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Jack Shields

Oklahoma City

Editor-in-chief/site manager of @CCMachine (@sbnation's Oklahoma site). Former sports PR guy. Grad of OU and Florida State.

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  • Crocs hits record revenue amid popularity with Gen Z

    3 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Jack Shields

    Crocs recently record annual revenue of $4.1 billion for 2024, up 4% from the year prior. The company’s rising numbers are partly due to its resurging popularity among younger consumers. Crocs, the slip-on plastic clogs with a bunch of holes on top, were marketed as boat shoes when they launched back in 2002 — and were once named one of the “50 Worst Inventions” of all time by Time magazine — but in recent years they’ve become a Gen Z fashion staple.

  • Legal group seeks info on universities’ role in ‘censorship-industrial complex’

    1 month ago | thecollegefix.com | Jack Shields

    ‘The universities have created ‘misinformation’ centers or tools designed to identify and take down speech that the federal government has disfavored,’ attorney warnsA conservative legal group wants to know what role five universities played in the “censorship-industrial complex” alongside social media companies.

  • Lawsuit between Middlebury College and former Vt. governor heats up over chapel name change

    Dec 17, 2024 | thecollegefix.com | Jack Shields

    College removed governor’s name due to his alleged eugenics beliefs, but case argues Middlebury ‘was literally, a Eugenicist factory’ Middlebury College is facing accusations of a “hypocritical public relations smear campaign” due to its history of promoting eugenics and its decision to remove the name of the late Gov. John Mead from its chapel.

  • Pro-life scholars sue after ‘discriminatory’ retractions by academic journal

    Nov 27, 2024 | thecollegefix.com | Jack Shields

    Sage ‘intended’ to cause ‘enormous and incalculable harm,’ to pro-life professors, legal filing saysPro-life scholars and Sage Publications continue to battle over retracted articles. Dr. James Studnicki and his fellow authors sued Sage Publications to compel arbitration after the publishing company retracted three articles for allegedly “pretextual and discriminatory reasons,” according to the legal filing.

  • Mandatory DEI faculty statements most common for education, chemistry jobs: study

    Nov 7, 2024 | thecollegefix.com | Jack Shields

    New study finds ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ statements are required by hard sciences fields, including chemistry and computer science“Diversity, equity, and inclusion statements” are most prevalent for full-time professor jobs in environmental sciences, education, and chemistry, according to a study. About 25 percent of full-time professor openings require a DEI statement, compared to about 10 percent of adjunct jobs, according to Nate Tenhundfeld.

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Jack Shields
Jack Shields @jlarryshields
5 Mar 25

RT @Dubsco: #RBRespectMonth Day Four 🏈 Every time I watch a vintage Adrian Peterson game I leave with the same thought: I haven't seen a r…

Jack Shields
Jack Shields @jlarryshields
15 Feb 25

RT @Eddie_Rado: The OU men’s basketball program is flatout unacceptable. It’s not about losing. Sucks but it happens from time to time. It’…

Jack Shields
Jack Shields @jlarryshields
26 Dec 24

RT @blinkinriley: https://t.co/ZKQH7qGRAh