The alleged sexual misconduct of University of Oklahoma (OU) emeritus professor and former donor John Scamehorn has garnered a lot of attention recently, but some former students are saying the university’s school of drama fostered an environment that might have been conducive for such harassment. Scamehorn’s donor status with OU’s Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine […]
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Measuring movement
Technology evolved from World War II-era flight simulators and similar to that used to create computer-generated characters in blockbuster movies and video games will help physicians, physical therapists and educators assess human movement and prevent injury at a new facility opening this spring at University of Oklahoma’s College of Allied Health. The Center for Human […]
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No Pax
John Scamehorn dreamed of a world where “insolent women causing trouble are given their just reward.” Now a group of outspoken women might lead him to his own comeuppance. In the first weekend of June, several Facebook and social media posts popped up with allegations of sexual harassment against Scamehorn, an emeritus professor at University […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Murray bills
There comes a time in every young man’s life when he faces a familiar choice: become a millionaire first-round baseball prospect or play quarterback for one of college football’s most storied programs. Oh, we neglected to mention that by “every young man,” what we really mean is, “pretty much only Kyler Murray.” Earlier this month, […]
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Modern modes
Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Fridays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Thursdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 9 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 555 Elm Ave. chickasawartists.com 580-889-0587 Free Five years ago, the last monolingual Chickasaw language speaker died in Ada at the age of 93. The loss was monumental […]
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New path
If asked to guess which national political party affiliate was the first to elect a transgender person to its executive board, most people probably would not think of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma. But maybe they should. Norman resident and University of Oklahoma (OU) political science student Traci Baker made history when she was elected […]
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Summer vibes
Oklahoma Singer Songwriter Series: Felina & The Feels nightfall (around 9 p.m.) June 1 Blue Doors at Tenkiller 98413 Oklahoma Highway 100, Gore bluedoorsattenkiller.com 918-489-2174 $10 Norman-based singer-songwriter Felina Rivera played her first set at Blue Doors at Tenkiller in September during the inaugural Indigo Fest — an environmentally conscious music and art festival focused […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Picking winners
Seven months ago, Baker Mayfield was brazenly planting a University of Oklahoma (OU) flag onto the Ohio State University football field, making himself an enemy of the Buckeye State. Now the OU Heisman Trophy winner is returning to Ohio as Cleveland’s next great hope. Mayfield was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Browns in […]
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Front and center
A week before the lowest number of women lawmakers since 2010 were headed to the Oklahoma Capitol for the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, women from across Oklahoma gathered in a Tulsa hotel conference room for the one-day, nonpartisan Pipeline to Politics educational program, which seeks to increase women’s participation in politics. It was […]
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Royal revelry
In a modern atmosphere totally saturated with technology and the internet, there is at least one annual state event showing guests that long ago, people actually survived and thrived without the assistance of smartphones and computers. The Medieval Fair of Norman returns for its 42nd year Friday-Sunday at Reaves Park, 2501 Jenkins Ave., one block […]