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Environmental groups to petition university Student groups advocate for a campus sustainability coordinator MATT WOODS

Campus Reporter @mataphor

Student-led environmental groups plan to petition the university to hire a full-time faculty member to direct the wide spread of sustainability activities across campus.

NerdScholar, a prominent informational website evaluating colleges, recently recognized OU as the U.S. university with the “most widespread” student groups devoted to environmental sustainability.

Despite OU’s environmental initiatives and active volunteer base, the university lacks an administration-sponsored sustainability office or coordinator position common at other universities, including Oklahoma State University and the University of Texas at Austin.

“There’s no real cohesive coordination between different departments and student (environmental) groups,”

said Alex Lyakhov, OU’s first graduate student to pursue a degree in environmental sustainability. “(Student sustainability leaders) figured it would be a good idea if we had one individual who works in the administration that would be the go-to person for any and all sustainability efforts on campus.”

OU’s student-led sustainability groups have taken steps to unify their volunteer efforts under an unofficial coalition dubbed the “green umbrella” — including OUr Earth, the Environmental Concerns Committee, Earth Rebirth and others.

Students across campus recognized their common sustainability goals during a meeting of environmental leaders and decided to share information and volunteers, said Jessica Scott, Geography and Environmental Sustainability Club president. It’s become increasingly clear that OU’s JESSICA WOODS/THE DAILY fragmented and widely-spread environmental efforts Students walk past a trashcan with a Crimson & Green sign on the could use a central, unifying voice to maximize effectiveSouth Oval Monday.

OU has numerous environmental initiatives and ness, Scott said.

an active volunteer base, but the university lacks an administration-sponsored sustainability office or coordinator position common SEE INITIATIVE PAGE B1 at other universities.

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OU’s landscape gardener Angel Mejia waters the spring flower garden on the South Oval on Monday afternoon. Facilities Management workers planted thousands of Dianthus flowers on the South Oval that will fully bloom in about a month.

hanges may be coming to a relatively new tutoring option for OU students, one that lets students get tutored without leaving their room.

T h ro u g h U. C . A c t i o n Tutoring, FaceTime tutoring was released as a feature under the free OU app released in May 2013, said Mark Walvoord, Student Learning Center director.

Accessible on all FaceTime-enabled Apple products, the feature has 25 subjects available at certain times and days each week.

As long as a tutor offering the needed subject is online, a student can click and have SEE TUTOR PAGE B1

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Get a taste of Saudi Arabia: Group to host cultural night Saudi Student Association will hold Saudi Night Wed. KATE BERGUM

Campus Reporter @kateclaire_b

Students can take a tour of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night — without ever leaving the country.

The Saudi Student Association is holding Saudi Night to highlight some of Saudi Arabia’s culture and dispel some stereotypes using food and performances, the organization’s president Farah Al Saif said.

Eyad Al Ali, Saudi Student Association public relations manager, said the event will be presented as a flight around Saudi Arabia.

“There are many Saudi students who are studying here,” Al Ali said. “Well, we want to take all the Sooners from here to Saudi Arabia.”

Abdulshaheed Al Bukheder, the association’s treasurer, said the event will give students a unique opportunity: an $8 flight to Saudi Arabia, food and entertainment included, with no need for a passport.

The event will begin with Saudi Arabian cuisine from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center.

Traditional Arabic appetizers, such as WEATHER A mix of clouds and sun early, then becoming cloudy later in the day.

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hummus and falafel, will be served, energy management junior Al Saif said.

Attendees will watch traditional dances and performances at the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

The performances will have students in the Saudi Student Association and other friends of the organization, Al Saif said.

Each performance will highlight a different Saudi Arabian city to show students what Saudi Arabia is like, Al Saif said.

Because Saudi Arabia has distinct regions, by showing various Saudi Arabian cities, the event will point out the cultures from each of the regions, said Al Bukheder, industrial engineering sophomore.

“We’re trying to show everybody that we have different things,” Al Ali said. “It’s not about deserts and camels.”

This is the largest event the Saudi Student Association will hold this year, Al Saif said.

Tickets are $8 for the entire event or $5 for just the performance. Students can purchase tickets from 12:30 to 3 p.m. today near Oklahoma Memorial Union’s food court or 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday near Crossroads.

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Left to right: University College freshman Ali Almukharriq, energy management junior Farah Al Saif and Spanish senior Barrett Shelley sell tickets Monday to Saudi Night at a table inside Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room. Saudi Night will be held Wednesday evening with food at the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center and a show inside the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center.

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Drums will pound to honor heritage American Indian Heritage Day will be held today on the South Oval Megan Deaton ESCAPE Editor @meggiejennie

Colorful flags will flutter, and traditional drums will resound as Sooners celebrate their Native American heritage.

The American Indian Heritage Day will begin at 10:45 a.m. today as members of American Indian Student Life groups lead a procession up the South Oval.

Lillie Keener, American Indian Student Life Student coordinator, said the event will include tribal flags and some notable speakers, such as Clarke Stroud, vice president of Student Affairs, and Rep. Seneca Scott, D-Tulsa, representatives from American Indian fraternity Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma and sorority Gamma Delta Pi. Corey Elder, Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma chairman, will speak for his fraternity. Industrial engineering junior Elder said he is looking forward to representing his fellow Native Americans at the event.

“We have the opportunity to unite as a student body, not just natives, to learn and understand how our history as a state and country affect the Native American people today,” Elder said.

Elder said he is most looking forward to a traditional blessing ceremony after the procession.

“When the cedar leaves are burned with hot coals, the smoke created is fanned over you with an eagle feather wing,” Elder said. “This smoke is to carry your prayers and thoughts to God or the Creator so He can provide blessing in times of

trouble.”

Elder’s fraternity will open the celebration with a “flag song,” he said.

Maddie Habeck, vice president of Gamma Delta Pi, said she encourages everyone to attend the event, not just Native Americans.

“I think it’s important for people who are non-Native to attend the event because you can see that we are still here,” communication senior Habeck said. “Native Americans tend to be underrepresented in the media and elsewhere.”

Keener said she shares similar sentiments, especially since OU is located in a state full of Native American heritage. “A lot of people who aren’t affiliated with a tribe, they learn about Native Americans in their history class,” Keener said. “I think a lot of them think that’s all it is — it’s history.”

Keener said Heritage Day will show students that Native American culture is still alive and progressing, that it isn’t just history.

The event would also help students better understand a culture that represents a sizeable portion of OU’s student population, Elder said.

More than 1,000 Native American students attend OU, according to the 2013 OU Factbook.

“Every student that calls Oklahoma home should know the importance of eagle feathers, headdresses and other traditional regalia that is worn in native culture,” Elder said.

During the event, some Native American students will be Mark Brockway/The Daily dressed in traditional clothing, and Sigma Nu Alpha Gamma Corey Still, Native American studies senior, drums and sings at a celwill assemble a teepee on the South Oval, Elder said. ebration of Native American heritage on the South Oval last spring.

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During the spring semester, the American Indian Student Association and other Native student organizations hold events at OU to celebrate Native American heritage.

TUTOR: ‘Dual-user’ platform may be in future AWaRDS

Continued from page 1 instant one-on-one tutoring.

Walvoord and his tutors hope to bring more features to FaceTime tutoring as it gains popularity. One of their ideas is a dual-user platform, or shared screen, that allow both tutor and student to show each other their work.

Tom Ashley, Web communications technology project manager, said there may be developments in the app’s future when they launch “phase two” of the FaceTime tutoring feature.

“We are working with student groups to identify new opportunities for the app and then will identify apps or development needs to add new functionality,” Ashley said.

Beginning development in fall 2012, web communications and IT began developing the greater OU app as an interactive tool to connect students to campus, Walvoord said.

Other features include a virtual tour, a parent information section and a forum for students to share ideas, Walvoord said.

Walvoord said Web communications officials wanted to extend the interactivity of the physical tutoring feature by incorporating established U.C. Action tutors to work virtually with students.

“They were hoping to use U.C. Action, which had already been in existence since fall 2007, to kind of provide tutors to give that live, interactive component,” Walvoord said. “So they saw this online tutoring as a piece of it that would be the more personal touch.”

The app offers mainly science, music and language subjects. A schedule of when the subjects and tutors are available can be found at the U.C. Action Tutoring website under “Action iPad” as well as on the app itself.

FaceTime tutoring also has later time slots so students can get tutoring if they come across a problem while doing

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Public relations junior Christina Hughes and Hugo Ma, biochemistry and Chinese senior, demonstrate the University College’s Action Tutoring now available through OU’s app on the App Store. Tutors are available for many subjects including Spanish, biology and psychology.

homework at night.

“The convenience of it is probably the most fantastic part,” said U.C. Action tutor and U.C. student supervisor Elizabeth Monzingo.

Monzingo has worked with one student who has a job and family on top of his studies. The student can’t attend on-campus tutoring sessions in the middle of the day, but with FaceTime tutoring, he can get help from his home.

FaceTime sessions are also sometimes available when campus isn’t open, such as snow days, Monzingo said. Though these cases are circumstantial, when available, they allow a tutoring option that would usually be impossible.

Monzingo also uses her Facetime sessions as a way for her other tutoring students to reach her if they have more questions.

“It’s nice to say at the end of my walk-in session … ‘If you have other

questions while doing homework tonight, give me a phone call. These are my availabilities,’” Monzingo said.

While both Monzingo and Ashley believe that FaceTime tutoring is a good supplementary learning tool, it shouldn’t replace traditional face-toface tutoring.

Starting April 28, the U.C. Action Tutoring application will be available at jobs.ou.edu. Though the numbers vary depending on semester, approximately 13 to 15 positions will be open for the fall semester, Walvoord said.

Walvoord wants to find people who are dedicated to being a resource for students.

“We look to continue to get good people and grow. Our purpose is to help students so we do whatever we can to help students do well in the classes,” Walvoord said.

Amber Friend, ambermfriend@ou.edu

The winners of OU’s annual President’s Trophy, which recognizes outstanding fraternities, sororities, university housing centers and two commuter students, were announced Friday.

The President’s Trophy is awarded for overall excellence in academics, campus activities, volunteerism and multicultural participation, according to a press release.

This year’s sorority winner was Kappa Alpha Theta, which previously won the trophy in 2002, 2011 and 2013, said Savannah Johnson, chief executive officer of Kappa Alpha Theta and public relations junior.

“It’s a wonderful feeling to receive an award that recognizes all of the hard work and accomplishments of our members and chapter as a whole,” Johnson said.

Beta Theta Pi was this year’s fraternity winner. The fraternity president Jackson Lisle said he wasn’t expecting to win the award this year.

“We felt that we weren’t going to win because we won last year, so we were very surprised when we won,” said Lisle, finance and accounting junior.

Beta Theta Pi won the award in 2013 and 2005, Lisle said.

Jaye Pelley, Campus Reporter

ATHLETICS

Students invited to watch practice Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops took to Twitter on Monday evening to extend to students an invitation to participate in OU Football Student Day from 5 to 5:30 p.m. April 10 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Students can watch the team portion of practice at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and the first 500 students will receive a free hot dog and drink.

At OU Football Student Day, eight students — two chosen each quarter — will be selected at random to join the coaching staff on the field as “student coaches” for the annual Spring Game April 12.

All students (with current ID) are invited to attend practice and, following the conclusion of practice, participate in drills, meet and take pictures with the players and even have a chance to kick a field goal.

Kickoff for the Red-White Spring Game is set for 2 p.m.

April 12.

Carson Williams, Football Beat Reporter

Initiative: Hiring new coordinator ‘essential to keeping OU conscious’ Continued from page 1 Scott, geography junior, was initially drawn to OU’s sustainability initiatives two years ago through Green Week, a series of events sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Congress each spring designed to raise environmental awareness. In Scott’s experience working with campus sustainability groups, she noticed unnecessary organizational and communications challenges.

Earlier this year, Scott tried to raise interest for a national competition sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that challenged teams to design a stormwater management system. But plans fell through when she couldn’t quickly assemble a team of engineers, geographic information science majors and other necessary positions, a problem that could have been remedied by a central sustainability office and staff member.

“We needed a helping hand,” Scott said. “It was so hard to connect with people. We didn’t know where to go.”

It would have been nice to have an engaged faculty advocate with all activity information in one place asking who’s interested, Scott said.

Instead of a central office, faculty volunteers across campus currently direct bits and pieces of green initiatives on campus during their free time. A vice president in OU’s finance office took responsibility for updating the university’s sustainability page, Lyakhov said. But in the past two years, the page has become outdated, and some of the contacts graduated semesters ago.

Scott recently obtained permission to update the sustainability contact page for the university on her own time,

AT A GLANCE Environmental sustainability groups at OU

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Sustainability Club

Citizen’s Climate Lobby

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Earth Rebirth Environmental Concerns Committee

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but “that seems like a full-time job, and someone else should be doing it,” she said.

Scott said she thinks it’s very important and easy to reach out campus-wide. A dedicated sustainability coordinator would also help bridge the relationship between student organizations and administration, she said.

A first draft of a proposal has been written, and students are currently talking to administration officials on campus to get their thoughts for the proposal’s final draft, Lyakhov said.

Once the proposal is finalized, sustainability leaders will present it to the Student Government Association to rally support. If successful, Lyakhov said the proposal would then be presented to OU President David Boren.

The university has made strides to reduce greenhouse gas emissions since 2007, emphasizing recycling, using renewable energy sources and updating facilities to make

lighting and water utilities more energy-efficient, according to OU’s sustainability website. But Lykhov said OU has significant progress ahead to keep pace with similar programs at other universities.

“I sure believe that hiring a sustainability coordinator would put us further ahead than we are now. We are lagging behind,” Lyakhov said.

For Scott, hiring a faculty coordinator is essential to keeping OU environmentally conscious.

“Even though (students are) here for four years, and we put in a lot of time and energy and effort, we can only do so much,” Scott said.

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If you think there’s no reason to vote in campus elections this week, think again. Casting a ballot for Matt Epting and Sarah Campbell in the uncontested election for Student Government Association president and vice president will show administrators the pair have student support for their ambitious plans for dead week and campus parking.

Contested or not, SGA elections let candidates know if their ambitions match those of OU’s student body. And we know we agree with Epting’s and Campbell’s platform goals. For example, we love Epting’s and Campbell’s goals of finally fixing dead week, continuing South Oval Office and creating an “advocacy team� to address individual student problems with university administration.

Epting’s and Campbell’s detailed game plan for the fall semester impresses us — The Our View although their ideas are ambitious is the majority — we believe they are realistic. We opinion of plan to support the duo in achievThe Daily’s ing their goals throughout their eight-member tenure. editorial board One of the pair’s platform ideas we believe would greatly benefit all OU students is their proposal to encourage a carpooling system to deal with the university’s growing parking problem.

We all know students complain every semester about parking, but there is scant space or funding to erect new parking garages. As Epting and Campbell explain on their campaign website, MattSarahSGA. com, if just 100 students carpooled to campus every day for a semester we could save about $2700 in fuel costs, 8.55 tons of carbon emission and 100 parking spots. Epting and Campbell’s proposal to develop a web-based rideshare program seems doable and highly effective. Their creative approach to big problems is one of the many reasons we endorse them to lead SGA next semester.

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BEDLAM SHOWDOWN Sooners head into Bedlam game with higher batting average, pitching advantage

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edlam baseball is assistant sports editor record, RPI ranking, and back in Oklahoma. confidence in the midst of Well, sort of.

Big 12 play.

When Coach Pete Oklahoma State was Hughes gets his first taste picked to finish tied for of the in-state rivalry tosecond in the conference night, a crucial element preseason polls and the will be missing as OU and Cowboys even collected OSU square off for the first a pair of first-place votes.

Joe Mussatto time in 2014. The game will OU was preseason No. 5 jmussatto@ou.edu count, just not in the Big 12 in the Big 12 after winning standings. the conference champiConference play is already underway onship in 2013. with the Sooners and Cowboys already Ever since the pointless preseason several games into their league schedule. polls were announced, the Sooners have But before they meet in their Big 12 series worked themselves up to second in the at the end of the season, Oklahoma and conference standings, while the Cowboys Oklahoma State will each travel to each are in a tie for fifth — a flip-flop of the preother’s parks for out-of-league matchups. season rankings.

Two previews before the feature presenOklahoma has had the upper hand over tation. A couple of small-time fights before Oklahoma State in both team batting and the main event. pitching.

The schools will meet for today’s game The Sooners are hitting .295 as a team in Norman followed by a game in Stillwater while OSU’s team batting average sits at in two weeks. Each will lead up to a threejust .257. game, mid-May Bedlam series to end the OU holds a slight pitching advantage, as regular season. well with a 3.17 team earned run average Two games in Tulsa, one in Oklahoma compared to the Cowboys’ 3.24 ERA. City.

But as always in rivalry games, throw But if you asked the coaches, Hughes and stats and records out of the window.

OSU’s Josh Holliday, both would probably Although OU and OSU will be playing welcome the pair of rivalry tune-up games. a non-conference game, one team still Neither squad is playing to its potential, al- sports crimson and the other, orange. though OU is much closer, and a couple of Those colors don’t mix in this state. practice rounds can’t hurt.

The main event is still yet to come beBut the two non-conference games won’t tween Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, but look like practice-nor should they. The watch the fights leading up. They surely winning team will still benefit its overall won’t disappoint.

Sooners lead the Bedlam showdown by 16 games, hope lineup will bring win

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klahoma (24-8, for the Sooners. Despite Sports reporter 3-0) will continthrowing in two games over ue Big 12 play the weekend, she wasn’t at home Wednesday as it worked very hard. With renews the Bedlam series a pair of wins against the against Oklahoma State Cyclones, Stevens moved to (19-14, 0-3).

16-5 on the season.

The Sooners lead the If Stevens needs to be all-time series 76-60 and relieved, it may be Shelby Spenser Davis have won eight of the Pendley who gets the call davis.spenser@yahoo.com last nine games against to the circle. Pendley, who the Cowgirls, including a had not thrown a collegiate sweep in the last two seasons. pitch until earlier this month, has yet to Oklahoma is likely to see Simone allow a run in 9.2 innings this season.

Freeman, who leads the Cowgirls in wins, How coach Patty Gasso chooses to set up ERA, strikeouts and innings pitched. her lineup will also be important. Without Freeman, a power pitcher from Australia, Lauren Chamberlain, the top of the lineis 14-7 on the year with a 1.49 ERA and 187 up is still shaky. In the finale against Iowa strikeouts.

State, Pendley hit leadoff for the first time Oklahoma State has not been playing in her career, with Kady Self sliding into the its best softball as of late, as they were two-hole. The duo reached base four times, just swept by Kansas this past weekend. setting the table for Georgia Casey, Brittany Including the series with the Jayhawks, Williams and Whitney Ellis. the Cowgirls have dropped seven of their This will be the first of three meetings the last 11 games as they head into the heart Sooners will have against the Cowgirls this of conference play. year, but they will not see them again until On the other side of the coin is the final two days of the regular season. The Oklahoma, who has won six in a row over- teams will square off in Stillwater on May all as it looks to win its seventh in a row 10 before ending the season in Norman on against the Cowgirls.

May 11.

Kelsey Stevens will likely get the start First pitch is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Sophomore catcher and infielder Whitney Ellis makes contact with the ball against Liberty University on March 7 at Marita Hynes Field. The Sooners beat the Eagles 18-3.

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Junior first baseman Matt Oberste flairs a pitch into the outfield for a leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning against Texas Tech in OU’s 6-2 win last season in Norman. Oberste’s bat continues to be hot heading into the end of the season going 2-4 with a walk and an RBI on Saturday.

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Fair celebrates 38th year in Norman

Local has attended event since 1977 Ashley Geary

Life & Arts Reporter

Cody Clark still remembers the Norman Medieval Fair, years ago, when he was a playing a kind-hearted pawn named Twp — one of the many characters in his arsenal. He was giving out little red tissue paper roses to attendees and generally spreading joy when a little girl comes up to him, crying.

She said she’s lost a rose Twp had given her earlier.

“That’s OK, sweetie! Look, I have more right here! You can have another one, it’s OK,” Twp explains, handing the girl another red oildropped rose.

Later, in a battle with Sir Breus sans Pite, a notorious Arthurian bully, Twp’s rose was taken out of his hat and ripped up by the villain.

As Twp sat on the ground sulking over the loss of his rose, the same little girl from before walked up.

She handed him her rose and said, “Here you go. I found my other rose, so you can have this one back. This way, you will have a rose, and you don’t have to be sad anymore.”

This innocent act of kindness serves as a reminder for Clark of why he does it — to him and the little girl, the Medieval Fair isn’t just an annual collection of fair food and silly costumes, it’s real. And it can really make a difference in someone’s life if they just believe.

That’s what has kept Clark

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coming back to the Medieval Fair every single year since 1977 — when he and a close friend attended the first Medieval Fair in Norman as Sir Geoffrey of Carterry and Ivar the Vulgar of the Gosae Hills.

Clark is involved in the S o ciety of Creative Anachronism where he meets with fellow members to make armor, battle and create unique memories full of laughter and bruises.

From the very beginning, Clark has been involved in this grand event that brings the Middle Ages to modern times.

Wi t h h i s l ov e f o r t h e Medieval Fair, Clark binds the members of the Society of Creative Anachronism together like a family.

“Working with Cody is a dream come true. I have many great volunteers, but Cody is probably the most amazing one,” said Ann Eckart, Medieval Fair coordinator. “He directs the cast with the gentle guiding hand of big brother. He encourages and includes everyone.”

To newcomers and veterans alike, Clark is not only a mentor, but an essential figure in the group, said Eckart.

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Cody Clark points to the sky in regal attire at a rehearsal for the Medieval Fair Saturday. Clark has attended every Medieval Fair in Norman since 1977 and has been a regular at medieval and renaissance fairs across Oklahoma and the U.S.

“He is always calm regardless of the situation,” Eckart said. “It is truly phenomenal to watch him work his mentoring magic with others.”

Clark’s love for the fair seeps deep into the characters he portrays. To Clark,

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Medieval Fair participant Dara Fogel. “He is reliable, disciplined and well polished in his craft.”

Clark plays a different role almost every year, this year Clark will play King Edward III — hosting grand parades,

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the Medieval Fair is much more than a volunteer opportunity or a chance to dress in medieval costume.

“Cody Clark is a consummate performer — one of the few actors that can ad lib in iambic pentameter,” said

knighting children and giving local radio and TV interviews.

Along with his active involvement in the Medieval Fair in Norman, Clark is a regular at Medieval and Renaissance Fairs across Oklahoma and the United States, including Muskogee Okla., Guthrie Okla., Shawnee Okla., Oklahoma City, northwest Arkansas, Kansas City, Wichita and north Texas.

“I have per for med as many different characters at many different fairs scattered across at least five different states,” Clark said.

“My signature character has been Twp (pronounced Toop), a Manx Scholarus Vagrant — an idiot in search of a village.”

Clark previously worked as a schoolteacher in Schulter, Okla. before coming back to Norman to work at the Couch Restaurant on campus. His devotion to castles, wizards and knights has persistently brought him back to the Norman Medieval Fair every single year since 1977, where he attended his first fair.

It is Clark’s goal to create not just one memory of a little girl’s kindness, but also thousands of those same memories as patrons bring their weirdness and dreams together in one place, if only for a short time.

“I love making people smile,” Clark said.