EMMA SULLIVANCampus Reporter@emmanic23

For Earth Day on Tuesday, stu-dents spent several hours trudging across the South Oval, carrying 10 gallon buckets of water to demon-strate the struggles of those without regular access to drinking water.

The students took turns walking in pairs, carrying a rig of four buck-ets attached to a wooden pole from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event was spon-sored by Sooners Without Borders, Global Brigades, 1040i, OU Wells Project and WaTER Center.

The groups planned the event to show students the reality of living

in places without instant access to clean water, said Jim Chamberlain, OU WaTER Center researcher.

In countries around the world, women and children fetch water for cooking and drinking. The trip to get water is typically around four miles, according to the press release.

“We wanted students to get the experience of carrying water be-cause this is something that women and children around the world have to do,” Chamberlain said.

At the events, there were sign-up sheets available for students to get more information about trips to help out in other countries or par-ticipate in poverty-related projects within the country, Chamberlain said.

Sooners Without Borders pres-ident Yaqub Betz participated in the event, carrying water buckets

around the South Oval.“We want students here at OU to

understand what it would be like to live without water,” Betz said.

Betz said it’s important for stu-dents to understand how much time it takes for the women and chil-dren to travel to retrieve the water. When children have to get water, they don’t have enough time to go to school, Betz said.

Betz said he also hopes the event showed students what different or-ganizations on campus are inter-ested in, and how students can get involved, he said.

This was the first water walk on OU’s campus, but Chamberlain said he hopes it will happen again.

Emma Sullivanemmanic23@gmail.com

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Teach-In to take on racial issues

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Allen Guelzo delivers a lecture entitled “Lincoln’s Four Roads to Emancipation” to a Teach-In audience in March.

Open-forum setting allows OU community to share experiencesCAITLIN SCHACHTERCampus Reporter

Sooners and community members will spend part of Wednesday discussing race during OU’s first Teach-In on Race.

The event is the culmination of many events the Women’s and Gender Studies Center for Social Justice have put on throughout the academic year, starting with the After Trayvon event in August, said Mallory Gladstein, program coordinator for the center.

Gladstein said the events the center has done, such as Playing the Race Card and Know Peace: Activism in the Wake of Tragedy, have been popular with students and faculty.

Through these and other events, such as Being Black at OU, Sooners are able to have conversations about race,

Gladstein said.“Discussing race requires talking about identity and per-

sonal experience,” Gladstein said. “Our experiences differ based on our skin color.”

Gladstein said through an open forum like the Teach-In on Race, Sooners will be able to engage with one another, share experiences and discuss ways to change or improve problem areas they’ve noticed.

The Teach-In is open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to Tweet during the event using #OUTeachin, Gladstein said. Registration for the event begins at 9:15 a.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, according to the press release.

The event is being held by the Women’s and Gender Studies Center for Social Justice, OU Writing Center, Housing and Food Services and Student Affairs, according to the press release.

Caitlin Schachter, caitlinschachter@yahoo.com

DOUBLE LIFE

IT’S A LOVE TRIANGLE

JOE MUSSATTO • ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

The freshman student/quarterback/outfielder is living the life of a two-sport student-athlete. Besides the extra hyphen other OU athletes don’t

have, the label translates to a busy schedule for Thomas.As spring football practice began in mid-March for

Thomas the quarterback, Thomas the outfielder was already in the midst of baseball season.

Spring football wrapped up shortly after Thomas went 5-of-9 with a touchdown in the Red-White Spring Game. Now

the quarterback’s whirlwind schedule is spinning him back to baseball.“It’s been a really busy spring, but I can’t picture it going any other

way,” Thomas said. “I think I’ve taken strides in both sports.”Thomas has appeared in seven games for coach Pete Hughes’ base-

ball squad, and at the same time, he is in a battle to earn the backup quarterback spot for coach Bob Stoops’ side.

The rigorous days have been a challenge for the Colleyville, Texas, native, but Hughes has been impressed by the work ethic Thomas has displayed during the process.

“I think he’s handling it as good as you can,” Hughes said. “His energy level is always there, he’s super positive and he never looks

like the weight of the world is on his shoulders.”It has been a collaborative effort among the coaches to help

Thomas succeed. Stoops said co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel has worked with Hughes to pencil in a mutually ben-

eficial schedule.The main concern was to help Thomas thrive in both sports.

“It was two professionals, not wanting the best thing for Oklahoma, but for Cody Thomas No. 1,” Hughes

said. “We both always erred on the side of the wel-fare of Cody. I think it worked out pretty good.”

Students present facilitating work

CCEW

Intern teams ease everyday business problems with new technologies

MIKE BRESTOVANSKYCampus Reporter@BrestovanskyM

After working on projects for an entire semester, four teams of interns from the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth gathered at Sam Noble Museum of Natural History to present the results of their work.

The teams, which were composed of OU students in a wide range of majors, worked with real clients to help cre-ate and market new technologies.

CCEW employed a record number of 65 interns across three different campuses to help businesses combat large and important programs this semester, CCEW executive director Jeff Moore said.

The first team presented a marketing plan for alloy man-ufacturer ETREMA Products for the distribution of their newest product, Galfenol.

Galfenol, a vibrational energy harvesting material, can be used to efficiently power monitoring devices on oil wells. This utility can help minimize revenue lost due to well downtime, which can total up to $5.4 billion, team member Cole Jackson said.

The second team, Team Ripple, presented an invest-ment plan for African infrastructural agency Water and Sanitation for Africa. Team Ripple developed a plan for the appropriate distribution of $50 million to be invested in water and sanitation companies across Africa.

The third team worked on a marketing and imple-mentation plan for Pinying, an interlanguage created to help Mandarin Chinese speakers improve the pronunci-ation of English syllables. The team worked closely with Jonathan Stalling, an associate professor of English at OU who specializes in translation studies, who developed the language.

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Secondary education junior Conner McElveen and chemical engineering junior Yaqub Betz walk across the South Oval with buckets of water. Students are invited to participate in the Water Walk as a way to raise awareness for people who have to walk extremely long distances everyday for clean water.

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CAmPusOU Graduate Council to specify cases for students to utilize stop-out policy

The OU Graduate Council is proposing changes to uni-versity’s stop-out policy that would clarify policies that are already in place.

The current stop-out policy, which is used by students pursuing a graduate degree who may have to stop for a period of time because of varying circumstances, doesn’t specifically name the circumstances under which a stu-dent may pause their studies, Graduate Council secretary Stephanie Powers said.

The proposed policy would add a bullet point to the cur-rent policy outlining the different circumstances for which a stop-out could occur, such as pregnancy, disability or emergency medical condition, according to the proposal. The proposal said the student’s dean would have the final say on the stop-out petition, and each petition will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

While Powers said few students use the stop-out option, she wants students to know the option is available if they need it.

“We know that graduate students have families and a lot of them work full time, so we’re willing to make excep-tions and make reasonable accommodations,” Powers said.

Matt Woods, Campus Reporter

Campus briefs

Winner of 2014 Regents’ Superior Staff Award honored Tuesday night

Brad Burnett, OU’s associate vice president for enroll-ment and student financial services, received the 2014 Regents’ Award for Superior Staff on OU’s campus.

His supervisor Matt Hamilton, vice president for enrollment and student financial services and registrar, nominated Burnett, according to the press release.

Burnett was nominated because of his personality and work ethic, according to the press release.

Burnett was involved with implementation of oZONE and gift cards for tuition. He also founded the OU Financial Education and Counseling Program, according to the press release.

The OU Board of Regents created the award in 1988. Burnett was presented with the award at the staff awards ceremony Tuesday, according to the press release.

Staff Reports

green light for juniors

Old sports party with new Gatsby

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Letters junior Skyler Sikes and early childhood education junior Katie Chesher sit on Owen Field on Tuesday evening for Flick on the Field’s screening of “The Great Gatsby.” Flick on the Field, OU’s newest class tradition, invited the Class of 2015 to the field for the movie, free food and prizes, according to OU’s website.

green power Challenge

OU named greenest in Big 12Sooners used most renewable energy

Jaye PelleyCampus Reporter

OU has been named Big 12 Conference champion in the Green Power Challenge for using the most renew-able energy in the confer-ence during the 2013-2014 academic year.

More than 33 conferences and 79 schools competed in the Green Power Challenge, a contest among colleges to conserve energy and use more green power, accord-ing to the Environmental Protection Agency website.

Green power is electricity generated from renewable resources, like wind and solar power. Using green power helps accelerate de-velopment of new renewable energy capacity nationwide, and helps reduce green-house gas emissions from

the power sector, according to a press release.

OU used nearly 154 mil-lion kilowatt-hours of green energy, an estimated 85 percent of annual electricity use, according to the press release. The estimated carbon dioxide emissions avoided from the green

energy is equivalent to that of 15,000 annual American home emissions.

While OU leads the Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma State came in second place, using about 100.3 million kilowatt-hours, 71 per-cent of annual electrici-ty use. Collectively, the 33

conferences used 2.3 bil-lion kilowatt-hours of green power this year.

The 2014-2015 Green Power Challenge will kick off in the fall, according to the website.

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NormanMusicFestivalApril 24 - April 26

Andrew wAgnerLife & Arts Reporter @A_Wagner98

Years ago, The L oony Bin Comedy Club was the only place in Oklahoma City to watch or perform comedy. Local comedi-ans found it challenging to hone their craft because of the shortage of practice opportunities. Determined to make comedy a staple of Oklahoma City entertain-ment, comedians used the bars and venues in the area. Their persistence has made shows consisting of local and national comedy acts a recurring aspect of the Norman Music Festival.

Oklahoma City come-dians BradChad Porter, S p e n c e r H i c k s a n d Cameron Buchholtz will kick off the Norman Music Festival with an evening of stand-up comedy at 8 p.m. Thursday in Sooner Theatre on Main Street. Comedian Ryan Singer will headline the comedy stage at the fes-tival this year.

Porter started perform-ing stand-up comedy at open mics at the Loony Bin in 2006. The open mics were

offered every week but co-medians could only sign up for a short slot every other week, Porter said.

“There wasn’t enough (opportunities) to get good,” Porter said. “It takes 100 years to get good only doing comedy four minutes every week.”

Ready to take their per-formances to the next level, Porter, along with Hicks and other Oklahoma City come-dians, used other bars and venues in the area to hold open mics and comedy showcases, Porter said. This included an open mic at Othello’s Italian Restaurant on Campus Corner.

“We basical ly star ted booking our own shows and seeing if venues would let us perform there, and it kind of just grew from that,” Hicks said.

Hicks and Porter went on to found OKC Comedy, a program that pays and provides venues for nation-al and local comedy acts to

perform in Oklahoma City.“When we started with

national acts, nobody else was bringing in that kind of talent,” Porter said.

The first big name they were able to book was Doug Benson in 2010, who has re-turned every year since for what is now called “Doug Benson Day.”

A l t h o u g h H i c k s a n d Porter have booked many of the biggest comedy shows in the area, Porter cred-its Cameron Buchholtz for starting and maintaining comedy’s involvement in the Norman Music Festival.

Buchholtz started doing s t a n d - u p i n O k l a h o m a City and has since moved

to Austin, Texas, to contin-ue his career. He became involved in comedy at the Norman Music Festival in its second year in 2009.

“I had a lot of friends in-volved in putting the fes-tival together,” Buchholtz said. “At that point, I was taking comedy pretty seri-ous, so it was just kind of a no-brainer.”

According to Buchholtz,

Organization sets up comedy stage at annual jamboree

NMF exclusive

Music festival boosts comedy scene

the first year that come-dy was part of the festival, about six local comedians would perform in between bands at The Redroom in downtown Norman.

“It didn’t really work be-tween bands, so it wasn’t until the next year that we had a dedicated comedy space,” Buchholtz said.

S i n c e t h e n , N o r m a n Music Festival has been an

opportunity to expose peo-ple to local comedy acts.

“ The biggest problem we have at OKC Comedy is letting people know it ex-ists,” Hicks said. “Norman Music Festival opens it up to people.”

Andrew wagner andrew.w.wagner-1@ou.edu

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BradChad Porter, comedian and founder of OKC Comedy, poses for a photo. Porter, Spencer Hicks and Cameron Buchholtz will kick off the Norman Music Festival with an evening of stand-up comedy at 8 p.m. Thursday in Sooner Theatre on Main Street.

GO AND DONorman Music Festival comedy showcaseWhen: 8 p.m. Thursday

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our view: Protecting the environment is important year round, and students should make daily efforts to preserve the earth.

We know Earth Day was yesterday, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about the importance of protecting the environment today. We all have a duty to help preserve the earth, and it doesn’t have to be difficult to be environmentally active. We believe every day should, in some capacity, be Earth Day and that all Sooners can make small efforts to protect the environment.

You might not think of OU when considering eco-friendly plac-es, with our state’s booming oil indus-try. However, OU was actually named the Big 12 conference champion for green

power usage for a second consecu-tive year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday. About 85 percent of OU’s power last year came from green energy, most of it from renewable wind energy.

In fact, OU has an agreement with Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company for all of the university’s electricity purchases from the com-pany to be made through renewable energy sources by 2013, according to OU’S sustainability website. Our uni-versity has actively moved away from using energy sources that cause ir-reparable harm to the environment,

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Make every day earth day

and we think OU’s students should follow suit.

Whether it’s by doing something as small as recycling your plastic water bottles or as large as composting in your front yard, all Sooners can be more environmentally friendly. One obvious way for students to protect the environment is by throwing their cigarette butts in the trash, rather than on OU’s carefully-groomed grounds.

A photo of a jar full of cigarette butts that four OU students collect-ed in one hour around one block of OU’s campus made the rounds on

Twitter last week and got us think-ing about how we should all be more aware of how the daily choices we make affect the environment.

First, students should throw away and recycle all trash whenever pos-sible, including small items like ciga-rettes. Second, the photo shows what a difference even a minor effort can make to improve our surroundings. It took only an hour for those stu-dents to clean up a block of campus and no doubt made the area prettier and safer by removing the non-bio-degradable cigarette butts.

Global climate change is no longer

a debate. We know the decisions we make affect the environment and that greenhouse gases from man-made objects are contributing to the disintegration of the ozone layer. What’s important is how we choose to protect the environment moving forward. We believe students should do their parts to preserve the envi-ronment for future generations and act daily to protect the world around them.

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You will fi nd success if you think and act for yourself. You have what it takes to get ahead, but you must be diligent regarding your expenses. Finding new outlets for your skills will be rewarding and can result in added income.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Avoid confrontations. You may feel that your goals are out of reach, but that doesn’t mean you should give up. Take a close look at your game plan to see if you need to change your strategy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You’ll attract attention with your personal philosophy. Present a confi dent attitude to the world. Your dreams will come to pass if you are ingenious in overcoming obstacles.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Do a good deed by offering your knowledge to someone who could use a helping hand. Take time to review your personal papers to ensure that nothing has been overlooked.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You will regret an emotional outburst. If someone you care about upsets you, it would be better to remain calm and walk away rather than get upset. An argument will not solve anything.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Make sure to maintain good health in the coming days. Stick to a nutritious diet. Acquaint yourself with various sports or fi tness plans, and get active with physical programs that offer a challenge.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Show your leadership abilities when they’re called for. Your contributions will bring you great respect. A romantic relationship will enhance your personal life. Join forces with someone who shares your sentiments.

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Oh, the craziness that is play-off basketball.

If you were able to make it through the Thunder’s 111-105 loss to the Grizzlies on Monday night then there’s a good chance you survived a mild heart attack.

With 13 seconds left on the clock, and the game virtually over because the Grizzlies were up five points, Kevin Durant did what Kevin Durant does best. He was able to draw the contact from Marc Gasol and get the foul while nailing the 3-point jumper in the corner, putting the Thunder within one point of the Grizzlies after hitting the free throw.

After Mike Conley only hit one of his two free throws, the Thunder were down by only two with one last shot at redemption. And Russell Westbrook missed a 3-pointer. This is where things got really weird. Kendrick Perkins, of all people, was there for the rebound and the putback as the buzzer sounded to force overtime. The ‘Peake erupted.

Things looked to be going the Thunder’s way. The momentum had shifted, or so we thought.

The Grizzlies came into overtime, unfazed by what happened at the end of regulation, and they complete-ly dominated the overtime period. Durant was the only Thunder player to score in the overtime, which result-ed in a six point Thunder loss.

So what’s the big deal? It’s just one loss, right? Wrong.

Yes, it’s just one loss, but how they lost is key.

In the very loaded Western Conference playoffs, every game is going to be hard fought. But against the grit-and-grind Grizzlies from Memphis, the intensity level is bumped up a notch. Combine that with the fact that the game went into overtime, and it’s a mixture that makes for an exhausting loss.

Durant played 45 minutes. Serge Ibaka played 47 minutes. Even Russell Westbrook, who has been on a min-ute restriction since returning from injury in February, played 43 minutes.

The point I’m getting at is that the Thunder’s three best players played an enormous amount of time in a physical playoff game — and not in

just any playoff game, but the second game in just the first round.

If the Thunder were to win an NBA championship, they would have to win 15 more playoff games, with teams only getting better the further along they go. Every playoff game is intense, with the best basketball play-ers in the world focused on one goal: an NBA championship. Ideally, the Thunder would’ve breezed through the first round so they could stay rest-ed for the long playoff run.

Despite the loss, the Thunder should be able to eventually get past

the Grizzlies, though not without getting worn down from an ex-hausting first round series, and now they travel to Memphis where the Grizzlies have won 14 home games in a row.

So strap in, Thunder fans, and get ready for the playoff ride of your lives. After only two games of this series, it’s clear that nothing will be given, only earned.

Brett Coppenbarger is a journalism senior

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Alabama, Florida and Notre Dame, Thomas decided to take his du-al-sport prowess to Oklahoma.

While the ride has been smooth so far, Thomas’ main obstacle lies in his chosen position on the gridiron.

“Playing quarterback, especially at this university, is very demand-ing,” he said. “The biggest challenge is time management and managing my priorities.”

Hughes said one of his former baseball players was a punter, but that Thomas’ situation is much more difficult to work around.

“If he was another position, it’d be easier,” Hughes said. “He has to get his throwing in, his homework in, his meetings, has to go to practice, lift and run and then come play baseball.”

Stoops was less certain that the position is making it tougher for Thomas. He said playing baseball and quarter-back might be harder in the long run, but pointed out the successes of a more well known two-sport star.

“Jameis Winston seems to be doing it,” Stoops said. “It didn’t seem to hurt him a whole lot.”

Florida State’s Heisman Trophy and national champion-ship winning quarterback has also made a name for him-self away from football. Winston serves as the closer for the Seminoles’ baseball team and leads the squad in saves.

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Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks played both sports in college and now stars in the NFL. Jeff Samardzija pitches for the Chicago Cubs but was a two-sport athlete at Notre Dame.

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While the ride has been smooth so far, Thomas’ main obstacle lies in his chosen position on the gridiron.

“Playing quarterback, especially at this university, is very demand-ing,” he said. “The biggest challenge is time management and managing my priorities.”

Hughes said one of his former baseball players was a punter, but that Thomas’ situation is much more difficult to work around.

“If he was another position, it’d be easier,” Hughes said. “He has to get his throwing in, his homework in, his meetings, has to go to practice, lift and run and then come play baseball.”

Stoops was less certain that the position is making it tougher for Thomas. He said playing baseball and quarter-back might be harder in the long run, but pointed out the successes of a more well known two-sport star.

“Jameis Winston seems to be doing it,” Stoops said. “It didn’t seem to hurt him a whole lot.”

Florida State’s Heisman Trophy and national champion-ship winning quarterback has also made a name for him-self away from football. Winston serves as the closer for the Seminoles’ baseball team and leads the squad in saves.

But the examples don’t make it any easier for players like Thomas.

“It’s a learning process right now, but I’m just trying to be the best player I can be at both sports,” he said.

Hughes is confident that his young outfielder will pass the test.

“He’ll be fine,” the baseball coach said. “Cody’s a super talent and is very intelligent. It also helps that he’s an outstanding student.”

Both coaching staffs want Thomas, but neither are willing to deny him the unique privilege of playing two sports at a school like Oklahoma.

The two programs have national championships in their pedigrees, and Thomas is able to experience both.

“We’re allowing a young man to fulfill his dreams and get out of it as much as he can,” Stoops said.

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“I couldn’t pick one,” Thomas said. “If I knew which one I liked more, I

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