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6 months, 1 week ago

Wall near Catlett Music Center fell for unknown reasons Wednesday night

A half wall near Catlett Music Center’s lounge fell Wednesday night for unknown reasons.

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6 months, 1 week ago

Students vote to pass all UOSA referendums in landslide margin

OU students approved a name change for student government and also supported potential renovations to the Huston Huffman Fitness Center.

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6 months, 1 week ago

UOSA legislation to cut greek council presidents’ pay vetoed

UOSA President Joe Sangirardi vetoed the bill, citing lack of discussion of the issue, and lack of alternative pay for the students.

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: Why we reported this issue — and what we learned

The Daily’s series about sexual assaults on campus has been a labor of love between a lot of motivated journalists and brave, willing sources, s...

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: Moving forward requires strength for survivors, system

Student-led efforts have helped changed how the university handles sexual assaults, but advocates say there is still work to be done to improve the cu...

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: What to expect when reporting sexual assault

If you have been sexually assaulted and want to report the crime to law enforcement or university officials, here’s what you might be expected t

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: Choosing which road to take can be difficult for survivors

For sexual-assault survivors, the quest for justice and support can mean navigating a highway system of decisions, which include the university and le...

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: Assault happens to men, too

While the statistics in The Daily’s series about sex crimes at OU mainly focus on sexual assaults happening to women, this crime is not only con...

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sex crimes at OU: Challenges cast shadows in quest for justice, support

There have been 61 reports of sexual assault at OU in the last 12 years. From these reports, only 11 people received any kind of punishment. None saw ...

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Student Congress votes against bill to ban cargo shorts at meetings

The Undergraduate Student Congress voted against a bill that would have banned cargo shorts and other clothing from being worn during Undergraduate St...

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7 months, 1 week ago

Visitation Service for J. Rufus Fears scheduled for Thursday

Visitation services for OU professor J. Rufus Fears will be Thursday evening at a Norman funeral home.

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7 months, 1 week ago

J. Rufus Fears, three-time professor-of-the-year, dies at 67

Beloved OU professor, J. Rufus Fears, died Saturday, according to a press release from the Vice President for Public Affairs.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

OU acquires new property

OU Board of Regents bought property on Elm Street and are working on big plans for the area.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

UOSA legislation may secure pay for future presidents over summer

A bill that will enable future UOSA presidents to be paid during the summer was passed by Undergraduate Student Congress on Tuesday. UOSA President Jo...

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

OU undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranked in top 10 nationwide

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine recently ranked OU’s entrepreneur programs in the top 25 in the nation, out of 2,000 other school

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

EPA awards OU as one of four green groups

OU is one of four organizations in the U.S. to be awarded by the EPA for making green energy purchases.

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8 months ago

Number of sexual offense reports rises

Crime has increased from 2010 to 2011, and sexual assaults increases the most from four to 16 reported incidents.

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8 months ago

OU Foundation money moves around the world

Nonprofit organization diversifies assets by investing overseas.

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8 months ago

UOSA passes department consolidation bill

The UOSA president renewed his initiative to trim down the size of OU’s student government Tuesday as his department consolidation bill was pass...

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8 months ago

Applications for groups being accepted for Veteran’s Day parade

The City of Norman is accepting applications for interested groups through Nov. 1.

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8 months ago

Norman police arrest possible shooter

Police have made an arrest in the case of the Norman woman who was fatally shot Thursday morning.

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8 months, 1 week ago

Students borrowing money to pay for school is at an all-time high

Eleven semesters of education turned into 20 years of payments.

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8 months, 1 week ago

New system may help students borrow less money

Students may notice a more consistent distribution of their federal loans next spring as OU officials work out the kinks in the university’s new...

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8 months, 1 week ago

Sexual assault abroad may go unreported

Over the last five years, only one sexual assault has been reported by OU students while studying abroad.

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8 months, 1 week ago

Police identify the woman who was killed by a train Saturday night

Norman Police have identified the victim as Susie Mae Cunningham, 34, of Oklahoma City. Cunningham was killed after being hit by a train Saturday even...

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Students could lose SNAP aid with budget cuts

A national program that helps lower income families and students may receive major cuts if a new federal bill is passed.

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Sooners adhere to tobacco ban policy, OU officials said.

A majority of OU employees and students seem to be observing the tobacco ban policy as OU police have had limited interactions with policy breakers an...

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

OU Graduate Student Senate’s secretary resigns

Graduate Student Senate will be looking for two new leaders after its secretary announced Sunday she would be leaving the Senate less than a week afte...

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9 months ago

Graduate Student Senate to look for new chair after resignation

With Kiersten Baughman’s resignation from the Graduate Student Senate, James Cook temporarily takes over the new chair as nominations are being ...

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9 months ago

Norman ceases mandatory water conservation efforts

With cooler weather and some rain, Norman now asks people to voluntarily conserve water rather than making water conservation mandatory.

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9 months ago

CART installs Wi-Fi on all buses

With the installation of Wi-Fi on all CART buses, being connected to the internet on a phone while commuting is now easier.

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1 year ago

Year in Review: 15% of Student Congress bills directly impact students

About 15 percent of Undergraduate Student Congress’ spring 2012 legislation directly impacted students while the remainder focused on approving appoin...

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1 year ago

UOSA consolidation act rendered invalid due to mistake

The student government president’s key platform legislation was stopped Sunday night after a mistake rendered the bill invalid.

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1 year ago

Student Congress debates, partially approves Consolidation Act

The student government president’s vision of consolidating UOSA’s executive branch hit a small road block Tuesday.

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1 year ago

Game review: ‘Fez’ offers players a new perspective in a 3-D world

Polytron’s “Fez,” in development since 2007, was released April 13. The game focuses on collecting cubes and anti-cubes and solving puzzles. While the...

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1 year ago

Student Congress’ final spring meeting to include elections, awards and legislation

The last Student Congress meeting today will involve elections, awards and discussion of the Department of Consolidation Act.

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1 year, 1 month ago

Sangirardi, Sewell accepting applications for UOSA executive cabinet

Interested students can apply for positions in the UOSA Executive Cabinet. Applications must be turned in by 5 p.m. April 25 in the Conoco Student Lea...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Undergraduate Student Congress selects nominees for executive positions during Tuesday meeting

Undergraduate Student Congress selected nominees for their executive officers Tuesday during a short meeting.

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1 year, 1 month ago

Union Programming Board denied office space in the union

After the Union Programming Board failed to submit its application for an office space on time, the Graduate Student Senate did not give the board any...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Students to decide which semester to hold UOSA presidential elections

Students in fall 2012 will be given the opportunityto decide whether the UOSA president and vice president are elected during the spring or fall.

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1 year, 1 month ago

16 representatives officially take Student Congress seat

At the Undergraduate Student Congress’ 87th Session, the final roll call was taken for departing members. The 88th Session was then called to or...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Results OK’d, Sangirardi takes office Monday

UOSA President-elect Joe Sangirardi and vice president-elect Rainey Sewell will be taking office Monday.

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1 year, 1 month ago

10% of students cast ballot in UOSA election, lowest turnout in 11 years

Voter turnout for the UOSA General Election was the lowest in the last 11 academic years. Many seats were uncontested, which led to less campaigning a...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Vicky Vargas wins CAC chair election with 61% of the vote

Vicky Vargas won the 2012-2013 school year Campus Activities Council chair position Wednesday night, and getting 1,325 votes. She ran opposed against ...

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1 year, 1 month ago

UOSA presidential elections could shift from spring to fall semester

Undergraduate Student Congress approved a referendum that would move the UOSA presidential election to the fall semester to give the incoming presiden...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Mistake could leave Union Programming Board without an office

For the first time since it was created, the Union Programming Board may be without an office because it did not apply for space. Leaders say they did...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Election features most number of uncontested tickets since 2007

Could the low number of voters be the result of a high number of uncontested tickets? Election documents show this could be the reason.

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1 year, 1 month ago

Graduate Senate approves grants, creates position

Student senators approved more than $40,000 of grant money to graduate students and voted to create a new UOSA department Sunday evening.

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1 year, 1 month ago

UOSA denies emergency bill to reopen 2012 election filing period

Undergraduate Student Congress voted 13 to 11 to not approve emergency legislation Tuesday night. Joe Sangirardi and Rainey Sewell will remain unconte...

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1 year, 1 month ago

UOSA, CAC candidates say they want OU to feel more like family

Potential high-level student government candidates said they want to make OU feel more like a family and get students involved in more activities at a...

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