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Native Storytelling: passing down tribal history

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“For many years the animals had no control of fire. They, of course, had always seen the forest fires and the lightning. They knew that the fire was powerful, beautiful and dangerous. … The little water spider watched the others, and she quietly thought, ‘All these animals want the fire badly, but something is missing. The thing is preparation. We must prepare if we are really to get and keep the fire. …’ She needed something to carry out the fire so it wouldn’t get wet, so she wove a little basket to carry the fire. She carried the little basket…

’50 Shades’ article removed from high school yearbook

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Working hard on a story only to have the content scrapped before publication is something former Norman High School student Makenzie Millsap is familiar with. Millsap wrote an article about the popular but sexually explicit book “50 Shades of Grey” by E.L. James for her high school yearbook, but school’s Principal Scott Beck removed the story before it could be published. Millsap said she knew the story might be controversial, but she thought she could “write around the parts that were bad.” “My main goal was to write an interesting story on how big the movie got and how crazy…

As mental health ails more students, colleges increase resources

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Kaela Moore smiled all the time. Unbeknown to many, the Northeastern State University student experienced five to eight panic attacks a day. Crippling depression once brought her to a place “no one wants to go,” she said. Moore, now 19 and living in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, attempted suicide during her freshman year of college. Although television sensationalizes college life in a grand and flawless manner, Moore’s reality proved somber. She said she often contemplated killing herself. In a sea of statistics, her struggle stands as one individual in a national mental health epidemic across college campuses. According to the World Health…

OU celebrates anniversary with Galileo exhibit

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To mark the University of Oklahoma’s 125th anniversary, the school is bringing an exhibit to showcase Galileo Galilei’s influence on art, culture, literature and science. The staggered, year-old project, called Galileo’s World, will be distributed across 20 exhibits, seven locations and three campuses starting Aug. 1. “Each of the 20 exhibits represents a unique theme that links the concepts pioneered during the Scientific Revolution to concepts relevant to modern research,” said Chelsea Julian, OU University Libraries spokeswoman. The exhibit highlights the world-class holdings of the OU Libraries’ History of Sciences collections including all 12 works published by Galileo in his…

Moore’s tornado recovery steady but slow

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by Destiny Washington Thirteen months after a tornado blasted a mile-wide, five-mile-long path through Moore, Okla., the city is still recovering. “We lost so much out of all of this, but it’s home,” said Catherine Troy, a resident since November 2012. “Dear God, keep us safe. Those were my last words,” she said. “And then it started. I heard this giant roar.” Troy was inside a storm shelter under her garage with two dogs, her sister and mother-in-law. In pitch black, she said she heard wood cracking, glass breaking and debris falling above. Suddenly, everything fell quiet. “I opened my…

Teen moms struggle with conflicting roles of mother and student

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by Destiny Smith Because she is pregnant and 15, the future may be different for Reyna Rodriguez. In September, she is expecting a girl. Unlike many pregnant teens, Reyna said she and her boyfriend, 16, had planned to have a baby, though not necessarily so soon. She said her parents were disappointed. Her birth father suggested she have an abortion. Her stepfather and her mother offered to keep the child if Reyna did not. Reyna is an upcoming sophomore at U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City. At nearby Capitol Hill High, Alex Souza, principal for five years, has witnessed…

LGBT Oklahomans celebrate their pride

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by Destiny Smith When folks celebrated the Pride 2014 Block Party in Oklahoma City, same-sex marriage was legal in 19 states, eight more than a year ago. “Oklahoma needs to get with the times,” said Dawn Evans, who was at the party with Sheri Bott, her wife of 11 years. The couple was married outside Oklahoma where such weddings remain illegal, pending a court appeal. “What’s the difference? We raised three respectful kids,” Evans said, referring to her same-sex marriage. The block party on June 20 kicked off the 2014 Pride Weekend, a celebration featuring the lesbian, gay, bisexual and…

College recruitment puts pressure on high school athletes

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by Ronnie Rhodes College coaches recruit fewer than 7 percent of high school athletes each year, according to the NCAA, Some athletes go to well-known schools with large sports programs. They succeed in the spotlight and have a better chance of making it in professional sports. The rest go to smaller schools. They get less recognition but might be as talented as those who go to big-name institutions. All this fight for recognition comes with a price, however. More and more athletes are competing for the top spot at a school. The competition has increased over the years with the…

Indie filmmakers take on Hollywood establishment

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by Ronnie Rhodes We see commercials for Hollywood blockbusters almost every day, wondering what big installment of a franchise will come next and who will be the next big actor. Now, the rise of a totally different entity – the independent film – is giving Hollywood a run for its money. OU senior Kyle Whalen has been in multiple independent movies and defines independent film as its own genre and style. “Something that has a lot of quirk. Something a big production company wouldn’t bank their summer revenue on,” Whalen said. Independent films did not come into the world unexpectedly…

Gaylord College hosts high school journalism workshop

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by Caitlyn Minton Sixteen high school journalists were put to the test during the 2014 Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism. “Journalists don’t get a lot of sleep,” said sophomore Camila Gonzalez of Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City. The University of Oklahoma hosted the OIDJ workshop for the 11th  consecutive year.  This year’s eight-day workshop was overseen by Melanie Wilderman, director of Oklahoma Scholastic Media at OU. “I believe in OIDJ. We are cultivating the next generation of journalists,” Wilderman said. All the students attend high school in Oklahoma. But they represented different ethnic groups, races and…

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