Basketball journalist Hannah Robbins covers the Golden Hurricane’s thrilling 54-51 win over the No. 23 Wichita State Shockers on Saturday. Going into the game Saturday, Feb. 1, against the Wichita State Shockers, Tulsa had the momentum of a five game winning streak but the question remained: could the team come together and upset another ranked […]
Author: Hannah Robbins
Tulsa misses shots, loses to Tulane
Basketball journalist Hannah Robbins discusses missed opportunities in the Golden Hurricane’s 50-46 loss to Tulane. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Tulsa just let the Tulane Green Wave wash right over them before failing to claw back to the lead. Morgan Brady was the only Golden Hurricane to hit double digits, scoring 18 points, with the next […]
Biden’s endorsements will win him Iowa despite recent polls
Biden’s experience and proximity to Obama make him the favorite to get the most votes on Monday. There’s a well-known political science book called “The Party Decides,” which states that it is the party, not the voters, who really select presidential nominees. In the past the party literally selected nominees, but now there’s a complex […]
TU’s new mission statement: FUCK YOU
Short, sweet and completely accurate. As you might have learned from the emails that aren’t quite as persistent as Pam Smith’s suggestions to do your course evals but just as likely to prevent you from interacting with them, TU has come out with a new mission statement. This new mission statement is fairly simple and […]
The New York Times’s endorsement not pragmatic, indecisive
By choosing to support Warren and Klobuchar, the newspaper’s backing means even less. On Sunday, Jan. 12, The New York Times released their endorsements for the 2020 Democratic Primary. That’s right, their endorsements, plural. The newspaper endorsed two candidates for the office for the first time in their history, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. While […]
Tulsa Hurricane sinks the Pirates
Basketball journalist Hannah Robbins discusses the players and strategies that led to Tulsa’s first conference basketball win against the East Carolina Lady Pirates. On Tuesday the Golden Hurricane snapped a five-game losing streak to surge to a late victory over the East Carolina Lady Pirates. Lead by Kayla Moutry’s 19 points and Rebecca Lescay’s 15, […]
US nationals prepare skaters for Olympics
Skating journalist Hannah Robbins discusses Gracie Gold, Nathan Chen and the fight for the top spot in the ice dance competition. This week in Greensboro, North Carolina the best U.S. figure skaters competed in the national championships. Among the upsets came redemption, and some old faces returned on their own path to the 2022 Olympics. […]
New sports to watch in 2020
With 2019 good and gone, seasoned sports journalist Hannah Robbins suggests some new sports to add for your viewing pleasure in the lead up to the 2020 Olympics. As the new year begins, everyone makes New Year’s resolutions, but one thing seems to stay the same: their sports habits. However, while a small number of […]
Not just kneecappings! Five fun, DIY ways to dodge the draft
DIY yourself out of having to die in a war you don’t agree with! With all that silly stuff with Iran coming up and bombs and other lovely explosions across the sea (who really cares?), the draft has reared its ugly head and reminded men that for some reason you still have to sign up […]
Pelosi finally hands over articles of impeachment
The Speaker’ s handling of the impeachment articles may hurt Democrats going forward. After four weeks of silence, Nancy Pelosi finally sent the articles of impeachment over to the Senate. While Pelosi stated that the wait for the Senate to release information on the structure of the impeachment trial led to her delay, the radio […]