Last Tuesday, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane played the Tulane Green Wave at the Donald W. Reynolds Center, finally winning their first home game this month as they pulled away 72-66 to snap a three-game losing streak. The game started out going back and forth, as Tulsa and Tulane exchanged scoring in roughly equal portions for […]
Month: February 2021
Baseball slowly making its annual return
The middle of February is here, warmer weather peeking around the corner, and, of course, Spring Training is here! This means that a new season of baseball begins shortly, with the spring training games starting sooner than that. Before too much longer, summer will be here with warmer temperatures and baseball games to watch every […]
The Collegian’s most formidable teams in the league
5. Brooklyn Nets Coming in at as the most recent addition to the top rankings, the Nets look primed to move nowhere but up. In the increasingly frustrating absence of Kevin Durant, James Harden has played some of the absolute best basketball of his career and Kyrie Irving, when he has played, has made the […]
NBA MVP race narrows to shortlist of superstars
One of the most coveted awards in basketball, and in any sport for that matter, is the MVP, or Most Valuable Player. As of yet, there are a lot of front runners that have a great chance of winning the high honor. At the start of the season, Vegas odds favored Luka Dončić to win […]
Oklahoma lawmakers respond to BLM protests
Following Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 and the January 2021 insurrections at the Capitol, legislators throughout the country have been tasked with finding ways to respond to calls for change. In Oklahoma, several recently authored bills during the 58th legislative session have been criticized for the hypocrisy of their approach to […]
Food Not Bombs creates emergency zone for unhoused Tulsans
Mutual aid group Tulsa Food Not Bombs went viral on Facebook last week after allegations against the city of Tulsa’s handling of unhoused people during this past week’s polar vortex. On Friday, Feb. 12, Tulsa Food Not Bombs, established a campsite called “The Maybelle Emergency Zone,” or The MEZ. The volunteer group posted on social […]
Legislative Digest
SB560: This bill would allow a person operating a vehicle that is “approached and surrounded by a person or persons engaged in unlawful activity who has blocked the road” to use lethal force in their attempt to escape. The bill is clearly a response to the wave of Black Lives Matter protests last summer, many […]
Blue Lives Matter not focused on protecting the police
The events that transpired at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 horrified the nation, yet felt remarkably unsurprising. Photos of the event show a sea of red caps and Trump propaganda, along with a handful of Blue Lives Matter flags. The most ironic photo shows a man holding a Blue Lives Matter flag duct […]
Compassion will keep homeless safe during winter storm
Severe weather like what we have been experiencing in Tulsa is particularly harsh and dangerous for unsheltered people. Temperatures have reached as low as -3 degrees, making it unsafe for anyone to be exposed to these conditions without proper shelter and clothing. Due to the intensity and life-threatening nature of the winter storm, Gov. Kevin […]
Destination Tulsa: Triangle Coffee
Tulsa has so many coffee shops, it can feel somewhat overwhelming with one on almost every block downtown. But that is one of my favorite things about our city, and one of my favorite coffee shops resides in the historic Triangle building for which it got its namesake. It is located at 315 Cincinnati, within […]