It’s official! Tulsans really like their hard drugs. I know this looks bad, but I can explain. Tulsa is third in the nation for weed use, sixth in cocaine, sixth in heroin and seventh in meth use. Some critics, negative Nellies and naysayers claim that this is bad press. But this is where T-Town can […]
Author: Brennen Gray
Support for survivors during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October is a time for students to educate themselves on patterns of abuse and how to keep themselves and their peers safe. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a chance for survivors and advocates alike to raise awareness to the topic of domestic abuse and its effects on victims. Several national organizations, like Take […]
Playback: Jeff Rosenstock – “WORRY.”
Jeff Rosenstock’s punk opus “WORRY.” is three years old as of Oct. 14. I can see the question forming on your lips right now: who writes a retrospective on a three-year-old record? We do. Ethan’s take: Love. This is the ultimate punk album for people who know nothing about punk, because so much of it […]
TU mecha-bike robot on scooter rampage
A string of campus bike burglaries led to a chilling mechanized discovery. Where the hell are all the campus bikes going? They have been stolen, misplaced and hung in trees at random times. And still there are plenty unaccounted for. Could it be that a thief means to fence them off? Not likely. Campus bikes […]
TU Copy sealed away for our safety
What lies do that drywall and plaster cover up? We have all seen that little space that used to be TU Copy; the wall just one flight of stairs down from the café in McFarlin Library. One would expect that thing to be caged up, the window blocked off like a closed boutique in a […]
TU engineering student lost in Phillips Hall
Despite multiple search parties, campus security have yet to free the student from building. TU engineer Sarah N. Dipity wandered into Phillips Hall six years ago thinking she was headed to the right place. After all, the words, “Phillips Engineering” are etched into the building’s façade with clear intention of permanence. But she had no […]
Saudi oilfield explosion: TU stock down
TU is in dire straits without a steady flow of oil money. Wall Street was the most silent it has been since Black Monday in 1987. Stockbrokers had their hands on their heads, and the loudest noise in the room was a distant, stifled sobbing. The culprit? An attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field. […]
Career advice for a doomed generation
We have what, maybe 30 years left? Your career decisions are obviously very important. Climate change, nuclear warfare and other apocalyptic what-not makes chances of future survival rather slim. But we are all going to be on the lookout for jobs pretty soon regardless, so here are some tips to help! 1. Embrace the futility […]
The Red Zone: not the only time to be careful
Despite the warnings of the Red Zone, sexual assault is a problem throughout the year. Sexual assault is a reality on this campus, just like countless others around the world. This time of year, sexual assault conversations are particularly prevalent amongst students and faculty alike due to what is commonly referred to as the Red […]
2019 summer TV reviews: “GoT” and otherwise
“Game of Thrones,” “Chernobyl” and “13 Reasons Why” were notable TV series this summer. To keep this article at readable length, and because I have not seen every TV show ever, I am not covering every TV event of the summer. If you want to talk about “Stranger Things,” I’m afraid you will be limited […]