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STUDENT LIFE
STUDY ABROAD
Non-traditional student group canceled
Two travel options added
student, discovLow turnout reason graduate ered this difference when for cancellation she started the Parenting ALYSSA MANNEN Campus Reporter
One of OU’s student-parent organizations — created to help support students juggling parenthood and studies — won’t be returning for reasons you might expect: Students don’t have time to participate in the group. Non-traditional students — older students, students reentering school and student parents — have different priorities than typical students. Lauran Larson, 22year-old prevention science
Student Community last fall. Larson — who has a toddler and a newborn — started the organization last year to help support other students like herself. “Parenting is difficult at times, and it is nice to know you aren’t alone,” she said in an email. The organization had a low turnout — only 10 students — which she thinks was due to the lack of funding for the organization and the busy nature of the student-parent’s life, Larson said. She decided
not to restart the organization this year because of the stresses of having two small children and going to graduate school, she said. Groups for this type of student can be difficult to sustain, said Jackie Foos, adviser for the Student Parenting Community. They had a great start-up meeting, but not many activities after that, she said. Soneldo Sta. Iglesia, computer science senior and veteran, said he also has felt the time constraints of being a non-traditional student. At 47 years old, he already had a house in southern Oklahoma City when he enrolled at OU,
Sta. Iglesia said, and because he has to commute, he has AT A GLANCE trouble getting involved on Organizations campus. for Non“Living 30 minutes away, it’s hard to get connected,” Traditional he said, so he’s not involved Students in any student organizations. “It’s hard for me to get to camStudent Veterans Association pus, and so I don’t get the full student life.” Parents Attending Law He doesn’t just miss out School on activities but on academic opportunities, such as getE-Moms and Dads ting to go to study groups Source: Student Life website and meeting up with other students to work on projects, Sta. Iglesia said. He would but he doesn’t have time like to join the student chapgiven the long commute, he ter of the Association of Computing Machines, SEE NON-TRADITIONAL PAGE 2
ARCHAEOLOGY
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A team of students from the OU Archaeological Survey excavate bison fossils and Native-American hunting tools at the Badger Hole excavation site near Woodward, Okla., during this past summer.
Sooners complete bison excavation Around 12 bison discovered during two-year excavation PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Reporter
This summer, a team of OU archeologists finished excavating a bison kill site that hadn’t been touched by humans in thousands of years. The site was last visited by humans in the Folsom Age — which was more than 10,000 years ago, said K.C. Carlson, field director of the excavation. The team found the skeletal remains of more than a dozen bison, some Folsom points
— weapons used to kill bison — and some of the butchering tools Paleoindians used to cut up the animals, OU archeologist Leland Bement said. “The last people to see [the bones] were the ones butchering the bison,” Carlson said. The Badger Hole kill site excavation was a continuation of the OU Archeological Survey’s project to excavate a number of bison kill sites along the Beaver River in Northwest Oklahoma, Carlson said. This was the second year the team had been excavating the site, so they knew what to expect when they were digging around in the sticky red dirt, but that
“The last people to see [the bones] were the ones butchering the bison.” K.C. CARLSON, FIELD DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION
didn’t take away from the excitement of finding something, she said. “[Finding remains] is a cool feeling,” she said. “It’s always neat to see butcher marks because that’s the human element of the kills.” The exact number of remains and artifacts that were found is undetermined at this time
because the team is still analyzing its findings, Bement said. In June the team also was joined by a group of students from the nearby town of Woodward, Okla., who were participating in the Time Team America field school, Bement said. The students were led through the bone beds in the kill site and made their own spear points, according to the Time Team America website. As part of the field school, OU’s team butchered a bison using the primitive, stone tools the Paleoindians would have used, Carlson said. Having that hands-on SEE FOSSILS PAGE 2
Education Abroad develops new possibilities JENNIFER CAMACHO Campus Reporter
The university is expanding its study abroad programs this summer, including a program to a location not previously available to students, according to program coordinators. Education Abroad has added two new Journey programs to its study abroad options for students and a third will be added soon. Journey to Brazil and Journey to Tanzania are available to students for the summer of 2013. While there have been other types of abroad programs to Brazil bef o re, t h i s i s t h e f i r s t time OU students have had the opportunity to travel to Tanzania, said Alice Kloker, director of Education Abroad. “The College of International Studies felt that it was time to expand journey offerings into other regions of the world where students might not otherwise consider studying,” Kloker said in an email. Journey programs are four-week abroad programs that are designed to fill a general education requirement, Kloker said. The programs are supported by funding from President David Boren — this financial support helps offset the cost of international airfare, she said. There has been a 43 percent increase in OU students who study abroad over the last four years, according to the 2012 International Profile. SEE ABROAD PAGE 2
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Sooners to face off with Runnin’ Rebels in desert Sports: OU soccer team heads to Las Vegas for a game against UNLV at 9 p.m. (Page 6)
STUDENT LIFE
UOSA to help organizations advertise upcoming events Members to take steps Wednesday SARAH SMITH
Campus Reporter
UOSA is taking steps to help student organizations get the word out about their SARAH CALLIHAN/OU DAILY upcoming events on campus, Students from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship hand out fliers to according to the president. UOSA will take those steps freshmen students Thursday in front of Dale Hall.
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beginning with the Council of Student Organizations meeting Wednesday, president Joe Sangirardi said. At the COSO meeting, they will provide information on advertising resources, as well as tips to student leaders, along with the other informative sessions and guest speakers, he said. Sangirardi and vice
president Rainey Sewell campaigned on helping organizations, especially smaller groups, improve their advertising strategy in order to help them increase student participation. UOSA also will work with student organizations to get upcoming events they have onto the events calendar, SEE UOSA PAGE 2
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