The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 2009 Page: 2 of 8
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ping turtles and rattlesnakes. Tanner said
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the most fun."
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“The changes are stressful for
us too,” Key said. "We understand
how students can feel at this time.
We aren’t just implementing new
Another change to < )U technol-
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oZONE.
OU IT will open up a new wire
less network on campus Sunday
called OUWiFi, said Nick Key, OU
FT spokesman.
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said Lawrence Weider, director of the
Biological Station and Professor of
Zoology.
As former ()U president George < ross
describes in his book, ’’ 1 he Seeds of
Excellence,” Riggs primarily studied fish
ecology and systematics, which led to a
familiarity with many of ( Tklahoma’s large
lakes. He was also a fishing enthusiast, an
interest that earned him many friends, in -
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r in various fields also use the area toper-
session. Then, in the early'90s a switch form their own research
was made to two, two-week long ses
sions,” Weider said
the Great lakes to Florida. Weider said.
Although the classes or projects may
pitfalls and erected drift fences in order to vary, there is one general consensus
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"You got to actually touch and see all it was one of the most challenging cours
of the animals that you’re studying,” said
Bailey Reale, Spanish and zoology senior.
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based process that will require
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better.
ai , “We understand that it can be
College freshman. “Learn and hard adjusting to oZONE and other
changes,” Keysaid. 'Wedohaveso-
lutions in place that can make lire
transition easier”
Key said there are tutorial videos
It seemed like I learned a lot more be-
cause you’re in the middle of studying
I he class schedules have changed it instead of just reading it from a text
somewhat since the station began book.’’
instruction. Students are not the only ones learn-
“From 1950 until the early 1990s, the ing at the station, however. Professionals
station offered an eight-week summer in various fields also use the area to per-
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tation of the new WiFi network.
"All person to-person applica- -----
tions are restricted on OUWiFi to that systems need to be upgraded good.
combat illegal downloading and to and updated I .
students will notice is they will have improve wireless availability and
performance," Key said.
Key said the ANY WiFi net-
work will exist for OU guests, but
students and faculty will use the so far," said Tayla Agee, University
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“ANYwilltransitiontoOUGUEST Exchange are still the same for
for the spring semester,” Key said
iplete a quiz and enter "OUGUESI will provide limited „
network and Internet access for have to use the new system and
Key said other devices, like game visitors to Oil'scampus.
consoles, must be registered man
ually through OU IT's 325-HELP
line.
There will be a ban on one type
' The new network will be just of application with the implemen-
like the one we have now," Key said
“()lJWil’i will <jffer the same cover
age as the current ANY network.”
Key said the only change
OU IT to release new WiFi network for on-campus access
Other students said they have out about the current technology
tried to find ways around IT’s changes, there are waysjo make
changes.
"Nothing has really affected me
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Riggs’ contacts with the Army Corps of
Engineers and Brillhart’s relationships
Turner, the two were able to get the land tersession experiences,
and the money they needed, according to
Cross’ book.
' The station was officially founded in
Exchange are
now.”
Agee said she knows she will
services soon but is waiting until availableatou.edu/ozoneintro and
Students said they have adjusted she absolutely has to.
to OU IT changing things around
this semester.
“With all systems, it’s going to
Jacob Birmingham, University construction science sophomore.
College freshman. “I understand
“I still use the old stuff, but 1
hope they will integrate the old
stuff in with the new stuff in a user-
take some getting used to," said friendly way, said Ryan 1 lawkins,
"Intheend, 1 know the changes are programs without thinking about
■ ■' the students."
Key said if students feel stressed
Ihere has been a lot of work done lately
focusing on invasive species, such as the
Whether for eight or two weeks, the fish-killing golden algae, Prymnesium
station has been the place to go for OU parvum, which has been found in a num-
students who want to spend two weeks her of lakes in Oklahoma and lexas, and
literally getting their hands dirty in the the small crustacean Dafnia lumholtzi.
eluding one with successfill banker from field they are studying. , That crustacean most likely comes from
“1 took a class called Field Herpetology, Africa and has spread from California to
said Jessie Tanner, I rench and zoology se-
nior. Ibe first day... we dug trenches for
catch amphibians and reptiles while they about the Biological Research Station, it
sary to make it happen. However, thmugh were out foraging." I
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Hughes, Jamie. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 2009, newspaper, October 23, 2009; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1812656/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.