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OU athletes adjust to new realities as NCAA starts to allow profiting off name, image and likeness

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By Harry Lymberopoulos Jenks High School The National Collegiate Athletic Association on July 1 enacted new policies to allowstudent-athletes to be compensated while in school for deals based on their name, image, and likeness. What happens next – for athletes, the college they play for and sports at large – will be one of the most watched outcomes in the college seasons ahead. The NCAA allowed student-athletes to pursue compensation because of a 2019 lawsuit in California. Multiple statehouses also pressured the NCAA to enable college athletes to capitalize on their fame. Also, college sports leaders started to discuss a…

An aspiring writer, Kaelyn Smith outlines a path to turn fantasy life into non-fiction one

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By Harry LymberopoulosJenks High School Just like a character in one of her favorite Shannon Messenger fiction books, Kaelyn Smith has a plan for the narrative arc of her life. “I love to read books. I love writing. I actually write on some of my own blogs for fun since I’ve always loved writing stories,” said Kaelyn Smith, a rising senior at Epic Charter Schools in Oklahoma City, of her passion for reading and writing.  Kaelyn’s enormous heart for reading and writing has ended up shaping the path she wants to take for college and ultimately her career.  “I actually…

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