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Freshmen to present research Students will show results of academic research program JESSE POUND News Reporter @jesserpound
Freshman students will present posters about their research experiences on Wednesday as part of the culmination of this year’s First Year Research Experience program. The First Year Research Experience program gives freshmen a research adviser and allows the students to participate in research in different subject areas.
Sixty-seven students participated in the program this year, said program co-director Naga Rama Kothapalli. Students from 21 majors participated in five different research areas this semester; however, the program still has room to grow, and she would like to see more research areas added, Kothapalli said. The program’s largest research discipline is chemistr y and biochemistr y, Kothapalli said. Other research areas include psychology and mathematics. Some students improve their research techniques dramatically in the program and also learn how
to read scientific literature, Kothapalli said. Chemical engineering freshman Ryan Johnston said that the program is not simply students making copies and coffee for professionals. “We definitely are doing the research,” Johnston said. Johnston said he came to OU because he wanted to be able to do research and spent about 10 hours a week working for the program. All 70 students who applied in the fall were placed in a research lab, but some chose not to continue with the program due to time constraints, Kothapalli said. The program is in its
fourth year, Kothipalli said. Of the 17 students who participated in the program’s first year, each one who decided to apply to medical school was accepted, Kothapalli said. About 50 percent of participants choose to continue doing research the following fall, Kothapalli said. As part of the program, students must work in the lab 10-12 hours per week and attend a two-hour meeting once every two weeks, Kothapalli said. SEE RESEARCH PAGE 3
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Sophomore biochemistry major Anna Marie Rowell participates in the FYRE program at OU in 2014. The FYRE program stands for “First Year Research Experience” and involves freshman science students.
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The crowd cheers during Johnny Polygon’s performance on Saturday at Norman Music Festival. During the three day festival, 341 acts took place at over 20 venues. Headliners Ra Ra Riot, Johnny Polygon, Natalie Prass and Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires drew large crowds on Saturday night.
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‘Movie Magic’ to evoke Hollywood nostalgia Student creates ‘80s tribute film for class assignment MIKE BRESTOVANSKY Assistant News Editor @BrestovanskyM
One student will go back through time this semester as he completes a project to add to his portfolio: summoning Hollywood nostalgia. Christopher McIntosh starting writing a film for a class, titled “Movie Magic,” in January, he said. The movie follows an 11-yearold boy who is visited by a
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“fairy godfather” (played by OU drama professor Darryl Cox) who tells the boy he can take the prettiest girl in class to the movies. “It’s supposed to make you feel like Hollywood,” McIntosh said. “The whole thing is a throwback to the ‘80s fantasy and family films I liked as a kid.” McIntosh started making short comedy movies in high school but transitioned to more serious thriller films when he came to OU, he PHOTO PROVIDED said. One of these, “Another The cast and crew of the movie “Movie Magic” gather around an iconic piece of movie nostalgia, the “Back Night, Another Murder” to the Future” DeLorean, during filming. was shown at the ClermontF e r r a n d F i l m F e s t i v a l McIntosh said. look back at that one and better than I was back then,’” in France this semester, “It’s weird because I can think, ‘Man, I’m so much McIntosh said.
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Compared with “Another Night, Another Murder,” “Movie Magic” is a much more elaborate project, McIntosh said. While “A n o t h e r N i g h t ” i s a nine-minute film, “Movie Magic” is 15 minutes long and features a number of special effects and props, as well as several child actors, McIntosh said. Mc Into s h sa i d h e i n terned with casting director Chris Freihofer last summer, where he helped work at a week-long film camp for kids. When he later came SEE TRIBUTE PAGE 2
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