A former high-powered executive sweeps into office with experience in an unrelated field. Before he even reports for his first day of work, he sees that a building bearing his name might not be completed due to financial concerns and he proceeds to sledgehammer away at the reputation of his predecessor. On his first day […]
University of Oklahoma
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Chicken-Fried News: Help needed
University of Oklahoma (OU) is looking for a director of payroll and employee services, and they only want the best of the best. OU has not had the best semester, having faced scandals left and right. But the university wants to move past its milquetoast responses to racism, pay inequity, layoffs and bad finances by […]
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Bleeding crimson
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: Schools tied
If there were ever a school dedicated to achieving Horace Mann’s dream of making education “the great equalizer,” Harding Charter Preparatory High School would be it. Harding’s mission statement reads, “Provide every student with an academically challenging educational experience through an advanced placement (AP) curriculum, which will prepare students for success at a four-year university.” […]
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Commentary: Ill communication
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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Grand production
Artist-in-residence Adam Cooper said there’s one main difference between the version of the musical Grand Hotel he earned a Laurence Olivier Award for choreographing in 2005 and the version he’s directing for the theater department at the University of Oklahoma (OU): The new Norman production is much bigger. “I don’t know if you know the […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Stoops stands
We figure most University of Oklahoma fans are more than happy since Lincoln Riley took over for Bob Stoops. After all, Riley has successfully groomed consecutive Heisman Trophy winners and made Norman the place to be for highly sought-after graduate transfer Jalen Hurts. Riley has fulfilled mid-tenure Stoops’ legacy of appearing in (and losing) big […]
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Finding justice
Former University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill entered the national spotlight in 1991, testifying against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, whom she accused of sexual harassment. Though Thomas went on to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, Hill’s legacy transcends those Senate hearings and lives on in modern movements like #MeToo. Now […]
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Chicken-Fried News: True pastime
Although baseball is still referred to as “America’s pastime,” the metrics surrounding the game’s star power are reaching crisis levels. Last year, ESPN released its ranking of the 100 most popular athletes in the world, and it did not include a single baseball player. (Russell Westbrook checked in at No. 34.) The proverbial “hot stove” […]
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Simon’s stories
Barefoot in the Park Thursday-Feb. 17 Jewel Box Theatre 3700 N. Walker Ave. jewelboxtheatre.org 405-521-1786 $20-$25 First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … a disastrous first apartment. Or at least that’s the case in Neil Simon’s 1963 classic Barefoot in the Park, which runs Thursday-Feb. 17 at Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker […]