OU offers class to quit smoking, tobacco use

A free class to help faculty, staff and students make a commitment to quit smoking and stop tobacco use will meet every Thursday from Oct. 15 to Nov. 12.

The class “Freedom from Smoking” is based on a program from the American Cancer Society and is designed to help smokers to make healthy lifestyle changes.

The class will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Nuclear Engineering Lab seminar room. To register, go online at http://cfapps.ouhsc.edu/healthysoonerevents or call Health Promotion at 325-4611 ext. 41777.

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OU to present special screening of 'Metropolis'

The University of Oklahoma School of Music will present a special screening of the science fiction and classic silent film, “Metropolis”, along with live theatre organ accompaniment by Clark Wilson at 8 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Sharp Concert Hall.

Tickets for the film screening are $20 for adults and $10 for students, OU faculty/staff and senior adults. For more information call the Box Office at 325-4101.

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Old Science Hall to hold renaming ceremony

The Old Science Hall, OU’s first campus building, will be dedicated in a public ceremony Wednesday afternoon and renamed in honor of a generous alumna.

After a two-year, $5.9-million renovation, the building will be named for Beatrice Carr Wallace in honor of the generous scholarship endowment and acquisition fund she and her husband, W. Ray Wallace, made to OU.

“It is fitting that one of the most historically significant buildings on our campus should bear the name of an alumna whose generosity has helped so many students through scholarships,” President David Boren stated in a press release.

The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. on site at 640 Parrington Oval. Speakers will include Boren, Dean of Fine Arts Rich Taylor, OU Student Association President Katie Fox and Beatrice Carr Wallace of Dallas.

For more information about the ceremony or accommodations on the basis of disability, call the Office of Special Events at 325-3784.

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Essay contest asks for student opinions

The Oklahoma Campus Compact is sponsoring an essay and video contest on Civic Responsibility. The theme is based on “A Letter to America,” a book written by President David Boren.

In the contest, entrants are asked to address one of three issues: What Civic Responsibility Means to Me: My Duties as a Citizen; How Knowledge of the United States History Can be Advanced; and Why Bipartisanship is Important to Democracy.

The contest runs through Oct. 19, and winners will be awarded autographed copies of the book Nov. 6 at the 2009 Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference.

For more information e-mail Glen Krutz at gkrutz@ou.edu.

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