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Richard Roberts resigns as ORU prez!
11.24.07 | Permalink | 5 CommentsMy mom mentioned this to me, or I wouldn’t have heard the news. His resignation is effective immediately. That doesn’t suggest much ambiguity on the part of the trustees.
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#3 in Google!
10.08.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSomehow, some way, I ended up as the #3 result for “ORU scandal” in Google. Which explain why daily site visits have doubled twice (and then some) since Friday. Wow. Who knew linking to a Tulsa World article could do that? I never thought I’d say this, but thanks ORU!
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oru, oru scandal
Reflections on ORU scandal
10.08.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments(While you’re here, check out more from Making Chutney.) After looking at some of the comments to a Tulsa World story, here’s what I can glean: 1. ORU is a small community. People know folks who know other folks who heard that so-and-so didn’t do such-and-such. And that he did. 2. A lot of this […]
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Update: Richard Roberts responds to ORU scandal
10.06.07 | Permalink | 47 Comments(While you’re here, check out more from Making Chutney.) Richard says he pays for everything himself, not the University. If true, this gets him out of legal hot water. But he’ll still have to answer ethically for the $50,000 of clothes, a $30,000 senior trip for his daughter, ORU employees being paid to do his […]
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Oral Roberts in deep water (again)
10.06.07 | Permalink | 13 Comments(While you’re here, check out my blog.) Oral Roberts University, that is. Oral put himself out to pasture years ago—just after his “call home” got him in deep water—and his son Richard Roberts and his wife Lindsay have been running the show since. The long and short of it is that Richard and Lindsay (and […]
