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Visiting professor Holley Hansen couldn’t barricade the door to her classroom if a gunman were to come onto the Oklahoma State University campus.

Hansen, who has not been through extensive “active shooter” training, said it would be a chal-lenge to protect her students because most large items such as desks are bolted down in her classroom.

“It’s unfortunate, but it’s reason-able to expect that faculty members should be prepared for these worst-case scenarios and be prepared to protect their students,” Hansen said.

But OSU faculty, staff and students are on their own to figure out what to do if a gunman were to come on campus, according to university officials.

At OSU, active shooter response training is not mandatory but is

available for faculty, staff and students upon request through the OSU Police Department.

University officials said they encourage the OSU community to watch a video, “Shots Fired,” which is available to anyone with an O-KEY login on the university’s safety website.

In 2009, OSU officials added a crisis response guide to its website, which includes guidelines for an active shooter situation.

But campus administrators said students, staff and faculty mem-bers should have their own plans prepared.

OSU Police Chief David Altman said people should educate them-selves and have a plan in the event of an active shooter on campus.

“It is probably a false sense of security to think that you’re going to turn to the professor, and they’re going to save you,” said Carrie Hulsey-Greene, associate direc-tor of communications at OSU. “That’s not their responsibility. They’re reacting with human na-ture just like everyone else in that classroom is.”

Hansen, a political science professor, went through OSU’s fac-ulty orientation in 2013. She said gunman situations were mentioned briefly, but they were not discussed at length.

Hansen said she supports the

idea of mandatory online training for faculty.

“I think it would be reasonable if they had an online course they’d like us to run through and then fill out questions to understand what our shooter plan would be,” Hansen said. “I think that’s something that would accessible, that would be flexible with all the faculty members’ time and would take some pressure off of, I think, the individual police officers and university officials.”

Hulsey-Greene said requiring such training isn’t feasible.

“It would be next to impossible to mandate every single scenario training like ‘Shots Fired’ on our faculty, on all of our staff,” she said. “What would be the incentive (to complete the training)?”

OSU Senior Police Officer K. Adam Queen said the likelihood of getting shot on campus is compa-

rable to the probability of getting struck by lightning.

Last year, OSU police arrested a student for threatening a school shooting on campus via Yik-Yak, a social media app.

Kyron Birdine posted a string of yaks with messages including, “School shooting on campus this Friday. You have been warned,” and “Friday. Stay inside if you value your life. It will be a day of retribution.”

Birdine was expelled from the university last spring and

pleaded guilty to making threats by electronic communication in February. He was placed on pro-bation under a one-year deferred sentence and agreed to pay about $1,000 in fines, according to court documents. Birdine also agreed to complete 20 hours of community service within nine months and to present proof of employment or enrollment in school.

Mandatory training isn’t re-quired even at some universities where shootings have occurred in

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police sergeant said the university adopted a training program for the community after a campus shoot-ing left six dead in 2008.

The ALICE training, an acronym that stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate, is an active shooter response program that educates people on handling situations involving gunmen.

Before the department offered training regarding gunmen on campus through the ALICE pro-gram, no instruction outside of an emergency notification guide was available to students, faculty and staff, Sgt. Dathan Jackson said in a phone interview.

“I think since the incident hap-pened something like the ALICE program that was created definitely created an opportunity for further training and development,” Jackson said.

Jackson said the university doesn’t require students, faculty and staff to participate in the train-ing.

From 2000 to 2013, 160 active shooter incidents resulted in more than 1,000 deaths, according to an FBI study. Thirty-nine of the shootings happened in an educa-tional environment, according to the study.

No state or federal mandates require universities to offer train-

ing for students, faculty or staff. However, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides guidelines about responding to an active shooter.

The University of Oklahoma Police Department also provides active shooter response training presentations upon request. A list of safety guidelines can be found on OU’s website, OUPD Major Bruce Chan said in an email.

Ty Moeder of Mitigation Dy-namics, which trains companies and higher education institutions on workplace safety, said everyone should receive some form of train-ing relating to how to properly re-spond to an active shooter. Moeder also said safety information should be readily available to everyone.

“We’re of the opinion that you absolutely should be offering information out just like we do for fire drills, just like we do for tor-nadoes,” said Moeder, a founding partner of the Kansas City, Mis-souri, firm. “It’s no different.”

OSU officials discounted the

argument that faculty could be trained on what to do in certain circumstances involving a gunman on campus.

Altman said it’s impossible to tell faculty, staff and students how they should react because their response is dependent on the situ-ation.

He said each person is respon-sible for his or her own safety, including students and professors.

“Students are aware to a large degree of what’s going on in this world,” Altman said. “They know it’s a possibility, and we can’t force anyone to prepare, but we encour-age people to prepare ahead of time for what they need to do to take responsibility for themselves.”

The Student Government As-sociation president said he doesn’t know whether mandatory training would be the best way to reach students.

“The best route for more com-munication would probably be just through freshman orientation classes; that way, new students

when they come are made aware,” Kyle Hilbert said. “I don’t think it’s something that anyone knows what they would do until they’re there, but I think everyone has thought about it.”

Hilbert said the most important thing is for professors, graduate assistants and teaching assistants to be trained because students would look to them for guidance in an active shooter situation.

Faculty Council President Ste-phen Clarke said mandatory train-ing would have to be a university policy.

“If we wanted to make it manda-tory or if we were encouraged to do so by the administration, that’s not rocket science,” Clarke said. “That’s just an issue of putting to-gether a policy that requires that we somehow documented individuals and faculty that actually completed the training by a certain deadline.”

Clarke said mandatory training on this topic has not been discussed among the council in the past few years.

Although not responsible for creating policies at OSU, Faculty Council does make recommenda-tions to OSU President Burns Hargis.

“(Mandatory training) would be something that I know Council is willing to consider in terms of highly encouraging people to do it,” Clarke said. “The devil’s in the details there. When you make something mandatory, who’s going

to be responsible for documenting training?”

Clarke said OSU’s Banner system this fall would likely make documenting training easier.

If students are concerned about the lack of mandatory training, they could have a representative come speak to the council, Clarke said.

“If SGA came and said ‘We would highly recommend that you consider making this mandatory training,’ that tends to have a little more weight than a faculty member saying, ‘Hey guys, I think this needs to be absolutely required,’” Clarke said.

Hulsey-Greene said the only way to prevent an active shooter situ-ation is for people to be aware of their surroundings and be active in stopping incidents from occurring.

“There is no way for us to make sure every single person reads everything we give them, looks through every page we have on our website,” Hulsey-Greene said. “You can’t force people to take advantage of it.”

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Want training?To request active shooter response training from OSUPD, email K. Adam Queen at [email protected].

What to do if a gunman approaches youCall 911Get out: Leave the area if it is safe to do so. Chairs and desks can be used to break windows in a classroom where exiting out the door(s) is not an option. Hide out: Lock the doors, turn out the lights and move away from doors and windows if in a classroom. Take out: Objects around you can be thrown at an active shooter.

Keep in mind items such as textbooks, computers and desks can be used for protection.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Haley is identified by only her first name for this story.

When Oklahoma State junior Haley got pregnant, she chose to have an abortion.

“At the time, it was the best option for me,” she said.

Haley was 17 beginning her freshman year at OSU in fall 2013. She was an active member of her sorority and several clubs on campus. She wanted to be a teacher.

During her first homecoming week, Haley noticed she had missed her period. She had an abortion in January 2014. The same year, 4,487 women also had an abortion in Oklahoma, accord-

ing to the Oklahoma Department of Health.

Like Haley, almost half of the women in the state who had the procedure were under 25 years old.

Haley said the decision is still hard to think about, but she knew she did the right thing.

“I had a lot of stuff that I didn’t want to give up,” Haley said. “I didn’t want to put myself in that situation because I didn’t feel like it was the best for me or for the child.”

Haley was with her boyfriend for a year before she got pregnant. She wasn’t on birth control and

said her boyfriend didn’t wear condoms every time they had sex. Young and in a bad relationship, Haley said it confirmed her deci-sion to get an abortion.

When she started experienc-ing morning sickness, Haley had a friend take her to get a free pregnancy test at Planned Parent-hood in Tulsa, one of only four locations left in Oklahoma.

Although Planned Parent-hoods in Oklahoma offer medical screenings and tests, it does not provide abortions. Haley had

to make a second trip back to Tulsa two months later to have the procedure at Repro-ductive Services.

The only other clinic is in Nor-man, but it can only perform

abortions during the first tri-mester, or Haley had to go to an out-of-state clinic. However, in

2013, other states were having a record number abortion clinics closing, such as Texas going from 41 clinics to 18.

The same drop could happen in Oklahoma. Friday, the Oklahoma legislature passed Senate Bill 1552, which states doctors who perform abortions will have their medical licenses revoked.

“The government is supposed to be in charge of protecting life, not protecting the ability to harm or destroy life,” Rep. Lewis Moore (R-Arcadia) said. “We don’t think the government, es-pecially the federal government, should be involved in abortion issues.”

The bill does have exemption when performing an abortion to save the mother’s life, but it is not explicit to instances of rape or incest.

The executive director of Re-productive Services in Tulsa said the clinic has met every regula-tion but urges lawmakers to allow a safe and legal way for women to receive abortions.

“Abortion isn’t for every-body but the right to choose is,” Brandie Haddan said. “My biggest fear is that if they are suc-

cessful in closing down this clinic or any clinic that women are going to do what they have to do and they are going to start going to back-alley abortions.”

Reproductive Services in Tulsa is the only clinic in Oklahoma that offers surgical abortions for women who are in their second trimester, up to 23 weeks.

Haley was in her second trimester when she went to the clinic in Tulsa; the procedure took two days to complete. She missed the first week of her sec-ond semester in class.

At the time, Haley told only a few people, including her then-boyfriend, she was pregnant. Minors need a parent’s permis-sion before receiving an abortion, according to Oklahoma’s policy. She told her mom, but she said her dad still doesn’t know.

Haley said she might want kids eventually, but she isn’t worried about her future. She also doesn’t think people should feel guilty for the choices they have to make.

“If it’s the best for you, do what you need to do,” Haley said.

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For years, Wes Watkins went door to door encour-aging people to tell him their story as he tried to find ways to help them; now, he has decided it’s time to tell them his hopes of inspiring them.

Watkins, the namesake of the Wes Watkins Center for Trade and International Development at Oklahoma State, is the subject of a book detailing his life from humble beginnings in drought-stricken Okla-homa to being a congress-man for two decades.

The book, titled “Mak-ing Things Better: Wes Watkins’ Legacy of Leadership,” is being featured from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Watkins Center where the author, Judge Kim D. Parrish, will be on hand to sign copies.

Parrish, who is also the author of a book recount-ing OSU wrestling coach John Smith’s life titled “Cowboy Up,” said he had been working on Watkins’ story for more than three years, but for him, it was one of those tales that had

to be heard.“I knew that there was

a great story behind Wes Watkins,” Parrish said. “You know when there is a great story, and like John Smith, there was a story there that needed to get told in the right way.”

Parrish had heard Watkins, 77, was looking for someone to chronicle his life and called Wat-kins to see what kind of author he was interested in. Although Watkins had three other authors lined up, he said after reading “Cowboy Up” he felt Par-rish could be the man to recount his life because of his storytelling.

“I think (Parrish) felt me, and he felt my heart,” Watkins said. “… He reached in my past and brought out a lot. I think the book grasped the meaning of what I was all about, and what I tried to accomplish for others.”

Every Friday, Par-rish drove to Stillwater from Oklahoma City and listened to Watkins tell his story. Instead of asking lots of questions, Parrish was mostly allowed to listen and be captivated by the story of the kid who was a janitor mopping floors at the school infirmary when he decided to run for presi-dent of the student body and won.

It wasn’t only the trips to Watkins’ office on those Fridays or talking to him throughout the week, but also excursions down to

Watkins’ old congressional district in southeastern Oklahoma, known col-loquially as “Little Dixie.” It was there, going door to door and meeting with people Watkins had once knew, where Parrish got the full story behind the man who was the first con-gressman to serve on all three financial committees: Appropriations, Budget, and Ways and Means.

“We went through the district a couple of times, and I picked up a sort of feel for the place and a sort of the dialect and pace if life,” Parrish said.

After collecting all the interviews with Watkins’ constituents and even people such as current con-gressman Tom Cole, Par-rish commenced to writing the 350-page book. Parrish said while most books would be burdensome, this one wasn’t.

“Motivation wise, it was a great story,” Parrish said. “You know how when you get on a story and you really believe in it, it’s not work. It’s a labor of love.”

Watkins said he wanted the novel to be an encour-aging tale for people of all ages, exemplified by the fact he’s sending it to every FFA chapter in Oklahoma, free of charge. Watkins said he wanted to not only leave a legacy, but to also inspire readers to not let things such as a lack of money or a poor background keep them from accomplishing their

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nities, so many opportuni-ties,” Watkins said. “That’s what I want these students to know, that they have op-portunities here to do cer-tain things with their life. I hope there’s some students that read the book and say, ‘Well, if he did that, then maybe I can do that and maybe even more.’

“I’ve always tried to make things better, and that’s why it’s the title of the book.”

courtesy of kim parrishWes Watkins, the namesake of the Wes Watkins Center, has a biography written by Kim D. Parrish.

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Thanks to an energy drink, Okla-homa musicians get to play on.

The Red Bull Company hosted the first Gypsy Café, a music festi-val for charity, in 2011. Katie Dale, who worked for Red Bull at the time, was asked which organization the money raised should go.

A group of musicians who worked the event expressed interest in creating its own organization to

help musicians cover the cost of thefts or damages, which they of-ten can’t cover themselves because of lack of insurance.

This began the Red Dirt Relief Fund and the annual Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café in Stillwater.

More than 65 musicians will play at three separate locations Wednesday night for the 2016 Bob Childers’ Gypsy Café. Locations include Eskimo Joe’s, George’s Stables and Stonewall Tavern.

The Red Dirt Relief Fund works as a safety net for Oklahoma musi-cians in need of critical assistance. Since its founding in 2012, the nonprofit has given $38,500 to 26 musicians and 12 cities and towns.

Katie Dale, Red Dirt Relief Fund executive director, said Gypsy Café is the organization’s No. 1 fund-

raiser. Byron White, member of The

Damn Quails, will perform at the event.

“As full-time touring Okie artists, we know firsthand that the perils of unexpected injury and general hard times are most definitely real, and you can get knocked down without any warn-ing and when you least expect it,” White said. “We feel like it’s an organization worthy of the highest praise, and we’re willing to do anything and everything we can to help them out.”

Tim Holland, the general manager of Eskimo Joe’s and vice president of the Red Dirt Relief Fund, said the Oklahoma music community is unique in how it ral-lies behind its fellow musicians.

One of the organization’s goals is to foster this sense of commu-nity among all Oklahoma artists, regardless of genre, Holland said.

Last year, Bob Childers’ name was added to the event as a tribute. Considered the “Godfather of Red Dirt Music,” he was a local songwriter who mentored musi-cians of all ages, including some in Wednesday night’s lineup.

The story of mentorship within the Oklahoma music community is an aspect that the event wanted to share with the public, Holland said.

With the festival’s unique lineups and matchups, Holland said he looks forward to music fans discovering something new.

“Young or old, they’re going to discover something new when they’re here,” Holland said. “It

may be something new that comes from an artist they’re familiar with or a new artist or it might be the opportunity to hear two artists play together that they never imagined (they) would see on the same stage. I think that’s what makes the event so unique.”

There will be a silent auction at the event, featuring pieces from local artists.

“This is really about some local venues hosting local musicians playing very much local music,” Holland said. “We just never want to lose that authenticity. This event is really organic, and there’s no telling who might pop up on stage.”

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If You GoBob Childers’ Gypsy CafeWhen: 4:30 p.m. WednesdayWhere: Eskimo Joe’s, George’s Stables and Stonewall Tavern

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Aaron Watson does not need an introduction.

However, for those who don’t know, Wat-son is a Texas red dirt country singer from Amarillo, Texas. He released his latest album “The Underdog” on Feb. 17, 2015.

The lead single, “That Look,” is about his wife and made its debut in the top 10 of the Billboard Country Digital Songs Chart. It closed out the year as one of the high-est selling independent singles of 2014.

Watson will play at Calf Fry on Thursday at the Tumbleweed Dance-hall & Concert Venue.

Watson looks forward to Calf Fry not only for the rock ’n’ roll atmo-sphere the audience provides, but also to hear the other artists.

“I’m always on tour myself, so I don’t get to go to concerts and hear other artists play, so festivals like Calf Fry let me enjoy some music myself,” Watson said. “This ain’t my first rodeo. Calf Fry is a great environment, and as an artist, it’s something to look forward to.”

The Calf Fry crowd should expect a lot of fiddle and a “traditional sound” in Watson’s per-formance.

“We’re gonna give ‘em our brand of music,” Watson said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Watson is focused on faith, family and fans; his performance and music reflect that. His brand of performance is something he could do in front of the Calf Fry crowd, his daughter or his grandmother.

“The Calf Fry crowd

is proud of where they come from,” Watson said, “They (are) proud of their red dirt music, and I’m proud to be a Texas red dirt artist, so it’s gonna be a good time.”

When touring, Wat-son usually splits up his shows so he can get back home by Sunday morn-ing, he said.

“I’m a daddy and a husband first,” Watson said. “My job is to get home and take them to church.”

The next move for Watson after Calf Fry will be to pack up, go home and be at church Sunday morning with his family.

“I’ll just go home and do what my wife tells me to do,” Watson said, “It’s easier that way.”

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With the wind blowing and stormy skies overhead, Darcy Taylor jogged back to the dugout after being robbed of an extra-base hit in the fourth inning of the Oklahoma State softball team’s nonconference game against Arkansas.

The Cowgirls won 4-1, but

Arkansas center fielder Claire Clark made the incredible div-ing catch in the left-center-field gap with the game tied 1-1.

“It’s a little discouraging,” Taylor said. “But you got to tell yourself you got a good hit, and she made an awesome play.”

In the sixth inning, Taylor came up again, this time with a runner on second base and the Cowgirls leading 2-1. She hit the ball to the same gap but about 30 feet farther, sailing over the outfielders’ heads. She ended up on second base, with her team up 3-1.

Taylor would eventually come around to score, giving the Cowgirls a 4-1 lead.

“It was big for us to go out and get this win,” Taylor said.

“Even though we might not have been on our best today, it was a big win for us and big momentum shift for us going into the weekend.”

Arkansas pitcher Grace Moll kept the Cowgirl lineup in check through much of the game. The Cowgirls (23-22) could muster only two hits through the first five innings.

“That kid throws 70 (mph) plus,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “That’s one of the hardest kids you’ll face all year. … It takes a little bit of time to get used to it.”

Gajewski said the team need-ed to toughen up to find success against the Arkansas pitcher.

“I got into their huddle, and I told them this program is not

built on soft,” Gajewski said. “This program is built on tough. It’s time to just toughen up some.”

OSU’s lack of offensive pro-duction in the first few innings put pressure on the defense and on starting pitcher Kacy Freeze.

“We focused on thinking about each pitch and slowing it down,” Freeze said. “There’s no time to miss a pitch at that point of the game. It helped that our defense once again came through and made some plays.”

Freeze pitched seven innings, giving up three hits and one run. The Cowgirls did not commit an error in the game.

Gajewski attributed much of the defensive improvement and success to the defensive leader,

shortstop Randee O’Donnell.“If you want to take away her

first six weeks, she’s been as good as anybody in the country since,” Gajewski said. “She continues to get better; she’s the most coachable kid I’ve been around.”

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Cowgirls use toughness to prevail against Arkansas

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The last time the Oklahoma State softball team lost five consecutive games, it countered and reversed its streak, winning five straight.

Following a five-game slide spanning from April 15-24, the Cowgirls responded Tuesday, defeating Arkansas 4-1 and perhaps beginning a new streak.

“We needed that,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “This team con-tinues to grind, continues to get better.”

The Cowgirls, who lost three

games to Texas by a combined five runs, consistently found themselves on the wrong side of a late-game lead change.

They almost found themselves

in the same situation Tuesday, but Kacy Freeze’s efforts kept the bats of the Razorbacks (17-33) reeling, allowing one run on four hits in seven innings of work.

“I think it’s good for our team and good for our mentality to be back on the winning side,” Freeze said. “I’m really proud of how we responded from coming off a week like that. Our team has fight, and we’re going to fight until the end.”

Freeze’s win marked her 13th of the season, more than the Cowgirls’ other two pitchers combined.

A senior transfer from UTSA, Freeze’s 13th win extended her career-high.

Freeze credits assistant coach Charlotte Morgan with her in-creased success in the circle.

“We fix things in games; we don’t wait until three games later to fix it,” Freeze said. “We’re on it, every pitch. We’re not going to let anything slide. She holds us to really high standards.”

Up 4-1 in the top of the seventh

inning, Freeze battled with Haydi Bugarin on a 10-pitch at-bat. After going down 0-2, Bugarin zoned in, taking four balls after fouling off five pitches, starting the inning with a walk. With one out and Bugarin on first, outfielder Autumn Russell singled to left field.

With one out to go, Tori Cooper, who represented the game-tying run, stepped up to the plate with runners on first and third. She saw three pitches, all strikes, giving Freeze her third strikeout of the day and the victory.

“I know when runners get on, it’s not a good feeling as a pitcher,” third baseman Taylor Lynch said. “I remind her all the time ‘Hey, we’re going to get those runs back for you. We need you to trust in our offense.’ She told me that she loves hearing that, so I just keep doing it.”

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Freeze rebounds against Razorbacks

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