Saturday, November 22, 2008

University of Oklahoma

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How America's Best Leaders Were Picked

The methodology, the selection committee, and the research team. more >>

College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1

The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi. more >>

Trail Mix: April Fools' Edition

Pranks aplenty at Hawaii-Manoa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma more >>

Oklahoma on Alert After Receiving 'Odd' Flier

A threatening flier posted around the University of Oklahoma has caught the attention of school officials, who are now "taking proper measures" in response. more >>

Angry Independents Call for Bipartisanship

Oklahoma conclave brings together possible candidate Bloomberg and other middle-roaders. more >>

Trail Mix

There's free food at the University of Oklahoma after the ice storm; Penn State's student government find out what students are "pissed" about; Yale tries to improve its dining program more >>

Winter Weather a Literal Pain in the Butt

Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin feel the freeze. more >>

Trail Mix

A recent spate of sexual assaults on and near the University of Iowa campus has prompted two sororities to hire security guards. more >>

Text Message Relationships: Worse Than eHarmony?

Spineless, uncommunicative coeds at the University of Oklahoma love text messaging, especially when it comes to relationships, the Oklahoma Daily writes. "You don't have to talk face to face. more >>

Trail Mix

* An influx of iPhones has crashed Duke University's wireless network, Inside Higher Ed writes. Questions: Is this Apple's fault? But why only at Duke? And lastly, how come so many Duke students can afford an iPhone?. more >>

Trail Mix

*The name of a former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon still graces street signs at the University of Oklahoma, the Hub reports. At least one student is upset about it. more >>

Oklahoma Has Lowest Tuition--but Highest Fees

Oklahoma University is proud to charge the lowest tuition of all its Big 12 conference peers, for both in- and out-of-state students. But, says the Oklahoma Daily, "there is something administrators aren't telling you": At $1,351. more >>

Editorial: Student Athletes are "Ineducable"

"The process of attempting to educate the ineducable or those who don't want to be educated is at best futile and at worst silly," the University of Oklahoma Daily declared in an unsigned staff editorial last week. They got some heat for the story--but, in at least one case, seem to have relieved some bottled tension, too. more >>

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