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Green Jobs in Vegas: No Lofty, Lefty Goal, But a Last-Hope Lifeline
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyLAS VEGAS -- The Cabinet secretaries, the senators, the big names -- Clinton, Gore, Pickens -- had not yet arrived when Becky Jo Swartzbaugh and Hendrix Lambertus kicked off the National Clean Energy Summit with a lesson in life. They don't see green jobs as a frill, an afterthought or a fantasy. They see them as a lifeline. ...
Oklahoma State Hopes Pickens' Money Buys Championships
By Jeff Adams - AOL NewsOklahoma State Head coach Mike Gundy believes $160 million dollars can go a long ways toward making the Cowboys competitive in the Big 12."The one thing we've never had around here is money. Ever," Gundy said. "We've been in debt for 50 years. And we're still in debt. But there's going to come a time we're not that way. In future years our annual budget will be like other schools in this league. Right now our operating budget is half the other state school (Oklahoma). But that won't always be the case." While OSU fans should certainly be thankful for the generosity of Boone Pickens, it is ...
Oklahoma State Permitting More Athletes to Be Admitted Through Special Means
By Jeff Adams - AOL NewsThe Daily O'Collegian, the student newspaper at Oklahoma State University notes that the school surpassed its self-imposed limit on the number of athletes who are admitted through alternative means. According to the article:"This year, 38, or 11.2 percent, of OSU's 337 alternative admissions students were student-athletes, according to university data." Oklahoma State had previously hoped to keep the number of athletes to about 9% of the total number of students admitted through alternative means each year. Although the school's policy is not a written regulation, officials in the admissions ...
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