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South campus inconvenienced by parking changes Students, faculty must now either buy a permit or walk twice the distance KYLE SALOMON The Oklahoma Daily

OU research campus students are still affected by the new parking permit policy at Lloyd Noble Center, despite OU President David Boren’s allocation of 600 extra spots to the north central side of the lot. In the past, students and faculty members who work at the research campus would park in the southeast corner of the Lloyd Noble parking lot and then walk across

Illegal parking Parking tickets will be issued in all university lots, except the north central CART shuttle lot from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday while school is in session. Jenkins to avoid having to park in the research center parking lot and pay $195 for a parking permit. Now, those going to the research campus must pay for a permit or walk twice the distance from the designated free parking spaces. Zack Taylor, third-year bioengineering graduate student, works at

the Stephenson Research Center. was always plenty of parking spacTaylor said the parking lot at the es open.” research center is generally crowdTaylor said if the parking lot is ed early in the mornings. full every day, the faculty and staff With the new permit could get upset and policy, he said he is push the university to concerned the parking turn it into a faculty lot. It’s not like lot will fill up before 8 “I really hope OU they need the a.m. and cause a parkchanges their policies, space ... ” ing problem. because this really could “If we have to pay to turn out bad,” he said. — ZACK TAYLOR, park over there (Lloyd First-year microbiolGRADUATE STUDENT ogy graduate student Noble Center) now, then most people are Mark Pinkerton said his going to just try and park over in previous university didn’t have our parking lot,” Taylor said. parking issues like OU. “I don’t see why they are doing Pinker ton said per mits at that over there. It’s not like they Delaware Valley College cost $90 need the space or anything, there for the entire year, but students

could park wherever was marked as student parking. “We had separate parking lots with the faculty and staff, but we didn’t have any separate student lots like OU does,” he said. Stephenson Research Center associate researcher Yu Hua Li said the research center parking lot will be full all day. He said that he is okay because he has always bought a parking permit but understands why people are upset. “People cannot park for free anymore over there in the Lloyd Noble parking lot, and they will all come park in our lot now,” Li said. “It will be very crowded.”

COMMUNITY

FESTIVAL | LOCAL ART, MUSIC TO COLLIDE IN NORMAN

Market produces healthy options Fresh food can be more expensive, but provides a break from fast food MELISSA MORGAN The Oklahoma Daily

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Fiawna Forté performs at the FreeTulsa! music festival July 31 in Tulsa. Forté will perform at 1 p.m. Saturday during the Dustbowl Arts Market.

Dustbowl Arts Market brings live music to Campus Corner Third-annual festival highlighted with 12 Oklahoma musicians

see greater attendance at local shows and make people feel like it’s an exciting thing to be a part of local music.” Jacob Abello is one such musician, an enterMATT CARNEY The Oklahoma Daily tainer well-known for his choreographed performances. He said that he’s mostly excited for an Chad Copelin doesn’t speak very much, but he atmosphere similar to an OU gameday and the hits the nail square on the head when he does. chance to see his friends perform their different “Eclectic,” was all the music producer said when brands of music. asked to describe the lineup at Dustbowl Arts “Only one of us is playing at a time, so no one’s Market Music Festival. going to miss each other so I’m really excited about Twelve of the state’s best acts are slated to per- that,” he said. “There’s different types of music, it’s form for free Saturday at Campus like there’s lots of music that you Corner in one of the metro area’s very just want to watch. There’s where ... from events like few independent music festivals. you want to close your eyes and lisConsidered all in a row, the acts ten to the songs played live.” this, you know you couldn’t be more varied. Tulsa-based Fiawna Forté is an start to see greater There’s heavy, bizarre rockers artist who combines both elements attendance at local Colourmusic and heavy, hard rockinto a spontaneous and arresting shows and make ers Pretty Black Chains, as well as live performance. The wild-haired more ambient, wavy bands like people feel like it’s an rock maiden flails like a banshee Evangelicals and Native Lights. sure to electrify the paexciting thing to be a onstage, You’ve got singer-songwrittrons of her debuting 1 p.m. set. part of local music.” ers that play folk songs (Sherree “I think she’s a good perforChamberlain and Brine Webb), as mance artist,” Abello said. ”I really — JAROD EVANS, well as pop-minded entertainers respect how she performs. I respect like Jacob Abello. Instrumentalist BLACKWATCH RECORDING her persona, and whatever she tinkerers The Non and Unwed does that’s intentional or unintenSTUDIO CO-OWNER Sailor will get bodies swaying, and tional, I love how she performs.” punk rockers Broncho and electro freaks Chrome Copelin and Evans said they are most excited to Pony are teaming up for the after-show party at see Native Lights, who play a lovely, dreamy brand Brothers’ back patio, sure to feature thrashing and of shoegazing post-punk rock. dancing. Don’t forget the local boys. Oklahoma City’s The Copelin and his cohort Jarod Evans run Non go on at 4 p.m, and are widely recognized as Norman’s Blackwatch recording studio, which is one of the most energetic performers in the state. single-handedly providing all the music for this They’re a mixed bunch for sure, and that’s year’s Dustbowl Festival. They said they hope to Dustbowl’s appeal: that you can drop by and hear brand an identity upon what began last year as a twelve of the state’s most distinct, interesting ragtag exposition of arts and crafts. bands play for free. “It’s a really legitimate bill,” Evans said. It’s a local showcase that’s not to be missed. The “Dustbowl’s a great way to make people realize next chance won’t come until spring when the that there are a lot of great bands here and hope- fourth edition of Norman Music Festival transfully, from events like this, you know you start to forms Main St. into a 30,000-person madhouse.

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Now through October, Norman’s Farm Market offers people the opportunity to maintain a healthy diet and support local merchants. The market provides such fresh offerings as strawberries, green peas, homemade soaps and various flavors of salsa from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Saturdays. For some students, shopping at the market provides a welcomed break from cafeterias and fast food, said Jessica Radcliffe, interdisciplinary perspectives on the environment senior. All students are busy, and nothing is more convenient and timeSEE MARKET PAGE 2

Live music:

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10 p.m. Evangelicals 9 p.m. Colourmusic 8 p.m. Native Lights 7 p.m. Pretty Black Chains 6:15 p.m. Jacob Abello 5:30 p.m. Samantha Crain 4:45 p.m. Sherree Chamberlain 4 p.m. The NON 3:15 p.m. Brine Webb 2:30 p.m. Unwed Sailor 1:45 p.m. Brother Gruesome 1 p.m. Fiawna Forté

573 pledges sign during IFC bid day Fraternity bid numbers soar from previous year’s recruitment JOSEPH TRUESDELL

All performances will be on Buchanan Street near the Hideaway parking lot.

Arts market: Local vendors and artists will be on hand selling their merchandise. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dustbowl Arts Market will be open for shopping. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids area at Hideway Pizza will have face painting, African storytelling and crafts. 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. After party at Brother’s.

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The OU Interfraternity Council fall recruitment came to a close Wednesday night when all of the fraternities gathered in the Will Rogers Room in the Oklahoma Memorial Union to sign their fall pledges. Fall recruitment began Aug. 21, when a mandatory meeting was held for all recruits. After tours of houses and meetings with fraternities, rushees were allowed to sign an unbinding bid card Tuesday night before the official signing on Wednesday. With registration numbers falling this year from 2009, some didn’t expect signing numbers to be as high. However, there were 573 bid cards signed Wednesday night, SEE IFC PAGE 2

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