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Oral Roberts University Athletic Director Tim Johnson, left, shakes hands with new men’s basketball head coach Kory Barnett during his introductory press conference at the Mabee Center last week. Barnett is the 13th head coach in program history.
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ORU’s new basketball coach: A rising program meets a rising star
Joao Mesquita, Staff Writer • April 2, 2025
Abhishek “Raja” Lagadapati, a computer science junior, and Hayden Jones, a business management junior, want to improve campus culture by encouraging the Student Association to organize more events at Oral Roberts University.
‘Delivery Boys’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
Wellison “Gabriel” Maia, a pre-med sophomore, and Abigail Sosa, an international business junior, want to create Captivated Nights to bring revival to Oral Roberts University.
‘Captivated by Jesus’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
‘Delivery Boys’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
‘Captivated by Jesus’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
Meet the ORU junior who runs his own coffee company
Kate Flesher, Contributing Writer • February 28, 2025
Theater sophomore Armani Welch participates in a recent Debate Club meeting in the Global Learning Center.
Major changes: Some students take a while to find their place at ORU
McKenna Lewis, Staff Writer • September 13, 2024

Only a week into marketing classes last fall, then-freshman Armani Welch realized that the major may not have been for him and embarked on the...

Junior Kyrsten Dalton (left to right) directs actors Patrick Bippus and Kurt Harris while shooting a scene at NYC Pizza for a short film for Oral Roberts University’s Media Mastery Institute.
ORU film students say the Media Mastery Institute is ‘crazy’ hard work, but worth it
McKenna Lewis, Staff Writer • April 19, 2024

Stepping on set was like stepping into pure chaos. Actors were running late while 17 people crowded into one bedroom alongside thousands of dollars’...

Ashley Martinez, a junior in cinema, television, digital media at Oral Roberts University, believes ‘everybody needs respect, everybody deserves to be given credit’ in the entertainment industry.
ORU student and professor call for ‘respect’ in the entertainment industry
Sevyn Bahntu, Staff Writer • November 24, 2023

Working as a media intern for Christian Chapel last summer in Tulsa, Ashley Martinez scrolled through social media and found heartbreaking news....

Oral Roberts University Athletic Director Tim Johnson, left, shakes hands with new men’s basketball head coach Kory Barnett during his introductory press conference at the Mabee Center last week. Barnett is the 13th head coach in program history.
Features
ORU’s new basketball coach: A rising program meets a rising star
Joao Mesquita, Staff Writer • April 2, 2025

Kory Barnett was a teenager when he first felt the call to coach. He wasn’t chasing highlights or dreaming of the NBA. What drew him to...

Abhishek “Raja” Lagadapati, a computer science junior, and Hayden Jones, a business management junior, want to improve campus culture by encouraging the Student Association to organize more events at Oral Roberts University.
‘Delivery Boys’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
Wellison “Gabriel” Maia, a pre-med sophomore, and Abigail Sosa, an international business junior, want to create Captivated Nights to bring revival to Oral Roberts University.
‘Captivated by Jesus’
Ruth Kiija, Staff Writer • March 28, 2025
 “My path has been anything but conventional,” said Dr. Marcela Chaván, who grew up in Argentina and now teaches communication classes at Oral Roberts University.
Meet Dr. Marcela Chaván
Elizabeth Hodgson, Staff Writer • March 12, 2025
ORU junior Levi Church prepares a drink for a customer at the Divine Coffee Co. in the Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship.
Meet the ORU junior who runs his own coffee company
Kate Flesher, Contributing Writer • February 28, 2025
Cup of coffee
December 5, 2022

PetLoose
April 18, 2022

Love Week
March 11, 2022

The week of February 9th - 14th Oral Roberts University hosted a love week for the students on campus to let them destress and feel the love....