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Emergency medical data program offered to OU students, staff for free New system will give responders quick access to members’ emergency medical info CASEY WILSON AND CHINH DOAN Daily Staff Writer and Contributing Writer

A medical information service that will allow first responders to access medical information during an emergency will be offered to students, faculty and staff free of charge beginning May 15.

InvisibleBracelet, also known as iB, is an online emergency planning service where people can input up to 10 in-case-of-emergency contacts and vital medical information they feel is important to an emergency situation, said Nick Key, OU Information Technology spokesman.

The program provides people with a membership card that allows emergency responders to discover a patient’s medical needs and to reach his or her emergency contacts, according to the iB website.

The service is offered by Docvia, an Oklahomabased company, Key said.

Natalie Brown, online marketing director of iB, said the program was a natural fit to partner with OU. “A college town fluctuates with students who are coming and going, and iB enables medics to have important medical information on patients they know nothing about during an emergency,” Brown said.

“That’s a feature that many parents of college kids can feel good about.”

Devon Carnesciali, University College freshman, said she knows people with major medical issues who actually wear bracelets with their medical information, but she thinks the medical system would be great for people who do not have these.

Although other state universities have shown interest in the company, Brown said, OU has been progressive about getting students on the iB system as soon as possible.

Key said OU’s involvement with the system began when OU President David Boren learned about

invisibleBracelet and asked OU IT to help implement the service at all three OU campuses.

While the university is collaborating with Docvia to offer iB, the service is voluntary, Key said.

All data entered will remain confidential, and only the member and emergency responders providing treatment or transport can access it, he said.

Key said OU IT is working with Docvia to set up a special registration page for OU’s Norman, Health Sciences Center and Tulsa campuses that will allow OU students, faculty and staff at all three campuses to sign up for iB for free.

OU IT hopes to complete the technical preparations in the coming weeks, he said, Once the service is available, Key said, the university will publicize the service through back-to-school check in, oZONE and account creation, among others.

To become a member of iB, interested persons must register at www.invisibleBracelet.org. Once registration is complete, iB will mail a package of identification materials including a card and sticker, Key said.

Members should place their card behind their driver’s license, since emergency responders are trained to look for a driver’s license, according to the program’s website.

Key said in the event of a medical emergency, responding paramedics within the service can access the person’s information.

If an iB member is transported to the hospital, iB will send a text, e-mail or phone message to the person’s emergency contacts, he said.

“IB is a safe, simple and inexpensive way to make sure emergency responders know who you are, what your medical needs are and how to instantly notify your emergency contacts if you are transported by ambulance,” Key said.

Program memberships are $5 for non-OU students, faculty and staff.

For more information, visit invisibleBracelet.org.

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Medical Center to increase transplant services Expansion to improve quality of patients’ lives, allow for ‘miracles,’ doctors say AUDREY HARRIS Daily Staff Writer

OU Medical Center will expand transplant services to include liver and pancreas transplants, the hospital announced Thursday.

The center has had a kidney transplant center for years, but the expansion will make it Oklahoma’s premier transplant center with the newest comprehensive abdominal transplant program, CEO Cole Eslyn said.

Dr. Anthony Sebastian, director and chief of the transplant center, performed the first pancreatic transplant in the state.

“As I’ve seen over the years, transplantation is all about miracles,” Sebastian said.

“Every time I do a liver transplant or a pancreas transplant, really we just put a few pieces of thread together, and God does the healing.”

Sebastian said the team will collaborate with institutions like the OU Harold Hamm Diabetes Center as well as the OU Cancer Institute.

“This is not just bricks and mortar as you see around,” Sebastian said. “It is a team of physicians, providers, support staff. Through our teamwork we hope to build and move forward.”

Dr. Harlan Wright, director of liver transplants, said transplantation is more than dropping in a new organ and moving on with life — it touches a lot of different areas.

Wright said some cases may not be transplant cases. Patients may have chronic liver diseases but because of cancer or other reasons aren’t candidates for new livers.

“We will be better able to manage these patients to have a better quality of life of that which life has given to them,” Wright said.

Wright also said with the support of OU, the team will be able to do innovation and research and handle more complicated cases than before.

Tom Walters, a liver transplant recipient, was a patient of Sebastian and Wright in August 2000.

“I cannot say enough about the gift of life that organ transplantation provides for us,” Walters said.

Walters contracted Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion he received in Vietnam.

Before his surgery, his mental capability was so deteriorated he was unable to read a sentence, but Sebastian and Wright were able to fix that, Walters said.

“Post-op transplant was like a kid waking up on Christmas morning,” Walters said. “I could think. My friends would come in and ask me questions to see if I was back.”

University to award 5 honorary degrees at graduation Recipients have made contributions to education, medicine in Oklahoma, according to press release RICKY MARANON Assignment Editor

OU will give five honorary degrees at graduation in May. Two health care advocates, an education advocate and a philanthropist will join commencement speaker Doris Kearns Goodwin in receiving an honorary degree, OU Public Affairs stated in a press release.

Aside from Goodwin, the most recognizable name to students is Lissa Noël Wagner. She and her husband Cy, from Midland, Texas, have a building named after them that houses University College.

Wagner and her husband have helped fund professorships in geology and geophysics in addition to improving the Laurence S. Youngblood Energy Library in Sarkeys Energy Center, the press release stated.

Fred W. Smith, from Las Vegas, worked his way up from classified advertising salesman to president and chief executive officer during his 42-year career at Donrey Media Group, one of the country’s largest privately held media companies.

On campus, Smith served as a director and trustee of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation since its inception in 1954 and as the foundation’s chairman since 1992. Smith is accredited as the spearhead who expanded the organization’s countless charitable endeavors in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Nevada, the release stated.

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Smith has played an active role in improving OU though many projects. Among them is the establishment of the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center on OU’s Norman campus and the Donald W. Reynolds School of Geriatric Medicine in the OU College of Medicine, along with the creation of 10 endowed professorships in that area of medical practice.

Libby Blankenship, of Oklahoma City, worked to improve support for Oklahoma’s students, teachers, academic programs, educational facilities and other endeavors. Along with her husband, G.T. Blankenship, she made possible a faculty chair on OU’s Norman campus in the history of liberty and a professorship in medical breast oncology at the OU Cancer Institute, in addition to providing essential leadership for other academic initiatives, the press release stated.

Public Affairs stated Blankenship supported medical advancement and research in the state of Oklahoma. For almost three decades, she has been a member of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation board of directors and is a supporter of the OMRF’s Fleming Scholars Program, an initiative to provide Oklahoma high school and college students the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in biomedical research. While serving on the board of the Oklahoma division of the American Cancer Society, she founded Camp Live a Dream in 1987. This camp, sponsored by the society, serves as a place of healing for children whose lives are affected by cancer.

She serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Hough Ear Institute and the William K. Warren Foundation.

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Michael Samis of Oklahoma City led the negotiating team on behalf of the state of Oklahoma in structuring the 1998 Joint Operating Agreement for teaching hospitals in Oklahoma City, a key agreement that kept medical education intact in Oklahoma City, preserved the ability to provide care to the undeserved and had an important impact on sustaining medical research programs. Samis currently serves as chairman of the governing committee of the resulting hospital system, known today as the OU Medical Center, the release stated.

Samis serves on the boards of the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Presbyterian Health Foundation and the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation. In 1992, he was treasurer of the campaign for the state question to allow a $250 million bond issue for capital improvements at Oklahoma colleges and universities. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for the OU Foundation, where he serves as a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Investment Committee. Samis is the chairman of Energy Financial Solutions LLC. Samis is active in Oklahoma City community affairs, having served on the board of directors of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; Arts Council of Oklahoma City; Committee of 100, a civic organization established to support and fund needs of public safety personnel; Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Oklahoma Task Force on Volunteerism and the Allied Arts Foundation, among many other organizations, Public Affairs stated.

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It’s a cutthroat world for performers of musical theater, where rejection is often just another audition away. That’s the way it is for the characters in “A Chorus Line,” and likely will be for the students playing them after graduation.

Jet Thomason knows that world. The OU alumnus graduated in 2002 and moved to New York where he was thrust into the world of trying to make it in the big city, and he did just that.

Now, Thomason is back to star in “A Chorus Line,” the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical, opening tonight in the Rupel J. Jones Theatre.

It’s the first time an alumnus of the department has returned to play a role in a University Theatre production.

Thomason is taking on the lead role of Zach, the imposing director who holds the keys to each chorus hopeful’s success or failure.

Thomason’s experience with a wide array of personalities helped inform how he would play the character, he said.

“I’ve taken a little bit of all the interesting directors I’ve worked with, both consciously and subconsciously,” Thomason said. “I’ve met plenty of Zachs in my life.”

Directors are inherently intimidating because of the power they hold, so he felt little need to play up that side of Zach, Thomason said. Rather than pursue the blustering, “ridiculous” characterization of Zach that Michael Douglas made famous in the film adaptation, he wanted PLAYBILL to find more heart in the character.

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For tickets, call 405-325-4101 The show also details the complex relationships between fellow actors auditioning for the same show, he said. You have to bond and compete at the same time.

“It’s trying to find the delicate balance between friend and enemy,” Thomason said. “It’s an emotional journey.”

Even though Zach spends much of the time not even visible — just a booming, commanding voice — Thomason wanted to emphasize the humanity of the character.

“A lot of times people play it like a voice,” he said. “I think he’s more than just a voice.”

The cast of OU’s production of “A Chorus Line” rehearsing. “A Chorus Line” premieres tonight and runs until May 9.

Thomason’s voice and stage presence were part of the equation that director Lyn Cramer was looking to fit, she said, and the gap in age and experience between Thomason and the undergraduates gives Zach a noticeable authority.

Thomason played the lead in the very first show Cramer directed for OU, but he graduated immediately thereafter, she said.

“He was a doll when I worked with him, but I barely knew him,” Cramer said.

Thomason arrived in Oklahoma six weeks into the rehearsal process — a far more grueling regimen than most productions at OU these days, Cramer said — and helped give the show a push that doesn’t usually come until right before the show opens.

“He gave us a shot in the arm that was really helpful to everyone,” Cramer said. “[This show] is a huge math project — it’s intricate, each dancer to one another.”

Having Thomason at the university presents an opportunity for current students to be inspired, and to benefit from the knowledge and life experience that he has acquired,

ANOTHER KIND OF GARAGE ROCK TO BE SOLD ANNIKA LARSON Daily Staff Writer

After last weekend’s incredible showing at Norman Music Festival, local rock fans don’t have to suffer from withdrawals this weekend.

Music fans, collectors and flea market aficionados will converge Saturday in Oklahoma City for the eighth Rock ‘n’ Roll Garage Sale.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Garage Sale is two things: a sale and a show, said Chris Harris, frontman of local band Depth & Current.

Harris said it’s kind of like a regular garage sale, but it’s not the kind your mom would drag you to.

“It’s everything that you would normally find, except it’s people that are younger and music-centric,” he said.

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Of course, that’s just the garage sale portion — there are plenty of bands performing to satisfy the rock ‘n’ roll requirement of the event. The lineup includes Pretty Black Chains, Euclid Crash, The Mean Spirits, Depth & Current, Motown Blood, Unmarked Cars, Brian Dunning and the Rock -n-Roll Trio and Willie V. Harris said he has attended a few of the events in the past, and is excited to be included this year.

“I’ve never had much involvement with this,” Harris said. “It’s our first time to play and I think it’s going to be great.

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Cramer said.

In addition to performing in “A Chorus Line,” Thomason also presented to seniors in the department a documentary series he created that details the ins and outs of the theater industry in New York.

But Thomason also has received from the students he’s surrounded with.

“I’ve watched Jet be in awe of our students,” Cramer said.

Thomason sees a marked difference from when he was a student, he said.

“Compared to when I was here, the talent pool is deep,” Thomason said. “[And the college] is definitely preparing them better for the professional world. There’s less of a transition now from OU to the real world.”

Audiences for “A Chorus Line” will see actors and characters on that cusp, and fans of classic musical theater dancing will find no shortage of it.

“Audiences that come to musicals want to see dance,” Cramer said. “[This show] is nothing but dance from start to finish.”

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Annelise Russell, opinion editor dailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 325-3666 • fax: 325-6051

OUR VIEW

RECOGNIZING INFLUENCE Every year, Time Magazine puts out an issue with its choice of the 100 most influential people in the country. This year, The Daily decided to make its own list of influential students.

This list is by no means comprehensive, but the students on this list are positive leaders at OU.

Chris Applegate

With the campus push to “go green,” many thanks go out to the leadership of Applegate. As OUr Earth president he has encouraged recycling and environmentally sound practices across campus. The work of this group has even garnered national recognition.

Tom Bishop

As an aviation major, Bishop is one of the university’s more well-rounded students. He is a leader within student aviation and in his spare time is the bass player for The Non, a rising Oklahoma rock band.

Gerald McCoy

It’s hard to pin down what makes McCoy a leader at OU. It’s not just his efforts on the football field, or on the sidelines of any OU sport. He is active in the faith community and always shows Sooner pride.

Matt Bruenig

(Editor’s Note: Bruenig also is a Daily columnist) Campus activist is an appropriate description of Bruenig. He spent of this past year representing Students for a Democratic Society and calling for student government reforms.

Shayna Daitch

What makes Daitch a leader is how far she spreads her time across campus.

She is a leader and former Hillel president, an active member of UOSA and a leader for the 2010 census on campus.

Lauren McMillan

As the recent president for the Black Student Association, McMillan spearheaded some big efforts. After a year hiatus, she brought Stompdown, a regional step competition, back to OU.

Patrick Marsh

Student leaders are not just limited to undergraduates. Marsh is a meteorology Ph.D. student who this spring collected pictures of snow in every state on the same day — a rare occurrence.

These people represent some of the most influential students on campus, but we realize it is not an extensive list.

There are a few students who regularly make a difference on campus. We are just one niche of campus and surely miss the great work many students are doing.

Who would you recommend as an influential student on campus?

CORRECTING YOUR VIEW Thank you for publishing my letter regarding the Tea Party movement in the Wednesday, April 28, 2010, edition of The Oklahoma Daily.

I appreciate the hard work you and your staff do to put together a quality newspaper in addition to attending classes.

It is, however, frustrating when I submit a grammatically correct letter to the editor and find that when it is “edited” for publication it is incorrect. Take a look at the third sentence of my opinion piece on the Tea Party movement in Wednesday’s paper: “President Obama’s health care plan requires that individuals like Mr. Ratwatte and I purchase health insurance or face punishment from the federal government.”

My original submission correctly said “individuals like Mr. Ratwatte and me.” Proper use of “I” and “me” in this situation is something college newspaper editors should have learned a long time ago.

It’s one thing for me to submit something that is wrong and have it printed, but for goodness sake don’t take what’s right and change it to something obviously wrong! Doing that makes me look stupid and you and your staff look careless and unprofessional.

—Chris Abernathy History Ph.D. student

STAFF COLUMN

Unspoken controversy surrounding Proposition 3 This last bout of UOSA elections has been particularly exciting. There were five ballot issues students were able to vote on. The office of the presidency was actually contested this time and had four candidates. The chair of the Campus Activities Council also was contested and featured two candidates.

The few students sad enough to worry themselves with the largely powerless UOSA, which includes myself, had many things to consider and organize around. Of course the biggest news was the four-way presidential race that turned into an absolute disaster.

MATT The initial vote took place weeks ago BRUENIG and utilized a voting system that was unconstitutional.

The constitution requires there be a primary election and then a run-off election that takes place between the top two candidates only. However, the instant run-off voting system that was put into place by the perpetually incompetent

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student congress made it so that there were two run-off elections: one between the top three, then another one between the top two.

This of course violates the constitution and the court made the obvious unanimous decision to order a run off pursuant to constitutional rules.

Franz and Cory won the run-off election ordered by the court, which caused fantastic bouts of anger to come spewing from the largely greek supporters of the Ally and Zac campaign. Racism, xenophobia and homophobia burst forth from the losing side, a happening that was anything but surprising in this, the great state of Oklahoma.

Pathetic hysteria aside, there was an obscure development in this whole election process that needs more attention.

Proposition 3, one of the student initiatives on the ballot for the election, actually sought to amend the constitution to make the wording comply with the instant run-off voting system that UOSA has been using for years.

That’s right, the authors of that amendment knew before the election had ever begun that the election process used

by UOSA was unconstitutional. Hoping to avoid precisely the kind of disruptions that occurred in this election, the author of the amendment put it before the student body hoping they would pass it.

The proposition failed spectacularly. More important than its failure is precisely how it failed.

Unfortunately there were no exit polls or other kinds of information gathering devices that could help deduce which populations voted against it. However, it appears the greek community as a whole voted against Proposition 3 (as well as Propositions 1 and 2). One member in the greek community I talked to told me she had been told to vote “no” on the first three propositions, but admitted she did not really know what they said.

So what’s the point in all of this? Well the point is that the greek community, the precise community that the bulk of Ally and Zac supporters come from, voted largely in bloc to reject Proposition 3.

Matt Bruenig is a philosophy junior.

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Labels are not always something students should run from Last year, one of our professors began ranting about how terrible it is that we mentally label things, about how monstrous it is that we dare to categorize such complicated, varied and subjective objects as artistic forms and historical events and human personalities.

The hall was unable to contain the wrath that poured off his tongue as he heaped upon his audience the immense burden of his anger.

But to me, this seems unfair. We are arrogantly assuming that we have the competence to take objects as complicated, varied and subjective as labels, judge them as a whole, and say, “those are labels; see, they’re bad.”

We cannot take the human instinct for classification, the part of our minds that lets us break things down and organize, a huge and essential aspect of our thought and intelligence, which is vital for the thorough understanding of any subject, and categorically reject it. In short, we must be careful when we label labels.

Of course, various faddish and dangerous

theories like nominalism insist that labels are inherently invalid, that they are simply convenient ways to simplify our thoughts. While it is certainly not easy to actually disprove this position, we all seem to do quite well when we assume, as nearly anyone does who is not trying to over-think the issue, the radical theory of the philosopher, who said that maybe there really is something in a revolution that makes it a revolution, or in a loaf of bread that makes it a loaf of bread.

Then there is the protest that it encourages mental laziness, a GERARD charge so foolishly idealistic that it KEISER could only have come from somebody in administration.

Were it possible for the human mind to understand individual substances as individual substances, to wholly comprehend, not Baroque music in general, or even Rameau harpsichord music in general, but each individual Baroque piece as an individual Baroque piece, then yes, labels would not be so necessary. Rather than discussing

the problem of poverty, you could discuss each problem affecting each individual poor person and make your conclusions based on that. But our heads are feeble, and so we must put things into groups in order to understand and talk about them.

Mental labeling does, to be sure, have its dangers and difficulties and disadvantages. The hardest to avoid are individuals that will not fit neatly into our categories, which leads to inaccurate thinking. This, however, simply requires more distinctions between categories, along with a realization that our limitations will always lead to some mistakes.

But the primary attacks on labels — over-generalization and stereotyping — apply not to labels themselves, but to those who use them carelessly. Some people do abuse categories to make wrong assertions, like saying that a bill is despicable because the other party is promoting it, or that alcohol is wicked because it is a drug; however, the practice of labeling in itself is legitimate and necessary.

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In fact, one could argue that the biggest problem with labels consists in their use when they are no longer necessary; that is, when dealing practically with a concrete individual. In that case, one must typically take the effort to evaluate the particular nature and circumstances. But if you are messing with abstract ideas or large groups, you have neither the time nor the mental ability to avoid labels.

So when dogmatizing from the podium, please do not complain about mental labels.

It is, of course, judicious to explain how to use them better and take more care both in making and applying them.

Use your lofty wisdom to explain that the definitions of labels must come from the things themselves and not merely from the mind; that they are frequently difficult to apply; that in some cases they should not be used. However, to stand up there and whine about labels themselves is wrong, impractical, contradictory and makes you look like a fool.

Gerard Keiser is a classical languages sophomore.

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Sooners face crucial Big 12 series OU heads into weekend series attempting to improve conference position before Big 12 tournament

OU Assistant leaves Continuing the trend of change in the men’s basketball program, assistant coach Mark Cline has left the Sooners to take an assistant coaching position at Marshall University, head coach Jeff Capel announced.

Cline came to OU in April 2006. The Sooners have a record of 82-51 since his arrival.

JONO GRECO Daily Staff Writer

The No. 15 baseball team looks to expand its threegame winning streak during its three-game set with the No. 20 Kansas State Wildcats in the final home series during conference play.

The Sooners (30-11, 8-8 Big 12) are going back to the usual pitching rotation after trying something new.

Last weekend, head coach Sunny Golloway threw his two best starters, junior pitchers Zach Neal (5-1, 4.05 ERA) and Bobby Shore (6-2, 3.25 ERA), on Saturday and Sunday to try to end the weekend against Texas A&M with a victory rather than use one of the team’s other starting pitchers to earn the team’s first Sunday victory during Big 12 play.

The plan worked, as the Sooners won the final two games of the series, but they lost the series opener with senior pitcher J.R. Robinson (1-3, 5.08 ERA) on the mound.

The loss was not because Robinson had a bad outing, but was because the offense could only produce two runs.

Golloway will start Neal and Shore tonight and Saturday.

Robinson had enough of a quality outing to maintain a role a weekend starter.

The Wildcats (29-10, 9-5 Big 12) will try to spoil the Sooners’ final Big 12 home series. Kansas State’s standing within conference — second behind the Texas Longhorns (16-2 Big 12) — should give them an advantage.

OU has been inconsistent during conference play even though it has won four of its six Big 12 series, and is still searching for its first conference-series sweep.

This series against Kansas State should be a big test for the Sooners, and it may give the series winner the advantage in the race toward second in the Big 12. The way the Longhorns are playing, second place seems to be the bestcase scenario for the Sooners and the Wildcats.

One player to look for this weekend is junior second baseman Danny Black.

Black has been productive at the plate this past week by launching three home runs, driving in 15 runs and hitting .364.

The series kicks off at 6:30 tonight at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park and continues at 5 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Rowing team in OKC The OU women’s rowing team will host the second annual Big 12 Rowing Championship on Saturday on the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The Championship consists of five races, with a champion determined by a points system.

The other teams competing are Kansas, Kansas State and Texas. The first race is scheduled to start at 9:20 a.m.

Director’s Cup OU’s athletics program ranked No. 12 nationally in the most recent release of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings.

The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today. Points are awarded based on a school’s finish in up to 20 sports—10 men’s and 10 women’s.

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Haley Nix, junior outfielder, swings at the ball Wednesday evening during the women’s softball game against Oklahoma State University in the OU Softball Complex.

Sooner softball looks to sweep the Kansas Jayhawks in the last two games of the Big 12 conference in Norman.

Action begins at 2 p.m. Saturday followed by a second game at noon Sunday.

The No. 12 Sooners are coming off an 11-1blowout in five innings against No.11 Oklahoma State last Wednesday in front of packed crowd in Norman.

After falling to the Cowgirls in the two previous meetings earlier in the season, the Sooners rebounded by scoring 11 runs on 11 hits with no strikeouts or errors for the game.

With the win, the Sooners moved to 37-11 for the season and 11-3 in Big 12 conference action.

“You could see the team [OSU]] unraveling and a good team sees that happening and takes advantage of

that,” head coach Patty Gasso said after the win. “We just kept firing hitter after hitter at them.”

Kansas is coming off of a split series against Wichita State last Wednesday.

After dropping the first game 4-1, the Jayhawks responded with a seasonhigh 14 hits to win the second game 9-2. Kansas is 19-30 for the season.

With the last games of the regular season, Gasso said she knows the practices and hard work the girls show on the field during these last games will be important as the Sooners look at their chances to advance in the post season.

“My goal is to focus on getting the team to repeat their performance [against OSU] and stay in the groove,” Gasso said.

The Sooners will end the regular season with an away game at North Texas at 6 p.m. on May 6 at North Texas.

Big 12 tournament action will begin May 14 at Hall of Fame stadium in Oklahoma City

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