the last couple of years is a very contrarian business to move into,” Hasse said, mentioning the restaurant below them had just gone out of business.Inbusiness, Haase said, “first and foremost, there’s always uncertainty. It kind of all worked out, you know, in an odd sort of way,” he said, calling Oasis, “part of the fabric” of Oklahoma City as one of the first boba tea shops to open in the Asian District.
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“It was time to go ahead and move on, in her case, and that’s when the opportunity came up,” he said.
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A Norman High School (NHS) teacher resigned on Aug. 22 following a complaint related to Oklahoma House Bill 1775. Summer Boismier began her second year of teaching at NHS on Aug. 19. By the end of the first day of school, she received an HB1775 complaint. Boismier was instructed on that day that she would need to meet with Assistant Superintendent Holly Nevels Continued on Pg. 4
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Haase said the previous owner had been running “all cylinders” of the restaurant and “it just eventually got to the point where she couldn’t deal with the physical nature of the job and the work.”
When the previous owner of Cafe Oa sis, 1135 NW 25 St., could no longer open the door, two employees had a choice to make. When the cafe, adjacent to Super Cao Nguyen supermarket, was up for sale, business and life partners Norman Haase and Emily Shan were the only interested buyers. They took over last year because they wanted to “keep the doors open for the Cafe Oasis legend,” Haase said. As the cafe celebrates its 20th anni versary, the pair reminiscences on their time working at the Taiwanese cafe.
Oklahoma Education Association President Kather ine Bishop was disappointed in the primary results.
A Libra moon has your venu sian energy turned up Tues day, charming those around you. The Scorpio moon may add a little drama or mystery to your mid-week. Thursday might be a bit hectic so pay extra mind to taking care of yourself. Friday’s opposition can cause communication problems so keep your cool. Remember to ask for support if you need to. This weekend will be ruled by the Sagittar ius moon, marking a perfect time for adventure. Venus moves into Virgo Monday, shifting earth energy into everyone’s social lives and fo cusing your energy on prac tical approaches.
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If Tuesday’s Libra moon rubs you the wrong way, don’t worry, because it will shift quickly into your sign on Wednesday. Thursday brings an exciting aspect – if you can keep up! Everything moves quickly under this as pect and there is a possibility of feeling a little underwater. The remedy is to listen to yourself – you’ll know when you need to step away. Satur day, meanwhile, could shine a light on exploring the un known. Venus’ move into Virgo Monday may encour age you to think carefully about how you spend your resources or who you fall in love with. Your charisma is turned up to 10 Tuesday, as per usual, and Wednesday might call you towards a more mysterious vibe. Thursday’s Mars-Jupi ter kiss is everything you’re about: fun, fiery, and free. Friday may move a little too quick with an opposing as pect causing miscommuni cations and testing everyone’s patience. When the moon moves into your sign Satur day, sunny Sag, it will bring a certain irresistible light to your weekend vibe. Monday brings the sign of Virgo to planet Venus, adding a little more organization to your organized chaos.
Deep breathing may be the ticket to keeping inner peace. Saturday’s Sagittarius moon could feel chaotic, but this is also a lovely time to have friends over. Monday brings the planet of love into Virgo, providing a boost to tack ling practical matters in your close relationships. It’s also a great time to create a budget if you are prone to spending.
If Tuesday seems focused on socializing, it might be the Libra moon. The Scor pio moon Wednesday could have you playing detective. Thursday’s aspect will have everyone bouncing off the walls! If it feels good to go with the flow, trust yourself, and if you need to take a step back. Friday’s aspect may cause communication prob lems. If at all possible, save important conversations for a different day. Saturday’s Sagittarius moon is a love ly time for friends and fun or finally planning that trip!
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Make sure to keep strong boundaries if the Libra moon tempts you to people please. Tuesday’s energy is soft and lovely. Wednesday’s Scorpio moon heightens your intu ition. Thursday’s Mars-Jupi ter dance is exciting but could be overstimulating! Keep a close eye on when you need to tap out. Friday, Mercury plays some tricks, increasing delays and the likelihood of thoughtless communication. A Sagittarius moon could bring out your more social side Saturday. Venus’ move into Virgo prompts you to consider your connections in a more practical light.
Venus shifts into your sign Monday, bringing down the drama and focusing energy towards creating a practical approach to your passions.
Tuesday’s Libra moon brings a softness that spreads throughout the day while Wednesday has the potential to reveal something hidden. Thursday may be a whirl wind of a day. Friday could be challenging when miscom munications increase under the Mercury-Jupiter aspect while we approach Mercury retrograde. Take a step back before responding. Saturday keeps the chaos coming with the Sagittarian moon. Priori tizing yourself is a good idea. Monday switches Venus into Virgo, which means dialing up the earth energy in con siderations of money and love. You may help a fire sign see sense over the next few weeks.
Tuesday brings the moon into your sign, casting a peaceful tide. Wednesday’s transition into Scorpio could cause a little friction. When Mars winks at Jupiter on Thursday, expect a whirl wind! This aspect is exciting, but care for yourself to avoid overstimulation. Friday’s op posing aspect between Mer cury and Jupiter may cause some miscommunication – try not to take things too personally today, sometimes words don’t come out like we mean them to. A Sagit tarius moon over the week end brings fun and friends. When Venus cascades into Virgo, you may begin to take a more pragmatic approach to love and luxury.
Thursday’s Jupiter-Mars con nection brings a whirlwind of activity that will last all day. Communicate careful ly Friday, feelings are easily hurt during the Mercury-Ju piter standoff. Saturday’s Sagittarius moon is perfect for going out or socializ ing. On Monday, the planet of love will transit to Virgo, bringing an earthy and prac tical energy to your thoughts on love and luxury. This is an excellent transit for creating a budget or a plan.
This week starts off chatty and sociable, then adds a lit tle intensity with a Scorpio moon Wednesday. Mars in Gemini’s pitstop with Jupi ter in Aries on Thursday will bring lots of exciting variety! Things may seem to move very fast that day. A little bad luck may fall on communica tion Friday as Mercury in Li bra contests Jupiter. It would be wise to use extra patience. You’ll love the Sagittarius moon over the weekend, as it brings more of that excit ing energy you thrive on. Venus’ slide into Virgo puts more focus on practicality and communication in your relationships. Your energy will flow well with the moon signs on Tues day and Wednesday. This is a great time to prepare for the upcoming Mercury retro grade. Thursday lots of things happen all at once – don’t get lost in the tide! Friday has the potential to bring out sensi tive sides that collide poorly with miscommunications.
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Coasting right on into a Li bra moon on Tuesday, your vibe will fit just as well with the intuitive yet intense Scorpio moon Wednesday. Thursday’s Mars-Jupiter matchup swirls some chaos into your personal bubble –remember you have control of when to take a break. Fri day’s Mercury-Jupiter squab ble in the shadow of Mercury retrograde increases delays and miscommunications, so it may not be the best day for important conversations. Saturday’s Sagittarius moon brightens up the weekend, and Monday Venus switches into Virgo. Need to budget? This is the time!
You may have a sweet start to the week. Wednesday’s moon in Scorpio may have you feeling a little more cha otic (not always a bad thing).
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VIR GO August 23- September 22 Charming conversations Tuesday, potentially intense ones Wednesday. Thursday’s exciting aspect between Mars in Gemini and Jupiter in Ari es will light your fire! A great time to follow your heart and all your exciting ideas. Friday is more opposition al, causing potential for hurt feelings due to brash com munication. Take a moment to center yourself before re sponding. Saturday’s fire sign moon is a great excuse to get creative. When was the last time you let your inner child play? Monday brings Venus into pragmatist Virgo, so it is a good time to budget or consider resources. Stay clear of big decisions until we’re out of Mercury retrograde.
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Ainsley Martinez Editor-in-Chief In 2020, when The Edmond Sun announced it would be closing its doors, the city was left without a paper. While dwindling subscriber counts amidst the COVID-19 pan demic hammered the nails in The Sun’s coffin, the decision to dissolve the publication into The Norman Transcript still impacted the Ed mond community, even if only symbolically. A city without a newspaper is like a piece of IKEA furniture without its instruc tions. Residents need some form of news to stay knowledgeable about what’s going on around them: from governmental action to construction developments. With The Sun’s departure during the pandemic, Oklahoma Watch reporter James Cobern described the loss as a “sun-lit thread…pulled from a tap estry when the community needed the paper the most.”Ihope The Vista can fill this void. Although a student newspaper, broadening our scope to combine the news of UCO and Edmond as a whole will benefit a new audi ence, while remaining true to our origins. This rings especially true when con sidering the university as a commuter school.
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Teacher leaves over banned books legislation
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has scheduled 24 execu tion dates, 15 of which are planned within the next year, for convicted murderers who exhausted their appeals. James Coddington, who beat a friend to death with a claw hammer in 1997, was executed on Aug. 25.Jess Eddy, a law student and Oklahoma City activist that led the Justice for Julius campaign, said, “I’m deeply saddened that Gov. Stitt took James Coddington’s life today. We must seek to restore compas sion, justice, and love to Oklahoma.”
Anthony Castillo Sanchez’s execution is scheduled for April 6, 2023 for raping and murdering University of Oklahoma ballerina Juli Busken in Norman in 1996.
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Wade Lay fatally shot a Tulsa bank guard during a robbery-gonewrong in 2004. He is scheduled for Aug. 3, 2023 pending a mental competency hearing..
Phillip Hancock fatally shot two men in Oklahoma City in 2001 and is scheduled to be executed on May 4, 2023.
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Continued from Pg. 1 at the district office on Monday, but says she was not given other details about the meeting. Bois mier asked questions regarding the complaint and the meeting, but those questions “were not immediately answered.” She said that though she was not explicitly told what the complaint was filed over, it is easy to conclude that it had something to do with her class library. Over the weekend, she asked for the meeting to be pushed back, at which time she was informed that she was on administrative leave. “I was told that I was not to come to school,” Boismier said. The following Tuesday, Boismier, along with her Oklahoma Edu cation Association representa tive, met with Milner, as well as Principal Hallie Wright of NHS. Norman Public Schools (NPS) offered Boismier her job back, which would have taken effect Aug. 24, but after thinking about the offer, she decided it would be best to HB1775,resign.which was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt in May 2021, regulates the type of content that is permitted to be taught in public schools. This bill particularly deals with con tent related to race, gender, and sexual diversity. During her first year at NHS, Boismier ignored the legislation, saying, “I personally think HB1775 is an unjust law. It’s poorly written, which I also think is intentional, but it’s unjust, and I had no intent to follow it.” In late July 2022, Tulsa Pub lic Schools and Mustang Public Schools were both penalized for HB1775 complaints against the districts. The two school districts were downgraded in accredita tion, which affects the funding of schools, and an appeal to the state board ended with a continu ation of this penalty. “It seemed like the message the state board was sending was ‘any allegation of a potential violation is subject to a massive consequence for the entire school district’,” Boismier said of the changed atmosphere at NPS.
Affixed to the butcher paper was a QR code that led stu dents to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned site. The Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned program offers free e-library cards to students ages 13-21. BPL’s website says the initiative of the program is “a response to an increasingly coor dinated and effective effort to re move books tackling a wide range of topics from library shelves.” Boismier said that it would be negligent to restrict her students’ access to books.
Continued from Pg. 1 Cafe Oasis, which is something that maybe even some of the long standing customers don’t even realize,” Haase said. Emily Shan highlighted large bags of their real tea in two varieties: black and jasmine green. She said they use real tea instead of instant tea powder.Evenwhen the tea got expensive, “25, 26 dollars per pound,” Shan said, they still bought it because they did not want to change compa nies.“They know us, we know them,” Shan said. “A customer says ‘Hey, your tea is really good. [We] taste the difference. So that’s why I keep using it,” she said. Haase “Everything’sagreed.got a secret recipe,” he said.
Oklahoma schedules 24 more executions through 2024
Richard Rojem raped and murdered a 7-year-old girl in 1984 after kidnapping her in Elk City. He is scheduled for execution on Oct. 5, 2023.Emmanuel Littlejohn is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 2, 2023, for fatally shooting an Oklahoma City convenience store owner during a robbery in 1992. Kevin Underwood killed a 10-year-old Purcell girl in 2006 to pursue his cannibalistic fantasies. The state plans to execute Underwood on Dec. 7, 2023.
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Richard Fairchild is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 17 for fatally beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in Del City in 1993.
Jemaine Cannon fatally stabbed his girlfriend in Tulsa in 1995. He will be executed on March 9, 2023.
The following individuals are among those scheduled for execution throughBenjamin2024:Cole is scheduled for Oct. 20 for murdering his infant daughter in Claremore in 2002.
“I may not be able to put phys ical books on the shelves, but no one ever said I couldn’t show you where to get them elsewhere,” she said.Boismier spoke directly to pre-service teachers in the inter view.“Iknow that it can be so in credibly discouraging and fright ening looking at the landscape of public education in this state and beyond right now,” she said. “I know that hearing about my story — and I guarantee you, I will not be the only one — that can be scary. It can have folks saying, ‘Well, what about me? Am I next?’“Please know that we need you. We desperately need you,” Bois mier said. “Oklahoma education needs you. PK-12 students need you. There is, despite all appear ances to the contrary, a massive network of support for you. Please don’t be discouraged. I did what I did, and I would do it again, gladly.”
“It’s not easily duplicated, people come there for the taste, they come there for the drink, you know, the atmosphere, it’s kind of got everything you’d want to have in a small cafe type environment in the heart of a big city. Every day brings something different,”
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Shortly before the 2022-23 school year, teachers were told to “exer cise extreme discretion.” Teachers at Norman High School were given two choices with regard to their classroom libraries: they could either close the libraries to students or they could pull the books they thought would be a challenge and justify the presence of the rest as “in structionalBoismier,materials.”forwhom 2022-23 would have been the ninth year of teaching, had never heard the books in classroom librar ies referred to as instructional materials. Rather than remove the books from her class library, Boismier covered them with red butcher paper, on which she wrote: “books the state doesn’t want you to read.” About the message on the paper, Boismier said, “I would challenge anyone to find the falsehood in that.”
When asked what his favorite part was about the cafe, Haase said it was “the fact that you can talk to a customer that’s been coming there for 18 years and loved every single bit of theirWhileexperience.”theowner may change, Shan said, the food and the experience will never change. With ingredients too, Shan said, quality mat ters.“Bubble Tea, food, meat, veggie, everything – we buy the quality,” she said.
Scott Eizmeber is scheduled for the first execution of 2023 on Jan. 23 for breaking and entering his ex-girlfriend’s home, after which he beat an elderly man to death.
James Ryder’s planned execution is on June 1, 2023 is for beating an elderly woman to death in 1999 over a property dispute in Pittsburgh County.Thestate has scheduled Michael Dewayne Smith for execution on July 6, 2023, for two 2002 fatal shootings in Oklahoma City.
Richard Glossip, who was originally to be executed on Sept. 22 before Gov. Stitt granted a 60-day stay to seek a new appellate court hearing, is now scheduled for execution on Dec. 8 for fatally beating his boss, an Oklahoma City motel owner, in a murder-for-hire plot in 1997.John Hanson shot and killed a woman at a Tulsa mall after kidnap ping her in 1999. He is scheduled for execution on Dec. 15.
“One of the big things that we’re planning for is that it allows additional GPU parti tions,” she said. A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a type of processor designed to render images.“Processors inside your computer, they’re designed to kind of take things one at a time and go through may be one or four cores,” Kelting explained. “And the new supercomputer cluster that has more GPUs that we’ll be adding to it, those have 1000s of tiny little cores.”
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August 31 161 – Roman Emperor Commodus is born. Famous as the only emperor to ever fight as a gladiator, Commodus also attempted to rename the city of Rome after himself and rename each month of the year to one of his 12 names. He was assassinated in 192.
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September 1 1939 – World War II begins with the Nazi German invasion of Poland. The deadliest military conflict in human history, the war would rage for six years.
September 3 1783 – The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolutionary War, with Britain recognizing U.S. indepdence. This treaty set the first formal boundar ies for the new nation; it spanned all the territory east of the Mississippi River, north of Florida and south of Canadas. The war lasted for over eight years, with American independence being support ed by France, Spain and the Netherlands.
Gang Qian, Ph.D., a pro fessor in the Department of Computer Science, said in an email he plans to use the new cluster to study how to improve database query performance through distributed indexes.
Pictured, top row left to right, Gloria Caddell, Kristian Olivero, Gang Qian, Evan Lemley, Jeremy Peters, Jeffrey Miller, Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar, Mary Matlock, Front row left to right, Maj. Gen. Jeff King, and Art Cotton. (Provided/Lt. Layinzca Bihlajama.)
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August 30 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is con firmed by a 69-11 vote to serve as the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice. He would serve in this position from October 2, 1967 until his retirement on October 1, 1991, during which time he took part in over 3,000 cases and authored 322 majority opinions.
“It means a lot to the professors. More and more disciplines need computers to handle large amounts of data generated through research,” Qian said in the email. “In addition, the professors will be able to in volve their students in their studies, preparing the next generation of scientists who are equipped with essential computing and quantitative analysisLemleyskills.”expressed a sim ilar attitude toward the po tential of the new machine in educational activities as well as student and faculty research.“Weare very excited to receive the donation of a supercomputer cluster from Tinker Air Force Base,” he said in an email. “The donated supercomputer cluster will help us expand and extend the capabilities of the current Buddy super computer and propel UCO’s research computing infra structure to the next level.” Iraqi students at UCO to celebrate and share their culture with fellow UCO students, faculty and staff, and the community of Edmond at their upcoming event, “Iraqi Night.”
Most sources estimate around 70-85 million civilian and military casualties. In this early stage, Poland was largely left to fend for itself – Great Britain and France had promised assistance, but little came of it, with the French launch ing a minor offensive into Saarland, Germany before retreating behind their fortifications along the Maginot Line.
Students from Iraq share their culture at upcoming ‘Iraqi Night’ event Vista
“UCO is pretty well con nected to Tinker,” said Evan Lemley, Ph.D., assistant dean of the UCO College of Math ematics and Science and pro fessor for the Department of Engineering and Physics. “In particular what’s called the engineering advisory board. And so we’ve got representatives from Tinker on that advisory board.” The representatives from Tinker knew of the College of Mathematics and Science efforts in high performance computing, according to Lemley.“Andso they were ready to get rid of some equipment, and they knew we might be interested,” Lemley said. “So that’s how it happened.” The new supercomputer cluster will be attached to the university’s existing cluster, Buddy, located in the Don ald Betz STEM Research and Learning Center. The National Science Foundation awarded Buddy to UCO in 2014 and it has since been applied to research into par ticle transport, micromixing, stochastic modeling, ecologi cal modeling, bioinformatics and spread of disease. Buddy contains 37 com puting nodes. Nodes are in dividual computers working alongside one another in a process known as parallel computing. The new cluster will contain significantly more nodes than Buddy, according to system admin istrator Lily Kelting. “It’s something like 670 nodes,” she Additionally,said.the new cluster will accelerate AI research, material science research, and biological re search, according to Kelting. This will be possible because of the new cluster’s modu larity.
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Thurgood Marshall at his confirmation hearing in 1967. (Provided/AP)
A photo future location of the University’s new supercomputer. (The Vista/Quinn Daugherty)
September 2 1945 – World War II formally ends with the signature of the Japanese Instrument of surrender by Japan and the Allied Powers. With the German surrender in May 1945, Japan was the last Axis power standing. Originally defiant, with elements of the Japanese military command advocating a “fight to the last man” approach, Japan lost many of their outlying islands in the preceding months, the Soviet Union had launched an invasion of Manchuria and the northern Japanese islands, and months of Allied firebombing culminated in the detonation of two atomic bombs on the Japanese mainland. Emperor Hirohito chose to surrender on Aug. 15, 1945.
The event is free, open to the public and will take place on 5 p.m. Aug. 30 in the Nigh University Center ballrooms.Visitorscan expect Medi terranean food to be provid ed, traditional Iraqi customs on display and cultural Iraqi dances at this night of cele bration.Thiscelebration is orga nized by four Iraqi students participating in a Fulbright visitor scholar program focused on science and tech nology and sponsored by their home universities. The program lasts 10 weeks and “Iraqi Night” will mark the end of the program hosted byTolafUCO.Araj, one of the Ful bright visitor scholars, said the cultural night will show traditions from all areas of Iraq, including the ones that might be surprising for visitors.“Ourgoal for this night is to showcase that there are aspects of the Iraqi culture that many people here in America may not know,” said Araj. “Iraq is a multi cultural country; we are all living together, and even though it may look like Iraq is just desert and always hot, there are mountainous areas where we have snow. Things like these are the ones we also want to showcase.” These four Iraqi students want to raise awareness of their culture at UCO and at the same time go back home and become UCO ambas sadors, raising awareness of the American culture in their home country.
STEM faculty and stu dents eagerly anticipate the arrival of a Haise Supercom puter cluster from Tinker Air Force Base, which the College of Mathematics and Science will receive through an educational partnership agreement.TheIBM based super computer cluster is in “the final stage of arranging for it to be moved”, according to system administrator Lily Kelting. Its applications will range from computational science and parallel comput ing, to artificial intelligence systems for the disabled, data science, gene sequenc ing, and geographic infor mation systems applied to biological field research. The educational partner ship agreement was made possible by Tinker Air Force Base’s connection to the department of Engineering and Physics advisory board and was announced through a university press release on April 22.
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New DC Film ‘Sandman’ will not put viewers to sleep
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 20226 The Vista
Spidey swings back into theaters with new scenes
Logan Wood Contributing Writer
Netflix’s promotional image for the Sandman. (Provided)
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” will be returning to theaters on Sept. 2 with 11 minutes of new footage. “No Way Home” was one of the most talk ed-about movies of last year, and saw the return of many fan-favorite char acters and actors from previous “Spider-Man” filmWhenfranchises.themovie was originally released in December 2021, it made over $1.9 billion at the worldwide box office. This is significant, because no movies have been able to get close to $1 billion since the moviesreopening,wereRiseII”Home,”“Spider-Man:Liongame,”vel,”includedboxbillionmoviesalone,toictheanders2020.pandemicCOVID-19beganinearlyBillion-dollarblockbustwerebecomingmoremorecommonbeforeCOVID-19pandemforcedmovietheatersclosedown.In2019therewereninethatmadeover$1attheworldwideoffice.Thesemovies“CaptainMar“Avengers:End“Aladdin,”“TheKing,”“ToyStory4,”FarFrom“Joker,”“Frozenand“StarWars:TheofSkywalker.”Whenmovietheatersfinallyabletostartbigbudget were struggling to make a profit because people were not ready to return to movie theaters. It wasn’t until Spider-Man: No Way Home came out that the future of movie theaters was more secure. “I think it was a big boost to theaters,” said film critic Mathew Price. “Having a recogniz able character in a story that combined action, fantasy and nostalgia was powerful for many viewers. Pulling in the various Spider-Men from the previous films gave moviegoers a nod back to those incarnations and added some closure to those stories. Spider-Man has traditionally done well at the cinema, so it does seem like having that bigname character to bring people back out likely helped [movie theaters].”
Britton Summers Contributing Writer
It would be obvious to point out that comic book adaptations have taken over the cultural zeitgeist in recent years. The Mar vel Cinematic Universe has proven to be a cine matic achievement beyond anyone’s expectations. DC Comics has attempted to catch up with Marvel’s success with adaptations with mixed results. As a longtime fan of comic books, I was thrilled to see characters and stories that I love being brought to life with such care and faith fulness and from people who really care about getting the source material right.Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” is considered by many to be one of the greatest comic books of all time. It’s a tour de force in how to tell a story in comics and is a poignant exploration of storytelling itself. Gaiman’s adapta tions always seem hit or miss for me, with some like “Coraline” being ex cellent adaptations of the source material, but others like “American Gods” leaving me cold, despite bringing some of the mag ic that makes that novel good. Gaiman once said that he would rather have no “Sandman” adaptation at all than a bad Sandman adaptation. I am happy to say that if I were Gaiman and watching “The Sand man,” I would be in tears because this is the best Gaiman adaptation that I have ever seen. I was a bit hesitant to try out the adaptation of “The Sandman,” as I wasn’t sure how the showrun ners were going to pull it off. It’s a story that’s majestic, fanciful, funny, scary, and even sometimes moving. It’s a story that takes a serious amount of thought to make it work since it often branches off into other weird side stories. But by the first time I started watching it, I was blown away. I was entranced by the acting, I was in awe of the special effects, I was impressed by the storytelling, and I was constantly surprised by the new angles that this series“Theintroduced.Sandman” is an ex tremely faithful adaptation of the source material, down to the point where they’re riffing dialogue and moments straight from the comics. It manages to accomplish the impossible by capturing everything that makes the comic so great, such as its bizarre, imaginative visuals, great storytelling, and evocative atmosphere. With that be ing said, the showrunners do make changes from the comic that are neces sary and complement the tone of the series well. We see the iconic villain The Corinthian (as brought to life magnificently by Boyd Holbrook) be given more of an extended role in the series. He proves to be a great foe to Dream (Tom Sturridge), and Holbrook manages to make him charming, sexy, and terrifying at the same time. I was also impressed with the immense detail of the effects and set design. While the CGI was dodgy at points, I was stunned with the beautiful imagery, particularly with Hell in the fourth episode. Also to be noted is the excellent acting. Aside from the phenomenal special effects and at mosphere, we have great actors to compliment the material. None of the performances in this series feel phoned in. We particularly see the talents of Sturridge, Holbrook, and David Thewlis shine in this season. Sturridge makes Dream into the angsty sourpuss that he is in the comics, while also making him sympathetic to the audience. Thewlis, in particular, steals the series as John Dee, who is also known as Doctor Destiny in the original DC comics. He some how manages to be both sinister and sympathetic at the same time, while also bringing one of the most disturbing moments from the comics to glorious life. We even see Kirby Howell-Baptiste prove everyone wrong as Death. While she isn’t as energetic as the original charac ter, she captures Death’s kindness and compassion beautifully and is a core player in one of the sea son’s best episodes. The only issues I have with the show are consid erably minor. I was disap pointed that they couldn’t secure the rights for John Constantine. Jenna Cole man did a good job as both Johanna Constan tines but considering that John Constantine is one of my favorite comic book characters of all time and they have a great actor in Matt Ryan to play the char acter, I was a bit let down that they didn’t have him for the series. I was also thrown off by the time line of the series. Dream gets captured in 1916, then is released in 2021. Some of the older char acters should either be dead or way older than they already were in the series. The timeline also undercuts the story with Hob Gadling as well since Dream is now 33 years late after his previous meeting with Hob. But those are small nitpicks from the numerous prais es that I give to this series.
This re-release has the potential to push world wide box office numbers for “No Way Home” past the $2 billion mark, making it the sixth movie in history to reach that number. The last movie to reach that amount was 2019’s “Avengers: End game.”Ifseeing No Way Home on the big screen again wasn’t enough to entice people into buying tickets, the movie is also return ing to theaters with 11 minutes of new scenes. But what could those scenes be? Back when the mov ie was getting ready to release on home me dia, movie insider Amit Chaudhary posted a list of every deleted scene for ”Spider-Man: No Way Home” with run times included. They are: “In terrogation Scene Extend ed” (2:25), “Happy’s Very Good Lawyer” (1:35), “Peter Day at Midtown High” (5:25) and “The Spideys Hang Out” (4:25). The scenes were not in cluded in the home media versions of the movie, which frustrated many fans. Now, it seems Sony Pictures was withholding the scenes for this upcom ingThere-release.combined runtime of every deleted scene exceeds 11 minutes so it’s possible not every scene will be added back into the movie, but what might these scenes contain any “Interrogationway? Scene Ex tended” (2:25) This is obviously an extended version of the scene where Peter Parker’s friends and family are interrogated by Damage Control, maybe with an extra joke or two. “Happy’s Very Good Law yer”After(1:35)announcing that Peter has dodged his legal trouble, Mathew Murdock informs Happy Hogan that he’s going to need “a very good lawyer.” This scene is probably a brief comedic cutaway where we see Happy hire a law yer who turns out to be incompetent and not so “Petergood. Day at Midtown High” (5:25) The movie quickly skips over Peter’s first day back to school and we don’t see much of him having to navigate school with everyone knowing about his alter ego. This is likely a sequence where we see more of that. “The Spideys Hang Out” (4:25)Lastly, this is possibly an extended version of the scene where the three Spider-Men sit and chat while they wait for the villains to show up at the Statue of Liberty. This is the scene that will likely get most people to buy a ticket, since seeing the three Spider-Men was one of the biggest highlights of the movie for most fans.
Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, Benadict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, and Tobey Maguire. (Provided)
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Bronchos feel the fervor at Fan Fest Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022SPORTS The Vista 7 Devon Bajek Contributing Writer Professional women’s softball fires up with
The UCO Bronchos football team wrapped up its fall camp with the Meet the Bronchos Fan Fest on Thursday. A sizable crowd of alumni, students, and supporters were cheering to get a first look at the team. One of the biggest changes is the new head coach for the team, Adam Dorrel. Dorrel is a threetime AFCA II Coach of the Year with three na tional titles who holds an overall record of 76-8 at the Division II level. Dorrel, who is no stranger to success, discussed the
UCOfor.”will host its first home game at 7 p.m. Sept. 8. against Emporia State at Chad Richison Stadium. These teams both met last year in Emporia, Kansas, where Emporia came out on top 31-21. Oklahoma City
There have not been avenues for female athletes to play professional softball after college in the United States, but as excitement and the softball fan base grows in Oklahoma, so do the oppor tunities.Softball is stepping up to the plate with the intro duction of a new profession al team called the Oklahoma City Spark. Women’s Pro fessional Fastpitch, or WPF, announced the Spark as its third franchise, a goal that WPF commissioner and Oklahoma softball alumni Lauren Chamberlain had for a while. In a Zoom inter view with Sports Illustrated, Chamberlain said, “It was that thought as a player like, ‘Man, I wish I could play professionally in the city that I love so much, in OklahomaChamberlainCity.” said she had this goal on the top of her to-do list for as long as a decade.“The challenge is having experienced the height of NCAA softball and just the beast that it is and all the support that it has… How do we carry that into the professional level?” she said. “That’s been the age-old question I’ve always wondered is: Why is there such a drop-off? Why can’t we continue to follow these players?”Oklahoma City is the softball capital of the world, and the latest Women’s College World Series has helped the city deliver on that name. According to ESPN, in Oklahoma City, the WCWS set a single-day attendance record with 12,533 fans in one day this year. They averaged mil lions of at-home viewers, and the 2022 championship game between the Texas Longhorns and the Okla homa Sooners tied for the most watched 2-game se ries in the WCWS, accord ing to ShowBuzzDaily.com.AmelyaHuggins,a senior UCO softball player has played the sport since she was ten. Huggins said this announcement couldn’t have come soon enough.
improvements the team has made throughout the spring and intogamethatWetoaness;AndJuniorbetterhungrysaid.esmoreclubwetransfersoutplayersdevelopment“Throughsummer.playerwiththewehadandgoingandrecruitingsomein,wefeellikereallymadeourballalotdeeper,alotdiversewithpackagwecanutilize,”Dorrel“Ithinkourguysareandtryingtogeteachandeveryday.”centerLayneGranthamsaidleadershipwithintheteamwillbekey.“Ourbiggeststrengthisdefinitelyleadership,”Granthamsaid.“We’vehadalotofguysstep-up,we’veestablishedastandardandguysarestickingtothestandard,whichiswhatweneed.Ourteam’seffort—weareflyingaroundtotheballmakingthoseeffortplays.thentheteamtoughwe’vebeenthroughlotherefromthespringthesummertonow.justgotthattoughnessweneedoutthereondays.”TheBronchosgohostileterritory for the first game of the “Dorrel Era,” traveling to St. Joseph, Missouri for a 7 p.m. Sept. 1 matchup against the Missouri West ern State“WeGriffons.don’thave a damn thing to lose,” Dor rel said. “We were picked ninth, so we got to go up there and just play ex tremely hard. I’m confi dent we Bronchoswill.”are coming off a 4-7 season that ended on a four-game losing streak. They were picked to finish ninth in the 2022 MIAA Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Missou ri Western finished last season at 6-5, closing the year out on a three-game winningThestreak.Griffons were picked to finish tied for seventh place in the 2022 MIAA Preseason Coach es’ Poll. The last time both these teams faced off against one another, UCO came out victorious in a thrilling victory that saw them almost blow a 17-pointGranthamlead. teased what the offense this year will look“We’relike.going to get a lot of different personnel in there,” he said. “We’re going to cater to guys’ spe cialties and strengths; it isn’t going to be a “one size fits all” approach to the offense. We have a whole lot of guys who can do a whole lot of things, so I think there will be a lot of new stuff the alumni, fans, and students can look
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“I think it is so awe some and about time that we have a professional team. Not only are we the softball capital because of the Hall of Fame Stadium, but from D1 to NAIA, we have top-tier collegiate softball teams who are constantly nationally ranked, not only in the Top 25, but in the Top 10,” she said. Growing up in the world of softball, Huggins said opportunities like this were rare.“For me growing up in softball, it was just col lege. There wasn’t an oppor tunity to play past that or even think about it being a possible career choice, oth er than the opportunity of a scholarship,” she said. “I think girls now playing can see it as something beyond college and seeing the op portunity of doing what they love and getting paid will create a more compet itive softball community in Oklahoma which will just increase the talent levels.” Huggins said the introduction to more profes sional teams will help serve as inspiration to the UCO softball team, as well as to the younger generation. “It definitely moti vates me and my team. My team is passionate about giv ing back to the sport. A lot of us do lessons and camps and truly enjoy sharing and teaching about our passion for the sport. So even if we do not personally use this opportunity, it motivates us to provide for all the little girls out there that can and will use this opportunity of playing pro softball.” Hug gins said, “The Oklahoma softball community is al ready a very proud group of people. I think this will just continue that movement and further the softball culture Thehere.”Spark’s iseason will be gin in June of 2023 in Okla homa City.
UCO Piano Faculty, Sept. 20, UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com
LISTEN UP FOR LIVE CONCERTS Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 MUSIC8 The Vista
It’s safe to say that Nic ki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” is a hit. Debuting last week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Minaj’s single has become the most-streamed and highest-sell ing song in the country. The hit single notched the biggest digital sales week of any track this year. “Super Freaky Girl” is the first hip-hop single to debut at the top of the Hot 100 since Lau ryn Hill’s 1998 hit single “Doo Wop (That Thing)” from Hill’s only solo album “The Miseduca tion of Lauryn Hill” which also sat atop the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart. Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” was originally titled “Freaky Girl” but after running into sup posed legal trouble, Minaj went to social media to ask her fans, or as people call them, her “barbiez” or “barbz” to help her with a title change, giving them the opportu nity to vote on it with the options of “Nick James,” ”He Want a Freaky Girl” and “Super Freaky Girl.” Minaj took to Instagram to announce the title change and thank her barbz for over 200,000 votes. Minaj wrote on Instagram, “Thank you for your over 200K votes but we could not legally use the name freak or freaky girl. You’re stuck with this. Love you.”
Nicki Minaj on the cover of ‘Super Freaky Girl.’ (Provided)
Blakely and Greenberg, Sept. 23, The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, bluedoorokc.com Heart to Gold, Sept 24, 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com
I Prevail, Sept. 20, The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, criterionokc.com
EDMOND AND OKC EVENTS
UCO Jazz Ensembles, Sept. 26-27, UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Ed mond,Amigoucojazzlab.comtheDevil,Sept. 26, Beer City Music Hall, 1141 NW Second, towertheatreokc.comFullofHell,Sept.26, 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstree tokc.com
Warbringer, Sept. 22, 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstree tokc.com
Goo Goo Dolls, Sept. 17, Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th, dcfcon certs.com
Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9:30 p.m. Aug. 31, Frenzy Brewing Company, 15 S. Broadway, Edmond VIBES Edmond’s First Thursday, 5-9 p.m. Sept. 1, downtown Edmond Transportation and Construction Job Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 2, Embassy Suites, 741 N. Phillips Ave., OKC Copperhead Crossing, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Frenzy Brewing Compa ny, 15 S. Broadway, Edmond Adult Spell Check, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 6, Frenzy Brewing Company, 15 S. Broadway, Edmond The Brave Amigos, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 8, Frenzy Brewing Company, 15 S. Broadway, Edmond Yoga Community Circle, first Friday of the month, 3rd Street Yoga Studio, 106 W. Third St., Edmond
The War on Drugs, Sept. 21, The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, criterio nokc.com
SEPTEMBERDaveMeder,Sept. 14, UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojaz zlab.com
Lil Durk, Sept. 17, The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, criterionokc.com
Dead Poets Society, Sept. 23, 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com
Iron & Wine, Sept. 25, The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan, thejonesassembly.com
Maddie and Tae, Sept. 15, Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheat reokc.com Conway The Machine, Sept. 16, Beer City Music Hall, 1141 NW Second, towertheatreokc.com
Old Bulldog, Sept. 17, UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojaz zlab.com
Pearl Jam, Sept. 20, Paycom Center, 100 W. Reno, paycomcenter.com
Payton Scott Contributing Writer
Behind the Hit: Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’
The Beach Boys, Sept. 24, Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N. Walker, okcciviccenter.comLosTigresDelNorte, Sept. 24, The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, crite rionokc.comBeppeGambetta, Sept. 24, The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, bluedoorokc.comAndrewBirdand
Gov’t Mule, Sept. 20, The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan, thejones assembly.com
Miss Brown to You, Sept. 23, UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com
The hit single is pro duced by Dr. Luke, Malibu Babie, Vaughn Oliver and Aaron Jo seph. Dr. Luke has had a run of hits when it comes to producing, having credits on recent hit songs like Tyga and Doja Cat’s “Freaky Deaky,” Latto’s “Big Energy” and “Big Energy” remix, Saweetie’s “Best Friend” and now with Mi naj’s “Super Freaky Girl.” This is not Luke’s first time to work with Minaj: he was behind Doja Cat’s 2020 track “Say So,” which features Minaj on the remix and debuted at No. 6 on the Hot 100. Dr. Luke is also involved in Nicki’s new live radio show on the Amp app from Am azon. “Super Freaky Girl” includes samples from Rick James’s 1981 single “Super Freak” from the album “Street Songs” and Minaj’s 2013 song “B.A.B. (Remix).” James’s “Super Freak” features background vocals from fellow Motown label vocal group The Temptations. James’ hit would end up being his biggest pop success, peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance in 1982. The song would gain a wider audience from MC Ham mer’s sampling of the track in his 1990 hit single, “U Can’t Touch This.” Minaj gave more than just the single to fans, providing them with two additional tracks “Super Freaky Girl (Roman Remix),” featuring the artists alter ego “Roman,” as well as the a cappella version of the song.
