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U Pesident David Boren is back on campus, just in time for his 76th birthday on Friday. Boren spent about a month off campus recuperating after heart bypass surgery on March 20 and is now working part-time as he continues to recover.

Though he continued in his role as university president while he was off campus, he missed two President’s Associates dinners — one featuring J.D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” and another with Supreme Court experts Adam Liptak of the New York Times and Maeva Marcus, a constitutional scholar.

Boren said he is happy to be back on campus and surrounded by the OU community. To honor his upcoming 76th birthday, we gathered 76 facts about the man who has served OU as president for more than two decades.

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OU President David Boren smiles and laughs during a surprise party that the Union Programming Board and Campus Activities Council cohosted to celebrate his 20th year as president in November 2014. Boren will turn 76 on Friday.

76 FACTS ABOUT PRESIDENT BOREN

1. Birthday: April 21, 1941 2. Birthplace: Washington, D.C. (Lyle Boren was an Oklahoma congressman when President Boren was born) 3. Parents: Lyle and Christine Boren 4. Spouse: Molly Shi Boren 5. Siblings: one younger sister, Susan Boren 6. Children: Dan Boren and Carrie Boren 7. Closest advisor: Molly Shi Boren (Boren has been a judge, a lawyer and an educator) 8. Nickname: D-Bo 9. Pet: a West Highland Terrier named Sunny 10. Role models: both parents 11. Father was a U.S. congressman from the state of Oklahoma 12. Aunt (Mae Axton Boren) wrote “Heartbreak Hotel” 13. Member of the First Christian Church in Norman 14. Favorite job: Being president of the University of Oklahoma 15. Grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma 16. Favorite activities as a child: bowling, touch football 17. Childhood fun fact: Sat on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s lap when he came through Oklahoma 18. Favorite book: the Bible 19. Favorite book on political

philosophy: “On Liberty” by John Stuart Mill 20. Favorite movie: “To Kill A Mockingbird” 21. Favorite composers: Aaron Copland and Gustav Mahler 22. Favorite type of art: French Impressionism 23. Favorite sculptor: Auguste Rodin 24. Favorite color: Blue 25. Favorite saying: “Do right and fear not” 26. Favorite meal: Chicken fried steak, gravy and okra (which he can no longer have) 27. Favorite animal: dog 28. Favorite U.S. president: Abraham Lincoln 29. Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving 30. Favorite activities: Reading, hiking, travel, gardening (to a lesser degree) 31. First car: Old Southwestern Bell telephone company Ford — used car 32. High schools: Seminole High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland 33. College: Yale University 34. Member of the secret society Skull and Bones at Yale University 35. Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, University of Oxford 36. Rowed crew at Oxford 37. Law school: University of Oklahoma

38. First job in school: Student intern for Edward R. Murrow (journalist when Murrow was Director of U.S. Information Agency) 39. First job after graduating: Opened a law office in Seminole and was a professor at Oklahoma Baptist University 40. Captain and Company Commander in Oklahoma Army National Guard 41. Youngest governor in United States (33 years old) when inaugurated in 1975 42. Started first public school classes for gifted and talented students 43. Helped author the Oklahoma Open Meeting and Open Record Acts 44. Longest serving chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee 45. First person in state history to be governor, U.S. senator and president of the University of Oklahoma 46. Favorite thing about OU: Being with students 47. Favorite OU tradition: Singing the OU Chant at the end of events 48. Will celebrate 50 years of public service in 2017 49. Boren worked to raise the state sales tax by a penny to raise money for education. The initiative did not pass in the

2016 election.

50. Part Cherokee but not enough to be a voting member of the tribe, but Mrs. Boren is a voting member of the Choctaw tribe.

51. Favorite place to be: Oklahoma 52. Coffee or tea: Coffee 53. Favorite song: “Send in the Clowns” 54. Favorite spot on campus: Bizzell Memorial Library’s Great Reading Room 55. Favorite restaurant on Campus Corner: Othello’s 56. Most memorable football game since his time here: 2000 OU-Texas Game when OU won 63-14 57. Favorite music genres: classical and folk 58. Favorite place to travel abroad: Istanbul 59. Something that he loves that not many people know about: Listening to music 60. Favorite part about living on campus: Being near the students 61. Likes most about getting to teach a class at OU: The interchange of ideas with students 62. Family traditions: Celebrating Thanksgiving together 63. Do one thing as a kid again: Play kick the can again

64. Favorite poet: Robert Frost 65. Favorite author: Ernest Hemingway 66. President to have dinner with: Harry Truman 67. Favorite thing about his wife: Her good heart 68. Favorite place to visit in the U.S.: San Francisco 69. Most interesting person he’s met: Nelson Mandela, with whom he also had dinner when Mandela made his first U.S. visit.

70. He and his wife have been married 38 years.

71. What makes him most proud of OU: It is a place where we care about each other 72. Rainy days or sunny days: rainy days 73. Boren is uncle to Janna Ryan, wife of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan 74. He was in Army ROTC in Yale and later joined the Army Reserve and National Guard.

75. He was appointed to President Barack Obama’s top secret Intelligence Advisory Board in 2009.

76. His favorite musicians are John Denver, Joan Baez and Toby Keith.

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Late submission costs operations budget SGA president J. D. Baker blames congress budget committee KAYLA BRANCH @kayla_branch

The operations budget for the Student Government Association did not receive thousands of dollars in primary funding due to a late submission by the SGA president.

It is the SGA president’s responsibility to fill out and turn in the operations budget request prior to the deadline set forth by the Undergraduate Student Congress budgetary committee. SGA president J.D. Baker did not follow these steps, said Ryan Echols, economics and drama senior and chair of SGA’s Ways and Means Committee.

“We have a very hard deadline for these things,” Echols said.

“But we made some changes to the process of applying for funds and ended up giving an extended deadline of a week. ... We did not receive the operations budget until over a week after the original

deadline had passed.”

Baker said he was not able to turn in the budget, which includes all operating costs for the SGA offices, such as printer paper and other office supplies, due to time constraints with other responsibilities, such as turning in another budget to the Student Activity Fee Committee.

“I was informed that the potential funding from that committee had significantly increased, so I had to go back in and redo my first budget proposal,” Baker said. “So I had to focus on that.”

In a letter posted on his Facebook Wednesday, Baker refuted The Daily’s report about his failure to submit the budget, calling it “misleading” and “completely inaccurate.” Baker admitted later in the letter that he submitted the proposal past the deadline to do so, and in an interview with The Daily blamed the budget committee for choosing at Tuesday’s congress meeting not to allocate the requested money anyway.

Echols said the Ways and Means Committee deliberated on how to handle the situation since the operations budget usually exceeds $30,000 and is extremely

SGA FUNDING PROCESS 1. SGA president applies for and receives funding — this year roughly $800,000 — from the Student Activity Fee Committee.

2. This money is then given to the Ways and Means Committee in the Undergraduate Student Congress.

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Student Government Association president J.D. Baker speaks during his inauguration Dec. 7, 2016.

important to SGA. Echols said the budgetary committee rejected an appeal from Baker and decided not to give funding normally given under the operations budget since other student organizations that turn in late submissions are not usually given funding, as well.

“Though it was late, I believe it was still the responsibility of the budgetary committee to still approve it because it is something

that is beneficial and works for all of us,” Baker said. “So I’m really disappointed they did not follow through on that.”

The SGA offices will have to operate on any existing money the budget might have until an application can be filled out for auxiliary funding in fall 2017, Echols said.

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3. The Ways and Means Committee is responsible for allocating this money to student organizations on campus, including SGA. The money cannot be spent unless it is allocated.

4. All of SGA’s different branches must formally apply for money from this fund. The SGA president must apply for operations budget funds by this process.

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Community remembers anniversary of bombing Elected officials share memories, hope for future

Committee selects vice president for strategic planning JERICKA HANDIE @jerickahandie

NICK HAZELRIGG @nickhazelrigg

The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing Wednesday.

The ceremony included high-profile speakers, such as Ben Carson, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a former presidential candidate.

The memorial began early Wednesday morning with a bagpipe procession, followed by introductory remarks from Michael Turpen, the chairman of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation.

“We w ill never forget what happened on these grounds 22 years ago today,” Turpen said.

The next speaker was mental health professional Kay Goebel, who called for a 168-second moment of silence — one second for every life lost on the day of the bombing. Mark McAdow, pastor of First Church OKC, gave the invocation, while the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Justin Echols performed the national anthem.

O k l a h o ma G ov. Ma r y Fallin, who was lieutenant g ov e r n o r o f O k l a h o m a d u r i ng t h e b o mb i ng i n 1995, spoke next. Fallin’s speech focused on what she called “the Oklahoma

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Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, speaks at the 22nd Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony for those lost during the Oklahoma City bombing.

standard,” referring to the desire of Oklahomans to help one another.

“Death broke our hearts that day, but the one thing that death could not take from us was the memory of the outpouring of love,” Fallin said.

U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, introduced Carson, who said he was humbled to speak at the event and to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in the attack.

The attack killed 35 workers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the department Carson leads.

Carson’s speech, “You

Are Not Forgotten,” included information on Carson’s v i s i o n f o r t h e Ho u s i n g and Urban Development Department.

“At HUD, we are looking to be a place that is more than just putting a roof over people’s heads — it’s about developing communities and to develop individuals,” Carson said.

The event ended with the reading of the names of the 168 people who died in the attack.

One memorial attendee, John Bloxom, who attended with his wife Katie Bloxom, said the event w a s “ v e r y w e l l d o n e .”

Bloxom, who was born in

Oklahoma, was living in Kansas at the time of the attack.

“Horror,” John Bloxom said, describing his memory of the day of the bombing, “The fact that this could happen here.

You never thought of this sort of thing happening in our part of the world.”

“It’s a really beautiful place,” said Katie Bloxom, referring to the memorial. “It’s a beautiful place to have such a reflective event.”

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An OU vice president has been named the recipient of the university’s 2017 Otis Sullivant Award for Perceptivity.

Nick Hathaway, executive vice president, vice president for administration and finance and vice president for strategic planning, won the $20,000 award for his contributions to the university, OU First Lady Molly Shi Boren said in an OU Public Affairs press release. The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the selection committee, which is composed of faculty and staff members, students and alumni, chooses the recipient.

“The committee selected Vice President Hathaway based upon his major contributions to the university,

especially through his foresight in long-range strategic planning,” Boren said in the release. “He is personally truly devoted to the future of the university and its excellence.”

Hathaway coordinates communication between the Office of the President and other offices of the university, and is responsible for overseeing the Norman campus’ financial affairs.

“I was really flattered to be nominated. I’ve always had a lot of respect for the award and for the spirit behind it to recognize people for perceptivity,” Hathaway said. “I was humbled that those that nominated me felt that I exhibited perceptivity in the way I go about my work and my workday.”

A l u n ch e o n to h o n o r Hathaway will take place in May, at which time he will accept his award.

Jericka Handie

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Students can shop succulents at Botany Club’s annual plant sale

The OU Botany Club is encouraging students to embrace their green thumbs and shop at the club’s annual plant sale.

The plant sale will be a cash-only sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday inside OU’s greenhouse, said Daniel Hayden, microbiology and plant biology junior and the president of OU Botany Club.

Hayden said students can expect to see a wide variety of plants at the sale this year, from succulents to lemon trees.

The club puts time and effort into making sure that the plants are healthy and good enough to sell.

“We have to plan two months back to be like ‘OK, if we grow this now, what will it look like in time for the plant sale?’” Hayden said.

Hayden said the plant sale raises money to support the club and purchases for the greenhouse and to sharethe club’s love for plants with the campus.

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Class of 2017 to give park Thousands Strong campaign raises $20,917 for class gift ANNA BAUMAN @annabauman2

When Jonny Kaleka returns to OU as an alumnus one day, he hopes to bring his children back to the beautiful green park left as a legacy by his graduating class.

“It’s much more than a park,” Kaleka said. “It’s a kind of place where we can come back and, no matter how much time has passed, it’ll always remind us of that special time that we spent here.”

Kaleka, international studies senior and this year’s class gift chair, oversees a group of around 30 seniors who have worked closely with students of various grade levels from the Student Alumni Association to raise funds for the construction of a new park on the corner of Chautauqua Avenue and Timberdell Road.

Caitlin Montgomery, director of student engagement for the OU Alumni Association, said the park will include benches, picnic tables and a shady tree canopy that will enhance the area for those who use the sidewalk that runs parallel to Chautauqua Avenue.

“It is a high traffic area,” Montgomery said. “You’ll get runners, you’ll get moms pushing their strollers, you’ll get multiple cars, people walking their dogs, etc.”

Montgomery said more than 400 donors contributed to raise a total of $20,917 through OU’s crowdfunding platform, Thousands Strong.

Initially, the campaign garnered just over $10,000, but it

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The Boyd Street entrance to Parrington Oval features two Cherokee Gothic arches. The structures are gifts of the classes of 1915 and 1917.

was able to surpass its $20,000 goal with a significant contribution from the OU Alumni Association that doubled the funds. “(The OU Alumni Association) was really impressed with the number of students that were willing to give to this project as well, so they took it upon themselves to match our donation,” Montgomery said.

Montgomery said many of the donors were students from the class of 2017, who were all encouraged to give $20.17.

“The idea is that you’re giving back and you are hoping that you’re instilling excellence for the future generations that come behind you,” Montgomery said. “Clearly if it wasn’t for the people that

OU student joins esteemed Native American internship program in D.C.

An OU law student is one of 12 Native American and Native Alaskan college students, representing eight separate tribes, selected from across the nation to take part in a prestigious summer internship program in Washington D.C. The program is in partnership with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and it aims to familiarize interns with the complex relationships and legislative processes existing between federal and tribal governments, according to an OU Research News press release.

Aaron Fournier is the sixth OU student to be selected for the Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship since 1996, and he is looking forward to his nine-week stay in Washington D.C. “I think that learning more about the government-to-government relationship between the U.S. government and the tribal governments (is important) and there’s not a better place to do that than in D.C.,” Fournier said. “It’s just the perfect opportunity.”

Positions may vary, but Fournier said he will be spending his summer working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, helping support tribal communities.

As a first-year law student and a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Fournier hopes the experience will better equip him to help his tribe.

“The Chickasaw Nation has done a lot to help me and help me get through school. And also as a part of my heritage, I definitely want to give back to the nation,” Fournier said.

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OU alumnus recognized for being outstanding child of immigrants

An OU graduate has been named the recipient of a fellowship honoring outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.

Caleb Gayle, a 2011 OU graduate, is the recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which he will use to pursue a master’s in business and public policy at Harvard University, according to his bio on the fellowship’s website.

The fellowship provides up to $90,000 for recipients to pursue the graduate program of their choice and is awarded based on applicants’ potential for contribution to their field or to U.S. society and culture, according to a press release.

A child of Jamaican immigrants, Gayle is one of 30 fellowship recipients this year, according to the release. Last year’s recipients also included two OU graduates, Akash Patel and Mubeen Shakir.

While at OU, Gayle was honored as a Harry S. Truman Scholar and went on to complete graduate work at Oxford University, according to the release. He has worked with programs in Mexico to empower marginalized female entrepreneurs, and currently serves with the George Kaiser Family Foundation to work with programs that improve the lives of low-income families and children, according to the release.

Gayle is also managing editor of Crimson & Black: A Journal for Black Policy, his work in which has been featured in the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Harvard Kennedy School Review, according to the release.

“Caleb Gayle was an outstanding graduate of the university,” said OU President David Boren in the release.

“He made an impressive record at the university and continues his outstanding achievements after graduation.

We are honored to count him as one of our own and the university is proud of his Soros Fellowship.”

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have come before us, this uni- donations. versity wouldn’t be so beauti“When you donate to the ful and as awesome as it is.” class gift, it is your first gift to the university,” Kaleka said.

“It’s more than just a fountain “It’s much more than and some benches or an arch, a park. It’s a kind of it’s about having an attitude place where we can of gratitude and ... planting come back and, no those seeds of tradition of giving back to your alma mater matter how much when you graduate.” time has passed, it’ll The seniors on the class always remind us of gift committee were choby the Student Alumni that special time that sen Association for their involvewe spent here.” ment on campus throughout their undergraduate years, JONNY KALEKA, Montgomery said.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SENIOR “We work really hard to get leaders that are from various Kaleka said one compo- colleges, various organizanent of the class gift commit- tions, whether they’re chairs tee’s duties involves educat- of their organizations, whething the student body about er they’re just extremely inthe importance of private volved,” Montgomery said.

“Our main goal is that we strive to find different types of leaders.”

The committee works closely with OU president David Boren and his wife Molly Shi Boren to choose what kind of gift they want to leave behind as a legacy, said Jacob Lamb, management information systems sophomore and member of the Student Alumni Association class gift committee that helps direct the seniors. “(Mrs. Boren) is in charge every year of selecting what the class gift will be and where it’ll be,” Lamb said. “We just kind of help facilitate that, and we’re always on board with whatever ideas she has. She knows campus a lot better and which areas would benefit the most from the class gift.”

Lamb said this year’s park is unique because of its location on the south side of campus.

“I think the interesting thing about this park as opposed to a lot of class gifts, is it’s a part of campus, but it’s not directly on campus,” Lamb said. “It’s kind of nice to be able to get away from campus, but still feel like you’re a part of campus, so I think it’ll help incorporate the surrounding community with OU.” Kaleka said the class gift is a permanent reminder of his time at OU. “No matter how many cha ng e s hap p e n at t h e University of Oklahoma, I’ll always be able to come back and visit that park and remember the time that I had here,” Kaleka said. “It’ll be a reminder of the impact that I left on my alma mater.”

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anna.m.bauman-1@ou.edu

Federal funds running dry OU Medical Center units face possible closures HANNAH PIKE @h_pike_

The trauma center and neonatal intensive care unit at OU Medical Center may be forced to close due to a loss of federal funding if the state privatizes health care for seniors and those with disabilities.

The loss of funding due to this possible privatization could total $650 million in hospitals statewide, said Jason Sanders, senior vice president and provost of the OU Health Sciences Center.

The federal funds were first created for hospitals that provide a disproportionate amount of care to patients with limited resources, so they spend more on providing care than they are repaid, Sanders said.

He also said other hospitals would suffer more than OU Medical Center, because OU Medical Center receives

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The OU Medical Center is at risk for a large funding loss. A possible privatization may cost centers statewide $650 million.

funding from more sources than just the government, Sanders said.

OU Medical Center is asking the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to not move forward for one year to figure out how to avoid this “unnecessary and unintended consequence,” Sanders said.

Sanders said Tom Price, secretary of Health and Human Services, would be unable to say which areas need to be modified for the next few months because the U.S. Congress has been focused on wholesale changes.

“We’re confident that much can be achieved in a year,” Sanders said. “On the

flip side, we probably also need that time to see the implications to our funding.”

In the meantime, Sanders said Oklahoma’s elderly, blind and disabled populations will continue to receive excellent care. “(Leaders across the state) are so busy in dealing with their own complexities, in dealing with budget deficits, that they need to hear of really big risk like this,” Sanders said. “And that’s why it’s our responsibility to highlight it.”

News9 was first to report this story.

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OPINION

Audra Brulc, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/opinion

Graphic pictures teach nothing for supporting abortion rights. Actually, it’s morally wrong to use signs that aim to guilt women for wanting a choice when it comes to their bodies.

These particular anti-abortion advocates are not necessarily searchTaitum Wilson ing to change minds, but wilson.taitum@ou.edu they do want to rile up It’s happened more students. There’s nothing than once this semester. As to learn from Justice For I cross the South Oval on All’s flagrant images. Any my way to class, I am sudtruth that the advocates’ denly bombarded by giant, posters hold is hidden by graphic signs depicting their insensitivity. Students unborn fetuses. The postshould not be subjected ers ask me, “Is this genoto such images when they cide?� and “When are we are merely going about human?� Paired with these their day. Free speech is pictures, the eye-catching one thing — and I’m not signs question humane arguing that Justice For All versus inhumane, and all SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY should not be allowed to of them have anti-abortion OU community members speak with people who hold anti-abortion boards April 13 on the voice their concerns — but South Oval. Sometimes the boards contain graphic images. themes. As I continue to there are considerably betmy class, I am asked to sign ter ways to do so.

When this organization argument so weak. a piece of paper question- with local church commuOU is a huge university and groups with similar Resorting to shock value with thousands of stuing whether or not I believe nities to train followers of Christ to make abortion tactics come to college to get a point across is an abortion should remain dents. There is no telling unthinkable.� campuses, they make their ineffective way to debate legal. It’s not the most what those who may have anti-abortion stance faira topic. If we’re going to pleasant way to start the walked past those posters ly obvious, but they use debate, give me facts. Give are going through. It shows day, but that just might be “There are better something a little differme logic, statistics and rea- ignorance and insensitivity the point. ways to discuss and ent to get the point across. soning. Showing grossly The group behind to ignore the feelings and raise awareness of Typically, arguments graphic images is not going experiences of those who these alarming signs and hot-button issues that concerning abortion go to convince me to change posters is the organizacould be considering abormy mind about abortion. tion Justice For All. It has tion right now, those who don’t involve the use along the religious route. been to OU various times have had abortions and of deceptive images However, while Justice For It’s misleading to distribAll is obviously a religious ute photos with limited throughout the last few those who simply don’t and information.� organization, it relies more information and a lack of years. According to its know enough about the on shock value to make its scientific proof in an atwebsite, Justice For All is “a TAITUM WILSON, topic. If the goal is to eduargument. Consequently, tempt to convince people non-profit educational or- POLITICAL SCIENCE AND cate, then educate. Don’t this is what makes that that they are morally wrong mislead people and distort ganization which partners JOURNALISM FRESHMAN

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the facts to support a particular agenda.

If Justice For All truly wants to find a solution to the amount of abortions, it should focus on sex education and providing contraception — methods that are scientifically proven to work.

There are better ways to discuss and raise awareness of hot-button issues that don’t involve the use of deceptive images and information. Justice For All is not succeeding in finding a solution for a problem but exacerbating it. A lot can come from simply talking and learning from one another. Grotesque images are not necessary. Let’s not forget the “civil� in civil discourse.

Taitum Wilson is a political science and journalism freshman and columnist for The Daily.

The Daily welcomes letters to the editor and guest columns from the OU community.

To submit a letter or column, email dailyopinion@ ou.edu.

Wearing SAE letters after their CLASSIFIEDS dismissal condones racism “hang them from a tree,� in reference to people of color delves into America’s dark history of racism.

Modern-day examples of racism are everywhere — just look at the current president. He literally won an election while being Mikaela Hall racist, sexist and practicing mikaela.j.hall@ou.edu ableism. We even see it when I am not in a greek orgawe are walking to class. nization. I don’t think that it Remember the “preachfits my personality, but I sup- er� who was holding signs port people who want to do that said “BLM are Racist it. College is what you make Thugs�? This is an act of racof it, and even though I’m ism (in and of itself) right not in a sorority, I love seeing there. It’s everywhere. the cute T-shirts for all of the greek events. However, my “We are a campus blood starts to boil when I that should pride see three letters: SAE. As most of us know, greek itself on diversity and improvement, life dominates campus.

Every day you see people not the degradation sporting their letters around of an entire group of walkways and in every class. people.�

Sigma Alpha Epsilon is historically known for being MIKAELA HALL, one of the most southern JOURNALISM FRESHMAN fraternities and was kicked off OU’s campus in 2015 Knowing that a specific because of a racist chant fraternity has a history of screamed on a bus full of its racism, especially on our members. They used racial campus, how could you slurs and offensive referwant to wear its letters? ences like “hang them from Don’t you think that makes a tree.� Not only was it expeople of color on our camtremely offensive, but it was pus uncomfortable that you so sad that something that still support a racist organiracist could still occur today. zation after it has been told Racism is not dead. It sur- to leave our school? Why rounds us everywhere we would you want to be associgo, especially when someated with racism? thing like this pops up. Using When I ask these quesoffensive language like tions or talk about it on

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campus, people just shrug it off and say, “Well, those are probably just former members of SAE. It’s not that big of a deal.� But it is, and that just shows how much privilege a person must have to say something as huge as racism is “not that big of a deal.� That organization is not welcome at our school.

We are a campus that should pride itself on diversity and improvement, not the degradation of an entire group of people. This is precisely why we kicked them off our campus.

Wearing SAE letters somewhere where they have a

history of marginalizing people of color is extremely problematic. It can not only make people of color feel unwelcome, but it sets our campus back by excusing the fact that a specific organization did something extremely offensive. It is more than a T-shirt. Wearing these letters shows that you support SAE and its actions, and therefore, do not support people of color. Check your privilege, and check your letters.

Mikaela Hall is a journalism freshman and columnist for The Daily.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 If you reconnect with former co-workers, new opportunities will develop this year. Explore and develop what you need to do to advance. Taking a course or learning new skills will accentuate what you have to offer and will boost your confidence.

in your life will give you a boost and offer insight into ways to raise your income.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Refrain from sharing your feelings. Get down to business and do your best to take care of job-related matters with precision. Your reputation relies on finishing what you start.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Greater stability will be yours if you embrace an offer that comes your way. DonĘźt hesitate to make a move. Taking on a challenge and working hard will pay off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Talks, meetings and interviews will lead to advancement. ItĘźs time to initiate change and use your knowledge, experience and intelligence to go after your goals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Someone will take advantage of you if you are too easygoing. Think hard about whatĘźs being asked of you and if itĘźs in your best interest. Put your health and emotional well-being first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Use your experience to guide you if someone tries to take advantage of you or tempt you to engage in something that isnĘźt in your best interest.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Domestic alterations will entice you, but check to make sure you can afford the changes you want to make before you begin. ItĘźs who you are, not what you own that counts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- DonĘźt dwell on the impossible. Find a way to get along and get things done. Arguing will be a waste of time. Keep the peace.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Look for new opportunities. Go for interviews and send out your resume. Meeting with a former co-worker will lead to an interesting proposal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A chance to do something interesting with a close friend, loved one or youngster

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- A steady pace will help you get things done. DonĘźt fret over things you cannot change or the emotional baggage youĘźve been carrying around. Make amends and start anew.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Make sure you get all your facts straight before you forge ahead. Not everyone will be telling the truth.

Choose to work with people who will put in as much effort as you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Make a point to pay close attention to what others do and say. The information you gather will help you avoid getting coerced into a no-win situation. Protect your reputation.

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A file photo of the band GGOOLLDD including former members. The band will be one of the headliners at Norman Music Festival.

NMF promises gold electro-pop Band goes from accidental start to headlining festival

ALLISON WEINTRAUB @AllieFrances12

Three-and-a-half years ago, Margaret Butler decided to throw an incredible Halloween party. The bash catapulted her into her role as the lead singer of GGOOLLDD, which will be a headliner at this year’s Norman Music Fest.

Butler used a house where she had planned to open a new clothing store t o h o s t t h e Ha l l o w e e n party. Because the house was empty, she decided to use “a band to fill up the space.” The problem was she hadn’t started a band before. Even so, Butler took the leap and asked some friends to play with her before the party started.

“It was awful. It was really, really, really bad. I was so nervous to hold a microphone, and I was just so drunk,” Butler said in a phone interview. “But the thing was, everyone there, there were probably 80some people there, had a really good time.”

S i n c e B u t l e r ’s p a r t y , GGOOLLDD has been slowly building up a presence across the country. It just got done with its third engagement at SXSW in Austin.

The first year of its existence, GGOOLLDD played seven shows in six days at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Butler said.

The band then graduated to playing a showcase at

SXSW, which is an opportunity for smaller bands to play for a larger audience of industry representatives and fans. However, it also played at venues outside the showcase. Both times, the group resolved to not play that many shows, but it kept going back, Butler said.

When it came to SXSW in 2017 to play, not only was it given a larger platform, it was also offered the chance to perform at more festivals, which made playing worth it, Butler said.

“We learn just a little bit more every year,” Butler said.

NORMAN MUSIC FESTIVAL The Daily’s arts & entertainment desk will write a series of features about a few of the 2017 Norman Music Festival bands.

GGOOLLDD is the first in the series.

GGOOLLDD’s Performance Time: 6 p.m.

Date: April 27 Place: Fowler Toyota Main Stage

Those who have seen GGOOLLDD perform, like Th o ma s Mi c ha l s k i , say that the group is dynamic.

Michalski called the band’s performance at PrideFest one of “cinematic sound (and) elaborate stage presence” in a Shepherd Express article.

Butler has always loved music. She’s worked in music venues since the age of 20, and she has seen “hundreds of thousands of bands,” she said.

After the Halloween party, a friend asked the group to play at an event, and from there the band blossomed. The members asked another friend to step in as a drummer because they didn’t have one during their first show.

“I was like, ‘What, OK, w e’ l l d o t h i s o n e m o re time,’ and we did it. It was a little bit better,” Butler said.

“And, I don’t know, people kept asking us to play, and we kept doing it.”

Since the first Halloween show, the band has transformed, leaving Butler as “the only original member” of GGOOLLDD, she said. However, she knew Nicholas Z iemann, the band’s current bass player, before starting the group.

“We had a guy drumming for a little bit, and he went on a motorcycle journey to find his spirit animal,” Butler said. “Great guy, he really fit in with us for reasons such as these, but he ended up leaving.”

GGOOLLDD found ano t h e r d r u m m e r, M a r k Stewart, who Butler dec l a r e s i s “a w e s o m e .”

The group also added synth-maker Nicholas Schubert to the lineup.

GGOOLLDD’s band members couldn’t have worked out any better, Butler said.

“There’s no ego in this band, it’s just four people who love each other,” Butler said. “We’re like b u s i n e s s p a r t n e r s, b u t like best-friend business

partners.”

Since releasing its first EP, “$tandard$,” the group has gone on to solidify its place in the halls of electro-pop, playing at prestigious festivals such as SXSW and opening for Blondie.

The group stays close, whether on tour or off tour. Even in its members’ time off, the Milwaukeebased band still does activities together, like picking up Butler’s grandma and bringing her out for a beer, Butler said.

“I’m so happy I started this band because I’m so happy I have this core group of people in my life right now,” Butler said. “It’s really changed my life for the better.”

GGOOLLDD wasn’t on the Norman Music Fest planners’ radar until they started looking for bands to play this year, said Joshua Boydston, associate director of the Norman Arts Council. However, since they start planning a year in advance, they talked to several booking agents and discovered GGOOLLDD. “We saw that they really consist of the spirit of the festival, and now all (of ) us are listening to them quite a bit and (are) really excited,” Boydston said.

One of the things that ma ke s t h e g rou p st a n d out is its unique name, GGOOLLDD, which came about because the band wanted to be named after its debut single “Gold.”

However, its members doubled the letters after a quick online search revealed that there were already eight other bands named Gold.

No matter how you spell it, GGOOLLDD is a force of electro-pop. The band’s songs include glitter y synths, create d by Schubert, which sonorously merge with Butler’s ethereal vocals. The other band members, Ziemann and Stewart, drive the notes home with an underlying rhythm.

The band’s live show is part of the reason the festival decided to book G G O O L L D D, B oy d s t o n said. The NMF planners thought that it brought something different to the table than the festival’s other headliners, Thee Oh Sees and Oddisee. ”They seem like fun, f u n - l o v i n g p e o p l e ,” Boydston said. “Also, their performance style really gelled with what we wanted, too. They want to make good music, but they also want to put on a good show and that really comes across.”

One of the ways the band members utilize their closeness is by working together in new and innovative ways.

The band members don’t try to make their lyrics sound a particular way, Butler said. They just “write what they feel like,” she said.

“That’s actually a rule in the band,” Butler said. “If you start writing and start getting too technical and

you start thinking you need to write this part for this — like, shut it the f-k down, go smoke a bowl, come back and just write whatever the f-k you feel like writing.

Write for the song. Don’t write for something else or anyone else.”

G G O O L L D D ’s o rga n ic songwriting approach stems from its harmony as a band.

“There’s no ego in this band,” Butler said. “It’s just four people who love each other whose main goal is to complete this project at hand, and then (when) that goal is done we can move on to the next goal.

Whether it’s a music video or whatever it happens to be, we work together.”

The band’s dynamic is one that Butler has never seen in all her years working in and around the music industr y. It’s important to the way the band performs, writes and even tours — the group isn’t even bothered by its tour van because it never wants to be apart, Butler said.

Butler thinks the band’s friendship is “crucial” to how people perceive the group.

“A lot of people tell me when I get offstage, ‘I can see how much fun you’re having up there, it helps me have fun,’” Butler said.

“You can legit see on stage our interactions with each other and how us being up there and celebrating it as friends is, like, the most important part.”

Allison Weintraub

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Oklahoma City bombing inspires movie ‘Beauty for Ashes’ to feature parents, first responders CHLOE MOORES @chloemoores13

Twenty-two years have passed since 168 lives were lost at the Alfred P. Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City April 19, 1995. The event will be remembered in a new way in the full-length feature film, “Beauty for Ashes” next year.

The screenplay for the film was created by former Little Rock-based radio talk show host, Princella Smith, and is currently a finalist in the 2017 Nashville Film Festival, according to a press release. The film is due to be released in theaters sometime in 2018, according to IMDb. Mark Raymond, assistant professor of

international security, said that whether or not films like “Beauty for Ashes” create positive dialogue in society depends on the nature of the film.

“I think it’s quite important to try and be balanced and to try and be fact-oriented and to try and present things in a manner that recognizes life as complicated, and it’s not always helpful to s or t of overgeneralize things and inflame people’s emotions on a very difficult topic,” Raymond said.

The “post 9/11 generation” often views terrorism “a particular way, committed by particular kinds of groups for a particular reason, but terrorism has been a tactic that has been employed by a wide array of different kinds of political groups with very different political agendas over the last couple centuries, at least,” Raymond said.

R ight-w ing ter ror ism

WHERE TO WATCH The teaser trailer for “Beauty for Ashes” can be viewed at oudaily. com.

— the kind of terrorism that took place in the Oklahoma City bombing — was and is a major concern, Raymond said. “ This notion of rightwing terrorism is a major part of the terrorism landscape and not one we are very good at remembering,” Raymond said.

Raymond believes films like “Beauty for Ashes” can be “important cultural touchstones, but we need to make sure we are sending the right message,” he said.

“Beauty for Ashes” will focus on telling the stor ies of the parents and

f i r s t re s p o n d e r s i n t h e Oklahoma City bombing.

In particular, the film will focus on telling the story of Captain Chris Fields, who was photographed carrying deceased 1-yearold Baylee Almon away from the building’s rubble. Additionally, the film will feature Aren AlmonKok, Baylee’s mother: Dr. Raymund King,a doctor at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center during the bombing: and Daina Bradley, the last survivor found in the remains of the bombing, according to the release.

Geoff Ryan has signed on as the director for “Beauty for Ashes,” according to the release. Ryan is known for directing the 2012 film “Fray,” a film about a marine returning to civilian life after war.

SCREENSHOT VIA IMDB

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The movie poster for the feature film “Beauty for Ashes.” The film is due to be released sometime in 2018 and will focus on the parents and first responders in the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995.

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OU student collects for those in need

Sophomore gathers hygiene products for area’s homeless ROBYN CRAIG @robyncraig21

Joy D ou g la s, m o d e r n dance and performance sophomore, found inspiration one night on Twitter in a video about an Indian man who created a menstrual pad for his wife. The video motivated her to create the Kitty Kat Kollective, an initiative to gather and donate feminine hygiene products to women in need.

“Seeing (the video) made me realize that it was a really big problem in a lot of countries because in a lot of third world countries they do not have proper sanitation, menstrual sanitation, for women because women are not valued in the first place, so why would they care about their issues?” she said.

The Kitty Kat Kollective initiative is valuable because over the course of a year, one woman spends between $150 and $300 dollars on disposable feminine hygiene products, the New York Times reported. Spending this much money on products alone leaves many poor and homeless women at risk.

After watching the video in early spring 2017, Douglas felt like there was something she could do in Norman and Oklahoma City.

Douglas continued the period discussion in one of her classes, where she developed a plan to assist women in America. The plan started as one of Douglas’ English paper assignments and blossomed into something more.

“At first it was kind of hard.

It was just a random rant I had to do in class. After I did the rant I was like, ‘OK,

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Joy Douglas, modern dance and performance sophomore, holds a flyer for the Kitty Kat Kollective, an initiative she started earlier this semester to give feminine hygiene products to women in need. Douglas has boxes set up around campus to gather donations.

maybe I should structure this a bit more,’” she said.

Douglas decided to start Kitty Kat Kollective.

Currently, it is not an OU student organization, but Douglas hopes it will become one in the future. The initiative is set up to collect pads, tampons, pantyliners, shampoo, conditioner and deodorant.

Douglas found it challenging to get everything started, but her sisters’ peers suggested that she kick off the organization with a fundraiser, she said. However, Douglas had doubts about asking college kids to donate cash.

“Fundraising may be difficult because people usually do not like to come out of pocket for money-type of things,” Douglas said.

When Cameron Green, aviation management flying junior, first learned about the project, he was worried about contributing money to a fundraiser.

“This isn’t the best pot with the deepest pockets. College kids are broke,” Green said.

Douglas went back to the

drawing board and decided to start with a fundraiser that asked participants to donate products instead of money, she said.

“They know that if you come and give me a bunch of pads, of course I can’t take that for myself to use because that’s weird and I wouldn’t do that,” Douglas said.

“As I go on, it won’t just stop because it’s hard. Because nothing that’s worth it is easy.”

JOY DOUGLAS, MODERN DANCE AND PERFORMANCE SOPHOMORE

Douglas then focused on creating the name — the Kitty Kat Kollective. She created it based off a slang term for female genitals.

“Sometimes vaginas are referred to as cats. I don’t know why, but they are,” she said.

“I did not want to call it the vagina collection because that would make people uncomfortable.”

Douglas then added the term “collective” to the end of the organization’s name because she asks for a collection of items to teach women how to take care of themselves, she said.

Before spreading the word about the Kitty Kat Kollective, she wanted to create a flyer that provided more detail about the initiative.

Douglas wanted to give specific information in the flyer so she wasn’t telling the public, “Oh, I’m getting a whole bunch of pads and taking them somewhere and dropping them off,” she said.

Douglas distributed the new flyers and placed pink collection boxes at various locations on campus, including the OU Student Life office in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, Project Threshold in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, and the OU Gender + Equality Center. In total, there are seven boxes around campus, she said.

“Whenever you go to these locations you just ask where the Kitty Kat Kollective box is located and they will tell you

where to put them,” she said.

Douglas plans on keeping the boxes in the various areas for a total time span of two weeks before distributing them to the YWCA and FIRSTEP, a women’s shelter in Oklahoma City. The first round of boxes will be collected April 21.

Currently, Douglas is tackling the Kitty Kat Kollective by herself. Completing the initiative on her own is quite difficult as Douglas has yet to make the Kitty Kat Kollective an actual student organization, she said. She does not know when the initiative will turn into a student organization, but she is “very grateful for the connections” she has made on campus, including the support from various professors and teachers on campus, she said.

One connection Douglas has made has been with OU professor Hollie Mackey, who helped Douglas by providing resources.

“I’m really excited about (Kitty Kat Kollective). Any time you have students being proactive on campus and helping students in general,” Mackey said. “It shows that students can see that they don’t have to wait to accomplish good things.”

Although the Kitty Kat Kollective is all about collecting and distributing women’s health products at the moment, Douglas hopes to expand on the initiative in the future by teaching women about their own bodies, like menstrual and women’s health.

“It’s a taboo to teach a woman what to do with their body. Because let a women know what to do with herself — ‘Oh, all hell could break loose,’” she said. “As it goes on I want to teach women how to take care of their bodies, what they should put in their bodies. How to just really take

care of themselves so they can be the best they can be.”

Douglas understands that educating women on campus will take time because some women are not initially comfortable with discussing the topic.

“This is just a small part because I couldn’t go out on the South Oval and be like, ‘I’m going to teach you stuff about your vagina today.’

That would be the dream, but let’s get there first in a professional way so people won’t be like, ‘Hey, that’s the vagina girl!’” she said.

The current goal of Kitty Kat Kollective is to distribute women’s products locally, but Douglas would like to expand the project to various states and eventually the world.

“When you really think about it, we already suffer a lot as women in America with our issues: not being heard, our rights not being given to us,” she said. “But think about a whole other country that doesn’t even have women being respected at all and they don’t even have the mouth to speak about something like that.”

Although Douglas has high hopes for the Kitty Kat Kollective, she understands that there will be a difficult process ahead of her. Douglas knows of two women who attempted to do this previously on their college campuses but gave up because they both were “not as successful as they hoped to be,” she said.

“I want it to be a consistent thing. I don’t want it to be like, ‘Oh, we did this for two years and we gave up because it was hard,’” she said. “As I go on, it won’t just stop because it’s hard. Because nothing that’s worth it is easy.”

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NCAA All-Aermican senior Colin Van Wicklen performs on the still rings during the match against the Michigan Wolverines on Jan. 28. Van Wicklen and Alan Bower are finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award.

Two up for NCAA award Sooners await ‘Heisman’ of gymnastics result

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those goals, but just kind of looking back at what I’ve achieved individually, it’s really a blessing and a tribute to my teammates and coaches.”

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“It’s almost like a dream come true.

It’s an honor.”

for the Sooners this year.

B o w e r s h a r e d Va n W i c k l e n ’s s u r p r i s e a t being a finalist, saying he was honore d just to b e nominated. “ I t ’s a n a w e s o m e (achievement) just being a finalist and being considered,” Bower said. “It’s aw e s o m e t o b e a b l e t o share that with Colin.”

Bower is a five time NCAA All-American and a two-time member of the U.S. Senior National Team, as well as a team captain for the Sooners.

The other Nissen-Emery

finalists are William and M a r y ’s N e a l C o u r t e r, Minnesota’s Zach Leibler, Ohio State’s Jake Martin, Stanford’s Akash Modi, Illinois’ Joey Peters and Air Force Academy’s Tim Wang.

Seven Sooners have w o n t h e Ni s s e n - Em e r y Award, with Steven Legendre being the most recent in 2011.

NCAA TOURNAMENT Oklahoma men’s gymnastics will compete at the NCAA Qualifying Session II.

Oklahoma gymnasts Time: 6 p.m.

Colin Van Wicklen and Date: Friday, April 21 Alan Bower are finalists for COLIN VAN WICKLEN, the Nissen-Emery Award, Place: West Point, SENIIOR GYMNAST which will be given out New York on Thursday night at the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Van Wicklen is the reignKelli Stacy Championship Banquet.

Source: soonersports.com kelliastacy@ou.edu ing individual national T h e N i s s e n - E m e r y champion on the floor exAw a r d i s t h e H e i s m a n ercise, and a team captain Trophy of college gymnastics, given out annually to the top senior gymnast in the NCAA. This is only the seventh time in the award’s histor y that a program has h a d m u l t i p l e f i n a l i s t s.

O k l a h o m a c o a c h Ma r k Williams said that he was unable to choose between the two, so he nominated both.

Van Wicklen, a seven time NCAA All-American, said that he never imagined he would be a finalist for such a prestigious award.

“It’s almost like a dream come true,” Van Wicklen said. “It’s an honor. You PAXSON HAWS/THE DAILY never come in freshman NCAA All-Aermican senior Colin Van Wicklen performs on the beam during the match against the Michigan Wolverines on year hoping to achieve Jan. 28. Van Wicklen and Alan Bower are finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award.

H O U S E

The No. 8 Sooners (39-7, 9-0 Big 12) defeated North Texas 8-0 in six innings during a midweek contest at home Tuesday evening.

Sydney Romero started the OU offense off with a sac fly in the first inning. The hot hitting continued with Caleigh Clifton’s two-score home run, her fourth of the season. The final score came from Paige Parker’s walk-off RBI in the final inning.

Mariah Lopez started in the circle for Oklahoma.

She struck out two before being replaced by Nicole Mendes in the fifth inning.

Paige Lowary then pitched in the sixth. She earned one strike out in the win.

Alissa Dalton remained in the top of the lineup for the third consecutive game, and Lea Wodach returned as starting catcher for the first time since OU played UAB. The Sooners recorded 12 hits and one error and left six on base. The Mean Green finished with two hits and one error and three left on base.

OU returns to Big 12 play Friday against Baylor at Marita Hynes Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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GAME STATS Oklahoma’s stats RBI: 8 Hits: 12 Errors: 1 LOB: 6 North Texas’ stats RBI: 0 Hits: 2 Errors: 1 LOB: 3 Source: soonersports.com

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