The Bison 10-19-11

The Bison “Like” us on Facebook! Vol. 95 Issue 7October 19, 2011 The Student Newspaper of Oklahoma Baptist University Features Brigadoon Managers Arts Lauren McHaney Faith Arthur Holmes Sports Swim Homelessness simulated on campus ChuCk Porter Contributing... More

The Bison “Like” us on Facebook! Vol. 95 Issue 7October 19, 2011 The Student Newspaper of Oklahoma Baptist University Features Brigadoon Managers Arts Lauren McHaney Faith Arthur Holmes Sports Swim Homelessness simulated on campus ChuCk Porter Contributing Writer For some students on the OBU campus, the problem of homelessness became very real—at least for one night. Last week, Dr. Nicole Warehime’s Social Problems class hosted a homelessness simulation in front of Raley Chapel as part of an advocacy project. “It’s very important in a social problems class to get the real world application to what [students] are doing,” said Warehime, professor of sociology. “The goal [of the advocacy project] is to apply the knowledge that they’re getting in the textbook to a real life problem, either gaining advocacy or awareness of a problem. ” The simulation itself was organized almost entirely by members of the class. “We gave each person a bowl of chicken noodle soup,” said junior English m Less