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Gov. Mary Fallin announces her victory at her watch party Tuesday night. Fallin won as the republican incumbent for the position of Governor of Oklahoma.

THE RESULTSTHE WINNERS

Fallin’s win elicits little reaction

There was a glitch in the OETA stream broadcast-ing the results, freezing the screen at the time Fallin announced her victory of Democrat challeng-er Joe Dorman. Student Government Association president Matt Epting found out from an alert on his phone.

About 60 students at-tended the watch party i n C a t e Ma i n , w h i c h was hosted by Student Government Association, Carl Albert Center Civic Engagement fellows, the graduate assistants of Political Science depart-ment, Adams Center and Society of Professional Journalists.

S t u d e n t s i n a t t e n -dance heard from three

OU professors, including political science professor Allen Hertzke, Society of Professional Journalists ad-viser Judy Gibbs Robinson and English education pro-fessor Lawrence Baines, about the importance of mid-term elections and journalists’ role in covering elections before the election results were in.

Hertzke said mid-term elections have the poten-tial to “raise up a new star” in politics, while Robinson talked about how journal-ism can influence elections and the ethics of reporting elections.

Many of the students left after Hertzke spoke; they were promised extra credit for listening to his speech.

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remained for the results of the election, which netted fewer total voters than the 2010 general election and which included state ques-tions that an OU political science professor said didn’t really concern students.

Of those students, none held political signs or wore T-shirts endorsing candi-dates. The students watched results pour in from two TVs hanging from a wall playing news from CNN for national elections results and OETA for state elections results.

Some students had “I voted” stickers stuck to their shirts.

With 459,788 votes, 26.5 percent fewer voters voted Fallin into her second term compared to the 2010 elec-tion where she was voted into her first term. Unofficial results show that 337,728 voted for Dorman, 21.2 per-cent less than voted for the losing Democrat in the 2010 election.

Ellen Fitzsimmons, math-ematics freshman who at-tended the watch party, said

that though she voted, she doesn’t really agree with any of the candidates.

“Most candidates don’t represent what I want,” Fitzsimmons said.

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How did students feel about the elections?

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“I was kind of expecting Mary Fallin to be reelected, but I thought it was going to be a closer race than that.”

On Fallin and Lamb winning: “ ... maybe disappointed, but not surprised.”

On voting: “I voted, but I just don’t really agree with any of the candidates.”

BIOLOGY SOPHOMORE BIOLOGY FRESHMAN

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BY THE NUMBERSVoter turnout for Cleveland County registered voters

144,475 Registered voters in Cleveland County

60,158 Registered voters voted for governor in this election

41.6Percent of total registered voters who voted for governor

Source: State Election Board

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As Mary Fallin was elected to her second term as governor of Oklahoma, attendees

at OU’s largest watch party were silent. Many didn’t know she’d unofficially won.

Cleveland County’s voting populations are 18 to 24, or college-aged students, ac-cording to data from the Oklahoma State Election Board.

In a Nov. 4 story, Matt Epting told The Daily, “It’s a vicious cycle: Millennials don’t participate in elec-tions, so lawmakers don’t keep our needs in mind. In turn, millennials feel ig-nored by legislators and grow cynical.”

At the event, Epting said he was happy with the event and the turn out. Victoria Bautista, who was with the Carl Albert Center Civic Engagement fellows, said she too was happy with the event.

“What’s more important to me is the conversation, and obviously everyone is just buzzing,” Bautista said.

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DAISY CREAGER & JESSE POUNDNEWS REPORTERS

The deadline for online applications for the Union Programming Board’s second annual Mr. OU pageant is today.

Each male applicant should be able to partici-pate in practice on Monday, Nov. 10, and have a final talent with cut music by Wednesday Nov. 12.

The dress rehearsal will be Tuesday, Nov. 18, and the show will be Friday, Nov. 21, in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

The contestants will be selected after all of the applica-tions have been collected.

For more information, you can visit their Facebook event or follow UPB on Twitter @UPBou.

Gloria Noble, News Reporter

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NEWS

NOV. 5 & 6TODAY Michael Sulick presentation — Noon in Hester Hall, room 142 Michael Sulick, a former director of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, will discuss America’s history of spying.

Fall of the Wall Symposium — 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Zarrow Hall’s J.J. Rhyne Room Learn from a variety of speakers and scholars about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War in Germany. For a complete schedule, visit the Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics Department’s web page.

Alter(n)ations — 4 to 5 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library’s Community Room, room LL118 Learn about fashions and locality in Congo and Côte d’Ivoire with Sasha Newell, an assistant professor of anthropology at North Carolina State University.

U.S. Foreign Service Information Session — 6 to 8 p.m. in Hester Hall, room 230 Foreign Service candidates and students interested in working for the Foreign Service can learn more about the oral exam with OU’s Diplomat-in-Residence, Rob Andrew. RSVP by emailing rkmartin@ou.edu. THURSDAY Muse Holiday Sale — 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art All customers at Muse, The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art gift shop, will be given a 15 to 40 percent discount.

Adobe Create Cloud and Acrobat Session — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the OU IT Store, 329 W. Boyd St. Learn how to use Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 tools, such as Photoshop and In-Design, as well as Acrobat Family.

Free Popcorn — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union Grab a bag of free popcorn provided by the UPB and guess the score of the OU vs. Baylor game.

Leveraging Technology for Academic Success — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, room 250. Learn how to use technology to help with classes from Mark Walvoord with the Student Learning Center.

Film Screening — 7 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Watch “And Your Love Too,” a German film with English subtitles about the Berlin Wall. Sebastian Heiduschke from Oregon State University will introduce the film.

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CONTEST

Poster fair gives students chance to improve research

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Aerospace and mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Arun Balakrishnan holds his first place certifi-cate from the poster fair. The Graduate Student Community held the fair for aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering graduate students Tuesday.

Event serves as an avenue for feedback, constructive criticism

DAISY CREAGERNews Reporter

Graduate students dis-played their research on poster boards and shared their findings with profes-sionals, professors and other students Tuesday afternoon.

The Graduate Student Community held a poster fair for aerospace engineer-ing and mechanical engi-neering graduate students from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuessday in Devon Energy Hall room 220.

The students participat-ing in the poster fair ranged from first-year graduate stu-dents to students almost fin-ished with their Ph.D.s, said Oluwaseyi Ogunsola, a Ph.D. candidate and the graduate student community chair.

Participants presented re-search they had been work-ing on for their degrees, ranging from theoretical modeling research to ex-periment-based research, Ogunsola said.

The fair was meant to give students experience with presenting their work to judges who challenge them with questions they will en-counter in their career, said Stewart Ohler, aerospace and mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate.

“Anybody can get up and do a slide show presentation, but when you have someone who actually knows [what] you’re talking about, they’re going to ask you critical questions,” Ohler said.

Some presenters shared

research they wil l later share at other conferences, Ogunsola said.

“This is an avenue for them to get feedback and to refine their presentation,” Ogunsola said.

Putting together the pre-sentations has helped some students reach conclusions in their work that they may not have otherwise, said Arun Balakrishnan, aero-space and mechanical engi-neering Ph.D. candidate.

“By [compiling] all of my research, I saw results that I never thought of, but I saw them when it was all put to-gether,” Balakrishnan said. “I found some interesting pat-terns that I had not observed

before, and it helped me.”Addit ional ly , the fair

a l l o w e d f o r c o l l a b o r a -t ion betw e en students, Balakrishnan said.

“This helps me to look into other people’s research and get some points which I would have never thought of that can be applied to my re-search,” Balakrishnan said.

The poster fair is one of a series of events that the community hopes to use to bring graduate students to-gether academically and so-cially, Ogunsola said.

“We wanted to improve the graduate student experi-ence,” Ogunsola said.

In addition to the poster fair, the group has organized

seminars, online student profiles, picnics and other events, mechanical engi-neering master’s student Jelena Milisavljevic said.

“Our idea is for students to share their knowledge, concern and to gain some knowledge and to resolve their issues,” Milisavljevic said.

All presenters received a flash drive for participating in the event, and the top four presentations will be given a larger prize which has not been decided, Ogunsola said.

Daisy Creager Daisy.C.Creager-1@ou.edu

CORRECTION:

In a page 1 graph showing voter reg-isteration by party, we erroneously said the numbers represented were Oklahoma voters. They were Cleveland County registered voters.

Visit OUDaily. com/corrections for an archive of our corrections

BRIEFS

Businessman behind ESPN to deliver speech to students One of the pioneers of

sports television will speak at OU this month as part of Campus Activities Council’s Speakers Bureau.

Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, said Veronica Hassink, CAC Speakers Bureau chairperson. The speech will be held in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Hassink said.

A question and answer session and a meet and greet will follow Rasmussen’s speech, Hassink said.

The CAC Speakers Bureau usually plans on having one speaker in the fall semester and one in the spring semester, Hassink said.

“He’s been on our list for a while,” Hassink said of Rasmussen.

Hassink said CAC mem-bers chose Rasmussen

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because they hadn’t brought a speaker from the business sector to OU in a while.

Rasmussen will speak about his life and the his-tory of ESPN, Hassink said.

Rasmussen’s price for speaking was originally too high for the bureau’s budget, but he lowered his price and CAC members booked him, Hassink said.

Last year, CAC spent $80,000 total to bring

speakers to OU, spending $20,000 in both the fall and spring semesters for the main speaker and a combined $37,000 on other fall and spring speak-ing events, according to CAC’s budget.

The remaining $3,000 was spent on miscella-neous supplies and public-ity, according to the budget.

Jesse Pound, News Reporter

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Bill Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12 as part of the Campus Activities Council’s Speakers Bureau.

Applications for Big Event volunteer positions available until midnight

The Big Event coordinators are accepting applica-tions for their operations staff until tonight at mid-night.

The operations staff includes 55 to 65 students, according to the website, who will perform a variety of tasks to prepare for Big Event, a campus-wide day of community service for Norman and the surrounding areas.

The main responsibilities of the position include visiting locations in the community to coordinate jobs and gather materials that are going to be important to the event, communicating with different organizations involved and assisting with volunteer events as well as recruitment events, according to the website.

For more information you can visit their website or follow them on Twitter @oubigevent.

No applications will be accepted after midnight tonight.

Gloria Noble, News Reporter

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Since Halloween is over and fall is com-ing to a close, there

are rotting and unwanted pumpkins galore. Here are a few ways to dispose of your pumpkin in a more creative and greener way than just tossing it in a dumpster.

• Return it to Mother Earth by composting it. To do so, remove all the in-

organic things such as candles and wax, as well as the seeds. Break up the rind of the pumpkin to speed up the decomposition process, and bury it in a dark garden under “green” materials such as sawdust, paper or dried leaves to keep the critters away.

• If you haven’t carved your pumpkin, make a home-made puree. Purees can be used to make all sorts of delicious treats — pies, pancakes and even ice cream. Simply cut up the rind, steam it until tender and puree it in a food processor or hand-held mixer.

• Treat your skin with a pumpkin facemask. Pumpkins are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that will make your skin look and feel brand new. Mix about one-fourth of a cup of pumpkin puree with one egg and add appropriate ingredients for your skin type, such as honey for dry skin or apple cider for oily skin.

• If you made a jack-o-lantern out of your pumpkin, leave it out as a snack for furry friends. Deer, birds and squirrels love to get into the fall spirit, too, and they can’t waltz up to Starbucks to get their pumpkin fix.

• Get some aggression out. Grab a bat, a rotting jack-o-lantern, a few friends and some pent-up hostility and have a pumpkin-smashing party.

Macy Muirhead is a broadcast and electronic media sophomore.

CULTURE

Professor relates fashion, status of Ivory Coast men in book discussion

An interactive discussion concerning international fashion brings assistant professor of anthropology Sasha Newell to campus from North Carolina State University.

Newell will be giving a lecture about his latest book, “The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption and Citizenship in Côte d’Ivoire,” at 4 p.m. today in Bizzell Memorial Library room LL118.

The book discusses con-sumption of western brands by young, urban Africans in order to achieve modern success.

“They try to express their identity by wearing expensive clothes,” Honors College assistant professor Dan Mains said.

The young men in these regions base their reputation off their expensive taste in fashion. Sasha Newell lived in Ivory Coast for three years doing research for his book and used his experiences to bring a voice to the culture he observed.

Students will have the opportunity to ask Newell ques-tions about his book in a 45-minute question-and-answer session following the lecture.

Ogeoma Mbaraonye, Life & Arts Reporter

Sasha Newell lectureWhen: 4 p.m. today

Where: Bizzell Memorial Library, room LL118

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With cool weather already here and colder weather around the corner, it’s no secret winter is quickly approaching in Oklahoma. In order

to prepare for those chilly nights ahead, be sure to stock up on these must-haves to stay cozy this season.

It’s time to get those coats out and bundle up. Stay stylish and cozy this fall with super soft coats. You can style this up or dress it down for an ev-

eryday look. Quick fashion tip: camel-colored coats are in this fall for both guys and gals, while leather jackets give a clas-sic finish to any winter look.

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bootsBe it rain boots, tall riding boots or cozy Uggs, make sure to

get some boots ready for the fall to keep your feet warm. Pair these with a pair of your coziest socks for cute layers and added warmth.

teaWhether you are a green tea lover or a chamomile tea

enthusiast, hot teas are a delicious alternative to coffee. Carrying a hot cup of tea with you to class also doubles as a

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soupsFrom chicken noodle to tomato, there are many classics that

will always be comforting on cool, windy days. You will be keeping yourself warm with a simple lunch that easily complements other flavors like grilled cheese.

moisturizersCold weather tends to dry out our skin. Stock up on your favorite

moisturizer to prevent dry, cracked skin and keep your skin looking healthy and soft. Chapstick is another must-have moisturizer for the cold weather as your face is exposed to the elements of winter.

vitaminsVitamins are necessary for every season but especially when your immune

system could use the extra help. Vitamin supplements provide your body with the added nutrients to give you a healthy boost to get through flu season.

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Our View: We applaud the various OU groups that came together Tuesday to host a collaborative, on-campus election night watch party.

We commend several OU groups that came to-gether to host a collaborative election night watch party Tuesday that drew about 50 students. With young voter turnout at nauseating lows, we applaud the OU student groups that came together to pro-mote involvement in the political process.

The Student Government Association, Carl Albert Center Civic Engagement Fellows, the Graduate Assistants of Political Science, Adams Center and Society of Professional Journalists all worked in conjunction to host the event in Cate Main Tuesday night.

We don’t know the last time so many student groups came together to promote political inter-est among college students. Although student turnout was relatively small, efforts such as the Election Night Watch Party are essential for boost-ing young voter involvement and the right step to-ward making politics more interesting for college voters.

We believe it’s important for students to get in-volved in Oklahoma politics because even if you aren’t from here, the state’s politics will affect you

during your time at OU.Encouraging young adult participation in

elections is critical for Sooners — millenials account for only about 8 percent of registered voters in Cleveland County. The Election Night Watch Party is a welcomed effort and we en-courage OU students to take part in future on-campus election night events.

Small, splintered watch parties across cam-pus are not nearly as effective as a unified ef-fort to promote taking part in elections. Kudos to the various organizations that took part in the Election Night Watch Party for recognizing that and coming together to host a bigger, bet-ter watch party. The collaboration of the OU

groups is also an appropriate metaphor for the bipartisan efforts our politicians will ideally take part in.

Drumming up enthusiasm for midterm elec-tions is difficult, especially in Oklahoma where it’s often assumed Republicans will keep the state red. We believe the Election Night Watch Party’s offering of free pizza, entertainment and social mingling is exactly what’s necessary to pique students’ interest in otherwise dull politicking.

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It’s been some time since Oklahoma women’s bas-ketball has claimed a conference title, and this year’s squad is fully aware of it.

Last year’s senior class never could steal a conference crown from the four-time defending Big 12 champion Baylor Bears. However, this group is focused on the present.

OU will need to overcome losing three of its top four scor-ers from the 2013-14 season. Plus, they’ll need to find a way to win on the road and find leaders within the young squad.

Oklahoma will try to combat its recent struggles with some familiar faces and a handful of new players ready to make their mark. However, a few questions must be answered for OU women’s basketball:

The Sooners found little problem scoring a year ago. OU boasted the second-best numbers in total offense in the Big 12 during conference play. But it won’t be easy replac-ing graduated starters Aaryn Ellenberg, Nicole Griffin and Morgan Hook.

“I think you always have to have three you can count on to get double figures every night,” coach Sherri Coale said. “We look at this squad and think Sharane [Campbell-Olds] and [Kaylon Williams] are going to do that no matter what.”

Coale is unsure who her third scorer might be, but OU has a few potential options.

If Oklahoma’s preseason intra-squad scrimmage on Thursday was any indication of what’s to come, Texas A&M transfer Peyton Little might provide that extra spark.

“I think you’ll see [Little] shine when we’re all on one squad together,” Coale said. “She’s ready to play with Oklahoma against everybody. You could see she’s a gifted scorer, and there’s lot of things she can do. She’s going to help us a lot.”

Little put on a three-point clinic for the fans in attendance Oct. 30. However, senior guard Sherane Campbell-Olds is enjoying an OU team she feels has plenty of weapons on offense.

“It’s great having multiple people to score,” Campbell-Olds said. “Just knowing I don’t I have to be that person all the time, I can just keep doing what I’m doing.”

The 2013-14 Sooners won 14 of their 19 home games, but they only won four of their 14 contests on the road or at a neutral site.

Oklahoma has worked to alleviate this problem over the offseason and prepare itself for an uphill battle in the Big 12 conference.

“Every season is a new season in itself,” Coale said. “We began in the spring working really hard on fundamentals and toughness. We had a great summer. I’ve learned about our team, and I think they’ve learned a lot about each other.”

OU’s offense looked balanced Thursday with an ability to create shots from anywhere on the court. Ball movement seems to be a major theme in the Sooners’ game plan.

“We want our offense to have a cadence,” Coale said. “It should have a pop to it. That means that the ball doesn’t stay in any one place for longer than three seconds.”

If Oklahoma can bring its “cadence” and aggressiveness on offense to places outside of Lloyd Noble Center, the Sooners may be able to sneak in to the Big 12 title picture.

Oklahoma will be forced to involve younger players in its rotation this season.

OU only has two seniors and two juniors on its 15-player roster, which doesn’t leave the team with many options for veteran leadership.

Campbell-Olds has 57 career starts and the most play-ing experience on this 2014-15 squad. However, she’s not

finding her role to be any more difficult.“It’s not as hard as I thought it’d be,” Campbell-Olds said.

“I owe that to my teammates. They make it really easy to lead, and all of them are stepping up to a role.”

Junior guard Nicole Kornet has also seen a lot of playing time in her career. Her three-point shooting percentage from last year is the best of any returnee, and she’s taken a liking to her upperclassman status.

“I enjoy it. All that little stuff you worried about as a fresh-man is gone,” Kornet said. “Fundamentals become a part of you. You can just play your game.”

Maddie Manning, a 6-foot-2-inch sophomore guard, and 6-foot-4-inch freshman center Vionise Pierre-Louis looked like they were just playing “their game” last Thursday.

Those two looked the most impressive among OU’s fresher faces, but the squad will enjoy plenty of freshmen and sophomores who could vie for minutes this season.

The team will benefit from a long-tenured coach like Coale, who is entering her 19th season with the program. Coale has taken the Sooners to 15 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and has earned four Big 12 Coach of the Year awards.

“She works so hard,” Kornet said. “She’s like a second mom to us. She doesn’t just care about what happens on the court. She really wants us to be better people.”

The Sooners open their season on Nov. 14 and begin con-ference play on Jan. 4. The team will play an exhibition game at 7 p.m. today at Lloyd Noble Center against Southeastern Oklahoma State.

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Sophomore guard Gioya Carter dribbles the ball down the court during practice in Lloyd Noble Tuesday afternoon. The women’s basketball team will begin their season Nov. 14.

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