Music
Joshua Boydston
Norman folkster Penny Hill had plenty of thoughts for songs, but it took prodding from friends for her to fly.
Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: college
Cent-ered
Music
Joshua Boydston
Norman folkster Penny Hill had plenty of thoughts for songs, but it took prodding from friends for her to fly.
'I' want you
i2e looking for summer interns
Features
Gazette staff
Oklahoma college students, i2E wants you ... to serve a 10-week paid fellowship this summer. Through Friday, i2E is accepting applications for its 2011 class of fellows.
Students cover tax cuts
The word “irresponsible” to describe the pending income tax cut on Jan. 1, 2012, is probably an understatement.
Commentary
Kurt Hochenauer
Oklahoma college students should expect another increase in tuition costs this fall, in part, because the state Legislature will probably not stop what University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren has called an “irresponsible” tax cut.
Summer school
Head back to school without the hassle of tests or report cards. Plus, we’re pretty sure Japanese Bookbinding wasn’t offered where you matriculated.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
School is fun. No, really. Even if you weren’t Sally Study as a kid, going back — especially to these classes — can be enriching.
The first cut is the deepest
Letters to the Editor
Richard Hicks
Professor Kurt Hochenauer (Commentary, “Students cover tax cuts,” May 18, Oklahoma Gazette), here is an idea on how to lower the costs of Oklahoma’s colleges:
Matter of degrees
A Brookings Institution report says Oklahoma is behind in education level among immigrants.
News
Alex Ewald
A new report sheds light on immigration in the United States, showing more workers with a college education settling in the coastal areas and those without a high school diploma clustering in the Southwest and Great Plains.
Scary Movie 2 / Scary Movie 3
Still as funny, which is to say kinda.
Chew on this
No need to be culinarily impaired in college when local chefs can pitch in with timely suggestions.
Food and Drink Features
Carol Smaglinski
Back on campus and fending for yourself? Like most everyone else, a college student is on the lookout for cheap, fast, but above all, appetizing cuisine. Face it, meals eaten out tend to get pretty expensive unless you are employed by a restaurant and are allowed to sample a bit.
‘Mind’ mapped
KSBI has launched a trivia show for colleges.
News
Carmen Forman
Two groups of students wearing matching shirts emblazoned with their college logos awkwardly met in the lobby of the KSBI-TV studio. Words were hard to come by for the students, because they knew in the next hour, those in the different-colored shirts would be their enemies.
Ghoul school
Have you heard the one about the secret society and the kidnapped rock? Jeff Provine’s ghost tour will tell all.
