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He said that, as a student, he mental partners with the rest of
did not recycle his telephone the community,” he said. “It’s one
way the city can take an active
role in being a good steward of
the environment.”
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The city of Norman will also books.
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“It’s funny when people do
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Stroud agrees.
“We just want students to
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incorporating some of the quotes
that the audience has written.”
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fraternities at OU. Large frater- Tipton. During rush, they
nities might bid on 50 to 60 men returned to the fraternities they
while smaller houses might bid liked and that invited them back,
on 10, said Zac Rose, Many of the young men didn’t
Interfratemity Council member, know what to expect or what fra-
Whether it be for a nice place Rose said he hopes there would ternity to join.
to sleep, tons of friends or other be an increase this year.
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to OU administrators. Some of us attend the Baloney Rodeo,” Boyd
are alumni.”
Kylee Boyd, elementary edu-
“I had no idea what to expect,
expectations, 1999 rush candi- Sigma Chi member Tim but it was awesome,” University
dates pledged Thursday to the Hawkins said his fraternity looks College freshman Ryan Skove
fraternity they hope will fulfill for a variety of characteristics in
their needs best.
Thursday was the bid day for
the 1999 OU pledge class.
“Rush was a good way for
to find out about a
in Rqjgard, a small village in north- their life over there, more than us.
em India. Why? They have so much less.”
Miller said he lived as a villager [ ""
for three weeks, sleeping on what Dharamsala, the home of the Dali
Indians call mattresses, which Lama, to study the Buddhist reli-
would be called rugs in the United gion and the culture of the Tibetan
States. He ate a mainly vegetarian Lamas. He was surprised by thou-
diet and used Asian toilets, which sands of American and European
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are porcelain holes in the ground, hippies that visit.
“Dharamsala is populated by
about one-third Indians, one-third
Tibetans and one-third hippies,”
Miller said.
Miller said he did not meet the
Dali Lama in Dharamsala, but he
did go to his house. In Dharamsala,
he got to study under other
Buddhist Lamas about their reli-
Miller
said he saw the Dali Lama when he
gave a speech in Indianapolis on
Miller then traveled north to Aug. 16.
Miller, a seasoned traveler to
exotic locations, just happened to without having to commit to any-
be in town. thing,” said Donovan Kosters,
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Miller said he was surprised by
the extent of the poverty and chaos He also played cricket and soccer,
in New Delhi. He said he was two popular Indian sports, with
almost trapped in his apartment children, who he said were very
building by a cow sleeping in the respectful.
doorway. There were overcrowding Miller said he learned that peo-
and major city planning problems pie in India generally seem more
and inconveniences; the electricity satisfied than most Americans,
went off at any time.
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Miller taught adults and children like us. They are very content with gious philosophies.
said.
a pledge. “My dad was an SAE, (Sigma
“We are looking for a man of Alpha Epsilon) so I tried to avoid
good character,” Hawkins said. that house, but I kept coming
me Adam Robinson, another back. All the guys were laid back
fraternity member of Sigma Chi, said he and true gentlemen.”
likes having a strong national University College freshman
organization to support his fra- Nick Reed said he was open-
University College freshman. “I ternity. minded when he visited most
rushed to try something new and “I pledged because I like what houses.
to meet new people. I decided to the men in the fraternity stood
pledge to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for,” Robinson said.
because my brother was a mem- Pledges that went to formal
ber and I wanted to experience rush initially visited at least coming in, but the men at SAE
the same thing.” seven of the 20 campus greek were head and shoulders over
Last year, 505 men pledged 20 houses, said IFC President Trey everybody else.”
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