Volume 116, Issue 10
the VISTA
White Nationalist Group Recruits on Campus
“Our Words, Your Voice.”
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Walkout Impacts Education Students
Vy Luong @vy169
Reporter
Students reported seeing several posters advertising a white nationalist group on the University of Central Oklahoma campus just days before leaving campus for spring break. On March 14, Identity Evropa posted photos on Twitter showing their posters reading “Action, Leadership, Identity” and “Our Future Belongs to Us,” along with their logo on a Howell Hall bulletin board, near Plunkett Park and on stickers attached to a light post between the Mass Communications and Business building, as well as under the Blue Tent by Broncho Lake. Posters were also spotted at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community College, Redlands Community College in El Reno, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Rose State College in Midwest City and other campuses across the nation, all of which are published to the Identity Evropa Twitter page. Identity Evropa classifies themselves as an “American Identitarian organization” intending to create a better world for those with European heritage in America through peaceful cultural change. Patrick Casey, executive director of Identity Evropa, said they hang flyers at universities across the nation to spread awareness of their ideas and recruit. on pg. 3
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Protestors stand outside of the Oklahoma State Capitol holding a banner depicting Mary Fallin and reading “Oklahoma State of Despair” on Monday, April 2. Teachers and supporters gathered at the capitol Monday to fight for better teacher and education funding across the state. (Regan Rosson/The Vista)
Christian Tabak @CaffeineWallace Reporter
As teachers across Oklahoma continue their strike for increased education funding, the graduation of future educators could be impacted if school closures last long enough to prevent education students from completing the student teaching hours required for state accreditation. Oklahoma teachers walked out of schools on Monday to advocate for pay raises for teachers and support
staff, as well as an overall increase in the amount of state appropriations invested in public K-12 education. With classes canceled across the state until the strike ends, education majors who are currently completing student teaching in classrooms for their degree programs may not meet state requirements prior to the end of the semester. Oklahoma’s Office of Educational Quality and Accountability requires that education students complete at least 12 weeks of student teaching for
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students to be certified and university education programs to be accredited. With the extenuating circumstances of the teacher walkout, the OEQA has told institutions it will work with universities to reduce the impact on education students as much as possible, according to OEQA Director Renee Launey-Rodolf. “Several institutions have inquired about the teacher walkout and its effect on their candidates’ abilities to meet their student teaching obligaon pg. 8
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