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Bissy Swim founder Allie Ayers was beginning to think her modeling career was never going to take off. Tall and lean with hazel eyes, long dark lashes, olive skin and a body many women would all but kill for, Ayers, who grew up in Snyder, has brains, beauty and confidence, but because her build included […]

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Evolution revolution

Credit: Brad Gregg As evidence, the National Center for Science Education recently pointed out that two university departments in Oklahoma stepped back to Scopes “monkey trial” territory to defend evolution’s honorable status in higher education. The University of Central Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma State University have separate, if equally unyielding, statements on the importance of […]

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Dog-gone it!

Duke And he’s only 6 years old. Or is that 42? Duke, Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s bulldog mascot, is retiring. According to a SWOSU news release, the canine was feted on the Weatherford campus with a five-hour retirement party May 1, complete with cookies, punch and photos. Why is Duke giving up his public post? […]

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