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A major credit-rating company has reaffirmed OU’s rating from last year — the same rating accompanying a report that said OU might need to raise tuition to deal with its financial issues. Fitch Ratings, one of the top credit-rating systems in the world, has given an ‘AA’ rating
to the series of general revenue bonds issued by the OU Board of Regents, according to the company’s website. However, the outlook on that rating is negative. Bonds are similar to loans. OU receives money from investors to finance projects, and those bonds must be paid back with interest at fixed intervals. Credit-rating agencies like Fitch assess the ability of financial institutions to pay back their bonds. Fitch explains that the rating of an ‘AA’ indicates a very low default risk, which means investors should feel safe buying debt from
the organization. While the rating promotes investment, it is possible for an organization to be downgraded. Fitch highlights this by giving each organization an outlook on future investment. Fitch analyzes the organization’s finances to try and determine the potential for an upgrade or a downgrade during future credit reports. This doesn’t always mean the organization will be downgraded. Last January, OU also received an ‘AA’ rating with a negative outlook. In the previous report, an OU official told Fitch a 4.5-percent tuition increase could
help subsidize losses due to reductions in state aid and other cost increases. At the time the report was released, President David Boren called the rating a “prediction” and not an official decision on tuition increase. However, the university eventually raised tuition by 5 percent because of reductions in state funding and increases in fixed costs, such as health care and utility bills. Managing Editor Chase Cook contributed to this report.
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All incoming OU students will be required to participate in online sexual-assault prevention training if changes to OU’s sexual assault policies are approved. President David Boren announced Monday that he would present at the Sept. 19 OU Board of Regents a plan to make policies more accessible to students, faculty and staff and provide a program that is more consistent. “The University of Oklahoma is committed to keeping our campus communities safe for all students,” Boren said in a press release. Student needs, along with guidance from the U.S. Office of Civil Rights, were taken into account when creating specific recommendations for the new policy, according to the press release. The effort to clarify the process of handling sexual assault cases includes specialty training for law enforcement, staff and faculty along with the creation of a staff position responsible for reporting, investigating and responding to sexual misconduct cases. A website that will provide access to all policies regarding sexual misconduct will be developed as well. Immediate implementation of the new policy would occur after receiving approval from the Board of Regents. University spokesman Michael Nash said further information on the updated sexual assault policies would be available closer to the Board of Regents meeting.
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worried about his family or his girlfriend, who remains in England. “As long as I can talk to them, it’s fine,” Poole said. Studying abroad is never an easy thing. But as a study abroad student, he does not forget the reaSure, it’s mainly about meeting new people and discovering a new country, but when the excitement of discovery son he came to OU. “I’m here to discover and to make the most of this expegives way to homesickness, being away from home can be rience,” Espallargas said. “I have to open myself to other just as hard for the student as for the family. But thankfully the arrival of social networks has provided international students and American culture.” South Korean student JiHye Lee still talks to her family an outlet for these international students at OU. Keeping in touch with family has never been so accessi- every day. “My mom misses me and wants me to come ble. Social-networking tools have completely back,” said Lee, an undergraduate English ed“i have to open changed the study abroad experience, while ucation student. 10 years ago, a trip for one year meant almost myself to other Lee said she uses Skype to contact her famno contact with friends and family, with a few international ily but mainly uses popular Korean applicaletters and postcards and a phone call once tions on her Android cellphone. a week. Gone are the expensive phone calls, students and Lee had never traveled outside of South and say hello to free video chats. american culture.” Korea for more than one week and was still Adrian Espallargas, an undergraduate jourliving with her parents back home. She said nalism student from Spain who is a columnist AdRiAn espAllARgAs, the experience studying at OU is a good way JouRnAlisM student and photographer for The Daily, said he thinks fRoM spAin to find her independence. feeling homesick will not be a problem. But it’s not that easy to leave one country’s Speaking to his family once a week on Skype is enough for him, and because it is not his first abroad ex- customs for another, Lee said, and her mother seemed perience, Espallargas said he knows he can adapt well. He to agree when she sent her a 42-pound parcel of Korean previously spent seven months studying in Edinburgh, food. Social networking and new technology can be a great Scotland. For him, social networking tools are useful for speaking way to meet new people and make the most of an international experience, but for some, it means they can easily to his family in Spain and his girlfriend in Japan. “We probably couldn’t make it if we couldn’t talk for a revert back to what’s comfortable. “Korean people understand me more than foreigners beyear,” Espallargas said. Matt Poole, a mathematics graduate student from cause they share my culture and my mother tongue,” Lee said. “English is not [my native language], and I can’t really England, echoed Espallargas’ sentiments. Even though it’s Poole’s first experience abroad, he’s not express my feelings.”
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Counties should say whether grocery stores can stock wine. (Page 4)
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Volleyball team sets high goals for itself
students keep in contact with friends, family back home. (Oudaily.com)
the sooners want to top 2010 by reaching the final four. (Page 7)
Energy seminar stresses simpler life Lecture works to discourage alternative fuels
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Cy Wagner (right) poses with his wife, lissa. Wagner, a long-time supporter and university donor, died tuesday morning after a brief illness. Wagner was 77. (Page 3)
Students were encouraged to live a simpler life rather than find alternative fuels Tuesday in Devon Energy Hall. Jan Lundberg, founder of the nonprofit organization Sustainable Energy Institute, now Culture Change, delivered this
message to a roomful of students and professors. L u n d b e r g ’s l e c t u re, “Natural Gas: A Bridge to Nowhere?” is part three of the seminar series “Bridging Fuels for the Future,” which is sponsored by the Oklahoma Energy Education Foundation, Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and RKI Exploration & Production. Lundberg said natural see LECTURE paGe 2
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Campus government seeking new appointments; applications due Sept. 9 Joel Shackelford Campus Reporter
Today around campus A dream course lecture on the role universities and cities play in designing a regional sense of space will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in Gould Hall’s Joe & Jane Buskuhl Gallery. The free lecture will be given by Kelly Kolar from Kolar Design. A film and lecture will be presented by music professor Eugene Enrico from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Catlett Music Center’s Pitman Recital Hall. The lecture is free, but seating is limited. Campus Activities Council’s open house for students wanting to get more involved will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Walker Center. The Dodos with the Luyas will perform from 7 to 11 p.m. as part of CAC’s and the Union Programming Board’s concert series on the Oklahoma Memorial Union lawn. A general interest meeting for students wanting to get more involved with the Union Programming Board will take place from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room.
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UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress returned to work Tuesday night, admittedly short-staffed. “ We e n c o u r a g e s t u dents to apply for appointment, regardless of major or year,” said Alyssa Loveless, chairwoman of the UOSA
Undergraduate Student Congress. Student Congress is charged with allocating thousands of tuition dollars to the more than 400 student organizations on campus. Applications can be found at t h e C o n o c o St u d e nt Leadership Center next to the Oklahoma Memorial Union,
due by 4:40 p.m. Sept. 9. In an attempt to foster cooperation with student groups, Congress also announced a recently implemented ambassador program. “It is a chance for Student Congress members to become more accessible to student organizations,” said Kelbie Kennedy, Congress vice chairwoman and creator of the program. Congress members will
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session if, at the rate our culture is changing, it would be able to save us in time. Lundberg said the longer we put off changing our congas — the focus of this semester’s lecture — was a bridge sumer-like lifestyle and/or demand policy change and fuel, but once it is entirely consumed, humans will try to accountability, it will create a problem for humans in tryfigure out what kind of world they want to live in next — ing to maximize fuels. Lundberg gave the metaphorical response, “to wring whether it be a solar panel or windmill world. On the other hand, today’s culture is very materialistic more blood out of mother earth, to keep the game going, the consequences we face are great down and families are becoming fractured be“Bringing all of those the line.” cause of it, Lundberg said. Alicia Burris, educational psycholHe said the solution is not in alternaperspectives together ogy graduate student and member of tive fuels. hopefully provides a the series’ steering committee, said she “If we’re really in a pickle with the consequences and reliance on fossil fuels or unique platform to apply hopes students will gain the ability to any technology that leaves us vulnerable authentic application of voice their opinions and gain different perspectives from one another through or has problems being brought to market in massive ways, then it is not about trying to find a solution these lectures. “It’s a sharing-to-gain perspective,” for this quality of life solving our energy problems with enerBurris said. “Bringing all of those pergy,” Lundberg said. “It has to do with how issue with energy.” spectives together hopefully provides a we live.” unique platform to apply authentic apAlicia Burris, educational University College freshman James Wilson said he discovered Tuesday’s psychology graduate student plication of trying to find a solution for this quality of life issue with energy.” seminar through OU’s email list and These seminar series are available for credit to stuwanted to attend because he said felt an eminent need dents who wish to enroll and are open to all participants, to talk about the subject. He asked Lundberg during the question-and-answer industry leaders and outside speakers.
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Psychology senior Britney-Lauren Atkins signs up Tuesday to audition for the singing of the national anthem at OU’s home games this football season. Nearly 30 students took part in the auditions in Catlett Music Center’s Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall.
CAMPUS BRIEFS Obituary
Prestigious OU donor dies An OU alumnus, longtime supporter and prolific donor passed away Tuesday morning after a brief illness. Cy Wagner, 77, earned his bachelor’s degree in geology from OU and then went on to create Wagner & Brown, one of the biggest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the nation, according to a press release. “OU students have lost one of their greatest friends and most generous supporters,” President David Boren said in a press release. Wagner donated extensively to OU, helping establish
Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall and endowed professor positions. Daily staff reports
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Professor to host documentary
Strozzi, depicts the arguments between conservatives and the progressives, the relationship between church and state and the role of higher education in society. The hourlong will show how these issues led to the birth of the Republic in 1600 and commercial opera in 1640, Enrico said. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Uny Chan, Campus Reporter
OU School of Music professor Eugene Enrico will show the do cumentar y “Culture Wars of Venice and the Birth of Public Opera” on Wednesday evening at Catlett Music Center. College of Medicine The documentary-drama event, as part of the School of Music’s Norton Lecture Student receives Series, will take place from 5 $10,000 award to 6 p.m. in Room 131. A student in the OU The film, starring Tom College of Medicine has been Huston Orr as the 17th cen- awarded a $10,000 scholtury Venetian poet Giulio arship from the American
Medical Association. Jonathan Seavey, a fourthyear medical student, is the recipient of the Dr. Lin and Minta Hill Alexander Scholarship. Seavey is one of 18 recipients nationwide to receive a Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship, which is given to medical students for academic achievement and community involvement. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Harvard University, his masters from George Washington University and entered medical school after serving in the U.S. Navy. Nathan Harkins, Staff Reporter
An OU graduate has returned to the College of Arts and Sciences to continue her job as an academic adviser. Jamie Vaughn, the new adviser for the political science department, graduated from OU in 2005 with a bachelors degree in political science and moved to Kansas to be with her family. After spending time looking for jobs, she decided to return to her college and become an academic adviser for sociology majors in 2008. In 2010, Vaughn left her job to take care of her daughter, but when Vaughn found out a position had opened up in the college for an academic adviser, she decided to come back JAMIE and work with political science students. VAUGHN She said her background in political scigraduated ence and her experience at OU made her a from OU good fit for the job. in 2005. Vaughn’s new role includes meeting with students, talking to them about enrollment and graduation requirements and answering questions. When she is not working with students, she participates in organizing scholarships for the department, award receptions and newsletters. Cathy Brister, Vaughn’s co-worker and assistant to the department chair, said feedback about Vaughn has been positive. “We actually had a student go to Assistant Dean Rhonda Kyncl to tell her what a great academic advising appointment she had with Jamie,” Brister said. Vaughn said the most difficult part of her job is that some parents will try to intervene. “Students are supposed to be adults,” Vaughn said. University policy limits amount of information that she can share with what she refers to as “helicopter parents.” Students looking for the political science advisers may have to go a bit further this year though. Vaughn’s office has been temporarily moved to Building 4 of near Jimmie Austin Golf Course due to renovations to Dale Hall Tower.
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“Why can’t people understand that democracy and Islam are incompatible? This is not ... anything other than an honest observation of and understaning of Islam.” (Arafat, re: Libya is a victim of western imperialism)
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Liquor laws need localization Our View: The majority of Oklahomans don’t want wine and strong beer in grocery stores, but a local option would satisfy everybody.
way to make chilled high-point beer available for purchase. Besides, liquor stores and grocery stores already cater to different needs. It’s not like grocery stores For a while, the state Legislature has been conare going to stock the nicest wines, and you can’t templating changing Oklahoma liquor laws to exactly pop into the liquor store to pick up a case allow wine and strong beer to be sold in grocery of everyday, cheap beer. This competition might stores. They even created a task force to cut into a small area of liquor stores’ profexplore the issue. But the Journal Record its, but it will also free them up for further The Our View reported Monday that a new SoonerPoll is the majority specialization, which is good for everyone. revealed the majority of Oklahomans are We don’t want to hurt small businesses. opinion of against such a change. We want to increase options and lessen The Daily’s Currently, only beer with an alcohol conregulations. 10-member editorial board tent of 3.2 percent or less can be sold in groBut the people of Oklahoma seem to cery stores. Out of 587 Oklahomans polled, have spoken, and even though we disagree 54.5 percent said they were against highwith them, democracy is about letting the point beer being available in grocery stores, with will of the people prevail. So maybe a statewide 41.9 percent in support. When wine and malt lipolicy change isn’t right for Oklahoma. Maybe we quor were added to the equation, that number rose should be looking at a local option, which would to 61 percent opposed, with 36 percent in favor. The allow counties to decide for themselves on this message is clear: Oklahomans want the liquor laws issue. After all, different areas have different needs. to remain unchanged. Norman and Stillwater have a very different popuWe tend to think this viewpoint is inspired by vi- lation, with a very different set of priorities, than sions of teenagers pushing shopping carts full of a town like Purcell. Pursuing the local option will wine and streets full of boarded-over liquor stores. give communities the opportunity to set the most And while we can appreciate the threat to local effective policies for their population. It’s time to businesses — though we can’t see how it would let us decide for ourselves, to give us the option of make alcohol more available to minors, if grocery dissent. store employees check identification as required by We’re pretty confident that at least Cleveland law — it seems like convenience to the consumer County agrees with us. is a more pressing concern. Until liquor stores are Comment on this at OUDaily.com allowed to refrigerate their stocks, this is the only
COLUMN
Anti-gay rhetoric is harmful
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he conception of OPINION COLUMNIST homosexuality as a sickness is an idea that opponents of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community use to try to turn public opinion to their favor. It is a tactic that has Zachary Carrell been continually used by zachary.d.carrell-1@ou.edu conservative pundits and politicians who want to stop LGBT advocacy at all costs. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., one of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, is one of those politicians who have spent their political careers working to undermine equality efforts, using incredibly vitriolic language to further their cause. This leads them to describe homosexuality as an abomination and disease. She has used the term “sexual dysfunction” and spoken about homosexuality as “part of Satan” in 2004 at the National Education Leadership Conference. These individuals try to connect homosexuality to pedophilia, necrophilia and bestiality, and the LGBT community’s push for rights and tolerance is seen by some of these extremists as worse than terrorism. How can this be accepted political discourse on this issue? How can anyone agree with such hateful and inaccurate statements? To maneuver around directly attacking LGBT people, she acts like she is a caring individual who only wants to help them with their problems. Her husband, Marcus Bachmann, a practicing psychologist, runs a clinic that provides services to help gay individuals out of their so-called mental disorder. The type of therapy that he uses to “cure” gay people is a mix of prayer and psychological practices. The views of Bachmann and her husband are based on ideas that have been completely rejected by the psychiatric
and psychological establishment. Such conversion therapy has not only been removed from the practices of mainstream health organizations, but it has been found to be harmful to patients. The American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family, the American Counseling Association, the National Association of Social Workers, the American Academy of pediatrics, the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Academy of Physician Assistants have all moved away from this type of therapy. It is now time for Bachmann and the rest of the socially conservative Republican field to stop ignoring the medical establishment and public opinion, which is now showing majority support for LGBT issues nationally in most polls. Many would say that she is incapable of winning the nomination because of her extreme views on many issues, but that does not change the fact that she is a major political figure and voice for the Republican Party. It also does not change the fact that all the current candidates for the Republican nomination have been forced to side with these extremist views to pander to the base of their party. We should not accept this type of thought and language from our elected officials. These words are harmful to all citizens, and just as we would not tolerate racist or antiSemitic hate speech, we should not allow such negative and ignorant comments about LGBT people. The time for debating the facts is over. There is an academic consensus that is quickly being followed by public opinion, and if Bachmann and other public individuals and organizations continue to speak so inaccurately and venomously, they are only doing a disservice to the free, just and equal society that the people of the U.S. have struggled and died to create. Zachary Carrel is an international studies and anthropology senior.
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‘The Naked Roommate’ challenge
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knew from the beOPINION COLUMNIST ginning my best friend, Jenn, and I were going to OU to rule the world together. Unfortunately, I moved my senior year, Jenn and I drifted apart, and she went to another univerDelaney Harness sity. So here I was going to dharness@ou.edu OU all by myself, meeting new and exciting people. Then I met my roommate. Perhaps my roommate took one look at me and knew it wasn’t going to work. She thought “Oh god, some tall, loud-mouth sorority girl, this is not happening.” Whatever it was, she had to come up with some reason to get rid of me. As we sat, meeting for the first time, she paused and said, “I have something to tell you.” “What?” I asked. “Well, I like to be free in my own space.” “What do you mean by ‘free?’” “Well, I like to strip and be free.” I stared wide-eyed, mouth gaping a little. “So you’re a nudist?” I knew right then and there it wouldn’t work. If I was a voyeur, perhaps I would have loved living with an exhibitionist. But I am not, so I asked for a roommate change the next day. Thankfully, I’m blessed with my current roommate, who is not only hilarious but thinks clothing is not optional. Thanks to the current vampire popularity, another freshman from rural Oklahoma, expecting to find a goody two-shoes like herself, opened the door to her dorm room and met a self-identified vampire, who asked to be called Morticia rather than Mandy. The poor girl was stuck with her roommate all year. I’m curious, should a theater nerd be stuck with a physicist, or a Jehovah’s witness be stuck with a porn addict and compulsive masturbator? My point is that some people don’t mix well, and perhaps they shouldn’t. I’m all for diversity and celebrating differences. I fully believe that the college experience is about being exposed to different backgrounds and cultures, immersing yourself in something new and accepting people for who they are. But should you live in misery or take action? OU Housing & Food Services purposefully makes it difficult to get a roommate change, reserving it for the special cases. I can understand why: a constant flood of capricious room changes would not only clog up the system irreversibly, it would keep students from having to learn the hard lessons about getting along with people from different backgrounds and lifetsyles. We need to learn these coping skills to function in the adult world, where we will frequently have to deal with people we don’t like or don’t understand. While it is usually a good idea to advise students to stick it out and try to get along with their new roommate, sometimes people are just too different to function well together. Maybe, just maybe, this person who you can’t stand will be your best friend. Delaney Harness is a University College freshman.
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Americans have several reasons to learn to speak Spanish
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fter spending a month visiting friends in Germany this summer, I was pleasantly surprised to discover most Germans are bilingual in German and English. Though many of them were uncomfortable speaking English, I could communicate with them if I really wanted to. My friend informed me that she started learning English in the fifth grade and also studied French, Spanish and Latin. Though Germany may have more logistical reasons to study several languages, I think America should adopt Germany’s attitude toward proficiency in a second language. There is a growing need for Americans to speak a second language in particular. Hispanics are the largest minority in the U.S., making up 16 percent of the population, according to the 2010 census. Not only are they large; they are expanding at an everincreasing rate. From the 10-year span of 2000-2010, the Spanish speaking population went from 35 million to 50 million, a 43-percent increase.
It also has been proOPINION COLUMNIST jected by the Pew Research Council that in 2050, Hispanics will make up 30 percent of the population. This means that in our lifetime almost one out of three people in the U.S. will be a native Spanish Janna Gentry speaker, and because of this, janna.f.gentry-1@ou.edu I believe Americans have a responsibility to learn the language. I realize some Americans balk at the idea of having to learn Spanish to accommodate our Hispanic neighbors, but considering the amount of Spanish speakers who will be in our country in the future, what better way is there to make them feel welcome than to learn their language? Also consider the increased career opportunities that
come from being bilingual. In today’s economy, knowing Spanish could be the determining factor in hiring decisions. To foster a “bilingual culture,” all public schools should incorporate Spanish into the curriculum in elementary school. Though I can’t speak for every public school in America, many public high schools require a minimum of two years of a foreign language to graduate. Two years of a language is not enough to become fluent, and isn’t the goal of learning a language to eventually be able to speak that language? Americans are obviously lazy about learning languages, probably because English is the primary second language spoken worldwide, and possibly just because we don’t want to put forth the effort. There is no reason Americans should not be able to handle it if Germans can. Janna Gentry is an English education senior.
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Professor colors outside the lines with graphic novels LAUREN DUFF
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One OU Price College of Business professor may not have been a comic book fanatic when he was younger, but he is a superhero to college students bearing the burden of expensive textbooks that are sometimes just plain dull to read. “A lot of people would ask me if I was a huge comic book geek when I was a kid but not really,� Jeremy Short, professor of management and entrepreneurship, said. In addition to the normal academic research appearing in peer review journals, Short has created several graphic novel textbooks in the past few years that help engage students rather than using the typical dry (not to mention expensive) textbooks most professor use. After teaching at Texas Tech University for five years and now a recent resident to Norman, Short, the Rath chairman in Strategic Management, is a new Management and Entrepreneurship professor at OU’s Price College of Business. Several co-authors have also helped Short with this endeavor. Talya Bauer at Portland State University, Dave Ketchen at Auburn University, Tyge Payne at Texas Tech University, Jim Combs at the University of Alabama and
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Rob Austin at the University of New Brunswick all contributed to this new generation of textbooks that cost around $20, a fraction of the price of traditional texts that include a $100-plus price tag. The first chapter of each book is available online free for review at flatworldknowledge.com. These graphic novel textbooks have a comic book feel to them, but rather than being read for only entertainment, these textbooks are meant for students to learn the material Short teaches. “I notice that students don’t like textbooks. They are boring and just widely expensive,� Short said. He said he thinks graphic novel textbooks are just easier for students to digest. In an article Short co-wrote in the journal Business Horizons, 85 percent of Masters of Business Administration students who used a graphic case Short created rated this medium favorably to traditional text cases. Aaron McKenny, an OU doctoral student who is mentored by Short, has also taken part with this project. After teaching several strategy classes with graphic novel textbooks, McKenny surveyed his students to see if they approved of
this learning method. He found a generally good reaction. “Students are motivated to learn the information if it is more interesting,â€? McKenny says. Short and McKenny co-wrote a paper that covered the use of graphic novel textbooks in a classroom and the students reaction to them. According to McKenny, the paper covers two years of collected data and will be presented to the Southern Management Association annual meeting in Savannah, Ga this November. Short developed the idea after noticing the increasing popularity of graphic novels that were used to educate an audience. “Mausâ€?, a graphic novel written by a Holocaust survivor, won a Pulitzer Prize. Also, a graphic form of the 9/11 Commission Report was influential among the public. The topics of Short’s textbooks relate to management and business success. In one of his publications, “Tales of GarcĂłn: The Franchise Players,â€? inspired by a mixture of the “Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the Worldâ€? and J. Peterman from “Seinfeld,â€? a dim-witted son and intelligent daughter also take part in the plot, trying to figure what is the best way to expand their family business. This textbook is a how-to guide on successful family businesses and franchising. “ There’s over 700,000 franchises in the U.S,â€? Short said. “80 percent of business worldwide are family businesses.â€? Short also co-wrote the graphic novel textbook, “University Life: A College Survival Story,â€? a vital resource for college freshmen, who are usually overwhelmed by their first weeks at college. High school seniors are also a Left: OU professor Jeremy Short focus, showing how they can teaches his management classes prepare before venturing to in the Price College of Business college. with his own graphic novel textMcKenny said it would be books. great for business schools to use graphic novel textbooks Above: Professor Jeremy Short by providing information shows pages of his original about the different departgraphic novel on Tuesday. ments within the school such as accounting, management, finance, and giving students not aware of these different departments an idea of what may interest them for a future career. Short hopes for graphic novel textbooks to eventually be picked up by mainstream bookstores like Barnes & Noble. Currently Short’s graphic offerings are available through the publisher’s website and can be purchased at Amazon. com.
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tournament. But goals aren’t made to make you look good for having high aspirations — they’re made to be accomplished. And the Sooners have no intention of letting these goals go unfulfilled. Luke McConnell is a journalism senior. You can follow him on Twitter at @lukemcconnell1.
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