Student Congress is urging OU, the University of Texas and the NCAA to avoid scheduling the Red River Rivalry on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
This resolution had no binding effect for OU but was passed to show the Congress’ dissatisfaction that the 2011 Red River Rivalry was not moved from Yom Kippur.
The conflict was a concern for many students, Congress Rep. Shayna Daitch said.
“We are showing a problem that it is unfair to Jewish students, alumni and donors to be surrounded by all the others eating and drinking alcohol in the state fair,” said Daitch, former president of OU Hillel.
Since the resolution is nonbinding, Congress has no plan of action to alter the future scheduling of the OU-Texas game.
Oct. 4, 2014, will be the next time that Yom Kippur and the Red River Rivalry will occur on the same day.
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TurboJesus 6 months, 3 weeks ago
How dare they even think of passing that resolution. This is a public institution, and as such we have freedom from state religion under the 1st Amendment of the Constitution.