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ZOMBIE RUN

HOMECOMING

Week of fun to encourage spirit at OU

Activities based on the “Drawn Together by Tradition” theme will occur all week

RACHAEL MONTGOMERY Campus Reporter

After months of planning, pomping and building, the time has come for students to unite in a week of spirit-building competitions, activities and free food, culminating in the annual homecoming game. Student organizations have been planning since last semester around the theme “Drawn Together by Tradition.” Organizations chose any animated movie, comic or TV show to represent their group, said Kassidy Cook, CAC homecoming chair and petroleum engineering senior. “The goal is to bring campus to life,” Cook said. The week leading up to the game will begin with the annual banner competition Monday, in which groups that are often paired together, such as a fraternity with a sorority, design a banner that represents their theme but also incorporates OU. The banners are then hung up on the Oklahoma Memorial Union parking lot for alumni and the panel of judges to see, according to the CAC University of Oklahoma Homecoming 2013 Representative Handbook. There will also be a benefit night at Chipotle on Campus Corner Monday night, according to the handbook. The next activity is the South Oval board competition that will begin Tuesday morning, according to the handbook. Taylor Grant, Chi Omega president and multidisciplinary studies senior, said she and her sorority have been preparing for the South Oval board competition since the spring. Chi Omega has been paired with the Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Nu fraternities to participate in the homecoming competitions. Their theme this year is “The Lorax,” which they will be incorporating into all of their activities. Royalty voting will also begin Tuesday, according to the handbook. Wednesday’s activities will include the Homecoming Hold-Up at noon on the South Oval. During the holdup, participating groups nominate one person from each SEE FESTIVITY PAGE 2

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Students dance at the finish line of the Zombie 5K on Saturday. The Union Programming Board holds the 5k to raise money for Bridges Organization of Norman, which helps homeless high school students in Norman graduate and possibly go to college.

Racers flee from undead in 5k run UPB holds fourth annual Zombie 5k SIMENG DAI

Campus Reporter

More than 250 people, both undead and alive, participated in the fourth annual Zombie 5K run Saturday morning. Less than half of the racers were dressed as zombies and the rest of OU students and Normanites ran as humans, said Stephanie Anderson,

the communication ser- bride and doctor for the vice director for Union race. Loveless and Pro gramming Board and first- “I ran faster Kaminski had time organizer the task of surwhen I of the Zombie prising the passpassed by the ing runners and 5K. A l y s s a zombies, and ripping off the Loveless, a flags attached to I didn’t lose their clothing. g ra d u ate stu dent in human “We got the any flags.” relations, and b e s t j o b, a n d SUJUNG HEO, we didn’t need Sarah Kaminski, ENVIRONMENTAL t o r u n ,” s a i d a graduate stuCARE JUNIOR Loveless, who dent in adult captured six higher education, dressed as a zombie flags from participating

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humans. Sujung Heo, a environmental care junior and an exchange student from South Korea, participated as a human as well. “I’m a little bit tired now, but it is so fun,” Heo said. “I ran faster when I passed by the zombies, and I didn’t lose any flags.” Scott Anderson, a physician assistant dressed up as Rick Grimes, the main character in the television SEE ZOMBIES PAGE 2

UNITED WORLD COLLEGE

Professors to talk about GLBT community Program provides

global experience

Panel to educate, promote tolerance

OU enrolls more UWC freshmen than any other American campus

SIMENG DAI

Campus Reporter

Sooners can learn about issues dealt with by members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community from various OU professors on Tuesday. Sociology, history, political science and anthropology professors will discuss different aspects of the GLBT community, said Kasey Catlett, the graduate assistant for OU’s LGBTQ Advisory Board. “The professors focus on different areas. We want to make sure a diverse group of faculty join the discussion,” Catlett said. Anthropology professor Tassie Hirschfeld covers some gender and sexuality issues in her classes, and this will be her first time participating in an LGBTQ panel discussion. She said she’s met a number of GLBT students since she’s been teaching at OU, and many of them have had

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Linzee Manor, criminology sophomore, lights a candle for Mian Li, journalism senior, during the LGBTQ Candle Light Vigil held in the Unity Garden, October 2.

positive, welcoming experiences on campus. However, it’s still common for students from rural areas to feel marginalized and stigmatized in their home communities. “Some are rejected by their families or have been forced to undergo aggressive

‘therapy’ to change who they are,” Hirschfeld said. “These can be very traumatic experiences for young people.” Hirschfeld said panel discussions like this are always helpful because they are educational and social events that help raise awareness and

L&A: If you’ve ever felt harrassed by a campus preacher, you’re not alone. Students speak out. (Page 5)

promote tolerance. Everyone who’s interested and curious about GLBT issues is welcome to attend the discussion, Catlett said.

The world doesn’t seem so large and intimidating to Nelisiwe Mtembu, who attended a United World College school in South Africa before coming to OU. “The best part of UCW is … you can go to different parts of the world, and you know that you have a friend there,” Mtembu said. “You can just pick up your phone, call somebody, hang out.” Mtembu is one of 87 students from United World College programs around the world at OU this year, said Craig Hayes, coordinator of the Davis United World College Scholars Program. Created after the Cold War era to instill values of peace and cross-country collaboration, United World College schools are attended by students aged two to 19 in Europe, Africa Asia, North America and Central America, according to the college’s website. Mtembu as one of about 200 people who attended a culture night, organized by OU’s United World College student organization, Friday evening in the Couch cafeteria. At the culture night, presenters from Bhutan, Lesotho and Trinidad and Tobago discussed various projects undertaken by students participating in the United World College to help people across the world. They talked about one student in Nepal who’s working on a sustainable fish-farming project that would provide more sustainable

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Sports: The soccer team notched its first Big 12 win of the season against TCU, but still remains in last place in the Big 12 after a loss to Texas. (Page 3)

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