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Monday, Feb. 16, 2009
Sooner schooner sculptures go on sale to benefit general scholarship fund • Nearly 200 bronze schooner pieces available for sale SARAH DREW Contributing Writer The University Development office is selling 24-inch bronze sculptures of the Sooner Schooner and its ponies to raise money for academic and athletic scholarships. This is one effort from OU President David Boren’s Campaign for Scholarships, which has doubled the amount of available scholarships since 2005.
“With support from President Boren, OU artist-in-residence Paul Moore donated his expertise and time to create the sculpture so it could be utilized as a fundraising initiative,” said Jill Hughes, University Development director. With 190 statues available at $7,500 each, the project could raise almost $1.5 million, which will go into the university’s general scholarship fund. The situation is ideal, Hughes said, describing Moore’s talent and the huge gift bearing the iconic OU symbol. The sale of the schooner sculptures follows a similar sale of miniature Seed Sower statues a few years ago, she said. The 12-foot bronze Seed Sower statue stands on all three OU campuses, and Moore decided to donate several minia-
SOONER SCHOONER FACTS • The Schooner has been OU’s official mascot since 1980. • It is pulled around Owen Field at football games by ponies Boomer and Sooner after OU scores. • It is a scaled-down model of the Conestoga wagon form the Land Run of 1889. • The Conestoga wagon measured 21 feet long, 11 feet high and 4 feet wide.
To purchase a Sooner Schooner statue, contact University Development at 325-3701.
POLICE REPORTS Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department and OUPD. The records serve as a record of arrests, not convictions. Those listed are innocent until proven guilty.
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Dustin Wayne Argo, 19, 84th Avenue NE, Thursday Malcolm C. Dillman, 58, Interstate 35 north of Main Street, Friday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance David W. Dulin, 54, Interstate 35 north of Main Street, Friday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance Stanley Allen White, 24, 1200 E Robinson St., Saturday
POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL Cameron Roy Musch, 19, 2808 Frost
Lane, Saturday Travis Colwell Sheperd, 19, 800 W Lindsey St., Friday Kristen Marie Walden, 20, 2657 Classen Blvd., Saturday
PUBLIC INTOXICATION Daniel Robert Duarte, 24, 2200 W Main St., Thursday Chalum Ray Hershey, 19, 2132 W Main St., Thursday Colt Wesley Lemmon, 19, 1319 12th Ave. NE, Thursday Megan Rae Fite, 20, 747 Asp Ave., Saturday, also possession of alcohol
“We wanted to make sure that no qualified, hard-working student is ever turned away from our university because of financial need.” OU President David Boren ture versions of the statue, which were sold to donors for scholarship money. The first statue’s fundraising success prompted University Development’s decision to partner with Moore for a second work of art, Hughes said. “It’s helped my parents out a lot,” said Amanda Truitt, astrophysics sophomore. “Now we only pay a couple thousand a year for out-of-state tuition instead of God knows how much. A lot.” Another scholarship recipient, Spanish sophomore Nicole Massey, said she would not have come to OU if she had not received a scholarship because other schools she had considered were less expensive. Helping students in similar situations is the Campaign for Scholarships and the Sooner Sculpture fundraiser’s goal. “Through the Campaign for Scholarships, we wanted to make sure
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Michael Richard Veloz, 21, 1207 Dakota St., Friday, also failure to carry insurance and no valid driver’s license Kevin Gregory Johnson, 22, East Lindsey Street, Thursday Brandon Micheal Adams, 18, W South Highway 9, Saturday, also possession of marijuana and carry firearms Randy Lynn Nichols, 23, East Robinson Street, Saturday, also driving without a license James Alexander Young, 19, College Avenue, Saturday
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AGGRAVATED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Krysti D. Calton, 35, East Alameda Street, Friday
Tiffany Deann Matkins, 29, 3499 W Main St., Friday Krizia Arre Payne, 28, 3499 W Main St., Friday Vilma Suyapa Fuentes, 35, 2110 24th Ave. NW, Thursday
that no qualified, hard-working student is ever turned away from our university because of financial need,” Boren said at a Board of Regents meeting last June. University Development hopes to raise a large sum of scholarship money depending on how many sculptures are sold, Hughes said. The scholarships will be available through the OU financial aid office. The 24-inch Sooner Schooner sculptures are $7,500 each, and a 48-inch piece is available to corporate donors for $20,000. The schooner symbol was selected for the sculpture because it represents OU’s pioneering spirit and victory, Hughes said. “It’s a way to not only show school spirit, but to also support students,” Hughes said.
Holly Rene Hays, 24, 3499 W Main St., Friday
NUISANCE PARTY John Frederick Hughes, 19, 2808 Frost Lane, Saturday, also possession of alcohol
MUNICIPAL WARRANT Travis Daniel Embry, 26, West Main Street, Thursday Peter Ivan Hess, 21, North Flood Avenue, Thursday Whitney Ann Mahaffay, 32, 201 W Gray St., Friday Barry James Decordova, 50, 120th Avenue NE, Saturday Steven R. Klingler, 26, East Lindsey Street, Saturday Kevin Deshone Miller, 32, Alameda Street, Saturday
COUNTY WARRANT Jerry Martinez Moore, 32, West Main Street, Thursday Robert James Bebout, 24, Lindsey Street, Thursday, also possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of drug paraphernalia Krizia Arre Payne, 28, 201 W Gray St., Thursday Matthew Dewayne Gregson, 26, 3001 Oak Tree Ave., Friday Mason Reed Womack, 25, North Flood Avenue, Friday
TRESPASSING Katie Teresa Ackels, 18; Amy Lynnae Austin, 20; Lanie Marie Bishop, 19; Barrett Alexander Bufkin; Greer Marguerite Colton, 19; John Kevin Driskill, 18; Timothy Craig Endicott, 19; Parker Joseph Fulton, 19; Lauren Elizabeth Oakley, 20; Emily Brook Payne, 20; Trey
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CAMPUS NOTES TODAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host presentations about selecting a major at 12:30 p.m., how to get a job at 2:30 p.m. and an interviewing workshop for journalism majors at 2:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. SCHOOL OF MUSIC The School of Music will present a Sutton Concert Series performance at 8 p.m. in Catlett Music Center.
TUESDAY CAREER SERVICES Career Services will host interviewing workshops for engineering majors at 11 a.m. and for construction science majors at 11:30 a.m. in the union. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Zoological Society will host a meeting at 7 p.m. in Richards Hall. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY The Department of Sociology will host a symposium about aggression in young women at 7:30 p.m. in the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Scott Peck, 18; Tyler Matthew Quance, 19; all 2300 24th Ave. SW, Friday
ASSAULT AND BATTERY Jeffry Michael Bryen, 45, 201 S Creekdale Drive, Thursday Donald F. Gray, 62, 201 S Creekdale Drive, Thursday Cory Michael Behara, 21, 770 Copperfield Drive, Saturday
DISTURBING THE PEACE Cory Lee Stewart, 23, 1876 W Robinson St., Thursday Charles Allen James, 35, 1421 Rebecca Lane, Friday
INDECENT EXPOSURE Ami Lynn Young, 45, 908 E Main St., Friday
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