The possibility of Facebook using the popular hashtag for data collection should concern participants It seems that today, our society immediately gravitates toward any hashtag that has the word challenge in it. So naturally, when the #10YearChallenge made its rounds on the internet, everyone jumped on the bandwagon and posted a current photo alongside a […]
Rep. Markwayne Mullin’s #BorderBeard lacks impact as political protest and seems like a plea for attention. Oklahoma Congressional representative Markwayne Mullin is getting attention from his promise to grow out his beard until the federal government solidifies plans to build the wall along the border between the United States and Mexico. Representative Mullin explained, “This […]
Local reporting confirmed and expanded the findings on food inequality in Tulsa. Over the course of 2017, Gallup Surveys partnered with Tulsa to find out how Tulsans feel about their economic opportunities and quality of life. Last week, Fox23 News provided an overview of the survey’s findings from the finalized report for 2018. While nearly […]
The probe, orbiting the moon since June 2018, engaged in a “soft” landing recently
Changing attitudes toward women’s education and improvement in medication have helped lower the national birth rate. Birth rates are decreasing across the United States. National Public Radio reported that the U.S. birth rate is now lower than it has been in 30 years. The general fertility rate hit a record low in 2017 at around […]
Scientists warn of a possible extinction on the horizon for the insects. Monarch butterflies are common sights at TU. However, catastrophic drops in the populations of these iconic insects are occurring all over the United States. Monarchs migrate to California and Mexico for the winter. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation recorded an 86 percent […]
The midterms saw a blue majority in the House and a single Democratic representative from Oklahoma. Rarely has there been as much participation in a U.S. election as there was in these midterms. According to NPR, voter turnout hit a 50-year high. For Oklahoma, most of the state stayed red. In the House of Representatives, […]
Heading home for the holidays isn’t always idyllic. While trying to avoid conflict this season, consider these tips and tricks. The Millennial generation is not the first to clash with their elders. It happened with the Roaring ‘20s and the beat generation in the 1960s as well. Thanksgiving and Christmas are not always a Norman […]
Pay it Forward urges students to use extra meal swipes to help feed the homeless. Plenty of Tulsans cross paths with homeless people or are at least aware of their existence around town, but few do anything about it. Pay it Forward is a group of students who are encouraging their peers to donate their […]
Though key members are now in their 70s, the band still brought the house down in Tulsa. Fleetwood Mac’s frontwoman Stevie Nicks once said in an interview, “If you can’t rock and roll, you’re old.” Apparently early 70s is not old, as the longstanding members of Fleetwood Mac who still perform together are all between […]
