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Koi fish grow vegetables for children Local group uses aquaponics to grow food for high school KATE BERGUM

A group of Norman students, staff and alumni are working to bring fresh vegetables to the cafeteria tables of a local high school — all with the help of a few koi fish.

Earth Rebirth, a student organization and nonprofit, is currently planning building an aquaponics garden — a garden that uses aquatic animals to help cultivate vegetables — at Norman High School. Last month the group, which relies on community volunteers and undergraduate interns, raised over $10,000 on Kickstarter for the project, according to their Kickstarter web page.

The project, which is currently in the final planning stages, is part of Earth Rebirth’s goal to create a more sustainable community using gardens, said Andrew Sartain, founder and director of the group.

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Andrew Sartain, president of OU’s Earth Rebirth, works with middle school children after school Wednesday evening to teach and SEE EARTH PAGE 2 encourage them to grow their own fruits and vegetables.

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Claudio Bisogniero, Italian ambassador to the U.S., and Elena Sgarbi, Italian consul general in Houston, visited OU on Wednesday for a lunJIANI WU/THE DAILY cheon and discussion at the Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero discusses trade and Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The event catered to a travel at a luncheon Wednesday afternoon.

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Dennis Simmons will be the new wide receivers coach at Oklahoma, said Washington State head coach Mike Leach.

Simmons has been the outside receivers coach at Washington State for the last three years and held the same position at East Carolina University, where he worked with Oklahoma’s new offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley. Prior to that Simmons spent 10 years working under Leach at Texas Tech.

With Simmons’ hiring and the rumored hiring of Kerry Cooks as the new defensive backs coach, the Sooners look to have filled all of their obvious coaching needs this offseason.

mix of students, faculty and guests, including OU President David Boren and Oklahoma’s honorary consuls for Peru and Germany, who listened to Bisogniero deliver a brief presentation about transatlantic relations between the U.S. and Italy and the future of their trade.

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EARTH: Students learn about science through aquaponics Continued from Page One The group is teaming up with the school’s AP environmental science course and agricultural department and has made a deal with Sodexo, the food service provider of the high school, said Stan Khrapak, senior director of Garden Your Own Growth program. Once the garden is functioning, the company will buy lettuce from the garden and serve it in the cafeteria. The funds from selling produce will allow the garden to sustain itself, Khrapak said.

In addition to providing students with fresh cafeteria food, the garden will allow students to learn science curriculum in a hands-on way, Khrapak said.

Earth Rebirth is planning to use koi fish as their aquatic animal to give the garden aesthetic appeal as well as practical use, Khrapak said.

Norman High School previously had a garden, but the group wanted to build an aquaponics garden instead of a more traditional type because they wanted to pursue cutting edge garden technology, Khrapak said.

“We wanted to get attention, and we want to show that these types of technologies are available for schools, that by creating a model, other schools might be motivated to become more self-sustainable,” Khrapak said.

Construction for the aquaponics garden is tentatively scheduled to begin March 1, Khrapak said.

Though this is the first time Earth Rebirth is building an aquaponics garden at a school, they have already put their green thumbs to

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OU’s Earth Rebirth works with middle school children after school Wednesday evening to teach and encourage them to grow their own fruits and vegetables.

use around the community, Sartain said.

The group started out by planting a garden at Reagan Elementary, and they now cultivate vegetable beds at Lincoln Elementary and various after school programs, Sartain said.

Growing vegetables is a learning experience for young children, Sartain said.

He and other Earth Rebirth volunteers have seen elementary students struck by the realization that all the vegetables they eat — even those cooked on their pizza — come from a garden, Sartain said.

Additionally, the gardens have shown that kids can get excited about health foods, even leafy greens, if they are

able to take ownership of them, Sartain said.

Though elementary students w ere not excite d about growing kale when Earth Rebirth volunteers and interns first announced their plans, their attitudes changed when they saw they were able to harvest their own crop, Sartain said. The kids’ kale cravings became so intense that Earth Rebirth members had to hold them back, Sartain said.

“They were all picking it, eating it and putting it in their pockets to eat more of it,” Sartain said.

In addition to the gardens at schools, Earth Rebirth student interns and volunteers will be holding gardening consultations throughout

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Norman this semester, where the organization will help community members plan and grow gardens, Sartain said.

“We’re really trying to expand the garden scene in Norman to a whole different level,” Sartain said.

Growing sustainable food is just one of the goals of Earth Rebirth, Sartain said.

Everyone needs food, water and energy, and food, by its nature, appeals most to people, Sartain said.

“Food is a necessity that we all need,” Khrapak said.

“It’s something that we all understand.”

In addition to a gardening branch, Earth Rebirth has a group of students working to improve water sustainability

and energy sustainability, said Alexandra Bradford, who interns with the energy sustainability initiative.

In all of its initiatives, Earth Rebirth tries to focus on manageable solutions to sustainability issues instead of bombarding people with messages about the issues themselves, Sartain said.

“Even as an environmentalist, I get really sick of hearing about the problem,” Sartain said.

Though the students of Earth Rebirth are getting their start with spreading sustainability to Norman, they hope that their initiatives eventually spread to a national level, Sartain said.

prominent player in international security, leading NATO and UN missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Lebanon. Italy also has led counter-piracy operations in Somalia and assisted in eliminating Syria’s chemical arsenal.

“Italy remains one of the protagonists in maintaining international peace and security,” Bisogniero said.

Bisogniero then discussed Italy’s role in transatlantic trade, outlining a proposed treaty, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or T-TIP, which would further improve trade relations between Italy and America.

T-TIP, if successful, would bring a $130 billion boost to the U.S. economy, a 21 percent increase in Oklahoman exports and create over 8,700 Oklahoman jobs, Bisogniero said.

Bisogniero also had a message for OU students to be aware of events outside of campus.

“No man is an island,” Bisogniero said. “We live in a globalized world. I encourage students to broaden their minds and find new perspectives. Maybe with a trip to Arezzo!”

Bisogniero is the first ever Italian ambassador to visit Oklahoma, a distinction for which he was proud: “What were my predecessors thinking?” Bisogniero said.

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Slavery still exists in America Student receives grant to combat human trafficking

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Many people may believe that slavery ended after the civil war, but international studies junior Lucy Mahaffey knows otherwise.

Mahaffey received a $10,000 grant from the Davis Project for Peace Fellowship and used the money to develop a curriculum to educate high school students about human trafficking--a modern form of slavery.

Despite human trafficking being reported in all 50 states, there is a lack of education on the subject, which Mahaffey hopes to remedy.

“When I first heard about [human trafficking] I had just learned about how slavery was over,” Mahaffey said.

“Then I heard about this and was like ‘Oh my God’ this is still happening?”

Human trafficking is the trade of humans, usually for sexual slavery, forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others, according to international human rights group Amnesty International.

Teenagers and young adults are most commonly targeted by traffickers, and the industry has affected thousands in the U.S.,

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said.

Lucy Mahaffey stands behind the counter at Second Wind Coffee House, 564 Buchanan Avenue, in October 2012. Mahaffey, international Mahaffey’s next project is studies junior, recently received a $10,000 grant from the Davis Project for Peace Fellowship. She used the money to develop a curriculum to “Off The Market,” a human teach high school students about human trafficking.

Mahaffey said.

“They’re the targeted age group so I wanted to create something that could empower them,” Mahaffey said.

Mahaffey was first introduced to human trafficking through a video produced by Free The Slave, a

nonprofit organization for human trafficking awareness, which sparked her desire to create change. “ You imagine it down the street, or in our own backyards, or even in your neighbor’s home — it’s really weird and very personal,” Mahaffey said. “Having that

in your mind really brings it home for me.”

Mahaffey met with victims throughout Oklahoma from Chickasha to Oklahoma City, hearing their stories and learning more about modern slavery.

Mahaffey was recently chosen to receive the

trafficking symposium that City of Norman’s Annual is set to take place in the fall, Human Rights Award, and along with an internship was stunned and flattered with Free The Slaves. by the community’s support and interest in helping, Mahaffey said.

Supriya Sridhar “I want people to know supriyasridhar@ou.edu they can make a difference and they have a lot of personal power,” Mahaffey

WOC: Conversations can change GRADUATE: Students must register campus culture concerning assault for development events online Continued from Page One

in and confront that situation,” Brown said. “We give them tools to do that in an a b o u t h o w t h e y c a n easy way that will make a make a difference during difference.” a One Sooner training session at 9:30 p.m. Monday, “A lot of people Feb. 9, in the Jim Thorpe feel that men can’t Multicultural Center.

“We will educate them experience rape or on … how our culture looks now and how we want it to domestic abuse, but look in the future,” Brown they do.” said.

BLISS BROWN, Students can incite ONE SOONER STUDENT chang e by sp eaking up COORDINATOR about issues related to gender-based violence, Brown said.

“If someone were to break into my car, and I The training uses the were to come to you and popular opinion leader say someone broke into my model, Brown said. The car, you would believe me,” m o d e l i s a “c o m m u n i Brown said. “But if I were ty-level intervention [that] to come to you and say I involves identifying, enlistwas raped, or my boyfriend ing, and training key opinhas been abusing me, you ion leaders to encourage would be more reluctant to safer sexual norms and bebelieve me.” haviors within their social One Sooner training will networks through risk-reprovide the tools for stu- duction conversations,” dents to help change this, according to effectiveinterBrown said. ventions.org.

“If they hear a rape joke, Misinformation is one they will have a way to step problem the training will

address, Brown said.

“With domestic violence, a lot of people tend to think that he or she, whoever the victim is, must have done something to deserve it,” Brown said. “A lot of people feel that men can’t experience rape or domestic abuse, but they do.”

Nearly three in 10 women and one in 10 men in the U. S. h av e e x p e r i e n c e d rape, physical violence or stalking by a partner, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline website.

Those wanting to attend in the training must register online at ou.edu/notonourcampus, Brown said.

Participants will receive a free OneSooner T-shirt and button. The T-shirt will include the words “Not on OUr campus” on the front and “OneSooner can make a difference” on the back, Brown said.

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Continued from Page One throughout the week on subjects ranging from online presentation to etiquette at formal dinners.

“A lot of graduate students live in their own little silos. We want to give our students a kind of hub to just relax.”

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“We have events that cater to master’s or doctoral students, to g et them prepared for that job inter view, or that mixer they’re going to, or that lunch they’re going to, or that résumé they’re turning in,” said Davina Orieukwu, student program specialist for the Graduate Student Life Center.

The event begins on Monday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. with a presentation

by D av i d Wi l l i a m s, d i rector of the Business Communication Center at Price College. Williams will discuss etiquette and how to communicate effectively during presentations, Orieukwu said.

Other events throughout the w e ek include a presentation about how to handle debt, professional headshots at Robertson Hall and a discussion about how to dress professionally, Orieukwu said.

The week will conclude with a “Speed Networking W i n e Mi x e r ” f e a t u r i n g Clarke Stroud, vice president of student affairs. “[Stroud] will show our students how to properly navigate those awkward situations when you’re at a mixer,” Orieukwu said.

“When you want to intercept a conversation but you don’t know how to do it, but you don’t just want to stand there awkwardly ... these are situations a lot of students will be in.”

REGISTER Sign up for the Graduate Student Life Professional Development Week events for free at ou.edu/gradweb/pdw.

Orieukwu said that she hopes that Professional Development Week will be a highlight of the semester for grad students, and a promise of things to come for the Graduate Student Life Center.

Future events from the center will include Graduate Student Appreciation Week and the Graduate Student Formal Dance, Orieukwu said.

“A lot of graduate students live in their own little silos,” Orieukwu said. “We want to give our students a kind of hub to just relax.”

Attendance at the week’s events is free, but students must register at ou.edu/ gradweb/pdw.

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Oklahoma coach Pete Hughes is entering his second year at the helm in Norman, and he has a team that expects to go above and beyond its .500 finish from a year ago. Hughes and several players were available to the media on Feb. 3, discussing everything from starting pitching experience, to an improved locker room culture and even a new shortstop. This is part one in a five-part series on what we learned from media day. Check OUDaily.com over the next few days for the rest of the

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Hughes led off by praising his wealth of starting pitching options compared to a year ago when nearly all of the previous

season’s rotation had left the program.

“Last year, we had one win returning from a starting pitcher, so that was a big problem, lack of experience,” Hughes said. “We’re a year older, and these guys are a year older. [ Junior Cory Copping] is going to be better ; [junior Adam Choplick] is going to be better.”

Alec Hansen is another player that the Sooners expect to come on strong after pitching sparingly last season. He threw only 11 innings despite having a fastball that reaches above 98mph. That was due in large part to his 13 walks issued over those 11 innings, but Hughes was also confiJACQUELINE EBY/THE DAILY dent that he had regained Infielder Anthony Hermelyn catches the ball at first base to get the control.

“He just needed to be runner out during the game against Texas Christian University on Mar. able to command his 18, 2014. The Sooners beat the Horned Frogs 9-5.

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fastball and have a second pitch for a strike every outing, and he’s done that [this summer]. He certainly has the arm to go out and beat anybody just with his fastball, but this is a really good league, and you have to keep people off that, I don’t care what the velocity is,” Hughes said.

Hansen said that his control of his curveball has improved and that he even added a cutter in the offseason. It’s clear that with his velocity, he’ll be given every opportunity to prove that he deserves a starting spot.

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A noticeable number of yellow school buses were parked outside the Lloyd Noble Center around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The Wiggles weren’t in town for a show; these kids were here to see some basketball. With the loud cheers from thousands of school children inside the arena, Oklahoma’s early riser against Iowa State had all the noise levels of a Saturday prime-time affair.

Oklahoma welcomed both the Iowa State Cyclones and a large group of elementary school kids to the Sooners’ 2015 Field Trip Day. After losing back-to-back road games, Oklahoma treated its special guests to a 75-66 win over the women from Ames, Iowa.

“It’s always a challenge to compete against Iowa State,” coach Sherri Coale said. “They are so wellcoached and play to their strengths. I thought for the most we adhered to the game plan and tried to limit threes.”

Iowa State finished with seven made shots from the perimeter, while Oklahoma hit five of its nine made three-point attempts in the first half.

The Sooners attacked the basket early, and they scored more than half of their 38 first-half points

inside the paint.

Iowa State shot just below 35 percent from the floor in the first, and the Sooners kept the Cyclones at arms length for the rest of the contest.

Sophomore guard Gioya Carter drained a triple to begin the second half, and Oklahoma never looked back as they put away the Cyclones for their eighth win in conference play.

Iowa State received little production offensively outside of senior guard Nikki Moody. She dropped 30 points on the Oklahoma defense, but Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly was far from happy with his team’s performance.

“Every time we got in to a working margin, [Oklahoma] hit a shot. We got beat by a better team today.”

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“Oklahoma is obviously an outstanding team. It’s tough to beat anyone one-on-five,” Fennelly said. “It’s tough to win when you have one player get zero help. Every time we got into a working margin, [Oklahoma] hit a shot. We got beat by a better team today.”

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Football recruiting is finished This year’s class of recruits has signed onto the 2015 team BRADY VARDEMAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR @BRADYVARDEMAN

Wednesday was about as uneventful as Oklahoma football could have hoped. When it comes to a school’s committed prospects, no news is good news.

All 17 verbal commitments to Oklahoma signed letters of intent to play in Norman. The Sooners even managed to secure a surprise flip in safety Prentice McKinney, who switched from North Carolina to OU at the last second.

Coach Bob Stoops said coaches try to gauge the seriousness of a commitment while out recruiting.

“You know in your conversations and when you’re visiting with them how sincere and strong [that commitment is],” Stoops said.

To close out this season’s recruiting cycle, the Sooners hit the recruiting trail down a few men.

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Norvell were fired and coach Bobby Jack Wright stepped down, Oklahoma was forced to make a group effort to nab the last few prospects.

“It should never be only one guy and rarely is it with us,” Stoops said. “I want collaborative efforts between myself, of course, but multiple coaches even on different sides on the ball.”

This year’s recruiting class is solid, but it doesn’t come without its own quirks.

This is the first time since 2005 that Oklahoma did not take a quarterback in its recruiting class. With

three quarterbacks in the locker room that have started a game of major college football, however, Stoops is not worried about the future of the position.

“I would (have concerns) if we didn’t have any other quarterbacks,” he said.

“When you have four already on scholarship, you feel good about that. And they’re all young.”

Coach Cale Gundy said not taking a quarterback in this class could be a positive for the Sooners in the long-run.

“It will be extremely appealing to the top quarterbacks in the

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country next year that the University of Oklahoma, who is going to throw the ball quite a bit, did not sign a quarterback,” Gundy said.

What the Sooners have plenty of, however, are running backs. Gundy signed yet another in the 2015 class, bringing the Sooners’ total to six.

Rodney Anderson is the newest addition to the Oklahoma backfield. The Katy, Texas, native enrolled at the school early to participate in spring practice with the team.

Gundy doesn’t see his surplus of ‘backs as a burden though. When asked if he had a plan

to use them, he had no shortage of ideas.

“Play them on all special teams,” he said.

“They’ll be on all four special teams. They’ll run down and cover kicks. They’ll be on the frontline of kickoff returns. Some of them return kicks.”

Although National Signing Day revolved around the class of 2015, Gundy said he is already hot on the trail of 2016’s class.

“We’ve already talked to-like I said, a bunch of juniors today,” Gundy said. “Guys that we know are great players who we’ve offered, hoping some of them can go ahead and make a decision today, even though it’s 365 days away.”

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of 2015 was unusual at times, Stoops said.

When linebacker Arthur McGinnis committed to the Sooners with a Snapchat near midnight, Stoops was already in bed.

“My wife told me the next morning,” Stoops said.

McGinnis is, in all likelihood, the first player to commit to Oklahoma via Snapchat. The recruiting process went mobile this year. Instead of using an outdated fax machine, recruits could send pictures of their letters of intent to their schools-of-choice.

“Any way they can do it is a positive for me,” Stoops said.

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