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Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield looks toward the fans and smiles after winning against TCU Nov. 11. Mayfield threw for 333 passing yards and three touchdowns during the TCU game.

Mayfield directs Sooners in masterful first half as Notre Dame, Georgia fall, putting Oklahoma squarely in the playoff picture

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enior quarterback Baker he seemed to be more determined Mayfield led the Sooners to remain in the pocket and use (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) to a domi- his arm rather than his legs to get nant 38-20 win over TCU (8-2, 5-2 the Sooners out of bad situations.

Big 12) that helped himself and Since the game against Texas Tech, Oklahoma on a national level, though, his elusive, out-of-theplanting his name firmly at the top pocket nature has returned. He’s of the Heisman race and catapult- gotten more selective about when ing the Sooners into a potential top- he does it, becoming more calcufour ranking. lated, more exact.

Mayfield has put up better numMayfield threw for 333 yards and bers than the other Heisman con- three touchdowns and rushed for tenders week-in and week-out, and 50 yards against the Horned Frogs, Saturday was no exception. Despite a performance that was fueled by this, he seems not to care about col- the fans he had challenged earlier lege football’s in the week. greatest honor, On Monday, “He was really special focusing all his Mayfield called in scramble situations. attention on the on the fans. On Big 12 champiHe was about what we Saturday, they onship and the answered. For needed him to be in College Football his secondthe second half. He was t o - l a s t h o m e Playoff.

At the start of smart with the football game in crimthe second half, (and) made some good son and cream, Mayfield scramhe wanted the plays.” bled, searching stadium to rival for a receiver the iconic 2008 LINCOLN RILEY, and then taking “Jump Around” HEAD COACH off on foot when game, and it n o n e w e re t o did. Sooner be found. When TCU junior free Nation showed up in record numsafety Niko Small tried to run him ber and Mayfield didn’t let them down, Mayfield stuck out his arm down. Energized from the start of and — for the second week in a row the game, Mayfield ran around the — Heisman-style stiff-armed his north end zone of Owen Field beopponent in prophetic fashion and fore kick, waving his arms in the air kept going. and pumping up the student sec“He was really special in scram- tion and the rest of the crowd, who ble situations,” coach Lincoln Riley had a loud response all night. said. “He was about what we needMayfield put an exclamation ed him to be in the second half. He point on his Heisman campaign was smart with the football (and) Saturday night, leading his team made some good plays.” to a dominant victory that only reIn the previous season, scram- quired him to throw six times in the bling was a big part of Mayfield’s second half. It also helped that the game, but at the start of this year, competition around the country

faltered for the second week in a row.

Penn State’s junior running back Saquon Barkley rushed for just 35 yards and two touchdowns and had one reception for 20 yards.

The junior running back out of Notre Dame, Josh Adams, rushed for 40 yards in the Fighting Irish’s 41-8 loss to Miami. Stanford’s junior running back Bryce Love was the only other Heisman contender who performed up to standard, rushing for 166 yards and three touchdowns.

Still, Mayfield’s numbers are better.

“It would be hard for me to find somebody better than him,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said of Mayfield. “He’s carried this team.”

Despite his success all season, Mayfield has continued to insist he doesn’t care about the Heisman, that an individual award will only come with team success, as he said Monday. He’s not worried about it, and he proved that as he readily agreed on Saturday night that sophomore running back Rodney Anderson was the most talented player on the field against TCU. In his senior season, Mayfield’s focus isn’t on finally taking home the trophy for which he’s a candidate for the third season in a row, but about getting his team to the Big 12 title game and getting it back to the College Football Playoff.

With uncertainty coming from the national media as to whether or not the Sooners should be in the playoff, the team came out behind

Mayfield and left no doubt they are deserving.

“I think we answered those questions tonight,” Mayfield said. “There was a lot of doubts before, but we rose to the occasion tonight.”

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Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield sticks his hand out to stop a TCU player Nov. 11. Oklahoma won 38-20.

Women collaborate in Norman workspace The Coop offers spirit of community, teamwork for local businesswomen ABIGAIL HALL @heartofabigail

Kylie Hubbard slouches comfortably with her legs crossed while sitting in a cushioned, light gray chair, a white knit blanket hanging loosely over the back.

Other women join her in the sofa corner. On the maroon couch to her right sits Mary Sullivan, who owns a local apothecary line, while professional wedding photographer Lydia Royce sits on a gray chair opposite Hubbard. Miranda Jones, a local doula, pulls up a white roll-away chair. Hubbard enthusiastically chats with members as they laugh together, offer ideas and discuss collaboration on their upcoming business ventures.

What seems like a group of

women spending time catching up on a living room couch is actually an office space. They are sitting in The Coop, the first female co-working office in Norman, which Hubbard founded in 2016.

AN OFFICE AWAY FROM HOME Nestled next to Moxie Shop on East Main, The Coop is an office space and co-working community for businesswomen and

entrepreneurs. According to Hubbard, this office space creates an atmosphere of togetherness, all the while allowing members to pursue their business endeavors on their own time and in a space that won’t distract them from their goals.

The concept of The Coop is mirroring a national trend of women’s workspaces. According to USA Today, women’s workspaces are a growing trend. From New Women Space in Brooklyn,

New York, to The Hivery in Mill Valley, California, these types of workspaces are popping up around the country.

Hubbard, a local wedding and event planner and an OU alumna, was working out of her home with her two young daughters when she realized the need for her own workspace. She found it difficult to be a home-based see COOP Page 4

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A teepee is set up to host the Indigenous Finals Week Blessing on the South Oval to pray and bless students as dead week and finals week approaches Dec. 2, 2016. OU is working to help preserve Native American cultures.

OU showcases native cultures Museum workshop, other initiatives aim to preserve history IPEK DUMAN

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In a state that’s home to 39 active Native American tribes, various initiatives at OU are working to preserve, revitalize and continue Native American cultures and languages.

Most recently, OU hosted a workshop Nov. 9 at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History to discuss challenges with archiving Native American music and to showcase Native American intellectual and cultural property in a respectful way, said Dan Swan, curator of ethnology at the museum.

“We want to better understand what concerns are out there in Native communities in Oklahoma and the future of preservation and access to Native American music from Oklahoma,” Swan said.

Swan said tribal songs are a very important part of Native American identities and continuing cultural pursuits. It’s important to facilitate dialogue between tribes and museums so information is displayed in the most culturally appropriate way possible, he added.

Swan said because there is a tremendous amount

of recorded material in Oklahoma that is in the hands of native community members in the form of tapes, a panel of people from across the country are coming in to address specific problems in efforts to preserve, archive and digitize certain types of Native American music.

Sam Riding In, cultural chair for OU’s Native American fraternity Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma, said music is especially important for Native cultures because it’s used to showcase their histories and helps carry on languages. Riding In said he organizes biweekly drumlines on Wednesday evenings to help students de-stress and enjoy music and food.

Drums are regarded with great respect in Native communities, Riding In said, a n d ma ny p e o p l e f o r m strong connections with the instrument.

“For a lot of tribes, we all feel like the drum should be treated like a family member,” Riding In said.

“So the drum is kind of like your grandfather. You take care of it, treat it right, and talk to it. You’re there for the drum and it’s there for you and helps you. It gives you that sense of place and belonging.”

Lauren Nor ie ga, biochemistry freshman and a princess of the Pawnee tribe, also said she has grown

close with the drum and has learned songs and their histories. Each song is specifically composed for one purpose, which is either to give respect to somebody or to the country, Noriega said.

“It completely identifies who we are. It brings us together,” Noriega said.

“That unification allows us to be more involved in our communities.”

sometimes when we use the words ‘preserving culture,’ it makes it sound like we’re trapping something in the past.”

C o b b - G re e t h a m s a i d the NAS department at OU is growing and is currently developing a new Native Nations center which will have several different areas of focus, including language continuance and language

“What a lot of people don’t realize, sadly, is that our Native nations and our cultures are living cultures, and they are alive, dynamic and ever-changing. But we also very much value cultural continuance, and so sometimes when we use the words ‘preserving culture’ it makes it sound like we’re trapping something in the past.”

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The music workshop is part of a greater effort at OU to help with the preservation and revitalization of various Native American cultures, traditions and histories, said Amanda Cobb-Greetham, chair of the Native American studies department.

“What a lot of people don’t realize, sadly, is that our Native nations and our cultures are living cultures, and they are alive, dynamic and ever-changing,” CobbGreetham said. “But we also very much value cultural continuance, and so

revitalization.

OU’s geographical location makes it a hub for Native tradition preservation, said Cobb-Greetham, who noted that OU offers courses in four indigenous languages: Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek and Kiowa.

Native languages are not currently thriving as much as they once were because of American attempts at assimilating Native Americans and their culture through boarding schools, Noriega said. “(In boarding schools,

American students) would literally beat (Natives) until they wouldn’t speak their language anymore,” Noriega said. “They cut their hair and they pretty much took away all of their traditions, so I think out of that fear and post traumatic stress, they just don’t speak it anymore.”

Cobb-Greetham said people need to be reminded that these cultures still exist and they should be appreciated, valued and viewed in a contemporary context.

With the concept of cultural appreciation comes the dilemma of cultural appropriation, which is a major issue that several minority groups face, especially Native Americans, Noriega said.

Noriega said cultural appreciation is seen in those who invest in the tribes, work to learn and understand traditions and help preserve the culture. Culture appropriation happens when people degrade or attempt to make mockery out of Native songs, or when people make the Native American identity a costume, Noriega said.

One example, Noriega said, is the OU student who d re s s e d a s Po ca h o nt a s for Halloween, knowing it was culture appropriation.

Noriega said taking in stereotypes and making fun of something so deeply valued is completely inappropriate and is not cultural appreciation.

Riding In said cultural appreciation is making note of the true history of what happened to Native Americans as opposed to what seems favorable.

“Culture is a big part of identity. You’re preserving parts of who you are, your history, your sense of belonging and your sense of place,” Riding In said. “I think that wouldn’t be possible without culture, and so to preserve culture is to preserve the greater whole.”

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UPCOMING EVENTS Here are more upcoming events at OU that will recognize and celebrate Native American Heritage month: Nov. 14: “Genocide, Sovereignty, Democracy: a public lecture by Edgar Heap of Birds.” The OU Native American studies professor will give a lecture from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Zarrow Hall’s J.J. Ryne room with a 7:00 p.m. art exhibit and reception afterward at Jacobson House.

Nov. 19: 12:00 p.m. stickball game on the South Oval Source: American Indian Student Assocation and the Native American Studies Department Facebook pages

OU student to run for office Senior’s platform for city council seat includes equality ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2

An OU student has announced his intentions to run for a seat on Norman City Council.

Deon Osborne, political communications senior, is running for the Ward 2 seat that is currently occupied by Aleisha Karjala, whose current term ends July 3, 2018.

Osborne said his platform will focus on achieving minority representation and tackling issues like economic inequality, discrimination and environmental concerns.

Osborne recently decided to run for the position after becoming active in the

debate over renaming DeBarr Avenue, a street in Norman named after a former OU professor and KKK leader.

“With this whole DeBarr issue, it really showed me that minorities and low-income people need a voice that will more directly bring their issues to the forefront, and so that’s what I would like to do,” Osborne said.

With years of community service and community organizing experience under his belt, Osborne said he had entertained the idea of running for office, but never thought he was ready.

“I always assumed that I needed to be a certain age with certain credentials, but just seeing what’s happening around the country with all of these progressive young people running and winning really showed me that I do have the experience to do what

needs to be done, as far as being a leader in the community and speaking up for those who can’t speak for themselves,” Osborne said.

Osborne said he hopes to help connect OU students and the wider Norman community as well.

“I want to bridge that gap between the student concerns and the student activities with the resources that the city can offer to build a stronger coalition,” Osborne said.

The Ward 2 district encompasses the area west of campus stretching from Robinson St. to south of Highway 9 and east to west from Berry Road to Interstate-35. South of Imhoff Road, the ward stretches east to Chautauqua Avenue.

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History department faces losses Three professors to accept incentivized early retirement HANNAH PIKE @h_pike_

OU’s history department will lose the most faculty members of any department this semester due to a retirement program intended to make up for state funding cuts.

The department, which is one of the largest with 37 faculty members, will lose three while most others lose one or none at the end of this semester, according to records from the Open Records Office. James Hart, the chair of the department, said it is “frustrating as hell.”

Hart said he thinks t h e S p e c i a l Vo l u n t a r y Retirement Incentive is understandable because the university is in a “difficult time” financially and all three faculty members are of retirement age, but it has left him scrambling.

“You have this great sort of steam engine of motivation and progress, and suddenly you run up against a brick wall when the finances aren’t there, so it’s tough,” Hart said.

The Board of Regents initiated the program to save money, but in order to do so, most retirees cannot be replaced. The university projected that 20 percent of the employees who were eligible for the program would accept it this year, but in

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Director of Graduate Studies and history professor Judith Lewis will be retiring in December 2017 as a part of early incentivized retirement, along with two other professors in the .

reality 30 percent accepted it, said Marcy Fleming, OU’s Human Resources Director, in an email.

“The university does not plan to refill the positions of SVRI participants, although a limited number of critical positions may be filled to ensure the viability of essential functions,” Fleming said in an email. “Critical replacements will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will require the approval of the president.”

Judith Lewis, a history professor and director of the graduate studies program, is one of the three who will retire in December. She has

taught at OU for 36 years and said she loves the university, but seeing all the problems in the last few years as a result of insufficient funding is “really painful” and “demoralizing.”

“I’ve loved to come to work every day,” Lewis said.

“I’ve never been sorry that I’ve stayed here ... (but) it’s just not a good situation.”

Hart said the history department will probably not be able to replace the faculty who retire, and there are six more faculty members, including himself, who are within five years of retirement. The expertise of history professors is very specific,

so when they leave, their classes often go on “hiatus” when no one else is capable of teaching them, he said.

“It’s hard to switch because we’re very precise in our fields — we’re very restricted — so it’s harder to substitute one professor for another,” Hart said.

Lewis said that while it would not be good for the students, classes can get bigger. However, they still can only allow as many students into classes as there are seats, and there are only so many classrooms allotted to the history department at specific times. “ I a m p re t t y w o r r i e d

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about what’s going to happen to the history department and to the whole university,” Lewis said. “I’m worried that there won’t be enough classes for (the next freshman class) to get into, that you could be admitted to the university and not be admitted into a class.”

Hart said the administration is now looking more broadly at how departments can work together throughout the university to maximize their benefit to students. He also said the history department is currently writing a strategic plan to decide which areas it will prioritize.

“We just have to try and decide what we want to be able to do — the specialist areas that we want to concentrate on — so we can serve everybody well,” Hart said.

Lewis said the department’s reputation and its students are better than they have ever been, but there may not be the faculty or the resources to keep them here.

“I just hate it when I see a politician saying that you need to cut the waste and fat,” Lewis said. “The waste and fat were cut years ago.”

She said for example, the professors had to disassemble and then reassemble their bookshelves themselves when they moved buildings after an earthquake a few years ago.

“I’m over 60. If I worked for a corporation, I’d be at an executive level — I’m a grandmother, and I’m laying on my back trying to put this damn shelf together, and all I can think about is these idiot legislators thinking we have nothing to do, that we don’t work,” Lewis said.

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OU extends transfer deadline after St. Gregory’s announces closure

OU is reaching out to accommodate student transfers from St. Gregory’s University following the announcement of the university’s closure.

All of St. Gregory’s operations will be suspended indefinitely after facing a loan application denial.

The school’s president, Michael Scaperlanda, said St. Gregory’s is working with several colleges to facilitate student transfers.

OU press secretary Matt Epting said in an email that OU has reached out to St. Gregory’s to provide resources and contacts for students who wish to transfer and has extended the deadline for admission.

“To accommodate the unique and challenging circumstances faced by their students, we have reopened our application for admission and extended the deadline to December 4,” Epting said in 211169A01 the email.

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“Is this real?”

That’s what Carlos Rubio asked Vanessa Meraz when the two found out about their opportunity to meet with Mark Zuckerberg.

That oppor tunity became a reality when Rubio, a systems engineering sophomore, and Meraz, a political science junior, sat down with Zuckerberg Nov. 8 in Oklahoma City as part of Zuckerberg’s 2017 state-by-state tour of the U.S. The Facebook founder’s stop in Oklahoma included a visit to a wind farm and a discussion with 10 Oklahoma college students and graduates who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients.

“We’re sitting with one of the richest people, one of the most successful people ... not just in the nation, but in the world, and the conversation revolved around the experiences of Dreamers in Oklahoma,” Meraz said.

The two OU students, both outspoken advocates

for undocumented and DACA students, have previous ties to Zuckerberg.

After President Donald Trump announced the rescinding of the DACA program, FWD.us, Zuckerberg’s organization for immigration reform, reached out to both students and brought them to Washington D.C. to lobby f o r D A C A , Me ra z s a i d .

Ru b i o a n d Me ra z w e re able to meet with legislators and discuss the Dream Act, which gives DAC A recipients the nickname “Dreamers” and has failed to pass last 16 years.

The conversation, originally slated to last one hour, ran over two hours, Meraz said, and also include d repres entatives from Oklahoma advocacy organizations like Dream Act Oklahoma, Aspiring Americans and Latino Community Development Agency.

While the first part of the discussion allowed the DAC A recipients to tell their stories, the rest of the meeting dove deeper than most discussions about DACA recipients’ perspectives, Rubio said.

Rubio said he rarely hears questions about being Latino or being a DACA s t u d e n t i n O k l a h o m a’s

political environment, so Zuckerberg ’s questions about those issues were important.

“I think in a state like Oklahoma, most of it is educating. We’ll tell our stories, and that’s it,” Rubio said. “But we never get asked the questions about ‘yeah, how does it feel to be in such a conservative state, how do you feel?’ I think that really went a long way, especially from someone like Mark Zuckerberg, so that was cool.”

Though Meraz and Rubio often have a chance to advocate with stories about their personal journeys, the easy-going conversation was a welcome experience to feel heard on another level, Meraz said “It was neat, because not only did we share our stories, which is something that w e do all the time here, we got to tell Mark Zuckerberg what’s it’s like to be sharing your story in Oklahoma,” Meraz said.

Rubio said the ability to have an advocate and a voice in someone like Zuckerberg makes a powerful statement. “ You have su c h a b ig name coming to Oklahoma for two reasons: wind energy and then coming up to the south side of Oklahoma

City to speak to Dreamers,” Rubio said. “That kind of shakes the state a little bit — this is being heard. I think it made a statement, and that’s really what he was going for and I’m really proud of it.”

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New restaurant opens near campus, aims to draw in large student crowd

Barn Burger and Grill, located on the corner of West Lindsey Street and College Avenue, opened its doors last week, replacing JJ’s Pizza Stop.

The building used to house JJ’s Pizza Stop, which had been open for over 26 years. Now, it is home to Barn Burger, which has been open for eight days.

The restaurant features different kinds of burgers, including bacon burgers and avocado burgers. They also serve snacks like onion rings and fries and have beer on tap.

Chi Cao, the owner of Barn Burger and Grill, is an OU alum who wanted to stay close to the university. Cao wanted to open a restaurant close enough to campus to give students a place to eat food and have fun. “We saw this place open, and we saw a chance. So, we jumped on it,� Cao said.

Kemo Johnson works as the cook for Barn Burger and Grill, and he has great hopes for the restaurant. Johnson plans on opening a patio in front of the restaurant and placing multiple TVs throughout the store. He said the restaurant is still a work in progress, but he thinks OU students will come to love the place. “We just want to make it special for OU and let them know that this is their home and that they can always come here,� Johnson said.

Andrew Fleming, entrepreneurship junior, went to Barn Burger and Grill three times in the ďŹ rst week it wasw open. He likes the food, the service and the proximity to campus. “I’ll meet up with a bunch of guys after class, and we’ll all be here,â€? Fleming said. “It’s a good little spot.â€?

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business and also discovered the loneliness of working alone after the years of co-working with others at college. That ’s when she stumbled upon The Collective.

The Coop is a sister space to The Collective, a female co-working space in Edmond started by Amber Klunzinger.

Prior to The Collective, Klunzinger was a wellness coach with two children at home. She had no space to conduct business, so she often found herself in coffee shops. Klunzinger discovered that she needed a quiet space of her own where she could conduct her business.

She had seen coed co-working spaces that were large, chaotic and industrial-looking.

K l u n z i ng e r s aw a n e e d for a smaller space where women could conduct their business in a place of their own. “I wanted people to have a home office away from home, plus friends,�

Klunzinger said.

After The Collective op ene d in June 2016, w o m e n f ro m a l l a c ro s s Oklahoma reached out to her about their need for a similar space. Hubbard discovered The Collective last year when her calligraphy

group held a meeting in the space.

After meeting Klunzinger and experiencing The Collective, Hubbard felt a connection to the space and knew she needed a space like it in her own life. Klunzinger mentored Hubbard through the logistics of opening her own space. Because the The Coop is a sister space to The Collective, members are welcome to use each other’s spaces.

SENSE OF COMMUNITY For Hubbard, the most important aspect of The Coop is the community and the spirit of women encouraging each other.

When members join, they sign a value statement in which they agree to encouragement, community and teamwork with other members. A few of their key values are presence, kindness, abundance and generosity. “It’s about community and bringing women together, and how we can encourage women entrepreneurs,� Hubbard said.

Lydia Royce and Miranda Jones, two members of The Coop, sit at a wooden table in white swivel chairs next to each other.

Prior to joining The C o o p, Royc e re nt e d a small, isolated office space to work from. The Coop’s structure of purposeful community and collaboration with other members is

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an ideal working space for Royce. “It feels like this fun, little club that we’re in, and I know that if I ever needed something I could call on them for whatever I need,�

Royce said.

Royce is editing on her computer and show ing Jones some of her recent work. The two discuss upcoming events and a mutual photographer friend to collaborate with Jones. “ It ’s b e e n rea l ly n i c e learning from women who have been in business longer and know more things than I do, and have more experience than I do,� Jones said.

In this space, women working in careers that would often not connect are able to collaborate together and support each other in their different endeavors. They are given the space and ability to succeed and to flourish in their own businesses, as well as build community with other female entrepreneurs.

Casey Neistat, famous YouTube vlogger, will speak at the Oklahoma Memorial Union on Wednesday, Nov. 15 in an event sponsored by CAC Speakers Bureau. “Casey brings a lot of energy to his speaking events and everything he really does,� Ari Simon, Speakers Bureau “We need more women director of events said. supporting other women, Neistat is a YouTube vlogger known for his tech reviews, so this is an incubator for travel and promotional videos. Neistat is also a co-founder that,� Hubbard said. of the multimedia company and phone app, Beme.

CAC Speakers Bureau works to bring national speakers of wide and varied backgrounds to campus for the beneďŹ t Abigail Hall of OU students. In recent years, Speakers Bureau has ahall@ou.edu brought speakers such as RJ Mitte from “Breaking Badâ€? and Vanessa Bayer from “Saturday Night Live.â€?

Neistat will speak on topics including social entrepreneurship, media and overcoming adversity, according to Christine Murrain, Speakers Bureau Executive Chair.

THE COOP “We want to make sure that all of our messages are really meaningful for campus,â€? Murrain said. •Part-time memberships The event is in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom and free allow members to use to OU students. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. After the event, the space up to ďŹ ve attendees will have the opportunity to be chosen at ranhours a week, costing dom to talk with Neistat in a VIP meet and greet. Students $75 per month are encouraged to RSVP through the event’s Facebook page. •Full-time memberships John Hamlin, @HamlinHimself allow members to use CAITLYN EPES/THE DAILY

the space as often as they like, including storage spaces, and early access to sign up for events and workshops, costing $150 per month •To join or for more information, contact Hubbard at hello@ thecoopok.com or at 405-650-1440

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last Opportunity will be yours this year if you aren’t reluctant to do things differently. Embrace new beginnings and different lifestyles to find the stability you’ve been searching for. Call in favors and offer help in return to accomplish a great deal this year.

accomplish. Getting along with your peers will make your life and job easier. Your intelligence and skills will not go unnoticed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Talk is cheap, but it may lead to an opportunity if you connect with former co-workers. A relationship with someone special will make you a better person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Be open to trying new things and doing things differently. Engage in unusual pastimes that will help you develop your skills. A change at home will turn out better than anticipated.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Stay in the zone and think matters through before you say what’s on your mind. Emotional misrepresentation will get you in trouble instead of helping you find a solution.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Take action, as your words will mean nothing if you don’t follow through. Trust in yourself only when dealing with friends or relatives making promises. Make stabilizing changes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Take care of responsibilities to avoid criticism and complaints. Once you are free to do what you wish, engage in something you enjoy or that will boost your confidence.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Keep up with technology or the changes occurring within your chosen field. Knowledge is power, and it can help you gain ground regardless of your station.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Gather information and learn all you can before engaging in a debate with someone. A physical challenge will help calm your nerves. Avoid indulgence.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- A change in your financial position will help you lift some of the restrictions you’ve been living with.

Someone you have worked with in the past will give you an interesting lead.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Stay focused on what you need to

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Plan to have some fun. The less time you spend at home or with someone who is overreacting or a poor influence, the better. Make positive change your goal.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Assess what you have accomplished and what’s still on your bucket list. Set a timeline and don’t lose sight of the goals you have yet to achieve.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Talk, but don’t share personal information or passwords. Active pursuit of knowledge and skills that will help you get ahead should be your top priority.

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Senior quarterback Baker Mayfield, sophomore running back Rodney Anderson and freshman running back Trey Sermon take the field for an offensive possession Nov. 11. OU beat TCU 38-20.

National title hopes alive

Victory over TCU could potentially place OU in top four KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli

Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) has faced criticism for a lot of things this year, even as they’ve moved up in the rankings. The defense is holding them back. The offense is only successful because they haven’t played a “real defense.” Saturday night against TCU (8-2, 5-2 Big 12), the Sooners fought back in a performance that will likely catapult them into the top four of the College Football Playoff rankings.

For the first time since the beginning of the season, the Sooners will be right where they want to be thanks to a 38-20 win over then-No. 6 TCU. The game against the Horned Frogs was the biggest conference game of the year for OU, as it was the one time it played a Big 12 defense that was highly-touted. The

offense, led by senior quarterback Baker Mayfield, was able to have the same offensive success they’ve had all season. The defense, led by a trio of freshmen, was able to hold TCU to its second-lowest score of the season.

The critics were silenced.

“I think we answered those questions tonight. There (were) a lot of doubts before, but we rose to the occasion tonight,” Mayfield said. “I said it last week, but we’re still getting better and better. We haven’t hit our peak yet and I still don’t think so.

That’s pretty scary for other teams out there that we’ve yet to play.”

In a game that could’ve ended its national title aspirations, Oklahoma played arguably its strongest game of the season. The Sooners amassed 533 yards, with a majority — 290 — coming from sophomore running back Rodney Anderson who played the best game of his career. When the offense didn’t score in the second half, the defense only allowed TCU to score once,

keeping the Sooners’ lead at a safe margin.

Despite the lead, Mayfield wasn’t happy about the lack of scoring in the second half, pointing out that there are still things the Sooners need to work through before the end of the regular season.

“I said it last week, but we’re still getting better and better. We haven’t hit our peak yet and I still don’t think so. That’s pretty scary for other teams out there that we’ve yet to play.”

BAKER MAYFIELD, SENIOR QUARTERBACK

“I think the fourth quarter we were more conservative about running out the clock and trying to establish the line of scrimmage and run them down,” Mayfield said.

“The third quarter, there’s no excuse for how we played.

Zero points in a quarter,

even though it’s a good defense, we’re better than that.

People will be patting us on the back for a great win, but we still have plenty of room for improvement and that’s the exciting thing about this.

We haven’t arrived yet and still have a long way to go.”

As for the defense, it held TCU to 20 points and 424 yards — 155 rushing and 269 passing. Oklahoma started out strong defensively with a three-and-out on the Horned Frogs’ first drive and kept the momentum going a majority of the night, allowing TCU to convert just four of 13 third downs.

S enior defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, who accounted for five tackles, said the defense put a lot of focus on starting strong and maintaining that momentum for all four quarters.

“We felt like we had not played a complete game yet. We really emphasized playing a complete game from first quarter to fourth,” Okoronkwo said. “There have been games where we have shown flashes, but we

have not really done it yet.

We feel like we did a pretty good job today. We are still working towards the ultimate goal of being a dominant defense, but I feel like we did a really good job tonight.”

After what Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley called the Sooners’ “most complete performance of the year,” the Sooners will likely be ranked in the top four. The spot in the playoff is theirs to lose. With Kansas and West Virginia the last two conference games on the schedule, the Sooners will need to avoid falling into the mindset that these games are easy wins if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive.

“Our hunger to get better can’t go away if we want to be the team that we want,” Riley said. “We’ve given ourselves a great opportunity here, but we’ve got to be ready to go seize it. Nobody’s going to give it to us, and we’ve got to be ready to go take it each week.”

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True freshmen shine against TCU Young OU defense plays large role in Oklahoma’s victory GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia

Led by sophomore defensive lineman Du’ Vonta Lampkin and four true freshmen, No. 5 Oklahoma’s (9-1, Big 12 6-1) defense had a statement performance in their 38-20 win over No. 6 TCU (8-2, 5-2 Big 12).

When the Oklahoma defense ran out on the field for the first time Saturday night, four true freshman lined up for the Sooners: safety Robert Barnes, linebacker Kenneth Murray and cornerbacks Tre Norwood and Tre Brown.

“Four true freshman...

I d o n ’ t k n o w i f t h a t ’s ever been done here at Oklahoma,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said.

With senior corner Jordan Thomas suffering a leg injury, sophomore corner Parnell Motley getting benched and senior safety Will Johnson suspended for the first half, Brown’s, Nor wood’s and Barnes’ names were all called Saturday night.

“We decided to give the

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Freshman safety Robert Barnes pushes back against TCU wide receiver John Diarse Nov. 11.

Barnes has one solo tackle and assisted in three tackles against TCU.

young guys a go, and they ne ver gave us a reas on to take them out,” Coach Lincoln Riley said.

Barnes, Brown and Nor wood combined for eight tackles and three pass breakups, helping limit TCU to only 269 yards through the air. During the week, all three knew they were going to play a large

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role in the game and made sure the y ready for the moment. “(I) was just making sure I was focused, making sure I was prepared so I wouldn’t let my team down,” Norwood said. “I just tried to give it my all.”

While the young guys made the difference in the secondary, Lampkin was a

force up front. The Houston native had four tackles, one and a half tackles for a loss and a sack.

It ’s b e e n a l o n g t i m e coming for Lampkin.

“It felt good. It felt like I sold out for my team,” Lampkin said. “It’s a process. I didn’t really play much last year and I red shirted my freshman year

... I’m a really patient guy, although I’m always eager to get out there.”

The Sooners’ defense has struggled all season, ranking as one of the worst in the country. But Saturday night, OU played arguably its most complete game fundamentally.

“We tackled well against a dangerous skill group,” Riley said. “We had very few penalties ... We just played clean football. We didn’t turn guys loose.”

The defense has been heavily criticized over the past couple weeks, with some saying it would be the reason Oklahoma wouldn’t make the College Football Playoff. Saturday night, the Sooners sent a message to the rest of the country.

“I felt like we still could have played better, but at the same time it was the best, complete game we’ve played all four quarters,” Lampkin said. “We heard so much noise going on the whole week that a middle school coach wouldn’t even respect us ... We had to go out and do what we had to do, and show that we are a good defense.”

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Sophomore running back Rodney Anderson runs towards the end zone with the ball Nov. 11. Anderson scored four of Oklahoma’s five touchdowns against TCU.

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Running back shines in first half Rodney Anderson boosts Sooners to victory against TCU KELLI STACY @AstacyKelli

On any given Saturday a different skill player emerges for the No. 5 Sooners, dazzling with a seemingly newfound ability to rack up rushing and receiving yards like no one else on the field.

This week, that player was sophomore running back Rodney Anderson.

This isn’t the first time Anderson has been

arguably the best player on the field for Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12), either. He emerged as the Sooners’ top running back against Kansas State and has continued to prove why he’s deserved the starting spot each week since.

Saturday night against TCU was a special performance, though, with A n d e r s o n c l a i m i n g re sponsibility for over half of the Sooners’ production during their 38-20 win over TCU (8-2, 5-2 Big 12). “ H e ’s a m a n a m o n g boys,” senior quarterback Baker Mayfield said. “And

I’m ver y happy for him because his work ethic is unbelievable.”

Anderson recorded 290 of Oklahoma’s 533 yards, amassing 151 rushing yards and 139 receiving yards. He is one of only three Sooners to record 100 receiving y a rd s a n d 1 0 0 r u s h i n g yards in a single game in program history.

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley wasn’t even aware of how impressive Anderson’s stats were until after the game when he looked down at a stat sheet and paused in the middle of praising Anderson.

“I mean, 150 yards rushing,” R ile y said in aw e.

“Wow. I hadn’t even seen all that yet.”

Anderson was able to showcase his versatility against the Horned Frogs, proving he’s comfortable running through defenders or hauling in touchdown passes.

With 16 seconds left in the second quarter and a 31-14 lead, Oklahoma decided against running o u t t h e c l o ck . In s t e a d , the sophomore running back hit an open hole up the middle just in time for Mayfield to drop a perfect

pass into Anderson’s waiting arms. Anderson then used his power to push through a TCU defender and tumble into the end zone.

That would be his fourth and final touchdown of the night. His four touchdowns in one half tie a program record.

“I feel pretty confident in my hands,” Anderson said.

“That’s something we do every day, is catching the ball, so it’s really a testament to our coaching. They always preach catching.”

A n d e r s o n ’s w i l l i n g ness and ability will prove

important for the Sooners as they make their conference and national title runs, as Riley will likely begin using him out of the backfield more often thanks to tonight’s success.

“He’s got a unique skill set in that he can kind of do it all,” Rilely said. “He can bring the power, ran through a lot of tackles, made a couple tremendous catches. He’s been awesome for us here for several weeks in a row.”

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