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Medieval Fair Lecture Series

2012-02-19T10:08:00.000-08:00

Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series

English Sailors thought that theyhad 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 knewthe route.

This information was found at theMedieval 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 areinterested in medieval history,” said the Medieval Fair director Ann MarieEckart.

Manyprofessors have come and talked at the different lectures, and at this one RandiEldevik who is an Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma State Universitycame and talked. He went into detail about what the Middle Ages knew that theRenaissance forgot.

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

TheMedieval 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.

Blog post 2

2012-02-12T14:50:00.001-08:00

University of North Carolina professor makes life changing documentary.

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

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

CharlieTuggle, a professor at the University of North Carolina produced a documentaryabout what the grandmothers were attempting to accomplish.

“Tohave the knowledge and to pursue human rights is something everyone should beinvolved in,” Tuggle said.

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

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

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

Five Paragraph Story over event

2012-02-05T13:20:00.000-08:00

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.

Intro

2012-01-31T19:31:00.000-08:00

My name is Brett Coppenbarger and I go to the University of Oklahoma. My major is broadcast journalism and I hope to be on the radio someday. My passion in life is sports. It's my dream to someday have a job where I can talk about sports with people and share my opinion. Sports have been in my life since day one. I grew playing basketball, football and baseball. Football was the one I stuck with the longest. I even played a year here at OU as a walk on. I hope to learn a lot throughout the rest of college so I can make my dream a reality.

PWOP and SWOP

2012-01-31T10:05:00.000-08:00

PWOP of my friends gaming system

SWOP of the clock tower at OU