At Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, where he taught zoology and biology until retiring in 1996, he’d ask students to pull down a shade where there was no window. It’s all about helping students relax, he said. Today, Kirkland, 76, teaches animal biology as an adjunct for Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City. The classroom is […]
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Information or Islamophobia?
Michael Hoehn, an attorney and executive director of the Washington D.C.-based Alliance for Vigilance, spoke last week at several Oklahoma City and Edmond venues, such as the Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee and the High Noon Club. Hoehn spoke to the groups about a wide range of threats from Islam, including terrorist attacks, the implementation […]
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OKC ‘confidential’
Now a recent report from the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity claims the FBI treated a senior ABC News journalist as an informant and prodded him to reveal the confidential source of an uncorroborated tip. According to an FBI memo, the journalist “advised that a source within the Saudi Arabian Intelligence Service advised that the […]
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Dodging bullets
Shadid, who was rescued and survived the sniper’s gunshot, said he remembers the feeling of resignation that washed over him that day as he stared up at the unforgiving gray sky, accepting what he thought was his fate. Nine years later, that same feeling returned like an unwelcome visitor as Shadid and three other New […]
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Price pains
While trucks and SUVs remain highest on the list of interested shoppers/ surfers, data toward the tail end of February shows a slight leaning toward searching for fuel-efficient cars. The site also polled visitors on whether they consider such a vehicle, and 53 percent said they would, compared to their current one. “If gas prices […]
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Hayes’ code
You may be surprised to spot a country artist like Hayes Carll residing between the respectively pop and alternative-friendly pages of Rolling Stone and Spin, but you wouldn’t be the only one — Carll included. The singer/songwriter and terrible vacuum salesman had a failed go at a music career in Austin, Texas, before returning home […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
—Muneer Awad, lawyer and executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), quoted in the “Shariah Shock” article in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Spring 2011 Intelligence Report. Awad and CAIR were asked to fight for businesses not willing to “pick fights” if the amendment approved in State Question 755 […]
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West to north
“Where do we go from here?” was the question Oklahoma City (by way of Northern California) rock band Somerset West faced as it released its debut album, “The Golden Land.” A full-length disc had always been a goal; it had been since the earliest days when bandleader and guitarist Kyle Lynch lost his brother — […]
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CFN Correction of the Week
The March 2 brief “Anonymous vendetta” that reported HBGary Federal had a business relationship with Devon Energy is incorrect. Devon has never had a relationship with HBGary Federal and its affiliate, HBGary.
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Three’s company
Lonely singles in a new city often turn to dating websites to find companionship. Bet you didn’t know that musicians looking to make sweet, sweet tunes together do the same. A Dallas-based “musician matchmaking site” is how two ex-Okies found their St. Louis soul mate; for Oil Boom, it was love at first sight. “We […]