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Library construction almost over Former Bookmark Café area will be open for students later this month PAGE JONES News Reporter
After over a year of construction, Bizzell Memorial Library’s updated Lower Level 1 will soon be open for students. Construction on portions of Lower Level 1, the area that once housed the Bookmark Café, will be complete Sept. 15 when the Peggy V. Helmerich Collaborative Learning Center will open, said Sarah Robbins, a representative for the library. The learning center project cost $5.7 million and was funded by state allowances and private donations. The Helmerich family donated $500,000 toward the project, according to provided records and the library website.
The new collaborative learning center is geared toward group study and giving students space to work together, Robbins said. The center is designed with large open windows for students to see into the library’s Canyon Garden, according to a press release. Eight new study rooms have been added for students to use for practicing presentations and for studying as a group. The rooms are equipped with white boards and digital displays for students to connect their laptops or tablets, Robbins said. “The purpose of the space is to engage the community,” Robbins said. The Bookmark Café will return to its original location after being temporarily relocated during the construction, Richard Luce, Dean of University Libraries said.
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The purpose of the space is to engage the community.
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Players of alternative sport take equality matters even higher
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OU’s 2013 Quidditch team, the Crimson Firebolts, gets fired up at pratice.
AT A GLANCE What is Quidditch? Quidditch is a fictional competitive sport from the book series “Harry Potter.” The sport has been adapted so players who aren’t witches and wizards can play the game by mixing elements of fictional game, such as players running around with a broomstick between their legs, with real sports, such as rugby, dodgeball and tag. The rules Each team is comprised of seven players who must play with a broom between their legs at all times.
The players Chasers: Score points with volleyballs. Each time a chaser scores, his or her team gets ten points. Beaters: Disrupt the game by chucking dodgeballs at players to knock them out of the game temporarily. Keeper: Guards the goal hoops to prevent chasers from scoring points. Seeker: Runs around the field to catch the snitch, which is a yellow ball attached to the waistband of a neutral player in a yellow uniform. Once the snitch is captured, the game ends. Source: U.S. Quidditch Title 9 3/4 page
OU’s Quidditch team is taking Title IX a step further to create a playing environment of total equality by not only including male and female players, but also players who don’t identify within the binary gender system. The rule is outlined by the US Quidditch Association’s Rulebook under Title 9 3/4 and states that each team can only have a maximum of four players who identify as the same gender. In simpler terms, the gender rule essentially ensures that every player on the field must be able to see at least two other players on the field who won’t identify as the same gender as themselves, said Zach Little, secretary and acting president of OU Quidditch. The goal of Title 9 3/4 is to not only to create equality but also a large range of diversity on the teams, according to the US Quidditch website. Luz Gutierrez, OU Quidditch librarian and chaser and keeper for the team, said the equality and diversity is what she loves most about being a part of OU Quidditch. “I’m a huge feminist,” Gutierrez said. “We just put everything out there, and it’s never a problem. No one is ever going to judge.” This nonjudgmental environment is another aspect of OU Quidditch that draws students in, despite differences team members may have in gender, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. “We just make the environment welcoming so that they won’t be afraid and will want to join,” Gutierrez said. Last year the team included members who identified as transgender, and this year the team has atheists playing along with devout Christians, OU Quidditch captain Andrew Gillingham said. Gillingham, who is bisexual, said he feels completely comfortable being open about his sexuality on the team. “Everyone is polar opposites and it just works,” Gillinham said. Last year was the first time OU Quidditch participated in tournaments, and now the team is certified to play in other tournaments throughout the season. SEE EQUALITY PAGE 2
CRIME
Recent OUPD alcohol-related arrests outnumber others The semester’s second week saw nine arrests for driving under the influence
Alleged ‘puketrators’ and headbangers • Dalton Reese Mills, 19, allegedly entered a dorm room CHRIS JAMES uninvited and intoxicated and vomited on the floor around Special Projects Reporter @CLJamesAperture 1 a.m. Aug. 29 at Walker Center, Officer Michael Riley reporter. Mills allegedly refused to leave before losing consciousness. OUPD responded and arrested Mills on a disEditor’s Note: turbing the peace complaint, according to the report. The Daily received police reports from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31 on • Lauren Michelle O’Brien, 21, was allegedly seen beatSep. 5. Anyone seeking archived logs of police report records ing her head against Gaylord Hall’s west doors around 1 must submit a written request to the OU Open Records office. a.m. Aug. 31. According to Officer Doug Hersey’s report, The office fills these requests as they would a normal request, OUPD allegedly found O’Brien in an extremely intoxicatmeaning the requests can take several days to fill. ed state unable to care for herself. O’Brien faces a Norman Combined, all alcohol-related arrests outnumbered all Municipal charge of public intoxication. others during the second week of the semester. From Aug. 25 to Aug. 31, OU Police Department made nine arrests for SEE CRIME PAGE 2 driving under the influence during routine stops for traffic
Crime Reports Aug. 27-31
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