Hearing set to clear CAC election confusion
The UOSA superior court announced Monday new plans to hear arguments regarding the deadlock in choosing the new CAC chairman.
Candidate Tyler Nunley has decided to appeal the UOSA Election Board’s ruling to disqualify him for violating campaign spending limits. His petition was combined with a previous complaint of unfair election practices filed against him by his opponent Kely Van Eaton.
In the announcement, the court identified three issues to be resolved:
• Whether failure to open one of five polling places prevented the “true will of the voting public” from being reflected
• Whether an endorsement e-mail sent by an OU staffer from an OU list-serv qualifies as “gross fraud” or “irregularities in conduct” that would put the results in doubt
• Whether the UOSA Election Board’s disqualification of Nunley was proper
Parties are to submit written arguments by the end of the week, and oral arguments are set for 6 p.m. Monday at the Bell Courtroom of the OU College of Law.
— Staff Reports
OU moves closer to new bike paths on campus
The Faculty Senate voted Monday in favor of the OU Draft Campus Bicycle Plan.
The resolution will serve as a call to action to improve the bike infrastructure on campus, according to the draft.
“It’s really kind of scary riding around,” Faculty Senate Chairwoman Cecilia Brown said. “Not so much the pedestrian bike traffic, I think we handle that pretty well on campus, but when you’re driving on the streets it’s really scary. Especially people who [drive while] on their cell phones and not paying attention.”
Suggestions in the plan include widening bike lanes, increasing bicycle parking and adding more traffic control signs to protect bicyclists.
— Jacqueline Clews/Contributing Writer
UOSA President sworn in early
The new UOSA president and vice president have taken the oath of office in preparation for the next school year.
Katie Fox and Dewey Barlett were sworn in Monday evening in the Conoco Leadership wing of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
“It’s a little bit unbelievable,” said Fox, international and area studies junior. “I got my business cards today and I was like ‘I guess it’s true.’”
Fox said she and Dewey, petroleum engineering senior, are already at work on their campaign initiatives and some have already started to take shape.
Applications for Cabinet members, advocacy positions, parking appeals board and the new position, director of international affairs, created in the executive Cabinet, are available in the Conoco Wing and online.
Fox said previous UOSA President Amanda Holloway has been assisting her in the transition to power.
Inauguration celebrations will be held April 27.
— Ricky Maranon/The Daily
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JJanowiak 3 years, 1 month ago
More bike paths would make life easier for everyone on campus. Hopefully they're not just talking about improving bike paths on the streets, though - what's really needed are some on-campus markers besides the Price Walk.
libertarian 3 years, 1 month ago
As a commuter who often chooses to ride a bike to campus, one important thing that normally gets left out of this discussion is that cyclists need to obey traffic laws when riding as well. Drivers normally get blamed for making cycling dangerous, but often times those on the bicycle ignore traffic laws and create the problems in the first place.
TAG 3 years, 1 month ago
OU moving towards a better bike friend campus is so wonderful. Maybe we can catch up with other Universities?
JJanowiak 3 years, 1 month ago
Oh god yes, almost all the "casual" cyclists in Norman are just awful. Cyclists are responsible for the lion's share of their bad PR since most of them don't know proper hand signals and completely ignore traffic laws. Expanding the bike-friendliness of Norman will be a positive step towards educating them, though.
ricflair 3 years, 1 month ago
I agree about a lot of cyclists not obeying traffic laws. I can't count the number of times I have seen cyclists blast through stop signs, especially at the intersection of Asp and W Timberdell. Rarely, rarely do I see cyclists use turn signals or reflectors at night.