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National leader to visit OU campus Former secretary of defense, Robert Gates, will share his experiences Oct. 21 JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound

Another leader with ties to Washington will speak at the upcoming OU President’s Associates dinner.

Former secretary of defense Robert Gates will speak at the dinner and meet with students for an informal talk Oct. 21, according to a press release from OU Public Affairs.

Gates will be speaking about what he thinks are the challenges facing America based on his experience in the federal government and as a university president, university spokesperson Corbin Wallace said.

Gates served as Secretary of Defense from Dec. 18, 2006 to July 1, 2011, working under presidents George W. Bush and

Barack Obama, according to the U.S. Department of Defense website.

Gates was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Obama, according to the U.S. Senate website.

Gates and OU President David Boren were friends PHOTO PROVIDED while both were working in Robert Gates, former secretary of Washington, Wallace said. defense Gates also held many positions in the Central Intelligence Agency during his career, including serving as the director from 1991 to 1993, according to the CIA website.

Gates also served as president of then-Big 12 member Texas A&M University from 2002 to 2006.

This will be the third time Gates has been on OU’s campus in an official capacity, Wallace said. He was one of the

distinguished speakers at OU’s first foreign policy conference in 1997 and was the commencement speaker in 2011, according to the press release.

Past speakers at President’s Associates dinners include journalist Bob Woodward, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America Jack Valenti, former White House chief of staff Ken Duberstein, CIA director John Brennan and former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, according to OU Daily archives.

Students, faculty and staff can contact OU Public Affairs for more information or to make reservations for the event by calling 405-325-3784 or emailing specialevents@ou.edu.

Seating for the dinner will be limited, according to the press release.

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Biology classes raise issue of dissection labs Vegan refuses to dissect animals for zoology lab but finds no good alternative STEVEN ZOELLER SPECIAL PROJECTS REPORTER @STEVENZOELLER

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Above: Health and exercise science sophomore Shelby Sarantakos places pins in a worm Tuesday. This week students spend class time dissecting worms.

Left: Biochemistry junior Josh Cosgrove and Health and exercise junior Jasmine Comby work together to dissect a worm during class Tuesday. Some students have raised objections to the dissection labs based on ethical grounds dealing with animal rights.

Once a semester, if that, lab coordinator Beverly Hall is approached by a student who doesn’t want to dissect animals in one of the Introductory Zoology labs she oversees.

This fall, that student was philosophy senior Samuel Regan.

Regan, who is vegan, believes animal dissections are unethical, and told Hall participating in them would be upsetting. Knowing in advance he’d be asked to participate, he had enrolled with the intention of seeking alternatives. In fact, Hall had one ready when his TA referred him to her office.

“She showed me this very antiquated looking CD-ROM that I could use in place of live dissections,” Regan said. “But warned me that I would still have to look at dissected animals for the midterm and final exam.”

The 1998-produced CD-ROM, which contains audio-visual exercises, is one of the few alternatives the biology department offers to students who wish to be exempt from dissections. The department has a history of working around such obstacles, from allergies to religious beliefs, but workarounds are not always satisfactory to the students involved.

Before the first week had ended, Regan dropped the course. Though he acknowledged people throughout the process had acted considerately, he said he found the dissection alternative lacking for two reasons.

“First, because I would still have to be involved with dissections [for exams],” Regan said. “And second, because I was nervous about the alternative making the course more difficult to me than it already was.”

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in charge of publicity for the elections. Taylor is the collaborations director for the Class of 2017 Class Council.

elections. Torres is a member of CAC Crew and a part of the Soonerthon Executive Committee.

• Brent Janss, finance and accounting sophomore, is in charge of candidate debates.

Janss is a member of the CHRIS MICHIE/THE DAILY Integrity Council.

Petersen was appointed by Industrial and systems engineercongress at last week’s meeting sophomore Ramon Torres ing, after being selected by Matt Epting.

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groups participated in Tuesday’s Coming Out Resource Fair on the South Oval.

SGA: Board hopes to improve debate format CHAIRPERSON: Student Continued from page 1 hopes for more voters SGA that is tasked with handling all aspects of the elections, Petersen said.

There were 15 applicants for the election board, and of those 15, seven were given interviews, Petersen said.

Now that the elections have moved to the fall, the board hopes to see other improvements as well.

One improvement they hope to make is the style of debate. In the past, the style for debates has been more of a town hall meeting, but Petersen would like to see a move toward a style you would see during the national presidential elections.

The board also would like to see voter turn out increase, since most voters associate fall for election season because of the primary national elections. “I feel like if you have a presidential election at the same time as the primary election, [it] might make people vote more like, ‘Oh I voted for this now I need to vote for this too,’� Petersen said.

Voter turnout was at an all-time low last election season with 3.2 percent of

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Members of the SGA Election Board speak at the SGA meeting Tuesday evening.

improve this number and hopes that increasing publicity and marketing to freshman will help do this.

The board hopes to increase publicity with freshman by adding polling stations closer to the dorms and possibly talking to the intro to CHRIS MICHIE/THE DAILY Finance and accounting sopho- federal government classes, Petersen said. more Brent Janss The election board plans the student body voting, to make its biggest publicPetersen said. ity push with social media, T h e b o a r d w a n t s t o Petersen said. Examples

of this include making an Instagram, which Peterson is very interested in.

Another job of the election board is handling surveys on the ballet conducted by congress. The Problem and Projects committee plans to have several surveys on the ballet this election season.

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This semester marks Petersen’s fourth year in politics at OU, with his first three serving as a member of the Undergraduate Student Congress. Before coming to OU, Petersen had only dabbled in politics with some work on his high school’s student council. Petersen also paged three times during high school, twice for the state senate and once for the state house of representatives. “We got to make mock legislation,� Petersen said. “It was a lot of fun.�

During his freshman year, Petersen applied to a seat on the first Freshman Student Council, but he was rejected from that position. That November, Petersen ran his first campaign for a seat in the University College district of conPetersen’s gress, and he won his favorite things seat. Of the four spots, for which 14 students To watch on Netflix: were vying, Petersen re“Mad Men,� “House of ceived the majority of Cards,� “New Girl� votes.

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A s e l e c t i o n c h a i r, Pets: Border Collie Petersen hopes to use named Rex the new November Sports teams: OU election format to his Sooners, Indianapolis advantage to increase Colts, Denver Broncos, voter turn out. The new Oklahoma City Thunder format resulted from students passing a refU.S. President: erendum in fall 2012 to Abraham Lincoln switch SGA presidential terms from one year beginning in the spring, to one year beginning in the fall. SGA presidents are now also elected in the fall.

Petersen said he would also like to gear voting efforts more towards freshmen and plans to put polling stations closer to the residence halls to entice students living there to vote. “If we can get the freshmen into a habit of voting then maybe we will be able to keep that going all four years,� said Petersen.

Petersen also wants to increase publicity for the elections, from candidates putting out yard signs and chalking to campaigning on different social media formats such as Instagram.

As chairman, Petersen chooses his own team with which to work for the elections. There are three other spots on the election board, aside from Petersen’s spot.

Each position has an area of expertise: one is in charge of publicity, one is in charge of the polling sites, and one is in charge of the debates.

Petersen also wants to change the format for the SGA debates. Instead of town hall style debates, Petersen he would like to see more formal debates at OU. “We hope to be doing a more formal debate like one you would see on TV except it will be in Meacham,� said Petersen.

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Student prepares body for contest Junior dedicates himself to health through exercise, diet and competition EMILY SHARP News Reporter @esharp13

For one OU student, bodybuilding doesn’t mean a hulking physique and muscles the size of beach balls. In fact, for his purposes, a hulking physique is detrimental.

This is because Toan Nguyen, health and exercise science junior, will participate in a men’s physique competition OUTexas weekend, in which contestants will lose points for extreme muscularity.

Men’s physique is a new division of bodybuilding focused on a more natural physical look, where competitors are judged on fitness, not bulkiness, Nguyen said.

At the Heartland Classic, held Oct. 11 in Edmond, competitors will have a tighter waist and v-taper than contestants in traditional bodybuilding competitions, Nguyen said. The competition also involves posing for judges more like models, Nguyen said.

Competitors will be judged on proper shape and symmetry combined with muscularity and overall condition, according to the Men’s Physique Division website. Contestants wear board shorts without shirts If you’re really or shoes while judges look passionate about for the best stage presence, poise and personality, ac- something to where cording to the website. it doesn’t feel like To prepare for the compework ... then it’s tition, Nguyen made working out a habit, he said. something you “This competition was a should pursue.” good way to challenge myself,” Nguyen said.

TOAN NGUYEN, Nguyen’s fitness regimen HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE involves a four-day split exJUNIOR, MEN’S PHYSIQUE ercise routine. He focuses COMPETITOR on his legs the first day, then uses push movements to develop chest, triceps and shoulders the second day. On the third day, he uses pull movements to work his biceps, and he rests the fourth day.

Nguyen chose the four-day split because it is optimal for a natural body, he said.

In addition to working out, Nguyen poses in the mirrors at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center to prepare himself for posing naturally at the competition.

Competitors with the best bodies may lose the competition because they don’t know how to pose well, Nguyen said.

To prepare for the competition, Nguyen drinks around three gallon-jugs of water a day, hauling the jugs around campus. He has also cut carbohydrates and sodium from his diet in order to give his muscles a tighter look by getting rid of fluid in his body, he said.

Nguyen tracks his calories using the MyFitnessPal app and cooks most of his meals at home so he can keep track of all the ingredients.

In the off-season, Nguyen just maintains a low-carb diet, watching his calories and drinking about one gallon of water a day.

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Nguyen became interested in fitness when he went to Vietnam for a summer in middle school. His uncle would wake him up early every morning and run with him to a park where everyone was working out, Nguyen said.

“You had old people doing tai chi. People were working out on the playground, and I thought that was really cool,” Nguyen said. “So when I came back to America, I started implementing that lifestyle into my own.”

Nguyen started running to his elementary school playground to do simple workouts with body weights. He understood that to be healthier, he had to act, Nguyen said.

“Even doing 20 push-ups a day turn into 140 a week,” Nguyen said. “That’s better than nothing. Doing something is always better than nothing.”

His healthy habits eventually helped him get into the mindset to lift, Nguyen said.

He started lifting his senior year of high school, going into the weight room every day during lunch, Nguyen said. He didn’t know what he was doing at first and only really started learning during his freshman year of college.

He started watching any fitness video he could find on YouTube, Nguyen said.

Soon, he learned about men’s physique.

“I chose it because I never wanted to be really huge, I just wanted to look healthy and athletic,” Nguyen said. “That’s what it is: looking perfect, having an athlete’s body.”

So Nguyen started pursuing that body. While he originally planned to study engineering, Nguyen switched his major to health and exercise science to pursue his passion.

“I realized I was learning, and it was good because it didn’t feel like learning,” Nguyen said. “If you’re really passionate about something to where it doesn’t feel like work … then it’s something you should pursue.”

Eventually, Nguyen hopes to be a personal trainer, he said.

“I want my body to be the inspiration,” Nguyen said.

“I want someone to look at me and say, ‘Hey I want to look like that’ and then come up and ask me how I did it.

Then I can train them.”

Physical change can’t happen unless people want to work to improve, Nguyen said. As a trainer, he might be able to help motivate people to start working toward a better self, Nguyen said.

“Fitness is a lifestyle. You have to change a person’s mindset to … make them a better person,” Nguyen said.

“If I can change one person’s life, that’s good enough.

If I can change a lot, that’s even better. But even if I just change one person, they can go on to change someone else.”

Nguyen also started a YouTube channel to contribute to the community that inspired him. He will start posting again after the competition in order to build his audience.

Nguyen plans to compete in one more National Physique Committee competition in November before his membership expires, he said. He will then focus on gaining weight to get back to a healthier lifestyle and focus on his YouTube channel and schoolwork.

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Nguyen will be competing in a men’s physique competition during OU-Texas weekend.

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DISSECTIONS: Professors take moral, religious qualms into consideration Continued from page 1 In allowing students to opt out of dissections, the biology department sets itself apart from other departments. If a student were to object on moral grounds to writing an essay in an English class, for example, his or her professor might laugh.

Professors in the biology department, however, take into consideration the students’ moral and religious objections.

Though dissections comprise an important part of some biology courses, the department is sensitive to dissent, Hall said.

“It’s a touchy issue,” Hall said. “It’s not that they are not willing to learn the material … they just object to the methodology of the assignment. It’s not like ‘I refuse to write that paper.’”

Despite the department’s efforts, its accommodations are imperfect. Professors like Phil Gibson, who teaches Introduction to Biology, maintains that photographs and diagrams simply can’t replace the experience of dissecting a real — figuratively — live animal.

“Sometimes even in a picture they might’ve moved some things off to the side,” Gibson said. “You don’t get a chance to see where it all is at. Moreover, dissection is also a very tactile experience. [It’s good] just being able to feel these

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This sentiment, in addition to the price of animal used for different tissues and organs … the way they actually are put dissection, has motivated Gibson to cut down on dissections together.”

This was exactly what discouraged Regan from remaining in the course he teaches. He once gave students animals to dissect themselves during the diversity unit, but now he disenrolled.

“When given the CD, I was told [by Hall] it was not nearly sects a smaller number himself and puts them on display for them to see and touch. as rich of a learning expeGibson’s efforts to minrience…” Regan said. “So, Our environment is so polluted, imize the animals bought I had reservations using and we’re losing animals. and used helps confirm it, given the difficulty of the lab and the unfaWe’re just all becoming more what Hall says about the department more miliarity of the course sensitive to the fact that if we biology generally. She believes it material.” don’t need to dissect, let’s not.” is slowly decreasing the Professors may fall on role dissection plays in the side of the debate opBEVERLY HALL, teaching. posite to Regan, but they LAB COORDINATOR “I think that’s the way aren’t void of sympathy. of most of the professors,” There’s a reason Gibson is primarily a botanist. He much prefers dissecting plants to Hall said. “Our environment is so polluted, and we’re losing animals. We’re just all becoming more sensitive to the fact animals and he said he is wary of excessive dissections.

“These are all living things, and so you need to take as that if we don’t need to dissect, let’s not.”

“But,” she quickly adds. “It’s still a great hands-on learning much as you can from this organism because when we’re done with it, sometimes it’s going to be dead…” Gibson said. tool.”

“Just have that kind of respectful mentality for what’s going on. That is what I want any student to do. A biologist not respecting living things would be like a historian not appreciSteven Zoeller steven.v.zoeller@ou.edu ating the past.”

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emale college students spend around 10 hours per day on social media, according to a recent study by Baylor University.

Instead of reading hilarious tweets, passive-aggressively liking Facebook statuses and scrolling through dozens of Kardashian selfies on Instagram, why not spend that time doing something more inspiring? There are tons of charities and nonprofits taking advantage of social media, and you should be taking advantage of their remarkable posts. Here are a few favorites:

“Do Something makes the world suck less” according to their website, and their youthful and funny Instagram account will help you do the same. Do Something is the largest organization for social change for young people.

There are over 2.1 million members working on their numerous campaigns including everything from a Hunger Games style food drive to wearing “Thumb Socks” to put an end to texting and driving. Their Instagram is basically a place to brag about their members doing good and to promote their creative campaigns, so if you like the thought of young people being world-changers, you should add them your list of favorite Instagram accounts.

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Sevenly was recently named America’s Most Social Small Business by Mashable, and for good reason. Their visually pleasing Instagram posts and Twitter feed laden with inspirational quotes have acquired quite a following for their cause. Each week, Sevenly teams up with a different charity and sells custom shirts to raise funds and awareness. Their designs are stylish, young and limited edition. Once the week is up, the designs disappear and it’s on to the next charity. Sevenly’s Instagram, much like their clothing, is extremely interesting to look at.

They have a hip style and showcase their world-changing products and charity partners in a way that makes photography geeks squeal. They also post inspirational typographic pieces from their artists on #TypeTuesday. By the time you finish browsing their spectacular Instagram, you will be begging them to take your money for one of their designs. Plus, it never hurts to get something out of helping those in need.

Charity: water is a nonprofit organization that works to provide clean and safe water for developing countries, as well as a designer’s dream. They have claimed the yellow Jerry can as a mascot of sorts, and its yellow color is the focus of their otherwise black and white website — much like the importance they place on their cause.

Charity: water constantly has projects going on for people to get involved in and people can also donate to bring fresh water to people in need. The nonprofit’s Instagram account full of smiling beneficiaries of their work in foreign countries and pictures of employees working to accomplish their mission (most often with a yellow Jerry can in tow) will make you want to drop everything and make your mark in the fight for clean water. Hitting the follow button on their account is also a great opportunity to directly see people benefiting from a charity that you might contribute to. Charity: water’s translucent style will make you want to drop everything and start building wells.

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The UN Foundation, who most recently took over headlines because of Emma Watson’s speech on feminism, is an arm of the United Nations that works to mobilize people and activists to promote the ideals of the United Nations and to change social problems for the better. There are many celebrities involved with the UN Foundation, and their Instagram is no different. It is full of famous faces such as Gwen Stefani, Pharell and Alicia Keys. While it may at first seem like a series of public relation attempts, it actually makes the celebrities feel more like normal people because they are peppered in among relatively unknown politicians, activists and regular people. The UN Foundation’s Instagram is an account you should follow because it will make you will feel like you can go bust through a wall in the most positive way possible.

If you love Amy Poehler, then this is the Instagram account for you. Smart Girls, as it is commonly shortened to, was originally started by Amy Poehler and her two friends Meredith Walker and Amy Miles as a YouTube channel that wanted to teach young women to learn to love themselves while doing good. Through their motto “Change the world while being yourself,” Smart Girls has expanded into all social media. They now inspire girls through monthly campaigns of small acts of service called #OperationNice and articles from their contributors about women and girls that are making the world awesome. Smart Girls’ Instagram is mostly used to showcase its followers’ fan art and accomplishments as well as sassy-yet-inspirational quotes from everyone’s favorite funny girl Amy Poehler. You should follow them because, one, Amy Poehler, and two because no matter your gender, their posts will make you feel like you are capable of anything.

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n it’s 12th year, the Austin City Limits Music Festival has proven itself to be so much more than South By Southwest’s opportunistic little brother. The annual festival originally began in 2002 as a companion to the PBS music showcase Austin City Limits. The first festival was a two-day event thrown together in a matter of months, and passes ran as low as $25.

With a turnout of a crowd more than 42,000 strong the first year, ACL has only continued to grow. While it originally consisted of local musicians, the festival has Keaton Bell grown to include countless high-profile acts. This year’s festival alone includes kildebell@ou.edu Outkast, Eminem, Lorde, Iggy Azalea and Lana Del Rey. @kildebell With over a hundred different bands and musicians taking stage this weekend at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, there’s a little something for everybody. To make sure you get the most out of your festival experience, here are some of the more little-known acts to check out during the festival:

the preatures When: 1- 4 p.m. Friday Where: Austin Ventures Stage They piqued our interest with their 2012 EP “Shaking Hands.” But with their recently-released (Sept. 30) debut album “Blue Planet Eyes,” they have our full-fledged attention. With a lush, ‘80s-tinged sound, these feisty Australian rockers are looking to be the next big thing.

temples When: 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Friday Where: Miller Lite Stage What would it sound like if the British Invasion, the musical trend that brought us The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who, had occurred today? Probably a lot like Temples, a British quartet that sounds like a revamped version of the Byrds, in the best possible way.

bleachers When: 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Friday Where: Miller Lite Stage Is it too early to crown “Best New Artist of The Year” to Bleachers? The side project of Fun.’s drummer Jack Antonoff is the type of unabashedly optimistic pop-rock you can’t help but love. Inspired by the sounds Antonoff loved growing up, Bleachers debut album is filled with gems like “I Wanna Get Better” and “Shadow.”

The chain gang of 1974 When: 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Saturday Where: RetailMeNot Stage The Chain Gang of 1974, the stage name of Kamtin Mohager, produces sounds like an homage to the soundtracks of John Hughes films. His music swoons and grooves deliciously, and he jumps from soaring piano ballads to late-night party anthems at the snap of a finger. But even if his sound is all over the place, you can’t complain when it sounds this good.

Benjamin booker When: 1:00 - 1:40 p.m. Saturday Where: Austin Ventures Stage New Orleans is known for spewing out some of the greatest musicians of all time, and that trend looks to continue in the form of Benjamin Booker. His guitar strumming is frenzied and raw, his voice soulful and moving. Combined with his introspective lyrics, Booker’s self-titled debut shows a star in the making.

Mo When: 12:15 -1:00 p.m. Sunday Where: Honda Stage The spiritual cousin to other punk-pop breakout Charli XCX, Mø is the love-child of Annie Lennox and Britney Spears. Whether it’s a Spice Girls cover (“Say You’ll Be There”) or empowerment anthem (“Walk This Way”), Mø knows her way around a thoughtful pop song.

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Sexual assaults can’t be ignored Our View: We believe it’s imperative for college

newspapers to address sexual assault on campus and encourage our readers to share any stories of misconduct with The Daily.

We might be in-state rivals, but we must tip our hats to Oklahoma State University’s student newspaper, the O’Colly, for its excellent reporting on a first-hand account of sexual assault on campus.

Published Sunday, the article describes the experiences of an OSU student who was raped on-campus and approached the O’Colly to share her story.

The O’Colly’s story is one of many recent instances of college newspapers taking on the topic of sexual assault on campus. The University Daily Kansan published an article on Sept. 9 expressing a student’s disappointment with the University of Kansas administration’s handling of her sexual assault case.

The Daily also published a series on sexual assault last year, and we believe it’s essential for all university newspapers to cover not only sexual misconduct but also other instances of abuses of power.

Sexual assault on college campuses has become a hot-button topic in national politics, but powerful reporting like the O’Colly’s story puts a face on the issue and helps us realize how often sexual assault victims are forgotten or devalued by campus policies.

The woman at the center of the O’Colly’s article, Ashley, whose name was changed for privacy

purposes, recounts a night when she was raped in her residence hall as a freshman at OSU in 2012.

She chose not to press charges against her rapist after being told it would be difficult to get a conviction in her case, partly because she was intoxicated at the time of the attack.

Not only is there a need for U.S. colleges to review and enhance sexual assault policies, but we must also have open conversations about the stigma surrounding campus assaults involving alcohol.

Just because a victim was intoxicated doesn’t mean he or she wasn’t violated or that the assault was less serious Our View is than attacks not involving alcohol. the majority In fact, many campus policies, inopinion of The Daily’s cluding OU’s sexual misconduct nine-member policy, define intoxicated parties editorial board as incapacitated and unable to give consent for sexual activity.

Victims of on-campus sexual assault often choose not to press charges because, like Ashley, they are told the legal process might take years or that their names and details of the crime will become searchable public information. To put the burden of shame on a victim is preposterous, and campus policies should encourage victims to come forward.

We applaud the O’Colly for its unflinching examination of sexual assault on campus and for respecting the privacy of the woman who chose to share her story with the OSU community. Just like the O’Colly, it is our duty at The Daily to share

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Students light candles during a Take Back the Night rally last November. The event aimed to bring awareness to the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.

information and provide the OU community an outlet to safely share similar stories of misconduct.

We encourage all of our readers to come to us with any stories of abuses of power, from examples of institutional overstepping of boundaries to personal experiences with assault. It is our mission at The Daily to listen to and responsibly share those experiences. It’s easy to feel alone and abandoned after experiencing misconduct, but by allowing The Daily to share those stories might help someone in a similar situation may gain the strength to come forward as well.

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The Longhorns stomped the Sooners 36-20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still have a bad taste in our mouth from last year,â&#x20AC;? senior cornerback Julian Wilson said.

Texas pounded OU in the trenches, racking up 255 rushing yards. The Sooners were stunned as coach Mack Brown knocked out Stoops in their final coaching bout.

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Texas recruited Knight and the quarterback admitted he was a Longhorn fan growing up.

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The game will kickoff at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Cotton Bowl. It will be nationally broadcasted on ABC. JOE MUSSATTO jmussatto@ou.edu

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Football bond thrives despite distance Best friends maintain relationship since middle school DILLON HOLLINGSWORTH

towards football. Then the school’s coaches great friends off the field,” Josh Heupel, OU’s got on board and persuaded Wilson’s mom co-offensive coordinator, said. “I think they until her son finally hit the gridiron. were able to communicate, just one side of The decision has paid off for Wilson, a fifth the ball to the other side of the ball, what they Julian Wilson and Kendal Thompson have year senior cornerback and three year starter see and those types of things. I think that was been best friends since middle school, and for the Sooners. a huge benefit to them.” even though they now live over 1,200 miles As Thompson and Wilson grew as friends, Thompson was the third option at quarapart, they still find ways to help each other. they also grew on the field. The two were terback for OU last season, and after Trevor The relationship has strengthened over both supposed to go to Westmoore High Knight’s breakout Sugar Bowl performance time, said Thompson, who played quar- School, but ended up playing together at and with three more quarterbacks coming terback at Oklahoma for three years before Southmoore. to campus, he made transferring to Utah last summer.

“We took that leap of the decision to leave for “We really couldn’t be any closer,” faith,” Thompson said. “That’s my best friend ... Utah.

Thompson said. “He’s “It was a brand new But the distance like my older brother I school. Julian was al- So really when he left, hasn’t damaged their never had.” ready at Westmoore so it’s not like we were friendship.

The two played he decided to transfer “ T h a t ’s m y b e s t b a s k e t b a l l t o - over, and then obviously going to lose contact or friend,” Wilson said. “So gether in middle we went to OU together.” anything. We still talk really when he left, school, and At OU, Wilson saw it’s not like we were everyday.”

Thompson plenty of playing time, going to lose contact and his fa- but Thompson mostly or anything. We still JULIAN WILSON, ther were rode the bench. talk everyday.”

CORNERBACK the first Even though one Thompson said t o s t a r t wasn’t playing reguhe talks to Wilson pu s h i ng larly, the friends coneven more than Wilson tinued a tradition they he talks to his always had when it came to helping each family. Football is still a big part of the other be better players — they dissected film conversation. together.

“If I felt like I should’ve done some“He’ll tell me what he’s seeing if he was thing different on a play, I ask him about it,” in right there and what he would have Thompson said. “Whether it’s what I did that done,” Wilson said. “And really at [defensive caused a ball to be deflected or why a defenback] when he did things, I’ll tell him what I sive back broke a half second earlier than I would’ve done, what I saw, how I know where thought.” he’s going.”

The two are coming off opposite weekThompson said it’s helpful as a quarter- ends. Thompson led Utah to an upset win back to know what the defense is thinking. over then No. 8 UCLA, while Wilson and the He’s also able to tell Wilson what opposing Sooners were upended at TCU. offenses are thinking when preparing Even after his rough weekend, Wilson was to play him. thrilled for his friend.

“As far as football goes, with him on “I talked to him and his family right after the defensive side of the ball, I like to the game,” Wilson said. “He went out there pick his head,” Thompson said. “If I was and really just did his thing. I feel like he won an opposing player going up against the starting job. He’s been waiting to get that him, I try to find weaknesses to pick for a long time. I’m just glad everything is out and things like that.” working out for him.”

Their friendship off the With Wilson closing out his college career, f i e l d h e l p s the two may have played on the same field for t h e m p u s h the last time. But if OU plays Utah in a bowl each other as game, Wilson is ready.

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times,” Wilson said with a laugh. “I know his tendencies.”

There is no telling where things will go from here, but the two are confident they’ll always remain close.

“It’s a friendship that will continue on for a lifetime,” Thompson said.

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