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Brittney Martin was dead.

Before she became Oklahoma State’s first Big 12 Player of the Year, before she etched her name in nearly every section of the school record books and before she received a stand-ing ovation on senior night, Brittney’s heart stopped beating at the children’s hospital in Ogden, Utah.

Eleven days after she was born, Brittney’s parents took her back to Ogden Regional because their firstborn had shortness of breath. In the operating room, doctors found Brittney’s aorta had narrowed, cutting off the supply of oxygen-laced

blood to the lower parts of her body. She had a coarcta-tion of the aorta, the main blood-carrying vessel in the heart.

Other parts of her heart worked overtime to pump blood through the clamped aorta, but it wasn’t enough. The heart stopped, along with everything else.

Brittney flat-lined on the table from heart failure.

The doctors had to work quickly for her to take another breath. Her legs and organs in her lower half were without blood flow for too long. There was no time for error.

The doctors opened a hole in a wall of tissue found in newborns to allow alter-nate blood flow beyond the aorta. Brittney’s pulse faintly murmured back to life. The doctors then worked on fixing the narrowed aorta, which involved cutting it off and connecting it after it had widened. The results of the surgery left Brittney, an infant, with a hole the size of a needle tip in her heart that would be there for the rest of her life.

Exceeding ExpectationsOn a concrete slab her

grandfather poured, Brittney began capturing a piece of childhood thought to be medically improbable.

Her grandfather, contrac-tor Curt Nations, built the house in Syracuse, Utah, that Brittney came to call home. When he was done, he turned part of the foundation slab into a basketball court by drilling a hoop onto the side of the house.

Brittney had come a long way from that operating table in Ogden. When her mother, Natalie, brought 3-year-old Brittney in for a yearly heart checkup, the doctors naturally went to her younger sister, Brianna, who was 2. They couldn’t believe the “muscle-bound, stocky” toddler was Brittney, Natalie said.

“The doctors actually warned us that she was go-ing to be frail, little and petite,” Natalie said. “Most heart patients are.”

As the years went by, Brittney continued to defy the diagnosis. She got taller and taller, eventually grow-

ing into the 6-foot athlete she is today. Her heart was never an issue. If Brittney ever had any shortness of breath, Natalie said she would push through it, like she does now.

“It doesn’t bother me,” Brittney said. “I’m a hy-pochondriac, and it hasn’t really ever bothered me.”

She shot on that con-crete slab for hours on end, Brittney said. She played pickup games against her dad, Darrell, or she played H-O-R-S-E with the family. It was only backyard games and shootarounds, but Dar-rell said he noticed early on Brittney had a knack for sports.

“I said, ‘Dude, we need to try to put you in basketball and see what you can do,” Darrell said.

Brittney joined her first competitive team in fourth grade. At first, she played awkwardly, as expected, but it didn’t take long for her to pick up on things.

Curt, who had played at Weber State and loved the Jazz teams of John Stockton and Karl Malone, and Dar-rell, who played point guard

for a year at Eastern Utah, taught Brittney drills almost every day. They played until

midnight or 1 a.m. some-times.

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courtesy of Natalie MartinBrittney Martin, at a year an a half, poses for a photo on a rocking horse. Martin survived heart failure at 11 days old.


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“The neighbors would have to tell us to quit shoot-ing around,” Darrell said.

Curt was a big influence on how she played. Brittney said sometimes the prac-tice sessions with Darrell became tedious.

“My dad got to the point, and I think every parent does, where you know your child’s going to be good,” Brittney said.

She got frustrated a few times because she wanted to hang out with her friends at the mall or go see a movie instead of working on basketball drills. After awhile, Brittney came to an understanding with Dar-rell and devoted herself to basketball.

All of the practicing out-side with dad and grandpa eventually paid off as Brittney became so good the city of Syracuse could no longer contain her talents.

Natalie and Darrell started driving her to Lehi, a city about 60 miles away, to play for Utah Flight, a club team, when she was in the sixth grade. That’s where Brittney first saw the places basket-ball could take her.

Las Vegas, North Caro-lina, Georgia, California — the list goes on in the locales Brittney got to see with her Flight team. She traveled across the coun-try, but more importantly, recruiters and scouts got to see her. Through high school, Brittney played with the Flight in the summer, and scouts began to see the potential in this lanky, agile guard.

“That’s the way people re-ally got noticed was playing games out of state,” Brittney

said. “You had recruiters who could all sit around and come watch you play.”

Natalie works for an air-bag plant and Darrell works at a company making dia-pers, but each time Brittney offered to get a job to help pay for the travel, they said it was fine. They wanted her to live her life.

As Brittney began to get national recognition, she be-came a state and local legend at the newly built Syracuse High School. With Brittney’s height and her unstoppable mid-range jumper, the Titans won two state titles, both undefeated seasons.

She was named Utah’s Ms. Basketball after her junior year and the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year her senior season. About that time, she decommitted from the University of Utah, a decision Brittney made in her sophomore year of high school but backed out of af-ter feeling she rushed in too rashly. When Brittney made the announcement, it opened the floodgates for college recruiters.

Tumultuous TimesBrittney was tired of the

phone calls. Months later, they continued to weigh on her mind.

They came from all sorts of places: Los Angeles, Or-egon and Washington. One day, Brittney got a call from a school she had never heard of and its assistant coach.

“Hi, I’m from Oklahoma State,” Miranda Serna said.

Brittney’s initial reaction: What the heck is Oklahoma State, and where is it?

“I’m not living in the country, first of all, coming out and living with noth-ing around,” Brittney said.

“That’s what I thought it was going to be, just dirt everywhere.”

Her initial impression of Stillwater, the supposed cow town, didn’t last long, though. Every place she went on unofficial visits before didn’t feel like the right fit for her. UCLA was too big and bustling. Some of the other schools didn’t feel genuine.

“I’m not going to say that they weren’t sincere,” Brittney said. “But I could tell that they were telling me things I wanted to hear.”

OSU was different. When Serna and coach Kurt Budke came to Syracuse to see the phenom, they told her she would have to earn a spot on their team. OSU played in the Big 12, the preemi-nent conference in women’s college basketball. The Cow-girls made the second round and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament within the past four years after a decade of dormancy.

Brittney decided to give the school a shot and planned a trip on the weekend of the football team’s season opener against Louisiana Lafayette. She and Darrell loaded up in a Fiat and drove 18 hours through Colorado and Kansas until they got to Stillwater.

Darrell said the Fiat was so small he could reach behind him from the driver’s seat into the trunk. For two 6-footers, it was an interest-ing ride, especially with their luggage crammed against their backs, Brittney said.

“He drove most of the time there,” Brittney said. “I would drive sometimes, but I would get so tired, and he

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courtesy of natalie martinOklahoma State coaches Miranda Serna, left, and Kurt Budke, center, pose with Brittney Martin during her recruitment. Serna and Budke died in a plane crash in 2011.

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would just stare at me ask-ing if I was all right. …We didn’t even stop at a hotel, just for gas.”

When they arrived in Stillwater, they found the town was different than they imagined. In fact, it was similar to Syracuse in many ways. Syracuse is a town of about 25,000 people 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. It’s an isolated, bur-geoning city like Stillwater.

“It’s an area like Utah,” Darrell said. “That’s why she liked it. It’s so slow out there.”

Brittney fell in love with the size of the city and the family-oriented aspect of Stillwater, even if she didn’t want to admit it right away. Darrell kept telling her she

needed to go because the coaches were so personable, and she wouldn’t be able to play as many good teams if she stayed in Utah.

After seeing the football game, walking on Eddie Sutton Court for the first time and hanging out in Stillwater for the weekend, Brittney lost whatever uncertainties she had. She called Natalie and told her she was committing to OSU.

“The people, not just the coaches, but the people cared about me here,” Brittney said. “The people knew me, and it wasn’t just because I played basketball, but because I’m going to be part of the OSU family. I think anywhere I went would have been far for

me.”Although it was far, she

decided to go with her heart. As ESPN’s 19th-best player in the country, Brittney became the highest-rated recruit in Cowgirl history when she signed during the second week of November 2011.

The calls from other universities finally stopped. Her family didn’t want her to play over 1,000 miles away, but they eventually came around to her decision after a lot of Googling about OSU. Brittney’s mind was at ease.

Nov. 18, a week after Brittney committed, her world was turned upside down when one of her coaches pulled her out of class to see something on

the news.

“Thrown into a situation”Brittney still remembers

as if it were yesterday.That Friday morning,

after she saw Budke and Serna died in a plane crash, Brittney didn’t say a word to anyone. She went straight to her mom’s house and cried. Brittney’s usually good at masking feelings through a smile.

Natalie met the two coaches only once, but she knew they were the right ones to take care of her daughter. Having to console her and tell her daughter it was going to be OK after the crash was one of the roughest days of her life, Natalie said.

“I seriously loved coach

Serna; she was awesome,” Natalie said. “She kind of made me feel like Brittney was going to be taken care of 17 hours away from home. When Brittney came home, she just cried and cried and cried. She kept asking, ‘Is this really hap-pening?’”

Brittney was distraught. She had never played for Budke and Serna, but she respected them and admired how honest they were with her. Brittney developed a bond with them. Other universities didn’t seem to understand that. The recruit-ing phone calls came back.

“I didn’t know what to do,” Brittney said. “It just made things so frustrating because I still had people calling me afterwards say-

ing, ‘Hey, you want to come to our school and play for us?’

“It was like, you know exactly what we have been through?”

Ignoring the barrage of tasteless phone calls, Brittney went through with her decision to go to OSU.

She was one of eight players on the Cowgirls her freshman year and the lone newcomer to stay through the season. Although it was an eerie position, she didn’t have any thoughts of transferring.

“Everybody had left,” Brittney said. “I was just thrown into the situation, and I kind of just had to make the best out of it, I guess. I didn’t really want to

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decommit or go anywhere else. I wasn’t thinking that at any point in time.”

Brittney didn’t want to leave, but she was home-sick. Like a lot of freshmen a long way from home, she felt lonesome and called her mom every day. Natalie said she tried not to call her a lot because she wanted Brittney to find her own way.

Brittney didn’t know whether she would settle in. On her recruiting trip, she hadn’t really talked with the other girls on the team, and now as the lone freshman, she was going to have to make friends with veteran players. However, her smiling personality and free-flowing play style would quickly win over her new family and commu-nity.

Fitting EndIt was October 2015, and

Brittney beamed.It was the preseason me-

dia day before her senior year, a season that pundits deemed the Cowgirls to finish eighth in the Big 12. They had four play-ers transfer. Seniors such as LaShawn Jones and Liz Donohoe, Brittney’s old roommate, graduated. Brittney was the only known factor.

Yes, she would put up points and possibly attain another all-conference se-lection, but that’s all most thought of the Cowgirls.

Brittney is a scorer, a ravenous rebounder, a defensive menace, but a leader? No one knew. She had always deferred to

seniors, and now here she was, the lone four-year se-nior. Brittney didn’t know if she could be the leader, the enforcer or the veteran.

It turns out she didn’t have to be. Brittney had to only be herself, off the court and on.

Through all the uncer-tainty and questions about a “rebuilding” year, she smiled. Like she would if she made a game-winning jumper in Bedlam or got called for a reach-in foul.

She smiles through it all.The confidence Brittney

has is bestowed upon others on her team. As the newly minted spokesperson for

the team, she seems care-free. Is she worried about how the team’s going to do? Yes. She doesn’t want to be the dictator, though. Brittney knows if the team is going to win with its downsized roster and low expectations, they’re going to have to do it as a family.

Four months later, the Cowgirls are fourth in the Big 12, teetering in and out of the top 25. They’re the sole team to beat No. 4 Baylor. They swept Oklahoma and beat North Carolina. They got their fifth straight 20-win season. They’re a lock for the NCAA Tournament and

tied the program’s record for conference wins in a season with 11. Brittney was the force behind most of the victories, but she wasn’t the voice that led them into battle.

Brittney was the one making sure everyone had water in practice, or hand-ing out cookies after fellow senior Roddricka Patton’s birthday. She was even the one, with new roommate Rylie Swanson, who picked up two stray dogs and adopted them as pets.

Practices this season are more of a marketplace of ideas. They maintain a structure, but everyone has

a voice.In games, she’s played

at a higher, more well-rounded level than any player in school history. Brittney leads the Big 12 in points, rebounds, steals and double-doubles fueling her successful campaign to becoming the Big 12 Player of the Year.

Brittney has gone from the freshman wing from Utah to a Cowgirl legend. Coaches around the league praise her, including rivals like OU’s Sherri Coale. Her own coach, Jim Littell, said Brittney is one of the most athletic players he’s ever coached.

A New PrognosisThe twilight might

be falling on Brittney’s collegiate career, but her journey is far from over.

Life is full of choices, and the decisions made could be minor or major. For Brittney, the decision after she graduates is a little simpler than most.

Experts project her to be taken in the second round in the WNBA Draft after the season is over. Al-though the WNBA has less teams and roster spots for players, Brittney has a le-gitimate chance of continu-ing her basketball career, even if it’s overseas.

What feels like the end of the world to her isn’t the WNBA or graduating with a degree in nutritional science. It isn’t missing out on playing on the white maple of Gallagher-Iba Arena. Rather, it’s leaving her second family and once again going out into the world alone.

“It’s really going to be hard for me to leave with everything I’ve been through here,” Brittney said. “I can’t believe it’s over.”

Brittney’s accomplished a lot of things in her life that many thought to be improbable. Her greatest accomplishments are not behind her, though. Destiny lies before her.

Life is a gift, and Brittney was given a second chance at it. It’s a second chance she’s made the most of, but it’s also far from over. She’s barely begun.

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S A F E T Y K E Y T O A G R E AT S P R I N G B R E A KBy: ALEX MARIANOS

Oklahoma State University students will soon be taking a weeklong break from campus. Regardless of the spring break destination, making it a safe break ensures it will be a great break.

Lee Bird, Vice President of Student Affairs, wants students to be aware of all the resources that Oklahoma State offers to have a safe spring break.

“We want our students to enjoy their break away from academics, but we want them to come back to school safe and

ready to finish the semester strong,” Bird said. “So it is important for students who are planning to travel both domestically and abroad to be prepared and aware of local laws where they will be traveling and to have the proper identification.”

Lee adds it’s also incredibly important for students to check and make sure there aren’t any travel or health warnings in the area where they will be spending their time.

Despite the destination, alcohol use remains the primary issue putting students at the most risk.

OSU Police Senior Officer Adam Queen conducts alcohol, drug and safety programs and says the most important component of staying safe it being aware of your surroundings and its difficult to stay alert when impaired.

“When you drink too much and you are impaired, it is more difficult to pay attention to your surroundings and it can make you more vulnerable,” Queen said.

Another important tip for students is to remember there is always safety in numbers.

“When people get singled out and go off on their own, unfortunately it’s the best opportunity for something to go wrong,” said Queen. “The key to staying safe is to stay with your friends and look out for each other.”

Queen will be conducting several programs over the next week that address the impact of drinking.

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Weber came to campus in 1942 with a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. She was the first to advocate preventive care and a campus wellness program that covered both physical and mental health.

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Educational rights group concerned with OSU policies

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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Edu-cation gave Oklahoma State University unfavor-able ratings on some of its Title IX policies.

The ratings show potential for First Amendment violations to faculty and staff. A red-light rating is for policies that represent an obvious infringement of First Amendment rights and yellow-light ratings infringe on rights in a limited way or could be-cause of vague or unclear wording.

FIRE gave OSU a red-light rating to a Title IX policy protecting students and faculty from sexual harassment on campus.

FIRE’s director of policy research said the definition for sexual harassment isn’t specific enough.

“The definition of sexual harassment here is really broad,” Samantha Harris said. “Under this definition, any speech of a sexual nature could be considered sexual harass-

ment. This is what we call overbreadth”

Speech of a sexual na-ture, so long as it does not cross into harassment, is constitutionally protected, Harris said.

The director of commu-nications services at OSU said the language in the section of the policy came directly from the U.S. Department of Education.

“(Title IX) is guidance from the U.S. Department of Education,” Gary Shutt said. “We’re not going to rewrite guidance from the federal government.”

Shutt said policies need to be broad so they can cover a wide range of situations that would be difficult to define indi-vidually.

FIRE also gave a yel-low light to a section of the Title IX policy about offensive objects, includ-ing jokes or semi-nude photos.

Harris said the policy is so broad as to possibly infringe on free speech because it does not clearly define what could be con-sidered sexually demean-ing or offensive.

“I wouldn’t know if any sort of tongue-in-cheek or double entendre hat or shirt or coffee mug or whatever might get me in trouble at (OSU),” Harris said. “And this also applies to nude or semi-nude photography and

drawings.”These policies’ vague

wording infringes not only on free speech, but also causes a problem in whether students actually know what is against the rules, Harris said.

“One of the things that the law requires is that people have an oppor-tunity to know what is prohibited so that they can act accordingly,” Harris said. “So when a univer-sity has rules where you can say, ‘Hmm, I wonder if I can say that,’ is what we’re talking about when referring to vagueness.”

Theater freshman Rea-gan Burns said she can see a need for vagueness in some of these poli-cies, but she said she also shares FIRE’s concerns.

“When you define sexu-al harassment like that, then it is a very broad term,” Burns said. “But it’s very subjective to the situation and the people involved, I believe.”

FIRE gave OSU anoth-er yellow-light warning on student organizations’ use of university facilities for expression purposes according to the FIRE website.

The policy requires students to request per-mission to the university before holding expressive events on campus. The school also requires the organization to include the topics they’re going to discuss.

This policy could be used to limit freedom of expression on campus be-

cause it doesn’t allow for any spontaneous expres-sion, and organizations could be turned down based on their topics, Harris said.

“The university can ob-viously have rules about on-campus expression,” Harris said. “But requir-ing everybody to ask permission from the uni-versity before engaging in expressive activity is far too broad a restraint.”

The last policy to re-ceive a yellow rating was regarding a policy that pertained to civility on campus. The policy sets rules against being uncivil or unruly to university staff members while they are carrying out their du-ties on campus, according to the FIRE website.

Again, FIRE takes issue with the vague wording as to what constitutes being uncivil or unruly, as much of this kind of speech is constitutionally protected, Harris said. She also said being uncivil and even profanity, so long as it didn’t cross into the area of harassment, was con-stitutionally protected.

When asked to com-ment on the yellow-light policies, Shutt responded in an email with a state-ment.

“OSU values and encourages free speech,” Shutt said in a statement. “It does not believe its policies threaten free speech.”

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A “yellow light” institution is one whose policies restrict a more limited amount of pro-tected expression or, by virtue of their vague wording, could too easily be used to restrict protected expression.

A “red light” institution has at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech.

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Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential candidates got to share their platform ideas in the election’s only debate Thursday.

Andrew Steadley and Solmaz Bastani went toe-to-toe with Dillon Johnson and Ridge Howell in the Student

Union Ballroom.The candidates discussed

SGA programming, tuition concerns, guns on campus and their qualifications to take over as executives.

Both Steadley and John-son said they were strongly against allowing students to carry guns on campus.

Johnson said the debate was about sharing who the candidates are as leaders and as people.

“I feel like tonight was really just putting some of our ideas into words, com-municating to the students and the students watching at home what we are about,” Johnson said.

They also agreed there should be more diversity in SGA. Steadley and Johnson said, if elected, they plan to choose a diverse execu-tive cabinet. However, they went head-to-head on other points.

Steadley, who serves as the SGA committee on student organizations chair-man, presented his plan for parking reform. His idea is to reserve parking spaces around residential buildings for only the students who

live there.Johnson, former SGA

vice chairman, said the ad-ministration is aware of the parking problem, and they are working on fixing it. SGA legislation isn’t going to help, Johnson said.

Johnson argued that it’s important to work with the university administration rather than antagonizing it. President Burns Hargis and the administration have the students’ best interests at heart, Johnson said.

Debate moderators asked Steadley and Johnson to explain why each believed he was more qualified for the presidency.

Steadley said he is more passionate for student

government than anyone, for he spends hours in his office working for SGA each week.

Johnson countered, saying passion is not measured by a certain amount of time. He referred to his experience in SGA as one of the reasons he is the most qualified candidate.

“He touched on the fact

that hours in office don’t show passion,” Steadley said. “I wasn’t just sitting there doing nothing.”

The SGA elections March 8-9 are for both presidential and living group senators, and students can vote online at elections.okstate.edu.

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633 N. HUSBAND(405) 743-2126

ONE BEDROOMS

OLD TOWNE VILLAGE1523 W. MCMURTRY RD

BRAND NEW STUDIO UNITSALL BILLS PAID-FENCED YARD40” TV & WASHER/DRYER INCL

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LOGWOOD APARTMENTS716 N. HUSBAND

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KAY-DEE APARTMENTS1315 W. 3RD

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WASHER/DRYER INCLUDED5 BLOCKS TO OSU CAMPUS

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LAKEVIEW APARTMENTS2209 N. MONROE

CLOSE TO BOOMER LAKEALL ELECTRIC-LARGE LAYOUT

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LOGWOOD APARTMENTS716 N. HUSBAND

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TYLER TEN APARTMENTS1110 W. TYLER

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FOX RUN APARTMENTS127 N. DUCK

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WEST MAPLE APARTMENTS124 W. MAPLE

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BRADFORD COURT APARTMENTS304 S. JEFFERSON

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KAY-DEE APARTMENTS1315 W. 3RD

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NO W/D-PETS NEGOTIABLE$620 PER MONTH

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NORTH MAIN DUPLEXES100 N. HARTMAN

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VILLA COURT APARTMENTS1517 W. 4TH

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$750 PER MONTH

410 S. LOWRY 1-CAR GARAGE-SMALLER HOME

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$600 PER MONTH

607 N. DUNCANHARDWOOD FLOORS-LARGE YARDVERY CLOSE TO CAMPUS-1 BATH

$800 PER MONTH

1124 N. MAINWASHER/DRYER HOOKUPS

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$575 PER MONTH

117 W. HUSBAND COURT2-FULL BATHS 2-CAR GARAGE

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$820 PER MONTH

201 S. HARTFORDNEWLY RENOVATED

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1201 W. 9THCORNER LOT-6 BLOCKS TO OSU

PETS WELCOME W/ADDITONAL FEEWASHER/DRYER INCLUDED

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1018 E. ELM2-FULL BATHS/COVERED PARKING

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2415 N. GLENWOOD2-FULL BATHS/2-CAR GARAGE

FENCED YARD-NEW PAINT/CARPETPETS WELCOME W/ADDITIONAL FEES

$875 PER MONTH

7613 W. 6TH2 FULL BATHS-NICE METAL BLDG INCL

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$1000 PER MONTH

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$960 PER MONTH

1415 E. CEDARGARAGE-FENCED YARD

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$960 PER MONTH

901 W. LIBERTY 2 FULLS BATHS-GARAGE

PETS NEGOTIABLE-CORNER LOTACROSS FROM BOOMER LAKE

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2309 N. LAKEVIEW COURT2.5 BATHROOMS-2 CAR GARAGE

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$1050 PER MONTH

806 W. MOORERENOVATED HOME-NEAR OSU CAMPUS

HARDWOOD FLOORS-FENCED YARDVERY NICE-1CAR GARAGE

PETS NEGOTIABLE$900 PER MONTH

4215 N. WASHINGTON 2-FULL BATHS/2-CAR GARAGE

COMPLETELY UPDATED THROUGHOUTLARGE LIVING AREA-NICE HOME

$1050 PER MONTH

1002 E. 5TH1-CAR GARAGE/FENCED YARD

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$840 PER MONTH

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ACROSS FROM BOOMER LAKE$1500 PER MONTH

FOUR BEDROOMS

1103 N. LEWIS3 FULL BATHS-2 FULL KITCHENS

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$1500 PER MONTH

2303 E. SYCAMORENEWER CUSTOM HOME-3 FULL BATHS

GRANITE COUNTERS-PETS OKCORNER LOT-CUSTOM ACCENTS

$1580 PER MONTH

1724 W. SUNSET3 FULL BATHS-GRANITE COUNTERS

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2 STORY ON CORNER LOT-VERY NICE$2200 PER MONTH

4519 S. HUSBANDNICE DETACHED SHOP BUILDING

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Daily HoroscopeBy Nancy BlackTribune Content Agency

Today’s Birthday (03/04/16). Reap what you sow professionally this year. Plan your moves, before a profitable two-year phase begins (Jupiter enter Libra, 9/9). Breakthroughs include in personal mat-ters (3/8) and partnership or marriage (9/1). Change directions regarding shared resources (3/23) and your own plans (9/16). Col-laborate and prosper together. Kindle passion.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 an 8 -- Take new profes-sional territory. Your influence is on the rise. Push past old barriers. Abrupt decisions could work out well, although patience is useful. Pay attention for perfect timing. Take advantage of optimistic trends.Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Visit or accept visitors. It’s a good time for cultural exchange. Travel and study. Friends open the door to a new world. Respect others, and share resources. Provide support when you can. Relax and enjoy.Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Changes are proposed. Talking relieves anxiety. Impress your partner with your research. Apologize for past disparaging remarks. Support each other with a profitable venture. Increased productivity equals increased profit. Follow a passionate insight.Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Track appointments and financial obligations closely. If you can’t make something, call the moment you find out. Extra communication avoids arguments later. Spend time with your partner or significant other. Enjoy simple pleasures.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Keep your cool, despite high demand for your attentions. Complete one task and prepare for the next. Conditions may seem unstable. Don’t take anything for granted. Figure out your bottom line and get creative.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Get into a creative proj-ect. Your work is attracting attention. Play with your passions, en-thusiasms and talents. Dress the part. Simple pleasures with family and friends feed your heart. Discover romance when not looking.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Handle chores and repairs at home before settling into domestic comforts. Maintain house-hold infrastructure and study inexpensive beautification tricks. Get expert advice. You can find the necessary funds. Do the homework before buying.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Dig for the info you need. Avoid chatter and gossip, and learn voraciously. Write your discoveries. Tap into hidden assets. Tempers could get short, espe-cially around money. Find a quiet place and get productive.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s money available, if you work for it. Shop later. Things could get chaotic. Financial disagreements look likely. Create a safety net. You can overcome a domestic irritant. Listen more than you speak.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Count your bless-ings. It’s a great time to get outside. Personal growth sparks in the unlikeliest of places. Make a positive change. Use power rather than force. Who will you be in the matter?Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- Consider how you would like things to be, and what you can do about it. Plan your strategy. Don’t worry about money or spend much. Look back for perspective on what’s ahead. Friends inspire you.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Rely on your team. Stay in communication, and clarify misunderstandings. Provide support to your crew. Expect nothing in return. Show loyalty and find it when needed. Respect others, and be respected. Learn from each other.

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