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Headington Hall has retail space to spare Einstein Bros Bagels and SportsClips among businesses planning to move in
the other retail spaces. An Einstein Bros Bagels restaurant and a SportsClips haircut franchise already have confirmed their plans to move into two of the remaining retail spaces, with official conBENNETT HALL tracts and preliminary construction pending, said Bryan Campus Reporter Hinnen, director of operations for Headington Hall. With a branch of the University Bookstore in full operation The university’s decision to include retail space in the botat the ground floor of the newly completed Headington Hall, tom of the new residence hall was motivated to make reveseveral other businesses are slated to move in to portions of nue for the university, but more importantly, to benefit the
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students living in and near the building, Hinnen said. “It’s definitely a service for the residents themselves, as well as any students spending time on campus,” he said. Before Headington Hall, the plot of land along Asp Avenue was the site of a strip mall, housing an extension of the University Bookstore, as well as O’Connell’s Bar and Grille. SEE RETAIL PAGE 2
DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY
Speaker closes conference on minority Final keynote speech explores colonial crimes against indigenous women MAX JANERKA
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A female lays nude on a white bed, her back turned to the camera, with a wound sutured by a beaded red fringe on her back and a white sheet covering her pelvis. This photograph, taken by native Canadian photographer Rebecca Belmore, portrays the tangle of race and gender that defines the existence of indigenous women, said ethnic studies professor Shari Huhndorf in a lecture on Friday. The photo, called “Fringe,” was first shown as a billboard in downtown Montreal shortly after the murder trial of Robert Pickton, who had killed 49 women from Montreal’s impoverished east side. Huhndorf said the photo shows how colonial governments have sexualized and eradicated indigenous women over the years. These sexualized stereotypes condemn indigenous women while par“Transnationalism doning the men responsible is a paradigm of for their plight, she said. Huhndorf, who teaches our era.” Native American studies and Comparative Ethnic Studies JANET WARD, OU HISTORY PROFESSOR AND at the University of California Berkeley, spoke in the Fred ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT Jones Jr. Museum of Art as the second and final keynote speech of the Mid-America Conference held between Thursday and Saturday. The conference, located at a different university each year, landed at OU this year with the theme Transnationalism and Minority Cultures, said Rhonda George, administrative assistant to OU’s history department. “Transnationalism is a paradigm of our era,” said Janet Ward, OU history professor and organizer of the event. Transnationalism critiques and devalues the nation-state as a force and weakens nation-centrism, Huhndorf said. While there are many virtues to nation-centrism, transnationalism tends to obscure inequalities and SEE KEYNOTE PAGE 2
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Students dance to popular Latin music in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom at the Latin Ball Friday Night.
Latin Ball draws international crowd Attendees from over 20 countries learn to dance at sixth Annual Latin Ball Fiesta Editor’s Note: Jake Martin was a copy editor spring 2013. SIMENG DAI
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Latin dancing filled Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom on Friday gathering people from over 20 countries to experience Latin culture. Over 200 Sooners and Norman residents attended the 6th Annual Latin Ball Fiesta on Friday, said Arabic sophomore Jake Martin, who collected the sign-up sheets at the event. “We have a good turnout,” said Heather Arnett, president of OU Latin Dance Club. “I’m happy that people move up to dance instead of just sitting.” After a free dance lesson at 9 p.m., the ballroom was filled by dance and smile.
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Mechanical engineering graduate student Jonathan Meyer was participating the fiesta for the third time, and he enjoyed meeting so many people at the event every year, he said. “Dancing with girls makes me more comfortable to start to talk,” he said. Yesika Ramirez, a computer science senior and exchange student from Columbia, said she felt like a “fish in the water” at the fiesta. Andres Guerrero, an OU alumnus from Columbia, has served as the DJ for the fiesta every year. “It is so good to see people from more than 20 countries dancing together,” Guerrero said. People from the Norman community attended the event. Diana Schultz, who got a Master’s degree in business administration from Ohio State University and moved to Norman about two months ago, was one of them. “It is amazing to dance with so many people,” Schultz said.
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