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REMEMBERING THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING
Panel debates future of OKC bombing memorial OU hosts forum on 20th anniversary of 1995 OKC bombing
Anniversary of bombing spark terrorism panel Discussion covers many aspects of terrorism Tuesday
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As the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing approaches, a group of panelists have examined the memorial itself. The panel, titled “Witness and Memory After Terror: The Oklahoma City Bombing,” SEE INSIDE w a s p a r t of a tw oRead about day symthe annual posium Oklahoma held at City Memorial OU. Janet Marathon Ward, a (Page 4) professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, moderated the panel.
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Director of the OU’s Division of Architecture Hans Butzer speaks about his work with the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Tuesday afternoon in the Frontier room of the Union.
The first speaker was Hans Butzer, the co-designer of the memorial and the director of the division of architecture at OU. Butzer gave a presentation explaining how
memorials have changed over time. He said that the Oklahoma City memorial was unique in that it was it was both an open design and an open process, meaning that members of
the general public were involved in the development of the design for the memorial. Butzer said that the 9/11 SEE PANEL PAGE 4
Terrorists’ motivation to act in violent extremism was the topic of discussion for a small group of people during a panel Tuesday. The panel, titled “Perspectives on Violent Extremism,” was held in the wake of the approaching 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Murrah Building bombing. Many terrorists who work with Al-Qaeda see their actions as part of God’s plan or a personal obligation, said Jytte Klausen, a political science professor at Brandeis University.
Other cultures use a narrative to influence their followers, said Steven Corman, director of the center for strategic communication at Arizona State University. Rebecca Cruise changed the topic up a bit. “There is no profile of a terrorist,” said Cruise, assistant dean of OU’s College of International Studies. “However, people do have ideas of what the profile of a terrorist is — and that does not include females.” When women commit acts of terrorism, they’re often seen as victims instead of being held accountable for their actions, Cruise said. In some terrorist organizations, women mainly support other members, but their role is changing to recruiting other women and using sexism as a tactical advantage.
Style of coaching doesn’t reflect a lack of passion RYAN KING
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eep inside the University of Oklahoma men’s tennis facility, on most days you can find Coach John Roddick prepping his team for another day of practice by throwing a football at his players as they warm up and stretch. He may even crack a joke or two, laughing and smiling, enjoying the game he grew up with. Many do not see this side of Roddick, but behind his steely-eyed, intense demeanor, lies a passionate caring man, with a deep love for his players and the sport of tennis. SEE RODDICK PAGE 5
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Head tennis coach John Roddick poses in the Oklahoma men’s tennis facility. Roddick has been playing tennis since he was in grade school and has been coaching, starting with his brother, Andy Roddick, almost as long.
Big Event volunteers help restore church Conference to Students work with address diversity community church Prospective students to visit for Black Males Conference AMBER FRIEND Staff Reporter @amberthefriend
Nearly 80 prospective students will visit OU this weekend for Diversity Enrichment’s Developing Black Males Conference, which aims to break down higher education barriers for young African American men. The conference was developed by Diversity
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Enrichment’s D’Andre Fisher and Trey Moore last year. They were inspired into action by a statistic that only 37 percent of African American males who begin a bachelor’s degree will graduate, as opposed to 51 percent of African American females, Fisher said. To Fisher, the conference was a chance to reinforce support for campus diversity as well as to help individuals prepare themselves for their freshman year. “We’re not just talking SEE EDUCATION PAGE 4
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to maintain facility AMBER FRIEND Staff Reporter @amberthefriend
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Pastor Brent Hardesty of Norman Community Church of the Nazarene coordinated with Big Event groups to improve the landscapes and surrounding area of the church. Norman Community Church of Nazarene is one of the many establishment that benefited from Big Event 2015.
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Before Big Event volunteers gathered at the North Oval Saturday morning, OU students had already made an impact at several of the event’s job sites. OU’s Big Event, a day of community-wide service, allows volunteers to help hundreds of local sites each year, including schools, churches, animal shelters, senior centers and more. One of these sites, the Norman Community
Church of the Nazarene, has partnered with the Big Event for seven years in a row. Big Event volunteers help the facility each year by painting, planting gardens, maintaining the building and building an outdoor basketball court, among o t h e r j o b s, s a i d B re nt Hardesty, senior pastor. To Hardesty, the impact is very apparent. Since working with Big Event, most of the facility’s interior has been repainted or redecorated, and he sees community members use the basketball court nearly every day, he said. Hardesty said he enjoys SEE BIG EVENT PAGE 4
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