Carpooling a possibility for OU

The idea of installing a university-wide ride-sharing program is a hot topic among many others related to making OU a “greener” campus.

While the plan is not tangible yet, students in the University of Oklahoma Student Association and OU faculty members at the Parking and Transit Office are currently studying programs from other universities and debating whether those plans would be applicable to OU, said Brandon Mikael, director of the UOSA Office of Green Initiatives.

Students would enter their names, schedules and preferred arrival and departure times into a database that would then match them with all of the different students whose information is similar, Mikael said.

Mikael is one of the primary student voices on the ride-sharing committee.

The program would not only allow students to save money on gas, but would also reduce OU’s carbon emissions and pollution while saving resources.

As of now, there are no definite plans for the program, but Mikael said the committee members are doing everything they can to make it a reality. For more information on how to get involved contact, Mikael at brandonmikael@ou.edu.

-Clark Foy/The Daily

Jim Cramer to visit OU

Jim Cramer will bring his own brand of mad financial advice to OU, taping a show on campus Oct. 30, according to a press release from the Price College of Business.

Tickets for the taping will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct. 13 in Pierce Hall’s Clary Lounge. If tickets remain, they will be distributed in a similar manner from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct. 14 in the first-floor lobby of Oklahoma Memorial Union.

“Jim Cramer’s visit give OU students an excellent opportunity to hear one of the most prominent personalities on Wall Street,” OU president David Boren said in the release.

In addition to his current TV duties, Cramer is the author of five books, including the forthcoming “Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even.” He also founded American Lawyer magazine and worked as a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, The New Republic magazine, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Cramer worked as a trader for Goldman Sachs and as a hedge fund manager. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard, according to cnbc.com.

—Charles Ward/The Daily