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New tool forecasts enrollment Information meant to aid administrators in making decisions about course caps KATE BERGUM

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Though class enrollment for spring 2014 opens for students this month, faculty have been working behind the scenes to prepare resources using a new piece of technology to predict enrollment trends.

This summer was the first time a refined version of a course and major predicting tool created for University College was made available to departments across OU,

said George Bogaski, academic counseling professor for the college.

While Bogaski previously sent data and information to faculty in some colleges, this summer he provided more specific graphs, Bogaski said.

Using the tool, Bogaski can see trends across majors and predict the strain on some courses.

“We can help expect and manage these waves of students and manage resources wisely,” Bogaski said.

Bogaski makes the information from the prediction tool available on a private website. Faculty across OU colleges and academic departments don’t have to use it, but it is available for them, Bogaski said.

“I just peddle information,” Bogaski said.

Faculty from University College and College of Arts and Sciences use the tool more than other colleges, Bogaski said. This is because those colleges offer “service courses,” or general courses that students from many departments must take to fulfill major requirements, Bogaski said.

The College of Arts and Sciences caters to students from various colleges by offering courses such as economics, which business majors need; math and chemistry, which engineering majors need and biology; which pre-medicine designated students need, said Victoria Sturtevant, associate dean for academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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HOMECOMING

WEEK OF EVENTS Campus Activities Council plans homecoming fun through week STAFF REPORTS

South Oval chalk murals showcase homecoming spirit MEGHAN WHITING News Reporter @heyitsmeghanw

Student organizations will cover the South Oval with chalk murals Thursday in celebration of homecoming.

This year’s homecoming events started Monday and will end on Saturday after the game, according to OU Campus Activities Council’s official website.

The theme this year is “Bound As One,” and those organizations competing in the homecoming competition must display this theme in a variety of different activities, said Daniel Moreno, sidewalk chalk chairperson.

This year, 17 student organizations are competing in the homecoming chalking competition, Moreno said. The organizations will chalk murals in designated sidewalk square spots along the Michael F. Price Walkway on the South Oval.

Check-in begins at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, and the actual chalking process will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m., Moreno said.

Homecoming is the only time of year when student organizations are allowed to chalk murals in a variety of colors, Moreno said.

During the rest of the year, organizations are only allowed to use water-based yellow and white chalk.

While homecoming allows for more leniency with colors, only pastel chalk, including grey, can be used, Moreno said. This is so the chalk drawings fade away with weather and foot traffic.

While sidewalk chalking is only for OU’s student organizations, sometimes outside organizations and businesses chalk on campus without permission.

OU’s homecoming week began Monday as the weather washed out the first of the week’s events.

The day-long downpour forced the Campus Activities Council to cancel the Homecoming Kickoff on Monday evening. However, students still set up booths on the South Oval to offer free food, and the banner competition between OU student groups began at the Union Parking Garage.

Homecoming events will continue throughout the week:

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• Students can vote to choose this year’s homecoming king and queen, both of whom will be revealed during halftime of the football game this weekend. Voting will close Wednesday evening.

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SGA President Matt Eptin (middle) chalks on the South Oval during his campaign for SGA presidency last spring semester.

Last week, Aspen Heights Apartments chalked a mural outside of Copeland Hall in a variety of different colors. OU SGA President Matt Epting contacted the business and informed them of the chalking regulations, said Matt McAllister, Aspen Heights sales and marketing manager.

“We are working closely with the division of student life to understand the proper protocols for on-campus chalk art,” McAllister said.

Most outside organizations who chalk on campus are unaware or not familiar with OU’s policies, and calling and informing them typically fixes the problem, said OU’s Real Estate Operations Property manager.

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• OU fraternities, sororities and other student groups will display their homecoming boards on the South Oval.

• Students can gather at the Huston Huffman Fitness Center at 7 p.m. for a Night at the Huff, which will feature dodgeball, volleyball and basketball tournaments between student groups.

• Students interested in getting a workout outside of the Huff can gather at 8 a.m. Thursday for a Barre3 class on the South Oval.

• At 1 p.m., student groups will compete to create the best sidewalk chalk designs on the South Oval within three hours.

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• OU will honor its alumni with a Ring Ceremony at 4 p.m. at the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

• At 7 p.m., the RAH! Rally will begin at the Lloyd Noble Center.

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• Homecoming Parade will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. on Boyd Street, before the homecoming game against Kansas State at 11 a.m.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Failure to register means Dancing in Dale may be dead Former members cite time constraints, previous leader’s graduation as obstacles MIKE BRESTOVANSKY Assistant News Editor @BrestovanskyM

For seven years, sprightly students eager for a bit of relaxation could gather once a week in a classroom in Dale Hall and dance for an hour or two with fellow students.

But now, students who are hot to trot with springs in their steps will have to look elsewhere: Dancing in Dale is dead.

Former member Austin Savala said group members should have seen it coming. Dancing in Dale had been officially registered as a student organization at OU in previous semesters, but this semester the group chose not to register.

“We’d been student-run and student-led this entire time,” Savala said. “We were trying to avoid having to involve faculty, because they might try to impose stuff on us WEATHER Sunny today with a high of 72, low of 41.

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when we’d rather just go ahead and do what we thought was best.”

At Dancing in Dale’s first meeting this semester, an OU faculty member asked if the group had reserved the classroom they were using, Savala said. Upon learning that they had not, the faculty member said there would likely be consequences for future unsanctioned activity.

The jig was up.

Ian Scruggs, the member primarily in charge of organizing the group, graduated the previous May and nobody seemed likely to replace him. A post on the group’s Facebook page, which boasts over 250 members, terminated the group indefinitely.

“If it had happened a year or two ago, when there was a bit more impetus and we had a bit more membership … we would have probably officially registered,” Scruggs said.

Without leadership, most of the group members were too DAILY FILE ART busy to organize another group, Savala said.

Hannah Joy Cooney, an international business senior and human relations management major in 2012, dances with a fellow student SEE DALE PAGE 2 in Dale Hall.

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ENROLLMENT: Program predicts course numbers DALE: Dancers plan Continued from page 1 to register as group

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Had the enrollment cap remained the same, enrollment in the early economics classes would have been capped in July, Sturtevant said, and college officials like to keep courses open for enrollment into August.

Knowing trends and predicting class enrollment early on prevents emergencies from happening in the summer and decreases strain on academic departments, Sturtevant said.

When she knows of a predicted increase of students in a certain course in advance, she doesn’t have to rush to “triage” the situation as fall semester approaches, Sturtevant said.

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For these large, general education courses, enrollment prediction allows faculty to determine how many incoming freshmen — who have never set foot at OU — will be enrolling in a course, Sturtevant said.

For example, this fall, roughly 20 percent more students enrolled in microand macroeconomics than last year, Sturtevant said.

Around April 2013, Bogaski told Sturtevant about the predicted increase of students and let her know there would be more students enrolling in the economics courses than seats available, Sturtevant said.

The news came as a surprise for the department, which doesn’t usually experience student demand that high, Sturtevant said.

Throughout the summer, Bogaski and Sturtevant watched the number of students enrolling creep upwards and adjusted the classes’ caps accordingly, Sturtevant said.

However, Bogaski’s data from University College indicated that students enrolling in micro- and macroeconomics would still exceed the courses’ limits, Sturtevant said. Hesitantly, she added another 100-student lecture section of microeconomics, which the department chairperson agreed to teach as an overload course, Sturtevant said.

The decision was risky, but the seats to the added course filled just before the semester began, Sturtevant said.

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predictions because it allows them to get into courses when they need to take them, Sturtevant said.

Because so many majors have very sequential course plans, enrollment predictions help student retention, Bogaski said.

If students aren’t able to enroll in a certain course during a certain semester, they may be forced to spend another semester in school, Bogaski said.

“Problems with course availability really create a lot of friction and tension and problems for advisers, for families of worried students who can’t get into classes, for students who are frustrated, even for faculty members,” Bogaski

said.

Managing course caps is a balancing act, Sturtevant s a i d . Th e d e p a r t m e nt s don’t want to under-predict enrollment because then students hoping to take the course will exceed the course’s limitations. Overprediction, however, can waste departmental money and lead to course cancellation, Sturtevant said.

Because of this, good enrollment prediction data is crucial, Sturtevant said.

“It keeps us from making mistakes in either direction,” Sturtevant said.

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OPINION

Continued from page 1 Savala, a psychology senior, had no previous dancing experience, but became involved with Dancing in Dale in his freshman year when current members visited the Honors College residence hall, he said.

“In the first week [of school] they always had a couple people coming to the Honors [College] lounge to talk up Dancing in Dale as a way to meet new people,” Savala said.

The group was founded in the 2006-2007 school year by former student Matt Giuliano under the name Sharedancers, Scruggs said.

“He started it pretty much single-handedly,” Scruggs said. “He had dancing experience and a group of friends, and … he made it go.”

After Giuliano graduated, leadership of the group shuffled between members before joint command was given to Scruggs and fellow member Chris Kramer, Scruggs said.

As the group’s leadership changed, so did its style, Scruggs said.

“Back when Matt was running it, we did a solid mix of swing, ballroom and Latin dancing,” Scruggs said. “But it’s kind of morphed over the years into West Coast Swing, which we’ve been doing exclusively.”

For the time being, Dancing in Dale members with the urge to cut a rug have had to look elsewhere to fulfill their waltzing wishes.

Savala said he goes to an Oklahoma City-based West Coast Swing club that has occasional parties. He is also currently taking a ballroom dancing course and occasionally visits Shall We Dance, another Norman West Coast Swing venue.

“But other than that, I don’t do much [dancing],” Savala said. “It’s just time. I don’t have time to do other things; I have too much to do already.”

Scruggs said he still dances when he can, but his current job at the College of Continuing Education keeps him busy — and there aren’t any other groups like Dancing in Dale, which is self-taught and free.

While Dancing in Dale may be gone, Scruggs said that it would be possible for students to create a similar group in the future. It would just involve a leader who could organize the group, promote it through social media and teach people to dance.

Group members are currently rallying to register Dancing in Dale as an official student group. Those interested in revitalizing the group should visit its Facebook page.

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OUR VIEW

We solicit gubernatorial debate Our View: The Daily is calling on Joe Dorman and Gov. Mary Fallin to participate in a second gubernatorial debate at OU’s campus.

We believe Oklahomans deserve more than one public debate between the candidates for governor, and we feel the best place for a second debate would be right here at OU. On behalf of The Oklahoma Daily we call on Gov. Mary Fallin and Democratic challenger Joe Dorman to participate in a second public gubernatorial debate on OU’s campus. The Daily — as a nonpartisan news organization — is willing to sponsor a second debate and would be happy to partner with other nonpartisan organizations to sponsor an on-campus debate.

We feel a debate at OU would give Oklahoma voters, and young voters in particular, a chance to learn more about the potential leaders of this state. The candidates for Oklahoma governorship should publicly debate their plans for bettering the state more than once, and what better place to do so than at OU, Oklahoma’s flagship university.

Even better, we already have a moderator — OU’s political science department Chairperson Keith Gaddie.

We asked OU President David Boren to participate in the cause, and he said OU will sponsor the debate and provide a venue if it’s hosted by a nonpartisan group and requested by the two candidates.

Rather than wait for Dorman and Fallin to request a debate at OU, we are proposing a second debate and asking the candidates to respond to The Daily’s call.

We believe public debates are essential for a fully functioning democracy and are a critical way for political candidates to share their goals and beliefs with their constituents. Debates can make or break a political candidate, and they serve to prove competence and confidence to potential voters.

Debates are also critical for the opposing candidate and incumbent to explain why or how their political viewpoints differ. For all of these reasons

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and more, we believe it is essential to provide more than one opportunity for Oklahoma voters to hear from their gubernatorial candidates.

Fallin and Dorman participated in one public debate on Oct. 2, Our View is which was hosted at Oklahoma the majority State University, and both canopinion of didates are OSU graduates. The The Daily’s nine-member gubernatorial candidates clearly editorial board favor university settings for public debate, so why not hold a second debate at OU? After all, Oklahoma is the Sooner state.

We also feel it’s critical for the candidates to hold more public debates in an effort to increase

voter turnout in Oklahoma. In the 2010 gubernatorial election, only 27 percent of eligible Oklahomans registered to vote and actually cast a ballot, according to a study by the Pew research foundation.

Opportunities for engagement with political candidates encourage voter participation, and it’s going to take more than one public debate to encourage Oklahoma voter turnout. Let’s push Oklahoma to increase its political participation and hold a second gubernatorial debate at OU.

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AT A GLANCE ‘... And Star Power’

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nstrument junkie duo Sam France and Jonathan Rado have come a long way since first joining forces as high school freshmen in 2005.

They may have left behind their high school years, but if there’s one thing that’s carried from the past, it’s their genuine creativity and unharnessed energy that ventures to the outermost ledges of pop/rock experiments.

Since their last album, “We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic,” Foxygen has flexed their pretentious, flashy talents harness all their new ideas into 81 minutes titled “ … And Star Power.”

As if the ‘70s-style bass lines and low, floaty vocals aren’t enough to bring you back into the psychedelic world that Foxygen thrives in, the genuine lyrics in tracks like “How Can You Really” are sure to pull you along for the ride.

And what a ride it proves to be — from spacey ad-libs and background noise that suggests party scenes with crashing bottles to calm in “Star Power II: Star Power Nite” to instrumental

my bar will set you free.

The great thing about 81 minutes worth of music means that we get just that much more genius and creativity from the band. Is it too much? Not at all. There’s something for everyone to like on this album, whether you’re a die-hard Foxygen lover or you’re just looking for a new song to get you across campus.

Less pomping and more building is what the Engineers’ Club has in mind for this year’s homecoming float.

The club has been planning for their current float for months but only began working on building their float at the end of September, saidEmily Canaday, a chemical engineering GO AND DO senior and queen of the Engineers’ Club Engineers’ Club.

The Engineers’ Club float building welcomes anyone to parWhen: 6 to 11 p.m. ticipate in the final stagnightly this week es of building their float.

The club works on their Where: Fears Club, float from 6–11 p.m. at 303 E. Chesapeak St. Fears Club located at 303 E Chesapeake St. Info: The club invites anyone who wants The theme for the to contribute to the 2014 homecoming floats making of the float is based on children’s books. The Engineers’ Club’s theme this year is the “Little Engineer That Could,” playing off of the children’s book “The Little Engine That Could.”

Canaday said the members loved the pun associated with their theme and it also allowed for their creative juices to flow. One aspect of the Engineers’ Club’s floats has been their insistence on having something moving on everything. Showing off their creativity has also been an important part for the club’s float.

The Engineers’ Club wants to show everyone that they are not only focused on the mechanical side of their float, but also that they are detail-oriented. They plan to express this with the backboard of their float depicting a route visiting each college within the university.

This little detail also ties into the overall homecoming theme of ‘Bound as One.’

Kelly Rogers is a professional writing junior.

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Artist: Foxygen Released: Today Top tracks: For the mellow: “The Game” For the abstract: “Cold Winter/Freedom For the dramatic: “You & I” For the ambitious: “Talk” For the traditional: “Everyone Needs Love”

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tone that the song title itself

The duo making up Foxygen will released their new album, “ ... And suggests. It’s a rocky start, Star Power,” today. but in the end, the wham-

gems like “Star Power I: Overture.”

For those not familiar with Foxygen, this album may come as a sensory overload. This band is especially known for having an erratic sound, but if you listen closely, it’s more like organized chaos.

These rowdy musicians aren’t just reckless — they’re intentional. The faded synthesized sound, ostentatious song titles and unique use of spoken vocals in the intros

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and backgrounds of songs create the perfect canvas for all of their wildest experiments.

If you’re looking for unconventional, look no farther than the track “Cold Winter/Freedom,” where heavy, droning voices and warped guitar twist and thrash into an instrumental trip that will likely leave you feeling unsettled — but wait it out because before too long, the high energy piano and guitar riffs come back into play, illustrating a

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Offensive woes biggest concern heading into homecoming game vs. Kansas State After a close win against Texas on Saturday, the offense was under heavy fire. However, for most of the first half, when the offense was struggling, it was partially due to not being able to get on the field.

Regardless, co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jay Norvell said he was not pleased with the offense when it finally took the field.

“I’m not very happy about the way [the offense] played this week,” Norvell said. “We’re not gonna sit here and pout like we’re the worst offense in the nation, cause that ain’t the truth.”

One specific example of why Norvell was not happy was Oklahoma’s struggles on third down.

Late in the fourth quarter, OU converted its first third down of the game. Ultimately, it was its only one of the game, going just 1-of-11.

“Anytime you convert 1-of-11 on third down, that’s not good enough,” Norvell said.

“We’re just like everyone else in the nation. We’re trying to fix our issues and improve on them this week and it’s an important week for us to do that.”

Coaches have stressed the team is facing tough third downs because of its poor performance on first and second downs.

TCU was arguably the best defense Oklahoma will face this year. But Heupel said he knows Kansas State’s defense will give the team challenges as well.

“They play extremely hard and they play with great technique,” Heupel said.

Heupel noted third down efficiency and taking care of the football as keys to winning.

He said they did a good job in those areas against the Wildcats last year and came out with a win.

OU cornerback given Big 12 honor after weekend game Sophomore cornerback Zack Sanchez has been named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after his performance in Oklahoma’s 31-26 win over Texas on Saturday.

Sanchez returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown and tied a career high with eight tackles. The pick was Sanchez’s fifth of the season, giving him the most in the Big 12.

The Fort Worth, Texas native has

recorded seven interceptions in his last nine games dating back to last season — the most of any player during that time.

The conference award is Sanchez’s first of his career. He shared the Big 12’s weekly honors with Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty, Oklahoma State kick returner Tyreek Hill and West Virginia kicker Josh Lambert.

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