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no-cost laundry may roll into dorm life

Service would increase yearly housing costs by $45 per student ATIBA WILLIAMS campus reporter OU administration is considering adding to the housing fees students pay to live in the residence halls to incorporate a no-cost laundry service, so students won’t have to pay to do laundry on campus. OU’s Housing and Food Services officials would like to provide a no-cost laundry option to improve the ease and convenience of living on campus, said Dave Annis, director of OU Housing and Food. However, not charging students every time they use the laundry machines would require the university to increase the yearly cost of housing by about $45 per person, Annis said. Right now, the laundry service centers at residence halls on campus are run through an outside contract with ASI Campus Laundry Solutions, Annis said. see LAUNDRY pAGe 3

sTUDenT life

OU Hillel Block Party brings students messy fun

Opinion: our tax money goes to pay for some ridiculous and unnecessary programs. (Page 4)

Event booths fun and educational

the Operation board game, which was made to look like an archaeological site. Students could dig for artiBEN HALL & AJINUR SETIWALDI facts in the spirit of OU’s officampus reporters cial digs at sites around Israel OU Hillel held an Israel every summer, Goss said. Block Party celebrating While running the cotton Jewish culture and commu- candy booth, letters sophonity amid the impending more Molly Oberstein Allen inclement weather from 11 said she enjoys the welcoma.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. ing, communal aspect of OU Concerns Hillel events “It’s a good about midday and is active rain prompt- opportunity for w i t h i n t h e ed the organiorganization. zation to move students to mix, “It’s a good the party from and people often o p p o r t u n i t y the South Oval students to bring their non- for to its building at mix, and peoBoyd Street and Jewish friends.” ple often bring Elm Avenue, but their non-Jewmolly oBerstein Allen, the party wasn’t ish friends. letters soPhomore dampened, said I come with e v e n t c h a i rmy boyfriend woman Debra Goss, educa- sometimes,” Oberstein Allen tion junior. said. The block party-style event The block party’s more featured booths including a traditional booths were balHebrew word search chal- anced by an informational lenge, a trivia game orga- booth with pamphlets and nized by the campus Jewish fliers about the country of fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Israel, its culture, heritage in which winners could pie and complicated relationfraternity members in the ship with the U.S. face. History senior Scott Cash, Other entertainment in- who is focusing his studies cluded an altered version of on the history of the Middle

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scott Cash, history senior, throws a pie in the face of eliott Kahn’s, Alphi epsilon pi member and theater sophomore during the OU Hillel block party.

East, said he stays up-to-date on the politics of the region and also enjoys taking part in Middle Eastern campus events with his friends. OU Hillel offers programming to engage and empower Jewish students on campus, helping them discover their Jewish identities, said executive director Suzy Sostrin-Rainer. “We are actively seeking

different ways to engage students on their own terms and provide them with Jewish opportunities that are meaningful and appealing to them,” Sostrin-Rainer said. “OU Hillel is very neat because you have students who have all different types of backgrounds,” SostrinRainer said. “You have some students who are just learning and exploring Judaism for

the first time, and you have students who grew up going to Jewish summer camp and were very immersed in a Jewish community.” Despite their different backgrounds, the Jewish student community is close knit, Hillel president Rebekah Martin said. Most of the Jewish students know one another and are active in the see HILLEL pAGe 3

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