Sports writer Callie Hummel discusses the success of our nationally ranked soccer players. With their 2020 soccer season consisting solely of conference play and resulting in a 6-4-2 record, the Tulsa men’s soccer team has come out of the gate hot in the 2021 season. They have a lot to prove in the new year, […]
Month: September 2021
Major League teams reach turning points at the end of the season
Sports Analyst Nathan Fahland gives a rundown of the top seeded teams going into the Playoffs. With the Major League Baseball 2021 regular season ending soon as the first Wildcard game will be played on Oct. 5, there are several different strategies teams can employ to prepare for October baseball. Some teams utilize the last […]
Julius Jones recommended for commutation
The death row inmate’s fate is now up to Governor Kevin Stitt, who can either accept or reject the board’s decision. On Sept. 13, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3 to 1, with one member recusing, to recommend commuting Julius Jones’ death sentence, altering it to life in prison. Adam Luck, the board’s […]
Universities remove standardized test requirements
Many colleges’ applications no longer require SAT or ACT scores in a change that may last beyond the pandemic. For most college-bound high school students, taking the SAT or ACT is an essential part of the application process. A higher score on these tests gives you a greater chance of acceptance and receiving scholarships. These […]
Students respond to Blue Light pole removal
With the reconstruction of the Blue Light emergency poles, students are left in the dark as to long-term plans to keep campus safe. Before committing to coming here, I visited the University of Tulsa with my mom and she asked the same question she had asked everywhere else: what is the university doing to ensure […]
Development crunch time violates workers’ rights
Developers find their personal time increasingly meaningless to development companies despite skyrocketing profit margins. With the backdrop of the pandemic at play, the pressures of the video game industry have intensified; American total spending on video games hit a record high of $56.9 billion in 2020, according to the market research organization NPD. This demand […]
“Star Trek: Lower Decks” a comedic addition to the “Star Trek” era
In the animated television series, “Star Trek: Lower Deck,” we see the more mundane side of the “Star Trek” universe. Following up on a surprisingly stellar first season, “Star Trek: Lower Decks” continues to tell classic “Star Trek” adventures with a comedic twist midway through its second season. The past few years have seen a […]
Comic series prequel to “Umbrella Academy” a must-read
“You Look Like Death” provides intriguing storylines and interesting visuals despite missing some marks. This summer, the long-anticipated prequel to the “Umbrella Academy” comic series finally released its completed first volume “You Look Like Death.” If you’re a fan of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” then this is the perfect read for you. As you may […]
TU replaces Blue Light Phones with epic prank
Does this make you ragequit, Batman? Once passive, unspoken guardians of the campus, the Blue Light Phones have been drastically changed: no longer do students have the option to utilize this safety measure, and it has instead been deactivated and replaced with a QR code haphazardly draped upon the previous system’s corpse. Though previously these […]
Hurricane Heartbreak: counteracting breakups with EX-orcisms
This week’s weekly email from TU attempts to tackle breakups and shares healthy ways for students to overcome heartache and loss. In a strangely unimpressive move, the University of Tulsa official email system sent out yet another singularly esoteric and obscure solution to a problem faced by many students. With modern solutions proving too unwieldy […]