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CRIME

Student not suspect in killings Freshman Alan Hruby currently not a suspect in the case of his family’s deaths JOEY STIPEK

Special Projects Editor @JoeyStipek

An OU student who has been in custody on unrelated charges after his family was found dead in their Duncan home is not currently a suspect in the case as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

University College freshman Alan Joseph Hruby, 19, is in custody following the death of his parents, John Hruby, 50, and Katherine “Tinker” Hruby, 48, and his 17-year-old sister, Katherine Hruby.

Stephen County officials took Alan Hruby into custody Monday and charged him with an unrelated charge, Duncan police chief Danny Ford said.

The Daily could not independently verify what unrelated charges Alan Hruby was charged with, but different news

outlets are reporting that charges are either related to stolen checks or a parole violation for credit card fraud, which stemmed from an August 2013 felony charge.

The Hruby’s housekeeper discovered the bodies, which were “cold and not breathing,” at around 8:50 a.m. Monday, Ford said.

Ford’s investigators swept the crime scene ALAN from Monday into early Tuesday and seized HRUBY electronics and other evidence, Ford said.

Police are waiting on an autopsy report from medical examiners, and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is currently examining evidence, Ford said.

Alan Hruby arrived at the crime scene after he received a phone call about the deaths, Ford said.

“He was crying and wailing,” Ford said.

Duncan police have received tips and calls from community members saying the family was last seen together on Thursday or Friday evening, Ford said.

“But not anything specific,” Ford said.

OU Police Department spokesman Lt. Bruce Chan said OUPD is not involved in the investigation.

Holden Krusemark, broadcast journalism sophomore, was Alan Hruby’s small group leader at Camp Crimson this past summer.

Fellow campers nicknamed Alan Hruby “Louis Vuitton bag kid” due to the brand of his suitcase, Krusemark said.

Krusemark said Alan Hruby is a good kid and was shy with a slightly overbearing personality.

“He does not deserve this,” Krusemark said. “I hope that this thing gets sorted out soon. It is just bad.”

University spokesman Corbin Wallace said the university is monitoring the situation and has taken steps to ensure the safety of the university community.

Paris Burris contributed to this report.

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STUDENT CONGRESS

CLAIM YOUR CLASS

Poll on bike lane, library approved Congress voted to gauge student interest for projects PAGE JONES News Reporter @pageousm

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Top: Marketing freshman Mackenzie Metzger and Lindsay McElwee take a photo with their signature to get a free t-shirt. Bottom left: Finance senior Colin Fuller poses with his name on the Class of 2015 board Tuesday on the South Oval. Bottom right: Psychology sophomora Madison White signs her class board for the Campus Activities Council’s Homecoming.

M e m b e r s o f O U ’s Undergraduate Student Congress agreed to survey students about adding a bike lane on campus and keeping a section of Bizzell Memorial Library open 24/7.

The poll to add a 24/7 section to the Bizzell Memorial Library will gauge student demand to justify the cost of having that section, said Crystal Nguyen, the author of the bill.

Nguyen believes students will use the new section in the library because she thinks many students prefer studying in the library because its atmosphere is more studious, but she acknowledges “everyone studies differently.”

The problem with creating a 24/7 section is that it would need to be isolated from the rest of the library to prevent students from wandering into areas of the library that are closed, Nguyen said.

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AWARD

OU student receives prestigious Marine Corps accolade Sophomore receives recognition for notable efforts in academics and fitness EMILY SHARP News Reporter @esharp13

An OU student received an award honoring him as one of the top Marine Corps officer candidates in the country Tuesday morning at the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps building on campus.

Lance Corporal John A. Bates, a communications sophomore, was given The Commandant’s Trophy for graduating as the first Marine Officer Candidate out of 210 at this summer’s Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia.

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candidate for the Marine “It is undoubtedly Corps can receive, accordone of the hardest ing to a press release from the things I have ever Marine Corps’ public relations department. done. I remember Bates was chosen for the weeks and weeks award because of his academic performance, phys- of being famished, ical fitness and leadership tired, wet.” displayed at officer candidate school, according to the press TRACY KING, release.

BRIGADIER GENERAL B a t e s, w h o a t t e n d e d Officer Candidate School from July 6 to Aug. 15, graduated as the head of his company, said Captain Spencer Marsinek, Marine Officer Selection Officer, in an email.

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“It was surprising to be the honored graduate,” Bates said.

“There were so many people in my platoon I thought deserved it more, who in my opinion worked harder, did more and who were more outgoing than I was.”

To celebrate Bates’ achievements, Brigadier General Tracy King presented Bates with his award at a short ceremony.

Senior vice provost Kyle Harper also accepted an engraved crystal trophy on behalf of OU to honor Bates’ achievements, Marsinek said in an email.

Only 119 of the 210 students in Bates’ class graduated from the training, Marsinek said. “[Officer Candidate School] was tiring, grueling, and there was constant pressure to achieve a certain grade,” Bates said.

“You have to get above 80 percent or you’re failing, so I had to take time out of my sleep schedule and more for any extra workouts.”

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AWARD: Student ponders Marine Corps future Continued from page 1 Officer Candidate School is an intensive program designed to train and measure officer candidates, who must prove to be strong and committed to receive a commission, according to a press release from the Marine Corps public relations department.

“It is undoubtedly one of the hardest things I have ever done. I remember weeks and weeks of being famished, tired, wet,” King said.

In addition to serving as a reservist in the Broken Arrow Tow Platoon, Bates currently works over 30 hours per week at Red Lobster to help pay for his tuition, Marsinek said in an email. In his spare time, Bates rides competitively in the BMX circuit and has won the Oklahoma State

Because of this, it would require some construction and a higher cost.

Nguyen said while an actual gate would probably not be implemented, the section should be viewed as a separate area gated off from the rest of the library.

It is not currently known what the costs of the section would be, but the section would be staffed by library

CRIME

Police investigate cold case involving former OU student The 20-year-old double homicide case is being revisited to search for answer MEGHAN WHITING News Reporter @heyitsmeghanw

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Lance Corporal John A. Bates receives the Commandant’s Trophy at the Oklahoma Memorial on Tuesday morning from College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kelly Damphousse and Provost Kyle Harper.

Championship three times in the last five years, Marsinek said.

Bates, who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2012, will become a commissioned officer after he completes

his bachelor’s degree in two years, Marsinek said.

When he graduates, Bates will experience active ground duty and wants to be an infantryman, he said.

A f t e r h i s f ou r- ye a r

commission commitment, Bates will decide if he wants to pursue a permanent career with the Marine Corps or start his own business, he said.

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employees like the rest of the library, Nguyen said.

If the polls are positive for the 24/7 section, the library staff will assess the data and decide whether or not to construct the space.

The bill to poll students about adding a new bike lane is in response to additional sidewalks on the South Oval that allow bikers to go from east to west across campus, according to the agenda from Tuesday’s meeting.

The new proposed bike

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lane would run from Elm Street to Jenkins Ave, said Jacqueline Barbee, the author of the bill.

The concern is that while bikers are now free to go across campus, they still have to weave their way around pedestrians. Establishing a bike lane will help bicyclists avoid pedestrians and vice versa, Barbee said.

The survey will also ask students if there are any other locations on campus where they would like to see bike

lanes, Barbee said.

These polls will be on the November election ballot and will be conducted by the Student Government Association Election Board.

They will be two of three polls conducted on the ballot, the third of which is a poll to gauge student interest in having an American Sign Language course.

The elections will take place Nov. 4 and 5 and will be conducted electronically.

The Norman Police Department is asking the public to help solve a 20-year-old double homicide case that involves a student who attended OU. Norman PD officers found Eric Anthony Davis, 20, and Jackie Lynn Smith, 23, dead with gunshot wounds to their heads on Oct. 18, 1994, in an apartment on Heritage Place Drive, according to the Norman PD press release.

“The case has Davis was a sophoalways been open.” more at OU, and Smith was a friend visiting from COREY LAMBRECHT, Oklahoma City, according CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION OF THE NORMAN PD to the report.

EMPLOYEE The case is still unsolved. Now, 20 years later, police are working to find out what happened that day, said Corey Lambrecht, who works for the Criminal Investigations Division of the Norman PD. Any case that is unsolved remains open, Lambrecht said.

“The case has always been open,” Lambrecht said. “On the anniversary of the deaths, we are going to start to try to get the information out to the public.”

There are currently no new leads or tips about the double homicide, Lambrecht said.

There are still 12 unsolved murder cases in Norman, Lambrecht said.

Meghan Whiting Meghan.m.whiting-1@ou.edu

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FOOTBALL

Player thrives despite condition Junior carries sickle cell anemia trait JOE MUSSATTO

Sooners work on defense, stopping Kansas State quarterback for game

Sports Editor @joe_mussatto

As the rest of the team runs a steady stream of downand-backs on the practice field, junior Charles Tapper might have to sit one out before continuing.

It’s not a conditioning problem for the Sooner defensive end. A lack of effort isn’t the reason either.

Tapper carries the sickle cell trait, an inherited condition in which both hemoglobin A and S are produced in the red blood cells, always more A than S, according to the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

The trait, different than the disease that damages tissue due to a lack of blood flow, is typically nonthreatening, but it can negatively affect athletes during intense bouts of exercise. Tapper and the Oklahoma coaching staff have to monitor the condition at all times.

“It’s not really a big deal as long as I stay conditioned and stay smart,” Tapper said.

“It’s like if a guy has asthma, he has to be smart about taking his inhaler. I just have to listen to the trainers and coaches and let them know how I’m feeling every day.”

Head athletic trainer Scott Anderson has dealt with several players who have carried the trait. Anderson and his staff are in charge of educating coaches and players about the condition.

In the United States, sickle cell trait occurs predominately within the AfricanAmerican population. One in 12 African-Americans carry the trait, while one in 500 have the disease for which there is no cure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Anderson sees similar prevalence of the trait within

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The Sooner defense is coming off two lackluster performances, highlighted by its inability to take care of business on third down. With several young players on the field, defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said communication has been one of the unit’s biggest issues.

“It’s a pretty inexperienced group when you start putting it all together,” Stoops said. “We just need to clean up some communication and some coverage stuff.”

The hardest part to swallow is that they are stops the team should be making, Stoops said.

“I think we’re just frustrated and know that we can control the game better if we can get off the field on third down,” he said.

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Junior defensive end Charles Tapper stifles Texas’ offense during the Red River Showdown Saturday.

Tapper deals with carrying the sickle cell trait on a daily basis.

PLAYER PROFILE Charles Tapper Year: Junior Position: Defensive end Statistics: 18 tackles, one sack One fumble recovery

the team.

Tapper found out about his condition during his freshman year in Norman.

It hasn’t stopped him from making an impact on the field.

The Baltimore native, who didn’t begin playing football until his junior year of high school, was named All-Big 12 First Team by the coaches last season after starting every game at defensive end.

He recorded 49 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

While his condition is taken into account every game, Tapper is able to control his practice workload.

“I get to do everything but

I get to do it at my own pace,” he said. “If the guys run 10 down-and-backs, I can run one then sit out one. I get everything done even if I have to stay a little bit later than the other guys.”

His numbers have taken a slight dip this season, but Tapper is still confident in his craft. But when he went down on the field at West Virginia on Sept. 20, it looked like his condition might have caught up with him.

After heading to the sidelines to receive oxygen, the junior said he was ready to re-enter the game. His fatigue wasn’t a manifestation of sickle-like events, Anderson said.

Symptoms of the trait appear more often in high-intensity off-season workouts rather than in practice and games, the trainer said.

Coach Bob Stoops shared similar thoughts when he announced Tapper had the trait late last month.

“When we’re in the out-ofseason, we don’t even allow Charles to go through our different stages or drills when we go from one to the next, to

the next,” Stoops said. “He’s just not capable of doing that, and we don’t want to put him at a risk of something happening to him.”

NFL scouts will surely look at the 6-foot-4-inch, 281pound player, and Tapper is primed to play at the next level. He knows his condition shouldn’t be a problem getting there.

“There’s a bunch of guys who have it in the NFL right now, and they’re succeeding with the sickle cell trait,” he said. “It’s good to know that I have it; I can still do everything that everyone else can do.”

Tapper continues to play at an elite level for one of the top teams in the nation. And although he’s doing it through a potentially dangerous condition, the defensive end has no plans to slow down.

“I pushed through it and am still standing here today,” he said. “It was a minor setback for me, but I’m going to keep pushing through it.”

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Last season when OU travelled to Manhattan, Kansas to take on Kansas State, the Sooners were burned repeatedly by senior wide receiver Tyler Lockett. This year with the Wildcats coming to Norman, OU hopes to contain him as much as possible.

“You try to control him the best you can,” Stoops said.

“He’s a terrific player.”

Sophomore linebacker Dominique Alexander went to high school with Lockett at Booker T. Washington in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“That’s a hard man to stop,” Alexander said.

Alexander said the Sooners will focus more on keeping the quarterback off balance than stopping the star wide receiver.

“It’s going to be more about getting a pass rush on the quarterback I believe, because like I said, he’s a hard man to stop as an individual,” Alexander said. “Tyler’s a great player and he’s going to be hard to stop, but we’re going to be ready for him.”

Alexander and Lockett have been friends their entire lives. It’s a friendship they were born into as their mothers went to high school together, Alexander said.

“We’re like brothers,” he said. “We talk to each other every day. Not just this week, but we talk to each other every day throughout every week.”

The fact that they play in the same conference gives them something to talk about year round.

“We’ve been talking trash since the summer about this game,” Alexander said. “With it being No. 11 versus No. 14 it’s even more fun. The trash talk is even better now so it’s fun.”

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LIFE&ARTS

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STUDENT ORGANIZATION

New campus group studies the works and philosophy of author Ayn Rand KEATON BELL

Life and Arts Reporter @kildebell

Ay n R a n d , d i s t i n guished author of works such as “Anthem” and “Atlas Shrugged,” defines objectivism as “the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”

It’s this philosophy that acts as a guiding force behind the most recent addition to OU’s group of clubs. #Objectivism is a club dedicated to the discussion of the titular philosophy and the writings of Rand, who originated the belief system and used it as a basis for many of her classic works. The club meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Wagner Hall, Rm. 240. Its leaders hope to spread knowledge about objectivism and the beliefs that go along with it.

Christopher J. Varjas, a graduate student working towards a

AT A GLANCE “Atlas Shrugged”

Released: October 10, 1957 Author: Ayn Rand

Ph.D. in chemistry, tried to get the club off the ground for about a year and a half with another student before it finally came to fruition.

“We found it difficult to find other students that were interested and never established it as an official student organization,” Varjas said.

Varjas found just the boost he needed in the form of Wade Craig, a chemical biosciences and economics junior. The two students were a part of the same chemistry lab when Varjas brought Rand up in a conversation with Craig.

“Christopher asked me how I felt about Ayn Rand.

I expressed that I found her underappreciated, and he “Objectivism me to help him rehighlights several invited start a group for the study of fundamental issues objectivism,” Craig said.

From there, the group of how philosophy flourished with the help should apply to an of several other interested students. Now that individual’s life, has become a and acknowledging #Objectivism reality, Craig and Varjas said these questions they have big plans for the club’s first official year. and defining a Regular meetings mostclear explanation is ly consist of discussions of beneficial to building Rand’s 1957 novel “Atlas chapter by chapa strong basis for Shrugged” ter, exploring the characone’s worldview.” ters, themes and effects of the novel. Having already CRISTOPHER VARJAS, attended a performance GRADUATE STUDENT of Rand’s play “Night of January 16th,” #Objectivism will also host speakers and hold film screenings of Rand’s film adaptations.

These are just some ways the club may appeal to students that don’t major in topics the club is built on, such as philosophy or English.

“Objectivism highlights several fundamental issues of how philosophy should apply to an individual’s life, and acknowledging these questions and defining a clear explanation is beneficial to building a strong basis for one’s worldview,” Varjas said. “Even if someone doesn’t study philosophy or literature or doesn’t agree with objectivism…

Working towards a strong philosophical foundation can improve one’s life.”

Through the club, discussions and various events, Varjas and Craig hope participants in the club get something worthwhile out of the experience that they can apply outside of the club.

“I want people to come away from the group seeing how their own happiness is a noble goal and to end the myth that a lack of interest in oneself is somehow virtuous,” Craig said.

A rather controversial figure, Rand has been criticized by many for a personal philosophy that could be deemed greedy and self-involved. Craig said he hopes the club will leave participants with a more fully realized impression of the author and her work.

“I want people to stop maligning Rand. Her ideas are often caricatured as the justification of greed, the rationalization of self-obsession or the ramblings of psychotherapy,” Craig said. “If one is willing to interact with her ideas as she wrote them, they are a system of thought worthy of attention and useful to individuals.”

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BRIEF

Student Theatre Initiative presents “Marcus is Walking” Members of OU student organization Student Theatre Initiative will take their audience for a ride this week with Joan Ackermann’s play, “Marcus is Walking.”

The show will open 8 p.m. today with additional showings at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. tomorrow in Old Science Hall’s Gilson Theatre.x Raechel Karas, director and acting senior, said the audience can expect a variety of stories and characters that deal with enduring topics in a series of comedic and dramatic vignettes.

Though the scene content varies, each small story takes place behind the steering wheel of a car, where the characters deal with both hilarious and unfortunate circumstances, Karas said.

“The audience can take away that much of our lives unfold when we are working towards a certain goal or destination, but it is always important to enjoy the ride,” Karas said.

Karas said the theme of the show examines that the roads we take in our lives are full of turns, and the connections we form with others are always evolving.

There is no cost for admission, but donations will be accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofi t AIDS fundraising organization charity Student Theatre Initiative regularly supports.

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Spectators crowd into the Cotton Bowl for the OU/Texas game. A letter to the editor argues the space is not big enough for the large crowds that come with the tradition.

Dallas’ Cotton Bowl too small for OU/Texas annual faceoff T

he fans of the Universities of Oklahoma and Texas have a date with incompetence, inconvenience, drunken foolishness and potential tragedy through 2025. That is how long the contract with the State Fair of Texas Cotton Bowl runs for the Red River Rivalry.

For a “negotiated� paltry $500,000 each and a split of the tickets each year, the Sooners and Longhorns have agreed to play in a venue that is simply not up to it.

Having attended OU from 1975 to 1979, I had the opportunity to enjoy great games at the Cotton Bowl. Although others have long advocated that making the series a home series would benefit Norman and Austin (Dallas claims the contest brings in $20 million to the city each year). I have agreed with those who contend that the tradition of the 50/50 crowd and the State Fair atmosphere is well worth the loss in money to hometown businesses.

My mind was changed this year. First, the State Fair venue is a run-down, undersized site with limited parking, archaic rules for exchanging money for coupons, and frankly, other than an amazing livestock show, some very pathetic exhibits. It seems every other building contains a foam bed or vibrating chair display.

Second, for those who traveled the DART Red Line to the State Fair, “Are you there yet?� The DART system offers little signage to ensure you are in legal parking, assistance to operate the overpriced-fare card machines and nothing in the way of security. On our trip downtown we had the unpleasant experience of a drunk getting in the face of riders asking them what they found so funny. Strange. Once the city was circled we arrived after a 90-minute ride from Plano to the fairgrounds.

Third, the State Fair is too small for the large crowds.

Current fair administrators located band stages directly outside the Cotton Bowl gates, blocking the exit paths of fans.

When the number of Cotton Bowl seats was increased in 2008, little was done to expand or renovate the pathways and open areas near the stadium. This year, without signage (not even signs pointing in the obvious direction of Big Tex) and with small space, wandering crowds came perilously close

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to a dangerous situation as thousands entered narrow lanes or inexplicable dead ends. Standing in one gridlocked group of hundreds crunching up against hundreds coming the other way, it was unnerving to hear a drunk shout, “Just push, people. Just push.�

And there are many drunks. Some argue that the tradition of overdrinking at the Red River Rivalry is a rite of passage. By now, we should know better. The State Fair is loose with the alcohol ID policy (I met a group of high school students on the return train ride who were pleased to tell me about their beer intake), and as we learned in our Cotton Bowl section, some students see this as an opportunity to binge to embarrassment and rudeness.

Several University of Oklahoma boys emitted a drunken rambling barrage of “F-bombs� throughout the game directed at no one in particular.

Slurring and wobbling, one finally fell forward crashing into me and sending me forcefully into a Texas fan.

Fortunately for me, the young ladies in our section from Alpha Omicron Pi quickly explained to the Texas fan that he should not direct any violence at me. For the drunken OU boy’s part, he shook my hand saying the slurred phrase that sadly seems to be becoming a motto of our times, “I apologizessssss.� Later, he was seen standing on the pillar base of a light at the top of the stadium. A guard, the one for our side of the stadium’s upper section, got him to step down. Likely, he will, during the next binge session, tell of his heroic day in Dallas. Many Sooner and Texas fans will talk about “That group of fools from OU.�

Sadly, our negotiators have locked us, for tradition, into this venue. Unfortunately, the tradition of binge drinking will continue, and likely we will read some year about injuries when people stampede. Tradition. It is a hard word to battle. But it is time. I urge OU administrators to leave the State Fair of Texas and the Cotton Bowl venue or find someone competent to fix the problems of the site.

Charles Howell, OU class of 1979

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Pamper yourself with a new outfit or a makeover. Do whatever makes you feel good or updates your look and boosts your confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You may be tempted to help someone, but if you do, you will outspend your budget and fall short when it comes to your needs.

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OUR VIEW

Crime reports inform and protect us Our View: We publish crime reports as a watchdog

function, and it’s important for the OU community to know what crimes occur on campus.

For the first time in years, The Daily is publishing regular crime reports to better inform our readers about on-campus happenings. At the beginning of the year, we adopted four key pillars as our editorial mission, including covering issues pertaining to safety and freedom of information. We publish weekly crime reports to update our readers about campus safety, and because OUPD has public records that should be easily accessible.

In fact, you can look up and keep track of OUPD records online at www.ou.edu/content/police. We publish the crime reports because it is a traditional newspaper function and saves readers from the hassle of looking up OUPD records on their own.

As a university newspaper, it’s The Daily’s job to share event coverage, provide insightful feature stories and keep students up-to-date about the campus happenings. It’s also our job to keep an eye on the administrators, leaders and protectors of the university, which is where watchdog journalism comes in.

The simple fact is that crime does happen on campus, and the OU community needs to know who is committing what Our View is crimes. Publishing the crime records the majority opinion of also creates a chronological record The Daily’s of OUPD’s activities for our readers nine-member and shows if all arrests are being editorial board conducted in the same manner.

Most importantly, police records are public information, and it is our duty to share that information with Daily readers. We can understand why an individual would be unhappy about

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Officers Cody Jaynes and Elizabeth Payne are both members of the Univeristy of Oklahoma Police Department. OUPD responds to calles around the University of Oklahoma campus.

his or her weekend arrest appearing in the paper or online, but in reality, that information is publicly available to anyone.

There are certain places where public and private lives intersect, and arrest records are a prime example of that. Records from marriage licenses, death certificates and arrest reports are all public information and traditionally appear in local newspapers.

We live in a society in which anyone can learn copious amounts of information about another person from a simple Internet search. For example, your home address, phone number, employer and any mugshots from previous arrests can likely be found

online. That doesn’t include all of the personal information we give out via social media, sometimes without realizing we’re making that information public.

In The Daily, we consider arrest records an old-fashioned, tame sharing of public information.

When you consider today’s plugged-in world that encourages virtual sharing and cultivation of online personas, it’s difficult to say crime reports are exceptionally controversial.

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