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Congress, Tsagli consulted with other congress members about the issue. Tsagli and other congress members decided to contact the city of Norman about constructing a RACHAEL MONTGOMERY new sidewalk, but were told it was not under their Campus Reporter jurisdiction. They then went to Brian Ellis, director Sooners should be able to walk along a new side- of OU’s Facilities Management, who advised Tsagli walk on Asp Avenue between Lloyd Noble Center to write a resolution proposing to construct a new and Traditions East Apartments and sidewalk. Kraettli Apartments by fall 2014. The resolution passed “By the beginning Undergraduate There is a short distance without Student Congress of the fall 2014 a sidewalk next to the road at that at its Nov. 12 meeting, and it is now location, so students living in those semester, we’ll have being reviewed by OU administraapartments must walk or bike to tion, Tsagli said. campus or to the bus stop at Lloyd something in place.” Once the resolution is approved Noble Center in the grass or on the by OU administration, the plan will BRIAN ELLIS, street. be sent to engineers, and a budget DIRECTOR OF OU’S FACILITIES In the spring, international secan be made so OU’s Landscape and MANAGEMENT curity studies senior Eyram Tsagli Grounds department can proceed CHRIS JAMES/ THE DAILY noticed how the lack of sidewalk was disadvanta- with constructing the new sidewalk, Ellis said. geous and even dangerous for students living in that “By the beginning of the fall (2014) semester, we’ll Student Congress is requesting a new walkway from Traditions East and Kraettli apartments to Lloyd Noble Center. area. As a representative for Undergraduate Student have something in place,” he said.
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copy for personal profit,” Mergler said. OU’s Faculty Handbook states that professors are allowed to accept these “desk copies,” or sample copies, of textbooks and instructional materials, provided that the professors or the academic unit don’t sell the copies, according to Section 4.25.1 (B) of the handbook. Mergler said she hasn’t heard of any instances of professors selling back books in at least two decades. She said about 30 years ago, it was very common – book buyers would come to campus with trucks to load the books into. However, even if they’re in smaller numbers, book buyers do continue to come around, such as Faith Conaway with Bluebird Book Buyers. Conaway sent an email on Nov. 21 asking for any
December graduates can have their names announced, their pictures taken and their diploma covers presented by their college deans at convocation ceremonies on Dec. 13 and 14. The convocation ceremony for OU’s largest college, the College of Arts and Sciences, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Lloyd Noble Center. The ceremonies for each college will take place at different locations and times. A complete list of ceremonies for each college can be found online at the Graduation Office website. Each college holds convocation ceremonies in May and December every year to provide an opportunity for students to celebrate graduation with their respective colleges, said Becky Heeney, the director of OU’s Graduation Office. In the spring, OU holds the university-wide graduation commencement ceremony to officially confer the degrees of students who graduated during the summer, fall and spring of that academic year, Heeney said.
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Professor textbook copies are often given to professors and are not for resale but this doesn’t stop the practice.
Buyers hound faculty for textbook desk copies Professors are not allowed to sell sample copies of books for profit BENNETT HALL & ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Reporter & Campus Editor
Book buyers continue to visit OU’s campus, asking if professors would like to sell any of their extra or outdated textbooks, even though university policy prohibits professors from selling books they’ve received for free. Toward the end of each semester, professors start hearing from businesses interested in buying used textbooks. These book buyers will knock on office doors and send out emails, asking OU faculty if they would like to sell any extra textbooks, even if they’re previous editions or
older editions. “I can’t speak for my colleagues, but I’m aware that a couple of used book dealers contact faculty from time to time, seeking to buy old textbooks,” said public relations professor Robert Pritchard in an email. There’s no problem with professors making money off used books they purchased themselves, but they would violate university policy if they sold these “book dealers” copies of textbooks they received for free from publishers. Textbook publishers will sometimes provide instructors with desk copies of an adopted textbook, said Senior Vice President and Provost Nancy Mergler in an email. “Any instructional faculty member who receives a free desk copy should not resell this desk
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RESALE: Faculty steers clear of shady dealers Continued from page 1 OU faculty interested in selling their books to contact her, as she would be on campus that day. Conaway declined to answer questions for this story, but the website for Bluebird Book Buyers says the business buys instructor and desk copies, which the university explicitly prohibits professors from selling. “If we hear of a faculty member or professor who is selling their books, we will tell them it is not part of university policy,” Mergler said. Many professors try to avoid any problems with OU’s policy by steering clear of these “book dealers” that come around at the end of the semester. “If an instructor requests an examination copy of a “If we hear of a textbook, I think most infaculty member or str uctors probably feel guilty about turning around professor who is and selling it if they decide selling their books, not to adopt the book,” said we will tell them it is psychology professor Ryan in an email. not part of university Brown Brown said one of his colpolicy.” leagues even posted a sign on his office door, saying Nancy Mergler, that book buyers were not Senior Vice President and welcome. Provost But if a book has been adopted and used and an instructor is not teaching the same course the following semester, Brown said it wouldn’t surprise him if they end up selling it back to a book buyer. Other professors try to avoid the issue altogether by only obtaining textbooks they know they will need. “I’ve carefully built my library so I don’t have ‘extra’ textbooks,” Pritchard said. “Ethically, I couldn’t sell any book I hadn’t actually purchased in any event, so I just don’t deal with those folks.”
Today around campus A free blue book giveaway will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby.
Tuesday, Dec. 3 A gallery talk called “On Assignment: the Photojournalism of Horace Bristol” will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Photography Gallery. Todd Stewart, photography professor and associate director for the School of Art and Art History will lead a walking tour of the exhibition featuring work by 20th century photographer Horace Bristol, who was one of the founding photographers of LIFE magazine. In 1938, Bristol began documenting migrant farm workers in California’s Central Valley with novelist John Steinbeck. The photographs would later be called the Grapes of Wrath collection.
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Graduates: Students to celebrate milestone at winter convocation Continued from page 1 Similar to the New Sooner Convocation ceremony, in which students participate as freshmen, the commencement ceremony includes an address from OU President David Boren, wishing the students continued success and inviting them to remain involved with the university as alumni, Heeney said. The commencement ceremony also includes a guest speaker and offers honorary degrees to past OU graduates who have contributed to OU, the state, the nation or the world, Heeney said. OU’s current format for commencement and convocation ceremonies have been in place since the early ‘90s, she said. To graduate in May, students must apply by March 1 by filling out a graduation application on OZone. The commencement ceremony will take place May 9, according to OU’s Graduation Office website.
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ivalries change everything. Don’t believe me? Just look at the Iron Bowl and Ohio State vs. Michigan games this weekend. Auburn upset Alabama, and Michigan was seconds away from upsetting Ohio State. If you want to get a little closer to home, look at who won the Red River Rivalry. Upsets happen all the time in college football rivalries. It’s part of what makes the sport so great. Rivalries bring out emotions in players, and the more on the line, the better the game gets. So, we need to start preparing ourselves now for a very good Bedlam game. The rivalry might be a little lopsided. Oklahoma leads the series 83-17-7. Out of pride, some Sooners might not even acknowledge this as a rivalry. It doesn’t hold the same prestige as the Red River Shootout — but that doesn’t mean that Oklahoma State doesn’t take this rivalry very seriously. In 2001, the Cowboys took on the No. 4 ranked Sooners in Norman. Oklahoma lost 16-13.
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Brennan Clay runs the ball in for a game-winning touchdown in overtime against Oklahoma State last year. Last season’s game came down to the wire, and this season’s game could easily be just as exciting. Although Oklahoma State holds the advantage in the rankings, rivalry games don’t hold to the same standard as other games during the season.
In 2002, No. 3 Oklahoma went to Stillwater to take on an unranked Oklahoma State team. It should have been an easy win for OU, but the Sooners ended up losing 38-28. Anything can happen in a rivalry. Some Sooner fans have thrown the towel in on the season. With two losses on the books, they’ve called it quits. They’ve given up. But Oklahoma needs to take this game very seriously. A Bedlam win this weekend won’t change the Big
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12 standings, but a convincing win could propel the Sooners to an at-large BCS bid. Granted, it’s unlikely,
but the BCS has been good to Oklahoma. I can’t think of a better parting gift than to send Oklahoma to the
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Orange Bowl. But it all depends on this Bedlam game. Oklahoma State beats OU, they win the Big 12 and an automatic bid to the Tostito’s Fiesta Bowl. Yeah, there’s a lot on the line this weekend. Auburn knocked off the mighty Alabama. Devon Gardner was one play away from leading Michigan to upset Ohio State. Most didn’t give either team a chance. Oklahoma has a chance. Add in the emotions of
Bedlam, and all of the rules fly out the window. The season isn’t over until it’s over. There’s one game left, and a win over a highly-ranked Oklahoma State team could end the season on a good note. Rivalries change everything. Julia Nelson is a journalism senior.
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Honorable faculty reject book buyers’ offers Our View: We commend the OU professors who choose to ignore book buyers’ offers.
one more reason or opportunity to potentially increase textbook costs for students. When professors sell their textbooks to these As stated in The Daily’s news article “Buyers nomadic book buyers, they may make out OK with hound faculty for textbook desk copies,” OU’s some extra pocket change. But this won’t only afFaculty Handbook states that professors are alfect students — it may affect other professors as lowed to accept sample copies of textwell. books and instructional materials, proMany teaching companies, businessThe Our View vided that the professors or the academic is the majority es and publishers send free textbooks units don’t sell the copies, according to and pamphlets at the beginning of each opinion of section 4.25.1 (B). semester to provide the professors with The Daily’s The report claims that most professors nine-member extra resources and convince the univereditorial board sity to incorporate their material into the are not selling back books. So why are book buyers still visiting our campus? curriculum. It’s safe to assume that various book If certain publishers discovered profesbuyers keep returning to campus because at least sors were reselling the materials the publishers one professor is selling his or her books. had sent for free, there’s a fair chance publishFirst off, to those professors who refuse to sell ers would cease sending the free material that their desk copy textbooks to these businesses, we could’ve really aided the professors in the long want to say thank you. Thank you for respecting and following the university’s policy, and thank you for not giving publishers
run. Bluebird Book Buyers’ website reads, “Recycling books. Helping students. Paying more,” on its homepage. The company’s efforts to recycle used school material is clear, but they aren’t acknowledging our university’s policy prohibiting professors from selling desk copies of books sent to them for free. With the university’s policy as it stands, businesses like Bluebird Book Buyers should stop coming to the university. If this company was interested in “helping students,” we recommend it buys used books from students directly instead of purchasing them from professors. This policy is one of the many policies our campus has in an effort to maintain moral and ethical standards. It would be unethical for professors to be allowed to sell school-related materials they received for free.
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A pop culture calendar of books, movies, TV premieres and more to look out for this month.
Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland hosts a “CMA Country Christmas” at 8 p.m. on ABC with performances from Sheryl Crow, Trace Adkins, Luke Bryan and more.
Starring Emile Hirsch, “Bonnie & Clyde: Dead and Alive” is a two-night film event airing on A&E, Lifetime and The History Network.
Watch the season finale of fall’s best new drama, “Masters of Sex,” at 9 p.m. on Showtime.
Pick up a copy of The Smiths’ frontman, Morrissey, incredible “Autobiography.”
Relive your childhood with Britney Spears’ newest release, “Britney Jean.”
“Mob City,” a look at gangsters in the 1940s, is the newest series from “Walking Dead” creator Frank Darabont, airing at 8 p.m. on TNT.
Pick up a copy of R. Kelly’s new album “Black Panties” ... or don’t.
Check out Arctic Monkeys performing at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
Geek out with Bilbo Tyler Perry’s newBaggins and see “The est film, “A Madea Hobbit: The Desolation Christmas,” hits of Smaug” in advance theaters. showings starting at 8 p.m. in various theaters.
John Goodman takes over hosting duties on Saturday Night Live with Kings of Leon as musical guest at 10:30 p.m. on NBC.
The modern Frank Sinatra himself, Michael Buble is hosting his own Christmas Special at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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Jimmy Fallon hosts Saturday Night Live and Justin Timberlake is the musical guest. Here’s hoping for another Barry Gibb Talk Show.
Stay local and visit the Lightwell Gallery’s Intersession Printmaking Show at the School of Art and Art History.
“The Sound of Music Live!” starring Carrie Underwood airs at 7 p.m. on NBC.
The Grammy Nominations Concert on CBS is hosted by LL Cool J and features performances from Drake, Macklemore and Robin Thicke, among others.
Catch Paul Rudd and One Direction on Saturday Night Live at 10:30 p.m. on NBC.
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• Monday, December 2, 2013
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OU Faculty/Staff Please participate in OU Green Zone Training and help our veteran students succeed OU Green Zone is a network of faculty and staff who volunteer to take the extra step to provide assistance for those students who served our country.
OU Green Zone training sessions are part of an initiative aimed to help veterans who are coming to OU after military service. “OU deeply appreciates all that our veterans have done for our country and we want to give them the warmest possible welcome when they come home to OU.”- OU President David L. Boren
Those who attend a session will receive a Green Zone sticker to display and a resource packet to use in assisting veteran students.
OU faculty and staff are invited to attend one of the following sessions to learn ways to be attentive to the challenges veteran students face, and to give advice about health, mentoring, and tutoring services. 10:30 am – 11:30 am, Tuesday, December 3, Price Hall, room 2040 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday, December 3, Price Hall, room 3040 10:30 am – 11:30 am, Wednesday, December 4, Price Hall, room 3030 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Wednesday, December 4, Price Hall, room 3040 A panel of speakers will discuss the challenges veteran students face in making decisions for their education, using their GI Bill benefits at OU, the resources available both at OU and off-campus, and how OU Green Zones can help.
The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eRo