He has a long history of breaking stereotypes, so he supports women in politics who are finding their way in an environment where women might be considered ineffective.
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ANIMAL conference helps set safe, humane standards
Kirkpatrick Foundation will host The ANIMAL Conference, a two-day symposium on current and future trends affecting animals.
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LIFE
Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma City campus is hosting Organic Oklahoma, its first sustainable and organic production conference. The program will educate beginning and advanced growers in hands-on growing techniques, season extension, varietal selections and farm management practices. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the farmers market, green houses and high tunnel facilities and visit […]
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Poised for progress
The election of an African-American president to an organization with its roots in slavery is being heralded as a milestone in racial reform. The Southern Baptists broke off from Northern Baptists in 1845 in support of slavery. Having supported Jim Crow and resisted integration for more than a century, the organization officially apologized in 1995. […]
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Out of alignment
(Kinda like Brett Favre coming out of retirement to start for the Minnesota Vikings again!) Well, West Virginia’s number was up last week in these higher-ed high jinks. First came an Oct. 25 report from The New York Times that Mountaineers were poised to depart the disintegrating Big East for the seemingly expanding Big 12 […]
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OCU to host sustainability conference
This is the second year the college has held the conference. While “Caring for Our Home” will focus on ecological sustainability, last year’s conference centered on a broader idea of sustainability in looking at peace, poverty and the earth. “Sustaining the planet in such a way that future generations of persons will have similar amounts […]
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Big ideas
The Big Ten Conference has a dozen members after the Nebraska Cornhuskers recently joined the 11-member league. The Big 12, which used to be the Big Eight (after it was the Big Seven and Big Six, mind you), officially has 10 members, although Texas A&M is trying like hell to join the Southeastern Conference. If […]
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Seriously funny
The University of Oklahoma is getting serious about comedy. On Friday and Saturday, the OU College of Arts and Sciences hosts its inaugural Film Comedy Conference. All of the dozen presenters are contributors to a book being edited by OU professors and conference hosts Andrew Horton and Joanna Rapf, “The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Film […]