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Mass shootings continue in Tennessee, Oklahoma
school through sixth. Police engaged the shooter at 10:24 a.m., and he was dead within two minutes. Nashville Police Chief John Drake On Mar. 27, 2023, the Covenant reported that an AR-15 military-style Presbyterian School in Nashville, Tennessee became the site of the 130th rifle, a 9 mm Kel-Tec SUB2000 pistol caliber carbine, and a 9 mm mass shooting of the year, with three Smith and Wesson M&P Shield EZ 9-year-olds and three adults dying in 2.0 handgun were used. Drake also the shooting. said it had been determined that the According to the Associated firearms were legally purchased. Press, at 10:11 a.m., an armed assailAs of April 1, 133 mass ant entered the school, which serves shootings have taken place in the around 200 students in grades preUnited States, according to the Gun Violence Archive. A mass killing is defined as “three or more killings in a single incident” in the Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012. The GVA defines a mass shooting as “ four or more shot or killed, not including the shooter.” Mass shooting statistics typically do not include the assailant or assailants in the number of deaths. Three people were injured and three were killed in a According to The Washshooting at the Whiskey Barrel Saloon in Oklahoma ington Post’s school shooting City near Newcastle Road and South Roff Avenue on database, “there were more Apr. 1. (Provided) school shootings in 2022 — Matilda Harvey Reporter
A woman wipes away tears as she visits a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP PHOTO/ WAYNE PAYNE)
46 — than in any year since at least 1999.” This database also says that 376 school shootings have occurred since the Columbine High School shooting in Columbine, Colorado on April 20, 1999. A school shooting is defined as a firearm being discharged “on campuses immediately before, during or just after classes.” Colleges and universities were not included in the database. Three people were injured and
three were killed in a shooting at the Whiskey Barrel Saloon in Oklahoma City near Newcastle Road and South Roff Avenue around 9 p.m. on Apr. 1. This was the 132nd mass shooting of 2023. By GVA guidelines, eight mass shootings occurred in the state of Oklahoma in 2022.
Trump becomes first U.S. president to be indicted
Quinn Daugherty Reporter
A New York grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump last week on charges related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels—marking a first in American history. The criminal case was met with outrage by Oklahoma Republicans like Gov. Kevin Stitt and U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin. “Radical leftists have been going after President Trump since day one — this sham of an indictment is no different,” Sen. Mullin tweeted on Thursday. “Instead of blindly attacking the 45th President, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg should address the skyrocketing crime epidemic in his own backyard — a direct result of soft-on-crime policies. This latest witch-hunt will only make President Trump stronger.” Stitt echoed similar feelings toward the indictment in his weekly press Former President Donald Trump on charges conference. Continued on Pg. 4
related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
(Left to right) NonDoc’s Editor-in-Chief Tres Savage, Tom Robins, Ashley Bradley, and UCentral reporter Eden Jones. (PROVIDED/ GEORGE LANG)
Ward 1 candidates discuss priorities Brianna Garcia Contributing Writer The two candidates running for the Ward 1 Edmond City Council seat participated in a public debate at the University of Central Oklahoma Tuesday night ahead of Tuesday’s municipal general election. NonDoc Media hosted the hourlong debate, which took place in the auditorium of the College of Liberal Arts building and was live-streamed on its Facebook page. Each candidate took turns answering three rounds of
Dean to leave UCO in June for Fort Hays State Sam Royka Managing Editor
David Macey is serving as the current interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UCO, but he will soon pursue a new opportunity in Kansas after being with UCO since 1999. “I’ll conclude my service as a faculty member and interim dean here at UCO in early June and will begin my work as a dean at Fort Hays State University in late June,” Macey said. The search for a new dean is still in progress. “The ongoing search for a new, continuing dean of our College of Liberal Arts will continue into mid-April with campus visits by finalists for the position, and I believe that the appointment of a new dean should be announced before the end of the spring semester. The new dean will take office as I leave campus,” Macey said. He will be involved in typical planning before he leaves. “I will be involved in all of the usual end-of-thesemester and end-of-the-academic-year assessment, evaluation, budget planning, and reporting processes here at UCO as the spring semester and the 20222023 academic year draw to a close,” Macey said. When asked what inspired the new direction, he provided a new perspective. “I think I had always, as long as I’ve been around, imagined myself having multiple jobs. And I’ve loved every one I’ve had. It’s been an absolute joy
questions with an equal time of 60 to 90 seconds to respond. During the debate, candidates Tom Robins and Ashley Bradley discussed their stances on several issues affecting Edmond, such as high density housing, transportation,, EMSA emergency response times, and homelessness. The candidates seemed to agree on nearly every topic, saying that the main difference between them was experience. On April 4, all registered voters living within the Edmond city limits are Continued on Pg. 4
to work here at UCO, but I think I’m ready for the next big adventure,” Macey said. Macey said he also believes that change is a part of forward movement. “I also think it’s healthy for institutions and for individuals to change things up every so often,” he said. “You can be inside an organization or a community for so long that you don’t have any new ideas left. And so I think I saw the time to look around and say where can I take my skills and make a valuable contribution and learn more somewhere else? So I’ve been looking around for a little while, working at state universities, you know, it’s another regional public university. Like UCO in some ways, rather different in others, so I think it will be a new set of challenges and learning opportunities and I’m excited about that, and I’m also excited to see the college of liberal arts here at UCO and UCO as a whole take some exciting new directions with a new president, a new dean, new leadership.” Macey is most excited for “learning about a new set of challenges, opportunities” at Fort Hays. “As I said, Fort Hays State and UCO have much in common, they’re also rather different. It’s a rural campus, with a very large online population and satellite campuses in other countries so I started looking to learn more about those very important Liberal Arts Interim Dean David Macey will leave UCO for a and emerging parts of higher education,” he said. deanship at Fort Hays State University. (PROVIDED)