Stillwater, Okla. – It began with the college newspaper’s interview with a philanthropist who said she wanted to redirect her $5 million gift to Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences because of the way animals used in teaching and research there were treated.
Stillwater, Okla. — It began with the college newspaper’s interview with a philanthropist who said she wanted to redirect her $5 million gift to Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences because of the way animals used in teaching and research there were treated.
It turned out to be the fuse that ignited an explosive controversy across the OSU campus, spreading to news media and even to Oklahoma’s Legislature, where three lawmakers who are graduates of OSU’s veterinary school joined the dean and several students in defending the veterinary program…