ACM@UCO is not quite 2 years old, but it’s already paying dividends for its students. See The Rockettops, an indie-rock quartet taking what its players have learned and packaging it into a model for other students to follow. Singer Jordan Smith, bassist Michael Bewley and guitarist Earl Moreno met at the school and formed the […]
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Spirited competition
Come on, Gazette; if you’re presenting a Point/Counterpoint discussion, present both sides! Regarding the idea of selling so-called strong beer and wine in grocery stores, Roy Williams (“Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws,” Jan. 19) offered nothing of any substance in his allotted number of words. It was pure political/ambassador speak: blah, blah, blah. But being […]
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Felonious frisking
We here at CFN are still outraged over the grabby treatment of our intern Bucky at the oh-so-eager hands of the Transportation Security Administration during security screening at an out-of-state airport this Christmas. And while, in the end, no one at the office had to actually post any bail money, the trauma of the incident […]
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Lunch-hour ‘Leak’
More honking and hand gesturing than normal occurred Jan. 14 during the lunch hour at the intersection of N.W. 23rd Street and Broadway, but it wasn’t because of an in-store appearance by Ronald McDonald, and the gestures were mostly peace signs. A group of about 20 people held signs, wore T-shirts and passed out fliers […]
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Aldrich might already be a draft bust
After winning an NCAA national championship as a sophomore and being an All-American as a junior, several NBA teams were salivating at the skill set he could bring to the table. Unlike college scoring averages and steals, which may or may not pan out at the next level, rebounding averages and blocks per game translate […]
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To inform or inflame?
The ad, titled “What About Islam?” was paid for by the Church of Christ in Elk City, which often purchases similar ads with the series title “Let the Bible Speak” in other newspapers. The ad appearing in The Oklahoman was authored by four pastors from Oklahoma, Alabama and Texas. The ad states that “the Muslim […]