The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 91, No. 69, Ed. 1 Monday, November 27, 2006 Page: 3 of 26
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Monday, Nov. 27,2006
© 2006 OU Publications Board
THE DAILY QUESTION
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• The game is at 7 p.m. Saturday.
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— Josh DeWeese /The Daisy
Submit your own Daily Question at hub.ou.edu.
YOU ARE INVITED!
Christine Todd Whitman
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006
Reservations required.
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OU students are invited to join President David L. Boren
for a roundtable dinner with
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. Forecasts show the weather in Kansas City will be sunny
with a high of 45 degrees and a low of 27 degrees.
. The OU Athletics Ticket Office is still selling game
tickets to season ticket holders for $70 each. Season ticket
holders interested in buying tickets should call the ticket
office at 325-2424 between 8 and 10 a.m. After 10 a.m.
today, remaining tickets will sell to the general public.
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dailyeditor@ou.edu
• From Norman to Arrowhead Stadium: 372 miles.
Approximate driving time: five hours, 40 minutes.
Approximate gas cost (at 20 mpg and $2.13 per gallon):
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dailynews@ou.edu
phone: 325-3666
fax: 325-6051
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the class.
He said nanotechnology is about the
future of science in (Iklahuma.
“Nanotechnology Is a developing
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future the state needs to invest in train-
ing and development in new technologi-
cal areas." Cheville said. “Since it takes
a decade or more after taking a class
for students to really start to contrib-
Ten days ago, the OU Athletics Ticket Office
sent out a call for sales with little hope, “in the
event that OU earns a berth in the Big 12 Football
Championship Game." Few probably jumped to purchase
the tickets, but that was 10 days ago. Here’s what you
need to know:
t What do I need to know to find my way to the
• * stands for the Big 12 Championship in Kansas
City, Mo., on Saturday?
the field for another class.
Kirby said the extent of interest in
to be economically competitive in the nanotechnology will continue to grow
as more people become aware of what
the field focuses on.
“It Ls great for the university to offer
classes like this because it gives us
experience that a lot of students at
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you need to have foresight
in developing new pro-
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A grant from the t)SU
Regents was provided in
order to assist in develop
ing research programs on
nanotechnology, he said.
The development of this
course senes many pur-
poses in furthering educa-
tion and research aspects
of this field.
“Part of the project was
to develop a course to help f
teach students the funda- £
mentals of nanotechnol- 1
ogy," Cheville said. “Part
of research is making sun1
students have the back-
ground to conduct research |
and that requires teaching." I
Course instructor Brian ■
Grady said in an e-mail that •
20 students have enrolled.
The class includes a labo-
ratory com|w»nent that meets
four times a semester as well
as an online section.
The course is for any
physical science miyor and
certain types of life science
majors such as biochemistry
other universities may not
have an opportunity to
get," she said.
The developments
attributed to the study of
nanoteclinology are mas
sive, according to nano
tech-now.com.
Nanocomposite plas-
tics are currently lieing
used in automobiles.
The plastic is scratch-
resistant. lightweight and
rust-pnxif. This leads to
a decrease in the overall
weight of a vehicle and an
increase in fuel efficiency,
the Web site said.
Another example
descrilied on the Web site
is the use of nanoparticles
to develop stain-resistant
clothing Eddie Bauer, as
well as Ihx kers, uses these
particles to coat the fiber of
clothing, enabling it to repel
stains.
Nanoclays and nano-
composites are also used
in packaging various hever-
ages to help contain pres-
sure and caibonation inside
bottles and containers.
"It Is estimated that beer in these
Megan Kirby, chemical engineering containers will gain an extra 60 days
iphomoreat OU, is currently enrolled (from 120 to 180) of shelflife, reducing
F 11 hree Oklahoma universities
I have come together to offer
JL students a collective course
on nanotechnology, the first ever of its
kind.
OU. Oklahoma State University and
the University of Tulsa an* offering
students the course The Fundamentals
of Nanotechnology. From Synthesis to
Self-Assembly.
Tire course allows students to
become involved in a new, fast-grow-
ing field.
Alan Cheville, OSU professor and
course instructor, said nanotechnology
Ls "creating things dial don't exist by
themselves in nature on the size scale
of tens to thousands of atoms " That
involves constructing molecules 1/1000
as large as the diameter of your hair,
according to the course's Web site.
Cheville said few oilier universities
in the country offer a course like this.
OU, OSU and TU are spearheading this biology, he said,
course by encompassing three separate
campuses and placing a much greater
emphasis on the laboratory portion of in the course. spoilage and decreasing overall costs to
She sard she tx«g;m expressing inter the end user." the site said.
est in a nanotechnology course last •[)„, Web site used for the course
semester after writing a paper about said the study of nanotechnology could
change the future.
“Nai otechnology could very well
revolutionize our lives, with advances
in medicine, materials, etc." the site
said "Nanotechnology is seen by many
to be the future."
— Ashley White / The Daily
ov Whitman is a highly respected leader and adviser on environmental issues affecting communities,
I Tnations and private industries. She served as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency from January 2001 to June 2003, where she worked to ensure clean air for Americans, to
protect our nation's lakes, streams and rivers and to restore economic and environmental vitality back to
neighborhoods marred by abandoned industrial sites.
Prior to leading the EPA, Whitman served as the 50th governor of New Jersey - the first woman ever
to hold that position. During her two terms as governor, beginning in November 1993, she also focused on
environmental issues, reduced state income tax by 30 percent, and was instrumental in education^ reforms.
She is the author of a 2005 book titled It’s My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GO I and the
Future of America, which was a Neiv York Times best-seller, and she heads a political action committee also
called It’s My Party Too, with the goal of helping the elect moderate Republicans in 2006 and 2008 at all
levels of government.
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