Student Journalist Answers Jack White's Concert Stage Admonition

University of Oklahoma freshman rocks the live performance beat

EmilySharpFebruary4ArticleWhat a week it has been for Emily Sharp, a freshman journalism major at the University of Oklahoma and assistant life and arts editor for student newspaper The Oklahoma Daily.

On Super Bowl Sunday, very close to the exact moment when Pete Carroll and his offensive coordinator were (wr)etching their names into the Bungle Hall of Fame, she posted the contract for Jack White’s February 2 concert at the school. A trivial detail about a guacamole recipe was seized upon by social media, and by Tuesday, Sharp was explaining her public-information methods and public-need-to-know motives in a  follow-up article:

White said at the concert, “Just because you can type it on your computer doesn’t make it right.”

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