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OU President James Gallogly speaks at the Rally to Stop Racism Jan. 22.

OU professor Suzette Grillot speaks at the Rally to Stop Racism Jan. 22.

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n the midst of a campus-wide conversation about diversity, planned administrative cuts to the OU’s College of International Studies have only increased concerns around the issue.

While OU’s administration says it is still committed to international education, that commitment appears to be at war with its pledge for renewed financial responsibility.

“Unequivocally, the international programs of OU make this a great institution,” OU Provost Kyle Harper said. “At the same time, there is a very reasonable open-mindedness towards looking at the impact and cost of each one of our programs and trying to assess what has the biggest impact for students and what’s the cost.”

In a t u mu l t u ou s w e e k o n OU’s campus, Suzette Grillot revealed on Twitter Jan. 21 that she had been ousted as dean of the College of International Studies.

The next day, Grillot shared an email with The Daily outlining exactly what types of cuts OU plans to make to the college.

The reductions entirely close down OU’s study center in Rio de Janeiro and make significant staff cuts to OU’s study center in Arezzo, Italy. The cuts also significantly reduce the funding allocated for two international fellowships, the Presidential International Travel Fellowship and the Global Engagement Fellowship. Harper said in an email to OU faculty that annually, the college only uses about half of the budget allocated for the fellowship.

Harper also added in his email that the Rio study center was the most heavily subsidized “by a multiple of three,” yet has very low enrollment.

According to a report written

by Grillot the total costs for OU’s programs in Brazil for fiscal year 2017 was $795,314, while the income produced by the programs was listed as $210,682. In the 2017-18 academic year, 58 students were engaged in some way in the Rio study center.

Grillot said she has determined, based on the total number of expenditures for

the college in fiscal year 2019 and number of students in the college, that the cost per student would be roughly $692.

However, she said if one takes only what the university has given the college from central funding, that cost per student was $293.

Though Harper said the cuts

"I don’t believe the cuts are justified at all."

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would allow the university to better focus its efforts within the college, Grillot said there’s no basis in reality for the cuts. “(Harper) is basically carrying out some sort of mandate — he has no evidence for it,” Grillot said. “I’ve had multiple conversations where I’ve asked (Harper) to show me where it is that we’re so expensive, to

show me where it is that we’re not worth it. Show me where it is that these programs are not as impactful as they could be.”

OU President James Gallogly decided to make the cuts on the advice of a committee of faculty members. The committee is made up of five faculty appointees from the Faculty Senate and five faculty appointees from the president and the provost. Harper and former Faculty Senate chair Sarah Ellis co-chair the committee.

“From landscaping to information technology, every unit is being asked to look hard at its budget and ask how it can be the best steward of both public resources and student tuition resources that it can be,” Harper said. “That’s been going on since the beginning of the fall and even late summer.”

Ha r p e r s a i d t h e c o m m i ttee reviewed the College of International Studies early last fall, and while the committee also desires a strong international program, it recognized the expenses of the college.

“Some aspects of our ver y broad-ranging international programs are very expensive,” Harper said. “We can have the same, or greater, impact by focusing our resources in places where it’s going to have a large impact on a large number of students for the best value.”

Additionally, Harper said cuts like this would go toward goals like reducing fees for OU graduate students, many of whom are international students.

“By being willing to take a hard look at programs that are very expensive and impact a very small number of students, that’s real money that is being poured back into things like reducing fees that graduate students are paying,” Harper said.

However, Grillot said as dean of the college, there was no dire financial need to make these cuts.

“I don’t believe the cuts are justified at all,” Grillot said. “ There’s some trimming we See BALANCING ACT page 2

Administration further addresses racist events Gallogly email lists committee, events to continue conversation JORDAN MILLER @jordanrmillerr

President James Gallogly issued a statement via email Friday explaining what changes the administration has made in the wake of recent racist incidents within the OU community.

The email stated four plans the administration is working on, as well as the efforts made to increase diversity since Gallogly first came to campus. However, the administration issued a correction to the email on the same day, removing the mention of a new administrator’s race from the email.

In his original email, Gallogly listed new efforts made by the administration after meeting with student

leaders and multicultural organizations last week.

Gallogly first announced the appointment of David Surratt, current assistant vice chancellor and associate dean of students at University of California, Berkeley, as the new vice president for Student Affairs, pending confirmation by the Board of Regents. Surratt is an OU alum who specializes in supporting marginalized students, and whose position will fill the vacancy left by current director of football operations Clarke Stroud.

The email first referred to Surratt as a “a man of color,” before stating his other qualifications. Four hours after that email was released, OU Info issued a recall because it “inappropriately referenced the race of the individual OU has selected as our Vice President for Student Affairs proposed to the OU Board of Regents.”

“This error was made in an attempt to share ongoing plans that

include new voices joining the University to represent students, but it does not excuse the error,” the recall said. “We deeply apologize for the communication and are truly excited Dr. Surratt has agreed to rejoin the OU community.”

In the original email, Gallogly announced the creation of the Student Code of Conduct Review Committee made up of students, staff and faculty. Gallogly said two OU professors have already agreed to serve on the committee alongside Surratt: Karlos Hill, chair of OU’s Department of African and African-American Studies, and OU College of Law professor Joseph Thai, who specializes in the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court.

Gallogly said he will meet next week with more student leaders from the Student Government Association and student multicultural groups to continue the discussion they had at last week’s meeting.

Gallogly also announced the Office of University Community will hold a ‘Campus Conversation’ on Wednesday for members of the OU community to “address racial justice issues and the incidents associated with OU students,” Gallogly said. The event will be held at 4 p.m. in the Scholars Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

These changes come a week after the OU Black Student Association issued a list of demands from the university that included an increase in diversity among faculty and staff — higher administration in particular — along with a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech in the Student Code of Conduct, among other things.

Gallogly then gave a list of things he has been working on since first arriving to campus in May. This list stated that he launched a review of each college’s diversity plans to contribute to a “full University diversity plan,” the first draft of which

is expected in early February.

In his email, Gallogly said he has also moved affirmative action from the Title IX office to the Human Resources department to increase diversity among candidates. Gallogly said Crimson Commitment, OU’s replacement to the Sooner Promise scholarship program, makes OU more affordable to underrepresented populations.

“I am proud that our OU students focused their attention on this issue on behalf of all of us. Our responsibility is to answer with actions,” Gallogly wrote. “No one should have to worry about being mistreated or threatened while pursuing their degrees or working at our University. Everyone deserves a healthy and respectful place to live, learn and work.”

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Open mic continues dialogue International groups host event, form committee CHARLEY LANZIERI @charlanzieri

Walking into the dining hall at Headington College, one is greeted by endless rows of long tables leading up to a makeshift stage with five chairs and a podium. By 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, almost every seat in the room was filled.

Members of the OU community got together to discuss the recent racist events happening on campus and what can be done to learn and move for ward from them. The event was hosted by several international groups on campus, including The United World,

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can and should do, and we were. I offered time and again to work with (the administration) to try and find ways to generate more revenue.”

Grillot said the college was working on a variety of grant proposals and financial deals to help shore up its fiscal status, but that Gallogly shot them down.

“He totally dismissed all these things,” Grillot said.

“We tried to help the administration find ways to maintain the integrity of

InFocus Africa and African Women’s League.

While most of the night was dedicated to an open mic segment, a few groups wanted to make statements to their fellow students, expressing their displeasure at the recent racist incidents and how students can act to change campus culture.

The International Advisory Committee, a student organization that represents international students, had written up some proposals to the university to prevent future racist incidents.

The committee wants an apology from OU President James Gallogly and the Board of Regents showing they condemn the actions of the individuals this week. It also wants the community to be educated and exposed to diversity and culture to

understand why these racist actions are harmful.

The committee also wants improved diversity training to teach students how to interact with people of different cultures and how to react to situations like the racist incidents last week.

Members also want the president to create an annual award that recognizes a registered student group that has made the biggest impact on campus diversity and inclusivity.

The committee also called for an updated student code of conduct, which shows the consequences of committing racist acts and a punishment system with warnings so the students can learn from their mistakes.

Michael Lowry, civil engineering sophomore, acknowledged the events that happened this past week

and said they are not isolated incidents.

To start off the statements of the different organizations, Lowry talked about the recent events that happened on campus.

“Racism and intolerance affect every single member of of the OU community,” Lowry said.

Biochemistry and entrepreneurship sophomore Ne l s o n Mc Ew e n s p o k e about what he has learned from being a part of The United World, an international group whose core values are community service and meaningful diversity.

“I strongly believe in the power of love, and due to such beliefs, The United World has taught me that no matter what race, color, nationality, country you are from to come together and unite for a cause,” McEwen

said.

P re s i d e nt o f In Fo c u s Africa Pedro Domingos Paposseco Manuel, international studies and public affairs and administration senior, talked about how important it is to interact with diverse people.

“Diversity is beautiful,” Manuel said. “Uniformity breeds conformity; conformity is boring.”

President of the African Women’s League Tatenda Dzvimbo, economics and international development sophomore, talked about how p e ople can b e the change they want to see.

“Each and every one of us did not choose to be born into the color of the skin we are in,” Dzvimbo said. “Each one of us did not choose to be under the circumstances that we are in, but each and every one of us can choose

today to be the change we want to see in the face of diversity.”

Many students shared the same ideas as some of the organizations, some shared how the events made them feel and others talked about educating their peers and taking care of themselves.

“I really thought it was so, so valuable for people to express their views,” Lowry said. “We need people to talk about this and realize that it is a serious issue, and I think today showed that because people who didn’t speak were able to see that these are real issues and even get ideas of what they can be doing to be more conscientious in their everyday life.”

international education and address budg etar y concern. Again and again and again, they refused.”

The drama surrounding the incoming cuts to the college was compounded in a week of racial tension at OU following a video surfacing on social media that showed an OU student using blackface. At a rally planned to address the administration’s response to the racist video, a day after Grillot announced she had been terminated, she gave a speech calling for Gallogly’s resignation.

“I don’t think he’s committed to (diversity issues),” Grillot said. “He’s here to do a job about financials.

He’s not here to work on diversity and inclusion at this university, and I have no faith in his ability to address all of those concerns that have been expressed time and again. He may be fit to balance the budget, but he’s not fit to serve in any capacity that regards service to the entire university community.”

Eduardo Campbell, an international student from Panama and one of the organizers of the Rally to Stop Racism, said the cuts were e v i d e n c e t hat Ga l l o g l y lacked a commitment to diversity. “(Gallogly) doesn’t understand what the College of International Studies

represents for this university at all,” Campbell said.

“The cuts ... also show the ig norance of President Gallogly towards the international community. Me and other international students pay a lot of money to be here.”

Grillot pointed to the fact Gallogly is making those cuts as evidence of a lack of commitment to diversity issues, and said she believed one of the reasons these cuts were occurring is because she was outspoken publicly last spring about the Board of Regents’ search process that brought Gallogly to campus.

At the Rally to Stop Racism, Gallogly accused

Grillot of being the one not devoted to diversity issues, citing an instance in which Gallogly said Grillot told him she was too busy to work on an inclusion initiative.

When asked if the cuts came as a result of personal animus, Harper said he wouldn’t comment on personnel matters, but in an email to all OU faculty he said the way cuts were made public led to a “misleading, damaging, and hurtful message.”

“The efforts to be better stewards of our resources directly impact all of our students,” Harper said.

“That includes our international students.”

Campbell said it was important for students in a place like Oklahoma to be exposed to people who are different them, and that he fears the university would lose those opportunities with the cuts.

“Giving students the opportunity to study abroad is incredible opportunity to foster diversity,” Campbell said. “It opens students up to accepting differences of experience and a different culture — of accepting things that are not seen in a place like Oklahoma.”

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Members of the OU community march down the South Oval as part of the Better Together March Jan. 24.

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‘Your silence is deafening’ Black students call for action in ‘Better Together’ march JANA ALLEN @jana_allen21

“Better! Together!”

Those two words were c ha nt e d ov e r a n d ov e r Thursday afternoon as OU‘s black community and its allies marched to the president’s office to hand over a list of demands they hope will bring change to campus.

With hundreds standing outside of Evans Hall, Black Student Association members Miles Francisco, Taylor Wilson and Jamelia Reed entered the building to hand over their statement to OU President James Gallogly.

When they came out, they announced they had to give it to Gallogly’s assistant and Provost Kyle Harper.

“President Gallogly is conveniently not here today,” Francisco said. “President Gallogly had someone ask if they could give a statement on his behalf. We denied.

This march was for us, to be united, for our visibility, so we want to make sure that we’re keeping it central.”

In less than a week, OU experienced two separate incidents of people in blackface. A video of a then-OU student in blackface surfaced Jan. 18, and on Jan. 23, an unknown individual

walked around campus in blackface, as well. There was a rally held Tuesday to address the first incident, and this march came to fruition after the Jan. 23 occurrence.

Leaders of BSA said they w e re t ha n k f u l t hat t h e march had such a large turnout when it was announced less than 24 hours before the event started.

“To see the community come together, to see allies here, white allies, Hispanic allies, Latinx allies, Indigenous allies, all here together, it meant a lot,” Francisco said. “It was beautiful.”

Francisco also asked the crowd to remember those who weren’t participating.

“People sitting in the union, quietly, peacefully, happy as day,” Francisco said. “People who don’t feel like they have any stake in this. People who don’t feel like this is for them. Like it doesn’t really matter for them. To all the allies out here, we appreciate y’all being here.”

Francisco said it’s on white allies to “dismantle the system” and call out their fellow white people.

“We’re tired, but we will not stop fighting,” Francisco said. “Your silence is deafening — we hear it loud and clear. If you’re not speaking up right now, when your students of color don’t feel safe on this campus, we have a problem. It is on you. Your

silence is deafening.”

Francisco said “Better Together” means every person and every group is working together. He said only together can the momentum continue. If it does, he said, “we will not lose.”

As far as Gallogly goes, Francisco said he is “a tool of whiteness,” and that diversity and inclusion initiatives need to start from the top with the administration and the Board of Regents.

“It’s on (Gallogly) to use his privilege, to use his power, his voice to bring a little bit of change but … it’s also on the rest of the administration … to embark this real systemic change,” Francisco said.

Destinee Dickson, BSA member and political science and women’s and gender studies junior, said she was notified an hour before the march that Gallogly would not be in his office due to meetings at the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.

“I think (Gallogly changing his schedule) would’ve meant to us that he cares and he’s ready to make a change on our campus and university,” Dickson said. “I think he still wants to make a change on our campus but I don’t think he is wanting to do it as immediately as we are wanting.”

Kristen Partridge, interim vice president for student affairs and dean of students,

said it’s important for administrators to remember that they need to be invited to events organized by multicultural communities.

Gallogly was not invited, and Partridge said she believes he kept his schedule in order to stay out of the students’ way, knowing the march was not about him.

Partridge said she and members of the Campus Event Response Team were at the march to ensure that students were safe and to show their solidarity and support, but said that they cannot completely “create a safe space.”

“I know that is the goal and should be our goal, but mostly we try to make sure that students at least feel like they have someplace to go, a person they can talk to, a place where they feel included and welcomed just as they are,” Partridge said. “As public property, we’re open to all kinds of people, even people who could harm us and so I think it’s even more important that something like CERT exists so we can be present in those spaces and provide at least the infrastructure that we can.”

Francisco said Gallogly not being on campus a day after a man walked around in blackface was not a good sign to the black community.

“A day after this incident comes, you would think that your leader would be here, to be there for the

community,” Francisco said.

“Not to speak but to listen, to see this huge turnout, to see that students of color don’t feel safe, to see that students of color will fight for what they believe in.”

F ra n c i s c o’s m o st i m portant priority is enacting change to make campus a place where all students feel safe, he said.

BSA’s action continued in the form of a community town hall Jan. 27.

At the end of the march, the group of hundreds stood holding hands outside the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

BSA member Cornelius Woodard led the gathered in singing the black national anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.”

“Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.”

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Mayoral candidates discuss racial issues Norman activists host forum to talk racism, privilege DREW HUTCHINSON @drethegirl

Norman mayoral candidates attended a discussion on racial issues, including combating white supremacy and recognizing complicity, at a forum hosted by a local group.

Norman Citizens for Racial Justice held a nearly threehour forum Jan. 24 at city hall to address issues involving marginalized communities.

Deon Osborne, who helped to host the event, said the forum was previously scheduled and not in response to the recent blackface incidents, one of which involved OU students, and the other which took place on OU’s campus.

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councilmember Breea Clark, Ward 4 councilmember Bill Hickman and community activist Evan Dunn.

Representatives from NCRJ asked the candidates questions from seven categories.

In light of the recent incidents at OU, one question’s poignancy stood out: How do the candidates combat white supremacy day-today, and how do they recognize their own complicity in it?

Clark said she has always been open-minded but had an awakening to her privilege during the DeBarr Street situation, for which she spearheaded the movement to change the name of the street named after a KKK leader and OU professor to Deans Row Avenue. She said she received hateful messages during this time and sent an email to George Henderson, a prominent black professor and colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., upset by the senders’ words.

“And it hit me like a ton of bricks,” Clark said. “I just whined to Dr. George Henderson about someone being mean to me about racism.”

Clark said Norman residents must be encouraged to learn more about one another and that realizing progress is left to be made is the first step to creating a better community.

Emp ow e r i ng h e r re sidents to call out racism where they see it is a goal of Clark’s — she noted several times throughout the forum that Normanites’ tendency to help their fellow residents grow through reproof and correction is one of her favorite things about the city. She called diversity for diversity’s sake “tokenism” and said empowering diverse children from a young age could combat white supremacy.

Dunn answered the question regarding complicity at first by saying he has “transcended” race and that we

have all arisen from “human supremacy.” He then expressed confusion, wondering if it was suggested that he contributed to white supremacy just by being white.

Hickman said he is increasing his understanding of the issue by hearing the concerns of others. He said he recognizes his own privilege and the need for him to listen. He said he has been complicit by lack of education about the history of racist incidents of Tulsa, his hometown.

“I have to listen and give space and create a safe space for others, especially those who are in marginalized communities,” Hickman said.

Other discussions throughout the night included the possibility of a people’s history museum in the old senior center, the complicated legality behind making Norman a sanctuary city, police brutality, representing tribal nations and the

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How do you detect, treat STIs? Common STD, STI misconceptions, treatment options SIANDHARA BONNET @siabon

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns discussing healthy relationships and sex lives from The Daily in partnership with the Gender + Equality Center, Goddard Health Center and Norman’s Adam & Eve. Some answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.

Some people avoid going to the doctor, but serious medical issues like sexually transmitted diseases and infections are not things that should be ignored.

A sexually transmitted disease or infection, STD or STI, is bacteria or viruses that have the ability to be spread from person to person through unprotected intimate contact, according to The STD Project. The terms are now being used interchangeably.

The Daily spoke with Sara Raines, one of Goddard’s Sexual Peer Health Educators — also known as a Sexpert — for information on STIs.

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“Outsourced: STIs and STDs� is the second in a series of columns discussing healty relationships and sex lives.

with their first-ever partner or their 50th partner. If you have sex with someone who has an STI, there is a risk of you getting that STI. The key to preventing STI transmission isn’t to only ever have sex with one person — you can take steps to prevent transmission by using protection, getting tested often and sleeping with people who have been tested recently.

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You may not please everyone, but greater productivity. gone untreated for a very you’ll feel better moving forward. long time. Since most peoAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You ple who have an STI don’t VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Expect can resolve an emotional issue if show any symptoms, it’s someone to overreact or evade you communicate openly. A little pretty hard to figure out issues that could change the give-and-take will help you bring whether you have an STI. about the changes you want to see dynamics of your relationship.

The other reason is that if When in doubt, ask questions and happen. make suggestions before jumping you are showing symptoms,

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN STI AND AN STD? When people are talking about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), they’re generally referring to different viruses and bacteria that are transmitted through bodily fluids exchanged during sex (i.e., blood, semen, and vaginal fluid). This includes g o n o r rh e a, c h l a myd i a, syphilis, HIV (human immunodeficienc y virus), herpes, HPV (human papi l l o mav i r u s i n f e c t i o n ) , trichomoniasis and hepatitis. Since all of these are actually infections initially, and not diseases, many people (including professional organizations) are making the transition to calling them STIs. When STIs go untreated for long periods of time, they can cause diseases like cervical cancer or pelvic inflammatory disease, so these would be STDs. However, most people use STI and STD interchangeably.

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W H AT I S T H E M O S T COMMON MISCONCEPTION ABOUT STIS? I think the one I run into the most is the idea that you only get an STI if you have a lot of sex partners, which is entirely untrue.

Our culture views STIs as shameful, gross and dirty things that only happen when you’re promiscuous. But there is no magic number of sex partners that magically makes you become susceptible to STIs. Anybody can get an STI, whether they’re having sex

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -Handle your personal and financial affairs yourself. Use common sense when tempted by a pie-in-the-sky idea. A steady pace will help you achieve your goal.

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Studies) lobby, and in the GEC (Gender + Equality Center). Condoms prevent the exchange of bodily fluids, which is how they prevent the transmission of STIs. Birth control does not prevent STI transmission.

You can use condoms for vaginal sex, anal sex, and oral sex (yes, you can get STIs in your mouth and throat). If the sex you’re having doesn’t involve a penis, you can use condoms on sex toys or you can cut them up the side to make a dental dam for oral sex as well.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD SOMEONE GET TESTED FOR STIS, AND WHEN SHOULD TESTING START? The recommendations for testing vary. Once you’ve started having sex, whether you use protect i o n o r n o t, i t ’s a g o o d idea to get tested at least once a year. If you’re having sex without protection or having sex with people who haven’t been tested

for STIs recently, then it’s a good idea to get tested more often than that, like every three to six months or in between every new sex partner. Getting a pap test at the gynecologist is not the same thing as getting an STI test, but places that offer gynecological care can do STI testing as well.

Other testing sites in the Norman/OKC area are the Cleveland County Health Department and Planned Parenthood. Getting tested for STIs doesn’t have to be a scary or embarrassing thing but rather just something you do to stay on top of your health and take care of yourself, like getting a checkup or going to the dentist.

For other questions about healthy relationships, sex or other interactions, please ask a question anonymously using our Google Form, which can be found online at oudaily.com/culture.

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Members of the OU football team pose for a photo before the Better Together March on campus Jan. 24.

Student athletes march in unity Some OU players protested at ‘Better Together’ event GEORGE STOIA @georgestoia

CALEB MCCOURRY @CalebMac21

OU students, athletes and faculty participated in the “Better Together” march against racism Thursday afternoon following a racist video made by two OU students that went viral Jan. 18 and the man seen walking around campus in blackface Jan. 23.

Among those protesting was redshirt senior center Jamuni McNeace and other members of the men’s basketball team.

“It was a good protest, non-violent of course,”

McNeace said. “(The protesters are) just making sure everybody’s staying together. They were just talking about how change can come to anyone willing to change.”

Among those with McNeace were senior forward Rashard Odomes, senior guard Christian James, graduate transfer Miles Reynolds and others who weren’t in class at the time.

Last Friday’s viral video wasn’t the first time McNeace has witnessed racism by OU students.

McNeace was a freshman during the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity incident back in 2015, when SAE members chanted a song with a racist slur. After the past week ’s events, McNeace knows the drill.

“We just got to get together with our groups,”

McNeace said. “People have their own views and stuff, but we’re coming together.

We just got to stay together for this.”

Head coach Lon Kruger has been coaching at Oklahoma since 2011 and, along with McNeace, has been through both scenarios. Kruger says the key to subjects such as racism is discussion.

“I just open communication,” Kruger said. “We want them to have the right to express their feelings about anything that’s going on.

Certainly when something that terrible is happening, then we expect them to have those feelings and react to them. Just talk about it.”

After finishing up practice Thursday evening, hours after the march, McNeace said he liked what he saw.

“We all preach family

here at OU, and it’s good to see that people are actually being a family out here,” McNeace said.

Oklahoma football head coach Lincoln Riley, in the wake of the viral video, made a similar statement to Kruger’s, saying, “I encourage them to not be afraid to speak their mind. Those are real issues out there, and these are going to be part of the guys handling these issues as they grow up, that generation.”

The football team made a strong presence in the “Better Together” march as well, and players were seen holding signs while marching. Linebacker Kenneth Murray, corner Tre Brown, safety Robert Barnes, tight end Grant Calcaterra and defensive lineman Neville Gallimore were just a few of the players to participate.

The football team has often been one of the leading voices for change on campus, and this past week and a half has been no different. Senior wide receiver Nick Basquine was one of the first and spoke to The Daily about his feelings toward racism over the weekend. After the march, junior safety Chanse Sylvie and sophomore Jordan Parker chose to spoke to The Daily.

“It’s emotional that we’re still dealing with this in 2019,” Parker said. “At the end of the day, we want to be out here and be together.

We want to be out here and bring unity.”

Like McNeace, many of the football players remember how athletes responded to the SAE incident in a similar fashion. The football team was one of the leading voices then, too.

Sylvie, now a master’s student pursuing a degree in criminal justice, hopes days like Thursday will bring people together.

“After this event, I just feel woken as a black individual,” Sylvie said. “Just seeing us come together and make a proud statement. It gives me a sense of joy that we can come together and let people know that we’re not just trying to separate from one another, but we’re just trying to come together in unison.

“That gives me hope.”

George Stoia

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Caleb McCourry

caleb.a.mccourry@ou.edu

3 former OU basketball players ignite NBA Buddy Hield, Trae Young, Blake Griffin succeed midseason

his 3-point field goal percentage, which is at a stunning 45 percent a game, the fourth best in the NBA. Despite what appears to be a breakout season, and CHANDLER likely because he plays in ENGELBRECHT the star-studded Western @ctengelbrecht Conference, Hield has received little All-Star conLess than a month be- sideration at this point fore the 2019 NBA All-Star Weekend on Feb. 16, three former OU men’s basketball standouts are looking to make a strong push for their respective teams as the NBA season passes its midway point.

Here’s the latest on Buddy Hield, Trae Young and Blake Griffin: B U D DY H I E L D, S G , SACRAMENTO KINGS It seems like yesterday OU fans were ecstatically watching Bahama-native Hield take the college basketball world by force and help guide Oklahoma to its fifth-ever Final Four appearance in the 2015-16 season. Three years later, Heild is statistically having his best year to date in the NBA. Through 48 games, the 26-year-old is averaging 20.2 PPG, 2.2 APG and 5.0 RPG, all of which will be career highs if he continues this level of play throughout the rest of the season.

However, his most impressive statistic is arguably

in the season. It was announced Saturday, though, that Hield will take part in the 3-point contest during All-Star weekend on TNT. Other participants include Steph Curry, Seth Curry, Dirk Nowitzki and Damian Lillard.

TRAE YOUNG, PG,

ATLANTA HAWKS The former Norman North guard is making quite a bit of noise in his inaugural NBA season. The No. 5 overall pick not only leads his team in assists with 7.2 per game, but those numbers are also leading the NBA among rookies. Young

is also averaging 16.1 points and .9 steals per game, which ranks third and sixth among rookie players, respectively. Nonetheless, Young still has much to improve, as his 3-point field goal percentage is a mere 28 percent, and he is averaging around 4.1 turnovers per game.

Young will likely participate in the All-Star weekend in the Rising Stars game on Feb. 15 and will reportedly participate in the skills challenge on Feb. 16.

B L A K E G R I F F I N , P F, DETROIT PISTONS Nearing a year since he was traded to the Detroit Pistons from the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 29, 2018, Griffin hasn’t needed much time to make his presence felt in the Eastern Conference. So far this season, Griffin is averaging a whopping 26 points per game, which leads his team and is a career high for the eight-year NBA veteran. He also leads his team in assists per game with an average of 5.2 and is the Piston’s second-best rebounder totaling 8.1 rebounds per game, only trailing teammate Andre Drummond (14.9).

Gr iffin’s effor ts have made him a favorite to represent both the Pistons and his conference in the 2019 All-Star game, as he ranked sixth among frontcourt players in the latest All-Star voting with a total voter count of 677,472.

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Sacramento Kings shooting guard Buddy Hield smiles during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Oct. 21.

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OU gymnastics sets season highs Women defeat three opponents; men continue win streak TARIK MASRI @Tarik_Masri

STEVEN PLAISANCE @splaisance00

When No. 1 Oklahoma took the floor Saturday night in McCasland Field House, the Sooners were on a mission.

The opponent in the gym was No. 8 Ohio State, but the Sooners always have their eyes on a bigger prize.

That’s what happens when a team wins four straight national championships.

Earlier in the day, the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines posted a score of 413.150 to beat No. 7 Minnesota. The Sooners took notice of the high score and saw it as an opportunity.

“Michigan today posted a (score of ) 413,” senior Levi Anderson said after Saturday night’s meet. “We were just talking about it in the locker room, and it’s another opportunity to show that we’re still here, you know? You’re going to have to go through us to get a title.”

By the time the Sooners were finished on Saturday, their total was 423.950, more than 10 points higher than Michigan’s score.

Fueled by a loud home crowd, the Sooners proved they can get even better.

The performance was a season best so far, and they finished with season highs in every event besides the pommel horse.

Anderson finished with

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Senior Nicole Lehrmann performs her beam routine in the meet against Georgia Jan. 11.

the top all-around score with a 83.150. He also took home the top spot on the horizontal bar with a score of 14.700. Senior Yul Moldauer was dominant in every event he participated in. He finished first on the rings and parallel bars with a 14.650 and 15.000, respectively. He also finished second on the pommel horse.

“A l l i n a l l , I c a n ’ t b e u p s e t ,” A n d e r s o n s a i d when asked about the team’s performance. “We did a great job tonight of showing what we’re made of.”

The women’s gymnastics team was also in action this weekend, taking on three teams on the road Saturday. Also No. 1 in the country, the women

defeate d No. 7 D enver, Arkansas and Missouri in the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Sooners scored a 197.95 in the meet. They recorded a 49.575 on the floor, their highest mark of the season. Oklahoma also recorded a 49.500 on vault, 49.400 on bars and a 49.500 on beam. Denver scored a 196.350, Missouri scored

a 196.200 and Arkansas scored a 195.825.

Anastasia Webb was the star for the Sooners, earning a 39.550 all-around score. She managed a 9.875 on the floor, a 9.950 on the beam, a 9.875 on bars and a 9.875 on the vault.

The Sooners will be back in Norman next Friday, Feb. 1 to take on Florida. The men’s team

will take their NCAA-best 105-meet w in streak to Lincoln, Nebraska, next Saturday to take on the No. 3 Cornhuskers and No. 4 Illinois.

Tarik Masri

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Steven Plaisance

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Sooners’ momentum flattens Vanderbilt Oklahoma defeats Commodores with sustained energy CALEB MCCOURRY @CalebMac21

The Sooners finished the first half of their 86-55 rout over Vanderbilt with consistency, and they took their offense to a higher level in the second half to finish the game Jan. 26.

Three Sooners were already in double-digit scoring by halftime — sophomore Brady Manek and senior Rashard Odomes with 10 points and senior Christian James with 12 — while the whole team was 44 percent from the field.

Manek and James each had two threes.

Oklahoma fired on all cylinders by going on a 15-7 run in a second half that saw the team shoot 69 percent in that half and 55 percent overall. Oklahoma’s offense was too much for Vanderbilt after the beginning of the first half.

“For the first 10 or 12 minutes, I thought we responded well,” Vanderbilt head coach Br yce Drew s a i d . “A f t e r t h a t , y o u know, we couldn’t guard them one-on-one, and we couldn’t hang onto the ball enough to keep it close.”

Drew was right about the first half. The Commodores kept the Sooners on their feet by shooting 37 percent and 38 percent from the 3-point line. But after Vanderbilt lost its last lead of the game at the 10-minute mark, the Sooners’ momentum went unmatched. “ I t h o u g h t t h e re w a s good energy from the s t a r t,” h e a d c o a c h L o n Kruger said. “Good step up.

Senior guard Christian James celebrates with graduate guard Aaron Calixte in the game against Vanderbilt Jan. 26.

I thought we made a couple shots early. Things flowed pretty well. I thought the attack was there pretty consistently. Didn’t have many droughts of possessions without good looks.”

James, Manek and Odomes combined for 51 points to close out the win.

Two years ago in Norman for the Big 12/

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SEC Challenge against Florida was a completely different story. The final score was 84-52 with the Sooners on the losing side, and Odomes, James, junior Kristian Doolittle and re d s h i r t s e n i o r Ja mu n i McNeace were on the ro s t e r at t h e t i m e. T h e Oklahoma veterans have now flipped the tables with Saturday’s win and a 65-50 win over Florida earlier in the season. “ It ’s a g o o d f e e l i n g ,” Odomes said. “Big win,

coming out the SEC Challenge. Looking forward to it, just like the Big 12. The SEC has talent top to bottom as well. Any team that we’re going to play is going to be a fight. You might be on the flip side of it or the winning side of it like we were today. It’s always going to be a battle.”

While enjoying a nice turn of events, the Sooners also sent Lloyd Noble into a frenzy as sophomore center Hannes Polla and senior forward Patrick Geha

— who often get little playing time — both scored two points in front of a crowd who couldn’t get enough of it.

“It’s always fun to see your teammates get success,” James said. “We know how hard those guys work, and they might not get the minutes that they want, but when they come into success it’s always a good thing to celebrate that.”

The last minutes of the game seemed like a celebration as the crowd got

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louder and louder, chanting “Polla! Polla!” It was something the S ooners needed while still in the middle of conference play.

The Sooners’ win over Vanderbilt caps off a successful 12-1 out-of-conference schedule. Now, the Sooners will only play conference foes to close out the regular season.

The Sooners host Baylor tonight at 8 p.m.

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