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Children, youth the focus of new book
OCU professor speaks out for those who cannot speak for themselves in new book.
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OCU to offer MFA in screenwriting
New MFA allows students to work toward a degree in screenwriting.
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OCU program lets youth in need hone dancing skills
A special OCU dance program pairs student teachers with young protégés from the community.
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Songs of the ‘South’
Photo: Wendy Mutz Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre (CityRep) and Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music are joining forces for the first time on an ambitious production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning musical South Pacific for one weekend only. Helmed by accomplished New York-based director Len Pfluger, the show features a cast of […]
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Let’s dance
Oklahoma City University’s American Spirit Dance Company will present its 33rd annual spring show this weekend. This year’s show, titled Footloose, Frankenstein and Fedoras will feature 24 dance numbers performed by a cast of 158 dancers. The show will feature fast-tempo tap numbers, chorus and kick lines, dancers dressed as Champagne bottles, big hair from […]
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Ghosts, busted
Are those bumps in the night, creaky floors or demonic eyes staring through the windows random acts of coincidental nature, easily explained through logic and reason? Or could they be something more, something from, perhaps, beyond our realm of scientific knowledge? Chances are the plumbing is just bad. But, still, Oklahoma is one of the […]
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Happy birthday
Ellison is considered by many to be one of the most important literary figures of American literature in the 20th century. His existential novel Invisible Man is about race, identity and alienation. It was published in 1952 to critical acclaim and won the National Book Award the following year. In cooperation with Oklahoma City University, […]
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Preach it
Photo by Mark Hancock Meyers is a well-known pastor and best-selling writer, as well as a commentator for National Public Radio and Oklahoma Gazette. Meyers also is a distinguished professor of social justice at Oklahoma City University. The Lyman Beecher Lectures series has been an annual tradition since 1871 and is held in conjunction with […]
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An innocence question
Karl Fontenot Two separate Pontotoc County juries sentenced Fontenot to death for the April 1984 slaying of Ada convenience store clerk Denice Haraway, although his sentence was later commuted to life in prison without parole because of an improper jury instruction. OIP director Tiffany Murphy said the group’s request was filed after a lengthy investigation […]