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Representatives from “O k l a h o m a’s C h i l d re n , O u r Future,” an organization headed

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filing an initiative petition tomorrow with Oklahoma Secretary of State Chris Benge.

The initiative will raise the state sales tax by 1 cent on the dollar to raise $615 million in one year for Oklahoma education. If the petition receives enough signatures, Oklahomans will be able to vote on the initiative in the November 2016

general election.

About $125 million of the total amount raised by the initiative would go towards higher education. In an article previously published by The Daily, Boren said these funds could possibly freeze increase OU tuition and fee costs.

The rest of the funds would increase teacher salaries, fund grants

for locally controlled reforms, early childhood education programs and the vocational tech school system. None of the funds would go toward administrative spending, according to the press release.

After the initial filing, state courts have 90 days to determine whether or not the proposition is legal. If it is considered legal, the petition for

the initiative will need 135,000 signatures to appear on the ballot in 2016, according to previous Daily reports.

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Student Government Association is changing the election process for the upcoming elections, with students doing their online polling in a new place.

Students will now vote through OrgSync instead of going to elections.ou.edu, Election Chair Abbey Taylor said.

“You’ll still enter your 4x4 and your password, and your ballot will appear with which districts you’re eligible to vote in.

So, freshman will vote for the University College, and everyone will vote for SGA president.

And if you’re in IFC, you’ll vote for IFC President,” Taylor said.

With an online voting process, there might be some skepticism on the fairness of the election. Taylor said she wants to ensure that the confidentiality of students’ votes are completely secure.

“I won’t get to see the live voting, because we didn’t think that’d be very fair. I don’t think that’s fair for me to see your specific votes, so they will take me out of that. And once voting closes, George, our adviser, will give me a list of the results, and we’ll verify it all,” Taylor said.

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Bill passes to celebrate veterans Resolution suggests observance of week to honor U.S. armed forces BRIANNA SIMS news reporter @briannana18

The Undergraduate Student Congress pass ed legislation Tuesday night to dedicate a week to veterans and to appreciate the sacrifices they have made for the U.S. Congress proposed a bill that would officially recognize the week of Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day, as “Veterans Recognition and Appreciation Week.” The authors, Taylor Kelling, a life sciences district representative, and Jordan Miller, an engineering district representative, said they have a lot of plans for the week.

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“On the morning of Veterans Day, there will be a flag raising in the North Oval,” Kelling said.

“There will be a speaker from the administration, and anyone who supports our military and our veterans will be able to put an American flag in the North Oval.

At noon, there (will be) a free BBQ at the Graduate Student Life on Elm (Avenue) that is open to anybody ... (Anybody) can come out and get a free meal and meet a veteran and show their support,” Kelling said.

Another bill passed at the meeting would allocate funds to erect a Prisoner of War/Missing In Action flag to go below the American flag on the North Oval. Along with that flag, yellow, weatherproof ribbons will be tied around the 40 light poles on the South Oval to show

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“The yellow ribbons are traditionally how you show support to the troops,” Kelling said. “Every cause kind of has a color, and that’s ours.”

The color has traditional value, Miller said.

“The yellow ribbons are traditionally worn by friends and family of service members who were overseas (and who) they were trying to support in any way they could,” Miller said.

The funds to pay for the flags and 48 ribbons will come out of the Congressional Initiatives Fund and will cost $372.70, according the the meeting’s agenda.

Both bills passed in a majority role call vote, which Kelling and Miller said pleased them.

“We, as veterans, we’d like to

have our families there,” Miller said. “We’d like to have anyone there who wants to come out. We are a very inclusive event, and we would ask that anyone and everyone to come who’d really like to.”

OU currently has over 220 students enrolled in detachments of the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, according to the meeting’s agenda. It also has 774 students who have self-identified as veterans of the U.S. armed forces, according to the proposed bill.

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Native retention rate sets record Still lower than university average for whole student body BRYCE MCELHANEY news reporter @bryce_mac

Retention rates for Native American students are the highest they have ever been at OU, but are still lower than the 86 percent average for the whole student body.

Lately, OU has given a lot of attention to the graduation and retention rates of Native American students, which are three percent lower than the average, said Jabar Shumate, the vice president for the university community.

The Native Amer ican freshman student retention rate from 2014-2015 was about 83.1 percent, the highest it has ever been for the university, Shumate said.

For context, African American student retention rates range at around 84 percent, and Hispanic student rates are around 85 percent.

Shumate said he can’t attribute the condition of the rates to one thing, but he said the university has a commitment to show students

that OU is a community and family that is committed to giving respect and help to anyone, no matter his or her background.

Graduation rates for Native American students are not where the university wants them to be, but he is confident in future rates, Shumate said.

“Our new Tribal Liaison Officer (Mark Wilson) that will be affiliated with this office will be looking from a perspective of university-wide — what programs we have in terms of Native American retention, and then working with tribal governments to see what kind of opportunities exist to get even more assistance and help from tribal governments to help us expand the work we’re doing,” Shumate said.

Among universities with more than 2 percent Native American students, OU is ranked No. 4 for graduation rates, according to information provided by Shumate.

Shumate said the graduation office has programs that focus on students who need assistance.

“It’s an opportunity to see where that student is and try to explain to them or give

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them the resources necessary needed to correct … some issues the student may be having,” he said.

O t h e r p ro g ra m s, l i ke Native American Visitation Day and Native American STEM Day, will contribute to increasing the graduation and retention rate, Shumate said.

Student helps Ugandan teens celebrate music Sheet music, used uniforms shipped to junior’s old home MARY SMITH

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Earlier this week, chemical engineering junior Darius Aruho sent 20 former Pride of Oklahoma uniforms to his home district of Sheema, Uganda.

In Sheema, a group of teenagers have benefitted from Aruho and the Pride’s generosity since March, when 20 band instruments were sent to them. They call themselves the Sheema Pride Band, Aruho said.

Aruho is a music lover who became a self-taught musician after moving to the U.S. from Uganda in 2011.

He has seen how music can bring joy and wanted to give that gift to those back home, he said.

In order to do so, Aruho applied for the College of Arts and Sciences’ Thatcher Hoffman Smith prize, and won the $10,000 award, he said. With that money, he bought 20 marching band instruments and sent them to Sheema as a gift in March, Aruho said.

Since then, teenagers in Sheema have taken to the instruments with passion, Aruho said. When he visited them during the summer, he saw that for himself, he said. “(There) were so many young kids running to practice in the evenings,” Aruho said. “We were overwhelmed by the numbers.”

A trainer has been teaching them how to play, and they have learned “The Star Spangled Banner,” among other songs, since they received their instruments.

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funerals and other community events, Aruho said.

While Aruho visited, he recorded a video of the teenagers practicing and performing to show to people back on campus. After seeing them perform, Brian Britt, the Pride’s director, agreed to donate old uniforms because the Pride recently received new uniforms, according to Aruho. “(We) saw the joy that they had working together in the music-making (in the video) and what an essential part of their interaction that seems to be,” Britt

said. “Having uniforms will take what they’re doing to the next level in the sense of community and pride that they have.”

The uniforms were shipped earlier this week and will arrive in Sheema by the end of the month, Aruho said.

The Pride has also given the Sheema Pride sheet music for the song “Boomer Sooner,” which Aruho is translating into something easier for the teens to understand. Aruho looks forward to the community hearing the song played because he believes that it is a joyous song, he said.

“I’m proud that the OU spirit is in my home and that they know where I am,” Aruho said.

“From the recruiting side of things to the retention side of things, I think across the board, we’re up — not where we want to be or need to be — but we have some pretty distinct programs that we’re going to be focusing on (such as) enhancing recruitment and retention in our Native American students,” he said.

Shumate said the rates can largely be attributed to the experiences of first generation college students.

“What underrepresented students have (isn’t) so much a feeling of oppression but a feeling of ‘I don’t know,’” he said. “This is a large place and just navigating all of the components of paying your

bursar bill and signing up for various programs and understanding that your professor actually has office hours, you can go talk with your professor about challenges you are having in school.”

W h e t h e r i t b e Nat i ve American students, African American students or Hispanic students, Shumate said the university has almost seen the first-year retention rates better, if not equal, to average retention rates for the university.

For the second time in the university’s history, Shumate said, more than 400 Native students have been recruited.

“When you look from 2014 to 2015, we were down maybe 9 or 10 students, but that’s because we did so phenomenally well. We set the bar so high in 2014,” he said.

Through recruitment and the various programs available to students, Shumate is confident that retention and graduation rates will rise, he said.

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ELECTION: Continued from Page One There will still be physical places for students to vote. The polling site locations haven’t been determined, but Taylor said SGA wants to mirror what it did last year during elections.

“We’re thinking about doing three. We haven’t decided where they’re going to be yet. We’re actually deciding that this week. Last year, we held the polling in the Bookmark Café in the library, Union and the cafeteria. So, we’re going to do three, maybe four. We haven’t decided yet,” Taylor said.

Historically, voter turnout hasn’t been very large, Taylor said.

“Turnout has been very low, like single-digits low,” Taylor said. “For the CAC elections last year, it was in double digits, because it was contested. So, that’s the thing I’m most focused on is making sure we have as many contested elections as possible, because that does publicity for us. The more people that run, the more they’ll PR themselves, the more they’ll PR elections themselves and voting themselves. That’ll create a more diverse voting population and candidacy pool,” Taylor said.

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“We want a more diverse turnout than it strictly being SGA members,” Taylor said.

The current executive cabinet members of SGA are excited for having a contested election as well because of the lack of voter turnout.

“We’re really excited to see all of the candidates. So far we’ve heard there are several tickets running. I think the most important thing about the democratic process is having that dialogue and having contrasting opinions, because it promotes a conversation about how we can do things better. One of the most important things about the student government is constant reevaluation of what we can do and what we can do better,” SGA President Alex Byron said.

Byron and Vice President

Avery Marczewski will not be running in this year’s election due to graduation in the spring. However, they said they hope to carry over the initiatives they’ve started to work on with mental health resource awareness and diversity.

“Alex and I are having a meeting with the candidates an hour before Abbey speaks with them. We will be discussing the initiatives we’ve accomplished and initiatives we’ve looked into and also initiives we hope to carry over into their next term,” Marczewski said.

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Senior officials with Oklahoma’s prison system and governor’s office appeared Tuesday at the attorney general’s office, where a multicounty grand jury is investigating problems with the state’s recent executions.

Gov. Mary Fallin’s general counsel, Steve Mullins, arrived Tuesday afternoon and said he was cooperating with Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s investigation but declined to comment further.

“I’m not allowed to, by law,” Mullins said.

All executions in Oklahoma have been put on hold while Pruitt investigates how a drug mix-up occurred during the past two scheduled lethal injections in Oklahoma.

Department of Corrections Director Ro b e r t Patt o n , g e n e ra l counsel David Cincotta and Oklahoma State Penitentiary warden Anita Trammell all app eare d Tuesday morning, along w i t h f o r m e r O k l a h o ma Attorney G eneral Drew Edmondson, who has been hired to represent the department during Pruitt’s

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Fallin’s deputy general counsel, Jennifer Chance, also arrived Tuesday at the attorney general’s office with Oklahoma City attorney Mack Martin.

The multicounty grand jury meets in secret, and participants are typically admonished not to publicly discuss its activities.

Richard Glossip was just minutes away from execution last month when prison officials realized they received the wrong drug. On the day of the execution, a pharmacist provided prison officials with potassium acetate, instead of potassium chloride, the third drug specified in the state’s three-drug lethal injection formula.

A week later, a newly released autopsy report showed the state had used potassium acetate to execute Charles Warner in January.

That prompted Pruitt to ask the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to issue an indefinite stay of all scheduled executions “until my office knows more about these circumstances and gains confidence that (the Department of Corrections) can carry out executions in accordance with the execution protocol.”

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April 2014, the same night as Clayton Lockett, who writhed and moaned before dying 43 minutes after his initial injection. Lockett’s botched execution, which was ultimately blamed on an improperly placed intravenous line, also prompted the state to delay executions

as it investigated what went wrong.

Last week, Pruitt said he won’t request any execution dates until at least 150 days after his investigation is complete, the results are made public, and his office receives notice that the prisons department can comply

with the state’s execution protocol.

Pruitt spokesman Aaron Cooper confirmed the multicounty grand jur y w a s m e e t i n g Tu e s d a y , but declined to discuss its proceedings. “ Th e re i s n o s p e c i f i c timeline for any action that

Boy will move to Qatar for school 14-year-old who made homemade clock leaving U.S. DALLAS (AP) —

A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a possible bomb will be moving with his family to the Middle East so he can attend school there, his family said Tuesday.

Ahmed Mohamed’s family released a statement saying they had accepted a foundation’s offer to pay for his high school and college in Doha, Qatar. He recently visited the country as part of a whirlwind month that included a Monday stop at the White House and an appearance Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol.

“We are going to move to a place where my kids can study and learn, and all of them being accepted by that country,” Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, told The Dallas Morning News before boarding an airplane from Washington back home to Texas on Tuesday.

The statement said the f a m i l y ha s b e e n “ov e rwhelmed by the many offers of support” since Ahmed’s arrest on Sept.

14 at his school in Irving, a Dallas suburb. The family said it accepted an offer

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Ahmed Mohamed, center, joined by from left, his father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Ahmed Mohamed is the 14-year-old “clock kid,” freshman, who was arrested in Irving, Texas, for bringing an alarm clock science project to his high school teacher.

from the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development to join its Young Innovators Program.

Ahmed, who along with his family will relocate to Qatar, received a full scholarship for his secondary and undergraduate education. Ahmed said he was impressed with the program and thinks he’ll “learn a lot and have fun, too.”

Ahmed took a homemade clock to his high school to

show a teacher, but another teacher thought it could be a bomb. The school contacted police, who handcuffed the boy and took him to a detention center. The school suspended him for three days.

A police photo of the device shows a carrying case containing a circuit board and power supply wired to a digital display. Police ultimately chose not to charge Ahmed with having a hoax bomb, and the police chief

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has said there was no evidence the teen meant to cause alarm. His parents later withdrew him from the school.

But in recent weeks, the teenager has been traveling the world. Ahmed earlier this week told The Associated Press that he had visited G oogle and Facebook, along with other companies and institutions. He also visited with the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, which has prompted some criticism because al-Bashir is wanted by International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes for atrocities linked to the Darfur fighting. Ahmed’s father is a Sudanese immigrant to the U.S. and a former presidential candidate in Sudan who ran opposing al-Bashir.

Before attending “Astronomy Night” at the White House on Monday, where he chatted briefly with President Barack Obama, Ahmed said he was grateful. He said the lesson of his experience is: “Don’t judge a person by the way they look. Always judge them by their heart.”

On Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol, Ahmed stood alongside California Rep. Mike Honda as the Democrat praised the teen, saying Ahmed had used his negative experience to

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Oklahoma linebacker Devante Bond returned to practice this week and is expected to play against Texas Tech on Saturday, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said Tuesday.

Bond appeared in Oklahoma’s first four contests before sustaining a left ankle injury during OU’s Oct. 3 home game against West Virginia. Through those first four games, Bond totaled 18 tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked field goal.

B ond has b e en g o o d so far in his return, and both of his absences were game-time decisions, junior linebacker Dominique Alexander said.

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There’s little Bond could do ab out his situation, which he understood, Alexander said.

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the field, Striker said. he’s going to have some Lindley stepped in and steam on him.� started both games Bond missed. The fellow senior linebacker recorded a tackle Joe Buettner for loss and a pass breakup joebuet@ou.edu in OU’s road game at Kansas State and three tackles and a tackle for loss in OU’s loss DEVANTE BOND, to Texas.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Long-term investments will pay off. Real estate deals or a home or side business can be lucrative. A disciplined attitude and a strict budget will improve your monetary situation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A personal or professional partnership will go through some troubling times. Communication will be required to resolve a personal problem. Be clear and concise about your expectations and goals.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Stop making excuses or blaming others for your lack of progress, and take control of your life. Your future success and happiness are your responsibility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Look after yourself. The healthier you are, the easier it will be to deal with lifeĘźs demands. Proper diet, moderate exercise and sufficient sleep will keep you in tiptop shape.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Consider what you can do to make your home environment more enjoyable.

Being responsible, considerate and courteous will help to curb any problems you face within your family.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Delve deeper into topics of interest. Creative pursuits like music, language or art will provide a welcome diversion to your everyday routine. ItĘźs never too late to learn something new.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- DonĘźt live in the past, or you will miss a golden opportunity. ItĘźs up to you to be aware of whatĘźs happening and to take advantage of whatever comes your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Frustration and uncertainty will lead to depression. Ask a trusted friend or relative for advice if you are feeling troubled. A discussion group or seminar will be inspiring.

Indulge in something unique.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You may be known for your honesty and integrity, but your status will suffer if you surround yourself with questionable people. Avoid controversial people who could jeopardize your reputation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If current events have you stymied, consider reconnecting with someone you found motivating in the past. The advice offered will help you move forward.

Romance is on the rise.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Free your mind of the everyday concerns that bring you down. Find an activity that involves all ages and include friends

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker October 21, 2015

ACROSS 1 Wild in the wild 6 Cold shower?

11 Melancholy 14 Concert venue 15 Cultivated land 16 Country club fig.

17 Exert 19 Flightless Aussie bird 20 Twangy, as a voice 21 Amtrak amenity 23 Disrespect, in slang 25 Moor’s makeup 27 White House staffer 28 “___ Maria�

29 Plane’s undercarriage 32 Anklebones 34 Not perfectly round 35 TV reception enhancer of old 38 Diplomat’s building 42 Parkinson’s disease drug 44 Draw out 45 Like clothes off the rack 50 The lowest form of wit 51 “Not to mention ...�

52 Smeltery refuse 10/21

53 Revenuers, for short 54 Certain fortuneteller 57 Pisa landmark 59 Mom, pop and school org.

60 Junior or senior, e.g.

64 Suffix for “velvet�

65 Make indistinct 66 Black, in Spain 67 Summer clock initials 68 A bit teary-eyed 69 Figure of speech DOWN 1 Marvelous, in slang 2 “To ___ is human ...�

3 Implant again 4 Faris and Paquin 5 Falls behind 6 Taken dishonestly 7 Ad add-on 8 Optional course 9 And others, for short 10 By way of, briefly 11 Coin 12 Fighting force 13 More sullen 18 Spanish appetizer

22 One spelling for Iraq’s capital 23 Computer info 24 Film director Reitman 26 “Much ___ About Nothing�

29 Dance named after an aviator 30 ___ de plume (pen name) 31 One who taunts 33 Rarely 36 “___ too shabby�

37 Christ’s followers 39 One’s own worst critic?

40 Gulf War missile 41 Cravings

43 Carpentry tool 45 Emulated Dr. Dre 46 Makes very happy 47 Not on the level?

48 Diner 49 All excited 53 More whimsical 55 Titan or Minuteman, e.g.

56 Things one sings?

58 “What ___ wrong?�

61 Pull-down exercise target 62 Dadaist pioneer 63 Fish eggs

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Local linebacker finding his home The Sooners gave Jordan Evans a shot that no one else did SPENSER DAVIS football reporter @Davis_Spenser

Scott Evans was sitting in his living room on a brisk November afternoon in Norman.

The Sooners were preparing to play in-state rival Oklahoma State, but Evans, a former three-time all-conference defensive tackle for OU, wasn’t focused on the game that night.

His son, Jordan, was on a recruiting visit with the Sooners. Jordan had not received any national recruiting attention — he lacked a power-five conference offer at the time — but he was still hopeful that he could play at a high level.

“I was frustrated with it because I wanted (scholarship offers) now,” Jordan recalled. “I was probably being greedy, but I was working hard and wanted offers.”

Jordan finally received his scholarship offer from OU before Oklahoma’s eventual overtime victory over the Cowboys.

Scott was watching the day’s slate of college football games when he first learned that Jordan had been offered TYLER WOODWARD/THE DAILY

by Oklahoma.

Junior linebacker Jordan Evans lunges at Texas quarterback Jerrod Heard at the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 10. Evans grew up in Norman but was a Virginia Tech fan growing up.

“I remember it pretty vividly,” Scott claims. “Some “No, probably not,” Scott tackler in 2013, was sus- it’s about effort and about together, especially on game tackler. of the OU guys started re“I like him a lot, but once porting that OU had offered said when asked if he ever pended for all of last season. knowing your responsibil- weeks. saw his son as a potential Evans started all 13 games ities,” Scott said of his phi“I’m constantly remind- you get him between those Jordan.” in his absence, but with losophy on earning play- ing him about having urgen- lines, he turns into a mo“As soon as he got home three-year starter at OU. It wasn’t because he didn’t Shannon returning for his ing time. “When I played, cy to the ball, playing hard, ster,” sophomore cornerback from the game, he had a big smile on his face, and we believe his son was talented senior season, Evans would I wasn’t bigger, I wasn’t playing physical but always Jordan Thomas said. “He’s asked him what he was smil- or athletic enough. Rather, it have to compete for the stronger and I wasn’t faster about playing smart,” Scott an animal.” than anybody. I had to be a said. ing about and that’s when he was Jordan’s inexperience as starting role again. a middle linebacker.

Evans is still develop“I wondered when Frank technician.” told us.”

In high school, he was pri- came back how Jordan felt Most of this advice comes ing his game at the division It marked the end of a Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu long, sometimes frustrating marily featured as an out- about it, but from the get-go f ro m We d n e s d ay n i g ht one level, but he is making recruiting process for the side linebacker. In Norman he said he felt that if he did dinners — something that progress. He’s currently the Evans family. Scott did what North’s 3-4 defense, that what he needed to do then Scott and Jordan try to share Sooners’ second leading he could to help ease the meant he spent a lot of time he felt comfortable about rushing the passer. it,” Scott said. pressure on his son.

“The first year and a half A f t e r ro t at i ng i n t h e “I told him from the getgo, ‘wherever you decide to was really new for him, and o p e n i n g w e e k a g a i n s t go to school, I’m for it,’” he he had to continue to work Arkon, Evans has seen nearsaid. “I always said ‘don’t on a day-to-day basis just to ly every first-team snap at go to OU because of me.’ I try to get some of the nuanc- inside linebacker alongside wanted him to go build his es of the game down,” Scott Dominique Alexander.

“I feel like people had a lot own path through life, and I said.

As a junior at OU, Evans is of doubts about (Jordan),” wanted him to make his own still finding ways to improve defensive tackle Matt Dimon roads.”

Despite growing up the both physically and men- said. They thought Frank tally at that was going to come in. I felt son of a position. like he did a really good job.”

Sooner leg“I remember it “I think Evans said Shannon has acy, Jordan w a s n ’ t a pretty vividly. Some J o r d a n ’ s been very supportive of him just kind of all season, pointing to a pair fan of the of the OU guys into of moments against West Sooners started reporting growing his body and Virginia and Tennessee when he was young- that OU had offered being able to where he helped him see see the game things from the sidelines. e r. R a t h e r, Jordan.” quickly, “You saw what (Frank) he preferred SCOTT EVANS, react to the did my freshman year, and I Virginia JORDAN EVANS’ FATHER g a m e a s a knew he was a great player,” Tech. middle line- Jordan said. “Frank is proba“Michael Vick,” Jordan reasoned. “I backer,” defensive coordi- bly one of the most supportnator Mike Stoops said. “It’s ive guys that I know. As soon loved watching him play.”

But Virginia Tech never one of the toughest positions as I come off the sidelines, show e d any interest in on the field to play. You have he’s first off to me to either people coming at you, un- congratulate me or help me Evans. “ That was an offer he derstanding, seeing plays, in something I need to do dreamed about,” Scott said. recognizing where you need better in.”

Still, it says something that “But I told him ‘I don’t think to be, where your help is.”

Perhaps no teammate it’s Shannon who is serving Virginia Tech recruits anybody west of the Mississippi has played a greater role in as Evans’ eyes from the sideEvans’ development than line and not the other way River.’ around.

“That was way too far any- Frank Shannon.

Shannon, OU’s leading “I always told him that ways. His mama would have had a heart attack.”

Three days after receiving . an offer from Oklahoma, Presidential Dream Course Jordan met with his high school coach. Wade Stanley, BIOL 3103 Life at the Extremes then the head coach at Public Seminar Norman North and now at Ada, posed a question to the Immunology of the younger Evans.

American alligator: He asked him if there was any other program he would From marsh to medicine consider playing for over Dr. Mark Merchant Oklahoma.

“No,” Evans replied.

McNeese State University Evans entered his freshman campaign with a chip on his shoulder that stemmed from being under-recruited.

“When you look at my school, not many guys were getting offers,” Jordan said.

Learn about how alligators can withstand “But when you look across severe injuries and heal very rapidly, the country and all these guys getting offers and despite living in environments with an they’re getting blown up abundance of potentially infectious microbes — it just made me feel like ‘I’m not there,’ and it gave Thursday, October 22nd me drive to keep working 6:00 p.m. harder.”

Physical Sciences Center, Room 201 But then again, Evans did For accommodations on the basis of disability or more have a long way to go as an information call (405)325-2658 or email ebridge@ou.edu 18-year-old linebacker.

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• Wednesday, October 21, 2015

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Vile releases new album, offers enticing ambiance

Jessie Barber, arts & entertainment editor dailyent@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/life&arts • Twitter: @OUDailyArts

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very album has a single lyric that encompasses the artist’s message for that phase in their music.

For Kurt Vile, “Think I’ll never leave my couch again,” is the lyric that was the focal point of “Ghost Town,” the concluding song on the Philadelphia singer-songwriter’s breakthrough 2011 album, “Smoke Ring For My Halo.”

On his new album, “B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down,” it sounds like he has finally made good on that promise.

The record is the most insular Kurt has ever sounded, with a ponderous atmosphere of acoustic guitars and reverb. It’s a winding, lethargic album characterized by Kurt’s trademark drawl and personality.

The album starts out with Kurt experiencing a moment of disconnect as he brushes his teeth on the lead single “Pretty Pimpin.”

The lyrics detail how Kurt goes through the entire week in a single moment, and that seems to be the guiding image for the tone on the album. It’s rambling but compelling.

The listener is drawn in and hangs on Kurt’s every word, whether it’s coyly taunting you for coveting a lifestyle such as his own “Life Like This” or going so far as to compare his head to a vacuum cleaner on “Dust

“I like the Bookmark because it's loud in there. I can't be in a quiet place because I'm hyperactive.”

MICAYLA THIBODEAUX, WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES SOPHOMORE

“Cate Main, it used to be crowded, and now no one goes there; it’s kind of nice.”

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JOHN FIELDS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION JUNIOR

Kurt Vile’s cover for “B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down.” The album, released in September, runs an hour long, concluding with the song “Wild Imagination.”

Bunnies.” It’s psychedelic, but in a loose and shaggy way. This isn’t the tight ‘60s mimicry of bands like Tame Impala or Foxygen.

“B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down” is, sonically, a very heavy record. When played out loud, it seems as if it could fill up the entire room like a cloud of smoke. When heard on headphones, one can’t help but feel like they’re sinking into couch cushions or a cozy bed.

Despite his seemingly

lackadaisical worldview, Kurt Vile still places tight musicianship above all.

The album wanders, yes.

However, it never seems to get bogged down with the ambience. Instead it’s able to juggle the atmospheric production and unique songwriting. This success can largely be attributed to the musical chemistry that Kurt has with his backing band, The Violators. They are the anchor that keeps Vile from floating off into

the ether.

At 60 minutes, “B’lieve I’m Goin’ Down” might not be the best pick when you’re needing a quick musical fix, but if you want to treat your ears to the aural equivalent of a lovely summer afternoon spent with a good friend, it is simply a must.

Jordan Hale is a University College freshman.

“The booths in the union. I’m a big fan of booths.”

RACHEL RUSSELL, VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS SOPHOMORE