Man with a plan

Former OSU Cowboy Boone Pickens is hosting a town hall meeting at OSU with the intention of informing students about the Pickens Plan, a path toward energy independence.

The plan would help the U.S.  harness domestic sources of energy, such as wind energy and natural gas, to would reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil by 30 percent, according to the Pickens Plan Web site. 

Pickens hopes to get his plan running within the next year or two.

In order to achieve his goal, Pickens has worked nonstop, traveling to universities around the country trying to move students to action for the plan.

“I feel like it’s my mission,” Pickens said. “(The Pickens Plan) is important for all generations and we have a lot of resources that we can use to increase the standard of living.”

So far, the biggest turn-out Pickens received was 2,000 students and faculty at Indiana University. Here, at his alma mater, Pickens wishes to double the outcome and then some. Pickens’ goal is to fill Gallager-Iba with past, present and future Cowboys.

“I want OSU to be the best of all,” Pickens said. “I know I can count on Oklahoma State.”

OSU President Burns Hargis will introduce the town hall meeting and Pickens will follow with an explanation of the Pickens Plan. The meeting will end with a question and answer session.
Hargis strongly encourages students to attend the meeting.

“I’m a Pickens Plan guy,” Hargis said. “It’s a topic that’s timely; I believe in it.”

President Hargis is offering students further incentive to attend the meeting with a chance to win an orange Vespa scooter.

The meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. in Gallager-Iba Arena.
 

2 comments

Re: EK Gaylord

Fri Oct 30 2009 04:43

Boone Pickens is an OSU alumnus. He has made national headlines with his energy plan. He has given almost $500 million to OSU. Pickens coming to campus was entirely relevant to put on the front page.

The front page isn't the opinion page. That's page four, in case you missed that. The town hall meeting on the front page doesn't mean the O'Colly is saying, "Oh, this Pickens Plan is such a great idea!" That would be addressed in an "editorial," which you would find on page four, had the O'Colly chosen to take such action.
The newspaper simply put the biggest thing on campus on Thursday on the front page.

EK Gaylord

Thu Oct 29 2009 11:54

A Vespa sounds great, but is it worth it to have to listen to a man who thinks that Americans are entitled to Iraqi oil because Americans are fighting there? I don't remember them inviting us to invade their country so why would they owe us anything? I guess he wants to put the Pickens plan back in the news to push that story out.

Pickens plan: Sure I want to take advantage of all of these environmentally friendly resources, but in the meantime give me the rights to drill anywhere I please. I'll show you environmentally friendly.

Front page? Seriously O’Colly? Does that mean you’re going to have to change the name of the paper now too? Daily T.Boone sounds so catchy.

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