I am a student journalist at the University of Tulsa. I have been for four years. As I near graduation, I realize I have spent four years of my life reporting on this school while knowing basically nothing about how it operates. The powerful institutions that govern our lives ought to be transparent and open […]
Author: Kayleigh Thesenvitz
A lifetime of growth with TU
I was basically born at TU. On my second day alive, my dad brought me to work with him in McClure Hall to show off his newborn daughter to his co-workers. When I was a toddler I was dressed up in a tiny Tulsa Cheerleader costume to attend home games. In middle school I spent […]
Administration changes at TU
Two significant changes to TU’s academic staff were announced via email last week. The first is that Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Janet Levit, formerly dean of TU Law, will be replacing Roger Blais as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Blais has served TU since 1977 in the capacity of a physics professor, […]
Improve TU #1: Improve admin transparency
Students and the university would benefit from open administration meetings. For the average student at the University of Tulsa, administration is often unseen. We know the president, Gerard Clancy, and there is an off chance you may have met Vice President for Enrollment Earl Johnson, but unless you have spent a significant amount of time […]
Improve TU #11: Stock bathrooms with feminine hygiene products
TU bathrooms are currently ill-equipped to deal with the needs of its students. Not to be a 77th-wave feminist or whatever number we’re on, but can we please have easy to access feminine hygiene products around here? Pads and tampons are a fact of life for many of the women in your life. We need […]
TU Indigenous Society hosts kaleidoscopic Pow Wow
President Clancy intends to replicate the energetic experience in future years. TU’s pulse pounded Saturday night in the Reynolds Center for the first annual TU Indigenous Society Pow Wow. A team of drummers and singers sat in a tight circle around three large drums in the center of the court, and dancers gathered around bouncing […]
Point/counterpoint: Students should respect professors’ privacy
Professors do not agree to become the subject of scrutiny and speculation by virtue of teaching. The Internet has made it incredibly easy to access a plethora of personal information about absolutely anyone. With the majority of the U.S. population on Facebook, it is highly likely that you can find your classmates, colleagues and even […]
How TU picked you: A look at the student recruitment process
The multilateral selection process can appear quite intimidating. TU’s Dean of Admissions Casey Reed explains how the office of admissions encourages applications and decides who to accept. Beyond a doubt, TU is a small school. Graduating high school students see only 3,000 undergrads at the university and wonder if they’ll even get in. Dean of […]
Meal sharing implemented
The new program could help more than 20 percent of TU’s student population. One young man’s initiative, and your support, could save many of TU’s poorest students from food insecurity. Conner Bender, the secretary of SA, has been working with Sodexo to pilot a food swipe donation program. The program began March 5, allowing students […]
TPS superintendent plans possible teacher walkout
All across the country, public school teachers are performing walkouts in demand for higher pay. Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist announced Sunday morning that the school district will join other districts across Oklahoma in a possible teacher walkout. “If our state legislature does not pass a plan to increase teacher pay and funding to […]