In 2012, the University of Tulsa acquired a new building for the sitting president of the university to reside in during his term. Located at 2101 S. Madison Avenue, Skelly Mansion was the home of former President Geoffrey Orsak first. Previous owners range from the families of former U.S. representatives to local architects. The current […]
Month: January 2017
Local stores closing, students to blame?
On the last day of 2016, Business Insider reported that several well known “retailers are bracing for a fresh wave of store closures at the start of the new year.” The article also speculated, “the industry is heading into 2017 with a glut of store space as shopping continues to shift online and foot traffic […]
Campus Security phone outages are nothing to worry about
TU students who receive text messages as part of the university’s emergency notification program may have noticed the recent warnings concerning Campus Security’s phone services. So far this month, there have been three campus phone outages that have ranged in time from 20 to 90 minutes, though at least one of those occurred over the […]
Congress people should have attended inauguration
Last Friday, over sixty Congress members boycotted President Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony. All of them were Democrats, and most of them publicly announced that they would not be attending because of their opposition to the president’s rhetoric. Meanwhile, people in organizations like the Girl Scouts and the Rockettes argued that they should not have […]
Inauguration boycott is a stand for legislators’ values
Several congressmen and women boycotted Trump’s inauguration, and it was wonderful. In doing so they affirmed the strongly held beliefs of every US citizen who ever said “Never Trump.” In what may be the mildest form of civil disobedience, they symbolically withdrew their support. The choice made by these members of Congress rings of a […]
Suicide prevention efforts should start at its causes
Suicide is, to say the least, a difficult topic to broach with someone. It suffers first from its inherently morbid nature, and next from how strange a concept it can be to those who are wholly foreign to it. I personally can recall several conversations with people who confessed, sometimes proudly, to consider the victims […]
BuzzFeed’s low standards affect national dialogue
It was a report that read like something out of a Tom Clancy thriller, only the critics probably would have panned the thing for being too unrealistic. Donald Trump, a man who had already shattered all notions of conventional political wisdom and become the most controversial figure on the planet, was now being implicated as […]
Proposed alcohol tax an answer to Okla. care budget
On Jan. 12, State Rep. Forrest Bennett (D), tweeted “I’m introducing a bill that would dedicate a small portion of revenue from alcohol sales to healthcare services for the un- & under-insured.” Because the 2017 legislative session hasn’t started yet, the bill is far from being introduced to the floor. However, Bennett is confident in […]
Tulsa creative writers meet to exchange tips, encouragement
The Tulsa Night Writers consist of writers from nearly every genre, lifestyle and writing level. They meet on the third Tuesday of every month at the Allee Beth Martin East Regional Library auditorium at 7 p.m. I attended last week’s meeting, and was taken aback by the warmth the members expressed towards me and the […]
“Interfaith” attendees honor many beliefs, share one meal
Last Saturday, the University of Tulsa had its first ever Interfaith Dinner, hosted in the upper floor of ACAC. The event, as the name suggests, was meant to be an opportunity for members of different faiths to not just enjoy a meal together, but discuss the similarities and differences in their beliefs. Participants registered at […]