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Dean issues written apology Dean of architecture reacts to anonymous attire complaints ANDREW CLARK

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The dean of OU’s College of Architecture issued an apology Monday for wearing clothing associated with Islam at a backto-school meeting. A photo on the College of Architecture’s Facebook page that has since been deleted showed Dean Charles Graham wearing a white thawb and a red keffiyeh on his head at the meeting on Aug. 20. In his apology, he said he purchased the garments when he went to Dubai. According to the apology, he asked “a number of [his] Muslim friends around campus and in Norman to see if [his] wearing the attire would be offensive in any religious way,” to which the answers were “all resoundingly ‘no.’” OU press secretary Corbin Wallace told The Daily in an email that three or four people anonymously contacted the president’s office regarding Graham’s attire. He said Graham took an appropriate step in emailing the apology to faculty and staff. Graham described himself as “always striving to be inclusive and considerate of others in every context” in his apology, and said his Muslim friends thought wearing the attire would be “a nice gesture of diversity and acceptance of other cultures.” The College of Architecture has a study abroad program in Dubai which explores building design and construction within the city. The program has sent more than 30 students there in the past couple of years, Graham said in his apology. Graham welcomes anyone who wants to discuss the matter with him, according to his apology, but declined to comment to The Daily when staff attempted both to call him and to speak with him in person.

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Junior quarterback Baker Mayfield discusses his new role as starting quarterback during an interview with media at Everest Training Center, Monday, August 24, 2015. He will make his first appearence Saturday, September 5, against Akron.

Mayfield turns from lifelong fan to the Sooners’ newest signal caller BRADY VARDEMAN

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Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley called all three of his scholarship quarterbacks to his office one by one on Monday. As junior Baker Mayfield made his way there, he bumped into sophomore Cody Thomas, who embraced him and said, “Congrats, buddy,” according to Mayfield. With less than two weeks until Oklahoma’s Sept. 5 season opener against Akron, the Texas Tech-transfer became its starting quarterback after an offseason-long derby. Having grown up an OU fan, Mayfield always knew he might end up a Sooner.

“It puts a smile on my face,” he said. “I used to tailgate right here on this Apache grass right here, throw the ball around, Quentin Griffin jersey, watch Jason White and Mark Clayton play.” “It’s a dream come true to be able to go out and play on the [same] field they did and be able to try to replicate, duplicate what they did on that field.” The road to Norman wasn’t easy. Mayfield received little attention from major college football programs as a high school recruit. He elected to walkon to Texas Tech, where he became the first true-freshman, non-scholarship quarterback to start at an FBS program. Despite an injury that sidelined him for four games of the 2013 season, Mayfield accrued 2,315 yards passing and 12 touchdowns in a Red Raider TYLER WOODWARD/THE OKLAHOMA DAILY uniform. Bob Stoops dicusses his decision to make Baker Mayfield SEE WINNING PAGE 2

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the starting quarterback during an interview at Everest Training Center, Monday, August 24, 2015. Mayfield will start against Akron, Saturday, September 5.

Academic excellence fees climb this year Students will pay more in required hourly fees JESSE POUND News Editor @jesserpound

Students entering OU this semester will pay a higher academic excellence fee per credit hour than other students, according to information on the OU bursar’s website. There are multiple types of fees listed on the bursar’s website, including mandatory hourly fees, mandatory semester fees, academic excellence fees, course fees

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and technology and program fees based on individual colleges. The university publishes tuition and fees estimations for in-state and out-of-state students, but not all of the fees are included in this number, according to the bursar’s website. Students will pay $1,743 in mandatory hourly fees under the flat-rate system. Every student enrolled in at least 12 credit hours will have to pay this charge, Matt Hamilton, the vice president of OU Enrollment and Student Financial Services and Registrar, said in an email.

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However, academic excellence fees are not part of the flat-rate system, so students cannot take more than 15 hours without continuing to pay more in fees, Hamilton said in an email. There are also mandatory semester fees listed on the website. These fees support Goddard Health Center and academic advising, among other things. For both the fall and spring semester, students will be charged $191.50 for these services. The academic excellence fee is not as straightforward. The fee is calculated by admit year, and it has

been rising steadily. Students admitted this fall will pay $67.50 per credit hour in academic excellence fees, a 48 percent increase over students admitted in 2012. The fee drops off after students complete their third year in an effort to reward students who make it through their third year, Hamilton said in an email. A student taking 15 hours under the 2015 rate will pay an extra $330 in academic excellence fees compared to a student taking the same amount of hours under the 2012 rate. Public universities all around

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the country have been raising tuition and fees in an effort to offset falling levels of funding from state governments. The 2015-2016 Oklahoma state budget, signed by Gov. Mary Fallin in June, included a 3.5 percent cut in funding for higher education, according to NewsOK.com.

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