L&A: Carmen opens this weekend. Find out what to expect (Page 3) The University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916
W W W.O U DA I LY.C O M
2 015 C R O W N F I N A L I S T
M O N DA Y, F E B R UA R Y 2 , 2 015
Jack White concert costs OU $80,000 Concert to be held at McCasland Field House today EMILY SHARP
Assistant Life and Arts Editor @esharp13
OU has spent over $80,000 dollars to get Jack White to perform at the s o l d o u t c o n c e r t t o d ay at the McCasland Field House. The university has agreed to pay for first class sound and lights, hotel accommodations, ground transportation to and from Oklahoma City Airport, $80,000 in compensation and “artist hospitality as mutually agreed upon,” according to White’s contract, which was signed by Kristen Partridge, Student Life director and assistant dean of students. On White’s end, the band has agreed to pay for airfare and the opening act. White will also receive 100 percent of the proceeds from the CD and DVD merchandise sold and 85 percent of the proceeds from shirts sold.
DONʼT
DRUNK-TEXT New app aids drinkers in making good choices
White in the contract is guaranteed $80,000 versus the right to receive 90 percent of the amount earned form ticket sales, which have a net potential of a little over $147,000. H o w e v e r, t h e s h o w ’s expenses are totaled at $40,500, includes catering, security, setting up the stage, ushers, ticket printing and staff. The most costly concert expense is advertising, which total $7,500. After multiple calls and emails, members from Campus Activities Council, the group putting on the event, declined to comment. Doors for the show open at 7 p.m, Feb. 2. The opening act will take the stage at 8 p.m., and White will start performing at 9 p.m. The concert will feature hit singles “Seven Nation Army,” “Lazaretto” and “Freedom at 21,” according to a press release.
EMILY SHARP Assistant Life and Arts Editor @esharp13
Students who want to avoid sending text messages or Snapchats while drinking or be the designated driver for a drunk friend can now do both with Drunk Mode, a new phone application beta launched through OU. Students can block contacts from communicating with them for the SEE APP PAGE 2
Emily Sharp esharp13@ou.edu
Weight limits drop off area Apartment shuttles must drop off, pick up at Lloyd Noble Staff Reporter @andie_beene
WEATHER Sunny with a high of 42, low of 28. Updates: @AndrewGortonWX
Event to give ‘Reason to Live’ Suicide prevention talk free to OU students, faculty
ANDIE BEENE
O U o f f i c i a l s have i n formed Norman apartment complexes that drop off students on campus that shuttles are no longer allowed to wait, park, pick up or drop off at the Duck Pond parking lot or on Brooks Street. The apartment shuttles must now drop students off at Lloyd Noble Center. Students must then ride the Cleveland Area Rapid Transit shuttles to campus, said Vicky Holland, OU Parking and Transportation Services spokesperson. This change is because The Duck Pond parking lot, which is made of asphalt, is not equipped to handle the weight of both apartment shuttles and CART buses, Holland said. This change affects all apartment shuttles that pick up or drop of students, including The Avenue at Norman apartments, The Grove Norman apartments and others. “Some of them are large buses that they’re bringing in — [the lot is] just not equipped to handle that weight,” Holland said. “When we build our transfer stations, we have to go in and reinforce the concrete. We’re talking asphalt versus
YOUR MOM
JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound
YA JIN/THE DAILY
Students get off the bus at Lloyd Noble Center.
“...We’re talking asphalt versus concrete; one’s much sturdier than the other.”
To accommodate the influx of students at Lloyd Noble Center, additional Cleveland Area Rapid VICKY HOLLAND Transit shuttles will carry OU PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SPOKESPERSON students to and from Lloyd concrete; one’s much sturdi- Holland said. Noble Center during peak er than the other.” OUPD is trying to work times, Holland said. The apartment shuttles out a solution with the City For more information were also causing wait-time of Norman, Holland said. about Lloyd Noble pick up problems and issues with When asked about the times, go to ou.edu/cart. the OU Police department, situation, OUPD spokesHolland said. The apartment person Lt. Bruce Chan said, News editor Paris Burris shuttles, which were parking “ … Other than the fact that contributed to this report. and waiting for long periods we’re enforcing the laws and on the street, have been told the ordinances, we don’t Andie Beene they risk citation if they con- have any other issues inAndrea.K.Beene-1@ou.edu tinue to park on the street, volved in this.”
FIND US ONLINE
OU DAILY OUDaily.com
The public is invited to learn about suicide prevention and mental health from people who have seen and experienced it firsthand. “A Reason to Live” will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in the McCasland Field House, said Susan Sasso, associate vice president and associate dean of Student Affairs. The event will feature three speakers, including an OU student. The free event will last until about 8:30 p.m., Sasso said. The main speakers are Kevin Hines and Kevin Briggs. Hines jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000 when he was 19 years old and was rescued by Briggs, then a California Highway Patrol officer. The two now speak regularly about mental health, Sasso said. Hines is also the author of the book “Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt.” The opening speaker at the event will be OU student Victoria Bautista. She will read “Off the Map,” a
poem that she read when she spoke at TEDxOU, Bautista said. Bautista did not know about the event prior to being invited to perform, but she said she is always willing to help out with these kinds of programs, she said. Sasso did not know the exact amount paid to bring in Hines and Briggs, but she considers it a bargain considering the gravity of the subject, she said. Sasso started looking for speakers for a suicide prevention event about a year ago, she said. “By far, they were the speakers of choice,” Sasso said of Hines and Briggs. Sponsors for the event include the Behavior Inter vention Team, the OU Athletic Department, OUPD, the Jill Campaign, The Oklahoma Daily and OU AdForce, Sasso said. The event is not partnered with any specific suicide prevention group, but there will be counselors at the event, Sasso said. Sasso expects a diverse audience to attend the event, including law enforcement officers, she said. Law enforcement officers can get credit for continuing education in mental health for attending the event, Sasso said. Jesse Pound jesserpound@gmail.com
OU YAK OF THE DAY
OUDaily
@OUDaily
theoklahomadaily
“No Super Bowl will ever reach the apex that was Beyoncé absorbing all the electricity in New Orleans, stopping the game and causing a black out in the blocks around the Mercedes Superdome.”
VOL. 100, NO. 88 © 2015 OU Publications Board FREE — Additional copies 25¢