Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The gift that keeps on giving How this sorority brought a blessing to OSU’s community Lauren Thomas O’Colly Contributor Over the past four months, the Theta Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority has worked on a unique way to give back to the Oklahoma State University community. Their way of doing this was by creating OSU’s very first Blessings Box. The Delta Sigma Theta’s (DST) Blessings Box is a red wooden box filled with nonperishable food items and toiletries located outside of the Family Resource Center (FRC). Items from the box are free for all students and are restocked weekly by members of DST. DST President, Dezavia Taylor, believed that creating a Blessings Box would help the OSU community because food insecurity is one of the leading factors of stress for college students. According to New York City Food Policy.org, this
Lauren Thomas The Theta Mu sisters behind the creation of the “Theta Mu Blessing Box” are happy to give back to their community by providing basic needs for those who need them.
year an estimated 54 million Americans, including 18 million American children, are now food insecure. The New York Food Policy.org also found that food insecurity was linked to poorer mental
health and specific psychosocial stressors across global regions, independent of an individual’s socioeconomic status. While OSU offers meal plans to students, DST
wanted to create something for the community to help in times when meal plans run out. “When you live on campus, your meal plan eventually runs out and you’re kind of stuck hoping that someone can help out,” Taylor said. “Through our Blessings Box, we just wanted to make an easy way for families and students in our community to have access to items they may need.” When introduced to the idea of the Blessings Box, Assistant Director of the Family Resource Center and Graduate Student Housing, Elizabeth Carver-Cyr, was thrilled to have it located outside of the FRC. “I was very humbled that they would think of this community as we have lots of food insecurity both on OSU’s campus and in the Stillwater community,” Carver-Cyr said. See Gift on pg. 3
Bouncing back Cowboys looking for a rebound against struggling UAPB
Chris Becker Staff Reporter One swing of the bat changed the Cowboys chances. TCU third baseman Brayden Taylor came to the plate with the bases loaded and the game tied at six in the eighth inning of the Cowboys series finale in Fort Worth. With two balls and no strikes Taylor put the barrel to the ball. All of a sudden, it was 10-6 TCU. They would add two more in the eighth to win the game 12-6. TCU’s win completed the sweep of the Cowboys. It was the first time the Horned Frogs swept OSU since 2017, and the first time the Cowboys have been swept since 2019. Now the Cowboys have the chance to bounce back in a two-game series against Arkansas- Pine Bluff (4-22) on Tuesday and Wednesday. All four of UAPB’s wins came against Texas Southern.
Joel Devick during the Oklahoma State vs. Oral Roberts baseball game on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at O’Brate Stadium in Stillwater.
UAPB is just the opponent the Cowboys need to bounce back into the win column. It also could give coach Josh Holliday a chance to play some
younger guys who wouldn’t get time against Big 12 foes. See Bouncing on pg. 6