SPORTSChildhood friends reunite as SoonersTwo Edmond golfers transferred from separate colleges to OU. (Page 2)
OPINIONClean drinking water is a global causeNorman residents should consider the shortage of drinkable water. (Page 3)
LIFE & ARTSNorman native still cooking up successCookies-N-Cards owner plans to keep shop open at new location. (Page 5)
MULTIMEDIAFancy feet make for social settingMembers of the Sooner Ballroom Club dance for fun. (OUDaily.com)
India week kicks off with shopping event
Alison See, international and area studies junior, looks at tradi-tional Indian bangles Monday on the South Oval during the first day of India Week. The event, coordi-nated by the Oklahoma Undergradu-ate India Society, began with a bazaar.
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The OU WaTER Center kicked off its second International WaTER Conference on Monday with keynote lectures and presentations on combin-ing water technology and business.
The OU WaTER Center — Water Technologies for Emerging Regions Center — focuses on providing resourc-es to under-served areas by hosting the international conference of speakers, organizer Robert Nairn said.
“This is a series of seven invited pre-sentations that brought in experts from seven different fields,” Nairn said.
This year, the conference adopted a
theme for its lectures — synergy at the interface, Nairn said.
“The idea is to combine people in technology with people doing behavior change,” Nairn said. “We are reach-ing the social sciences now as well, not just the hard sciences.”
Monday’s speakers in-cluded experts Peter Winch, Dennis Lettenmaier and John Oldfield giving key-note speeches on areas such as climate change and its effects on water, behav-ioral changes necessary to provide cleaner water and ways to en-courage the government to be more in-volved in water technologies.
The center also awarded its OU
International Water Prize to Ben Fawcett, an engineer from Australia working throughout the globe to im-
prove water technologies. One of Tuesday’s key-
note speakers includes OU doctorate student Laura Brunson , who researches clean water technologies for a village in Ethiopia and was recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for her research, she said.
Brunson also teaches social entrepreneurship classes at OU, which is rel-
evant to the conference’s themes be-cause it teaches business students how to apply developing technologies, she said. She will talk about her research
and social entrepreneurship themes in sessions Tuesday morning.
“It teaches that you can do these en-trepreneurial ventureships you’re really excited about and not just make money off them,” Brunson said. “You can also do something crucially good with them and help solve problems. It’s re-ally amazing to see the transformations from, ‘Oh, I want to make a bunch of money,’ to, ‘Oh, I can make money and do something useful for the world.’”
Overall, about 200 researchers will attend or present at the conference, representing 35 countries and six con-tinents, Nairn said.
Students are welcome to attend the lectures and presentations for free, but they are required to pay a registration fee for other perks of the conference such as meals, Nairn said.
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A former Republican senator from Nebraska will host an informal discussion about foreign policy issues at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Oklahoma Memor ial U n i o n ’ s B e a i r d Lounge.
C h u c k H a g e l , who serves w i t h O U P re s i d e nt David Boren as co-chair-men of President Barack O bama’s Intel l igence Advisory Board, will pres-ent “Afghanistan, Pakistan and Other Foreign Policy Challenges,” according to a press release.
Hagel was appointed to the president’s advisory board in 2009, when Boren lauded Hagel’s appoint-ment, noting his respect for the former senator, ac-cording to Daily archives.
In the Senate, Hagel was a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations; Banking, Housing and U r b a n A f f a i r s ; a n d Intelligence Committees .
Hagel, with his lead-ership in foreign policy and national security is-sues during his time in the Senate, will provide insight for students about the trials America faces in establish-ing a secure future, accord-ing to the release.
The event is free but has limited seating. Contact the OU Office of Special Events at 405-325-3784 .
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The Sooner Ballroom Dance Club is giving students the opportunity to put their best foot forward.
The dance club meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and is designed to promote and teach social partner dancing such as Latin/rhythm, swing/nightclub and salsa danc-ing, according to the club’s constitution.
The club is open to the public, and no prior dance ex-perience is required. The club operates in sessions that last four to five weeks. Each session is $15 for OU stu-
dents and $25 for non-students. Sessions focus on specific ball-
room dances. The current session focuses on the salsa, nightclub, two-step and waltz dances.
Each evening kicks off with a be-ginner’s session, when students learn basic steps, but after an hour and a half, the club moves to an in-termediate level and finishes with the advanced level. Members can stay for all three sessions.
Club officer Rickie Pody, bio-chemistry sophomore, said stu-
dents who come for the first time often stay for all three sessions.
Officer and journalism sophomore Drew Farley said it is the informal nature that keeps students involved.
“It is social dancing, so we are not doing it to be the best — we are doing it to have fun,” Farley said. “That’s an important distinction. A lot of people don’t go be-cause they think they can’t dance. You go to learn and have fun.”
And the club always is looking for new dance part-ners, Farley said.
The officers said the club is more about learning rath-er than practicing or rehearsing.
“We’re not judging or pointing fingers. We are just having fun and dancing,” Pody said.
Tuesday evening sessions explore various genres, levels of footwork
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Katye McNeil, civil engineering graduate student, and Bill Welch practice the cha-cha Tuesday at the Oklahoma Memorial Union Courtyard with the Sooner Ballroom Club. The club welcomes new mem-bers of all ages and skill levels to match the diversity of the dance moves.
“We’re not judging or pointing fingers.
We are just having fun
and dancing.”RICKIE PODY, CLUB OFFICER
All aspiring dancers encouraged to cut a rug
DANCE LESSONS
GREEK LIFE
Fraternity to take on homelessness
Tuesday’s Shack-a-Thon won’t be the only effort OU students make to raise money for the homeless in Norman.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. will host its 12th annual Sleep Out for the Homeless to raise money and gather clothing and food donations for the local homeless.
Members of the fraternity, students and other volun-teers will start the event at 8 p.m. Friday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Food Court but will move to the South Oval at midnight to set up cardboard boxes to sleep
in. A scavenger hunt and a
free movie screening will take place during the event.
April Doshier, executive director of Food and Shelter located in Norman, also will speak at the event. Doshier said she will talk to the stu-dents about homelessness in Norman and hopes to de-bunk certain myths such as homelessness as a choice.
“It’s an absolutely unique opportunity for students and future leaders to understand what homelessness is like,” Doshier said.
All proceeds collected dur-ing the event will go toward the Food and Shelter charity.
Chase Cook, Managing Editor
CAMPUS BRIEF
Joseph TruesdellSports Reporter
Two longtime friends were reunited on the OU men’s golf team last spring.
OU golfers Ben Klaus and Will Kropp have been friends since they were 10.
When they were grow-ing up in Edmond, the two played with a large group of kids at Oak Tree Country Club and noted that they practiced together more than anyone else. The two also played together a lot while at Edmond North High School.
The pair earned a long list of awards and honors, including All-State and All-American individual hon-ors and seven total state championships. Both also were members of the 2006 McDonald’s High School National Championship team.
After graduating from Edmond North in 2007, Klaus became a Commodore at Vanderbilt University as Kropp entered his final year at Edmond North.
That season, Klaus com-peted in four events at Vanderbilt, and Kropp won his fourth straight state championship at Edmond North. After graduation, Kropp was recruited to Georgia by former Bulldog assistant Nate Hybl.
Though the two longtime friends were at different uni-versities — one in Tennessee and one in Georgia — the friends stayed close.
Senior Ben Klaus (left) and junior Will Kropp joke with each other on the Charlie Coe Center’s driving range at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. The golfers grew up together in Edmond and once again are teammates after both transferring to Oklahoma.
“We hung out all the time when we were in town and spoke regularly while we were at other schools,” Klaus said.
In 2009, Hybl was hired by OU to restore the win-ning tradition it had lost since the Sooners’ 1989 na-tional championship. When Hybl came to OU, Kropp followed.
“I had some injuries. Coach Hybl had recruited me to Georgia, and I liked him, and OU was closer to home,” Kropp said. “All of
those things combined led to me transferring.”
When Kropp learned he would get a full release from Georgia, he told Klaus, who thought getting a full release from Vanderbilt wasn’t a possibility.
“I’ll never forget it; I was on my way to a political science test and got the text from Will,” Klaus said. “I couldn’t concentrate at all on the test and told the professor after that I had just found some-thing out right before the test that could change my
academic and golf career forever. Luckily, she graded it easy and passed me.”
Klaus began to strongly consider the idea of transfer-ring. Klaus played the 2009 fall season at Vanderbilt after coming off of an ACL injury, and though he felt improve-ment in his game, his scores weren’t showing. His family, swing coach and he felt he would be happier and more successful at OU.
So Klaus was released to talk with Hybl, and both agreed it would be better for
Klaus and the team to trans-fer to OU.
Though their relationship hasn’t changed much over the years, their games have.
“In high school, we never lost. We could play decent as a team and still win by 20 strokes,” Klaus said. “We have to push each other a lot more now.”
Both suffered injuries dur-ing their collegiate careers, which affected their time on the course and scores, but they’re fighting back together.
Former Edmond North golfers both transferred to OU
Saturday was an abso-lute disaster. And I’m not talking about the
Sooners’ loss to Texas Tech, because OU has its own problems to address there.
I’m talking about the stu-dent section at the game.
Where were you? Just 30 minutes before
kickoff, the student sec-tion was the fullest part of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
Where did you go? Sure, you could counter I
was sitting in the press box during the delay, which last-ed almost an hour and a half. And that’s true.
But before I transferred to OU, I went to school at Nebraska. If you don’t know, the last four or so home games in Lincoln are below freezing and most often bur-ied in cold, wet snow.
But the folks of Husker Nation don’t freak out over the powder like Oklahomans do, and I paid my dues time and again standing on a sta-dium bench bundled up like an eskimo. And I never left a game early. Not once.
However, by Saturday’s 8:45 p.m. kickoff, fewer than half the students were back in the stands, and by the sec-ond half, the vast majority were gone.
I’d lecture the student body on the importance of staying at games and making noise to support your fellow students on the field, but I feel the argument would fall on deaf ears since you already have displayed a dis-heartening lack of support for the team all season.
Going to games costs money. Maybe you charge it to the bursar account your parents bankroll, so it doesn’t really impact you.
But it should.There are only seven op-
portunities to see Oklahoma play football this season in Norman. There’s no NFL team in this state, so OU football is as good as it gets.
You don’t want to be like Oklahoma State — which despite its success still has to practically give away tickets each year — do you?
You’re wasting your time if you don’t take advantage of student tickets while you still can. You’re years or even just months from season tickets costing more than $1,000 if you include the required donation.
I’m not saying the lack of fans had a measurable im-pact on Saturday’s outcome, but having a packed-out sta-dium couldn’t have hurt.
It is embarrassing as a member of the OU commu-nity to see a half-full stands, especially since ESPN’s cameras broadcast them nationally.
Maybe you’re all wait-ing for the Nov. 5 matchup against No. 16 Texas A&M because it appears interest-ing enough to stay for.
I’ll warn you, though, it’s in November, so it will prob-ably be a little chilly. Don’t forget your coats or it may be too much trouble for you to stick it out.
James Corley is a journalism senior and the sports editor for The Daily. You can follow him on Twitter at @jamesfcorley.
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The creators of Barbie absolutely affirm ideals that encourage eating disorders and white elitism.
Take a look at various molds of the Barbie body form from over the years. Clearly, the waist gets smaller and the bust gets larger.
To disagree with the affirmations in Katherine McPherson’s opinion column on Oct. 17, Barbie does institutionalize girls to consider whiteness and a thin build as the standard. Five-year-old girls are constantly presented with the same image, even if it is just a doll. Before they understand what diets are or before they are able to discern between right and wrong, advertising has them in its grasp.
Barbie is a tangible, portable and plastic advertise-ment. At a one-sixth scale, Barbie exudes white skin, long, blond hair and a made-up face. She is in com-
mercials, movies, TV shows, books and is printed on cloth-ing. Barbie is obviously not depicting malnutrition, as McPherson’s column cor-rectly and sarcastically states, because she has impossible curves in all of the right places. If a woman were to attain her scaled 36-18-33 measure-ments , though, she would cer-tainly become malnourished.
Barbie’s history fails to em-power all shapes and shades of women.
Consider how “Colored Francie,” the first black Barbie, was created in 1967 . Because she was made using existing head molds for the white Francie doll, “Colored Francie” lacked African characteristics other than dark skin and was depicted through a white perspective.
Also consider “Barbie Baby-Sits,” created in 1963. She came with a book titled “How to Lose Weight,” which listed: “Don’t Eat!” This same book was includ-ed with “Slumber Party Barbie” in 1965, which also included a pink bathroom scale permanently set at 110 pounds. By the way, Barbie’s proportions put on a scaled 5-foot-9-inch frame sets her at 110 pounds, which is 35 pounds underweight.
Ironically, “Pregnant Barbie” has feet molded to fit high-heeled shoes . Because, of course, at nine months pregnant, a woman should wear high heels.
I wonder why the “Rosie O’Donnell Barbie” from 1999 has stiff, unbrushable hair and clothes that can’t be removed. She also has a larger, more accurate body type. Is Mattel Inc. trying to polarize pretty vs. ugly? Barbie is skinny and has long, brushable hair, while Rosie is larger, albeit more accurate, and has stiff hair and bulky, irremovable clothing.
More recently, “Tattoo Barbie” came with lower-back tattoos that could be used on the consumers . Pretty suggestive for a little girl.
But to say Barbie is a role model because she is a teacher and doctor is absolutely ridiculous. Yes, the idea is all right, but look at how Teacher Barbie is dressed and how Barbie, as a whole, is depicted. Barbie is sexualized no matter her profession. This is not how a “successful” woman should be portrayed. Success is not dictated by appearance, but by ideas, will and the idea to think outside of the box and resist conformity (which Barbie never does).
It seems that the creators of Barbie are satirizing women and their career opportunities — though Barbie has had hundreds of careers, in reality women have fewer opportunities than men. Women also earn less money. I guess it wouldn’t be a surprise that the CEO of Mattel is a male . Currently, eight of the 11 members on Mattel’s board of directors are male . Barbie truly reinforces sexism.
Also, why blame Cosmopolitan magazine when Barbie begets Cosmopolitan? Children of all ages and both genders are socialized and institutionalized to think in binaries: Men are strong and women are del-icate, etc. This doesn’t necessarily start with Barbie, but it certainly doesn’t start at Cosmo. It’s society. It starts as soon as we’re born. It’s complex and even just a couple institutions shouldn’t be singled out to blame, though Barbie is certainly one of them.
Kayley Gillespie is a literature and cultural studies junior.
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Our View: OU has become a leader in water research. It’s time for students to lead efforts to address the worldwide water crisis.
One of the most common complaints about liv-ing in the Norman area is the quality of the drink-ing water. The taste is suspect, and there’s always some rumor about it being generally unsanitary.
To be honest, many of us on the editori-al board are guilty of the same complaints.
But for approximately one in eight people worldwide, just having access to drinkable water is a constant struggle.
The United Nation’s 2006 Human Development Report reported that horri-fying number, and the same research showed the global water crisis has claimed more lives than any violent conflict in world history.
For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, one in five is without access to clean water, according to UNICEF’s 2005 State of the World’s Children report.
Recently, researchers at OU have been given a chance to help combat this problem by adapting a water purification technology developed for a local source into a system that can purify the pol-luted water source of a village in Bolivia.
This project will be featured in OU WaTER Center’s International WaTER Conference, which started Monday and brings international speak-ers on water issues to campus.
Unclean drinking water spreads diseases and lowers the overall health of populations.
The UN reported that at any given time, al-most half the world’s hospital beds are filled with
patients stricken by diseases associated with un-safe drinking water and inadequate sanitation.
The World Health Organization has calculated that about 1.8 million children die each year from a lack of clean drinking water — one death every eight seconds.
You can contribute to efforts to provide clean drinking water to everyone. Check out TheWaterProject.org to donate or help spread awareness of this widespread problem. Or go to CharityWater.org to learn more about the water crisis.
Also, try adapting some of these sug-gestions for better conserving water in your daily life:
• When hand-washing dishes, don’t let the water run while rinsing. One sink can hold wash water and the other rinse water.
• Run your clothes washer and dishwasher only when full to save up to 1,000 gallons a month.
• Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator in-stead of running the tap.
• Designate one glass for your drinking water each day or refill a water bottle.
• Turn the shower head off while shampooing your hair.
• Check to make sure your taps aren’t dripping when you’re done using them.
And next time you feel like complaining about having to buy a water filter to make your read-ily available tap water taste better, take a few seconds to think about those around the world who every day must choose between thirst and disease.
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Time right to join OKC protestsAs tens of thou-
sands of people gather to protest
in the financial districts of New York, Chicago and Oakland, a string of smaller and less visible occupa-tions has grown across the American South.
Occupy Oklahoma City , the largest Occupy Wall Street solidarity group in the state, has staged an around-the-clock occupation for the past 15 days in Kerr Park.
Kerr Park lies at the heart of Oklahoma City’s financial district and features an amphitheater, which was initially used for meetings by protesters until it was decided that the centralized layout of the amphitheater facilitated an unequal exercise of influence over discussion.
About 40 demonstrators are occupying Kerr Park on a continuous basis, sleeping in portable tents. Their numbers are supplemented to varying degrees during the day.
Since the commencement of the occupation, protesters have staged marches through the streets surround-ing Kerr Park at least twice a day or more.
Local media coverage of these activi-ties has been shallow and police sur-veillance casual to nonexistent.
In the words of union organizer Nicholas Klein, “First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
While the New York occupation currently exists some-where between the second and third phases of this pro-cess, Occupy Oklahoma City is stuck firmly in the first.
Despite this, the mood among protesters is buoyant. Given Oklahoma’s enormous political conservatism, simply gathering to acknowledge there is a fundamental problem with the American economic and political sys-tem is a great stride forward.
“I really never cared about [politics] until now. I never thought it was worth putting any effort into,” said pro-tester Shauntel Hatten, who recently joined the Kerr Park occupation. “When I first got here, I really didn’t know a lot about the movement, and they started talking to me and trying to get me amped about what they’re doing — fighting against corporate greed and all that. I can agree, just like anybody else could ... I really do like the vibe of this movement.”
Contrary to the insistence of reactionaries, the occupi-ers’ activities appear well-coordinated.
A schedule beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. divides each day into a series of marches, com-mittee meetings and meals culminating in the General
Assembly in the evening. The scale and sophistication of the operations at Kerr
Park in general has advanced significantly over the past two weeks. Food, permits, portable toilets and other ne-cessities are funded by donations from protesters and the public.
One unidentified donor provided a 7-foot-tall propane heater.
“It’s all business during the day, then at night you get a chance to really bond with people,” said demonstra-tor Rayna Stem, who is among those occupying the park overnight. “We’re still getting organized; that’s the big thing right now.”
Though conversation and debate at Kerr Park is gen-erally congenial and relaxed, some protesters seem in-creasingly conscious of the existence of conflicting politi-cal philosophies within the movement.
Thus far, Occupy Wall Street has sought to be entirely inclusive, often treating fundamental political disagree-ments as superficial and irrelevant.
The mainstream journalistic es-tablishment has similarly chosen to portray protesters as ideologically homogeneous.
“You cannot form your opinion of this movement from what you see on CNN or Fox News,” said politically conservative demonstrator Bryon Springer, also among those staying overnight. “Everyone tries to paint the movement with one very broad brush, and it’s not that simple. Everyone is down here for their own personal reasons.”
Occupy Oklahoma seems to be largely composed of reformist liberals — who favor great-er regulation of business by the state — and capitalist lib-ertarians — who favor complete deregulation in order to create a “true free market.”
“I’m here as a [capitalist] libertarian, and I might talk to a socialist,” said Ron Paul supporter Patrick LaMascus, a member of Occupy Norman visiting the Kerr Park en-campment last Friday. “It’s actually beautiful that you can have two people from opposite ends of the spectrum agreeing on something, but we’re agreeing on what’s bad; we’re not necessarily agreeing on how to fix it.”
The Occupy movement is in a protean phase, and whatever set of philosophies comes to dominate it dur-ing the next few months will determine the impact of the movement on the conditions of American workers for years to come.
Oklahomans who have any opinion regarding how conditions in this country could be changed for the bet-ter have a responsibility to participate in their nearest General Assembly, particularly during this formative stage.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) --Your earning possibilities will be proportionate to your contribution. If you want to make more money, you need to fi gure out what you can do to bring this about.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Don’t let slip any chance to further enhance a relationship that’s extremely important to you. Seize with alacrity anything that can fortify what you already have going.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) --You’ll never be better equipped than you are at present to fi nalize a tedious project that has been a prolonged source of irritation. Get that unpleasant task out of the way once and for all.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- It’s possible that you’ll fi nd yourself in a unique position to convey some critical information to the right people. Take advantage of what may never happen again.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- This may be one of those days when you won’t be looking for anything special when you go shopping, but something quite unique that you’ll love at fi rst sight will fi nd you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- It’s important to fi nd the right key that’ll motivate others to take a close look at a project or idea you’re eager to promote. Come up with a material or emotional trigger to put the posteriors in the seats.
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COLDPLAY“Mylo Xyloto”(Parlophone)
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Even though it seems as if the hype around “Viva la Vida” recently died down, Coldplay is back with a new album “Mylo Xyloto.”
As with most Coldplay songs, I didn’t expect to understand what the lyr-ics mean or why a five-minute instrumental is necessary, but I was pleasantly surprised with “Mylo Xyloto.”
The psychedelic cover artwork had me ready for some unintelligible mumbles and jumbled melodies, but the lyrics were insightful and clear on most tracks.
The band released its single, “Paradise,” before the album, and it is one of my favorites. The music video consists of the band in elephant costumes, a unicycle and a subway. Need I say more?
As for the title track, “Mylo Xyloto,” I was un-impressed. I expected to learn more about the strange name choice from the lyrics, but the track was less than a minute long and instrumental. It left me confused and pushing the skip button on my iPhone every time it came up.
Still, the band re-deemed itself with tunes such as “Major Minus,” and let’s not for-get “Princess of China,” which features Rihanna in a strange but oddly ge-nius combo.
I could only listen to “Viva la Vida” for a week before getting tired of it, but “Mylo Xyloto” has value that will keep it on my playlist for quite a while.
Megan Deaton is a journalism sophomore.
KELLY CLARKSON“Stronger”(RCA Records)
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Kelly Clarkson’s fifth studio album , “Stronger,” is just that — stronger.
This album features the same pop/rock style she continues to improve upon with every album. This album also gave Clarkson the opportunity to experiment with the different textures of her voice, allowing her to de-liver a unique and memo-rable performance with every song.
Fans got an early glimpse of the album with the early release of seven songs, including the lead single, “Mr. Know It All,” but the combined album completes the portrait she and her team of producers worked to create.
“Stronger” has it all, from dramatic songs such as “Honestly” to the pop-driven “What Doesn’t Kill You” to the ballad “Why Don’t You Try.”
Kyle Margerum is a professional writing junior.
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RACHAEL CERVENKAContributing Reporter
By the time Norman resi-dent Nancy Russell was 13 years old, she had jewelry in 13 stores across the country. When she was about 15 and a half, she had finally raised enough money to buy a used Volkswagen bus.
She had one problem though — she was not old enough to drive her bus.
Her older brother began driving the bus, but every-thing that could go wrong with it did. Russell called it the “bus from hell.”
That bus gave out and she developed a new dream of owning her own store by the time she was 21.
One summer while trav-eling in Estes Park, Colo. , a craft store approached her and asked if she wanted to work full time there. Russell was 17 at the time. She took summer school and night classes graduating a year early, and the day after she graduated she packed up and moved to Estes Park.
Once she moved to Estes Park, she felt lonely from time to time, and even-tually ended up back in Oklahoma.
Ru s s e l l t u r n e d 2 1 o n Jan. 26, 1977, and five days later she signed a lease for a store on Campus Corner in Norman . Russell opened the Aquarius Gift Shop right above the former Town Tavern Restaurant.
“I was born under the Age of Aquarius and so was my store,” she said.
When times got tough up-stairs, Russell was given the
opportunity to help out the restaurant below by baking.
“Of course I could bake. I had taken seventh grade home-ec,” she said.
Then the opportunity came along for her to com-bine a bakery with a gift shop and opened Cookies-N-Cards at a small hole in the wall at 796 ½ Asp Ave.
“It was not a half-ass store, it was a half Asp store with a p,” she said.
Russell became a working machine trying to support herself. Her store was open as often as it could be, even on the holidays.
One cold New Year’s Eve, a young man about her age came into the shop looking for a gift. He was her only customer that day, and she felt the need to reward him for it by naming him “cus-tomer of the day.”
Her customer of the day was named Jim and nearly a month later on Valentine’s Day, the two were married, and her customer of the day has been for the past 27 years.
“I just knew she was the one,” Russell said.
Russell stayed at the Asp location for about three years until she moved down the street to 754 Asp Ave. and
that’s where she remained for 24 years. Russell was not rich in any way other than friends and experiences, she said.
“The only dough I’m roll-ing in is cooking dough,” she said.
W a l k e r T h o m a s m e t Russell when she first start-ed out back in 1977 and he was a student himself and they just clicked. Years later, he opened his own barber-shop next door to Cookies-N-Cards, and Russell be-came one of his customers. They have been business-neighbors and friends for nearly 35 years.
“Sh e a l way s wa nt s t o give the baker’s dozen,” he said. “She always wants
to give more than what is required.”
On July 1, Russell was evicted from her location on Asp. It was a scary and un-sure time, but she saw it as a blessing in disguise.
Russell is now in the pro-cess of opening another Cookies-N-Cards at a new location in Norman. It will be newer and better, she said.
James Russell said his wife is a workaholic.
She battled breast can-cer 14 years ago and beat it. During her chemotherapy sessions, Russell continued to go to work.
She said she loves inter-acting with people, and her customers were one of her biggest support systems during that difficult time.
“I was never going to die from cancer, it was never in my script,” she said.
When Russell started out, she never thought baking was in the cards for her. It was initially all about jew-elry. She hasn’t made jew-elry in years and baking has taken over her life. She plans on keeping Cookies-N-Cards open for as long as she can.
Cookies-N-
Early start, hard work make perfect recipe for success, owner says
AUBRIE HILL/THE DAILY
Nancy Russell, owner of Cookies-N-Cards, sits in what will be her store’s new location on 12th Street in the same building as Dickey’s Barbecue Pit.
“The only dough I’m rolling in is
cooking dough.”NANCY RUSSELL,
COOKIES ‘N’ CARDS OWNER
WHAT’S NEXT12th St. Opening
Russell hopes to have the new store up and running before Thanksgiving, and she is planning a grand opening event.
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