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ANDREW CLARK | ASST. NEWS MANAGING EDITOR OU President David Boren released a statement Wednesday detailing multiple ways in which the university will begin to improve the inclusivity of Native Americans on campus.

The statement says he had a meeting with the “elected Native American student leaders at OU” and details steps the university will take to enhance Native inclusivity.

T’ata Roberts, the president of the American Indian Student Association, said the student leaders present at the meeting brought up issues that have been arising over the past few weeks.

“This is really a community effort, not just one person,” Roberts said.

The statement comes after Indigenize OU, a group led by four Native OU students, gained popularity after creating a resolution that asked the university to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day yearly on Oct. 12. The group also wishes to abolish the words “boomer” and “sooner” from the OU identity.

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Student Congress unanimously approved the resolution on Tuesday, Sept. 29. SGA president Alex Byron and Boren must sign the resolution for it to become university rule.

Boren’s statement says that he supports the resolution and will pass it if it is presented to him.

The Daily had contact with Jabar Shumate, the OU vice president for the university community, after receiving the statement from Boren. He said he is happy about the opportunity to learn about the perspective of the group and wants the university to grow from the experience.

“My office is focused on taking the concerns of the elected student leaders in the Native American community, Indigenize OU and other groups having conversations about that,” he said.

“I’m like all of us,” he said.

“I’m trying to grow and learn and understand, so hopefully from this experience, we can have a good moment to really go in depth and understand some of the greater issues of Indigenize OU.”

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A statue of a Native American man holds a peace pipe skyward. The bronze statue on the North Oval, titled May We Have Piece, was sculpted by Allan Houser in 1992.

Drug concerns delay execution Fallin grants late stay, citing protocol issues ASSOCIATED PRESS

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — O k l a h o ma G ov. Ma r y Fa l l i n postponed at the last minute Wednesday the execution of an inmate who claims he’s innocent, after prison officials said one of the three drugs they had received to carry out the lethal injection didn’t match state guidelines.

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in Richard Glossip’s execution, but Oklahoma’s protocols call for the use of potassium chloride. She reset the execution for Nov. 6, saying it would give the state enough time to determine whether potassium acetate is a suitable substitute, or to find a supply of potassium chloride.

Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz said the Department of Corrections receives the drugs on the day of an execution. “When they realized it was acetate, DOC staff reached out immediately to the attorney general,” he said.

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the Corrections Department “advised the attorney general’s office that it did not have the specific drugs identified in the execution protocol.”

When learning about the role that the drug played in the delay, Glossip said: “That’s just crazy.”

“Nobody has really told me anything,” Glossip said in a phone interview with reporters who had gathered to witness his execution.

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learning Glossip’s appeal had been denied by the U.S. Supreme Court. Gov. Mary Fallin has granted a last-minute stay, saying the state needed to determine whether its use of a new drug, potassium acetate, was in compliance.

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Indigenize OU resolution to be passed with new language Graduate Student Senate to revisit legislation Oct. 11 BRIANNA SIMS News Reporter @briannana18

After OU President David Boren announced he intends to sign the Indigenous Peoples’ Day resolution, Student Government Association President Alex Byron said she intends to sign the resolution to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Oct. 12.

“I do intend to sign the resolution. In light of what happened yesterday and how it’s getting sent back to senate and the timeline’s being pushed back by a week, the day we would actually be signing it would be Columbus Day or the day in which Indigenize OU wishes to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day on campus,” Byron said.

This past week, Indigenize OU has worked with SGA to pass this piece of legislation and educate the OU students about native culture and history. The proposition was unanimously passed in the senate on Sunday and agreed upon in the congress meeting this last Tuesday.

However, the language, or the wording, of the bill was amended to better represent the comfort levels and lack of a welcoming environment on campus for native students. Due to this, the resolution has to travel back to the senate meeting to approve

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President David Boren moderates a discussion with journalists Jim Lehrer and Bob Schieffer on Sept. 24.

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Alex Byron addresses SGA Student Congress on Sept. 15. On Tuesday, Student Congress amended Indigenize OU’s resolution to implement Indigenous Peoples’ Day, sending it back to the Graduate Student Senate for approval.

the new language.

The original language of the proposition was “whereas the state of Oklahoma has the second largest population of indigenous people in the nation and since 2012 the enrollment rate of Native American students at OU has decreased significantly, demonstrating the lack of welcoming environment and resources available for native students.”

The amendment changed the language to “whereas the state of Oklahoma has the second largest population of indigenous people in the nation and whereas the University of Oklahoma aims to recruit, serve and retain indigenous students, faculty and staff, Indigenous Peoples’ Day will contribute to creating a welcoming environment and informing students of available resources.”

The meeting to present this amended resolution to the Graduate Student Senate

is on Oct. 11.

Upon the passing of the legislation, Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be officially recognized on campus, celebrating native culture, educating the OU community and, as members of Indigenize OU said, instilling trust within the community.

After the signing of the resolution by the president of SGA, it would move to Boren.

If he signs the bill, as he said he would, it would become a university law.

“We discussed today, more steps that need to be taken in the future. I support the effort to use the day recognized by national officials as Columbus Day, to instead be celebrated at OU in the future as Indigenous People’s Day. When the Student Congress completes action, I will approve their resolution and work with our student leaders to hold a daylong celebration of native culture on campus, including food,

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dance, the arts and culture and special lectures to more broadly educate our total community about Native American history,” Boren said in a statement.

“I’m really pleased he’s passing Indigenous Peoples Day,” Ashley McCray, one of the four leaders of Indigenize OU said. “I’m really grateful he’s stating Native issues of importance. I think he’s doing a lot to credit the university and himself … for Indigenous People here.”

A group of activists recently tried to establish Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Oklahoma City, but that resolution failed with a 4-4 vote in the Oklahoma City Council, according to KFOR. The council members said they just weren’t ready yet, McCray said.

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program. Shumate said Kathy Wong of the Southwest Center for Human Relations is developing a curriculum to include the Native history teachings and it will be integrated into the program as quickly as possible.

“The goal ... is to work more closely with our Native American studies department and make sure that what we’re presenting in our diversity experience is very consistent to where our academic professionals are on the topics,” Shumate said.

Boren’s statement says the university will take more steps than what was included in the statement and will continue the dialogue it is having with student leaders and others.

The office of university community will also appoint a tribal liaison officer to be a part of its leadership, Boren’s release said. Shumate said there is an individual identified for this position but that the university is not announcing the name of the individual at this time.

“My goal is to have somebody, in a very few weeks, setting up this new office and moving forward,” Shumate said. “It’s somebody who has relationships and has worked at the university and has Jesse Pound contributed to experience with working this report. with our tribal nations.”

Boren’s statement also says a Native history component will be integrated into the university’s diversity sensitivity training

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Rape investigation stalls Case may never see trial due to lack of victim involvement JORGE KRZYZANIAK News Reporter @JorgeKrzyz

Investigation into an alleged rape on campus has stalled for OU Police.

University officials claim to have identified a suspect, but the District Attorney said the case may never go to trial.

According to an Assault Report Bulletin posted by campus police on Aug. 31, a rape was reported by a third party on Aug. 28, at the Traditions Square West ap a r t m e nt c o mp l e x o n campus.

OU press secretary Corbin Wallace said a Title IX investigation continues to move forward.

“Officials are investigating the matter in accordance with our Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination and Harassment Policy,” Wallace said. “The alleged suspect is known by the officials conducting the investigation.”

The victim “wished to remain anonymous and not involve police,” the bulletin states. According to the bulletin, a third party reported the assailant to be an acquaintance of the victim.

No arrest has been made.

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Signage identifying the Traditions Square apartments. OU has a suspect in the alleged campus rape reported on Aug. 28 at Traditions West.

Mashburn said the alleged suspect in this rape case might never stand trial for it.

“It would be virtually impossible to prosecute a rape case without the victim’s involvement,” Mashburn said.

OUPD spokesperson Lt. Bruce Chan said that could all change though. It’s possible for a case to be sought later, he said, even in cases where police investigations are not sought immediately following a crime.

“But evidence is • An average of 68% of assaults in the last five years were not reported

perishable,” Chan said. “The longer you wait, the less chance that you’ll have evidence that you could prove a case.”

He said OU police did collect evidence that has been sent to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation crime lab for analysis. If biological evidence is reported to suggest a match to a known individual, Chan said it would then be up to campus police to pursue a warrant for that person’s age 30

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Mashburn said the DA’s office will continue to seek justice in this case.

“This office has a very strong track record of going after cases when we have the evidence to prosecute,” he said.

Chan said the first concern of the campus police is not for punitive action. He said his focus is on helping the victim.

“We don’t want to influence the victim or make them feel one way or the other,” he said. “We’re here as a resource for the victim.”

Mashburn said anyone with information about this case should communicate with police.

“If anyone believes that they’re a witness to a crime, then they should come forward,” Mashburn said.

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The student group Indigenize OU is calling for support from other student groups on campus after OU President David Boren said the changing of “Sooner” in the OU identity would be unlikely.

Sydne Gray, a leade r o f I n d i g e n i z e O U, tweeted OU Students for Social Justice, the Black St u d e nt A s s o c i at i o n , OU Women of Power, the Women’s Outreach C e nt e r, t h e Hi s p a n i c Student Association, the Asian American Student Association and Queer Inclusion on Campus, asking them to stand in solidarity with Indigenize OU.

“We were disappointed to hear President Boren’s dismissal of the concerns of indigenous students last night regarding the word ‘Sooner.’”

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OU Students for Social Justice tweeted back, expressing its support for the group.

The Black Student Association also said it stands with Indigenize OU. “As a group that is underrepresented and that has engaged in some similar dialogue that this group is currently experiencing, we support and stand in solidarity with the Indigenize OU group,” Naome Kadira, president of BSA, said in an email.

Queer Inclusion on Campus said it will also support Indigenize OU’s cause and expressed disappointment in what Boren said.

“We were disappointed to hear President Boren’s dismissal of the concerns of indigenous students last night regarding the word ‘Sooner.’

We support Indigenize OU in their efforts related to that issue,” Queer Inclusion on Campus said in an email.

Indigenize OU has contacted and made plans to meet with the OU student group Unheard. Unheard was one of the most prominent voices during the SAE scandal last spring.

The Daily has contacted the Hispanic American Student Association, the Asian American Student Association, the Women’s Outreach Center and OU Wo m e n o f Po w e r a n d will update the online story should these groups respond.

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A more inclusive homecoming New process has worked to welcome more small groups DAYTEN ISRAEL News Reporter @daytenisrael

This year’s homecoming will reflect the new diversity initiative that the Campus Activities Council has implemented by incorporating more inclusivity in the pairing process.

Throughout the spring and summer semesters, Student Life developed a new homecoming pairing process that would be more inclusive and balanced, Katie Qualls ,Homecoming: Reunion Weekend 2015 chair, said in an email.

In the past, homecoming seemed to be aimed more toward greek culture on campus than other organizations, and many of these pairings between greek groups were decided early on, Community Experience coordinator Breanna Bober said.

Many organizations felt excluded from the event, especially small, non-greek organizations, Bober said. “ We rea l ly wa nte d to reach out to these groups and provide a more inclusive environment on campus, especially being that homecoming is one of the university’s most significant events,” Bober said.

One of the biggest goals that the CAC had with this new process was promoting

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freshmen and non-greek organizational inclusion in homecoming, Qualls said.

To do this, the CAC held the pairing process at the beginning of the fall rather than allowing groups to pair in late fall 2014 and spring 2015 like it had previously done, Qualls said.

All registered student organizations were invited to sign up to participate in homecoming, Qualls said.

Representatives from organizations attended information sessions and were then asked to fill out online forms to apply to be paired.

The following week, organizations were given a number and a quota that detailed

how many types of organizations each could choose, and the greek affiliation of an organization was not revealed.

For example, there could not be more than two large female organizations together, Qualls said.

Each team is now composed of small groups that are either all male, all female or co-ed or large groups that are all male, all female or coed, Qualls said. Large is understood to mean a group of 100 or more members, and small is understood as less than 100.

“What I’ve seen so far is that it’s a different dynamic,” Bober said.

Homecoming has never had two sororities working together, but now there are multiple sororities working together, Bober said.

In the past, homecoming competition had large and small group winners in each available category, Qualls said. This year, all groups were combined in an effort to promote equality in this decision.

The selection for group order and theme were chosen randomly, anonymously and live in front of all representatives to ensure complete fairness in the selection process, Qualls said.

Conducting the pairing process in this way was an

effort to discourage advantages of certain groups over others, since all pairs were chosen on the same day, and everyone had an equal chance, Qualls said.

Qualls said that there was a lot of mathematical work that went into maintaining balanced pairing.

“The process itself was extensive and convoluted and only focused on numbers and accomplishments rather than names and previous ties among organizations,” Bober said.

Qualls said she is happy with the way each group worked out and thankful to Student Life and her executive committee for helping

to ensure that the process was balanced, fair and went smoothly.

Qualls said she is excited to see what each group will accomplish.

“Homecoming is challenging what it’s done in the past,” Bober said.

Homecoming is in a state of change and is growing, Qualls said. This event needs to be more fair and inclusive, Qualls said.

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Program connects students with resources Compass Network provides help to struggling Sooners DAISY CREAGER News Editor @daisycreager

In an effort to increase student retention, the OU Student Life and Graduation Offices are collaborating to provide freshmen who attended Camp Crimson with more resources.

T h e t w o o f f i c e s h av e paired up to promote the use of Compass Network, an initiative to help students overcome personal challenges.

Compass Network is a system where faculty, staff

or students can refer students who are struggling. A member of the Graduation Office then contacts the referred student and connects him or her with resources to help overcome challenges such as homesickness and financial concerns, Graduation Office director Becky Heeney said.

“I think about Compass Ne t w o r k b e i n g a h u b,” Heeney said. “We especially focus on incoming freshmen students, because they are in the midst of making a successful transition to OU.” Although used by the graduation office in previous years, it is now being promoted to the small group leaders of Camp Crimson, Heeney said.

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Small group leaders are expected to meet with their campers throughout the year, and if the student expresses any concerns about his or her experience at OU, the SGLs asks if they can refer the student to Compass Network, Heeney said.

Ivey Dyson, Arabic and creative media production sophomore, said the initiative could be the extra push some students need to succeed at OU. “I wish it was something I had my freshman year,” Dyson said. “I really feel like it’ll help those campers who might not be having the best time at OU. There’s only so much that we as SGLs can do to help them, but I think that at the end of the day if they have an adult who works here talking to them, that’s the best resource they can get.”

Heeney said she decided to promote the initiative to SGLs when she was a namesake for camp during the summer and saw their desire to help other students.

“I think it was kind of a natural fit where they were looking for something or some place that they could send the student to if the

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Campers and small group leaders line up along the sidelines of the famous Camp Crimson relay race, cheering on competitors.

student came to them with issues that they were having,” Heeney said.

Heeney said this will close a loop for freshmen.

“I think because the small group leaders are students themselves, and they’re really busy, it just helps them connect the students, when maybe they wouldn’t have been able to do that in the

past,” Heeney said. “This takes it a step further and makes it an action plan.”

Tyler Blackwell, a finance and accounting sophomore and former SGL, said it feels good to potentially be the reason a freshman stays at OU. “If they can find the solution wherever they are on campus, maybe they will

be more inclined to finish their college career here,” Blackwell said. “It’s exciting and encouraging to know that we can have an impact on a freshman’s college career.”

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Innovative artist visits museum Surls’ work mixes life and movement with still sculpture JESSICA BARBER,

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Museum of Art will exhibit work by visiting award-winning contemporary sculptor James Surls on Friday.

Surls’ work predominantly features nature and the human body in hybrid forms of wood, steel and bronze.

His most recent work explores this previous inspiration along with the world of neurons and molecules.

T h e e x h i b i t , “Distinguished Visiting Artist : James Surls,” explores the artist’s investigation of the natural world.

He is also the guest artist of the university’s Jerome M . We st h e i m e r S r. a n d Wanda Otey Westheimer Distinguished Visiting Artist

“This year, we are extremely pleased to host James Surls as the guest artist” MARK WHITE, WYLODEAN AND BILL SAXON DIRECTOR AND EURGENE B. ADKINS CURATOR

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“Mr. Surls has earned a national and international reputation for an intriguing body of work that spans over four decades,” Mark White, the museum’s Wylodean and Bill Saxon Director and Eugene B. Adkins Curator, said.

As the visiting guest artist, Surls will visit the Norman campus and meet with students prior to the opening of the exhibit.

“This program provides the opportunity for the museum to exhibit the work of an artist of significant merit and for the students of the

OU School of Art and Art History to gain professional insights. This year, we are extremely pleased to host James Surls as the guest artist,” White said.

The exhibition will feature three temporary outdoor works on the northern end of OU’s campus. Walking Through the Thorn Vine is located on the north oval.

Three and Ten Flowers is on the green space north of Boyd Street. The largest outdoor sculpture, Three Worlds Seven Rings, is located on the western lawn of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. There are two other sculptures that have been permanently added to OU’s campus, both on the Stuart Walk.

All of Surls’ work has a fantastical quality to it that explores the imagination of what the natural world could be like. This exhibition stands as a testament to Surls’ reality, White said.

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One of James Surls sculptures stands beside the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The museum will open its exhibit on Surls art Friday.

In addition to the main exhibition, there will be an interactive side gallery for children and families that allows them to further explore the world Surls has created. The gallery will feature works

that can be touched and in- of Art’s Nancy Johnston structions for an in-gallery Records Gallery. scavenger hunt.

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Pop music, social issues prove uneasy mix Modern tunes have struggled to reflect changing world ALLISON WEINTRAUB,

Arts and Entertainment Reporter @AllieFrances12

The lyrics of songs are what help define generations. We know the songs of our generation. We can quote them, sing them loudly in the car and tattoo them on our bodies — the list is endless. However, when it comes to the meanings of those lyrics, the music industry faces problems with content.

Music has often been a call to revolution or a challe nge to certain ideals. From Ben Folds Five talking about abortion in its song “Brick” to Billie Holiday’s haunting “Strange Fruit” discussing a lynching, music can have a wide range of opinions on highly debated topics. Musicians can use this power in their music to touch on subjects that society is uncomfortable with talking about.

However, in recent years, t h e p o pu la r s o ng s t hat

actually challenge certain ideals are been few and far between. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis had a hit with “Same Love,” an anthem for marriage equality, and Beyoncé uses a speech by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to talk about feminism in “***Flawless.” But for every step forward that pop music takes, it takes two steps back. Recall Katy Perry’s “Ur So Gay,” a song shaming an ex for his non-masculine ways, or Meghan Trainor’s “Dear Future Husband,” which reinforces dated gender stereotypes. Clearly, pop music is in the middle of a battle over how forward thinking lyrics are allowed to be.

Then there are certain artists who have released socially aware songs in the past year. Hayley Kiyoko released an extremely socially aware song about discovering sexuality in “Girls Like Girls”.

The song features lines like “Girls like girls like boys do, nothing new,” normalizing gay relationships for a younger audience. Kiyoko also co-directed the video, a love story between two girls.

Many new artists are finding it easier to write socially aware songs. Halsey is

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Album covers from left: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ single “Same Love,” Years and Years album cover for “Communion,” Ben Folds Five cover for “Whatever and Ever Amen,” Katy Perry’s “One of the Boys” cover, (second row) Halsey’s “Badlands,” Meghan Trainor’s album “Title,” Hayley Kiyoko’s “This Side of Paradise” and Billie Holiday’s “Billie’s Blues.”

an indie pop artist who just released her first album, “Badlands,” and it includes songs like “Control” that deal with topics such as mental health. She also released two videos for her single “Ghost,” with one focusing on the relationship between a man and a woman and the other focusing on a relationship between two women.

The band Years & Years also became popular

earlier this year with their song “King.” On their album “Communion,” “Real” features the lead male singing to a boyfriend. Janelle Monae and Wonderland Records, meanwhile, released “Hell You Talmbout,” a song protesting police brutality that lists the names of victims over impassioned drums.

All of these songs focus on socially conscious ideas that spark conversation in the

rest of society. This begs the question: why aren’t more songwriters focusing on these controversial topics?

The music scene is certainly a battleground between accepting more socially aware lyrics and staying with traditional lyrical standards. The problem that music faces is that socially- aware lyrics are not easy to write. It’s much simpler to just write something that

people have grown to expect. However, those lyrics don’t challenge our society, and they enforce an idea of homogeneity over a style of art that should be as diverse as the performers.

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Syrian refugees deserve support in fleeing dangerous conditions STAFF COLUMNIST

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I come from a place that is currently one of the main destinations for Syr ian refugees.

I am from Austria, a tiny country with a total population of just over 9 million people. Over 60,000 refugees have arrived since January 2015. Most of those refugees are Syrians who are fleeing from the ISIS regime, and their journey to Europe is full of trials.

Austria is a fairly rich country with a rather low unemployment rate, and one would hope that a country that can absolutely afford to help in a situation like this would do so. While there are many people who do absolutely incredible things to support and aid refugees, there is a large part of our population that is very unhappy with the support that the government, As well as private organizations, offer to refugees. “If they are poor, then why do they have smartphones?� is one of the commonly used arguments you will hear from those people.

The answer is simple: Syrians don’t come to Austria because they are poor. They don’t come for the job prospects either.

They come because their home no longer exists. They come because at home, they need to be afraid of being shot the second they leave their house.

Most of the Syrians that make it to Europe were rather wealthy back home, because fleeing to Europe costs several thousand dollars per person. Often it’s families with pregnant women and small children who make their way to our continent.

They cross whole countries by foot and come across oceans in tiny, overcrowded boats. They risk their lives in the hope of being able to raise their children in a place without bombs and snipers.

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Imagine you have a well-paying job, a wife, two kids, and from one day to the other, your entire life is turned upside down. You watch your neighbors die and your town being blown up, and you decide to get your family to safety.

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Oklahoma ready to roll after bye Sooners pumped for nine-week schedule stretch JOE BUETTNER

Assistant Sports Editor @Joe_Buettner

Zero bye weeks remain on Oklahoma’s 2015 regular season schedule.

The Sooners will play nine straight Saturdays, starting with their Big 12 opener against the West Virginia Mountaineers Saturday.

Oklahoma piled up several minor injuries, including knocks to senior offensive linemen Ty Darlington and Nila Kasitati.

The Sooners’ only bye of the year came a week after the two linemen sat out for OU’s 52-38 win over Tulsa, but they’re both expected

back for this week.

The remaining slate, however, is a tad daunting for Oklahoma.

“Because of injuries, you like to be able to have bye weeks in there,” Darlington said. “It does give you a certain routine — a rhythm.

From here on out, it’s one game a week. Go 1-0 every week, and everything will take care of itself. It’s not the ideal situation, but we’re not worried about it.”

Junior Baker Mayfield would have preferred another off week later in the season.

The Sooners starting quarterback said he feels good, however, and he’s ready to go after leading an offensive explosion over the Tulsa defense.

“Bye weeks are always nice,” Mayfield said. “I know

those linemen love that. I mean, we would’ve liked to have the bye week a little later in the season, but we got nine straight, and we’re ready to go.”

OU’s offense took some time to get moving against the likes of Akron and on the road at Tennessee. However, the Sooners took little time putting up big yards in their third outing of the season.

Senior receiver Sterling Shepard said he believes the way the rest of OU’s schedule plays out could be beneficial to his team.

The Sooners’ offensive attack was as potent as it had been all season against Tulsa, and they’ll look to pick up where they left off against a West Virginia defense with a formidable secondary led by senior cornerback Karl Joseph.

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Senior wide receivers Durron Neal and Sterling Shepard celebrate after a touchdown at Gaylord-Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. The Sooners routed Tulsa 52-38.

OU hopes to snowball its momentum, however, and believes zero remaining bye weeks could help ignite the team for the rest of the season.

“It’s just one of those

things,” Shepard said. “I underneath you. I think we think it may be a positive, can get on a roll and get this because we get on a roll, and thing going.” we just keep going. There’s no stopping in between. The bye weeks do a great job for Joe Buettner joebuet@ou.edu getting your bodies back

Sooners victory against Redbirds is crucial Win could propel OU to ranking for just fourth time SCOTT HINEY

Women’s Soccer Reporter @scotthiney

As the Oklahoma Sooners prepare to travel to Normal, Illinois, for Friday’s game w i t h I l l i n o i s St at e, t h e Sooners are on the brink of very unfamiliar territory.

After Tuesday’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll came out, the Sooners were the first team out of the poll, receiving the most votes of any

unranked team. What this means for the Sooners is that if any lower ranked team loses this weekend, and if the Sooners win Friday, the team would likely be in the polls when they update next Tuesday.

Should the Sooners be in the polls next Tuesday, it would mark just the fourth time in program history that the team has been ranked.

The Sooners debuted in the polls in 2003 for the first time ever, getting as high as No. 18 in the country, according to the NSCAA poll.

The Sooners fell out of the polls later that season and

didn’t return until October of 2005 when they took down No. 21 Texas and appeared at No. 25. After that season, Oklahoma took a nine-year hiatus from the polls, where it didn’t return until early on last season.

After taking down No. 6 Florida at home and losing a close game to No. 2 Florida State two days later, the Sooners found themselves ranked 20th by the NSCAA, ending an almost decade-long drought.

Oklahoma stayed in the polls for three weeks, where the team moved as high as 15th, setting a new program

record. The Sooners fell out of the polls a week later after losing two straight on the west coast and haven’t returned-since but that could change.

Because of the program’s short history in the NSCAA poll, Friday’s game has more importance than most non-conference games against unranked teams normally would.

Illinois State has a 3-6-2 mark on the season and g i v e s u p a n av e ra g e o f two goals per game. The Redbirds only score 1.27 goals per game but outshoot their opponents 14-11 on

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Junior Shiloh Price battles for possession with an Iowa State defender on Sunday at John Crain Field. The Sooners won the game 3-0 behind a goal from Price.

average. game of the season.

The Sooners and Redbirds will face off at 11 a.m. Friday Scott Hiney scotthiney@ou.edu in their final non-conference

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GLOSSIP Continued from Page One been returned to his normal cell on death and is “happy to have 37 more days.”

Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said he requested the stay of execution “out of due diligence.”

“This will allow us time to review the current drug protocol and answer any questions we might have about the drug protocol,” he said before declining to take questions from reporters.

In April 2014, inmate Clayton Lockett writhed on the gurney, moaned and clenched his teeth for several minutes before prison officials tried to halt his execution. He died 43 minutes after his lethal injection started. The botched execution occurred about three months after Patton took over the prison system.

G l o s s i p ’s e x e c u t i o n already had been delayed Wednesday as the Corrections Department waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on Glossip’s claim of innocence. Justices ultimately rejected his appeal.

Glossip was convicted of ordering the 1997 killing of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel that Glossip managed.

Glossip has long claimed he was framed by motel handyman Justin Sneed, who admitted to fatally beating Van Treese with a baseball bat, but said he did so only after Glossip promised him $10,000. Sneed, who is serving a life sentence, was the state’s key witness against Glossip in two separate trials.

Glossip was originally scheduled for execution on Sept. 16. But just hours earlier, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted a rare two-week reprieve to review his claims of new evidence, including another inmate’s assertion that he overheard Sneed admit to framing Glossip.

But in a 3-2 de cision Monday, the same court denied Glossip’s request for an evidentiary hearing and emergency stay of execution, paving the way for his execution to proceed. The court majority wrote that the new evidence simply

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From left, Kathleen Lord, Don Knight, two of Richard Glossips’s attorneys, and Sister Helen Prejean, a death penalty opponent, embrace outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Sept. 16, after the scheduled execution for Glossip was stayed. Glossip was twice convicted of ordering the killing of Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where he worked.

expands on theories raised in his original appeals.

Glossip’s lawyers went to the Supreme Court after the Oklahoma court rejected his final appeal.

The attorne y g eneral urged the high court to not stop the execution, arguing that another delay for Glossip would amount to a “travesty of justice.” After the delay was announced, P r u i t t ’s o f f i c e s e e m e d exasperated.

“It is unclear why, and extremely frustrating to the attorney general, that the Department of Corrections did not have the correct drugs to carry out the execution,” Cooper said.

Fallin has repeatedly denied Glossip’s request for a 60-day stay of execution.

The Republican said in a statement Tuesday that she still had no plans to stop the punishment.

A representative for Pope Francis asked Fallin to commute Glossip’s death sentence, saying a commutation “would give clearer witness to the value and dignity of every person’s life.”

The letter from Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano is dated Sept. 19, but was released Wednesday by the governor’s office.

A spokesman for Fallin said the governor doesn’t have the authority to grant a commutation.

Besides claiming he’s

innocent, Glossip also has challenged the state’s threedrug execution protocol. His attorneys argue that the sedative midazolam wouldn’t adequately render an inmate unconscious before the second and third drugs were administered. They said that presented a substantial risk of violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

H o w e v e r, t h e U . S .

Supreme Court voted 5-4 in June that the sedative’s use was constitutional.

After the Lockett execution, the state increased by five times the amount of midazolam it uses and executed Charles Warner in January. He complained of a burning sensation but showed no other obvious signs of physical distress.

Oklahoma has two more executions planned in upcoming weeks. Benjamin Cole is set to be executed on Oct. 7 for the 2002 killing of his 9-month-old daughter, and John Grant is scheduled to die on Oct. 28 for the 1998 stabbing death of a prison worker at the Dick Connor Correctional Center in Hominy.

A prison spokeswoman said there are no plans to delay the executions scheduled for Cole and Grant.

Arrest warrant issued in dog hoarding case Norman Resident charged with one count animal cruelty DAISY CREAGER News Editor @daisycreager

An arrest warrant was issued for a Norman woman Wednesday following the removal of 65 dogs from a house at 3800 Frontier Circle on Sept. 11.

Roxanne Hines has been identified as the owner of the dogs and is being charged with one count of animal cruelty. Her bond is set for $7,500, according to OSCN. net.

The Norman Police Department responded to the residence after receiving an anonymous complaint.

After acquiring a search warrant based on evidence collected at the scene, the police found the dogs, 22 of which were puppies and two of which were pregnant.

According to the affidavit, one room of the house had so much feces and urine on the floor that it was difficult to walk without stepping in it.

The dogs were suffering from numerous health problems including tumors, skin infections, dental disease and severe fleas, according to the affidavit.

In a written statement, Hines said the dogs had become too much for her to

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Oneof65dogsconfiscatedfromaNormanresidenceonSept.11,2015,sits in the Norman Animal Welfare Center on Sept. 14. The shelter is hoping that rescue organizations will be able to take the dogs from the shelter to better accommodate them.

handle. All of the dogs, with the exception of one, had not been to a vet since April 2013, according to the affidavit.

The City Ordinances of Norman rules that no person can harbor or keep more than two dogs or three cats of

6 months of age on any lot, premises or in any structure without a commercial, rescue or private kennel license.

Daisy Creager Daisy.C.Creager-1@ou.edu