Norman, Oklahoma

During the larger part of my childhood, my parents were what was known as “birders” -- amateur yet dedicated ornithologists who, rather than looking at birds, looked for them. They had met in college, both pursuing a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Management at Frostburg State University. Neither of them ended up in careers related to their major -- my father became a molecular biologist and my mother a school psychologist -- but they did retain their love for the natural world and, more…

Education is a crucial aspect of society, and has an impressive change in the generations that are to come. When I was in my senior year of high school, my english teacher taught me how to express myself through my own descriptive writing. Throughout these years of being a student, I never had a mentor reach out to me in that way with writing. After graduating, I took a year off from school so I could figure out what I wanted to major in. In that time, I realized how influential teachers and…

the dressing room, counting his dwindling tips. Jonathan Cleveland-Hindman, a 25-year-old queen known as Jexa Ren’ae Van de Kamp, took the stage once again after The Wreckroom drag club reopened its doors to the public in July. The Wreckroom was Oklahoma City’s premiere drag club for LGBT youth, and was previously closed for financial reasons. “Drag is all about expressing myself,” said…

Steve Turner. Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat, and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009. Adams County, Washington is the topic of journalist Steve Turner’s book Amber Waves and Undertow. Partly inspired by his own experiences within the region, and acting as a county history, Turner’s work examines the various modern cultures that have inhabited this portion of Washington State. From dry wheat farmers and cattle ranchers to…

Dedication to one thing in life is hard to accomplish, especially if the one thing requires hours and hours of dedication every week. Bart Conner, an Olympic gold medal winner for the United States and a National Championship at the University of Oklahoma was very dedicated to his career. Bart’s journey to become the outstanding gymnast he is today was long and hard, but it eventually paid off. Even though he had to mature in a hurry, he soon realized that his childhood dream would come true.…

the consequences. While they all have a common goal of preventing cheating, each campus has their own unique way of establishing the problem and dealing with the aftermath. At both Universities that were founded in 1890, Oklahoma State University(OSU) and The University of Oklahoma(OU), academic integrity policies have been…

education or training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties for a particular career when making this decision. Child and family social worker jobs are world-wide but I personally would like to work in oklahoma. Social workers work in all sorts of environments, but many work in child welfare agencies. Social workers work full quite a bit though some even end up working weekends and holidays. Social worker jobs are located all over the world. Social…

Book Review The Women's West. Edited by Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. xi + 323 pp. The Women’s West consists of a compilation of essays about the re-evaluation of the western history and the Western women. These twenty-one essays were firstly presented at the Women’s West Conference in 1983 and later edited by Susan Armitage and Elizabeth Jameson and turned into a book. It starts with an introduction essay by Armitage which points out the…

INTRODUCTION The University of Oklahoma (OU) prides itself in being a diverse campus with endless opportunities. These opportunities are beneficial to all students, but not so easily achieved by a handful of students. The Native American community at The University of Oklahoma is a growing community to all involved, but is also one of the smallest communities within the campus in Norman, Oklahoma. Due to the lack of communication within this group of the Native American community here at OU,…

and foreign countries, including Wisconsin, where they had to settle out a lawsuit that for selling basic items such as milk, butter, cigarettes, and laundry detergent, making its competitors suffer large sales losses; this same tactic was used in Oklahoma’ Sam…