Thursday, February 2, 2023
Hoyt calling for more students for March push Davis Cordova Staff Reporter
File Photo Drunken driving can be an issue anywhere but especially in a college town. Students try to use fake IDs to enter bars and sometimes do not understand the consequences of driving under the influence.
Responsible drinking The danger of drinking and driving Carter White Staff Reporter
Drinking and driving is a present issue in the life of college students. Lt. Terry Low works in the Stillwater Police Department and said drunken driving affects OSU’s campus. Low said DUIs are something current in the police station and students often do things without considering the consequences.. “It happens almost daily,” Low said. “A lot of college kids come to college, obviously they get away from their parents, they’re seeking their independence.” According to The Toney Law Firm, a company that concentrates in the
areas of criminal defense and DUI defense, approximately 30% of college students admit to driving under the influence of alcohol, over 50% of college students report getting into a car with an intoxicated drive and almost 40% of college students believe they are OK to drive after 3 or 4 drink . Gus Warne, majoring in agricultural leadership, said college students are not responsible drinkers and as an employee at Coney Island, a bar in Stillwater, he tries to stay aware of when they have underage drinkers with fake IDs. “You just gotta educate yourself about drinking and driving, because you might get a DUI,” Warne said. “Get a ride home, if you have friends
that are sober enough to drive, go home with them, and or if you have someone who can get you an uber, there’s nothing wrong with getting either uber or lyft.” Uber partnered with groups like Drinkwise, an organization committed to to shaping a healthier and safer drinking culture, and they created a feature on the uber app called “Ghost with Uber” that will inform friends when you are out, and when you are on your way back home. Levi Murphy, a sophomore studying marketing with a minor in finance, said that students who drink cannot recognize the fact that it’s not safe for them to drive. “I think most people don’t understand the risk that they’re creating
because they think that they’re fine,” Murphy said. “They don’t understand that they’re actually way more impaired.” When asked about what advice he would give to students who think about drinking and driving, Murphy said “Worse comes to worse, sleep in your car.” Students at OSU can receive alcohol and drugs awareness training from the campus OSUPD. They can request this training by calling 405-744-6523, or by reaching out to osupd@okstate.edu. They can call 405-744-2818 for help from the OSU Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center.
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students here?’ We have to continue to build that because I think it matters for the opposing team.” OSU heads into this game having lost three of its last four, but those three were on the road at the top three Big 12 teams – Oklahoma, Iowa State and Texas. OSU lost those games by an average of six points and the Cowgirls didn’t seem to quit. Hoyt said she’s learned a lot from those games. “We’re a really good basketball team and we belong, and we can compete with the best of them,” Hoyt said. “We’ve had a lot of different forms of adversity thrown at us and what I’ve learned about our team is that they just find a way to step up and respond.” The Cowgirls have completed one of their toughest months and have a little more space to breathe, but not let-up. OSU will play Texas Tech and West Virginia twice and host top conference teams in Baylor, OU and Iowa State. The backhalf of the schedule is more favorable for the Cowgirls, especially Wednesday’s game. “This is a huge month for us to get some momentum going into March,” Hoyt said. “I definitely feel like our conference schedule was about as tough as any, if not the toughest, in January. So, in February, we’re excited to be home, we’re excited to get some momentum and get those teams that we felt we could have beat, should have beat, back on our home floor.”
Students have a low attendance record for Cowgirl basketball, but coach Jacie Hoyt hopes pizza can do the trick versus the Lady Raiders and beyond. On Wednesday, the Cowgirls take on Texas Tech at 6:30 p.m. in Gallagher-Iba Arena. In OSU’s four conference home games, it has an average of 2,470 fans, but little of that comes from the students. For Wednesday’s game, OSU will be giving out pizza vouchers to OSU students in attendance in an effort to get more in the seats. Fans are key in the tough Big 12 conference. In OSU’s road losses to OU and Iowa State, the fan attendance tallied at more than 9,000 for each game. At OSU games, the student section floor seating is usually full, but not with students. It’s filled with visiting high school teams, other student-athletes and non-students. Hoyt said the team needs the students’ help and wants to have a large crowd for every game. “We desperately need our fans’ help,” Hoyt said. “I believe we win at OU if you take the fans out. They had a great environment. We’ve got to create that here. I don’t know what that’s going to take. I’ll ask you guys, sports.ed@ocolly.com ‘How do we get our
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Jaiden Daughty For Wednesday’s game versus Texas Tech, Cowgirl basketball will be giving out pizza vouchers to students.