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After accomplishing their main goal only two months into the semester, members of Sooners Against Sweatshops are looking for a new cause to tackle.

OU President David Boren agreed to partner OU with an

independent labor rights monitoring group on Thursday, so Sooners Against Sweatshops members will discuss a new path of action at their meeting this Thursday.

The new Sooners Against Sweatshops organization began the school year with the goal of getting OU to affili-ate with the Workers Rights Consortium, an independent group who would monitor the factories that produce OU merchandise to ensure they met fair labor standards, said the group’s president Leah Kennedy.

On Thursday, Boren announced in a letter to the group

that OU would be affiliating with the consortium, saying he would work “expeditiously” to make OU a Workers Rights Consortium member.

“We have a strong commitment to making sure that ap-propriate standards for workers’ health and safety, both in this country and around the world, are met,” Boren said in the letter.

Affiliating with the consortium will cost $50,000, which will be paid annually from licensing revenue for use of the

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OU freshmen Chase Smith and Adam Masters turn their heads to look at a homecoming board Tuesday on South Oval. The boards were painted by various OU clubs and organizations.

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The School of Meteorology will hold a lecture on reducing and adapting to climate change in the U.S. and Australia at 4 p.m. Thursday at the National Weather Center, Room 1350.

David Karoly, meteorology professor for the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia and William Hooke, senior policy fellow for the American Meteorological Society, will discuss international policies and issues related to climate change, said David Parsons, director of the School of Meteorology.

Karoly, a former OU faculty member, will speci� cally address pricing policies and

research in Australia, Parsons said.Hooke will follow Karoly speaking

about recent extreme weather, such as Superstorm Sandy, which affected much of the East Coast a year ago, Parsons said.

The lecture will allow students to hear from leaders in the � eld who have different views on high impact weather, Parsons said.

OU’s Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability will present the joint seminar.

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As universities across the nation work to provide open access to academic work produced by their students and faculty, a pizza lunch was held Tuesday on campus to help Sooners under-stand the benefits of open access.

T h i s w e e k i s i n t e r-national Open Access Week, so OU Libraries staff members have or-ganized several events to help Sooners understand the ins and outs of open access, said Karen Rupp-Serrano, director of OU Collection Development a n d S c h o l a r l y Communication.

“Open access is part of the higher education landscape now,” Rupp-Serrano said.

Several professors at the lunch on Tuesday voiced concerns about open access depriving graduate students of private access to their dissertations.

Rupp-Serrano responded that these students must open up their dissertations to the scholarly community for comments and review in order to obtain their degrees.

“It does make the students’ work easier to access,” she responded. “Dissertations have only been accessi-ble online since the early 2000s, but we are joining other

GO AND DOWednesdayInfo: A coffee event to explore open access topics such as increased research impact and citation rates, journal open access policies and open educational resources to supplement or replace high-priced textbooks.

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The OU Board of Regents will discuss the expansion of a Tulsa medical pro-gram as a solution to Oklahoma’s physi-cian shortage at an 8:30 a.m. meeting Wednesday in Lawton, Okla.

“The regents will consider expanding the Tulsa School of Community Medicine M.D. Program Track at the College of Medicine in Tulsa, Okla. from two years to four years of medical curriculum,” said university spokesman Michael Nash.

The University of Tulsa faculty will admin-ister the pre-clinical curriculum on site at the Tulsa School of Community Medicine campus if expansion is approved, Nash said.

The board also will discuss a proposal

to purchase a rock testing system for OU petroleum and geological engineers, Nash said.

Additionally, the board will consider the replacement of the portable bleachers in the McCasland Field House to increase seating capacity, Nash said.

The meeting will take place at the McMahon Centennial Complex at Cameron to � rst discuss items submitted by Cameron University, then Rogers State University and � nally OU.

The next meeting of the OU Board of Regents is currently scheduled for Dec. 5 and 6 in Norman.

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The groups, ranging from c o m b i n e d c l a s s e s t o paired frater-nities and so-rorities, cre-ated and de-signed boards that displayed creativity

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TODAY AROUND CAMPUSA coffee event will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Lissa Cy and Wagner Hall, Writing Center. The coffee event will explore Open Access topics such as increased research impact and citation rates, open access policies and educational resources to supplement or replace high-priced textbooks.

A free food event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s first floor lobby. Union Programming Board will provide peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for students.

A free concert will be held at noon in the Oklahoma Memorial Union food court. Connor McBryde will perform during lunch time for Mid Day Music.

A free workshop on credit course alternatives will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall, Room 245. Rob Voci of the Center for Independent and Distance Learning will discuss how to gain course credits through CLEP, Advanced Standing Exams and online classes. This workshop is presented in association with the University College’s Student Success Series, is free, and no registration is required.

A general meeting for Union Programming Board will be held at 9 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Associates Room.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24A luncheon will be held noon to 1 p.m. in Bizzell Memorial Library, Room 339. The luncheon will cover the topics of Open Access’ copyright, author rights, and publication agreements. This event will help people understand their rights as an author and how to retain their rights before signing a publication agreement. The event will review examples of publication agreements, or people can bring along their own examples.

An employees benefits fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Heritage Room, Employees can visit with representatives from OU’s insurance providers and Human Resources in preparation for Employee Benefits Enrollment, which is Oct. 28 through Nov. 8.

More online at | NEWS: Sooners have until Oct. 31 to submit research proposals for OU’s Academic Technology Expo in January.

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Yenny and Maritza, from Alta Gracia, sit with a translator to help discuss raising awareness to help stop sweatshops.

OU logo, Boren said in an email.

Kennedy, music com-position and vocal per-f o r m a n c e s o p h o m o r e , f o u n d o u t s h o r t l y b e -fore the Sooners Against Sweatshop’s meeting on Oct. 17 and chalks OU’s af-filiation as a victory for the group.

“ S o o n e r s A g a i n s t Sweatshops now has a his-tory. We’ve actually done something at OU,” she said.

Getting this affiliation was the group’s major focus this semester, since the only monitoring group for OU merchandise before was the Fair Labor Association.

Currently, OU is not a member of the Fair Labor Association, another la-bor-monitoring organi-zation, but Boren said OU does require all licensees to abide by the association’s standards.

Kennedy and others in the group believe the Fair Labor Association inher-ently can’t monitor fairly because the association is paid by the groups they’re monitoring, she said.

S o o n e r s A g a i n s t Sweatshops will reconvene on Thursday to decide on a new cause, Kennedy said.

Right now, Kennedy is un-sure the direction the group will take and is waiting until

the Thursday meeting to see what members of the group suggest, she said.

G ro u p m e mb e r Kat i e Shauberger said she’d be in-terested in partnering with other groups on campus like

Students Against Factory Fa r m i n g o r p r o m o t i n g other living wage brands on campus.

Overall, Kennedy said the group was very pleased with Boren’s announcement, as

well as surprised that they reached their goal so soon.

“It was our first win, for sure,” Kennedy said.

The affiliation is a victory, biology junior Shauberger said, but sees the affilia-tion as the university’s way of showing they care about worker’s health and rights.

“It’s more than just a win,” she said.

Paighten Harkinspaighten.harkins@ou.edu

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Students and faculty members discuss open access and how it bene-fits the community on Tuesday afternoon.

colleges like the University of Texas and Harvard with providing them online.”

In response to professors’ concerns about students having full copyright to their work, Rupp-Serrano said students and faculty can contact members of OU’s Copyright Committee to an-swer any questions about copyright and recommend other resources to deal with any issues they have.

If students find that their dissertations have been pla-giarized online, they can ask the website or the scholar-ly journal where their work has been plagiarized to re-move it, Rupp-Serrano said.

“If a scholarly journal finds that then they’ll jump on that because that’s their reputation,” she said.

If the website or scholarly journal doesn’t take the pla-giarized work down, the stu-dent can decide if it is worth the money to hire a lawyer, Rupp-Serrano said.

Rupp-Serrano said she t h o u g h t t h e e v e n t w a s

successful in helping peo-ple understand open access.

“We had people there who had questions — we certainly had a dialogue — and it’s important to me to

hear people’s concerns,” she said.

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with the spin “Sooners in Wonderland,” said Alyse Williams, health and ex-ercise science sophomore.

“Our board depicts the tea party scene in ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ but it ties in Sooner football,” Williams said.

The board’s tea party scene incorporates 3D graphics with Alice and the other characters at the table donning Sooner attire.

Williams said her fa-vorite aspect of the South Oval Board competition is that it gives students a taste of the spirit and ac-tivities included through-out homecoming week.

“I think the boards get better and better every year,” she said.

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When: Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday

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I write this column out of frustration. I ride a bicycle to campus

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Pedestrians cause the most problems on our campus because there is more foot traffic.

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Transportation issues on campus are a daily problem. To correct them, we all need to be aware that we share the planet with other people. Commuters should maintain safe driving behavior while behind the wheel, bicyclists should not ride down the middle of the sidewalk or dis-obey traffic laws and always yield to foot-traffic, and pe-destrians should walk defensively because an accident with either of the other two groups won’t be in your favor. We should all drive, bike and walk defensively.

Why I even have to express this view is beyond me. Are we 12 years old? Others’ behavior renders me the cynical college senior. Granted, not all of us come from a heavily-populated metropolitan area where you grow up around these things, myself included. My experience growing up in Tuttle, Okla., taught me only to give the tractors a wide berth on the back-roads.

But my capacity to adapt was instilled by rural living, so it strikes me as a no-brainer to yield to objects that can cause you injury. In my car, I avoid semis. On my bike, I avoid cars. On my feet, I avoid bikes, cars, lions, etc. I tend to avoid populated pedestrian areas as much as possible. This is as much for pedestrians’ benefit as it is my own. It is my hope that we all travel safely, but this requires a group effort.

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During the recent government shutdown, a

large amount of attention was given to the U.S. na-tional parks. For nearly two weeks, national parks remained closed, leaving thousands of employees in limbo thanks to the political whine fest in Washington.

But it turns out that the parks being closed may not have been the biggest obstacle hindering U.S. national parks.

Scientists are concerned about the ecology of our na-tional parks as a whole. Harvard University researchers estimate that approximately 38 percent of U.S. national parks are facing “accidental fertilization” at or above the critical threshold for ecological damage. Even worse, the cynical tone of the report also suggests “little improve-ment is likely between now and 2050.”

Ammonia and nitrogen levels have spiked in national parks, being the primary result of unregulated agricultur-al fertilization. Daniel J. Jacob, principal investigator and Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) said, “The vast majority, 85 percent, of nitrogen deposition originates with human activities.”

Jacob continued by saying, “When we apply fertilizer to the United States, only about 10 percent of the nitrogen makes it into the food. All the rest escapes, and most of it escapes through the atmosphere.”

This problem is one that cannot be seen as much as it will be felt ecologically over time. Algal blooms are an in-dication of excess nitrogen but a silky green coat over the water doesn’t seem too dangerous to the naked eye.

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Researchers from SEAS, the National Park Service, U.S. EPA, University of California and the USDA Forest Service all collaborated on this research to reaffirm its conclusions. The groups predict that NOx emissions will significantly de-crease by 2050 as the U.S. improves air regulations and limits coal plant operations. However, ammonia seems to be far more persistent. The report states, “Even if anthropogenic NOx emissions were globally zero, avoiding [critical load] exceedance at all national parks would require a 55 percent reduction of anthropogenic NH3 emissions.”

How this will be accomplished is a complex question as environmental regulations are typically a political uphill battle. Environmental improvements are hard to quantify on terms that everybody can agree on. Because of this, the in-centive for action is a difficult task to push into legislation.

With the track record our current politicians have at prob-lem solving, it’s unlikely this will jump to the top of the prior-ity list anytime soon.

Clean air technology and air regulations will help, but until we reel in the out-of-control agro-business that has monopolized food production and lobbied its way into some of the largest government subsidies in existence, it will be hard to gain ground on air pollution.

Corporate agriculture must be held more accountable for water and air pollution. Issues such as those with our parks and the nearly 6,000 square miles of dead zone in the Gulf caused by nitrogen runoff are intolerable byproducts of an advanced food system.

Push your legislative bodies to require appropriate ac-countability from our food corporations. With only a few major companies controlling over 80 percent of the food sys-tem, it shouldn’t be hard to implement corrective measures. The struggle lies with politicians, but the solution begins with you.

Andrew Sartain is an Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment & Nonprofit Management Senior.

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Uncertainties fill Thunder’s seasonCarson Williams • sports Columnist

In Oklahoma, this time of year should be solely focused on college football. But for those of you that are not too satisfied with the way your team is looking, I’ve got a

solution for you — basketball.The Oklahoma City Thunder begin their preseason Oct. 22

in Phoenix, and while they are coming off another Northwest Division title and the top seed in the West, there are a few un-certain areas for the team as they begin the journey back to the NBA Finals.

Russell Westbrook’s kneeOn Dec. 29, Patrick Beverley re-

turns, yet again. By then Westbrook should be back in action, looking for revenge on the man that ended his consecutive-games-played streak and, ultimately, knocked the Thunder out of the playoffs.

Since Westbrook went down, he has undergone two surgeries on his knee: one to repair his meniscus and one to control swelling that was caused by a loose stitch form the original surgery.

Now, Westbrook remains out for the first month and a half of the reg-ular season. Reggie Jackson contin-ues to play the role of staring point guard, and while he has improved tremendously, it’s just is not the same.

When Westbrook is able to re-turn, how will his knee hold up? Will he be just as explosive and dan-gerous as he was prior to the injury? Many are asking the same thing about Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, who is coming off of an ACL injury. Time will tell in the NBA.

What should the team do at center?It’s evident Kendrick Perkins has slowly regressed

each season since joining the Thunder. A good number of fans want him on the bench and someone else start-ing and getting his minutes.

One answer thrown around a lot is Nick Collison — why not start him?

Remember how James Harden used to come off the bench and seemingly make everyone play better? Now with him gone, that role belongs to Collison.

Starting Collison removes any real leadership off the bench — one problem the youth-plagued Thunder face.

From setting solid screens to hustling on defense to taking countless charges, Collison sets the example for other bench players.

Hasheem Thabeet has grown into a solid backup while with the Thunder, but making him a starter would just be dumb. So who does that leave? Steven Adams.

Through the summer and preseason, Adams has been firing on all cylinders and looks like the best op-tion to override Perkins from his starting duties.

Third scoring optionWhen you have, arguably, the best scorer in the

league, having a third scoring option almost seems unnecessary — but it’s not.

Last season, Serge Ibaka was the one who was counted on to bring in double-digit points on a regular basis. While his offense is improving, start-ing with his mid to long-range jumper, it is not quite where it needs to be for the team to count on him as the third scoring option.

This is where either Jackson or Jeremy Lamb step in. Both were in the top five in scoring in the Orlando Summer League this past summer, and while the competition wasn’t elite, it was against many teams’ second units.

Jackson knows what needs to be done now, after taking over for Westbrook in the playoffs, which was a much more important circumstance than the regular season.

Lamb on the other hand, has never really been given a chance to log in good, quality minutes, so his experience is limited.

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From professors to stu-dents, seemingly normal people are diving into para-normal investigations of the OU campus. Freshman Programs professor Jeff Provine spends his days in his stark office in Wagner Hall, holding office hours and meetings with students like any other professor. However, in his spare time Provine said he investigates OU’s paranormal past.

“I’ve always loved the paranormal,” Provine said. “‘Ghostbusters 2’ is a big in-fluence on my life.”

After going on several ghost tours while studying abroad in Europe, Provine said that he was possessed by a case of “ghost jealousy.”

A suggestion from a friend led him to create OU’s very own campus ghost tour.

“At first I was like, nah, there’s not enough ghosts,” Provine said. “But as i t turns out, there’s more than enough. In fact, we’ve even kind of had to scale down all of the ghost stories.”

With Halloween on the horizon, Provine said that interest in the paranor-mal is at a high. Provine said he planned five tours for October alone, four of which have already filled up. The Oct. 31 tour planned for Halloween begins at 9 p.m. and still has openings.

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Students and professors are examining OU’s supernatural stories and tales

like Ellison Hall and Cate Center. Provine said he drew on external sourc-es, like OU student David Burkhart’s film of the Cate basement ghost, to create his tour.

“ T h e t o u r i s a l w a y s changing,” Provine said. “I’m always looking for more stuff, but it’s hard to decide what to include and what has to go for time’s sake.”

In addition to his tours, Provine said History Press recently asked him to write a book about local ghost sto-ries. Titled “Campus Ghosts

of Norman, Oklahoma,” the book was released a few weeks ago, just in time for Halloween, and is available for purchase on Amazon.

Despite his new book and the ghost tours, Provine said he is still a skeptic on the subject of the paranormal.

“I know that something is obviously going on that is supernatural,” Provine said. “I’m just not quite sure what that is yet, but I’m going to find out.”

OU history and anthro-pology senior Sarah Nevling said she also uses her spare time to investigate oth-er worldly activities and is looking to start a para-normal club on campus.

Though she has not gone on Provine’s ghost tour, she said has heard of his tour and hopes to go on it soon.

“ I found a w ebsite of some investigators who ex-plored the campus at night, and they got some compel-ling evidence that there’s definitely something here,” Nevling said. “I would love to do an investigation of my own here on campus one day.”

Like Provine, Nevling said she does not know for certain whether ghosts are even real.

“When it comes to ghosts, I’m a complete skeptic,” Nevling said. “Now if you were to say angels and de-mons, then yes, I absolute-ly believe in them. I don’t

know if the spirit of a person can actually stay here on Earth, but that’s what I’m interested in finding out.”

Other groups have shown an interest in OU’s para-normal aspects. In 2011, a group called Society of the Haunted investigated Ellison Hall, which used to be OU’s infirmary, accord-ing to the group’s website.

T h e S o c i e t y o f t h e Haunted website includes audio that allegedly came from ghosts in Ellison Hall and blog posts from two of the investigators, describ-ing their paranormal expe-rience there.

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