PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW BARRON, PHOTO BY ADAM KEMP/O’Collegian Iowa State fans storm the field in 2011 after the Cyclones’ shocking 37-31 upset against the Cowboys in Ames. The loss knocked the Cowbooys out of national championship contention. OSU finally gets its shot at revenge

By Derek Hatridge in Ames, Iowa. Oklahoma State,” Moore said. “We mouths when we walked off that Sports Reporter The fans stormed the field, leav- don’t get to do Walkaround, but the field.” Up next ing OSU players and fans pon- atmosphere at the games is always Coach Mike Gundy said he be- FOOTBALL dering what could have been and a packed house. I’m excited for it.” lieves that playing the redemption t’s a feeling the Cowboys where they were going to go from Although many of the other card is overrated but knows the may never forget. there. players and fans mirror Moore’s feeling can still linger in the back The morning of Nov. 18, “It sat in my stomach a little enthusiasm for the upcoming of some of his players’ minds. 2011,I OSU students and staff were bit, but once it was over, for me, I game, the biggest storyline in the “I don’t think that it goes unno- vs. shocked to learn that a plane carry- just kind of dropped it,” defensive back of everyone’s minds is the op- ticed,” Gundy said. “I can’t imag- ing Cowgirl basketball coach Kurt end Tyler Johnson said. “Once the ponent the Cowboys are facing and ine that some players might not Budke, assistant Miranda Serna game was final, there wasn’t much what happened in their last meet- reflect back on that, but they have Against: and alumni Olin and Paula Brans- we could do about it.” ing. to go out and play a sound football Oklahoma State vs. tetter crashed in a forest in Arkan- Now, it’s a new year and a new Moore said he doesn’t believe game.” Iowa State sas, killing all passengers. Cowboy squad. his team sees Saturday’s matchup For Gundy himself, he said he When: The Cowboy football team som- Oklahoma State (3-2, 1-1) will as an opportunity for redemption, doesn’t think much about last year’s Tomorrow at 11 a.m. berly played its game that night, face Iowa State on Saturday in but he wants it to use the feeling of game because the feeling of defeat Where: fighting through the news of trag- front of fans and alumni for the defeat from that night for motiva- is not what has been stuck in his Boone Pickens edy to try to continue its quest for 2012 edition of homecoming. tion, while not letting it affect the mind since that fateful November Stadium its first national title. The Cyclones Wide receiver Charlie Moore Cowboys’ play. night. Television: (4-2, 1-2), however, halted the ex- said he enjoys seeing all of the peo- “The way I think about it is, “The tragedy is what I’ll remem- FX press train the Cowboys were rid- ple who travel to Stillwater to see what happened last year we need ber forever, more than the game,” Radio: ing to the BCS National Champi- the Cowboys play. to use correctly,” Moore said. “We Gundy said. 93.7 FM onship game, upsetting the No. 2 “Homecoming is such a big don’t need to get consumed in Pokes in a 37-31 overtime thriller deal here. It’s a really cool part of that feeling, that sour taste in our [email protected]

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When the O’Collegian sports staff met to put together a list of the greatest Oklahoma State foot- ball players in history, there was debate about who would make the cut. Players from as far back as the ‘40s to last year’s team were discussed. Making a list and narrowing it down to only five is no small task. Justin Blackmon The conversation involved debating only spots 5-2, because one slot on the countdown that was solidified without discussion. No. 1 was decided on Dec. 3, 1988, when the Heisman Trophy was award- 4 ed to a Cowboy for the only time. Barry Sanders is the greatest football player to ever play for OSU. He was Thurman Thomas’ backup when he gave the OSU faithful a taste of his ability. Used primar- ily as a kick returner, Sanders led the nation in yards per kickoff return with 31.6, and rushed for more than 600 yards and eight touchdowns his sopho- more season. Sanders showed enough promise for Sooners coach Barry Switzer to tell his defense he was more worried about Sanders beating them than Thomas. Thurman Thomas Thomas left the program in Sanders hands and Sanders did not disappoint. On the first play of his junior season, he took the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. It was only the beginning 3 of arguably the greatest individual season in college football history. The numbers Sanders put up in 1988 rewrote the record books. In just one season, he set 34 records. Among them were his 2,850 yards rushing (he still holds the NCAA record with 2,628 yards that sea- son, which doesn’t include stats from bowl games), 3,248 total yards, 234 points, 39 touchdowns, 37 rushing touchdowns, five consecutive 200 yard games, at least two touchdowns in 11 consecutive games and nine games with at least three touch- downs. He averaged 7.6 yards per carry despite car- Terry Miller rying the ball a staggering 344 times. In addition, he retained his role of punt and kick returner, adding Courtesy of the Oklahoma State Athletic Department 516 yards on kick returns. Barry Sanders carries the ball during his time at Oklahoma State. Sanders finished his career at OSU holding numerous 2 Possibly the only thing more impressive than school and national records, as well as winning the 1988 Heisman Memorial Trophy. Sanders’ stat line is his highlight tape. He possessed a rare combination of speed and elusiveness. Fre- his historic season with 222 yards rushing and five While others such as Thomas and Terry Miller quently Sanders made it through the hole before the touchdowns in a 61-14 rout of Wyoming in the contributed to OSU becoming hailed as “Tailback defense could react and he was nearly impossible to Holiday Bowl. His numbers would have been much U,” Sanders is the main reason for the school’s repu- tackle in the open field. higher had he not sat out the fourth quarter. tation. His 1988 season was one of the best in col- The team was in Tokyo to play Texas Tech in the Following his OSU career, the Detroit Lions lege football history, and he is the Oklahoma State’s Coca-Cola Classic when Sanders was announced drafted Sanders third overall in the 1989 NFL lone Heisman Trophy winner. Barry Sanders is, as the winner of the Heisman Trophy. True to his Draft and continued his assault on defenses. He is without a doubt, the greatest OSU football player humble demeanor, Sanders immediately thanked the NFL’s third leading rusher of all time and was of all time. and credited his offensive line for his success. inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, Sanders led the Cowboys to a 10-2 record (then a year after his induction in the College Football BOB FENIMORE tied for the best in school history) and capped off Hall of Fame. [email protected]

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By Brendon ence,” Miller said. “We were can be found tailgating with MOrris one play away from being the his family or walking around Sports Editor outright champs, but you take campus. Some fans recognize what you can get. We had a one of the greatest running great group of guys that sea- backs in Oklahoma State his- He took the toss, turned up son.” tory, while others have no idea. the sideline and sprinted for Miller’s explosion brought “There are old folks that are more than 70 yards to the end on the nickname of “Tailback up there in years that recog- zone. U,” which is given to a univer- nize me from time to time,” he “I was standing on the sity that consistently produces said. “In the old days we didn’t sideline,” current defensive great running backs. have internet. We weren’t tex- coordinator Bill Young said of “It’s got a good ring to it,” ting or into mobile phones that 1976 Bedlam game. “He current OSU running back Jo- just yet. went by me like a flash. All I seph Randle said. “It’s presti- “Nowadays, they have the saw was the numbers on his gious. We’ve had a lot of great Facebook and different things back. He went by me so fast backs here, so we always carry that go on. We didn’t have any that I didn’t even see the front that around with us.” of that. We had three TV sta- of him.” With Tailback U in prime tions.” In one play, OSU running form heading into the 1977 Of the fans who do recog- back Terry Miller had erased season, Miller was ready for nize him, they likely remem- the school’s frustration with his farewell tour and an encore ber what it was like to see the Oklahoma Sooners. performance. Miller play. He broke runs up On the third snap of the When the dust settled, he the sideline, ran over lineback- game, Miller busted a triple- finished the season with 1,680 ers in the middle and blocked option around the corner for yards and 14 touchdowns, a for his teammates. a score, and eventually led his second-straight All-American It may not be the Tailback team to a win on Owen Field, honor, and a runner-up fin- U it was back in Miller’s days, a feat not many teams have ish in the Heisman Memorial but the excitement Miller accomplished, no matter what Trophy voting behind Texas brought to Oklahoma State era you’re referring to. running back Earl Campbell. had a hand in creating the “The game in Norman, “It was kind of nice being program that is in place to- America?” Miller said happily. recognized as one of college’s day—One of the best in the “Thirty-five years later, every- premier players,” Miller said. nation. one I see remembers that run. “But all of those guys who “In his time, he reinforced Some great things happened were there realized there were the Cowboy faithful that we on that play all the way across a bunch of people that helped could play with Oklahoma on the board. Everyone did their them get there. a given day,” Sampson said. job.” “We were being honored, “He was one of the guys who

OSU athletic director Mike Courtesy of the Oklahoma State athletic department but at the same time, our reminded everyone that we Holder remembered the run Running back Terry Miller carries the ball. Miller was an All-American back at Oklahoma State in coaches and teammates were could get big recruits to come immediately. 1976 and 1977, finishing second in the ‘77 Heisman Trophy voting to Texas back Earl Campbell. being honored as well. That’s here and allow us to compete “I remember the play like how I saw it.” with everyone else.” it was yesterday,” Holder said. program isn’t exactly tradi- bit different back then, I’ll say plenty of strength, and a ton After his time at Oklahoma And 35 years later, after “In the first series, Terry took tion-rich when compared to that,” a laughing Miller said. of speed. He reminded me a State, which was 35 years ago blazing the trail to Stillwater a pitch from Harold Bailey some of the other programs “Our offensive game plan was lot of Thurman Thomas. They this season, Miller moved on that so many big-time recruits around the right end, and in the nation. It’s had a few very different as well.” both had the same style of to play for the Buffalo Bills have since taken, Miller looks blazed for over 70 yards un- successful stretches here and OSU was in the middle of running.” and, eventually, the Michigan on every weekend to see what touched for their first score of there, but its mostly placed the option-era of college foot- Miller contributed to the Panthers. he and so many other players the game. focus on the basketball and ball, an offensive system built team as a freshman and soph- Once he finished profes- have built over time. “That play set the tone for wrestling programs. around running quarterbacks omore but broke out in his sional ball, the back found his “I’m always rooting for the rest of the afternoon, and In the ‘70s, a running back and bruising tailbacks. Miller third season as a Cowboy. way back to Stillwater to cheer OSU,” he said with a laugh. the Cowboys captured a rare from Colorado Springs, Colo., fit the mold perfectly and im- He rushed for an astound- on his Cowboys. “I’m always rooting for them win on the Sooner’s home named Terry Miller commit- mediately made an impact for ing 1,714 yards and 23 touch- “I’m a full-fledged Okie to do the best they can, and field.” ted to play football Oklahoma the Cowboys. downs in 1976 and led Okla- now,” Miller said. “I came I’m proud of what they’ve be- State, and the gradual shift “He was a slashing, side- homa State to a share of the here in 1974, so I’m about two come.” *** from basketball and wrestling to-side runner,” Kent Samp- Big Eight Conference cham- years away from being here for to football began. son, the director of OSU’s pionship. 40 years.” Oklahoma State’s football “The facilities were quite a residential life, said. “He had “That was a great experi- On a usual game day, Miller [email protected]

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I think Randle is a better player right now but Monken has Right now, I’d probably go with Wes Lunt. Joseph basically admitted that he’s only run a fraction of the playbook Randle is solid no matter who you put him against, but since Lunt went down. The same would not be true if Randle he doesn’t touch the ball every player. Lunt’s arm and went down because Desmond Roland and Jeremy Smith can ability to distribute the ball is being missed, and I think combine to do a lot of the same stuff Randle does. So even ONE having that on every player is bigger than the 20-30 though Randle is the best player on the team, I think Lunt is Who’s more important to Oklahoma State’s of- touches a game that Randle gets. actually more important. fense: Joseph Randle or Wes Lunt?

It’s huge, not only because of how heavy last year still I don’t think it’s as big to the players as it is to the fans. feels, but because of how much it could factor into what Obviously, there’s still a sour taste in the mouths of the fan- OSU’s season looks like in December. Roll Iowa State by base, and they want nothing more than to see OSU roll over two touchdowns, and you have some momentum going Iowa State. On the flip side, I think the Cowboys see it as into the TCU game and the opportunity to get to seven TWO a measuring stick instead of payback. The Pokes know this or eight wins. Get beat by Iowa State and let TCU take How important is this game to Oklahoma is a good-but-not-great Iowa State team, and they’re more advantage of a suddenly reeling 3-3 squad and...well...that State, given what happened against Iowa focused on making a statement than getting revenge. doesn’t end well. State last season?

Right now? No. It all hinges on Wes Lunt’s return No. It’s strange too because we’ve hit the halfway point in and the defense righting the ship. If Lunt comes back the college football season and only Kansas State, TCU, and and slings the rock like he did against Arizona and the OSU completely control their own destiny in the Big 12 race. defense starts playing anywhere close to how it did in If you would have told me that in August, I would have been 2011, there might not be anyone in the country that can elated, but offensive injuries, a QB in flux and an un-opportu- THREE beat them. The three teams in the way (West Virginia, nistic defense doesn’t exactly scream “we’re going to beat OU Kansas State, Oklahoma) have weaknesses. At the mo- and KSU on the road!” Does OSU have a legitimate shot at winning ment it doesn’t have a chance, but I think I just talked But if Lunt comes back and the defense starts getting picks... the 2012 Big 12 title? myself into giving it one. nah, I can’t talk myself into it. Moore prepares for more playing time

By James Poling derson left Charlie Moore as the only position this season for the Cowboys. Senior Sports Reporter healthy outside receiver from the original David Glidden was suppose to have punt starting rotation. The touchdown catch, returns taken care of, but reoccurring in- although it appeared to be insignificant at juries continue to be a nagging issue for As he jogged out of the locker room the time it occurred, was the difference in him. Other players have tried their luck for the start of the second half against the score as the Cowboys stumbled down at returns but to no avail. Kansas, Charlie Moore knew what the the stretch to barely hang on for a 20-14 Cue Charlie Moore. Wide receiv- first offensive play of the second half victory. ers coach Kasey Dunn, who is handling would be. With Anderson and Tracy Moore’s punt return responsibilities this season, His fellow wide receivers knew he was status uncertain for Saturday’s home- approached Charlie Moore during the going to score, too. coming game against Iowa State, Charlie Savannah State game about returning Moore ran seven yards out, caught Moore has the chance to put up another punts. the pass, broke out of tackle and turned solid performance. Not a big deal, other than Moore had toward the sideline and went untouched “The good thing about this offense is never returned a punt in his life, high for 72 yards with some help from a Josh you never know who is going to make the school included. Stewart block. It was Moore’s first touch- plays,” Charlie Moore said. “The (Kan- “The returns just happen,” Moore said. down of the season. sas game) happened to be me. I’ve been “I’m just worried about catching the ball.” “It was an adjustment Coach Monken preparing the same every week whether I He’s averaged 11 yards a return, in- made at halftime,” Moore said. “It was have five catches or zero catches.” cluding a 27-yard return at Kansas that a great call. I slipped a tackle and Josh Charlie Moore wasn’t necessarily in a set up a last-second field goal before half- Stewart had a great block. slump. The Oklahoma State offense has time. It’s been much better than the futile “In the huddle, Josh told me, ‘You are been in flux for most of the season with three yard average OSU had the previous going to catch it, get around the sideline Wes Lunt’s injury in the third game. Jo- season, which ranked 115th in the nation. and I’m going to pullback and (block) on seph Randle’s ability to run the ball ef- Moore said Glidden should be back the safety, and you will have the sideline fectively limited the wide receivers who for Saturday’s game, but Moore’s success open.’ As soon as I caught it and saw saw 40-to-50 passes thrown consistently at returning punts will likely see his own him coming back up the field to block, I last season. role increased. (knew) it was going to work.” “I think that whenever you run the “(Charlie) done a really nice job,” Known for his stat-stuffing spring ball more, it’s going to take away op- Dunn said. “One thing that carries over game performances but quiet up to that portunities from guys outside who make as who he is as a person is that he works point of the season, Moore finally had the plays,” OSU offensive coordinator Todd at everything he does. When a guy says big regular season game he sought Satur- Monken said. “Charlie has been working I’m going to do it and he has the work day at Kansas. He caught five passes for hard to give himself a chance with oppor- ethic Charlie has, it’s going to be easy for Christopher Brown/O’Collegian Receiver Charlie Moore runs after a catch in Boone Pickens 97 yards, including the touchdown. tunities. I think he has been in position him to catch on.” Stadium. After multiple injuries at the receiver position for His breakout performance could not to make other plays. We just haven’t been OSU, Moore is set for more playing time against Iowa State have come at a better time. First half able to get him the ball.” this weekend. injuries to Tracy Moore and Isaiah An- Injuries continue to plague another [email protected] Friday, October 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 5A OSU coaches, program rise from tragedy

By Cody cause we’ve just got better.” the friendship between the STavenhagen Six years later, it’s clear coaches has always been a Sports Reporter that change has come in a big constant. way for the program. “Colin and I have a ton The Cowgirls now consis- of history,” Hancock said. Change is inevitable. tently draw more than 1,000 “We’ve lived some bad times Sometimes it’s for the bet- supporters per game after in addition to some good ter, sometimes it isn’t but in earning five Big 12 titles, times, and we’re always there the end, things always seem seven NCAA Tournament to remind each other that we to work out. appearances and back-to- need to appreciate what we Soccer coaches Colin Car- back Elite Eights in 2010 have because we know what michael and Karen Hancock and 2011. it’s like to be on the flip side.” are no strangers to change in Through the years, passion For the program’s two ar- their careers. Going back to made both coaches successful chitects, seeing how far their their days at South Alabama, in transforming their pro- team has come brings a sense the two have been work- gram into a national power. of pride. ing together since 1994. In “I hate to say we work to- “We have that bond be- 1996, Hancock made the first gether, because what we do cause we’ve built this thing up change by taking the head isn’t really work,” Carmichael together,” Carmichael said. coach job at Oklahoma State, said. “I get to come hang out “We’ve been around each naturally bringing Carmi- and coach soccer and watch other so long it just feels like chael along as an assistant. the sport that I love. You family. We take a lot of pride “I learned early on that couldn’t ask for a better life. in that Karen and I have been I could work with (Carmi- “Karen’s biggest strength around since the inception. chael) for a long, long time,” is her passion for her play- We know how hard it was to Hancock said. “I knew that at ers,” Carmichael said. “If build this thing up. You take age 25, when I first met him.” they call her up at 2 a.m. and an added amount of pride In 1996 the Oklahoma say, ‘Coach, I got a problem, in the fact that you’ve been

State soccer program played Brendon Morris/O’Collegian can you help me?’ It’s a done through the hard times you’ve its first season, finishing Cowgirl coach Colin Carmichael waits to greet his seniors on Senior Day last Sunday in Cowgirl deal—she’s helping. She just had those seasons when we 10-7-2 overall and 1-6-2 in Soccer Complex. Since taking over in 2007, Carmichael has taken the program to new heights. cares very deeply about her only won five games. We’ve Big 12 play. The Cowgirls players and about her team come through them and got- played in front of roughly team—died in the infamous chael was promoted to asso- said. “I was never hung up on and the program.” ten to the point we are now.” 100 people, who did not even January 2001 plane crash that ciate head coach in 2003, and being a head coach that was Although many things have the luxury of sitting in took the lives of 10 people. spent the 2005 and 2006 sea- not what I ultimately cared have changed over Carmi- bleachers. This was only three months sons as co-head coach with about. I have a deep love for chael and Hankcock’s tenure, [email protected] After six seasons, the after Hancock gave birth to a Hancock. He eventually took Oklahoma State University, Cowgirls struggled to a total baby girl. the reins as head coach in and from a personal stand- record of 43-62-7. “It was devastating,” Car- 2007, with Hancock becom- point, I’m a single mom with “We were just trying to put michael said. “It was hard ing his assistant. a young daughter. It made a team on the field that could for me as a person because it “It just made more sense to sense to do what we did, and compete,” Carmichael said. felt like I lost a friend. I can’t flip things around,” Hancock it worked out quite well be- “We were trying to get the even begin to imagine what best kids—we had no tradi- it was like for Karen and her tion, no facility, nothing. You family. But as strong as she is just try to put a team on the and as strong as they are, they field and do the best you can.” bounced back. It was a very For Hancock, change soon difficult time, but that kind of came in the form of tragedy adversity makes everybody a one that made her team’s on- little bit stronger.” new arrivals! field issues seem meaning- Due largely to Hancock’s less. Her husband, Will—a personal responsibilities that media relations staff member came because of Will’s death, for the OSU men’s basketball change came again. Carmi- Quality Picture Framing for 35 Years homecoming Friday 11a.m.-9p.m. MAXINE’S CUSTOM FRAMES, INC. Saturday 9:30a.m.-10p.m. 908 S. Main • Downtown • (405) 372-0690 www.maxinesframes.com ARTWORK M-F 9:30-6 • Sat 10-4

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SC 2183 Intro to 513 Strategic Communica- (H) MUSI 2573 Intro tions: PR (OK for non- to Music, Call # 16600, majors), Call # 18202, Sec. 513 Sec. 513 Spring Semester (All courses full semester unless otherwise noted) brendon morris/O’Collegian Lower division Forward Makenzie Kahan dodges defenders against Baylor at Cowgirl Soccer Complex. The Cowgirls will finish off their regular- Upper division season schedule with trips to Milwaukee and Texas Tech. (D,H) AMST 2103 Intro A&S 4000 Special Topics/ to American Studies, Call Authoring Study Abroad, By Tim Ahrens will not have any effect on the if you want to call it that. final home games of the sea- # 10459, Sec. 503 Call# 19839, Sec. 503 team’s focus nearing the end Other than that, we’ve stayed son. 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By Samantha Vicent Williams, 23, one-year suspended prison sentence required to register as a sex offender website. The lawyers have requested Managing Editor was convicted of for each rape charge with credit for for 15 years, according to Oklahoma court reporter transcripts for each two counts of rape time served, which will run concur- law. time Williams appeared in court, by instrumentation rently with one other. Williams will Attorneys John Coyle III and Jay which totals more than 2,400 pages, Former Oklahoma State Universi- and one count of serve no time in jail. Husbands, of the Coyle Law Firm in according to the document. ty basketball player Darrell Williams sexual battery July Corley also named Williams a Oklahoma City, will represent Wil- Those transcripts, as well as all ex- has new attorneys and intends to ap- 23. level 1 sex offender, which means he liams, who is not considered an in- hibits used or offered into evidence, peal his three sex crime convictions At his sentenc- is considered low risk and is unlikely digent defendant, according to court will constitute the appeal record, Williams in the Oklahoma Court of Criminal ing Oct. 12, Payne to perform further criminal sexual records. they said. Appeals, according to new court doc- County District conduct. The Coyle Law Firm specializes uments filed Wednesday afternoon. Judge Phillip Corley handed down a As a level 1 offender, Williams is in sex crime cases, according to its See Williams Page 2B Movin’ On Up New location helps Farm House be involved

• With a new house on Greek Row, Farm House no longer has to deal with travel issues to events with other Greek life members.

By Catherine Sweeney City Reporter

Farm House’s new house is put- ting it in the Homecoming spot- light and improving its integration into the Greek community. The fraternity made the move from the old house to the new one this semester. The 38,000-square-foot build- ing cost $8.34 million and was funded by alumni donation. The change is making impacts in every part of the Farm House experience, especially homecom- trevor greer/O’Collegian ing. Ben Nemecek (left), Trevor Hall (center) and another Farm House member work on the fraternity’s house decoration for homecoming week. Before this year, Farm House was on the opposite side of cam- work in detail,” he said. obstacles for homecoming festivi- city. They lobbied for a design with he said. pus from University Drive, also The new house is the first one ties. nothing buried in the front yard The relocation has also affected known as Greek Row. visible when accessing campus The front yard has dramatically and convinced the city to move the the fraternity socially. In years past, when spectators from Monroe, so it will be getting decreased in size, limiting the sidewalk up to the curb. Pfieffer explained that the were examining house decorations a lot of attention. This is not the amount of working space for the The construction has made house is working hard to main- at Walk Around, people would just only reason, according to Pfieffer. decorations. things hectic in general, and tain its positive reputation. Before, drive by Farm House, said Justin “Attraction will be to our house To maximize the possible work homecoming exacerbates the it was isolated. Now, it is in the Pfeiffer, homecoming director and more than our deck,” he said. “Ev- area, Vice President Shane Aquino problem, Pfieffer said. Everyone midst of everyone else. business manager of the fraternity. eryone wants to see how big it is.” and Pfieffer attended architectural wants the deck to look perfect. “Now they’ll get to see our hard The move has also created some meetings and worked with the “Stress levels have been risen,” See House Page 2B

Homecoming celebration Early kickoff causes mixed emotions not pleasant for some • The 11 a.m. kickoff for Saturday’s football game By Murphy art owns a house right off of Greek forces homecoming activi- Mitchell row, and said the noise of homecom- ties to start a little earlier ing affects him. than normal. General Assignment Reporter “It’s hard to concentrate on my studies with the constant noise,” By Saleah Blancaflor Homecoming week: a time filled Stewart said. “My driving abilities are Student Union Reporter with various activities and events to also profoundly worse because of all celebrate one of Oklahoma State’s the damn commotion.” finest traditions. Although the construction proves Not everyone in Stillwater is firing Not all is to be celebrated, though. irritating to some students living close pistols for the 11 a.m. kickoff of the For weeks on end, Greek orga- to Greek row, the undertaking doesn’t homecoming football game. nizations on campus spend count- impact others as much. Although Oklahoma State Uni- less hours constructing their “house Undeclared freshman Meagan versity makes changes every year to decs,” which judges score before Holley lives directly across from the make its homecoming celebration Walkaround. The decorations, which Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house in an enjoyable experience for everyone, will draw awe from spectators, cause Stout Hall and said she doesn’t seem one of the changes that people aren’t kiara Walton/O’Collegian headaches for those living within to take much notice of the construc- too eager about is the earlier-than- Wide Reciever Josh Stewart takes a look into the stands during one of proximity of Greek row. tion. usual kickoff for the football game. OSU’s home football games. Beau Marsaln, an accounting ju- “The construction really doesn’t Chase Carter, OSU Alumni As- nior, lives in the Stillwater Property bother me that much,” Holley said. “I sociation director of communications, number of parade entries and attend- ward to waking up that early to go to apartments directly across from the seriously never hear them.” said the last time the university had ees since many still have to travel to the parade or to go tailgating. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. With the hard work and loud nois- a homecoming game start this early Stillwater,” Carter said. “The Alumni “I love tailgating,” Green said. “The lights from the dec construc- es of homecoming house decoration was in 1999. Association’s Cowboy Corral pre- “There’s always good food, but I’m not tion shine through the windows every construction drawing to an end, many He said the early kickoff has af- game event has been scaled back excited about waking up at 8 or 9 in night,” Marsaln said. “The noise is students living near Greek row will be fected many of Saturday’s events, because many of its participants in- the morning to tailgate. I don’t think loud during the day, but it really isn’t able to get a good night’s sleep. Hope- such as many of the college alumni cluding the Cowboy Marching Band, anybody likes waking up that early that bad at night.” fully, for the students who the work reunions, which have been moved to Pistol Pete and Bullet will still be in on a Saturday morning, but I guess if For other people, the construction affects, the decorations will prove to after the game, and the Sea of Orange the parade at the time when we nor- you want to wake up early you have to can begin hindering everyday rou- be worth the noisy distractions. Parade. which is at 8 a.m. this year, an mally a host a pep rally.” sleep early the night before.” tines. hour earlier than usual. Animal science sophomore Aman- Engineering sophomore Ty Stew- [email protected] “This will most likely decrease the da Green said she is not looking for- See Early Page 2B Friday, October 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 2B Freshman country singer performs tonight

By Micah Parnell The show had begun when pany signed him. Greek Life Reporter White scalped a ticket. He By pure luck, White’s manag- grabbed a piece of cardboard out er ran into the CEO of Broad- of the trash and wrote, “Willie, it casting Music Inc., Del Bryant, A 9-year-old stood alone on is my dream to play a song with at a hotel and pitched White to stage at the Tulsa State Fair. you!” on it. him. Bryant gave White the op- He could only play six songs “It was crazy to think I would portunity to play for him. on guitar, but he knew he was get called up since I was in the White wooed Bryant with ready to perform. back row,” White said. “My un- his original songs. One of the “I thought I could play those cle texted me half-way through songs, which White wrote on same six songs over and over be- the show and told me I had to the car ride to Nashville, Bry- cause I figured people were just come down to the front row to ant praised for having some of walking through,” said Corey join my grandfather and him.” the best lyrics he had ever heard, Kent White, now a freshman White went down to the White said. at OSU. “It surprised me when front row and waved his sign “BMI gives me credibility;” people actually stopped and lis- around like a teenage Justin White said. “The real signifi- tened.” Beiber fan. His sign worked; it cance is that I got signed by Del It’s been a long time since got Nelson’s attention. Bryant, who is one of the most that little kid stood on stage; Nelson finally looked at powerful men in music. He had White’s country career has blos- courtesy zeller photography White and asked what song he a pure gold stapler. somed in the meantime. Corey Kent White has experienced a lot in the last night years. From performing at the Tulsa wanted to sing. White said he Rumor was the last person He has been in a boy band, State Fair to singing with Willie Nelson, his musical career is on the brink of taking off. requested to play an old song Bryant signed was Lady Gaga, performed with Willie Nelson, called “Milk Cow Blues”. White said. ssssswToday, White been recognized as a profes- his performance at the fair. that young perform 1930s-era the band split snowballed off of “His face lit up like, ‘How is splits his time between music, sional songwriter and tonight he White was scouted by a man- music before so the band filled that.” do you know that? You’re so classes and fraternity. will open for Dustin Lynch at ager who was putting together a a niche. After that show, the When White was 16, he got young,’” White said. “It was a tough decision to the Beta Concert. tribute band, named Oklahoma band was booked for five years the opportunity to play with White said that Nelson let come to college,” White said. White has accomplished Stomp, for the country music straight, White said. Willie Nelson. him take the first verse of the “Everyone urged me to stick more before his 18th birthday legend Bob Wills. They opened for big acts like “My grand-father is the big- song. with country music but I feel than most people do in their They were supposed to play the Oak Ridge Boys. gest Willie Nelson fan, so he got “He didn’t know if I could like if I am meant to be in coun- lifetime. only one show for Bob Wills’ The band broke up when front row tickets to the concert,” sing, but after I started he nod- try music that is where I’ll end “I’m still in awe of all the op- Birthday Bash. White was 15 because the older White said. “I kind of decided ded at me to keep singing,” up.” portunities I’ve had,” said White. “That show was really nerve members of the band went off to last second to go because I got a White said. “That is still one of White has seen his share of “I can’t really take credit for it; I racking,” White said. “We didn’t college. weird feeling I met get a chance the most amazing nights of my lucky breaks but his confidence think my opportunities have eat anything before the show; “The group definitely pro- to play with Willie, and since life; I am not sure if that really has given him a future in a com- been God-inspired.” we were afraid we wouldn’t be vided me with a launching he is getting up there in age I happened.” petitive industry. White, a Bixby native, got his able keep anything down.” pad.” White said. “Everything thought that might be my only After White played with first break in country music after Nobody had ever seen kids else that has happened since chance.” Nelson, a management com- [email protected]

Early: For some Greeks, all-night pomping is love-hate An early kickoff means less travelers By Davis Parker For all night pomp, Greeks and food, and you get to talk to ‘It’s the one night everyone loves to hate.’ staying in town. Features Reporter across campus spent hours do- your friends all night.” ing that in a crowded gym with Scott Nickell, Senior Lamda Chi member All night pomp is a tradition From Page 1B a hundred or so others. in the Greek community. It is a If homecoming is a war, All night pomp starts at kind of initiation, after the bat- Kassey Steele, a first-year then all night pomp is the final 5 p.m. Thursday and lasts 24 As the hours drag on, it be- so many things that can be tle of tissue paper and chicken graduate student in the college battle. hours, when the judges come comes more difficult to stay done to keep all night pomp wire is over, everyone has their development program who’s Thursday marked the annual to judge the decorations. It re- awake and get the decoration exciting and enjoyable. bumps and bruises, but the final gone to several homecoming all night pomp that is at the end quires dedication, inspiration finished. Energy comes and “It’s just one night so it’s product makes it all worth it. celebrations in the past, said of homecoming. and a lot of caffeine. goes in spurts. doable,” Scott Nickell, a senior “All night pomp is a means she thinks a disadvantage for This is the final chance hous- “We sell more Red Bull, 5 The university provides an Lambda Chi member, said. “It’s to an end, but it is nice to see the early kickoff is mostly for es have to finish the construc- Hour Energies, cappucinos, interesting tactic to help stu- the one night everyone loves to your finished product,” Brian the alumni coming into town. tion of their house decorations. coffee and tobacco products, in- dents stay awake. hate.” Null, a junior Sigma Chi mem- “For a lot of the alumni, Pomping is placing two cluding dip and cigarettes, on all Student athletes and coaches Surprisingly, not everyone ber, said. “When it comes down it might be harder to them,” pieces of tissue paper together night pomp then finals week,” periodically bring food and shares this sentiment and some to it, your’re willing to do any- Steele said. “They would have and using a pencil to push it said one Valero employee. “It’s support, with appearances by people enjoy all night pomp. thing to make sure everything to travel a lot earlier and prob- into a sheet of chicken wire. not just beverages, either. Can- football coach Mike Gundy, “It’s like a party,” Tracia is right.” ably take more time off work to Naturally, it is time consum- dy is a huge seller along with among others. Boswell, a junior Kappa Delta stay for all of the events since ing. bags of potato chips.” Nonetheless, there are only member, said. “You have music [email protected] plenty of them got pushed to way later in the day.” Carter said despite of every- House: so members are not moni- to be a hassle because some- house. the current location of Farm thing, he is glad the alumni and tored as closely as they used one would have to drive across “We are responsible for an House. It has already sold the fans who aren’t able to make Farm House finally to be. Sometimes, Pfieffer said campus, Pfieffer said. Mem- $8 million property,” he said. old house back to the Univer- the early kickoff still have the has a residence on he can go days without see- bers would also need more “That is a lot of responsibility.” sity. opportunity to watch it from Greek Row. ing someone, which has never notification before spontane- The fraternity has been in All in all, members see the wherever they are. been the case before. ous activities. Now, they can the process moving for 15 move as a positive change. “A kickoff this early is not From Page 1B On the other hand, it is do anything at a minute’s years. It spent most of this “We are honored to be over ideal for homecoming, but at now closer to other Greek notice. time scouring campus for the here,” said Aquino. the same time we’re thank- The new house is three houses, which fosters more Aquino said members act best location. Terry Graham, ful alumni and fans who can’t times larger than the old one, interaction. Coke dates used more cautiously in the new an alumnus, is responsible for [email protected] come back to Stillwater can at least watch the football game on television wherever they In the meantime, Williams treatment program, which in- premises, travel past or loiter diseases. may be,” Carter said. “We have Williams: owes more than $11,000 in cludes a mental health assess- where they work, live, frequently Williams’ court records note 23 OSU Alumni Watch Parties fines and court costs and must ment and specialized polygraph visit or attend school, according he may complete the terms of scheduled to watch the game in The former athlete pay $100 per month beginning exams. to the Oklahoma State Courts his probation in Chicago. As of places as far away as Anchorage plans to appeal his in December, according to a Further, he is barred from Network. Also, he must submit Thursday afternoon, he is listed (Alaska) and Key West (Fla.).” conviction. payment plan agreement. As a communicating with the two a DNA profile and take a blood in the OSU student directory. registered sex offender, he must victims in the case. Williams is test to determine whether he [email protected] From Page 1B also complete a sex offender not allowed to enter onto the has venereal or communicable [email protected]

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But Romney is a Repub- of the Judeo-Christian moral In the latest debate, both lican and, therefore, beyond crit- system. the State has a feeding tube. candidates openly endorsed a icism or observation from most Democrats, of course, are state-regulated, if not controlled, neo-conservatives. This means JONATHAN BROOKS mostly programmed to have the tions to abortion or gay mar- So much energy is wasted economy. Mitt Romney just he’ll be able to forward harmful opposite views on these subjects. riage (as I do), but we do not trying to elect politicians who wants fewer regulations than policies with far less oversight Opinion Columnist Both parties claim to be the believe the government should will have “correct stances” on Barack Obama. In other words, than Obama would. protector of the rights of certain have the power to regulate these certain groups’ interests. Gay he just wants the camel’s head In the last two Presidential I’m a Libertarian, not in party, groups. In reality, they do not things. Libertarians do not be- marriage activists unfortunately in the tent instead of its hump. debates, the first and second acts but in political ideology. protect but cater to these groups lieve in forcing their personal, have to fight for a basic civil con- Both candidates conveniently have been played and the enter- I’m registered hesitantly as to gather support. religious or social beliefs down tract because the government take their party positions re- tainment has been performed. a Republican since I align with Both parties are content to others’ throats using the State as has overstepped its bounds and garding abortion, gun rights, The script was followed and 50% of Republican ideologies choose which granted or as- a feeding tube. They believe in a proceeded to uphold religious the economy, and foreign policy. there have been no surprises and as opposed to 30% of Demo- sumed rights they want to free society where one’s sexual definitions. In Romney’s case, his current we are still left without any true crat ideologies. Unfortunately, in protect and which they want preference, economic status, per- Massive organizations exist to stances on firearms, abortion choice for president. Oklahoma, one really has only to restrict based upon the lean- sonal property, means of defense, uphold gun rights, even though, and collective healthcare are sur- those two sad choices. ings of their voting bloc. This is religion or race is unknown, un- again, the federal government rounded by the disturbing smell Jonathan Brooks is a So many modern conserva- where Libertarians are different. touchable and inconsequential was never meant to regulate per- of his previous policies. civil engineering junior. tives put their trust in politi- We may have personal objec- to the State. sonal arms or means of defense. The Republican Party has [email protected] Obama better option for president less money to spend. The newly policies that favor supply-side also promised his tax cuts won’t elected (at the time) president From the look of it, economics simulation. Such a add to the national debt. How- took immediate actions and Romney’s plan appears to have policy means tax-cuts for large ever, this means nothing but to it appeared as if the worst of businesses, repealing of foreign reduce tax deductions in order it was over; the situation soon a solid economic strategy; trade tariffs and more strategies to keep the tax cuts from add- showed that this is not true and but under closer inspection, that, in theory, would lure com- ing to the deficit, which, if one the worse was still ahead of us. panies to invest in the United thinks more about it, renders Now with the 2012 elections the plan becomes foggy. State, therefore creating more the tax cuts useless. approaching, Obama and the from full collapse and yet he is 2012 is to focus on increas- jobs. With the Euro crisis in Eu- HATIM HEGAB GOP presidential candidate, faced with lots of “accusations” ing consumer confidence. It is From the look of it, Rom- rope, the $16 trillion in debts former Massachusetts Gov. and disapproval by the masses the goal of his plan to increase ney’s plan appears to have a sol- and the almost frozen econom- Opinion Columnist Mitt Romney, square off to see saying he is not doing enough spending and demand for id economic strategy; but under ic recovery, I believe this elec- whom the country will choose (let’s not forget how the GOP goods rather than increasing closer inspection, the plan be- tion will be one of those most While watching the presi- to face the bleak economic out- performed in Congress). supply. He wants to keep taxes comes foggy. Romney promises important in the history of the dential debate, and in following look. I do not know how some intact for those of lower income to cut taxes across the board United States; one that will de- the GOP rhetoric about the The United States needs a people look at the matter, (less than $250,000 a year) and and to cap federal spending cide on the efforts to evade a national economy; one thing, special man to help solve its but what I am sure of is that increase taxes for those who but fails to provide the specifics second economic disaster. strongly, attracted my attention. economic problems. Romney Obama cannot stop compa- make much more. His plan is needed to understand how he Yes, every election is a crucial Many of those who antago- may have the looks, but the nies from laying off its workers to implement compensations plans to do such things. His fo- election, but I believe the com- nize the presidency of Pres. country needs a man who can and employees; he cannot force for companies that hire more cus on supply-side economics is ing election will be very decisive Barack Obama only focus on do his own stunt; I believe that companies to create jobs; nor workers. I find his plan very regressive in theory as well, for as to the path the United States, the fact the economy is stag- man is Obama. can he cut taxes while keeping well composed and has the large companies already have a and the world, will take in the nant at this moment. Obama has shown he can benefits like Medicare, welfare needed details and directions, lot of money. next decade. We all know Obama inher- lead the recovery efforts; it was and the most important to which is what the United States What businesses need is de- ited a severely damaged, badly obvious at the beginning of his American students, financial needs. mand for their goods, which Hatim Hegab is a hit economy in 2008, a situa- term in office. The man has aid for education. Can one say the same for means tax cuts for the consum- physics graduate student. tion that left most of us with done a lot to keep the economy Obama’s economic plan for Romney? His plan entails ers, the real spending force. He [email protected] Lanesdown approaches vegetarianism in the wrong manner

From Ariell Leff raw-vegan diet would be no back. How long would that sys- cat or other pet. Imagine, now, If you’ve eaten meat today, a vegan diet is ideal, but I eat healthier than when Morgan tem be sustainable? if someone took your pet and chances are that animal experi- eggs and dairy because I don’t I was very interested to read Spurlock famously went from Now think about this for a locked it in a pen so small it enced several of these atrocities, have the willpower to meet my Shane Lansdown’s article about raw-vegan to eating McDon- second, factory farms produce couldn’t turn around or even as well as numerous others. I ideal. his take on vegetarianism. I will alds three times a day in Super- more waste than all people in stand up in a room where it nev- have friends and family mem- For someone else, being first salute him for what I see as size Me. the U.S. with few regulations er saw the light of day. Imagine bers who raise animals for meat. meat-conscious might mean the positive: when you disagree You can be healthy eating on what to do with it and huge someone cutting your pet’s nose, Their animals are cared for and cutting down meat intake with someone, walking a mile meat regularly or never. You can loopholes in the existing ones. genitals or tail off with bolt cut- receive proper social interac- from three meals a day to one in their shoes is the best way to also eat a lot of junk on either When you hear about mad ters or giving your pet third tion, exercise and medical treat- or choosing to eat meat from get some understanding of their diet. If health was all you con- cow and other new diseases, degree burns with a hot iron. ment. When the time comes, only small ranchers and farmers point of view and I think it’s sidered, I could see it being sort the growing strains of antibiotic What if they killed your pet they make sure the animals are while refusing to support fac- awesome that he tried it. of a coin toss with moderation a resistant bacteria and the plum- by hitting it in the head with a slaughtered in the most hu- tory farms which, are a far big- That said, he went about his healthy compromise. In a three- meting age of puberty due to hammer or dipping it in a tub of mane way possible. If the meat ger threat to small farmers than journey in a way which sabo- fourths-page article, though, he hormone consumption, just to electrified water to stun it before industry followed their lead, I the tiny number of people like taged it from the start. He ob- gives only half a sentence to is- name a few, you can thank fac- slitting its throat? don’t think I’d be so passionate me who choose to go meat free viously thinks vegetarians are sues that have far more impact- tory farms for those as well. If someone did any of these about vegetarianism. But, sadly, as much as possible. Thanks to foolish and set out to prove it the environmental and animal The animal rights issue, fi- things to a cat or dog, they’d not it doesn’t. Shane for the thought-provok- by trying vegetarianism in the rights issues. nally, is the one that turned me only be arrested (and rightly so) Lansdown mentions the ing article and to the O’Colly most harmful way he could Imagine for a second if Still- into one of the raving “cult” but also suspected of the kind of huge diversity in practice among for posting another point of think of in spite. As a self pro- water didn’t have a sanitation members that, as Lansdown put sociopathy we expect from serial meat-averse people. Like a reli- view. fessed meat-lover, let’s suppose system. Instead of sewage being it, “…subject others to [their] killers. However, every one of gious person who doesn’t always he ate meat two to four times treated by the city, we dumped lifestyle.” the things I’ve just mentioned follow all their commandments, Ariell Leff is a mechanical a day like many Americans; for the contents of our toilets in our Like many Americans, you is standard practice in the meat we all fall short of our goals engineering junior. him to go from that to a strict front yard or in the stream out probably have and love a dog, industry in our country. sometimes. I personally believe [email protected]

ORANGE KEGS @ THE BARN Friday, October 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 4B Gala speaker talks involvement Parade will be shown By Kchris Griffin online this Saturday Multicultural Reporter

By Taryn ing in on these much-needed African American Student Sanderson breaks from school, students Association brought back Arts and Sciences of the OSU School of Media unity to the OSU community. Reporter and Strategic Communica- An energetic crowd of more tions will broadcast the play than 100 attended the Home- live. coming Gala on Thursday Orange is in the air. It can be viewed in Still- night. Homecoming 2012’s “Sea water on Suddenlink cable Jimere Parker, president of of Orange” Parade is this Sat- channel 16. OState.TV also African American Student urday morning at 8 a.m. It is streams the students’ broad- Association, said the event was one of the many entertaining cast online. a success and will help pro- events of the weekend; which The parade will travel from mote the growth of Afro-Am. is jam-packed with entertain- the corner of 12th and Main “We wanted to provide ment Street, north on Main and some type of entertainment This year, the parade con- ending at Hall of Fame Av- for our members as well as the sists of more than 120 en- enue. OSU student body,” Parker tries by OSU Greek Houses, It is suggested to show up said. “This event will be a great Residential Halls, student in orange in order to fit in and way for the student body and organizations, alumni and the be a part of “America’s great- alumni to celebrate homecom- community of Stillwater. Ex- est homecoming celebration.” ing together while getting to tensive amounts of time and know each other.” energy have been put into the [email protected] Parker said the event will production of this festivity. leave a legacy for students who Kate Finley, a freshman follow in the footsteps of the business major, said she is “Season of current Afro-Am. eager for he first Oklahoma Orange” Parade “It will be a fun way for State homecoming weekend. them to celebrate homecom- “Seeing the turnout of all When: 11 a.m. ing with other Afro-Am the people is going to be re- Saturday members and students,” Park- ally interesting, I’m excited Where: Starts at er said. to see all the different floats 12th and Main Parker said he was excited organizations have made,” Cost: Free about hearing the keynote kayla sanford/O’Collegian Finley said. speaker for the event. Members of the African American Student Association line up for food at Thursday’s For those who enjoy sleep- Terrell Howard, OSU Homecoming Gala. alumnus, gave an insightful speech aimed at the students. “I want to talk about the Howard said he didn’t want about the things to be success- Howard, who graduated things that are vital to our suc- his message to be out of touch. ful here at OSU,” Kirkley said. in 2004 with a degree in me- cess of our people,” Howard “I hope it sparks a number “This was a great way for stu- chanical engineering, said as said. “ Not only here at OSU of things within a number of dents to learn some important an African American alumnus, but when everybody leaves different people,” Howard said. values that they will need for it’s his duty to come back and this place, it is vitally impor- “I hope it allows he students to their respective careers.” give back to the students who tant to start here and continue see that there are bigger things Kirkley said the event are following him. those things when they leave.” outside our community that served as an example of why “I feel that as a graduate it Howard stressed the im- they need to get involved in. it is important to become in- is my duty to come back and portance of networking with This will help strengthen our volved. share my knowledge that I everyone around campus. community.” “It’s important to get in- learned here and in the work “It’s important to have a The event was first for more volved and become engaged force,” Howard said. “It’s im- base,” Howard said. “You have than the students. Jason F. in activities around campus,” portant to do this because this to branch out and get out and Kirkley, associate vice presi- Kirkley said. “Students should generation are our future.” make connections with people dent for institutional diversity, become stakeholders because Howard said he wanted outside our race. You have to said it was new experience for that is an important part of give a motivational speech that get out of your comfort zone him. the college experience here at touched on the idea of bring- because in the real world you “I think this is a nice event OSU.” courtesy OSU alumni association ing back unity to the black may be the only person of col- and opportunity to hear an The long week of preparation draws to a close this weekend community. or working.” alumni speaker and learn [email protected] with Walkaround tonight and the parade and game on Saturday.

kayla sanford/O’Collegian Afro-Am members listen to Terrell Howard, an OSU alumnus, give a speech about the importance of student involvement while in college.

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News from OSU Communications Allen ups support to his scholarship program The W.W. Allen Scholars Program well as two students pursuing master’s has become one of the premier scholar- degrees in Cambridge, U.K. ship programs in the nation, attracting The total value of this program is some of the brightest future engineer- over $86,000 in scholarship, enrich- ing professionals and providing them ment and study abroad experiences with the education needed to be suc- per student. cessful. It is now even bigger, thanks “I am realizing more and more the to a recent $2.8 million additional gift enormous gift, privilege and respon- by its benefactor and family. sibility Mr. Allen has granted me by The purpose behind this unique having the title Allen Scholar,” said scholars program Nick Copeland, civ- goes much deeper il engineering grad- than the monetary uate and current award. It is de- master’s student at signed to equip the the University of next generation of Cambridge. “To me engineering leaders this program means with the skills and that someone be- education needed lieves in me and is to impact the world. willing to invest in Wayne and Judith Allen (far right) are pictured with College of Engineering, Architecture and Technol- OSU freshmen Seth Cleary (L) from Lindsey and ogy Dean Paul Tikalsky (far left) and W.W. Allen Scholars Program director Karl Reid. The Allen family “I believe the Clay Newton from Choctaw join the long list of my development.” recently donated an additional $2.8 million to the scholars program they established in 2004. best way to serve outstanding engineering students to be named Aside from re- Oklahoma State Allen Scholars. Cleary and Newton were selected ceiving an annual touch with those who have completed ence of OSU engineering students has University is by from a national application process, based on in- scholarship and all tellectual success and leadership activities. There the program, and traveling to campus made and will continue to make an funding programs are 10 students in the program. expenses paid for each semester to personally visit the that enrich the en- one year of graduate scholars. recruit outstanding talent to this uni- tire student experience,” said Wayne study at the University of Cambridge, In addition to the this scholarship versity,” said Dr. Karl Reid, program Allen, founder and benefactor of the Allen Scholars are also personally program, Allen annually funds a director. program. mentored by Allen. $15,000 scholarship to a new engineer- Those interested in knowing more The added funding will ensure As a former chairman and CEO ing freshman who was active in their about the scholarship program or the program will continue for years of Phillips Petroleum Company, and local Boys & Girls Club. This year’s possible candidates, should contact to come. proud engineering alum of OSU, Al- recipients of the W.W. Allen Boys & Reid at 405-744-6446 or apply online at Started in 2004 in OSU’s College len is building a legacy through these Girls Club Scholarship is Mallory wwallen.okstate.edu. The application of Engineering, Architecture and talented engineering students. Hosey of Heath, TX. deadline is Dec. 1, 2012. Allen takes much pride in watching “Mr. Allen’s generosity and passion undergraduate students each year as the students succeed by keeping in for enriching the educational experi-

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Two students are selected each year to bring Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton to life. The former U.S. Marshal served as a living mascot for Oklahoma A&M from 1923 until his death in 1957. In 1958, Charles Lester - Homecoming Royalty ally wear a head modeled after Eaton. In the 54 years since Pistol Pete hopefuls gather at Gallagher-Iba Arena at the base of The 2012 Oklahoma State University Homecoming King and Queen will the statue of the man they hope to portray. be announced during half-time of the OSU’s 11 a.m. game against Iowa was constructed, the image State Saturday. The candidates are pictured above. King candidates: (L to of Frank Easton has grown into one of America’s most recognizable mascots. R) Oklahoma City junior Chase Snodgrass, Muskogee seniors Cameron and Each summer between 10 and 15 students try out to be the mascot before a Kyle Sikes, Woodward senior Riley Pagett, and Broken Bow senior Dawson panel of former Pistol Petes. Metcalf. Queen candidates: Edmond senior Amy Pitts, Osceola, Mo. senior Shannon Watson, Edmond junior Katy Allen, Claremore senior Emma Kelley, “When you’re Pete, it’s important you and Edmond senior Kylie Roper. The OSU Homecoming King and Queen are not only connect with those who are close official ambassadors for the OSU Alumni Association. Selection is based on by, but also that you’re able to connect with scholastic excellence, campus activities and a genuine desire to represent the guy who is at the top of the football OSU and the Alumni Association. stadium or basketball arena. That’s a char- acteristic not everybody has the ability to do,” said Wilson who served as Pistol Pete from 1984-1986. The selection process includes an in- terview and the candidate showing how he can act as Pistol Pete with the mascot’s head on. Wilson says the interview is the most important part of the process.

who this student is and why they are here,” Wilson says. The students chosen as Pistol Pete will make close to 600 appearances during their yearlong term. Pete is required to be Austin Bowles and Dillon Craig serve as the at nearly every athletic event. 2012-2013 Pistol Petes. The selection process and character requirements for being Pistol Pete might seem a bit extreme, but OSU Spirit

presented by School of International coordinator Tracey Wittwer says the process is necessary to ensure the legacy Studies of OSU’s once-living mascot lives on.

http://news.okstate.edu A DAILY O’COLLEGIAN special friDAY, october 19, 2012 without rules the untold story of the johnny bright incident Don’t go looking for Wilbanks Smith. No one else has.

ILLUSTRATION BY alex waldo story By Kyle Fredrickson • senior Sports Reporter Documentary by adam kemp • FEATURES EDITOR friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 2c

on’t go looking for Wilbanks Smith. No one else facemaks were mandatory. has. The hit was captured on film by Des Moines Register photog- It’s not that Wilbanks wants to be found. Or that rapher Don Ultang in six sequential photographs. The pictures he Dhas reasons to stay hidden. It’s just that no one wants to stand Part of that story is not being told. I ran across the front page the next morning: “Bright’s Jaw Bro- face-to-face with the white man who broke a black man’s jaw ken, Drake Streak Ends.” during a football game more than 60 years ago. want you to think about what I add on. Soon after, the photos ran on the cover of Life magazine, and The jury of public opinion has been out on Wilbanks for de- “ the New York Times picked up the story. They called it “one of cades now – he’s probably a racist. His actions changed college ­— Wilbanks Smith the ugliest racial incidents in college sports history.” The pho- football forever. tographs won Ultang and fellow Register photographer John On a summer afternoon, the perceived racist sits alone at the Robinson the Pulitzer Prize. dining room table inside his home in Heber Springs, Ark. The ing pitchers of beer inside suitcases into his college dorm; camp- Drake demanded that A&M apologize for the incident, but custom-built white house is completely hidden by trees. There is ing with the family in Tennessee; watching his wife, Joanne, administrators in Stillwater kept silent. A&M coach J.B. Whit- no mailbox out front. No house numbers. painting in this living room. But that last one is tricky. worth said publicly that the hit was illegal, but did not suspend He looks out two sliding glass doors to a handful of bird feed- Joanne hasn’t been home for more than a year now. Wilbanks Wilbanks. Drake eventually dropped out of the Missouri Valley ers and a worn path to the river. He puts on a pair of reading misses his best friend. He’d rather not talk about waiting for the Conference in protest of the Aggies’ unwillingness to take any glasses and leafs through an encyclopedia. miracle cure that might never come. Alzheimer’s forced him to action. “See that one?” he asks, pointing to a picture in his book. “I drop Joanne off at a nursing home two miles from home. In 2005, Oklahoma State President David Schmidly issued used to hunt them when I was a kid. Now the idea of shooting But Wilbanks would love to tell you about what happened OSU’s first apology to Drake for the incident. The conflict was a quail just upsets me.” on Oct. 21, 1951, in Stillwater, when Oklahoma A&M College officially resolved between the two schools. Wilbanks laughs and turns another page. The lines around his played Drake University. But hidden in the Ozarks more than 60 years later, the man mouth tighten and his eyes glow. It’s the kind of smile that takes He’s never going to apologize for breaking Johnny Bright’s who slugged Johnny Bright is angry. him back. For Wilbanks, birds are a lot like memories. jaw. “Part of that story is not really being told,” Wilbanks said. “I At his dining room table, he can sit and watch them, remark He’s still angry no one has ever asked for his side of the story. want you to think about what I add on.” at their organic beauty and track them in his book. But when He’s not a racist. he slides open the door, they’ll fly away. Close enough to touch, all Wilbanks a ladies man if you’d like. He won’t but not to hold. The reflection in the glass door reveals the deep ilbanks launched his forearm into Bright’s jaw deny it. lines and spots on his face, paired with ragged, caullosed hands. in the first minutes of the game. Bright, Drake’s In the fall of 1951, he was a captain for the A&M Inside the body of this 82-year-old man is the heart of a kid star quarterback, handed the ball off to a Bull- footballC team. Wilbanks was a poster boy for 1950s college foot- who smashed his forearms into oil tanks to toughen them up in dogW tailback, then spun around to the right, watching the play ball – blue eyes, brown hair and a chiseled jaw that matched his post-Depression, small-town Oklahoma. develop. physique. He was the jock in the letterman jacket who walked to If you do end up looking for Wilbanks, he would love to have Wilbanks, a defensive lineman for what was then Oklahoma class with the pretty girls. He smoked cigarettes, because every- you. He’ll pour you a glass of iced tea and tell you stories: sneak- A&M College, went on a beeline for Bright, in the days before one did, and he didn’t care much for books or studying.

Courtesy of drake university Wilbanks Smith, an Oklahoma A&M College defensive lineman, is documented breaking the jaw of Drake University quarterback Johnny Bright on Oct. 20, 1951, at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Okla. Des Moines Register photographers Don Ultang and John Robinson won the Pultizer Prize for this series of photos. friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 3c

1983 of a heart attack during a knee surgery in Edmonton. He was immortalized in Drake history when the university named its football field after him in 2006. He remains an icon in the athletic department. When new recruits for the football team arrive on campus, they learn about the Bright incident and how the Drake quarterback threw a touchdown on the Bulldogs’ next offensive possession. Wilbanks and the Aggies remembered Bright a little differ- ently. “Coach Whitworth built up this story that Bright was kind of a prima donna type,” said Wooden, an A&M teammate. “When he didn’t carry the ball, he didn’t move out of his tracks. He just stood there. We considered that not being a team player.” During the 1950 matchup, a year before the Bright incident, Wilbanks said he tackled Bright out of bounds with a clean, legal hit. “I got up, and was actually going to help him get up, and Bright just laid there,” Wilbanks said. “And here come the people with the trolley, with the stretcher to carry him out. And you know he wasn’t hurt because the first time that they got the ball again, here he shows up. I thought that was an insult because he was not supporting his team.” So when Wilbanks saw Bright that day in Stillwater, standing outside the play watching his tailback sprint downfield with the ball, he interpreted it as poor sportsmanship. “He stood back and put his hands on his hips, and I had already adam kemp/O’Collegian kind of slowed down,” Wilbanks said. “But for some reason, when Wilbanks Smith eats breakfast at the Smoke House restaurant in Heber Springs, Ark., as he does about four days a week. he put his hands on his hips, I figured I would go over and rein- troduce myself.” “I enjoyed the women folks just fine,” Wilbanks laughed. “I’ll kind fighting like a knight at the round table … The reason it irritates It was a split-second decision changed the course of college of let that one swing.” me is that is a white guy hitting a white guy. I hit Johnny Bright football history. Wilbanks was a two-sport athlete. He got a scholarship to play with exactly the same hit. That was the white guy hitting the black football in Stillwater after lettering four years at Mangum High guy. It certainly got a different result in the coverage.” bout four days a week at 6 a.m., Wilbanks walks School in southeast Oklahoma, but found a place on the wrestling through the door of the Smoke House restaurant in team after pinning his friends in the athlete’s dorm hall. By his ewspaper columnists called Bright the Great Negro Heber Springs. He sits at the same booth and orders junior year, he was the starting heavyweight. Flash. He was an All-American at Drake, a private theA same breakfast from the same waitress: scrambled eggs, two “I was strictly a no-good, sweating jock,” Wilbanks said. “Pure university in Des Moines, and a leading candidate for slices of wheat toast and three tomato slices. and simple.” theN Heisman Trophy. The Bulldogs were 5-0, on the cusp of a “I think they throw in the tomato for free,” he said, laying down His roommate was wide receiver George Wooden. He called conference title, when his jaw was broken. three $1 bills for the tip. Wilbanks a “great guy” who kept mostly to himslef. Wilbanks’ “Johnny was a tremendous athlete and a tremendous person,” Wilbanks’ sunrise stops at the Smoke House are one part of dedication to athletics defined his work ethic. said Bill Coldiron, a Drake offensive lineman from 1950-1953 his daily routine. For more than 50 years, his wife, Joanne, joined Before the Drake game, Wilbanks was extra motivated for this who still lives in Des Moines. “I remember him there. That was before he carried her into Missouri Valley Conference matchup. He wanted revenge. Con- him saying, the first game I ever played on a nursing home. trary to popular belief, it had nothing to do with Johnny Bright. the varsity with him after the first play, ‘OK The first time Wilbanks met Joanne was One year prior, A&M and Drake met in Des Moines, Iowa. guys, we’re all veterans now, let’s go get it Coach Whitworth just months after the Bright incident. A date Wilbanks said in that game, a Drake player had injured an Aggie done.’ ” and a dance at the Student Union were the player in what he described as a “dirty play.” Paul Morrison, 95, has worked in Drake “built up this story roots of their relationship and they married “I didn’t tell anybody on the team, nothing at all,” Wilbanks Athletics for more than 65 years. He came that Bright was kind soon after graduation. said. “I promised I would get payback when we played them next back to work as a volunteer the day after he of a prima donna At Fort Benning, Ga., Wilbanks played year.” retired. Bright was the best football player type. When he football for the military base with a number of Drake kicked off to start the game in 1951. Wilbanks located he’s ever seen suit up in Bulldog blue. didn’t carry the ball, former collegiate stars. In Illinois and Tennes- that same Bulldog player in question, whose name he couldn’t re- “I don’t know how you can put a finger on see, Joanne taught art classes while Wilbanks call, and exacted his revenge. Wilbanks reached his arm across his what made him great,” Morrison said. “He he didn’t move out worked in sales for Exxon Mobil. In Arkan- own jersey, clutched the fabric, and sent his forearm directly into had outstanding athletic ability, of course. of his tracks. sas, they found peace after Joanne designed the the player’s clavicle. Besides that, a really good personality.” their retirement home, room by room, furni- “The other guy I hit, I put everything that I could into it,” Wil- After a successful career playing in the — George Wooden ture included. For years, Heber Springs was banks said. “I was the idiot to think that I was supposed to be Canadian Football League, Bright died in their favorite vacation spot. Now, it was home. friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 4c

When they weren’t working, Wilbanks and Joanne were been my position all the way through. If I really didn’t do road warriors, traveling to state parks and open spaces. They something, why would I ever say that I did?” were avid bird watchers. Oklahoma State’s 2005 letter of apology to Drake, deeming “I don’t think there’s any reason behind it other than the Hear Wilbanks’ story in his own words. Wilbanks’ actions unnaceptable, didn’t resolve his role in the beauty, patterns and the activities,” Wilbanks said. “You feel incident. It made it worse. like the birds are a part of your family … they show off during For an in-depth documentary that “I could just never understand why they would do it,” Wil- mating season. Some of those moves are fantastic.” features never-before-seen interviews banks said. “I didn’t know what they were apologizing for. During their retirement years, on muggy Arkansas summer with those who knew the incident best, Nothing’s changed. I was disappointed all the way down the afternoons, Joanne would sit in their home and paint pictures watch the mini-documentary. line, and maybe I was expecting too much.” of birds while Wilbanks made art labels on their computer. When Drake named its field after Bright in 2006, reports Joanne didn’t sell many paintings, but she liked displaying surfaced that there was a bouquet of flowers sent to the Bright them at the local gallery in Heber Springs. Find it online @ ocolly.com/wilbanks family from Wilbanks. No one confirmed the story with him. In truth, Wilbanks didn’t become a bird watcher because he “I never sent flowers,” he said. “I didn’t do it.” loved it. He did it because he loved her. But in the the early 2000s, Joanne began to change. She “I know that it hurt him deeply,” Wooden said. “He had ere’s why Wilbanks believes he doesn’t need to would ask Wilbanks a question, and he would respond. Five one letter that indicated something was going to happen to apologize. He adamantly denies being a racist. minutes later, she would ask the same question again. Over the him … He led the team out on the field the next game and But it’s a little more complicated than that. Okla- next seven years, the Alzheimer’s progressed. stumbled to the ground. My thought, being right behind him, homa’sH racial history is far from spotless. The summer before Joanne entered the nursing home, her was that he had been shot, but he got right back up. It was a In 1921, a black neighborhood in Oklahoma’s second largest symptoms made it unsafe for her to drive. So Wilbanks drove scary situation.” city was burned to the ground in what became known as the Joanne to an old campground the Smith family vacationed near A&M continued its silence and the tension went unre- Tulsa Race Riot. Hate-fueled white Oklahomans killed nearly when Laurel and Doug were kids. solved. Newspaper reporters gave Wilbanks the opportunity to 300 black Tulsa residents. In a back corner of the park was a large gravel lot. Once apologize through the years. His response was simply, “It was But in small-town Oklahoma, like Wilbanks’ home town of there, Wilbanks would switch places with Joanne and buckle not a racial incident.” Mangum, race relations were different than that of the larger her into the driver’s seat. She’d take the wheel and envision the “I have nothing to apologize for,” Wilbanks said. “That’s cities within the state and in the Deep South. road trips she and Wilbanks took together, looking for the next bird in their encyclopedia. “We’d just drive in circles,” Wilbanks said. “She was trying to believe that she didn’t have a problem.”

n the weeks following the Bright incident, Wilbanks received a letter in his mailbox addressed to “No. 72 USA.” It was one of more than 1,000 he received fromI across the nation following what became known as “The Johnny Bright Incident.” People didn’t even have to know Wil- banks’ name to send him hate mail. That’s how notorious he had become. The immediate general consensus in the media was that the hit was an act of racism, perpetrated through Wilbanks, or on orders from the A&M coaching staff. Wilbanks has always maintained neither were true. “On the day after, when the first headline hit, I thought that immediately they would correct that within a day or two,” Wil- banks said. “Because you know good and well the kicker – that he was going to spread the word on the other hit.” That never happened. Weeks and months passed, and the letters continued to flow in: half condemning Wilbanks as a racist and the other plead- ing for him to run for office in Louisiana. Wilbanks never -re sponded to one letter or alerted the administration at A&M. “It took me years to realize how foolish I had been,” Wil- banks said. “There were threats to kill me.” George Wooden, his roommate at the time, watched as Wilbanks took the criticism. After about two days of opening the letters, Willbanks quit looking at them all together. That’s courtesy of drake university Courtesy of wilbanks smith when Wooden started reading them. Johnny Bright was an All-American at Drake University. He had a Wilbanks Smith was co-captain of the Oklahoma A&M Aggies They scared him. successful career in the Canadian Football League. the season he broke Johnny Bright’s jaw in a football game. friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 5c

Bob Darcy taught political science at Oklahoma State from 1977 to 2010. He has I don’t really think extensively researched people thought it the racial history of “ was a racial Oklahoma. “From everything incident at all. It that I can tell, the peo- was because John ple in Oklahoma – the was Drake football. white people got along with the black people,” Darcy said. “There re- — Paul Morrison ally wasn’t much by the way of racial friction in Oklahoma. They had some instances, like the Tulsa Race Riot. There were lynchings in Oklahoma. There was segregation. There was Jim Crow. But it wasn’t rooted in the same kind of demographic, socio-economic situation as it was in the former states of the Confederacy … The racism in Oklahoma was a for- mality more than a product of the society. The white population wasn’t particularly interested in race as an issue.” A&M integrated in 1949, but traditional Southern values had their place in Stillwater, especially on the football field. In the week leading up to the game against Drake in 1951, the A&M coaching staff took verbal shots at Bright during prac- tice. “At one time, I do believe I heard Coach Whitworth say, ‘We’ve got to get his black ass out of here,’ ” said Bruce Gilmore, Adam Kemp/O’Collegian an A&M player who was on the field during the Bright inci- Paul Morrison, Drake University’s unofficial historian, points to a Johnny Bright cartoon in his office in Des Moines, Iowa. dent and now lives in Tulsa. “I think I heard something of that effect once or twice. I knew he was a big southerner, so I never ions on Wilbanks’ intentions when he slammed his forearm thought anything about it.” into Bright’s jaw. In a 1999 TNT special that documented the story behind — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs, Drake tailback Gene Wilbanks: “I don’t even know why you would consider it a Macomber said he heard barbershop rumblings in town before racial thing.” kickoff that Bright wasn’t expected to finish the game. — Lane Demas is a professor at Central Michigan University Wooden, an A&M teammate: “That big magazine tried to who specializes in African-American integration and the racial make it a racial incident. It was not a racial incident. It would history of college athletics in 20th century America. In 2010, he have been the same thing if he had been white. He was a prima wrote “Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and Amer- donna athlete, and the coaches told us to see how tough he was.” ican College Football.” It documented the Bright incident, as — well as a number of other complex issues. Eugene Aldridge, an A&M teammate who lives in Duncan: “We do have substantial evidence that Stillwater was a dif- “He’s not a racist. I was more of a racist than he was … I’ve come ficult place for black players to visit in 1951 and that conditions a long way, and I’m glad I have changed.” were ripe for a racially charged incident to take place,” Demas —­ said. “For many fans at the time – as well as some officials at Morrison, Drake’s unofficial historian, who attended the Drake, Bradley and other Missouri Valley Conference schools game: “I don’t think people really thought it was a racial incident – the Bright incident was an indication that Oklahoma A&M at all. It was because John was Drake football.” College was embracing a more Southern-type response to the — prospect of racially integrated higher education and football.” Coldiron, Bright’s teammate: “I don’t think it would happen Wilbanks defended his intentions by saying he’s never been unless he fully intended to do it. It possibly could be racial; with a racist. He said that as a young boy in Mangum, he picked cot- John being the first black athlete in A&M’s stadium … I just feel ton with black members of the community when the farmers that he was a marked man.” went to war. Throughout his professional career, he worked for — Courtesy of Wilbanks smith multiple black employers. Johnny Bright, in an interview with the Des Moines Tribune: When he wasn’t playing football for Oklahoma A&M, Wilbanks Those who knew the Bright incident best had varying opin- “There’s no way it couldn’t have been racially motivated.” Smith spent summers as a roustabout in Louisiana. friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 6c

he first time Wilbanks Smith saw a 1951 NCAA foot- ball rules book, it was on the dining room table in his Heber Springs home in 2012. InT his era of college football, coaches were the ultimate authority on rules. Wilbanks was certain his hit on Bright was completely legal. He practiced his forearm shivers by smashing them into oil tanks while working as a roustabout in Louisiana during summers away from Stillwater. As long as he was holding on to his jersey at chest level and didn’t lock hands, he was told the forearm shiver was a legal hit. And one of the most effective places to hit someone was right above the shoulder blade, coming down with force. “You were just told or shown – that’s really just how the coaches handled it,” Wilbanks said. “Other teams were taught the same things from what I was aware of. Because I would sit there across the line and we would just beat the thump out of each other.” Everyone had stories of getting clobbered. “Back then, when you threw an elbow in a guy’s face, it was a pen- alty,” said Gilmore, an A&M teammate. “That doesn’t keep it from happening a dozen times in a game. And it wasn’t just against the quarterback; it was against any and everybody … that was just part of the game.” Gilmore, Wilbanks’ teammate, was playing tailback in practice once when he was slammed in the face. “My nose was bleeding so much, I had blood all over my face,” Gilmore said. “When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t see anything be- Adam Kemp/O’Collegian cause there was a bunch of blood there.” Wilbanks Smith sits outside his home in Heber Springs, Ark. Smith believes the media is at fault for painting him as a racist. But Coldiron, Bright’s teammate, said that wasn’t how the Bull- dogs played. Yes, there were injuries, but nothing like what happened … The appeal, as well as the stronger suspension rule, resulted from the to Bright. celebrated Johnny Bright and Kazmaier incidents. “I had never seen that done before. Of course, there were some “Albeit one of many, this was a key event that helped prompt the viscious hits,” Coldiron said. “We did not have a book of rules. We NCAA to assert more control over the game,” said Demas, the CMU kind of went by what the coaches said, but unsportsmanlike play was professor who has researched the history of college football for more never coached.” than 10 years. “There is also some evidence, although unclear, that But Wilbanks remains adamant. He only did what coaches had it also contributed to the NCAA’s mandate on helmet face guards.” taught him. But when he opened up the yellowing pages of the 1951 It also was one of many incidents on the football field that helped NCAA rules book and went to Page 35, Rule 9, Section 1, Article 2, to shed light on racial inequality. There was no Jackie Robinson who his attitude might have changed. broke the color line in college football; it was a series of events. No player shall meet an opponent with the knee, strike any part of an Even if Wilbanks’ hit was not racially fueled, it became part of the opponent’s person with locked hands, forearm, elbow or upper arm, or strike movement toward accepting black athletes on the football field. The an opponent’s head, neck or face … iconic photographs and the media’s perception of the event might For the first time in 60 years, Wilbanks began to doubt whether have skewed what actually took place to advance the cause. his hit on Bright was legal. “In many ways the success of the postwar Civil Rights Movement “I think that is not as clear as I wanted it to be,” Wilbanks said. was all about dramatizing and visualizing the injustice of segrega- tion,” Demas said. “And that meant capturing images of it and having he Bright incident changed the course of history for those images circulate around the world. Whether it was pictures of A&M, Drake and college football across the country. lunch counter sit-ins in Atlanta or pictures of black children sprayed Since dropping out of the Missouri Valley Confer- by water cannons in Birmingham – they captured sympathy from ence,T Drake has never returned to Division I football. A&M became around the world. Oklahoma State University in 1957 and the football team left the “Similarly for many readers, the Bright photos seemed to catalog Missouri Valley for the Big Eight conference in 1960. and depict the stiff resistance to black college football players and the Nationally, college football rules adapted to the violence that oc- unique challenges they faced.” curred on Oct. 20, 1951. Stricter enforcement of personal foul penal- It took Wilbanks years to realize his actions may have helped in ties were to be handed out and could include suspension. The intro- some way. But 61 years later, it’s still difficult to accept it and move on. duction to the 1952 NCAA record book: “It took me a long time before I could smile about it. But now I Courtesy of drake university In an effort to discourage rough play and make it more costly, ejection can,” Wilbanks said. “I think it was a tool their organizations used, Johnny Bright runs downfield during practice. In 2006, Drake from the game has become mandatory in cases of flagrant personal fouls and it was very effective.” University named its football field after Bright. friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 7c

photos courtesy of wilbanks smith (Left) Joanne Smith and Wilbanks Smith dance at Oklahoma A&M’s Student Union in 1952. They married that spring. (Above) Joanne Smith sits with a Valentine’s Day box of chocolates.

irds are a lot like memories. Just look at the paintings He’s waited seven years already. He might not have seven more. inside Wilbanks’ closet. In the latter stages of Joanne’s After 61 years, Wilbanks still wants to correct his legacy, fill in Alzheimer’s, she wouldn’t sell her work, so a handful of the holes left out from the Johnny Bright Incident. He understands watercolorB paintings were hung on the walls, and the rest of the It’s really difficult. I’m really agitated that an older generation might have made up its mind about him, birds were stored away. and a new generation might not care what happened 61 years ago. Weeks before she had a stroke-like attack in August 2010, leav- more when she starts smiling and all But Wilbanks doesn’t want his grandson to grow up in a world ing her immobile, unable to speak or recognize her friends and “this because you feel like the real her where Grandpa is a villain. And he doesn’t want to give up his family, Joanne was entranced by color – whether it was the burning is just a little bit back. Why can’t we own dreams. red breast of the cardinal on the feeder outside the sliding glass make this next little transition? That “I have a whole bunch that I feel guilty about,” Wilbanks said. window, or the carpet fibers on the floor. “I really do need to be on the road. I’ll work around it someday. “She had gotten to where she spent hours by herself back in her is frustrating. I’m to the point in time where I’ve got all these people who are my bedroom staring at the different colors,” Wilbanks said. “For some really good friends who are still around. They’re not really going to reason, I just accepted that was happening.” last much longer.” Wilbanks tries to visit her every day, but it’s often unsuccessful. — Wilbanks Smith Wilbanks wants to see the great sand cranes in Nebraska. He Joanne’s medication causes her to sleep during most afternoons. wants to visit the remaining national parks that he and Joanne had But when she is awake, Wilbanks pushes her wheelchair to a yet to cross off their list. He wants to see his best friend, George courtyard outside the facility so she can see the colors of an Ar- when she starts smiling and all this because you feel like the real Wooden, in California. He wants to live. kansas summer afternoon – the same colors she spread on canvas her is just a little bit back. Why can’t we make this next little transi- Birds, like memories, always come back. Wilbanks will hold on just a few years ago. tion? That is frustrating.” to them forever. Joanne’s words are slurred mumbles that quietly slip from her Wilbanks understands where he is in life. He understands that His last attempt at fixing his legacy was letting a college re- pursed mouth.Wilbanks chooses to believe she remembers who at 82 years old, the window of physical health that allows him free- porter into his house for some iced tea when no one else wanted to he is. When he squeezes her hands, rubs her feet and sings a soft dom is closing. Wilbanks makes sure to check in with his doctor step inside the world of a perceived racist. melody, he believes she knows him, loves him. regularly, and as of today, faces no imminent risks that could limit “I would rather that whole event would just disappear, because But when she does respond, when she squeezes his hand back him. He can drive, hold intelligent conversation and does some as far as legacy is concerned, mine is ruined,” Wilbanks said. “I or stares into his blue eyes, it hurts. There are some days when it minimal yard work. That keeps him going. don’t know what else to do.” might be better that she’s asleep when Wilbanks visits. But for the past two years, he has put off plans because of Joanne. “It’s really difficult,” Wilbanks said. “I’m really agitated more He knows he can’t wait forever until modern medicine finds a cure. [email protected] friday, october 19, 2012 THE DAILY O’COLLEGIAN Page 8c

what we learned: a reflection oN revealing the bright incident KYLE FREDRICKSON & ADAM KEMP

Senior Sports Reporter & Features Editor

We were a little terrified. be tolerated. When we walked into Wil- Gathering this story was an banks Smith’s home for the first incredible adventure. time, we weren’t sure what to Our visits with Wilbanks expect. were filled with hours of stories, What if this guy casts us out painting a vivid picture of col- for asking about the incident lege football and life in Stillwa- that has labeled him a rac- ter in 1951. ist since he was 21 years old? Our hearts broke when we What if he calls the police on met his wife, Joanne, in the us? What if he actually is a bla- nursing home. And our spirits tant racist? were lifted when we saw a man But that is not what hap- who had been through so much pened when we walked inside in 82 years, smile when he his home. Instead, he offered stepped back on a football field us a glass of iced tea. Wilbanks for the first time in decades. was ready for someone to listen. But not all of our best stories We want to make clear that ended up in this final product. we wish no ill feelings and do Some of our longest lasting not wish to cast doubt on John- memories came on the road. ny Bright and his story. Bright When we traveled to Des is clearly the victim in this story, Moines, our car broke down in and Wilbanks admits as much. Eldorado, Kan. That’s when we All of our attempts to con- met Charlie, the local tow truck tact the Bright family ended in driver, who hitched up his first undeliverable emails and old car to a truck when he was 12. phone numbers; we would love We met Kenny, the mechan- to talk with them about Johnny ic who likes working on cars, and see what they have to say but would rather be on the TV about Wilbanks. show “Operation Repo.” With our words and video, We met Sarah, a waitress at a we think we are presenting a late night diner who was super unique and fascinating story terrible at dividing checks cor- that tells a hidden side of not rectly, but had one of the nicest only Oklahoma State history smiles and was quick with a hot but of sports history in general. pot of coffee. photos by adam kemp & Kt king/O’Collegian The aftermath of Wilbanks’ We know these people be- (Top) Wilbanks Smith smiles while standing on the football hit on Johnny Bright not only cause we listened. And some- field at Heber Springs High School. (Left) Adam Kemp, a uni- led to the progression of safety times, that’s what’s most impor- versity studies senior, sorts through athletic records room at in college football; with face- tant. If someone had listened to Drake University. (Right) Kyle Fredrickson, a university studies masks and mouth guards being Wilbanks, history could have senior, interviews Smith outside his home. required in the following years; been written differently. it lead to a social change. One We would like to thank our of the cooler parts of talking amazing illustrator, Alex Walo; with Wilbanks was his admis- our guest photographer in Des sion that even though he felt Moines, KT King; the entire Be sure to see the full story in the he had been mislabeled as rac- staff ofThe Daily O’Collegian; mini-documentary, “Without Rules.” ist in the story, he took a small and you. Thanks for reading. inkling of pride in the fact that Find it online @ ocolly.com/wilbanks inequality in sports would not [email protected]