Engaging Troubled

Memories at OU
Will Kurlinkus
1. This is the last formal week
of class.
2. There is no weekly response
due this week.
3. The theory narration is due
Monday
4. Opportunity to get extra
credit for midterm (3%)
 – Monday: Colton (1:30), Lucas (1:40), Serenity (1:50), Emiley W
(2:00), Alyssa (2:10), David (2:20), Bethany (2:30)

Next Week’s – Wednesday: Brenna (1:30), TJ (1:40), Kaslyn (1:50), Ethan (2:00),
Taylor (2:10), Logan (2:20), Emily N. (2:30)
Office Hours &
Presentation 1. Tell me about your topic and why it’s interesting
2. Tell me about the primary sources you’re using and the argument your
Days are making: bring interesting examples
3. Tell me about the theory you’re engaging: bring me a quote from
academic research and a key term
Before next class I need
you to practice your
theory narration
PowerPoint skills
Make three random slides in which you should be able to:

1. Record audio into your slide

2. Drop a video into your slide
3. Add autoplays and transitions
 1. If you’re looking for copyright free images: unsplash
2. If you’re looking for copyright free video: pexels
Basic Theory 3. If you’re looking for copyright free audio:
Narration Tips – YouTube audio library:
https://www.youtube.com/user/audiolibraryen
– CCmixter: http://dig.ccmixter.org
 1. How to add your audio narration
– Insert>Audio>Record Audio (you can also do this under the recording tab)
– Double click on the audio image that appeared in your slide>select the playback
tab> click hide during show>
– Start dropdown>play automatically

2. How to add video

Theory – Import or drag a video into your slide.
– Double click the video>playback tab (this may be hidden on the right under the
Narration How >>)>Start dropdown>Automatically

To 3. How to make your slides jump to the next after your audio is over
– Essentially we are going to set slides to transition after a certain number of
seconds (the length of our audio)
– Transitions>select after>enter the length of your audio plus a few seconds

4. You can either send this to me as a powerpoint or an mp4 (movie)

– To send it as an mp4 simply click file>export>fileformat>mp4>quality (internet
quality)>timing: Use recorded timings and narrations
 – The name of a former OU professor and KKK leader was struck from the chemistry building almost 30 years ago in
1988. Just across the street, his name remains. Edwin DeBarr, a prominent national Ku Klux Klan leader of his time
and one of OU’s first four professors. he was the grand dragon of Oklahoma in the KKK until 1923. anti-Catholic
commencement speech at a high school.
– property owners have raised concerns about not getting their mail or business owners having to change brochures
and websites. Others around the community have pondered if the name change would be “erasing history”
– For Henderson, arguments of “erasing history” simply can’t be reasoned — especially when many students don’t
even know DeBarr’s history, he said.
– When OU’s “Soonerthon” changed its name to OU Dance Marathon, it was met with backlash from members of the
OU community.
– one community member expressed her opinion on the matter saying that anyone offended by the phrase “boomer
sooner” should transfer schools
– “(The) removal of Native people is where the terms ‘boomer’ and ‘sooner’ come from,” South said. “When those
Troubled terms are referenced without acknowledging the proper historical context, that brings up the historical trauma that's
present for a lot of Indigenous people.”

Memories at – after the U.S. government forcibly moved Native tribes off of their land and to Oklahoma, some white Americans
began to advocate for settling the land. The people who campaigned for opening Oklahoma land to white settlers —
before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 was passed — were known as “boomers.” Those who illegally entered

OU the land early to claim plots during the Land Run were known as “sooners.”
– Gibbs said he received an influx of “hate mail” from fans of the phrase “boomer sooner” when he pushed to change
the Crimson Leadership Association's name, but he believes the change is necessary. In 2015, after members of
Indigenize OU called for the removal of the words “boomer” and “sooner” from the university’s identity, Boren said
he would only consider doing so if almost 245,000 alumni agreed to it.
– “I think the words in their modern context are no longer tied to the history of the Oklahoma land settlement. They
have taken on a meaning of their own, which stands mainly for strong support for our state and university,” Boren
said in the statement.
– A member of the Norman 89er Day Parade committee said the parade was called off this year in order to reorganize,
and the committee intends to put on the parade next year. The parade last year received criticism for its connection
to the 1889 Land Run. “If we forget history, we’re bound to repeat it. We don’t ever want a group treated like that
again. We want to be sensitive to everyone’s feelings. If Native Americans wanted to promote their heritage, we’d
love to have them in the parade, because they have so much to offer.”
– “Actually I am sick to death of people bowing down to these cry babies that have nothing better to do with their time
than try and rewrite history,”
What are your initial reactions? Connect to 3 concepts we’ve read
about so far.
What should we do with the
sooner? Write a one paragraph
statement to the University
that guides action in someway.
Either pro, con, of in between.
Use our readings this semester
and your knowledge of
memory studies as a guide.