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Summer is in full swing! ☀️🕶️🌸The Trend’s editorial staff is busy with edtor duties, but are also taking time to enjoy t...
07/08/2025

Summer is in full swing! ☀️🕶️🌸

The Trend’s editorial staff is busy with edtor duties, but are also taking time to enjoy the summer.

Hear about what Matthew, Cassie, Thomas, and Whitley are up to in their article.

While The Trend’s editors are busy writing and editing articles, they also have a life beyond that. The editors are doing all kinds of sorts of things this summer. Hear from each of them to see what they are all up to. Matthew Yokum, Editor-in-Chief This summer has gone by a lot faster than...

TONIGHT‼️ The OKC Thunder play in Game 6 of the NBA Finals and fight for their first championship since moving to Oklaho...
06/19/2025

TONIGHT‼️
The OKC Thunder play in Game 6 of the NBA Finals and fight for their first championship since moving to Oklahoma.

In his latest article, Matthew explores the high’s and low’s of the series so far. To hear what he expects out of the Thunder in Game 6, check out his article!

In basketball, there is nothing that validates your place in history like winning an NBA championship. As a fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, it’s an exciting time, as the team is now one win away from its first championship since relocating to Oklahoma City in 2008. Following Monday night’s win...

Hayla is one of many students that participated in independent study throughout May📚📝To learn more about Hayla’s experie...
06/11/2025

Hayla is one of many students that participated in independent study throughout May📚📝

To learn more about Hayla’s experience and what independent study is, check out Cassie’s article‼️ 🦉🟩🟨

Summer is in full swing for University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma students. Summertime is filled with lake days, vacation trips, seasonal jobs, family and friend hangouts, and summer classes. USAO is a trimester college meaning the academic year is divided into three terms. At USAO the fall ter...

This past weekend, The Trend attended the 2025 Oklahoma Press Association Better Newspaper Contest‼️The Trend took home ...
06/10/2025

This past weekend, The Trend attended the 2025 Oklahoma Press Association Better Newspaper Contest‼️

The Trend took home FIVE awards including two first-place finishes.

To learn more about what happened at the OPA’s this weekend, check out Matthew’s editors note! 🦉🟩🟨

On Saturday, June 7, The Trend traveled to Shawnee to compete in the Oklahoma Press Association (OPA) annual Better Newspaper Contest. The contest is a chance for publications to submit their work and be recognized for their hard work in the past year. This year, The Trend had eight representatives....

Lawson Apartments got new roofs done by Oklahoma Roofing during the middle of May. They also made repairs to Robertson H...
05/30/2025

Lawson Apartments got new roofs done by Oklahoma Roofing during the middle of May. They also made repairs to Robertson Hall and Lawson Clubhouse roofs.🔨🏠

Learn more about the roofing project in Cassie’s article.

There has been a lot of noise on the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma’s campus recently. The source of that noise is Lawson Court getting new roofs. During the third full week of May, Oklahoma Roofing worked hard to redo the roofs of all the apartment buildings on campus: Lewis, Shacklef...

On April 25, musician d4vd released his debut album “Withered”To hear her thoughts on the project, check out Whitley’s l...
05/08/2025

On April 25, musician d4vd released his debut album “Withered”

To hear her thoughts on the project, check out Whitley’s latest album review‼️🎵

Artist d4vd released his debut album “Withered” on Friday, April 25. While this is his first complete album, featuring 14 songs, he has released several EPs and singles spanning the past few years. He is most widely known for his songs “Feel It” featured in the show Invincible, and “Rememb...

Get ready for a live ensemble at USAO’s Commencement Saturday, May 3, at 11 a.m. 🎓🎶Learn more about the ensemble in Cass...
05/02/2025

Get ready for a live ensemble at USAO’s Commencement Saturday, May 3, at 11 a.m. 🎓🎶

Learn more about the ensemble in Cassie’s article!

Commencement is one day away. An exciting day not only for the graduates of 2025, but also for their friends, their families, and the staff and faculty. The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma’s campus is ready to celebrate each and every one of the graduates’ accomplishments. The univers...

Campus Opinions: Commencement Moved Indoors‼️🎓Due to inclement weather later in the week, Commencement 2025 was moved in...
04/30/2025

Campus Opinions: Commencement Moved Indoors‼️🎓

Due to inclement weather later in the week, Commencement 2025 was moved indoors. The Trend received a message from a graduating student showcasing that this decision had varying opinions.

The Trend decided that student’s voices needed to be heard, so we reached out to graduating seniors to hear their thoughts on the change.

To hear the opinions of the graduating class, check out Cassie and Matthew’s latest article!

Due to inclement weather happening throughout the week in Chickasha, the University of Science and Art’s of Oklahoma’s commencement 2025 will be happening indoors at Te Ata Memorial Auditorium. Since the announcement, an uproar of opinions have surfaced. The Trend received an email last night af...

GRADUATION UPDATE‼️At 12:08 p.m. today, an email was sent to USAO students announcing that commencement will be moved in...
04/29/2025

GRADUATION UPDATE‼️

At 12:08 p.m. today, an email was sent to USAO students announcing that commencement will be moved indoors on Saturday. There is now a limited number of tickets to attend graduation.

To hear more information on what has changed, check out Cassie’s article!

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma has officially moved commencement inside for May 3. Due to the overabundance of rain and the forecast for rain on Saturday morning, the call was made at roughly 12 p.m. by the members of the Commencement Committee with consultation from President Kayla....

IT’S FINALS WEEK‼️📚✍️In her latest article, Cassie discusses good study habits and tips to help you survive the stress o...
04/28/2025

IT’S FINALS WEEK‼️📚✍️

In her latest article, Cassie discusses good study habits and tips to help you survive the stress of finals week.

Check out her finals week guide now!

Like it or not, it is that time again. The spring trimester is coming to an end, and that means finals are here. After countless hours of sitting in lectures, taking notes, reading course books, and working your butt off, it is about to all pay off. The Trend knows it is crunch time, and...

This past Friday USAO softball finished their last home series of the year as well as celebrated senior day with a serie...
04/20/2025

This past Friday USAO softball finished their last home series of the year as well as celebrated senior day with a series sweep‼️🟢🟡

To hear about Friday’s standout plays, check out Jordan’s article!

On Friday, April 18, the number three ranked USAO softball team (39–7, 29–3 SAC) defeated Langston University (LU) (5–33, 4–26 SAC) in both of the final regular season home games. The Drovers swept all four games in the conference series, winning 9-8 and 10-2 on Thursday, followed by winning...

Tuesday, April 15, a post to a USAO Instagram account was made using AI art. The post was later taken down due to mixed ...
04/17/2025

Tuesday, April 15, a post to a USAO Instagram account was made using AI art. The post was later taken down due to mixed opinions.

To hear the opinion of an art major on whether this post was appropriate and his feelings on the future of AI, check out Thomas’ article‼️

Tuesday, April 15, the USAOBound social media page made a post using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create an image of the campus mascot, Dusty the Drover, as an action figure in store packaging. This was prompted by a popular trend, and made with light-hearted intentions, even if in bad...

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