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  • year in review
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  • 2 weeks, 6 days ago

International students bring a slice of home to campus through multiple cultural events

A 7-percent growth in international student enrollment means more students from abroad are represented at OU. This year, multiple student cultural org...

  • Year In Review
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  • 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Students’ belongings remain locked in Students for a Democratic Society’s office after its closure

Students can contact Laura Tontz to retrieve their belongings that are still in the society’s office.

  • Water Project
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  • 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Legislatures dampens citizens’ voices in water strategy

Legislation that would have given citizens a role in forming water policy failed to pass committee.

  • Year in Review
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  • 2 weeks, 6 days ago

President Boren approves co-ed housing expansion, allocation tripled

While only 58 spots were available for incoming freshmen last year, Boren allowed an increased 186 spots for the upcoming academic year.

  • Associated Press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

California residents evacuate as wildfire blazes through Ventura County

Residents have evacuated homes west of Los Angeles due to a wind-driven wildfire attempting to blaze through the community.

  • Associated Press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Maryland becomes 18th state to abolish death penalty

Governor Martin O’Malley signed the measure on Thursday

  • Associated Press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Shots fired inside of Houston airport, at least one critically injured

A call came into police at 1:35 p.m. reporting a “discharge of firearms”. One person has been hospitalized with life threatening injuries.

  • associated press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans climb during recession

Health officials say suicides among middle-aged Americans climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, a period that included the recession. Over...

  • Associated Press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Constructions workers cheer as crowning piece of World Trade Center ascends

The newest addition to the World Trade Center was hoisted to the top Thursday in the form of a silver spire embellished with the American flag.

  • Associated Press
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Rhode Island becomes tenth state to legalize gay marriage

Rhode Island Governor Chafee signed the bill into law Thursday evening. Weddings will take place beginning on August 1st.

  • Records
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

OU officials continue refusal of distribution of employee records

University employees up for tenure or promotions are unable to view their own personal records because of confidentiality clauses.

  • scholarship
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Four Sooners receive Boren Award for International Study

The award is given out to students of merit who wish to study in countries of national security concern

  • engineering
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Concrete Canoe team floats on to national competition

Sooners take regionals in the American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition and now head to nationals looking for redemption...

  • museum
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  • 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Recent OU graduate to speak about his photography

Thomas Shahan will be speaking about his work photographing insects at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and hold ing workshops to teac...

  • OU Cousins
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  • 3 weeks, 3 days ago

International, American students end year of friendship with barbecue

The OU Cousins program ended the year with a barbecue for students to say goodbye. President Boren unveiled a bronze tablet memorializing Leo Whinery ...

  • Phoenix
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  • 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Woman on trial for killing boyfriend sets record for most days testifying

As Jodi Arias’ trial progressed, the prosecution and the jury spent an unprecedented amount of time trying to detangle her story.

  • News
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  • 3 weeks, 3 days ago

New York church receives religious art from Pennsylvania painter

Rev. Theodore Jurewicz has been practicing a Roman art style to paint icons for about 40 years.

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