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OSU strikes out 15 times in loss to DBU Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Dallas Baptist (17-8) started relief pitcher Zach Heaton on Tuesday. He threw five full innings for the Patriots, surrendering just two hits, as many walks and struck out seven batters. “(Heaton) threw the ball really well and mixed his pitches very well,” said second baseman Roc Riggio. “He was just flat out doing what he wanted to do with the ball tonight and it was frustrating for us and for myself especially.”

Heaton wasn’t the only one plaguing OSU’s offensive production. The Patriots utilized two more pitchers – Alec Baker and Matt Bollenbacher – to boost the Cowboys’ strikeout total to 15.

“That’s probably the first time all year where we just haven’t been able to get the needle going in our direction after falling behind early,” Holliday said. “But we’ll bounce back. These kids are very good at doing that and I have all the confidence in the world that they will.”

DALLAS — Josh Holliday often makes the most of team huddles.

It gives him a chance to address his team in a timely manner.

On Tuesday evening, his postgame talk was short and simple following No. 17 OSU’s 8-0 road loss to Dallas Baptist. He didn’t go too in-depth – and quite frankly he didn’t need to.

“There wasn’t much to say other than we played a bad game,” Holliday said. “We got shutout. What are we going to do about it? Get better and learn from tonight.”

The Cowboys (20-6) suffered their first shutout loss of the season.

The OSU bats were limited to three hits on the day. sports.ed@ocolly.com

File Photo OSU suffered its first shutout loss of the season, 8-0, on Tuesday night at Dallas Baptist.

Matt Hembrough navigating difficult NFL draft process for special teams players

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OSU students wait in line to get Garth Brooks tickets Students waited in line on Tuesday and Wednesday to get a ticket for Garth Brook’s concert.

Stephanie Landaverde be returning to his alma mater, OSU, to perform a Staff Reporter

free concert for students.

To attend the concert, students had to fill On Tuesday, OSU out a registration form at students raced to reserve the ConocoPhillips OSU a spot for Garth Brooks’ Alumni Center, bring concert. their student I.D. and doThe O’Colly pubnate a nonperishable food lished an exclusive article or hygiene item. announcing Brooks would Registration was

open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., but some students arrived earlier.

Olivia VanHootegem, a sophomore majoring in human development and family science, arrived at the center at 7:15 a.m. to ensure she got a ticket. VanHootegem said she expected a high turn-

out and estimated 65 to 75 people were already in line when she arrived. She said the line was wrapping almost all the way to the road at 9:45 a.m.

For Zane Schimmel, a postgraduate, attending the concert will be a way to connect with his parents.

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short end of the stick,” Hembrough said.

“They took Alex Ward this year, he did a good job, but it would be nice if we got that exposure as well. Maybe Gabriel Trevino two or three snappers.”

Sports Editor Hembrough found a way to get his name out to teams, The NFL draft though. In February, experience is much he attended the Eastdifferent for special West Shrine Bowl in teamers.

Las Vegas, where he There’s only practiced with and one spot per specialplayed for the Arizona ist position on a team, Cardinals’ and New and if a front office England Patriots’ and coaching staff has coaching staffs for a players they are satis- week, and interviewed fied with, they won’t with every team. Two draft another one. weeks later, he went to And for long Gary Zauner’s specialsnappers, such as ists combine in AriMatt Hembrough — a zona, another place he finalist for the Patrick could train in front of Mannelly award for scouts. the top long snapper In interviews in college football at the Shrine Bowl, and who worked out Hembrough said teams at OSU’s pro day on told him he needed to Wednesday — the road add more weight so to the league contains he could be a better more bumps. blocker. In his senior The NFL comseason at OSU, he bine only invites one weighed 226 pounds. long snapper, comAt pro day on Wednespared to the seven day, he was 236. kickers and punters who attend the event.

“Snappers get the See Hembrough on page 2

File Photo Matt Hembrough jumped 36.5 inches and repped 22 times at 225 pounds on the bench press during Wednesday’s pro day.

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File Photo Matt Hembrough was a finalist for the Patrick Mannelly award for the nation’s best long snapper in 2022.

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much bigger, stronger and athletic than typical college players. And each has a different preference for their long snappers.

Continued from page 1 “Some teams want someone who’s 240, some want someone who’s 265,” He also jumped 36.5 inches in the Hembrough said. “Some people want vertical and hit 22 reps of a 225-pound someone who doesn’t run downfield bench press, both marks second among very well, but they’ll never miss a block because they’re heavy. Other people the 11 players who participated in want someone smaller that will get the OSU’s pro day. block, they might get pushed back a Still, he said 235 pounds is the little, but they can go make a tackle. So minimum teams look for in a long depending on what a team wants, you snapper, as average NFL lineman are

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have to fit in that role.” prepared for the life that comes with Training for the draft and getting playing a unique position. on teams’ radars was one challenge, but “It’s really hard to get your foot in making a roster is another. the door,” Hembrough said. “You have From 2015-21, at least one long to have really good timing and show snapper was drafted, including two in what you can do once you’re there. the sixth round in 2021. But with the A lot of people don’t get drafted as limited spots, many specialists don’t get specialists. You have to get into camps drafted and have to go from team-toand earn the job. Sometimes you get cut team until they have a shot. midseason, sometimes you get called Most teams have three, four or midseason and you have to show up. five players on their roster at each posi- They could call you on Wednesday and tion. But with only one for specialists, you’re playing on Sunday.” long snappers like Hembrough must be sports.ed@ocolly.com

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sports How OSU’s top recruit Brandon Garrison played in McDonald’s All-American game of Del City, is the No. 1 prospect in Oklahoma.

In his press conference to wrap the regular season, OSU coach Mike Boynton has been vocal about Garrison’s Sam Hutchens potential impact for the Staff Reporter Cowboys next season.

“I think Brandon can have a similar type Brandon Garrison of impact (as Cuninstantly impacted the ningham did) in terms 2023 McDonald’s Allof impacting winning, American game. but the game will look Garrison, the top totally different,” Boynplayer in OSU’s incom- ton said. “He’s physiing recruiting class, cally capable of stepping started the game for the on campus and, with a West team. He used his good summer, getting to 6-foot-9 frame to win a place where he’s going the opening tip. to make a difference on The game, an all- the court. star showcase featuring OSU beat out 24 nominees represent- schools including Kaning high school basket- sas, Florida and Houston ball’s best players, was to land Garrison as part played at the Toyota of its 2023 class. 247 Center in Houston and Sports ranks OSU’s televised on ESPN. recruiting class as No. Garrison played 11 overall. well for the West team, Despite his promscoring 10 points on ising outlook, Garrison five-for-five shooting could face adversity as in a 109-106 loss to the a freshman. Three solid East. He started the OSU big men, Moussa game and was also on Cisse, Kalib Boone and the floor for the final Tyreek Smith, could two minutes when the return next season. game hung in the bal“There will be an ance. older, big guy here, I He was one of don’t know who, maybe five players in the game one of the guys comcommitted to Big 12 ing back, maybe one teams, joining Ja’Kobe of the guys we recruit Walter (Baylor), Ron from the portal that will Holland (Texas), Omaha be pushing (Garrison) Biliew (Iowa State) and around in June and July Elmarko Jackson (Kan- and that’s OK,” Boynton sas). said. “But hopefully Bronny James, by the time November, LeBron James’ 6-foot-3 December rolls around son out of Sierra Canyon he’ll be ready to take in California, was also those blows and deliver in the game and played some back.” on Garrison’s team.

Garrison, a fourstar recruit at center out sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Courtesy of OSU To attend the concert, students had to fill out a registration form at the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center, bring their student I.D. and donate a nonperishable food or hygiene item.

Garth...

After that, students were encouraged to donate and entered into a lottery for the chance to win one of the remaining 100 tickets.

Continued from page 1 “Garth was very interested in promoting philanthropy among the “My parents went here, and they student body, which is why his concert got to see him play when he was still for students is free,” Chase said. “We playing at Willy’s,” Schimmel said. had an exceptional turnout today, so we Schimmel said he is excited to see know he’ll be really pleased with that.”

Brooks for the first time and share the Jaylin Strub, a junior in archiexperience with his parents. tectural engineering, said she is most Carter Chase, the senior director excited for the concert because it lands of marketing at the OSU Alumni Asso- on the same night she and her friends ciation, said not all tickets were claimed planned to celebrate 21st birthday.

Tuesday but the 900 tickets were gone “We’re going to go see him and on Wednesday. . then hit the strip,” Strub said. “I’m There were 1000 tickets availreally excited. He’s going to make my able. The first 900 students to donate night, that’s for sure.” and register were guaranteed a ticket.

Miranda Krebbs, a fifth year

architectural engineering student, said she didn’t expect Brooks to perform a concert at OSU. “I’m really excited to hear ‘Friends in Low Places’ and ‘Mama Loved Papa,’” Krebbs said. “And just to see Garth himself.”

Chloe Blood, a marketing major, said she has tried to see Brooks multiple times and never been successful, until now.

Baylen Bayless, a marketing entrepreneurship senior, has never seen Brooks in concert and said he is most excited to see Brooks for free. He said he will be going with friends if they manage to get a ticket.

Reece Sconyers, a political science sophomore, is excited to see Brooks and hopes he shares stories

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about his time at OSU and how it has impacted him as an alumni.

“I know that Garth Brooks has a song that brings the whole community together,” Abigail Weaver, an elementary education major, said. “I think this is a really good community event for everyone at the university.”

Isabel Inman, a music industry freshman, and her friend Mallory Forgione, a public health major, said they had never seen Brooks and were most excited to be in the concert environment. “ I love country music,” Kadence Gage, a biochemistry and molecular biology freshman, said. “It’s great because he’s a big name, but he’s an alumni here.” news.ed@ocolly.com

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OSU announces four-year nursing degree program, expected to combat Oklahoma nurse shortage Adam Engel Editor-in-Chief

nurses to meet the health care needs of families, individuals and communities. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited the program and it will be housed in the School of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Services, which is part of the College of Education and Human Sciences. The program will offer students the chance to concentrate on rural and underserved populations and to infuse prevention and total wellness practices in Oklahoma’s health care systems.

Jon Pedersen, CEHS dean, said about one-third of CEHS’ students pursue degrees related to nutritional, physical, mental or relational health.

“In adding this new BSN, we’re strengthening our work to prepare graduates for high-demand jobs in the growing health care sector,” he said. “I’m excited about new opportunities to collaborate across degree programs and to expand on our existing partnerships with the health care partners.”

Students will have opportunities to participate in clinical experiences with health care partners in urban and rural settings. OSU is renovating campus space to create a fully equipped simulation lab for the program, aimed for completion in 2024.

Anna Cluck, the nursing program’s director, said students, parents and health care partners expressed significant interest in an OSU bachelor’s degree in nursing.

In the semester before finished the required 59 hours of prerequisite coursework, students will apply to continue coursework toward the degree. OSU expects to admit 50 students to continue with nursing labs, simulations and clinical experiences. The program will increase the students to 100 in the second year.

Applications for fall 2023 are open and students can learn more about admission requirements and how to apply on the OSU website.

A new degree program awaits.

OSU will soon offer a fouryear Bachelor of Science in Nursing on the Stillwater campus during the 2023-24 school year. This is OSU’s first non-online Nursing program in Stillwater. OSU’s RN to BSN completion program is online.

This program mirrors OSU’s land-grant mission and will assist in meeting workforce demands and improved health care in Oklahoma, according to a press release.

The state continues to deal with a nurse shortage.

“The shortage of qualified health care providers in Oklahoma is only going to intensify without a focused effort to provide pathways of opportunity for aspiring nurses,” OSU President Kayse Shrum said.

Oklahoma ranks No. 46 among states for the number of registered nurses per capita, according to the Oklahoma Nurses Association. In 2021, Oklahoma was about 400 nurses below the average amount of nurses per 100,000 people. There were only about 700. In 2021, 35% of Oklahoma’s licensed nurses were nearing or at retirement age.

“As a physician, I learned firsthand the immense value nurses provide in patient care,” Shrum said. “You cannot run a hospital or clinic without their expertise.

Increasing the number of graduates in critical areas is a key tenant of our land-grant mission, and I’m excited about the impact this new program will have, certainly for students, but also for patients and health care entities across the state.”

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Courtesy of OSU OSU will offer a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing on the Stillwater campus. This new program will help in meeting workforce demands and improved health care in a state with a nurse shortage.

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Mr./Miss Hispanic pageant promotes Hispanic representation Stephanie Landaverde Staff Reporter

individual client. He plans to advocate for accessibility and availability by organizing workshops for the community and recruiting Latinx individuals for research studies.

New platforms, new reigns, new “In research the common popucrowns. lation are usually white individuals, On Saturday, Wilson Lazoso it doesn’t really capture all of our Salmeron, a graduate student majorexperiences, especially with mental ing in counseling psychology, and health,” Lazo-Salmeron said. “BeMichelle Salazar, an international ing able to recruit Latinx individuals business and marketing major, were in those studies can definitely help crowned OSU’s 2023 Hispanic Latinx explain our experiences more accuroyalty. rately.”

The pageant showcases the diContestants competed in several versity and culture of OSU’s students. categories, both off and on-stage. For This year there were four contestants: their talents, Lazo-Salmeron perthree women and one man. formed an original poem about his “Of course it’s nice to win, but I former eating disorder and Salazar would’ve loved to see more male con- performed a jump roping and dance testants,” Lazo-Salmeron said. “For routine. one, that representation of we’re here, “I knew a poem was going to we’re wanting to see differences.” be fitting for who I am as a person,” One integral aspect of the pagLazo-Salmeron said. “This pageant eant competition is the platform porreminded me of who I am as a person tion; contestants run on and present a and what I’ve struggled with in the speech for a platform that, should they past, so it felt natural to talk about win, they will enact throughout their my eating disorder from when I was reign. younger.”

Salazar’s platform is focused on For the cultural wear portion, a topic she holds close to her heart: they each wore clothing representacriminal justice reform. tive of their countries: Salazar’s being “My brother has been incarcerMexico and Lazo-Salmeron’s being El ated for over a decade,” Salazar said.

Salvador.

“I think being a person of color and Lazo-Salmeron wore a shirt interacting with the police, a lot of with tecomates, pants with symbols of people don’t realize how much crimi- maize, a sombrero, a waistband that nal justice affects everyone.” said “El Salvador” and a bag used to Salazar wants to introduce the store food. Tecomates are bowls used topic of her platform on campus and for storing water. He also carried the host workshops. She said factors such Salvadoran flag with him during his as literacy, finances and language bar- cultural wear walk. riers impact people when it comes to Salazar dressed as an Aztec their knowledge of government. warrior.

Lazo-Salmeron’s platform is also “I felt so empowered,” Salazar focused on a topic he has personal said. “I felt so connected to my family, connections to: mental health. to my roots, to my ancestors.”

“Unfortunately there’s a lack of Salazar won the People’s Choice, representation of mental health issues evening wear, cultural wear, entrein the Latinx community,” Lazo-Salm- preneurship and interview awards. eron said. “It’s sometimes covered up Wilson won the academic excellence or there’s just barriers in generals.” and talent awards.

Latinos may struggle with find“It is important for Latinos to ing the appropriate therapist who will make themselves be present, to have be non-judgmental, non-discriminatheir voices heard,” Salazar said.“We tory and non-biased, Lazo-Salmeron are such a small part of this communisaid. ty here at OSU, and it’s important that Lazo-Salmeron works at the we represent ourselves, our culture Counseling and Counseling Psycholand what we stand for.” ogy clinic and said while he is already in a position to provide counseling, it needs to go beyond counseling an news.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy of Michelle Salazar Wilson Lazo-Salmeron (left) and Michelle Salazar (right) were crowned OSU’s 2023 Hispanic Latinx royalty.

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Season one of ‘Blue Lock’ sets a high bar for sports anime Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

between them are just as strong and compelling. “Blue Lock’s” matches, unlike other sports anime, feel more high stakes and have more variety within them because every player on the field has the same goal while being a completely different style of striker. Unlike many sports anime as well, “Blue Lock’s” matches are not like real soccer because every player on the field is a forward and fights against one another for goals.

“Blue Lock” however comes with its flaws. The series is still a sports anime and its climactic moments are still just soccer matches.

The games are very interesting though, filled with their own storylines and each match showcases new and unique strikers with their own style and narrative they bring to the story.

The animation leaves room for improvement. The animation has its moments, but with players moving around the field playing a game of soccer, it’s not always clean and crisp. When looking at the visuals it is apparent that the manga excels better with “Blue Lock’s” highs.

Though the animation has its limitations, if you want a more comedic watch, and don’t tend to read manga, then the anime would be more enjoyable.

Despite its flaws, “Blue Lock” continues to prove time and time again that it stands as one of the top new anime alongside “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “My Hero Academia” and “Black Clover” Season one of “Blue Lock” has concluded with 24 episodes with season two and a movie now being confirmed for the series. The “Blue Lock” movie will be titled “Episode of Nagi” and follow fan favorite character Seishiro Nagi before he joins the “Blue Lock” program. The entirety of the first season of “Blue Lock” is now available on Crunchyroll.

Among all the controversies in the anime world, sports anime is the hardest one to beat.

Anime has a wide variety of genres and ways of portraying narratives and with similar tropes to many of the series and not much room to expand on the real-life equivalent sport to keep the story semi-realistic, sports anime can fall into a stale, lifeless and repetitive story that loses viewers after a couple of seasons.

“Blue Lock” does not have this problem.

“Blue Lock” is a sports anime done right, with animation from Eight Bit studios and illustration from Yusuke Monura, the anime was based on the manga of the same name written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro.

In “Blue Lock,” instead of the main character trying to become a better teammate and take his team to victory like in typical sports anime, the main character, Isagi Yoichi, is focused on becoming an egoist in order to become the world’s greatest striker. Every character in the series shares the same goal, which makes for a cast of characters that at times are friendly with one another, but at their core are enemies and seen as obstacles or stepping stones.

“Blue Lock” takes place in Japan after Japan’s soccer team loses in the 2018 World Cup. Without a striker capable of taking the team over the top, the Japan Football Union alongside Jinpachi Ego, a young coach with a plan to turn around Japanese soccer, constructed the “Blue Lock” plan. “Blue Lock” takes the best young strikers in Japan and pits them against one another to find Japan’s next ace.

The series produces some of the best characters in recent anime and manga, and the dynamics entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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Courtesy of Blue Lock Wiki Blue Lock was released on Blu-ray and DVD in four volumes from January 27, 2023 to July 28, 2023 and it’s also available on Crunchyroll.

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OSU students share April Fool’s stories Emi Norton Staff Reporter

person is gullible which they would poke fun at another person. Paper fish, referred to as April fish, was secretly placed on someone’s back who had been labeled as gullible. These paper fish symbolized an easily caught fish and a gullible person.

Sofie Swink, human development family science major, said she gets enthusiastic for April Fool’s Day, a date she used to orchestrate pranks as a child and perfected up to today.

“You take the saran wrap and you put it over the toilet, and then whenever you go to the bathroom, you know...

Yeah,” said Swink.

According to History, historians have found that there are even links between April Fool’s Day and ancient Rome. This has been said to look like citizens dressing up in disguises to mock other citizens and even magistrates.

“And then you know, like the other cliché ones of the toothpaste in the Oreo, and then you eat the Oreo and there’s toothpaste in it,” Swink said.

Modernized pranks today are characterized in the media such as TV stations and websites that trick people into believing out-of-this-world stories, whether it be about mainstream celebrities or anything else of that nature to trick their audiences.

For more information on the history of April Fool’s Day, visithttps://www.history.com/ topics/holidays/april-fools-day.

With April Fool’s Day coming up, get ready for a prank war and expect the unexpected.

April Fool’s Day is an annual holiday where people scheme tricks and ideas to prank their peers in hopes of getting a laugh out of everyone involved.

Sure, embarrassing your friends and family or poking fun at your peers on any normal day might be seen as annoying or even a little cruel.

However, on this underrated day, anything and everything is fair game.

Freshman biology, ecology and conservation major, Zashri Cocheran, said she remembers getting pranked by her teachers when she was a kid and said she believes April Fools is an underrated holiday.

“Teachers would say ‘okay, we have like a pop quiz’ and then hand you the paper and it just says, ‘April fools,’” Cocheran said.

Freshman zoology prevet major, Levi Radford, is always looking forward to the holiday its exact origin remains a mystery today, despite all the rumors you will find online.

“I feel like most of the months have a designated holiday, you know, we have Easter but it’s not always in April necessarily,” Radford said.

Labeled as an unofficial holiday dating back as far as 1582, April Fool’s Day pranks have been said to insist that a entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy of History Labeled as an unofficial holiday dating back as far as 1582, April Fool’s Day is an annual holiday where people scheme tricks and ideas to prank other people.

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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