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lecture hall filled with students is silent except for the slow, precise ticking of the clock above the chalkboard. The professor calls out the time remaining as students scribble away at their Scantrons. One by one, students make their way to the front of the room to turn in their tests before filing out the door, except for one student, who sits with an incomplete Scantron before him. With sweaty palms, he shakes as he desperately tries to remember the material he spent days reviewing, but he can’t. Paralyzed by anxiety, his brain has shut down, and all the information he could recall just minutes before the test is gone. Bristol Souders, an architecture freshman, has struggled with test anxiety since he was in elementary school. He said it doesn’t matter how well he prepares for the test, he still freezes up and forgets the material. “I would feel completely fine up until the test, but when the test gets passed out and I have the Scantron in front of me … something happens, I just go blank and my palms get really sweaty … I would just forget everything,” Souders said. Souders said it is hard to explain what happens during a test because even though he will spend days studying and learning the material, his test grade will not reflect it. “I don’t know what happens, but it’s like (my brain) gets confused,” Souders said. “I get really sweaty and hot, and I’ll get really nervous and start shaking,” he said. Souders said anything from watching other students finish their tests before him to the professor announcing how much time is left can stress him out to the point of forgetting what he studied.
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Test anxiety and recent learning, however, goes findings of grade infla- much deeper and evaluates tion at elite universities not only critical thinking like Harvard and Yale have skills, but how far the stuprompted the idea of find- dent has come. ing alternative solutions to “You have to have two the traditional system of points to do a measuregrading. ment,” Reynolds said. “So A c c o r d i n g t o a U S A if you don’t know where Today article, more than 50 the student was when they percent of the grades given started, how are you supby some colleges are A’s. posed to know how far This, along with the steady they’ve come once they finincrease in the average ish a class?” GPA, has led to L a u r a the question of Gibbs, a lec“Everything what an A realturer who ly means. takes practice, t e a c h e s o n The answer line courses and practice f o r c o m b a tin the mo ding test anxi- takes feedback, ern languages ety and grade department, and grades inflation for uses evistudents and don’t really feel dence-based schools may like feedback.” l e a r n i n g t o be to change evaluate stuLAURA GIBBS, how graddents’ progLECTURER ing is done ress in her altogether. courses. Gibbs R o b R e y n o l d s , t h e does not give a final exam chief product officer for in any of her courses, but NextThought, a compa- instead focuses on a continny that partners with OU ual process of feedback and to provide technology and improvement throughout learning design for univer- the semester for her stusity courses and master’s dents’ writing assignments. programs, said some uni“Grades have a sense of versities are shifting their finality about them, and focuses to evidence-based a final exam is too highlearning. stakes,” Gibbs said. “ I R e y n o l d s s a i d e v i - like to create more of an dence-based learning is open-ended process. It’s learning by doing and mov- all about performance and ing away from traditional, feedback.” quantitative assessments Gibbs gives feedback toward measurement-type on students’ assignments activities that allow stu- rather than assigning a dents to demonstrate what grade because it is a more they have learned. beneficial way for the stu“ L e a r n i n g i s d e e p - dent to learn. Students still er than information-lev- receive a grade at the end of el processing,” Reynolds the semester, but the grade said. “Learning is about comes from points students ownership of information earn throughout the semesand knowledge and being ter for completing their asable to take information signments on time and with and turn it into actionable the desired criteria. thinking.” Gibbs likes to let students Reynolds said tradition- have the power to earn the al summative assessments grades they desire for the students are accustomed class, and that as long as to, like fill-in-the-blank, they put forth the effort, multiple choice and short their grades will reflect that. answer, imply that learn“Everything takes pracing is only information pro- tice, and practice takes cessing. Evidence-based feedback, and grades don’t
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really feel like feedback,” Gibbs said. “Grades really feel like you’re being judged or like you’re being rewarded or punished, so I think feedback is a lot better.” Instead of a final exam, Gibbs has students work on an assignment throughout the semester that builds on the concepts learned each week. Through feedback and revision, the students fine-tune their assignments and submit final projects at the end of the semester. Gibbs said she has never been a fan of final exams because they aren’t an accurate representation of what a student has learned. “It’s a high-stakes exam … you’re asking someone to perform at a certain place in a certain amount of time and you’re putting a lot of weight on that performance,” Gibbs said. “They might be sick or stressed because they have three other finals that day, and it’s just not accurate.” Reynolds said evidence-based learning will vary from class to class depending on what the learning outcomes need to look like, but that one thing for him is certain: Tests, exams and finals aren’t an accurate way to determine the knowledge a student has acquired from a class. “Being able to take information and turn it into actionable thinking and apply it to new situations to come up with solutions, that is the learning process,” Reynolds said. Lauren Massing lmassing@ou.edu
GRADE INFLATION Definition: The tendency to award progressively higher academic grades for work that would have received lower grades in the past.
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Honors groups cut costs, waste Programs enact changes to handle high attrition rates
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Two of the OU Honors College’s signature programs are finding ways to use resources more effectively by eliminating waste caused by mid-semester reductions in membership. The Informal Reading Groups and Informed Citizens Discussion Groups provide a venue for students to discuss literature and current events in small groups outside of the classroom, and the perks of program participation include free books and a magazine subscription. This free literature draws people to the programs but is not without a cost. According to David Ray, dean of the Honors College, ap p rox i mat e l y $ 2 7 , 1 0 0 was spent on the Informal Reading Groups in fiscal year 2016 compared to $20,196 in 2015. The increase was due to some groups choosing more expensive books or multiple books. Meanwhile, the Informed Citizen Discussion Groups spent $2,250 on Economist subscriptions this semester, down from $4,500 in fall 2015. Ray said all funding comes from private donations through the OU Foundation. Jessica Hastings, a letters freshman and a moderator of one of the reading groups, said each member receives a copy of the book the group is reading and that many groups read two or more books. Membership in each of the
45 groups this semester is capped at 15 people and two moderators, she said. Jack Schaefer, an economics junior who also leads a discussion group, said the groups average eight to 10 members, all of whom can request a free digital or a print subscription to The Economist. One problem the groups have encountered is members not showing up to the meetings and leaving books and magazines unclaimed. Each group has found a different way to solve this.
“We bring up some really interesting issues and try to tie them back to the issues of today.” JESSICA HASTINGS, READING GROUP MODERATOR
“We have relatively significant attrition rates in terms of people just not coming back to the groups ... this semester, we tried to cut the number of subscriptions we get so we can try to plan for that,” Schaefer said. The number of subscriptions has been cut in half from 200 in the fall to 100 this spring, Ray said. However, stopping the subscriptions altogether is “something that we’ll likely have to do ... I think it’s probably unlikely that we get enough money to continue to fund that,” Schaefer said. Ray said the program is not facing elimination, but the Honors College will continue to monitor the program closely to make sure there are no wasted copies.
Unclaimed magazines are redistributed to groups that meet later in the week so there are few left over, Schaefer said, adding that any remaining magazines are distributed around campus. For the reading groups, the problem of unclaimed books is resolved fairly easily. “That’s actually why we have a wait list — because some people write down that they want to be in the book club, but they don’t show up, and they don’t collect their books,” Hastings said. Books that aren’t claimed by anyone on the wait list are then returned or be used as prizes for Honors Student Association events. Although asking students to purchase their own books and subscriptions would reduce the cost of the programs, Hastings and Schaefer agreed the free literature attracts more people to the groups, and this participation is ultimately beneficial to the university and its students. “I think that one of the most important things that universities do is make and engage citizens ... so in that sense, we’re really important to that goal of the university,” Schaefer said. Hastings said the discussions in the reading groups have given her new perspectives that she has incorporated into work for her other classes. “We bring up some really interesting issues and try to tie them back to the issues of today,” she said. “They end up getting more out of it than just a free book.” Jessica James j.james@ou.edu
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Public relations senior Matt Woods studies in the Nancy Mergler Library on Wednesday. The Honors College plans to adjust its funding of publications available to students.
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Student shares love of service THIS WEEKEND ON CAMPUS
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JOGS FOR DOGS Supporters have been selling sweatpants in different locations this week. All profits will benefit Second Chance Animal Shelter. Where: Dorm towers When: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. GALILEO LIVE! This curatorial presentation of selected works from the Galileo’s World exhibit will be accompanied by a string quartet. Where: Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium When: 7 to 8 p.m. CAC: “THE BREAKFAST CLUB” CAC’s film series presents a screening of the ‘80s classic “The Breakfast Club” served with complimentary breakfast food. Where: Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center When: 7 p.m. OU JAZZ FESTIVAL There will be opportunities for jazz students to improvise with faculty and see Boyd Street Brass perform for free. Ensembles performing will pay an entrance fee of $150 for the entire festival. Where: Catlett Music Center When: 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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OU JAZZ FESTIVAL Band performances, student performances and clinics will go on through the day. The closing gala will feature an awards ceremony and a performance from special guest Rob Smith. Where: Catlett Music Center When: 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. GAMMA DELTA PI BENEFIT NIGHT Mention Gamma Delta Pi to the waitstaff at Interurban and 15 percent of proceeds will go to its philanthropy, Native Alliance Against Violence. Where: Interurban When: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. UPB FILM SERIES: “CREED” Where: Meacham Auditorium When: 6 p.m., 9 p.m., midnight SALSA BALL Enjoy a salsa class before the party starts. There will be local and international performers, a DJ and a live performance by Orquesta D’Calle. Admission is free to the OU community. Where: Molly Shi Boren Ballroom When: Salsa class starts at 9 p.m. Party starts at 10 p.m.
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UPB FILM SERIES MATINEE: “CREED” Where: Meacham Auditorium When: 1 p.m., 4 p.m. PAPAW’S COOKOUT Internet sensation “Papaw” will host a cookout that all of Twitter is invited to less than 20 miles south of Norman. “Papaw” rose to fame after his granddaughter tweeted a photo of him looking sad, saying he invited his six grandchildren to come and eat burgers with him, but that only one showed up. Where: 15835 State Highway 39, Purcell, Oklahoma 73080 When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday
HOTSTOP CONCERT The Los Angeles-based band Hotstop will play a free show in Norman. Where: Red Brick Bar When: 7 p.m.
Former SGA rep still takes active role in organization TANNER OSBORNE @tannerosbear
When it comes to professionalism, passion and drive, few can match political science and pre-law freshman Dan Williams. Williams never misses an SGA Undergraduate Student Congress meeting, a point on which he prides himself. However, Williams is not an elected representative. He’s just a student. And Williams does not simply attend the meetings. He does it with a certain style that goes regularly unmatched by the representatives in congress. He comes to every meeting in a suit and tie, usually in red and black and always pressed and clean, something he said he feels is important for him to do. He said if politics is always going to be a part of his life, and if politicians are going to continue wearing suits, he wants to get comfortable wearing a suit. “It’s actually been quite nice getting to wear one,” Williams said while he looked down at his red button up. However, the suit is not actually what Williams is most recognized for. Ask anyone in congress, and they will tell you Williams is never without his signature hat. The hat is black with a red triangle in the center formed by three red arrows and has, according to Congress Chair Emily Sample, been mistaken for the Illuminati symbol on multiple occasions. Williams said the hat’s origins are also from his days as a Boy Scout, where he served as Vigil Honor, the actual root of the symbol. “I wear the hat as a reminder of service to others,” Williams said, looking down at the hat. He said his love of service to others was instilled in him when he was a Boy Scout and Eagle Scout. Williams once served as a representative in the congress. However, he said he eventually resigned due to time conflicts and academic reasons. “When I resigned, I decided that I still wanted to be a part of this organization,” he said. “The government is something that is very important to me.” “So I’m still going to show up to all the meetings and see what I can do,” he said. And although he is no longer a representative or an associate with OU’s Undergraduate Student Congress, he still writes legislation. Wi l l i a m s p ro p o s e d a resolution March 8 titled “A Resolution Regarding Education Funding Budget Cuts,” a resolution that opposed, on behalf of the OU student body, the proposed budget cuts to higher education.
Political science and pre-law freshman Dan Williams
During the meeting, Williams received a question about the relevance of a resolution like this right after SGA finished Higher Education Day. In response, Williams said it was important to reinforce what they said as often as they could. Congress adopted the resolution. Williams gives every meeting his all; they’re never just boring days with boring bills or resolutions to him. He has an invested and dedicated interest in student government, and it drives his actions. On several occasions, he’s taken the floor to give rallying speeches to the representatives gathered, or even to propose legislation he’s taken time to write. He doesn’t hide his passion, and he does not seem to see a reason to tone it down. Following SGA’s Higher Education Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol where
SGA President Daniel Pae and Vice President Michael Lutter took a group of about 60 students to talk with state representatives about education, Williams gave a speech where he encouraged everyone to be as involved in government as they could. He said he felt that not enough representatives from SGA were present for Higher Education Day. In his speech, he encouraged the congress to reach out to the state government whenever it could because he said education is important to students and that the students are the constituents. His love of government does not stop with SGA, either. He said he plans to try and hold a public office one day in the future. “I often tell people that one day I want to be president,” Williams said.
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Sample said she is not sure she has ever met anyone with intentions as pure as Williams’ are. Sample said she thinks he is taking full use of SGA as practice for a future in politics and that his love and respect for SGA is great for all of them. Sample said Williams takes advantage of every chance he can to be involved with SGA and that as a student, he does a great job of illustrating that SGA is more open than what people think. Williams said he is just one person and knows he cannot and does not speak for everyone. But he said if everyone would get involved in the process, he thinks the student voice would be heard more clearly than now. Tanner Osborne
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Aimee Schnebeck Aimee Schnebeck has broken her CAC chair campaign down into three simple words: accessible, exp e r i e n c e a n d re l e va nt. Schnebeck wants those three words to define herself and her campaign. Schnebeck is a journalism junior who has already spent time serving on CAC’s General Council as secretary, something she thinks gives her an advantage in knowing what to expect from her potential new job. She also thinks her platform is one that is attainable because it’s what CAC has already been working toward over the past year. “We want to carry over the past year of work that we have been doing … we’re doing so much behind the scenes that I want to work with people externally to improve our perception.” Some have questioned the diversity and inclusivity of CAC, and this is something Schnebeck hopes to change if she’s elected CAC chair. “I want to reach out to other communities and make sure that we’re including everyone,” she said. “We are supposed to be programming events for everyone on campus.” One of the major themes of Schnebeck’s platform is this idea of collaboration. She wants to begin to have informational meetings among the different exec
teams that make up CAC so that everyone knows how to interact with other organizations and be inclusive. She also wants to implement collaborative efforts between CAC events and other campus organizations to help sponsor different activities during CAC events. Schnebeck also wants to make sure the recently created CAC Ambassador position is being used to go into the OU community and listen to other groups of people and hear their thoughts and concerns. Overall, Schnebeck’s believes CAC should be truly available to every student. “I want to get rid of the stigma that if you haven’t been involved since freshman year, then you have no chance to get involved later,” she said. Schnebeck also said that though she would have an “influential voice” as chair, “the chair is just one voice.” She said CAC bears the responsibility for fostering diversity, but also said “we aren’t getting people from other communities to apply for CAC.”
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Daniel Moreno, a psychology pre-med junior and candidate for CAC c ha i r, wa nt s t o c re at e change. “I didn’t think (CAC) was holding true to its values, I didn’t think it was diverse enough at all, so I was actually going to stop my participation in CAC exec,” Moreno said. “But then I was going through my phone one day, and I saw a Bible verse that said, ‘If you like something you have the power to express it, if you don’t like something you have the power to change it.’ That’s when it clicked for me, and I thought that I need to be the one to change things.” Moreno has been a part of the homecoming exec team, the vice chair of programming for Dad’s Day, a member of CAC Spark — when it was called CAC Crew — and also a volunteer for Winter Welcome Week for two years and Soonerthon volunteer for three. Throughout his time in CAC, he has always wanted the organization to become more reflective of what the student body at OU wants and be more accessible to every student. He said he wants to encourage CAC exec teams to do more when they are recruiting new members to CAC.
“I want to put pressure on our chairs and vice chairs to not just send out a generic mass text, email, tweet or Facebook message; that does not get you a new pool of applicants at all and that is not efficient in any way,” he said. “I think by doing that, it would encourage more people to apply and inform more people about what CAC does.” Moreno wants to implement free workshops ahead of interviews for CAC exec positions so every person applying is on a level playing field, he said. Moreno said he wants to expand CAC to OU campuses abroad and make it more globalized, something he hopes will make it more accessible than ever before. “We need to do more for our students,” said Moreno. “When they go to OU Arezzo, they don’t get that full OU Norman experience, and yet they are still paying OU Norman tuition and fees,” he said. “That’s not OK, in my opinion.” He said he also would like to to open General Council meetings to the public, open access to more CAC files for students and reporters and make CAC more transparent as a whole.
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Jacob Nguyen
“What makes a good leader? A good leader is someone who cares. My platform slogan is ‘Just Jacob,’ and I selected that because I’m not a celebrity or a rock star, but rather someone who just wants to make a difference for the people around them,” said Jacob Nguyen, a psychology junior and candidate in the upcoming CAC chair election. Nguyen has been a part of CAC since his junior year in high school with the High School Leadership Conference. “My journey in CAC started, actually, a long time ago when I was a junior in high school, and I went to one of CAC’s events. It was the High School Leadership Conference,” said Nguyen. “It really kind of changed the path that I was taking with my life. I wouldn’t be at OU today if it weren’t for CAC.” It’s that connection that has convinced Nguyen to run for chair. “Just having something that has changed my life so much, I want to be able to give back to that organization. And not only that organization but the campus, and I really think that CAC has that potential to change everyone’s lives. Maybe not in a big way like it did for me, but even if it could affect someone’s life in the smallest of ways that would cause them to smile, it would all be
worth it. I really want to just give back to this community that’s given so much to me,” he said. When it comes to involvement, Nguyen said he has been involved with multiple different levels of CAC, something he thinks will benefit him as chair. Nguyen said he has been a general member of Dad’s Day exec, a member of High School Leadership Conference — along with actually attending the conference as a high school junior — and a member of the CAC General Council, serving as the Dad’s Day chair. “I’ve really experienced CAC from a lot of different points of view,” he said. Nguyen was turned away when he initially applied for a position in CAC. “Once I got here, I immediately applied for High School Leadership Conference and was actually denied,” he said. Nguyen doesn’t want the same to happen to other students. He said one of his platforms is creating opportunities for people to become involved in CAC whowouldn’t normally be. “There are a lot of people outside of CAC that want to be a part of CAC, and I want to create opportunities for them without taking away opportunities from the people who already call CAC their home,” he said.
CAC members weigh in on value of change Students consider how to honor past, foster improvement JESSICA JAMES @jessjames43
DEREK PETERSON @DrPetey15
Some members of the Campus Activities Council have mixed reactions to the plans of reform proposed by the candidates running for CAC chair. From students spending their first months with CAC to those who have been a part of CAC for years, there are two dominant beliefs: the first being that CAC does not need much change but rather a leader who can keep things going, and the second being that CAC needs to focus on becoming more inclusive i n i t s i nv o l v e m e nt a n d recruitment. Jo e y D ’A m a t o, C A C ’s
public relations chair, has been involved with CAC for four years at OU and has spent time working with the High School Leadership Conference, CAC Spark — formerly known as CAC Crew — and most recently as a member of General Council. He said he “is a fan of innovation,” but he is also “a fan of respecting what came before you.” “I just want a candidate that is being respectful of what CAC has done and doesn’t want to just do things that will please everyone on campus, because that’s not possible,” D’Amato said. Carter Vann is a member of CAC Spark, the volunteer core of CAC, and said that he has liked a lot of the things CAC has done during his time and that he does not see the need for much change. “I think it creates enough opportunities for people to get out and meet people and familiarize themselves
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with OU better and make connections, but at the same time it’s not forcing them to do anything,” Vann said. “It’s not making them feel like they have a responsibility to do things, it’s something that you sign up for, you want to do it and it’s OK if you can’t do everything.” D a l l a s C ro t t y , a b i o chemistry junior and director of finance for CAC’s Oklahoma Creativity Festival, said that approach works but that they also should not be hanging onto things that are not as beneficial as they used to be. “Keep the things that keep working, change the things that aren’t necessarily working and the things that haven’t worked for a while — you need to mourn them but get rid of them,” Crotty said. “I feel like that’s an approach that everyone takes to CAC events, and I feel like that’s something the CAC chair should really embrace.”
Crotty said one of the things C AC might need to change is how they fill their executive positions. She said the feeling among most applicants is that some of the higher profile positions are more exclusive than other positions.
“I just want a candidate that is being respectful of what CAC has done and doesn’t want to just do things that will please everyone on campus, because that’s not possible.” JOEY D’AMATO, CAC PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR
“Some of the bigger ones like Soonerthon and Homecoming (feel) like you honestly have to have connections to get a position on exec,” Crotty said. “It feels like you have to know t h e s e p e o p l e a n d hav e
known these people since freshman year to try and get a position, whereas with the smaller ones, it’s a lot easier to get an exec position and to work your way up. “If someone really wants to work on homecoming and they don’t necessarily have those connections, they might get discouraged from being rejected,” Crotty said. “I just feel like CAC should always encourage collaboration and meeting people outside your own realm.” Va n n s a i d h e w a n t s a leader who is excited about C AC and excited about being a part of CAC. “(Someone who) seems really into it, really invested, really gung-ho about the whole thing,” he said. D ’A m a t o f u r t h e r e d that sentiment, but also s t re s s e d t h a t h e w a n t s a leader for CAC who is “servant-minded.” “No. 1 thing is a leader has to be servant-minded,” he said. “A good leader is a
good follower. I admire a leader who doesn’t take a leadership role and think ‘this is all about me,’ and can put the group first.” Crotty said she hopes for a chair who is “willing to reach out and listen and talk to people, to hear the campus’ input for what they could be doing to make things better.” Regardless of who the new chair will be and what direction he or she chooses to take, D’Amato thinks that CAC will be in good hands. “I’ve worked with all of them, and they’re all great leaders, they’re all serva nt- m i n d e d ,” h e sa i d . “At the end of the day, one will end up a winner, but the other two won’t be too beaten up about it because they’re both great people.” Jessica James j.james@ou.edu
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Terren Zinbi, early childhood education senior, relaxes in her mother’s art gallery. Tribes 131 is a Native American art gallery located on 24th Avenue.
Gallery promotes discussion Tribes 131 owner makes Native artists into family CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13
Leslie Pate, owner and director of Tribes 131, a local Native American art gallery, finds running the gallery has given her a family of artists and opened a dialogue that encourages community discussions about Native cultures. Pate has brokered art for 30 years and is not only the sole owner of Tribes 131 — she’s the one and only employee. She switches exhibits around the gallery each month, participates in eight shows a year — each show can take two months to a year to prepare for — and allows
artists to seek her out instead of her seeking them out. “It’s a double-edged sword,” she said. “It’s very rewarding to sit back and say, ‘look, I did this,’ but at the same time if I were to let some other people do things, I could get a lot more accomplished.” Brent Learned, Native American artist and member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, first walked into the gallery15 years ago. Walking into the gallery was like walking into a history filled with many of the greatest Native American artists, he said. “All artists who paint their heritage are historians, no matter what time period they are in,” Learned said. “In painting my tribe, I try to tell it in a peaceful way but also tell the truth.” Learned used to paint what he thought was cool but
quickly realized how important it was to paint his tribe in an authentic way. “Believe it or not, your average viewer of art believes that all tribes were alike. We are all from different parts of the country,” he said. “You draw the line when you are depicting a certain people and their customs — depict it correctly.” Pate allows Tribes 131 to be a setting where educational conversation can take place concerning Native heritage. For example, a lot of pop art in the gallery involves subject matter like Batman or Superman and puts a Native twist on it, which can serve as a conversation starter, she said. “I’ll have the artist and the customer come in to discuss a piece. That dialogue is very helpful, and I allow that in the gallery,” she said.
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Tulsa simply because of Pate’s personability, he said. “(The) majority of your curators are standoffish,” he said. “They don’t really want to know the artist because they feel obligated to put up a wall. She doesn’t have to do that.” Pate values the openness she has with her artists as much if not more than working with some of the greatest Native American artists, she said. “My favorite thing (about owning and running Tribes 131) is the long term relationship I have with the artists. A lot of them have watched my daughter grow up,” she said. “I’ve worked them before she was born, and she’s 21 now, so it’s more like a family unit.”
Easter brings rabbit- and egg-themed activities
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Native American artist and member of the Yakama and Pawnee tribes Bunky EchoHawk said Tribes 131’s presence is vital in a state where 38 federally recognized tribes are represented. “We have a rich history here,” he said. “Anytime the public can see our art work and get a glimpse of our culture, it is always a good thing” Echo-Hawk works on performance art as well as live paintings, and a lot of opportunities he has received came from his connection with Pate, he said. “I just love her as a person. I always find her integrity to be impeccable. She has a profound respect for native art. She’s pretty legit,” he said. Learned rated Tribes 131 better than other Native American galleries such as the Philbrook or Gilcrease in
Bunnies on a stick Ingredients: -A package of skewers -A package of vanilla almond bark -Brightly colored sprinkles -A few packages of bunny-shaped Peeps (color of your choice)
Ingredients: -Hard boiled eggs or egg shells if you know how to hollow out eggs properly -Small plants or herbs (field flowers, clovers, sprig of rosemary, etc.) -Nylon stockings -The skin of 10 yellow onions -Clear acrylic gloss (optional) -Kabob skewers -Scissors Directions: Secure the small plant of your choosing to your egg shell and cover the egg with one nylon stocking, twisting the nylon and tying it into a knot on the opposite side of the plant. Put your
onion skins in a pot and boil for 45 minutes. Add the eggs in the boiled-onion mixture slowly and move them around so they will be covered evenly. Watch the eggs and move them around in the simmering mixture until you reach the color you desire. This can take several hours. Once the eggs are finished, cut away the nylons from the egg and peel away the plant. Stick a kabob skewer in the bottom of the egg and allow it to dry. You can spray the egg with acrylic gloss spray if you would like a more finished look.
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Directions: Put a few squares of almond bark in a bowl and microwave the squares for 30 to 45 seconds and stir until you reach a creamy consistency. Take one skewer at a time and dip it in almond bark. While
the almond bark is still hot, Ingredients: stick a Peep onto the skew-Hard-boiled eggs or white er and hold it until the peep wooden eggs from Hobby can stay by itself. Then dip the Lobby if you don’t want to boil peep in almond bark as well, -Elmer’s glue spots sprinkle your colorful sprin-Brightly colored, fine kles on top and repeat until all glitter your bunnies are finished!
cups and arrange the cups on a plate on which you would like to present them. Crush your Oreos into a bowl. A food processor helps speed this process if you have one. Sprinkle your crushed Oreos over the top of each pudding cup. For your frosting take a sauce pan and break up a few squares of almond bark and melt them in the sauce pan on low heat. Once bark is melted, whip in butter and powdered sugar a
little bit at a time. Keep a close eye on the frosting because the bark can burn easily. Add in a few drops of orange food coloring until you reach the shade of orange you like. Dip each strawberry into the frosting until nothing but the leafy top is showing. Allow your strawberries to cool on a plate. Once your strawberries are cool, stick a strawberry into each pudding cup for your carrot-in-dirt dessert!
Directions: Take your boiled or wooden egg and place the Elmer’s glue spots evenly around the egg. Take the colored glitter of your choosing and cover all the glue spots on the egg.
Carrot cups Ingredients: -A carton of strawberries -6 ounces vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark), cut into pieces -3/4 cup butter -1/4 cup powdered sugar -Orange food coloring -Two packages of chocolate snack packs or chocolate pudding of your choosing -Package of regular Oreos Directions: Remove the wrappings from the chocolate pudding
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OU heads west for dance No. 2 Oklahoma will travel 1,300-plus miles to Anaheim, California, for a chance at a Final Four appearance out of the West Regional. The Sooners will face No. 3 Texas A&M at 6:37 p.m. Thursday for a spot in the Elite Eight. The West Regional is the only regional with its top four seeds advancing to the Sweet 16. Here’s a breakdown of the teams:
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No. 1 Oregon Record: 30-6 Tournament wins: No. 16 Holy Cross (91-52), No. 8 Saint Joseph’s (69-64) Coach: Dana Altman Oregon is enjoying its best season in over 70 years as the Ducks have now tied the most school wins in program history. The ultra-athletic Ducks have allowed a West Regional-best 58 points on average in the tournament. Coached by Pac-12 Coach of the Year Dana Altman, the Ducks sport a bevy of scorers. Forward Chris Boucher has three-point range and blocks three shots per game on the defensive end.
No. 2 Oklahoma Record: 27-7 Tournament wins: No. 15 CSU Bakersfield (82-68), No. 10 VCU (85-81) Coach: Lon Kruger Oklahoma enters the Sweet 16 for the second straight year. The veteran core is led by two-time Big 12 Player of the Year Buddy Hield, who is fresh off a 36-point performance against No. 10 VCU. Hield is not alone, as his supporting cast has upped its production in the tournament. Guards Isaiah Cousins and Jordan Woodard scored a combined 32 points to beat the Rams.
No. 3 Texas A&M Record: 28-8 Tournament wins: No. 14 Wisconsin-Green Bay (92-65), No. 11 Northern Iowa (92-88) Coach: Billy Kennedy The Aggies advanced to the Sweet 16 after completing the most improbable win in college basketball history. Texas A&M ďŹ nished the ďŹ nal 44 seconds of regulation on a 14-2 run against the Northern Iowa Panthers, leading to a four-point victory. The Aggies host a towering lineup with a pair of guards standing over 6-foot-7. Guard Danuel House has been electric as of late, posting an average of 24.7 points per game in his last three outings.
No. 4 Duke Record: 25-10 Tournament wins: No. 13 UNCWilmington (93-85), No. 12 Yale (71-64) Coach: Mike Krzyzewski Duke is one of two remaining No. 4 seeds in the tournament. The Blue Devils almost blew a 23-point lead against Yale, but they hit the necessary free throws down the stretch to secure a Sweet 16 appearance. Guard Grayson Allen leads the Blue Devils in scoring, hitting 42 percent from downtown. Freshman forward Brandon Ingram has excelled in postseason play, averaging 22.5 points in the NCAA Tournament.
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Despite having the Big 12’s best pass defense in 2015, Oklahoma’s secondary is still looking to make big strides this spring. When Kerry Cooks was hired last February, he inherited a secondary that had just allowed a Big 12-worst 3,591 yards through the air. The secondary was a glaring weakness for a team that had just wrapped up an 8-5 campaign. The squad turned things around in 2015, though, allowing just 2,636 passing yards — the best in
the conference. While the narrative may be different, the objective hasn’t changed at all. “It’s what I told my guys today — last year was last year,� Cooks said. “I mean, you think if you’re going to come out here and work and be lazy and be undisciplined and go and win 11 games like we did last year, you’re fooling yourself. This is a new year, new team.� What were question marks last spring have turned into reliable pieces for a defense that lost a lot of help up front. Ahmad Thomas, Steven Parker and Jordan Thomas have solidified themselves as the leaders of a dangerous defensive backfield with guys like Will Sunderland, P.J. Mbanasor and Dakota Austin, who are poised to
make a bigger impact this season. “We went from last, you know. We made a big leap, but at the same time, we want to keep moving forward,� Jordan Thomas said. “We want to be No. 1 in the whole entire nation. That’s what we’re working for. So it’s no different mindset. We still want to be the best, and that’s what we’re working for.� While the unit only lost one player, Zack Sanchez, from last year’s secondary, Sanchez was a veteran leader who will leave a large gap both on and off the field. “We just got done talking to coach Cooks and coach Mike Stoops about how there needs to be a vocal leader,� Mbanasor said. “There needs to be somebody who’s responsible enough to be vocal
and take care of business, and at this point it has to be all of us, not just one individual person or one individual unit. It has to be secondary, linebackers, D-line as well.� Cooks’ main message for his unit was that the past has nothing to do with the present. “The chemistry that was last year was last year; it’s not this year. So every year you’re working to be better than what you were last year,� Cooks said. “So those guys are not going to hear how good they were from me last year. It’s about what you are doing right now.� Dillon Hollingsworth
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to have. No one’s going to give us anything. It’s going to be a more difficult year than a year ago, when you look at playing Houston and Ohio State in the first three games. “We’re going to have to be better across the board.� The Sooners will also have a target on their backs in 2016 after winning a Big 12 Championship last season. “I just hope our players understand that,� Stoops said. “People are going to come after us, and we have to be able to respond and match the physicality and the toughness and be able to execute across the board. We want to have great leadership and discipline in our program. If you don’t these, people will run over you.�
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Oklahoma is looking to replace five starters from a defense that was among the nation’s best in 2015. But in addition to its onthe-field production, OU will need to replace the leadership responsibilities once held by cornerback Zack Sanchez, defensive end Charles Tapper and linebacker Eric Striker. Tapper and Striker were both captains on last year’s squad, and Sanchez was routinely referred to as the “alpha� of the secondary by his teammates. As for who is stepping into those roles, that is not yet clear according to defensive coordinator Mike Stoops. “That’s a good question,� Stoops said. “(We’ll be putting in) guys that have really played great football for us that need to step up and take these younger players in and make sure they understand the accountability that comes with a position.� Stoops mentioned Ahmad Thomas, Jordan Evans, Matt Romar and Charles Walker as players he would like to see emerge.
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Linebacker Jordan Evans brings down an Oklahoma State ball carrier during Bedlam at Boone Pickens Stadium. Coach Bob Stoops said Evans could “hold the group together� next season.
Evans, OU’s lone senior scholarship linebacker, said he wants to help fill that void this season. “You come into a starting role — you’ve gotta be vocal, especially when you’ve got young guys like Ricky (DeBerry) that are learning from you. So you’ve kind of got no choice but to be vocal so that they can learn,
and you can help them out,� Evans said. But Evans, who is still recovering from an injury sustained in the Orange Bowl, isn’t fully participating in team workouts this spring. “He’s the one guy in there who can hold this group together,� Stoops said. “We know what he can do. But we certainly miss his leadership
on the field. His position in getting someone lined up is something we rely on.� Leadership will be especially important for the Sooners in 2016 as they prepare for a quick start to the season. OU will face a pair of ranked opponents — Houston and Ohio State — in the first month of the season. Stoops expressed concern
over his players not understanding the challenges that await in September. “I think this group still has to understand that we worked hard to get to the place we were a year ago,� Stoops said. “We were humiliated the year before, and we made it happen (last year). That’s going to be the same attitude that this group has
FILLING ROLES • Charles Tapper and Eric Striker are departing captains from last season. • Mike Stoops mentioned Jordan Evans, Ahmad Thomas, Matt Romar and Charles Walker as players who could step up in 2016.
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shoes to fill,� defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “They were really reliable, and those were quality players across the board.� Stoops and the rest of his defensive coaches are tasked with figuring out and locating the guys who are going to become major pieces during the fall. Redshirt freshman Ricky DeBerry is in on the shortlist of players expected to compete for playing time at Eric Striker’s vacant linebacker spot. For DeBerry, that would mean replacing a mentor. “He was just always trying to make guys better around him,� DeBerry said. “Once you make the guys around you better, you play better so just learning from his leadership. “Learning from him teaching me the things he’s done since he’s been here has definitely helped me throughout the process.� Tay Evans, Curtis Bolton
and Ogbonnia Okoronkwo are also expected to compete for one of three open linebacker spots. Once OU’s 2016 recruiting class makes it to campus, highly-touted recruits like Caleb Kelly and Mark Jackson could also be in the mix for playing time. “We just have to develop a group that’s familiar with playing together and understands how to play at a certain level and speed and is violent from an execution standpoint,� he said. While the staff is confident that the linebacking corps will take form, as of now, it’s still a struggle. “Right now, we’re just not playing as fast as we need to,� Stoops said. “There’s a little bit of indecision within the group. There’s a lot of new parts. When you take out all four linebacker positions, and you don’t have Jordan (Evans) in there, he’s the one guy that can really hold this group together.� Evans is the only
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