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Gamertsfelder Hall to undergo restroom, air conditioning renovations
By Paige Fisher | May 6The project was approved for $10.75 million.
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New campus decals cost OU nearly $40,000 in printing
By Paige Fisher | Apr. 5“I don’t want to say (it’s) ‘wasting money’, but I don’t think it shows anything important necessarily.”
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Congo Fest returns, draws large crowds
By Paige Fisher and Addie Hedges | Mar. 27OU freshmen, sophomores and juniors gathered together for their first Congo Fest on Friday.
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OU’s relaxed masking requirements remain after spring break
By Paige Fisher | Mar. 23Some are concerned with spring break travelers bringing COVID-19 back to OU’s campus.
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OU faculty concerned with second voluntary separation or retirement program
By Paige Fisher | Mar. 20The program ran from January 14 to March 7.
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OU-AAUP sees progress in extending instructional faculty contracts after ‘Ask Day’
By Paige Fisher | Mar. 1“I lost a lot of my colleagues in May of 2020. May 15th, 2020 is a day I don't think I'll ever forget, in my career and in my life. I think it's gonna take a long time for us to recover from something like that.”
PROJECTS
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity expected to return to OU after being suspended in 2014
By Paige Fisher | Feb. 17SAE was removed from campus in December 2014 due to violations of the fraternity’s expectations and guidelines.
PROJECTS
OU faculty continue to grapple with the effects of 2020 layoffs
By Paige Fisher | Feb. 3“I feel very saddened by the turn of the university and the way they've chosen to deal with this situation,” Molly Morrison, an Italian professor in the department of modern languages, said.
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How high filtration masks slow spread of COVID-19, impact pollution
By Paige Fisher | Jan. 25Surgical masks are not as effective as N95 and KN95 masks, but they are more preventative in curbing transmission compared to homemade or cloth masks, James Gaskell, commissioner at the Athens City-County Health Department, said.
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Athens City School District updates COVID-19 policies in new year
By Paige Fisher | Jan. 10Athens High School currently has the most cases among students of any school in the district.
