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WEathering the storm Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, OSU defensive tackle Vincent Taylor reflects on the catastrophe that took his family from the only home it had ever known and how it led him to Stillwater. O c o l ly. c o m september 2, 2015

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Vincent Taylor stood looking at the barrel of a gun. A New Orleans police officer brandished the weapon at Taylor, then a 10-year-old boy. He had seen Taylor reach for a pair of tennis shoes lying on the pavement. Taylor and his family had just lost everything they had in Hurricane Katrina. Taylor grabbed the shoes in an act of desperation. “Officer, that’s my son,” Taylor’s father, Victor Sr., begged. “Please, don’t shoot him.” Crime was rampant in the aftermath of the storm. All around them, people were breaking into stores and stealing, shooting at each other, vandalizing the city. The police officer lowered his gun. It was the second time Vincent came close to death in just a few hours. Once again, he had survived.

This weekend marked 10 years since Katrina took away the Taylors’ home. Before the storm, life was pretty ordinary for Vincent, now a defensive tackle at Oklahoma State. He shared a room with his older brother, Victor Jr., growing up in the family’s home in New Orleans. The two developed a competitive nature by playing video games with each other. It became a back-andforth battle to see who was king of the house. If Vincent would win one, Victor Jr. would be sure to get his revenge. “Me and my brother, we didn’t want for nothing in New Orleans,” Vincent said. “We just kind of had it made. …Then, just growing up and playing football, I kind of stayed out of trouble. Everything was pretty good. Even though I was young at the time, I remember a lot of things.” When the family first heard the warnings about Katrina, they weren’t worried. They were sure the storm would soon head in another direction, like the ones before it. It was a Saturday morning and Victor Sr. had just taken his wife, Angela, to work at the DoubleTree hotel in New Orleans. He returned home and went to lie in bed with his sons. He turned on the TV

lobby of the hotel.” The Taylors were on the 10th floor of the building. Still, they saw a sign from a Popeyes Chicken restaurant fly by the window. “At that point, I knew that it was serious,” Victor Sr. said. “Right next door to the hotel was construction. There was a construction crane that fell down and landed in the pool at the hotel we was at.”

Escaping the nightmare

Courtesy of victor taylor Vincent Taylor (middle) and his family left New Orleans about a week after Hurricane Katrina hit to find a new home in San Antonio.

and saw New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin saying that everyone in the city needed to evacuate as soon as possible. Victor Sr. knew then the threats were serious. He immediately grabbed his sons and went to the hotel where Angela worked. The family stayed and waited. Vincent, his father and his uncle were walking down Bourbon Street on their way back to the hotel before the first levee broke. A woman came scrambling down the sidewalk screaming, “The water is coming! The water is

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coming!” The three scurried back to the hotel where it was a mad dash to get to the top floor. When the first levee broke, Victor Sr., his brother and his sons started pushing elderly people in wheelchairs from the lobby of the hotel to the 12th floor to prevent them from drowning. “We saved so many older people’s lives by getting them to the higher floor,” Victor Sr. said. “It had gotten to a point where my kids were getting scared because the water came all the way to the

The Taylors stayed for about a week after the hurricane hit. What took place after was in many ways worse than the storm itself. Images from those days are forever branded into Vincent’s mind. Bodies floating in the water or stacked on top of one another, children being raped, people struggling to find food and water. “It was like a nightmare,” Vincent said. “Just knowing that you’ve been in a hotel when you know you should have left. Listening to the news saying you need to evacuate but you taking your own thought thinking Katrina isn’t going to hit. You try to ride it out, making a big mistake. It was a force to see. I didn’t think any parent would want their child to experience something like that.” Victor Sr. had seen enough. He had story continues on page 3

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watched the only city he lived in be torn to shreds. The ruins were not a place he wanted his family to be. He feared for their lives and knew they needed to leave. But he didn’t have much gas in his car. He wasn’t sure of how far he would be able to get. One of his wife’s coworkers had a gas can. Victor Sr. estimates that in that can was about $5 worth of gas. He put that gas in his blue Oldsmobile and started driving. It took him all the way to Lafayette, Louisiana, a two-hour drive from New Orleans. He was able to fill up his car at a gas station there and continue driving down Highway 90. His intention was to get to New York. But he had no idea which direction to go. “I hadn’t ever left the city of New Orleans, the state of Louisiana,” he said. After hours of driving, the family was tired and famished. They stopped at a McDonald’s to get some food. Victor Sr. asked an employee where they were, only to find out they were in Sealy, Texas. They had already passed Houston, and the next major city was San Antonio. Victor Sr. decided that instead of turning around and heading east, he would drive his family the remaining way to San Antonio.

A new home

The Taylors arrived in San

Antonio the day before Labor Day, six days after the hurricane hit. They went to Kelly Air Force Base, where people had assembled to extend their homes to victims of the hurricane. It was there the Taylors would meet the couple whose home they would spend the next few months in. Bernard and Rolanda Crosby would offer their four-bedroom home to 30 people who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The Taylors slept on the floor of the house’s den. The Crosbys hung sheets in each room from one wall to the next to give families some sense of privacy. They invited the families to church with them and helped them look for jobs until they could get back on their feet and find new homes. The next morning, the Taylors went shopping. They had been without clean clothes for more than a week, and Victor Sr. especially was having trouble finding apparel that fit his 6-foot-7 frame. As he perused shirts and pants at the Salvation Army, one thing stuck out to him about his surroundings. He saw interracial couples. A white man with a black woman. A Hispanic man with a white woman. It was shocking to him, but comforting. “We come from a city that didn’t do interracial,” Victor Sr. said. “If you was black, you were in a black community. If you was white, you lived in a white community. But man, I tell you,

to come to San Antonio where blacks, whites, Mexicans and Chinese are interacting among each other sitting at each other’s tables, sitting at each other’s house? That was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen with my eyes. “It wasn’t something that we were used to. That wasn’t something that was tolerated in the city of New Orleans.” He knew then that though they had a long way to go, San Antonio would be a good environment for him to raise his kids.

Struggling to settle

Things didn’t go so smoothly at first. Vincent had to miss a year of school because he had no birth certificate to prove he was who he claimed to be. When he finally was able to get enrolled, he did so at Woodlake Hills Middle School. But he was a year behind in school and knew no one. Every day when Vincent was dropped off at school, there would be a gang of boys waiting to fight him. It was a poor decision on their part because, being significantly larger than them, Vincent would fight them off as if they were annoying gnats. But it was always he who was sent home. At home, Vincent loved to laugh, joke and play with his family. “This ain’t recess because I don’t play,” he would always say after beating his brother, dad or uncle in a video game or friendly

O’colly FILE PHOTO Vincent Taylor played in 10 games for the Cowboys and recorded 13 tackles last year. Taylor is set to start at defensive tackle this season.

game of football or basketball. Being sent home from school became a pattern. Vincent would go to school, get sent home, spend about three days in alternative school, go back to school and before his father could even get home, he was being called to pick Vincent up again. It was a bad period for Vincent, first losing his home and now struggling to find a new one. “I regret the day that my son had to experience all that he experienced because it was very devastating for him,” Victor Sr.

said. “But because of me being in his life and being by his side to talking him through and be there every step of the way, it was a hurdle that we was able to get over.” Once Vincent reached high school, things began to turn around. He enrolled at James Madison High School and joined the football team. By his sophomore year, he was playing varsity. He had gained friends and was no longer getting into story continues on page 5

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Cowboys ready for season opener quarterback Cooper Rush. As a sophomore, Rush threw for 3,157 yards and 27 touchdowns last year. Rush is one of seven returning offensive starters for the Chippewas. “We look at the weapons that (CMU) has on offense,” OSU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. “It starts off with that quarterback. Cooper’s a playmaker. As a defensive coach, when you see guys that can create something when things break down, that’s when you really get nervous. You might do everything right, then you have a guy that creates. He’s a guy that does that.” Rush will be one of few familiar faces in the CMU football program. The Chippewas underwent a coaching transformation during the offseason, including new head coach John Bonamego. “There’s a lot of uncertainty,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “We don’t have any tape when you change staffs like they have.” One thing is certain for OSU: who will be taking

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the snaps to begin the season. Mason Rudolph will take the field as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback after an offseason full of hype. The start will be the

fourth of Rudolph’s young career — all have come away from Boone Pickens Stadium. 2015 will be the third straight season that the

Cowboys will kick off the year away from Stillwater. The Cowboys opened the previous two seasons at neutral sites against Mississippi State and Florida State. Last year’s opening loss to the Seminoles at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, snapped a sixgame win streak in season openers for OSU. Rudolph said he isn’t worried about starting the season on the road. “I’m playing for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and it really doesn’t matter where it is,” Rudolph said. “Actually, I’m excited about playing on the road. It’s gonna be a great environment. I’ve never been to Michigan, so it’ll be interesting. It doesn’t really faze me. I don’t think it fazes this team either.” OSU hasn’t seen the field since Jan. 2 in a 30-22 victory over Washington in the TicketCity Cactus Bowl. The eight-month offseason has the Cowboys feeling antsy to strap on the helmets again Thursday night. “It’s been slow for me,” linebacker Ryan Simmons

said. “I’m ready to play. I’m tired of seeing these guys out here (at practice). “Guys are hungry. I know I said it last year, but it’s different. ... Now, they know what they need to do and they’re just flat out trying to compete. We all know how we finished, and we think it’s gonna push us into the season, and we should be expecting great things out of each other.” sports@ocolly.com

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fights. He was able to channel all the anger and frustration he felt about the storm and the events that followed into passion and aggression on the football field. Because of that, he became a standout on the team. He was never sent home for fighting during his four years in high school, Victor said. During his sophomore season, ESPN came to town to film the game between Madison and Cibolo-Steele High School. The game pitted highly touted running backs Malcolm Brown (Steele) and Aaron Green (Madison) against each other. It was a turning point in Vincent’s football life. His recruitment picked up after that game. He later committed to OSU.

A lot to prove

Vincent received minimal

playing time last year as a redshirt freshman. He played in 10 games for the Cowboys and recorded 13 tackles. With the graduation of starting tackles James Castleman and Ofa Hautau and an injury to Vili Leveni this offseason, Vincent is set to start at defensive tackle this season. He knows that he still has a lot to prove. “It was just something that I’ve always been waiting for,” he said. “Just to play in front of a big crowd, be named a starter, and just go out there and make plays. I think that’s a great feeling knowing that your family is in the stands, you’re making them proud, making yourself proud. It’s just a great experience.” It’s amazing how time can change one’s perspective on things. As much as Victor Sr. and Vincent felt angry, frustrated

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and sad when Katrina hit, they now express acceptance of the storm. Ten years later, when Victor Sr. thinks about how far his son has come, he has to wonder how much of his success is because of Katrina. “If that hurricane wouldn’t have hit, do we know if Vincent would have been at Oklahoma State?” Victor Sr. said. “Do we know if our lives would be as good as they are today? We would never know. But we know now because the hurricane hit.”

Lessons learned

Katrina taught the Taylor family to be thankful for what they had. Not to focus on materialistic items. To persevere. Whenever an obstacle presents itself in their lives, they are reminded of the greatest barrier they’ve overcome. By playing football, both of Victor Sr.’s sons were able to

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earn scholarships. Victor Jr. played defensive end for HardinSimmons University in Abilene, Texas. He now plays semi-pro football in San Antonio. They were able to get a better education than they would have in New Orleans. They diversified their friend groups. This doesn’t mean Victor Sr. doesn’t miss his home, but he is able to see how the hurricane has bettered his life in many ways. They try to keep the haunting memories out of their minds. To dwell on them would be like living the days all over again. By now, they have adjusted. There is no reason to go back. But Katrina is at the same time a part of who they are. It’s woven into their identity. They won’t forget where they came from. “You have to know that you’ve been through that,” Victor Sr. said. “You learned from that and you’re moving on from that. You

don’t look back. You never forget that you’ve seen dead bodies floating in the water. You’ve seen cars being set on fire. People vandalizing, shooting each other. “The National Guard riding around with AK47s and tanks. You’re walking around in water waist-deep. You experienced that. When they show it on TV and they talk about it, you know it. You was there hands-on. But God saw fit for us to be there to experience it, to not get hurt, not lose our lives.” Vincent, too, sees the good that came from the storm. “It taught me a huge lesson just knowing that I could have been dead and gone,” he said. “But just having faith, it got me where I am today. Going through Katrina and just seeing what was going on around me taught me a huge lesson.” SPORTS@ocolly.com

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Hilbert wants Res-Life communications task force, new cabinet position to reach on-campus students

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Student Government Association is strengthening its bond with residential life. A large number of students live in residence halls and their interest in SGA has steadily declined. SGA President Kyle Hilbert is taking action. Hilbert’s first act as president is calling for a task force of SGA members to find better ways to communicate with residence hall students, including a new specialized communications position in his cabinet. The task force will include members from the

legislative and executive branches, and SGA Chief of Staff Mason Taylor will serve as the task force chairman. SGA Sen. Andrew Steadley, chairman of the Committee on Student Organizations, said there is a real need to increase Res-Life involvement with the task force. “In the past, the residence halls have not been communicated with by SGA on a regular basis,” Steadley said. “We’ve lost voters every year, and the numbers keep going down. We’ve also lost touch with the residents who we claim to represent, and who actually make up a big part of the representation in SGA.” Hilbert lived in Kerr Hall his freshman year and knows about the lack of communication from SGA and other organizations from experience. Hilbert said the new position isn’t only for student involvement, but also serves to help students individually.

“Research shows that students who get engaged on campus and find a community of individuals that they identify with are more likely to graduate,” Hilbert said. “This is why I am so passionate about improving communications with students. It truly can make a difference in someone’s college experience and ultimately, their life.” Hilbert’s choice for the position comes from a similar background. Corby Covalt, a political science sophomore, also spent his freshman year in Kerr Hall. Covalt said communicating opportunities to Res-Life students is a large part of the plan to increase involvement. “The students on campus need to realize just how SGA is here for them in so many ways,” Covalt said. Covalt said he hopes to see greater participation in SGA in all aspects including voting, attendance at senate meetings and

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SGA President Kyle Hilbert said there is a lack of communication between SGA and ResLife, but a new task force aimed at engaging on-campus students could change that.

special events. Hilbert said he is confident about the future of the task force with Covalt as a part of his cabinet, and he hopes students become more aware of opportunities with SGA and other student organizations. The task force has to

pass senate approval at Wednesday night’s meeting, with Covalt’s position needing approval the following week. Covalt said the perception of SGA among ResLife students is lackluster, but he has big plans to change that. “There is a general air

of apathy for SGA in ResLife,” Covalt said. “I hope to address that by informing students on campus of everything SGA has available for them and then by inspiring the students to take advantage of what SGA has to offer.” news@ocolly.com

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On-campus dining only a few taps away

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Every weekday during the lunch rush, students flood campus restaurants.

University Dining Services might have found a way for students to avoid the lines. Tapingo, a free app available for Apple and Android, is designed with hungry college students in mind. The app, which other colleges and universities use, launched at the Oklahoma State campus on Monday. The goal of the app is for students to avoid waiting in long lines, said Nic Johnson, marketing coordina-

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tor for University Dining Services. “With the volume of students, there’s always going to be lines on campus,” Johnson said. “With Tapingo, there’s no waiting.” The app works like this: After downloading the app on any device, students can create an account with their OSU email and OKey password. Any meal plan and bursar account will automatically load, and all participating dining locations will become available. The next step is to browse the menus of these locations and place an order. Once an order is ready, Tapingo sends a text or email notification to the user, who can pick it up right away instead of waiting in line at the restaurant. The app also tells users the estimated wait time for their orders to be complete. This gives them an idea of how much time they have before they need to leave to pick up their food. “You can order it when you’re sitting in class or at the gym or laying in bed sleeping in,” Johnson said. Caribou Coffee, Jamba Juice, Johnny Rockets and Bread & Beyond Deli offer the service at the Student Union. Adams Market, Linguetti’s and Service Station also take Tapingo orders. Jason Korstjens, a Johnny Rockets manager, has a different perspective on the app. The estimated wait times are not accurate be-

cause they are pre-set rather than being determined by restaurant employees, Korstjens said. This can cause Tapingo customers who walk in during a lunch rush to expect their orders to be ready when the employees haven’t finished them yet. “It’s supposed to be for customer satisfaction, being able to come in and just get your food,” Korstjens said. “The only downside to this is if it’s busy and people order and they expect it (to be) faster, then they’re kind of disappointed that they have to wait longer.” Although it may be dif-

ficult for workers to juggle both in-store and Tapingo orders, they will soon be able to adjust the wait times on the app, Korstjens said. Campus restaurants are receiving equipment to help them enter in more realistic wait times, so customers can get an accurate idea of when their food will be ready. Chad La Tourette, a campus representative for Tapingo, said the app isn’t meant to help users cut in line, but rather avoid the lines. Instead of placing an order and waiting around at the venue, customers can order from anywhere and arrive when the restaurant

is able to have it ready. “Tapingo orders also go into the operational flow of the restaurant,” La Tourette said. “You are not skipping the entire line, per se.” Regardless of any adjustments yet to be made, Tapingo has had hundreds of downloads at OSU. With about 600 users signing up on Monday alone, OSU has set a new Tapingo record for downloads in one day. “It’s one of the greatest reactions we’ve ever seen to the app,” La Tourette said. “We’re excited to get things started.” news@ocolly.com

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Notes from the O’Colly crime desk

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WARRANTS ISSUSED FOR FIVE REPORTED MARIJUANA DEALERS Payne County Court has charged five people with unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous

substance after an undercover investigation by Oklahoma State University police. On Aug. 21, Payne County Court issued arrest warrants for Justin James Jordan, Matthew Bradley Powers, Noah Gray Deslatte, Madelyn Suzanne Freedman and Cassidy Renee Ramsey. As of Sept. 1, none of the defendants had been arrested. Jordan, 19, reportedly sold $80 worth of marijuana to plainclothes officers in the Stinchcomb Hall parking lot on two occasions in November,

according to the affidavit. Jordan is a former resident of Stinchcomb Hall, according to court documents. Jordan is charged with two felony counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance. His bond is set at $10,000. Jordan is not listed as a student in the OSU directory. Powers, 20, is charged with one felony count of unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance after reportedly delivering more than 4 grams of marijuana for $60 to a confidential informant on two occasions,

according to the affidavits. Powers’ bond is set at $10,000. Deslatte, 18, reportedly sold $60 of marijuana to a plainclothes officer from his former residence in Kerr Hall in October, according to the affidavit. Deslatte also reportedly sold $40 of marijuana to a confidential informant in September 2014. He is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance, a felony, and his bond is set at $10,000. Deslatte is not listed as a student in the OSU directory.

Freedman, a 19-yearold OSU student, is charged with one felony count of unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance after reportedly selling marijuana for $60 to a plainclothes officer in her car outside of Jones Hall on Nov. 6, according to the affidavit. Freedman’s bond is set at $5,000.

confidential informant’s residence in Young Hall. On Jan. 26, she reportedly sold 4.4 grams of marijuana for $60 at The Reserve on Perkins apartment complex. Ramsey is charged with two felony counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled dangerous substance. Her bond is set at $10,000.

Ramsey, 20, is accused of delivering marijuana to an undercover police officer on two occasions, according to the affidavits. On Dec. 14, Ramsey reportedly sold 3.4 grams of marijuana for $60 at a

If convicted, the individuals could face a maximum sentence of life in prison and maximum fine of $20,000 or both for each count.

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Stillwater gains another late-night eatery

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The Garage is bringing burgers, drinks and games to Stillwater on Sept. 23. The restaurant’s doors will open at 520 W. Elm Ave., across from Eskimo Joes. Brandon Kistler, managing partner, said The Garage offers a variety of burgers and tacos made from bison, angus beef or turkey meat. “The Garage is a fast, casual burger bar,” Kistler said. “We have all kinds of different crazy styles and options, and we also have some really good foot-long hot dogs and fresh, handcut fries.” Customers order at the counter and have a seat while they wait for their food. The restaurant will offer 19 specialty hamburgers, six tacos, four foot-long hot dogs, six sandwiches, and a variety of appetizers and salads. The Garage’s burger prices range from $4.99 to $6.99, and the most expensive side is $2.99.

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The Garage opens in Stillwater on Sept. 23. The restaurant will offer burgers, hot dogs and tacos and a full bar.

Kistler said The Garage never uses frozen beef, and utilizes a full bar to offer signature cocktails and craft beers. The restaurant will be open 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. The Garage offers a latenight menu, which includes 28 options, starting an hour before close each day. “The fried-onion burger with bison meat is a classic that I always get,” Kistler said. “The Mexicali dog is also great.” The Garage will also feature plenty of TVs so customers can watch their favorite sports while they eat. The Garage has seven locations in Oklahoma and Arkansas, that normally host free bingo and give

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prizes to the winners on Thursday nights. “Bingo night will start happening (in Stillwater) probably after we’ve been open a few months when we know what we’re doing,” Kistler said. The Garage is a part of the Hal Smith Restaurant Group that operates several franchises, such as Louie’s, Charleston’s and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. “We have some OSU fans in the company, so it just kind of made sense for us,” Kistler said. “We have the Louie’s up there that we’ve done really well with, and we think (The Garage) be a good addition to Stillwater.” To see the full menu, go to www.eatatthegarage. com/menu. news@ocolly.com

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