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Chicken-Fried News: Rank behavior

Gazette staff

Despite the all-encompassing name U.S. News & World Report, the only thing most people know about the publication is its annual university rankings. The magazine announced last week that University of Oklahoma will be removed from a variety of its rankings including best colleges, best values and top public universities following a report from OU […]

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Bleeding crimson

Miguel Rios

University of Oklahoma is going through a tumultuous period with the departure of more than 80 employees, donations down by at least a third from last year and multiple racist incidents on campus resulting in no disciplinary actions. Professor emeritus Alan Velie is the university’s longest-serving faculty member with more than 50 years under his […]

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Commentary: Ill communication

George Lang

Last week, University of Oklahoma (OU) officials proved they were ill-prepared to address diversity issues when one crisis management attempt backfired and a seemingly good-intentioned message to women came off as retrograde and condescending. The statements were emblematic of the university’s current leadership vacuum, which is sucking the soul out of my alma mater. On […]

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Chicken-Fried News: Handmaid University

Gazette staff

Intolerance doesn’t always march on Southern cities bearing tiki torches while chanting, “You will not replace us.” Sometimes it toils quietly, seemingly benign, in quiet places of authority and trust. And in a recent story broken by OU Daily, sometimes it is responsible for shaping tomorrow’s legal minds. On Sept. 30, OU Daily reported that […]

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