Division on whether an OU student should have received a zero on her essay, but most agreed that her free speech rights had not been violated.

In this telling, the “strong men” of the American past had created a glorious and powerful nation. Our peace and prosperity ...

The conversation was enlightening. While we talked about a number of issues, one theme was dominant — I refused to recognize ...

The paper by Samantha Fulnecky, published earlier by The Oklahoman and also posted online, received a zero by the instructor and has stirred a debate about academic freedom.

A University of Oklahoma student received a zero on a psychology essay after using her religious beliefs to discuss gender norms. The graduate student instructor said the grade was for not properly ...

Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

The essay form is a response to minds, art, communities and culture, understood through a writer’s body, intellect and being.

Mo Marie Lauyanne Kouame, 18, dreams of being an aerospace engineer and building spacecraft. This fall, she applied to MIT, Princeton, and Columbia. For one college essay, she wrote about being ...

Copilot integration in Microsoft 365 apps makes it a snap to generate first drafts, revise text, and get instant summaries for long docs or email threads. Here’s how to use Copilot for writing ...

University of Oklahoma student Samantha Fulnecky is going viral again after her mother's identity was revealed. Her mother, Kristi Fulnecky, was a politician in Springfield, and she was forced to step ...

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

From literacy, New Orleans after Katrina and special ed for all to freedom of speech and teachers who gave up, what our op-ed ...