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May 21, 2013
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At least one dead as tornadoes rip through Oklahoma

One person was confirmed dead by Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth.

 
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Improvement of OU women's golf star mirrors program

A few years ago, Oklahoma coach Veronique Drouin-Luttrell stalked Chirapat Jao-Javanil around the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships at San Diego's Torrey Pines course. Eventually, she got around to introducing herself.

 
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Tandy Community Supercomputer to have public dedication Thursday in Tulsa

There are a number of supercomputers in place across the country - you just can't get to them unless you're an employee or faculty member of the right institution.

 
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Living Wright: Movies are good, but spare me the movie theater

So imagine, if you're bored enough, my excitement over "Star Trek: Into Darkness," which debuted this weekend. I'm trying to coordinate a night this week to see it with Lord V, who's much more of a fan than I am.

 
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Matt Clayton floats between being a nerd, geek or a dork. Has an extensive collection of toys, comics and video games that would make any adult feel ashamed to call themselves a parent. Unlike most nerds, he does enjoy sports, but his favorite sport is soccer, so that really doesn't count as a sport anyway. Can quote "Clerks" at the drop of a hat and owns a soft-coated Wheaten Terrier named Will Wheaton. And no, Ewoks could not have possibly taken down the Empire with just sticks and rocks.

Nerd strengths: Zombies, Star Wars, Video games, Game of Thrones, Tech, cars, British soccer.
Micah Choquette is a self-proclaimed web geek who generally despises the term "nerd." He can hold his own in a conversation about comics or movies with the other Prairie Nerds, but his heart belongs to the internet and his soul was sold long ago to Apple. He routinely follows many of the design and development gurus of the day, soaking in their ideas and putting them to work for the 'World. He's also an avid user and abuser of Social Media, and can be found on Twitter, Facebook and yes, even Google+.

Nerd Strengths: Apple, Coffee, Google, Coffee, Code, Coffee. In that order.
Anna Codutti has been a card-carrying nerd since high school and the beloved academic team. Now merely a pub-trivia ringer, her refined nerd tastes have focused on Buffy (yep, she's still going!), Doctor Who and anything Felicia Day does. Her childhood crush was "TNG's" Wesley Crusher, but now she wants to marry "The Big Bang Theory's" evil Wil Wheaton.

Nerd Strengths: Music blog snobbery, tabletop/party game dominance, and ability to read supernatural young adult novels at lightning speed.
Michael Dambold is a comic fanatic who has been reading Marvel Comics since he was 11. He's read almost every X-Title book in existence. He thinks Jean Grey needs to stay dead. He also has an obsession with Star Trek, Stargate and MST3k. He's a literary nerd, obsessed with works by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Jules Verne.

Nerd strengths: Coffee chugging, X-Men & Marvel Comics, Star Trek, Stargate, X-Files, paranormal mysteries (Bigfoot, etc.), classic sci-fi TV, movies and books.
Chris Moore is not ashamed to be called a Geek. It is who he is first and foremost. While some out there hide from others that they play video games, he proudly displays his love and knowledge of the pastime. He hopes one day to have a collection of games which rivals that of a city library. To this day one of his greatest moments is that he was able to watch and record the original three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies by sheer luck.

Nerd strengths: Video games and TV.
Jason Powers is the resident geek dad. He is trying hard to raise his kids to be smart, thoughtful nerds just like his Dad raised him. He was brought up on a steady diet of Doctor Who, JRR Tolkien, Douglass Adams, Sherlock Holmes, Vertigo Comics and vintage pulp noir novels. He's been watching shows made by the BBC for so long, he sometimes has a hard time grasping American television. He still enjoys Legos a great deal.

Nerd strengths: British Science Fiction, Star Wars, Sherlock Holmes, X-files, Coffee, Zombies, Space.
James Royal can tell you what Kirby crackle is. His favorite X-Man is Nightcrawler. He owns more than two dozen Star Wars novels. He knows how much damage a magic missile does. His favorite T-shirt features the insignia of Cobra, the ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world. He liked the Walking Dead before the Walking Dead was cool.

Nerd strengths: Comic books (especially Marvel), movies, Star Wars, fantasy novels, pro wrestling (does that count), 1980s cartoons and television shows, video games.
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Jason Powers
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Disney Channel to premiere "Star Wars Rebels" pilot



Disney/Lucasfilm announced today that the animated series 'Star Wars Rebels' will air a pilot sometime in the fall of 2014. The series will bethe first undertaking ... 

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Transhumanism in science fiction

Transhumanism is somewhat of an odd idea in science fiction. It's an idea that is usually overlooked or misunderstood by writers, and whose very definition is oftentimes ... 

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Jason Powers
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"Star Trek Into Darkness" opens big, but not that big.

'Star Trek Into Darkness' opened to a very strong $84 million over 4 days, which for any other movie ever, would have been just fine. 'Star Trek,' however, is not any ... 

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Jason Powers
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Syfy renews "Warehouse 13" for a fifth and final season


Much like they did with their other awesome, quirky, highly rated show
'Eureka' , cable network Syfy is cancelling 'Warehouse 13' after only 5 seasons and ... 

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Geek perspective: We saw Star Trek into Darkness (SPOILERS)

I'm essentially writing this intro to keep people who do not want to be spoiled, spoiler free. Jason Powers and I went to the Star Trek Into Darkness movie and we have ... 

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Hero Spotlight: Superman

'Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...'

You know the rest. Superman is as much an American icon as Coca-Cola. He was created in ... 

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Whovians and Warsies decide to duke it out, but not really

We all know that Trekkies and Warsies have a blood feud lasting over the last few decades. However, I was tickled pink when I found out that Whovians and Warsies went ... 

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Jason Powers
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"Doctor Who" season 7 finale primer

Last week, due to a shipping error, the blu-ray pre-orders for the box set of season 7 of 'Doctor Who' arrived on American doorsteps before the last two episodes were ... 

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Science fiction is assimilating pop music

Whether or not we like to admit it, we all listen to pop music in some form or another. If you're about my age, you might have had a sister who listened to Backstreet ... 

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Jason Powers
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"Cosmos" re-boot confirmed with Neil deGrasse Tyson as host


FOX held their upfront presentation yesterday, where they showcase developing projects for the amusement of journalists and advertisers, and in it they announced that ... 

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Trek Expo 2013 has been cancelled, Tokyo in Tulsa still a go

Tulsa holds two major geek-related conventions every year, which usually bring in sci fi TV stars, vendors of all things geek and cosplayers abundant.

We have the ... 

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James Royal
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Watch the 'Agents of SHIELD' full trailer

I am literally giddy with excitement about the upcoming 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' from Joss Whedon. The last time I was this excited was when 'The Avengers' opened. I ... 

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