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OUPD baffled at citation drop No campus citations have been given since Sept. 4 ARIANNA PICKARD campus Reporter
OUPD issued zero nontraffic citations from the beginning of September to mid-October, a fact that the department finds hard to explain. In the two weeks leading up to the drop, the department issued 19 non-traffic citations ranging from public intoxication to interference with a public officer, according to documents requested by The Daily. While OU Police Department spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said he cannot explain precisely the reason for the gap, he said the number of arrests might have
affected the number of observed citations. Citations are not recorded when arrests are made, Chan said. Public intoxication represented 14 of the 19 citations given out before Sept. 4, and most of these occurred on the weekends, according to the police reports. None have been given from Sept. 4 to Oct.18. Other non-traffic citations given this semester include petit larceny, outraging public decency and curfew for persons under 18 years of age, according to police records. The Norman Municipal Court processes approximately 5,000 non-traffic offenses per year, according to the city of Norman’s website. The maximum penalty in Municipal Court for a nontraffic violation is $750 and/
BY THe NUmBeRs OUPD citations Non-traffic citations given between Aug. 22 and Sept. 3:
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or 60 days in jail. OUPD has not given any citations for tobacco use on campus so far, Chan said. “We’ve only issued warnings, and we’ve only issued maybe four or five of them since July,” Chan said. The warnings mostly
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consist of a verbal explanation of the university’s new tobacco policy, so they won’t have to be cited in the future, Chan said. Arianna Pickard arianna.j.pickard-1@ou.edu
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Culture to come to life the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center to serve their salsa and take donations. Tuesday A dinner and date night will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Wednesday From 4 to 6 p.m., there will be a trip to TG Farms to navigate the see HASA PAGe 2
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New ownership, same old Greek House Original owners moving to Greece JARRETT LANGFORD campus Reporter
A Campus Corner staple is seeing some changes after its owners
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decided to move back to Greece. Greek House, which has been on the corner of Boyd Street and Jenkins Avenue for more than 30 years, is now under new ownership after it’s former owners, Angelo and Helen Dimas decided to retire and return to their
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home country of Greece earlier this month. The Campus Corner classic is now owned by the Tajbakhsh family, friends of the Dimas’. “My father became friends with Angelo around the time he decided to retire,” Nima
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$10.4 million given for diabetes research Second grant given within five years JAKE MORGAN
kappa kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi epsilon students carve pumpkins during the Hispanic American Student Association Pumpkin Carving event Thursday, outside the kappa kappa Gamma house.
year, said Evodio Estrada, the association’s secretary. The group is pledging to be more involved on campus and to host JARRETT LANGFORD events that would benefit its memcampus Reporter bers by teaching them about their OU will get a taste of Hispanic culture, Estrada said. culture next week as aguas frescas, free food, salsa and a mariachi band Monday finds its way to campus. There will be a homemade The Hispanic American Student salsa sale and competition to benAssociation will spread awareness efit the group’s philanthropy. of Hispanic culture and traditions Various groups across campus will during the week and throughout the come together from 1 to 4 p.m. in
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Tajbakhsh said. While the ownership may have changed, the restaurant will remain largely the same, Tajbakhsh said. “Everything is going to be the
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The university was given a multimillion-dollar grant tor further research on a disease affecting 10.1 percent of adults in Oklahoma. The National Institutes of Health has given a $10.8 million grant to OU ’s Harold Hamm Diabetes Center to fund a research and mentoring program for another five years, President Boren announced Thursday. This is the second grant the diabetes center has received from the Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) to support a program that pairs promising young researchers with experienced research scientists in the field of diabetes, said Tim Lyons, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center director. The center received its first five-year grant of $10.5 million for the program in 2006. With the addition of this grant, OU has received over $30 million in research grants from the NIH in the past 30 days, Boren said. Other grants include a grant of about $10 million to the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Caner Center and another grant to a protein research facility. “No other public university in America can say they’ve received these kinds of grants in just one 30-day period,” Boren said. The current grant will fund four different projects
Sooners should not vote to end affirmative action Opinion: Affirmative action may have flaws, but it is a necessary bridge to a more equal future. (Page 3)
Artists to have annual fall iron pour tonight L&A: students from the school of Art & Art History will make metal castings at a ceramics Facility. (Page 6)
each led by junior investigators under the guidance of older researchers, said Theresa Green, media specialist at OU Health Sciences Center. “This award may help us bring the young minds in that can be mentored from senior folks here,” said Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources and major donor of the center. “It’s a bold move to say ‘We’re going to go for a cure.’” Finding a cure will take team effort over multiple generations, and during the its first five years, the program mentored five junior scientists who now conduct independent research on diabetes, said Jian-xing Ma, a leader in diabetes research. Ma will lead the implementation of the grant during the next five years. Diabetes affects 8.3 percent of the US population, according to the Centers of Disease Control. “It’s costing all of us in everything we do,” Hamm said. Boren, who has Type II diabetes, said OU has received over 100 million dollars in research grants for diabetes research since 2002. “The work of this center is pressing forward to finding a cure for diabetes, and we’re gaining momentum every single day,” Boren said. 10.1 percent of adults in Oklahoma have diabetes, according to the Kaiser Foundation’s state health facts. This is higher than the 6.2 percent national standard. Jake Morgan jakemorgan@ou.edu;
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Greek House: New owners took over Sept. 4 Continued from page 1 same quality,” he said, gesturing to the ATM that now sits in the corner of the restaurant — which is cash-only establishment. “There will only a few minor changes. We may make a few additions to the menu, like hummus, for example, but the no significant changes will take place.” Bill Dimas, the son of Angelo and Helen, stayed in Norman to help the new owners in their transition. Dimas said he will return to Greece to reunite with his family the second week of December. The Dimas family is originally from Prosimni, Greece, a small village of about 500 people near the capital city of Athens, he said. Angelo and Helen brought their family to Norman in December of 1978 with the hopes of putting their children through school. They opened the restaurant shortly after.
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AT A GLANCE Greek House Change in ownership on Sept. 4, 2012 Greek House first opened in February 1979 Source: Bill Dimas, son of original owners
For his parents, Greek House provided a way for their children to obtain a higher education, Dimas said. Thanks to his parents’ work, he obtained a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1989, he said. The Tajbakhsh family, natives of Iran, also came to the U.S. for educational opportunities, Tajbakhsh said. The family immigrated to the U.S. 11 years ago. Tannaz
An aguas frescas booth will be on the South Oval from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aguas frescas — which translates to fresh water — are Hispanic punches. The booth will feature orange, lemon and strawberry aguas frescas. Friday A Dia de Los Muertos street fair will take place in front of the Oklahoma Memorial Union from 7 p.m. to midnight. The fair will include free food, face painting, mariachi bands and traditional Hispanic dances, including a fire dance routine. Jarrett Langford jarrett.langford-1@ou.edu
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Gyro meat spins Wednesday at Greek House. The Campus Corner restaurant changed hands after its original owners moved back to Greece. graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a business degree, and Nima is pursuing a Broadcast Electronic Media degree, he said. There are a number of factors that have attributed to Greek House’s success, Dimas said. Among them are “honesty with ourselves and the customers, consistency with quality, quantity and pricing and then the family environment,” he said. “It’s very difficult now days to find a family
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owned and operated business,” he added. “I think that’s why my father waited this long to sell the restaurant,” he said. Angelo had been trying to sell the restaurant since 2007. “He made the decision to sell it to a family in order to continue the tradition of the Greek House,” he said.
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approval from their college advisor, according to an OU press release. General education courses as well as electives will be offered, according to the press release. The available classes are listed at intersession.ou.edu. Traditional and online classes will be offered — all of which will be taught by OU faculty, Hicks said. Intersession is a great way for students to gain flexibility in their schedules and promotes a balance between school, work and recreation, Hicks said. You can register at ozone. ou.edu Emma Hamblen Campus Reporter
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For SQ 759, ask: Are all Americans equal yet? Our View: Affirmative action should not be ended
Women and minorities still are underrepresented in government and many parts of the private sector. They still are grouped at the bottom of power structures. They still are paid less than their peers. This November, Oklahomans will have a chance They still are underrepresented in contracts and to vote on the contentious issue of affirmative higher education. action. State Question 759 would restrict They still face serious institutional and personal government agencies from giving preferential discrimination, some which is largely invisible. treatment to candidates in hiring, contracting or It becomes more and more difficult for those education based on gender or race, ethnicity or who are not affected to see the areas that are still national origin. problematic the more phrases like “post-racial” are Because this question includes an exception thrown around. for times when affirmative action is Though Oklahoma has made required to received federal funds and considerable progress in the last four AT A GLANCE because of the nature of the state’s decades and succeeded in many of its Equality laws affirmative action policies, it’s difficult affirmative-action goals, it’s clear this to determine exactly which agencies policy has played a large role in this In its most basic form, as laid out by U.S. law, this would affect and how. progress and continues to contribute affirmative action is the Separated from the programs heavily to the state’s employment process of: it’s designed to end, this proposal diversity. • identifying might sound appealing. But underutilized minorities Oklahoma’s policy understanding its true effect requires • seeking ways to And the state’s policy is hardly an understanding of what affirmative recruit qualified the much-maligned “reverse action is, what it’s meant to do and underrepresented candidates discrimination” supporters of this whether it has achieved that goal. • setting plans and ballot question describe. Oklahoma’s timetables for creating History affirmative action law requires several a diverse workforce The term “affirmative action” came basic things to ensure equality of about in the 1960s when several opportunity in government agencies. federal laws were passed to fight the rampant Any state agency, except the higher education inequality in American society. system (which falls under the Department of The basic commitment to fostering equality Education’s requirements), must prepare an annual these laws call for is well supported by the nation’s affirmative action report that includes: legal tradition. Courts consistently have found that • A statement of its devotion to equal employment federal and state governments have a “compelling opportunity and nondiscrimination interest” in fostering certain social traits, such • An overview of its entire workforce and any as stability, equality, justice, etc. In some cases, hiring or firing done in the last year government plays a role in protecting these basic • An overview of the availability of women and principles that make democracy possible. minority candidates for each kind of position it Equal opportunity and hires representation are two such • An examination of how well the agency has The Our View principles. utilized that available workforce is the majority Affirmative action is one method • An identification of any problem areas opinion of The Daily’s the government has adopted • A plan for addressing such problems nine-member to foster those principles. It That’s it. That’s affirmative action. It is simply editorial board clearly was necessary in the time a consciousness of the need to promote equal period when it first arose. Given employment opportunities, enforced by an analysis the extremity of the institutional injustice and of how well the agency recruits from all available inequality in American society at the time, the job candidates. If there are many qualified women government had a responsibility to take some kind for a particular kind of position, but an agency of action to balance the social scales. consistently fails to hire any women for those jobs, a But much has changed since the 1960s. Do we still system exists to identify this prejudice and correct it. need affirmative action? Or are we, as some have Affirmative action does not mean having a quota claimed, living in a “post-racial” or “post-feminism” to fill, and it does mean obeying an order from society? on high to hire certain candidates without regard for their ability. It is simply a system that allows Is it still necessary? agencies to take diversity into account when hiring The short answer is: No, the U.S. is not over racism or contracting services. It allows candidates to be or sexism. chosen based on their merit, without the still very until the problems it was designed to address are defeated.
BY THE NUMBERS Inequality in the U.S.
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America’s rank among nations for female representation in federal government
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of hate crimes are motivated by racial bias the
difference between a man and women’s salary over the course of their careers with the same education level
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center, Harvard University, U.S. Census Bureau
real barriers of cultural and institutional bias getting in the way.
So why this proposal? Affirmative action certainly isn’t perfect: It seems to breed anger among some who think they have been passed over in favor of underrepresented candidates, and it can cast the impression that every female or minority candidate only was hired because of diversity concerns, not their abilities. But given the innocuous nature and clearly beneficial effects of Oklahoma’s policy — and the confusion over what, exactly, this ballot question would affect — it’s likely a political motive played a role in its inception. Regardless of the motives, the positive effects of affirmative action outweigh its flaws. It is at best a bridge to a better society and, at worst, a necessary evil. Passing this repeal without offering a better alternative would only result in continuing and increasing injustice. Not to mention passing SQ 759 would make Oklahoma look backward and regressive, and would send the wrong message to state agencies and other states. Even if the question didn’t, in practice, end the state’s current equal employment practices, it would chill enthusiasm for such efforts and slow the momentum built from years of affirmative action. In the end, affirmative action was always intended to be a temporary solution to a temporary problem. Will the U.S. one day have a society that is equal enough to no longer need affirmative action programs? We can only hope so. Is it there yet? Not even close. But the strides made since this program was first instituted can’t be ignored. This is a slow journey, but it’s a journey we all must take — and not prematurely declare finished. The government and every citizen it represents have a compelling interest in fostering equality and fighting this nation’s long history of injustice. Do your part in that fight and vote no on SQ 759.
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Not all emergencies call for same plan Organics not superior In light of recent events I will be reviewing The focus of my review will be on whether or not appropriate university reactions to any kind of threats the emergency notification system should have on campus, whether they are to individuals or to the been triggered when a threat is clearly focused on campus community at large. one individual and when we have already notified I also expect to soon conduct a campuswide the individual in question and committed ourselves exercise of our emergency warning t o p rov i d i ng a l l t h e n e c e s s a r y system which will include use of cell “It is often difficult protection for that individual. phone calls, text messages, emails and to strike a balance The editorial in The Daily made our new outdoor warning system using a reasonable case for using the speakers on buildings through the between alarming notification system even in cases in the general campus. These speakers are now in the which the threat is focused on a single final phase of installation. individual and not on the campus community I n t h e re c e n t c a s e, o u r p o l i c e community. and providing department conducted a very close It is often difficult to strike a the necessary tracking of the individual in question, balance between alar ming the including his movements across the general community and providing precautions for country after he allegedly stole his t h e n e c e s s a r y p re c au t i o n s f o r individuals.” mother’s car in Georgia. individuals. We were also in communication with While striking that balance is very officials at a university which he attended after he left difficult, I think we should always keep second the University of Oklahoma. guessing ourselves to make sure that our policy is The OU Police Department and the Norman Police the right one. Department worked closely together to apprehend Every individual situation is different, and we and arrest the person in question. should learn from each one and keep fine tuning It is reassuring that our threat assessment review our policies and procedures. process identified him many months ago and cancelled his enrollment at the university. David Boren, OU president
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On Oct. 25, Andrew Sartain wrote about pesticides. He wrote organic foods are “superior” products to conventional agricultural products grown with safe, modern technology: approved pesticides and genetically-improved seeds. The American Academy of Pediatrics (October 2012) and the Stanford Center for Health Policy (September 2012) published studies showing that organic foods do not provide better nutrient or health. Both reports do indicate organic foods have less synthetic pesticide residue, but conventional foods have minuscule residue amounts. Researchers at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (September 2012) did a meta-analysis of studies about the environmental impacts of organic crops. Organic crops are not better for agricultural lands than conventional crops. Organics are not a superior product. They are a personal preference like choosing between an OU crimson or OU creme shirt. If you want to exercise a choice, organics carry a “USDA Organic” label. Additional labeling imposes unneeded information and unnecessary costs on consumers. As for pesticides, West Nile virus, malaria and mosquito resistance, Sartain mushed together several scientific threads. Using DDT allowed the U.S. to eliminate malaria within its borders. Mosquitos carrying West Nile virus are effectively managed by proper public health spraying of pesticides. Misinformation undermines scientific literacy and does not assist us in making informed public policy. Drew L. Kershen, former OU law professor
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- If you want to delay making a decision about a matter that solely affects you, it’s OK. However, when you procrastinate about a situation that involves others, it may be damaging. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It pays to be helpful whenever you can, but don’t let someone dump his or her responsibilities on you when this person can easily take care of them. Be a pal, not a patsy.
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Sooners know limiting Irish linebacker is key to offensive success vs. Notre Dame TOBI NEIDY
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n one corner of Saturday’s pivotal top-10 matchup between No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 5 Notre Dame, you have AllAmerican linebacker Manti Te’o who can pack tremendous pressure on offenses. Opposite of Te’o stands OU junior fullback Trey Millard, a player who has the ability to break tackles and stiff arm players in the secondary. While Te’o has been on the national radar since landing on multiple preseason award watch lists, Millard already has made the OU offensive highlight reels hurdling Big 12 defenders whenever he gets the chance — most notably during the Red River Rivalry on Oct. 13. Both will get a chance to show their talents against quality competition when the OU-Notre Dame game kicks off this weekend, and there may not a be another head-to-head test that will have an immediate impact on the final results than these two players. And that’s the type of pressure these caliber of players expect to endure at a prominent football program. “The reason you come to OU is not only to play with the best but also against the best,” Millard said. “I’m definitely looking forward to [facing Te’o] this weekend.” Millard’s most important role doesn’t always come from his ability to explode past defenders in open
Notre Dame senior linebacker and defensive captain Manti Te’o pumps up the crowd in a game against BYU Saturday. Te’o will square off with OU junior fullback Trey Millard and will be a major factor on how well OU moves the ball, particularly in the red zone and when the ‘Belldozer’ package is on the field for the Sooners.
space. The 6-foot-2, 254-pound fullback also blocks for sophomore quarterback Blake Bell in the “Belldozer” package. “When we run the sweep out wide, Trey’s unbelievable at cutting those guys, and they really don’t have a chance out there,” Bell said. What originated as an added wrinkle to improve the Sooners’ scoring in the red zone has become a permanent part of the offense that opposing defenses can’t find answers for, even though teams know it’s coming. “It’s usually so loud in the end zones, but sometimes I’ll hear [opposing teams] yell ‘Here comes the Tebow package,’” Bell said. In order for the Belldozer to continue to extend plays and seal drives with a touchdown this weekend, Millard, as Bell’s primary blocker, will have to withstand the brutal force that is the Notre Dame defense.
“The reason you come to OU is not only to play with the best but also against the best.” JUNIOR FULLBACK TREY MILLARD ABOUT FACING NOTRE DAME’S MANTI TE’O
Sophomore fullback Aaron Ripkowski also could help take some of the pressure off Millard. OU will need all the fresh legs it can find. As a unit, the Irish have 33 tackles-for-loss for 164 yards this season. The team also is a menace in the takeaway category, combining for 17 turnovers, while putting the pressure on opposing quarterbacks with 33 hurries. Te’o alone is tied for first on the team with three pass breakups and four interceptions for 35 yards. “[Te’o] is a real great player, and everyone
knows that,” Millard said. “It’s going to be a great matchup, but we’re going to focus on our offense and our drives because we want to get seven instead of three.” And the Sooners are getting the job done, tied for first in red zone success by scoring in 32 of their 33 trips. The Belldozer package by itself already has accounted for eight touchdowns through the first six games this year after collecting 13 touchdowns last season. Millard is having the best TREY season of his career. The MILLARD Columbia, Mo., native already has tied his career receiving touchdowns total (two) and has more receiving yards this season (201) than he had in each of the previous two years. On the ground, Millard is averaging a career-high 8.4 yards per carry for 110 total rushing yards, including a career-high dash of 73 yards. It’s unknown right now how much coach Bob Stoops and his offensive coordinators will hand off the ball to Millard or just rely on his blocking skills to help the Sooners on Saturday. The only sure thing is Te’o will be the defensive threat that looks to thwart any rhythm OU’s offense will work to establish early in the contest. “I don’t know how anxious I am about it, but in the end it will be a big challenge for those guys,” Stoops said. “Te’o is a great player. But [Millard and Ripkowski] have had a great year so far for us too, so it will be one of the many battles in this game.”
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Students will demonstrate an iron pour, casting metal at 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit for visitors at an annual outdoor arts festival Friday at OU School of Art & Art History’s Ceramics Facility. Fuego Friday will employ sculpture students from the School of Art & Art History, Oklahoma State University sculpture program and East Central University art department to extract approximately 90 or more p o u n d s o f m o l t e n i ro n from a small blast furnace, according to a press release. Students will work in teams of at least eight people, operating the furnace safely
and efficiently to produce custom molds for visitors, said Jonathan Hils, associate professor of the OU sculpture program. “The sculpture program creates small sand molds that the public can purchase in advance and then carve to create small relief sculptures,” Hils said. “To date, we have sold approximately 60 molds [that] we will cast during the event.” Fuego Friday was started in 2005 by Hils as an instructional program for his students and an opportunity to introduce the community to an art form dating back to the Industrial Revolution, Hils said. “As sculptors, we have objects to exhibit, but the iron pour is much more performative and a chance to create a visual spectacle,”
Hils said. “I like this idea in terms of fundraising because people get to ‘see’ the process in action.” Pre-purchased molds and screen-printed T-shirts designed by the OU Print Club will fund eight students’ trips to the International Sculpture Conference in Chicago, according to a press release. Two other student organizations, the Red Clay Faction and the New Media Collective, will participate at the event with two ceramic firing demonstrations and an on-site installation of an interactive soundscape, according to a press release. The OU sculpture program will be sponsoring this free event. Molly Evans, mollyevans@ou.edu
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Alexandra Knox, studio arts graduate student, releases molten iron into a container on Oct. 28 outside the Fred Jones Jr. Art Center.
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BeachMint creator, Diego Berdakin, to speak at OU Emily Hopkins
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Diego Berdakin talked with The Daily’s Emily Hopkins about his social commerce company, BeachMint, that couples celebrities and famous designers to create collaborative pieces with the celebrity’s style. Berdakin will be host a solo session, “Disrupting Fashion,
Technology & Media,” during the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth’s “The Now and the Next Symposium” at 1:30 p.m. today in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. The Daily: How did you get the idea for BeachMint? Diego Berdakin: My partner Josh and I were very intrigued by the convergence of media and
commerce — specifically, all of the disruption around social commerce. The Daily: Why were you interested in combining fashion, social media and technology? Berdakin: When we started BeachMint in 2010, only 4 percent of commerce happened online, and 96 percent was bricks and
mortar. Knowing that a lot more than 4 percent of commerce will take place online in the very near future, we thought anyone that wasn’t focused on this category was crazy. The Daily: Why collaborate with celebrities/celebrity stylists? Berdakin: Celebrities help bring trust, authenticity and
a specific point of view to a brand. We’ve been very lucky to work with some of the best and most influential celebrities in the world. The Daily: What makes BeachMint and its six vertically integrated lines unique from other e-commerce sites? Berdakin: There are a lot of differentiators among us
and the other “pure-play” e-commerce companies. However, one of the more noteworthy is that we design and manufacturer all of our own goods, so it’s not just about convenience since you can’t buy our merchandise elsewhere. Emily Hopkins, ehopkins@ou.edu
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