Now that the election season is done, Hayley and I thought it would be prudent to cover some of the local news stories we may have missed, while we were being lazy during the election.
The conservative takeover of OU is coming along nicely.
Last week, OU parted ways with about 30 employees. It's the first of what many insiders think is going to be a string of layoffs, as the university tries to get more thrifty.
The OU Daily has done a fantastic job covering the story. They broke this story about then-president-elect James Gallogly ordering OU Public Affairs to withhold university financial information this summer. They also blocked the release of an op-ed written by then-president David Boren:
Documents recently obtained by The Daily show Gallogly ordered OU officials not to share financial information without explicit approval from Gallogly himself and Clay Bennett, the chair of the Board of Regents, including Boren’s editorial.
In a response to a June 20 email by then OU Vice President for Public Affairs Rowdy Gilbert, who was removed from his position along with several other administrators by Gallogly on July 2, Gallogly ordered Gilbert “not to follow...Boren’s request” without permission from Bennett.