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OU alumnus joins community OU alumnus appointed as the new Board of Regents member KATE BERGUM

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An OU alumnus and former student athlete will find a new place in the campus community, following his appointment as a member of the OU Board of Regents.

Gov. Mary Fallin announced the appointment of Renzi Stone, a 2000 alumnus of OU and former basketball player, Thursday, according to a press release.

The appointment still needs to be confirmed by the Senate before Stone can begin serving, said Alex Gerszewski, deputy press secretary for the office of the governor.

As a financial supporter of OU over the past 20 years and a former student, Stone was elated when he found out about

his appointment and very grateful with the governor, said.

The founder of Saxum, a communications agency with offices in Oklahoma City, Houston and Tulsa, Stone also serves on the board of advisers for Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of International Studies and is on the Athletics Advisory Council, according to the press release.

“Renzi Stone cares deeply about the University of Oklahoma, its students, and its future. He will make an outstanding contribution as a Regent,” President David Boren said in a statement released Thursday.

Because of his college basketball experience, Stone has a unique perspective on college athletics than other regents may have, he said. He looks forward to communicating with coaches and athletic director Joe Castiglione, he said.

Additionally, Stone will be the only regent to have attended OU during Boren’s leadership, Stone said.

“I have the unique perspective of being part of Boren’s

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Graduation quickly approaches for OU seniors TONY RAGLE/THE DAILY

Students looking to graduate this spring can take advantage of a streamlined diploma application process. The deadline for graduation applications is March 1, and they can be completed entirely online.

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As students look toward graduation and start planning their lives after college, they can also take advantage of a streamlined application process.

The deadline for

graduation applications, which can be completed online, is March 1.

Seniors this year will be able to take advantage of a new, faster application process that should only take about 10 minutes, said Laurie Tinsley, assistant director of academic cecords.

The process is simple

and students only need to log in to Ozone and visit the Academics tab to verify information s u c h a s t h e i r na m e, major and mailing address for their diploma, Tinsley said. If any information is incorrect, students should contact their college to correct the problem and move

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Engineers’ Club preps for E-Week E-Week offers fun, relaxation for future engineers MIKE BRESTOVANSKY

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years,” Stone said.

Stone is excited to work with the president of the university, he said.

Stone is excited to jump into his role as a regent, but will approach the role by learning from the current regents, he said.

“The first thing a good leader does is they listen and they learn,” Stone said.

Stone hopes that students know that as a regent, his job is to look out for them, he said.

“The university exists to serve its customers, which are its students,” Stone said.

Regents serve a 7-year term, according to the OU Board of Regents web page. Stone will succeed regent Tom Clark for the position, according to the press release.

forward with the process, Tinsley said.

Students should know that they need 90 or more credit hours to be eligible to apply for graduation, and that they can apply even if they have a hold on their Bursar account, said Natalie Schoemann, graduation assistant.

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Engineering students will paint the town green next week during OU’s 102nd annual Engineers’ Week, hosted by the OU Engineers’ Club.

The week-long celebration will feature 12 events, beginning with Sunday’s Road Rallye and concluding with the E-Week Banquet on Saturday, said Cody Shell, E-Week chair.

Andrew Lambeth, president of OU’s Engineers’ Club, said E-Week is an event celebrated at universities across the country and occurs around the same time of the year: St. Patrick’s Day. Shell, an aerospace engineering senior, said that E-Week began at the University of MissouriRolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology) as a celebration of St. Patrick’s engineering legacy.

The story goes — before

St. Pat was a saint — he was just a person in Ireland when the clouds all went green and started raining snakes,” Shell said. “The king sent out a proclamation to have somebody take care of the snake problem. So St. Pat, being an engineer, invented a machine to solve the problem … and drove the snakes out of Ireland.”

Because of this, St. Patrick became the patron saint of engineers, and engineers around the nation celebrate his legacy with Engineers’ Week, Shell said.

Many of the events throughout E-Week test participants’ engineering prowess — Shell said that a recently created event gives contestants two hours to design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that can paint a model owl green.

“Our theme this year is ‘Paint the Town Green’,” Shell said.

Shell said that painting owls green is a reference to a longstanding rivalry between the College of Engineering and the College of Law, during which engineering students paint the owl statues on the old law college green, Shell said.

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Nonprofit offers free pet vaccinations, microchips Enactus, Second Chance team up to offer pet vaccines ANDREW CLARK Staff Reporter @Clarky_Tweets

Enactus, an international non-profit organization, will help Second Chance Animal Sanctuary host a vaccination and microchip clinic in March using a $1,500 grant.

The Sam’s Club Project, a team comprised of nine members of the student leadership organization Enactus, applied for and received the Sam’s Club Step Up For Small Business Partnership grant in late

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“It was definitely really exciting,” said Mitch Allen, project leader. “This is one of the first big things we’ve ever done. It was a huge relief to know that my project was actually going somewhere.”

Allen said the group took a lot of time to find the best way to use the money, but eventually decided to help Second Chance Animal Sanctuary.

“It’s been a long process of small challenges, I guess,” said Allen. “It was tough to find what we actually needed to do to help them.”

The group had the idea of hosting a clinic at A New Leash For Life, a dog daycare

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“It’s hard to get a [pet] vaccine for lowincome families. It’s a good way to reach out to these families and get that.”

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The clinic will offer several services such as microchip installations, a multitude of vaccinations, grooming and other tests.

Tyler Lenz, the event coordinator for A New Leash On Life, said the clinic’s greatest benefit is its low prices.

“It’s hard to get a [pet] vaccine for low-income families,” Lenz said. “It’s a good

way to reach out to these families and get that.”

Lenz said the last clinic at A New Leash For Life vaccinated about 200 animals, but usually these clinics vaccinate only about 80 to 100 animals.

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NEWS Body cams complicate legislation

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A bill proposed by freshman Rep. Claudia Griffith has caused a statewide uproar by opponents who say it would gut the state’s open records law.

The current controversy arose after Griffith’s version of House Bill 1361 was replaced with a last minute and extensive amendment in committee on Thursday as it was rushed through to meet the deadline to be eligible for a hearing on the House floor this session.

“When the bill enters a committee and there’s an amendment, it’s totally changed,” said Griffith, D-Norman. “The bill that was passed out of committee yesterday was not my bill.

Rep. Mike Christian submitted an amendment with some vague language.”

T h e o r i g i na l b i l l w a s meant to close legal gaps dealing with open records law and videos obtained from police body cams.

Christian, R-Oklahoma City, made changes that would allow for increases in fees that can be charged for Open Records requests and would allow many requests to be denied.

Concerned law enforcement officials pointed to an open-ended open records request in Washington state to support the need for the proposed legislation.

“It’s just speculation and fear mongering,” said Joey Senat of FOI Oklahoma.

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“Technology is here and it’s paid for by the public and it’s public law enforcement wearing these cameras.”

Legislation was introduced last year with exemptions that allowed video footage to be withheld from the public. Senat believes that as the law is implemented, there can be reasonable discussions for moving forward if change is needed.

“Yesterday’s (Thursdays) discussion at the House was not it,” Senat said. “Not only on the video issue, but basically it gutted the Open Records Act when it came to fees.”

Senat said there are no real examples of where a case has been ruined because of it.

“I don’t see support

building for this bill,” Senat said.

In November, the Kitsap Sun newspaper in Kitsap County, Washington reported on a series of open-records requests for “all available footage” resulting from body cameras worn by police. While larger cities like Seattle and Spokane simply told the man he had to narrow his request, two small town departments in Washington calculated it would take months of man hours to honor the request.

Those departments said unless legislation was passed to protect them from such requests, they would not move forward with outfitting their full police force with the cameras.

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nationwide by law enforcement websites and newsletters, giving Oklahoma law enforcement pause.

“Technology is here and it’s paid for by the public and it’s public law enforcement wearing these cameras” JOEY SENAT, FOI OKLAHOMA

Gr iffith said Nor man Police Chief Keith Humphrey and District Attorney Greg Mashburn were among those who asked for the legislation.

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getting body cameras in the near future and leadership has been working with city attorneys to develop policy that satisfies the law but protects officers, minors and victims. “ We w e re c o n c e r n e d about video getting out to the public before cases were disposed of and affecting victims and suspects,” Humphrey said.

Senat said there is currently nothing in the law to protect video evidence any more than any other public record, and such a law is not needed.

“There are mechanisms to make sure you have an impartial jury,” he said. “Jurors don’t have to be ignorant of a case. They can’t have made up their minds before

hearing the case.”

Senat said the defense can ask for a change of venue if there’s a chance of prejudice.

“We already have protections in the law for minors,” Senat said.

When an open records request is made, video must be reviewed to make sure it doesn’t meet one of the exceptions that exempts it from Open Record laws. The process can be time consuming and is one of the biggest concerns.

“We’re not trying to hide anything,” Humphrey said.

“I think there is an unclear interpretation. We want to make sure all the pieces work.”

“One of the issues that we talked a lot about is what if an officer responded to someone’s home because of a domestic dispute ... what if a nosey neighbor wanted to see that?” Assistant City Attorney Rick Knighton said.

He said other issues were raised in Oklahoma City concerning ongoing investigations.

“You wouldn’t want that video to be out in the public before that investigation was concluded,” Knighton said.

He said that while state legislation passed last year exempted video with dead bodies, juveniles and naked people from Open Records law, it opened a new door to require all other video to be shown — including video that’s part of an ongoing investigation.

Knighton said Norman’s two main issues are videos that are connected to ongoing investigations and videos that might violate a citizen’s privacy.

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GRAD: Students on the hunt for future careers Continued from Page One

“You never realize how much of a network you have until you’re on your own.”

All transfer work and incomplete grade completions must be turned in within 10 business days of the last day of finals, Schoemann said. Colleges will clear students to apply for graduation as soon as final grades are posted, Schoemann said.

Tinsley and Schoemann confirmed that diplomas will be posted on students’ transcripts July 1 on Ozone and that the official documents will be mailed out late July or early August to students’ addresses.

For Jake Fuller, an international security major, the application process was relatively simple, he said. However, with the application done, he has other concerns: his life after graduation.

Fuller hopes to have a career in U.S. foreign policy or intelligence, but due to the competitive nature of national security programs, he has not yet secured a job post-graduation, he said.

OU is a widely known school with a good reputation, and Fuller believes that his affiliation with OU will be a helpful asset in the future, he said.

Jamie Birdwell-Branson, a 2011 graduate and professional writing major, is now a copy editor at Thompson Reuters and

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has worked there for the past three years while also freelance writing for various companies. Before that she was a content writer at a small local company, she said.

Birdwell-Branson said that attending OU definitely helped her attain her goals. She pointed to the network of people and opportunities that OU students are afforded.

“You never realize how much of a network you have until you’re on your own,” Birdwell-Branson said.

While at school, students should have a professor that acts as an advisor, Birdwell-Branson said.

Melvin Odom III, an instructor in Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, was hers, and they still have a relationship, Birdwell-Branson said.

Overall, OU is an important part of Birdwell-Branson’s life and influenced her career after college, she said.

“It was sort of invaluable,” Birdwell-Branson said.

PETS: Grant money will buy more kennels Continued from Page One “ We’ re ju s t e x c i t e d to par tner w ith [A New Leash On Life] and do this event and hopefully get some animals up to date on their shots and make some money for the shelter as well,” said Sean Popp, shelter director of Second Chance. “It’s been awesome working with Enactus, and the kids from OU have been

great with us.”

Most of the grant money is allocated to the clinic, but the remainder will be used to purchase more kennels for the animals, physical renovations to the shelter and producing a training video for new volunteers, Allen said.

Popp said this instructional video will help attract more volunteers to the shelter.

“The more time we can take off of some of the staff here, the better,” Popp said.

“It will be nice to give them this to show them how to go about volunteering.”

Allen said the project has been worthwhile through all of the challenges.

“It’s exciting; it’s tough trying to pave my own path, but it’s really really cool.”

Allen said. “It’s cool to see me and my team start from nothing and then be where we are today.”

The Sam’s Club Project will do future checkups

with Second Chance after all the group’s grant money is spent. The microchip and vaccination clinic will take place from noon to 4 p.m.

March 7 at A New Leash For Life in southeastern Oklahoma City.

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E-WEEK: Celebration inspired by St. Patrick Continued from Page One Shell said that although non-engineering students may be able to spectate during some events, only engineering students will be able to participate. He added that any law students attending will be kicked out.

Many of the events are sponsored by oil and gas companies. For example, GE Oil & Gas will host the “Stress E-Liminator” event on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

Shell said that the main goal of the event is to give everyone in the engineering school the chance to relax with massages, video games, healthy snacks and puzzles.

Lambeth said the event will give engineering faculty, staff and students the chance to unwind. He said that the event is geared toward engineering majors, as they are busy and stressed, but non-engineering majors will still be welcome.

Likewise, any student is welcome to donate to the week-long canned food drive that benefits local homeless shelter Food and Shelter for Friends, Shell said. Students can also participate in

E-Week’s blood drive on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

Despite the many elaborate events throughout the week, Shell said one of the events he is most excited about is deceptively simple: Friday’s “Fluid Dynamics Lab,” held at O’Connell’s Irish Pub and Grille.

“It’s the study of a green, viscous fluid and how it affects you throughout the night,” Shell said. “It’s green beer.”

Shell said he hopes E-Week can help engineering students better connect with each other.

“Engineers’ Club’s entire purpose is to be an overarching organization to help connect people in the College of Engineering to people similar to them, different from them and help grow them both as engineers and as leaders,” Shell said. “[E-Week] will help give students a first taste of what that is.”

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AISA celebrates Miss Indian OU at reception Kimberly DeJesus welcomed as Miss Indian OU

“Any title I get is an opportunity to represent Native Americans as much as I can. I’m excited. I’m ready.”

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A reception celebrating incoming Miss Indian OU Kimberley DeJesus was held Friday evening in the Beaird Lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

DeJesus sang a Comanche hy m n a n d g av e a b r i e f speech before Miss Indian OU T’ata Roberts presented her with a crown and trophy.

DeJesus will officially begin her 2015-2016 reign at the 101st University of Oklahoma Spring Powwow which will be March 28 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The reception was held in lieu of the annual Miss Indian OU Pageant due to a lack of entries, but DeJesus is far from lax when speaking of her new title.

“Any title I get is an opportunity to represent Native Americans as much as I can,” DeJesus said. “I’m excited.

I’m ready.”

DeJesus is of Comanche, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Ioway, Sioux and Puerto

Rican descent. She began learning more about her Native American heritage at the age of 12 by participating in dances and studying the Comanche language.

She is a graduate of Lawton High School and is currently a sophomore at OU majoring in Native American Studies.

Her long-term goal is to obtain a doctorate in medicine so she can further assist Native American people.

DeJesus will focus upon several platforms during her reign as Miss Indian OU, including racial profiling, substance abuse, diabetes, breast cancer and asthma.

She also plans to advocate strongly for education.

“The reason I applied was so I could represent all Native Americans in this community and to encourage people back home and anywhere to get an education, because you don’t see many Native Americans pursuing college degrees,” DeJesus said.

“It’s important to me to be a

role model and to motivate others.”

To apply for the title of Miss Indian OU, potential candidates must meet certain criteria including GPA requirements, a proven commitment to community service and other honors already bestowed upon them, according to Lillie Keener, president of the American Indian Student Association.

“It sets the standard for young Native American women who are incoming freshmen and underclassmen,” Keener said. “It’s a way to get the younger women to look up to the current Miss Indian OU and strive to make those achievements as well.”

The title is also about character and the presentation of self and one’s culture, according to Roberts, who was reflective as she began the process of passing on her crown.

“It was an honor for me to be chosen as the 2014-2015 Miss Indian OU,” Roberts

said. “You are representing a lot of people and you want to make them all proud, but it was also so much fun.

It’s probably the most fun I’ve had at OU thus far and I would just like to thank everybody for the support.“ DeJesus is already receiving her own support from others w ithin her tribe, including from curre nt C o ma n c h e Nat i o n Princess Kelsey Codynah.

Codynah had high praise for DeJesus, who is also a former Comanche Nation Princess.

“When she goes for something, she really goes for it,” said Codynah. “When she was Comanche Nation Princess I looked up to her because I wanted to run, and it’s an honor to have her as a sister.”

The current Comanche Nation Jr. Princess Tristen Wauqua also had high praise for DeJesus, indicating she always carries a positive attitude that inspires those around her.

DeJesus is already setting goals for the future. “During my reign, I hope I encourage at least one person to apply for college or get more into their heritage,” said DeJesus.

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UPB hosts putt-putt contest for a chance to win a one-day parking pass

Students will play putt-putt for a chance to win a reserved parking pass Monday.

All students have to do is score two out of three holes on a small green putt-putt set up at the Union Programming Board’s booth in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Students who do so will win a one-day parking pass for the OMU parking lot, said Samuel Kiehl, graduate research assistant.

“When students are passing by they have a chance to take a break, relax and enjoy a little golf,” Kiehl said.

The event is part of UPB’s Daily Series, Kiehl said.

The series is meant to help students become more aware of other events going on in the OMU and get involved.

“It’s to make the Union an engaging place for students and working to be a better resource for students,” Kiehl said.

UPB gives out day-long parking passes at events three to four times a year, Kiehl said.

Graduate assistants usually work booths for the series, but undergraduate students in UPB help out when they can, Kiehl said.

For more information, visit UPB’s web page.

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Half of Oklahoma high school students had engaged in sexual intercourse and of those sexually active students 42 percent did not use a condom during their last sexual encounter and 14 percent used no form of contraception, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s 2013 Oklahoma Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

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A LITTLE OFF By Bernie Adams

Monday, February 23, 2015 •

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Dillon Hollingsworth, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

Baseball brings home 3 wins SPORTS REPORTER

Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu @Davis_Spenser

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klahoma baseball (6-4) rallied to take the final three games of the Big 12/Pac 12 Challenge this weekend after dropping its first two battles of the road trip.

The Sooners started the week off with a regular non-conference matchup against No. 17 Arizona State. Senior left-handed pitcher Jeffery Curran got the start and pitched well before being pulled after four innings.

Oklahoma jumped out to an early lead against the Sun Devils thanks to a three-run home run by sophomore infielder Sheldon Neuse, his first of the year. However, Curran’s early exit meant a long day for OU’s bullpen and it cost them.

Ju n i o r r i g h t- h a n d e d

pitcher Ralph Garza Jr. struggled in 2.2 innings of work, allowing four runs on five hits, earning the loss for the Sooners in a 7-4 defeat.

The Sooners came back with senior right-handed pitcher Robert Tasin i n ga m e o n e o f t h e Big 12/Pac 12 Challenge against Washington State.

Oklahoma was not able to overcome the four-run effort from the Cougars despite recording eight hits.

The Sooners’ offense exploded on Friday against the Washington Huskies though, giving sophomore right-handed pitcher Jake Elliott plenty of run support to work with. The 10 runs scored nearly tied a season-high for OU, only bested by an 11-run outburst against SIU-Edwardsville in the second game of the season.

Part of that explosion was thanks to junior INF Kolbey Carpenter, who hit three home runs this weekend, including one against the Huskies.

O U ’s o f f e n s e s t u c k around for Saturday’s game against Oregon State, posting nine runs before all was

said and done. However, the story of that game was not the offense, but starting pitcher Alec Hansen.

The sophomore has had t rou b l e c o nt ro l l i ng h i s pitches in his short tenure so far in Norman, but he boasts a high-90’s fastball that was on display against the Beavers. Hansen struck out 12 of the 24 batters that he faced in five innings of work, only allowing two runs.

Despite a rocky first inning which featured two hits, two walks and a pair of wild pitches, Hansen settled down to give OU a solid start, giving the team a chance to win against an over-matched Oregon State squad.

Junior RHP Corey Copping got the start in the weekend finale for the Sooners against Utah, but exited with a no decision after being removed in the fourth inning. Robert Tasin earned the win in relief after a pair of Carpenter home runs turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 Sooners victory.

Oklahoma exits Arizona with a 6-4 record after a respectable showing against

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Pitcher Robert Tasin prepares to release a pitch in the Sooners game against Notre Dame on Sunday at L. Dale Mitchell Stadium. However, the Sooners fell short, losing 1-5 to the Fighting Irish.

quality Pac 12 competition. The Sooners now have Monday off before playing a mid-week game at Dallas Baptist (6-0) on Tuesday.

OU will then host Brigham Young (1-7) in a four game series next weekend, punctuated by a double header on Friday.

SCORE RECAP

Oklahoma, 10 Washington, 1 P: Jake Elliot, W (2-0)

Oklahoma, 4 Arizona State, 7 P: Ralph Garza, L (0-1)

Oklahoma, 9 Oregon State, 6 P: Alec Hansen, W (1-1)

Oklahoma, 3 Washington State, 4 P: Robert Tasin, L (1-1)

Oklahoma, 4 Utah, 3 P: Robert Tasin W (2-1)

Thomas a powerhouse for Sooner basketball Houston transfer brings strength, speed to team JOHN WALKER Sports Reporter @jtw2213

provides the skillset to make the Sooners more dynamic.

There are two signature moves that characterize what Thomas brings to the table.

He possesses a spin move on the low block that often frees him from his defender in the paint. Thomas adds to his arsenal with plenty of pick-andpop jumpers and midrange shots. Thomas’ skillset is one as an inside-out scorer, bullying his man down low while making opponents respect the midrange. This is a layer the Sooners have not had from a big man in years and a big reason why Thomas sports a field goal percent above the 50 percent mark throughout his collegiate career.

For the Sooners, the program’s success can be credited to the monumental improvement on the defensive side of the ball from the previous season. What was once a team that would surrender an average of 76 points on a game-by-game basis in 2013-14, Oklahoma has seen a 13-point improvement this season.

It is hard to statistically gauge defensive impact for players, but ranking third in the conference in blocks with nearly a swat-and-a-half per contest is something to take notice of. Thomas and junior forward Ryan Spangler anchor an interior that has been successful all season in halting opponents in the paint.

When senior for ward Ta S h a w n T h o m a s a n nounced his decision to transfer to Oklahoma, Sooners fans and media pundits alike bought in on the Sooners’ big aspirations.

Visions of the Sooners acquiring the big man on the way to a top 10 finish, Big 12 Conference championship and possible Final Four run were prevalent in Norman.

Twenty-seven games in, the Houston transfer may not have the flashy stats that made him a household name among mid-majors, but he is still a vital element of the Sooners’ strong 5-man lineup.

The Sooners are 19-8 with a 10-5 conference record that ranks third in the league.

Thomas, the former Houston Cougar, averages 11 points and six rebounds per game this season.

That stat line will not qualify him for the Naismith Watch List like his teammate Buddy Hield nor was he storming out of the gates with dazzling performances at the beginning of the season. Thomas was averaging a mere eight points per game CHRISTOPHER MICHIE/THE DAILY as he looked to settle himSenior forward TaShawn Thomas grabs after the ball during OU’s self into the team’s rotation. match against Iowa State on Feb. 8. The Sooners came back from a But Thomas produces exact10 point deficit to defeat the Cyclones 94-83. ly what the team needs and

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Thomas has the strength to defend against opponents in the paint while having the short-range quickness to switch to the help-side and contest the weak-side aggressor.

Gone are the days where

the 6-foot-8-inch big man from Killeen, Texas, would fly around inside Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston and score 20 points or more, which he did 18 times in his final two years with the Cougars. But as part of a

high-powered unit that ranks among the most successful teams in Kruger’s storied 29-year career, stout defense, pick-and-pop midrange, rebounding and a powerful spin move is all the Sooners need.

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Thunder, Heat win big on trade day Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrook to make Thunder dangerous going into conference play ASSOCIATED PRESS

The No. 8 seeds suddenly look like more than first-round fodder.

Oklahoma City and Miami were two of the biggest winners on trade deadline day, making themselves not only strong enough to hold off the teams behind them, but perhaps challenge the ones way ahead.

Even the powerful ones they could meet to open the postseason.

The Heat were certainly talking big after acquiring Goran Dragic from Phoenix.

“We are incredibly pleased to take another step in getting the Miami Heat back to real championship prominence with the acquisition of Goran Dragic,” Heat President Pat Riley said. “Goran is an All-NBA player, including the Most Improved Player last season, and we felt that once he became available, we would do all that we could to acquire him.”

Dragic had made it clear he wasn’t planning to re-sign in Phoenix, just as Reggie Jackson had made it known he wasn’t long for Oklahoma City. But rather than risk losing Jackson for nothing, the Thunder used him as one of the pieces to fill out their roster.

He went to Detroit in a three-way trade with Utah that brought center Enes Kanter and forward Steve Novak from the Jazz, along with guard D.J. Augustin, forward Kyle Singler and a second-round pick from the Pistons.

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were already going to make the Thunder dangerous if they qualified for the playoffs, even for NBA-leading Golden State. The moves they made Thursday had even one of their doubters thinking differently about them.

“This was a team that made themselves a championship contender,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley said after the Thunder beat Dallas.

“The big winner today was Oklahoma City. They went from a team being an 8 seed, now nobody wants to play this team.”

Barkley had long discounted the Thunder as a team that could win a title — even when they played the Heat in the 2012 NBA Finals — because they didn’t have a low-post presence on offense. But the 6-foot-11, 245-pound Kanter, averaging career highs of 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds, could change that.

“It is a rare opportunity to acquire a player like Enes who will be an added dimension to our frontcourt and has his best basketball in front of him,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said.

The Thunder are tied with Phoenix at 29-25, though would earn the No. 8 spot via season-series tiebreaker at the moment. Still, the Suns felt they couldn’t take a chance of keeping Dragic for a playoff push when he said this week he no longer trusted the organization.

The Heat jumped in, giving up two first-round picks in the package to get him.

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May 3, 2014; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson (15) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies guard Courtney Lee (5) during the fourth quarter in game seven of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

“I did feel it was time to find a better fit,” Dragic wrote on Twitter, adding “NOW it’s #heatnation time and I’m excited to bring the Dragon’s fire to Miami!!”

The Suns will replace Dragic with Brandon Knight, one of the many point guards moving so quickly it made the trade deadline a transition game. He was acquired from Milwaukee, which will fill his spot with last season’s Rookie of the Year, Michael Carter-Williams of Philadelphia.

There were 12 trades involving 39 players. So many were on the move in deals agreed to shortly before the 3 p.m. EST deadline that most of the transactions took hours for the NBA to approve.

Even backup point guards seemed in demand, with players such as Isaiah Thomas (Boston), Ramon Sessions (Washington), Andre Miller (Sacramento), Norris Cole (New Orleans) and Pablo Prigioni (Houston) getting new homes.

Kevin Garnett got an old one, waiving his no-trade clause so Brooklyn could send him to Minnesota, where he spent the first 12 seasons of his career and led the Timberwolves to their only eight playoff appearances.

Portland got Arron Afflalo from Denver in the first completed deal of the day, adding his 14.5 points per game to strengthen their bench.

Seventeen teams made trades Thursday, though some felt no deal was necessary.

The East-leading Hawks sat it out, and asked by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution if they needed a trade, All-Star Paul Millsap had a simple response — his team’s record, saying “43-11.”

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