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Smoke still present on campus OU passed smoke-free regulations two years ago but continues to cite smokers EMILY SHARP News Reporter @esharp13

Since OU became a tobacco-free campus in 2012, OUPD has recorded 178 calls or contacts about tobacco, 41 of which resulted in written warnings or citations, OUPD spokesperson Maj. Bruce Chan said.

Chan said these numbers do not take into account incidents that resulted in multiple citations or incidents where officers encountered an incident and dealt with it without

calling in to dispatch, so the actual number of tobacco violations is likely higher.

In 2010, an Oklahoma law against smoking in public places and inside workplaces went into effect. The law banned tobacco use in public and required buildings to have separate ventilation systems if owners decided to include a smoking section.

Two years later, OU became a smoke-free campus.

However, on game days, smoking becomes especially common, with many people smoking in the tailgating section or in front of the stadium.

Kristopher Davis, assistant manager at the OU IT store, said that while smoking in the tailgate section doesn’t bother most people, smoking in front of the stadium does, and it cannot

be avoided.

“It’s one thing to be in your area, but when you’re surrounded by thousands of people who are trying to get to the same place, it felt a little disrespectful to the people and the campus,” Davis said.

Facilities management is already forced to go to extra lengths to clean up after a football game, and disposing of cigarette butts makes it more difficult. Management sets out extra trash and recycle bins, adding over 400 in the tailgate area, said Brian Ellis, director of Facilities Management.

When the no-smoking policy came into effect, the university put up signs in the tailgate area and around campus to make visitors aware of the policy, Ellis said.

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RED VETS

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re-nursing freshman Taylor Kelling is in his first semester at OU, but he’s not fresh out of high school like most other first-semester students.

After high school, Kelling served 10 years as a surveillance technician in the Air Force.

Making the transition from active duty to the classroom was tricky, Kelling said, but the Student Veterans Association helped guide him through the process and connect with other student veterans.

“For me, it’s about fellowship. I have somebody to talk to,” Kelling said. “We all kind of think the same, regardless of the branch. We speak the same language.”

The Student Veterans Association has recently started working on a project called RED. RED stands for Remember Everyone Deployed, Kelling said, and the project encourages people to wear red on Fridays to support those serving in the military, as well as those who have died during service.

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Above: Aviation management senior and Student Veterans Association President Justin Cook stands at attention while wearing red with his officers in front of Bizzell Memorial Library Friday afternoon. The Student Veteran Association will be wearing red shirts every Friday until the end of the semester and encourage others to as well to show support for veterans.

Students, veterans and visiting family wearing red line up with members of the Student Veterans Association on the South Oval Friday afternoon for R.E.D. (Remember Everyone Deployed) Friday.

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The position for Student Government Association president is uncontested again this year. There are three candidates for Interfraternity Council president, and 39 students are running for a seat in congress.

Overall, nine districts either met the minimum of their seats or are under the number of seats available and two districts, atmospheric and geographic sciences and communication, were not filed for at all.

The candidates’ campaigns have officially begun and will continue until the election on Nov. 4 and 5.

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IFC PRESIDENT ● Jacob Ryan, sophomore, political science ● Payne Parker, senior, advertising ● Rylan Russell, junior, biology

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DISTRICT Number of seats: 2 ● Dylan Droege, senior, multidisciplinary studies ● Lori Hasty, junior, administrative leadership ● Bryan Kirby, junior, pro pilot

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SMOKING: University sets up signs as reminder ELECTION: See list of Continued from page 1 candidates running for offices this fall “We didn’t do that this year, but I think we’re going to start that again,” Ellis said. “If we do this we can remind visitors OU is a tobacco-free campus, and that’s an important thing to us.”

During the homecoming game, signs were placed around campus reminding individuals to not smoke on OU’s campus.

Any large event, especially football games, takes about a thousand people to clean up the whole campus, with a group of four people cleaning the area outside the stadium, Ellis said.

The crew usually works through Saturday night to have the campus back together by Sunday morning, although sometimes some supplementary cleaning is required on Sundays, Ellis said.

OUPD has noticed an increase of tobacco waste around campus after football games and plans to begin heavier reinforcement of OU’s policy.

“During game days, we conduct enforcement of the tobacco-free policy established by the university and will increase those efforts,” Chan said. “That includes

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ARTS DISTRICT Number of seats: 1 ● Ryan Echols, junior, drama: acting emphasis

BUSINESS DISTRICT Number of seats: 6 ● Eihab Khan, sophomore, energy management ● Conor Park, sophomore, energy management ● Kendall Riley, junior, energy management & finance

EARTH AND ENERGY DISTRICT Number of seats: 1 ● Rafik Saad, junior, petroleum engineering ● Matthew Hoover, sophomore, petroleum engineering

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warnings for first time offenders and citations for repeat offenders.”

There has been a drastic decrease in the amount of waste around campus since the policy was established,

OCT. 22 TO 23 TODAY

Chili Cook-Off — 7 to 9 p.m. at Gamma Phi Beta, 1105 College Ave. Gamma Phi Beta’s 26th annual Chili Cook-Off will raise funds for United Way of Norman. The OU men’s basketball team will judge the chili.

THURSDAY

CAC Soonerthon Keep Glowing 5K — 7 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Union The Soonerthon 5K and 1 mile fun run will benefit Soonerthon, an event to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Foundation. Register at soonerthon.ou.edu.

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Farsi Fridays — 2 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, room 230 Sooners Got Talent — 7 to 9 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union The second annual talent show will feature singing, piano, beatboxing, dancing, poetry and more. The event is sponsored by Union Programming Board.

White Out Party — 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Sandro’s Pizza, 914 W. Main St. The Colombian Student Association is hosting a White Out Party. There will be a $10 cover, and you must be 18 to enter.

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Students from all colleges invited to Gaylord College career fair Thursday Students within Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication — and those who aren’t — who are looking for a job in the communication business can attend the college’s career fair this Thursday.

The career fair will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and is aimed toward the college’s students, said Celia Perkins, director of communications for the college.

While the fair is designed for the college’s students, Perkins said the fair is open to any OU students.

There will be 27 employers attending the fair, including The Norman Transcript, Southwest Airlines and KOCO-TV, according to OU Career Services’ website.

Before the event, students can go online to HIREsooner and activate an account. This account will allow them to get a name tag printed once they arrive at the fair, according to the website.

Along with creating a HIREsooner account, students who plan to attend should bring their student ID and résumé copies, according to the website. Perkins says students are also encouraged to dress professionally.

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and it will hopefully be- are changing and will concome even less of a prob- tinue with enough time.” lem, Ellis said.

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HUMANITIES DISTRICT Number of seats: 4 ● Luis Molina, senior, letters ● Benjamin Bevilacqua, sophomore, history ● Timothy Crisp, sophomore, letters ● Alexandra Owens, sophomore, classics

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DISTRICT Number of seats: 2 ● Matthew Cramm, junior, international studies

LANGUAGES DISTRICT Number of seats: 1 ● Alissa Rice, senior, political science and French

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Continued from page 1 Student Veterans Association president Justin Cook said he’s noticed students and faculty participating in RED Fridays.

“The campus community is very pro-veterans, so a lot of the faculty and staff are very supportive of student veterans because a lot of the faculty and staff are veterans themselves,” Cook said.

Cook returned to college after serving 11 years in the Navy. Before his years of service, he attended college for three years at Midwestern State University, but decided to finish his schooling at OU. Like Kelling, he said the transition from military service to the university was difficult, especially in large classes.

“I came here, and I was put in a classroom with The campus 500 students, and when I community is very have people going in and out exit doors, I’m watchpro-veterans, so a ing for exits and movelot of the faculty ment and everything. It’s very distracting,” Cook and staff are very said. “My attention to my supportive of test or whatever was just student veterans out the window.”

USA Today recently because a lot of rated OU as the fifth best the faculty and college in the country for veterans because of staff are veterans its veteran services prothemselves.” grams, like the Student Veterans Office. Kelling JUSTIN COOK, said the guidance he reSTUDENT VETERANS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ceived from the Student Veterans Office helped make a smooth transition into college life.

“The student veterans office has made things so incredible and so easy,” Kelling said. “Transitioning from active duty to not getting a paycheck can be a little daunting.”

Kelling said he finally hit a point where he knew he had bills to pay and books to buy, but he still hadn’t received his G.I. Bill money. Kelling contacted the veterans office, and they contacted the bursar’s office to get him a book voucher.

While the Student Veterans Association is made up of many student veterans, Kelling said it’s open to any student who wants to be involved with the military.

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SOCIAL SCIENCES DISTRICT Number of seats: 4 ● Kaylee Rains, sophomore, political science ● Kennedie Akinwande, sophomore, psychology ● Morgan Benjamin, sophomore, public affairs and administration ● Daniel Pae, junior, political science and economics ● Trevor Watts, sophomore, political science

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Nothing stops Knights’ friend and fan Knight brothers’ biggest fan finds happiness despite health setbacks JOE MUSSATTO Sports Editor @joe_mussatto

Their friendship started on a basketball court during recess in elementary school.

Trevor Knight sported a Tim Duncan jersey. Connor, his brother, donned David Robinson’s No. 50.

It was the first time the fraternal twin brothers remember meeting Mason Meek.

“The Spurs were playing that day, and we all had our jerseys on,” Trevor said. “Mason was out there playing with us.

He was chasing us around like we were the actual players.”

Today, Trevor and Connor wear different jerseys — Crimson ones with “Sooners” across their chests. They suit up on a football field instead of a basketball court. They play for one of the game’s greatest traditions.

Mason didn’t make the journey with them.

He is still a child — a child in a 23-year-old body.

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Mason Meek poses with Sooner at an OU Football game. Mason became an OU super fan when his childhood friend, Trevor Knight, started Mason and his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, when playing on the team.

he was entering fifth grade. He attended school where the Knight brothers went and their mother taught.

The brothers were two years behind Mason. Their relationship had begun at recess, but their friendship wouldn’t kick off until the Knights began to star at Ronald Reagan High School.

“Once they made varsity, their friendship really re-ignited,” Randy Meek, Mason’s father, said. “We went to all the games, and after each one he’d go down to the rail to make sure he talked to Trevor and Connor. They bonded.”

By the time the twins graduated from the San Antonio school in 2012, Mason had graduated two years prior. That didn’t stop him from going to the games to cheer on his friends.

“He’s always been there for a hug and a high-five after games,” Connor said. “Always has that big smile on his face.”

But soon the Knights would suit up for a different team.

Trevor, a dual-threat quarterback prospect, had offers from a slew of schools. He finally chose the crimson and cream after decommitting from Texas A&M. Connor, a tight end, followed his brother to Norman, Oklahoma, as a preferred walk-on.

Mason grew up a Texas fan, but the colors clashed, and it didn’t take him long to switch allegiances.

For the brothers, it was different not having Mason in the home stands for every game.

“It had become a ritual: after games you go over to the railing, hug mom, hug dad and then hug Mason,” Trevor said.

“Now he gives us a call or text letting us know how we did.”

Mason’s favorite moment as a Sooner fan came in January’s Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma rolled Alabama with Trevor leading the way. The quarterback was named the game’s MVP. “I hold the trophy,” Mason said. “It’s very, very, very heavy.”

Mason seeks food all the time. All the food he eats is stored as fat. He gains weight at a rapid pace. Keeping it off is a battle Mason and his family have to fight every day.

When he does eat in excess, Mason’s body refuses to throw up as a normal person’s would.

“The constant desire to find food, it’s like he’s an addict,” his father said. “But the thing that he’s an addict for is something he has to have. He just has to have it in moderation. He can’t kick his addiction. He has to have it.”

So Mason works out three days a week. He competes in Special Olympics — swimming, bowling and basketball. He’s even enrolled in Zumba class.

“That’s the most hilarious thing to see,” Randy said. “All the women in the class are his best buddies.”

Mason is crazy about sports. Like he did in recess with the Knight brothers, Mason transforms himself into an NBA player when he’s shooting in the driveway with his dad.

He usually picks Tim Duncan. His dad has to be somebody else. Last second, game seven of the NBA finals, it’s up to Mason.

Swish.

“Of course he’s got a misguided sense of what his capabilities are,” Randy said. “During basketball, season he’s wondering why the Spurs aren’t there checking him out.”

Mason aspires to be a star athlete, but for him, Special Olympics have become the pinnacle of competition. He took home three medals and a fourth-place ribbon in his swimming meet over the weekend in College Station, Texas.

He dwelled more on the fourth-place finish than the gold medal he won. He might not realize his limitations, but that doesn’t mean winning isn’t his primary motivation.

Prader-Willi syndrome robs Mason of what he would like the most — natural athletic ability. He desires to reach a level that’s out of his grasp.

“Lots of effort, lots of will, but his body just won’t perform,” Mason always thinks he’s starving.

It’s a result of the rare genetic disorder he was born with — Randy said.

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The condition is caused by a chromosomal abnormality and affects one in 15,000 people, Fall Saturdays equal excitement in the Meek household. according to the PWS Association’s website.

“I always wear my Oklahoma hat and my Oklahoma shirt,” Low muscle tone, short stature, incomplete muscle development, cognitive disabilities and behavioral problems are Mason said. “I watch the game and cheer on Trevor and Connor. I cheer on all the other guys, too.” all characteristics of the disorder.

A swim meet took him away from home over the weekBut the worst is “a chronic feeling of insatiable hunger and slowed metabolism that can lead to excessive eating and end and made it difficult for him to watch the Sooners take on Kansas State. Luckily, the TV at the pool was tuned to the life-threatening obesity,” according to the association.

The refrigerator and pantry are always locked in the Meek game.

He and Randy traveled to Norman for the Tennessee game house.

“If someone leaves a key somewhere, his drive is so strong,” earlier this season to see the Knights firsthand. As was their Randy said. “He’ll go get the food. He’ll eat what he’s not sup- ritual in high school, Trevor and Connor embraced Mason near the railing after the game. posed to eat, or he’ll eat too much.”

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Fully decked in crimson, Mason had a custom made hat with two numbers on the side — No. 9 for Trevor and 89 for Connor.

“He wears my and Connor’s buttons on his shirt,” Trevor said. “I gave him a couple wristbands, and he sports those.

He’s the biggest OU fan that I know. I don’t even think he was a fan at all before we got here.”

“I don’t know how many Oklahoma T-shirts he’s got in there,” Randy said. “Most of his shorts now have red in them.

There’s a lot of OU stuff. I even got me an OU shirt and OU hat.”

Mason took a while to list his Sooner-branded possessions: clothes, towels, tickets, a helmet… a picture.

It’s what he’s most proud of. It’s a picture of Trevor being awarded the Sugar Bowl MVP trophy. The quarterback signed it and gave it to Mason as a gift.

“It’s so cool,” Mason said.

Even cooler for Mason is a picture Trevor has in his room. It’s of the two of them from high school. Mason spotted it when he went to Trevor and Connor’s place after the Tennessee game.

The photo occupies a prime location.

“Next to it is a picture of his girlfriend, then one of his mom,” Mason said.

Unlike the Knights, Mason doesn’t have to worry about reading defenses or throwing a block.

He has to fend off a gluttonous disorder that can threaten his life.

He won’t ever knock down a buzzer-beater for the San Antonio Spurs. His legs will never propel him into the endzone on a game-winning drive for the Oklahoma Sooners.

But as Trevor and Connor take the field, a part of Mason is carried with them.

“He associates himself so much with what the boys do,” Randy said. “Those are wins for him too, and he’s able to internalize that as his accomplishment.”

The brothers have done so much for Mason.

Mason has done even more for Trevor and Connor.

“He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met,” Connor said.

“It’s nice to have people in your life that love you unconditionally,” Trevor added.

That sounds better than any buzzer-beating shot; better than any game-winning touchdown.

Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu

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When: 7 to 9 p.m.

Where: Ellison Hall, room 132 Come for an interactive workshop and discussion that traces practices of the modern, conventional food system back to the plantation model of agriculture that took root in the 1400s.

GLORIA NOBLE News Reporter @glorianoble_

This week is NonFilm Food Week, a week to educate students and shed light on the issues of sustainable food through different events happening each day.

The event was created to promote more sustainable and just manners by which people get their food, said Kiera Underwood of NonFilm Food Week.

Under wood also said that by shifting even a small percentage of purchases, individuals can help vendors who share their cause to move consumption in a most sustainable direction.

Although the promotion of organic food is involved in purchasing more sustainable options, Underwood said it was important to stick to your food budget first.

Underwood said that purchasing organic food options can benefit the local economy from The Oklahoma Co-Op to the local farmer, with every purchase making a difference.

By starting on OU’s campus, the movement can help

THURSDAY “University Food Chains from Farm to Tray�

When: 2 to 4 p.m.

Where: Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room Every year, $5billion worth of food goes through university and college cafeterias. Come and learn how the food you eat on campus affects the national food market.

NonFilm When: 6 p.m.

Where: Gaylord Hall, room 1140 Join us for a screening of the

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FRIDAY SAFE: National Food Day: Real Food Now! When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: South Oval Learn about Food Day and participate in photo petitions for the Real Food Campus Commitment. Let’s make a real change on our campus, now!

SAFE: National Food Day: Celebration and Action When: 7 p.m.

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C i t i n g d a t a f ro m t h e Re g i o na l Fo o d Ba n k o f Oklahoma, Under wood said one in four children in Oklahoma are affected by hunger, and that more

people are enrolled in SNAP than before. “I definitely believe that OU can have an impact on the community around us.

Nonprofits see our campus as a gold mine for things like food drives and raising money for causes because we come together and we care,� Underwood said.

More information on the week’s events can be found on Food Day’s website. Don’t forget to stay connected with their ha s ht ag f o r t h e w e e k #OUFoodWeek2014.

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Students can learn more about research, thesis process and enrollment deadlines JUSTINE ALEXANDER News Reporter @caffeinejustine

Honors college students wanting to graduate with an honors distinction can attend a workshop Wednesday to learn how to fulfill one of the requirements.

Honors College professor Carolyn Morgan and Honors College support staff Jeff Cooper and Kelsey Lunsford will inform students about the honors research and thesis process from 3 to 4 p.m. today in David L. Boren Hall, room 180. “The capstone is what OU says you have to work on to get your diploma, and honors research is to study what ever you want to with the help of a professor,� Lunsford said.

The goal of the workshop is to answer students’ questions about what honors research or thesis entails, including how to get enrolled, Lunsford said. “We’ll explain the form and what the point of the class is, which is to direct research with help of mentor of their choice,� Lunsford said.

Lunsford said students should attend the workshop

because honors thesis requirements are “really broad and that a leaves a lot of confusion.�

The workshop is open to all honors students, Lunsford said. “We want them to prepare mentally ‌ so that they aren’t scrambling when it’s time to enroll,â€? Lunsford said.

To graduate with honors, students must submit an honors thesis. Students generally complete their research during their junior or senior year, Lunsford said.

The forms for senior thesis enrollment should be filled out at the end of the semester preceding the semester you want to enroll in honors research, she said.

Lunsford said that with few exceptions honors students need to find an OU tenure-track professor to work with.

The workshop will start with explanations of honors research and the required forms and will transition to a question and answer format, she said.

Honors students who are unable to attend the workshop should direct their questions to those in the Honors College office. “Come find out what the process is first, and get it started early,� Lunsford said.

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OUR VIEW

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Sooner kicker Michael Hunnicutt attempts a field goal during this year’s game against Louisiana Tech. The Daily’s editorial board thinks upset fans should give Hunnicutt a break for his performance Saturday.

Don’t kick a man while he’s down Our View: Football is just a game.

bring an eighth national championship trophy back to Norman, and it makes sense why Sooners fans are discontent with our 5-2 record.

As current students at the University of We think all Oklahoma football fans need to take Oklahoma, we fully understand how deeply the a step back and appreciate everything we get to hopes and pride of many Sooners fans ride on our storied football team. We all felt the unbeliev- enjoy as Sooners and, please, stop leveling blame on the shoulders of our football players. able sting of Saturday’s one-point loss to Kansas Sooners’ senior kicker Michael Hunnicutt State University, a loss that many missed two field goals and had a blocked extra Sooners felt should have never Our View is the majority point in Saturday’s loss. Prior to the game, happened. opinion of Hunnicutt was such a dependable collegiate kickUpset fans have been quick The Daily’s to throw out blame for the loss, er that his nickname was “Moneycutt” and earnine-member and much of that blame has falleditorial board lier this season he became the Sooners all-time leading scorer. Hunnicutt, who has been an overen on individual football players.

However, we believe it’s ridiculous whelmingly reliable player throughout his tenure to blame 18 to 23-year-old college students for a at OU, reportedly received an abundance of hatefootball loss. ful messages via social media after the game.

Oklahoma football has such a rich tradition of Hunnicutt spoke to the media after practice excellence it’s hard for fans to stomach anything Monday and accepted questions about his unless than near-perfection. Throw in a new college characteristic performance Saturday. We apprefootball playoff system and a burning desire to ciate all that Hunnicutt has done for OU football

and will continue to do.

“It’s not a good feeling,” Hunnicutt said. “You just gotta kinda put it past you. A couple minutes of my life that’s magnified, but you just gotta move past it.”

Seriously Sooners, calm down. Football, as much as fans might love it, is ultimately just a game. We should appreciate the fact that we’re fans of a program that has given us winning season after winning season and realize that it will be okay if Oklahoma doesn’t make the four-team playoff this year.

Blame for Saturday’s loss cannot be placed on a single person, and to take out your anger about the loss through hateful social media posts to college players is wrong and unfair to the men who have put so much time and effort into representing OU on the football field.

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EDUCATION

Reuse of test material only harms students I OPINION COLUMNIST

sn’t it great when tests are basically the same from year to year? It seems like an easy way for students to study and for professors to teach, and it really is just that: easy. In the long run, easy is not good for students, profesJustine Alexander sors or the university. Effort justine.l.alexander-1@ou.edu @caffeinejustine needs to be made in changing tests up.

I realize that professors have a lot of responsibilities and their priorities aren’t necessarily on developing testing material; however, giving out tests very similar to previous years is a disservice to the students and to the university. It can allow students to make good grades even if they didn’t actually learn the material, which leaves them ill-prepared as graduates. Students have a responsibility to know the material, but professors also have a responsibility to award appropriate grades to students based on how well they demonstrated their knowledge of class material.

Some professors provide old, corrected tests for students to study. For example, when I took general chemistry, there was an OU website with past tests dating years back. This is good because students had equal access and you had to work through the problems to actually study. I see this as an ideal situation because test problems were not pulled straight from the test bank.

Some professors encourage students to study past tests without providing access to those tests. This obviously gives some students who have access to test banks an

advantage and doesn’t accurately represent their understanding of the material. At the same time, past tests are out there and being studied whether or not students are supposed to have access to them. I could’ve easily accessed tests dating at least five years back in some past classes. I can’t imagine what more social people have access to. After studying several different versions of a largely unchanging test or final exam, it would be so easy to recognize a problem and regurgitate the answer.

I have been in classes where students cannot leave with their graded tests. This doesn’t mean someone won’t take a picture of it or memorize everything they can before writing it down after they walk out of the room. It’s like social currency, and students have an incentive to both study and share old tests. This especially applies to finals! If exams aren’t changed up, we are setting up a faulty reward system and a poor measure of student learning. This is compounded if a professor curves a class, in which case every classmate’s grades have an impact on each other’s final grades.

Students are better prepared and better represent OU when their grades are appropriate. Of course, a student’s goal in studying at OU should be to obtain an education comparable to other institutions. Part of that goal is determined by the actions and performance of professors.

Students are put in an ethically murky situation when it’s not clear what is fair to study, and students can’t be responsible for how other students study. However, professors can try to hold their whole class to the same standard through MICHELLE LEE/THE DAILY better, varied tests.

Monday afternoon, Students sit in a class in Dale Hall. Many profesJustine Alexander is a microbiology senior.

sors recycle tests and homework from previous semester, but varying assignments can be a safeguard to cheating.

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Acclaimed writer visits OU Neustadt Festival events honors work of writer Mia Couto MACY MUIRHEAD Life & Arts Reporter

From Oct. 22 to 24, dozens of esteemed writers will be on campus for the 2014 Neustadt Festival.

The three-day festival will celebrate the work of 2014 Neustadt Prize for Literature winner Mia Couto through roundtables, discussions and dance performances built around Couto’s work and will end with Couto’s keynote speech.

Daniel Simon, assistant director and editor-in-chief of Neustadt Prize sponsor World Literature Today, said he encourages students to attend the festival’s events and interact with Couto and the other writers who will be present.

“It is probably a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity for students at OU to meet a writer like Couto. I don’t know that he’s ever been in this part of the country or that he ever will be again,” Simon said.

Here are the events that will take place this week on campus:

BRIEFS Love Your Body Day events promote health, beauty and body acceptance We should be proud of ourselves on all days, but today, Sooners can take extra pride in themselves.

In honor of Love Your Body Day, the OU Women’s Outreach Center will host various events throughout the day and sprinkle inspirational sticky notes throughout campus.

Not only is this day a way to lift spirits about individual beauty but it is also an important reminder that being beautiful starts with being healthy.

Women can visit the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Associates Room for bra fittings by Dillard’s from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For further celebration, catch the movie screening at 7 p.m. in Devon Hall, Rm. 120. Following the film screening of “SEXY, INC.,” students will have the opportunity to discuss the film with a panel of professors involved with both Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and women and gender studies.

Remember to take care of yourself with proper nutrition, exercise and hygiene. Most importantly, love every square inch of your beautiful physique unconditionally because you only get one.

Bailey Chambers , Life & Arts Reporter

Workshop offered to clarify driving in U.S. for international OU students PHOTO PROVIDED

Mozambican writer Mia Couto poses for a photo. Couto will be featured in this year’s Neustadt Festival which will be taking place around campus from today through Friday.

live music and readings When: Noon to 1:30 p.m.

by Couto and Oklahoma Thursday writers.

Where: JJ. Rhyne Community Room in Zarrow Hall What: OU faculty will discuss contemporary Africa When: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. among lunch. A brownThursday bag lunch will be provided, Where: Catlett Music but spaces are limited and C e n t e r ’s Pa u l F. S h a r p reservations are required.

Concert Hall RSVP by emailing Ronda What: OU School of Dance Martin at rkmartin.ou.edu.

When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Drama students will perform the premiere of an Today W h e r e : O k l a h o m a adaptation of Couto’s story Memorial Union’s Beaird “The Birds of God.” Lounge What: This reception will kick off the festival with When: 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Friday Where: Oklahoma Me m o r i a l U n i o n ’s Meacham Auditorium What : Experts in African lusophone literature from several universities will discuss Couto’s work.

When: 11:00 to noon Friday Where:Oklahoma Me m o r i a l U n i o n ’s Meacham Auditorium Macy Murihead macy_muirhead@ou.edu

A workshop navigating the cultural differences of the road will help international students make sense of driving in the U.S. The workshop, “Driving in the U.S.,” will be held at 2:30 p.m. in Hester Hall, Rm. 230, prompting students to explore driving through the scope of multiple cultures and to shed light on the rules of the road for international students.

Some international students have noticed differences in officers of the road and even the intensity of the traffic. The workshop will work to form a clearer understanding of U.S. driving habits.

“U.S. drivers are more aware, and the police here create a safer atmosphere,” Hussain Ali, an engineering sophomore from Saudi Arabia, said. “I am from a place that is dangerous to drive.”

U.S. natives, however, have a much harder time noticing small, distinct cultural differences like driving.

“Being a native, I don’t observe driving that critically, other than noticing my frustration at the occasional terrible driver, native or not,” Elizabeth Low, classics sophomore, said.

For more information, visit ou.edu/cis.html Brandon Galusha, Life & Arts Reporter

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