Zac Smith

Critics of Occupy Wall Street have said the fact that the movement has not run a political candidate indicates it is naïve and not serious. READ MORE

President Barack Obama: I read your letter, published on Thursday in The Daily and other student papers, with great interest. READ MORE

Early in the morning of Nov. 2, 10 members of Occupy Tulsa were arrested at Tulsa’s H.A. Chapman Centennial Green for violating curfew. According to the Tulsa Police Department, 25 officers were dispatched to evict the protesters and were forced to use pepper spray to subdue a number of protesters who actively resisted arrest. READ MORE

American cinema is presently characterized by a high volume of remakes, reboots, prequels, sequels and other rehashes of existing material READ MORE

As tens of thousands of people gather to protest in the financial districts of New York, Chicago and Oakland, a string of smaller and less visible occupations has grown across the American South. Occupy Oklahoma City, the largest Occupy Wall Street solidarity group in the state, has staged an around-the-clock occupation for the past 15 days in Kerr Park.  READ MORE

More than any other state, Oklahoma is associated with Native American culture. In spite of this, for many Oklahomans, Native art has been reduced to a string of clichés — Navajo rugs, totem poles, idealized paintings of nature and so forth.  READ MORE

In 25 short days, the Occupy Wall Street movement has grown from a gathering of a few disgruntled New Yorkers to a national phenomenon.  READ MORE

Ten days ago, hundreds of people gathered in New York City’s Wall Street district in protest against corporate exploitation. Since then, their numbers have swelled to an estimated 1,200 to 1,500, organizers said. The demonstration has been subjected to police attacks and a blackout by the U.S. journalistic establishment. READ MORE

St. Augustine once wrote, “Be on guard against giving interpretations of scripture that are far-fetched or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.” This is practical advice, and it’s unfortunate that the people who brought “Metamorphosis” to OU have chosen to ignore it. READ MORE

The average American’s chances of success are not good. He lives in a country of extreme class division, where the richest fifth of the population controls 85 percent of the wealth. CIA data shows that his nation is subject to greater economic inequality than Kenya, Iran or Nigeria. READ MORE