Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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The University of Oklahoma’s independent student voice since 1916 T U E S DA Y, M A R C H 2 6 2 013

VOWS OF PROGRESS Opinion: Supreme Court case may bring marriage equality (Page 3)

Farmers market

Ron Green and those at Sprouts Farmers Market prepare for the opening of the Norman store, anticipating enough business to go around for all natural grocers.

up in Norman Chain grocery store to offer natural, conventional products JESSICA MURPHY, TESS THOMSON AND EMMA HAMBLEN

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building once used to temporarily house the College of Architecture during the construction of Gould Hall will soon be the home of a natural and organic foods chain store. Sprouts Farmers Market, a grocery store on Main Street that offers both natural and conventional grocery products, will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Wednesday. Ron Green, store director, said Sprouts offers natural and organic foods at conventional store pricing with a broad selection in several departments including meat, deli, produce, frozen food, spices, dairy and vitamins. The store features an in-store bakery, Boar’s Head meats and cheese, entrée ready-made options and chicken sausage, which is made daily, Green said. Sprouts will provide gluten-free foods and offer the best fruits and vegetables in town. SEE SPROUTS PAGE 2

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STUDENT MEDIA

Arabic magazine features studentsubmitted articles OU’s Arabic Flagship Program is sponsoring a new publication HALEY DAVIS

Campus Reporter

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Library opens learning, cuts costs Open education resources may cut student expenses EVAN BALDACCINI Campus Reporter

A new job position has been created in the library to make information readily available to students for free and help keep textbook costs down. The library is in the process of hiring an Open Education Resources Coordinator to help various departments find open education resources to develop open access textbooks. Providing open access to educational resources means removing barriers that might come between a student or faculty member and peer-reviewed journals or scholarly articles

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needed for research, according to the Not only is it important to promote Open Access page on the OU Libraries open education resources already out website. These barriers often include there, but the university would also fees for subscriptions required to ac- help faculty members create their own cess these materials. open educational reThe new Open to use in their “The university is sources Education Resources classes and provide to Coordinator would really trying to hold other faculty members b e re s p o n s i b l e f o r and other universities, down textbook going out and workshe said. costs.” ing with faculty memTh i s c o o rd i nat o r bers in different dewould look at generKAREN RUPP-SERRANO, partments, said Karen al education classes DIRECTOR OF COLLECTION R u p p -S e r r a n o, d i - DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOLARLY many students take, rector of Collection see if there are places COMMUNICATION Development where they could find and Scholarly open resources that Communication. are already out there and then pro“The university is really trying to mote them to faculty, Rupp-Serrano hold down textbook costs,” Rupp- said. Serrano said.

Students can practice reading and writing in Arabic with a new magazine sponsored by OU’s Arabic Flagship Program. The magazine’s title is in Arabic, but roughly translates to “Oklahoma Magazine.” Each issue of the magazine will feature about eight to 10 articles written by students in Arabic pertaining to a wide variety of topics including social issues, video games and economic analysis of Egypt, said Chase Smithburg, coordinator for OU’s Arabic Flagship Program. There is also a section at the end of the magazine showcasing Arabic expressions that students find interesting. The sponsor of the publication is a merit-based undergraduate program designed for Arabic learners who want to achieve proficiency in the language while pursuing degrees in other majors, according to the Arabic Flagship Program’s website. SEE FLAGSHIP PAGE 2

OU gymnast gives Sooners spark Sports: Freshman gymnast Maile’ana Kanewa overcame surgery on a blood clot in her arm to lead the No. 2 Sooners. (Page 6)

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