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A misunderstood no-tion in the Western world is that everything started with Greek civilization, an African American Studies professor from Temple University told OU students on Thursday.

Molefi Kete Asante said by the time “The Illiad” was written by Homer in 800 B.C., Africa had already gone through four golden ages.

“If you start with Greek history, you start too late,” Asante said. “You don’t have

most of the world’s history.”Asante gave the keynote

speech for OU’s “Celebrating Sankofa; Honoring Africa” symposium.

Kelly Damphousse, in-terim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, ex-plained Sankofa means leav-ing a place but not forgetting where you’re from.

In his lecture, Asante talk-ed about tracing his roots back to Africa to find out where his ancestors came from.

“Figuring out who you are is a fundamental issue for African Americans,” Asante said. “We come from one of the oldest societies on Earth.”

Asante dispelled some of common misconceptions about the history of Egypt, a nation he said is more mon-umental than Greece and Rome combined.

“Europeans could not ac-cept the fact that Egyptians were black people — they didn’t think they could build the pyramids,” Asante said. “Horatius said that ancient Egyptians weren’t black. He thought they were black-white people.”

Nadine Pietzonka, a for-eign exchange student and English and religious studies major, attended the lecture on Thursday.

“I found it interesting that

Europeans tried to find ex-cuses that the pyramids weren’t built by black peo-ple,” Pietzonka said.

Asante explained that Arab people did not come to Egypt until 639 A.D., and the first major Arab city, Cairo, was not built until 640 A.D.

Micah McGee, English and Arabic senior, attended the lecture and said he had al-ways been taught that Egypt began with Arabic culture.

“Since I’m an Arabic major I’ve been taught that Egypt started with Arabic culture, not African,” McGee said. “I didn’t know that it was start-ed by the Africans.”

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A bicyclist’s head was injured after he collid-e d w i t h a v e h i c l e o n Thursday at the intersec-tion of Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue.

Norman Police Capt. To m E a s l e y s a i d t h e male bic ycl ist ’s head i n j u r y w a s r e p o r t e d around 3 p.m. and in-volved a collision Cox Communications van a n d a m a r o o n F o r d Explorer.

The bicyclist collided with a vehicle making a left turn at the intersec-tion, said Norman Police Sgt. Joel Formby, who re-sponded to the incident.

“(The vehicle) turned, and they collided as he was coming through the intersection,” Formby said.

The first responders to the accident helped the bicyclist sit up and lean against the traffic control sign as they treated him. The victim was given a towel to hold against the left side of his face as he bled from several cuts.

The bicyclist sat there for several minutes, vis-ibly shaken from the in-cident, while responders took his blood pressure and asked him several questions about the ac-cident. One EMS at the scene of the accident noted that the victim’s in-quiries will likely require stitches.

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A man looked down over the rail of the wind-ing staircase of Bizzell Memorial Library where six chairs sat at the bottom of Lower Level Two. These stairs twisted down like a labyrinth, to the area where there will soon be another: a meditation labyrinth called Sparq.

The man is Matt Cook, OU alumnus and night supervisor at Bizzell. The labyrinth, cur-rently sitting in pieces in his house, was his idea.

Sparq is comprised of a metal frame that stands 13 feet tall, stretching roughly 13 feet wide. It works via an iPad that connects to a

projector that beams light onto the ground into the shape of a labyrinth. From there, whoever enters the labyrinth can walk, do yoga or even dance on the projected pattern.

Meditation labyrinths are meant to in-crease work productivity, and companies like Google have already implemented their use for stressed workers. But Sparq is a different kind of labyrinth. Unlike other labyrinths that are typ-ically permanent instillations in the ground, Sparq uses the projector to allow the user to choose his or her own pattern for meditation. Sparq has six projections to choose from, all of which are based from different cultures.

The development of Sparq started when Cook was researching for his master’s thesis in philosophy. He researched with his professor, Jim Hawthorne, looking for ways to increase cognitive ability by modifying the environment.

Cook wrote his dissertation in May 2012 on the extended mind or how the human mind ex-tends into the environment.

The brain is divided into two hemispheres, connected by a mass of neural fibers called the corpus callosum, which allows the left and right hemispheres of the brain to communi-cate with each other. Cook read a study while

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In the study, the patient had his hands covered and was given blocks of different shapes to hold. For some-one whose corpus callosum wasn’t severed, the right side of the brain would rec-ognize the shape using the senses, and the left side of the brain, which is where the speech-control center is, would enable the person to form what they were feeling into words.

Since the patient’s hemi-spheres weren’t connected, though, he shouldn’t have been able to describe what he was feeling.

How e ve r, t h e p at i e nt looked around the room and saw the circular shape of a clock on the wall. He was able to then identify the shape in his hand as a circu-lar shape by relating it to what he saw in his environment.

C o o k a p -plied that re-search to his own. He want-ed to find a way to make an en-vironment use-ful to the brain, where “mind meets matter,” he said.

“You want to give them an activity that’s enough to dis-tract them but not enough to cause frustra-tion,” he said.

As the idea of Sparq de-veloped, the possibilities for

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Today around campusA student performance workshop will continue in the Weitzenhoffer Family college of Fine arts. Broadway’s Betty Buckley will present the performance and coaching workshop for students of the Fine arts college. The event is by invitation only, but students can sign up to observe by calling the Fine arts center call Board.

A meeting for graduate students to work on their writing will be held at 10 a.m. in Lissa and cy Wagner Hall, room 280. coffee, tea and snacks will be provided.

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research grew. Janet Croft, OU professor and head of access services for OU Libraries, aided Cook in his research, by helping him develop a research plan and apply for library research.

Cook was the first non-fac-ulty member granted re-s e a r c h f u n d i n g b y O U Libraries.

R i c k L u c e , d e a n o f University Libraries, gave the money to Cook, which en-abled him to travel to three library association conven-tions in Kentucky, Canada and Oklahoma.

“Innovation and creativity isn’t just limited to faculty,” Luce said.

Croft made the necessary arrangements in order for Sparq to be housed in Bizzell. She also helped further Cook’s research by develop-ing a research plan.

The debut of Sparq at Bizzell is Nov. 17, just in time to aid students in preparing for finals week.

Once Sparq has its debut, Cook and Croft will begin their research by survey-

ing students on how Sparq i s a f f e c t i n g their ability to focus and be productive.

“ W e h o p e the results will show a med-itation laby-rinth is a good thing to have in a library,” Croft s a i d . “ We ’d like to see it installed per-manently so students can

benefit from it year round.”After asking students their

opinion, Cook and Croft will move to a more controlled

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Julie Eppler, a local yoga instructor, does a headstand on a projectrion from Sparq. The Sparq is 13 feet tall and stretches about 13 feet wide, and it will be available for use on Nov. 17 in Bizzell Memorial Library’s Lower Level Two.

study by surveying staff and faculty.

Betsy Martens, OU-Tulsa professor of library and in-formation studies, was the one who challenged Cook to test the effects of one lab-yrinth pattern over another, which is the third part of the research plan and has never been tested before, Cook said.

Cook thinks the use of cul-turally-specific labyrinth pat-terns might evoke a sense of cultural identity in users. He said it might cause someone to engage in their culture in a

way they haven’t before.“Given the choice of lab-

yrinths, would people grav-itate toward a pattern that represents their culture?” Cook said.

After finals week is over, Cook plans to take Sparq to the Schusterman Library on the OU-Tulsa campus where he will continue research to see if Sparq is a good fit for members of that academic community.

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oudaily.com/opinion • Twitter: @OUDailyOpinionOPINIONFriday, November 15, 2013 • 3

Five months ago, I was enjoying one of the few lackadaisi-

cal summers I’ll have for a while.

Unbeknownst to me, a bill H.R. 2415: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013 was introduced to the US House of Representatives.

There was quite a dis-course in the press and public because this bill labels obesity as a chronic illness. Along with the new classi-fication, the bill allows Medicare to cover the medications and treatments used to “treat” obesity.

Where all those beers worth it? How could I have been so blind to a pivotal mo-ment of public health in America? I could have talked about this at the bar.

Fortunately, we still can. If there is one thing that procrastinates any harder than this college student, it’s a committee in the House of Representatives. It’s not like in the American political drama series House of Cards. There is no Kevin Spacey, no monologues. Very little gets done, if you haven’t noticed.

Back in June, that bill was sent to two committees. That bill is still at the commit-tee level.

The bill has a 5 percent chance of mak-ing it any further, according to govtrack.us. Fail.

This was supposed to be a column about obesity and fixing the public health cri-sis associated with it, but the House of Representatives has screwed it up.

Forward march, ladies and gents. Please take the time out of your day to read over the bill and get in contact with your house representative to tell them how you feel they should vote on this issue, if it ever makes it to one.

Obesity affects more than 93 million people, nearly one-third of Americans. It is a contributor to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and most other chronic illnesses. Obesity does not have a single cause as genetics, diet and exercise can all play a role.

Not only does obesity affect the lives of those living under the weight of it, it has adverse economic consequences for soci-ety as well. According to the bill, an obese Medicare beneficiary costs over $1,900

more than one at a healthy weight. Now multiply $1,900 by 93,000,000. If the average holds, the current obese Americans will cost $176.6 billion more than if they were healthy.

Granted, not all of those people use Medicare. Some probably hold private in-surance. While it is specu-lative, that number should

serve to alert the seriousness of this situ-ation in terms of dollars, if the impact it has on our nation’s health hasn’t already. I agree with this bill and think we should label obesity a chronic disease.

I do agree with Time’s Maia Szalavitz that the label is problematic for multiple reasons. The label of a disease might fuel thoughts of hopelessness in those suffer-ing from obesity, much like alcoholics feel trapped by alcohol. It could alter the psy-chological effects of the disease by chang-ing the way we think about it. This is pos-sible, but some alcoholics quit drinking and many never get started since they are aware of risks associated with drinking.

The larger problem is that a disease state of obesity is essentially unobserv-able. Obesity is in fact a cause and a factor in the development in other diseases. But hey, let’s get real. If a sudden cardiac ar-rest kills me and being fat was a factor in contracting that disease, then I’m going to blame it on my being fat. But while the classification of obesity as a disease does blur some lines within medical terminol-ogy, we should accept that and label it a chronic illness.

If only people with obesity would seek treatment from doctors before they need to have a foot amputated from diabetes or they develop liver cancer. This bill allows Medicare to cover these patients for this type of care. And while this could increase Medicare premiums, the system is already losing money on obesity since it develops into far more deadly and costly diseases.

Treating obesity early, before it gen-erates more permanent problems like heart disease would be cost effective and will help increase quality of life for many Americans.

Jared Glass is an English senior.

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OPiNiON COLUMNiST

Our View: Violent hazing should not be allowed, but team-building exercises are OK.

The films Mean Girls, Animal House and Full Metal Jacket all demonstrate various forms of haz-ing. But hazing doesn’t just take place on the big screen. Sometimes, it takes place in our own backyard.

According to The Daily’s “OU fraternity punished for hazing” story Thursday, six of OU’s greek chapters have been pun-ished for hazing since 2009. We’d be in denial if we claimed our campus’s orga-nizations were against hazing — it’s clear we’re not.

It is illegal in Oklahoma, but like drinking, just because it may be illegal for some to involve them-selves in, some groups do it anyway.

However, it doesn’t only take place on college campuses. It occurs in high schools, at jobs and even professional sport teams’ locker rooms like the Miami Dolphins.

A recent national story broke out last week in-volving Dolphins football player Jonathan Martin and the alleged hazing he’s undergone since play-ing for the team. The apparent hazing that took place included threatening and racist text messag-es sent directly to Martin, according to a Fox Sports

article.The hazing incidents resulted in Martin leaving

the team because of emotional issues, and Richie Incognito, the veteran player behind the hazing ac-cusations, was suspended indefinitely by coach Joe Philbin for his behavior toward Martin.

Just like the coach didn’t tolerate Incognito’s bullying, OU is strictly against hazing as well and will punish organizations with violations, strikes and suspensions when necessary.

But how bad is hazing? We believe any form of behavior that results in significant-ly physically or psychologically harming

someone is unacceptable, but OU should not have such a firm grasp on hazing around campus.

In our opinion, hazing that causes bodily harm is unacceptable, but innocuous events are OK.

One major problem is many define “hazing” dif-ferently. But people need to understand the differ-ence between bullying and hazing — these blurred lines need to come into focus.

Bullying can happen to anyone at any time and is a behavior that typically provokes exclusion or discouragement toward someone. Hazing, how-ever, is a procedure forcing people to perform in certain rituals in order to earn their way in a group. Both bullying and hazing include intimidation, but

Is obesity a disease, or is it a decision?

If you asked the American Medical Association, the answer would be yes. However, I beg to differ.

Some people’s obesi-ty is not in their control. Certain medications cause people’s metabolism to slow down while others’ health conditions cause them to be hungrier than the norm.

These are understandable reasons why some Americans are obese, and their sit-uations would constitute as a disease. But I doubt all 35.7 percent of Americans who are obese have legitimate reasons — some are large because they allowed themselves to get to that point.

It’s easy to eat fast food or overindulge in foods we love; I do it all the time. But no one is forcing us to eat unhealthily — we’re making that choice ourselves and we each need to be responsible for our own actions.

It’s a sensitive topic to address. While I sincerely care about America’s current obesity epidemic, I don’t support Bill H.R. 2415: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013. I support many efforts made to reduce our country’s unhealthy state, but this bill isn’t the solution.

Individuals need to consider obesity dangerous and just as concerning as can-cer, but it should not be legally classified as a disease. It’s wrong for all working Americans to be responsible for a specif-ic group of people’s health. I care about everyone, obese or not. But it is unfair for my and others’ tax money to go toward health conditions many people imposed on themselves.

If this bill specifically authorized aid to those whose obesity rooted from previous

health conditions, I would be on board. But the bill would act as a cushion for people to fall on if they de-cide to continue making poor eating habits, among other things. Regardless of whether the bill is passed, our country still needs to fight this battle.

The medical profession has recently instituted new guidelines in an effort to fight our nation’s obesity epidemic, urging physicians to have a stronger grip on stressing the importance of weight to their patients.

Your next checkup may be a little different than your last one. Now, doctors will calcu-late your body mass index (BMI). If you need to lose weight, they will help you develop a plan to help you achieve that goal.

This is a wonderful effort that has the potential to benefit many. It’s about the motivation, not the insults. There are other cost-effective ways to help decrease obesity besides pass a bill like H.R. 2415. For exam-ple, Biggest Loser is a great show because it’s educating. It’s not making fun of obese people, it’s using the entertainment industry to bring awareness to our country’s obesity issue and offers motivation to those who are struggling to find motivation.

For many of us, it will be eye opening to find out our BMI’s — but that’s the point. The intent is to encourage individuals to take matters in their own hands and focus on cut-ting down or maintaining a suggested weight for their future.

For those of you who have control of your weight, you still have control of your life. It’s hard to eat healthy in college, but it’s import-ant to make healthy decisions — you don’t want health problems down the road.

Alex Niblett is a journalism senior.

Alex Niblettalexandra.g.niblett@ou.edu

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Obesity bill costs US billionsCOLuMn COLuMn

The new medical guidelines will influence a decrease in obesity

simply put, bullying is about exclusion while hazing is about inclusion.

Not all hazing is bad. We don’t see the harm in events like scavenger hunts and wearing certain colors on certain days — those don’t hurt anybody.

Instead of hazing being completely banned from campus organizations including sororities and fraternities, we suggest the university “hazing” to a certain extent, as long as it’s appropriate. We can build a new system and still maintain students’ safety from severe hazing.

If a group wanted to hold a mandatory event for it’s pledges for example, the organization’s house president could propose the event to a form of higher authority to seek approval.

Creating mandatory events helps create unity among the sorority or fraternity — that’s how it’s been for years. With an improved system, the greek houses’ new pledges can show their dedication to the organization without being bullied.

On that note, members of organizations should not allow dangerous hazing activities and should speak up for those who are being hazed or bullied. Hazing doesn’t have to be what we see in movies — we can redefine it.

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On just the second day of the early signing period, three new players formally joined the Oklahoma basket-ball program by signing their national letters of intent as announced by coach Lon Kruger.

Dante Buford, Khadeem Lattin and Jamuni McNeace will join the team as freshmen at the beginning of the 2014-2015 season.

"All three are really quality people who want to be Sooners," Kruger said in a press release. "They want to be here, they’re good students, rangy athletes and good teammates. They’re all similar with their qualities, and they � t perfectly in terms of what we’re looking for."

The trio of signees all are listed at 6-foot-7 or taller and will have the opportunity to bolster the Sooner frontcourt.

Both Buford and Lattin were tabbed as four-star recruits, while McNeace was a three-star prospect.

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With Big 12 title hopes nearly impossible, an offense that has regressed over the course of the season and an injury situation that has dev-astated the squad, Oklahoma faces a difficult task.

The No. 18 Sooners (7-2) have to get up — and get up early — to face an Iowa State team that occupies the con-ference cellar with Kansas.

The toughest test for Oklahoma won’t necessarily be outmatching the Cyclones (1-8), but rather, overcom-ing the recent rough path the Sooners have limped through while at the same time not looking past Iowa State.

Coach Bob Stoops’ squad ends the season with two tricky road games at Kansas State and Oklahoma State, but the Sooners recognize that this Saturday’s opponent is at the top of the priority list.

“They play extremely hard for four quarters,” co-offen-sive coordinator Josh Heupel said. “They’ve been on the wrong side of the scale for most of the year. They’ve played in some close games.”

And while it’s clear OU is respecting the Cyclones, this weekend could provide the struggling Sooner offense with ample opportunities to boost its confidence as the season winds down.

The Sooners only man-aged 237 yards of offense in

last week’s blowout loss to Baylor with only 150 of those through the air.

The point-producing at-tack Sooner Nation has be-come so accustomed to over recent years has been miss-ing this season in Norman. And according to junior quarterback Blake Bell, a lack of consistency is the side’s main problem.

"You have to keep work-ing,” he said. “That's the only way to do it; just keep prac-ticing and working with the wide receivers and the unit as a whole. Penalties and third downs, it just seemed like if it wasn't one thing, it was something else. We just have to be consistent."

Both Bell and the coach-ing staff have preached get-ting the ball to OU’s top play-makers as the top priority. Senior Jalen Saunders may be the Sooners most targeted

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receiver this week with the possible absence of sopho-more Sterling Shepard.

Shepard was one of a num-ber of Sooners who left last week’s game early because of injury. Senior corner Aaron Colvin is also questionable to play against the Cyclones.

OU has already lost two senior captains to inju-ry this season, and after Monday’s practice, defensive

coordinator Mike Stoops said it was a shame some of the seniors have had their ca-reers at Oklahoma cut short due to injury.

The game will begin at 11 a.m. with the senior class being honored before kickoff.

The group of 18 seniors has had plenty of success wearing crimson and cream, and Saturday will mark their final game at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

“It hasn’t really hit me yet,” senior lineman Austin Woods said. “I haven’t real-ly realized it’s the last game but I will realize when my parents are out there with me and before the game and probably walking off for the last time; I will probably be very emotional.”

Joe MussattoAssistant Sports Editor

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Oklahoma to play Kansas State for a hopeful fifth consecutive win

Oklahoma’s game against Kansas State will kick off at 11 a.m., the Big 12 Conference announced.

The game will be held in Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in Manhattan, Kan. It will be broadcast by FOX Sports 1.

OU has won four straight times on the road against Kansas State. Oklahoma holds the overall advantage 71-18-4, and an advantage of 35-10-1 when playing in Manhattan.

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Demetrius KearneyVolleyball Beat Reporter

The volleyball team rebounded Wednesday night from a sudden decline that resulted in the team dropping three straight and almost falling out of contention in the Big 12.

Following a two game stretch on the road where the Sooners failed to win either game, they returned to the comforts of home where they hosted the TCU Horned Frogs.

While it wasn’t perfect, the Sooners played three great s ets to sw e ep the Horned Frogs and collect their first win in the month of November.

OU played excellent vol-leyball as a team. They were aggressive in the front-court and were disciplined on de-fense, which would prove to be the X-factor in the match, as they amassed 56 digs as a team.

They also had 47 kills collectively as a team, with four players collecting 10 kills apiece. The Sooners seemed to have found their groove once again, which is a great sign, as they ap-proach the final four games of the season.

The Sooners, who are now 19-7 (7-5), will look to maintain the momentum gained from their win over TCU when they face the Baylor Bears, who are 12-16 (4-8), at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16 at McCasland Field House.

He a d c o a c h Sa nt i ag o Restrepo sees the recent win as a building block to-ward a strong finish in their final four games.

“Baylor is a very talented team,” Restrepo said. “If we approach that match with

Sooners play Baylor on Saturday after big win at home

the same amount of en-ergy and intensity like we did against TCU, we should have a solid performance.”

Senior middle blocker Sallie McLaurin appeared to be re-energized, along with the rest of her team-mates. She led the front

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Sooner Sallie McLaurin drives home the point against Baylor last fall, making the score 24-17. The soon-ers closed out the match moments later, winning 25-17 and swept all three matches for the evening. The Sooners will go up against Baylor on Saturday at McCasland Field House.

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court charge, recording 10 kills and three blocks, with some assistance from soph-omore setter Julia Doyle, sophomore middle blocker Kierra Holst and senior out-side hitter Keila Rodriguez.

With Baylor next on the schedule, McLaurin is still stressing how important passing and serving can be when playing against good teams.

“Serve and pass is key f o r u s r i g ht n ow ,” s a i d McLaurin. “We have to be aggressive with our serves and make sure that we are passing as many balls as we can get to Julia. (That) will be key next game.”

Rodriguez has also been a key factor for the Sooners.

Her production on both of-fense and defense was key in the win over the Horned Frogs.

As one of the seniors on a young team, she contin-ued to preach the impor-tance of staying motivated, even when the team is in a slump.

“Before going into any match, I would just tell my teammates to use the previ-ous losses as motivation to get a win,” Rodriguez said. “Baylor is a good team, but if we stay focused and play hard, we should do fine.”

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Drawing on measurements and instructions from ‘5-minute Homemade Mac and Cheese,’ a recipe found on

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That being said, you’ll still be using the stove, so don’t rule out all traditional cooking methods just yet. The first step to having restaurant worthy mac and cheese is to make those noodles the right way. Bring some water to a boil, and let them cook until they’re the perfect consistency for mac and cheese.

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Instructions1. Pour cooked noodles into a microwave safe bowl,

making sure not a lot of extra water ends up in the bottom of the bowl.

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microwave mac and cheese makes a quick and easy meal.

in the microwave for 20 seconds.

4. Remove the bowl after 20 seconds, and stir it up. Be careful lifting the plastic wrap at first — this traps the steam and melts the cheese. It’s going to be hot.

At this point, you may find that you want to add another small handful of cheese. Toss it in and stir.

5. After mixing thoroughly, put the plastic wrap back on the bowl as before, and cook in the microwave for an additional 15 seconds.

6. Once the timer goes off, stir vigorously and you have yourself a bowl of tasty mac n’ cheese.

Whether it’s bow tie or penne pasta, mozzarella or cheddar cheese, there is a lot of room for creativity with this recipe. Feel free to toss in your favorite veggies, seasonings or pro-tein into the mix to spice things up.

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traditions combine this weekendGraham DuDleylife & arts reporter

This weekend marks the return of two time honored campus traditions, Dad’s Day and University Sing, this year united for the first time under a single theme, “Walk of Fame.”

Dad’s Day will include an entire weekend full of activi-ties for Sooners and their fa-thers with the Sooner football showdown against Iowa State as the highlight. University Sing will have performances at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

University Sing will feature performances based on cul-tural icons on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, according to the Campus Activities Council website.

Ryan Carter, multidisci-plinary studies senior and chair of this year’s University Sing, said the performances will include a tribute to the music of Queen and a Dr. Seuss inspired story.

Carter has a long history with University Sing.

“I started coming to shows when I was a fifth grader,” he said. “This is like my twelfth one to be a part of.”

However, it’s his first time to chair the event. Carter said the experience has been well worth the preparation and he’s looking forward to finally seeing the shows this weekend.

“The participants have put in hours and hours of work and tons of creativity, so see-ing that all come together is one of the biggest rewards,” Carter said.

Accounting senior Taylor Wilson is equally eager to see Dad’s Day get started. He said his year in charge of the event has taken a lot of time and ef-fort but has been “absolutely fulfilling.”

“It’s inspired me to be a better leader,” Wilson said.

Wilson said working with University Sing under a com-mon theme was a great idea, and the two organizations support each other when-ever possible. University Sing even gave Dad’s Day two free tickets to its Friday night show for the Dad’s Day Father of the Year, Wilson said.

Wilson said the selec-tion of the Father of the Year was a much more in-depth process this year than in

years past. All applications were reviewed by a panel of prominent campus fathers and graded under a rubric. Wilson said the winner will be announced soon.

In addition to University Sing and the Iowa State game, Dad’s Day Weekend

will feature a tailgate, a watch party in Meacham Auditorium, a 5K and a night at Bootlegger’s restaurant. A full schedule of events can be found on the CAC Dad’s Day website.

While Wilson said his team doesn’t organize every Dad’s

Day event, he tries to pro-mote everything happening over the weekend.

“We like to spread aware-ness about other things going on here on campus,” he said.

But Wilson said the most important activity is family time.

“It’s a special weekend to celebrate Sooner football and Sooner tradition with the family,” he said.

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the men of sigma Phi epsilon ladies of Kappa Kappa gamma perform at last year’s u-sing event.

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saturday Kat’s Making tracks 5k: 9 a.m. Boomer Bash tailgate: Two hours before gametime, corner of Lindsey and Asp dad’s day Watch Party: Gametime, Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium

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With less than six weeks until Christmas, Oklahoma is starting to feel the spirit. This Friday, downtown Oklahoma City will be trans-

formed into a winter wonderland filled with different at-tractions and events. There will be outdoor skating, snow tube rides, a 5k fun run, afternoon visits with Santa Claus and various winter markets to partake in. As an added treat, you will be surrounded by the twinkling holiday lights and festive decorations spread throughout the entire area. Here’s a look at some of the best events and when you can check them out:

Located right by the Myriad Botanical Gardens, the Devon Ice Rink is returning for it’s third season. Open seven days a week, the ice rink will be open from Nov. 15 to Feb. 2 and costs $10 per guest (or $7 if you bring your own skates). Each Friday night there will be a “Rock ‘n’ Skate” night with a live DJ from 6 to 9 p.m. Food and drinks will be sold during all hours, but if you ever get too chilly you can dine inside at the new Park House restaurant that’s open-ing in early December.

Hours of Operation: 3 to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 3 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday

The most popular retail district and home of all the city’s car dealerships in the 1920s, Automobile Alley is a historic district of downtown OKC. Now you can see it in a whole

new light when the landscape is draped in over 180,000 colorful LED lights. Operating Nov. 29 to Jan. 1 from dusk to dawn, Automobile Alley is located from NW 4th to 10th St. on Broadway Ave. It is free of charge and open to the public.

Placed at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center at 429 E. California, the market will give Christmas shoppers the chance to find some unique gifts. Featuring more than 40 vendor booths, the market will feature both local and handmade items, art, food, specialty items, vintage items and more.

Hours of operation: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 30, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 1

Starting Nov. 23, the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark will be home to the largest man made snow tubing slope in the country. Sun or snow, people of all ages can cruise down the slope in the middle of the ballpark all winter long. The Chesapeake Snow Tubing event will be open Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 23 to Dec. 15. Starting Dec. 19, snow tubing will be open daily through Jan. 4.

On Thursday through Sunday nights from Nov. 29 to

Dec. 29, you are welcome to board the water taxis on a ride through Bricktown. Open 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. each night,

you can even enjoy the dining and shopping experiences present throughout downtown OKC. As an added touch, you can enjoy the holiday light display set up all around the canal. Guests can board on Mickey Mantle Drive, right across from the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Nothing screams the holidays like “The Nutcracker.” Set to perform Dec. 13 through 15 and 20 through 22, come experience visions of sugar plums with the Oklahoma City Ballet’s performance of the Tchaikovsky classic. You can purchase tickets online at okcballet.com or call 405-848-TOES (8637).

Coming off last year’s surprise success, the Holiday Pop-Up Shops are back and better than ever. Presenting more than 25 local shops rotating over four different week-ends, the shops will be open between Thanksgiving and Christmas at 1000 N. Walker. It is an all ages event and will feature different entertainment and activities each week-end. More details regarding times and dates will follow on okcpopups.com.

For more information regarding different events in Downtown OKC, visit see the Downtown in December website.

Keaton Bell is a University College freshman.

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Headington currently serves on the OU Athletics Director’s Executive Advisory Council and in 2005 he was honored with the OU Regents’ Alumni Award.

�anks to his generous gi�, the 230,000 square-foot, �ve-story housing center is home to approximately 380 OU students and student-athletes. It includes central dining, computer labs, study rooms, a theater and a faculty-in-residence unit.

In the event of inclement weather the dedication will be in the Q’s Commons Formal Living Room located on the �rst �oor of Headington Hall.

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