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7 months, 1 week ago

Sooner Karate Club consists of members with varied martial arts background

Sarkeys Energy Center is home to the Sooner Karate Club, an organization which brings students together to train in traditional Japanese martial arts.

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Radio group offers broadcast experience to students

The Oklahoma Student Amateur Radio Club is a way for students to gain experience with ham radios. The group encourages students to participate in the ...

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Raising Cane’s opens for business Oct. 19

Burger King is gone, Raising Cane’s is in. The fast food restaurant opens in Adams Center on Oct. 19.

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8 months ago

Rainbolt family donates large endowment to go toward scholarships

OU has received an endowment that will fund scholarships and a presidential professorship.

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

CART resolves Internet issues

The Cleveland Area Rapid Transit system has worked out problems with the new wifi system installed last month.

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

OU political organizations see rise in membership

Student political organizations on campus are experiencing a rise in membership this year.

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9 months ago

OU awarded $9.7 million to fund molecular biology research

The National Institutes of Health has given $9.7 million in grants to OU to fund research in molecular biology.

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Archaic’ art form ignites OU graduate’s passion for printmaking

It’s easy to tell Thomas Shahan is the kind of person who does something interesting just by looking at him. The wildness in his large, somewhat unkem...

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

OU to remove Evans Hall fire escapes, review other buildings for safety

Following the death of Casey Cooke, 22, who fell from Evans Hall, the university will take down the buildings’ two fire escapes. OU officials sa...

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

OU student’s death determined to be due to blunt force trauma

Casey Cooke, 22, died of blunt force trauma to the head and chest, according to the state medical examiner’s office. Cooke apparently slipped as...

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

OU College of Architecture to build playhouses for charity

The College of Architecture will be building playhouses to raise money for the Court Appointed Special Advocates. All proceeds will help abused and ne...

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1 year ago

Year in Review: A look at construction around campus

Several buildings on campus have undergone renovation and new construction, including Cate Center No. 1, Gould Hall, Zarrow Hall and Rhyne Hall. Const...

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1 year ago

COLUMN: I still smoke some, but cutting back has made me feel better

I recently discovered that life is a great thing. Life is full of hardships, but overcoming those hardships will make you a stronger person to continu...

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1 year ago

Oklahomans rally against ‘Personhood Act,’ for women’s rights at Capitol

Organizers of a rally for women’s rights Saturday at the Capitol in Oklahoma City decried the idea that there isn’t a “war on women” raging in the Okl...

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1 year ago

French students share their culture through music, trivia

After two reschedulings, the French and Francophone Student Association celebrated French culture as part of its cultural night Friday at Couch Restau...

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1 year ago

Researchers look to prevent epilepsy in developing countries

Researchers have studied villages in Burkina Faso, an African nation. They have discovered a higher number of people with neurocysticercosis and cysti...

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1 year ago

COLUMN: If I’m going to kick the habit, I need to fear my cigarettes

Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death. Smoking costs the country billions of dollars. So why did the classes frame the issue of sweet, ...

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1 year ago

South African author to speak at OU

Author Mark Mathabane will speak about his childhood in South Africa during apartheid Thursday night in Dale Hall. Mathabane is known for his autobiog...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Elizabeth Smart to talk about abduction experience, obstacles

Elizabeth Smart will speak to students and faculty in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Meacham Auditorium. Smart was abducted at her home in Utah when sh...

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1 year, 1 month ago

COLUMN: Brush with death affects perspective on smoking habit

On Friday I was driving west on Highway 9 when all hell broke loose. I was crossing the overpass heading due west before the road bends onto Interstat...

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1 year, 1 month ago

COLUMN: A week without cigarettes, but really three days

Student Sam Higgins continues his trek through a tobacco free life, highlighting the pros and cons of “roughly a week” without cigarette

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1 year, 1 month ago

Brown University president to deliver commencement address

Students will hear from Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, during this year’s commencement ceremonies. Simmons, the first black woman ...

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1 year, 1 month ago

COLUMN: ‘I’m so lonely without my cigarettes’

Step inside the mind of a typical college student, Sam Higgins, who has chosen to quit smoking in response to the state of Oklahoma’s new tobacc...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Joe Sangirardi, Rainey Sewell win UOSA president, vice president

Joe Sangirardi and Rainey Sewell ran unopposed as UOSA president and vice president, respectively, for next school year. 1,766 students voted in the U...

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1 year, 1 month ago

COLUMN: For some, smoking is a lifestly choice

Despite knowing the dangers of somking, one student in particular finds this habit to be a source of comfort and it has been for the past eight years....

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1 year, 1 month ago

University recognizes top students at campus ceremony

OU President David Boren honored high-achieving students and organizations during the annual campus awards ceremony Friday evening.

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1 year, 1 month ago

OU Career Services caters programs to benefit upcoming graduates

Oklahoma’s unemployment rate and efforts by OU Career Services are helping graduating students find jobs. As of January, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate ...

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1 year, 1 month ago

Students rally to raise awareness of issues in Florida teen’s shooting

SDS, the Black Student Association and the National Pan-Hellenic Council hosted a rally as a part of a national movement to raise awareness of the Tra...

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1 year, 2 months ago

Speaker praises Arab Spring at OU President’s Associates Dinner

A scholar and author specializing in Middle Eastern affairs delivered the keynote speech at a President’s Associates Dinner Tuesday at the Sam Noble O...

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1 year, 2 months ago

Documentary discussing women’s representation in media to be screened

“Miss Representation” focuses on women’s representation in the media and influential positions in America. Women’s rights advocate Jennifer Siebel New...

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1 year, 2 months ago

SafeCare helps prevent recurring child abuse

A home-based intervention program, SafeCare, effectively helps prevent child abuse and neglect, a problem that makes up 78 percent of child protective...

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1 year, 2 months ago

OU required to release student’s public information

Due to two laws, private businesses and individuals are able to contact OU to get student directory information.

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1 year, 2 months ago

Graduate students show off research and artwork at competition

Graduate students presented their work and artwork at the Graduate Student College Research and Performance Day in an effort to win money and have the...

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1 year, 2 months ago

Grad students present research projects to judges at National Weather Center

The Graduate College held the Student Research and Performance Day on Friday afternoon at the National Weather Center.

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1 year, 2 months ago

During accreditation process, students can voice their thoughts about OU

Students, faculty and staff can participate in the accreditation process at OU. Students and staffcan participate in the accreditation Monday, and fac...

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1 year, 2 months ago

Anthony Shadid funeral to be streamed live by Gaylord College

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid’s memorial service will be held in Oklahoma City Saturday. The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass...

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1 year, 2 months ago

Expert on Middle East to speak at President’s Associates dinner March 13

A scholar, author and educator specializing on the Middle East will deliver the keynote address at a President’s Associates dinner March 13.

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1 year, 3 months ago

Alcohol-related incidents top OUPD citations given this semester

Since Jan. 10, alcohol-related violations have accounted for 37 percent of total citations issued by OUPD. During that time, of 182 total citations is...

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1 year, 3 months ago

Grant extends cancer studies at OU’s Stephenson Cancer Center

A reception held Thursday at the OU Health Sciences Center celebrated a $30.25 million grant that will allow the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer C...

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1 year, 3 months ago

OU nanoparticle research may fight cancer cells

New research using nanoparticles is on the frontline on the war against cancer OU researchers are hoping extremely tiny particles outfitted with me...

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