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Theatre Review: OU’s ‘Midsummer’ takes chances

May 4, 2009 | 1 comment

The University Theatre presented a very unusual rendition of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this weekend. In this variation of the oft-played comedy, the story has been transported from ancient Athens to modern-day New York, and just as the show’s flyers warn, “this is not your momma’s Shakespeare.” READ MORE

Book Review: Zombies make Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ a better read

April 15, 2009 | 0 comments

Anyone who has wallowed through Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” probably found it quite contrived and utterly without action. Now, the famous story of “I hate him, I love him, nope more hate, happy loving ending” has become infinitely more tolerable thanks the Seth Grahame-Smith, who added zombies. READ MORE

Theatre Review: Singing the ‘Baby’ blues

April 3, 2009 | 0 comments

This weekend and next, the University Theatre is presenting “Baby,” a musical about the happiness and strains that pregnancy brings to three very different couples. READ MORE

Book Review: Nostalgia and muppets

March 30, 2009 | 0 comments

The newly released “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street” by Michael Davis presents a history of the 40-year-old television show, from the first inklings of thoughts by its creators to its modern inception. READ MORE

Breaking into the business

March 2, 2009 | 0 comments

The book “Now, Launch Your Career” is a compilation of letters to professionals from whom you might wish to get vocational advice, but probably never would. In the book, editor Paul Carpino, M.A., a career counselor at UNLV, has compiled over 41 letters from highly successful professionals from various fields. READ MORE

Festival Ballet pliés into Rupel J. Jones Theatre

March 2, 2009 | 0 comments

This weekend, the Oklahoma Festival Ballet presented its spring performance, a combination tribute to the Ballets Russes and performance of a Balanchine ballet. The show was a stunning combination of four distinct pieces: “Divertimento No. 15”, “L’Apres Midi D’un Faune”, “Balletudes” and “The Firebird.” READ MORE

Searching for Saddam: An OU grad tells his story

February 27, 2009 | 0 comments

Interrogations never look like they do on “24.” Instead of beating a guy to a pulp, Eric Maddox, an OU graduate, coaxes his subjects into divulging essential information. READ MORE

Pulitzer winner unveils new poems

February 26, 2009 | 0 comments

The OU community hosted Pulitzer-winning poet and Emory professor Natasha Trethewey at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Wednesday. READ MORE

Pulitzer-winning poet on how to tell the stories

February 23, 2009 | 0 comments

Natasha Trethewey, a Pulitzer prize-winning poet, will visit campus today and tomorrow to participate in a poetry reading and a book signing. What follows is an excerpt from a phone interview with Trethewey about her writing and Pulitzer experience. READ MORE

Drama students shine in ‘Anna’

February 16, 2009 | 0 comments

This weekend, the OU Lab Theatre presented five sold-out performances of Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Anna In The Tropics.” The Lab Theatre is set in a small room within the Old Science building no bigger than a midsized classroom. READ MORE

Students display depth and diversity at YCS

February 2, 2009 | 0 comments

A quick glance through the program offered explanation for some of the excitement about this fully student-produced show. There was something for everyone, with dance styles from ballet to tribal-inspired and music by artists as divergent as Beethoven and Radiohead. READ MORE

‘What was your New Year’s resolution?’

January 22, 2009 | 0 comments

New Year’s resolutions come in all varieties. READ MORE

COLUMN: End of semester should be fun, not boring

December 11, 2008 | 3 comments

In my opinion, and all of yours, I’m sure, dead week and finals week are boring. They’re all study, no play. It’s enough to drive every one of us mad. I propose the following activities instead of trying to memorize the periodic table (does anyone still do that?) or attempting to distinguish between the Gawain of the Green Knight and Gawain of Chrétien de Troyes. So here you go. Have some fun during finals week. READ MORE

COLUMN: As America changes, so must its school system

November 17, 2008 | 0 comments

Since education reformer Horace Mann invigorated the public school system by introducing new ideas about how schools should be run in the 1830s, this country has changed drastically. READ MORE

COLUMN: Malpractice dangerous for doctors, patients

November 4, 2008 | 0 comments

During the last decade, there has been a terrifying proliferation of unwarranted lawsuits. Some are merely ludicrous. READ MORE

COLUMN: Global food aid programs often hurt those they claim to help

October 6, 2008 | 0 comments

We are reminded constantly of the plight of those in less fortunate countries. READ MORE

COLUMN: Global trade important despite political reservations

September 22, 2008 | 0 comments

Until recent years, bipartisan support of free and global trade flourished. READ MORE

COLUMN: Opt-out system, legal sales needed for organ donation

September 8, 2008 | 0 comments

My kidneys are my property. But the legislative hurdles that keep my kidneys from consensually leaving my body are killing thousands in this country every year. READ MORE

COLUMN: Nothing wrong with brown

August 25, 2008 | 5 comments

On the color scale of going green to single-handedly sending the world toward blackout, I’m still in the murky brown area. READ MORE

Articles by Sarah Dorn