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‘We can’t beat mother nature’ Professors create disaster simulator to prep communities JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound

Three OU professors have joined a team to develop a system that allows communities to better understand how a physical disaster will affect their infrastructures.

Civil engineering professors Naiyu Wang and Charles Nicholson and geotechnical engineering

professor Amy Cerato have joined a team of researchers based out of Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colorado, to develop the Community Resilience Center for Excellence.

The professors will attend the first meeting for the project in Fort Collins this week on April 9 and 10, Cerato said.

The U.S. D epar tment of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is sponsoring the project, which employs researchers from 10 universities. Both Wang and

Cerato said that they have worked previously with the Colorado State University.

In addition to the professors, OU graduate students and post-doctoral researchers will also be involved with the project, Nicholson said.

The project will develop a simulator for resilience-related decision-making, Wang said. The research will include the physical aspects of a community, such as buildings and transportation, as well as the economic and social aspects of the community, Wang said.

The goal of the project

is to give community decision-makers a guide on how to best react to disasters, Wang said.

“How do you solve these … non-traditional problems, efficiently and in real time?”

Nicholson said.

Wang said it is not enough to build structures that are more resilient to natural disasters like earthquakes. The researchers will consider all of the buildings and other structural aspects, Wang said.

“As civil engineers, we can’t beat mother nature, but we certainly have to

be able to work with her,” Cerato said.

The simulator also predict what the recovery process will look like for the community in the years to following the disaster, Wang said.

The project will be funded for five years, with the possibility of an additional five years being funded later, Cerato said.

Nicholson said he and Wang will be working closely together. Cerato said she is the only geotechnical engineer on the team and will be helping everyone with the interaction between soil

and structure.

Cerato will also investigate the impact on underground elements such as water pipelines and fiber-optic cables.

“As our population increases and we move into less desirable areas, we have to figure out how we’re going to build that structure. We can’t just keep going how we have been building,” Cerato said.

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Broadcast and electronic media junior Ashley Trumbo puts her note flag on the South Oval on March 13. OU Students for Social Justice invited students to write notes on flags and plant them in the ground to stand in solidarity with minority groups on campus. About 600 of the flags will be made into a display to memorialize the messages. Ya Jin/The Daily

600 flags to become memorial students planted in the South Oval two weeks ago in response to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal.

About 600 of the flags will be put on a four-by-eight-foot ANDREW CLARK News Reporter panel of plywood, which will @Clarky_Tweets hopefully be placed somewhere in the Union, said Students for OU Students for Social Justice Social Justice member Alice will create a display of the flags Barrett.

The piece will remind students of recent campus issues

The memorial is meant to keep the conversation about racism on campus alive, said Ankitha Gangarapu, another member of the group.

“If people don’t keep the conversation going, this could be easy to pass off as a one-time event, and it’s not,” Gangarapu said.

The conversation is in

response to the video of former SAE members singing a racist chant. The fraternity’s OU chapter has since been disbanded and two students depicted in the video have been expelled.

“I think this is a huge deal that happened on OU’s campus and I think it’s really important to show a positive response to it,” she said.

Students met Saturday to construct the memorial, according to a post by Barrett on the group’s Facebook page.

Barrett did not know when the piece will be finished, she said.

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Storms affect local wildlife Sooner Ally to hold meeting OU researcher leads study on weather impact of sparrows JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound

While severe storms can damage and destroy neighborhoods, they can have drastic and deadly effects on wild animals, too.

W hen a s e vere stor m dropping hail two inches in diameter tore through El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013, it left a lasting visual impact on the young grasshopper swallows still in their

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OU researcher Jeremy Ross led a study on the effect the severe weather had on the grasshopper sparrows and found the birds had developed pallid bands in their feathers.

T h e p a l l i d b a n d s a re mis-colorations and weaknesses in the feathers, said Ross, who is now executive director of the Sutton Avian Research Center. The stress causes the birds to not release melanin, so the feathers have areas where they are not brown, Ross said.

The feathers also contained heightened levels of

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a nitrogen isotope that signals that the birds had been stressed, Ross said.

“Birds that survive these severe weather events can be traumatized by it,” Ross said.

Despite the findings, severe weather was not the main idea of this research, Ross said. The researchers were capturing and studying birds for another project.

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LGBTQ advocacy group to discuss racial oppression SUPRIYA SRIDHAR News Reporter @SupriyaSridhar4

OU LGBTQ advocacy group Sooner Ally will hold a town hall meeting to discuss racial prejudice and oppression on campus Monday in Zarrow Hall.

The event, titled “Are You an Ally: a Town Hall Discussion,” is conducted entirely by students as part of an assignment for

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professor Shane Brady from the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, he said.

“I really want to have spaces created that allow students from around the university to be able to really participate in a dialogue,” Brady said. “Not just have faculty members or other folks just talking in an academic way about some of these issues.”

In the wake of the recent Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal, many departments have contributed to creating discussion forums on campus, so the School of Social Work

will contribute as well, Brady said.

One unique factor about this discussion is its focus on institutionalized prejudice. Brady said his students came to him with their concern about leading a discussion on race as white students.

Brady and the students decided to focus the discussion on the topic of being an ally to minority groups and what that actually means.

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WILDLIFE: Birds usually die in severe weather Continued from Page One “This is another one of those examples of science happening fortuitously,” Ross said.

It is important for scientists to understand the effects of severe weather on plant and animal life, but the subject is difficult to study because of the unpredictable nature of weather, Ross said.

Alice Boyle, an assistant professor of biology at Kansas State University, said she was trying to catch birds as they were molting their feathers. The researchers were surprised to find these pallid bands in the birds, Boyle said.

Getting to see the how the birds react to severe weather is rare because the birds usually die in such events, Boyle said.

“We almost never get a chance to see the consequence of severe weather events on birds,” Boyle said.

The birds used in the study were captured using

e told you Friday that we think the SAE house should be remodeled to give the new vice president of university community office space and event space for multicultural groups.

We opened up the floor to you, asking what ideas you had for the former SAE house. Here are five of the best ideas for repurposing the house.

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Alice Boyle, an assistant professor of biology at Kansas State University, works in the field catching birds.

mist nets, Ross said. The birds were startled and flew upward into the net, so they must already have been capable of flying to be captured, Ross said.

Researchers placed aluminum bands on the legs of the birds to make sure they

were not recaptured and meeting will take place in Norman in July, Ross said. studied twice, Ross said.

At the time of the research, Ross was a post-doctoral researcher with the Oklahoma Jesse Pound jesserpound@gmail.com Biological Survey, he said.

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LGBTQ: Discussion to focus on racial prejudice Continued from Page One “Some of the topics will sort of revolve around the idea that just because students may be white or privileged doesn’t mean that we need to wait to address racism in our schools,” Brady said. “We created these systems over time and so we have kind of an element of accountability and responsibility to be raising these issues.”

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“ The Tw itter hashtag created for the event, #WeAreAllOU, promotes the idea that issues of oppression not only affect those being oppressed but the entire university,” Brady said.

The discussion will take place tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. in the Social Work Community Room at Zarrow Hall.

1. Make it into an small apartment building.

Clayton McKinney, an OU alumnus, suggested that the building be remodeled into a small apartment building, providing not only student housing, but also revenue for the university.

2. Turn the house into housing for single moms at OU. Aimee Myers, a graduate student in the College of Education, suggested that the frat house be converted into a housing space for single mothers at the university.

3. Build a new parking garage on the property.

Adrean Mendoza had an idea that could solve OU’s ongoing parking crisis - turn the SAE house into a new parking garage.

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Storms may sweep into Norman Oklahoma has high chance of severe weather this week NORMAN, Oklahoma (AP) — Weather forecasters say severe thunderstorms are likely in parts of Oklahoma by the middle of the week.

The National Weather Service in Norman says severe storms and a threat of tornados are possible across portions of the central U.S. on Wednesday and Thursday.

Forecasters say there is a chance of stormy weather every day during the upcoming week except Friday, when a cold front is expected to bring dry but breezy conditions.

There is a slight chance of an isolated severe storm on

Tuesday. Scattered storms are expected on Wednesday and Thursday.

Forecasters say Wednesday will most likely offer the most favorable conditions for development of severe thunderstorms in northern and central Oklahoma. By Thursday, most of the severe weather impact will be over eastern Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas.

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This aerial photo shows storm damage of the River Oaks Mobile Home Park in Sand Springs, Okla., on Thursday, March 26, 2015. As storms across the area damaged buildings, tore off roofs and left debris strewn across roads, the first batch of severe weather in this year’s tornado season devastated the mobile home park.

Oklahoma criticized for execution drug Lawyers reportedly chose midazolam during time crunch OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma attorney general who is now president of Oklahoma City University has added his name to a legal submission that criticizes Oklahoma’s execution methods.

In papers filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, OCU President Robert Henry says state lawyers picked an inappropriate drug for lethal injection because they were on a tight deadline and under political pressure, The Oklahoman reported from its Washington bureau

Sunday. “ O k l a h o m a’s h a s t y , non-science-driven process for selecting midazolam as the first drug in its three-drug protocol did not cohere with its solemn duty to ensure its punishments are lawful,” the submission signed by Henry says.

He n r y , a f o r m e r f e d eral appeals court judge, joined the submission as former attorney general of Oklahoma from 1987 to 1991. Former Vice President Walter Mondale also signed it, along with along with former attorneys general from Virginia, California and other states.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments April

“Oklahoma’s hasty non-sciencedriven process for selecting midazolam as the first drug in its three-drug protocol did not cohere with its solemn duty to ensure its punishments are lawful.”

THE OKLAHOMAN 29 in the Oklahoma case, which is narrowly focused on the first drug used by the state in its three-drug sequence.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who is defending the state in the case, plans to submit his

written arguments to the court this week.

Henry joined a half-doze n f r i e n d - o f- t h e - c o u r t submissions backing the Oklahoma death row inmates’ position that the sedative chosen by the state doesn’t meet the court’s test

for lethal injection drugs.

The case was filed by 21 Oklahoma death row inmates following the execution of Clayton Lockett, who remained conscious after midazolam was administered. His execution prompted an investigation of Oklahoma’s protocols.

In their argument, Henry and the other former attorneys general say the decision to use midazolam was made by a group of government lawyers from the state Corrections Department and the Oklahoma Attorney G eneral’s Office “while under significant time and political pressure.”

Pruitt has challenged that assertion previously.

Pruitt’s office told the court in January that Oklahoma “chose midazolam because it had been shown to work, and work effectively.”

Oklahoma is one of only two states along with Fl o r i da t hat u s e d m i d azolam as the first drug in a three-drug protocol, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment. Ohio and Arizona have used it in a two-drug protocol. Missouri administered midazolam as a sedative before the official execution protocol began.

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Kruger recreates team after four short seasons SPORTS EDITOR

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Junior guard Dinjiyl Walker drives to the basket during the game against Kansas on March 7 at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners defeatd the Jayhawks 75-73.

onight in Indianapolis the Wisconsin Badgers and the Duke Blue Devils will throw down the gloves and brawl for the right to be called national champions.

It has been a while since the Oklahoma Sooners have been involved in that title fight — 27 years to be exact — and the combination of a disappointing football season and one of the better basketball campaigns in recent memory

has OU faithful clamoring for another chance. Coach Lon Kruger has whipped the program into shape in the four seasons he has been at the helm, to the point where a loss in the Sweet Sixteen to perennial power Michigan State was a disappointment.

It must have been bitter to be the three seed sitting at home watching the seven seed that scraped by you get blown out in the Final Four. But the fact that OU will return a squad next season whose core has experienced that pain will be an advantage that hasn’t been seen in Norman in quite some time. Gone are the days of the one and done tournament teams.

Kruger’s crew should be a presence in the coming seasons.

With junior guard Buddy Hield, the reigning Big 12 Player of The Year, on the fence about whether or not he should leave for the big

leagues it is hard to predict just how much hype will surround the Sooners entering next season. Without him they should certainly still be a top-25 team. With him though, the college basketball hype train will run through Norman — and for good reason.

With Hield on board, the Sooners, who would return four of five starters from a 26-game winning team, found themselves on the wrong side of the dogfight for the Big 12 regular season title and made it to the semi-finals of the conference tournament while also nabbing a three seed and, eventually, two wins at the big dance. They would have a bevy of experience that this year’s team was short on. They know what it feels like to lose on a buzzer beater. They know how it feels to put together record setting scoring runs. Most importantly, they know what it takes to win in the

postseason.

Senior forward Tashawn Thomas will be gone, but freshman Khadeem Lattin improved every time he touched the court this year and was a force by tournament time. Lattin looks like a player who is ready to slide into the starting lineup, and if he continues to improve he will be one of the best players in a very deep conference.

If Hield leaves — and Kruger has said that if he’s a guaranteed first round pick, even he will tell Hield to go — the Sooners will still be a force to be reckoned with. Each year under Kruger has been a step forward, and 2015-16 should be no different. They may not be there tonight, but Oklahoma is not far from participating in college basketball’s biggest bout.

Badgers defeat the Wildcats in Final Four No. 4 Duke ends No. 2 Wisconsin’s March Madness streak INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Duke languished in the shadows of Kentucky all season, the big blue juggernaut that nobody seemed to be talking about. It was a rarity for a program with such a championship pedigree, not to mention a record-setting coach and superstar freshmen.

They can thank Wisconsin for finally returning to the limelight.

The fun-loving Badgers ended the Wildcats’ pursuit of perfection in the national semifinals, and set up an intriguing showdown in Monday night’s title game: Duke trying to give Mike Krzyzewski his fifth national championship, Wisconsin trying to capture its first in 74 years.

“I don’t think basketball fans that I know would ever say that Duke didn’t have

a good team,” countered Badgers coach Bo Ryan, who won four Division III titles at Wisconsin-Platteville.

“A lot of people thought t h e y ha d a p re tt y g o o d team because they spanked our team at our place in December,” he said. “I can’t say that they were ignored, that’s for sure.”

Yet the buzz at the Final Four this week was focused on Kentucky. The only folks giving the Badgers much of a chance were wearing red and white and scarfing down cheese.

Along with the coach in the other locker room.

“Coming into the year, I thought they’d be the b est team in the country, and they have been,” Krzyzewski said. “It’s just that Kentucky’s undefeated performance has overshadowed just how good Wisconsin has been, until (Saturday) night. There aren’t any shadows anymore.”

Only spotlights.

The Blue Devils

(34-4) have r un roughshod through the NCAA Tournament, relying on suffocating defense and game-changing freshman Jahlil Okafor to shut down opponents. They’re allowing just 55 points per game, one of the finest defensive performances in tournament history.

Meanwhile, Okafor and his merry band of freshmen — Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen — have risen to the challenge of the game’s biggest stage. The four led the way in a semifinal blowout of Michigan State, a game never in question after the first 5 minutes.

“We want to be one of those teams that coach is bragging about five, seven years later,” senior guard Quinn Cook said. “So that’s the motivation for us, to be special.”

As if they needed any more motivation, Krzyzewski has been waving his 2010 title ring in their

“We want to be one of those teams that coach is bragging about five, seven years later...

So that’s the motivation for us, to be special.”

QUINN COOK, DUKE SENIOR GUARD faces all tournament. He earned it in Indianapolis, in the same building as this year’s Final Four, and steps away from where he won his first championship at the Hoosier Dome in 1991.

“That’s what we want to get,” Okafor said, glancing at the glittering ring on Coach K’s hand. “We’ve always talked about us having an opportunity to have a national championship ring.”

The loveable goofballs from Wisconsin (36-3) are standing in their way, and nobody can argue they haven’t earned the right. Only

three other teams have faced the highest possible seed in every game on the way to the championship since the field expanded to 64 in 1985.

Two of those lost in the title game. None had to face another No. 1 seed.

“They know they have a chance to make a mark in history. They understand that,” Ryan said Sunday.

“But they’re enjoying it while they do it, and that’s important, too.”

Indeed, the Badgers have become the clown princes of the NCAA Tournament.

From messing with stenographers to podium hijinks, to their penchant for playing Super Smash Bros., the free-spirited Big Ten champs have taken an entire fan base — and plenty of casual fans — on quite ride.

“That’s just how we are,”

explained the Badgers’ Sam Dekker. “Some people tell us on Twitter, ‘Focus, guys!’

But that’s just us. We know when to focus.”

Or, as teammate Nigel Hayes put it, “We don’t try to be ourselves. We just ARE ourselves.”

What they are is an offensive powerhouse led

by AP player of the year Frank Kaminsky that is averaging nearly 80 points in the tournament. They’re a veteran group that’s been through the grind. They’re the counter argument to all those critics that argue the college game has fallen off, that scoring is down, execution is sloppy and the product has never been worse.

They’re also the team that has already avenged a heartbreaking loss to Kentucky in last year’s national semifinals, and is now one step away from its first championship since 1941.

“Whatever this team accomplishes Monday night, one way or the other, it’s still who they are,” Ryan said. “I’ve never been concerned if there are people that perceive us a different way, because we are who we are. We play the way we play. We’re sure happy with it. So we can live with that.”

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FILE - In this March 7, 2015, file photo, Duke’s Matt Jones (13), Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook, right, celebrate during the final moments of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Quinn Cook is Duke’s heart and soul, the senior who went through early NCAA Tournament exits and shifted his role to accommodate the arrival of talented freshman Tyus Jones. With one-and-done talents often overshadowing four-year players, Cook _ along with guys like Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky and Michigan State’s Travis Trice-Branden Dawson duo _ is proof that seniors can still have a big say in whether their teams make it to the Final Four.

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Brothers face off in Bedlam Austin and Mason O’Brien to play as rivals SPENSER DAVIS • SPORTS REPORTER • @DAVIS_SPENSER When Oklahoma travels to Stillwater head coach Pete Hughes added. to face off against Oklahoma State on It’s not a mystery as to Tuesday, it’ll be more than just Bedlam how both O’Brien broth— it’ll be brother against brother. ers have ended up playAustin “Stoney” O’Brien starts every ing major college basegame at first base for the Sooners while ball — their father, his younger brother, Mason “Moose” Jon O’Brien, and their O’Brien, comes off the bench for the uncle, Charlie O’Brien, Cowboys. both played professionThe two grew up playing baseball to- al baseball, with the latgether for one of Oklahoma’s most his- ter having a 15-year MLB torically successful baseball schools career.

AUSTIN O’BRIEN — Owasso. The duo led the Rams to “Austin and I got to experia perfect 36-0 season ence what pro baseball and a class-6A state is like before we even “We’ve played title when Austin was a t-ball or coach against each other played senior. pitch. We saw what it was in some summer like to play and to win as But for the first time, the pair will be playing league games, but a team,” Mason O’Brien against each other in a said. “That was a huge competitive environ- it won’t be anything blessing for us.” ment — it’ll be a whole Both O’Brien parents like this Tuesday, new ball game said are expected to be in atthat’s for sure.”

Austin O’Brien. tendance on Tuesday “We’ve played when their sons duel AUSTIN O’BRIEN, against each other in from opposing dugouts, OU FIRST BASEMAN some summer league but it’s not yet clear how games, but it won’t be anything like this they will split their allegiances.

Tuesday, that’s for sure,” Austin O’Brien “They haven’t told us yet,” Mason said.

O’Brien said. “We don’t know if one of Mason said that he’s been looking for- them will wear orange and the other ward to this moment for a long time. crimson, or maybe they’ll both be wear“It’s fun getting to talk mess with him ing some of both. I guess we’ll find out and he always gives it right back,” Mason on game day.” said. “I always tell him, ‘You know whoOne major question likely won’t ever wins this game is going to be the fa- be answered after the game comes to vorite kid for a while.’” aclose and family photo-ops are taken That sort of smack talk has been fos- — “Who’s the better hitter?” tered over the last decade and a half “If you ask him he’ll say he is, but if of the O’Brien brothers playing you’re asking me, then I am,” Austin baseball and spending time O’Brien said as he fought through together. laughter.

“We were extremely Both brothers have been laying claim close [in high school]. to the “best hitter in the family” title for We always hit together, several years now — that’s another form we were always on the of trash talk for the duo. field working out togethMason had a similar response to his er, pushing each other and brother but added, “The truth is, it’s actrying to make each other tually pretty even. We’re both extremebetter,” Austin O’Brien said. ly blessed with an ability that not many MASON O’BRIEN “We have a great relationship.” people have.”

Mason went so far as to say “I’m sure they’ll soak it all in,” Hughes that Austin was as much his best friend remarked. “It should be a fun night for growing up as he was his brother, and them.” he’s not alone in that observation.

This is the first of four Bedlam edi“Those guys are as tight as it gets. As tions this season and the only one that BRUCE WATERFIELD/OSU ATHLETICS tight as brothers get, those guys have is non-conference. First pitch will be in MATT WESLING/THE DAILY Mason O’Brien high-fives a teammate at the Oklahoma that special relationship,” Oklahoma Stillwater at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Infield Austin O’Brien hits the ball on March 8, 2015, at State Cowboys vs Kansas State Wildcats Baseball Game, Sunday, March 29, 2015, in Stillwater, OK.

L. Dale MItchell Park. The Sooners won 13-10.

OU beats KU in three games over weekend OU moves up in the Big 12 after beating University of Kansas SPENSER DAVIS Sports Reporter

Oklahoma (22-12, 6-3) swept Kansas (11-20, 1-5) in a three-game series over the weekend, winning two of the games in walk-off fashion.

The Sooners won the first game 7-6 on a walk-off home run from junior left-handed

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pitcher Jacob Evans in the 10th inning. Friday’s game was much less dramatic and ended in a 6-3 Sooner victory. OU won the series finale 8-7 in extra innings on an RBI single from senior outfielder Taylor Alspaugh.

While all three games provided some sort of excitement, none was more important than Evan’s big stretch on Thursday night.

Seeing his team down by four runs heading into the ninth, head coach Pete Hughes made the decision to pinch-hit three batters in a row — two of them pitchers and all of them lefties. All three hitters singled.

“I had to get left-handed bats in there against [Kansas closer Stephen Villines]. He’s a nightmare for right-handed hitters. They have to fight like crazy, but lefties see him better,” Hughes said.

The move to pinch-hit Evans, as a pinch-hitter, junior outfielder Hunter Haley and senior right-handed pitcher Rob Tasin is ultimately what gave the Sooners a chance.

Junior outfielder Craig Aikin provided the biggest blow with a game-tying RBI double down the left-field line.

“I just wanted to pass the bat to [junior infielder Anthony Hermelyn] and give him a chance to win it,” Aikin said. “I’ve been doing that since I was about 15, just pass it back to Herm, that’s all I’ve ever known.”

Hermelyn had a chance to win the game but ended up being a harmless out in the middle of Evans’ greatest performance yet.

After shutting down the Jayhawks in the top of the 10th inning, Evans led off the

bottom of the frame at the plate, but the on-deck hitter never got a chance as Evans deposited the offering to the grassy area in right-center field.

“I was just trying to shoot it over the shortstop but I got the pitch and it just flew off my bat,” Evans said.

“I’ve called [Evans] a pitcher, and I’m glad you guys keep calling him a pitcher, but after that swing I think he might have just joined the hitter’s side of things,” Aikin added. “It’s the Jacob Evans show.”

Hughes said that he believed this was the kind of win that could secure a series for a team — after it was almost the kind of loss that could lose a team a series.

That ended up being true, as Oklahoma took the next two games and swept the series, earning the first sweep

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The win moves OU to 6-3 in conference play — just a half game out of first place in the Big 12.

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working with student group Unheard and addressing the group’s grievances against the university.

Unheard has shown that the group is a powerful force for change at this university, and we believe Shumate is right to begin his task of enhancing diversity at OU with the student group that has been championing the same goal for months.

Shumate has been tasked with overseeing all OU diversity programs, and looking forward, we urge Shumate to use his position to enhance diversity

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OUR VIEW: We welcome Jabar Shumate, OU’s new vice president of university community diversity, and we have a few suggestions Shumate could use to make an immediate difference on campus.

In the aftermath of the racist SAE video, OU President David Boren announced he was creating a vice president of diversity position, fulfilling one of Unheard’s grievances and bringing a new OU administrator dedicating to enhancing diversity and inclusivity at OU. Boren filled the position last week, announcing Tuesday that Jabar Shumate, OU alum and former Oklahoma senator, as OU’s first vice president of university community diversity.

We welcome Shumate back to OU and are excited to see how he makes this generation of Sooners more inclusive and accepting of our differences. Shumate was highly involved with the OU community during his time as a student, and we are glad a dedicated member of the Sooner family will help usher in a more inclusive era at OU. We are glad OU is taking concrete steps to increase diversity, and we brainstormed a few ideas that we, as students, believe Shumate can use to make a difference at OU. First, we fully support Shumate’s commitment to

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MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last Resist the urge to tell others what to do. There is a difference between making positive suggestions and being critical. Work on your own goals and, first and foremost, be mindful of the requirements expected of you. An effort to avoid excess will improve your life and financial future.

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Think of the repercussions before saying something that you could live to regret. Clear the air without placing blame or criticizing.

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Keep on top of developments in your field. Revamp your resume to highlight your strengths. Apply for lucrative positions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- You can master whatever you put your mind to. Your actions and ideas will be noticed and will help you garner support. Speak up about your plans, and promote your objectives.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -Don’t believe everything you hear, and don’t judge a new acquaintance without getting to know him or her first. Basing your opinions on hearsay will make you look bad.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Remain focused, and push your projects through to completion. You have a number of people on your side, but that doesn’t mean your workload will be lessened.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Make an effort to prove your loyalty and admiration to a cause or person.

Plan a trip or make arrangements to attend an event or activity that encourages togetherness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t allow professional issues to interfere with your personal life. You won’t be able to loosen up around your friends if you are complaining about what your coworkers are up to.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -Unexpected visitors will upset your schedule. Be courteous, but don’t allow anyone to take advantage of your good nature. Put your responsibilities and needs first.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You can learn a lot by observing others and listening to them. Look for people who are in a position to help get you ahead, and discuss your intentions and plans with them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The trust that others have in you will be lost if you participate in gossip. Now is the time to keep your innermost feelings private. A co-worker will try to damage your reputation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Your generous nature will lead to difficulties if you are too trusting. Don’t make donations or loans to groups or people until you are sure of their integrity.

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Peter McGraw may teach marketing and psychology, but when he comes to OU’s campus he will switch things up.

McGraw, a University of Colorado professor who is trained in the interdisciplinary field of emotion and behavioral economics, will speak about what it is that makes certain things funny around the world, he said.

McGraw will speak at 3 p.m. Monday, April 13 in the J.J. Rhyne room in Zarrow Hall, he said.

Film and media studies professor Andrew Horton said his interest in having McGraw come to OU stems from his interest in McGraw’s book, “The Hu m o r C o d e : A G l o b a l Search for What Makes Things Funny.”

“I teach a lot of comedy [in my courses] and I enjoyed his book very much,” Horton said. “I was amazed that he traveled the world to try to figure out what makes people laugh.”

Horton teaches a course about global humor, which teaches students about 15 countries in a 15-week course, he said.

The event is co-sponsored by the College of

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The event is important because it provides an international perspective, Horton said.

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Horton believes every student will be able to learn something from the event.

The free event is open to the public.

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Dancers exude versatility in show Oklahoma Festival Ballet continues show this weekend JESSICA BARBER L&A Reporter @jessiedylan16

The soft hum of classical music played in the background of the Weitzenhoffer School of Dance’s conference room, and a feeling of determination lingered in the air about a week before the Oklahoma Festival Ballet.

Ni c o l e R e e h o r s t a n d Elizabeth Harrison, both ballet performance majors, sat at the table with perfect posture between hours of rehearsal.

Reehorst, a senior, had one leg out stretched on the chair next to her, the other curled up underneath her. “[The show] is definitely a huge tribute to classical ballet,” Reehorst said.

“It’s nice because some seasons we really focus on contemporary pieces and this season it’s very classical, it gives us such a nice balance,” Harrison said.

The two are preparing for an upcoming performance with Oklahoma Festival Ballet. Both are dancing in several pieces and have been rehearsing for countless hours since the beginning of the semester.

Their schedules make

even the busiest person’s daily life look like a breeze in comparison.

Their day begins around 9 a.m. with a two hour ballet class, followed by a few hours of rehearsals, a couple of academics courses and then it’s back to rehearsals in the evening. They follow this strict schedule Monday through Friday and even rehearse on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., Harrison said.

Even with all of these rehearsals and classes, while the two talk about their exhausting schedule, they exude a sense of excitement and pride when it comes to their major.

The two dancers are in three different ballets, adding even more hours of rehearsals to their workload.

“It’s hard to have a favorite piece because they’re all so different, the mood of each piece is so different,” Reehorst said.

Reehorst will be performing La Bayadere, Soto’s piece and will also be in Rags to Jazztime.

Harrison will also perform in La Bayadere, Soto’s piece and will be dancing Raymonda’s solo.

Raymonda, a sassy and fun character, is one of Harrison’s favorites to perform, she said.

The different moods and diversity of the show gives dancers the opportunity to

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play with their versatility.

Like actors, dancers have to be versatile, and it can be fun to explore that versatility, Reehorst said.

The show, although very focused on classical ballet, still shows diversity for the dancers, Harrison said.

Both dancers strongly encouraged students to come see the show because many college students don’t get the opportunity to see classical

ballet.

Oklahoma Festival Ballet will be performing at 8 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets bought prior to the show are $10 for students and $20 for adults, according to their website.

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