With the move to the SEC and the deepened scene, live music in Norman is set for possible expansion of venues and artists as the city prepares for larger crowds and more interest.
Higher education is at a turning point and now universities, like OU, are grappling with how to keep the worth of their degrees viable.
As OU attempts to reconcile and grow from racist incidents that plague its past, the university is now at a crossroads as possible state legislation and inquiries surrounding funding threaten the shape and scope of DEI and some liberal arts programs.
Moving from the state’s third largest city to its first, the new behavioral health campus will take Griffin Memorial Hospital’s title as the state’s primary mental health hospital. With it, leaves the question of what the over 220-acre property will house next amid Norman’s impending economic boom.
Now, as Fritz Kiersch, director of 1984's "The Children of the Corn", searches for his next project, he has turned his attention toward teaching the next generation of filmmakers as a film professor at OU.