1. What’s different about the Pride
Pride of Oklahoma director Justin Stolarik resigned on Thursday after a year and a half of opposition from Pride alumni and members concerned about the university hiring a director from Wisconsin, Stolarik's changes to the band’s routines and his teaching methods. OU President David Boren met with students on Monday to discuss an advertisement they placed in three Oklahoma newspapers criticizing the band’s policy that prohibited them from speaking negatively about the Pride. Boren said that was his first time hearing about the policy and voided it immediately because it inhibited their rights to free speech. Three days later, Stolarik resigned and the band’s former director, Brian Britt, returned to campus.
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2. Whose name Alan Hruby would give police in traffic stops
When former OU freshman Alan Joseph Hruby was pulled over by Duncan police for speeding hours before he would allegedly kill his parents and sister, he gave officers a false name and birth date. Hruby's attorney in an an unrelated case says the name, Dakota Moore, and birth date belong to someone Hruby knows and dislikes, and he's used the same alias in previous police encounters.
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3. Why Joe Mixon's trial has been postponed
The trial of Sooner running back Joe Mixon, who is accused of assaulting OU student Amelia Molitor in April, has been postponed until Jan. 12 to give both sides more time to prepare. Judge Steve Stice said in a pretrial conference Friday that his main concern with pushing the date back is that the video showing the altercation is set to be released to the public on Nov. 1, which he feels could impede the fairness of the trial.
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4. Why you won't find any glass pipes at Fatt Hedz on Campus Corner
An apparent police raid on Wednesday at a newly opened head shop called Fatt Hedz, 320 White St., left the store’s shelves empty of glass pipes and other merchandise. Norman Police Department spokesman Tom Easley said he couldn't comment on the situation when The Daily contacted him on Thursday because he was off duty, and the police activity log listed the nature of the call a "special assignment."
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5. Who's running for SGA positions
The Student Government Association president and vice president positions are uncontested again this year, with petroleum engineering major Kunal Naik and international studies and economics major Alex Byron running for president and vice president. There are three candidates running for Interfraternity Council president and 39 students running for congress seats. Elections are Nov. 4 and 5.
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6. How enrollment has fluctuated since 2003
While the university’s total enrollment has decreased by about 2.5 percent from 2003 to 2013, enrollment at the Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy has increased by about 470.9 percent, and enrollment at the College of Architecture has decreased by almost 50 percent.
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