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Students given reasons to stay OU students stick around campus to celebrate community, culture, crowns, castles, concerts during Must Stay Weekend BIG EVENT More than 5,500 OU students, faculty and staff participated in this year’s Big Event. Those Sooners composed more 200 groups that did community service across Norman and the surrounding cities. These groups volunteered at 150 sites, including schools, retirement homes and parks. OU’s Big Event, which had 5,557, was the biggest in the country, OU President David Boren said at Big Event’s opening ceremony Saturday. TAYLOR BOLTON/THE DAILY
Members of OU’s energy management student association repaint a fire hydrant in Moore near Northeast 12th street and South Eastern avenue on Saturday morning for Big Event.
EVE OF NATIONS Each of OU’s 24 international student organizations were represented at OU’s 44th annual Eve of Nations. This year’s theme was Global Treasures. The event included a fashion show, dance performances and a meal of international cuisine. Around 1,000 people attended the event.
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Students from the India Student Association perform at Saturday night’s Eve of Nations at the Lloyd Noble Center. Eve of Nations is the largest cultural event in the state of Oklahoma.
MEDIEVAL FAIR The 38th annual Medieval Fair took place Friday, Saturday and Sunday this past week at Reeves Park. The fair hosted many food trucks, events and activities including: jousting, elephant rides, camel rides and medieval fighting. According to the Medieval Fair website, the fair has been held since 1977 and began as forum for the English Department at the University of Oklahoma. TONY RAGLE/THE DAILY
The King and Queen are escorted across the square by a set of guards and followed by an entourage of royalty. The pair stop by the costume contest and wait to congratulate the winner and address the crowd.
SLEIGH BELLS The experimental electro-pop and rock and roll sounds of music duo Sleigh Bells were heard around the east lawn of Oklahoma Memorial Union when they took the stage Saturday night for the Must Stay Weekend main event. An estimated total of 3,500 people attended the concert on Saturday night, according to Union Programming Board Concert Series vice chairman Benji Burnett. CALEB SMUTZER/THE DAILY
Sleigh Bells vocalist Alexis Krauss rocks out on stage through the rain Saturday night at the Must Stay Weekend Sleigh Bells concert.
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Boren, will kick-off on Friday night at 7 p.m. with a free concert performance of Haydn’s “The Seasons” in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center, according to a press MATT WOODS release. Campus Reporter Registration for the event will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday in the Oklahoma Memorial OU students and alumni can come to- Union’s Stuart Landing, according to the gether on Saturday to attend classes on gov- press release. ernment surveillance, the global communi“We wanted an opportunity for students ty and more from university professors. to be in lecture situations with alumni and The second annual President’s Day of Learning, hosted by OU President David SEE LECTURE PAGE 2 WEATHER Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High of 67 with winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.
System allows professors to incorporate videos, classes OU has recently launched its first campus-wide video streaming system called MyMedia, which creates a new way for instructors and students to integrate visual content into the classroom. Through MyMedia students can watch and re-watch videos. MyMedia can be accessed from any device, from computers, to tablets, to mobile devices. Professors can also incorporate video into Desire2Learn, accept video submissions for assignments or use webcam recording for online discussions, Digital media specialist Kevin Buck said.
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Team could also be asked to respond to other area disasters, but they could not deploy without an invitation, Teel said. This As tornado season approaches, a group is to make sure emergency response is of students is prepared to help professional organized. Nor man’s Community Emergenc y responders address emergency situations. Response Team and professional emergenOU now has a Community Emergency cy responders trained OU’s team to respond Response Team, an initiative supported by to emergency situations. FEMA in communities nationwide. At the trainings, students learned safeJackson Oldham, who started OU’s ty and response techniques for a variety of branch of the organization last semester, situations, including light search and ressaid the team is imcue, basic first aid, portant because psychological first only 1 percent of the aid and fire safegeneral population t y , s a i d O l d ha m, is trained to respond OU ’s Community to disasters. E m e r g e n c y Though these Respons e Team’s professionals know operation section what they are doing, chief. their small numOne of the most Everyone was watching when bers are sometimes impor tant things overwhelmed by the the tornado hit Moore and was the team learned, chaos of an emerOldham said, was like, ‘I wish I could have done gency, Oldham said. h o w t o h a n dle L isa Te el, O U ’s something,’” emergency situaemergency managtions safely. In a diMatthew Cramm, er and Community saster, Community international studies and E m e r g e n c y political science sophomore E m e r g e n c y Response Team adR e s p o n s e Te a m viser, said students members need to know how to help peoon the team would provide professionals ple without endangering or injuring themwith additional help in case of disaster. selves, Oldham said. “They are not first responders. They are “If you’re hurt, you can’t help people,” laypersons, but they might be able to help Oldham said. in ways others may not be able to,” Teel said. Oldham said about 20 students attended If an emergency happened in the area, the trainings. the Norman response team would be occuOn the last day of training, the team mempied with issues around the city, Teel said. bers went to a training facility at Norman Meanwhile, OU’s team could focus on helpFire Department and tested their knowling out around campus. edge. Oldham said emergency scenarios OU’s Community Emergency Response
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had been set up around the facility and the team reacted to them according to their training. OU’s team passed the test and received certification from FEMA, Oldham said. Matthew Cramm, international studies and political science sophomore, said he enjoyed the hands-on nature of the test during training. Cramm, who is now the secretary of OU’s Community Emergency Response Team, said Oldham recruited him to be on the team last semester. After seeing the destruction from the tornadoes in Moore last spring, Cramm said he was glad to learn how to help if such a disaster struck. “Everyone was watching when the tornado hit Moore and was like, ‘I wish I could have done something,’” Cramm said. “And now you actually can.” Business management sophomore Tony Ragle/The Daily Nathan Drew also joined the team at (From left to right) Human Relations Sophomore Quan Phan, Business Management Sophomore Nathan Oldham’s urging. Drew, Political Science Sophomore Matthew Cramm, International security studies senior Braxton Godfrey Drew, the deputy operations section and Criminiology Senior Jackson Oldham walk down the South Oval in their CERT uniform. Members of chief, said he has always been interested
in emergency response. He volunteered in Moore after the tornadoes last spring. Previously, he had helped with disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina. When natural disasters happen, people become more dependent on each other, Drew said. “That’s the time that people need other people the most,” Drew said. Teel said with emergency response training, students will know how to better help themselves if such a disaster strikes. “They don’t have to wait for someone to ride in big red truck or a white horse and rescue them,” Teel said. Oldham encourages all students who have ever watched disaster coverage and wanted to help to join Community Emergency Response Team. The more people who are trained to handle disasters, the better, Oldham said. Kate Bergum, kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu
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Lecture: Professors to talk about specialties Continued from page 1 vice-versa,” event coordinator and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute director, Chris Elliott said. Although some student attendees may see featured lecturers on a daily basis in classes, they haven’t listened to each speaker present over Saturday’s lecture topics, Elliott said. Boren will welcome attendees with an opening session 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the press release. At 10:30 a.m., Kyle Harper, senior vice provost and Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage director, will lecture on the responsibilities and privileges of voting and Dr. Jason Sanders will present a lecture titled, “Patient as Participant: Help Your Doctor Help You,” according to the press release. OU historian David Levy will teach about “The Life and Thought of Daniel J. Boorstin” during a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, according to the press release. “[Levy] doesn’t speak very often,” Elliott said, “So that’s a fantastic opportunity to hear from one of OU’s best historians.” At 1 p.m., Suzette Grillot, College of International and Area Studies dean, will present a lecture on “Understanding the Global Community,” according to the press release. Joseph Thai, Presidential Professor of Law and Watson Centennial Chair in Law from the OU College of Law, will also speak at this time, presenting a lecture about digital government surveillance, according to the press release. For the final sessions at 2 p.m., University Libraries dean Rick Luce will speak about “Redefining University Libraries,” while Wilfred McClay, director of the Center for the History of Liberty, will lecture on “The History of Tradition,” according to the press release. A reception at 3 p.m. will follow the full day of lecturing in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, according to the press release. Registration is $75 for a single ticket and $85 for couples, according to the registration form. Attendees can register online through the university outreach website or call 405-325-3488 for additional information. Matt Woods, matt.woods@ou.edu
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a majority of OU students would love to hear her speak as well. She is known to have a penchant for quirky We are continually amazed at the creativity and YouTube videos, and drive of our fellow Sooners. The women of OU sowe hope she takes rority Delta Gamma have created a YouTube video a liking to Delta titled “Talk DG to Me” to try to persuade talk show Gamma’s take celebrity Ellen DeGeneres to speak at the sorority’s on the popufall lectureship, an event that is open to all students. lar song “Talk Gaylord broadcast and electronic media students Dirty to Me.” produced the video, and we applaud the collabora- Of course, the tive spirit and ambition of all students involved in lyrics in Delta creating the video. Gamma’s We believe that all OU students should pursue video have their dreams, even if that dream is something big been altered like bringing a world-famous talk show host to OU. to appeal to As college students, we have access to resources, DeGeneres, varied talent and untainted ambition, so why not and we believe to shoot for the stars? The women of Delta Gamma that creativity have done exactly that through their efforts to bring might just appeal DeGeneres to campus. to the talk show host. OU’s chapter of Delta Gamma is It isn’t too wild to imagunique in its ability to host a lecine DeGeneres coming to The Our View tureship. Only 19 of the 147 Delta is the majority OU. After all, she delivered a Gamma chapters in the U.S. have commencement speech at Tulane opinion of established lectureships, an opporUniversity in 2009. The Daily’s tunity that is extended to chapters eight-member Obviously, DeGeneres is an extremely busy editorial board woman, but we know how grateful the Sooner famthat save $50,000, which is then matched by the Delta Gamma ily would be to hear her share her wit, humor and Foundation to bring speakers to charm with us. We also want to applaud the women college campuses. Each community-building lecof Delta Gamma for choosing DeGeneres, an opentureship is focused on ethics and values, according ly gay woman, as their role model and coveted lecto the Delta Gamma Foundation’s website. turer. Accepting people of all creeds, races and sexWe certainly love Ellen DeGeneres, and we’re sure ual orientations is important to us over at The
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Members of OU’s Delta Gamma sorority dance inside the living room of the Delta Gamma sorority house in the “Talk DG to Me” music video. The sorority’s goal is to have Ellen DeGeneres speak at their Fall 2014 Lectureship event.
Daily, and we are happy Delta Gamma regards DeGeneres in such high esteem. She truly is a role model for us all, and we’re sure her messages of acceptance and ethics would be well received by Sooner nation. If you, like us, go weak in the knees imagining DeGeneres on our campus, we encourage you to join the women of Delta Gamma in their efforts to have DeGeneres join their lectureship. The sorority has also started the hashtag #OUDGLectureship, which you can tweet to @ TheEllenShow to show DeGeneres OU is serious about hosting her on campus.
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sk your friends whether they would like to see starvation eliminated in thirdworld countries and, unless you have some particularly sadistic associates, you’ll receive a firm “yes.” Ask those same people how they believe starvation should be wiped out and you’ll likely hear a wide variety of responses. One proposal to help diminish famine is a variety of Oryza sativa, commonly referred to as “golden rice.” Despite its status as a tremendous source of vitamin A (a vitamin millions of people in Asia and Africa don’t get enough of), critics of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have condemned golden rice and delayed its development. The reasoning? According to Greenpeace, the scientific understanding of genetically modified organisms’ health and environmental impact is inadequate. This group also argues that the application of molecular biology in modifying crops could help “turn the environment into a giant genetic experiment by commercial interests.” Ecologist and former Greenpeace president Patrick Moore says that the group’s opposition to golden rice is partly to blame for thousands of deaths. He states that this crop could
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Pictured is oryza sativa, commonly referred to as “golden rice.” Despite its status as a tremendous source of Vitamin A (a vitamin millions of people in Asia and Africa don’t get enough of), critics of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have condemned golden rice and delayed its development.
provide impoverished people with a vital nutrient and reduce the number of deaths caused by vitamin A deficiencies. For all its rancor, Greenpeace has little, if any, science to back up its position. A 2013 review of research on genetically modified organisms failed to find “any significant hazards directly connected with the use of GE crops.” In addition, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has stated, “The science is
quite clear: Crop improvement by the modern molecular techniques of biotechnology is safe.” The virulently anti-GMO platform of Greenpeace is untenable, but one should not expect to see any change in their position in the foreseeable future. These opponents of golden rice are so enraptured by the concept of “genetic purity” that they would deny millions of people in third world countries an opportunity to reduce famine and malnutrition.
The consequence of this obsession is already being felt in countries such as India. Since golden rice became available in 2000, 1.4 million Indians have died from vitamin A deficiencies. Some opponents of golden rice have no qualms about destroying property to get their way. In August 2013, an anti-GMO mob of roughly 400 people uprooted a test crop of golden rice in the Philippines. In its fight against golden rice, Greenpeace points to
semi-successful efforts made in the Philippines to increase impoverished individuals’ vitamin A intake. The use of vitamin supplements and increased leafy green consumption helped diminish the country’s rate of vitamin A deficiency, from 47 percent to 15 percent. These measures may work well in the Philippines, but less developed countries face far more daunting tasks. In 2006, there were 658,000 people suffering from vitamin A deficiencies
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Kel Mitchell in the 1997 film “Good Burger.� Mitchell also co-starred in the popular ’90s children’s shows “All That� and “Kenan & Kel� and will perform at 7 p.m. Friday in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium for free.
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If you grew up in the ’90s, then a good portion of your childhood was probably spent watching “Kenan & Kel� and mouthing “who loves orange soda?� with Kel Mitchell every time he saw a bottle. At 7 p.m. Friday, Mitchell, himself, will be performing at Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium for a free oneman show. As a member of the Union P r o g r a m m i n g B o a r d ’s comedy series core group, human relations sophomore Jeremiah Stinnet said that UPB was looking for someone who was a familiar face and had a clean slate who would be willing to come perform at OU on short notice. Kel co-starred with current Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thomspon in “Kenan & Kel,� a comedy about two teens who work at a grocery store and the antics they get into. “Kel has that appeal that makes us all a little nostalgic,� Stinnett said. David Thibodeaux, international business sophomore and a member of the comedy series core group, said when they contacted Mitchell, he was really excited about coming to OU to perform. Psychology junior Rachel Rudebock said she saw the posters around the union and was intrigued since she enjoyed watching the show when she was growing up.
“I think it’s really cool that OU can pull in stars like that,� Rudebock said. Mitchell will be performing for at least 45 minutes at Meacham Auditorium and will then meet with everyone for pictures and autographs, Thibodeaux said. Though the show is expected to focus on his ’90s work, Rudebock is hopeful that Mitchell will talk about what he’s been up to lately. “Because you haven’t really seen him in anything (recent), for the most part,� she said.
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Sooners get the sweep OU comes from behind to defeat California Bakersfiled in three games this weekend
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Outfielder Haley Hunter stands poised to swing as the ball reaches home plate on Saturday afternoon when the Sooners played CSU Bakersfield. The Sooners won all three games this weekend with Hunter having five runs at 11 at bats.
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It trailed late in all three games this weekend, but maybe that’s the position the Oklahoma baseball team prefers. OU (23-10) swept California State Bakersfield by taking a 4-2 contest Friday before taking both games of Saturday’s doubleheader. Oklahoma gave Bakersfield an early lead in every contest before zooming past the Roadrunners late in each matchup. In the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, the Sooners
outscored Bakersfield a combined 18-1. “Our team is kind of interesting,” senior infielder Hector Lorenzana said. “We actually play better when we’re behind. We play with a chip on our shoulder.” The Sooners have trailed in a number of games before coming back to win, even before gaining three comeback victories this weekend. Coach Pete Hughes said his team has become familiar with high-pressure situations. “They don’t know any other way,” Hughes said. “It’s a competitive strength when you don’t panic. You
believe in yourself and your abilities and stay in the moment.” Oklahoma faced its biggest deficit of the weekend when it trailed Bakersfield 4-0 in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Through six innings, OU cut the lead to 4-3 before the bats exploded in the next frame. The Sooners scored 10 runs in the seventh inning before crossing three more in the eighth to win the game 17-4. Freshman infielder and right-handed pitcher Sheldon Neuse drove in eight runs while fellow freshman infielder
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Austin O’Brien sparked the rally with a pinch-hit homerun. “I’m happy that our bats are back,” Hughes said. “Hopefully we can ride the momentum and keep them around for awhile.” In the nightcap of the doubleheader, the Sooners scored two in the eighth to slide past the Roadrunners 4-3 as sophomore Ralph Garza Jr. recorded his seventh save of the season. Prior to the Bakersfield
series, OU had been unable to finish off potential sweeps against Kansas State and Kansas. Taking all three against the Roadrunners was a confidence boost for the team. “It shows everyone that we can sweep,” sophomore outfielder Hunter Haley said. “We don’t just lose it on the third game.” The Sooners swept, but it didn’t come easy for the young squad. The non-conference series was a tough
tune-up for the upcoming weekend slate against Texas. But when OU faces the Longhorns, Pete Hughes wants his team to score first. “I think we’ve earned enough lessons from playing from behind. [That’s] for my own good ...” he said.
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Top: This photo of early childhood education major, Allison Panova and her friends was taken during Big Event check-in. Left: The OU African Student Association gathers together on the North Oval. Center: Caleb Stillwell posted this photo with his friends at Big Event. Right: OU alumnus J.P. Audas poses with President Boren. Bottom: Students from the College of Arts and Sciences take a photo with Dean Kelly Damphousse.
EVE OF NATIONS
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Left and bottom right: A student from One World perform at Saturday night’s Eve of Nations at the Lloyd Noble Center. Right (top two): Students from the Taiwanese Student Association perform Right middle: Students from the Colombian Student Association perform.
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Top left: (photo provided) Javan Andrew takes a photo with his friend and Sleigh Bells guitarist Derek Miller. Middle left and right: (Caleb Smutzer/The Daily) Sleigh Bells vocalist Alexis Krauss rocks out on stage Saturday night at the Must Stay Weekend Sleigh Bells concert. Bottom left: (photo provided) Kaitlyn Owens takes a photo with Sleigh Bells vocalist Alexis Krauss.
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Top Left: (Chris Michie/The Daily) OU alumnus Mariah Menzie dons her unique costume at this years Medieval Fair. Top right: (Taylor Bolton/The Daily) Vocal Performance senior Avery Felton holds Captain Kangaroo at the exotic animal tent. Bottom right: (Tony Ragle/The Daily) Austin Harris holds a python at the exotic animal attraction at the Medieval Fair on Saturday afternoon. Center left: Psychic Ken Wood gives geography senior Sean Holmes a reading at the Medieval Fair on Friday afternoon. Center middle: (Tony Ragle/The Daily) (from left to right) Debbie Kinyon, Bandit and Aleen Burgess dress up for the Medieval Fair on Saturday evening. Center right: (Tony Ragle/The Daily) Knigts and Ladies lineup to fill their mugs at the Medieval Fair on Saturday afternoon. Bottom left (top): (Tony Ragle/The Daily) Willing participants lineup for training before dueling a knight with foam weapons. Bottom left (bottom): (Tony Ragle/The Daily) Jackson Self manages fights a knight at the medieval fair Saturday afternoon. Bottom Children Chil Ch ildr dren enlineup tto o King Kin Ki n sharp Size right: (Tony Ragle/The Daily) Children and adults to toss weapons at a wooden wall.
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