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Raising Cane’s begins business Oct. 19 Remodel extended two months longer than expected SAM HIGGINS
Campus Reporter
In three weeks students can expect to hear the crackle of hot grease and the smell of fresh fried chicken permeating throughout the lobby of Adams Center.
R a i s i n g C a n e ’s w i l l open its doors on campus Friday, Oct. 19 — barring no unforeseen circumstances, said local franchise owner Chad Achord. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and then the restaurant will officially open for business at 10 a.m., Achord said. There will be a lot of festivities surrounding the
opening, including a prize giveaway to the first 100 customers and an outdoor lemonade stand throughout the day. The restaurant was initially supposed to be opened the first or second week of school, but the remodeling took longer than planned, he said. Another delay was the fact that all the equipment in the new
restaurant is custom made. Achord said even though t h e y a re o p e n i n g l a t e r than expected, the overall turnaround is three months earlier than it normally takes to open a new restaurant. Achord said he is looking f o r w a rd t o o p e n i n g u p t h e i r d o o r s o n ca mpu s to what he calls a “truly unique situation” for the restaurant.
“This is a situation where no other Raising Cane’s is in the same opportunity,” he said. The Adams Center Raising Cane’s is the only location on a university campus in Oklahoma and the only one located in an actual dorm in the U.S., he said. “This is the first of its
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Sunday-Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.-midnight Thursday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Source: Chad Achord, local Raising Cane’s franchise owner
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OU acquires new property
Faculty to host guest lecturers, special meals
Regents approved purchase price of $275,000 for home
MIKE WORMLEY
CHASE COOK
The sweet smell of cinnamon rolls floated around the guests as they shuffled in and out of conversations about topics ranging from politics to football. Beneath the murmur of the crowd, the light jingle of a dog collar tag let people know that a pet was underfoot. A crowd in the living room burst out in laughter over the game they were playing. It was a typical Sunday for Allen Hertzke and Barbara Norton who participate as a couple in OU’s Facultyin-Residence program, an extension of Housing and Food that arranges for faculty members to live alongside students in separate apartments. Faculty members in the program host guest lecturers, special meals and other events while also providing a further sense of home-life qualities for residents, according to the FIR website. Hertzke and Norton, the FIRs for Cate Center, have organized weekly events like “Cinnamon Roll Sundays” to allow students to connect with each other and members
OU may be planning new construction along the 100 block of Page Street as the university purchased yet another property along the street, bringing its count up to five homes purchased on that street. The university received approval from the OU Board of Regents at its September meeting to purchase 146 Page St. from Kurt Pfenning at a price of $275,000. The university already owned houses at 139, 135, 131, 128 Page St., according to the Cleveland County Assessor. “The Board of Regents of University of OK” are listed as the owners of the homes. The university makes a habit of evaluating and purchasing property when doing so is in the best interest of the university
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HeAtHeR BRoWn/tHe dAiLy
George Henderson, professor emeritus, stands outside of the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Henderson, a man with many awards and honors under his belt, will be inducted into the African-American Hall of fame on Saturday.
Professor to join third hall of fame Henderson called transition to Norman a “culture shock” PAIGHTEN HARKINS Campus Reporter
George Henderson, professor emeritus, was only the third AfricanAmerican professor at OU when he arrived in 1967. When Henderson accepted the inter view at the university, he did it simply out of curiosity. “I accepted the interview to come to Oklahoma to see the football stadium and to see the Indians,” Henderson said. There really wasn’t much else to the decision until he arrived here and things started to change. He found that Oklahoma wasn’t just about Native Americans and football. He saw that the red dirt did more
than just stain clothes. He found Oklahoma and his true calling in life. Henderson went on to change the university and touch the lives of the students attending through his work as an educator and civil rights activist. Because of these changes, on Oct. 6 Henderson will be formally inducted into the Oklahoma AfricanAmerican Hall of Fame. As a child, though, few people saw Henderson’s true potential, save for his mother and a few teachers. When Henderson was born, his mother told everyone that he was it — he was the child that would succeed and pull his family out of poverty. As it turns out, he was the only chance because his mother and father never had any more children, but when he first started school, it looked like that prophecy never would be completed because Henderson was classified as “educationally retarded”
and was put in the equivalent of special education. That could have been the end to his story — but it wasn’t. An elementary school teacher named Mrs. Anderson worked with him and showed him that education was an avenue out of poverty. Anderson didn’t let him hide behind the usual excuses, like his race or poverty, because Henderson couldn’t do anything about that, and no one else could either. She, however, held him accountable for his education. From there, Henderson became the first member of his family to graduate high school and then the first member to graduate from college. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Wayne see AWARD pAge 3
STUDeNT LIfe
Student veteran adjusts to OU lifestyle Tim Miller, Army veteran, continues his education MELODIE LETTKEMAN Campus Reporter
When Tim Miller walked into his first class in August, he began an adjustment not only into life as a fulltime student, but also as a civilian, husband and father. The university college freshman got out of the Army just days after beginning classes, ending a five-year career that included two trips to Afghanistan. His most recent deployment, to Kandahar in south Afghanistan, ended in March. While his first assignment b ro u g h t h i m t o Ka b u l , where he said his platoon
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felt pretty safe, Kandahar offered a much different atmosphere. “ We w e re b a s i ca l l y in the birthplace of the Taliban,” Miller said. “We were getting shot up twice a day for two months with everything from small arms to rockets and small grenade launchers.” Miller ran headquarters and handled intelligence, analyzing his enemy and piloting unmanned aerial vehicles. Adding to the stress of his job was the daughter and wife he left behind. Two weeks after arriving to Kabul, he found out his wife was pregnant. “I missed pretty much the RicARdo pAtino/tHe dAiLy whole pregnancy. I came home for mid-tour before Tim Miller, University College freshman, reads a book with his daughter, Renee, at his house the birth and stayed for a wednesday. Miller, a veteran who recently returned from deployment, watches his daughter during see VETERAN pAge 5
the day before going to class in the afternoon.
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Sooners look to continue undefeated season Sports: ou hockey team to play doubleheader against texas A&M before leaving norman for first time this season. (Page 8)
Blasphemy laws unjustly restrict basic freedoms Opinion: did you know that blasphemy is illegal in oklahoma? did you know this restriction of free speech may soon be worldwide? (Page 4)
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