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Candidates to increase student involvement

“We’re just students, and we want people to be comfortable when they talk to us.”

JOE SANGIRARDI, UOSA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

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Duo to represent students

SEAN LAWSONCampus Reporter

Letters junior Joe Sangirardi and communications junior Rainey Sewell are the sole duo campaign-ing for the UOSA presidency and vice presidency.

While their election is uncon-tested, the candidates are using the election as a tool to gain exposure for the UOSA, Sangirardi said.

“We plan to use the typical signs and T-shirts to create as much vis-ibility for our candidacy and the UOSA as possible,” Sangirardi said.

The candidates relied on social media to get the word out about

their campaign, and uploaded a short film about themselves on Thursday.

They are paying for the campaign out of pocket, and plan on spending half of the $2,000 limit.

“Spring elections are the only time all year people really hear anything about UOSA, so if we didn’t do anything, both freshman

and sophomores would not know anything about the organization,” Sewell said.

The goal for the two is to continue the day-to-day operations of UOSA while adding additional duties, Sangirardi said.

The duties will include creat-ing a resource for the foreign stu-dent clubs, like providing help with public relations and recruitment, Sangirardi said.

“We can really affect the way an organization is run by simply pro-viding logistical help,” Sangirardi

Candidates campaign to gain exposure

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Two candidates competing for Campus Activities Council chair said they hope to improve communication from CAC to involve more students in on-campus activi-ties if elected.

The responsibilities of CAC chair includes working with the UOSA General Council and execu-tive committee, communicating with campus leaders and managing admin-istrative tasks, current CAC chairwoman Melissa Mock said.

“As chair I uphold the vision of CAC and direct the organization to make nec-

essary changes — some small, some big — that will make our events and programs even more relevant to all stu-dents on campus,” Mock said.

The chair should serve to support and unify event chairs and their committees as one organization, Mock said.

“To be a effective CAC chair, a person must be commit-ted, flexible, innovative, teachable, passionate and car-ing,” Mock said.

Both candidates demonstrate those qualities in differ-ent ways, she said. Mock said she knows both candidates well and has worked with each in different capacities.

“Both have distinctly different strengths, but both their skill sets promise another great and productive year in CAC next fall and spring,” Mock said.

John Fraser, Vicky Vargas both possess qualities for chair, Melissa Mock says

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STUDENT CONGRESS

27 positions up for election, but not every race contested

SEAN LAWSONCampus Reporter

Students will elect rep-resentatives to available Undergraduate Student Congress positions during UOSA elections this week.

The races will determine

appointment to 27 spots, al-though several seats have n o c a n d i d a t e s s e e k i n g appointment.

The races in the architec-ture, business, communica-tions, education, humanities, languages, life sciences and physical sciences colleges are uncontested, according to the UOSA list of candidates.

Earth and energy, engi-neering, multidisciplinary

studies, social sciences and the University College races will all be contested.

Arts and languages have no candidates in the race, ac-cording to the UOSA list of candidates.

“It is not uncommon for seats to go uncontested,” Student Congress chair-woman Alyssa Loveless said. “I think it’s because people aren’t really aware about the

organization.”UOSA will

make an ef-fort to recruit members for any seats left unoccupied after the elec-tion beginning next semester, Loveless said.

“We will advertise in The Daily for five straight days

that we are looking for can-didates,” Loveless said. “If anyone applies, we will hold interviews with them and the put the issue before congress for a vote.”

The arts seats have been vacant for the last year, and it appears the district will have no representatives at the be-ginning of next year, accord-ing to the UOSA website.

“ J u s t b e c a u s e o n e

department isn’t represent-ed, doesn’t mean their in-terests are being ignored,” Loveless said. “We are doing our best to make the organi-zation as representative as possible.”

The most competitive race this year will be for a seat rep-resenting the engineering college; there are seven can-didates campaigning for four available seats this year.

Eight colleges only have one student running for seat

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ing student leaders within CAC so they can better use their skills and talents to carry out their functions. Communication with event chairs will be improved to ensure they stay true to the purpose of CAC, Fraser said.

“My personal goal is to at-tend every event and at least two meetings for each event,” Fraser said.

Fraser said he also wants to finalize CAC’s sponsor-ship packet to make it easier for CAC leaders to get funds needed to carry out events.

Vicky Vargas Human relations junior

Vicky Vargas said she wants to be CAC chair because she enjoys serving people and developing relations.

It is essential for leaders to have a ser-vant’s heart a n d b e t h e biggest fans of those they serve, Vargas said.

Vargas has served on the CAC General Council and is currently the secretary of the CAC Executive Council.

She said her experience as secretary and close obser-vation of the current chair have prepared her to carry out the responsibilities of CAC chair.

Vargas’ platforms are in-creasing Crew experience, maximizing public relations, bringing college to life in the summer, using CAC’s new-est event to reach a broader audience and encouraging diversity in CAC.

“I think CAC needs to be-come an organization that

every student knows they are a part of,” Vargas said.

Increase Crew experience: Vargas currently serves as the unofficial chairwoman of Crew, she said.

She wants to improve Crew by developing a formal Crew chair position and es-tablishing a retreat for Crew leaders, she said.

Vargas said she wants to foster relationship among Crew members so they can better connect with each other and CAC.

“If you care about the peo-ple you work with, you do a better job,” Vargas said.

Maximize public relations to reach students: Public relations efforts including communication with other student organizations, pub-lishing information about CAC events earlier and working with media will be a goal to increase CAC’s reach, Vargas said.

“By getting ahead of the game and getting out info earlier we can make our events more successful,” Vargas said.

Vargas said she also hopes to improve the organization’s website to make schedules and applications more ac-cessible to students.

Bring college to life dur-ing summer: Vargas said she will work with Student Life’s Summer Programs to cre-ate more opportunities for students to participate in events.

Reach a broader audience: CAC needs to draw from all corners of campus and give students an opportunity to showcase their talent and creativity, Vargas said.

Vargas said she enjoyed working with OU’s Black Student Association to plan the group’s Stompdown event, and wants to encour-age other student groups to work with CAC to display their Sooner talent.

Encourage diversity: “What sets me apart is my unique background,” Vargas said about her experience as a naturalized American.

Vargas said her ability to relate to all types of groups and her experience work-ing with them will allow her to increase diversity in CAC. Vargas said she wants to reach out to international, exchange and transfer stu-dents and integrate them into the Sooner family.

“I think a great way to reach out to international and ex-change students is to make a video explaining what CAC is and how they can partici-pate,” Vargas said.

John FraserIndustrial engineering

junior John Fraser said he is running because of what CAC stands for and his pas-sion for its events.

He believes the organiza-tion is unique-ly situated to bring the OU c o m m u n i t y together, he said.

Fraser was c h a i r m a n o f t h e f a l l C A C e v e n t U n i v e r s i t y Sing. The direct experience he gained from leading and programming University Sing gives him a solid foun-dation for becoming chair of CAC, he said.

“I think I could really bring a steady leadership quality

to CAC,” Fraser said. Fraser’s campaign plat-

form is purpose, tradition, community and develop-ment. He said these points answer the why, what, who and how of CAC events.

Purpose: The purpose of

CAC is to provide opportu-nities for involvement, fos-ter relationships and devel-op leaders at OU, Fraser said.

Fraser wants to fulfill the purpose of CAC by improv-ing communication in order to reach out to students all around campus, he said.

“We want you to partici-pate because we are here for you,” Fraser said.

Tradition: Fraser wants to continue older tradi-tions while developing and strengthening new ones to keep CAC an integral part of OU student experience.

“Every four years, there is an entire new set of students on campus; the mood is dif-ferent,” Fraser said. “We want to make something that lasts beyond that change.”

Community: CAC is con-stantly working to get more people involved and Fraser will continue this with a public relations effort, deeper communication with other leaders on cam-pus and direct publication of ideas, he said.

Fraser will also reach out to more internation-al and exchange students t h r o u g h c o l l a b o r a t i o n with International Student Services, he said.

“We really want everyone to feel they are a part of the Sooner family,” Fraser said.

Development: Fraser said he wants to increase focus on training and develop-

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said. “Considering the university is allocat-ing nearly $1 million each year to these or-ganizations, we want to help clubs use that money effectively.”

Approachability is another important fac-tor that Sangirardi and Sewell would like to bring to the UOSA, Sangirardi said.

“The Conoco Leadership Wing can be pretty intimidating at times, and I think the place can be pretty scary at times,” Sangirardi said. “We’re just students, and we want people to be comfortable when they talk to us.”

The duo have enter-tained the thought of running for this office since sophomore year, but waited until their se-nior year to act.

“I’m running because of the people you can meet or help, and all the fun you can have working with this organization,” Sewell said. “UOSA is loaded with great people and I have grown so much with my fellow members.”

Sewell’s ability to interact with others is one of her greatest assets, Sangirardi said.

“She has a great ability to get people ex-cited, and motivated for work,” Sangirardi said. “Because of this, I think she’ll be great at mobilizing the UOSA.”

Sangirardi’s organizational strengths will benefit UOSA, Sewell said.

“Joe is really fantastic with the organiza-tional aspects of leadership,” Sewell said.

“He’s great at getting ideas on paper and planning the correct plan of action.”

Sewell and Sangirardi have worked to-gether before, most notably when they were partners at Camp Crimson, Sewell said.

“We worked together closely for four or five days at Camp Crimson, which was pret-ty high stress,” Sewell said. “I think it’s a great place for fostering leadership abilities.”

Both candidates have experience working individually as well.

Sangirardi is a found-ing member of Pi Kappa Phi and served as the fraternity’s vice presi-dent his freshman and sophomore years.

“As far as leadership and growth, my expe-rience at Pi Kappa was probably one of the most influential in my life,” Sangirardi said.

Sewell is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta, and helped write the leg-islation for the Sooner

Freshman Council.“I consider the Sooner Freshman Council

my baby, and that is a major reason I’m running for office,” Sewell Said. “I’d like to nurture that and help it grow as much as possible.”

Once elected, the duo will work to build enthusiasm for UOSA and its ability to inter-act with students, Sangirardi said.

“The most important thing is getting the message across, and doing so in the most ex-citing manner possible,” Sangirardi said. “It is about reaching out, and affecting as many students’ lives as possible.”

UOSA: Students have considered running for office for two yearsContinued from page 1

“I’m running because of the people you can meet or help, and all the fun

you can have working with this organization. UOSA is loaded with great people and I have grown so much with my fellow members.”

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Our View: UOSA’s future president and vice president must prove their worth to students with specific, publicized plans.

Joe Sangirardi and Rainey Sewell are running un-opposed for UOSA president and vice president, which has resulted in a stagnant campaign.

Jeffrey Moseley and Andrew Belliveau, who un-successfully petitioned UOSA for the chance to run against them after the filing deadline, sent a letter to The Daily in which they articulated specific, firm platforms. Unfortunately, Sangirardi and Sewell failed to do the same when speaking to us during Tuesday’s editorial board meeting or while address-ing students at UOSA’s candidate forum later that evening.

Ultimately, we support Sangirardi and Sewell’s bid for office and have faith that their leadership abilities will take UOSA in a positive direction. But if we were not familiar with their past accomplishments, we would not have that faith based solely on their prac-tically nonexistent campaign.

We understand the two are facing an uncontested election. They will be our next president and vice president, regardless of their campaign. But we are disappointed that Sangirardi and Sewell seem to have taken this situation as an excuse not to even flesh out the specifics of their platforms. We are dis-heartened by their lack of face time with their con-stituents and lack of clear goals.

While speaking to The Daily and at the candidate forum, the pair were not only reluctant to get into their specific plans for how to carry out their abstract goals, they seemed not to even have any. Their website and social media presence fail to add any substance. Beyond a few feel-good events, the two had very little in terms of practical, valuable plans.

UOSA president and vice president rep-resent the students. They are the voice of the student body before the administration, the regents and other bodies of authority. And these two are asking the students to put them in this posi-tion, to support them with their vote, without having the slightest idea what they will actually do once in office.

Sangirardi and Sewell need platforms immediate-ly. We have a few suggestions:

Voice of the studentsSangirardi has a close relationship with President

David Boren, even serving as his teaching assistant. We want to see Sangirardi use this unique asset to help actively advocate for the needs and wishes of the student body.

Of course, we don’t expect him to use this connec-tion in an unprofessional way.

But he must offer assurances that this relationship will only help him stand up to the administration when needed, not make him reticent to challenge the administration.

In that same vein, representing the student body requires that Sangirardi and Sewell stay informed about current campus is-sues and the opinions of their constituents.

They must take a proactive approach to this, which will involve more than the occasional survey.

Here’s one specific strategy: Monthly, open forums where students are encouraged to bring their opin-ions, suggestions and grievances directly to their UOSA representatives.

These events may not be well-attended at first, or all the time, but those students who do participate will be the ones who are most involved and offer the most passionate, well-developed views. And each of those students will most likely represent many oth-ers with similar views.

If UOSA keeps up with these events patiently, even if attendance is low at first, and actually accomplish-es something with the information gathered there,

Candidates need to prove worth

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Our View: Vote Vicky Vargas for Campus Activities Council chair to bring in fresh voices.

Both candidates for Campus Activities Council chair offer experience, passion and a history of cam-pus involvement. But John Fraser and Vicky Vargas also offer two vastly different leadership styles. Given the mission of this organization and the role of the chair position, Vargas is our candidate of choice.

CAC should plan, implement and promote events on campus for every type of student. It provides important opportunities for freshman, transfer students and anyone else to meet new people and expand their experiences. CAC events are safe, ac-ceptable ways to meet people for those too shy to simply sit down with someone new in the Oklahoma Memorial Union and say hello.

But the organization has focused on the same popular events, for the same kind of students, for too long. It shouldn’t just be about already involved stu-dents getting more involved with the same people they already know, over and over. There should be events for many different types of students. Current chair, Melissa Mock, has taken the first step in this direction, but more work needs to be done.

Where Fraser’s platforms — purpose, tradition, community and develop-ment — focus a lot on what CAC is doing well and what should be faith-fully maintained, Vargas is promising to bring necessary change. She empha-sizes the need to get more students in-volved in both CAC as an organization and its events. And she doesn’t plan to draw those students from the same groups that fill CAC now.

Her plan to add an exchange student representative to the executive coun-cils of each event will help bring in one underrepresented group. We hope the addition of this new voice will help open up the organization and the events to more students, get different kinds of students involved and bring fresh ideas to each event.

Vargas recognizes that the current slate of events don’t appeal to everyone on campus, and she is more likely to try new ideas. She wants to make changes, expand the offerings of CAC and break into different times of the year — like summer or spring break — that can further serve students still on campus.

In addition, she wants to use CAC resources to help coach student organizations in the best way to publicize their own events. She spoke to The Daily about specific plans to offer guidance and resources to improve the public relations capabilities of CAC and the student organizations on campus.

Enabling these organizations to provide the best events and get the word out to the most students im-proves the overall offerings of on-campus experienc-es, which can only support CAC’s overall mission.

So Vargas promises to bring new ideas to a long-limited organization, but Fraser has his own strengths to offer. As a strong leader, a skilled man-ager and a loyal member of CAC, he can do much to help further the organization if he stays on to serve under Vargas. The chair position requires more vi-sion than hands-on managing, but other positions would benefit greatly from his leadership style.

By making CAC more relevant to students, bring-ing in new voices and expanding the ability of the or-ganization to serve all students, Vargas can revitalize CAC’s reputation and role on campus. Tuesday and Wednesday, go to elections.ou.edu to vote for her for CAC chair.

Cast your vote to encourage CAC to represent all the students on this campus, not the few who are al-ready involved. Even if you never plan to go to a CAC event, your fees pay for these events. If you’re going to subsidize it, don’t you want CAC to craft the best events for all Sooners?

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these forums could even work to improve the image of UOSA and keep students from feeling that it is an obsolete, powerless and out-of-touch organization.

Making UOSA more relevant and improving en-gagement with students will not happen overnight.

But these are worthy goals — ones that will require UOSA members to do their jobs, not get discouraged and remain transpar-ent with what they discover. Because this is more than a job — it’s a commitment to be the representative voice of the student body.

UOSA works for the studentsOne specific platform Sangirardi did raise, which

we fully support, was a plan to downsize the execu-tive branch by consolidating departments and elimi-nating unnecessary positions.

If the situation is really as he described it, this is a long overdue measure to ensure our student govern-ment is lean and efficient.

But along with this must come a commitment to increase transparency.

Any relevant information — for example, the exec-utive branch budget and executive meeting agendas and minutes — should be hosted on the UOSA web-site for students to access easily.

And it’s not just the executive branch. Sangirardi must advocate for a commitment to transparency

across UOSA.UOSA should do more than post the

bare minimum of material required by the Open Records Act. As elected representatives serving the student body, transparency should be one of their primary concerns.

Records and important documents should be quickly posted to give students easy access.

Sangirardi and Sewell are running on the prom-ise to “do something great.” But you can’t just do something. It’s going to take specific, well-planned, though-out some things to get anything accomplished.

He said it himself while addressing The Daily edi-tors: Respect has to be earned, not given. You have to prove yourself to earn that respect.

So far, the candidates have proven nothing to the student body. We think Sangirardi and Sewell will make effective, energetic, reliable leaders.

But they need to prove it to all their constituents by crafting and sharing some strong, specific plans.

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Joe Sangirardi and Rainey Sewell are running for UOSA’s president and vice president, respectively. The candidates are unopposed, despite Jeffrey Moseley and Andrew Belliveau’s attempt to get on the ballot.

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In the year ahead, you might be able to fi nally put to rest a situation that has caused you considerable aggravation and distress for quite some time. Once it’s all locked down, you’ll feel it was worth it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you didn’t get much recreational relief over the weekend, don’t push your-self too heavily. You need to balance your mental processes in order to move forward.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You won’t be compelled to take some time to help assuage the needs of others, but you’ll feel good about yourself if you do. Devote as much time as you feel you can to the process.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You’ll come up with a rather ingenious concept, and because you’re a natural-born salesperson, you shouldn’t have any problem selling it to the powers that be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) --This is one of those days when you could be inclined to be a bit loose with your resources and easily spend them on something you enjoy rather than on what you need. Be careful.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) --Sometimes getting others to do something that you’re eminently qualifi ed to do for yourself can be stupid. Delegating some of your work might be deleteri-ous rather than helpful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- This is one of those days when you will

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) --Because your affairs have a better chance of working out than you anticipate, don’t let yourself get discouraged over something petty. Stay positive and optimistic throughout the day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) --By staying positive, others will admire the way you handle things, and their approbation will enhance your image even further. Having a good attitude makes for success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Because you’ll have implicit faith in whatever your position happens to be today, you’ll be easily aroused to a righteous defense. You’re in the right, and you should have no problems making your points.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- If you sense that making a concession or a compromise can be to your ultimate benefi t, you’d be right. This is one of those times when giving can be the key to getting.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) --Your chances for achieving success will be increased if you make sure your goal is clearly defi ned. It might be better to have only one major target at a time.

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DILLON PHILLIPSSports Reporter

As senior Cody Reine stood at third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, senior Evan Mistich slowly ap-proached home plate with a confident, deliberate gait and dug his right foot into the dirt.

In the third pitch of the at bat, Mistich ripped the ball into shallow center field, carefully placing it no more than a foot above the outstretched glove of Kansas State’s sec-ond baseman, Ross Kivett.

Ball game. OU wins, 4-3.

“That was a fun one right there,” Mistich said. “I think that’s the spot anyone on our team wants to be in. I just got a pitch I could handle, didn’t real-ly try to do too much, put an OK swing on it and it ended up falling through for me.”

Thanks to the nail-bit-ing finish in Sunday after-noon’s series closer, Oklahoma won its second consecu-tive series in conference play.

The Sooners topped the Wildcats two games to one, up-ping their conference record to 4-5.

Oklahoma’s offense was slow out of the gates in the fina-le Sunday — going 12-up, 12-down through four innings – but the tide began to turn in the bottom of the fifth.

Freshman Brian Brightwell hit a sacrifice fly that scored junior Max White and put the Sooners on the board. OU tied things up at two apiece when Lockwood scored on a wild pitch.

Kansas State retook the lead in the seventh, prompting Golloway to pull sophomore Jonathan Gray in favor of ju-nior Steven Okert, who pitched exceptionally in relief and earned the win for the Sooners.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, pinch-hit-ting senior Reine tripled to deep right-center, scoring Lockwood to even things up at 3-3. In the next at bat, fel-low senior Mistich hit a walk-off, RBI single to give OU the 4-3 win and the series victory.

“The game is a better coach than I’ll ever be,” Golloway said. “It teaches us what our weak spots are and what we should do. If you respect the game and you learn from the game, it will reward you, and it rewarded two seniors (today).”

CAMERON STROCKSports Reporter

The No. 21 Oklahoma men’s tennis team extended its win streak to six matches with the two impressive road victories over No. 13 Texas and No. 25 Texas A&M over the weekend.

OU’s strength all year has been its doubles play led by junior Costin Paval and freshman Dane Webb, the No. 13 tandem in the nation.

As usual the team jumped out to an early lead over the Aggies after sweeping

the doubles portion of the match en route to a 5-2 vic-tory at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station.

The first tandem for the Sooners to finish was 71st-ranked Tsvetan Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong at the No. 2 spot for the team, de-feating the Aggie duo of

Alexis Klegou and Colin Hoover, 8-2.

Lawrence Formentera and David Pultr won their match at the No. 2 spot, 8-6, and Paval and Webb finished off the Aggies winning their match 9-8.

Paval highlighted singles play with a dominating per-formance against A&M’s Klegou, winning 6-4, 6-0.

Sophomores Guillermo Alcorta and Tsvetan Mihov followed suit. Then fresh-man Dane Webb finished off the Sooner victory with his win in the No. 5 position.

The team is off until they travel to Houston to take on the Rice Owls at 11 a.m. Sunday.

GREG FEWELLSports Editor

The OU women’s ten-nis team dropped its sec-ond straight match on the road Sunday, losing to No. 22 Texas Tech by a score of 5-2.

It was the second straight upset bid to fall short for OU, as the team lost to No. 11 Baylor on Friday in Waco.

The team got off to a slow start against the Red

Raiders, losing its first dou-bles point in eight matches.

S o p h o m o r e M i a Lancaster and freshman Abbi Melrose picked up a win at No. 2 doubles. However, Texas Tech took the No. 1 and No. 3 spots to claim the early 1-0 lead.

While the doubles por-tion of the match was rela-tively hard-fought, Tech took over in singles.

The Red Raiders quick-ly won the first four sin-gles matches to finish the Sooners off.

Lancaster grabbed an-other point for the Sooners at the No. 3 singles spot, and sophomore Whitney Ritchie took the victory at the No. 1 spot to make the score more respectable.

Next up, the team will continues its stretch of con-ference road matches when it faces Oklahoma State on Saturday in Stillwater.

TOBI NEIDYSports Reporter

After falling behind by two runs early in the final series game against Kansas on Sunday, Oklahoma had one response to the Jayhawk rally: Not in our house.

The Sooners posted six runs on five hits in the bot-tom half of the second in-ning to defeat Kansas 6-2 at Marita Hynes field. The vic-tory gave OU its first Big 12 series sweep of the season and improved the team’s overall record to 30-4.

“We were just inspired by some of the Kansas respons-es because they earned everything that they got,” Coach Patty Gasso said. “But at the same time it fired up this team, and we wanted to send (Kansas) a message: ‘You think you’re going to do that here?’”

After enforcing the run-rule against KU in the first two meetings by a combined 18-0 runs in 11 innings, OU returned Sunday looking to improve its overall standing in the Big 12 conference.

Although Kansas ended up out-hitting the Sooners, 9-8, during Sunday’s outing, the win showed the type of tenacity this OU team has in finding ways to win.

“This win was absolutely huge for us to respond in the way we did,” Gasso said. “There was no hesitation in our response, and it was im-portant for us to respond the way we did because we will find ourselves in similar sit-uations down the road in the Big 12.”

Junior starting pitcher Keilani Ricketts finished off the Jayhawks in Sunday’s

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Freshman pinch runner Jessica Vest scores off a Javen Henson double in the second inning of the Sooners’ 6-2 victory over Kansas on Sunday. The Sooners dominated the Jayhawks over the weekend, outscoring Kansas 22-2 in the three-game series at Marita Hynes Field in Norman. OU is not 30-4 this season.

Sooners notch first Big 12 series sweep of 2012 season

game, giving up nine hits and two earned runs while striking out six batters.

Although Ricketts didn’t get the double-digit strikeout performance she has been accustomed to throwing,

being able to rely on her team was something that helped give the ace pitcher more confidence.

“ It ’s tough to make a sweep in the Big 12,” Ricketts said. “It was great to have my team behind me making both defensive and offensive plays to back me up.”

The OU offense proved why it is one of the most re-vered line-ups in the country by leading off the bottom of the second. With bases load-ed after back-to-back singles

and a walk, the Sooners re-sponded with a single by se-nior designated player Katie Norris and a bases clearing double by sophomore third baseman Javen Henson to give the Sooners the 4-2 lead.

After Kansas opted to s w i t c h p i t c h e r s, f re s h -man first baseman Lauren Chamberlain knocked her 17th home run of the season just over the left field fence to give OU its final two runs of the game.

SERIES RESULTSvs. KansasGame 1: OU 8, Kansas 0 (5 inns)

Game 2: OU 8, Kansas 0 (6 inns)

Game 3: OU 6, Kansas 2

Team takes two out of three against Wildcats over the weekend in Norman

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WESTLEE PARSONSLife & Arts Reporter

The annual Me dieval Fair took place this week-end, bringing thousands of Norman residents out to Reaves Park.

While most people milled around the fair shopping and throwing axes at a wall, local actors and actresses were in full performance-mode to help bring the medieval times to life.

The royal court is a fair staple. They spend their days parading through the park, holding court, dancing and providing extra entertain-ment aside from the games and shops.

OU alumnus Cody Clark, who played King Edward III in this year’s royal court, said the royal court of the Medieval Fair is the structure that holds the fair together.

The parades and ceremo-nies are not as dominant in the fair as the vendors and games, but they bind every-thing together to create the second largest, weekend festivity in Oklahoma, Clark said.

This was not Clark’s first Medieval Fair, he has been involved in the royal court and other groups such as The Society for Creative Anachronism, he said.

“I was at the very first Medieval Fair when it was on the South Oval,” Clark said. “It has gone from a hundred curious people hitting each other in the Passion Pit at OU to this [400,000 person event].”

Clark’s King Edward III was head of the court this year. He gathered the rest of the royal subjects in the Royal Pavilion for the Friday morning kick-off, where court was held along with knighting ceremo-nies later in the day.

The court was available to fair attendees who ap-proached them to ask the king for knighthood, permis-sion to hunt or just for a fam-ily photo.

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certificates to be knighted throughout the day and were knighted at a formal ceremo-ny each day at 4:40 p.m. in the Royal Pavilion.

Clark would knight them only if they promised to do all of their homework, clean their rooms and eat all of their vegetables.

Students from New Castle High School had a week-end homework assignment to obtain the signatures of members of the court. The

signatures were not handed over easily, however. First Clark made the students ask him for permission to hunt on the grounds of the Medieval Fair.

The students then knelt be-fore Clark and were disarmed by guards with spears, as if they had brought in a sword and could be seen as a threat to the Royal Crown.

The students were grant-ed permission from Clark and proceeded with their

scavenger hunt.Cark said it was these

endearing moments with students and families that makes Medieval Fair the most rewarding experience of his life.

“The [company] of about 100 or so people coming to-gether in order to make a few hundred thousand people smile is just great,” he said.

Clark said now that the fair is over, they will start prepar-ing for next year’s event.

“It is es-sentially

a year-long p r o c e s s ,” he said.

In a few weeks coordina-tors will review what went well and what needs im-provement for next year’s event; then they have until September to brainstorm and plan, Clark said.

“In September we hold au-ditions and begin rehearsals [intermittently] after that,” he said.

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The King and Queen of the 2012 Medieval Fair are escorted by the royal guards and court Sunday at Reaves Park in Norman. Children were knighted by King Edward III, and each day there was a formal ceremony. All participants wore their costumes all weekend and were in performance mode throughout the event to make it seem more authentic.

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