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Local songwriter to perform Read a profile on Shawnee-native Samantha Crain (shown left) who performs tonight at the Blue Door in Oklahoma City.

Athlete competes in 2 sports Brianna Turang (shown right) doesn’t have time for an offseason because of soccer and softball.

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Lindsey Street open for tailgating Remaining construction will not interfere with normal traffic, university spokesman says JOSEPH TRUESDELL The Oklahoma Daily

After months of closed streets and sidewalks, Lindsey Street reopened Wednesday in time for the Sooners to kickoff football season. Gameday tailgating and fan experience will be minimally affected, said Chris Shilling, university spokesman. Shilling said he is uncertain about how much space will be available

for tailgating compared to the past. “We cannot tell exactly how much space will be available for tailgating because the area is still being cleaned up, but we do know it will be a large portion,” he said. Reopening Lindsey Street will be good for fans this weekend said University College freshman Raymond Flood. “It obviously allows more tailgating to happen, which in turn provides a better environment for Sooner fans,” Flood said. Further construction on Lindsey Street should not interfere with traffic, Shilling said.

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Cars pass through the intersection of Lindsey Street and Asp Avenue on Wednesday, after more than three months of construction. The intersection reopened after construction on Lindsey Street, between Asp Avenue and Jenkins Avenue, was completed in time for the season-opening football game.

Math and juggling go hand-in-hand Professor demonstrats dem compatability between juggling, jug mathematics TIM FRENCH

The OU M Math Club hosted this semester’s first meeting Wednesday afternoon, featuring a guest le lecture by OU research professor Steven Spallone. Spallon He demonstrated demons how juggling and mathematics interact. intera Spallone performed pe juggling techniques that ranged from a simple one-ball trick to challenging, seven seven-ball tricks. While continuing to juggle, he explained exp many of the mathematics sequences involved inv in his tricks. “There is a natural compatibility between math and juggling,” jugg Spallone said. “There are connections between b math and a lot of things in the world.” The profess professor said he started juggling as a sophomore in high school. He began juggling as a means of fitness, but has crafted his passion into a hybrid hyb with juggling and yoga called “jyoga.” Spallone ex explained how he uses numbers to represent specific s movements to create an elaborate sequence. sequ The greater the number in co a sequence corresponds to how high in the air thro the ball. one has to throw thre A basic three-ball juggle can be broken down into its it basic parts and mixed with other mo movements to create a completely n new sequence, he said. The professsor also explained many theorems iinvolved in creating a sequence. In addition to his more elabora rate juggling techniques, Spallone disc discussed a few simple ones to get amateur jugglers started. During the meeting, Spallone asked for voluntee volunteers which he used to represent the balls iin his elaborate sequences. While con confusing at first, the “human balls” hel helped to make the complex seque quences more simple. “I w was surprised by the amount of student students we had show up,” said Keri Kornelso Kornelson, OU mathematics professor and club sp sponsor. “We plugged the meeting in all of our classes to get students to come. I’m really excited e about how many students showed up up.” The club tries to provide a variety of presentations sentations, speakers and movies that tie into math to its members, said OU mathematics professor and a club sponsor Jon Kujawa. “We have reps from ConocoPhillips coming to speak w with us in a couple weeks,” said Kujawa. Members of the Math Club will volunteer later this year at the department’s Math Day. For more in information, visit OUMathclub. wordpress.com wordpress.com.

— STEVEN SPALLONE, PROFESSOR

Jugglology One of Steven Spallone’s juggling theorems Vanilla Juggling Theorem: MERRILL JONES/THE DAILY

Steven Spallone, vistiting assistant professor, juggles Wednesday during the Math Club meeting in the Physical Sciences Center. Spallone discussed the mathematics of juggling at the club’s meeting.

The OU’s College of Law will take part in the inaugural convocation Thursday. The 174 first-year students, upperclassmen leaders and law faculty will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Dick Bell Courtroom of the OU College of Law, 300 W. Timberdell Road, for the new event. Special guests and faculty will welcome new students to the college, and Vice Chief Justice Steven W. Taylor will give an oath to the class emphasizing the importance of becoming a law student. “The idea was Dean (Joseph) Harroz’s as a way for students to think about it as a special time at a special place,” said Stanley Evans, dean for Students. Seating is limited. For more information, contact the OU Office of Special Events at 405325-3784. — Sabrina Prosser/The Daily

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“There is a natural compatibility between math and juggling. There are connections between math and a lot of things in the world.”

College of Law welcomes first-year law students today

» For a periodic jugglable sequence, the number of balls used is the average of the numbers in the sequence.

New fee expands study abroad funds Travel fund grows with implementation of International Program Fee KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily

Students planning to study abroad this spring will be eligible for more financial assistance than before. Because of an “International Program Fee” that passed in the spring, all undergraduate students have been charged 15 cents per credit hour for fall courses. This fee has already been applied to bursar bills and costs a 15-credit-hour student $2.25 a semester, said Jack Hobson, OU Education Abroad director. More than $30,000 will be added to the President’s International Travel Fellowship fund this fall. In the March 31 vote, 46.7 percent of voters approved the addition of the extra fee, according to Daily archives. “I was very encouraged that so many of our students voted for a study abroad fee,” OU President David Boren said in an e-mail. A $2 fee was originally proposed by UOSA, according to archives. The fund, which was created in 1997, provides scholarships for students studying abroad and encourages them to apply for international opportunities. In addition to increasing the student fees, Boren said the number of scholarship funds available to students increased, as well. “The University has a strong obligation to prepare our students to SEE FEE PAGE 2

A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW AT Watch video highlights from OU volleyball’s game Wednesday against Central Arkansas

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