As warmer weather approaches, seasonal recreation begins anew. A popular activity in Oklahoma that offers generally low stress and low buy-in is fishing. There are over 200 different bodies of water to cast your line, all of which are documented on the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) website.
“ are able to filter their location according to region, or...
Wrongful convictions are not easy to overturn, even when the defense has DNA evidence on its side.
Five to seven years is a typical timetable for working toward exoneration, says Vicki Behenna, executive director of the Oklahoma Innocence Project, which tries to reverse wrongful convictions in the state.
“We call it the innocence movement,” says Behenna, who spent 25 years as...
With the holidays drawing near, many are engaging in online shopping to get in a festive mood. Some of those shoppers don’t realize, however, that this season can add greater fraud and phishing risks – whether they’re from the additional purchases or just from letting defenses go down as the spirit of giving takes over.
Jack Kelley, assistant vice president...
The leaves are changing and the temperature is lowering, but the work at Oklahoma’s botanical gardens doesn’t end in the fall. In fact, it’s just the beginning of another season of activities and programs.
Tulsa Botanic Garden
The Tulsa Botanic Garden does limit the daytime hours for the colder season. However, you can still plan a visit, says Lori Hutson, Tulsa...
From art and sporting events to barrel racing and rodeos, Oklahoma is chock-full of events around the town.
For art enthusiasts, visit 108 Contemporary from Aug. 5-Sept. 25 to view Kite & Natani Notah: In the Realm of Miracles. Another stop in Tulsa should be at Philbrook to view Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism, on view through Sept....
Tulsa Opera presents its final show of the season, Don Giovanni, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and sung in Italian with English supertitles. Performances run May 3 and 5 at the Tulsa PAC. Visit tulsaopera.com for tickets.
A wicked witch and her gang of monkeys are on the loose during Theatre Tulsa Academy’s The Wizard of Oz in the John...
Joseph Harroz Jr.
President – The University of Oklahoma
As one might expect, OU president Joe Harroz can rattle off all kinds of numbers about this year’s freshman class.
Largest in history with 4,582 enrolled. Highest average GPA at 3.66. Most diverse class, with 38% identifying as minorities. Percentage of first-generation students: 25%.
“Of all the stats we have, that’s the one that...
“Nothing divides the Choctaw people from the Irish people except for the ocean,” according to the Choctaw Nation’s historical account of their ongoing friendship.
In 1847, still suffering the effects from the Trail of Tears forced migration from Mississippi to Indian Territory, the Choctaw people collected $170 to send to Ireland during the potato famine. The memory of that gift...