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Parking permits: $274 by FY 2019PAIGHTEN HARKINSDigital Managing Editor@PaightenHarkins

Two new 1,000-space parking garages will be built on OU’s campus over the next five years, funded in part through an average $18 per year parking permit cost increase for students.

The new garages will be located on either side of Lindsey Street, but their exact location hasn’t yet been determined, said Vicky Holland, OU Parking and Transportation services spokesperson. The garages are being built to alleviate con-gested parking lots.

To pay for the garages, which are estimated to cost $34

million, student, faculty and staff parking permit rates will increase incrementally, beginning this academic year and for the next four years.

This year, student parking permit prices increased from $195 to $215 after staying stagnant for nine years. Prices will increase by 5 percent in fiscal year 2016, 10 percent in fiscal year 2017, 5 percent in fiscal year 2018 and end with a 5 per-cent increase in fiscal year 2019. The end price for student parking permits will be $274, Holland said.

The average rate for student parking permits in the Big 12 is $248.80, according to a memo from Doug Myers, director of OU Parking and Transportation Services.

Faculty and staff parking permit rates are $244 this year, an increase from $222 last year. By fiscal year 2019, faculty and staff permits will cost $311, according to the memo.

Two new parking garages to be built on campus over the next five years BY THE NUMBERS

$18

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$215

Price of student parking permits in 2019

Average student parking permit increase per year

Current price of a student parking permit

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MIXON ARRAIGNMENT

But the setting was Judge St e v e St i c e’s C l e v e l a n d County courtroom instead of a professor’s classroom.

T h e O k l a h o m a f re s h -man running back trudged through a tunnel of photogra-phers as he was arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Mixon was charged Friday with a misdemeanor count — acts resulting in gross injury.

“He’d be in class if he didn’t have something else to do today,” Kevin Finlay, Mixon’s attorney, told the judge.

The Oakley, California native allegedly assault-ed Amelia Molitor, a fellow OU student, at Pickleman’s Gourmet Café in the early hours of July 25.

After being struck by a “closed right fist,” Molitor suf-fered a fractured jaw, cheek bone, sinus and a fractured orbital bone which caused a hematoma on the left eye,

according to the affidavit.No plea was entered at the

arraignment, though both councils met privately with the judge prior to entering the courtroom.

Mixon was required to go through the booking process but was released on recogni-zance without posting bail.

After turning himself in willingly on Monday, the running back is considered a “no flight risk” and is free to resume daily activities until he is due in court at 9 a.m. on Sept. 23.

He is to have no contact with Molitor or the state’s witnesses.

Stice ordered that video of the altercation must not be re-leased during the trial. No one outside the case is allowed to see it and neither party can hold “private viewings.”

Joe Mixon, dressed in a blue button-up and khaki pants, sat in the front of the room

on his first day of college.

Freshman running back released on recognizance, due back in court Sept. 23

Freshman running back Joe Mixon walks into court with his attorney Kevin Finlay after his arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Norman. Mixon was released on recognizance without posting bail and is due back in court at 9 a.m. Sept. 23.

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Students desperate to print their essay 10 minutes before it’s due now have more options than a sprint to and from the library

In a partnership with print pro-vider WEPA , OU Information Technology has installed 11 cloud printing kiosks in 10 locations around campus. Students can log in via their Sooner ID and print any document saved to the WEPA cloud.

OU students will be given a $5

print credit for the WEPA kiosks, along with an additional $5 credit toward traditional printing stations. Printing costs per page will be the same as traditional printing costs.

“Even on the first day of class, [the kiosks] have been very successful,” said Becky Grant, communications manager for OU IT.

So far, the kiosk in Couch Center has been the most used, but Grant suspects the kiosk in Bizzell Memorial Library will be more suc-cessful throughout the semester.

Before the end of the first day of school Monday, over 3,126 pages were printed through WEPA kiosks, Grant said.

During the 2012-2013 semesters,

three cloud printing kiosks were placed around campus as a pilot program for the current WEPA ini-tiative, Grant said.

“We just used the $10 tradition-al printing credit before, which we think is the reason [the kiosks] didn’t take off before,” Grant said.

Grant added there are currently no plans to allow students to trans-fer credit between accounts, but that they will consider it in the future.

Students can access the WEPA cloud via a print app for smart-phones and tablets by emailing their documents to print@wepanow.com or by visiting wepanow.com/webupload. For more information, visit wepa.ou.edu.

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Students can now print on-the-goSooners will be given $5 print credit for kiosks

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Kevin Cochran, energy management junior, uses the new printing kiosk in the Bizzell Memorial LIbrary’s computer lab.

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Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society Initiates OU Faculty Members

The Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society has inducted four current and former OU faculty and staff members to the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame this year for their service to education.

Twelve inductees make up the 2014 Hall of Fame class, representing OU are Melvin Tolson Jr., former modern lan-guages and literature professor, Mary Jo Watson, Director Emeritus and Regents’ Professor of art history, Joan K. Smith, former dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, and Sivaramakrishnan Lavshmivaran, com-puter science professor.

The formal induction to the Hall of Fame and ceremony banquet will be held Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jim Thorpe Museum and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

This is the 21st year the society will honor higher edu-cation educators and administrators, as well as those who support higher education with contributions, according to a press release.

The Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society is a non-profit organization that preserves the history of higher education in Oklahoma, according to the society’s website.

Biographical sketches and photographs of past Higher Education Hall of Fame inductees are available on the Oklahoma Higher Education Heritage Society website.

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PARKING: Price of passes to increase over timeContinued from page 1

“We haven’t had a lot of negative feedback,” Holland said. “I think everyone’s willing to pay this increase just to see more parking on campus because it is getting difficult.”

Parking citations and charges for football game day parking will also fund the garages, Holland said.

Holland said Parking and Transportation Services of-ficials have been discussing building more parking spots for students for about two years.

Although 2,000 new spots may alleviate some of the parking problems on cam-pus, Holland said they may not fix all parking issues since close parking spots are hard to find on a large campus, and not everyone who parks on campus parks at the same time or needs to get to the same locations.

“Even if we had 20,000 students and 20,000 park-ing spaces, we’re probably going to have, you know, complaints,” Holland said.

Construction on the new garages should either begin when classes end in May or by the end of 2015, Holland said.

W h e n M a t t E p t i n g , S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t Association president, took office, he campaigned to alleviate parking issues

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Vehicles fill up the spaces in one of OU’s three parking garages.

on campus through a l-ternative means, such as ride-sharing.

Epting said he supports the permit price increase.

“The costs are going to go up, but I think it’s a neces-sary cost to really solve this problem,” Epting said.

Since the garages won’t be built for five years, Epting is working with Parking and Transportation Services of-ficials to create a ride-shar-ing program for students this semester.

In the meantime, Epting said students shouldn’t

drive to campus every day if they don’t have to, and those who live close to cam-pus should walk or bike to campus. Those who can should use the Cleveland Area Rapid Transit buses, Epting said.

As well, Holland said stu-dents can continue to park permit-free at the Lloyd Noble Center and ride the shuttle to campus.

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Violence wrong for all sexes

Kaitlyn Underwood, opinion editordailyopinion@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666

oudaily.com/opinion • Twitter: @OUDailyOpinionOPINIONTuesday, August 19, 2014 • 5

Our View: Criminal charges should be filed according to the crime committed, not based upon the offender’s gender as was done in a recent case involving OU football player Joe Mixon.

At this point nearly all OU students have heard about the July 25 altercation between OU running back Joe Mixon and fellow student Amelia Molitor. The incident occurred in the early hours of July 25 at Pickleman’s Gourmet Café on Campus Corner, where Mixon allegedly punched Molitor in the face. Molitor al-leges Mixon hit her with enough force to break multiple bones in her face, while Mixon’s defense attorney, Kevin Finlay, maintains Mixon reacted in self-defense.

Rumors ran rampant on social media in the af-termath of the altercation, and the Sooner faithful spent three agonizing weeks waiting to hear the five-star recruit’s fate. We found out Friday that Mixon has been charged with one misdemeanor count of an act resulting in a gross injury. It isn’t all that surprising that Mixon was charged. After all, the Norman Police Department has surveil-lance footage of the incident and Mixon’s own attorney has conceded his client did hit Molitor. In fact, the misde-meanor charge wouldn’t be controversial at all were it not for Cleveland County District Attorney Greg Mashburn’s

statements justifying the charge.We believe that assault is never acceptable. Period. It

doesn’t matter who’s assaulting whom — people should not be physically harmed for any reason. Which is why we were astounded by Mashburn’s reasoning that Mixon was charged because he hit a girl. Not because he hit another person, but specifically because of the victim’s gender. In fact, Mashburn explained, “Look, if it was two guys fighting, and one guy pushes and he punches one time back and breaks a guy’s jaw, there’s probably not any charges at all.”

Wait, so there’s no ground for charges if an altercation occurs causing serious bodily injury as long as the peo-ple involved are of the same gender? And, although we

do not agree Mixon was in the right to assault Molitor, his attorney immediately seized on Mashburn’s questionable rhetoric. In a state-ment released after Mixon was charged Finlay stated, “Justice knows no gender bias and we do not believe that Joe’s actions were criminal in nature.” In other words, it’s pretty obvious that Mashburn should never have mentioned that the main reason Mixon was charged is be-

cause he’s a man and the person he hit isn’t also male.Unfortunately for Mashburn, that’s really not how the

law works. Mashburn mentions in his justification for the charge that he initially considered charging Mixon with assault and battery, but that would have meant he’d have to charge Molitor as well, since she slapped Mixon first. Instead, Mashburn brought morals into the situa-tion and charged Mixon with grossly disturbing public peace because Mixon’s actions caused “injuries to pub-lic morals.” Sorry, but we aren’t comfortable with dis-trict attorneys appointing themselves moral authorities. We’re more comfortable with them fairly and accurately enforcing clearly stated laws.

Mixon should be charged and pay his price to society because he physically harmed another human being, not because he hit a girl and people don’t like that. Only time will tell Mixon’s ultimate sentencing and wheth-er his attorney attempts to get the charge dropped. Regardless of the outcome, we are disappointed by the district attorney’s statements and hope this is the last time we hear of legal officials enforcing the law accord-ing to gender.

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Joe Mixon walks into his arraignment hearing with his attorney Kevin Finlay on Aug. 17.

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Inspiration. House paint. Emotion.American modern artists have often combined these

three elements to create chaotic, colorful pieces of art through a style known as abstract expressionism, and stu-dents can get a taste of the art style Tuesday during Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s Art After Noon program.

Art After Noon, a monthly program, features pieces from the museum’s permanent collection for students to discuss, analyze and appreciate.

Susan Baley, the mu-seum’s director of educa-tion, will lead this month’s discussion of Dord Fitz’s piece, “Gathering One,” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart classroom.

This semester’s theme boasts expression in an abstract form, relating to the museum’s fall exhibi-tion titled “Macrocosm/Mi c ro c o s m : Ab s t ra c t E xpressionism in the American Southwest.”

In 30 minutes, students and community members can eat lunch and learn about abstract expressionism.

“I’m intrigued in this style because it’s considered the first art style which originated in America,” Baley said.

The style began in New York between 1940 and 1950.From a color-blocked canvas to the short, choppy brush

strokes seen in Fitz’s piece, Baley said this style of art is known for its emphasis on emotional expression. His emo-tion is displayed in various forms, including the explora-tion of new mediums, like house paint and ditching the easel to get a new angle for art on the floor.

“As the name implies, most of these artists avoided rep-resentational subject matter in their painting,” Baley said.

Baley said Tuesday’s session will be interesting because of the region of the piece.

Each session from August until November will feature a different piece housed in the museum.

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Some may remem-ber her saucy vo-cals in Gotye’s hit

“Somebody That I Used to Know,” but Kimbra is more than just the female voice of Gotye’s past. The New Zealand pop artist’s new album “The Golden Echo” marks her first full album re-lease since “Vows” in 2011.

In an overarching theme of nostalgia, the album leads its listeners through optimistic new love and

the fading flames of lovers past. Between the chimes and warped layers of in-struments, Kimbra’s take on self-reflection is illustrat-ed with new, 90s inspired sounds and the same color-ful harmonies we’ve come to love her for.

The album’s first track, “Teen Heat,” opens with s o o t h i n g “o o h s” a n d a smooth electric drum, an intro equivalent to dimming down the lights and letting the mood set in. With a pup-py-love feel, smooth vocals and punching percussion alternate with the innocent question, “Can we lose our-selves in the moment?”

Despite the mushy lyrics, the first song is but a window

into the electronic but warm sounds of the whole album. And with it, Kimbra leads us on a journey through her highly stylized love for pop.

It wouldn’t be Kimbra without a recurring theme of soulful, R&B inspired mel-odies. “Miracle” blends the scooping harmonies of the ‘80s with falsetto-like phras-es that Earth, Wind and Fire would be more than proud of. This track was released early as a single, and is likely to be picked up onto the next Top 40 for its anthem-like sound.

But just when we’re ready for the next bass bumping track, on “As You Are” Kimbra slows it down with a sound that matches the heartbreak

vibes of her first full album. “This too, my love, shall pass,” she sings, with a pa-rade of gentle piano chords to carry her to the resolution of the song: “But in time, ev-erything must go.” Though similar to her earlier work, the song’s structure stays true to the album’s introspective theme.

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Use these tips to survive week one

As students, dates and times are thrown at us from a multi-tude of places. From campus events, to due dates for class, to plans with friends, it’s hard to remember every place and time. Keeping up with all of these events can be a challenge for busy schedules, but having a daily planner can help you organize your day.

Whether you are a big note taker or more of a doodler, a spiral notebook is a good resource to have. The edges of this particular brand’s paper are perforated for easy re-moval to turn in assignments or dramatically crumple up sketches, like they do in the movies.

Even though we are at the collegiate level, our brains are still attracted to bright, vibrant things. Neon Post-it notes are a great resource to keep track of little pieces of information through-out the day and semester. These little slips of paper can be used for a variety of different things such as keeping your place in your textbook, jotting down a quick blurb from a professor, or to write a reminder for yourself to do a task.

The status of your lips might not be your biggest priori-ty, but they are important as far as appearance of your lips and comfort. This chapstick doubles as a moisturizer and has a minty finish, which your lecture hall classmates can always appreciate in close proximity.

It isn’t always easy to be a college student, but having the right items in your backpack allow for a better experience for a day full of class. From planning ahead to fighting hunger, here are some backpack staples you don’t want to be caught without. These items can help the typical college day run more smoothly.

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place in your textbook, jotting down a quick blurb from a professor, or to write a reminder for yourself to do a task.

PACK A SNACK

THINK AHEAD

PUCKER UP

TAKE NOTES

REMIND YOURSELF

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