March 26, 1999

Oklahoma Lawmakers Vote to Keep Power to Set Tuitions, and That's No Joke

Did you hear the one about the University of Oklahoma employees at the comedy club?

State Sen. Lewis Long, Jr., heard it, and he was not amused.

The setup goes like this: Some folks walk into a comedy club, and then send the university a bill for $7,500.

There is no punch line. But Mr. Long, a Democrat, used the story to persuade fellow lawmakers to give the state-university system a kick in the

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