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Boren, Pride discuss complaints OU president ends rule restricting band members’ speech, hears director concerns KATE BERGUM
Assistant News Editor @kateclaire_b
Members of the Pride of Oklahoma marching band gathered around the steps of Evans Hall on Monday, waiting for OU President David Boren to arrive to discuss concerns about band leadership. Students met with Boren at about 3:15 p.m. for an informal meeting after an ad was placed in three Oklahoma newspapers asking Boren to hear their concerns, particularly about a rule that prevented members from publicly complaining
about the band. Members of the Pride stayed in Boren’s office until just before 5 p.m., with additional members trickling in and out throughout the allotted meeting time. At the meeting, Boren told students that he had never seen the rule in their handbook that prevented band members from speaking out, said Danielle Reynolds, an elementary education sophomore who attended the event. Further, at the meeting Boren said that the rule was abolished, Reynolds said. Boren and the students also discussed how to better educate music educators, Reynolds said. Pride members have complained about director of athletic bands Justin Stolarik’s teaching methods. Their primary concern is his lack of feedback.
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Boren promised the band members that he would follow up with them about the situation of the Pride soon, said Emily Boaz, international and area studies freshman and Pride member. After students left Boren’s office, Boren went to Catlett Music Center to talk to more band members in a rehearsal room. Reynolds was pleased with the outcome of the meeting and felt that Boren really listened to the band members, she said. “I gained a lot of respect for President Boren,” Reynolds said. Boaz attended the meeting because she hopes to be in the Pride for several years and hopes to see it improve, she said. SEE PRIDE PAGE 2
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Man breaks glass door in library Unknown man shatters glass and damages door frame before fleeing PAIGHTEN HARKINS Digital Managing Editor @PaightenHarkins
Monday evening, a man stomped down the stairs from the second floor of Bizzell Memorial Library and exited through the southside entrance, shattering a window pane in the doors of the nationally registered historic building. OU Police Department is investigating the incident to determine who broke the glass, an officer at the scene said. All further questions were directed to OUPD spokesman Maj. Bruce Chan. The incident happened at about 4 p.m. when an Asian man in his mid-to-late 20s, wearing a plaid shirt and khaki pants, stood up from listening to “loud music” and playing a shooter video game on the second floor to leave the library, said witness Erica Diebold. The man broke the door’s glass and damaged its frame, according to an employee on the scene. Diebold said she heard a loud crack when he broke the glass, and that individuals chased after the man but didn’t catch him. A little before 5 p.m., the far west doors had been roped off with caution tape and an employee was sweeping up shards of glass. The library is listed on the national Register of Historic Places, which is a database of 84,000 historic places. Paighten Harkins, harkinspd@ou.edu
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Petroleum engineering freshman Zhizhong Wu rides his Airwheel on South Oval Monday evening. Wu uses his electric unicycle to get to Dale from his class in Sarkeys.
Student rides electric unicycle Battery-powered Airwheel zips across campus
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on Ebay. “It was weird,” Wu said. “Most of the sellers were from China. Then I found one that was located out of California, A fully charged battery and a little bit of balance is all it so I bought that one.” takes for one OU student to make it to class on While many students choose to walk or time. bike to class, Wu simply steps on his Airwheel, Zhizhong Wu is a freshman exchange stuleans forward and uses his body to guide the dent from China studying international pewheel in the direction he’s headed. Wu said troleum engineering. After his first day at OU, to make the wheel go you lean forward, and Wu ran into a problem: he could never find to make it stop you lean backward. a parking spot on campus and was arriving From an onlooker’s perspective, the task late to class. This led him on a quest to find a I had never used of balancing on a single wheel may seem like solution. impossible feat. For Wu, he said it took just a regular unicycle an “My classes are all the way across campus half an hour to get the skill down. In fact, Wu before.” and I have to make it in ten minutes,” Wu said. is so comfortable on his Airwheel that he is “I was getting late.” now able to multitask, frequently using his ZHIZHONG WU, While watching the London Fashion PETROLEUM ENGINEERING iPad at the same time. Show, Wu saw someone riding around on an “I had never used a regular unicycle beFRESHMAN Airwheel, an electric, self-balancing unicycle, fore,” Wu said. “Now I ride this every day and according to Airwheel’s official website. It was I never fall.” the answer Wu had been looking for. Riding the Airwheel might come easy for Wu, but other Wu said that he turned to the Internet to look up where students are not so coordinated. to buy Airwheels and found someone selling one for $600
News Reporter @heyitsmeghanw
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Sorority organizes pie-centered event Function hosted by Alpha Chi Omega will benefit pair of local organizations GLORIA NOBLE News Reporter @glorianoble_
OU sorority members bake pies, and fraternity members will eat them as part of Alpha Chi Omega’s philanthropy, “Have a Pie with Alpha Chi” on Tuesday. Alpha Chi Omega is hosting the event from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Alpha Chi Omega house, 1115 College Ave. Each year, the Oklahoma Psi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega hosts “Have A Pie With Alpha Chi” to support the Oklahoma City YMCA and the Women’s Outreach Program in Norman, said Kaylyn Stauder, vice president of philanthropy. Each participating sorority will bake and submit one pie to be judged during the competition. The winner of the pie competition will receive a plaque for their achievement and a donation to their philanthropy of choice. Each fraternity has been asked to chose one member to participate in a pie-eating contest. The winning fraternity will receive a plaque for their achievement and also a donation to their philanthropy of choice. For students who are not actively participating but would like to attend the event, Stauder said there will be pie, ice cream, a DJ and raffle drawing as well. The event is open to all students. Students interested in purchasing a ticket can purchase one from a member of Alpha Chi Omega for $5 before the event or $6 at the door.
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