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HOME SWEET HOME Norman’s Food and Shelter builds new facility

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Cottages supplied by Norman Food and Shelter are decorated with door signs and patio chairs.

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Basketball heads down under

Tour in Australia, New Zealand is home for OU player JADYN WATSON-FISHER @jwatsonfisher

Home, chemistry and work aren’t the words typically used to describe traveling to Australia or New Zealand. For the OU men’s basketball team, and redshirt sophomore forward Matt Freeman, however, that’s exactly how they would describe their upcoming trip.

NCAA rules allow teams to make foreign trips every four years. This will be OU’s fourth time traveling overseas and the second under coach Lon Kruger’s leadership. It’s more than just a time to play basketball and visit sites like the Great Barrier Reef, though.

This is a chance for Freeman to visit his country.

“I get to go home once in May at the end of the school year,” Freeman, an Auckland, New Zealand, native, said.

“It means a lot that I get to go home, not only see some family, but take my (OU)

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Then redshirt freshman Matt Freeman looks to grab a rebound during a game against Northern Colorado Nov. 29.

family here, which is going to be a whole 40 people, and show them where I come from and where I grew up.”

Freeman looks forward to a lot of things this coming August: having his family in the stands when OU takes on New Zealand Select, his mother’s cooking and sharing his birthplace with his fellow Sooners. They’re eager to share in the experience of seeing Auckland, too.

“I’ve played USA Basketball, and I’ve gotten to see a lot of things outside of this country,” incoming freshman Trae Young said.

“But being able to go and see a different country, a different city and be able to see a teammate’s city in New Zealand is going to be something special, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Oklahoma recently announced the three-city, four-game preseason tour through New Zealand and Australia. They’ll face professional teams for which they haven’t watched film or created a scouting report.

“Not having the opportunity to scout makes it even more important to work on what you’re working on and not worry so much about the opponent,” Kruger said.

“Your competition is really that standard that you set for doing as well as you possibly can on each possession of each game. This is a good opportunity to work on that.”

Freeman said the Sooners have high expectations for the year — they hope to earn the Big 12 title and make a run for a national championship — and believes these four games will be a good test to determine where the team stands heading into the fall.

“Since last year, our expectations have just skyrocketed,

and we just have no room for excuses or no room for lack of work ethic,” Freeman said. “These (new) guys have come in and met the expectations how we need them to.

They’ve been pushing us, it’s really good.”

Kruger said the trip should be a “jumpstart” to the season, particularly for the freshmen and transfers.

“Not every team gets to do this,” Young said. “We get to do this and build the chemistry on and off the court. This

is going to help us in the long run when the season starts going — we’re already going to be a step ahead of a lot of teams.”

Jadyn Watson-Fisher jwatsonfisher@ou.edu

GAME SCHEDULE DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

Aug. 5 New Zealand Select Auckland, New Zealand 10:00p.m.

Aug. 9 Sutherland Sharks

Sydney, Australia

4:30a.m.

Aug. 10 Sydney Kings

Sydney, Australia

4:30a.m.

Aug. 13 Cairns Taipans

Cairns, Australia

1:00a.m.

Source: SoonerSports.com

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Sooners up for awards Prestigious watch lists include six OU football players GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia

ERICK WREN NAMED TO RIMINGTON WATCHLIST Oklahoma center Erick Wren was named to the Rimington watchlist May 23, an award given to the top center in all of college football.

A former walk-on for the Sooners, Wren played in 518 snaps during the 2016 season while only giving up one sack on the year. Wren received a scholarship in October prior to the Sooners game against TCU, which also happened to be Wren’s first career start. After being granted an extra year of eligibility in November, Wren will be playing his final season in a Sooners uniform as a redshirt senior.

Since the award’s inception in 2000, six Sooners have been nominated, but Wren would be the first to actually win the award.

BAKER MAYFIELD AND ORLANDO BROWN MAKE MAXWELL WATCH LIST S o o n e r s q u a r t e r b a ck Baker Mayfield and left tackle Orlando Brown both made the Maxwell watch list, an award given to the best all-around college football player. Mayfield and Brown join 83 other candidates for the award, which was announced Monday.

JORDAN THOMAS AND OGBONNIA OKORONKWO NAMED TO BEDNARIK WATCH LIST

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OU football helmets on the field at the 2017 spring game.

Big 12 Media Days schedule released OU, other schools in conference to speak on radio, TV GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia

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Baker Mayfield scrambles against Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Mayfield is on the Maxwell watch-

Oklahoma cornerback Jordan Thomas and linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo named to the Bednarik watch list, the award given to the best allaround defensive player.

The list was announced Monday. Now in their senior campaigns, Thomas and Okoronkwo have made their impact on the Sooners’ program.

NICK BASQUINE NOMINATED FOR ALLSTATE GOOD WORKS TEAM Sooners wide receiver Nick Basquine has been chosen as one of 146 nominees

for the 2017 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

This award is given to “college football players who dedicate their time to bettering the community and the lives of others,” according to the website.

The team will be made up of 22 players, which will be voted on by college football media members and former Good Works Team members.

MARK ANDREWS MAKES MACKEY WATCH LIST Oklahoma tight end Mark A n d re w s ha s ma d e t h e

Mackey watch list, an award given to the top tight end in college football. The award was announced Tuesday.

Andrews has been an integral part of the Sooners offense the past two seasons, and will likely be one of Mayfield’s favorite targets this upcoming season.

L a s t y e a r, A n d r e w s hauled totaled 489 yards and seven touchdowns, earning him an All-Big 12 first-team selection.

George Stoia

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The schedule for Big 12 Media Days was released Thursday, with Oklahoma set to participate on Monday, July 17.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield, left tackle Orlando Brown, linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, safety Steven Parker and coach Lincoln Riley will represent the Sooners.

They will start on Live Radio at 10 a.m. and will later move to ESPN at 11:15 a.m. At 12:25 p.m. they will have their main press conference, and then end the day on the L o n g h o r n Ne t w o rk a t 2:10 p.m.

George Stoia

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BIG 12 PRESS CONFERENCES Monday, July 17 TCU: 10:05 a.m.

Kansas: 10:40 a.m.

Texas Tech: 11:15 a.m.

Iowa State: 11:50 a.m.

Tuesday, July 18 Texas: 10:05 a.m.

West Virginia: 10:40 a.m.

Baylor: 11:15 a.m.

Kansas State: 11:50 a.m.

Oklahoma State: 12:25 p.m.

Source: Big12Sports.com

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COTTAGE RESIDENT PROFILES:

COTTAGES SERVE AS FRESH START New Food and Shelter facility brings hope to Norman’s homeless

STATISTICS ON HOMELESNESS IN OKLAHOMA: TOTAL HOMELESSNESS:

4,107 (0.75

STORIES BY KELLI STACY • @ASTACYKELLI PHOTOS BY SHANE BYLER • @SLBYLER

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orman Food and Shelter is opening its new facility just off of Main Street on Reed Avenue in July.

The new facility, McKown Village, is part of the shelter’s efforts to fight homelessness in Norman.

The facility will have an office center, day shelter, soup kitchen and 32 cottages, according to Norman Food and Shelter’s website.

The cottages range from 285 square feet to a little over 600 square feet, and will house 16 individuals and 16 families, according to April Heiple, Norman Food and Shelter executive director.

“Individuals and families come to Food and Shelter to receive an assessment which will help us determine what type of housing is best for them,” Heiple said in an email to The Daily. “If it is determined they need long-term supportive housing, we begin the process to determine if we have a suitable cottage for them or if they need another solution.”

Tenants of the cottages must adhere to a specific program designed to fit their best interest while living in the cottages, Heiple said. Heiple said violence, alcohol and drug use are also prohibited.

“They’ve gone out of their way for me. They actually believe in people and have hope for them.”

GABRIEL GIVENS, COTTAGE RESIDENT

Norman Food and Shelter opened in 1983, serving lunch once a week, according to its site. Now a fully operational soup k i t c h e n a n d s h e l t e r, i t serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week, averaging 250 meals a day, according to its site.

With tw o facilities in Norman, Food and Shelter will be able to help more

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people, Heiple said.

Currently, the shelter serves hundreds of people on a weekly basis, Heiple said. “ Th ou g h t h e nu mb e r on the streets and in shelters is significant, it is one solution for a big group of people and we continue to work on solutions for those other friends who need a place to live,” Heiple said in an email.

One of 16 individuals moving into the cottages, Gabriel Givens said being off the streets will help him build toward change.

“They’re getting this new Food and Shelter place, and tomorrow I get my keys to my little cottage that they’re helping me get,” Givens said. “They’ve gone out of their way for me.

They actually believe in people and have hope for them. You know you can’t save everybody, but they try to help you make a positive change.”

Kelli Stacy

kelliastacy@ou.edu

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TOTAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENING HOMELESSNESS:

360

VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS:

358

UNACCOMPANIED YOUNG ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS (18-24 YEAR OLDS):

371

Source: United States Interagency on Homelessness (2016)

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Cottages supplied by Norman Food and Shelter are decorated with door signs, patio chairs and bicycles.

ARTURO GREEN Arturo Green is done selling drugs. Recently out of prison, with a potential job lined up and a cottage reserved for him at McKown Village, he’s giving up his old life.

“About a year or so it was fun, you know what I’m saying, but when I got arrested it wasn’t no fun no more,” Green said.

Green, 47, said he started dealing drugs after he became homeless in 2011.

Green said the mother of two of his children cheated on him and decided to leave him and take the kids. “ I g o t d e p re s s e d b e cause I wanted my kids,” Green said. “She left and she kept calling me, asking me what I’m doing, and she wanted to argue all the time, so I decided ‘You know what? I’m going to become homeless so she can’t find me and can’t call me.’”

After he became homeless, Green said he was approached by a woman who offered to help him get started dealing drugs.

Green said she told him he could live house to house and never be homeless again, so he accepted.

“Everything was working

out fine, and I was making money and living house to house like she said,” Green said. “What I failed to realize is that every house I went to the police were watching, because I was new at the game.”

In 2013, Green was convicted of possession of a controlled dangerous substance — a felony. In 2016, he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute — another felony.

Now released from prison, Green has no intention of going back to his former ways.

“I could go back to Texas and live a really large life, but I want to do it on my own.”

ARTURO GREEN, COTTAGE RESIDENT

“I’m done with selling dope and messing with it. I don’t mess with it no m o re,” h e s a i d . “ I m ay drink a beer here and there, but other than that I don’t like drinking. I’m looking for a job now, and I’m pretty sure I got one working at Cheddar’s.”

The easiest way for

Green to resist his old habits is by being a loner.

“If I don’t keep to myself, I’ll end up going back on drugs or drinking,” Green said.

Green has six children — none of whom he is able to see — and no family in Norman. Living a life of isolation, his best days are when Lions Park shows movies.

“O n a g o o d day, the y show movies down here at the Lions Park and you get to go down and sit out on the grass and watch movies and relax,” Green said.

“That’s a good day for me.

But around here, it’s crazy.

We’ve got people fighting all the time. We’ve got alcoholics everywhere that like to drink all the time. I don’t discriminate. I’ll sit down and talk with them, but when arguments and fights start I’ve got to move around.

Soon to be off the streets, Green’s next challenge will be holding down a job and staying clean. He said his first goal is to save enough money to pay his fines, which he’s determined to do by himself.

“My family’s in Texas,” he said. “I could go back to Texas and live a really large life, but I want to do it on my own.”

DETAILS ABOUT THE COTTAGES: • 32 cottages • 285 square feet to a little over 600 square feet • 16 individuals and 16 families Source: April Heiple, Executive director of Norman Food and Sheter

GABRIEL GIVENS Gabriel Givens motioned to the water bottle sitting beside him: “I ain’t going to lie, that’s not water,” he said.

An admitted alcoholic with a history of domestic abuse charges, Givens was homeless before moving into his new home at McKown Villages.

“I am an alcoholic. I do drink all the time,” Givens said. “But people like April tell me being out on the streets makes it hard to make positive changes because you’re never going to be away from it, but if you have a place over your head, then you can start building toward change.

They’ve helped me a lot, and not just with housing, but they encourage you. It’s not that they just say ‘Go do this.’ They’re willing to stop and listen to you, and they have nothing negative to say, and that’s not part of the job description.”

Givens said he became homeless around 2013 when he moved from Okmulgee, O k l a h o ma, t o Tu l s a, Oklahoma. He was homeless for roughly five months before finding a place to live in Tulsa, but then lost his apartment and moved to Norman, Givens said. This is the same year a protective order was issued against Givens in

Tulsa County.

Being homeless in Norman is a lot different than being homeless in Tulsa, Givens said.

“The people are a different breed,” Givens said. “You don’t have to be tough, but it’s inside you. Sometimes you have to be like an animal. Down here I guess I just kind of feel half-ass human.

You still don’t fully feel like that because you have to sleep on the ground. It’s a lot different. There are a lot of people here that are going to be out here forever. I can’t be like that.”

Givens moved to Norman i n 2 0 1 4 , aw a re t hat h e would be homeless. He was charged with public drunkenness or intoxication five times between 2014 and 2015 in Cleveland County.

In the same span he was charged with assault and battery — a felony — three times, sending him to prison in September 2015.

“This year in April, I was released and the thing is, is that it’s a lifestyle,” Givens said of homelessness. “It’s something you have to become accustomed to. It’s part of your life being out here, and you know, it’s different.

It’s tough and all that. But this place right here, I always kept in touch with someone here, so when I got out, they helped me.”

Givens is currently unemployed because he’s using money reserved from before he went to prison, which his case manager handles for him, he said.

“When I first got out that was one thing I was going to do,” Givens said. “I was going to get a job, and do this and do that, but it’s easy to fall back into your old crowd and old ways. So what they’re

doing now is helping me to where I can make some kind of positive change. That’s something I’m thankful for because when I was here before I went to prison, a lot of these people didn’t care for me because I was mean.

Whenever I got out there was a lot of things I changed.”

Now released from prison, Givens’ normal day starts around 6:30 a.m., he said.

“You’ve got to get up early because usually you sleep somewhere, and people work there,” Givens said.

Most p e ople who are served by Norman Food and Shelter try to make it there by 10 a.m. to get in line for lunch, which is served at 11 a.m., according to Givens. He said once the shelter closes for the evening, free time is spent with whatever habit you have.

“When they open up the liquor store, I’m there. I’ve got a habit,” Givens said. “You’ve got a habit, and you’ve got to feed it. I don’t know, it just makes it a lot easier to function and to deal with the people out here.”

Despite his state of homelessness, alcoholism and history of violence, Givens keeps a positive outlook. This is due in part to the people of Norman Food and Shelter and the help they’ve given him, he said.

“If you think bad all the time, it’s going to be bad,” Givens said. “I put myself here. Nobody else did. If I was 16 years old, I would blame my parents, but I’m about 40 years old. If you’re angry, you know things are tough, but if you’re negative then nothing good will happen.”

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Custodians react to new hours

Overnight shifts may negatively impact OU staff LAUREN OWEN

@LaurenOwen_97

EMILY MCPHERSON @emcphersonok

Editor’s note: The custodians’ names in this story have been changed to protect their identities.

Work hours for the OU custodial staff are changing at the end of the summer in hopes of improving the cleanliness of spaces on campus. Many custodians, however, are concerned about what these new hours will mean for them.

Matthew Rom, managerial associate of OU Custodial Services, said the primary cleaning shift currently occurs from 4:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Problems have arisen with this time because it is difficult to clean any part of a building without disturbing students and staff after the first students of the day arrived at 8 a.m. — requiring the custodians to do the majority of their work in just four hours.

“Classrooms weren’t getting the attention they needed,” Rom said in an email to The Daily.

Places with a higher traffic of students and staff, such as Dale Hall and the Physical Sciences Center, were often left with dirty bathrooms during the old shift times.

Custodial Services decided a change to an 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift would allow for a full eight hours of cleaning time to improve quality.

“Our new shift pattern will allow the department

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A custodian’s cleaning cart rests in a hallway of Copeland Hall around midnight July 11.

to maintain these spaces 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, providing an enhancement of our current services,” Rom said.

According to Ashley Schmidt, an OU custodian, many night classes don’t get out until 9 p.m., making it difficult for custodians to clean classrooms while students are still in the building.

“I think (the new hours are) going to help a lot,” Schmidt said. “There’s not going to be as many people in the building, and I think it’s going to be better productivity.”

This was not a sudden decision based on budget cuts or any kind of pressure, Rom said. Instead, Custodial Services, Housing and Food and director of Facilities Management Brian Ellis examined the current system and decided a change was in order. “ The change in shifts within Custodial and

Housekeeping services will ultimately help the department increase our cleaning quality and reduce a gap in services currently experienced each afternoon,” Rom said in the email.

They decided summer would be the best time to implement this new system because less students are on campus than during the fall and spring semesters. This allows custodians and supervisors to figure out what works and what doesn’t without disturbing classes.

Madeline Hicks, another OU custodian, said the change will affect many workers’ lives.

“We’ve got to change our whole lives now just because they changed the schedule,” Hicks said. “The reason why I wanted this job was because it was 4 in the morning — I’m a morning person.

Now I have to change into night shifts, and it’s going to be hard.”

Hicks said the new hours are creating a conflict between work and family obligations for many custodians, although that isn’t directly affecting her, since she has a daughter about to graduate. However, despite there being an option to request a time change, the new shift is still bringing difficulties.

“We’ll see how it goes, and then if it doesn’t work out, I’ll just have to look for another job,” Hicks said. “I hear that from a lot of people, too.”

Rom said they are working with the custodial staff to try and accommodate those who have conflicts.

Rom said that workers submitted their requests that will then be reviewed, so as to help everyone as resources allow.

Even custodians without family obligations are voicing their concerns with this change. Paul Clark, a

custodian said if the shift changes are permanent, he would consider transferring to the football stadium or the Sam Noble Museum, where he believes the hours are better.

“If (the hours) do change, I’d probably find a different job that’s on the OU campus so I can still have the same benefits,” Clark said.

Some custodians, however, are happy about the hours changing. Schmidt normally goes to bed around 8:30 in the morning and wakes up around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. When the changes take effect, her new schedule will give her more time to herself and match up more closely with her son’s work schedule.

“Now, I can stay up later if I’ve got to get things done, then I can lay down even in the evening time,” Schmidt said. “I get to have more family time. They’re

sleeping; I’ll be working.”

Schmidt has cleaned her building for seven years.

Before coming to OU, she worked as a custodian for other schools and businesses in Oklahoma.

“I’ve done this type of work ever since ... high school,” Schmidt said. “My plan is to retire from (OU).

I only have a few more years until I retire, so that’s why I’m staying here.”

Schmidt said the hours will be an adjustment for the whole custodial staff, but once everyone gets used to the change, it will be all right.

“It’s life. Things change,” she said. “You have to deal with it and go with it.”

Lauren Owen

lauren.d.owen-1@ou.edu Emily McPherson emilymcpherson@ou.edu

King Kopy rent lawsuit dropped Case settled out of court, cannot be reopened later JADYN WATSON-FISHER @jwatsonfisher

Asp Street Investments dropped its lawsuit against King Kopy on July 5.

The suit filed on June 22 alleged King Kopy owner Aisha Ali owed $63,000 in late rent, interest and fees.

Ali was also presented with a restraining order on June 23 prohibiting her or any

employees from removing property from the business.

Asp Street Investors and Ali were scheduled to meet Wednesday to allow Ali to explain why the restraining order should be revoked.

The parties settled out of court, and according to Oklahoma court records, Asp Street Investments filed a dismissal with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be reopened.

Jadyn Watson-Fisher jwatsonfisher@ou.edu

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PRIVATE BEDROOMS & BATHROOMS

3,234 SQ FT, STATE-OF-THE-ART FITNESS CENTER STRENGTH EQUIPMENT, CARDIO MACHINES & FREE WEIGHTS SWIMMING POOL WITH HOT TUB AND SUN DECK

ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER WITH iMACS & FREE PRINTING

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MACBOOK PRO Prizes, amenities & utilities included are subject to change. Actual prize may vary. While supplies last. Square footage &/or dimensions are approximations & may vary. See office for details.