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UOSA Governor’s race heats up allocates subsidiary funding University encouraged to improve academic misconduct process KATHLEEN EVANS The Oklahoma Daily
UOSA Undergraduate Student Congress approved allocations of $40,000 in subsidiary funding to 103 student groups at Tuesday’s meeting. Subsidiary funding is for those student groups that were not eligible to apply in January for primary funding, said Congress chairman Brett Stidham. Groups must be registered for a full year to apply for primary funding in January. However, Congress specifically leaves subsidiary funds so no group is left out, he said. Emergency allocations are for new groups or those ONLINE AT with unforeseen expenses. OUDAILY.COM Congress allotted $900 in emergency funding to four » Link: View student organizations. It also documents outlining set aside $2,500 for future Tuesday’s budgetary allocations emergency allocations. Congress also increased the size and changed the structure of the Student Parking Appeals Board Tuesday to improve its efficiency. The board was originally composed of six students organized into two teams of three. One team met in the morning to hear parking appeals, while the other met in the afternoon. After Congress’ unanimous consent, the board is now the Parking Appeals Court and is composed of 10 members that can meet at any time. “‘Board’ doesn’t sound serious,” said board chair Alexandra Philbrick. “The board looks at appeals like any other court, and it is technically part of the SEE UOSA PAGE 2
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Top: Oklahoma Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, left, answers a question from a panel member while U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Okla., listens during a gubernatorial debate Tuesday on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Left: Students gather to watch to the gubernatorial debate Tuesday evening in Monnet Hall. Oklahoma governor candidates Mary Fallin and Jari Askins took part in a televised debate at the University of Central Oklahoma. ERIN MALONEY/THE DAILY
Students view live-stream debate, discuss candidates’ stances Tuesday Debate leaves students questioning campaign finances, appreciate transparency HILLARY MCLAIN The Oklahoma Daily
Positive body image promoted today at OU Love Your Body Day helps men, women feel comfortable with their bodies DHARA SHETH The Oklahoma Daily
The encouraging notes posted throughout campus today and the Women’s Outreach Center’s booth on South Oval are just part of the university’s participation in the National Organization for Women’s Love Your Body Day. Love Your Body Day is a national initiative through NOW to give both men and women an opportunity to challenge unrealistic body images, Kathy Moxley, Women’s Outreach Center coordinator, said. “The idea is to feel good about who we are and realize that we do not have to fit into a certain idea that is often generated by the media,” Moxley said. The Women’s Outreach Center launched a poster campaign this week, featuring OU students celebrating their different body types and stating “I love my body.” Sticky notes are also posted around campus encouraging students to feel good about themselves and their body types. Additionally, students can
Fourteen students examined gubernatorial candidates Jari Askins’s and Mary Fallin’s answers to budget and campaign finance questions after watching Tuesday’s debate live streamed from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The OU watch party was hosted by the Carl Albert Center at 7 p.m. and students had different reasons for listening to the candidates debate. Some students were looking at the debate from a public speaking standpoint and evaluated how the candidates composed themselves during the event. “I didn’t know a lot of the specifics as to each person’s platform,” said business management senior Charlie Baum, “I wanted to come here to try and find out some of those perspectives as well as listen to the opinions of other people as we were watching the debate.” Overall, the students in attendance were concerned with Republican Congresswoman Fallin’s and Democrat Lt. Gov. Askin’s answer to a question regarding how much each campaigner raised during the campaign. Neither candidate gave a definite answer, and several students said transparency is appreciated by voters. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to vote for Jari Askins,” said John Werner, political science and economics junior. “I feel like Mary Fallin isn’t really focusing on Oklahoma as much as she is focusing on Washington.” After the debate concluded, the group also discussed democrats in Oklahoma being more right-leaning than democrats in other states. “I have decided that I am supporting Jari Askins, but at the same time I heard a number of things from Mary Fallin that I like about what she would do if she were governor,” Baum said. Watch party attendees were students in Carl Albert Center associate director Glen Krutz’s political science class and others invited through Facebook. Attendees had both positive and negative statements about each candidate. The Carl Albert Center and UOSA will organize campuswide watch parties for future debates and election night, Krutz said.
Breakdown of Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate
Mary Fallin (R)
Jari Askins (D)
» What would you consider to be the biggest difference between you and your opponent? Fallin: Experience is what sets me apart. I’ve worked in the private sector as a business manager ... and I’ve been in the Oklahoma Legislature, as well as having served in Congress.
Askins: I have a track record of working across party lines and have the ability to bring people together. Partisanship has never been a part of my biography.
» Our prison system is at 99 percent capacity and we have one of the highest incarceration rates. Should sentencing policies be changed, and if so, how so? Fallin: We need to be smart and tough on crime. We need to address the addiction issues with drug courts and mental health courts. We need to keep violent, repeat offenders in the corrections system.
Askins: Oklahoma needs to set a multi-faceted plan. I will do it in the first year of my term to improve the justice system and corrections facilities.
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