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W W W . O U D A I L Y . C O M 2 0 1 3 P A C E M A K E R F I N A L I S T
F R I D A Y , J A N U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 14
� e University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916
Opinion: OU needs to improve its bike infrastructure and then consider implementing a bike sharing system. (Page 3)
KELLY ROGERSCampus Reporter @KellyRogersOU
The congested traffic flow on the South Oval soon may be alleviated once the campus master plan, which will include pathways for both bikers and pedestrians, is realized.
The campus master plan was issued in May 2013 and is currently underway. The first project is on the South Oval to create the Scholars Walk, which will include a bike lane from the South Oval to east Jenkins Avenue, said Lezlie D. Marsh, assistant to the vice president of OU administration and finance.
With the increase of biking students on campus, OU pres-ident David Boren came up with the idea for the master plan to improve student traffic flow, Marsh said.
“I am pleased with the growing bike culture, as it is a healthy and inexpensive form of transportation,” Marsh
said.Marsh said the master plan will be implemented in parts
in short term and long term projects, with the Scholars’ Walk projected to be finished in fall 2014.
In addition to adding a bike lane to Jenkins Avenue, the Scholar’s Walk will eventually have a bike pathway from Van Vleet Oval to Elm Street in later stages of construction, said Jeffrey Schmidt, OU construction administrator.
Marsh said the bicycle master plan developers consulted with the city of Norman to extend the project beyond cam-pus and into the surrounding Norman community.
According to the League of American Bicyclists, Norman has been deemed a bike friendly community since 2011.
More bikers on campus also means more business for Tobin Vigil, owner and founder of Campus Corner’s Buchanan Bicycles.
“With more and more students riding bikes on campus, our student clientele is growing,” he said.
One of the reasons biking is increasing among students is because it’s an affordable means of transportation, Vigil
said, since bikes don’t require gas to ride.Hunter Brothers, broadcast and electronic media se-
nior, said the convenience of bike parking is one reason she thinks it works so well for getting around campus.
“If you know how to really ride a bike and communicate with the people around you, it’s the easiest thing,” Brothers said. “And it’s fun.”
Not only is this an issue of a balanced transportation sys-tem on campus, but a small step toward a healthier Norman atmosphere, Marsh said.
“The fewer cars that drive to and from our campus, the smaller the university’s carbon footprint will be,” Marsh said.
Marsh said an update of OU’s projects will be given to the members of the Norman Bicycle Advisory Committee in a February meeting to move forward with the bicycle plans.
Kelly Rogers, [email protected]
STAFF REPORTS
One day after the universi-ty’s shooting scare during which OU President David
Boren held a press conference and informally talked to students on the South Oval, university officials have said little to The Daily.
The Daily attempted to find out information about the OU Police Department’s regular practices, in-cluding how they train for emergen-cy situations. After four calls, OUPD spokesman Bruce Chan redirected all calls to OU spokesman Michael Nash, although he did say this was not a planned training exercise for OUPD.
After calling Nash and sending an email with six questions regarding OUPD, Nash responded saying he’d have to check with OUPD to answer the questions.
The Daily also tried to talk with construction workers outside Gould Hall to find out if they heard any nois-es Wednesday around the time of the shooting scare. The foreman told The Daily they wouldn’t answer any questions and should contact Nash.
Before we contacted the con-struction workers, The Daily called Architectural & Engineering Services to find contact information for the contractors involved with the OU Scholars Walk, which the construc-tion workers were working on during the shooting scare. They referred The Daily to Nash.
Wednesday, construction work-ers at the scene told The Daily they hadn’t heard anything, neither a shot nor equipment backfiring, but they also said they were used to the equip-ment noises and could have ignored it.
Pa i g h t e n Ha r k i n s , B l a y k l e e Buchanan and Matt Woods contrib-uted to the report.
STONEWALLED?The Daily is still waiting for answers to questions
WE ASKED NASH... HIS ANSWER“I’m going to have to do some checking on a lot of these ques-tions, particularly with OUPD. I will let you know as soon as I have this information for you.”
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VOL. 99, NO. 86© 2014 OU Publications BoardFREE — Additional copies 25¢
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INSIDE TODAYCampus......................2
Classi f ieds................4
L i fe&Ar ts... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Opinion.....................3
Spor ts........................5
L&A: Opolis ranks among the top venues in Norman for music fans. Find out why it’s still rocking today. (Page 6)
Sports: A win in Minnesota for the men’s gymnastics team could bode well down the road for OU. (Page 5)
CONSTRUCTION
More bike lanes in OU’s futureMaster plan will help ease traffic on the South Oval when it is completed
1. How does OUPD typically train for emergency situations?2. How long has OUPD been preparing for potential active shooter situations?3. When was OUPD’s last active shooter training?4. Have university of� cials discovered any information about the origin of the loud noises that led to Wednesday’s false alarm?5. What steps have been taken to evaluate the university’s response as part of the “after-action plan” President Boren mentioned Wednesday?6. Does the university plan to change its handling or pro-motion of student and faculty emergency contact informa-tion in any way?
JESSICA WOODS/THE DAILY
A sign hangs on the Sower statue Thursday following Wednesday’s shooting scare. A machine backfire was credited for the noise one faculty member heard which prompted them to call 911 Wednesday morning.
W W W . O U D A I L Y . C O M 2 0 1 3 P A C E M A K E R F I N A L I S T
F R I D A Y , J A N U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 14
� e University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916
Opinion: OU needs to improve its bike infrastructure and then consider implementing a bike sharing system. (Page 3)
KELLY ROGERSCampus Reporter @KellyRogersOU
The congested traffic flow on the South Oval soon may be alleviated once the campus master plan, which will include pathways for both bikers and pedestrians, is realized.
The campus master plan was issued in May 2013 and is currently underway. The first project is on the South Oval to create the Scholars Walk, which will include a bike lane from the South Oval to east Jenkins Avenue, said Lezlie D. Marsh, assistant to the vice president of OU administration and finance.
With the increase of biking students on campus, OU pres-ident David Boren came up with the idea for the master plan to improve student traffic flow, Marsh said.
“I am pleased with the growing bike culture, as it is a healthy and inexpensive form of transportation,” Marsh
said.Marsh said the master plan will be implemented in parts
in short term and long term projects, with the Scholars’ Walk projected to be finished in fall 2014.
In addition to adding a bike lane to Jenkins Avenue, the Scholar’s Walk will eventually have a bike pathway from Van Vleet Oval to Elm Street in later stages of construction, said Jeffrey Schmidt, OU construction administrator.
Marsh said the bicycle master plan developers consulted with the city of Norman to extend the project beyond cam-pus and into the surrounding Norman community.
According to the League of American Bicyclists, Norman has been deemed a bike friendly community since 2011.
More bikers on campus also means more business for Tobin Vigil, owner and founder of Campus Corner’s Buchanan Bicycles.
“With more and more students riding bikes on campus, our student clientele is growing,” he said.
One of the reasons biking is increasing among students is because it’s an affordable means of transportation, Vigil
said, since bikes don’t require gas to ride.Hunter Brothers, broadcast and electronic media se-
nior, said the convenience of bike parking is one reason she thinks it works so well for getting around campus.
“If you know how to really ride a bike and communicate with the people around you, it’s the easiest thing,” Brothers said. “And it’s fun.”
Not only is this an issue of a balanced transportation sys-tem on campus, but a small step toward a healthier Norman atmosphere, Marsh said.
“The fewer cars that drive to and from our campus, the smaller the university’s carbon footprint will be,” Marsh said.
Marsh said an update of OU’s projects will be given to the members of the Norman Bicycle Advisory Committee in a February meeting to move forward with the bicycle plans.
Kelly Rogers, [email protected]
STAFF REPORTS
One day after the universi-ty’s shooting scare during which OU President David
Boren held a press conference and informally talked to students on the South Oval, university officials have said little to The Daily.
The Daily attempted to find out information about the OU Police Department’s regular practices, in-cluding how they train for emergen-cy situations. After four calls, OUPD spokesman Bruce Chan redirected all calls to OU spokesman Michael Nash, although he did say this was not a planned training exercise for OUPD.
After calling Nash and sending an email with six questions regarding OUPD, Nash responded saying he’d have to check with OUPD to answer the questions.
The Daily also tried to talk with construction workers outside Gould Hall to find out if they heard any nois-es Wednesday around the time of the shooting scare. The foreman told The Daily they wouldn’t answer any questions and should contact Nash.
Before we contacted the con-struction workers, The Daily called Architectural & Engineering Services to find contact information for the contractors involved with the OU Scholars Walk, which the construc-tion workers were working on during the shooting scare. They referred The Daily to Nash.
Wednesday, construction work-ers at the scene told The Daily they hadn’t heard anything, neither a shot nor equipment backfiring, but they also said they were used to the equip-ment noises and could have ignored it.
Pa i g h t e n Ha r k i n s , B l a y k l e e Buchanan and Matt Woods contrib-uted to the report.
STONEWALLED?The Daily is still waiting for answers to questions
WE ASKED NASH... HIS ANSWER“I’m going to have to do some checking on a lot of these ques-tions, particularly with OUPD. I will let you know as soon as I have this information for you.”
Facebookfacebook.com/OUDaily
Twittertwitter.com/OUDaily
VOL. 99, NO. 86© 2014 OU Publications BoardFREE — Additional copies 25¢
Visit OUDaily.com for more
INSIDE TODAYCampus......................2
Classi f ieds................4
L i fe&Ar ts... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Opinion.....................3
Spor ts........................5
L&A: Opolis ranks among the top venues in Norman for music fans. Find out why it’s still rocking today. (Page 6)
Sports: A win in Minnesota for the men’s gymnastics team could bode well down the road for OU. (Page 5)
CONSTRUCTION
More bike lanes in OU’s futureMaster plan will help ease traffic on the South Oval when it is completed
1. How does OUPD typically train for emergency situations?2. How long has OUPD been preparing for potential active shooter situations?3. When was OUPD’s last active shooter training?4. Have university of� cials discovered any information about the origin of the loud noises that led to Wednesday’s false alarm?5. What steps have been taken to evaluate the university’s response as part of the “after-action plan” President Boren mentioned Wednesday?6. Does the university plan to change its handling or pro-motion of student and faculty emergency contact informa-tion in any way?
JESSICA WOODS/THE DAILY
A sign hangs on the Sower statue Thursday following Wednesday’s shooting scare. A machine backfire was credited for the noise one faculty member heard which prompted them to call 911 Wednesday morning.
ALEX NIBLETTAssistant Campus Editor, @alex_niblett
Six inmates will meet their four-legged partners today at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Okla., where they will participate in the Friends for Folks inmate dog training program.
The dog training program is currently run-ning at the Lexington Correctional Complex and lets inmates train otherwise not adopt-able dogs for placement with the elderly, families and facilities such as the Norman Veterans Center, according to the Friends for Folks website.
While the program is not new to Oklahoma, University Animal Hospital veterinarian John Otto said this will be the first time at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, an Oklahoma Department of Corrections pris-on for women.
“(The inmates) will be receiving their pets for the first time; that’s why this is such a big event,” Otto said.
The event marks the first time the program has been introduced to a women’s correc-tional center, and it’s the program’s first move in 24 years, Otto said.
Otto created a documentary about the pro-gram at the Lexington Correctional Complex
last year. In the documentary, viewers are shown the relationships between the in-mates and the dogs who participated in this program.
Jericha McGill, communications se-nior and Nonprofit Student Leadership Association president, said she’ll be at-tending this event to learn more about the program.
McGill is visiting McLoud Friday as part of her group’s annual event called NonFilm that combines a nonprofit organization or cause with a film or documentary that advocates a similar position.
McGill said the pet rehabilitation program and documentary caught the organization’s attention, so this year the nonprofit will fea-ture Otto’s documentary and possibly work with the Friends for Folks program.
“In the program, they train the dogs… teach them basic commands,” McGill said. “After the dogs have been trained, they go back into the community.”
She said the Nonprofit Student Leadership Association will hold a NonFilm Advocacy week between March 3 and 6. The week will be filled with events presenting information about pet prison programs and responsible pet ownership.
Alex [email protected]
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2 • Friday, January 24, 2014
CAMPUS
MONDAY, JAN. 20
Mosier-Everest Indoor Athletic Facility (on campus), 3:40 p.m. An OUPD officer responded to a report concerning a vehicle and bicycle collision.
Reynolds Performing Arts Center (on campus), 5:43 p.m. A suspicious person was observed backstage in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. When confronted, he fled into the basement area and was never found.
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
Huston Huffman Fitness Center (on campus), 9:18 p.m. An OU student made a threatening statement toward Huston Huffman staff members.
Gaylord Hall (on campus), 3:35 a.m. A vehicle was illegally parked blocking a trash dumpster. The vehicle was impounded and removed.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
Gould Hall (on campus) OU Police Department, Norman Police Department, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a report of a shot fired in Gould Hall.
Police BlotterGo online for the full blotter.
WORK STUDY
Students can now apply for research internships$900 stipend will be paid for work
MATT WOODSCampus Reporter@matopher
Honors College stu-dents can now apply to develop research skills this spr ing alongside e x p e r i e n c e d O U f a c-ulty members through paid assistant positions in the Honors Research Assistant Program.
Up to 15 honors stu-dents with at least a 3.4 GPA and 15 hours of col-lege credit will qualify to apply directly to profes-sors for any of the eight p r o g r a m s , s p a n n i n g a wide range of topics from the representation of women in academia to kill ing cancer cells through nanotechnology, Honors curriculum direc-tor Melanie Wright said.
Applications will be open until all the avail-able positions are filled, according to the website.
“We hope that the pro-fessor teaches the student how to conduct a research p ro j e c t— i n c o r p o rat e them in meaningful ways and not just have them photocopy articles or send them to the library to check out books,” she said. “We want them to be a part of the research.”
For 10 weeks, student assistants will work 10 hours per week begin-ning Feb. 3 and continu-ing through April 18, with the exception of spring break. Students will be paid a $900 stipend, split into three payments.
A newcomer to the pro-gram, biology professor
Ingo Schlupp, hopes to work with an applicant to tackle research about fish
RICARDO PATINO/THE DAILY
Dr. Susan Shroeder (left) discusses the RNA structure with University College freshman Gretchen Scheel (right) in the Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
behavior, specifically popu-lation divergence.
Schlupp plans to work
with a student in develop-ing a scientific question, designing and executing an
experiment and analyzing the resulting data.
“This is about the stu-d e n t s , ” S c h l u p p said. “What the students s h o u l d b e g e t t i n g o u t of this is ex-perience in a research-ori-ented labora-tory that they then can use for the future as a template for what re-s e a r c h i s about.”
Students can participate in the program at any point in their undergraduate
career, but many students use their research assistant experience as a springboard into future projects, Wright said.
“I would definitely say it’s a mentoring process, “ Wright said. “Sometimes the students go on to de-velop their own projects out of what they do with the professor.”
Students can read facul-ty descriptions of the eight Honors research programs, review participation in-structions and access the application a on the Honors College website.
Matt [email protected]
This is about the students. What the students should be getting out of this is experience in a
research-oriented laboratory that they then can use for the future as a template for what research is
about.”INGO SCHLUPP, BIOLOGY PROFESSOR
‘‘Today is last day to register to be an OU Cousin to international students
ORGANIZATION
The last day to register with OU Cousins and get paired with an international student for the semester is Today.
Students can register at the OU Cousins website by logging on with their OU 4x4 and password, where they will complete the registration process by � lling out an application.
OU Cousins is an OU organization that pairs American students with international students based on hobbies, interests and time commitment, according to the website.
The group matches students and invites them to attend free events while encouraging students to meet outside of of� cial events.
Future events include OU Cousins Bingo Night from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 28, at the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center, according to their website.
Ethan Koch, Campus Reporter
Program brings dogs to prisonsDOCUMENTARY
Inmates will train the six dogs to be placed with new owners
ALEX NIBLETTAssistant Campus Editor, @alex_niblett
Six inmates will meet their four-legged partners today at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud, Okla., where they will participate in the Friends for Folks inmate dog training program.
The dog training program is currently run-ning at the Lexington Correctional Complex and lets inmates train otherwise not adopt-able dogs for placement with the elderly, families and facilities such as the Norman Veterans Center, according to the Friends for Folks website.
While the program is not new to Oklahoma, University Animal Hospital veterinarian John Otto said this will be the first time at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, an Oklahoma Department of Corrections pris-on for women.
“(The inmates) will be receiving their pets for the first time; that’s why this is such a big event,” Otto said.
The event marks the first time the program has been introduced to a women’s correc-tional center, and it’s the program’s first move in 24 years, Otto said.
Otto created a documentary about the pro-gram at the Lexington Correctional Complex
last year. In the documentary, viewers are shown the relationships between the in-mates and the dogs who participated in this program.
Jericha McGill, communications se-nior and Nonprofit Student Leadership Association president, said she’ll be at-tending this event to learn more about the program.
McGill is visiting McLoud Friday as part of her group’s annual event called NonFilm that combines a nonprofit organization or cause with a film or documentary that advocates a similar position.
McGill said the pet rehabilitation program and documentary caught the organization’s attention, so this year the nonprofit will fea-ture Otto’s documentary and possibly work with the Friends for Folks program.
“In the program, they train the dogs… teach them basic commands,” McGill said. “After the dogs have been trained, they go back into the community.”
She said the Nonprofit Student Leadership Association will hold a NonFilm Advocacy week between March 3 and 6. The week will be filled with events presenting information about pet prison programs and responsible pet ownership.
Alex [email protected]
Experience
Personality
Personality doesn’t get jobs.
Experience does.
studentmedia.ou.eduGet your experience. Apply now.
OU Student Media is a department within The University of Oklahoma’s division of Student Affairs. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. For accomodations on the basis of disability, call (405) 325-2521.
Arrested?Avalon Correction Services
is the alternative
Contact Shiann405.443.6900
\\ Call Us Before Sentencing //•Keep your job•Support your family•Avoid jail or prison time
Paighten Harkins, campus editor Alex Niblett, assistant editor
[email protected] • phone: 405-325-3666oudaily.com • Twitter: @OUDaily
2 • Friday, January 24, 2014
CAMPUS
MONDAY, JAN. 20
Mosier-Everest Indoor Athletic Facility (on campus), 3:40 p.m. An OUPD officer responded to a report concerning a vehicle and bicycle collision.
Reynolds Performing Arts Center (on campus), 5:43 p.m. A suspicious person was observed backstage in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center. When confronted, he fled into the basement area and was never found.
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
Huston Huffman Fitness Center (on campus), 9:18 p.m. An OU student made a threatening statement toward Huston Huffman staff members.
Gaylord Hall (on campus), 3:35 a.m. A vehicle was illegally parked blocking a trash dumpster. The vehicle was impounded and removed.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
Gould Hall (on campus) OU Police Department, Norman Police Department, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a report of a shot fired in Gould Hall.
Police BlotterGo online for the full blotter.
WORK STUDY
Students can now apply for research internships$900 stipend will be paid for work
MATT WOODSCampus Reporter@matopher
Honors College stu-dents can now apply to develop research skills this spr ing alongside e x p e r i e n c e d O U f a c-ulty members through paid assistant positions in the Honors Research Assistant Program.
Up to 15 honors stu-dents with at least a 3.4 GPA and 15 hours of col-lege credit will qualify to apply directly to profes-sors for any of the eight p r o g r a m s , s p a n n i n g a wide range of topics from the representation of women in academia to kill ing cancer cells through nanotechnology, Honors curriculum direc-tor Melanie Wright said.
Applications will be open until all the avail-able positions are filled, according to the website.
“We hope that the pro-fessor teaches the student how to conduct a research p ro j e c t— i n c o r p o rat e them in meaningful ways and not just have them photocopy articles or send them to the library to check out books,” she said. “We want them to be a part of the research.”
For 10 weeks, student assistants will work 10 hours per week begin-ning Feb. 3 and continu-ing through April 18, with the exception of spring break. Students will be paid a $900 stipend, split into three payments.
A newcomer to the pro-gram, biology professor
Ingo Schlupp, hopes to work with an applicant to tackle research about fish
RICARDO PATINO/THE DAILY
Dr. Susan Shroeder (left) discusses the RNA structure with University College freshman Gretchen Scheel (right) in the Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
behavior, specifically popu-lation divergence.
Schlupp plans to work
with a student in develop-ing a scientific question, designing and executing an
experiment and analyzing the resulting data.
“This is about the stu-d e n t s , ” S c h l u p p said. “What the students s h o u l d b e g e t t i n g o u t of this is ex-perience in a research-ori-ented labora-tory that they then can use for the future as a template for what re-s e a r c h i s about.”
Students can participate in the program at any point in their undergraduate
career, but many students use their research assistant experience as a springboard into future projects, Wright said.
“I would definitely say it’s a mentoring process, “ Wright said. “Sometimes the students go on to de-velop their own projects out of what they do with the professor.”
Students can read facul-ty descriptions of the eight Honors research programs, review participation in-structions and access the application a on the Honors College website.
Matt [email protected]
This is about the students. What the students should be getting out of this is experience in a
research-oriented laboratory that they then can use for the future as a template for what research is
about.”INGO SCHLUPP, BIOLOGY PROFESSOR
‘‘Today is last day to register to be an OU Cousin to international students
ORGANIZATION
The last day to register with OU Cousins and get paired with an international student for the semester is Today.
Students can register at the OU Cousins website by logging on with their OU 4x4 and password, where they will complete the registration process by � lling out an application.
OU Cousins is an OU organization that pairs American students with international students based on hobbies, interests and time commitment, according to the website.
The group matches students and invites them to attend free events while encouraging students to meet outside of of� cial events.
Future events include OU Cousins Bingo Night from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Jan. 28, at the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center, according to their website.
Ethan Koch, Campus Reporter
Program brings dogs to prisonsDOCUMENTARY
Inmates will train the six dogs to be placed with new owners
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Friday, January 24, 2014 • 3
Our View: OU needs to rethink its attitude towards bikers then adopt a bike-sharing program.
Unless you’re one of them, you prob-ably don’t appreciate the cyclists up and down the South Oval very much. In fact, the culture of Norman in gen-eral seems to be fairly anti-biker; con-sider the staggering lack of bike lanes around the city and prevalence of poorly lit streets.
However, biking is a health-ier, more environmentally friendly alternative to driv-ing. And, as anyone who’s had to hustle from Dale Hall to Sarkey’s in 10 minutes be-tween classes knows, biking is also a lot faster than walking.
Bike-sharing programs are trend-ing at other college campus across the country – an estimated 33 U.S. univer-sities had bike share programs in 2013, according to a Forbes article.
Another Oklahoma institution of higher learning, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), has a free bike share program, known as “Bum-A-Bike.”
However, the University of Central Oklahoma also received an honor-able mention award from the League of American Bicyclists in 2011 for its efforts to make the campus as bike-friendly as possible, according to a press release.
We considered whether OU should implement a bike-share program like the one at the University of Central Oklahoma but decided such a
program would not currently be prac-tical. We believe that a bike-sharing program could benefit students, but it will take a change in both the city’s, and the university’s focuses for that to be the case.
A bike share program would offer students who don’t have vehicles, such as international students here for a brief period of time, an econom-
ical option for navigating the campus.
Sharing bikes would also eliminate the hassle of lugging your expensive bike all over campus. You could simply pick up and drop off a bike at a depot after using it.
Such a program would also appeal to incoming freshmen — the worst offenders for rolling around on shiny new bikes for the first few weeks of the semester, just to let the bikes rust in the dorm racks for the remainder of the year.
Unfortunately, OU is unlikely to see such benefits because the campus and surrounding areas are not geared to be pro-biking. One glimmer of hope is OU’s inclusion of bike lanes around the dorms last year. If the university continues to include bike lanes in the campus layout, we just might be able to use a bike share program.
First, OU must include bike lanes along the much-anticipated Scholar’s Walk down Van Vleet Oval. Bike lanes on both sides of the South Oval would reduce the pedestrian traffic. New bike lanes would also allow more bikes to
The Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s eight-member editorial board
EdiTOriAL
Bike share program should be future option
Well, it didn’t take long. Not even 20 minutes into the shoot-ing incident on campus on
Wednesday until I found someone asking, “How’s that gun-free zone working out for you.”
Despite the fact that we now know what Tuesday’s incident really was, my reply to this was, “Apparently its still working out OK. Thanks to a dedicat-ed team of professional campus and city Police Officers who did their job with the type of precision and care that we expect from our professional security officers.”
And isn’t that just it? We need to keep in mind my, fellow OU students, as we consider our safety on campus, that it takes cool, calm and composure to handle a firearm in an ac-tive shooter situation. If the eight years that I spent in the U.S. Army, or my three tours in Iraq taught me anything, it is that cool, calm and composure do not just come naturally. They are the result of years of training for
when the unthinkable happens.Now, I have made a conscious decision to
no longer continue carrying a firearm in de-fense of my nation. But when we ask people who do have to carry their service weapons into harms way what they think about Carry on Campus, they say time and time again: “please, no Carry on Campus, it creates a more dangerous environment for us.”
This Iraq War veteran stands by those will-ing to put their lives on the line to defend my safety, and I am thankful to attend a univer-sity where our President said the same thing after Tuesday’s incident, “I am opposed to arming people and putting guns in the hands of people who don’t have specialized training to respond to this kind of incident.”
Kenneth Meador, political science senior.
People have been going to the movies since the late 1800s
to relax, be entertained and, for teenagers, to make out. They expect their movie-go-ing experience to be fun and safe. However, these days it seems the atmosphere sur-rounding movie theaters is changing from enjoyable to fearful, and it has nothing to do with what’s in the box office.
Most everyone is familiar with the July 2012 shooting in Aurora, Colo., during the midnight premiere of the third installment of the “The Dark Knight” trilogy. The shooter, dressed as “the joker,” opened fire in the middle of the crowd of moviegoers, killing 12 people and injuring 58. There are
several factors that made this act of terror more appall-ing than most, such the sheer number of innocent people harmed and the fact that it occurred at a movie theater.
Tragedies like those are never expected and are equally disturbing regardless of where they occur, but targeting a movie theater was startling because it proved that even the most unlikely places for violence are still vulnerable.
Unfortunately, history repeats itself, and on Jan. 13, a man was fatally shot during a matinée showing of “Lone Survivor” at a movie theater in Florida. Ironically enough, the shooter was a retired cop. The altercation began during the previews when retired police officer, Curtis Reeves, asked the man in front of him, Chad Oulson, to stop texting and he refused. Reeves left the theater and upon returning the argument between him and Oulson escalated, ending with Reeves fatally shooting Oulson.
After the shooting in Aurora, I find it hard to believe that steps have not been taken to prevent something so tragic like
this from happening again. I can’t help but wonder if action would be taken if the shooting occurred during a showing of the latest Disney movie “Frozen.”
Something must be done to ensure that movie theaters are safe places. Although the most recent movie theater shoot-ing wasn’t a deliberate act of terror, movie theaters can still be perfect targets for those with evil motives to inflict real harm.
However, despite that chilling possibility, this issue still isn’t being dealt with.
At the very least, there should be metal detectors in every movie theater. And considering the price of popcorn and a drink is $10 at the very least — and I’m being generous — I think all movie theaters, no matter how big or small, should have at least one security guard in the building at all times.
Rachael Montgomery is a public relations sophomore.
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roll around campus with ease, giving some justification for a future bike share program.
OU’s bike sins are nothing compared to the lack of biker love shown by the city of Norman. Take, for instance, Campus Corner. Though it’s arguably the most popular shopping and dining area in Norman, signs all over Campus Corner explicitly forbid the use of bikes, skateboards or other rolling devices on its hallowed streets. Why? Most likely because it is a high-traffic area, and there just isn’t room on the tiny sidewalks for bikes.
But that’s the whole problem with introducing a bike share program at OU. Our university is somewhat strange in that it is a major public in-stitution set in a residential city not
particularly friendly to popular college activities, like biking.
If OU was to implement a bike share program, it should model the program after UCO’s, allowing the bikes to be used freely. There are bike share pro-grams in major cities that come with price tags. However, it doesn’t seem fitting to make college kids pay to ride a shared bicycle for a few hours.
Unfortunately, a bike-share program at OU would almost have to be limit-ed to campus. Unless you’d like to risk your life biking down Constitution Street or any number of other bike lane-less roads in Norman, you’d have to stick to rolling around campus.
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A rebate program offered to qualified film productions in Oklahoma is in danger of not being extended, meaning some OU graduates will have to go elsewhere to find jobs in the film industry.
The Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program, which offers film productions up to 37 percent of their production costs back on taxable transactions made in Oklahoma and capped at $5 million a year, will expire if it is not renewed in the next legislative session.
Film and media studies professor Victoria Sturtevant said the program has been valuable in helping students get internships on productions with national recognition.
OU has students and recent alumni working on re-cent movies that used the rebate program, including Nick Cassavetes’ “Yellow” and “August: Osage County” with Meryl Streep, William H. Macy’s “Rudderless” and Terrence Malick’s “To the Wonder,” Sturtevant said.
“Our students would be very sorry to see the rebate pro-gram go, and it will certainly make it less possible to keep our graduates here in Oklahoma,” she said. “It’s too bad, because many of our graduates very much want to stay here, close to family and friends, but are facing a situation where they have to head for Austin, (Texas), Los Angeles or New York to find a place in this industry.”
Kenzie Clark, broadcast and electronic media senior, has worked on many film productions that have come to the state, most notably “August: Osage County,” where she drove Streep to and from the set.
Clark said the program has given her an opportunity to be part of the film industry and make valuable contacts without having to leave the state.
“People are losing jobs. When they want to live in the state they love but they can’t do what they love in the state, then they’re going to leave,” Clark said.
Jill Simpson, who heads the Oklahoma Film and Music office, said the future of films in Oklahoma looks bleak if the incentive program is not renewed.
When more than 40 states offer some kind of incentive to get movies made in their state, it’s unlikely Oklahoma will be able to recruit filmmakers without the rebate pro-gram, Simpson said.
“The film industry is a business. It all boils down to the bottom line, just like in any other industry,” Simpson said. “Productions will go where they can make their films in the most cost-effective way.”
An extension for the rebate program failed to pass in the last legislative session in May. The program is currently set to expire on July 1. Simpson said her goal is to get a 10-year extension for the rebate program during the 2014 legisla-tive session.
Legislators want to end the rebate program because many believe it is taking away money from state trooper and teacher pay raises. However, the money isn’t rebated until it’s been spent, Simpson said.
In most cases, the projected rebate is calculated into the film’s budget, and the money is used to buy products and services within the state, Simpson said.
“The money goes out of one Oklahoma pocket and goes right back into another Oklahoma pocket,” Simpson said.
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Sooners will be tested on road in key meetGraham DuDleyGymnastics Beat Reporter @danger_dudley
One week after its domi-nant home victory over Air Force, the No. 1 OU men’s gymnastics team heads to chillier climates for a non-conference meet against No. 7 Minnesota and unranked Illinois-Chicago at 1 p.m. Saturday in Minneapolis.
Minnesota is looking to rebound after a disappoint-ing fourth place finish at the Windy City Open to start the season. The Golden Gophers posted a 424.800 but finished behind fellow Big 10 pro-grams Ohio State, Illinois and Sooner archrival, Michigan, which scored a 437.500 to take the nation’s No. 2 spot.
Even though the Sooners will be competing with the Gophers on paper Saturday, their true competition is the Wolverines.
Nonetheless, the Sooners shouldn’t take Minnesota lightly. They’re led by ju-n i o r a l l - a ro u n d e r E l l i s Mannon who won last week-end’s Windy City open with an 87.050, good for No. 5 nationally.
The Sooners will answer Mannon with their own versatile threat, all-around sophomore Kanji Oyama, who last weekend scored an 88.550 for the national No. 2
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Sophomore Kanji Oyama suspends himself during his rings routine on Saturday night against the Air Force at McCasland Field House. The Sooners were victorious with a score of 440.700-412.200.
spot. Mannon versus Oyama figures to be the most com-pelling matchup of the meet, as both look to establish themselves among the na-tion’s best.
T h e G o l d e n G o p h e r s are hosting OU nearly one year after the Sooners de-feated them in Norman. Minnesota posted its sea-son-high score that day but couldn’t compete with an on-fire OU squad and lost 443.350-435.450.
The Sooners would be thrilled to match that score again this weekend. Despite the emergence of Oyama, some Sooners faltered in their second meet and will look to right the ship in Minneapolis.
“Everything I was watching for was like, ‘OK, was it a little better than last week? Did we fix the thing we worked on in practice?’” head coach Mark Williams said of his team’s last performance. “I was a
little disappointed, just at the end there, feeling like we hadn’t done all those things.”
“But in the end, with the 440, I’m very happy with what my team is doing, and it keeps them hungry.”
Another 440 would be more than enough to hold off the Gophers, but it would represent a thorough trounc-ing of the Illinois-Chicago Flames, who at the Windy City Open last weekend, re-corded a 395.500.
The Flames certainly have talent. Senior Joseph Hodges competes all-around for UIC and last weekend recorded a 79.100. And freshman Jacob Thurber’s respectable 14.500 on vault was the team’s best score on any event all night.
Still, when you have scores like 11.500 (Alex Dumstorf on pommel) and 10.800 (Christopher Patton, also on pommel) peppering your lineup, it’s tough to compete with the elite of the Big 10 and Big 12.
The Sooners expect noth-ing less than a thorough victory Saturday night, but they’ll also be scoreboard watching. Michigan is taking on No. 4 Stanford and No. 6 California in Palo Alto, Calif. A loss would be devastating for their title hopes.
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OU to go north to face GophersPLAYER PROFILEKanji Oyamayear: Sophomore
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Tough road awaits OklahomaWOMen’s tennis
anDrew ClarkWomen’s Tennis Beat Reporter
The OU women’s tennis team will head to Tuscaloosa, Ala., for two matches against Ole Miss and Alabama this weekend. This is the first road trip of the season for the Sooners as they look to con-tinue the strong start they had against North Texas on Sunday.
The Sooners defeated the Mean Green 7-0 in Norman with strong doubles and
singles play. Both Ole Miss and Alabama are ranked higher than North Texas (Alabama at No. 12, Ole Miss at No. 35 and UNT at No. 60), so the Sooners will be fac-ing better players and will be missing the comfort of a home crowd.
The pair of matches will help prepare the Sooners for conference play when it faces No. 18 Texas Tech on March 21.
Although the Sooners have just begun their sea-son, one question will be answered this weekend — can Oklahoma match up
with one of the nation’s elite squads?
Alabama is currently the highest ranked team on OU’s schedule. If the Sooners can knock off the Tide, the rest of the schedule should set up nicely for OU.
Ole Miss started its sea-son with a 7-0 victory over Jackson State. In Alabama’s last match they defeated Iowa 6-1.
Oklahoma faces Ole Miss on Saturday before taking on Alabama Sunday.
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From the outside, tunes can be heard leaking from under the wooden plank ga-rage door where local bands from far and near perform for Norman natives. As soon as you step through the door, you’re hit with a subtle 90s vibe from the boxy blue couch to the trio of cat post-ers hung on the wall. A string of bubble lights frames the building’s name for a street-side view. This humble space may be small, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in character.
Owned and operated by Andy Nunez, this small con-cert venue known as Opolis is nestled in downtown Norman just off of Gray Street and North Crawford Ave.
“ I ’ve b e e n c o m i ng to this place since the ‘90s,” Christian Wargo, lead singer of Poor Moon, said. He de-scribed his love for Opolis with a nostalgia that can be
heard in the acoustic riffs and charming whistles found in “Illusion,” one of Poor Moon’s tracks.
Poor Moon began as a side project away from Wargo’s main involvement in Fleet Foxes. Teaming up with Casey Wescott — fellow band member and dear friend — they began constructing the band, named after a song by
Canned Heat.“These sorts of relation-
ships in the music indus-try are extremely valuable,” Wargo said of his friendship with Wescott. Wargo and Wescott have been friends for 16 years, making music together as best friends and musicians. Poor Moon is also comprised of brothers Ian and Peter Murray.
The band Tennis would know a thing or two about these valuable relation-ships. Husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley make up the band, ac-companied by James Barone on drums. Moore’s float-ing melodies paired with Riley’s smooth guitar give their music a ‘50s surf vibe that translates just as well on stage as it does on Spotify.
Opolis recently featured both Tennis and Christian Fargo from Poor Moon, which led to a rambunctious turn out.
“You can’t help but tap your foot to this band,” said Charles Wren, history senior and Tennis fan said. Wren said his first concert experi-ence at Opolis was far from
You never know what could happen here, but that adds to the charm.”
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disappointing. A fan of cozy venues and the band Tennis; seeing them live for the first time at Opolis prompted nu-merous dance breaks during the show.
“Tennis is great live, and you can tell the audience and the band are all having a good time together,” Wren said. “I can really appreciate
what they do, and I think ev-eryone here feels the same.”
Last Friday night, both bands set up on the same Opolis stage where, in 2008, Fleet Foxes performed with Blitzen Trapper.
Since it ’s early years, Opolis hasn’t hesitated to keep its stage open to a wide array of indie bands, local or not.
“You never know what could happen here,” Wargo said, “but that adds to the charm.”
Wargo said the warm wel-coming atmosphere of the venue keeps him coming back year after year.
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