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The future of esports at OU is bright, growing

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Mike “Moog” Aguilar gives a Ted Talk in 2019 about leveraging the innovation of higher education with esports as a focus of development. Screengrab from YouTube.

By Bohdan James, Norman High School Esports at the University of Oklahoma continues to evolve, with the creation of a new facility in Couch Towers and the expansion of scholarships and games.  It’s all part of a large vision Michael “Moog” Aguilar, the director of Esports and co-curricular innovation, has for the OU Esports organization.  “The next chapter, which is this school year, we’ll see the birth of physical space on campus which is a separate facility,” he said. Aguilar said the facility will have a space for all six pillars, or branches, of OU Esports, which are community, leadership,…

For Thalia Henry, high school debate charts a path toward career as defense attorney

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Thalia Henry

By Bohdan James, Norman High School Picture this, a man on trial for a crime he didn’t commit. The defense attorney he has been assigned is mediocre and does a poor job. He loses the case and is forced to endure time in prison that wasn’t meant for him.  That is what Thalia Henry hopes to prevent in her pursuit of a career as a defense attorney. Thalia is a 16-year-old junior at Lawton’s MacArthur High School who has wanted to be a defense attorney since she was a little girl. Her motivation comes from how she wants to provide…

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