Sophomore Austin Kolakowski runs for a first down in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs. Delta Tau Delta intramural football game Tuesday. Delta Tau Delta won 12-0 for their first win this season.

Intramural Football is Underway on Campus
Intramural football kicked off last week and is considered a way to relieve students of their stress and serve as a networking tool, according to intramural supervisor Matt Carpenter.

There are four intramural football leagues including: men's open, women's open, fraternity league, and men's residential. Overall there are nearly 130 teams within these four leagues, according to Carpenter.

"Intramurals are another way to meet people," Carpenter said. "It offers another element outside of the dorm life for freshmen and is a great bonding experience for everyone".

After the five week season concludes, there will be playoffs the last week of October. Also, intramurals such as horseshoes, volleyball and wiffle ball are soon to be underway.

Students are given the Vault taste challenge in the Walker Adams Mall on Tuesday. Vault's next stop is Oklahoma State University.

Coca-Cola Company Promotes Vault to Students
The Coca-Cola Company has started a nation-wide tour promoting Vault, their citrus flavored soda with a kick, to persuade the young adult demographic that Vault is better tasting than Mountain Dew.

On Tuesday Vault set up a taste challenge in the Walker Adams Mall where students could compare the taste of Mountain Dew and Vault. Oklahoma is currently a Mountain Dew state, according to Vault field manager Les Redman. However, after researching at the State Fair of Oklahoma the past week, 70 percent of taste-testers have switched their preference from Mountain Dew to Vault.

“Vault is a man’s drink,” said Vault assistant field manager Djuante Woods. “This drink is for people who wake up early in the morning, have a busy schedule in front of them and want to get through the day”.

The next stop for the Vault promotion tour is at Oklahoma State University.

A student exiting the Price College of Business building.

Business Fraternity Signs 16 New Members
Business majors that wanted to become more involved within the Price College of Business were interviewed Sunday for membership in Delta Sigma Pi.

Delta Sigma Pi, a co-educational professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities, signed 16 new members on their eightieth year at the University of Oklahoma.

“The fraternity offers valuable leadership opportunities in the field of Business,” member Joeli Diemer said. “We pride ourselves on being one of the top business fraternities on campus”.

Delta Sigma Pi will be hosting a hayride philanthropy event on October 16, 2009.

An OU student studies outside of Gaylord Hall.

Gaylord College to Host "Town Hall" Meeting
All JMC students that are interested in seeing where their student fees go may attend an informal student “Town Hall” meeting.

The meeting will be presented by Dr. Joe Foote, dean of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Gaylord Hall, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium (Room 1140) Wednesday at 4 p.m.

“Student fees are a sore topic,” Daniel Terracina said, a Broadcast and Electronic Media junior. “Any student wonders where their fees go, but expanding Gaylord College isn’t cheap”.

Gaylord College’s next meeting is Thursday, hosting NBC News Correspondent Bob Dotson.

Students gathered around Crossroads in the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Popular Food Item Gone
Crossroads, located inside the Oklahoma Memorial Union, has changed from curly fries to regular fries and students have constantly been sending in concerns through “Kitchen Comments”, according to Housing and Food Director Dave Annis.

Housing and Food has changed Crossroads for the new fall semester, including adding new burgers, sandwiches and other food items to the menu.

“Being a junior, curly fries have been legendary during my first two years,” said Drew Michalak, a Crossroads employee. “But, there’s nothing anyone can do but just enjoy the new fries.”

There will be particular days in which students can order curly fries, but the new fries will be staying, according to Annis.

EMSA students gathered at the Jimmie Austin Golf Club Sunday for the sixth annual "Kickoff Barbecue".

EMSA Holds “Kickoff Barbecue”
The Energy Management Student Association held its sixth annual “Kickoff Barbecue” on Sunday at Jimmie Austin Golf Club to introduce students to networking within the major.

Twenty Devon executives were present and students were able to ask questions about opportunities within the energy management field.

“I was able to talk with a Devon executive and he was able to answer any concern I had about getting an internship in the field of energy management,” sophomore Cassie Mongold said, an Energy Management student.

EMSA plans on having other extracurricular activities throughout the semester.

Student Arrested in Walker Tower

A freshman was cited for public intoxication at approximately 1:00am on August 27, 2009 in Walker 1120W.

Clay M. Girdner urinated on freshman Michael T. Burke’s microwave, minifridge and guitar amplifier. Girdner stayed in jail that night and was released that morning.

“I couldn’t believe that this actually happened,” Burke said. “[Girdner] has since apologized and I forgave him. Well, at least as long as he doesn’t do it again”.

Burke plans on locking his door from now on to prevent future incidents like this and warns other freshmen to do the same.

"It's funny looking back on it," Girdner said. "It'll take a while to get over it though."

Pedestrian Hit by Car

Freshman Ryan Chang was hit by a car Friday morning. Many friends tell Chang to file a lawsuit, but he respects senior Matt Carpenter, the driver of the vehicle for helping. Chang would prefer not to get legal.

Chang’s friend, freshman Sara Lambert, was also hit. Both Chang – thirteen staples in his head – and Lambert – 4 staples – suffer from head trauma. Chang will get his staples taken out of his head Sunday and Norman Regional Hospital in Norman.

“I respect him for stopping, it shows his character. I’m sure he didn’t even mean to hit me,” Chang said. “People were telling me different ways to get money from him but we’re both Greek gentlemen and we’re better than that”. Chang says if the roles were reversed, he wouldn’t want someone to file a lawsuit against him.

Chang plans to be more careful when crossing the street. “What a way to start my freshman year on campus. I’ll remember this day for the rest of my life,” Chang said. “I could’ve died and now I will start appreciating life more”.