Though in her 60s, Soraya al Musri of Aalim Dance Academy Inc. in Oklahoma City hasn’t stopped belly dancing. “As long as a woman has got the dedication or desire to do this and put her heart and soul into it, she can be beautiful in her own way, because it comes from the […]
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Silencing the minority
Will Ralph Nader run for president if the Democrats don’t nominate the right candidate? Will we, the people of Oklahoma, be allowed to vote for Nader or any other third-party candidate in the next presidential election? Probably not. We didn’t get to vote for any third-party candidates in 2004. No Nader for us. […]
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Male breast cancer changes life of University of Oklahoma professor
An estimated 1,690 American men were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. University of Oklahoma journalism professor Jack Willis was one of them. As faculty adviser for OU’s campus newspaper, Willis planned to work until he was 70. But cancer has a way of changing things. TERRIBLE TREATMENT “It’s one of those things […]
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Southeast Oklahoma’s Girls Gone Wine lets visitors make their own vino
Three women have opened Girls Gone Wine ” a winery in southeast Oklahoma that features customers making and bottling their own vino. Besides being the name of the winery, “girls gone wine” is also a phrase used by many wine shops and liquor stores across the country. It’s catching on as the moniker for […]
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OKC’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises money for child cancer research
Nearly a year after dying of cancer, 11-year-old Fletcher Vines continues to make an impact. Fletcher’s mom, Gail Vines, returned to OU Children’s Physicians on Feb. 9 to help honor his memory. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation had announced giving the University of Oklahoma Foundation a $25,000 grant to be used for research for […]
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Oklahoma State ecology department has faculty thinking green
A new department at Oklahoma State University will focus its research on conservation and sustainability of Oklahoma’s natural resources. The Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management opened its doors in July 2006. “We have had an interest for some time on campus to bring together several disciplines of natural resource management which […]
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Oklahoma native premieres first film at Sundance
For Oklahoma filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, was work. His feature-film debut, “Four Sheets to the Wind,” was one of 16 in dramatic competition. “I’m doing photo shoots and interviews. That’s all I do all day,” said the 27-year-old Holdenville native. “I screen the movie and go to […]
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Chocolate can be good for you
While chocolate in itself is not an aphrodisiac, it does contains an amino acid that stimulates the production of endorphins, a brain chemical that dulls pain. “Apparently, people who have just ‘fallen in love’ show elevated levels of this amino acid, indicating that their brain chemistry does change,” wrote Dr. Alan R. Hirsh, the […]
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Oklahoma attorney general’s office moves to new home
At the state attorney general’s office, moving from their cramped office at the state Capitol to a newly remodeled two-story building across the street has meant big changes. “It’s nice because we consolidated our offices,” said Charlie Price, the attorney general’s director of communications. “We had people in the first floor of the […]
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OKC’s CARE Center extends helping hand to abused children
Oklahoma City’s CARE ” or Child Abuse Response and Evaluation ” Center helps children who have faced physical, sexual and mental abuse. Open since 1993, the CARE Center offers children and their families a less intimidating, warmer atmosphere where forensic interviews to determine whether abuse occurred can be done at once. COURTROOM PREPIf […]