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Stipends for student teachers Student teaching in Oklahoma will now be paid Luisa Clausen Staff Reporter
student teacher’s living situation is different. For instance, Deeds The official Oklahoma said some student coronavirus database on M The teachers must pay Oklahoma State Department rent somewhere of Education announced a new while others get initiative to pay Oklahoma to live for free. college students who become Makyla student teachers. Charles, a firstOver the next three generation school years, the initiative will student majoring provide up to $3,250 payments in biology and to an estimated 1,300 qualified secondary scistudent teachers each year. Stu- ence education, dent teachers will get a $1,625 said the money payment at the beginning and will not cover all will get the other half if they expenses. Around 1,300 qualified student teachers in Oklahoma will receive up to $3,250. get an instate teaching job. “I agree Madison Deeds, a senior that every stu“It shouldn’t have, teachThese new numbers agricultural education major, dent’s situation is different but ers in Oklahoma deserve the bring the city’s total cases to said before this decision, she If you have bills to pay, there’s recognition and deserve to be 5,179 with 16 deaths and 4,697 was struggling to figure out no way this money alone will paid well no matter the circum- recoveries. how she was going to keep be enough,” Charles said. stances,” Charles said. “They On the state level, the paying her bills and working The Oklahoma Departare the ones who keep the health department reported without a salary. ment of Education will use schools going.” 1,837 new cases, bringing “I worked extra this over $12 million dollars of Although Charles and the total confirmed positive summer and saved up money its federal COVID-19 relief Deed said this money is an cases to 356,816. The state also to be able to survive this five funding to pay student teachers encouragement to students reported seven new COVID-19 month stretch, and learning the through the 2023-2024 school who want to be student teachrelated deaths, bringing the news about this decision has year. ers. However, students will total to 2,994. There have been removed a lot of stress,” Deeds Although this money need to work to pay for school 314,236 total recoveries since said. comes from COVID-19 relief and their daily needs. onday COVID reached Oklahoma in The stipend is a set funds, Charles said this action reported 466 active cases in March. amount and Deeds said every is overdue. Stillwater. Oklahoma state officials
are encouraging Oklahomans to wash their hands, stay away from sick individuals and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. The virus is primarily spread from person-to-person with symptoms usually appearing two to 14 days after exposure. The most common symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, cough, shortness of breath or loss of taste or smell.
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Missed the show? Here are 7 must-see moments to catch up on Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards — aka Hollywood’s latest superspreader event — took place Sunday evening in Los Angeles. Didn’t know that? You weren’t alone. And this story is for you. Droves of television’s brightest stars gathered at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in what presenter Seth Rogen referred to as “a hermetically sealed tent” to celebrate the best TV offerings of the past year. The show was a far cry from last year’s semi-virtual soiree, and it was a big night for Netflix’s “The Crown” and “The Queen’s Gambit” and Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso.” But there’s more to it than just the winners. Here’s a look at some must-see moments from the telecast: The opening monologueslash-Biz Markie tribute The evening’s host, Cedric the Entertainer, dismissed expectations of a subdued “Emmys lite” awards show by turning the show’s opening monologue into an unexpected rap sing-along that saluted television via a cover of late rapper Biz Markie’s jubilant hit “Just a Friend.” LLCool J and Lil Dicky, as well as COVID-19 rapper Rita Wilson, joined in for the opener. The “Hamilton” cast and “Pose” stars sang along to the reinvented tune, while Kaley Cuoco and Michael Douglas danced to the beat. John Oliver salutes Norm Macdonald and Conan O’Brien Coming off back-to-back wins, perennial talk-series winner John Oliver humbly shared
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his award with fellow nominated late-night host Conan O’Brien, whose own show went off the air this season. “I think like many of us in this room, I was kind of rooting for Conan,” Oliver said. “So this is bittersweet.
Thank you so much, Conan, for 30 years of inspiring comedy writers.” Oliver was among many of the evening’s honorees to pay tribute to comedy legend Norm Macdonald, who died last week after a private nine-
year battle with cancer. “I just want to say this is an award for late-night comedy,” he added. “No one was funnier in the last 20 years than Norm Macdonald on latenight comedy, so if, if you have any time in the next week, do
what I did and just spend time YouTubing clips of Norm and Conan because it just doesn’t get better than that.”
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