Scientifically illiterate As a zoologist and science educator, it is clear to me that at least half our citizenry is woefully scientifically illiterate. This unfortunately includes our leaders, the governor, lieutenant governor and many of the school board administrators. Without mitigating factors, we are on track to have in a month another 30,000 cases of […]
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Cover: Challenging education
Throughout this month, educators across the state will face the most challenging school year to date. Adaptation is inevitable in teaching. New testing standards, breakthroughs in curriculum, and gross underfunding have all spurred changes in education. Still, no single event has uprooted the fundamental environment of instruction like the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, Oklahoma State […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Masked mandate
Once Tulsa began talking seriously about implementing an indoor masking policy in public places, it was only a matter of time before Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt decided to keep pace with his BFF, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum. But while hospital beds were filling to capacity in intensive care units across the metro and Integris […]
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Chicken-Fried News: COVID spotting
In an announcement that took absolutely no one by surprise, Gov. Kevin Stitt said he has tested positive for COVID-19. Once the initial tsunami of laugh reacts subsided, the question on everyones’ minds became, “Where did he contract it?” Since Stitt has been traveling the state since the first case was announced, the best answer […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Show me the money
When it was made public that recipients of Paycheck Protection Programs might not be released, people were outraged. When the names of PPP recipients were released to the public last week, there was even more outrage. In a joke so bad that professional comedians would not have dared write it into a script, the Ayn […]
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Crafty warehouse
Every weekday morning while most Oklahomans are still fast asleep, nearly 5,000 employees pass through the doors at the massive Hobby Lobby distribution complex in southwest Oklahoma City and scan the code on their badges, clocking in for work. The sun is yet to rise, but it’s a warm and humid July morning. And inside, […]
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COVER Audio crash
In the wake of the pandemic, venues everywhere became uncharacteristically quiet. The live music industry was muted following a recommendation to avoid large social gatherings in mid-March. Postponed performances became indefinite if not canceled outright as the stark reality of COVID-19 emerged. An “optimistic” expectation of a poor concert season became a nightmare that could […]
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OKG Artists: Greg Pogue Jr.
Oklahoma Gazette: How did you get into making art? Greg Pogue Jr.: I started drawing at an early age. I use to draw Marvel comic characters and cartoons. I took a break so I could focus on playing sports during high school and college, and I didn’t start back drawing until I had a terrible […]
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New normal
It’s hard to believe the massive shift in daily life that Oklahoma City residents have experienced since March. For most of us, the turning point was March 11, when Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 just before a home Thunder game. I had just sent my Rose State students off on spring […]