Monday, October 30, 2023
Defensive adjustments helped push OSU past Cincinnati, Cowboys “hungry” for Bedlam Davis Cordova Staff Reporter
arms of OSU’s Cameron Epps. Epps needed a few taps of the ball, juggling it around, to haul it in and run, eventually dragged out of bounds at Cincinnati’s 29-yard line. Emory Jones tossed a quick pass to Epps’ tip-drill pick led to an Olthe right side. lie Gordon touchdown and highlighted The pass flew a tad high, but catch- the improved defensive performance able, for receiver Braden Smith. The ball from the Cowboys, not only in the third ricocheted off his hands and into the quarter, but overall, in their 45-13 win
against Cincinnati in Stillwater on SaturOSU defensive coordinator Bryan day – leading the Cowboys on a high into Nardo said he didn’t feel the defense a Bedlam duel where the stakes couldn’t made big adjustments to stop the be higher for bragging rights and confer- Bearcats’ rushing attack. He said he felt ence implications. the Bearcats’ outside runs were quick The Cowboys’ defense pitched a and hard to simulate, but once his team shutout in the third quarter and forced caught up, he felt his defense did well. two turnovers – Epps’ interception and a Linebacker Nick Martin said the turnover on downs with the Bearcats in best way to stop the outside zone is by OSU territory. rallying toward it, quickly. See “Hungry” on 3
How this Israel-Hamas conflict is like nothing that’s happened before Lisa Beyer Bloomberg News The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is filled with bloodshed, dislocation and trauma. But even by those relative standards, the current conflagration stands out. For one thing, it’s especially brutal. Not since the Holocaust have as many Jews been massacred at one time as were on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants stormed Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostage. Before Israel escalated its ground operations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, its retaliatory strikes, mostly from the air, killed more than 7,700, according to Gazan authorities, and dislocated nearly half the population of 2.3 million, by an estimate of U.N. officials. Israel’s decision to cut off power to Gaza — and severely limit water and food supplies — threatens a larger humanitarian calamity. Beyond that, this new chapter has changed the way Israelis see the threat from the Islamist group, and thus the measures they’re prepared to take against it. From the start, Hamas, which the U.S. and European Union designate a terrorist organization, has been dedicated to the destruction of the state of Israel. For three decades, it’s held to that mission as other Palestinian leaders have committed to peaceful coexistence with Israel while pursuing their own state alongside it. Hamas considers all of the Holy Land — which encompasses what today is Israel, the West Bank and Gaza — a divine Islamic endowment, and pledges in its charter to destroy Israel by any means. After Hamas showed what it’s capable of on Oct. 7, Israelis now say they are determined not just to suppress the group but to dismantle it, a goal that will entail more bloodshed and may not be achievable. How we got here The modern struggle between Arabs and Jews over ownership of the Holy Land is rooted in the nationalism that
grew among both groups after the World War I-era collapse of the Ottoman Empire, which had ruled the territory for centuries. In 1920, the war’s victors gave the U.K. a mandate to administer what was then called Palestine. Intercommunal fighting in the territory was exacerbated by resistance among Arabs to Jewish immigration, which rose in the 1930s; in the face of Nazi persecution, increasing numbers of Jews from abroad sought sanctuary in their ancient homeland, where Jews have lived for nearly 4,000 years. In an effort to stop ArabJewish violence, a British commission in 1937 proposed partitioning the territory to create a state for each group. A decade later, the United Nations endorsed a different division. The Arabs said no both times, while the Jews said yes. After declaring its independence in 1948, Israel was attacked by neighboring Arab states, and its wartime gains established the borders of the new nation. The Palestinians use the term Nakba, or disaster, to refer to this period, which produced an estimated 700,000 Palestinian refugees. Many of them fled to the Gaza Strip, then under Egyptian control. In a subsequent 1967 war, Israel captured the rest of what had been Mandatory Palestine — Gaza plus the West Bank — and put Palestinian residents of the territories under military occupation. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) came to prominence after that war, launching guerilla attacks on Israel and earning international recognition as the representative of the Palestinian people. The first popular uprising, or intifada, against the occupation began in 1987, giving rise to Hamas. The group initially gained popularity among Palestinians by establishing a network of charities to address poverty as well as health care and educational needs. But it made its main mission clear: the destruction of Israel. See Conflict on 7
Ashlyn Bryant The annual Hester Street Painting, which was rescheduled for Thursday, welcomed students, alumni and community members to paint on Hester Street ahead of Saturday’s Spirit Walk.
‘Heart of OSU’
Hester Street Painting prepares students, alumni for Homecoming Michael Clark Staff Reporter
Tribune News Service A picture taken from southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip shows Israeli army bulldozers crossing the border into Gaza, on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.
On Thursday, two days before “America’s Greatest Homecoming,” Stillwater residents poured onto Hester Street to show their support for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. It’s an annual tradition for Stillwater students and
families to paint encouraging messages along Hester Street to encourage the OSU football team on their walk towards Boone Pickens Stadium before the Homecoming football game. The event was filled to the brim with members from all over Stillwater. From small kids excited to pay homage to their football heroes, to lifelong Cowboys fans showing respect to their favorite team, students
ranging from the Spirit team to the Pom squad were all around campus helping the event run smoothly. Serena Gray, a junior, is the Spirit Executive for OSU and helped plan the event. “We want to get the players fired up as they walk into Boone Pickens,” Gray said. “The Spirit team has helped plan events like walk around, the student tailgate and many others.” See Homecoming on 6