Wednesday, February 1, 2012

JoHn KUBLerCampus Reporter

Part- or full-time student workers have consistently held 27 to 30 percent of on-

campus jobs in the past five years, and after a dip in 2010, those numbers are on the rise once again.

During the fall 2011 semes-ter, students held 28.7 percent of on-campus jobs, with 3,425 of 11,932 positions filled, ac-cording to employment data provided by OU Employment

and Compensation Services Assistant Director Diana Biggerstaff .

In the past five years, this percentage was the second-highest behind fall 2009, when 29.7 percent of on-campus jobs were held by students, according to the employment data.

The lowest two percentag-es during that span occurred in fall 2007 and fall 2008 with 27.23 percent and 27.16 per-cent of jobs held by students respectively.

Many employment op-portunities exist for students on campus with a pay range of $7.25 per hour to $22 per

hour for positions requiring more background or expe-rience in a particular field, Biggerstaff said.

“Since we are in a com-petitive job market, students should apply for all positions they have an interest and

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The latest Oklahoma State Department of Health re-ports show most Campus

Corner restaurants have per-formed well in recent state food safety inspections, but for several student favorites the results can be mislead-ing, a state health inspector said.

All Campus Corner res-taurants are subject to ran-dom inspection by health

department officials during any hours of operation, ac-cording to state food code, but public health specialist Phillip Jurina said he believes a recently implemented grad-ing system is unbalanced and often leaves restaurant look-ing bad.

Jurina is responsible for

inspecting Campus Corner restaurants to ensure they are in compliance with state food regulations, and he said the online database main-tained by the State Health Department does not pro-vide the public enough in-formation about inspectors’ findings because it is based

off old inspection methods.I n N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 1 ,

O k l a h o m a l e g i s l a t o r s amended parts of the state food code and now the on-line database does not match the new scoring system used to inspect restaurants, Jurina said.

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Campus Corner tend to do a pretty good job on inspec-tions for the volume and turnover they have, but the numbers are skewed,” Jurina said. “You can’t just look at the database for these restaurants.”

Local restaurants subject to random health services

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Emissary promotes national alliance

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Brazil’s emergence key for America, ambassador says

coco coUrtoiSCampus Reporter

A political emissary from one of the world’s emerging economic pow-ers visited OU’s Norman campus Tuesday.

Among the events on Brazilian Ambassador to the U.S. Mauro Vieira’s i t i n e ra r y w e re a t ou r o f c a m p u s w i t h O U President David Boren, a discussion with College of International Studies dean Zach Messitte and chair of Latin American Studies Alan McPherson at the studios of National Public Radio’s on-cam-pus affiliate and the deliv-ery of a keynote speech at the Sam Noble Oklahoma M u s e u m o f N a t u r a l History.

W h e n V i e i r a c a m e t o t h e KG O U s t u d i o s i n C o p e l a n d H a l l t o speak with Messitte and McPherson, economic issues were among the most-discussed subjects.

“Last year’s unemploy-ment rate was 4.7 per-cent,” Vieira said dur-ing the interview. “We’re very proud of it. We want to keep this low employ-ment rate, but of course, we’ll have to work hard.”

Vieira and Messitte also discussed President Barack Obama’s first visit to Brazil in March.

“ I t ’s a g o o d t h i n g Obama went to Brazil,” Vieira said. “[Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff ] were able to talk a lot about our bilateral agenda: global issues and regional issues.”

During the discussion, McPherson drew a com-parison between Brazil’s and Oklahoma’s energy plans.

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Sooners attracted to on-campus employmentStudent workers make up about 30% of OU jobs

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Robin Gayanger, North American culture studies exchange student from France, catches a ball during rugby practice Tuesday. Gayanger joined OU’s club rugby team to get involved on campus during his time in America. Other exchange students also are finding ways to meet people on campus.

Exchange students find niché at OU

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For exchange students sur-rounded by unfamiliar faces thou-sands of miles from home, integra-tion can seem a daunting task.

But getting involved is with-in anyone’s reach, and Robin Gayanger thinks of himself as proof.

The French North American cul-tural studies student joined the OU rugby team before the fall semester even began.

“I knew I was going to join the club before coming to OU,” Gayanger said. “I didn’t feel like not doing any sports for a year.”

Gayanger had practiced rugby on a collegiate level before attend-ing OU, but he knew the sport was less popular in the U.S., he said.

“Rugby here is less developed than in France. For example the rugby team is not actually OU

official. It’s a club on the campus playing for OU,” Gayanger said. “Which means I had to pay a $200 inscription for the year.”

Despite the decreased popular-ity of the sport, Gayanger was sur-prised by the level of competition, he said.

“For a college team, the level is really good,” Gayanger said. “I made a lot of progress here, as much skill-wise as on a personal plan.”

As part of his involvement with the club, Gayanger has even taken

trips with the team to compete out-side of Norman.

“We went several t imes to Dallas and other places of Texas,” Gayanger said. “Actually, During the OU-Texas [football] game, we were playing the OU-Texas rugby game at the same time. We won, obviously.”

Even after beating the Longhorn rugby team, the most important aspect of participating with the university’s rugby club team has

Sooners seeking shared experiences discover activities on campus

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toDAy AroUnD CAmpUsBlack History month begins.

A seminar on picking a major or minor will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. in Adams Center’s Housing Learning Center. the seminar is part of student success series.

A film screening of “traces of the trade: A story from the Deep north” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in Cate Center’s main social Lounge. the movie is being shown as part of Black History month, and a discussion about the movie will take place after. Free pizza will be available.

tHUrsDAy, FeB. 2An information session for students interested in the Journey to Latin America program will be held at 4:30 p.m. in 221 old science Hall.

A meeting of the Animal Volunteers Alliance group will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. in oklahoma memorial Union’s Alma Wilson room. the group will discuss the benefits of spaying and neutering pets and create dog toys out of jeans.

FriDAy, FeB. 3An opening reception will be held for “reclaimed and remixed: Chicano Art” by narciso Argüelles at 5 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. museum of Art’s Lightwell Gallery. the reception is free to public. exhibit runs Friday to Feb. 17.

The women’s gymnastics team will host a quad meet against nebraska, minnesota and Centenary at 7 p.m. at Lloyd noble Center.

A film screening of “eadweard muybridge, Zoopraxographer,” directed by thom Anderson will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in Fred Jones Jr. museum of Art’s mary eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium.

sAtUrDAy, FeB. 4The women’s basketball team will play oklahoma state at noon at Lloyd noble Center.

A tennis match against nebraska will take place at 1 p.m. at Gregg Wadley indoor tennis pavilion.

The men’s basketball team will play iowa state at 5 p.m. at Lloyd noble Center.

sUnDAy, FeB. 5A faculty recital with Vicki schaeffer on organ will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in Gothic Hall, Catlett music Center. recital is free.

monDAy, FeB. 6Men’s basketball team will play missouri at 6 p.m. at Lloyd noble Center.

A seminar on improving reading in the student success series will be held at 5 p.m. in room 245, Wagner Hall.

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Work: Campus resources available to studentsContinued from page 1

qualify for,” Biggerstaff said. Remaining open to a num-

ber of different on-campus options is key to finding a job, said microbiology soph-omore Sherman Riddle, whose search for campus employment ended without success.

“I looked, but all the posi-tions I was interested were full very quickly,” Riddle said.

All students seeking on-campus employment are encouraged to have an up-to-date school schedule and contact information ready when filing an application, Biggerstaff said.

The Employment and Compensation Ser vices Office, located in 205 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, maintains a database of jobs which students can search

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day care plans to expandProgram will allow education students to work with kids

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Three-year-old Eva La Greca (left) runs through the Rose Rock School front garden on Tuesday while fellow student Amelia Ahmadi looks on. OU education students may soon get to work with the school.

Victoria GartenCampus Reporter

A unique early-child-hood teaching program in Norman is expanding, and OU students soon will have a chance to take part in the action.

At the Rose Rock School at 122 E. Main St. in Norman, there is no playroom with stimulating colors, work-sheets to practice the al-phabet, pictures of Dora the Explorer or cartoons on the television.

Instead of modern ways used to occupy students, the children play with wooden toys, learn to sew, finger knit and garden.

The Rose Rock School dif-fers from a home day care or public school, as the children are a part of a family while their parents are at work, teacher and owner Shanah Ahmadi said.

“The meaning is two-fold when you take it back to the way things used to be, but then you apply it to the set-ting that’s more social so taking the old and the new,” Ahmadi said. “The old being there is this way of life that has already been existing for children, the home life cou-pled with the new which is that more people are working so it is less likely that a child gets to stay home with his or her mother of grandmother and so they are in a setting with 11 other children.”

Ahmadi plans to expand the school in the fall after a recently purchased 5,000-square-foot home is rezoned and renovated, she said.

In conjunction with the expansion, it will be possible for OU students to partici-pate in internship, teaching or administrative positions

at the school, Ahmadi said. The opportunities at the

school will not be limited specifically to teaching, par-ent Cynthia McPherson said.

“It’s a great opportunity because it takes a different approach and, because we

are growing, they also have the opportunity to work on other tasks like grants or fundraising,” McPherson said.

The school is based on the LifeWays North America teaching program, which emphasizes a relationship-based care program, ac-cording to the organization’s website.

Children in the Rose Rock School are encouraged to create their own original work, made easier by the absence of media, giving children the chance to use their own imagination rather than using the images cre-ated for them, according to McPherson.

Rose Rock School teacher Frances Whalen said that while she does not regret the part of her life spent in a pub-lic education institution, she

was attracted by the school’s teaching methods, which en-courage children to do things for themselves rather than for adult attention or love.

“We are very DIY here,” Whalen said. “To a large ex-tent in public schools things are done for you.”

Ahmadi eventually hopes to expand the school to the eighth-grade level, but she said such changes must be made slowly to accommo-date the family setting.

With the added 3,800 square feet at the school’s disposal in the new building, she will be able to turn her eleven-child family into a thirty-child family, she said.

The school will have a fundraiser Friday sponsored by the Norman Arts Council to make the renovation of the new location possible, Ahmadi said.

GO AND DO“ringa-Singa”WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Rose Rock School, 112 E. Main St.

INFO: The event, which will benefit the school and is sponsored by the Norman Arts Council, will include refreshments, live music and a silent auction.

Source: RoseRockSchool.orgMost Campus Corner res-taurants are inspected more often than other restaurants in the city due to high game-day traffic and outdoor beer sales which require manda-tory inspection. Most of the gameday inspections are simply walking by to make sure beer troughs are set up properly, Jurina said.

However, inspections since the end of football season have occurred as frequently as they did dur-ing gamedays because there are still a few restaurants on Campus Corner considered at high risk for violations due to poor inspection history, Jurina said.

However, unlike some

states, Oklahoma restaurants are not required to post in-spection results for the pub-lic to see, according to state health codes.

According to state health department reports, Café Plaid, 333 W. Boyd St., was inspected more than any other restaurant on Campus Corner during the past two years.

The report shows that since February 2010, Jurina in-spected Café Plaid 13 times, with the most recent inspec-tion earlier this month.

Restaurant inspection var-ies according to the type of food service operation it is, according to the Oklahoma Food Service Establishment Inspections website.

“An inspection is a snap-shot in time,” the website said.

“A review of the inspection history is a better indicator of food service establishments’ operational conditions.”

Café Plaid manager Jason Skeel said the online report available to the public is too vague and makes it difficult to get an accurate picture of what’s going on in the restaurant.

“To the average consumer, they see several violations, but they can’t see what the violations are about,” Skeel said. “When we get our re-sults from the inspector, he gives us a very detailed, ac-curate, hand-written report that tells us exactly what we need to fix,” he said.

Skeel said Norman has a serious reputation for strict health inspections, and as a manager and a consumer,

it makes him considerably more comfortable. However, the online report only pro-vides the number of viola-tions, but leaves out the de-tails that Skeel said tell the truth about the restaurant.

“You can fail the proper hand-washing facilities por-tion of the inspection simply because the bathroom ran out of paper towels and they just hadn’t been replaced,” he said.

“Most of our violations have been a result of big-time remodels and equip-ment changes, but it’s re-flected in the overall inspec-tion score,” Skeel said. “I won’t say that it’s unfair, but it’s definitely vague, and it makes us look bad because the public doesn’t know the true picture.”

to find something that meets their needs, Biggerstaff said.

OU Human Resources also maintains a database of available positions at jobs.ou.edu.

Scheduling concerns are often alleviated by finding work on campus, said Shelby Hill, multidisciplinary and African American Studies senior.

“Scheduling is the biggest part of it,” Hill said, who works in the university’s payroll of-fice. “It really helps when you have a test at 8 a.m. to get out of work at a decent time.”

Brazil: Countries seeking cooperative venturesContinued from page 1

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Brazilian Amabassor to the U.S. Mauro Vieira addresses a crowd at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Vieira visited OU to discuss Brazil’s economy and potential Brazilian-U.S. partnership.

“Oklahoma has a rich en-ergy past and present, gas and oil,” McPherson said. “Brazil does, too.”

When asked what path he saw Brazil’s energy industry taking in the future, Vieira pointed to the country’s ability to harvest 40 billion barrels of pre-salt oil.

Pre-salt oil refers to oil and gas pockets contained under pockets of salt and rock under the earth’s sur-face, and Brazil’s reserves represent the sixth- or sev-enth-largest deposits in the world, Vieira said.

Vieira also said Brazil is working on biofuel technol-ogy with the U.S., as well as ethanol, notably for aviation use.

The upcoming 2014 World Cu p a n d 2 0 1 6 S u m m e r Olympics in Brazil also were subjects of discussion.

“ We i n v e s t e d i n n e w areas, infrastructures, stadi-ums, and airports. … Big U.S. companies are more than welcome, too,” Vieira said in the interview.

B r a z i l i a n P r e s i d e n t R o u s s e f f , a w a r e o f t h e much-needed relationship

between Brazil and America, h a s i n t r o d u c e d a n e w Science Without Borders initiative.

The program sends chil-dren abroad to study, learn the country and the culture and bring back knowledge to Brazil.

More than 75,000 students

are encouraged by the gov-ernment to study hard sci-ences in the major univer-sities of the world, half of which are in the U.S., Vieira said.

“It is a very important tool to bring our two countries together,” Vieira said.

Vieira said he felt he had to

come to states like Oklahoma to talk about Brazil ian-American relationship.

“I can’t stay prisoner of Washington. I’m doing a big effort to visit all the states, those big huge parts that are in the middle of the country. We should have more con-tact,” Vieira said.

been meeting people, Gayanger said. “I met a lot of friendly people who have became very

good friends in five months,” Gayanger said. “I’m glad we got along as much on the field as outside.”

A passion for sports also motivated Alpha Ying Kit Wong to get involved.

The Chinese management information systems student joined the OU fencing club to keep his skills sharp while away from home.

“I am a fencing team member in my home university,” Wong said. “I even brought all my gear from China.”

Though the fencing club hasn’t begun to compete yet, Wong was already approached by another member of the club with an opportunity to interact with fellow Sooners.

“They invited me to join the Baptist Student Union,” Wong said. “I’m originally Christian, Baptist is not the same. It’s a bit different, but it’s all right.”

Wong enjoys being able to continue some habits from home, such as going to church every Sunday, he said.

As he takes part in more campus events, Wong said he’s glad he took the first step to join a community of American students.

“They’re really kind, they invite me to all their events ... they are my main group of friends,” Wong said.

A passion for sports may have driven Gayanger and Wong to get involved on campus, but a love for making movies compelled Daniel Sagarnaga.

The Bolivian system engineering student had participat-ed in his high school’s audiovisual club, but hadn’t had the time to practice his craft since then.

“The movie club is about learning how to make movies and share experiences and embraces ... video editing, cam-era use, lights, scenario,” Sagarnaga said. “I wanted to learn and I marked almost everything, even make up.”

In conjunction with his participation in the Student Film Production Club, Sagarnaga said he’s also taking film the-ory and history at OU.

For José Alberto Camarillo Santillan, the opportunity to meet Americans was a key reason for getting involved.

Like many other exchange students, the Mexican indus-trial engineering student joined the host family program.

“[My host family lives] in a low-impact environment home they built themselves and eat the food they pro-duce,” Santillan said. “It’s a great opportunity to meet an American family, that’s why we came in the U.S. right?”

Santillan also applied to the OU Cousins program and even joined a dance class, he said.

“Dance is not my passion, it’s more of a social thing. I was tired to be sitting the whole time at weddings,” Camarillo Santillan said. “Also, my girlfriend is a good dancer, so I want to learn not to step on her feet anymore.”

involvEmEnt: Meeting others a key motivatorContinued from page 1

AT A GLANCEinvolvement» To join the OU Rugby Club, call 405-650-9263 or email [email protected]» To join the Student Film Production Club or the Oklahoma Fencing Club, search them on Facebook.

RESEARCH

Professor to promote data analysis at symposium

A seminar promoting independent re-search and analysis of media will be present-ed Wednesday on campus as part of a series on natural gas.

“Communication and Natural Gas: On Separating Fact from Fiction” will be pre-sented as part of the Bridging Fuels for the Future: Natural Gas series, sponsored by the Oklahoma Energy Education Foundation, Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and RKI Exploration and Production.

The event will begin at 10:30 a.m. today in Price Hall, Room 2030.

Communication professor John A. Banas will serve as the event’s featured presenter.

The seminar serves to show how a com-petent communication analysis can provide a more complete view of any event or issue, according to a press release.

Banas will screen a clip from the film “Gasland” during the seminar to help high-light the way information can be framed or edited and presented to change an issue’s perception. The video clips will emphasize the impact of moving or visceral messag-es and present ways to identify misleading claims, according to the press release.

The event is free and open to all students.

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Our View: This generation has made progress toward racial equality. But don’t call America “post-racial” quite yet.

America has elected a black president, neighbor-hoods have finally been successfully desegregated and the millenials (born between 1981 and 2001) are the first generation of Americans to grow up without obvious racial biases. This Black History Month, we have a lot to celebrate.

But these accomplishments in no way mean we’re living in, or close to achieving, a “post-racial” society.

On average, white households in the U.S. are 20 times wealthier (in terms of net worth) than that of black and Hispanic house-holds, a July 2011 study by the Pew Research Center showed . This is the largest gap in wealth between whites and minorities since the 1980s .

U.S. Census data shows that 27.4 percent of African-American households lived at or below the poverty line in 2010, compared to 9.9 percent of whites. The data also shows the median yearly in-come of black households was about $32,000, while white households earned $54,000 per year .

On top of that, the same data shows that black un-employment is nearly double white unemployment. And black women earn about 65 cents to every dollar made by white men, according to the U.S. Department of Labor .

In 2008, some 44 percent of white 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in higher education, while about 32 percent of black 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled, according to the National Center for Education Statistics . OU isn’t doing much better, with 5.4 per-cent of students identifying as black compared to 7.4 percent of the state population .

And the problem isn’t limited to economic health and education. According to a 2007 Department of Justice report, people of all races are targeted for traf-fic stops at a similar rate. But blacks were more than three times more likely to be searched than whites, and they were twice as likely to be arrested .

Black Americans also are more likely to be sen-tenced to death than a white person for the same crime, according to the Department of Justice .

All of this is still happening in an era when towns and cities are the least segregated they have been for the past century, according to a report released Monday by the Manhattan Institute. The report

claims “all-white neighborhoods are ef-fectively extinct .” And yet, eliminating segregation has failed to eliminate racial inequalities.

While many Americans are patting them-selves on the back for electing a black presi-dent, black youths are still significantly more likely to grow up poor and unable to attend

college or end up in prison than their white peers.Racial inequality is still a problem and will con-

tinue to be so because it’s not just about changing people’s perceptions and our cultural discourse. It’s about discovering, challenging and overcoming the deeply entrenched societal systems that privilege the majority and de-privilege minorities of all kinds.

In this way, America may be facing a tougher fight in the years ahead. Yes, this new generation is taking over without an ingrained racially divided outlook. But that may make us less likely to see — or even rec-ognize the need to look for — deeper, more complex schemas that are truly the root of the problem.

Now, more than ever, Black History Month is nec-essary. This nation cannot become complacent. It cannot believe the problem is over. It cannot stop challenging itself to root out inequality. To do so is only to perpetuate the very real problems our society still grapples with.

We hope these numbers make you angry. We hope they push you to challenge the rhetoric of a “post-racial” society. We hope they inspire you to do something.

And in all that you do, be watchful for the in-grained systems that continue to perpetuate racial inequality — even for us color-blind millenials.

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‘Intellectual property’ is theft Recently, college stu-

dents and others who visit Wikipedia

on a daily basis were met with a 24-hour blackout. The blackout in question was in protest of two pieces of legis-lation related to the Internet, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act.

The bills had several draconian punishments that outraged many Americans (Wikipedia clearly included). Many of the bills’ oppo-nents stated that, if passed, the laws would effectively kill the Internet as we know it, potentially prosecuting any companies or sites found to be “facilitating” in copyright infringement.

However, there’s a much more fundamental aspect of this entire issue that needs to be discussed more openly. Hopefully, public outrage over these particularly atrocious laws will provide a platform for the message that really needs to be heard.

The time has come to abolish intellectual property.To be clear, I’m a firm defender of actual property rights,

even to an absolutist point. That’s exactly why I oppose the charade known as intellectual property.

To begin a serious discussion on intellectual property, it’s important to remember what the basis for property in tangi-ble things is in the first place, and that’s scarcity. Not scarcity in the relative sense of being rare, but scarcity in the absolute sense of being limited at all.

For instance, consider the idea of a world where, for what-ever reason, cars were relatively abundant and nearly every-one had one. Even in this context, I could still not control the use of your car at the same time that you control the use of your car.

If I take that single physical thing that is your particular car, you no longer have it. Thus, we must have property rights in order to ensure that people can use their own re-sources without coercion from others.

Now let’s consider a second situation. We’ll say that I “stole” your car, but it was still there in the morning. As in, I, through some magic spell of conjuration, created an exact copy of your car and drove off with that copy.

Have I actually stolen your car? I’d say not. You certainly still have exclusive rights to your particular copy of the car. I’m in no way forcing you to let your property be used in any way that goes against your will.

Furthermore, not only is an invasion of another person’s intellectual property not an invasion of anything remotely

similar to their actual property rights, enforcing “intellectual property rights” is an invasion of actual property rights.

It seems hard to see how it could not be an invasion of property rights to tell someone that they aren’t legally al-lowed to use their own ink to form words on their own paper in a certain way. It also becomes difficult to use different words to describe banning everyone who isn’t Apple from using their own materials to make a product that performs a function judged too similar to the iPhone.

In fact, one could even say that intellectual property laws are, in essence, a government facilitation of property’s con-ceptual opposite: theft.

As longtime intellectual property lawyer Stephan Kinsella writes in his essay, “Against Intellectual Property,” “if prop-erty rights are recognized in non-scarce resources, this nec-essarily means that property rights in tangible resources are correspondingly diminished. This is because the only way to recognize ideal rights, in our real, scarce world, is to al-locate rights in tangible goods. For me to have an effective patent right — a right in an idea or pattern, not in a scarce resource — means that I have some control over everyone else’s scarce resources.”

It is often objected that the purpose of intellectual proper-ty is to ensure the profitability of the tech and entertainment industries, given the problem of free-riders. While this is an issue to consider, it hardly seems like a legitimate reason for the government to enforce a monopoly on their products.

Plenty of businesses that are liable to free-rider problems, such as movie theaters, radio and others, are able to either factor in “fencing” costs (methods of excluding free riders) or find revenue streams (like commercials) that make free-riders irrelevant. Why should the entertainment or tech in-dustries be able to put their costs of business on the rest of us by having the government enforce intellectual property law?

Yet, even as it lurks implicitly in the outrage over SOPA and PIPA, the American people have not yet come to real-ize the fact that intellectual property is not property. They do not see that it is, instead, a warrant for the title-holders of intellectual property claims to infringe on the property rights of everyone else.

We must make that realization. We must take the momen-tum of SOPA and PIPA outrage and make it consistent.

It’s not only that the penalties in those bills are dispro-portionate to the crime of using your own property, in a way that conflicts with no one else’s property, to copy music or films. It’s that there is no crime at all behind such action, and therefore absolutely any attempt to forcibly prohibit it would be beyond disproportionate.

Jason Byas is a philosophy junior.

On the first day of school, at 2:45 p.m., I was

headed to my last class of the day in Gittinger Hall. When I turned the corner to the head of the stairs, there, on the landing, was a woman lying face down unconscious on the floor with a pool of blood around her head. Her face was turning black and blue.

My first response was to ask one of the students near her if anyone had called the paramedics, which they had. As I was walking back down the stairs, it dawned on me that Goddard Health Center was less than two blocks away, and they might have someone able to help in some way.

I ran over to Goddard and asked the person behind the front counter if anyone could come help. She was dismis-sive and directed me back to the nurse’s station.

I described the severity of the injury and asked if they had a doctor or nurse who could come to Gittinger to help. I was told that they do not handle that sort of thing, and we needed to just wait for the paramedics.

I was shocked by her callous reaction. I assumed a doc-tor or nurse would be able to offer some assistance, if only to make sure the woman was not injured any further.

I walked back to Gittinger and the campus police had arrived, but still no paramedics. Fifteen more minutes passed until the paramedics arrived. The injured woman waited at least 30 minutes for any help at all.

The worst part of her ordeal was that qualified help was only two minutes away.

Later, when I continued on to class, I did hear her talking incoherently to the paramedics. That was the last I saw of her. By the time I left class, she was gone, as was any sign that there had been a life-threatening injury in the stair-well. The puddle of blood had been cleaned.

I was disturbed by these events and wanted to know more about why aid was not available to this student.

In no way did I expect Goddard doctors or nurses to take the place of trained emergency personnel. I did expect Goddard nurses and doctors to help within reasonable boundaries, even if it meant just a presence at the scene. Any doctor or nurse is better equipped to handle an emer-gency situation than students, teachers and police officers.

OUPD was on the scene less then 15 minutes after the incident . Could a doctor or nurse not do the same?

I began an investigation by getting the police report. The report contained only basic details of the case and did not include the student’s name.

I put in a call to Goddard Health Services to get an of-ficial statement on their policies regarding on-campus in-juries. Margaret Pool, assistant director of clinical services and a registered nurse, returned my call. I followed up the call by sending her an email with a few questions regarding the specific policies that relate to this incident.

While Margaret’s response was prompt, her answers reflect an indifferent policy towards student emergencies on campus: “We are not equipped or staffed for medical emergencies on campus.”

The Goddard website lists seven doctors and four physi-cians assistants. They also employ a large staff of nurses. Goddard is clearly better equipped and better staffed then a few concerned students and teachers assembled in the hall around the victim.

Margaret went on to state that nurses and physicians cannot leave their current patients.

If a patient came into Goddard with a severe head wound, that person would immediately become the top priority for the staff. They would receive a basic level of at-tention and care while the ambulance was called.

If the same student was a couple hundred yards away from Goddard’s front door, they would receive nothing.

I am not asking doctors and nurses to be everywhere at every moment. I am asking that they assist with reasonable sacrifices of Goddard personnel and resources.

It would have taken less than 20 minutes for a nurse or doctor to stay with the student until paramedics arrived. Twenty minutes can mean the difference between life and death, especially in severe head injuries.

With OU’s emphasis on campus security, health and safety, it is sad we cannot assist severely injured students within shouting distance of Goddard.

I ask you to contact Clarke Stroud, vice president of stu-dent affairs, or Goddard directly to urge them to change their policies and allow qualified doctors to reasonably as-sist students in emergency situations on campus.

Mark Brockway is a political science junior.

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January has been an exciting and challenging month for Oklahoma basketball. The Big 12 Conference is one of the most competitive leagues in the nation – we battle each and every game. Our guys have made great improvements so far this season, but still have the desire to keep making progress to get Big 12 wins.

At last week’s game against then-No. 6 Baylor, we had one of the best student sections so far this season. Although the outcome of the game was not what we wanted, we were able to compete with the sixth-ranked team in the nation. A major reason why was because of your enthusiasm and involvement in the game.

What you all bring to the atmosphere in the Lloyd Noble Center is second to none. Others in the arena follow your lead and feed off your excitement. The student section is the cor-nerstone of a great environment and we hope you take pride in what you bring to the LNC.

There is still a lot of basketball to be played this season – we have fi ve home games left and we need you here for each and every one. This Saturday, we host Iowa State at 5 p.m. Bring friends and classmates, have a great time and impact the outcome of the game. We need you here!

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RJ YoungSports Reporter

Basketball fans might re-call the demonstrative lan-guage of a player who de-clared to defend his half of the hardwood to the fullest measure.

He or she will slap both hands against the court in front of the player he or she is defending. A loud thwack will echo from the force of those palms, from the de-termination of an athlete’s mind.

That is defense.Junior combo-guard Carl

Blair and the Sooners will have to bring a defensive stal-wart’s mentality with them when they play at 7 tonight at Allen Fieldhouse against No. 8 Kansas.

“It’s an attitude,” Blair said. “My mental state when I’m guarding somebody is my man can’t score on me. If he does, it kills me.”

Blair leads Oklahoma in one hustle stat — steals. He’s successfully stolen the rock from opponents 30 times in 20 games.

“They look at my eyes, and they just know they’re not getting by me,” Blair said. “It’s almost like an intimida-tion factor. You just gotta let a guy know that it’s not going to be easy tonight.”

T h e H o u s t o n n a t i v e doesn’t claim to be fast but sees his body strength and desire to out-hustle ev-eryone on the court as his advantage.

“Everybody on this level is fast; everybody’s strong,” Blair said. “It’s just who has the mental will power to just get that stop.”

There is an honorable dis-tinction that comes with the idea of being a team’s best defender. There’s a particu-lar brand of “git-r-done” that comes with the label along with a not-so-nice demeanor.

Defense also is about the

fundamentals that allow ju-nior forward Romero Osby to clean the glass and block shots. He leads the Big 12 with an average of 3.1 offen-sive rebounds per game and Oklahoma with 24 blocked shots.

Assistant coach Steve Henson and the OU coach-ing staff work on defen-sive fundamentals at every practice with the Sooners. Henson watches film for tell-

tale signs that would make his players better.

“Those possessions where we’re standing upright and our hands are down by our sides don’t turn out good for us,” Henson said. “That’s kind of the key for us — readiness to start the possession.”

For its part, Kansas boasts junior for ward Thomas Robinson. Robinson is the Big 12’s leading rebounder and considered by many to

be one of the nation’s top players.

But Oklahoma employs the abilities of one of the league’s best scorers.

Junior two-guard Steven Pledger is second in the Big 12 in scoring 17.8 points per game and was recently named Big 12 Player of the Week after averaging 23.5 points against No. 6 Baylor and Kansas State. He is third among Sooners with 20 steals

and their best perimeter re-bounder with 79 boards this season.

Blair believes there’s rea-son for that.

“Nine times out of 10, if a (player) is great on offense he has pretty good athleti-cism,” Blair said. “He should be able to move his feet and do things like that, and if you have good length, you al-ways can be a great defensive player.”

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Junior guard Carl Blair denies the lane as he guards a Baylor player during the Sooners’ 77-65 home loss to the Bears on Jan. 24. Blair has been a huge part of Oklahoma’s defensive presence this season with his team-high 30 steals.

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Junior Whitney Hand drives past two defenders during the Sooners’ Thursday loss to No. 1 Baylor. Hand had nine points in the final four minutes to lead the Sooners past Kansas on Tuesday night.

KEDRIC KITCHEnSAssistant Sports Editor

O klahoma sur vived a scrappy Kansas Jayhawks squad Tuesday night, com-ing out on top, 74-68, in an overtime victory at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence.

The clock ticked down to 2:14 left in the game as sophomore guard Morgan Hook took a pass from ju-nior guard Whitney Hand behind the 3-point line and fired.

The shot found the bot-tom of the bucket and gave the Sooners the lead, put-ting all the pressure back on the home team.

The Sooners had been 0- for-9 from the field up to that point, but Hook drained the one that mattered, and OU had the lead for the first time since leading 25-24 with four seconds left in the first half.

But the fireworks weren’t done yet, and neither were Hook’s heroics.

After a timely 3 of their

own, Kansas found them-selves playing an overtime game against the Sooners.

The Sooners trailed for the majority of the overtime period, but Hook showed up when it mattered, mak-ing a layup to bring it within one.

Sh e t h en d is h e d i t t o freshman guard Sharane

Campbell for the Sooners’s second made 3-pointer of the game to take the lead for the final time.

Oklahoma then had to make its free throws down the stretch and ride out the last couple minutes for the 74-68 win.

H o o k , H a n d a n d Campbell put the Sooners

on their shoulders, scoring a combined 50 of the team’s 74 points, including the last 21 of the contest.

Hook led the game in as-sists with four and Campbell s w i p e d a n i m p r e s s i v e four steals as well. Where Campbell really shined was in her consistency, she shot an impressive 80 percent from the field and six-for-nine at the charity stripe.

Freshman forward Kaylon Williams was clutch as well, notching eight points on five shot attempts, gathering in a team best 10 rebounds and holding Kansas’ freshman forward Aishah Sutherland to just nine points.

The Jayhawks were led by Oklahoma native, junior guard Angel Goodrich who scored 18 points, pulled d o w n n i n e b o a rd s a n d dished six assists.

One of the biggest stories of the game, however, was the continued struggles of Sooners’ sophomore guard Aaryn Ellenberg. She scored just one point, going 0-for-6 from the field and splitting a pair of free throws, her third straight game without a made 3-point attempt.

The Sooners look to ex-tend their winning streak to three when they host the second half of the Bedlam series at noon on Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center.

CamERon STRoCKSports Reporter

As the only senior on the OU women’s tennis team, Marie-Pier Huet is taking on more of a lead-ership role this year.

She is doing her part to assist the talented but inexperienced team through the first por-tion of the long season ahead.

“Being the oldest, I just try to be a good example for everyone and help them learn from my past experiences,” Huet said.

The team lost its first match of the s eas on against St. Mary’s at the ITA Kickoff on Friday at the UCLA Tennis Center in Los Angeles.

Despite the early loss, t h e t e a m ca m e b a ck strong to defeat Utah in its consolation match of the tournament.

This type of resiliency has head coach David Mullins remaining opti-mistic about his team.

“We were only a few points away from clinch-i ng t h e f i r s t mat c h,” Mullins said. “I’m very happy with the way the t e a m b o u n c e d b a c k Saturday and saw how they can respond in a sit-uation like that.”

Mu l l i n s h o p e s t h e team can continue to b u i l d c o n f i d e n c e a s the season progresses, but both he and Huet are quick to emphasize that this team’s biggest strength is how well ev-eryone gets along with one another.

The tight-knit group of seven players prides it-self on playing together and supporting one an-other as a team.

With youth comes in-experience, though, and Mullins will continue to try to find the perfect balance in his singles and doubles lineups.

“I’ll probably switch things accordingly, but I think we are going to make a lot of changes this year,” Mullins said.

The team is currently preparing for another match at 5 p.m. Saturday against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa.

OU and the Golden Hurricane have split matches the past two years, with Tulsa getting the best of the Sooners last season.

PLAYER PROFILEmorgan HookYear: SophomorePosition: Guard Hometown:Lowell, Ark.Game stats: Hook led the Sooners with four steals against the Jayhawks, while also adding 11 points.

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A number of opportunities will be in the offi ng for you in the year ahead. However, if you fail to jump on them or waste too much time thinking things over, you could lose out. They won’t stick around very long.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Be careful, because someone with whom you’ll be involved might not be operating by the rules. If this person thinks you’re an easy target, he or she might try to take you down.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- A failure to select companions who are equally as enthusiastic about life as you are could put too many restrictions on everything you attempt to do and limit your initiative. Choose your chums wisely.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- If you want to perform effectively, you’ll need to be systematic in all that you do. Unless you organize yourself and the job at hand, you won’t accomplish much in the way of anything.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If you have a bad time, it won’t be because you’re not sociable, but because of the group with which you’re involved. Be more selective about your friends for a happier public presence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- When you utilize your friendliness and charm, situations in which you’ll be involved will turn out to be fun and successful. Conversely, letting your ego govern the day will cause you unhappiness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- As long as friends are in accord with your views and opinions, you’ll be amicable and fun to be with. Should anyone disagree with you, however, you’ll not be a happy companion.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The disadvantages of a collective endeavor in which you’re involved will bring down the whole ship if you make them more important than the many positive facets of the project.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It might not be entirely the fault of others if you have problems dealing on a one-on-one basis with people. You should let your honesty instead of your vanity make the evaluation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Attend fi rst thing, while you are fresh, to all the jobs and responsibilities that must get done. You won’t be as effective handling things when you’re tired.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Be on guard when participating in an activity that has competitive elements. Unfortunately, there’s a chance that you could go up against someone who can’t handle losing.

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Food. Our main priority — or at least it’s mine.

Right after I eat breakfast, I’m already looking forward to lunch, and following lunch,

what I’m going to eat for dinner is never far from my mind.

As college students, our busy schedules often keep us from thinking too much about exactly what we eat, in favor of the ever-pop-ular last resort of anything that can be eaten in less than 20 minutes. And when we do have time to slow down and make those healthful eating choices, the real-ity is, what we may think is a healthful on-campus option, is in fact, not the best thing to put in our bodies.

In an effort to determine if my healthy eating choices were as healthful as I thought, I decided to visit OU’s Housing and Food Services’ website and research what I had been classifying as nourishment for my body. I dis-covered the most common foods I consume on campus may not be what I thought they were. If you’re like me and think you’re making healthful choices, you may want to think again.

Grilled cheese sandwiches. It’s an American classic. Your mom might have made it for you on a cold, rainy day, when you were sick or simply as an afternoon snack. This classic sandwich is a quick and easy option I al-ways considered decently healthful. If your mom made it, how bad can it be?

Well, if it’s made at Crossroads or Couch Express, heed this warning: It’s loaded with fat and calories.

At these two venues, two pieces of bread and a slice of cheddar cheese is about 400 calories with 10 grams of saturated fat (50 percent of the daily value based on a 2,000-calorie diet) and 740 milligrams of sodium. A homemade grilled cheese sandwich is about 121 calories. Better? I’d say so.

Next time you want the delicious taste of home, I suggest you make it yourself — preferably with wheat bread and not smothered in butter. Your body will thank you.

Another sneaky food item that can catch you off guard is Crossroads’ grilled chicken. It’s disap-pointing because you think you’re choosing a more

healthful alternative to the fried chicken options that are rampant on cam-pus, but the nutritional value of this deceitful option is less than desirable.

The grilled chicken at Crossroads is a whopping 805.9 calories, accord-ing to the Housing and Food Center’s website. That’s nearly as much as Crossroads’ California Burger (which is full of cheese, bacon and other obvious temptations). There are 10.45 grams of saturated fat in the grilled chicken, 53 percent of the daily value. This dish at home can be as low as 100 calories and one-half gram of saturated fat per 3 ounce serving — when pre-pared with minimal oils. And with the advent of great little counter-top grills, there’s no reason you shouldn’t opt for a do-it-yourself version of this meal.

And speaking of hamburgers, they obviously aren’t the most healthful option but sometimes a great treat after a long week. I say after the chaos of a week comes to and end, why not treat yourself? But there are definitely healthier burger alternatives if ground beef is what you’re craving.

The California Burger I menioned earlier consists of ground beef, swiss cheese, avovcado, bacon, lettuce and tomato, and is — admittedly — a personal favorite of mine. However, if you wish to keep blissfully eating this burger without any regrets of any sort, I suggest you stop reading ... now.

Hey, you know what they say, ignorance is bliss. Well, in this case, all ig-norance will get you is a flabby stomach. The California Burger is a whop-ping 996.24 calories, contains 26.24 grams of saturated fat (131 percent of the daily value based on 2,000 calorie diet) and 1637.17 milligrams of so-dium. If you’re having to re-read that, let me assure you, your eyes have not deceived you.

The more healthful alternative is to grill your own burger and control that caloric content. If you choose low-fat ground beef, a burger patty can be as low as 293 calories.

At OU, I am proud to be a part of a school that promotes healthful eating choices. You’ve seen the banners encouraging us to make healthful eating choices, but it’s easier to read the promotions about healthful eating than to actually commit to healthier eating habits.

The key to success is to know what you’re eating. Don’t assume because you’re ordering a sandwich made of bread and cheese that it is healthy.

Brooke Buckmaster is a University College freshman.

HomeCookin’

is where the health is

California BurgerWhere’s it from?: Crossroads Restaurant

Calories: 996.24

Saturated fat: 26.24 grams

Source: OU Housing and Food Services

Grilled CheeseWhere’s it from?: Crossroads Restaurant and Couch Express

Calories: 440

Saturated fat: 10 grams


HamburgerWhere’s it from?: Make it in your kitchen

Calories: 293


Source: calorieking.com

Grilled CheeseWhere’s it from?: Make it in your kitchen

Calories: 121



Grilled ChickenWhere’s it from?: Crossroads Restaurant

Calories: 805.9

Saturated fat: 10.45 grams


Grilled ChickenWhere’s it from?: Make it in your kitchen

Calories: 100

Saturated fat: One-half gram


Skipping cafeteria food to make your own meals can keep calories down

“Next time you want the

delicious taste of home,

I suggest you make it yourself.”

Brooke [email protected]

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Black Entertainment Television was the first black-controlled company to sell shares at the New York Stock Exchange.

Macon Bolling Allen was the first black man to pass the bar and practice law in the United States in 1845 and the later he became the first black American Justice of the Peace.

Maya Angelou recited her poem, “On the Pulse of Morning,” at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, which made her the first black individual to recite a poem at an inauguration and the first poet since Robert Frost in 1961 for President John F. Kennedy.

Molefi Asante founded the first doctoral program in African-American studies in 1988 at Temple University.

Tyra Banks was the first black woman on the cover of GQ magazine and the Sports Illustrated

swimsuit issue as well as the cover of a Victoria’s Secret catalogue.

Benjamin Banneker is known as the first black U.S. scientist.

Halle Berry was the first black American to be a Miss World contestant in 1986. She also was the first black woman to win a Best Actress award at the 2001 Oscar’s for Monster’s Ball.

Jane Brolin was the first black American to graduate from Yale’s Law School.

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first black person to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1950 for her poem, “Annie Allen.”

Shirley Chisholm was the first major-party black candidate for United States president.

Source: www.biography.com

AT A GLANCE Firsts in black history in the United States

Black History Month events on campus

A Blast From The Past Dance (’70s,’80s, & ’90s). A themed costume party and dance to some past tunes. Live disc jockey and food. 7 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Silent Killers Dinner with a discussion on some of the diseases that are present in the Black community. Free to Students and Faculty. 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center

African Dance Work-Out Night A cardio-intense workout through traditional African dances. 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center

2012 Miss Black University of Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant OU’s Black female students compete in the annual pageant for scholarship. 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium

Movie Night showing “The Help” UPB shows a screening of the best-selling novel on the silver screen. 9 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium

The 35th Annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government 2012 “The Renaissance: Reawakening Black Excellence.” This conference offers workshops and other resources to further Black students’ education and careers. Register at http://www.ou.edu/oubigxii/details.html Feb. 23-25 at the Embassy Suites, 2501 Conference Drive

“Stompdown 2012: The Redemption” This competition is a part of the Big XII Conference on Black Student Government on Feb. 25 at the Embassy Suites, 2501 Conference Drive. Purchase your tickets at www.ou.edu/stompdown

The 2nd Annual Unity Dinner This event is hosted by the Black Student Association and celebrates the coming together of a culture. RSVP by emailing chicken or pasta to [email protected]. 6 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Will Rogers Room

In February, we celebrate the history of black people in America — a history that we can sometimes find ourselves shying away from because of the shame of slavery and persecution.

Luckily there are talented authors and illustrators to educate our chil-dren about the true-life tortures and triumphs of black people who were brought to this country in chains but have risen to a point where, today, one of their own represents all Americans as the United States president.

Here are several recently released children’s and young adult books that are perfect for Black History Month reading lists.

Books to read duringBlack History Month

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‘We March’Written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans, roaring Brook Press, $16.99, ages 3 and up

Author and illustrator Shane W. Evans doesn’t use a lot of words — a little more than 60 — in his book “We March.” He doesn’t have to. His textured, full-color drawings do the work of telling the story of a young African-American family preparing for the August 1963 March on Washington.

Exploring the historical event through the family’s eyes illustrates how much the civil rights struggle was about regular peo-ple uniting to peacefully demand change. Martin Luther King Jr. plays an important supporting role in the story. However, it’s the family —standing together, comforting each other — who is the star.

‘Chocolate Me!’By Taye Diggs, illustrated by Shane W. Evans, from Macmillan books, $16.99, ages 4 and up

“Chocolate Me” opens with an unhappy little boy, being taunted by neighborhood boys for his differences in appearance — everything from his curly hair to his wide nose to his seemingly extra-white teeth against his dark skin.

But his mother tells him why those things all make him special. By changing his attitude, which gives him a confidence boost, the boy returns to the other boys and teaches them about acceptance and appre-ciation of peoples’ differences.

The book is also wonderfully illustrated with full-page spreads depicting the boy’s story, sometimes with just a few words per page, which help enrich the story for those too young to read on their own.

‘When Grandmama Sings’By Margaree King Mitchell, illustrated by James E. ransome, from HarperCollins books, $16.99, ages 5-9

In this book, 8-year-old Belle tells the story of the summer she and Grandmama, who has an amazing singing voice but can’t read, went on a tour with a band.

It’s the first time Belle has traveled out-side of Pecan Flats, Miss., and she helps her grandmother read while they travel through-out the South. The overarching message of the story, besides giving young readers a brief history lesson, is the power of music to bring people together.

‘Freedom’s a-Callin Me’By Ntozake Shange, paintings by rod Brown, HarperCollins, $16.99, ages 8-12

“Freedom’s a-Callin Me” tells the tale of a slave, following him from working in the cotton fields and getting beaten by his mas-ter to his harrowing escape to Michigan.

The story is told through a series of poems and is written in Southern dialect, both of which may be obstacles for young-er readers trying to digest the story. But the tale is accompanied by full-page paintings that depict the narrator’s experiences on his journey, and may help struggling read-ers comprehend the text better.

That said, the story introduces readers to a new story form and simultaneously teaches them about the history of slaves in our country, and the brave souls — both black and white — who brought danger on themselves to help men and women es-cape to freedom.

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