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OKLAHOMA CITY -
In a city where success stories are sprouting up like wildflowers, one may be the most unlikely to bloom of all. A big, boxy 50-year-old building that s time has come and gone, its brand-new replacement gleaming just two blocks away. And yet, the city’s old convention center could be on the verge of a comeback as stunning as the city s renaissance itself.
“Frankly, there wasn’t another use for this building on the horizon,” said former mayor Mick Cornett.
“We’d probably be putting boards up,” added current Oklahoma City mayor David Holt.
That dreary outlook such a far cry from the hub bub the construction site generated 50 years ago. Families would make a special outing of driving to see the massive Myriad Convention Center rise up out of the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.
Washington D.C., May 5, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Ave Maria School of Law announced its new dean on Tuesday, who will take over the position on June 1.
Tom Monaghan, chairman of the law school’s board of governors, said that John Czarnetzky, a professor of law at the University of Mississippi, will become the new dean of the law school.
In addition to teaching courses at the University of Mississippi School of Law, Czarnetzky also works as a legal advisor to the Holy See’s Mission to the United Nations, and has represented the Holy See in various negotiations and in international treaties. Czarnetzky also a lay Dominican and a Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
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