Residential Hall Closure, City Commission discusses Texas Roadhouse and other business, Representative files legislation on abortion, OSU defeats OU
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Students might not have learned how to become billionaires but they were able to listen to the business experience of billionaire Boone Pickens.

Pickens was a guest in the finance energy class that deals with the world of oil and energy.

There were two new head coaches patrolling the sidelines in this first edition of Bedlam basketball this season. With former Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson in Indiana and Eddie Sutton watching from the stands, Sean Sutton and Jeff Capel battled ‘till the final buzzer.

It is no secret that this year’s Cowgirl basketball team is much improved from last season. The Cowgirls averaged 58 points per game last year in contrast with this year’s average of 76. They rebound better, shoot free throws better, and play tougher defense. In fact, they have improved in virtually every statistical category.

The OSU men’s basketball team received help from some unlikely sources against its Bedlam rival Monday.

Question:

What’s with all the potholes on University Avenue?

Did the ice do that?

Answer:

Yes, blame the ice.

Anyone who has ever watched a cop show has seen police charge into a run-down apartment as a SWAT team follows close behind and busts the door down to catch the supposed perpetrator.

There was a recent column by Bob Darcy concerning how great it was that the Faculty Council recommended the Stillwater campus adopt a smoke-free policy. The “debate is over,” Darcy said in the column.

Tonight President Bush will be making his seventh State of the Union Address. While this may not be your idea of entertaining

TV, people all over the country need to tune in.

Curiosity and necessity drove many people to the opening of Stillwater’s second Wal-Mart, on Sixth Avenue and Country Club Road, early Friday morning.

A deep furrow of concentration crosses 13-year-old Nathan Heien’s brow as he stares at the dozens of cards in front of him.

Oklahoma state representative Mike Reynolds filed legislation that would make most abortions in Oklahoma illegal if the United States Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right.

The Stillwater City Commission approved special use permits for a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Stillwater at its meeting Monday.

“The main reason we need a (special use) permit is because of the sale and distribution of alcohol that will be served at the restaurant,” said Ryan Sigworth, a commission senior planner.

Residential Life will decide whether to close Iba or Parker Hall by the end of this month or the first of February.

The Cowboy basketball team won the first Bedlam match of the season. OU swept the Cowboys last season, but OSU came out of Gallagher-Iba arena with a five-point advantage Monday.