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Plans raise flooding concerns

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Demolition of Bishop’s Landing creates controversy ANDREW CLARK Staff Reporter @Clarky_Tweets

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Students try to escape the rain on South Oval on Monday morning. The rain, which began in the wee hours Monday morning and persisted into the afternoon, will continue to pop up in the following days.

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Connection Web series to educate public on severe weather DAISY CREAGER Staff Reporter @daisycreager

OU Information Technology has collaborated with an Oklahoma icon and beloved meteorologist to educate the public about severe weather.

In a free web series called “Tornado Alley,” Gary England, OU’s meteorologist-in-residence and former KWTV broadcaster explains how severe weather such as tornadoes and hailstorms form and how to prepare for them.

“The intent of the series was to take a lot of the science and math out of it so it’s not as intimidating and help people understand the basic concepts,” said David Goodspeed, the assistant vice president of digital innovation. “So maybe if severe weather is approaching, you’ll be a little more aware and know how to react to it.”

The videos are available on YouTube, Janux, iTunes U and a separate website made for the series.

They focus on five main topics: the importance of being weather aware, big picture elements, fundamentals of clouds, severe storm environments and severe storm precautions, according to

the website.

The videos include animations of weather and quiz questions. Also on Janux are areas for viewers to submit questions for England and photos of severe weather as well as donate to a scholarship fund and submit “Gary weather stories,” Goodspeed said.

“There’s a connection that people have with him,” Goodspeed said. “He has that personality and persona that is very calming. It’s pretty amazing.”

The idea for the series came about in September, but the videos were not made until February, he said.

“This is a way for us to give back to the university, the state and the community,” Goodspeed said.

Links to the web series have already been sent to the principals of public schools around the state as well as insurance companies and natural disaster organizations to promote public education, Goodspeed said. “ There is no hidden ag enda,” Goodspeed said. “There’s no reason that anybody should lose their life during a tornado. If we can save one life, that is more important than anything else we could ever possibly do.”

More information about the series, which is free and open for public use, can be found at garyengland.ou.edu.

Researchers study debris Project seeks to determine radar signals of wreckage JESSE POUND Staff Reporter @jesserpound

A group of OU researchers is trying to find a better way to understand tornado-strewn debris with the help of rooms covered in pointy, colorful blocks.

The project, which started in June of 2013, will seek to determine the radar signals given off by different objects of debris as they are tossed about by a tornado among other things, said Robert Palmer, executive director of the Advanced Radar Research Center.

Palmer said the project is funded by a grant of about $900,000 from the National Science Foundation.

The project is currently in the second year of a projected three-year period, but it will likely continue in the future, Palmer said.

The project’s facilities include two anechoic, or echo-free, chambers, one about twice the size of the other, said researcher Caleb Fulton. These rooms are covered in special blocks that absorb surrounding radar signals so the scientists can more accurately measure the signature of the object they’re studying, Fulton said.

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Exhibit to feature weather-inspired artwork Famous conceptual artist Mel Chin personally chose art

with weather using a variety of media and styles, said Kari Roop, public relations and marketing manager for the National Weather Center.

MATTHEW NELSON Mel Chin, a renowned conStaff Reporter ceptual artist with numerous awards in his field, has handOklahoma residents will picked these exhibits and will experience all types of ex- be attending the event himself treme weather in one place as a guest, Roop said. at the National Weather Center’s Biennale exhibit later this month.

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A plan to demolish Bishop’s Landing, an apartment complex on Brooks Street near OU’s campus for a new high-density complex has raised concerns about flooding issues resulting from the construction.

On Feb. 10, Norman City Council voted to approve Inland American Communities Group to demolish the apartments and replace them with a new, higher-density complex called University House Norman.

The construction of the new complex would move the floodplain from the west side to the east side of the Duck Pond, said Neil Suneson, a geologist on the Norman Floodplain Committee.

The current floodplain on the west side of Bishop’s Creek, or the Duck Pond, is a naturally formed floodplain, Suneson said.

Moving the floodplain would elevate the land on which the new complex would sit while lowering the land to the east of the complex.

That land would serve as the new, man-made floodplain, Suneson said.

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Symposium discusses memorials Event coincides with 20th anniversary of tragic OKC bombing Supriya Sridhar Staff Reporter @SupriyaSridhar4

O U ’s C o l l e g e o f A r t s a n d Sciences kicked off its two-day “Terror, Trauma, Memory” symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing April 13 in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Er ika D oss, a profess or of American studies at Notre Dame, gave a keynote address where she discussed the power of memorials to create understanding and consciousness, through what she referred to as “shared experience.”

“I think this is very important, that places set a stage for experience and for understanding experience,” Doss said.

Doss listed various memorials and described the ideas behind their creation, including the 9/11 Memorial, the District of Columbia War Memorial, Selma and Alcatraz.

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EXHIBIT: Artwork to showcase weather Continued from Page One A r t w o rk e nt r i e s hav e been categorized by medium, including painting, photography and work on paper, Roop said. The winner of each category will take home $5,000 and the artist who receives Best in Show will be awarded $10,000, according to the event’s website.

Roop encouraged students to visit the Biennale to understand the artists’ appreciation for weather and to expose themselves to a different point of view than what Oklahomans n o r ma l l y experience.

The Biennale kicks off at 3 p.m.

April 19 at in the Na t i o n a l We a t h e r Center atrium, according to a weather center press release. Admission is complimentary, but a photo ID is required for entry, according to the press release.

The exhibit runs until June 14.

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Elm street fills with water after Monday morning’s storms.

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Rain was hard to escape on campus on Monday morning. The rain, which began in the Monday morning and persisted into the afternoon, cause the South Oval flower beds to retain water due to slow ground absorption.

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Students huddle under umbrellas and rain jackets Monday morning as heavy rain moved through campus. The showers cleared up later in the afternoon only to return later this week.

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Cadets march in remembrance OU students travel 26.2 miles to honor captured soldiers KATE BERGUM

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Instead of lighting candles or holding a moment of silence to remember the survivors and fallen of a grisly episode of World War II, five OU students decided to run instead.

A r my ca d e t s Daw s o n Frazer, Edward Jeremias, William Ader and Joseph Winterink, along with Air Force cadet Jeremiah Cox, took part in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March in White Sands, New Mexico.

As the y ran and trott e d 2 6 . 2 m i l e s w e a r i ng full combat uniforms and hauling rucksacks, these

students sought to honor the thousands of American soldiers who were captured

by Japanese forces in 1942 and were forced to march through the Philippines, many dying along the way.

“You develop more respect for them with every mile you go through that race,” said Cox, an international security studies junior.

At the memorial march, su r v i vo r s o f t h e a c tu a l Bataan Death March shook hands with the participants, said Frazer, an accounting and economics sophomore.

Meeting survivors helped motivate him for the race, which, though grueling, could not compare to the harrowing experience that the original marchers went through, Cox said.

Though the memorial march was much shorter and less treacherous than

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the original march, it was still trying, said Winterink, a multidisciplinary studies senior.

“It was the ultimate test of mind, body and soul,” Winterink said.

While criminology senior Jeremias had completed the race before with four other students, the course was new to the rest of the participants, he said.

The team started out running, but slowed to a walk after about eight miles into the march, feeling burnt out, Frazer said.

One of the most difficult parts of the march was sixmiles of continuous incline halfway through the course, Winterink said. As they approached the hill in a run, the cadets realized they still had 12 miles left in the race — a daunting thought, Winterink said.

About 19 miles into the march, the team felt strong, but that all changed when they stopped for a short water break, Frazer said.

“We just couldn’t move after that,” Frazer said.

The last six miles were the hardest part of the race, and each mile they completed was a small victory, Frazer said.

Even after the race, the few hundred feet to the van the students had taken to New Mexico was a challenging walk, Cox said.

However, the rewarding feeling the students shared when they completed the race and had the chance to honor other soldiers was

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A group of OU cadets attend the Bataan Memorial Death March in White Sands, New Mexico. The students ran 26.2 miles wearing full combat uniforms and hauling rucksacks.

worth the pain, Winterink said.

“I think it’s important that people always remember the sacrifices that our ser vicemen and women have made, not only to protect the liberties that we hold dear here, but to promote peace and democracy abroad,” Winterink said.

Because they competed as a team, the five cadets had to finish within 20 seconds of each other, according to the rules of the race. However, the group opted to spread out in a line and cross the finish line

simultaneously, Cox said.

Th e ca ma ra d e r i e b e tween the cadets was a highlight of the race, said Ader, a multidisciplinary studies senior.

“You kind of had to prop each other up and help each other to get through when you were really stuck and didn’t know if you could keep walking,” Ader said.

This fellowship reflected that of the soldiers of the actual Bataan Death March, where soldiers had to rely on each other to survive, Ader said.

These soldiers and other

past and current members of the military were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, “writing a blank check” to the U.S., Cox said.

Cox and Frazer, the two OU participants who will not be graduating this year, hope to do the march again and get a larger group of students and faculty on campus to participate as well, they said.

Though such a grueling experience won’t appeal to everyone, Ader said he thinks some students will be interested in the opportunity, he said.

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During heavy rain, the lowered floodplain could increase the chance of flooding in the area of Brooks Street near Bishop’s Creek, Suneson said.

The project worries geologist Marion Hutchison, who thinks residents’ safety could be affected by the construction, which will alter the floodplain, he said.

The way this floodplain was managed could set a precedent for other projects to interpret the flood hazard ordinance loosely, PHOTO PROVIDED Hutchison said.

Norman City Council approved the demolition of Bishop’s Landing “Other projects could say, ‘They’ve got to do this. apartment complex but concerns of flooding as result complicate the We should be able to, too,’” decision.

Hutchison said. can cause erosion problems more storage for flood water The controversy arises for surrounding properties,” than was there before,” from the project’s use of the Hutchison said.

O’Leary said. word “fill,” Suneson said.

Suneson has an issue with When the dirt from the A fill is defined by the the Huitt-Zollars floodplain east side of Bishop’s Creek No r m a n F l o o d Ha z a r d map and flood study be- is excavated to be put onto Ordinance as “any natural cause he believes it is a bi- the west side of it, six buildor manmade material orig- ased report, he said. ings resting on that east side inating from offsite and/or “The report says, ‘This will also be cleared out of onsite that is placed on the drainage report and flood the floodplain, O’Leary said. ground as a permanent al- study was done for the pur- This is hard to dislike, which teration of the surface of the pose of supporting the de- is why he was surprised peofloodplain,” according to the velopment,’” he said. “It says ple had concerns, O’Leary ordinance. it right there.” said.

The ordinance restricts Another problem Suneson “This level of scrutiny was filling to special instances. finds with the report is that unexpected,” O’Leary said.

A “fill is restricted because it did not use the method The controversy is likestorage capacity is removed that the Federal Emergency ly occurring because of the from floodplains, natural Management Agency uses uniqueness of the project, drainage patterns are ad- to study floodplains and in- particularly the new comversely altered and erosion stead used its own method, plex’s scale, O’Leary said. problems can develop,” ac- he said.

“This is a very unusual cording to the ordinance.

Shawn O’Leary, director and unique project, and I The project will take exca- of public works for the city of don’t think anything else vated dirt from the east side Norman and a certified civil like this will pop up for anChildren Chil ildr dren en addressed tto o King Kin Ki n both Size other 10 or 20 years,” he said. of Bishop’s Creek and place Ch engineer, it on the west side of the the report and the restrucUniversity House creek where the new apart- turing of the floodplain.

Norman, the apartment ment complex will be built, The Huitt-Zollars report complex that will replace according to the flood plan. is reliable because the data Bishop’s Landing, will conSome argue this excavated received from the study tain approximately 417 resdirt is considered fill. must go through the Federal idential units, consisting of T h e p ro p o s e d f l o o d - Emergency Management 913 bedrooms, according to plain map created by Huitt- Agency and match with its the Huitt-Zollars report.

Zollars, an independent en- data before the project conFEMA is currently reviewgineering firm, shows that tinues, O’Leary said. ing Huitt-Zollars’ proposed the floodplain will be moved “If FEMA says it’s accu- floodplain map. If the agenfrom the west side of the rate, then the project goes cy approves the map revicreek, where the new apart- on,” O’Leary said. “I think sion, the preliminary plat ment complex will sit, to the it’s going to be found to be and zoning process will go east side of the creek. accurate.” forward.

This is an issue because O’Leary believes that the The agency should finish engineered floodplains are engineered floodplain is an reviewing the map in August never as effective as natural improvement over the nat- or September, O’Leary said. floodplains, Hutchison said. ural floodplain, in this case, 2409 09 water S Agnew Agn gnew ew Ave Ave “They may24 store (405) 636-1486 (4 he said.

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The researchers place an object — a roof tile, a brick, a wooden board or anything else that may become flying debris in the midst of a tornado — on a pedestal in these chambers so that researchers can determine what the object’s radar signature is, Fulton said.

“As far as the electromagnetic fields are concerned, whatever object that we have sitting up on that pedestal is sitting there in the presence of nothing,” Fulton said.

One of the biggest problems for the project is number of different objects that can become debris in the face of a roaring

tornado, Fulton said.

For the project, researchers find the measurements of different debris that a tornado could potentially pick up, create a simulation of the radar with those pieces of debris and compare it to the actual radar data, Palmer said.

Thes e measurements are then used in a simulator to see how the radar picks up the signatures of the object as they tumble and move through the air, said researcher Boon Leng Cheong.

To c o m p l e t e a n o t h e r key point of the project, researchers use dual-pole radar to determine how an object is oriented in the air, whether horizontal or vertical, Palmer said.

Another goal of the research is to find out if the

intensity of the tornado is related to how high in the air pieces of debris will go.

The team started on the project’s proposal about a year ahead of time, Palmer said. The fact that the project began shortly following the string of powerful tornadoes in the spring of 2013 was just a coincidence, Palmer said.

OU faculty members are not the only ones helping with this project. There are students helping the researchers as well, studying the electromagnetic measurements of soil.

The research could potentially help in the prediction of storms, Palmer said.

Jesse Pound jesserpound@gmail.com

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Moore residents walk through and survey their neighborhood after an E-F5 tornado hit on May 20, 2013. The tornado was on the ground for over 39 minutes and tracked a massive 17 mile path of destruction that went through 4 counties and left 377 people injured and 24 dead.

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“It’s not just about re- McKee-Huey, a histor y membering what happened, graduate student.

These memorials are but it’s how you remember Supriya Sridhar examples of “memorial what’s attached to it making it more real, ” said Maggie supriyasridhar@ou.edu mania,” modern society’s obsession with memorials as a way of linking the TERROR, TRAUMA, speak on When Terrorism future to the past and demeets Medicine” scribed it as a cultural shift MEMORY in the desire to share pub1:45 p.m. — Frontier lic feeling, she said.

10 a.m. — Frontier Room: Panel on Room of the Oklahoma Society has begun rec“Perspectives on Violent Memroial Union: Panel on Extremism” ognizing that true nation“Current Terrorism Threats alism recognizes the bad and Emerging Challenges” For a complete list of alongside celebrating the the symposium honoring good. This comes from 12:15 p.m. — Meacham the 20th anniversary of society’s strides towards Auditorium: Keynote the OKC bombing visit creating an identity, Doss speaker Kobi Peleg to OUDaily.com said.

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Kolbey Carpenter hits a home run in the bottom of the third inning at L. Dale Mitchell Park Tuesday, March 31. The Sooners achieved their second shutout of the season, beating Central Arkansas 7-0.

No. 23 OU to battle No. 16 DBU Oklahoma to host Dallas Baptist after series win over Texas SPENSER DAVIS Baseball Reporter @Davis_Spenser

No. 23 Oklahoma (2414) will host No. 16 Dallas Baptist in a midweek affair on Tuesday as the Sooners look to build on their series win over Texas.

OU will have its hands full with the Patriots, who currently own college baseball’s top RPI. DBU has wins over programs like Baylor and Oral Roberts and close losses to TCU and Texas A&M. Dallas Baptist is led by a quartet of .300 hitters, all of whom also have at least three homers on the season. Senior infielder Drew Turbin tops them all with a .366 average and a teamhigh 18 extra-base hits.

O k la h o ma w i l l t h row Keaton Hernandez to start the game, marking the first start of the year for the junior righty. So far this season, Hernandez has a 2.95 ERA in 13 appearances.

How e ve r, e x p e c t t h i s game to be handled primarily by the bullpen — something that Oklahoma hasn’t had to plan on at all yet in 2015, but with the absence of junior right-handed pitcher Corey Copping ( a p p e n d e c t o my ) , h e a d coach Pete Hughes has little choice.

Dallas Baptist will start freshman Trevor Conn, who will be making his fifth start of the season. Conn strikes out few but walks fewer — his 1.98 ERA is despite a .252 batting average against. The righty will be pitching to contact and trying to keep Oklahoma hitters off balance as he has done all season for the Patriots.

The Patriots have also been anchored by a pair of relievers, sophomore Brandon Koch and junior Chance Adams, who have combined to allow just six earned runs in 47.1 innings.

Pa t r i o t p i t c h e r s w i l l have their hands full with Oklahoma’s offense, which has been good for the last several weeks. That attack is led by five players who are all hitting at least .308.

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ranking comes on the heels of Oklahoma’s series victory over the No. 25 Longhorns last weekend. Those two w ins pushe d OU to 4-5 against ranked teams this season and escorted it to a tie for first place in the Big 12.

Oklahoma’s midweek matchup against the Patr iots w ill begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at L. Dale Mitchell Park.

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Outfielder Craig Akin advances to third base during a baseball game at L. Dale Mitchell Park Tuesday, March, 31. 2015.

Brooks shows high potential in spring game Junior running back has skills in speed, elusiveness BRADY VARDEMAN

Assistant Sports Editor @BradyVardeman

Oklahoma running back Daniel Brooks isn’t big nor is the 5-foot-8-inch junior particularly powerful.

He is, however, fast and determined to insert his name into the Sooners’ ball carrier conversation.

Brooks ripped off an 80yard touchdown run Friday during Oklahoma’s open practice in front of hundreds of students, outrunChildren Chil ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki n Size ning the entire defense from Ch the line of scrimmage.

He didn’t stop there. In last year’s Red-White game, MATT WESLING/THE DAILY Brooks led the team with 67 Junior running back Daniel Brooks dodges tackles as he runs down the field during the spring game on Saturday April 11 at Gaylord Family yards on eight carries. As Memorial Stadium. The 2015-2016 season will open with a home game against Akron on Saturday, September 5 at home. for Saturday’s spring game, with fellow backs Keith Ford, Rodney Anderson and thought I got in, but other and Alex Ross to have their makes him believe he has Anderson received rave Joe Mixon out and Samaje than that, I thought I had a own roles, as well. However, put himself in position to reviews from players and Perine limited, Brooks took really good day. It was fun.” Brooks has a special skill set receive some snaps in the coaches alike for his work 21 carries for 154 yards, As new offensive coordi- — his speed and elusive- fall. ethic and running style. again a team-high. nator Lincoln Riley contin- ness in particular — that “O f c o u r s e Sa maj e i s Brooks said his counter“I actually didn’t know ues to install his new pass- makes him an attractive going to play a lot based off part’s injury was the reason how many yards I had until heavy offense in Norman, candidate for playing time. the season he had last year,” he received so many carries everybody told me,” he said. it seems reasonable to asAfter all, a running back Brooks said. “I think it defi- Saturday.

The only blemish on his sume Brooks could have does not run for 221 yards in nitely gives me a chance to “Of course, with Rodney spring game resume was a a spot in the speedy new two spring games combined work for that starting job.” being hurt and Joe [with] his questionable fumble near system. without a little bit of talent Anders on sat out the situation [...]” Brooks said. the goal line.

T h e r e ’s n o a r g u i n g under his feet. Brooks’ per- spring game after injur- “There’s still some guys 2409 24 09 Swas Agnew Agn gnew ew Ave APerine ve is (4 (405) “The only other thing Samaje powerful.636-1486 formances over the last two ing his ACL in practice. that didn’t get to show what the fumble,” Brooks said.

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circumstances. But yeah, I definitely think I have a shot for a top spot when the fall comes around.”

B ro o k s ha s ha d k n e e troubles of his own, however. During his senior year of high school, after he had already committed to Oklahoma, Brooks endured a nearly career-ending injury to his ACL. “S o I w a s re c ov e r i n g from that all freshman year and a little bit my sophomore year,” he said. “It was a stride for me, for coach [Jay] Boulware for coaching me up, coach Riley, coach [Bob] Stoops, all of them, the training staff, all of them, working with me.

It really was a stride for me today; I was happy with my performance.”

After receiving just six snaps during the 2014 season, Brooks said he is going to continue to practice hard to earn playing time when the Sooners return to action in the fall.

“When I touch the ball [and] I get the ball in my hand, I’m in the zone,” he said. “I’m focused on my play, my responsibility, what I have to do every game, every snap. That’s all I’m thinking about.”

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Hansen, pitcher extraordinaire Baseball player leads Big 12 in strikeouts SPENSER DAVIS | BASEBALL REPORTER | @DAVIS_SPENSER

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f you saw Alec Hansen walking down the street, you’d probably marvel at his 6-foot-8-inch frame and thank the deity of your choice that he wasn’t at the gym the last time you played a pick-up basketball game.

If you accidentally bumped into Hansen, you would probably get a very cordial and humble

response that you might not expect from someone so large in stature.

But if you were so unfortunate to run into Hansen on the baseball field, you’d probably be cursing him and his 100+ mph fastball on your way back to the bench.

But that’s Alec Hansen in a nutshell — he’s big, he’s quiet and he’s powerful.

“I think it’s quiet confidence that he’s got,” junior outfielder Craig Aikin said of his teammate. “He’s got a lot of dog in him that a lot of people don’t get to see.”

The sophomore right-handed pitcher from Loveland, Colorado, is having a banner year for the S ooners. Through nine starts, Hansen owns four

wins to go along with a 3.40 ERA and a Big 12 leading 69 strikeouts.

Hansen, who possessed the same potent fastball a year ago, struggled mightily as a freshman. He posted just 11.1 innings and had a walk rate that even Edinson Volquez would have found troubling.

Coach Pete Hughes said

he first saw improvement earlier this season against Texas Tech. Hansen had been dealing but ran into trouble in the fifth inning. He ultimately got out of the jam en route to his first complete game as a Sooner.

“Last year, I don’t think Alec gets out of that inning,” Hughes said after the game.

“It really showed maturity,

grinding with it, making adjustments, and getting out of that inning and continuing to pitch well after that. And that’s what growing up is all about.”

“I think the biggest thing is throwing strikes and just believing in myself and believing in the guys that I’ve got behind me,” Hansen added.

That’s been evident so far this season — Hansen currently sits first in the Big 12 in strikeouts (he has 16 more than the next pitcher) and is tenth in innings pitched. His 11.72 strikeouts per nine innings also ranks in the top 15 in the country.

“I’m just looking to pitch to contact and get some quick outs and go deeper in games like I have been doing,” Hansen said.

That approach helped him several weekends ago as he settled in to battle No. 10 Texas Tech. Hansen tossed a complete game

and evened the series for the Sooners, who benefited from the effort in the series finale on Sunday.

Junior Adam Choplick was slated to start the rubber match, but the big lefty ran into trouble early and often.

Hughes went to the bullpen after Choplick failed to retire any of the first five hitters — a luxury that the coach credited to Hansen for giving the bullpen a day off earlier in the series.

S e n i o r r i g h t- h a n d e d pitcher Rober Tasin came in and shut down the Red Raiders, giving Oklahoma

a chance to come back. The Sooners ultimately stole game three of the series 3-2.

“He’s been huge for us this year. He gives us a front line guy who’s in the zone who can eat up innings,” Hughes said of his flame-throwing righty.

As talented and competitive as Hansen is on the mound, Hughes mentioned that he might have another career path waiting for him if this baseball thing doesn’t work out. “ H e ’s a p h e n o m e n a l ping pong player,” said Hughes, “phenomenal, like dominant.”

Gentle Giant I t ’s u n i q u e t o w a t c h Hansen walk off the mound inning after inning with such a quiet demeanor despite having one of the hardest fastballs at any level of baseball. In some ways, he’s become a silent killer for this OU squad.

“He’s a quieter guy, but he handles his business, and every time he comes out and pitches well, it’s the same Alec as if he didn’t have his stuff that day,” Aikin said. “He’s the same guy and that’s what you’re looking for.

“S ome guys might b e fiery and want to come off

“He’s been huge for us this year. He gives us a front line guy who’s in the zone who can eat up innings.”

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the field fist bumpin’. I’m kind of that way a little bit, I like to get caught up in the moment, but he doesn’t. He just puts his head down and focuses on the task at hand.”

But just because he’s quiet doesn’t mean that he’s not competitive — on or off the field.

“Alec is super talented and he’s determined to get really good at his craft, which a lot of kids at this age, you’d be surprised, aren’t consumed with it like he is,” Hughes said. “He’s worried about how he’s going to get better every outing.”

Growing Pains “When you get confidence, it just takes off. You can see it in the way that he’s walking around.”

Baseball is a game of fail- before Hansen was set to in the early rounds. Out of at OU?’ He’s not saying, ure. At the major league enter the draft, the young high school, he was draft- ‘Oh, I want to play in the level, only failing 70 per- righty had topped out in ed in the 25th round by the big leagues, I want to be a cent of the time will get you the high 80’s as a junior — Colorado Rockies but opted first-rounder.’ It’s all about inducted in to the Hall of a substantial amount of instead to go the college winning and performing Fame. Failing 65 percent growth for one year. here,” said Hughes, “which route.

PETE HUGHES, means that you’re among “It’s happened so fast, If Hansen continues to is very unusual these days.”

COACH the best hitters to ever live. it’s kind of surreal,” Hansen progress as a pitcher, his As a freshman at OU, said as a senior in high fastball will be highly covH a n s e n f a i l e d a l o t . school. “Last year none of OU, and it was confidence, about.” eted by general managers at Spenser Davis Actually, he failed so often this was in the picture.” davis.spenser@ou.edu or lack thereof as he said, After the end of his junior the next level. But he’s not and so quickly that he didn’t The increase in compe- that caused him to struggle season, Hansen will have concerned about that for even earn the chance to fail tition paired with the lack mightily as a freshman. the opportunity to enter the right now, said Hughes. even more. Hughes had of familiarity with his own “He’s super focused on “I threw a lot of strikes MLB draft, where he will seen enough after Hansen body and throwing me- in high school, so I think it almost certainly be taken ‘how good can I get here walked 13 batters in his first chanics also played a part was a mental thing,” Hansen 11.1 innings. in his struggles. However, said. “It was big just being “He couldn’t throw a sec- he was able to work through able to put everything beondary pitch for a strike those issues after OU’s sea- hind me and know that I last year,” Hughes said, “but son ended a year ago. had the ability to go out now he’s pitching.”

“He went out andnlearned Children Chil Ch ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki Size there and get guys out.”

“You’re six-foot-eight, a cutter this summer and Hansen threw a lot of there’s a lot of moving parts. just kept having success and strikes in high school, or It’s not short and compact. building on that. It makes all at l ea st t hat ’s w hat h i s And he was young. Imagine the difference in the world,” 0.91 ERA in his senior year being 18-years-old and six- Hughes said. would suggest. foot-eight. Your body hurts His size and power is Hughes said that he’s anyways, never mind ‘hey, what got him to Oklahoma, even noticed a difference in can you perform a high-lev- but it’s Hansen’s “quiet con- how Hansen carries himself el skill and repeat it every fidence” that has given the off the field — a sign that his time?’”

Sooners their silent assassin newfound confidence and H a n s e n w a s a y e a r on the mound. improved mental game is younger last season, but Hansen’s demeanor is here to stay. that was hardly the biggest something that’s obvious “When you get confiof his challenges in terms and infectious when talking dence, it just takes off. You of growth — throwing and to him. He’s quick to give his can see it in the way that he’s controlling 100 mph wasn’t teammates and coaches all walking around,” Hughes something he had been ac- the credit but still under- said. “He’s just a different customed to yet. stands what he’s capable of. dude than he was last year CHRIS MICHIE/THE DAILY According to a Denver That’s something that has because he’s having success Sophomore pitcher Alec Hansen winds up to pitch during the April 3 game against Kansas at L. Dale Post article published just developed over his time at in something that he cares Mitchell Park. The Sooners defeated the Jayhawks 6-3.

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From acting to design, students from the University of Oklahoma’s Peggy V. Helmerich School of Drama won several top awards at the Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and will move on to the national competition in Washington, D.C., April 13 to 18.

Kamron McClure, a drama senior, has won the regional festival three times and will be returning to the national stage for his third and final year this April.

The students take a six-minute package to perform, and they perform two scenes and a monologue, which is a lot to pack into just a few minutes, said McClure.

McClure and his partner, drama senior Jake Lozano, performed scenes from “Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train”

by Stephen Adly Guirgis, “The Flick” by Annie Baker and a monolo gue from “Titus Andronicus.”

About 240 teams begin the competition. After the first round, only 32 will go on to the semi-finals, 16 to the finals and only one team will be chosen to go to the national festival, McClure said.

“When it gets to the national level, it’s not really about the competition of course it’s important and you want to do well but it’s really about showcasing the

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Drama senior Kamron McClure won at the Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

McClure and his partner beat out 149 other teams to advance to the national competition in Washington, D.C.

best from each region and immersing yourself in the experience,” McClure said.

T h e nat i o na l f e s t i va l serves as a learning experience for all involved in the theater world, from actors to lighting technicians to costume designers.

Elizabeth Snider, a senior costume design major, won the award for Theatrical Design Excellence in costume design for “Alcina,” an opera performed at OU in the spring of 2014.

At the regional festival, the costumes are presented on a board filled with fabric swatches, sketches and a mannequin dressed in one of the designs, Snider said.

“I thought it was ver y

whimsical and sensual; I wanted an underlying theme of chaos throughout the show,” Snider said.

The two main characters in this show are sorceresses who live on their own magical island; the rest of the characters live in the real world. The costumes represent the two separate worlds, Snider said.

The opera is typically set in the 18th century. Snider’s interpretation had the characters live during the time after the first World War. Snider had the “mundane” characters, or the characters who are a part of the normal world, dressed in 1930s military uniforms, she said.

“For Alcina and the other sorceresses, I drew a lot of inspiration from Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty collection,” Snider said.

This different interpretation of the opera is what led to Snider’s success at the regional festival, and qualification for the national festival in D.C. At the national festival both McClure and Snider will show off their talent and learn even more from their peers and teachers through workshops and competition.

“Summer and Smoke,” a drama written by Tennessee Williams, examines the frustrated love of a sheltered southern belle for a young physician, a play about the conflict between body and soul, innocence and experience, and eternity and life.

Directed by Alissa Mortimer, “Summer and Smoke” opens next week i n t h e We i t z e n h o f f e r Theatre with cast and crew from the OU He l m e r i c h S c h o o l o f Drama.

Although the show is not one of Williams’ most

famous works, it is one of his secret gems, Mortimer said.

“The characters in the play are all striving to find the delicate balance between satisfying the body a n d f e e d i n g t h e s o u l ,” Mortimer said. “It’s been a joy to explore these issues in the rehearsal room using Tennessee Williams’ beautiful words, and I look forward to sharing our production with our audience.”

The show will be performed at 8 p.m. April 24, 25, 30 and May 1, and matinees will be at 3 p.m. on April 26 and May 2. Advance purchase tickets are $25 for adult; $20 for senior adult, OU employee and military; and $15 for student. Tickets at the door are $35 for adults and $20 for students.

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At the door, it is $35 for adults and $20 for students

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The School of Music is holding The Sounds of New Orleans Jazz Concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Sharp Concert Hall of Catlett Music Center. The concert is part of the Sutton Concert Series and will feature a performance from the OU Jazz Bands.

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version of jazz and mimics the United States and that auwhat the original musicians diences will “certainly enjoy” invented. it.

“Since then, it’s progressed “It’s not inaccessible, so through different styles, it’s jazz everyone will like, ANDIE BEENE such as swing and bebop,” whether you like country Life and Arts Reporter Redwine said. “This is old music or whether you like @andie_beene style jazz.” rock or whether you like jazz, The School of Music is Re dw ine, who teach- it’s a style of jazz that won’t holding a concert that will es clarinet at The Catholic offend anyone, it’s just happy highlight the classic sounds University of America, is re- and fun, and everybody will of the Big Easy at 8 p.m. Today turning to his home state of love it,” he said. in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Oklahoma for the concert, Hall of Catlett Music Center. where the original Redwine Andie Benne T h e S o u n d s o f N e w Jazz Band will reunite for the Andrea.K.Beene-1@ou.edu Orleans Jazz Concert, part first time in 20 years. of the Sutton Concert Series, Redwine said that as he has will feature a performance moved around, members of SOUNDS OF NEW from the OU Jazz Bands, con- the band have changed, but ORLEANS JAZZ ducted by Jay Wilkinson, and after Wilkinson invited him will have a special appear- back to solo with the OU Jazz CONCERT ance from Ben Redwine and Band, the original members the Redwine Jazz Band, ac- decided to reunite.

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