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KELLY ROGERSAssistant Campus/Life and Arts Editor

For the past eight years, Tom Luczycki has brought blue prints to life at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, designing and fabri-cating unique exhibits to tell stories from the past.

Luczycki manages the four-part design team, which is composed of a cabinet-maker, a multimedia special-ist, a graphic designer and a general technician.

“I’m the guy that makes things look pretty and makes sure they get into the gallery on time, on budget,” Luczycki said.

Luczycki came to OU’s museum after working at the Michigan Science Center i n D e t r o i t . Although the leap from sci-e n c e t o nat-u r a l h i s t o r y took some get-ting used to, Luczycki said he’s enjoyed the change.

“I’m big into b o o m e ra ng s a n d t h i n g s like that, so I a l r e a d y h a d an interest in m a n y o f t h e pre-agricultur-al skills on dis-play here like spear throw-ing,” Luczycki said. “And who the hell doesn’t like dinosaurs?”

In addition to being re-sponsible for the care and maintenance of the per-manent exhibits that are on

SAM NOBLE

Team creates exhibits, displays

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Tom Luczycki, head of exhibits at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, explains the process of designing and building an exhibition.

Manager designs exhibits for museum

display, Luczycki also plans for the two changing exhib-its in the museum, filling the spaces with rental exhibits from other institutions, as well as original ones created by the in-house design team

and collection curators.

Making rent-al exhibits fit in their space can be a bit of a challenge at times, Luczycki said, because he has to merge floor plans and measurements for exhibits that weren’t neces-sarily made for the space he can allot.

Because of t h a t , s o m e -times exhib-i t i d e a s f a l l

through, even with the hours and days spent planning and tinkering — but it’s just an-other part of the job, he said.

Composing floor plans may be time consuming, but it doesn’t stop there, Luczycki

said.Sometimes gathering ar-

tifacts and building the cor-rect cases for display pieces can take anywhere from a few months to a few years, depending on the exhibit, Luczycki said.

“We like to dream big but also have to be footed in re-ality of what can happen in terms of time, scope and budget on these projects,” Luczycki said.

And what exactly is it like seeing your designs and blueprints come to life?

L u c z y c k i s a i d h e h a s m i x e d f e e l i n g s o n

completing exhibits but tries to take the time to appreci-ate them since it is so easy to keep on going once a project is finished.

“You don’t get things done to get things done. You get things done to do the next thing,” Luczycki said. “It’s just a continual process.”

A lot of consideration goes into the finished product of an exhibit, all the way down to the humidity of the space and lighting, he said.

One of the many tools that has been helpful in exhibit production is a 3D printer,

“I’m big into boomerangs

and things like that, so I already had an interest in many of the pre-agricultural skills on display here like spear

throwing.”TOM LUCZYCKI,

HEAD OF EXHIBITS AT THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM OF

NATURAL HISTORY

SEE MUSEUM PAGE 3

July 31-August 6, 2013 • 3

MUSEUM: Exhibit construction aided by 3D printer, power toolsContinued from page 1

GO AND DOSam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural HistoryWhen: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

Price: $5 adults $4 seniors $3 children (6-17) Free to OU students and children under 5 Free the first Monday of each month

“We have probably one of the best exhibit

shops anywhere, I’d have to say.”

TOM LUCZYCKI, HEAD OF EXHIBITS AT THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM OF

NATURAL HISTORY

that runs on plastic fila-ments to print objects and pieces the in-house design team may need for a project.

The 3D printer, a black half open box with a blue light in the center, could be mistaken for a normal print-er — but instead of printing pictures of dinosaur bones, it prints tangible pieces with multiple dimensions.

“ I m a g i n e a n E t c h A Sketch, but now you’ve got a hot glue gun on it,” Luczycki said.

This machine has helped with the construction of ex-hibits, including the juvenile Apatosaurus model on dis-play in the museum.

“We had about 15 percent of this creature and then we had to figure out the rest,” Luczycki said.

In a partnership with a former 3D printing compa-ny, SEAM, pictures of the dinosaur were scanned and printed, helping to complete the missing pieces of the puzzle.

Although technological advances like the 3D printer have helped exhibit design, it has not entirely replaced old methods of exhibit construction.

“Once the whole beast was printed, we went back to the traditional method of molding and casting of all those parts, because we weren’t sure of the longevi-ty of the material,” Luczycki

said.Power tools and machines

slice through materials used for exhibits, but these dis-plays still have to be shaped by human minds and hands.

But Luczycki can’t do it alone. His in-house design team helps with every step of the process, from cutting and sawing to recording and

taping.Rick Whitehead, carpen-

ter for the in-house design team, has been working with Sam Noble exhibits for 28 years. He is in charge of exhibit construction.

W h i t e h e a d s a i d t h e workshop is his place to be creative.

“Tom does most of the de-sign work on the projects, and then I get the drawings and material to turn a piece of paper into a tangible ex-hibit,” Whitehead said.

Just down the hall from the carpentry workshop, Michael McCarty, records voice overs for audio in ex-hibits, as well as keeping lan-guage recordings archived for educational and histori-cal reference.

McCarty, the museum media specialist, works to preserve the languages of countless Indian tribes in Oklahoma, including people of the Creek tribe.

As a former musician, McCarty has had extensive experience with record-ing and working with audio pieces, which inspired him to do the same kinds of things in the museum, he said.

Luczycki and his team plan to continue designing and creating exhibits, with long hours of research and a passion for making history aesthetically pleasing.

“We have probably one of the best exhibit shops anywhere, I’d have to say,” Luczycki said.

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Headington HallWelcome to

The building was built with money from private dona-tions from donors like former athletes Tim Headington, for whom the building is named, Adrian Peterson and Sam Bradford.

By intention, there will always be a majority of non-stu-dent athletes living in the new residence hall and there will be no efforts to segregate the two groups, said Kelly Damphousse, the hall’s Faculty-in-Residence.

“We’re trying to treat all of them as they are. They’re stu-dents at the University of Oklahoma living in Headington Hall,” he said.

The five-story building includes an entertainment room with a 90-inch television and rows of leather lounge chairs, a game room to be filled with pool tables and ping-pong ta-bles, as well as high-tech video gaming stations.

“[The entertainment room] is probably going to be the most popular room in the entire building,” said Bryan Hinnen, director of operations for Headington Hall.

The TV can be used to watch four different feeds at one time, Hinnen said.

“What that means is you can watch four games during March Madness, basically,” he said.

In addition to those amenities, the residence hall con-tains a 90-seat movie theatre, which officials for the Athletic Department hope can double as a classroom or meeting space, Hinnen said.

“This is fairly unique space for most residence halls. The majority that I’ve worked in…have [had] basements con-verted with old sofas that they found on Craigslist or some-thing,” he said.

Headington Hall’s space doesn’t have old sofas, instead it’s equipped with stair-step seating and a screen that can receive a cable stream and also the stadium stream.

Hinnen hopes the space will be used to house watch par-ties during away games, or a place to hold team meetings. As well, the chairs have desks attached, meaning the room could be used to hold seminar classes, he said.

Students in the hall will be staying in apartment-style units with a living space and a small kitchen. They have the option of staying in two or four bedroom suites.

Coming from his old room in the Bud Wilkinson House, Oklahoma football sophomore wide receiver Sterling Shepard said he was happy with his new room and the

prospect of having his own bathroom and bedroom.“The bathroom is definitely the best thing. You get your

own space. You don’t have to wait on one guy to take a show-er,” he said.

The amenities in Headington Hall — including the apart-ment style units — are part of the reason Shepard thinks Headington Hall will be big determining factor for new re-cruits, he said.

“[Headington Hall is] a real big boost. That’s what student athletes look for. They look for a good facility,” Shepard said.

“It doesn’t get much better than this.”

Per semester, the cost per room for a two bedroom, two bath unit housing four resi-dents is $3,250. If you didn’t want to share a bedroom, but could share a bathroom, the cost of a four bedroom, two bath unit meant for four people is $3,500, according to the SoonerSports website.

The most expensive floor plan costs $5,000 a semester, and have two bedrooms and two bathrooms. They house two people, according to the website.

As well, students in the residence hall have to pay for a meal plan, which rang-

es from $1,880 for 12 meals a week in the Wagner Dining Hall, to $2,000 for 15 meals a week in the dining hall, accord-ing to the website.

Choosing the cheapest room and board options, a semes-ter at Headington Hall will cost $5,130, 15 percent more than the cost of living in the suite-style units in Adams, Couch and Walker Centers.

Paighten Harkinspaighten.harkins@ou.edu

The first batch of students to live in OU’s new residence hall moved their things into the almost $75 million building Sunday.

While the residents who moved in over the weekend were all athletes, Headington Hall is set to hold 380 students, and only 180, or 47 percent, of those will be student athletes.

[Headington Hall is] a real big boost. That’s what student

athletes look for. They look for a good

facility.”STERLING SHEPARD,

WIDE RECEIVER

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Packing up, moving out of ‘Bud’

$75 MESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT

380STUDENT

RESIDENTS

180STUDENT-ATHLETE

RESIDENTS

AT A GLANCEHeadington Hall• A Unit (two bedroom, two bath, two residents in single rooms): $5,000

• B Unit (four bedroom, two bath, four residents): $3,500

• C Unit (two bedroom, two bath, two residents per room): $3,250

Headington Hall — Board

• 12 meals per week: $1,880

• 15 meals per week: $2,000

Adams, Couch and Walker Center — Housing and Board

• Double: $4,359

• Single: $5,750

Cate Center and David L. Boren Hall — Housing and Board

• Double: $3,961

• Single: $4,949Source: Housing and Food, SoonerSports websites

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ACROSS 1 Tell just

about anybody

5 ___-walsy (friendly)

10 Body snatcher’s hatchers

14 Of the finest quality

15 Like a debater’s skills

17 Feel feverish

19 Not yet used, as resources

20 Perjure oneself

21 Part of many titles

24 “... a little tom-___ sang”

25 Assaulted the nostrils

27 Hearing things?

29 Hindu class 33 Unit of work 34 Poker tokens 36 Hour and

minute separator

38 Trip to know a Vail?

43 Bridge support

44 Where to go to win at limbo

46 Historic introduction?

48 Common prayer starter

51 Cold War-era alliance

52 Has to have 54 Geller who

messes with minds

56 The feminine side, in Chinese circles

57 Belg. was in it

58 Fighting back 63 Make it to

land without a boat

68 One-on-one chats

69 Share a border with

70 Observed in the act

71 Baseball or golf, e.g.

72 “Private Dancer” Turner

DOWN 1 “Cheers”

setting 2 Costello of

comedy 3 “Barbara

___” (Beach Boys hit)

4 Gentleman caller

5 Kind of license or justice

6 ___ di Mare (fashion label)

7 Arctic Circle inhabitant

8 Dance movement

9 Days gone by 10 Place for an

orchestra 11 Pertaining to

the eyes 12 Adventure-

some 13 Aerody-

namically designed

16 Nuclear plant units

18 Big boom maker

21 Pulp fiction gumshoe

22 Cries of derision

23 He played Ponch

26 Muscle-bone connector

28 Acted maliciously

30 Dolt or dummy

31 Word with “much” or “late”

32 Plumbing pipe with a right angle

35 Kinsman 37 Salad

dressing ingredient

39 “The Matrix” hero

40 Lass 41 “Up, up and

___!” 42 Mythical

mountain “man”

45 Silver or Howard

46 Hall of Famer Reese

47 Say from memory

49 Handoff recipient

50 Least moist 52 Birds’ homes 53 Couch

potato’s perch

55 Elected ones 59 Gardening

supplies 60 Get ready

for surgery 61 “Beetle

Bailey” pooch 62 Stairway to a

river, in India 64 “All the

President’s ___”

65 Part of a geisha’s garb

66 Hosiery mishap

67 Airport posting (abbr.)

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An interesting change in your social life could be in the offi ng in the year ahead. You might meet and become involved with some rather eccentric individuals who will be considerably different from the old pals you’re used to.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Even if it causes you some inconvenience, honor your commitments. Your gesture will be appreciated, and you may even learn not to be so impulsive next time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Guard against a strong inclination to force rules and directives on your co-workers that you would never follow yourself. Set a good example and remember to be reasonable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- There is a high probability that you could form a strong attraction to someone that is likely to end just as abruptly as it begins. Do your best to see people for who they really are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Things should go rather smoothly for you, provided you’re not too indecisive. Think ahead as much as you can and stick to the plans that you make.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- A poor attitude generally brings

bad results, and today will be no exception. If you treat distasteful tasks resentfully, chances are you’ll end up having to do them all over again.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Although you generally are a lucky gambler, there is a possibility you might be tempted to take a chance on something that you know is impossible. You’ll lose.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Be extremely careful not to treat your colleagues or partners in a brusque manner. You may want to unload on them, but it will only end up making everybody angry.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Someone who is skilled at uncovering information that should be kept private may get you to reveal something that you promised to keep to yourself. Be on your toes.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- This is not a good day to debate controversial issues. You’re prone to blurting things out that would be better left unsaid, and you could even say something that would leave a lasting scar.

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How does Headington measure up?

Megan Deatonmeggiejennie@ou.edu

LIFE & ARTS EDITOR

Students and fam-ilies with blue carts that barely fit

through narrow doorways rolled past us with luggage in tow. As we waited for a tour in the grand foyer of Headington Hall, move in day was in full swing for some athletes who will now call Headington their home.

From the very beginning of our tour, it was appar-ent that Headington is far different from other resi-dence halls. A majestic stat-ue called “The Guardian” stands watch in the front entryway with a castle-sized metal chandelier hanging above. The foyer leads in the main hall, complete with plush leather couches and rich wood-paneled walls. The interior of Headington looks more like a high-class custom home than a gener-ic residence hall.

Perhaps this is because the creators of Headington were thinking anything but “generic” when they dreamed Headington into existence. As we moved throughout our tour, our guides consistently re-ferred to Headington as a “game-changer.” It’s clear that the athletics depart-ment hopes Headington will draw athletes to OU.

However, Headington

is not only for athletes. Headington cannot be re-ferred to as an “athletic” dorm, according to NCAA rules. In fact, the rules re-quire that only 49 percent of residents can be student athletes while 51 percent must be general population students. For the incoming freshmen who happened to get picked to live in Headington, the odds were certainly in their favor.

The first floor of Headington is a student’s wonderland. A 90-inch TV occupies the Media Commons, which sits ad-jacent to a Gaming Room that will hold three custom pool tables, three ping pong tables and two gaming stations. Our tour guides claimed that the sound sys-tems to go with the gaming stations are so advanced that only the person sitting in the station will be able to

hear the sound. From the gaming room,

we were led to the Theatre. Remember stuffing as many people as possible onto your bed in the dorms so you could all watch a movie together on your tiny TV? Headington residents will be able to lounge in the 70 seat Theatre without having to worry about cramped space.

The designers of Headington also had ac-ademics in mind. The Academic Commons has ample study space includ-ing a reading room and des-ignated study area.

The Dining Hall sits at the opposite end of the first floor from the enter-tainment centers. Unlike most other dorm residents, Headington students will simply have to take a quick elevator ride downstairs to access a dining hall

complete with various buf-fet stations like a salad bar, grill, and even a smoothie making area.

Upstairs, the living spaces outdo any dorm rooms I’ve ever seen. OU football play-er Sterling Shepard showed us around his room after moving in that morning.

HEADINGTON HALL FEATURES

Media Commons

70 seat Theatre

Gaming Room

Dining Hall

Academic Commons

Kitchens, private bathrooms

Laundry rooms

The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the mini kitchen to our left, complete with microwave, sink, cabinets, and a fridge. Where was my kitchen when I lived in the dorms? I know that’s something that could have been incredibly useful during my stay in the residence halls.

The kitchen opened up into a sizeable living room with tall windows providing a gorgeous view of the campus. The windows were a nice change from the typical prison-like windows that confined the dorm room I lived in my freshman year.

Sheppard’s unit is a two bedroom, two bath space, which meant both he and his roommate get their own room and bathroom. Most dorm residents share a bathroom with at least three other people,

or even suffer with commu-nity bathrooms. I can’t even fathom how nice it would have been not to have to wear shower shoes.

Another perk for Headington residents are the laundry rooms. I recall having to drag my laundry bag to a separate laundry building and spend hours waiting there for my clothes to be finished. Each floor of Headington has several laundry rooms.

In all honesty, the extrav-agance of Headington Hall is indescribable. My jaw kept dropping throughout the tour at the incredible luxury students will be liv-ing in. It’s more like a fancy hotel than a college resi-dence hall.

If you’re not living in Headington, your best bet is to start making friends with Headington residents as soon as possible. If you’ve been chosen to live there, congratulations — you’ll be living better than the rest of us.

Megan Deaton is a journalism and international area studies senior.

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Top left: The Media Commons features a 90-inch television and comfy leather chairs. Bottom left: The Wagner Dining Hall will offer healthy eating options for residents. Above: A 70 seat Theatre, also equipped as a lecture hall, is one of Headington’s luxurious features.

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RESIDENCE HALL

Housing facility as secure as Fort KnoxHeadington Hall is safe and sound

JONO GRECOSports Editor

Oklahoma fans are, for the lack of a better word, passionate.

Whether that passion is healthy or not is irrele-vant, Sooner Nation is crazy about its athletics.

That l e ve l o f p a s s i o n has no limits and it makes people do crazy things at times. Because of that plus basic privacy codes, OU Athletics has made sure the new Headington Hall, a $75 million housing facility that can house up to 49 percent athletes and is complete-ly funded by the athletic department, is safe for its residents.

To keep Headington Hall residents safe, many safe-guards have b e e n p u t i n t o p l a c e throughout t h e d o r m . While every d o r m o n campus has many of the s a m e p r e -cautions and locks through-out their halls, Headington Hall seems to have a bit more security.

“ ( S e c u r i t y ) i s o n e o f the great things that we had to have for this facil-ity,” Athletic Director Joe Castiglione said.

Like the other dorms on campus, Headington Hall’s residents will be using their OU ID as a swipe card to get into the building, but unlike other dorms, the new facil-ity will have more places at

which students will have t o s w i p e a s w e l l a s h u n d r e d s o f s e c u r i -ty cameras t h r o u g h -o u t t h e b u i l d i n g , said Bryan H i n n e n ,

director of operations for Headington Hall.

But all of the swipe ac-cess won’t be in effect 24 hours a day. Certain swipe accesses will be turned off a certain hours, but those hours are turned on earlier in the day, Hinnen said.

“Eight (a.m.) to 5 (p.m.), you’ll be able to get into the main public areas,” he said. “After 5 o’clock, that front door into the formal living area will shut down and you’ll have to swipe to

get in.”Also, students who don’t

live at Headington Hall won’t be able to just walk in and visit their friends. Those students will have to wait in the foyer — by “The Guardian” statue — and have their friend who lives in Headington Hall come down and allow them ac-cess into the building.

The visitor will have to check in at the front desk and leave identification — an OU ID or driver’s license — with the person at the desk.

“I ver y much so want to know who all is in my building,” Hinnen said.

Now that the majori-ty of the construction is complete, OU athletes are moving into Headington Hall, and Sooner fans and people walking around

Norman have shown inter-est in getting a view. While people have not tried get-ting into the building — partly because there is vis-ible construction still going on — they may not be so restrained once a few beers are coursing through fans’ system during tailgates once football season starts.

The initial plan for secu-rity for game days will be to have the building almost

on complete lock down, Hinnen said.

Headington Hall’s staff and security will not be going into the start of the s e a s o n , w h i c h i s A u g . 31, without having gone through a practice run on a real event. The staff prac-ticed with security during the Toby Keith relief con-cert July 6 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

“A lot of people were

w a l k i n g b y a n d k i n d o f a s t o n -i s h e d b y (Headington Hall), but it was kind of a good test run m o r e t h a n anything on how it’s going to operate,” Hinnen said.

On game days, though, the locking system may be stricter except for the VIPs and donors who are grant-ed access to the building on those days, Hinnen said.

“I’ll probably lock the en-tire (building) down,” he said. “There may be some VIP tours — like alumni coming in — and we may have functions going on as well.”

Although the players who will be living there or have lived in athletic dorms be-fore do not fear for the cu-rious OU fan wanting to get a better look at his or her favorite athlete, they do appreciate how much the university has invested in keeping them safe, sopho-more wide receiver Sterling Shepard said.

“(The athletics depart-ment) always does a good job protecting us,” he said. “This is just another exam-ple. I don’t think anyone can get through this build-ing. It’d take a lot of effort to do that.”

Jono Greco, jonogreco13@gmail.com

BLAYKLEE BUCHANAN/THE DAILY

Sophomore wide receiver Sterling Shepard talks about his new living arrangements on the third floor of Headington Hall on July 28. Last year, Shepard and his roommate Durron Neal, a fellow sophomore wide receiver, both lived in Bud Wilkinson House and call the new dorm a drastic improvement.

Residents Access Residents will not need to swipe their cards from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to get into public areas, but will need to do so to after 5 p.m. and all day for speci� c areas such as the elevators and living areas.

Guest AccessGuests must have a resident grant access in lobby, then they will need to check in and leave identi� cation at the front desk.

Source: Bryan Hinnen, Director of Operations for Headington Hall

AT A GLANCE Headington Hall Accesses

“I very much so what to know who all is in

my building.”BRYAN HINNEN,

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR HEADINGTON HALL

BRYAN HINNEN