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Further news about the lawsuit and Oral Roberts University includes:

ORU faculty gives vote of no confidence | A quorum of tenured Oral Roberts University faculty voted "no confidence" in President Richard Roberts and voted in favor of "greater faculty governance and transparency of university finances" in a 3-1/2-hour meeting Monday night. (Tulsa World)

Accreditation team to return to ORU in 2009 | An accreditation team conducting a once-a-decade audit plan to return to Oral Roberts University in a couple of years to see whether concerns about the school have been addressed. (Associated Press)

Professors' attorney issues subpoenas | A lawyer for three former Oral Roberts University professors has subpoenaed the man who maintains the university's private jet records. (Associated Press)

More Defendants Added To ORU Lawsuit | A lawsuit against Oral Roberts University is expanding. (KOTV, Tulsa)

Suit prompts college to defend spending | People with close ties to TV evangelist Oral Roberts and his son, Richard, say they witnessed such extravagances years before a recent lawsuit accusing them of lavish spending engulfed the ministers and their debt-ridden university in scandal. (Associated Press)

Ex-professor has history with lawsuits | A former Oral Roberts University professor who is suing the university has been plaintiff and defendant in at least half a dozen lawsuits and has been investigated in a stock scheme in Arkansas, records show. (Tulsa World)

Disqualification of attorney sought | Attorneys for Oral Roberts University are asking a judge to disqualify the lead counsel for three professors who brought a wrongful termination lawsuit against the school. (Associated Press)

Oral Roberts to the Rescue? | At age 89, the Tulsa, Okla., university that bears his name has called Roberts home from a California retirement — under the most excruciating of circumstances. (Time)

Pastors call for Roberts to resign | A rally supports former professors who filed a lawsuit. (Tulsa World)

Alumni not happy with suit | Some Oral Roberts University alumni have said they wished a dispute between university officials and several former professors could have been resolved without a lawsuit, but the plaintiffs' attorney said he unsuccessfully tried to handle the issue privately before going to court. (Associated Press)

Oral Roberts Shaken by Scandal | Allegations of misuse of school funds, improper political activities and an Imelda Marcos-style closet full of shoes have led to a lawsuit and investigation at the evangelical university. (Newsweek)

Official: Oral Roberts Millions in Debt | Oral Roberts University, which is fighting accusations that its president misspent school funds, faces a crippling debt load, the chairman of the school's board of regents said Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Oral Roberts' Son Accused of Misspending | Oral Roberts University leaders are accused of lavish spending while the campus falls in debt (Associated Press)

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December 2007, Vol. 51, No. 12