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Senior’s love for camp brings her back for fifth year MORGAN DOWNING The Oklahoma Daily

tasks include meetings, setting up interviews and holding a presentation each day for students going through enrollment. Wafer is in Samantha Wafer chose to become a Sooner charge of sponsorship, food, planning actividuring her time at Camp Crimson; four years ties and “Voices [unheard].” Added last year, later, she is helping other future freshmen to “Voices [unheard]” exposes campers to blogs, become Sooners. news stories and reactions about struggles Wafer, a fifth-year philosophy senior, is pre- college students may face, including bullyparing for her fifth round of Camp Crimson, a ing, depression, eating disorders and suicide. three-day camp for incoming freshman. She “It’s a call to awareness and acknowledging said when she looks back to when she was a that here at the University of Oklahoma we all camper, she wasn’t sold on OU yet. have differences,” she said.

“I was kind of shaky and “Voices [unheard]” is the not sure. I also had another more serious aspect of camp.

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However, as with each year The camp helped assure OF CAMP CRIMSON in the past, Wafer is promisher that OU was the place ing there are lots of exciting Follow OUDaily.com for Camp she wanted to be. things planned.

Crimson coverage throughout “I come back every year “This year, our motto is because I know that there all three sessions. Campers can we’re making the ordinary are those students who also twitter @OUDaily or menextraordinary,” she said. aren’t completely sold on tion #campcrimson in tweets to Zac Stevens, Camp OU,” Wafer said.

Crimson coordinator, said be displayed in a special Camp Camp Crimson is held the staff’s registration goal Crimson section. the last three weekends of is 1,500 campers. As of June July, but Wafer has been 29, 1,458 campers were planning the camp since mid-May. registered.

Wafer was a camper coming into OU, a The amount of applications for small counselor for two years and an orientation group leaders increased as well. Wafer said guide for one. This year she is on the opera- there were 650 applicants, and she took part tion staff. As her job level goes up, the knowl- in the interviewing process, narrowing down edge she gains and the person she has be- the number to approximately 150 small group come continue to go up as well, she said. leader positions.

“I learn something about myself every “I think that in itself says so much about the single year, and I learn something different program, since people want to come back,” with every single position that I’ve had,” Wafer Wafer said. said.

Wafer said she sees the love for camp grow Each day, Wafer and three others work more each year. Because of the increase, she from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, preparing for more than believes there will be a fourth session added 1,400 incoming freshman to arrive. Her daily to the camp in the near future.

OU students shadow doctors for experience SPENCER POPP The Oklahoma Daily

Nine students from OU and surrounding universities are playing doctor this summer.

The students shadowed physicians from an array of medical specialties, following how they diagnose, care for and treat patients as part of the sixweek Belknap Memorial Pre-Medical Proctorship program.

The proctorship, founded by Dr. Hal Belknap in 1989, allows undergraduate students the opportunity to experience various disciplines of the practice first hand. After Belknap’s passing in 2008, his widow, JoAnn, and Dr. Brian Yeaman partnered with Norman Regional Health Foundation to continue the program, according to a release.

Participant Ganga Moorthy, microbiology junior, said the opportunity to work with so many physicians first-hand was an unbelievable experience, and it ultimately helped her to realize that working in the medical field is what she wants to do.

“It helped me solidify that I want to do medicine with patient contact,” she said. “Every doctor I was with told me everyone changes their mind “It was refreshing to in medical school, so see young people so I don’t know if it was deciding my special- engaged and excited ty. But deciding that medicine is what we to start their careers [the proctorship stu- in health care.” dents] want to do.”

The students observed 28 physicians DR. BRIAN YEAMAN, and medical profes- PROGRAM COORDINATOR sionals from emergency room physicians to family practitioners to surgeons, with each student spending two or three days in each discipline.

“I went in knowing I wanted to do something in pediatrics, but every day I shadowed a different doctor I would change my mind,” Moorthy said.

“But I had pediatrics as my last rotation and I realized all the other fields were really cool, but I want to work with kids.”

Students are selected for the program through an application process and are typically sophomores or juniors in college, said Yeaman, chief medical informatics officer at Norman Regional Health Systems.

“It was refreshing to see young people so engaged and excited to start their careers in health care,” he said. “It helps [the doctors] all recognize, despite a lot of change right now, we are still in a wonderful profession.”

For Moorthy, just the experience of learning what kind of doctor she should aspire to be made the entire program worth it. Due to the demanding and sometimes exhaustive nature of the profession, she says that it was nice to see doctors still so passionate about their job.

“It was also a lesson in what kind of doctor we all should be when we become physicians,” she said.

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Samantha Wafer, philosophy senior, stands in front of Davidson Hall Wednesday before her presentation for “Voices Unheard,” a new program originally developed for Camp Crimson dealing with important issues in student life. Wafer said that though she will be a fifth-year senior this fall, she is fortunate to be able to work at her fourth year of Camp Crimson.

Australian exchange fails to attract initial interest Program could not find enough OU students to travel down under MEGHAN PARTAIN The Oklahoma Daily

When researching the effects of colonization on Native American tribes, professor Carol Ellick knew just where to look: Aboriginal Australia, and specifically, the University of Wollongong, located in New South Wales, Australia.

Phone calls were made, details were negotiated, and the College of Arts and Sciences Native American Studies Department organized an exchange program for students from OU and UOW. The original plans for the program involved sending students and a professor from OU to UOW this summer to study the effects of colonization at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, located on UOW’s campus. Ellick said she had hoped that eight to 10 students and one professor from each school could participate in the program.

However, the department could not locate enough OU students to send to Australia. But rather than completely cancel the program, three students and one professor from UOW made the trip to Oklahoma to take part in the first exchange between the two schools.

Ellick said that although small, the program has been successful in its inaugural year and plans are in place for OU students to travel to New South Wales next summer.

The program has been accepted by the College of Arts and Sciences for next year and that advertising for the summer session will begin in the fall.

“This was the pilot, this was the experiment to see how it would work ... We hope that next year [the class] will fill up,” Ellick said.

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Participants in a Native American Studies’ exchange program pose Wednesday outside the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Top row, left to right: Joe Watkins, department director; Carol Ellick, Native American Studies instructor; and Reuben Bolt from Australia. Bottom row: Nadia Neal and Maiquilla Brown from Australia; Megan Dorame, OU anthropology junior; and Jeff Talbot from Australia.

The low enrollment for the program may be directly related to the high cost associated with studying abroad. Ellick said the department realizes that many students want to participate but cannot because of financial difficulties and welcomes students to approach her or the department with fund-raising ideas. In the next year, Ellick plans to search for grant money and other ways to provide this opportunity for students.

“This program is unique in that it [allows] students to share their cultures and experiences,” Ellick said. “Ultimately what we would like to do is create a program on International Indigenous Issues that allows international students to share.”

The class is offered primarily, but not exclusively to Native American Studies students, said Joe Watkins, director of the NAS program, and any students with an interest in the program may enroll in the class.

Anthropology junior Megan Dorame was the sole OU student enrolled in the class this year and said she felt a strong connection to the Australian visitors because she belongs to a Native American tribe in California that is not recognized by the federal government.

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CITY OF NORMAN’S ‘SPEED HUMP’ PROGRAM DISCONTINUED ASHLEY HORNING The Oklahoma Daily

Norman’s program for speed tables — also known as speed humps — is being terminated, as a part of the City of Norman’s new set of budget cuts. ts.

Used to regulate traffic speed in Norman neighborhoods, speed tables are a wider der version of speed bumps and were a $200,000 0,000 yearly project.

Norman city councilman Tom Kovach vach said he hopes to introduce differentt traffic regulating techniques to Norman as speed tables have been known to slow emergency mergency response times.

With the traffic calming funding being eing cut for the upcoming fiscal year, there will not be any ny other projects to reinforce speed in neighborhoods.

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said the discussion of traffic safety prevention will not happen again in the near future.

“Maybe in the year after that, they’ll consider bringing back funds, bu but nothing will be considered for next year,” Rayb Rayburn said.

Althoug Although she understands the safety of speed tables, Rebecca Laranang, a Camp Campus Corner employee, said she finds them annoying.

“S “Sometimes having speed tables on the way to work has made me late,” Laranan Laranang said. “I can understand how these would wou be beneficial to neighborhoods with small children, but sometimes having multipl multiple speed tables on a street is really frustrating.”

Other tools used to regulate traffic have included raised crosswalks, traf traffic circles, divided residential entrances, radar trailers and an police enforcement.

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OKLAHOMA ‘ENGLISH ONLY’ LAW CAN BE VIEWED AS RACIST AND HYPOCRITICAL Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan recently told U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., that she would keep an open mind if the state passed “English Only” legislation and a challenge to it came before the Supreme Court. And this might happen sooner than later.

Oklahoma representatives are trying, yet again, to get the state to vote on “English Only” measures.

Spearheaded by Rep. Randy Terrill, the bill would make it illegal for any government organization to print materials in any other language than English.

Yes, illegal. You read that correctly. This amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution would make it against the law to print forms in Spanish, French, Russian, you name it. If it isn’t English, it is illegal.

And of course, the main reason the representatives are behind this bill is because it would “cut costs” by not having to print government materials in other languages. But the problem is: what about those who cannot read English well or speak it?

How will they operate in our state on a government Maybe pass out cheap translation guides for free? level? Wouldn’t that give people more incentive to We cannot just leave them out in the cold. “You be illegal if they cannot even get a license? How don’t speak English? Sucks to be you! Get out.” are they suppose to become legal citizens if they How is it American to throw someone out on the street and not offer to help cannot read the forms they have to fill out?

If we want English only, them?

It sends the wrong word to Terrill wants everyone to let’s go all the way and the world that Oklahoma is a know English, which is fine. It’s state that doesn’t allow diversity like if you go to Mexico, you test everyone to make better know some Spanish or at sure they can adequately or other cultures. It is also ironic because Oklahoma isn’t even least have a translation book, an English word. (Oklahoma because if you don’t, you’ll have speak and write it. is derived from two Choctaw a hard time. But the difference is that Mexico isn’t demanding we learn their lan- words. “Okla” means “people or tongue.” “Homma” guage. Oklahoma is demanding that people learn means “red.” So, Okla homma [Oklahoma] means English or they are left out. Anyone who has taken “red people.”) And how can we demand people a foreign language knows it is not easy. Oklahoma know English when many of our own people cannot spends more than $100,000 a year on translation speak or type it correctly? “Ain’t” isn’t a word. “We services. Would we be able to use that money to is” is incorrect. If we want English only, let’s go all provide classes for foreigners to learn English? the way and test everyone to make sure they can

adequately speak and write it. Let’s see how many Oklahomans pass that test.

The question that comes to our mind is, “When did Americans get so afraid of everyone else?” We’re trying to get rid of illegals instead of helping them and not trying to get rid of their languages. Even though representatives say this law isn’t meant to be racist, it cannot come off any other way. Terrill and his cronies claim the bill will cut “costs, burdens and conflicts … involved with multilingualism.” That sounds like a complaint espoused by a freshman student who suddenly realizes their Spanish class is at 8:30 a.m. every day of the week and doesn’t want to take it. The United States is suppose to be a country that accepts other cultures and peoples. There are countries that don’t accept people of different cultures, and we are fighting them in the Middle East right now.

We’re becoming a nation of hypocrites more than a nation of free men and women.

PRES. OBAMA’S CHANGE FAILS TO GENERATE PROGRESS SO FAR I miss George W. Bush. That isn’t something I thought I would ever think, but after nearly a year and a half of Barack Obama, I really do.

Things under Bush were so much easier. I could get up each morning, see that there were huge problems in the world and know that they would not get fixed any time soon because MARK Bush was a huge moron. POTTS He would get on television, say something funny and grammatically incorrect, I’d laugh, shake my head in a kind of happysadness, then go about my day.

Obama is one of the best public speakers this country has ever seen.

Even if you hate Obama because you believe he is a fascist, socialist,

Nazi-sympathizing Muslim, you have to admit the guy can make a speech.

Obama inspired millions to come together and vote him into the White House.

People could hear his eloquent and hopeful words and think, “Well, America is finally getting someone who isn’t a clueless cowboy to run the country.”

Seriously, Obama could turn anything into a motivational speech. For example, this one time I got really upset that I burnt some bacon in a microwave. I slammed the plate on the ground, shattering it and destroying the bacon. Obama walked up to me, picked up the pieces and told me about a young man from

Virginia who wanted nothing but to make the best bacon ever, but a severe defect in his brain left him without bacon-making abilities.

His words and intonation inspired me to make bacon everyday. And if it’s burnt, I don’t care, because I am a free American. (This story isn’t true, except for the part where I say I make bacon every day.)

And once he was in office, he spoke in beautiful words about all the things he was going to fix: Afghanistan, Iraq, the economy, don’t ask, don’t tell policies.

America was no longer that hapless puppy dog dragging its tail through the world. We were the mighty Doberman, standing tall over other countries with confidence, intelligence and poise.

And then nothing. Nothing

happened. He kept speaking and nothing and got nothing. Now, all kept inspiring hope. Yes we can! I do is hope and think I can, then Yes we can! Then nothing. feel sadness when hope fades and Nothing appears better. We’re I feel like I did the first eight years still at a war in the Middle East of the 2000s. that we need to save But, Obama still our troops from. America still feels gives me hope, The economy, while but not much. His better, is still on the like a nation on the speeches and debrink of collapse. decline. I was used to meanor still inspire The BP oil spill is still me to hold on that that under Bush. going. maybe, just maybe, He did pass health he can turn the ship care, sort of. I guess that is his presidenwe have that. But othcy back around. But erwise, nothing feels better.

I’m barely holding on. I’ve heard America still feels like a nation what America can be through his on the decline. I was used to that words. under Bush. I had accepted that.

Maybe, we can.

Bush never motivated me to do anything except laugh and cry. I - Mark Potts is a journalism graduate stumiss the days where I expected dent and the opinion editor.

Video game scenarios for Lebron’s heated move to Miami So, we’re about a week removed from “Decisiongate,” when LeBron James decided to join Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami “SuperHeat.” The triumvirate in Miami has its sights on ruling the NBA for years to come. But what if he didn’t leave Cleveland, or decided to go somewhere different?

The ground rules for my simulations are as follows: The Lakers won the 2010 NBA title, Boozer will go to the Bulls and Amar’e will go to the Knicks. Wade will stay with the Heat, and Bosh will go to Miami with him.

All things will be as they were in the hours before LeBron made his decision public.

Simulations will be run as if LeBron signed with the Heat, Knicks or Cavs.

If James decided to remain in Cleveland, his Cavs would be well within contention, though less proficient than last year at 48-34, winning their division and getting the East’s second seed.

LeBron and the Cavs start slow in the playoffs but improve quickly, sweeping the Denver Nuggets in the Finals. LeBron wins the league MVP, the Finals MVP and the eternal love of the state of Ohio.

REALITY: LEBRON JOINS THE MIAMI HEAT

FAME: JAMES’ ‘EMPIRE STATE OF MIND’

With three superstars in Miami, NBA 2K10 gives them a league-topping 97 rating, while the spurned Cavs have a league-worst 72.

The Heat finished the season with 60 wins and had the best record in the East. LeBron won both the MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year, and the entire triumvirate was named to the All-NBA 1st Team.

The Heat didn’t make things easy for themselves in the playoffs, with all their series going six or seven games. They took on

Given how the Knicks visibly improved even without LeBron in the other simulations, it’d be reasonable to expect that he’d make the Knicks instant contenders. Despite Amar’e being a walking injury most of the year, James got the Knicks to 50 wins, the third seed in the East and won himself another MVP award. LeBron’s Knicks went down in seven to the Nets in the second round of the playoffs, who went on to win the title.

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African village 47 Trials and tribulations 49 Badly injure 53 Authoritative order 55 Kin of “hallelujah” 58 Thrilling 61 Accumulate 63 Plant and animal life 64 Chess queen, ironically 65 A la ___ (way to order) 66 Something to sneak?

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12 Exaggerator’s suffix 13 P, to Greeks 21 Garbo of “Anna Christie” 22 Annual Macy’s event 25 ___ of Good Feelings 26 Sales force member, for short 29 Certain vital sign 30 Willliam Tell’s canton 33 Unfriendly, as a stare 34 Lamb kebab holder 36 Tupperware top 38 Graph with rectangular areas 39 ___ Paulo 40 Perpetual roamer

41 ___ insult to injury 42 Unknown John or Jane 46 Magician’s exclamation 48 Repelled a fly, e.g.

50 Zoo occupant 51 Present from birth 52 It attracts iron 54 Stand for a portrait 56 “Plan 9 From ___ Space” 57 Viperlike 59 Type of ski lift 60 Accessory for Sherlock Holmes 61 Pass with flying colors 62 “Mad” role for Mel Gibson

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Festival celebrates legacy of folk legend Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival honors controversial, prolific Oklahoma musician HELEN DIRENZO-GRANT The Oklahoma Daily

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David Amram (above) and John Fullbright (below) perform at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

COLUMN: ONLINE FAN FICTION A GUILTY PLEASURE OF SUMMER Fan fiction has always been peoples’ ideas. Sometimes the one of those things that I’ve stories you read end up being associated with disgruntled terrible and you wish you never “Battlestar Galactica” nerds laid eyes on them, but most dissatisfied with the Starbucks’ of the time you get what you expected: most of dialogue, or 12-yearthe writers aren’t old girls fantasizing professionals, but about the advenare honing their writtures of Sailor Moon ing skills. and Tuxedo Mask on Slash is the raunfirst base. chier side of this For many years, medium. Slash refers a friend of mine has to a sexual relationbeen trying to conship between two vince me to log on to OSIZIMETE same-sex characters. www.fanfiction.net. AKEN’OVA For some odd reason, But because I was there is an abunvery busy and had a life, I refused until May 23. dance of Kirk and Spock slash You’re a bastard if you don’t out there to piss off Trekkies realize this is when the last epi- concerned about continuity. sode of “LOST” aired and the But I’m not into that kind of Internet broke because of fans’ “fanfic.”

Don’t shove the website in angry reaction to the finale. I, too, felt the finale didn’t live the box of completely useless up to my expectations, despite ideas; it actually has been used how low they were, so I did as a medium for up-and-comsomething I thought I would ing writers to hone their skill never do - I went to www.fan- to an audience. For instance, a fiction.net. I was surprisingly few established science fiction writers, such as Marjorie M. Liu, impressed.

The website is one of the the co-writer of Dark Wolverine most popular sites for fans of and a published science fiction the genre to read and publish writer, have authored some their stories. Television fan fic- fanfic.

No matter how you try to tion is awesome because if, like me, you hated an episode color it, however, it still feels or plot thread in a television like a waste of time because show, you can just find a new it isn’t exactly canon-worthy material. You have to admit you one.

Fan fiction isn’t just a chance could spend more useful time for angry people to change the reading a book or organizing alleged mistakes their favorite your filthy, filthy life.

But it’s just so much fun. writers made in their various works, but the chance to cre- -Osizimete Aken’ova is a film ate their own stories with other and video studies senior.

From today until Sunday, the town of Okemah will host hootenannies and hoe-downs.

The 13th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival kicks off Wednesday in Okemah, a town of 3,000 that lies 70 miles east of Oklahoma City. The festival provides a venue for Woody Guthrie fans from across the world to celebrate the life and legacy of Okemah’s native son.

The festival features a wide variety of musical groups playing blues, folk, country, rock and more. “At Last, Okemah!” a film directed by Chicago filmmaker Michael G. Smith, will be screened during the festival.

The comedy is about one man’s goal to get to Okemah for the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.

Art director Rebecca Fernandez said the controversial Guthrie was an idealist most of all.

“Woody had a lot of ideals,” Fernandez said. “A lot of people thought he was communist because of his writing, but he had a lot of ideas about freedom, governPHOTO PROVIDED ment and all kinds of things that are actually hot topics A statue of Woody Guthrie in downtown Okemah now. And a lot of his music still applies today.” includes the famous saying on his guitar, “This machine Media chairwoman Karen Zundel said many singers kills fascists.” and songwriters consider Guthrie to be a pivotal figure.

Artists are inspired by the spirit and legacy of Guthrie’s riddance.’ But his fame spread throughout the world music, his vision for social justice and the way he spoke and the last place to find out about it was Okemah, Okla.” for those without a voice, she said.

Fullbright said people are more open-minded about Guthrie was a prolific writer, and there are thousands Guthrie’s life and legacy today. of lyrics in the Woody Guthrie Archives in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. “I’m just now starting to figure out what he stood for, An album called “Mermaid Avenue,” recorded by Billy Bragg in collaboration with the band Wilco, came about who he was and how he did it,” he said, “The genius of because of the vast wealth of lyrics in the archive, many Woody was how he said what he said. He said it unlike anybody else. He had a clear message in his songs and without accompanying music. he said it as profoundly and simply as he could.”

Guthrie died in 1967 at age When he’s driving 16 hours to a 55 of Huntington’s disease.

Zundel said organizers Okemah musician John Fullbright gig through a desert, Fullbright said he often thinks about Guthrie’s life try to bring in new acts each said he likes a quote by Joe and travels. Fullbright said his first year, although Okemah’s experience with the festival was playRafael: “Will Rogers is the most own John Fullbright, now ing it.

21, started playing the festi- famous Oklahoman in America, “If I could take anything out of val when he was 16. what Woody Guthrie lived for or “This year he went to the but Woody Guthrie is the most wrote for,” he said, “it would be that Folk Alliance Conference, and it’s been said that he’s famous Oklahoman in the world.” we can actually change something, but we have to do it together. We kind of the buzz of the concan’t take it on by ourselves. And we got to learn to do ference,” Zundel said.

Fullbright said he likes a quote by Joe Rafael: “Will that now and Woody supplies the handbook.”

Fullbright said the festival is like a family reunion; Rogers is the most famous Oklahoman in America, but Woody Guthrie is the most famous Oklahoman in the people come back every year to play the festival. He said they do it out of the goodness of their hearts and from world.”

Fullbright said he’s just now getting into Guthrie’s their love and respect for Woody Guthrie.

The festival also includes poetry readings, lectures music, and his lyricism and writing influence his song on Guthrie, a guitar workshop a children’s festival with craft more than Guthrie’s musicianship.

“If you went to Okemah 30 years ago and asked music, face painting and pony rides and an open-mic ‘Where’s Woody’s house?’ they’d look at you pretty stage for aspiring musicians to play a few songs.

For more information, visit www.woodyguthrie. funny,” Fullbright said. “He was always kind of considered ‘that communist bastard who took off and good com.

Column: Ready your etiquette for summer wedding season A friend of mine who is getting married in August forced me into a whirlwind of conversations about linens, invitations and rules of etiquette. I’m sure I’m not alone here.

It’s summer, which means it’s primetime for weddings.

It doesn’t hurt to be mindful of summer wedding etiquette. Even if you’re not attending a wedding this summer, take a look at some tips I’ve come across.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND TRAVEL This is their day, not yours. You are responsible for your travel and overnight accommodations, if necessary. Even if you are a bridesmaid or groomsman (called a wedding attendee), don’t expect the bridal party to accommodate you.

Arrange for your own transportation. This may mean that you take a cab from the airport to your hotel or wherever you’re staying.

Just because you flew in from North Dakota

for your cousin’s wedding doesn’t mean the bride and groom have time to catch up with you. Be respectful that they have a million things on their minds, and you can catch up after the ceremony.

GIFT-GIVING You should send a gift whether you are attending the wedding ceremony or not.

Sometimes there is more than one shower or party and gift-giving AUDREY etiquette gets compliHARRIS cated.

Engagement parties aren’t overly common, but if you are invited to one, you aren’t expected to bring a gift. Think of it as a “celebrating-the-announcement” party.

Bridal showers typically involve games,

food and watching the bride-to-be open presents, so it’s customary to bring a gift.

It’s common for the bride to open her gifts in front of the guests, so it could be an awkward situation if you decide not to bring one to the shower.

Bachelorette party gifts are generally more humorous. Don’t stress about this one.

It’s not required that you bring one, and it’s supposed to be fun.

Finally, even if you brought a gift to the bridal shower, you are still expected to give a wedding present.

DRESS CODE It’s summer and understandably hot outside. Ladies, it’s OK to wear a sleeveless dress and show off your tan.

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