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5 October 2015
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Photo courtesy Ben Soloman, American Athletic Conference
Left: The Golden Hurricane defense makes a goal-line stand in the first quarter of Saturday’s 24-38 loss to the University of Houston Cougars. Right: Senior runner Marc Scott separates himself in a race. Scott won the men’s individual title at the Chile Pepper Festival on Saturday. He is one of two scorers to return from last season on the men’s side.
Cougars pounce on Tulsa’s defense
Tulsa returned home for their first game since Sept 5 to host their first American Athletic Conference game of the year, falling 38–24 to the University of Houston. Wade Crawford Sports Writer
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team opened conference play this Saturday, as they finally returned home to play the Houston Cougars at H.A. Chapman Stadium. Unfortunately, the game didn’t go Tulsa’s way, as Tulsa lost 38–24. Entering this game, both Houston and Tulsa were among the top ten teams in the country in offensive yards per game, at seventh and fourth, respectively.
Houston was sixth in points per game, while Tulsa came in at 16th. Quarterback Dane Evans, with 1,172 passing yards, is among the top fifteen quarterbacks in passing yards. Additionally, wide receivers Keyarris Garrett and Keevan Lucas are among the top thirty in receiving yards. Houston quarterback Greg Ward, Jr. stole the show, passing for 273 yards and rushing for a whopping 182 yards, breaking Houston’s single-game rushing record for a quarterback. Ward rushed for three of the five total touchdowns, while running back Kenneth Farrow was responsible for the other two, rushing for 159 yards. Tulsa struggled on offense, rushing for only 130 yards and converting only seven of 19 third down attempts, leading to six punts.
These are in addition to the shortcomings on defense and special teams, giving up 638 yards while also committing 10 penalties for 71 yards. There were still a few bright spots for the Hurricane. Dane Evans passed for 326 yards, Zack Langer had three touchdowns and linebacker Matt Linscott collected 1.5 sacks. Tulsa began the game with a smooth drive, ending in a 46-yard field goal by kicker Redford Jones. Ward showed off his running prowess early, breaking off a 27-yard run on the fourth play from scrimmage. Ward then scored the first of his three touchdowns with a 3-yard rush. Tulsa answered with a 7-yard rush by Zack Langer. A missed field goal by Jones ended the scoring attempts in the first quarter. Ward rushed for his second touchdown
Men tie Cincy, first AAC win still eludes them The Golden Hurricane men’s soccer team is still looking for that first win in conference play this season after finishing their road match against Cincinnati in a double-overtime tie. Joseph Edmunds Sports Writer On Saturday evening, the Golden Hurricane men’s soccer team travelled to Cincinnati to face off against the Bearcats in their second American Athletic Conference game of the season. The first goal of the game came from Tulsa midfielder Geoffrey Dee, as he scored on a rocket goal from thirty yards out. Neither team could punch through for the remainder of the half, and Tulsa kept the 1–0 lead at halftime. The Bearcats leveled the score off of a free kick just after halftime. Adam Wilson sent the free kick into the box, and Chris-
tian Hay got free from his defender to tap the ball just before it got to Tulsa goalkeeper Brandon Hanat to redirect it around him for the goal. Each team was very active offensively in the back-and-forth contest, and put many shots on goal as a result, but the goalkeepers only allowed the one breakthrough on each side. Head Coach Tom McIntosh was satisfied with the performance, saying, ““I thought our performance was really quite good overall. Our movement was good upfront, we connected better and felt like we controlled much of the game, but we were a little unfortunate not to get another goal.” With the draw, Tulsa’s record stands at 4–4–2 (0–1–1 American Athletic Conference), and they now stand in fifth place in the conference standings. Cincinnati now owns a 6–4–1 (1–0–1 AAC) record, and are currently in third place in the conference. The Golden Hurricane’s next game is against USF on Wednesday night at 7:00 at Hurricane Stadium.
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Rowing at Head of Oklahoma The women’s rowing team opened up their 2015–16 season at the Head of the Oklahoma in Oklahoma City on Saturday. They had six boats medal in the event. Including the second-place finish in the Collegiate 8+. Head Coach Kevin Harris said he, “was pretty happy overall. We have only been on the water for three weeks, but the women have stepped up in terms of fitness and their ability to jump in the boats and row. The team is in a good place and they’ll continue to hard to get where we need to be.” The next event for the Golden Hurricane is the Head of the Charles on Oct. 17 in Cambridge, Mass.
Tennis Hosts ITA Championship Tennis will descend on Tulsa’s campus this week as the University hosts the second national Intercollegiate Tennis Association championship tournament of the season, the Saint Francis Health Systems ITA Men’s All-American Championship. The
top Division I men’s players will compete from across the country. Play began on Saturday with the pre-qualifying matches, and qualifying matches will begin on Monday and will continue throughout the week. Mitchell Pritchard and Or Ram-Harel were named to the singles main draw, while seven other Golden Hurricane were named to qualifying or prequalifying lists. Volleyball Wins One, Loses One Volleyball continued its first week of conference play and finished off their roadtrip on Tuesday against SMU, falling 3–1 to the Mustangs. After winning the first set 25–23, the Mustangs rallied and took the next three 17–25, 13–25,19–25 to get the win. Brooke Berryhill led the Golden Hurricane on defense with 16 digs, while Ashley Hooper led with 16 kills. TU returned home on Sunday where they won in five sets against the East Carolina Pirates. Their record sits at 7–9 overall with a conferece record of 2–2.
early in the second quarter, running for 32 yards. The next scoring attempt didn’t occur until there was only 1:05 left in the half, as Jones missed his second field goal of the day, from 39 yards. Ward rushed for his third and final touchdown to close the half, with Houston leading 21–10. The only two scores of the third quarter were a 21-yard field goal from Houston’s Kyle Bullard and a touchdown rush by Langer. Kenneth Farrow showed his running talent in the fourth quarter, however, rushing for two touchdowns of five and 44 yards, respectively. The only answer by Tulsa was Langer’s final touchdown, bringing the final score to 38–24 Houston. Houston has a short week, hosting SMU on Thursday night. Tulsa stays home to play the 1–3 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.
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Cross country continues their title Women’s defense at Chile Pepper Festival soccer beats Cross Country competed in the Chile Pepper Festival in Arkansas over the weekend in their quest to defend their American Athletic Conference titles. Matt Rechtien Sports Editor The Golden Hurricane Cross Country team competed in their second meet of the season this past Saturday at the Chile Pepper Festival. The men finished second in the field of fourteen while the women finished third out of seventeen schools. Marc Scott led the way for Tulsa, taking the men’s invitational 8K title with a time of 23:30.90. Ben Preisner followed with a 17th place finish, and the Hurricane rounded out the scoring with Luke Traynor (21st), Isaac Dobos (23rd) and Jay Ort (32nd) for a total of 60 points in the race 36 points behind first place Arkansas. Rachel Baptista paced the women’s side finishing in 23rd place overall in the 5k with
a time of 17:06.86. Clara Langley (25th), Stacie Taylor (35th), Nicole Lee (39th) and Alyssa Bolliger (48th) finished off the scoring, giving the Golden Hurricane 113 points, only behind Arkansas and Abilene Christian. This was the second race of the season for Tulsa, after they competed in the Oklahoma State Duels last month to open up their season. The biggest purpose of this meet is to get in some practice, and to figure out where the team stands before the rest of the season kicks in. In their sophomore season in the American Athletic Conference, both the men and women’s side are looking to defend their title as conference Champions in 2014. That made it five straight titles on the men’s side and two in a row for the women, dating back to Tulsa’s Conference USA days. The Golden Hurricane are coming in with high expectations for this season, with the men and women’s teams ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Midwest Region according to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The biggest changes on the men’s side are the change in the experience level of the team from last year. The Golden Hurricane returned only two scoring runners from last (Marc Scott and Ben Preisner), and feature eight new runners—freshman and transfer students alike. The women on the other hand returned five runners with more than two years of experience at the college level and three scorers from last season. Head Coach Steve Gulley, who is starting his 16th season at Tulsa, said at the beginning of the season; “I think we have more experience on the women’s side, at conference and regional meets, than we do on the men’s side. That’s very unusual.” “We just don’t have guys that have been around. The ladies want to win their third championship in a row, and it would be the sixth if the guys can do it. Those are big goals. They take it very seriously here.” The next step in defending their titles is the Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 16, which is one of the biggest meets in the nation. After that, the next event will be the American Conference Championships on Oct. 31 in North Carolina.
World Series prediction, Jays beat Cubs
October baseball is upon us once more, which means it’s time for World Series predictions. Though we predict a Jays-Cubs World Series, we take a look at each team that made the playoffs. Justin Guglielmetti Student Writer
Any way you look at it, the Blue Jays have owned the second half of the MLB season. After hovering around .500 for most of the season up until the All Star break, the Jays have since exploded, playing at a near all-time-great pace. Their win-loss tally currently stands 93–67, the AL East Division title clinched and the league’s best overall record still in play, and their run differential is a whopping +231 (to give you some idea of how dominant they have been, the next best scoring differential in all of baseball belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals, at a “mere” +130). It was the big-time deals the Jays pulled off before the trade deadline (for superstar shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and Cy Young contender David Price) that made the headlines, but the real key to their success has been the improved quality of the pitching already on the roster. Even before acquiring Tulowitzki, the Blue Jays owned baseball’s best offense and yet were stagnant in the standings due to their staff’s inability to hold leads. Now, with dominant second halves from relievers Roberto Osuna, Aaron Sanchez, Liam Hendriks and Brett Cecil, as well as a true workhorse number one starter in Price, the Blue Jays find themselves primed for a World Series run in their first postseason appearance since 1993. Despite the Blue Jays’ recent success, the Royals still own the best record (94-67) in the American League with one game left to play. Their starters have struggled all season but last year’s squad came a game away from a world championship relying largely on the dominant bullpen that has carried over to 2015. What with their bevy of injuries to projected starters Yu Darvish, Derek Holland, Martin Perez and Matt Harrison, even the Texas Rangers are surprised to find themselves in the postseason. Don’t expect the magic to last—advanced statistics suggest
Monday Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American Women’s Tennis @ Hilton Head ITF 10k
they’ve been unsustainably lucky this season. The New York Yankees can’t be thrilled with a Wild Card after leading the AL East for much of the year. They’ll hope their bullpen combo of Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller can induce some of the 2014 Royals’ magic. In the last weekend of play, the second wild card spot is still up for grabs between the Mike Trout-led Los Angeles Angels and the slumping Houston Astros. Of the two, the Astros offer the most upside for a deep run based on their well-rounded upside we witnessed earlier in the year. There is no fan base in any American sport that can claim to be as tortured as that of the Chicago Cubs. No living fan of the team has seen them win a World Series, their last championship coming in 1908, and
tion players had matured. Fortunately for title-starved Chicagoans, the rookie quartet of Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Addison Russell and Jorge Soler has exceeded all expectations and combined with Anthony Rizzo to make one of the most dynamic lineups in the National League. Putting one’s stake in a wild-card team is particularly risky in the two wild card-era, but Jake Arrieta, the team’s true ace in the midst of a dominant Cy Young-caliber season, is as sure a bet as any in a one-game playoff. Look for the Cubs to make their first World Series appearance since 1945, but fall to the resurgent Blue Jays. Before stumbling in September, the St. Louis Cardinals were on pace for well over 100 wins, and reached that mark last last week—the first team to reach the century mark since the 2011 Phillies. The return of Adam Wainwright to a rotation that is already as talented from top-to-bottom as any in the league could make for another deep run for the Cards. The New York Mets have been the Blue Jays of the National League, surging in the second half to steal the NL East crown from the preseason World Series favorite Washington Nationals. Their offense’s current level of production isn’t sustainable, but the team’s bevy of superstar talent in the rotation should have fans salivating over what’s to come. For the third year in a Graphic by Elias Brinkman in the century since, the team’s name has row, the Pittsburgh Pirates become synonymous with ineptitude and shook off a slow start to make the playfalse hope. But this year’s exciting young offs, nearly streaking past the Cardinals in squad offers legitimate hope for a change in the end. They will face their division-mate fortunes. Cubs in the wildcard game, pitting ace GerPresident of Baseball Operations Theo rit Cole against Arrieta, and stand as good a Epstein, famed for putting together the chance as any should they make it past the group that ended the Red Sox’s 86 year first round. The NL Central probably boasts World Series drought in 2004, came to the the three best teams in the National League. Cubs a few years back hoping to become It’s been a rocky year for the opulent Los one of baseball’s immortals, the man to end Angeles Dodgers, who ended up waltzing the sport’s two most famous curses. into the playoffs due to the relative weakThe Cubs made headlines by signing ac- ness of their division. However, Clayton claimed manager Jon Maddon and Jon Les- Kershaw and Zack Greinke have probably ter to be the team’s ace, but most pundits been the two best pitchers in baseball in agreed that the their most competitive years 2015, and with the strength of these two would likely be a couple years down the alone the team can’t be counted out. road when their talented core of young posi-
Tuesday
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Wednesday
Thursday
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Men’s Soccer vs. USF 7:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer @ USF 6:00 p.m.
SMU and Houston
The women’s soccer team hosted the SMU Mustangs and Houston Cougars this week, beating both of them for their first conference wins of the season. Joseph Edmunds Sports Writer
This week, Tulsa’s women’s soccer team faced two American Athletic Conference opponents in SMU and Houston and came away with two wins. In the earlygoing against SMU, Rachel Thun put the Golden Hurricane on top after the Mustangs attempted to clear the ball. It landed at Thun’s feet, and she sent a beautiful dipping shot past the Mustang goalkeeper from 30 yards out. The lead didn’t last long, however, as SMU started to counterattack hard when they broke up Tulsa’s possession. Around ten minutes after Thun’s goal, one of their counterattacks succeeded, as Taylor Jackson brought the ball up the left wing, and swung it in for Gabriell Petrucelli to redirect around Courtney McKeon, the Golden Hurricane’s goalkeeper. Petrucelli’s goal knotted the score at 1–1, which it remained until halftime. In the second half, the game continued with much of the even play that the teams had seen in the first half. Twenty minutes into the half, Kajal Parmar sent the ball into the middle for Tulsa. Danielle Hoover beat a Mustang defender and the goalkeeper to the ball to get a slight deflection, and the ball slowly rolled into net to put Tulsa ahead 2–1. That lead stood for the rest of the game, and the Golden Hurricane came away with the victory. In the beginning of their game against Houston, Tulsa had a rough start. They struggled to keep possession, and the Cougars were able to push into the Golden Hurricane side of the field as a result. After winning a corner, Houston threatened to take the lead when the corner cross came in and was shot on goal, but Roman Edwards was there for Tulsa to knock the ball away. Tulsa’s first chance came when Tana Dake was able to put a turnaround shot on target after twenty minutes. As the half wore on, the Golden Hurricane settled down and the game evened out. Much of the play was back-and-forth in the midfield, as neither team was able to produce many quality looks at goal. Tulsa came out much more aggressively in the second half, which was apparent right from the start when they took the opening kick straight through the middle of the Cougars and nearly got a shot out of it. Just three minutes into the second half, #7 crossed the ball into the middle. After the ball passed by a couple of Cougar defenders, it fell to Thun’s feet, and she booted it across the goalkeeper into the lower right corner of the goal, giving the Golden Hurricane a 1–0 lead. Tulsa kept the pressure on for a large portion of the half, but lost energy with fifteen minutes left. Houston pressed forward, and Golden Hurricane goalkeeper Rebecca Defer was required to make a couple of diving saves to preserve the lead. In the end, the Golden Hurricane were able to hold on, and won the 1–0 contest. They move to 11–1–1 (2–0–1 American Athletic Conference) on the season. Their next game is against USF at 6:00 in Tampa, Florida on Thursday.
: Oct. 5–11 Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Men’s Tennis @ Saint Francis ITA All-American
Women’s Golf @ Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate Softball vs. Seminole State 5:00 p.m.
Women’s Golf @ Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate
Women’s Golf @ Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate
Men’s Soccer @ UCF 12:00 p.m.
Women’s Soccer @ UCF 12:00 p.m.
Volleyball vs. UConn 7:00 p.m.
Football vs. ULM 5:00
Volleyball @ Temple 1:30 p.m.
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5 October 2015
S.A.V.E hosts suicide prevention event SAVE works to spread awareness of suicide prevention.
Morgan Krueger Editor-in-Chief Last Wednesday found roughly twenty students gathered in a Lorton Lecture Hall. The event was hosted by the Student Alliance for Violence Education at TU, which is a group that works to promote knowledge about how to prevent self-violence as a bystander. SAVE invited Dr. Julie Summers, the Director of Outreach and Prevention for Mental Health Association in Oklahoma, to speak about suicide prevention and mental health resources. Summers is a licensed clinical social worker who has over 25 years of experience. Summers’ talk was the largest SAVE event turnout in the group’s two-year existence. The event was a success, if only gauging by the fact that the event ran past its set time due to numerous questions that were asked of Dr. Summers. SAVE hopes to collaborate with MHAOK for future events, including a possible stress/anxiety relief event in time for final exams.
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Dr. Julie Summers of Mental Health Association Oklahoma speaks about suicide prevention to a group of TU students at the Student Alliance for Violence Education’s event.
Graphic by Sam Beckmann
Sammie Hottel Student Writer Hurricane Joaquin could potentially hit Northeast US Hurricane Joaquin hit the Bahamas on Thursday with torrential rainfall and strong winds. On a storm scale from 1 to 5, Joaquin has now strengthened into a Category 4, and US officials report that the storm could potentially reach the Northeast states by next week. While the trajectory of the storm is still uncertain, it is the first hurricane to threaten the Northeast since Hurricane Sandy, which devastated New York and New Jersey in 2012. The governors of New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina have declared states of emergency and are even considering evacuations. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory stated that “We’re hoping for the best, but hope is not preparation nor is it a plan.”
Bomb in Southern Philippines kills four A bomb hidden within a motorcycle taxi exploded in the Southern Philippines on Thursday, hitting the passing convoy of a vice mayor. The bomb was packed with shrapnel, and it damaged the surrounding buildings. The vice mayor was not harmed, but her driver, another passenger and two pedestrians were killed. The attack took place only an hour after another bomb blew up a crowded passenger bus 300 kilometers away, injuring eighteen. No one has claimed responsibility for either attack, but military commander Col. Rolando Joselito Bautista said that Abu Sayyaf militants are now the prime suspects. The al-Qaeda linked group first surfaced in the 1990s and has been known for bombings, extortion and kidnappings in the area.
Gunman kills nine at Oregon community college Umpqua Community College was the site of a mass shooting on Thursday in rural Oregon. A gunman opened fire in a classroom, killing nine students and injuring seven. According to the medical examiner, he later committed suicide during the ensuing firefight with the police. The shooter was identified as Chris Harper-Mercer, an Umpqua student enrolled in English and theater classes. Harper-Mercer’s family told investigators that he had mental health issues and had sought treatment in the past. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 67, and Mercer reportedly asked one student her religion before opening fire. In Washington, President Obama offered prayers to the victims’ families and repeated his stance on the necessity of stricter gun laws. Coming just three months after nine people were gunned down in Charleston, South Carolina, the incident has reopened the controversial gun control debate.
Russia’s airstrikes hit deep inside the Islamic State Russia launched its air campaign against Syria on Wednesday. According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, warplanes struck the heartland of the Islamic State for the first time on Friday. Russia insists that its attacks are against the Islamic State, but at least one US backed rebel group claimed that its bases were hit by Russian jets six times in three days. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem even claimed that Russia launched the attacks at the Assad government’s request. In a joint statement, the United States and six allies said, “We call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its attacks on the Syrian opposition and civilians and to focus its efforts on fighting ISIL,” an acronym for the Islamic State. The United States was joined by Britain, France, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in making the statement.
Czech Republic proposes to help Hungarian border The Czech Republic has proposed that the Visegrad 4, comprising the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, send hundreds of troops and police to help protect the Hungarian border from the influx of Syrian refugees. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said the interior ministers would meet on October 8 to discuss the idea. Of the four countries, Hungary has been most affected by the migrant crisis, with 280,000 refugees coming over its borders this year. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that the nation must gain control of its borders before deciding how to take in asylum seekers.
Last week, The Collegian accidentally ran a screenshot of a Clickhole graphic, believing that it had been created by one of our graphic designers.
Tuesday, October 6 Donald W. Reynolds Center Presidential Lecture Series featuring Erik Larson in the Reynolds Center Erik Larson is a master of narrative non-fiction. His vividly written, best-selling books have won several awards and been published worldwide. His most recent book, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, is about the 1915 sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania. His book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, is the portrait of an American ambassador and his family in Berlin during the first years of Hitler’s reign from which Larson has crafted a gripping, deeply-intimate narrative. His critically-acclaimed book, The Devil in the White City, intertwines stories of the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair and one of America’s worst serial killers. It remained on the New York Times best seller lists for a combined total of more than three years, won an Edgar Award for nonfiction crime writing and was nominated for the National Book Award.. Tuesday, October 6 at 9:30am Lorton Performance Center, Gussman Concert Hall Convocation President Steadman Upham’s annual state-of-the-university address Wednesday, October 7 at 12:10pm to 12:50pm Lorton Hall, Room 314 CSAS Workshop: Stress CSAS (Center for Student Academic Support) provides a number of workshops on a group or individual basis related to study skills, test-taking strategies and preparation, stress management, test anxiety, job search skills, presentation preparation, general anxiety, etc. Workshops are free and open to any student. Many instructors give extra credit for attending the workshops and attendance verification slips are available at the sessions. No pre-registration is required. Bring your lunch and join us! All Workshops are on Wednesdays from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
Thursday, October 8 at 1:00pm to 3:00pm Hardesty Hall, Archway
Soda-Pop Culture We’re not that different – every country has their own favorite form of carbonated beverage. Try sodas from around the world while learning about their cultures. Experience beverages from countries like Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Italy, Peru, Canada, China, South Africa, and Germany, to name just a few! Sunday, September 13 - October 11 Gilcrease Museum On 52nd Street: The Jazz Photography of William P. Gottlieb Tulsa and Oklahoma have a rich history and tradition of jazz music, so it’s only fitting that Gilcrease should celebrate this uniquely American form of music with a special exhibition that opens summer of 2015. On 52nd Street: The Jazz Photography of William P. Gottlieb opens July 25 and runs through October 11, 2015. In New York City, 52nd Street was the epicenter of a music and social revolution during the 1940s. Known as “Swing Alley,” or simply “The Street,” it was “heaven on earth for jazz fans and jazz musicians,” photographer William P. Gottlieb (1917–2006) recalled. In the dozen or so nightclubs that located there — mostly in the converted basements of former speakeasies — jazz emerged as distinct concert music with featured soloists. Thursday, October 22 at 7:30pm Dietler Commons Homecoming Pep Rally and Bonfire The 2015 TU Homecoming Pep Rally and Bonfire has moved to Thursday night! Celebrate Hurricane pride at this annual Homecoming tradition and FREE event. Refreshments for alumni are available in the Alumni Tent. The Future Alumni Council hosts Taste of TU for students. Parents and families are always welcome! The Collegian does not produce all event descriptions in the Community Calendar. Contact News Editor Fraser Kastner at fjk219@utulsa.edu with events.
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5 October 2015
Candidate Profile: Carly Fiorina
Fiorina has conservative views consistent with the Republican Party. Fraser Kastner News Editor
In third place behind Ben Carson and Donald Trump, according to some polls, Carly Fiorina has emerged as an interesting dark horse. Fiorina, the first female Chief Executive Officer of a Fortune 20 company, has taken conservative-to-moderate stances on many of today’s major issues. Fiorina is best known for being the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005, when she was forced to resign. Her colleagues cited underwhelming stock value, earnings and overall performance of the company. During her time as CEO, Fiorina also oversaw the Company’s merger with Compaq, one of the largest mergers of its kind. Although never having held office, she has worked with political campaigns numerous times. In 2008, she served as the fundraising chair on the “Victory Initiative”
of the Republican National Committee, and was active in John McCain’s presidential campaign. She also ran for senate in California in 2010, but lost in the general election. Fiorina has a conservative stance on most issues. She is against abortion with the exception of cases of incest, rape, or when the pregnancy may endanger the mother. She spoke against Obergefell v. Hodges, claiming the issue of gay marriage should be left to states. She also believes that minimum wage is an issue for states to decide. Fiorina has acknowledged the existence of climate change, but has also publicly doubted the ability of the government to change its course. Fiorina is in favor of defunding Planned Parenthood, and in August urged Congressional Republicans to shut down the federal government to achieve this goal. She has gained in the primary race, largely because of her performance in the televised debates, particularly September 16’s debate, which saw her confront Donald Trump’s statements about her physical attractiveness. Fiorina is currently polling at 10.4 percent.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina
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TU learns to spell
Last Thursday, more than 1,100 students and staff gathered in Chapman Stadium to attempt to break a world record for the largest human letter. Lauren Rogers Student Writer
In celebration of 15 successful years of Hurricane Thursdays, last Thursday the University decided to break the world record for the largest human letter. Over 1100 students, staff and Tulsa residents arrived at the Chapman Stadium for free Jimmy Johns sandwiches, T-shirts and the opportunity to set a record in the “Guinness Book of World Records.” “Planning the event has been a lot of work to say the least,” said Andreya Williams, Assistant Director of Resident Life, “but we’ve had a lot of support from our TU family. As it turns out, there is a lot that goes into attempting to break a record; the application process, the license agreement, marketing, volunteers, etc.” The Largest “T” event had been in the works since the end of the school year last year in May, when TU finalized the calendar for this year’s Hurricane Thursdays. The event required the help of a multitude of volunteers in order for things to run smoothly. “It’s taken the help of many people to make this attempt possible,” Williams
stated. “We [had] to have witnesses, stewards, volunteers to help pass out shirts, distribute tickets, etc.” Among the crowd of people was TU student Megan Shewey, who attended the event for more than the free T-shirt. “I thought it would be fun to be a part of breaking a world record,” said Shewey, a senior. “Now I can update my two truths and a lie for when I play that game, because no one would expect breaking a world record to be a truth.” The University has broken two records in the past, those being the record for the Largest Twister Board and the record for the Largest Finger Painting. “I think it says that the University is open and willing to try some fun things like this to boost spirit.” Shewey said. “We are a very academic university, that’s one of our points of pride, but we’re also able to do fun things like break a record.” Shewey, along with the other participants, was only in the stadium for a little under an hour, as officials focused on making the event as short and convenient as possible. “My favorite part about the event was that we actually did break the record and I got to do it with my friends,” Shewey stated. “I also liked seeing a that bunch of teachers and even President Upham participated too.” The official count still has to be verified by the Guinness World Records, but it is likely that the University will be able to add this record to its list of accomplishments.
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Over 1,100 students showed up to break the world record for largest human letter.
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TU 4 Bernie Sanders denied charter by SA For the first time in recent memory, SA Senate has voted against chartering a group. Brennen VanderVeen Student Writer Student Association is charged with chartering student groups. Once chartered, a group can receive funding from SA and able to reserve rooms in the Student Union and other places for free. On September 29, TU for Bernie Sanders, a student group dedicated to promoting the presidential candidate and his ideas, was denied a charter. The vote was nine for and thirteen against issuing a charter. While groups have been denied a charter by the Student Organization Committee (SOC), this appears to be the first time that Senate itself has done so, at least in the last four years, if not longer. The senators who voted against the charter primarily had a concern about an organization being dedicated to one individual. Some senators were concerned that a group
dedicated to Sanders alone would discourage other students, including those who lean left but may not support Sanders, from joining. For instance, Miranda Dabney, an at-large senator and SOC member said, “While I love the idea of students on campus getting involved in politics, I think that chartering an organization with such a narrow scope (rather than, say, a Young Democrats or Socialists Club) will only appeal to a very narrow group of students….” Concern over the name was a common theme among those who were against issuing a charter. According to the SOC guidelines, a potential organization has to be able to “uphold a viable presence on campus.” Brett Baumgartner, an at-large senator, believes that in order to be viable, “an organization needs to have a scope longer than the next six to thirteen months.” Presidential campaigns, obviously, come to an end. If Sanders does poorly in the primaries, he could be out of the race by the middle of next semester. Even if he never loses a single primary, the general election is next November. Many senators were worried
that an organization dedicated to Bernie Sanders alone wouldn’t last even to next December, if that long. This is why many were hoping for a name change. In discussing why a different name for the organization would be preferable, Baumgartner said, “Organizations that are able to maintain a viable presence are structured around certain values and ideals and not a single person. That way, the club can be around a lot longer than [a] campaign.” Obviously, not all senators agreed with this interpretation. Whitney Cippola, a senator for the Arts and Sciences college and Chair of Government Operations Committee (GOC), noted that while other senators felt the Bernie Sanders organization was too narrow, “there are many clubs with charters that are very specific in nature.” When asked about specific examples, Cippola said that Beta Upsilon Chi (BYX, pronounced “bucks”), a Christian fraternity, qualifies. It was recently chartered despite a religious membership requirement. As to the potential problem with viability, she said the other senators “failed to recognize that Ber-
nie Sanders will not just drop dead if he doesn’t win the presidential race. He would still be a person in the political realm, still doing things worth discussing. The club plans to stay active, and it wants to continue to be a place to discuss the ideology of Bernie Sanders, as well as politics in general.” She also said that after viewing their Facebook page and seeing that 44 people signed up to go to a debate party they were going to host, she “was thoroughly impressed with this club’s organization and the overwhelming positive response of the student body.” Jeffrey Bacon, the organization’s co-founder and president, was frustrated with the decision. Speaking of the senators who voted against his organization being chartered, he said, “They suggest that we are limited in scope, and yet we are expanding membership and scheduling events that dwarf those of other organizations. They ask us to look past the next year and into the future, and yet they charter and have chartered countless student organizations that have in short order become defunct.” He believes Senate denied his
charter based on fear of controversy. He further states, “We will not rename or change our purpose.” Morgan Krueger, the group’s social media manager, believes that the name “TU for Bernie Sanders” actually offers a larger scope that can appeal to more people than “Young Democrats” because “Bernie appeals to more than just Democrats. We have independents in our group, and I myself grew up considering myself a Republican. We worried that labeling our group a Democratic group would exclude TU students who support Bernie but don’t affiliate themselves with the Democratic party.” She said that it was for this reason that the group does not want to change its name. There will likely be an appeal to SA’s judicial branch. Bacon says that “SA president Whitney House, many senators, and all of the officers within our own organization have implored me to appeal the decision.” If they bring an appeal, the burden of proof would be on TU for Bernie Sanders. They would have to prove that Senate violated its governing documents.
watching and listening intently to the hopeful candidates. Some of these citizens are here on campus, and they have their eyes and ears firmly set on one candidate in particular, the 74-year-old Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders. A progressivist at heart, Sanders has gained tremendous support from voters across the nation and is currently sitting in second place in the Democratic primary race behind front-runner Hillary Clinton. His success is puzzling to some,
but to others like TU student Jeffrey Bacon, it stems directly from the pure, individual-centered style of Sanders’ campaign. Bacon, along with fellow students Jordan Hoyt and Brancen Gregory, founded the Bernie Sanders Club here on campus. “The club was started with the dual purpose of spreading Bernie’s message and fighting against political apathy amongst young adults on this campus,” Bacon says. Throughout his campaign, Sanders has remained an avid
supporter of the common citizen, pushing for an increase in the minimum wage, increased taxation of the rich and tuition-free public universities, to name a few. Bacon explains, “Bernie has opted to fund his campaign with numerous small contributions from the American people. He has refused to exploit the Citizens United Supreme Court decision by avoiding [funding from] very wealthy donors.” Supporting the everyday man, however, is only part of Bernie’s campaign and only part of the reason the Bernie Sanders group was created. The other big linchpin in the club’s creation, according to Bacon, is the straightforwardness of Sanders’ campaign. Bacon comments, “The acceptance of the LGBT community and the undeniability of basic climate science are [both] things Bernie has fought for for decades while people like Clinton were flip-flopping as was politically convenient.” Bringing the issue of climate change into the local political sphere, Bacon adds, “Here in the black, beating heart of the oil industry, students are being trained to serve the interests of giant energy companies, interests that may not be at all compatible with the notion of a clean and sustainable earth for future generations.” Bacon echoes Sander’s point on
the importance of the individual, saying the “conservative politics [here] have convinced many open-minded young people that their voices cannot be heard, that their ideas don’t matter. Our ideas do matter, and we will make our voices be heard.” Bacon hopes the Bernie Sanders Club will give students the opportunity to make their own voices heard throughout campus and Tulsa itself. “Right now we’re working with Bernie Sanders’ campaign to participate in events all across the city. Our first major campus event is the debate watch party on October 13th in the Fishbowl. We’re going to watch the first democratic primary debate and encourage all students to attend, watch and discuss the debate.” The Bernie Sanders Club meets every other Monday at 6 pm upstairs in the Allen Chapman Student Union. The next meeting will be held on Monday, October 6. The club is currently in the process of becoming an official campus club chartered by SA. If you’re interested in joining the Bernie Sanders Club, you can contact Bacon directly or join their Facebook group, University of Tulsa for Bernie Sanders. If you are interested in learning more about candidate Bernie Sanders, you can follow them on Twitter or Instagram at TU4Bernie.
TU 4 Bernie Sanders promotes Bernie, political activism
The TU for Bernie Sanders club is working to increase students’ political engagement by providing students the opportunity to voice their political opinions here on campus and throughout Tulsa. Kyle Crutchfield Student Writer
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Erasure of trans POC in “Stonewall” is unacceptable
Credit for the Stonewall movement should be given to the trans people of color who started it rather than be represented by a fictionalized, white, cis male. Tara Grigson Student Writer Historically, movements have a habit of forgetting about the people whose unique backgrounds and experiences make the fight more difficult. Early feminists, for example, excluded lesbians, referring to them as the “Lavender Menace” (which is my single favorite identifier for myself). Currently, the LGBTQ community has a couple of subgroups we like to forget about—namely the “T,” or transgender folks, and queer people of color. If you look at the majority of the faces leading the LGBTQ fight for equal rights, you will find that they are nearly all white and mostly gay men—with the occasional lesbian thrown in there.
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The fictional white cis male who throws the first brick in the new “Stonewall” movie.
I want to make sure everyone is clear that I am a white cisgender lesbian woman. I am a part of the group that has been exclusionary, and I want to name that. I want to name that I am complicit in the problem, but I do my best to create spaces in which the diversity of the LGBTQ community is reflected and embraced. It is because of this systematic exclusion of trans people and people of color that I want to call out the incredible white-washing and cis-sexism of the movie Stonewall. “Stonewall” is based on the real and important piece of queer history known as the Stonewall Riots which occurred in June of 1969. The Stonewall Inn was owned by the Mafia and was very accepting of LGBT folks. It is important to bear in mind that in 1969, police would regularly conduct raids on gay bars in order to arrest anyone caught cross-dressing—this could include transgender folks and butch women, among other groups. On the night of the Stonewall riots, patrons of the bar refused to give their IDs to police, they refused to go quietly, and they refused to be discriminated against, harassed or ignored. A crowd rapidly gathered at Stonewall, and eventually that crowd, which was made up largely of transgender women, people of color and lesbians, began throwing coins at the cops. When the police attempted to disperse the crowd by forcing people, the protesters threw bricks, forcing the police to barricade themselves in the Stonewall Inn. By the end of the riots, thirteen people had been arrested, four cops had been injured and many of the protesters were hospitalized. This was the first time queer Americans gathered together in numbers to say that we exist, we deserve respect and that we will not accept other people’s hatred and bigotry. These riots are one of the most important parts of queer history, because finally gay and trans people had a voice. Finally we were recognized as a force to be reckoned with—as a group of people with dignity who merited the same respect as any other group of people. Without Stonewall, we might not have marriage equality, nondiscrimination policies or open and affirming churches. It is because of Stonewall that I can say that I am gay. It is because of Stonewall trans people are finally gaining recognition of their identities. It is because of Stonewall
Marsha P. Johnson, the trans black woman who threw the first brick in the Stonewall Riots.
that the erasure of the identities of transgender people of color is incredibly unacceptable. The first coins and bricks thrown at Stonewall were thrown by transgender women of color—they were thrown by people who would have been arrested and outed for the way they were dressed. They would have lost their jobs, their housing, their friends and family, maybe even their lives, when they were outed by the police who were supposed to be protecting them. In the “Stonewall” movie, a cisgender gay white man throws the first brick. A fictionalized man designed to represent the movement which was made up largely of trans women of color throws the first brick. If that is not the most incredibly whitewashed, cissexist re-writing of history so that cis white people can feel comfortable, I do not know what is. As a cis white person, this movie makes me uncomfortable. I am a white person, and white people should not be taking credit for Stonewall. As white people, we tend to only
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embrace minority racial and ethnic groups when there is a part of their culture that we want to steal and claim as our own. Stonewall does not belong to white cis men. They need to give it back to the trans women of color who risked their lives for the movement. I am a gay white woman, and I demand better representation in the media. I demand that we give the credit to the incredible trans women of color who created our movement. I demand that we refuse to be complicit in the racist rewrite of our own history. Much like the modern black lives matter movement, the Stonewall riots were a response to a systematic devaluation of the lives, experiences and identities of certain minority groups of humans. Trans women of color started the queer movement. People like me can feel safe because of everything these women did, and it is time they get some credit for that. Black trans lives matter. Say their names. I will not accept this false account of my history.
How crazy is the health food craze? While some people do go overboard, healthiness should never be mocked. Morgan Krueger Editor-in-chief We’ve all met that person. The ridiculously skinny won’t touch gluten with a ten foot pole and is never seen without a kale smoothie in their hand, person. And while their sermons on how many years that juicy burger is going to carve off of your life span can get annoying, they are trying to do something that 97 percent of Americans fail at: living healthy. A healthy lifestyle is typically considered to be made up of four parts: controlling one’s weight, regular physical activity, not smoking and, of course, having a healthy diet. A study done by Ann P. Rafferty of the Michigan Department of Community Healthy and Mathew Reeves of Michigan State University concluded that, based on the above criteria, only three percent of Americans live a healthy lifestyle. So while some people might go overboard with their grass filled smoothies, at least they’re trying. Still, we have to be careful companies don’t end up making obscene profits by exploiting common health misconceptions. While it may be better in the long run for you to spend ten dollars on a home cooked meal rather than five dollars on that half a pound burger (of which three pounds is probably grease), some health fads have gone a step too far. Gluten. Ten years ago no one knew this existed. Now a multibillion-dollar business has arisen that creates gluten-free products. Spend extra dollars on gluten-free bread and
gluten-free pasta or you will die a slow and painful death! Right? Of course not. Though many food companies would love it if you thought so. Approximately one percent of the population is unable to digest gluten. One percent. If you aren’t that one percent, then you are wasting your time and your dollars on a food industry that has essentially invented itself. Plus, if you peek at the nutritional label on your gluten free products, there is a high chance you will find that your gluten free food has less fiber, more sugar and fewer vitamins. Gluten free diets are also becoming widely popular, but may be less effective due to the booming industry of gluten-free desserts and snacks that have sprung into existence. The director of nutritional policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest said that “ten years ago a gluten-free diet would have helped you lose weight because you’d have cut out a lot of products like muffins and bread. The gluten-free fad has actually undermined people’s health because now there are gluten-free varieties of all that junk food. Whether your doughnut is gluten-free or not, it’s still a doughnut.” Other abundant health buzzwords include “low carb,” “organic,” “hormone free,” “non-GMO,” “low fat,” all-natural,” “dairyfree” and more. While not dishonest, these labels can be misleading. For example, “real cane sugar” has appeared as a label on many products, despite the fact that cane sugar has the same negative health effects as high-fructose corn syrup. Food companies flaunt this meaningless fact, as products labeled as being free of high-fructose corn syrup have seen their sales increase nearly fifty percent over the last four years. Also, some products that never contained gluten now have a gluten-free label plastered on them in an effort to increase sales. These ‘healthier’ options often see their prices doubled for no apparent reason. Junior economics major Denton Lewis said, “I think that it’s okay to be health conscious, but at the same time to claim that you have an allergy to gluten when you have no idea is kind of far...Otherwise, if you want to eat kale because you want to be healthy,
go for it!” Senior biochemistry and mathematics major Moujtaba Kasmani took a harsher stance. “I believe these people have very little knowledge about the fundamentals of biology and biochemistry. They should probably take a class about it before they
say anything else.” The bottom line is, know what you’re talking about. Do a little research into the food you’re eating before you start raving about how it has changed your world.
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The food industry likes advertising “healthy” foods that don’t actually have additional nutritional value.
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5 October 2015
Carly Fiorina:
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and presidential candidate Carly Fiorina brings energy to the race. Brennen VanderVeen Student Writer
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f the fifteen major candidates for the GOP, three have never held elective office: Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina. In recent weeks, perhaps because of this lack of government experience, all these candidates have been doing very well in the polls. Both Trump and Carson have made statements that made them seem poorly informed on a variety of issues. Both have made offensive comments, though Trump to a significantly higher degree than Ben Carson. Neither of these statements apply, however, to Carly Fiorina. Fiorina’s debate performances have rocketed her from near the bottom in the polls to near the top. On policy, Fiorina is firmly within the GOP mainstream. She has refrained from advocating the more extreme positions some of her rivals have advanced. Depending on the issue, there are candidates to her right or to her left, or both. Her policy proposals are not why she has catapulted in the polls, but it should be noted that, unlike some of her opponents, she doesn’t shy away from discussing policy. It’s also obvious Fiorina has a firm understanding of the issues, even if one disagrees with her. Her success up to this point is largely a result of her being one of the most articulate, and ironically one of the most politically skilled, candidates in the race. Her much discussed debate with Donald Trump provides an example of this. When asked to respond to Trump’s statement that Fiorina’s face is a reason she shouldn’t be president, she said, refer-
encing a line Trump used in accusing Jeb Bush of sexism, “You know it’s interesting to me, Mr. Trump said that he heard Mr. Bush very clearly. And what Mr. Bush said. I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said [about her face].” Some might say that this is a meaningless point, but that view misses two things. First, she was asked to respond. Second, it shows remarkable political skill. She incorporated a statement Trump had just finished making against Jeb Bush, indicating that her response wasn’t scripted and that she was paying close attention to her opponents. It also was a dignified answer that did not make her appear a victim. Female politicians, to a greater degree than their male counterparts, are portrayed as victims when they respond to attacks. That victimhood is associated with weakness and emotional instability. Fiorina’s answer prevented such a narrative from developing. Criticism of Carly Fiorina often takes one of three forms: criticizing her failed Senate candidacy, criticizing her business career, or criticizing her Planned Parenthood comments. The first of these is an utterly desperate attack. She ran for the the Senate in 2010 and lost, true, but this leaves out a few very important details. First, she ran in California, a Democratic stronghold. Second, she ran against Barbara Boxer, a three term incumbent. A Fiorina win would have been remarkable. Criticism of her business record also misses the mark. It’s true that Fiorina’s record at HP was mixed. Under her leadership, HP did worse than some competitors but better than others. She’s not running for a CEO position, though. When people criticize her business record, they’re implicitly arguing that a candidate’s business record matters. I’m not so sure that it does to a large extent, but let’s assume that it does. The only two candidates known for their business experience (in either field) are Fiorina and Donald Trump. If one really cares about private sector experience, a flawed record is still stronger than basically no record at all. Another major area of controversy has been Fiorina’s comments during the CNN debate about the Planned Parenthood videos. It was probably the most impassioned
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An asset to the GOP...
Former CEO and presidential candidate Carly Fiorina defies Republican stereotypes.
part of the night for Carly Fiorina. She said, “Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’” Many argued that Fiorina’s statement was false. Saying so is misleading. Fiorina’s statement is not completely, literally true, but the main substance of it is. The Center for Medical Progress, a pro-life group that has been releasing anti-abortion videos, has one that shows a baby who survived an abortion. The baby is shown kicking in a metal bowl as he dies alone. That particular clip does not have anyone talking about keeping him alive in order to harvest his brain, but the clip was put into
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the video as a former “procurement technician” discusses how she was involved with harvesting the brain of an aborted baby. True, the clip shown in the video is there for context, but that does not in any way negate the main thrust of what Fiorina said. The GOP is sometimes stereotyped as being composed primarily of boring, old men. Fiorina defies this stereotype. She is engaging and articulate. Also, at a time when hatred of party establishments seem to be prevalent, she’s an outsider capable of having a mature discussion of policy. If she doesn’t receive the GOP nomination, Republicans should hope she still remains in the public eye.
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Carly Fiorina is a talented speaker and debater, but her credentials are questionable.
arly Fiorina has experienced a meteoric rise from being a fringe Republican presidential candidate to the number two (or three, depending on the poll) position in the polls following the most recent debate (trailing only Donald Trump). Fiorina’s appeal, much like that of fellow favorites Trump and Ben Carson, comes in large part from her non-political background. Fiorina has never once held public office of any kind, having only previously staged an unsuccessful campaign in California for US Senate in 2010. Whereas this once might have been considered an impediment to her electability, it is increasingly something that the electorate claims to want in a candidate. After all, disrupting the status quo and introducing an outsider into a system dominated by career politicians is a course of ac-
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tion that intuitively seems like a good way to induce change. While having a prior career in politics is not necessarily a prerequisite to performing well in public office (our earliest presidents, men like Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, essentially learned how to be professional politicians on the fly), there is certainly something to be said in having experience navigating the bureaucracy of Washington, D.C. Hopefully voters will come to realize they must look beyond the superficial aspects of Fiorina’s candidacy and carefully consider her actual credentials and positions when they choose whether to vote to make her the most powerful woman in the world. And by superficial aspects, I should note that I don’t just mean her status as an “outsider politician” but also the fact that she is a woman.
The Republican Party has had great difficulty in recent years attracting the female vote in presidential elections and part of Fiorina’s popularity almost certainly comes from the idea that choosing a woman as a candidate will be a start to amending this problem. What’s more, she is clearly more intelligent and capable than past GOP candidates such as Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann, giving her legitimate electoral viability in a general election. However, a politician should never be elected on the basis of symbolism alone, and as significant as it would be to finally have a female president, the cons of Fiorina’s actual credentials are enough to disqualify her as a good choice. Now is not the time or place to argue ideologies. One is either aligned with Fiorina’s beliefs on such issues as gay marriage, global warming and abortion or not and one editorial is not going to change anyone’s opinion on them. However, these beliefs are standard fare amongst the Republican candidates and even if they are the most important things to you in this election, you would be better off choosing a more qualified candidate. As things stand now, Fiorina has shown nothing to suggest that she is deserving of being elected president. This is not to say that Fiorina has never been in a position of leadership; she was
Carly Fiorina’s lack of experience and questionable credentials should merit a look elsewhere. Justin Guglielmetti Student Writer rina, dropping 65 percent during her time at the helm. 30,000 jobs were lost and shareholder wealth in 2005 was a mere 52 percent of what it had been six years prior. Fiorina has bragged before about doubling HP’s revenue, but this was only achieved by her controversial 24.2 billion dollar acquisition of the outdated Compaq Computer company, a hugely detrimental move that did nothing to improve profits and was opposed by virtually all of her shareholders and analysts at the time. To claim that as a career businesswoman Fiorina somehow has better skills in managing money than the others she is running against is a logical fallacy based on her actual fiscal history.
“Ultimately, a vote for Fiorina feels like a wish and a prayer” the CEO of tech giant Hewlet-Packard from 1999 to 2005, and in a world where only 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies boast a woman CEO, this in itself is certainly an achievement. However, her business track record – the pillar on which she stakes her campaign and legitimacy to run – is nothing short of abysmal, no matter which statistic one chooses to cite. HP’s stock plummeted under Fio-
Ultimately, a vote for Fiorina feels like a wish and a prayer, trusting in an inexperienced and under qualified individual solely based on what she believes and how she looks. Voting for any candidate is really only a bet that they will pay off, as we have no way of knowing what the future will bring, but a gambling man would be wise to put his money on a safer choice than Carly Fiorina.
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Pope’s Corner
Pope Francis’ address to Congress a missed opportunity Pope Francis censured himself according to his audience, creating a nonconfrontational, mostly lukewarm address to the representatives of the American people. Trent Gibbons Student Writer Pope Francis, marking yet another first for the papal authority, addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress last week as part of his visit stateside. Pope Francis said he hoped that, by speaking to elected representatives, he could also begin a dialogue with common citizens, those “who strive each day to do an honest day’s work.” He also extended this offer to
begin a dialogue with the elderly, whom he considers “storehouses of wisdom forged by experience.” Next Pope Francis appealed to American history, mentioning in particular four famous figures: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. The standout here is Dorothy Day, an activist with an infamous contempt for capitalism as well as a radical anti-abortion agenda, having occasionally compared abortion to genocide. Francis has, in his endorsement of these figures, promoted his own personal values without having to explicitly announce them. Not that Pope Francis’s disdain for capitalism, whose vices he compared to the “dung of the devil,” isn’t fairly well-known. It is an understandable belief, if only for his upbringing. Pope Francis
Pope Francis greets citizens from the Popemobile.
was born an Argentinian at a time when the country was inflicted by a scourge of corruption and social inequality. Yet he recognizes his socialist opinions as being fairly unpopular, especially in a country whose understanding of liberty is so similar to individualism. Instead, he prioritized in his address the rather agreeable mission to end poverty, which he sees possible through the “correct use of natural resources, the proper application of technology and the harnessing of the spirit of enterprise.” Similarly, he touched only for a moment on the topic of abortion, reminding the faithful that the ‘Golden Rule’ commands us to “defend human life at every stage of development.” From here he called for global abolition of the death penalty in ex-
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change for rehabilitative practices, a view commonly shared by American bishops. Frustrating to those of the radical right is the agenda with which Francis seems to bring unrivaled attention: environmental degradation. Here he does not demonstrate ambiguity or hide behind vague terminology. He maintains the cause of global climate change to be “human activity.” Surprisingly enough, it was the Pope’s private visits, not his public ones, that stirred the most controversy. His meeting with Kim Davis, infamous for her refusal to officially recognize homosexual marriages, bewildered many. And yet in his address we find him a proponent of religious freedom, an umbrella that surely ecompasses Davis, as he encourages that “the voice of freedom continue to be heard.” Francis’s visit and address, landmark moments for both Christianity and American politics, is viewed by many as a missed opportunity. It was disappointing for
those on the right who were expecting a liberal-shaming address to rival that of Netanyahu, and instead witnessed Francis’s refusal to mention in more than passing the topics of abortion and religious freedom. It was also disappointing for much of the left, who watched as the supposedly progressive religious leader endorsed the intolerant practices of a publicly ridiculed figure and censured his own economic beliefs. What was disappointing for me, admittedly, was hearing Francis skimp on the topic of ISIS, only to revert to the argument that fundamentalism is present in many ideologies, not just major religions. It’s not an untrue statement, just a redundant one. Still, if Francis’s call for greater environmental awareness stirs in the Catholic community a greater support for natural conservation, then the Pope’s visit will have had at least one positive impact on the domestic community.
Music an effective outlet for Pope’s message Pope Francis’ new album is a modern and effective method for reaching out to young people and inspiring them to take action. Taisei Igarashi Student Writer The next hot artist on the rise is someone we know pretty well: Pope Francis. While he has dropped the bomb on a few of the former popes through his unique approach to his position, who expected him to drop an album? Hold back temptation to come up with a rapper name for him though, e.g. Big Poppa, Lil’ P, Poppa Flocka Flame, since he chose to make rock music. His album “Wake Up!” is definitely not in the next top 100 billboards, but his character draws attention to it. The sample that would not even make the
music producers pay attention has hit the news because Pope Francis is taking the mic. Through his sympathetic comments towards the homosexual community and his active approach towards global warming he has won the hearts of the majority of the world, and has proved himself to be aware and in sync with the notions of modern society. This pope seems to know what he’s doing, and people seem to be accepting of this new musical inspiration that he has yet to explain. I think this totally rocks. Music is not just an art, but a way to convey emotion and to reach out towards the general public. It is already amazing that Pope Francis has not hesitated to break down notions of traditional Catholic beliefs and customs to conform it in a way that he thinks matches society as it is today, which is working and is also gaining him popularity. He does not drop any bars
in this song, but his message is clear: Wake Up! He targets the young generation and advocates the necessity for us to wake up and take action and bring forth change in the world. The Pope repeatedly gives attributes to God, and says that glory comes through him, but we can take his message into accounts for many things. As a young generation, we come in contact with many organizations and individuals, especially on a college campus. We are introduced to new ideas, from culture to psychology, philosophy, political and religious affiliations and social upbringings. We learn that people are different, while finding ourselves out of the big wave of assorted colors. If Pope Francis taught us something, you should already be up from your seat. Drop the mic. #preach DJ “Dope Francis” drops some sick beats.
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Pope’s new single isn’t quite next to godliness The Pope’s first single provides inoffensive novelty, but little else in terms of musical merit. James Whisenhunt Student Writer Pope Francis is a little-known progressive/pop rock band from Aus- wait? It’s the actual Pope? Oh... The leading single from his debut album Wake Up!, the song
“Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” is reminiscent of many subgenres of rock music. However, it manages to lose the charm and complexity of each of those subgenres, leaving a song that feels watered down and uninspired. The instrumental introduction seems like something that could come from the intro to an 80s progressive rock opera, but the instrumentation isn’t quite at the level one would expect from a true prog band. The chord progression is rather standard and the most complex
instrumental feat is a sequence of eighth-notes on the synthesizer. After the intro, the song takes out the synth, giving the guitars room to breathe and making room for the introduction of a horn section. It may remind one of post-rock outfits like Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. However, Wake Up! lacks the complex instrumentals and underlying emotion that defines the best of the genre. After two minutes of instrumentation, Pope Francis himself finally
appears in the song. Unfortunately, the Pontifex isn’t laying down any new tracks in Wake Up!, as the album is built around his existing speeches and prayers. Francis calls for action in the sample, saying “I don’t like to see young people who are sleeping.” The Pope’s section ends, as one may expect, by telling the youth to wake up. The final section of the song features John 11:25-26 sung in Latin. The verses are accompanied by triumphant guitar chords and drums. The song ends at the end of the
Latin section, with a final cymbal crash and synth chord slowly fading out. While the song may feel uninspired, there’s nothing horrendous about it, either. For casual listeners, there is nothing offensive about the single. There’s also a charming novelty in hearing Pope Francis’s speeches set to a synthrock background. After the initial excitement from hearing that Pope Francis has dropped a single, one doesn’t find much beyond the surface in the new song.
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University School Trivia Night spellbinds attendees with challenges of wit Trivia Night, hosted by the University School, was a blast for all trivia nerds. Sara Douglas Student Writer The University of Tulsa hosted a Trivia Night two Saturdays ago. It was open to the public as a fundraiser for The University School, sponsored by Williams Cos., and offered alcoholic beverages alongside quiz questions—some challenging, some effortless—for the 21-and-over-only attendees. Emceed by Jeanne Nass of Tulsa’s 103.3 The Eagle, the event featured nine teams composed of eight members, each competing
for Einstein trophies. Trivia team names ranged from “We Are Number One” (a self-fulfilling prophecy) to “The News Buffs” (Tulsa World staff) to “Spock’s Brain” (classic “nerds”) to “We’re Going Down” (also self-fulfilling) to “The Naturally Selected” (from the Biology department). Six rounds tested knowledge in various categories over the course of a couple hours. First came “Take Me Back to Tulsa,” a series of questions centered around local events, landmarks, celebrities, sports, museum collections and more. The Tulsa World news team appeared to enjoy this bout of questions more than the other teams, possibly
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Kristen Gabriel, Amy Moore, John Phillips, Warren Booth and Gemma Booth participate in Trivia Night.
comprised of non-Tulsa natives or perhaps academics who don’t get out much. Between the rounds competitors learned there were extra credit opportunities. “Movie Songs by Decade” were played over the speaker system one by one. Teams had to write down the title of the song, performing artist and movie in which it was featured in order to gain points. Following the first round, a 1960s song was played. The songs progressed through the decades until reaching the 2010s after the last round. The second and third question categories were both comprised of scattered topics under the titles “Potpourri” and “Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.” Sports and stocks, philosophers and painters, argot and astronomy, history and hashtags: all were open game. In conjunction, diverse vocabulary demands and alcoholic drinks formed quite a stumbling block for Nass, the “trivia master” whose questions were sometimes asked less than masterfully. Additionally, the emcee was emboldened by either attention or alcohol and began playfully insulting the teams who were not performing spectacularly. However, the evening continued pleasantly as sealed envelopes were delivered to each table for the next round of queries, based
The Hourglass Project: a glimpse behind the curtain TU theater’s latest play is the product of student collaboration with playwright Lee Blessing. Joshua Ridgway Student Writer This week, the theater department will finally unveil its latest production, “The Hourglass Project.” The play deals with the question “What’s it like to go from being an 80 year old to a 20 year old?”, and all the problems that come from it, in a light, humorous tone. During an interview last week the play’s director, Susan Barrett, gave some insight into how the production came to be. The few available details on the play, as far as setting and content, are very basic. The play is set on an island, opening a few minutes after the characters wake up from the de-aging procedure. When asked about how building
sets goes, the director said, “We start with a void, and build a world.” The play’s author, Lee Blessing, came to TU in January of this year, and worked with students to build on his initial draft commissioned by Hendrix College in Arkansas. According to the director, the play is now more fleshed out, giving further character development and expanding on certain aspects of the plot. ”We’re still learning more about the depth and meaning of the play, right up until the curtain rises,” Barrett said. Exactly how this plays out is still a mystery, since I insist on no spoilers, but it does sound intriguing. “Students have been totally involved in every aspect of production, the professors have only acted as guides and supervisors, it’s really their show,” Barrett said. According to Barrett, the actors wore ankle and wrist weights to get a feel of how it’s like to move around when you’re 80.
The sets, costumes, lighting and sound design are all helmed by students. While the sets may all be built, all the technical aspects have not been sorted out. The sound design and lighting are still being modified and tweaked, right up to opening day. “That’s just how it goes,” said Barrett, “these are always the last items to be finalized, as we discover what works and what doesn’t. It’s very exciting, and very challenging.” The play opens on October 8, with a senior matinee the next day, and a Q&A with Lee Blessing immediately following the evening show on Friday. The play will continue to run for the next week at various times in Kendall Hall.
through the intro and learn how to play the game, and then you get to explore the mansion. Right away you are met with a long eerie hallway. This is where P.T. comes in. You search around and have to find clues to complete certain tasks, which are never actually assigned to you, to progress through the hallway. This part of the game was really creepy! There were spiders on the wall, creepy noises and even unsettling shadows at the end of the hallway. If the developers left the game like that or built off of it, this game would of been so much different. Alas, they did not. One problem with this game is a lack of connection with the main character since you learn nothing about him. The shortness of the game doesn’t give the player enough time to learn the main character’s side of the story. At some point you are rooting for your own death because it seems that you are the bad guy. Plus, a connection is formed with the character Kary, who is supposed to be the antagonist. These two aspects created major problems with the game.
Another problem in the game was the subtitles. They never seemed to follow the speaker, either leaving before or staying up too late. Not only this, but spacing became an issue in the words later on. Sometimes there would be no spacing between three words in a row. This is very minimal, but it gets annoying when you are trying to follow along with the story. Kary’s voice also doesn’t help because he sounds like a Russian prisoner who has been smoking for the past 40 years which oc-
on the enclosed images. This was probably the easiest round, objectively speaking, but teams were offered the capability to buy up to four mulligans for 25 dollars each. When used in place of a guess, a mulligan meant the answer would be counted correctly. “Entertainment” and “Around The World” were the final two categories of the night. Amusingly, all teams performed their worst during the former of those rounds—maybe that was to be expected at an educational event. In the latter, a couple hailing from the United Kingdom, Dr. Warren Booth and wife Gemma of “The Naturally Selected,” incorrectly answered two questions related to British culture, a fact over which their team derided them following
the answers’ reveal. The “Kolok Cosmonauts” correctly responded to challenges concerning Russian authors and the Soviet-era space program, while “The Alex Trebeks” quibbled over semantics such as “It’s Goat-tastic!” versus just “Goattastic,” being this year’s Tulsa State Fair slogan. This attention to detail did not necessarily benefit them in the event’s casual atmosphere. Predictably, “We Are Number One” won the most points at the end of the tournament, so each member was presented with a miniature Einstein bust. The team captain received a fitting prize: the Trivia Night Champions’ Hollingsworth Cup, a silver trophy full of candy brains.
“Next to Normal” displays heart-wrenching reality Nate Beckemeyer Student Writer The Tulsa PAC’s production of “Next to Normal” awed me with its rapid transitions from drama to humor, sense of colloquialism, challenging notions of love and stellar cast. Following a highly dysfunctional family, “Next to Normal” shows the humorous side of mental disability—only to bring playgoers back to horrifying reality. I laughed at multiple points—in fact, the audience once actually cheered and howled (before curtain call). But the show is by no means lighthearted. I cried at multiple points in the musical. In those mo-
word: magnificent. I saw this musical once and immediately fell in love with the soundtrack. Over time, my love for certain songs in the soundtrack faded, but the Tulsa PAC reinvigorated that love. Its performance showed me things I had never noticed before, and its cast performed the songs well, sometimes with their own additions. I was absolutely stunned by their performance. Only one thing bothered me, at one point during a song, the main character’s microphone cut out. She, nonetheless, sang audibly and beautifully. Perhaps my favorite part of the show was its challenging notions of love. Opposing the pristine perfect loving relationships shown in movies like the Fault in our Stars,
“Next to Normal’s relationships are highly flawed, rendering their mere existence more beautiful” ments, my only consolation was the sniffling of the audience members surrounding me. Two qualities which make this musical unique are its usage of words and that it does not fully encapsulate the story. In the case of the latter, it picks the story up in a rather interesting middle and leaves you to figure out the conclusions and beginnings, dropping hints all the while. The musical uses common speech and there are no grand soliloquies or fancy proclamations; rather, the story expresses its poetry through motifs of common items and double entendres buried inside of the music. As for the music itself, one
“Next to Normal’s” relationships are highly flawed, rendering their mere existence more beautiful. The imagery embraced in this show forced me to reconsider what I think love is. Forcing the audience to think about something is a crucial piece of any artwork, and this musical more than satisfied that criterion. Lastly, the acting in this production was superb. At times the onstage portrayal caused me physical pain. One outstanding actor was Thomas Williams, who played both of the doctors. He effortlessly glided between solemn instruction, dry humor, not-so-dry humor, and genuine caring.
casionally causes you to stop and ask “what the hell did he just say?” The writing isn’t the best either. The developers could have taken more time to immerse us in the story. Yes, I felt bad for Kary, but not bad enough to get an emotional reaction. It was more of a passing thought. At this point you might be asking yourself, are there any redeemable qualities? For one, the graphics are phenomenal for an indie game. The mansion’s layout is positioned well to add to the effect of
a large house. The beginning was really scary as well since it had a really fun P.T feel in the intro. Overall, however, this game is not worth the buy. Right now it’s going for 13 bucks on Steam, which is way too much. Between the short game play, dull storyline and weird voice acting, it’s not worth your time. It would be easier to watch a YouTube video of the game and get the same feel. If you are interested in watching a full game play that’s under 50 minutes check out MrKravin on Youtube.
“Girdberd” proves looks aren’t everything
Action horror game “Gridberd” offers stunning graphics, but not much else. Denton Lewis Student Writer
“Gridberd” is an action horror game created by Wareberd that takes place in the fictional Jonson mansion. I usually compare a game to something it resembles (the horror style, game play, etc.), but it’s hard to compare this game to anything. A lot of people were saying this was going to be a great game because of its P.T. (a renowned horror game) style seen in the demo. This was absolutely true … until you played the rest of the game. Once you get past that first section, it doesn’t P.T. style at all. This was not the only problem the game had. As the game starts, your ears are immediately filled with the poorly acted and written speech of Kary. Kary is sharpening his ax getting ready to murder you—so not off to a great start for our main character. He explains sort of where you are, but not much past that. You go
Gridberd has a classic horror style, but it lacks substance and quality gameplay.
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100th First Friday fails to be fantastic
The 100th First Friday art crawl celebration in the Brady Arts District didn’t reach its full potential. Hannah Kloppenburg Commentary Editor
Last Friday night I stepped out of my car and onto Brady Street with a hearty breath of fresh fall air and a faint, fluttery sense of anticipation in my stomach. I had heard that this week’s art crawl was supposed to be extra special. It was, after all, the 100th First Friday event held by the Brady District. Alas, an hour and a half later, I left the event vaguely disappointed. While this First Friday featured all the usual attractions and exhibits, it failed to provide any of the rumored extraordinary 100th art crawl celebration. To be fair, I wasn’t able to make it to the art crawl until 7:30 pm, a full hour and a half after kickoff, so it’s entirely possible that I may have missed something important. Despite the lack of special attractions, however, the art crawl delivered a lovely evening in its own right (as usual). One of my favorite things about the First Friday art crawl is that many of the galleries in the Brady District open their doors for three hours of free art. This Friday was no exception. All the usual suspects were open for business. The Hardesty Arts Center had an excellent and varied display of art by members of the Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, including a giant pop art painting of Darth Vader, a small cluster of mosaic
landscapes and a sculpture made of golf tees. The Philbrook Downtown featured an ongoing photography exhibit called “Local Weather.” 108 Contemporary, a gallery which often strays from the beaten path, was showing an exhibit that consisted mostly of winding amoeba-like structures made out of scraps of plastic. Of course, there was also the usual roundup of booths around Guthrie Green selling local art and handmade items. It’s worth noting one out-of-the-ordinary aspect of this art crawl: parked in the street outside the Green was a small Oscar Meyer Weinermobile and, for reasons which escape me, a small SUV with a bunch of colored lights shining on it. The most exciting part Guests mill around the Hardesty Arts Center. packed with young adults, couples of this week’s art crawl was the music. While there are usually and families taking advantage of a few street musicians and occa- the many food trucks and enjoying sionally a performance on Guthrie the music. Despite some research after the Green’s main stage, performers went all out for this month’s art art crawl, I was unable to identify the names of the artists who percrawl. The Hardesty Arts Center fea- formed on the Guthrie Green stage, tured an up close and personal but it seemed to be a number of guitar and vocal performance bands throughout the night, ending by Rebecca Ungerman and Josh with a jazz band that featured three Westbrook which was smooth, female scat vocalists and some exjazzy and spirited. It established a tremely funky basslines. I won’t deny that the 100th perfect ambiance for the event. Throughout the entire event First Friday was lovely, but no there was music on Guthrie Green. more so than any of the other 99 This was clearly the focal point First Fridays. Though the lack of of the art crawl—the Green was extraordinary celebration was a
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little disappointing, I still enjoyed myself greatly—there’s something about the atmosphere of the Brady District, especially when it’s lit by the Tulsa sunset and buzzing with art-loving people, that makes you feel hip and excited and anxious to discover something new. I ended my night on the steps of Guthrie Green with a few fancy chocolates from Glacier (they’re amazing, seriously. The closest a chocolate can get to being an actual work of art), a brisk autumn breeze on my cheeks and some very pleasant music in my ears. Not a bad way to spend an evening.
If you’ve never been to a First Friday art crawl, I highly recommend that you do so. While the quality and quantity of the displays can vary from month to month, the atmosphere is always hip and upbeat and the Brady District is a lovely area to stroll through while enjoying some local art. First Fridays are held on the first Friday of each month (shocker) from six to nine pm in the Brady Arts District. Many of the booths and attractions are held on or near Guthrie Green, so for those unfamiliar with the district, I recommend starting there.
just to see Tomlin as Elle alone, but there is a lot more to this film. If you think that Hollywood needs to have more female centric, non “chick-flick”, movies, go see “Grandma” and vote with your feet. The film handles itself and its cast with poise and delicacy, juggling potentially hot button topics as abortion, lesbian relationships, aging, and non-traditional households in such a way that they are really not issues at all. “Grandma” could have focused and questioned any one of those elements, but it doesn’t. It accepts them as normal, as they should be. And in this respect I hope “Grandma” is a herald of things to come. It doesn’t throw in a lesbian relationship as some kind of pandering ploy to look progressive. It takes it as the central issue for the film. The movie is Elle dealing with the loss of her wife and redeveloping the relationCourtesy Elle ship with her daughter
and granddaughter that she lost when her wife died. The film doesn’t focus on the lesbian nature of the relationship, instead treating Elle as anyone would expect her to be treated if it was a husband that had passed on. I wish more movies could take these kinds of issues and treat them as normal things. And I think as more media does this, especially if it can handle it as well as “Grandma” does, the more quickly these will become non-issues. On to lighter subjects. The humor is spot on throughout the movie. The film takes great advantage of Elle who is about a decade beyond giving two hoots about anything or anyone. Pairing her up with her granddaughter Sage, played by Julia Garner, who still cares a great deal about the opinions of those around her, makes for great onscreen chemistry. Having the embarrassed Sage on screen means the audience don’t have to feel embarrassed for Elle and can just enjoy the unrestrained wit of a crotchety old grandmother. Overall, “Grandma” is incredibly well handled and a delicately sweet film that’s worth treating yourself to.
Lauren Mayberry more room to mature as a vocalist. Songs from Bones, such as “Gun and Night Sky,” proved Mayberry had the vocal range and power necessary to be a top contender in the genre. Even so, her voice feels more refined in Every Open Eye, allowing her to display the larger range of emotions the theme and lyrics demand. This especially
tionships, if the album is any indication, but in musical growth and accomplishment. The ‘sophomore slump’ is famously dreaded by many bands, especially those with as explosive an entrance into the music scene as CHVRCHES made in 2013. Every Open Eye showcases a band that has managed to overcome that dread. New listeners will find that Every Open Eye has lyrical depth and narrative complexities, as well as plenty of dance-worthy electronic instrumentals. Old fans will find that Every Open Eye is still the indie electronica they fell in love with, but more confident, more nuanced and more cohesive. Whether the listener has been waiting for ten minutes or two years to hear the album, every open eye looking on CHVRCHES will be impressed.
“Grandma” handles difficult subjects with poise “Grandma” is a female centric drama, but it doesn’t fall into the trap of being a chick-flick. Steven Buchele Student Writers Delicate is the last word one might use to describe the titular grandmother in the movie “Grandma,” but the movie itself is a delicacy.
Where society’s taste in recent years have certainly shifted toward the heavy hot-sauce and creams of the film world, the action thrillers and raucous comedies, occasionally it is pleasant to sit down with something light with hints of sweet and sour flavors. “Grandma” is an example of a film that you could only find in Tulsa at the Circle Cinema. Sitting at the center of “Grandma” is Elle Reid, played by Lily
Tomlin. Tomlin does a fantastic job of creating this rough, abrasive, sometimes vulgar, often scary, usually hysterical crotchety old woman. While the line never appears in the film, it is so easy to see Elle shouting “Get off my lawn, you stupid kids!” Underneath this tough, salty shell however, is an incredibly loving and caring woman. The movie is worth going to
Tomlin and Garner play members of an estranged family trying to rebuild their relationships.
CHVRCHES album Every Open Eye is a sophomore spectacle
CHVRCHES’ second album is musically nuanced, narratively driven and is a clear evolution from their debut. James Whisenhunt Student Writer CHVRCHES (pronounced “Churches”), an electronic indiepop trio from Scotland, released their first album in 2013. The Bones of What You Believe was a fun but fairly simple record that proved that the group had potential. Their new album, Every Open Eye, proves they are here to stay. Lyrically and instrumentally, Every Open Eye diversifies CHVRCHES’ repertoire and gives listeners more to delve into than the songs from Bones. The songs on Bones are a bit thematically disjointed, operating
better as a collection of singles than as a cohesive package. Every Open Eye, on the other hand, walks listeners through a powerful 11-song breakup story. The album opener, “Never Ending Circles,” finds the narrator giving initial threats and arguments with their partner. Lead singer Lauren Mayberry’s voice soars in the chorus, singing “if you want another, say you need another.” The album progresses through a series of accusations and introspections. The narrative ends on a somber but hopeful note with “Afterglow.” The narrator finally accepts the relationship’s end and is willing to “wait for the afterglow to cover the blind side.” The progression of the story is met with a progression of musical tone. Early songs on Every Open Eye are reminiscent of songs from Bones. Fans of indie electronic bands, such as Passion Pit or some
of the newer work by Metric and Walk the Moon, will feel very comfortable with the techno beats and the strong synthesizer influence. While many of the album’s early songs are more like dance music, the later songs are more pensive Much of Every Open Eye’s second half feels like new territory for
“The album progresses through a series of accusations and introspections” CHVRCHES. The new album allows the slower songs to maintain their more somber tones and larger focus on vocals and lyrics. It also gives the album more diversity as a whole, keeping it from feeling like eleven singles simply packaged together. The thematic change also gives
comes through in the second half’s more introspective songs, such as “Down Side of Me.” Fans of female-driven pop outfits like MisterWives will find that Mayberry is a force to be reckoned with. The last two years have been very good to CHVRCHES. Perhaps not in terms of personal rela-
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Twenty One Pilots provide “TØP”-tier entertainment Tulsa’s Brady Theater came alive last Tuesday night as the creatively energetic musical duo, Twenty One Pilots, delivered a lively show accompanied by two openers, Finish Ticket and Echosmith. Sara Douglas Student Writer The concert began with a short set by Finish Ticket, an indie pop rock band that showcased more rock than pop. During their slowest song, the audience waved their cell phones and lighters without prompting from the band, eliciting a grateful response from Finish Ticket’s members. Reminiscent of punk rock due to the lead vocalist’s slight raspiness and raw guitar melodies, the band wasn’t unenjoyable yet wasn’t especially noteworthy. Their advertisement of their last song as “angry and bitter” was not appealing. Much of the crowd remained seated while Finish Ticket played, although the whole theater would be on its feet once the headliner took the stage. Echosmith followed, spending a bit more time on stage. A femaleled indie pop group composed of four siblings from California, Echosmith has recently gained some popularity. Although their bright style doesn’t seem compatible with Twenty One Pilots, much of the audience appeared to know a few of their songs. Echosmith’s cover of Modern English’s “I’ll Melt With You” was a fun follow-up to their ballad “Tell Her You Love Her.” Their hit single “Cool Kids” closed the set; Sydney, the lone sister, offered encouragement prior to the song, telling the attendees that they were each special and loved. The crowd responded positively, with many rising from their seats and moving to the beat-heavy dance tune. Once Echosmith exited, the an-
ticipation became palpable. This was a sold-out concert for which some people had camped out the night before, or at least since early morning, in order to get the best spots in line. The majority of the concertgoers were teenagers and young adults. When Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, the dynamic duo behind Twenty One Pilots, entered the darkened stage accompanied by a throbbing bassline, thunderous cheering erupted throughout the venue. Joseph and Dun didn’t acknowledge the crowd before launching into “HeavyDirtySoul,” the first track on their newest album, Blurryface. They were dressed in their usual concert gear: Joseph donning a skeleton hoodie complete with skull hood and red beanie underneath, Dun in a black shortsleeved hoodie and green alien ski mask. Immediately following was “Stressed Out,” a light hip-hop ditty about growing up. This song, among others on Blurryface, features rumbling bass vocals by the character whose story is told by the lyrics on this conceptual album. Its closing was altered for the live version, with Joseph transitioning into a downtempo piano melody that flowed into one from their last album, Vessel: “Guns for Hands.” Continuing with another older tune, Twenty One Pilots pulled back in their performance to en-
Left to righ: Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph bid farewell to their fans at the close of their performance.
electro-pop piece. Joseph donned a floral kimono and brought out a ukulele to strum
seph climbing onto the outreached hands of the pit and Dun backflipping off his drum stand before re-
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ized as a red wire-wrapped lightbulb. Twenty One Pilots announced
“This was a sold-out concert for which some people had camped out the night before, or at least since early morning, in order to get the best spots in line.”
“House of Gold,” which was dedicated to his mother, then moved into a bouncy song, “We Don’t Believe What’s on TV.” An excerpt from Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” was combined with Blurryface’s deceptively light-hearted but heavy-lyricked “The Judge.” Figures in hazmat suits appeared among theatrical fog for hip-hop “Lane Boy” before Joseph asked the crowd if they’d mind hearing a few of their early pieces. A medley of halfsongs and choruses from their self-titled album and Regional At Best was performed with Joseph on piano while Dun provided light drum backing. A couple more new releases, Sara Douglas / Collegian “Doubt” and “MesEchosmith’s lead singer, Sydney Sierota, takes the stage and launches into upbeat pop melodies. sage Man,” had Jocourage the crowd to sing along to “Migraine” before returning to a Blurryface track, “Polarize,” an
verting to a more subdued performance of “Holding Onto You.” What looked like clips from a horror movie flashed on the backdrop as ominous overtones echoed and were quickly replaced by the reggae-pop “Ride,” featuring Joseph on electric bass and Dun on an audience-supported board for his drum solo. There were humorous moments throughout the show: “Josh sneezed twice on stage—that was cute,” Joseph assessed. Both bantered with security guards, having the crowd cheer on Mike and boo Bobby. (“You suck, Bobby! … Bobby’s going to beat me up later,” noted Joseph.) Calling a kimono-garbed audience member who had made a banner up on stage to perform an elaborate handshake with Dun and take a selfie to be retweeted later was a highlight of the show. The music resumed with Joseph prompting everybody to “find a partner and get up on their shoulders” for “The Run and Go.” The spirited “Tear In My Heart” is the most radio-friendly song from Blurryface, and it elicited an enthusiastic audience response as Joseph leapt around stage, singing into a hanging microphone styl-
“Tulsa is our biggest headline show in this area and you guys sold this place out; that means so, so much to us.” This seemingly drew the show to a close, since both Joseph and Dun exited the stage to roaring acclamation at that point, but an encore was in store. A spotlight shone on the balcony section to which Joseph had transported himself; from his perch on the ledge, he sang “Car Radio” as Dun drummed below. He returned to the stage to perform “Goner” as audience members held up papers reading “F|P|E” (standing for the “Few,” the “Proud,” and the “Emotional,” a Blurryface lyric) that had been distributed prior to the show. The show ended with Joseph proclaiming “there’s nowhere in this world I’d rather be than in this room playing music with you people.” He and Dun both climbed on top of the crowd with drums to play their classic closer, “Trees,” and red confetti rained down as they reached the climax. Finally, the artists left the concert-goers with a promising farewell: “We’re Twenty One Pilots and so are you. See you next time, Tulsa!”
History of Photography exhibit reveals ageless perspectives McFarlin Library’s History of Photography exhibit displays the development of photographic techniques from its infancy. Adam Lux Student Writer Going up to the 5th floor of McFarlin into Special Collections felt as if I was intruding into a space where I shouldn’t be allowed. I rang a doorbell to be let in and then signed into a timebook. Bookshelves covered all the walls. The actual exhibit was in display cases in all throughout the room. Most of the first case contained daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and cyanotypes, some of the oldest
forms of capturing real world images. There were a couple of things that struck me about these old images. They were almost all portraits, usually of white, (and likely rich) males, or of Native Americans.
A stark contrast compared to today’s HD photos where every wrinkle and flaw is apparent. As you went down the cases you began seeing the improvements in technology, orotones, tintypes and finally the polaroid. Now even the average joe could
market and the age of color began. The stars of the show for me were the cameras. In the corner of the room was a huge Century accordion folding camera. The body was made of wood and the lens of brass and glass.
“The history of photography is important not only to determine how far we’ve come but to experience a little bit of how we got here” Secondly they were all really tiny, pocket sized and of quite low resolution, if that word even applies to them. You could hardly see more than the most prominent facial features.
take a photo whenever he wanted to. Faces gained definition and group photos and landscapes grew in frequency. In 1935 Kodachrome hit the
It stood about 4 feet tall and looked heavier than me. It was mounted on a cast-iron wheeled base. It was a tool for art and a piece of art in and of itself. Images are such a cornerstone
of modern day communication, entertainment and culture that it’s hard to image a time before photography. It seems impossible that what we all carry around in our pockets was once rolled around on wheels. From the first image by Nicéphore Niépce in 1827, to the recent photos of Pluto by New Horizon, it seems amazing the progress this industry was able to accomplish. The history of photography is important not only to determine how far we’ve come but to experience a little bit of how we got here. In the first display case the exhibit reminds us that “the photographer has made this image for a reason and we ought to wonder what the photographer is trying to say.”
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State-Run media As the leaves fall, so too our grades
Man-eating plants take over campus On the twenty-third day of the month of September, the university encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the most innocent and unlikely of places. Caitlin Woods A mean green mother from outer space The university received a shock last week when reports of giant, man-eating plants swept the campus. Amidst the confusion, writers at the State-Run Media managed to contact a student who claims to understand where it all started. “It was at last week’s Tri-Beta plant sale,” says biology student and horticulture enthusiast Ashley Krelnik. “I go every year to see what kind of weird and exotic plants they have for sale. ‘Cause they know, you see, strange plants are my hobby.” “On this one particular day, they didn’t really have anything that stood out to me,” reports Krelnik. “I was on my way to the
Faculty of Language when all of a sudden it got real dark,” Krelnik says, referring to the sudden and unexpected total eclipse of the sun the week of the plant sale. “I heard a strange humming sound, and when I turned back around, a plant caught my eye that hadn’t been there before. The students running the sale said they didn’t recognize it, but they sold it to me anyway.” Reportedly, the plant did not take well once in Krelnik’s dorm. “I gave it sunshine, I gave it dirt, but it gave me nothing,” Krelnik reports, “Then, I accidentally pricked my finger on one of its thorns.” Krelnik’s plant responded to the blood, he says, and after a few drops reportedly perked up immediately. Things took a dark turn, though, as Krelnik reports. “I had to give the plant more and more blood as it grew, and eventually it needed more than I could give…” A few days after our interview, Krelnik’s roommate, who reportedly never picked up his dirty laundry, disappeared. Cases like Krelnik’s have cropped up all around campus in the weeks following Tri-Beta’s annual plant sale. Complaints of
Rendition of a giant man-eating plant poised to devour everyone in the McFarlin Library.
anemia have become frequent at the Health Center, followed by the sudden absence of those kids in class who never shut up during discussion. Tri-Beta member and graphic design student Pat Martin spoke with State-Run reporters on the
club’s behalf. “Everything we sold was clipped from this strange and exotic venus flytrap we found in the Oliphant greenhouse one day,” said Martin in an official press statement, “We meant absolutely no harm in selling these plants, but it does seem they have a taste
Graphic by Elias Brinkman
for human flesh.” Students are advised not to feed these plants any more blood, and to destroy them immediately if they begin singing songs recommending you kill your love interest’s boyfriend.
University goths awaken for month of October Fall is upon us, and with the colder weather and shorter days, it is finally time for TU’s goth community to come out of the shadows. James Terrell Only shops at Hot Topic Students have noticed something abnormal occurring on TU’s campus. Classes are a little colder. Angsty groans can be heard in the late hours. Whispers of slam poetry linger in the bowels of McFarlin Library. While some might consider these to be everyday occurrences, Sally Peterworth offers another explanation.
“At first I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. Then I saw them. A pack of pale misunderstood creatures passed me. Goths have risen from their coffins.” Peterworth continued, “These people take the song Wake Me Up When September Ends a little too literally, hibernating all year, saving their scowls for this special time of the year.” Peterworth isn’t the only one to have noticed these people of the night walking aimlessly around campus. Junior business major Alex Doogie, provides another testimonial to this phenomenon. “My girlfriend Ashley was my entire life,” he declares. “Then she started reading Edgar Allen Poe for a class and, I dunno,
something changed. She would always scoff at my ‘mainstream conformist bullshit.” For a while I thought she had turned into a hipster.” “Then the make-up began,” Doogie said. “It started off subtly. A little black lipstick here. A couple piercings there. Nothing too odd. Then one day, she transformed. She sat me down and told me how she was going to leave for a long time. Then she got up, and left.” When asked where she went, Doogie shrugged. “She told me not to go looking for her. It wasn’t until yesterday when I was in Geology that I noticed she came back. I mean I barely could recognize her behind those dark red contact lenses.”
Other students have reported similar issues this month, causing one to wonder if Halloween being around the corner has caused them to rise from the depths from whence they came. “It’s possible,” offers Peterworth. “They don’t conform to anything, but Halloween is particularly alluring for the goth culture. Don’t be too surprised if they leave at the end of the month, and only rise again for an Evanescence concert or something.” The State Run Media has yet to contact one of these students, but it seems they’re here to stay for the time being.
“Super moon” violates TU’s giant “T” breaks world record for most boring world record university policy on personal space When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s grounds for a lawsuit. Taisei Igarashi Just wants to take things slow right now The Supreme Court might have to extend the jurisdiction of the restraining order to a galactic level. Many TU students during the lunar eclipse complained the moon was “too close for comfort,” and they would sue it if the moon tries to pull that on them again. Inside sources told State-Run reporters that, during the lunar eclipse last Monday, the moon actually violated university policies implemented in the 1950s regarding personal space. Although the university has not made any public statement regarding this issue, the general consensus seems to be that the moon did not take any hints. Most students testified they were only cool with Netflix and chilling, but the moon just got too close. Apparently, the moon was also
blushing. This only lessened its attractiveness. One student who wishes to remain unnamed stated, “It was obvious the moon was totally unconfident and inexperienced.” It is a controversial issue whether the terms of discomfort that we feel on earth apply to galactic planets. Although we have confirmed that Mars cried tears when he finally had company in the form of a research project team from NASA, and Pluto turned ice cold after being ostracized, we have not had any emotional emissions from our moon. It seems to have a causal relationship going on with the sun when they overlapped for a 30 second quickie, but apparently, it still doesn’t have its dating tactics nailed. But it reportedly plays the push and pull game with the ocean pretty well. There are reports that the moon might slowly shy away within the next couple of days, just like you do to that one person you hooked up with at that party you half remember.
TU hits rock-bottom in terms of self respect.
Graphic by James Whisenhunt
Andrews flipped through a slide of more impresThe university’s world record for largest sive feats, such as Oldest Male Stripper and Longest “T” made out of human beings was not only Trading Card Marathon. underwhelming to students, but to the world “But we didn’t want to say anything until we conrecord committee itself. firmed it. It would be pretty insensitive for us to get
Brook Becker Once met the world’s fattest priest After it was announced that TU students broke the record for the largest letter formed out of human bodies, Guinness discovered the university had actually surpassed two world-records, with the latter being the most subpar record in human history. Guinness representative Willis Andrews told reporters, “We were pretty certain this was the most lowball stunt anybody had ever attempted.”
your hopes up only to dash them,” Andrews continued his statement with visible hostility. “After all, you guys put so much effort into this attempt.” Student Oscar Jonas commented on the situation, “Honestly, I just came for the free t-shirt, and I’m pretty sure that’s true for most of us out here.” Jonas was reportedly pretty surprised by the news. “I knew that we were doing very little, but I had no idea it was this insignificant.” When asked if they feel proud at all of these two accomplishments, the university preferred not to make any comment.