Medieval Fair Lecture Series

Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series

English Sailors thought that they had found a northern sea route to the Slavic countries. Little did they know, that 500 years before, King Canute ruled the North Sea empire and already knew the route.

This information was found at the Medieval Fair free Lecture series put on by the Norman Public Library.

            “This is the fifth of sixth lectures that we put on for people who are interested in medieval history,” said the Medieval Fair director Ann Marie Eckart.

            Many professors have come and talked at the different lectures, and at this one Randi Eldevik who is an Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma State University came and talked. He went into detail about what the Middle Ages knew that the Renaissance forgot.

 “Different professors do different things when they come and talk,” Eckart said. “Some of them bring slide shows or different artifacts and some are very hands on. One of them taught about medieval dance and demonstrated to the class how to medieval dance.”

            The Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series is put on once a year at the Norman Library. There is still one more lecture and  if you’re interested in attending contact Ann Marie Eckart at ameckart@ou.edu. 

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University of North Carolina professor makes life changing documentary.

In the 1970’s when the Argentinean military started kidnapping little kids and murdering their parents, a group of women decided they needed to stand up for what is right.

            Las Abuelas de Playa de Mayo is a group of ordinary women that are on an extraordinary mission. These ladies were grandmothers of some of the children that had been kidnapped in the 70’s, and their mission was to find the “lost” children.

           

            Charlie Tuggle, a professor at the University of North Carolina produced a documentary about what the grandmothers were attempting to accomplish.

            “To have the knowledge and to pursue human rights is something everyone should be involved in,” Tuggle said.

           

            Many of the lost children were found, but not all of them were happy about their new discovery. Some of them didn’t want to know if who they thought had been their parents, really weren’t. In some cases the newfound grandchildren didn’t want to talk for the documentary, Tuggle said. They were also reluctant to be video taped in the family setting.

            The Grandmothers have been recognized for their work in finding the “lost” children. They have been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and Charlie Tuggle believes they will win one in the near future.

            “Right to identity is a basic human right,” Tuggle said. 

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OU students will receive free shirts for student night at the Men's Basketball game on Monday.

On Monday night the Oklahoma Sooner men's basketball team will take on the fourth ranked Missouri Tigers in the Lloyd Noble Center.

This game is big not only because of the Tigers high national ranking, but because it is student night at Lloyd Noble Center. Every student in attendance will receive at free "You're my boy Krug" t-shirt.

The past two years the OU men's basketball team has struggled to fill the stands because of their lack of wins. Also when Blake Griffin graduated, not only did the team lose their leading scorer and rebounder to the NBA, but they lost a player that got people in the seats at Lloyd Noble center.

Sam Sadler, an intern in the Public Relations department for University of Oklahoma sports teams thinks it will be a great night.

"I think it will be good for all the students to come out and support a team that has improved a lot this year from last year under new coach Lon Kruger," Sadler said. "I mean, who doesn't like getting a free t-shirt?"

There will also be a music video played that will show the support for Lon Kruger from different people around the University of Oklahoma campus.