A highly charged, highly controversial issue at the University of Oklahoma has been settled, and it's a sign of the times.

With each mounting example, there becomes less and less of a reason to ever send your child off into the U.S. public school system.

"You hear about it in the news happening to other people and you don't think it can happen to you until it does."

"People say there was no foul play, but that’s kind of hard to believe," one perturbed fellow student said about the tragedy.

In today’s culture of constant noise, people need meaningful moments that stir their hearts and shape their direction.

"He would do run-outs with the team before games, hype up the crowd -- the players loved him, and I took to Jake immediately."

"This does not appear to be the result of a shift to the right, the return of religion or a rejection of woke culture war attitudes ..."

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As conservatives lamented the death of Charlie Kirk, some of the tributes came from young people whose lives were changed by his influence.

Despite having a 4.0 GPA and being a student athlete, one student chose Wake Forest University in North Carolina over Princeton.