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Lukács, the Frankfurt School, cultural terrorism

As we look ahead to launching another child into higher education, I am thinking that the Ivy League schools have ceased to offer an education worthy of the price tag, much less their long and honorable heritage. Case in point: This center-left Yale student's complaint that his Shakespeare course had...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 28, 2017 11:00 PM

KOTV report on Yale high school demolition

KOTV's Dan Bewley went to Yale, OK, today to report on the demolition of Yale's Norma S. Velvin auditorium, the only remaining piece of the 1930s high school building. According to the report, Superintendent Mike Wilson claims that there are no student records or transcripts in the building and that...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 3, 2009 6:48 PM

Yale demolishes its history

I just learned that the Yale, Oklahoma, Board of Education -- the school board in Jim Thorpe's hometown -- is demolishing its school auditorium, named in honor of long-time teacher Norma Velvin. That's bad enough, but what's worse is that they've left school trophies and memorabilia inside the building, along...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 2, 2009 12:21 PM