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By Allie HAddicAn
Crime Reporter
A former Oklaho-ma State University staff employee faces charges of unlawful possession of con-trolled drug within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Steve Lemarr, 51, was arrested on Sept. 25 for alleg-edly smoking methamphetamine from a pipe in parking lot No. 70, northeast of Ridge Road and Hall of Fame Avenue around 2 p.m., according to the affidavit.
Director of Communications Gary Shutt said that another employee told police he saw Lemarr, a custodian, smoking methamphetamine.
Lemarr allegedly converted a light bulb into a smoking pipe, according to the affidavit.
Lemarr appeared in court Oct. 4 and entered a plea of not guilty. Lemarr’s case has been continued multiple times and will now appear at 1:45 p.m. on Nov. 30.
Lemarr has three prior felony charges in Tulsa County relating to drugs, how-ever, all were dismissed at the state’s request, according to Oklahoma State Courts Networks.
Assistant District Judge Katherine Thomas released him on a surety bond of $7,500 following his appearance, according to Oklahoma State Courts Networks.
If found guilty, Lemarr can be sen-tenced to prison for at least four years and be fined up to $20,000.
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By JArilyn BlAine
General Assignment Reporter
Oklahoma State University is try-ing to make the city of Stillwater a safer place for its students.
The Student Government Associa-tion recently heard a bill to get a taxi service approved to escort OSU stu-dents to and from campus.
On Oct. 18, the SGA voted on two questions to be put on its next ballot. The first of those two questions was approved 705-113 and stated, “As a
student at Oklahoma State University, would you support the creation of a Safe Ride program that would pro-vide safe, non judgmental rides home within the city limits of Stillwater, OK for OSU students?”
The second question was approved 526-267 and states, “As a student at Oklahoma State University, would you support the creation of a new stu-dent fee that would cost at most $.25/credit hour or an average of $7.50/year to fund a Safe Ride program at Okla-homa State?”
The results from the voting means
the majority of students feel that Safe Ride is a good idea.
Jessalyn McAlister, a marketing sophomore, said the program isn’t only for students to use after a night out at the bars.
“Another important aspect about a Safe Ride program is that it needs to be known that this is a ride for students in any uncomfortable situation, not just for intoxicated students,” McAlister said. “I wrote a bill to gage students’ in-terest in creating a Safe Ride program that would provide safe, non judgmen-tal rides to OSU students.”
McAlister is the author of the Safe Ride bill that was brought to the SGA. She said she wrote this bill because she had heard of a similar service provided by Texas A&M University titled “Car-pool.” She said she started research-ing other campuses that offered this service and saw that OSU had a need for it.
“Personally, I am OK with the idea. Everyone knows college students go out partying and drinking,” said Jordyn Ackerman, a strategic communication freshman. “I would rather them not drink and drive. I am OK with paying
a couple extra dollars to prevent it.” Now that McAlister knows she has
the support of her fellow students, she said she feels confident about taking Safe Ride to the administration. It may be a couple of years before OSU sees Safe Ride taxis driving around but the bill has been put into motion.
McAlister plans to speak to the administration about the bill and ul-timately it is going to be up to the administration whether the Safe Ride program will be implemented.
Program offers safe rides to students
hammock hangout
By SAlly ASHer
General Assignment Reporter
Now that hammocks are allowed on cam-pus, more opportuni-
ties for leisure activities are being presented.
Eagles Nest Outfitters, based in North Carolina, is the leading creator of nomadic outdoor and
travel gear and the 2013 launch of the Hangout Project, accord-ing to a press release.
The Hangout Project is a one-of-a-kind, grassroots project that provides schools with the oppor-tunity to build customized, spon-sored and helped donate ham-mock lounges across campuses, according to the release.
“It was awesome because it not only gave the students an end product, but it allowed them to
gain some real-world experience around what it’s like to work with a large company on a proj-ect with guidelines and expecta-tions,” said Adam Cohen, direc-tor of vendor relations at ENO and the brains behind the initia-tive, according to the release.
Cohen recently finished work-ing on a hammocking project with Penn State University on different designs and structures that can be easily built and moved
around, which allows students to use hammocks on campus and not hurt the trees, he said.
“I am working with depart-ments on (Oklahoma State Uni-versity) campus to get class proj-ects where students can create structurally sound structures to hang hammocks on,” he said.
ENO is looking for partnering schools that value their student
By SAlly ASHer
General Assignment Reporter
Diversity has its rewards. Oklahoma State University recent-
ly received the first Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, and will be featured with 47 other universities from across the country in the December 2012 issue, according to a press release from OSU.
“We are honored to be recognized for our commitment to diversity and pleased to be among those who are
leading the way in creating diverse and inclusive campuses,” OSU Presi-dent Burns Hargis said in the release.
INSIGHT chose OSU based on several diversity and inclusion initia-tives that involve aspects of diversity, including gender, race, ethnicity, vet-erans, people with disabilities and members of the LGBT community, according to the press release.
Jason Kirksey, associate vice presi-dent for institutional diversity, said it’s nice to be recognized for diversity.
“I feel like we’ve got great leader-ship in President Hargis,” he said. “(He is) someone who really under-
stands the importance and value of diversity… Our commitment to di-versity begins at the top and perme-ates down throughout the campus. Having great and inspired leadership in this area… makes a difference.”
The Office of Institutional Diver-sity also strives to increase diversity across the state by serving as a mem-ber of the Oklahoma Minority Sup-plier Development Council, accord-ing to the release.
The OMSDC works to support and promote minority businesses in Oklahoma, according to their website.
The award validates the efforts
that have been made toward a diverse campus through many offices across campus and the Office of Institu-tional Diversity works closely with the admissions office and in terms of recruiting and scholarships, Kirksey said.
“These collaborative efforts are a part of the successes that we’ve seen in terms of diversity here on campus,” he said.
The award is important to the cam-pus because it shows students that the university is committed to improving the quality of education, Kirksey said.
“Students are exposed to lots of
different individuals during your time here,” he said. “Research shows us that working and learning in diverse envi-ronments creates all kinds of benefits for everyone.”
These benefits include improved critical thinking skills and cultural awareness, Kirksey said.
For more information about the award, visit www.insightintodiversity.com
For more information about OSU’s diversity initiatives, visit www.diver-sity.okstate.edu.
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Courtesy of eagles Nest outfittersThe Hangout Project helped create this hammock lounge at Penn State University. Eagles Nest Outfitters hopes to build a similar design at OSU.
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OSU given award for diversity excellence
Despite leading for the majority of the game, OSU came up short in overtime against OU.
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Cowboys dominate the Vikings
By Kieran sTeCkley
Sports Reporter
What a difference 16 days makes.
After barely surviving an upset at the hands of UC Davis in its opener, Oklahoma State proved mutch for the Portland State Vikings, winning easily 81-58.
“We did what we were sup-posed to do,” Cowboys coach Travis Ford said. “We passed the ball extremely well, we re-bounded well and then we de-fended extremely well.”
The No. 20 Cowboys again got steady production from their stars. Le’Bryan Nash fin-ished with 20 points and five rebounds, while Marcus Smart nearly missed his first career double-double, totaling eight points and nine assists.
After riding Smart and Nash in Puerto Rico, OSU (6-0) got great production from Markel Brown. The captain led all scorers with 23 points. He added five rebounds, five assists
and two steals to his box score.For the first time this season,
Brown combined his #Lob-Stilly flair with his newfound all-around game. Brown had struggled shooting the ball this season and made it a point to get his shot going early and often.
“I wasn’t very happy with the game that I had (against NC State),” Brown said. “Today
was a good game for to make shots and build my confidence back up.”
Ford called Brown the team’s best player during its summer trip to Spain and though he’s been struggling a bit lately, knew he would eventually re-turn to form that the Cowboys had become accustomed to.
“He stood out above ev-erybody in the first two weeks of practice,” Ford said. “But then something happened and he wasn’t playing as well. He hadn’t played bad but he wasn’t playing as well as I thought he is capable of playing.
“What I saw today was what I saw in Spain.”
The Cowboys got on Port-land State (2-3) early and never let up.
The Pokes shot 53.6 percent from the field in the first half. They had a 40-22 lead at the half.
“I’m glad we got out to a good start,” Ford said. “The way we started the game kept the momentum a little bit going from last weekend.”
Offensive ball movement is a
big reason for the Cowboys un-defeated start to the season. The players consistently find their open teammates, as evident of their 19 assist output against the Vikings.
“The offense is way more crisp (this season),” Brown said. “We are playing with each other and putting each other in good situations to score.
“We are playing better as a team overall.”
Freshman Phil Forte quietly led the Cowboys in bench scor-ing, finishing with 15 points and another solid performance in his role as the sixth-man of
the team.Early in the game, it was
clear Portland State had made it a point to stop Forte from getting open looks at all costs. Forte countered by finding his open teammates for easy bas-kets and opening the floor up for their cuts.
“As time goes on, more and more teams are going to know that I can shoot,” Forte said. “We have so much talent on this team so there is two people on me and I see the open man, I just pass it.”
OSU continued their trend of playing stifling defense. The
Cowboys held PSU to just 30.8 percent shooting from the field in the first half. Sunday’s game was the fourth straight the Cowboys held their opponent to under 40 percent shooting from the field.
Ford attributed OSU’s de-fensive success to his consistent preaching of its importance to his team all season long.
“That’s who we want to be, that’s who we should be,” Ford said. “Percentages and points allowed are a lot of those goals we are trying to reach.”
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Oklahoma State never trailed at any point until the last play. Its defense didn’t allow a second half touchdown until four seconds left in regulation. The offense scored more points than any oth-er OSU team in its 107 meetings with its in-state rivals.
Yet in an emotional Bedlam game with momentum swing-ing often at a moment’s notice, Oklahoma was the team mak-ing plays when it mattered in a 51-48 victory in overtime against OSU.
The Sooners’ used a 17-play drive in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter for the tying touchdown, but the Cowboys were one missed tackle away from holding on to a last-second victory.
Facing fourth down four yards away from the end zone with 10 seconds left, Oklahoma’s Blake Bell lined up in his trademarked Belldozer package. He was going to run the ball from this forma-tion, something he had already scored from 10 times this season.
OSU linebacker Caleb Lavey saw Bell run left and dove right at his legs in the backfield. His tackle would end the game, but
Bell saw him with a split second to spare, lifted his legs to hurdle over Lavey’s outstretched arm and plowed over the smaller Bro-drick Brown into the end zone.
“I thought we had him in the backfield on the tying touch-down,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “He’s a big guy, and he made some guys miss and break some
tackles.”The defense, which had played
101 snaps before overtime, had nothing left in the tank in over-time. After holding the Cowboys to a field goal, the Sooners ran two plays up the middle, the sec-ond was Brennan Clay’s winning 18 yard run.
Oklahoma senior quarter-
back Landry Jones completed 46 of his 71 passes, both school records, for 500 yards. He missed some throws but avoided making game-changing mistakes after his first quarter interception set up OSU’s second touchdown.
“We never really slowed down their passing game,” Gundy said. “It’s pretty obvious they had suc-
cess throwing the ball. The rea-son why is because they are really good on the perimeter.”
No team was able to establish a commanding lead throughout the back-and-forth game. OSU jumped out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter thanks quar-terback Clint’s Chelf ’s unaccus-tomed running ability. Chelf, not
known as a frequent runner, ran three times on the second drive for 52 yards to set up Joseph Randle’s one-yard score.
Oklahoma answered, scoring 21 points in the second quarter to tie the game at halftime. After OSU scored on Randle’s 4-yard run with a minute remaining before halftime, Jones found Kenny Stills in the corner of the end zone with 13 seconds on the clock.
Justin Gilbert had a chance to intercept Jones’ pass and return it for the touchdown, but the ball went through his hands. The ball bounced off Stills’ hands, but he batted it back to himself for the score.
OSU made a strong state-ment to start the second half with Chelf ’s 75 yard pass to an open Josh Stewart on the first play from scrimmage. But after two Oklahoma field goals, Okla-homa’s Jalen Saunders returned a punt 81 yards in the opening minute of the fourth quarter to tie the game once again.
“There were a lot of big plays,” Chelf said. “You have to keep grinding. We tried to just answer every time they did something. They just made one more play than us.”
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Sooners down Pokes in Bedlam classic
By Kieran sTeCKley
Sports Reporter
Bedlam.That’s the only word to describe
Saturday night’s game between Oklahoma State and its in-state rival Oklahoma. There were lead changes, momentum swings and a crowd of 85,824 that went from deafeningly loud to silent on mul-tiple occasions.
There was, however, one common theme throughout the game. It was OU quarterback Landry Jones.
“We didn’t play very well, no question about it. But one stop and we could have won it,” OSU defen-sive coordinator Bill Young said. “I thought OU’s offense did a wonder-ful job.”
Oklahoma State had no answer for Jones. The senior quarterback was playing in his last home game and shredded the Cowboys’ second-ary. He consistently found holes in the zone coverage and rarely was off target. Jones attempted 71 passes, an astronomical amount for one game.
“We pulled out all stops, tried everything we had in our playbook,” Young said. “They did a much bet-ter job of making adjustments than I did.”
Young admitted the performance Jones had matches up with the best he has seen in his 50-plus years of coaching.
“He played as well as any quar-terback I have ever played against,” Young said. “There were several plays we were right there, and the ball was where we couldn’t get to it. It’s a real credit to their execution.”
OSU coach Mike Gundy credit-ed the Sooners receivers for making plays to help their quarterback out.
“The new guys that they have that came in this season make a big difference in their offense,” Gundy said. “They are good players who are hard to cover. We had to come up with a better plan to slow them down a bit.”
Gundy said despite never trailing in the game, he never felt like OSU was in control, mainly due to the Sooner’s passing attack.
“We never really slowed down their passing game so I don’t know if we had it in control as much,” Gundy said. “You have the game in control when the defense is forcing three and outs. There wasn’t as many three and outs in this game for us.”
In past weeks, the Cowboys were able to get pressure on opposing quarterbacks. This was not the case on Saturday. The only time OSU
got a considerable amount of pres-sure, Jones threw his only intercep-tion of the game. Besides that play, he was fairly comfortable in the pocket.
“I thought when we did get close, the quarterback would just scoot to the right or scoot to the left,” Young said. “Their offensive line did a tre-mendous job of executing.”
Young blamed himself and his staff for the secondary’s failures, saying he failed to make the proper changes during the course of the game.
“It’s my job to put the players in the very best position to have suc-cess and I didn’t do a really good job of that.” Young said. “They out-coached us today.”
Unlike in years past, OSU has another regular season game after Bedlam. It travels to Waco, Texas, to take on Baylor, a team more than capable of putting up massive num-bers through the air. Gundy said he knows his team must regroup and correct the mistakes made to avoid a similar result next week.
“We just came up short,” Gundy said. “We have to find a way to finish that game. It’s disappointing but we have to learn from it and get better.”
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OPiniOnDeficit reduction in five steps
If you've been paying atten-tion to the news since the elec-tion, you've probably heard a lot about something called the "fiscal cliff." This cliff describes a combination of spending cuts and tax increases that would take effect around January, 2013.
If we're allowed to go over the cliff, our country would most likely dip back down into another recession.
This combination of tax in-creases and spending cuts were set to take effect around the same time, to act as incentive for Democrats and Republicans to come to a compromise on bal-ancing our budget deficit, and to get us on a path to pay off our debt.
What do deficit and debt mean? A budget deficit happens when you spend more money than you make in a year. Every year, deficits add up to create debt, which is all the money you need to pay back.
The incentive to compromise on both sides comes from au-
tomatic, across the board cuts. These are referred to as "seques-ter."
Republican's incentive comes from $30 billion in spending cuts to defense, while Demo-crat's incentive comes from $5 billion in cuts to Medicare, and $55 billion in cuts to domestic programs and unemployment benefits.
The biggest tax increase would be the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, which amount to $110 billion. This would return the tax rates back to Clinton era levels. These cuts were set to ex-pire in 2010, but were extended until the end of 2012 because of the recession, and Congress' in-ability to compromise.
Another tax increase is the payroll tax, which funds social security. It was cut by 2 percent in 2011, to help grow the econ-omy. This is set to go back to its original level.
Both sides agree on a lot. Neither side wants the auto-matic spending cuts to happen, but they need to offset these with cuts in other places.
They also agree on extending the Bush tax cuts for 98 per-cent of Americans, or families who makes less than $250,000 a year.
They disagree on what to do
to the 2 percent of Americans who make more than $250,000 a year. These two different ideas will come to a stalemate in De-cember.
President Barack Obama, along with the Democratic majority in the Senate, want to raise taxes on the top 2 percent of Americans. Obama has said he will veto any bill that does not include tax increases for the wealthiest Americans.
The Republican majority in the House believes keeping taxes low on higher incomes will help grow the economy.
However, a study released earlier this year from the Con-gressional Research Service con-cluded that lowering tax rates on the top 2 percent doesn't ap-pear to correlate with economic growth over time. This strikes at the core of Republican's eco-nomic policy.
I agree with the president’s plan to raise taxes for higher income brackets. At the end of the day, Congress needs to learn how to compromise. Compro-mise has become a bad word lately, and it shouldn't be.
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At the end of the day, Congress needs to learn
how to compromise.
Congress must cooperate to avoid cliff
The United States is facing an enormous federal deficit. There are many ways we could tackle this problem, and in this article I will present five.
I think each of the five is a perfectly plausible policy op-tion, although it would take some serious thinking, time and effort to organize and imple-ment. But that is the situation we have gotten ourselves into. I hope to expand on each of these ideas in future articles.
It is also worth mentioning that while I think welfare re-
form is always something that should be on the table, it was not helping grandma with her medical bills that bankrupted America. It was not giving out food stamps that bankrupted America.
As much as some in politics try to stir up votes by demon-izing poor people, the fact of the matter is it was war that did the most damage, not just in the amount of dollars spent but in the amount of human lives spent.
War is what got us into this mess, so it needs to be on the top of the list of things to cut, instead of off the table.
Unsurprisingly, I think the first and most obvious way to reduce the deficit is by reducing military spending. Our military is far and away the largest and most expensive in the world, to a ludicrous extent.
Overzealous and ill-advised military spending was and still is a huge part of the problem. We
can significantly reduce military spending without jeopardizing our national defense. Perhaps the billions of dollars we give to Israel’s military would be a good place to start.
Military spending is almost
40 percent of all government spending by some estimates. How can this not be on the table?
The second way is by reform-ing the tax code. Ideally, this means eliminating loopholes
that allow the super wealthy to shirk as much as 60 percent of their tax duties through use of the stock market and offshore accounts. They ought to pay at least the same tax rate as any-body else, if not higher.
The first two ways may seem rather obvious — controversial, but obvious — but the next three are much less so.
We need to end or signifi-cantly reduce most corporate welfare. The government does not need to be handing out money to corporations that don’t need it.
Another black hole for gov-ernment money is our prison system, and to reduce the defi-cit we must have meaningful prison reform.
We have by far more inmates per capita than any comparable nation, yet also more crime. Locking people up and throw-ing away the key is incredibly expensive, creates worse crimi-nals, and clearly doesn’t work as
a deterrent.To me, the biggest no-brain-
er of the five is the legalization, taxation and regulation of mar-ijuana. Colorado and Washing-ton legalized marijuana in the recent election, although court battles are surely destined to ensue.
The legalization, taxation and regulation of marijuana would create huge government revenues through taxes, help create jobs, allow police to more effectively allocate resources and get money flowing through the economy all while taking the power out of the hands of the drug cartels.
It would also drastically re-duce incarceration rates, which in turn would take another huge financial burden off the government.
Calvin Warner is a philosophy and
Spanish junior. [email protected]
Opinion Columnist
CALVIN WARNER
Military spending is almost 40 percent
of all government spending by some estimates.
How can this not be on the table?
MONEY MONDAY: With the fiscal cliff looming, what can be done?
Five ways to reduce the deficit
Reduce military spendingReform the tax codeEnd or significantly reduce corporate welfareReform the prison systemLegalize, tax and regulate marijuana
Opinion Columnist
JAKE PARK
In response to Hope Go-ertz’s Nov. 19 letter to the editor titled “No good has ever come from the federal government,” I would love to agree with everything that was said, and further elabo-rate on them.
I will go one by one, as was done in the original article.
First, Pell Grants are no good.
Guaranteed government payment of anything only guarantees an increase in
whatever the government agrees to pay for.
Tuition has increased as a result of countless regulations, government loans, govern-ment grants and a whole host of other examples of govern-ment intervention.
The same principle goes for the health care industry.
Second, you’re right, the USDA should butt out. It is only preventing jobs from be-ing created.
Why is it that we think the private sector is incapable of doing the job of the USDA? In fact, the private sector could do it better due to com-peting agencies. Companies that purchase foods that are imported could choose which agency they would like to inspect their food, and then gain that agency’s stamp of approval and their sales would increase. Everybody wins.
Third, separate but equal
should never have been passed.
The federal government passed it in the first place so it seems as if we are in complete agreement.
Private schools and busi-nesses should get to choose who they admit. The free market should take over and decide who fails and suc-ceeds.
Given that we are now in the information age, if there is a blatantly racist school or business, everyone will know about it and the offending school or business will lose money and ultimately fail.
Finally, disaster relief should not be given. I am not opposed to receiving it now since we pay into the system to begin with; we might as well receive some of the ben-efits.
Paying into such relief ef-forts is completely involun-tary, and if you don’t pay into it, you are taken to prison at gunpoint. How is this Ameri-can?
Businesses and homeown-ers should be in charge of insuring their own property. Once the government gets involved in private establish-ment, it becomes a hybrid between private and public, similar to how General Mo-
tors is now referred to as Government Motors.
The list does go on. Why must we continue to let the government confiscate our wealth without consent? Why must we continue to be slaves to the government? Why isn’t freedom a widely desired and accepted principle?
Secession is a very Ameri-can thing. This country was founded because of secession. The American Revolution was not a revolution, it was secession.
I do not prefer secession. I prefer a true majority of the American people, as well as the government that we are forced to accept, to embrace freedom and for government to do away with their monop-oly on violence and theft.
Jake Park is a psychology sophomore.
Americans should shrink the government
Secession is a very American thing.
This country was founded because of secession.
The American Revolution was not a revolution, it was a secession.
Four ways to reduce the size of government
End Pell GrantsDissolve the USDAEnd affirmative action programsEnd involuntary disaster relief funds
By Nancy BlackTribune Media Services(MCT)Today’s Birthday (11/26/12). Pluto enters Capricorn (until 2023) today, bringing foundational transformation. Focus on personal goals this year, especially around family fun, work and self-renew-al. Romance spices up the holidays. Balance work with exercise, as career kicks into overdrive.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Work and moneymak-ing have your focus. Meet a new friend through an old one. Love’s easier to express for the next few weeks. Listen to your feelings.Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Take advantage of the creative bursts of energy all throughout the day. Circumstances put you in the right place. Focus on team projects. Just do it.Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 5 -- Avoid gossip at all costs. Now it’s time to stick together and pull through. There’s a lesson here somewhere, and you’re getting better at learning. Fol-low the rules.Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 8 -- Compromise builds a strong foundation. Make positive changes after considering the consequences. You’ll make mistakes, but you’ll also make money. It’s easier to take charge for a few weeks.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Get your papers in order, and benefit financially. Something doesn’t pencil out at first. Tak-ing action is the best solution. You can find the money.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 8 -- Someone needs to put some order into the chaos. Help them play by the rules. Make up a plan for an imaginative but rather spacey friend. For the next three weeks, it’s easier to concentrate.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 6 -- Don’t go public yet. Now is time to replenish depleted reserves. Creative accounting may not work out well. For the next ten days or so, it’s easier to make romantic plans.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 8 -- Pay close attention to a master, and accept their challenge. Concentrate in the message you want to deliver. Take a friend along to assist you during challeng-ing times.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re an inspira-tion to the world, if you really think about it. Concentrate on the projects you’re most proud of. Find people with similar goals. Together, you’re all stronger.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Encourage criticism so that you can clean up an old mess the best way possible. A rela-tionship undergoes abrupt change, but the perfect solution appears. Think about the future.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Creative work pays well. Pay close attention to your target market. Don’t forget about the older folks. Accept a challenge and get a boost. The two of you enjoy the moment.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- It’s easy to get dis-tracted with your own goals and projects now, but don’t overlook a loved one’s needs. You’ll spend more for the next few weeks. Stick to your priorities.
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When Brennan Clay ran in for the winning score, Okla-homa players sprinted and mobbed him in the south end zone. Fans were going insane. Fireworks shot off above the stadium, but the roar of the crowd drowned out the sound of the explosions.
The celebration continued on as the Sooners marched around the field waving to-ward each section of the Crimson crowd. The stadium blasted popular songs such as “Jump Around” and “Seven Nation Army” as the team and crowd sang together.
Even defensive coordina-tor Mike Stoops, with anger being his only visible emotion during games, ran around the field for a good minute or two pumping his fists and even yelling exuberantly as an Oklahoma State assistant passed by.
The Sooners and their fans acted as if it had clinched a national title berth, upset a top ranked team or ended a decade long losing streak. It had achieved none of the above, only a victory and bragging rights.
It’s no consolation to losing for this OSU team, but what this celebration indicates is Oklahoma finally views its longtime little brother as a legitimate state rival.
“It was a big celebration,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “I think now there is a respect that is present that maybe hasn’t been there be-fore.”
For years OSU couldn’t even sniff its in-state neigh-bor, and history indicates it with an 87-17-7 Bedlam series record favoring OU. Some of the best OSU teams featuring the likes of Barry Sanders and Thurman Thom-as never beat the Sooners.
Brandon Weeden and Jus-tin Blackmon led the bet-ter squad to a 44-10 victory against the Sooners last sea-son, ending an eight game losing streak in the series.
But this year’s OSU team, which was the more inexpe-rienced team by far on Satur-day, proved last season wasn’t a fluke. OSU deserved to win the game only to have it slip away in the final minutes. It proved last season wasn’t a fluke achieved by just star players.
If Clint Chelf in his first road start could move the offense all over the Soon-ers, what happens when Wes Lunt, J.W. Walsh or whoever is the starting quarterback in three years is an experienced veteran?
Texas will always be a huge game for Oklahoma, but Gundy has set up OSU for
national relevance. If the two teams keep meeting as highly ranked teams late in the sea-son, stakes will be high and emotions will be on edge. Ex-pect to see more finishes like Saturday’s thriller.
OU historians will point at the all-time record and claim superior dominance forever, but these schools on the field are now equal peers moving forward into this decade.
And as long as none of the fans get out of hand and poison the opposing school’s trees (ala Alabama-Auburn), this emerging intensity in the Bedlam rivalry is a great de-velopment for college football and the state of Oklahoma, and in doing such OSU has finally received the respect it has sought for a century from its neighbors in Norman.
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Residents in Stillwater are already going crazy for the opening of the new noodle restaurant downtown.
Main Street Noodle, a res-taurant Dean Setiawan owns that specializes in authentic Asian noodle dishes on 622 S. Main St. opened last Monday and is already gaining acclaim from some of the residents in Stillwater.
The day of the grand open-ing, the restaurant opened at 11:30 a.m. with many eager customers lined up outside
the restaurant. At 2 p.m., the restaurant closed, giving work-ers time to prepare the kitchen before opening again at 5 p.m. for dinner.
The appetizers featured on the menu include kimchi, eda-mame, seaweed salad, gyoza, takoyaki, fried tofu, Vietnam-ese spring rolls and croquette for less than $3 each.
The main entrees include Vietnamese noodle, Korean kimchi ramen and the signa-ture Japanese ramen dishes such as the tonkotsu, shoyu, miso and curry ramen. Those range from $7.50 to $8.50, with the option to get a half bowl for $5.95. The beverages include bubble tea for less than
$3.Pamela Lloyd, a faculty
member at Oklahoma State University, was one of the peo-ple who anticipated the open-ing of the restaurant and came
to the grand opening.“It’s a really good addition
to the restaurants we have in Stillwater now,” Lloyd said. “We didn’t have a noodle res-taurant like this here so I think
it’ll be really successful. Even before it opened, I was follow-ing their page on Facebook and checked it regularly for when it would officially open.”
Naveen Pessani, a food sci-ences Ph.D student, also made his way to the grand opening ordering fried tofu, Vietnam-ese spring rolls and two bowls of Japanese ramen.
“If I wasn’t on such a time crunch, I would’ve grabbed a third bowl,” Pessani said. “I’ve lived in this town for four years, and my friends and I used to have to drive to Okla-homa City to get food like this, but now we don’t have to anymore because of this place.”
Alissa McMurtry, a food
sciences freshman, said along with the food, she enjoys the restaurant’s atmosphere and setting.
“I think this restaurant helps Stillwater because it’s different from anything else we’ve had here,” McMurtry said. “It reminds me of home. I’m from Oklahoma City and they have a lot of restaurants similar to this, and Stillwater doesn’t so a place like this adds variety.”
Main Street Noodle is open Monday to Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for lunch and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for dinner.
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jackie dobson/o’collegianMain Street noodle opened nov. 19 and is already popular among the Stillwater community.
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“… small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. (Matt 7:13-14 NIV)
No matter what translation you may use, these verses are solemn and challenging. They are the words of Jesus who always spoke the words of the Father (God). “ There are few who find it!” Few; how many is that? In Revelation 7:9-10 we are shown “a great multitude that no one can count” singing about salvation. Certainly, the Lord Jesus is speaking about “few” in comparison to the many that do not find the gate and the road to life.
As I think of this warning in Matthew 7, it seems he is challenging the individual. In a way, he is warning every person to be sure to find the way to life. Be one of the few that locates, goes through the gate and walks the path that winds up in life; the life that is eternal. It is so easy to go along with the multitude that has little or no concern about the life to come.
Is the way to real life found in faithful church attendance or prayers and religious forms that are presented to us? Is it found in charitable and benevolent actions that help others in need? How many good things or religious acts must we do to be qualified to get through the right gate? I remember being told that if I believe certainly things about Jesus then I would be saved. I went through the mental acceptance in my mind, but sensed no assurance that everything was right with God. Some tell us that you can’t know for sure until you come before God. That does not seem very encouraging.
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Jesus said, “I am the door (gate). If anyone enters through me will be saved.” He also said, “I am the way…no one comes to the Father, but by me.” (Jn.10:9,14:6)We are told that God will bear witness to the person that is truly a child of God. (Ro.8:16) God says that through Jesus we can be sure.
Theater Talk: LincolnBy Miles CleMents
Arts and Entertainment Reporter
“Lincoln” intrigued me more than any film out right now. I was seeking to understand how Steven Spielberg made a film so popular about a story that has been told too many times to count. I knew before the film started that I should prepare myself for 150 minutes of dia-logue. What I didn’t prepare for was for those 150 minutes to be as engaging as they were.
There were no major battle sequences in the film. The open-ing 30 seconds or so gave us a quick look as to how the fighting weighed on the soldiers. There were many Civil War battles that are extremely popular even today that this film could have touched on. The second battle of Fredericksburg where Union forces defeated soldiers left by Confederate General Robert E. Lee to defend the town or the Siege of Vicksburg where Union General Ulysses S. Grant accepts surrender of the second Confederate army, for example.
Not to mention the Battle of Gettysburg where Pickett’s Charge failed, ending the sec-ond invasion of the North. But this film isn’t necessarily about what happened on the battle-field. This film is about a man, bearing on his shoulders the weight of a nation at war with itself. He might as well abolish slavery while he’s at it.
With a story as dialogue-heavy as this, the filmmaker must keep the audience atten-tive. I never found myself drift-ing off and for a while, I couldn’t pinpoint what kept my atten-tion for such a long time. I have heard this story all of my life. There are fictional depictions of Lincoln that have accumulated since the late 1800s. Lincoln’s reflections range from the steam frigate in Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” to hunting vampires this past summer.
What kept my eyes on the screen was the drive to learn; to educate myself past the surface stories of the character and re-ally learn who this person was. I believe this film does just that. We see a more developed vision of the man’s family life and his relationship with his cabinet. We also see what made Abra-ham Lincoln one of the most famously stressed out humans
to ever live.The most intense scene was
when the House of Repre-sentatives was voting for 13th Amendment. Everyone in the theater knew what the out-come would be, yet there was an overwhelming feeling of anticipation for every vote cast. Spielberg was able to create something original out of a re-dundant story. This film could be dissected piece by piece and there would be flaws. We could be anal and talk about how the script to screenplay adaptation was a little rough at points, but actors can only be so good with such a brilliant dialogue.
Honestly, I have nothing bad to say about this film. I don’t even want to break it down and look for those flaws because it just isn’t worth the trouble. Lincoln will be a phenomenal movie for anyone that views it.
What kept my eyes on the screen was the drive to learn;
to educate myself past the sur-face stories of the character
and really learn who this per-son was. I believe this film does just that. We see a more devel-oped vision of the man’s family life and his relationship with
his cabinet.
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life, relish the brand’s creativity, and are willing to assist in the development of
multifunctional, aesthetical-ly pleasing hangout stations ENO will donate to their campuses, according to the press release.
Cohen said he hopes to work with OSU to create a hammocking alternative that is more visually appeal-ing than poles in the ground, he said.
“I have done some dig-
ging, and I can’t think of a reason a school wouldn’t want to do this, especially if it’s sponsored,” Cohen said.
Students who are inter-ested in getting involved in the project can call Cohen at (828) 252-7808, extension 103, or email him at [email protected].
By saleah BlanCaflor
Student Union Reporter
There are many things going on in the world today that many college students are unaware of.
Last Tuesday, a group of representatives from an ad-vocacy group known as Lib-erty in North Korea (LiNK) came to Stillwater to screen a documentary to raise aware-ness to the Stillwater com-munity and the students of Oklahoma State University about North Korea and the oppression some of the peo-ple in the country are suffer-ing.
The group consists of three people, Elaine Wu, Phillip Larazo and Meneske O’Connor, who are all from different parts of the country. The trio goes by the name of the Heartland Nomads, and they are one of five teams traveling all across North America going to differ-ent high schools, colleg-es and places of worship talking to people about this issue traveling for 10 weeks and living out of a van.
Wu, a representative of LiNK and the Heart-land Nomads, said their main goal is to redefine the North Korean cri-sis by focusing on the people.
“Some of the stuff we do include rescuing North Korean refugees hiding in China,” Wu said. “We also research
strategies and work with the refugees to get their testimo-nials.”
The documentary screen-ing kicked off at 7:30 p.m. at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries building on the intersection of University and Monroe. The film lasted 50 minutes, and after the screening the Nomads an-swered questions, explained four ways people could get involved and sold merchan-dise with profits going to-ward the Liberty for North Korea efforts.
Wu said the Nomads usu-ally just tour Oklahoma City and Tulsa, but decided to stop in Stillwater because it was along the way.
“What happened was we tried to get in contact with someone at OSU but for some reason we couldn’t get in touch with them,” Wu said. “Luckily we bumped into some of the students from the Asian American Student Association who
we had met a conference in Wichita during the weekend and thankfully we were able to set something up very last minute.”
Around 20 people showed up for the screening, and Wu said she was satisfied with the amount of people who came out.
“The turnout was re-ally good for a last minute screening especially with it being held the day before Thanksgiving break,” Wu said. “Everyone was really receptive to everything we were saying so it was awe-some. Really, it’s not about the quantity but the quality.”
Rebecca Vang, a fashion apparel and design senior, was one of the students who attended the screening and said she learned a lot from what she watched.
“I felt like the documen-tary was very informative,” Vang said. “I’ve heard about this issue before, but not to this extent. It was something
that I could understand. As a college student, it wasn’t too scientific or anything. I think it’s im-portant that we know that this stuff happens because we’re all affected by it.
“In the documentary it says that in the news, it’s not really spoken about as much in the media so it’s something that’s kept in secret and not really pub-licized so I think it’s im-portant that we make no-tice of this issue so more people can know about it.”
Film offers different view on North Korean conflicts
‘Some of the stuff we do include
rescuing North Korean refugees hiding in China. We also research
strategies and work with the refugees
to get their testimonials.’
ElainE Wu, LinK representative
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