Former UCO students allege sexual harassment by theater department head
Six women allege their theater professor at the University of Central Oklahoma sexually harassed them for years.
The women made the accusations in a federal lawsuit filed against UCO last week. The lawsuit seeks financial compensation for emotional distress, humiliation and other alleged damages.
All six are former students of the Edmond university. They allege Kato Buss, the head of UCO’s theater department, emotionally manipulated them, provided them with alcohol while underage, and created a sexually charged environment.
One former student reported a sexual relationship with Buss. Another complained to university officials that he touched her inappropriately.
By: Anjelicia Bruton
EDMOND, Oklahoma -
Cheerleaders at the University of Central Oklahoma are fighting back after the university suspended the team on suspicious of hazing allegations. The case is now moving to federal court.
Team members argued the university was conducting a hazing investigation and they were not given due process.
The University of Central Oklahoma banned the university s cheer team from participating in national competitions for two years and suspended the team members after a hazing investigation.
According to court documents, the incident took place in the fall semester of 2020.
The university s report stated there were 10 hazing acts including blindfolding, asking questions that were in a sexual nature and providing alcohol to underage team members.
In late 2020, The Pioneer Woman star Ree Drummond revealed that she and her husband Ladd had fostered a teenager named Jamar. Recently she's shared more pictures.
By News Director Jared Atha
Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford recently obtained its first United States Patent, making it one of only four universities in the state that hold U.S. Patents.
The inventors named in the patent are SWOSU Department of Chemistry and Physics Chair and Bernhardt Professor of Chemistry Dr. Tim Hubin; former faculty member in SWOSU Pharmaceutical Sciences M. O. Faruk Khan; and collaborators Babu Tekwani at the University of Mississippi and Steve Archibald at the University in Hull in the United Kingdom.
The patent includes the synthesis of a large class of novel macrocyclic compounds originating in the labs of Hubin and Archibald. These compounds contain multiple nitrogen atoms arranged in ring structures that are further structurally reinforced by additional carbon-chain bridges between nitrogen atoms. These structures allow extremely strong binding to transition metal ions like iron, copper, manganese and many others.
Amarillo High honors Brock Ewing and Gracie Polster on signing day
Ewing signs to Colorado School of Mines, Polster commits to the University of Central Oklahoma
VIDEO: Amarillo High honors Brock Ewing and Gracie Polster on signing day By Larissa Liska | May 12, 2021 at 12:04 AM CDT - Updated May 12 at 12:04 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Amarillo High Sandies celebrated signing day for two seniors, Brock Ewing and Gracie Polster. 6′0″, 210 pound Ewing committed to play linebacker for the Colorado School of Mines, which happens to be one of the top engineering schools in the country. Ewing plans on studying mechanical engineering.