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The Girl I Met in Juvenile Hall: What the Case of Heather D’Aoust Reveals About California’s Treatment of Children

When I met Heather D’Aoust, she wasn’t a headline. She wasn’t a case file. She wasn’t the girl who killed her mother. She was simply

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When Lil Baby Said What I Never Knew How to Say

“Tried to put my foot in your shoes and it just wouldn’t fit.” There was something about this line that stopped me in my tracks

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Republicans Are Daring Oklahoma to Vote Blue — And It Might Work

An accidental masterclass in political self‑sabotage. By: A Former Republican Who’s Watching This Like It’s Reality TV Oklahoma Republicans have apparently decided they’re bored with

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When Did Selling Ourselves Become Normal? Millennials, Gen Z, and the Blurred Line Between Art, Autonomy, and Online Exploitation

There’s a cultural shift happening online — one we all feel but rarely name. Somewhere between the rise of influencer culture, the collapse of traditional

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When Social Media Stops Feeling Safe: Why Women and Families Are Rewriting the Rules

By Hope Sardella The Mossy Typewriter Social media used to be simple. It was a place to share photos, check in on friends, and stay

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How the Deja Vu Dancer Misclassification Lawsuits Mirror Uber’s Legal Troubles — And Why Drivers Should Pay Attention

By Hope Elena Sardella The gig‑economy is not new. Long before Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart built billion‑dollar empires on “independent contractors,” another industry had

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Emily in Paris Is Charming – But It Doesn’t Make Me Want to Visit France Anymore

There’s something undeniably delightful about Emily in Paris. The colors, the clothes, the flirtations, the unapologetic sparkle — it’s a show that knows exactly what

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🌿The Mossy Typewriter Update — New Year, New Momentum!

A little bohemia, a little magic, and a typewriter wrapped in nature—creativity lives here. Hey everyone! We’ve been incredibly busy kicking off this new year,

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Chaos Is the Compass, Accident Is the Art: Inside Trainee Bob’s World

Trainer Bob in silhouette — where instinct meets atmosphere, and the song leads the way. By Hope Sardella There are artists who sculpt, artists who

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Yes… I Am Hoperella

A Confession, A Transformation, and the Music I Was Born to Make By Hope Sardella I didn’t grow up believing I had a voice worth

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Reflective Essay on Jazz Music

College of Professional and Continuing Studies University of Oklahoma LSTD – Interdisciplinary Inquiry Professor Robert Dougherty Hope Elena Sardella 8/25/2020      Music can define our

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Forensic Anthropology

Hope Elena Sardella LSTD – 1313 What are the Social Sciences Instructor Jeffrey Roby University of Oklahoma – College of Professional and Continuing Studies I

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Milton Friedman & Health and Human services

By Hope-Elena Sardella-Claunch By happenstance, I came across an interview with Peter Robinson at the Hoover Institute with Libertarianism scholar Milton Friedman in which Friedman

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What Supply & Demand Actually Tells Us — And One Theory I Can’t Stop Thinking About

Where supply meets demand — and something harder to name begins. By Hope-Elena Sardella-Claunch Understanding market systems through supply and demand isn’t just an academic

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Hindsight 2020: A review of Adjudication of Sexually Violent Predators

Hope Elena Sardella Professor Gary Ross LSCJ–2283-201 – Introduction to Criminal Justice University of Oklahoma – College of Professional and Continuing Studies I certify that

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So you thought Jonestown was suicide?

Author: Hope-Elena Sardella-Claunch Originally submitted for : LSTD – 2203 – Evil Actions ,  Religious Reasons Professor Francisco Rodriquez University of Oklahoma – College of

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Independent agents fallaciously misrepresenting Macroeconomics : Oklahoma DHS, KOCO 5 News, and statistical fallacies

Hope Elena Sardella LSTD 1313-201 What are the Social Sciences? Professor Jeffrey Roby University of Oklahoma – College of Professional and Continuing Studies Seventeen seventy-seven,

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Oklahoma’s Corrupt Child Welfare System, Dirty Money & A Predatory Tax Bill

University of Oklahoma College of Professional and Continuing Education LSTD 1313- 201 – What Are The Social Sciences By Hope Elena Sardella Oklahoma’s Corrupt Child

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The Evolution of Polar Bears

By Hope-Elena Sardella, March 20th, 2019 When some think of a polar bear, one may imagine the smiling white bear holding a glass bottle of

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Categorical Exclusion & Medical Marijuana

By Hope-Elena Sardella, 2019 One of the initial starting points of the three thresholds pertains to more lesser environmentally impactful construction, or activity of some

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The Nation Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

By Hope-Elena Sardella, May, 2019 When the Nation Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was ratified on January, 1st 1970, the policy was underestimated in how revolutionary

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The Citizens of Colorado take on Big Oil

Author: Hope-Elena Sardella, ENV 322 As it stands the citizens of Colorado state are rising against the forces of Big Oil, who are eager to

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Business & The Environment

     An essential query in the study of economics is; to what measure is considered when putting an economic value on the environment.  One conventional

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The Eastern Red Bat: Conservation, Conflict, and the Case for Community Action in Oklahoma

By Hope-Elena Sardella-Claunch, 2019 The Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) is one of Oklahoma’s most distinctive and quietly vulnerable wildlife residents. Unlike most bat species,

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My Roman Catholic Grandmother Was Also a White Witch — And She Left Me 30 Tarot Decks

A tarot reader lays out cards by candlelight as a young woman looks on — the kind of scene my grandmother made feel completely ordinary.

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When Professionalism Fails: A Breakdown of a Hiring Interaction Gone Wrong

In today’s hiring landscape, professionalism isn’t optional — it’s the foundation of a company’s reputation. Yet, every so often, a candidate encounters a moment that

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I Voted for You. I Also Starved in This Country.

By Hope Sardella President Trump, I am writing this as someone who voted for you. I am writing as someone who believed you would fight

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