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New policy affirms all genders Revised statement protects students expressing identities MARY SMITH News Reporter

The language of OU’s Equal O p p o r t u n i t y St a t e m e n t h a s changed to include the terms ‘gender identity’ and ‘gender expression,’ an action that has prompted praise from student group Queer Inclusion on Campus.

This addition prevents discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression with regards to employment, admissions, financial aid and educational assistance, according to a statement from OU press secretary Corbin Wallace.

“The University modified the formal statement of its Equal

Opportunity Policy in June 2015 to reflect pre-existing University policy and practice with respect to gender identity and expression,” according to Wallace.

Wallace’s statement continued by stating that OU discovered the policy “inadvertently omitted mention of gender identity and expression.” The Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination Policy and Equal Opportunity Office already prohibit discrimination based off of gender identity and expression, and the Equal Opportunity Statement was changed to align with the others’ pre-existing policies, Wallace said.

T h e s t u d e n t g ro u p Q u e e r Inclusion on Campus made requests last fall for the university to add the terms gender identity and gender expression to help alleviate the discrimination found within the transgender community at OU, said Kasey Catlett, the assistant

director of OU LGBTQ and health programs.

Adding these words to the statement shows “the university is aware of the discrimination and with the issues that come,” Catlett said.

Phy s i c s f re s h ma n A n d re w Richmond, a member of OU’s LGBTQ, is also supportive of the change.

“Aside from the biological differences, I find gender roles irrelevant,” Richmond said. “It doesn’t matter what people are born as ... gender identity is independent of that.”

O U ’s E q u a l O p p o r t u n i t y Statement: “The University of Oklahoma, in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, gender

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Physics freshman Andrew Richmond and biology freshman Oliver Luckett hold their wrists together in support of the LGBT by the Union on August 26.

expression, age, religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes,

but is not limited to: admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services.”

OU gets Running the grant to develop drones

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New project will help predict variable weather conditions ANDREW CLARK

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Nathan Ferraro runs in Badwater 135 in Badwater Basin, California. Ferraro competed in the 135 mile foot race from July 28-30.

OU Engineering senior completes 135-mile trek

Rhodes Scholarship of ultrarunning. It’s as high as you get.”

As Ferraro, a senior engineering major at OU, continued to chat with his mother back home in Pennsylvania, he noticed something BRADY VARDEMAN odd about the way she spoke.

“She’s talking to me like it was the last time ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR we were ever going to speak to one another,” ere hours ahead of Badwater 135, Ferraro said. “She thought I was going to die.”

It’s easy to dismiss her worry now that her Nathan Ferraro called his mother. son finished the race (mostShe was worried sick. Her son was one of just “It’s like the Super ly) unscathed. Perhaps her concern had some legitimate 100 ultrarunners invited to participate in the world’s Bowl of ultrarunning. roots, however.

Badwater 135 runners often toughest foot race across the It’s like the Rhodes battle temperatures of up to California desert. Battling Scholarship of 120 degrees. heat, fatigue and s omeThe race begins at night, times injury, racers began ultrarunning. It’s as so most competitors go two at 282 feet below sea level in high as you get.” nights without sleeping.

Badwater Basin. Their desThe finish line is 8,360 feet tination lay 135 scorching NATHAN FERRARO, ULTRARUNNER above sea level, but because miles away on Mt. Whitney at of the two mountain ranges 8,360 feet above. runners must cross to reach it, the cumulative Of this year’s 97 starters, just 79 finished.

“It’s been a dream of mine for a long elevation gain is more like 14,000 feet.

There’s a reason Badwater prides itself on time,” Ferraro said before the race. “It’s like the Super Bowl of ultrarunning. It’s like the being the most demanding and extreme foot

race in the world.

“It’s not that I didn’t think he’d complete it,” Nathan’s mother Betty said. “It’s just scary being a mom and that kind of conditions. I was just nervous.”

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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $6 million grant to OU and three other universities to take part in a project to develop drones with sensors to measure atmospheric conditions. The project has been dubbed CLOUD MAP, for Collaboration Leading Operational UAS Development for Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.

The development of the drones will help meteorologists measure and predict atmospheric and weather conditions more accurately than if they were using solely ground-based measurement tools, according to Phillip Chilson, OU’s lead principal investigator of the CLOUD MAP project and a professor of meteorology at the university.

“You have to know how the temperature, pressure and humidity is changing as a function of height in order to measure atmospheric stability,” Chilson said, describing the importance of the project.

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Nathan Ferraro (second from left) celebrates with his crew mates after finishing Badwater 135.

Ferraro competed in the 135 mile foot race from July 28-30.

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New diversity classes face mixed reception Students applaud ideals behind the initiative, but question efficacy

a video featuring racist chanting from Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members.

OU has hired Jabar Shumate as the new vice president for the university community to help lead diBRYCE MCELHANEY versity initiatives.

News Reporter D’Andre Fisher, a diversity enDiversity became a point of emrichment programs assistant diphasis at OU, following protests

by OU Unheard and the release of rector, said learning about other cultures and embracing them is

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a quality and skill that will set OU students apart from other students in the nation.

According to Fisher, the program consists of five main values: diversity, awareness, understanding, interaction and responsibility.

The focus is on more than just race. It’s also about ethnicity, gender, social-economic standpoints, religion and sexuality, Fisher said.

“[It’s] going to help students identify the differences of the social climate of each student, so it occurs to students to understand, welcome and celebrate the diversity and inclusivity of each person,” Fisher said.

However, some students are critical of the classes.

Joseph Lyon, a mathematics junior, said the program seems

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“The university is wanting students to be more inclusive of other cultures and backgrounds, but … it should just be taken at face value that you can accept people of other cultures — that you have that level of intelligence already,” Lyon said.

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GRANT: Project will serve numerous purposes Continued from Page One

ACCEPTANCE: Can it be taught in school?

Continued from Page One

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Phillip Chilson, the lead investigator of the CLOUD MAP project and professor of meteorology at OU holds up a newly purchased weather drone as he describes what each part of it does and how it will help future researchers to understand and forecast weather phenomena better. OU School of Meteorology was awarded a $6 million grant to help with research and development.

The University of Kentucky, the University of Nebraska and Oklahoma State University will also be lending their talents to the project. Each school brings different expertise to the table: OU’s meteorology expertise, OSU’s expertise in aircraft development, Nebraska’s expertise in atmospheric physics and Kentucky’s knowledge of sensor technologies.

Unmanned aircraft systems add another dimension to forecasting weather conditions, Chilson said.

“You get a lot of data from ground-based measurements, but for the actual stability or instability parameters of the atmosphere, you have to have information in height,” he said.

The drones have technology installed that collects data, such as temperature, pressure and humidity from the atmosphere while flying. Simultaneously, the aircraft sends the data back to a ground-based computer so meteorologists and researchers can analyze it.

For now, using drones for measuring atmospheric characteristics is considered innovative. In the future, it could be normal.

“Use of unmanned aircraft

“This is going to change the landscape of for forecasting.”

PHILLIP CHILSON, LEAD INVESTIGATOR OF THE CLOUD MAP PROJECT AND PROFESSOR OF METEOROLOGY

will eventually be a common tool in both meteorology and atmospheric physics, but there is a lot of research that needs to be accomplished first in technical, operational and regulatory areas for that to happen,” Jamey Jacob, an aerospace engineering professor at OSU, said in a press release.

In addition to the development of the drones, Chilson said the project will also focus on trying to loosen flying regulations the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) places on drones.

Currently, OU must give the FAA two days notice before flying drones up to 3,000 feet in the air at the Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station. A team of at least six people must also be present during the flying to meet the administration’s requirements.

“We need to try to move forward in a safe way so that they can give us a bit more rope that we can operate

with, because it’s really restricted right now,” Chilson said. “We’re trying to find ways we can get these aircraft into the air without so much bureaucracy.

“When there’s big weather brewing, you don’t know that two days in advance. If we did, we’d be much further along in our (research) than we are,” he said.

While the project can greatly extend the capabilities of meteorologists and weather researchers, its success can also benefit the average person, according to James Grimsley, the associate vice president for research at OU. “You’re going to see improved storm prediction times,” he said. “We still lose too many lives because of severe storms. We would love to see the day where we can say we lost zero lives.”

“We would love to say our weather prediction models are so good that we can predict when, where and how

(severe weather) is going to transpire,” Grimsley said.

Tangible benefits of the project could appear in a matter of five years, he said.

“This is going to change the landscape for forecasting,” Chilson said. “Not next year, maybe not in three years, but eventually we’re going to get more and more of these operating, and it’s going to dynamically change how forecasts are made.”

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Tim Smith, a journalism junior, said the program may be beneficial, but unnecessary.

“People have a pretty good idea that racism isn’t acceptable. If people don’t understand, they should be given information, but it’s generally about if the person wants to be accepting or not,” Smith said.

“I don’t think we need classes — I think we need to create an environment that says ‘we’re accepting all people who want to understand all people,’” Smith said.

Philosophy professor Stephen Ellis said having a diversely conscious campus is important for making departments and graduate programs better and more educational.

“I think it’s getting better, but I don’t think we’re all the way there yet,” Ellis said.

Ellis said there have been students speaking out about diversity for a long time before this program.

“The diversity is good for everybody … Realizing that diversity isn’t just for non-majority population people,” Ellis said.

The goal, Fisher said, is (for students to explore) the possibilities every individual has and embracing it in transition to students in the OU family.

Fisher said having open dialogue is about understanding the different stereotypes each student may bring with them and breaking down the negative barriers that some stereotypes create.

“Being able to really understand where each other comes from, the background of each other and things of that nature — that’s going to be very, very important,” Fisher said.

Fisher said learning how to treat people from different cultures with respect is the students’ responsibility.

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Exhibition joins science, arts Galileo’s World will celebrate links between subjects JESSICA BARBER L&A reporter

To c e l e b r a t e t h e University of Oklahoma’s 125th anniversary, U n i v e r s i t y L i b ra r i e s i s hosting Galileo’s World, a yearlong exhibition from its Histor y of Science Collections, featuring 20 themed galleries across t h e u n i v e r s i t y ’s t h r e e campuses.

Galileo’s World draws connections between the sciences and humanities, featuring rare books, instrument replicas, student projects and digital resources in seven different locations.

“The Galileo’s World exhibition brings worlds together,” said Kerry Magruder, curator of the History of Science Collections.

The worlds of the past and present bring together art, science, philosophy, religion, politics and culture.

“The story of Galileo reveals the creativity and interconnectedness of human achievement,” Magruder said. “The interconnectedness of science and culture that characterized Galileo’s world, and which

ties Galileo’s world to our own day, remains the common heritage of humanity, and is what we explore across the university in this exhibition.”

The present-day extension of this interconnectedness can be seen through the efforts of OU’s engineering students on behalf of the exhibition.

“The OU College of Engineering students traveled to Italy during a summer study abroad in Arezzo to take paint swatches, measure the angle of lean, and more,” said Chelsea Julian, Galileo’s World project coordinator. “Utilizing modern engineering techniques and state-of-the-art equipment, they were able to create the gorgeous replica on display and implement an interactive physics experiment once attributed to Galileo.”

Visitors of all ages have the opportunity to explore these connections through physical exhibits, a monthly lectures series and digital components like podcasts, iBook gallery guides and digitized books accessible at galileo.ou.edu.

Physical exhibits will feature 12 original works by Galileo, four of which contain his handwriting, Dean of Libraries Richard Luce said. It will also feature authentic instrument replicas

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Linguistic freshman Madeline Phillip (right) and university college freshman Kelsey Hassig operate a solar system contraption in the Galileo’s World exhibit on August 26. Galileo’s World is a series of exhibits hosted at Bizzel Memorial Library.

provided by the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy, including Galileo’s compass, telescope and microscope.

The exhibition opens with a public reception in the History of Science Collections in the Bizzell Memorial Library on Sept.

5, the same day as OU’s first home football game.

“Galileo’s world and the world during the Scientific Revolution embraced c ro s s - d i s c i p l i n a r y a p proaches to experimentation and research. The Galileo’s World exhibition illustrates how innovative approaches to discovery are happening at OU today,” Julian said.

This campus-wide collaborative exhibition is available to the public inNorman, Oklahoma City and Tulsa through August 2016.

DANIEL HOANG/THE DAILY

A portrait of Galileo Galilei is painted on the wall of the lounge on the 5th floor of Bizzel Memorial Library. The same floor has been renovated over the summer to now be the host for Galileo’s World.

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Graham’s actions merit applause, not criticism

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he OUDaily.com reported on August 25 that the University of Oklahoma’s Dean Charles Graham issued an apology in the midst of criticism for wearing what some are reporting as ‘Islamic attire’ at a school meeting. This criticism, of which I could not find any details, prompted Dean Graham to issue an apology that I am certain has generated both positive and negative feedback from OU faculty, staff, students and alumni. I, for one, am appalled that anyone would criticize Dean Graham for his choice of clothing, and furthermore, I am concerned that he felt it necessary to issue an apology.

Let’s make one thing clear: If someone was troubled by this from a cultural appropriation standpoint, it definitely was not myself or any other Muslim that I know. While there are certainly scenarios in which donning the traditional clothing of another culture can be appropriating or harmful, the context of this event suggests this was not one of those situations. As an Oklahoma Muslim that constantly faces unnecessary harsh criticism as a result of the faith I choose to adhere to, I commend Dean Graham for taking the bold step to expose his fellow Sooners to a different culture and trying to dispel myths, misunderstandings and possible fears by explaining a component of a foreign culture.

Let’s make another thing clear: If someone was distressed by this from an

lederhosen would he have had to issue an apology? I would like to think not.

On behalf of Oklahoma’s Muslim community and as a proud alum of OU’s graduate school of human relations, I applaud Dean Graham for his bold and courageous actions. Rather than facing criticism he should be looked at as an inspiration to us all for having the bravery it takes to wear foreign dress to increase understanding Adam Soltani and diversity in a state in Executive Director for Oklahoma chapter of the which Muslims and those from Middle Eastern backCouncil on Americangrounds are looked at with Islamic Relations an eye of suspicion.

As an Oklahoma Muslim, Islamophobic standpoint, then I am disturbed that the I appreciate Dean Graham state of Islamophobia in our for what he has done. I see society has reached a point no reason for him to apologize for his actions, and I that someone cannot wear hope this will not prevent Middle Eastern clothing him from working to further without being negatively the understanding of diverassociated with extremists sity on the OU campus in that have nothing to do with Islamic faith. As I write the future. With all the problems we are facing as a state this, I also realize we live in and as a country, there is no Oklahoma, a state that has doubt that we need more seen a vast increase in the individuals that are willing vilification of peace-loving Muslims as a result of a rise to step out of their comfort zone and educate their in Islamophobia. peers about accepting the Again, the details of diversity around them. the complaints that were Adam Soltani is the exlodged against the univerecutive director of the sity have not been released.

Oklahoma chapter of the It is, however sad that a university that just suffered Council on AmericanIslamic Relations and holds a big setback in regards to diversity last Spring with the a master’s in human relations from the University of SAE scandal is now being overly sensitive to criticism Oklahoma. regarding someone wearing attire from Dubai. If Dean Graham wore a Scottish kilt would we see the same level of criticism? If Dean Graham wore a German

““The OU College of Engineering students traveled to Italy during a summer study abroad in Arezzo to take paint swatches, measure the angle of lean, and more.”

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Affordable living now available to students New app allows students to find cheap housing MARY SMITH News Reporter

Senior Carey Flack has earned high-profile internships in the media world at publications such as Country Living and Elle magazine, but now she has turned her attention to solving a problem closer to the OU community: the rising cost of student housing.

Roomswap, currently a website but soon to be an app for smart phones, serves as a chat room and a database for students to find old leases to take on rather than signing a new one.

“Initially starting Roomswap was really exciting. I had this idea, but for the first time I really wanted to put things into motion and do something I had never done before,” Flack said.

Flack said she sees a market in the students who study abroad. Since leases have to be paid regardless of being occupied, students who study abroad often find paying for the lease back home to be an issue, if not an annoyance. Flack plans for Roomswap to aid those who study abroad by allowing leases to be transferred to students who can take them on.

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Carey Flack, entrepreneurship senior smile outside of Copeland Hall on Wednesday, August 25. Flack has created an entrepreneurial app called roomswap.

“We’re trying to hack the student market and not let real estate agents and complexes manipulate students with new leases, when really, you could’ve just taken that student’s lease that graduated and needed to get out of it,” Flack said.

Flack said she has college students in her best interest, because she has experienced the squeeze of rising rent herself.

“I just see rent here going up in Norman every year. My landlord just raised my rent up a few dollars a month, and they raise rent every year,” Flack said. “It’s kind

of unfair for students, and I just thought it’d be cool if we made a platform where students’ housing needs were actually met,” she said.

When asked how she felt about starting a business, Flack said she was excited about taking on a new and different challenge.

“The riskiest thing a 20-something can do is to not take a risk, and I try to live by that. Seeing my business grow from the ground up has been the best, most rewarding experience of my college career.”

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Gender identity -

n.

a person's inner sense of being male or female, usually developed during early childhood as a result of parental rearing practices and societal influences and strengthened during puberty by hormonal changes.

Gender expression -

n.

the external expression of masculine or feminine gender roles, as through socially defined behaviors and ways of dressing.

Source of “gender identity� and “gender expression� cam from dictionary.com

Our View: Including the terms “gender identity� and “gender expression� in OU’s Equal Opportunity statement is a victory for inclusivity on campus.

This semester’s syllabi will include an updated Equal Opportunity Statement, ensuring that no student or employee at OU will be discriminated against based on their gender identity or gender expression.

OU isn’t the first to make this nondiscrimination polic y part of its Equal Opportunity statement — Oklahoma State University, the University of Texas and many other universities include the terms “gender identity� and “gender expression� in the list of factors

for which a student or employee cannot be discriminated against. This year, OU is joining a list of institutions that care about protecting diversity in all its facets, and that’s something to be commended.

With the new mandatory freshman diversity experience put in place this summer, the university put an emphasis on teaching multiple facets of diversity. Now, with gender expression and identity included in the university’s equal opportunity statement, OU is proving its dedication to accepting and including diversity in its many forms.

The difference between gender identity and gender expression plays a huge role in the way a person perceives themselves and the way they are perceived by

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society. A person’s gender group formed in the spring. identity is how a person cat- By including the terms “genegorizes their own gender, der identity� and “gender and their gender expression expression� in the stateis how a person expresses ment, the university can their gender through man- make students and employnerisms, appearance, dress ees feel safer, because they or any number of physical don’t have to worry about factors. While gender iden- being discriminated against, said Alex Ruggiers, tities and gender Queer Inclusion expressions might Our View is on Campus not correlate with the majority spokesman. We each other or with opinion of believe one of the a person’s sex asThe Daily’s main purposes of signed at birth, it’s seven-member an inclusive enimportant for the editorial board vironment is to university to promake people feel tect students and sa f e. Wi t h ou t a employees, however they choose to define and basic feeling of safety, students cannot properly learn, express themselves.

The importance in the and employees can’t work addition of these terms effectively. All students and to the University’s Equal employees deserve to have Opportunity Statement an equal opportunity in restems from a need to dif- ceiving an education and ferentiate gender and sex. being employed.

By updating the univerA person’s sex is what they were assigned at birth based sity’s Equal Opportunity on external characteristics, Statement, we as Sooners but a person’s gender is join a league of academic about how that person per- institutions that respect and protect multiple facets of ceives themselves.

When the university says diversity. As a campus, we in every syllabus and cata- have a ways to go in defeatlog that it’s dedicated to pro- ing prejudice, but by identitecting people of all gender fying difference we help reidentities and expressions, move the stigma surroundit’s telling every person on ing it. This is a huge step in campus: you’re accepted, creating an inclusive community, and we applaud the just as you are.

The effort to make OU university in its initiative togender-inclusive has been wards that goal. going on even before the

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Dillon Hollingsworth, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

Progress on the recruiting trail Sooners land new commitments after early setbacks SPENSER DAVIS Football Reporter @Davis_Spenser

Oklahoma’s recruiting got off to a slow start for the 2016 cycle. As late as the middle of July, the Sooners were behind programs like Georgia Southern and Wake Forest in national recruiting rankings.

However, things picked up toward the end of the summer for OU. On July 30, Oklahoma earned the commitment of Chanse Sylvie, a three-star safety from New Orleans.

Oklahoma followed that momentum with the addition of junior college prospect Jarvis Baxter to the 2015

class. Baxter, a wide receiver, was initially committed to South Florida but didn’t qualify academically. He’s eligible to play for OU this season.

Perhaps the biggest “Boom” came from California, an area where OU has had a lot of success recruiting.

Linebacker Bryce Youngquist made a verbal pledge to OU on July 31, Youngquist is the No. 17 outside linebacker in the country according to 247 Sports.

As Oklahoma continued to climb up the national team rankings, so did their recruiting momentum.

Youngquist’s addition is also important because Oklahoma graduates four scholarship linebackers this season and only took two in

DANIEL HOANG/ THE DAILY

Wide receiver Dede Westbrook runs past defense to reach the end zone during Student Day Friday, April 10, 2015. After practice, students are invited onto the field to participate in drills and meet with student- athletes.

its 2015 recruiting class.

Finally, OU earned a verbal promise from another New Orleans prospect — linebacker Pernell Jefferson.

Je f f e r s o n , a c o n s e n s u s

three-star, hails from the same high school as current OU freshman Arthur McGinnis.

Oklahoma currently owns the nation’s No. 51 class,

which is a far cry from last season’s No. 15 finish, according to 247 Sports. But if Oklahoma can continue to capitalize on this newfound momentum, the Sooners

could find themselves once again among the Big 12 leaders in recruiting.

Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu

First offseason proves good for Reynolds New defensive line coach off to strong start with players SPENSER DAVIS Sports Reporter @Davis_Spenser

Oklahoma defensive line coach Diron Reynolds has made quite the impression during his short time in Norman.

Defensive coordinator Mike Stoops was at a loss for words describing his new colleague during OU Media Day Saturday. He eventually settled on “cerebral”.

“You don’t see that from very many defensive line coaches,” said Stoops. “And that doesn’t mean he isn’t getting his point across, he just does it a different way.”

Reynolds said that he’s learned by example from other coaches that he’s coached under in the past.

“I’ve been around some great teachers like coach ( To n y ) D u n g y a n d Ji m Caldwell and they weren’t t h o s e t y p e s o f g u y s ,” Reynolds said. “I strive to be in that mold.

“I think the best thing that I can do is be myself.”

When Reynolds came to Oklahoma, he immediately had some big shoes to fill. He was replacing Jerry Montgomery, who left Norman to be an assistant coach with the Green Bay Packers.

Montgomery was promoted to co-defensive coordinator just before his departure, and he was credited for recruiting elite players like Ricky DeBerry and Neville Gallimore.

But by all accounts, Reynolds’ transition has been a smooth one. “(It ’s been the same) as coach Montgomer y,”

JOE BUETTNER/THE DAILY

Oklahoma defensive line coach Diron Reynolds directs the defensive line group through drills during a spring practice.

defensive tackle Charles Walker said. “They work us hard, they teach us, they’re great coaches, they expect a lot out of us and they’re going to give their all to us.”

And according to defensive end Charles Tapper, Reynolds was a big reason why the defensive line was able to get off to a good start

this spring.

“He said when he was at Stanford his guys were great but he was like ‘you guys are better athletes than them,’” Tapper said. “’The thing is, are you going to listen like them?’”

“Last year when we had a big setback and then for him to come in and say that, it

really brought all of our guys’ confidence up.”

Reynolds’ influence as a coach on the field will be measured on Saturday this fall. But his true impact off the field can already be felt in the words of Tapper.

“He came in like a father figure to us,” Tapper said.

“He’s like the father that you

always wanted to have.”

Initially, Reynolds was at a loss for words when asked if his relationship with his players ever went further than coaching, but he ultimately deflected that notion.

“I don’t see myself as trying to be [a father figure] to them,” Reynolds said. “I’m here to coach them. I don’t talk to them any worse than I talk to my own kids. I just try to get them in the best functional position that they can be in to be successful. That’s all.

“If I was a high energy guy and flew off the handle or whatever, then hey, that’s what I would be. It doesn’t take much to please me. I’m a pretty easy-going guy. I just love football.”

Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu

ULTRARUNNERS: Ferraro powers through 135 miles of sweat and glory Continued from Page One Betty wasn’t alone. Few, if any, people thought Ferraro would fail to reach the finish line. He regularly runs 100mile races, after all.

But why would anyone want to run an ultram a ra t h o n i n B a d w a t e r conditions?

The answer lies along 135 miles of hell.

Almost a third of the way into the race, Ferraro injured his hip, which set off a chain reaction of injuries that ended with a swollen knee and foot, as well.

From there, few things seemed to go right.

As the second night fell, a delirious and sleep-deprived Ferraro began to hallucinate.

“I kept seeing these big bridges coming at me,” Ferraro said. “I know that’s really weird but that’s what I saw.”

Still, Ferraro put one foot in front of the other and trudged on.

“It’s pretty unusual. There wasn’t a single moment this race where I was like, ‘I’m hurt. I can’t do this,’” Ferraro said.

Facing injuries, make-believe bridges and the pressure of the 48-hour cut-off imposed by race officials, he broke the race down into small sections.

“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time,” Ferraro said.

From the outside, it appeared at times that he wouldn’t make it. His crew — the men responsible for making sure Ferraro stayed

hydrated, fed and ultimately alive — watched him deteriorate over the course of 135 miles.

But no matter how bad things got, Ferraro kept moving.

“He’s always been determined,” crew member Jordan White said. “He won’t let anyone, including himself, tell him what he can’t do. That’s probably the biggest thing I’ve learned from him ... what we think we’re capable of isn’t what we’re actually capable of.”

He eventually crossed the finish line — a little less satisfied than he would have liked, however.

“There’s this thing inside of me that does want to do it again just because I don’t feel like I could give it my

best effort because my hip was being weird,” Ferraro said. “I definitely want to own that course and not let it beat me up the way it did.”

Nathan wasn’t always like this, Betty said. In high school, she and her husband noticed Nathan starting to slack off. He became the kid who would ace all the tests but fail the homework because he didn’t want to do it, she said.

Nathan said a sw itch flipped during his time in the military, where he first discovered ultrarunning.

Slowly but surely, he became the resolute person he is today.

“When he realized his potential, there was no stopping him,” his mother said.

“There was no doubt in my

mind that he had the determination to do it.”

A large part of what d r i ve s Fe r ra ro b o t h o n and off the race course derives from past experience.

Ultrarunners experience several emotional mountains and valleys throughout every race.

Ferraro said he will most likely never be as low as he was the second night of Badwater 135. Regardless, he still pocketed the experience. When things get tough in the future, he can look back on that night and recall how he survived.

“It might get really bad, but as long as you keep powering through, things will turn out OK,” Ferraro said. “You can finish the race. You can finish your

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project at school. You can fix a relationship.”

“I hope that it motivates people to push themselves harder than they would have before seeing this in whatever activity they want to do, whether it’s academics or athletics or religion.”

Ferraro isn’t in the business of letting limitations, physical or mental, own him. Even in the throes of pain, quitting was never on the menu.

“I go into races with a mindset that I have two options: either I’m going to finish the race, or they’re going to drag me off of the course because I miss a cutoff time,” Ferraro said.

After the race, he came back to Oklahoma to teach others to think the same way. As dire ctor of the Warrior Scholar Project, a program designed to get and keep veterans in the classroom, Ferraro intends is to condition the new students to take quitting off their own menus.

“A big part of the program was making them aware that there are going to be rough

patches in school where you’re going to feel totally overwhelmed,” Ferraro said.

“You’re going to feel like there’s no chance of, ‘How can I get this homework, this project done — and I have a test on that day.’”

“But, then somehow, you always survive it. You always make it through. Never quit.

Everybody goes through that stress. Don’t let it beat you down.”

Ye s, t h e re’s a re a s o n Badwater 135 is proud to be “the world’s toughest foot race.”

But there’s also a reason Betty Ferraro never doubted her son could finish it.

Not everyone chooses to go through hell like Nathan Ferraro, yet one thing rings true for all who do it.

“Eventually the finish line comes, and all the pain melts away,” Ferraro said.

Brady Vardeman brady.vardeman@gmail.com

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Oklahoma senior kicker Nick Hodgson stands on the sidelines at football practice Monday, Aug.10, at the OU rugby fields. The Sooners play their season opener against Akron on September 5 on Owen Field in Norman.

Specialists prepare for season Kickers, punters gear up for action after offseason BRADY VARDEMAN

Assistant Sports Editor @BradyVardeman

Fall camp can be dull for kickers and punters.

To go along with the sweltering heat, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops implemented plans this preseason to limit the specialists to keep them fresh, which means a lot of standing around for senior Nick Hodgson and junior Jack Steed.

“As a kicker, there’s only so much you can do in one practice,” Hodgson said.

“He just tries to keep our legs fresh so that, as camp

progresses and we move into the season, we’ll be as healthy as possible and ready to go.”

The offseason wasn’t entirely dull for the senior. In early July, he was put on scholarship for his final season with the Sooners.

After a workout, during Stoops’ usual rounds in the locker room, the coach asked Hodgson how he was kicking. His answer and prior performance earned him a free year of school.

“That was a great feeling, I’ll tell you what,” Hodgson said. “I called Mom and Dad, told them, Mom screamed, the usual. It was really nice because I’ve played for two years, and it was good to know they appreciate my

“I’ve played for two years, and it was good to know they appreciate my value.”

NICK HODGSON, SENIOR KICKER

value.”

Hodgson spent the spring, summer and now fall vying for the placekicker spot.

His competition, freshman Austin Seibert, was social media-famous even before moving on campus.

Along with a video of him making a 70-yard field goal, Stoops said Seibert would be a candidate for all three jobs — field goals, kickoffs and punting — shortly after he committed to Oklahoma.

Hodgson turned the hype into personal motivation. “ Yo u d o n ’ t w a n t a n

18-year-old to come in and say, ‘I’m better than you,’” he said. “It’s going to motivate you.”

During spring practice, Stoops sung Hodgson’s praises, touting just three missed field goals.

Hodgson was much more humble about his offseason performance, labeling it “solid.”

“I put a lot more time in on field goals, just trying to replace (Michael) Hunnicutt,” he said. “It’s a lot different because you have to be more in control but at the end of

the day, you just have to tell yourself you’re just going out there to kick.”

Although the specialists have not kicked from too far out yet this offseason, he said his longest make was from roughly 52 yards.

However, a distance that sounds like an impressive feat is what Hodgson expects to be par for the course.

“I try to tell myself, ‘You have to make everything 55 (yards) and in,’” he said.

“That’s just my set point to where you should make it and feel comfortable hitting the same ball, not trying to change anything.”

Kicking is one of, if not the most repetitive jobs in football. The name of the game is consistency, after all.

All that standing around gives the specialists time to joke around and scheme, however.

There’s always the possibility of a fake field goal or punt on the table, such as the touchdown pass from holder Grant Bothun to Hunnicutt against Oklahoma State in 2013.

“I’d love that,” Steed said.

“I did that in high school a couple times. I used to play quarterback. We’re always joking about it with the other specialists. We’re always playing catch and joking about running fakes. We’d love to do it.”

Brady Vardeman brady.vardeman@gmail.com

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