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Group urges change to holiday Students draft proposal to celebrate indigenous people, not Columbus

Senate to change OU’s celebration of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. During the Student Government Association assembly meeting on Sept. 22, Congress Chair Emily BRYCE MCELHANEY News Reporter Sample announced that a joint @bryce_mac committee with members of the Graduate Student Senate and A group of Native students has Undergraduate Student Congress created a formal resolution to hosted the native students of OU, present to the Graduate Student who call themselves Indigenize

house, because it comes from both of the houses … this process is set forth by the constitution of SGA.” GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE Currently, Columbus Day is not All meetings are held at 7 p.m. in Sarkeys Energy Center room recognized on campus. However, A235 and are open to the public.

Student Government Association President, Alex Byron, said they would consider Indigenize OU’s OU, to write a formal resolution. would become America. request.

This resolution would change the “The way this is working is it is Indigenize OU said the resoluname of the holiday that celebrates a joint resolution,” Sample said. tion will also be sent to important the start of the exploration of what “So it doesn’t originate in a single SEE NATIVE PAGE 2

YG will play free concert Saturday CAC, UPB bring rapper to perform at Must Stay Weekend DAYTEN ISRAEL News Reporter @daytenisrael

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International students try on football gear at a seminar put on by OU associate director of athletic equipment Blake Kuenzi. Thirty students showed up to learn more about the American sport.

FOOTBALL 101 Students unfamiliar with key part of OU life attend seminar ANNA MAYER News Reporter @AnnaMay136

OU international students got a chance to learn about American football from an expert.

OU’s associate director of athletic equipment, Blake Kuenzi, stopped by Hester Hall, home of the College of International Studies, on Sept.

23 to hold a seminar on American football with around 30 curious students.

Before diving into the rules of the game, Kuenzi brought out different football equipment and allowed students to try everything on. He explained the purpose of each object, from the football to the helmet and the pants.

Kuenzi then began to relate the rules of a football game, detailing what each player does. Kuenzi made sure that students knew who OU quarterback Baker Mayfield was.

By the end of the lesson, the whiteboard behind him was

covered with scribbles of various football plays. Many students took close notes, and more questions were asked than Kuenzi was able to keep up with.

He got along well with all the students, getting the chance to toss around a football with them and even make a few jokes. “ D o y ou g u y s k n ow ab ou t Deflate-gate?” Kuenzi asked.

“Probably not. Too much information, right?”

As an OU student, it is important to understand the sport, international freshman Yang Yang said.

One of her professors told her that she and her friends should attend

the seminar. As an incentive, the professor offered the students 10 extra points in class if they went.

OU may have added many new members to the Sooner football fanbase with this seminar. The Sooners have a bye this weekend, but face West Virginia at 11 a.m. Oct. 3. OU defeated the Mountaineers 45-33 last season in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Must Stay Weekend returns this weekend with many activities, as multiple campus organizations promote unity and diversity among all OU students.

Campus Activities Council, Union Programming Board and Summer Session — the group that plans summer events for students on campus — are hosting the YG Concert and Must Stay Weekend events, CAC Concert Series Chair Alexis Terrill said.

The YG Concert will be at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at McCasland Field House, Terrill said.

Must Stay was designed as a way to promote student involvement on campus because there is normally no football game this weekend, and students go home, Terrill said.

The focus is on enriching the college experience by encouraging students to stay on campus and see how fun OU really can be, Terrill said. Students will be able to hang out, make friends and have new experiences.

It is a fun time to meet new people, and it’s an experience that students can remember, UPB Concert Series Director Reid Hamberlin said.

CAC and UPB want to provide what students want and give them fun activities they will enjoy, Terrill said. The reaction from students about the YG concert has been positive.

This year, C AC and UPB put out a poll on the Must Stay Facebook page, where students got to choose what genre of music they wanted and provide a few suggestions, Terrill said.

Terrill said that she believes the poll system is one of the best ideas their groups have had, because they can finally give students exactly what they want.

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NEWS RAPPER: Continued from Page One students chose rap, and CAC and UPB worked to find someone that they felt would reflect the wants of students, she said.

The hosting groups paid more for YG than they had in the past, Terrill said.

Negative press last semester, stemming from the Jack White fiasco and the SAE disbandment, led to the cancellation of last spring’s Must Stay Weekend event.

It was difficult for them to get much cooperation from the music industry, so instead of using those funds for a subpar performance, CAC and UPB saved the money to use it for something later that students would really enjoy, Terrill said.

Each of the three groups paid $15,000, a total of $35,000, for YG’s artist fee and the remaining $10,000 for production costs, Terrill said.

This Must Stay is especially important and has more

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weight than in the past because of the SAE situation, she said. Though diversity is an issue that has recently become more talked about on campus, this is something that people have wanted for a while.

“I think having YG will reflect well in promoting diversity,” Terrill said.

CAC and UPB hope that this can also facilitate a more open, diverse environment on campus, Terrill said. The groups wanted to make sure that the event provided entertainment for the whole spectrum of OU students.

Must Stay begins with the second annual Rap Battle 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Meacham Auditorium and is co-hosted by the Union Programming Board and the Black Student Association (BSA), UPB Program Director Christine Thomas said.

BSA partnered with Must Stay Weekend in part because the events coincided with Show N’ Tell, the finale showcase that closes out BSA week that started Monday, BSA President Naome Kadira said.

“It being on the same

weekend, we wanted to bring the university together — bring the communities together,” Kadira said.

BSA has been supportive of the events, and interaction between these groups have been amazing, Terrill said.

The communication with them has been great, and every group has gotten along really well, Hamberlin said.

This is BSA’s first time being involved with Must Stay, Kadira said. She believes their involvement is a part of the recent shift in promoting more diversity on campus, in response to the disbandment of SAE last spring.

“There is a lot more that should and could be done.

But our involvement is a great first step, and we’re excited about it,” Kadira said.

The concert is open to all university students from any college, but students must present a current college ID and state issued ID, Hamberlin said.

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President of OU Women of Power Brittany Heckard leads the women in their second meeting Sept. 21, 2015. The group advocates black women on campus, but the group is open to all people.

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Rapper YG walks off stage after a performance this past year. The rapper will be the headline for CAC’s Must-Stay-Weekend which is this upcoming weekend, September 25-27.

NATIVE: Continued from Page One people such as Mary Fallin and officials of Norman.

Student Government Association has already sent it to people with tribal affiliations and student organizations.

Only two of the Native students could attend the meeting due to time conflictions, so Sydne Gray and Ashley McCray represented

Indigenize OU to wr ite the joint resolution with the Student Government Association.

The resolution will be considered on the agendas at both the Graduate Student Senate meeting on 7 p.m. Sunday and at the Congress meeting on 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

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INDIGENOUS OU LEADERS Sydne GrayPhilosophy sophomore Ashley McCraryHistory of science doctoral student Jesse RobbinsNative American studies senior Josh MurphyHealth and exercise science senior

An OU student group is striving to stand up for black women and other minority women who may not feel represented or comfortable on campus.

OU Women of Power focuses on feminism and bringing a voice to black women and other minorities on campus, group president Brittany Heckard said.

Feminism today means being empowered and wanting equality everywhere and to be able to do certain things without getting criticized for being a woman, Heckard said.

“I think it’s important for everyone to realize that privilege is here and oppression is here.

We need to work towards minimizing oppression and recognizing privilege — I think that’s what our organization strives to do,” Heckard said.

Criminology and psychology junior Aleyah Timmons said there aren’t many women of color on campus.

“When you are that one black girl in the class, when the issue of race comes up, everyone looks to you,” Timmons said.

“I believe everybody should feel free enough to say what they think, but sometimes, being the only black woman in the class, you have to watch your words or tone things

down,” she said.

Health and exercise science senior Unique Griffin agrees, saying it’s like being constantly on guard.

“It’s intimidating, and it’s a burden sometimes to be an African-American woman, because you don’t want to come off as this ideal that society has put in place for us,” Griffin said.

Griffin said this is what keeps her from speaking out at times, to not seem like the “angry black woman.”

“I know when I first started going here, I was afraid to speak because I felt like I was shut out. Like it wasn’t okay for me to say certain things, or people wouldn’t think I was smart enough to say certain things, so I would be quiet,” Griffin said.

She said classrooms can be an awkward environment for a black woman.

“As a woman, males are dominant in the classroom.

As a black person, there aren’t a lot of other black students in the classroom,” Griffin said. You don’t know, ‘okay, can I speak now?

Should I speak now? If I’m late, am I going to be that black person that’s always late? If I get angry about a subject, am I going to have that angry black woman persona?’” she said.

T h e g r o u p’s a d v i s e r LaVonya Bennett said there is a difference between white feminism and black feminism at the “I Can’t Breathe” event last month, meaning feminism is generally cut out for white women’s initiatives rather than those of black women.

Heckard said there is a difference, and it goes back to history. “ I t ’s j u s t b e c a u s e

historically (during) the suffrage movement, originally black women weren’t involved. They couldn’t be involved, because they weren’t socially accepted at the time,” Heckard said.

Black women were supposed to be with the men to work with the civil rights movement instead of the women’s rights movement, she said.

“There’s definitely a difference between (the) white women’s movement and womanism, which is feminism for black women,” Heckard said.

Race and sexuality are the oppressions black women might face today, she said.

“Sometimes race and sexuality come to one to oppress black women when it comes to oversexualization through media, like rap videos or rap songs,” Heckard said.

Heckard said black women are often portrayed as sex objects in music videos.

“When people approach me, it’s more in a sexual way — it’s not like (a) ‘hey, let’s be friends’ type thing,” Heckard said.

Heckard said there are more initiatives taking place today for womanism and echoed Viola Davis’ recent acceptance speech at the Emmys by saying, “the only thing that prevents a black woman from being in leading roles is opportunity.” Davis is the first black woman to receive the award for best actress in a drama.

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Students Jesse Robbins, Sydne Gray and Ashley McCray speak to SGA President Alex Byron and Vice President Avery Marczewski about changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day on OU’s campus during a meeting Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.

CORRECTION The Oklahoma Daily has a commitment to serve readers by providing accurate coverage and analysis. Errors are corrected as they are identified. Readers should bring errors to The Daily’s attention for further investigation by emailing dailynews@ou.edu A p.2 correction incorrectly reported Jabar Shumate’s title. His title is vice president for the university community.

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After back-to-back wins at home last weekend, the women’s soccer team turns its attention to Big 12 conference play, which starts this weekend with a pair of home games against No. 15 Texas Tech and Iowa State.

The match against Texas Tech will be the Sooners’ second consecutive against a ranked opponent after defeating No. 18 Arizona State 2-0 on Sunday. The Sooners also took down a previously undefeated Tulsa 2-1 last Friday, and senior defender Laura Rayfield knows that the team’s non-conference slate, including three games against ranked opponents, has prepared her team well for Big 12 play. “The games were a lot tighter, and that’s usually how a lot of our big conference games are,� Rayfield said. “Every second counts in big conference games.

And you can’t have any mental lapses or the other team can capitalize on that.�

Rayfield talked about how non-conference play is about building toward a full, 90-minute performance — something her team finally did in Sunday’s win. “I think we’ve definitely had our mistakes and all of our learning in the first half, so now we can take that and execute everything that we’ve learned and put together 90-minute games without mental lapses,� she said.

Tactically, coach Matt Potter likes to use a lot of subs in games but doesn’t see his roster as having starters and bench players —understanding that anyone can change a game. “ The way w e’ve be en built is that we’ve got great versatility to match up with different styles and different types of teams,� he said. “We don’t tend to call them starters and non-starters.

The players that are coming in and out of the game have a chance to change it.�

Just as the Sooners navigated a tough non-conference schedule, the Big 12 has been successful in non-conference play, with all nine teams finishing at .500 or above. The Sooners’ next opponents, Texas Tech and Iowa State, went 6-1-2 and 5-4-0 respectively in non-conference play. “Each year, our non-conference (schedule) prepares us for conference play. The fact that everyone plays well is kind of exciting to me because it means, as a staff and as a team, we’re going to have to be at our best and

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not just in how we play, but in our minds. Being strong, ambitious and bold — all those things we try to be,�

Potter said.

The talent of the Big 12 excites Potter. “Different teams play different ways, and we’re going to have to try to figure them out — but they’re probably thinking the exact same thing,� he said.

The Sooners boast a very young roster. Rayfield is one of just two seniors on a team with 12 freshmen. That being said, she’s confident those freshmen will step up. “With conference play, I feel like — even though w e have our r ivals like Oklahoma State — every game is a rivalry game,� she said. “It’s physical, it’s fast paced, and you have to go out there and be the aggressor. I think our freshman have done a really good job COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK

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at keeping up with our older players and setting the tone.� “At the end of day, we always talk about ‘if you’re good enough, you’re old enough, and they’ve proved that,� she said.

In a round-robin style, the teams only play each other once, so Rayfield knows the stakes are high. “Every game at this point is going to have intensity, in that we only play them once and we want to go in and set the tone,� she said. “We look

at every game like a championship-type game.�

The Sooners will host Texas Tech at 7 p.m. on Friday and Iowa State at 1 p.m. Sunday in Norman.

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Student seizes fair opportunity Experience, chance to network among benefits for Smith

a public relations position at the fair in March after a suggestion from a family friend.

Although she did not get the position for which she originally applied, she was DAISY CREAGER News Editor suggested for her current @daisycreager position.

She spends a lot of time Various types of music, in her office, but Smith said the smell of fried food and part of her job is to check on the chatter and laughter of sponsors who have booths the crowd drifts through at the fair and make sure the booths and rides at they have supplies, so she the Oklahoma State Fair. gets to experience the fair Named one of the top 10 itself as well. state fairs by Fodor’s Travel, In addition to her inmany people attend for the ternship, Smith spends food and attractions, but Thursday and Friday nights one OU student is experibartending at a new bar on encing it in a different way. the fairgrounds called “The Public relations senior Patio.”

Amanda Smith is interning “It’s a lot more casual,” as the fair’s corporate spon- Smith said. “It’s optimal sorships and development seating for concerts. You assistant. Smith recruits get to listen to the music. sponsors, sells ticket packEveryone’s having fun.” ages to companies and is Smith’s jobs require her to helping plan the fair’s spon- spend more than 40 hours sorship and scholarship a week at the fairgrounds, events. so she worked ahead in her “It’s very professional classes before the fair startbut laid back,” Smith said. ed, she said.

“Everyone here is very “It has been a challenge,” friendly and likes to have Smith said. “I am taking 15 fun.” hours, but three of my classSmith said she applied for es are online, so I’m able

to do that on my own time.

Before the fair started I got really far ahead on a lot of school work, so that, right now, if I work a 13-hour day, I can go home and relax.”

Gary Orosco, the vice president of sponsorships and business development, said Smith’s job gives her a unique view of the fair.

“Physically being here, you have the opportunity to be here as an observer, and you can experience a lot by watching people interact with the event itself,” Orosco said. “She was quite surprised with the level of support families here in Oklahoma have for the state fair.

Orosco said the internship helps her network with community leaders and better understand the benefits for companies to sponsor big events.

“I think it gives her an opportunity to create a broad network for her employment,” Orosco said.

“Many of them are here during the fair and are actively involved and exposing the public to their services. From a marketing

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Public relations senior Amanda Smith stands in front of a Dodge RAM truck on display at the Oklahoma State Fair. Smith recruits sponsors, sells ticket packages to companies and helps plan the fair’s sponsorship and scholarship events.

perspective, it shows her the beneficial aspects of events such as this.”

Smith said the job gives her face time with public relations professionals that she may be able to work with when she graduates.

“I really have had a great opportunity to network with public relations professionals all over Oklahoma City, because I sell tickets to so many companies,” Smith said. “They put a name to

my face, and they know how I work.”

J.Scott Munz, the vice president of marketing and public relations, said the internship will help Smith with her career.

“I’ve always seen our internship program as a stepping stone,” Munz said.

“Having the Oklahoma State Fair on your resume speaks volumes, because people know the Oklahoma State Fair.”

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“Acts of War,” a compilation of three one-act operas, is guaranteed to create a discussion about war and its impact on humanity amongst its audience this weekend.

William Ferrara, the staging director for “Acts of War,” said the production poses a question to audience members, “Are we condemned to repeat the same vicious cycle of war?”

The production was intentionally put together a year ago, with each act approaching war from a different angle.

“The messages sort of speak to each other and interact,” Ferrara said. “We were trying to create a thematic evening, so it isn’t just random.”

Each act is a piece that

isn’t often performed and offers undergraduate students a lot of opportunities. They were specifically chosen because they present an interesting challenge stylistically, Ferrara said.

Though the opera is in English, the atonal, rhythmic style of the first two acts is difficult, said Nathaniel Catasca, a junior vocal performance major and chorus member.

Transitioning into three different characters over a short time has pushed him to grow as an artist, Catasca said.

The first one act, “Comedy on the Bridge,” was written by Czech composer Bohuslav Martin between the two world wars.

The piece portrays five soldiers on a bridge who can’t get off. It is a literal representation of the “stuck” feeling that war creates, Ferrara said.

The second act, “Wound Dresser,” is an opera by John Adams based off Walt Whitman’s poem of the

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Charles Burgess, vocal performance sophomore and Davy Joan Green a second year MFA candidate, play Udolin and Isella in Act Three: Domestic Warfare of University Theatre’s production of Acts of War. The opera runs from Sept. 24-27.

same name.

“The music is so deeply The act tells of Whitman’s moving. We rehearse it evexper iences tending to eryday, but I find it really wounded soldiers in the hard to take,” Ferrera said.

Civil War, Ferrera said.

Ferrera read a great deal

of Whitman’s work and watched PBS documentary “The Civil War” by Ken Burns as preparation for this particular piece, he said.

The final act, “Domestic Warfare,” was written by Franz Schubert and is a light, fluffy comedy based on the Greek play “Lysistrata,” Ferrara said.

It’s a Gilbert and Sullivan type comedy that emphasizes the heightened, “We are going to war, and it’s glorious. Let’s strike down the foe attitude that we just don’t have anymore,” Ferrara said .

The third act was strategically chosen to follow the first two to emphasize how ridiculous war is, Ferrara said.

“It creates such agony, and it destroys cultures. My own feelings toward war are pretty evident in this piece,” Ferrara said.

The cast did research on time periods in which each act takes place and learned to have a mindset that displays an attitude of “this is the last person you may see

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and the last person you may encounter,” Catasca said.

Michael Bailey, a voice junior, plays an enemy solider in “Comedy on the Bridge” and Fredrick in “Domestic Warfare.”

Opera includes themes that are appealing to everyone but can be misunderstood, because it’s viewed as too sophisticated. In reality, opera contains a lot of comedy. This show says a lot about history and paints that on stage, Bailey said.

“Acts of War” contradicts the stereotypical glitz and glamour atmosphere associated with opera, Catasca said.

“I hope audiences think about the content of the opera. This is a political statement. Each act talks about what we can gain by learning about war,” Catasca said.

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