May 16-22, 2012

THIS WEEK

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TODAY

Christophe and The Prairie Fire open up for the Bang Bang Variety Show at The Hidden Castle, 1309 S.W. 24th Ave. in Norman. Doors open at 9 p.m., and the show starts at 10 p.m.

THURSDAY

Meacham Summer Movies will host a free screening of “Project X” at 6 and 8:30 p.m. in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium.

FRIDAY

The OU softball team will host an NCAA regional this weekend. The Sooners will take on Lehigh in firstround action at 7:30 p.m. at Marita Hynes Field.

SATURDAY

The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will present a free screening of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at 10:30 a.m. in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

SUNDAY

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COMMENCEMENT 2012

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Luncheon on the Grass starts at 4 p.m. at Lions Park, 450 S. Flood Ave. in Norman, presented by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, the Firehouse Art Center, the Jacobson House and the Norman Arts Council.

ecause of the rare benefits of today’s higher education, college graduates have a responsibility to affect the common good of society, OU’s commencement speaker said.

MONDAY

Learn to use Windows Live Movie Maker and video editing basics from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Norman Public Library, 225 N. Webster Ave. just north of Gray Street. Registration is required on the library’s website or by calling 405-701-2697.

TUESDAY

Backwoods, 1268 N. Interstate Drive, will offer a minimalist running clinic at 7 p.m., training participants in stretching and strengthening exercises. For a full calendar of events, visit oudaily.com

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Left: Streamers rain down on graduates at the end of the commencement ceremonies Friday night at Lloyd Noble Center.

Brown University President Ruth Simmons spoke Friday night at Lloyd Noble Center for OU’s commencement ceremonies, which celebrated the class of 2012 that graduated Saturday.

During Simmons’ speech, she warned graduates about voluntary segregation in daily life and charged them with putting their educations SEE COMMENCEMENT PAGE 4

“You are now obligated because you have been given the rarest of privileges: the privilege of becoming a learned person.” RUTH SIMMONS, BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND 2012 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER