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his weekend marks the third annual Must Stay Weekend concert series, but there’s more to do than attend a concert. People can travel back in time at the Medieval Fair, get a taste of international culture at Eve of Nations, watch Sooners compete at the Black Student Association’s annual Stompdown Challenge and volunteer at Big Event.

FRIDAY MEDIEVAL FAIR 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. | Reaves Park

EVE OF NATIONS 7 p.m. | Lloyd Noble Center

SATURDAY MEDIEVAL FAIR 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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8 P.M. SATURDAY OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL UNION, EAST LAWN Campus Activities Council, Union Programming Board and Summer Session concert series directors budgeted, planned and organized this year’s concert.

Ejecta, led by Leanna Macomber of Neon Trees, will open the event.

Sleigh Bells, from New York, is the collaborative project of former Poison the Well member Derek Miller, and former member of the girl group Rubyblue.

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STOMPDOWN Break out your best pair of boots and some earplugs — things are about to get loud.

The 2014 Stompdown will take place 7 p.m. Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. Presented

by OU’s National Panhellenic Council and Black Student Association, the Stopmdown welcomes fraternity chapters from around the country to participate in a national “stomping” competition. This year is the 32nd year for the competition, and the first year competitors will be encouraged to incorporate props into their routines.

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SUNDAY MEDIEVAL FAIR 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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EVE OF NATIONS 7 P.M. FRIDAY, LLOYD NOBLE CENTER

Check out these other bands: • CHVRCHES • Santigold • Yeah Yeahs • Miniature Tigers • The Joy Formidable

The 44th annual event is held by OU’s International Advisory Committee and is the largest international event in Oklahoma, according to the press release.

The event will include a cultural fashion show with 60 participants and a dinner with cuisine from six continents, according to the press release.

The event is $8 for OU students and $10 for non-OU students, and tickets can be purchased at the door. The cost rises to $20 for the meal. Tickets can be purchased online at everbrite.com.

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MEDIEVAL FAIR 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. FRIDAY TO SUNDAY What a coincidence that the 38th annual Norman Medieval Fair is taking place the same weekend as the premiere of the fourth season of “Game of Thrones.” We’re sure there was no calculation on the part of the organizers of the event, which will feature live performances, specialty vendors and costumed warriors from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Delta Gamma makes video to invite Ellen DeGeneres to OU Sorority films cover of ‘Talk Dirty to Me’ in hopes of bringing Ellen to lectureship KATE BERGUM

Campus Reporter @kateclaire_b

The women of Delta Gamma want to bring Ellen DeGeneres to OU. So they made a video featuring brightly colored T-shirts, giant cutout pictures of Ellen DeGeneres’ face and slightly altered lyrics to the song “Talk Dirty to Me.” Those aspects are condensed into a 3-minute, 27-second video they made to get DeGeneres attention and ask her to visit campus for the fall lectureship. While it might seem like spontaneous fun, it took months of planning — and hours recording, filming and editing.

The video was filmed by broadcast and electronic media juniors Karl and Erik Macias.

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Karl Macias said he found out about the project when a member of the sorority sent him a screenshot of an email looking for videographers.

“Initially, it was a joke,” Karl Macias said.

However, the Macias twins, who have been shooting videos since middle school, soon got into contact with the Delta Gamma members in charge of the video, Karl Macias said, and then they got to work.

Karl Macias said he and Erik spent six to eight hours editing the video after they finished recording and filming.

Karl Macias said it was a fairly typical amount of time to spend on a video. Other projects are more time intensive, such as a documentary about the Moore tornado, which the brothers are currently working on.

Erik Macias said the Delta Gamma video has been one of the biggest opportunities he and Karl have had.

Because they used their own cameras instead of borrowing them from their college, as they have for class projects, they didn’t have to worry about time restrictions for the video.

The women in charge of the video already had an idea of

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what they wanted it to look like, Erik Macias said, which made his and Karl’s job easier. They mainly worried about the cameras and lighting, Erik Macias said.

Erik Macias said he and his brother have gotten positive feedback for their work on the Delta Gamma video.

Additionally, it has helped spread the word about the company they recently started, Twinflux, which works with music and sound.

Erik Macias said he and his brother started the company at a professor’s urging because they were trying to make a reality TV show.

The plans for the reality show did not work out, Karl Macias said, but he and his brother are using the company to do freelance work while they complete their degrees.

After graduating, the twins might try to start another reality show, Erik Macias said, because they can be produced cheaply.

Erik Macias said he sees a lot of reality shows that mainly SEE GREEK PAGE 2

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greek: No response to video yet

Will you stay on campus for Must Stay Weekend and why?

“Yes, because I am doing Big Event with my sorority, Pi Phi.” Shelby McMillin, University College freshman

“Well the medieval fair is this weekend, so yes.”

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Broadcast and electronic media juniors Karl (left) and Erik Macias hang out in front of the Delta Gamma house Thursday afternoon. The brothers recently helped Delta Gamma produce a video for their lectureship to get Ellen Degeneres to speak on campus.

Samuel York, Political Science sophomore

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“No because I am going on a pledge trip with my fraternity.”

Joseph Anderson, University College Freshman

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depict partying and drinking alcohol. He and Karl Macias want to make something that promotes more positive choices, he said.

The DeGeneres video helps the OU community, as well as the videographers’ image, Erik Macias said.

“It’s not just about Delta Gamma, it’s about bringing Ellen DeGeneres here to the school,” Erik Macias said.

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president of Delta Gamma, said all students on campus are able to attend the lectureship in the fall.

One of the sorority’s goals is to share their values with others, pre-nursing junior Gunter said. Collectively, the members of Delta Gamma found DeGeneres inspiring, Gunter said.

Gunter said her sorority decided to make the video, titled “Talk DG to Me,” because they are fans of DeGeneres and know she enjoys YouTube videos. To appeal to DeGeneres’ quirky

tastes, the women of Delta Gamma wanted to make the video as silly as possible.

In previous years, the sorority members have used their connections to bring speakers to the lectureship, said Gunter. However, this year, the women are hoping to persuade DeGeneres.

DeGeneres has not yet personally contacted the sorority, Gunter said.

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Make safety a priority, support on campus storm shelter Our View: Oklahoma’s government

should approve OU’s request for a bond to construct more storm shelters on campus.

Springtime in most places means warmer temperatures, flowers, outdoor activities and an opportunity to soak up the sun after weeks of dreary cold. However, springtime in Oklahoma also means wild weather, thunderstorms, tornados, hail — you name it. With that in mind, we are thankful that OU’s Board of Regents voted last week to approve the university’s request for the Oklahoma state government to approve $12 million in bonds to construct more storm shelters on campus.

We want to urge Oklahoma’s legislature and Gov. Mary Fallin to approve OU’s bond request. We believe additional storm shelters are smart investments to further protect OU students.

There is no such thing as being overly

prepared, especially when it comes to extreme weather.

Although we didn’t get the storm expected Wednesday night, there’s no reason to be unprepared for extreme weather. Anyone who has spent any time in Oklahoma knows the weather can go from sunny and 75 to stormy within minutes. Heck, we experienced weeks, this winter, where the temperature yo-yoed from near 60 degrees The Our View one day to 30 deis the majority grees the next. We are opinion of thankful the Board The Daily’s eight-member of Regents is alloweditorial board ing OU to update its storm shelters and also for last week’s email from President David Boren outlining where to go on campus in the event of bad weather.

OU’s request for $12 million in bonds for “Life Safety Improvements” might seem like a lot of money, but

you have to consider that it costs an severe weather. That early warning average of $8,459 to build a single is key for many students who live storm shelter. The Board of Regents’ off-campus and don’t have storm agenda doesn’t say exshelters at their housplicitly if the bond would es or apartment comAT A GLANCE be used to improve explexes. Constructing Support shelters more storm shelters on isting storm shelters or You can find your campus is essential for build entirely new shelrepresentative at www. both students who live ters, but either way, we okhouse.gove, and on-campus and all the support increasing the you can contact Gov. Fallin at www.ok.gov/ students who travel to number of safe areas for governor.

OU to take advantage of OU students. its storm shelters.

Oklahoma has seen For those reasons, a rash of exceptionally we believe it is vitally important that severe tornadoes over the past few years, and none of us can forget the F5 Oklahoma’s government officials aptornado that ripped through Moore prove OU’s request for storm shelter last May. Such extreme weather inbond issuance, sooner rather than later. We encourage all Sooners to cidents remind us that preparation write to their state representative and is key, even if you’ve grown up with Oklahoma tornadoes your whole life. Fallin to show our support for buildNorman residents are fortunate be- ing more storm shelters on campus. cause the National Weather Center is Comment on this at oudaily.com located on OU’s campus, so Sooners will be alerted at the first sign of

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With characteristic compassion and humor, Chekhov holds up a magnifying glass to the foibles of being human.

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The Helmerich School of Drama will present a performance of Anton Chekov’s “The Cherry Orchard� 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the We i z e n h o f f e r T h e a t re.

Additional performances will be at 5 p.m. April 10-12 and 3 p.m. April 16. “It’s a play about change and about how people deal with that,� said Connor Konz, dramaturgy and acting senior and dramaturge for the production. All individuals respond differently to the performance, and that is something that will always be relevant, Konz said.

The story takes place in the early 1900s, when Russia was on the verge of revolution. The play mainly revolves around an aristocratic family that is selling their estate. Paul Kim, costume design senior and costume designer for the play, said that the play is a representation of families, especially aristocratic families, and their future. “I wouldn’t say that the plot is the important thing,�

Konz said. “I think it’s the character relations.�

Kate Le, acting junior, said the play conveys a concept of family struggle, which was what Chekhov was trying to accomplish.

Erika Daly, acting senior and the female lead, said that the hardest part for her was bringing out the

different layers of her character, Ranevskaya, on the stage and how she interacted differently with each character. “It’s making sure that everything is clear between what I’m doing and what, [the audience is], are seeing,� she said.

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Where: Weitzenhoffer Theatre Price: $22 for adult, $18 for senior adult, OU faculty and staff, and military, and $14 for students

Konz said the play is part of the drama department’s reading curriculum, and it’s interesting to finally see it performed on stage.

Working through production tends to give you a different insight compared to reading it, he said. “Plays are meant to be staged and not just read,�

Konz said.

The play isn’t a hearty show that will have you laughing with gusto, Konz said. It’s a quieter play, but it touches something real.

Daly said hopefully the play will enhance the

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understanding of those who are familiar with Chekhov. “There’s still light-hearted situations embedded and interlaced within the play, and I think we really did try hard to play to that,� Daly said.

Le said it’s interesting to see the difference between the value of family and the value of belongings in the play. She said she looks forward to seeing the production and how her peers have interpreted the text and language. “I’m really interested in seeing how audiences who are unfamiliar with Chekhov will respond,� Konz said.

Daly said that Chekhov had originally meant the play to be a comedy, but many people misinterpreted it because of the content.

Kim said that the play exposes you to different types of people in society who might stand parallel to people in your own life, hence making it both relatable and timeless. “It can be complicated, but it can be very beautiful when you come to an understanding,� Kim said.

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The OU baseball and softball teams will both be playing home games this weekend. Check out our online preview for each series.

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Sooners shave heads for children’s cancer research OU baseball raises funds for hospital

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had done.

Their hair was gone but their health remained. The same can’t be said for the children they are desperately trying to help.

“I couldn’t be more happy to shave my head for these kids that don’t have a choice,” junior catcher Mac James said.

Second-ranked Oklahoma starts NCAA regional competition at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Minneapolis. The Sooners will take on a number of ranked teams — Illinois, Minnesota, California, Southern Utah and San Jose State.

The Sooners are the No. 1 seed in their regional after putting on a show at the Big 12 Championships several weeks ago when they posted a third 198.00 or better score this season.

The Sooners excelled in their vault performance. Four Sooners stuck their landings while all five posted a 9.9 or better. The momentum they created on vault carried through the remainder of the meet as the team posted its impressive overall score.

Oklahoma has only faced two of its regional opponents this season. OU defeated Illinois and Minnesota earlier in the year.

“There are three teams that we have not faced in person,” coach K.J. Kindler said. “We have seen Illinois and Minnesota, and they are both well coached and will be well prepared. We will have to have a strong showing that night.”

Since the Big 12 meet, the Sooners have been preparing for this weekend’s competition.

“The only thing that is really different is preparation,” senior Lara Albright said. “The mindset is affected just because you know how important it is. But once you get there and start warming up, everything seems the same.”

Oklahoma knows that it has to continue what it has been doing all year in order to be in the national championship race. Junior Erica Brewer talked about what the team has been focusing and improving on as it moves to regionals and then to the NCAA Championships.

“We have been focusing on the details: Sticking landings.

We want to be able to squeeze every tenth out of each routine we do,” Brewer said.

The Sooners look forward to the regional competition in Minneapolis this weekend. Coach Kindler revealed what it will take to be successful in the postseason.

“We have trained the gymnastics, and we are prepared to peak,” Kindler said. “It will be the spirit at the meet that will determine the outcome.”

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Hair covered the concourse as members of the Oklahoma baseball team joined the fight against childhood cancer by getting their heads shaved after Thursday’s practice.

“Shave for the Brave” works in conjunction with the Vs. Cancer Foundation — a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering athletes to fund lifesaving childhood cancer efforts, according to the foundation’s mission statement.

Every coach and player not only participated in the head-shaving event, but also raised money on personal donation pages.

The team goal was set at $20,000, and by 6 p.m.

Thursday, more than $26,000 had been raised. The Sooners ranked No. 1 out of 120 teams that participated in “Shave for the Brave.”

“The awareness is great, but money cures the disease,” coach Pete Hughes said. “To raise almost $30,000 these guys had to be proactive. I’m really proud of our guys and I think it’s a great night for our program.”

Half of the proceeds will go to national childhood cancer research while the other half will go directly to helping kids at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital.

“We’ve created a pretty good affiliation with Children’s Hospital in our short stay here,” Hughes said.

“It’s an important place to us. To see our money go directly to a place that we’re so

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OU baseball Infielder Hector Lorenzana gets his hair shaved at L. Dale Mitchell Park with his teamates Mac James and Joshua Ake on Thursday afternoon. The baseball team joined the fight against childhood cancer by holding a “Shave for the Brave” event where everyone on the team and coaching staff shaved their heads to raise awareness and encourage the Sooner community to donate.

involved in is pretty cool for our guys to see.”

“Shave for the Brave” is another step the team has taken in Hughes’ “19 Ways” — a service program in which the team helps its community in 19 ways. Hughes picked No. 19 in honor of his late mother and wears the number on his jersey.

The program gave the team an early glimpse of how important the community is to Hughes. Service has been crucial to OU’s success and camaraderie, junior outfielder Taylor Alspaugh said.

“We didn’t do anything like this last year. It’s taking the focus away from us. The ‘19 Ways’ started it,” Alspaugh said.

Alspaugh sported the team’s longest hair before the shaving and was visibly uneasy as the clippers started to cut.

“It’s for the kids,” he said.

It had been four years since freshman infielder Sheldon Neuse had gone in for a haircut. Afterwards he said it was worth it. Neuse and his teammates are buying into community service.

“Taking it to the step that we are now is not something that I would have ever expected,” Neuse said. “I’ve loved every bit of it.”

The team might have to get sized for new caps, but as the wind scattered their hair, the nearly bald players and coaches realized what they

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