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TUESDAY, APRIL 26,2005
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The change may have
been a result of earlier
application deadlines.
The trial of Darren DeLone,
accused of assaulting an OU
Ruf'Nek, began Monday.
What can OU do to
increase female faculty?
The OU freshman enrollment is
declining as fewer students plan to
attend OU in fall 2005, said Nancy
Mergler, OU senior vice president
and provost.
"I think the freshman class
might he a little hit smaller than
last year's," Mergler said. "But I am
freshmen enrolled at OU-Norman
campus, according to IRR. Last
fall, only 4,840 freshmen were
enrolled at OU-Norman campus.
deciding to attend OU next tall.
“We do know that the number
of admits is a little bit down, but we
also know that there are fewer high
deadline.
"Data shows that those students
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David Cromwell, zoology and biomed-
ical sciences senior, waited for his medical
school interviews with peers wearing
nametags from prestigious schools like
Duke University, Columbia University, John
Hopkins University and Vanderbilt
University.
“It was just walking around seeing these
nametags with |ohn Hopkins, Harvard and
Duke—that was intimidating,” he said.
But Cromwell left that stigma in the wait-
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Building renovations
are scheduled for this
summer at OU.
rooms, a break room, presentation
rooms, a graduate student lounge,
copy center, computer support
center and outdoor courtyard.
Ellis said the project’s goal was
Some students weigh effects
of attending a state school
on graduate school plans.
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“OU has instituted a number of
requirements to ensure that all
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Renfroe said admission
requirements for OU are different
than they were when current OU
director of Prospective Student students applied.
Services, gave several reasons for
the smaller number of students
said that within the next couple do group projects,
weeks, the lounge will open and
While several construction pro-
jects on campus are complete,
some new renovation projects have
just started, and another continues.
Michael F. Price Hall
Groundbreaking for Price Hall
not talking dramatic numbers."
The fail freshman enrollment
has declined every year since 2(M) I.
according to Institutional
Research and Reporting.
The state school stigma
Jacki Taylor, elementary education
junior, said she aspires to attend
Northwestern University because it is
ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News and
World Report in Graduate Education
Programs. Taylor said she has a 4.0 in all
education classes and will graduate with a
3.77 if she continues her “A” streak.
However, she said she feels that coming
from OU will hurt her chances of admission,
even if her GPA and GRE scores are excel-
lent.
“1 think that | Northwestern is] probably
ranked so high and has such a great reputa-
tion that they would be more inclined to
take students from schools more like that in
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U.S. needs more oil
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Saudi
Arabia's
Crown Prince
Abdullah to
help curb sky-
rocketing oil
prices that are hurting
American families and busi-
nesses, and a top adviser said
a Saudi plan to increase pro-
duction would have an impact
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General Moton recalls
issued amid high losses
WASHINGTON
General Motors Corp, said
Monday it is recalling more
than 2 million vehicles, includ-
ing nearly 1.5 million sport util-
ity vans and pickup trucks that
have seat belt design problems.
The recall represented the
latest challenge lor the world's
largest automaker, which last
week reported $1.1 billion in
losses in the first quarter, its
largest quarterly loss in more
than a decade.
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The trial of a former Nebraska football
player accused of assaulting an OU Ruf-
Nek member started Monday with no testi-
mony from witnesses and no jury selection.
Darren DeLone, former University of
Nebraska defensive lineman, is accused of
aggravated assault for an incident that hap-
pened 20 minutes before the Nov. 13 foot-
ball game between OU and Nebraska.
Adam Drew Merritt, University College
freshman and OU Rut-Nek member, was
hit by a Nebraska player and thrown at least
eight feet into a brick retaining wall,
according to affidavits.
Merritt was treated for injuries to his
neck, back and spine. Merritt also lost sev-
eral front teeth and was treated for a con-
cussion at Norman Regional Hospital,
according to an affidavit.
The first part of the morning started slow
as hundreds of prospective jurors were dis-
missed for various reasons, until a final
number of 22 was selected.
Cleveland County District lodge William
C. Hetherington began the afternoon ses-
sion by asking those jurors a series of ques-
tions, including their occupation and if
they knew any of the people involved in the
case, to determine if any of them had a
problem being objective in a jury trial.
Most of the jurors said they had a limited
knowledge of the case and could give a lair
verdict.
q FAST FACTS
Freshman enrollment
• The loll freshman enrollment
has declined every year since
2001.
• In fall 2003, there were
5,149 freshmen enrolled
at OU-Norman campus,
according to IRR. Lost fall,
only 4,848 freshmen were
enrolled at OU-Norman
campus Between fall 2003
and fall 2004, the freshman
enrollment decreased by
5.8 percent.
Sara Nancy Mergler, OU senior we (resident and
provost and InsnhMonal Research and ReporWng
Today's pot How will attending OU
affect your graduate school pions?
Pope Benedkt XVI
readies out to Muslims
VATICAN CITY - A day
after reaching
out to other
Christians
and to Jews in
his installation
Mass, Pope
Benedict XVI
met Monday
with members
of the Muslim__
community, assuring them the
church wanted to continue
building "bridges of friend-
ship" that he said could foster
peace in the world.
Benedict made the comments
while meeting with religious
leaders who attended Sunday's
installation ceremony, saying he
was particularly grateful that
members of the Muslim commu-
nity were present.
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U.S. pressures Iraq to
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi
politicians, pressured by the
United States, tried again
Monday to end a nearly three-
month deadlock over forming a
new transitional government,
with insurgents emboldened by
the impasse launching well-
coordinated weekend attacks
that killed 29.
Three road bombs aimed at
U.S military convoys exploded
in the capital Monday, includ-
ing one in western Baghdad
that killed an American soldier,
said Army Lt. Col. Clifford Kent.
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Brian Dude, left, public relations junior, and Ben Gravley, political science and economics junior, fill out law school applications. Some student come to OU
with the intent of attending Ivy League school for post-graduate work.
ing room. After completing his interview and Stanford University,
with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,
Cromwell was wait-listed at the University
of Texas Southwestern and Washington
University in St. Louis.
Many students decide to attend OU with
the intent of applying to a prestigious school
for graduate school, law schtxil or medical
school. While some said they think Ivy
league schools and big-name universities
associate a stigma with state universities,
others said acceptance into these institu-
tions is not impossible.
OU students are admitted to top gradu-
ate schools every' year, said Melanie Wright,
Honors College director. In 2(M)4 OU gradu-
ates were continuing their education at
prestigious universities including Duke,
Georgetown University, MIT, New York
University and Vanderbilt. Many 01J gradu-
ates also study at Harvard Medical School
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students admitted to OU show the
potential for success," Renfroe
said.
Another change for prospective
school graduates in Oklahoma this students is an earlier application
In fall 2003, there were 5,149 year than last year,” Mergler said.
If the demographic projections
are correct, there will be a decline who apply the earliest are the ones
in the number of high school grad- most dedicated to earning a
uates in the Midwest for the next degree and the ones who show the
Between fall 2003 and fall2004, the 10 years, Mergler said. highest potential for success,
freshman enrollment decreased Renfroe said admission Renfroe said.
by 5.8 percent. requirements for OU are different Renfroe said it is too early to tell
Mergler and Karen Renfroe, than they were when current OU what the ultimate enrollment
- • decline will be because of the Iran-
Construction, improvements continue on campus
was in August 2003, and faculty Price," he said. "The capability of
and staff are now preparing to this building is that we can handle
move into the building for summer the increase in student enroll-
classes. rnent, we have upgrades in tech-
Buddy Ellis, development direc- nology that will assist in teaching
tor of the Price College of Business, and we have a place for students to
said that within the next couple do group projects.
weeks, the lounge will open and I he 55,000-square-foot addi-
classrooms will be available lune tion also features nine new class-
7, when summer classes start.
Currently, many business-related
classes are held in other buildings,
making it difficult for some busi-
ness students, Ellis said
“Business majors can have all of
their classes here in Adams and
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