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CONSTRUCTION
Worker dies in accident on OU campus EMSTAT responds to call on OU Research Campus ARIANNA PICKARD Campus Editor
A man died in a construction accident at OU’s Research Campus Monday. EMSTAT responded to a call reporting the accident from Lippert Brothers, Inc., at OU’s Five Partners Place facilities at 1:50 p.m. Monday, said university spokesman Michael Nash. The man was employed by Godwin
Formwork Solutions, a sub-tier contractor to Lippert based in Oklahoma City, said project manager Nick Bench. “We are saddened that a construction accident occurred on campus, and our heartfelt sympathy goes out to family, friends and co-workers,” Nash said. No more information is available until the accident’s investigation has been completed, Bench said on Thursday. Arianna Pickard, aripickard@ou.edu
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New building’s construction makes progress on the research campus, the site where a worker was killed in a fatal accident on Monday.
ENGINEERING
INTERNATIONAL ISSUE
Panelists voice opinions, educate students on Syria crisis
Off-campus class not to be offered in fall semester
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Lane Young, petroleum engineering junior, reads over the career fair materials for the engineering career fair held in the Loyd Noble Center on Thursday. CHRIS JAMES/THE DAILY
Above: Samer Shehata, associate East Studies program coordinator flowing auditorium about the Syria Gaylord College of Journalism and
Over-enrollment and limited space cause course to be canceled next fall
professor and Middle speaks to an overcrisis on Monday in Mass Communication.
MOLLY EVANS
Assistant Campus Editor
Right: Mike Boettcher, journalism professor and correspondent in residence speaks at discussion on the Syrian crisis on Monday in Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
HONOR SOCIETY
DEBATE
International honor society to induct members after years of inactivity
Student association to debate “stop and frisk” policy’s constitutionality
After years of inactivity, an international honor society will induct new members at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Scholars Room. The Golden Key International Honour Society is up and running again after the majority of its officers and members graduated at the same time a few years ago, said Chapter President Cheyenne Forney. “We are back now because we have members who have taken the initiative to get our chapter back in action,” Forney said. The society is for high-achieving students who want to expand their academic, leadership and service potential, she said. Forney said she enjoys being a member of the club because she likes meeting individuals outside her area of study who share similar ideals and dedication. She encourages others to join the society to increase their access to scholarships and socialize with like-minded individuals at OU. Reagan Martin, Campus Reporter
Students will debate the constitutionality of the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk procedure at 4:30 p.m. on Monday in the Carnegie Building lounge. The stop-and-frisk policy allows New York police to halt, question and frisk any individuals “upon reasonable suspicion” rather than the constitutional “upon probable cause,” according to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights website. The debate, held for the Constitutional Studies Student Association’s first general meeting, will allow students to argue whether the policy violates the 4th and 14th Amendments. “[The Constitutional Studies Student Association] provides students with the opportunity to discuss, debate, and think about our Constitution,” classics and letters professor Kevin Butterfield said. Throughout the semester, the group will hold debates and other events on issues such as policy on same-sex marriage and privacy, Butterfield said.
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Jordan Larsen, Campus Reporter
An engineering course will be canceled by fall 2014 because of over-enrollment, expanded programs and a limited amount of lab space at its off-campus, partnering facility. Design and Manufacturing II (ISE 3304), is a course OU offers with accompanying lab sessions held three nights a week at the Moore Norman Technology Center, said Sarah Young, industrial systems engineering senior who took the class last fall. The course teaches OU engineering students of all disciplines to transform computer-designed models into tangible products, Young said. The course is the “brainchild” of Raman Shivakumar, a professor at the College of Engineering, and it has been for 20 years, he said. Each fall, the course is capped at 48 students deviating 16 students into each of the three available evening lab sessions held in the precision machining classroom at the Moore Norman Technology Center, Young said. Young worked with equipment such as lathes, drill presses and grinders, she said. Unlike at OU’s facility, students could work simultaneously with the same tool on the same skill because the technology center has multiple machines in a row, Young said. The class offers students the best possible skill set in the Southwest, Shivakumar said, and to cancel the class is to minimize that skill set and decrease the marketability of the students.
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