Comments by
Page 1 of 2 | Next
Posted on August 29 at 11:55 a.m.Suggest removal
Sweet! So does this mean we get to add 2004 to the list of football National Championships?
Posted on July 30 at 10:04 a.m.Suggest removal
They could have a second OU-TX game in December, one that doesn't count for the season, but hold it at Owen Field. That way the Oklahoma economy can benefit from the crowds, too. The only problem with this suggestion is that it will detract from the excitement and nostalgia of attending the Red River Rivalry. Making a change will anger a lot of people, especially the Texans. But we Oklahomans all hate to see Oklahoma lose out on the business that is generated during the OU-TX weekend.
Posted on July 9 at 10:47 a.m.Suggest removal
Actually, to find a program on the Mac, all you have to do is click "Finder" on the Dock, and then click "Applications" in the left-hand frame and it will open a folder will all the programs on the computer. It's just as easy as clicking "Start" and then "Programs" on a PC; two clicks each.
Posted on December 6 at 3:54 p.m.Suggest removal
There are course descriptions with the classes in the enrollment on OZone. When you do "Enroll/Drop class --> Class Search," then click on the CRN of the course you're looking at enrolling in, then on the new page click "View Catalog Entry."
Posted on November 27 at 9:28 p.m.Suggest removal
Leimpapa,
I respect the fact that everyone has his/her own opinion, I was not saying that the author deserved my respect, but his opinion, and anyone else's opinion, gets my respect because we are all entitled to our own opinion - it's called freedom of speech. And, unfortunately, that freedom is also entitled to name-callers such as yourself. I defend my university, too, just like you. But, my being ashamed of you comes from the fact that you lowered yourself to a standard that I would like to see done away with; I do not approve of name-calling and bashing. I respect your opinion in that you don't agree with the author, but I don't respect you as a person for how your opinion was stated. A simple "I disagree with you, and here's why..." would have sufficed, but when you resort to name-calling, which, in my opinion, is childish, I lose respect for you.
Posted on November 20 at 4:27 p.m.Suggest removal
Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, just as all of you are entitled to think that the author of this letter is an "idiot." Did any of you ever think that the reason The Daily printed this letter was because they don't want to be biased to only the views of the people they agree with, but want to show all opinions, whether those opinions resemble their own, or your own for that matter?
I do not agree with the author in that big corporations such as Nike do not belong on campus, because those big corporations do bring in a lot of revenue for the university. But you don't see me slandering him and calling him names and telling him to pick another team. I respect his views and opinions. By calling him names and telling him to go somewhere else lowers your own self to a level that I am ashamed to call you fellow Sooners. I can't believe The Daily printed your responses to the letter, but, as I said before, they are trying to be unbiased.
Posted on June 11 at 8:02 p.m.Suggest removal
Thank you. FINALLY someone saw the same complaints I've been making to friends and family: the AC/heat is either on or off, the walls are paper thin and some have large gaps leading into the connecting apartment, the carpet is probably 30 years old, and the classroom tiled flooring is just not a good choice for a living space.
As for the A/C, that was a joke. It could be 75 degrees outside and the heat would turn on. I don't know how many nights I woke up sweating worse than when I go running because the A/C turned to heat sometime in the night.
There was a full-length mirror in my apartment and when I took it down to move it to accommodate my height there was a colony of black mold the size of the mirror on the wall and the back of the mirror. The utility closet is down-right filthy. It looks like black mold just thrives in there. I used to have a constant cough with mucus while I lived there. Now that I've moved I haven't had that cough.
I could hear my neighbors talking in their living room while I was in my back bedroom, and it sounded like they were right in my kitchen. Granted they did have loud voices, but the thin walls didn't help, especially the large gap in the wall that separated my living room from theirs. If anyone dropped something or scooted a chair across the floor in the apartment above you, it sounded like it was in the same room.
I had to run a 50-ft internet cord to the bedroom and would have to drag it into the living room when I wanted to use my laptop on the couch. I tripped over that cord several times while walking from the living room to the kitchen.
Why do the students who don't have any family or furniture get the good apartments? I am an older student with all my furniture, and the best place I can get on campus is a 60-year-old apartment that's never been updated? I remember talking to some family friends who attended the University back in the 1960s and when I told them where I was staying they rolled their eyes and laughed because they too had stayed in those apartments. They had the same problems then as the tenants do now. Yes, most of the students are the young, straight-from-high school type with no furniture or family, but that does not mean that they should get all the benefits from the fees that all students pay. There are other students that don't have a click of friends to partner up with in a 4-person apartment that is fully furnished. I personally, being 25, do not want 19-year-olds I don't know as my suite mates. I want a place of my own that is comparable to the amenities that those 19-year-olds can get. Kraettli tenants don't even get their own swimming pool or gym or computer lab!
Posted on June 11 at 7:24 p.m.Suggest removal
My question is this: Why does the University feel that it has to replace the flowers in the flower beds every couple of months? Why aren't those planted flowers allowed to grow until they die, and then new flowers can be planted, all the while just weeding the flower beds until next planting time? Yes, I do see that the flower beds are big, and that the way the flowers are planted one cannot walk through the beds easily, but can we not find a cheaper way to tend the gardens and use the money that would have been spent on flowers on something else?
Page 1 of 2 | Next
Posted on April 1 at 10:17 a.m.Suggest removal
The sidewalk was around long before the bike lane, as in years to decades. It's hard to cross the bike lane during the busy hours of the day (like when classes let out). There are so many students walking on the sidewalk that it's like having to pull out halfway into the intersection while in your car just so you can see around those trees that are blocking your view; this time it's the students blocking your view. While trying to look both ways you might get bumped into the bike lane by other students trying to walk on the sidewalk and get hit by a biker who is annoyed because s/he thinks you didn't look before crossing. Why can't you just walk like everyone else? We all have classes to get to and sometimes only ten minutes to go from the south end of the south oval to a class that may be in Catlett, as I have had before. I say no biking on sidewalks where there are no streets right next to them for the bikers to ride on. They're side"walks" and they were made for walking, not biking.
On