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L&A: Find your Halloween frights at the Union this weekend. (Page 3)

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TRANSPORTATION

Grant to get people pedalingUniversity to install new bike racks using funds provided by environmental grant

MEGHAN WHITINGNews Reporter@heyitsmeghanw

OU received a grant to increase the number of bike racks on campus for ongoing efforts to enhance awareness of cen-tral Oklahoma’s air quality.

The grant was part of a group of Air Quality Awareness Grants, said Vicky Holland, OU Parking and Transportation services spokesperson.

The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments gives out Air Quality Awareness Grants “for small active trans-portation infrastructure projects and public education programs that serve to improve and enhance awareness of Central Oklahoma’s air quality,” according to the associa-tion’s website.

The grant totaled $10,123, with $8,098 coming from the grant and the remain-ing $2,025 matched locally, Holland said.

Holland said Cleveland Area Rapid Transit applied for the grant in attempt to do their part in contributing to air quality awareness.

“We are trying to get peo-ple out of cars and onto bikes and their feet,” Holland said. “This will not only help peo-ple get more active, it will also help the limited parking problem.”

Thanks to the grant, OU Parking and Transportation will install 15 racks, each with 30 spots, around the main campus, south research campus and select spots around

Norman, Holland said.Apart from helping the environment and parking situa-

tion, some students say more bike racks around campus are highly needed because there aren’t enough spaces.

One such student is vocal music education senior Gabe LaBounty. While LaBounty doesn’t live on campus, he works for OU IT and frequently rides his bike to the labs he has to check.

“I usually try to park at the dorms,” LaBounty said. “It takes up to five or 10 minutes for me to find a spot.”

LaBounty said that the worst places for finding rack space on campus are Couch Center, Walker Center and Headington Hall.

“I don’t think they accounted for how many people living in Headington would be using bikes,” LaBounty said.

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Marketing junior Caroline Pajda cud-dles with Reggie on the South Oval Tuesday afternoon. Sooner Fleece will be selling fleece jackets on the South Oval to ben-efit the Second Chance Animal Shelter.

LEGISLATION

OU board to budget renovationBoard of Regents to determine funding for new buildings, eateryPAGE JONESNews Reporter@pageousm

OU’s Board of Regents will meet Wednesday to decide which construction company will build new residential col-leges, bond amounts for university construction and more.

The Regents will meet at 2:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge. The board will deliber-ate upon three major pieces of legislation concerning OU’s Norman campus, according to the agenda for the meeting.

One piece of legislation will be the selection of a con-struction company to build the new residential colleges, approved in the meeting last May, according to the agen-da. These new residential colleges will house about 600 stu-dents and include dining, faculty housing, storm-hardened shelter and student lounge areas, according to the agenda.

Next, the board will vote to approve a purchase order of $669,750 to renovate the Chick-fil-A in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, according to the agenda. Renovations are a response to the expanding student population, according to a press release.

A third piece of legislation the board will vote on is the is-suance of bonds to the university, according to the agenda. The amount desired will be $38 million to go toward cam-pus streets and drives, renovations to Gittinger Hall and

Kaufman Hall, storm shelters and other projects.The Regents will also discuss issues relating to Rogers

State University and Cameron University. OU President David Boren will attend to represent the interests of OU.

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OU President David Boren and Board of Regents chairperson Richard Dunning discuss the academic achievements of OU student athletes during last spring’s regents meeting. The next meeting will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.

Proceeds from Spooky Sprint to go directly to Norman after-school program

GLORIA NOBLENews Reporter@glorianoble_

OU’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity is hosting its sec-ond Spooky Sprint 5K and Carnival Sunday to benefit Norman’s Community After School Program.

Alpha Tau Omega has had a long-standing involve-ment with after-school programs, and many of the mem-bers of Alpha Tau Omega volunteer at different school sites, said Will Moon, president of the fraternity and chemical engineering senior.

The fraternity members wanted to “do something big” for the program each year, Moon said, and started the Spooky Sprint to benefit the program and the students it serves.

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the af-ter-school program, Moon said.

Even if students aren’t able to attend the Spooky Sprint, Moon recommends that they volunteer at the af-ter-school program, he said.

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OCT. 29 - 31WEDNESDAY Halloween candy — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Oklahoma Memorial Union first floor Celebrate Halloween early by grabbing a free bag of candy.

Haunt the Union — 7 to 9 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Will Rogers Food Court Be a part of the Union Programming Board’s first Haunted House, featuring a variety of chilling surprises and dark thrills. THURSDAY The International Sources of Iran’s Domestic Politics — 3 to 5 p.m. at Hester Hall room 145 Texas A&M professor Mohammad Tabaar will discuss the sources of Iran’s domestic politics.

FRIDAY Guess the Score — 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Oklahoma Memorial Union first floor Guess the score for this week’s game against Iowa State for your chance to win a Union Programming Board prize pack.

Farsi Fridays — 2 p.m. in Kaufman Hall, Room 230

Free movie: “22 Jump Street” — 6 to 11:45 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union Meacham Auditorium Watch the free screenings of “22 Jump Street,” which features two cops who have to go undercover at a local college. Showings are at 6 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight.

Women’s soccer vs. Kansas — 7 p.m. at the OU Soccer Complex Watch OU compete against Kansas.

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NEWSOUDaily.com ›› Find out what happened Tuesday night at the Undergraduate Student Con-gress meeting.

SPOOKY: Registration for sprint closes todayContinued from page 1

“I have spent countless hours volunteering with [Community After School Program] and I would rec-ommend it to everyone,” Moon said. “Being able to help local kids who may be struggling with school to succeed has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”

About 100 students ran in last year’s Spooky Sprint, and about 100 others volunteered at the carnival. Around 200 people signed up this year to participate in the sprint, Moon said.

Individuals looking to par-ticipate in the event can sign up online. Registration closes Wednesday, Moon said.

To volunteer at Norman’s Community After School Program or for more infor-mation about the program, visit its website.

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Elementary students paint pumpkins at the 2013 Spooky Sprint. Alpha Tau Omega’s 2014 Spooky Sprint and Carnival will be held this Sunday.

New event to promote parking alternativesTRANSPORT

MEGHAN WHITINGNews Reporter @heyitsmeghanw

The Student Government Organization will park a car on the South Oval tomor-row as a part of Turn Up for Transit.

Turn Up for Transit is a new event put on by the SGA in an attempt to encour-age students to use alterna-tive methods of getting to

campus besides driving their cars, said SGA President Matt Epting.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today on the South Oval, and from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Oklahoma Memorial Union, according to Epting.

The University is planning on building new parking ga-rages on campus due to the lack spaces, but these garag-es won’t be completed for a few years, said Epting.

In order to combat the lack of available parking, Epting said they will be pro-moting four main methods of alternative transporta-tion at the event: ride shar-ing, using CART, biking and walking.

During the event, students will be able to sign a com-mitment saying they will choose to use one of these alternative methods rather that driving just themselves to class, said Epting.

“This is a problem we can solve ourselves as students,” Epting said.

Epting said they are trying to have a lot of fun with the event. Parking Services will be giving away free pizza and gifts, and a car will be parked on the South Oval, he said.

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Union Programming Board hosts Halloween event with food, scares

MICHELLE JOHNSTON Life & Arts Reporter

The Union Programming Board has organized the first haunted house event on campus: BOO @ the U!

The free event begins at 7 p.m. today in the Will Rogers Food Court.

“We started planning at the end of last school year with different strategies of what we wanted to bring to the haunt-ed house,” UPB program director, junior advertising major, Alex Len said.

Len said the idea was proposed by UPB members who have wanted a haunted house in the Union for a long time. Working together, they all brainstormed ideas to make the best haunted house possible.

“During the summer my advisor, Lauren Yount, and I cre-ated different plans and sketches as to what we wanted it to

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look like. Many older UPB members wanted this event to happen for years, so this school year we were given then green light to try it,” Len said.

Challenging the level of previous events, Len said she decided to pick up the idea and run with it.

“OU students can expect a thrilling and frightening haunted house as well as a great event to make memories with friends,” Len said.

From food and beverages to trivia and photo booths, there will be a variety of activities for students to enjoy the Halloween spirit.

“It’s something we have never done before,” Len said. “We have events that occur every year, but this may be an event they only get to experience once. We hope that stu-dents will thoroughly enjoy the haunted house so we can have it again in the future.”

For more information on upcoming UPB events, visit their website or Facebook page.

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SPORTSOUDaily.com ››The inaugural College Football Playoff rankings were revealed Tuesday night. Find out where the Sooners were slotted and the top five things we learned from the rankings.

SPENSER DAVISSports Reporter @Davis_Spenser

It was supposed to be another bad year for the Oklahoma women’s soccer team. The Sooners were supposed to be the Big 12’s doormat for the fourth consecutive year and were not supposed to be ranked at any point during the 2014 season.

Good thing no one told the seniors.Coming into the year, Oklahoma’s seniors had won just 18

games in three seasons with only six of those coming in con-ference play. Their careers had been spent mostly in frus-tration and failure, rarely getting to experience the joy of a win. But behind the scenes, things began to take a turn last season despite earning only four victories.

“I think we went through a lot of adversity last year be-cause, to the outside eye, we weren’t winning,” senior Molly Richey said. “But to us, we were developing in other ways by finding success within each other and small victories along the way.”

OU was picked to finish last in the Big 12 after winning just one conference game a year ago, but the Sooners paid no attention to preseason expectations. They knew their team was better on the field than on paper, and they came into the season determined to prove it.

OU opened the season with a “Bedlam brawl” at home, a game that few expected the Sooners to win. But just like many other expectations with this squad, they ignored them. Oklahoma cruised to a 2-0 victory over the Cowgirls, giving the seniors their first victory over Oklahoma State since their sophomore season. Still, that was far from OU’s biggest win on the young season.

Seven days later, the Sooners welcomed No. 6 Florida to Norman for an out-of-conference clash. Much to the sur-prise of the Gators, Oklahoma pulled out a 2-1 victory de-spite being massive underdogs. Senior Abby Hodgen scored the deciding goal on a penalty kick in the 63rd minute.

“I think coming out and beating Florida just showed who we actually are and what we were going to prove this year,” Hodgen said. “We put in so much hard work this spring and especially this summer, now it’s just paying off. Last year I don’t think we really showed who we were on paper.”

“That was awesome because no one had expected any-thing out of us,” senior Emily Bowman said. “We expected to go in and compete in that game so it wasn’t a shock for us. In the past, we’d go in ready to compete in games like that one

but we were always on the wrong side of it.”Looking over last season’s box scores, it’s easy to see what

Bowman and Hodgen were talking about: the Sooners dropped six games to ranked opponents last year, five of which were decided by just one goal.

But this season has been different for Oklahoma. After de-feating the Gators and playing No. 2 Florida State within a goal, OU jumped up to No. 20 in the rankings. Oklahoma vaulted as high as No. 15 after defeating Nebraska and North Texas the following weekend — the program’s highest rank-ing in school history.

Unfortunately for the Sooners, the heartbreaking loss-es didn’t stop with last season. Heading into Friday’s se-nior night against Kansas, OU has lost four games in a row, three of which were decided by only one goal. But the lack of success over the last few weeks doesn’t take away what this team has accomplished, nor should it cast a shadow on its future.

“I think the biggest thing is we’re all just playing for each other and we want to continue our success and we don’t want to stop where we’re at, we want to keep getting wins,” Richey said. “When you’re playing for each other, it’s a lot more fun.”

Oklahoma will enter Friday night’s against the No. 17 Jayhawks as huge underdogs. It won’t be the last time that these seniors suit up for the crimson and cream, but it will be the final time for them on John Crain Field.

Once again, people will still doubt the Sooners’ abilities and question whether or not they have what it takes to beat a big time opponent when it matters most. And on paper, the skeptics might be right. The Jayhawks are 15-3 this season with a chance to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 with a win.

Just make sure no one tells the seniors.

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Sideline photography policy illogical

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Success reaching beyond winsMore than the number of wins or losses determine victories for women’s soccer

Our View: The new policy restricting photographers equipment is a ridiculous response to a rare accident.

How do you think college football fans outside of Norman, Oklahoma follow Sooners football? How do you think the playoff selection committee reviews games when ranking teams? Where do we get all those awesome hype videos and giant posters of football players? The answer to all of the above is sideline photographers. Photographers who willingly put themselves in the path of bar-reling football players to take the action shots we all love that athletic departments use in marketing campaigns to rake in the dough.

Absurdly, OU football has decided to impede those photographers’ ability to document games at Owen Field. We believe OU football’s updat-ed sideline photography policy is absurd and a childish reaction to a rare accident. OU wide re-ceiver Sterling Shepherd flew out of the end-zone and landed on a camera lens belonging to a Tulsa World photographer during the Oct. 18 football game vs. Kansas State University. Shepherd was mildly injured and the $10,000 lens was shattered.

Obviously no one wants players, who are already risking injury with nearly every move on the foot-ball field, to be hurt by extraneous objects, like a photographers’s lens. However, Oct. 18 was ex-tremely rare. Rather than brush off the incident as an accident and focus only on football, OU head coach Bob Stoops went on a rant about sideline

photographers after the game, claiming, “They’re not playing. Those people need to be gone.”

Hmm. We understand Stoops was upset that Sterling, arguably OU’s most valuable player this season, was hurt by something outside of the game while he was trying to get a touchdown. But to say photographers don’t need to be on the field is in-sane. Those photographers take the shots that are shown on TV and shared online which maintain the value of the OU brand.

Even more absurd, on Oct. 22, OU released an updated sideline policy for the remainder of this season’s home games prohibiting photographers from using tripods, only permitting monopods attached to cameras and requiring all equipment to be on the photographer’s person while on the sidelines.

Really? Clearly whoever decid-ed to update the sideline photography policy has never tried to photograph a football game. The lenses used to capture sporting events are huge and extremely heavy. By only permitting mono-pods attached to cameras, you’re effectively re-quiring photographers to hold up any camera not attached to their one stabling device with arm strength alone for indeterminate periods of time. Unless newspapers start recruiting extra-buff pho-tographers, we’re pretty sure the photo quality from that shaky style of photography won’t be the best.

Limiting equipment to only what a photographer can keep on their body at all times will also undu-ly interfere with photographers’ ability to do their jobs. Sideline photographers bring multiple cam-eras and lenses for a reason — different equipment works better for different types of shots.

We see OU’s updated sideline policy as a petu-lant response to an infrequent incident. We believe football personnel should handle football and leave the media policy up to media professionals.

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A videographer stands on the sideline of the OU-Texas game in early October. New regulations for OU’s field impede photogarphers and videographers from doing their jobs.