Using a downloadable astronomy tool named SkyGlobe, Bill Wilburn ” who helps man Science Museum Oklahoma’s planetarium shows in his off time ” can keep tabs on the heavens above from his office or home below. But it doesn’t beat viewing the splendor of spring with his own two eyes. And, at a time of […]
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Media ethics to be explored at two-day UCO seminar
When University of Oklahoma journalism professor and grad studies director David Craig tells new acquaintances his area of specialty ” ethics in the media ” he gets a common response: laughter. People’s perspective on ethics in the field seems to be that it’s “hard to believe that anyone takes that seriously,” he said. “There’s definitely […]
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D.A. clears former superintendent of criminal allegations
Former Oklahoma City Superintendent John Q. Porter came out clean in an investigation into allegations of potentially criminal misconduct made against him earlier this year, per a report released today. District Attorney David Prater and the Oklahoma City Police Department jointly looked into 15 of 21 allegations against Porter made public in January as part […]
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Sequoyah’s name pops up everywhere except the Hall of Fame
More than 100 years ago, the Oklahoma and Indian territories made efforts to enter the United States as separate states. Those championing the cause for the Indian territory “? what is now eastern Oklahoma “? used Sequoyah as the name for their proposed state when they met in Muskogee in 1905. Sequoyah — who […]
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Festival explores life, music of Beethoven
After beginning research into Classical/Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s letters ” and those written about him ” six months ago, Katie Davis came to a startling realization. “I feel like I know him,” she said. The assistant professor and director of drama at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma adapted performances from those […]
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Delaying sex gives teen opportunity to succeed, claims abstinence administrator
The message rang loud and clear from the Pauls Valley church: Teens, abstain from sex. Bethlehem Baptist Church’s Rev. Michael Eaton’s words during the recent “youth Sunday” sermon echo a stand Oklahoma and the nation’s Christian community has taken for years. But the emphasis among youth workers, nonsecular and otherwise, these days seems to be […]
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Former Westminster teacher aiding education of West African village
Alice Azumi Iddi-Gubbels ” a native of northeastern Ghana, but more recently a teacher at Westminster School in Oklahoma City ” has established Pambe Ghana, a new nonprofit charged with changing education in her native northeastern Ghana. Today, a half-century after British rule ended in the West African country, the effects of colonialism are still […]
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Preservation organization to announce state’s endangered sites
Preservation Oklahoma will announce its annual list of the state’s “most-endangered historic places” Thursday night at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum. Featuring 12 sites nominated by the public, the 2008 lineup includes at least one in the metro. The event begins with tours of the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, at 5 p.m., […]
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Porter, Hudson resign their positions
Former Superintendent John Q. Porter and Oklahoma City Public Schools board Chairman Cliff Hudson both resigned today as part of a settlement agreement approved during a 4 p.m. special meeting. As part of the agreement, Porter will: Receive his regular salary, plus health insurance premiums up to $408 monthly, through June 30. Receive a […]
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KGOU celebrates quarter century as NPR source station
An open house 6 p.m. Friday and staff and volunteer reunion 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in KGOU’s new campus studio in Copeland Hall will celebrate the public radio station’s first 25 years. Before going public in 1983, KGOU had been a commercial, University of Oklahoma campus rock station since 1970. But a committee […]