A Struggling Religious College Finds an Angel

A $70-million gift stirs hopes and fears at Oral Roberts U.

You would think a philanthropist offering $70-million to a university that has struggled financially for more than two decades would be welcomed with open arms.

But when Mart Green and his family offered that sum to Oral Roberts University in November — at a time when the university was teetering toward bankruptcy and its president had just resigned amid allegations of misspending — the Greens were

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