By Emily Wiley, Editor-in-Chief The university launched a new tool to help students engage with the campus community. The new Oklahoma City University app was launched Feb. 17. The app has had 549 downloads from the Apple Store and between 100 and 500 downloads from GooglePlay, as of presstime. “So far we have gotten really good…
What’s in a name? How descriptive words can help or hurt
If you could determine how people saw you, what would you hope they saw? I investigated the power behind labels and descriptive terms on self-perception.
University closes early due to inclement weather
The main campus and the School of Law will be closing at 2 p.m. Feb. 23. Officials sent out the Blue Alert to students, faculty and staff around 1:10 p.m. To find out more about how officials decide on closings, read Editor-in-Chief Emily Wiley’s previous story. Please be careful going home, and check with MediaOCU for…
Officials continue to monitor weather updates
University officials spent more time looking at weather than students may have thought. When severe weather seems imminent, officials constantly monitor the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration website, noaa.gov, which provides a constantly updating forecast for weather across the nation. If it seems that conditions worsen, then the university provost, assistant provost, the university’s risk management…
Counselors encourage students to attend group sessions
By Miguel Rios, Staff Writer Counseling services is hosting a interpersonal group to help students develop healthier relationships with themselves and others. The interpersonal group, started by Lori Finley, master level intern for the counseling center, will meet from 12 to 1 p.m. every Friday, except during Spring Break, until April 3 in the counseling…
Alvin’s offers new specialty items
By Kayla McKenna, Staff Writer Alvin’s Café started a new tradition toward the end of the fall 2014 semester, adding the weekly special. The specials are meant to offer a new home-cooked addition to the menu for the week. Prices of the weekly specials vary with each dish. “I just decided we needed to offer…
Student offers free yoga class
By Kyle Wallace, Staff Writer A student now offers free group yoga sessions to everyone on campus. Rayne Sofley, acting sophomore, leads the group’s sessions, from 8 to 9 a.m. every day in different locations around campus. Sofley announces locations and other information about the sessions on a Facebook page titled Yoga OCU. Yoga is…
Worship service to provide different speakers for community
Evensong will bring in guest speakers this semester to give a different voice to the community. The Rev. Rodney Newman, director of religious life, has scheduled three guest speakers to preach at Evensong this semester. The speakers are: Hannah Lampi, religion junior; Michael Horn, youth ministry junior, and Lori Walke, associate pastor at Mayflower United…
Proposed ‘language’ brings changes to SGA
By Emily Wiley, Editor-in-Chief Students might not be seeing candidates for Student Government Association at voting places anymore. The old language on the campaign rules for SGA allowed candidates and their staff to stand at the voting places with iPads and other devices asking passing students to vote. With the new language proposed, this would become illegal and…
Women’s soccer team raises money for new locker room
By Miguel Rios, Staff Writer The soccer team has raised enough money to get a new locker room after nearly five years of fundraising. “All four years that I’ve been here, we have shared a locker room with the guy’s team,” said Ashleigh Story, liberal arts senior. “It’s the tiniest little thing, and it smells…
New personnel planning graduation ceremony
By Kyle Wallace, Staff Writer Logistics of the commencement ceremonies have yet to be announced to students expecting to graduate because of a personnel change in academic affairs. “I see signs about graduation, but I’ve never had it explained to me exactly what I need to do,” said Brady Bieber, economics and finance senior. Academic…
Baseball improves in season
The men’s baseball team fell to Mount Mercy (Iowa) 3-1 and controlled MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 6-1 Feb. 20 at Jim Wade Stadium. The Stars, ranked 16th in the NAIA, improved to 7-3 in the season and created a combined 10 hits for- the day. Mount Mercy scored all of their runs in the third inning. OCU scored their loan…
Women’s basketball reaches season-highs
The women’s basketball team defeated St. Gregory’s 115-50 Feb. 19 at Abe Lemons Arena. The Stars set a season high in 3-pointers made with 14 in total, and tied a season high in with 27 assists, but committed a season low in turnovers with only nine. The Stars improved to 19-2, 14-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball. The…
OKC Zoo to host “wild” career fair
Have you ever dreamed of working at a zoo? If so, the OKC Zoo has a career fair on the wild side just for you.
Cokesbury water shut off
Cokesbury Court Apartment’s water will be shut off 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Feb. 20. Residents were notified by an email from Jerry Jones, office manager for university apartments, at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 18 that the water would be shut off Feb. 19. Students were notified again around 3:15 p.m. that the date had been moved to Feb. 20. The reason for…
Oklahoma lawmakers consider texting and driving ban
Oklahoma lawmakers are seeking legislation to ban texting and driving. The case to ban the use of mobile phones while operating vehicles has been long debated, but came to a head last month after a phone-related incident cost two highway patrol officers their lives. On Jan. 1, 2015, Steven Clark was driving down I-40 and…
OCU student wins contest
Sunsinee Parker, mass communications senior was announced the winner in the college division of the End Litter video contest, hosted by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful. Parker won a $750 cash prize for her winning video. High school and college students were entered into the contest. To find out more about the contest, visit the KOB website….
Birth and death on Facebook: milestones in the Internet Age
A new generation of Facebook users will have a presence on the social media platform before they’re born, and after they die. Is this constant media coverage a sign of progress and self-expression, or just another way to compete online?
University closes due to inclement weather
Officials announced the campus will be closed Feb. 16 due to inclement weather. Students, faculty and staff were alerted via Blue Alerts around 10:10 a.m. The original decision was that campus would open at 11 a.m., and the alert was sent out at 6:30 a.m. MediaOCU will have more updates as needed, stay safe.
Serving pancakes in tradition before Lent
Wednesday at the Wesley will host Flat Tuesday, a traditional pancake dinner marking the last day before the season of Lent. Flat Tuesday is a free event from 5-6:15 p.m. Feb. 17 in Watson Lounge in the lower of the Chapel. The season of Lent is the six weeks leading up to Easter, it is…
Softball team overview
The softball team looks to return to the NAIA Softball World Series in 2015 with a veteran squad of 11 returners. The Stars will begin their 2015 campaign as the NAIA’s fifth-ranked team and favorite to win the Sooner Athletic Conference. OCU opens the new season Feb. 13 in the Cowtown Classic in Fort Worth, Texas….
Women’s basketball on winning streak
The women’s basketball team beat Wayland Baptist (Texas) 80-78 Feb. 12 at the Hutcherson Center in a clash of top 25-ranked teams in NAIA Division I. The Stars kept Wayland Baptist without a point in the final 1:22. Second-ranked Oklahoma City kept its win streak alive in moving to 18-1, 13-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, while 25th-ranked Wayland…
Tour Germany
Submitted OCU professor and author is organizing a tour of Germany this summer that will explore some of the places she remembers from her childhood while growing up there during World War II. The tour, from June 22 to July 2, is open to the public and will be led by Christiane Faris, a German…
What to do in OKC this weekend–Valentine’s Special
The most entertaining events off-campus to liven up your Valentine’s weekend.
Men’s golf begins
Men’s golf opens their 2015 spring season as the fifth-ranked squad in NAIA. OCU won or finished second in all seven of their tournaments last season including second in the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships and the NAIA Championships. The Stars finished four strokes behind NAIA champion Coastal Georgia in the national tournament at LPGA International…
Baseball victory
The baseball team defeated Hastings (Neb.) 16-4 Feb. 8 at Jim Wade Stadium. Sophomore Jared Baker drove in four runs, while junior Reggie Wilson had four hits. The Stars, ranked 16th in NAIA baseball, improved to 3-2 on the season. Sophomore Ken Williams struck out Ty Neill on a called third strike with the bases loaded to…
