Thursday, May 11, 2023

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Yo-Yo Ma, ‘Book of Mormon’ among performances for McKnight Center’s 2023-24 season New York Philharmonic, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and country music star Martina McBride, among others.

“Our goal every season is to curate a lineup that represents a diverse range of talent and genre,” said Mark Blakeman, The McKAdam Engel night Center’s Marilynn and Carl Thoma Executive Director. “From Editor-in-Chief classical to country, Broadway, jazz and unique film screenings, A new season of worldour intention is to welcome an renowned musicians and perforaudience with a broad spectrum of mances await. interests. We know everyone will The McKnight Center for the find a performance they love, and Performing Arts released its 2023- we hope they’ll try something new 24 season lineup Tuesday which as well.” features several touring Broadway musicals, performances from the See McKnight on 5

McKnight Center 202324 season schedule Scotty McCreery – Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

New York Philharmonic “Bright Night Gala Concert” – Friday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m.

New York Philharmonic “Saturday Night at the Movies” – Saturday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m.

New York Philharmonic “New World Symphony” – Sunday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m.

Chris Botti – Friday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m.

Pretty Woman – The Musical – Tuesday, Oct. 31 and Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: Life in the Past Lane Tour - Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m.

Martina McBride: The Joy of Christmas Tour – Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Come From Away – Tuesday, Jan. 24 and Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

1964 The Tribute – Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

An Evening with Sutton Foster – Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra – Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at 3 p.m.

Chamber Music: Piano Spectacular – Sunday, March 3, 2024, at 3 p.m.

“The Cameraman”: Silent Film with Organist Peter Krasinski – Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 3 p.m.

The Book of Mormon – Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott – Friday, April 5, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Courtesy of OSU Athletics Clemence Martin led all Cowgirls with a 2-under par, which finished third at the NCAA San Antonio Re-

Cowgirl golf team finishes third at San Antonio Regional, qualifies for NCAA Championship Gina Foster Staff Reporter

The tournament concluded Wednesday, and the Cowgirls held their third-place spot at 16over for the tournament, After a Big 12 Championship win for the and Texas A&M dropped down to join them. The Cowgirl golf team, they continued to make a name third-place finish earned for themselves while com- OSU a spot at the NCAA Championship. peting in the NCAA San The Cowgirls came Antonio Regional tournaprepared right off of the ment. tee box, completing their

first round and taking hold of first place, alongside Texas A&M, at 7-over par.

The underclassmen, Thitaporn Saithip and Clemence Martin, claimed top-ten individual spots after Day 1, contributing to the 53 pars and 13 birdies the team carded during the first round.

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Seven Cowgirls named to softball All-Big 12 Team Parker Gerl Staff Reporter Seven OSU softball players received All-Big 12 honors on Wednesday.

In her first season as a member of the conference, second baseman Rachel Becker earned an All-Big 12 First Team selection. She finished the regular season batting .449 with three home runs, 23 RBI, 52 runs and 72 hits. Becker’s batting average and hits rank first in the conference.

Star pitcher Kelly Maxwell was unanimously named as a first-team selection. Maxwell earns her third career All-Big 12 First Team selection after putting forth a 1.77 ERA and 193 strikeouts, with an opposing batting average of .149.

Three Cowgirls -- Katelynn Carwile, Chyenne Factor and Lexi Kilfoyl -- received All-Big 12 Second Team selections.

Carwile picked up her second consecutive conference second-team selection after leading the Big 12 in doubles in conference play with six.

Chase Davis Seven Cowgirls, including pitcher Kelly Maxwell (left), were named to the All-Big 12 Team.

The junior outfielder led OSU in batting average against Big 12 opponents

with .370 and on-base percentage with .483.

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Continued from 1 Rina Tatematsu and Maddison HinsonTolchard played a substantial role in the first round, with Tatematsu shooting 2-under on par-5s, and HinsonTolchard scoring 13 pars. Han-Hsuan Yu ended the day tied for 41st.

The Cowgirls dropped to third place after a struggle with difficult weather conditions. However, their combined score of 5-over par claimed they played an overall better round. After experiencing a 53-minute weather delay, the Cowgirls had an incredible back nine, shooting a combined score of 4-under and carding nine birdies.

Martin finished her second round 2-under par and tied for second in the individual placing. Tatematsu played her best round of the semester, shooting 3-under par, placing her in a tie for seventh. HinsonTolchard finished her round tied for 36th and Yu ended the day tied for 47th.

Martin finished the tournament at 2-under and tied for third, Tatematsu held a solo fifth place at 1-under, Sasithip tied for 25th at 8-over, HinsonTolchard tied for 37th shooting 11-over and Yu placed in a tie for 51st at 21-over.

This was the Cowgirls’ seventh top three in their last eight postseason tournaments, and it punches their ticket to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Claire Boomer Rina Tatematsu finished fifth at the NCAA San Antonio Regional on Wednesday with a 1-under par.

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Chase Davis Rachel Becker made All-Big 12 First Team after leading the conference in batting average and hits.

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Continued from 1 In her final season as a Cowgirl, Factor batted better than .300 for the fifth straight season. She ranked sec-

ond on the team in average with .386, third in hits with 54, first in sacrifice hits with eight and second in on-base percentage at .476.

Kilfoyl earns second-team honors after transferring from Alabama.

The senior pitcher posted a 2.02 ERA and dished out 107 strikeouts. She successfully tallied triple-digit strikeouts

for a second consecutive season.

Micaela Wark was also selected Kyra Aycock, the second Cowgirl to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team to earn a unanimous selection, was after returning from injury. A redshirt one of two OSU players selected to freshman, Wark spent last season the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. She with Kansas before transferring to the recorded a 9-1 record and a 2.17 ERA Cowgirls and is second on the team in in her first collegiate season and reRBI with 46. She finished the regular cently held No. 1 Oklahoma scoreless season with 13 multi-hit games. through 6.1 innings. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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‘The next generation is here’ Photo description OSU unveiled new football uniforms Wednesday morning.

A look at OSU’s latest football uniform upgrade familiar.

OSU, partnering with Nike, has decided to call back to looks of the past, present and future, calling back to the era of Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders, while still maintaining the flashy helmets of the present.

Payton Little With Oklahoma State written Staff Reporter across the chest, the past is in full swing with these new threads. Stripes have returned to sleeves of the jerseys As Oklahoma State’s football once again and numbers are a mainstay team enters a new era for the Big 12, so on the shoulders of the jerseys. The do the uniforms on their backs. shoulder stripes are meant to repreOn Wednesday morning, OSU sent the legacies of the current Ring released a look at a new era for the of Honor inductees Bob Fennimore, Cowboys’ football uniforms. Gone are Thomas and Sanders, as all three the days of the pointed numbers, pais- donned the stripes in their time in the ley trim around the sleeves and neck orange and black. and marshal star brand logo. Instead Fans of the old gray jerseys will comes something brand new, yet very be out of luck, as the four new looks

include orange with white lettering, white with orange lettering, white with black lettering and black with white lettering.

Most notably, this will be the first time Oklahoma State has had rotation road looks, with the different colors of lettering on the jerseys adding variety to new destination road trips.

The present and future are whole heartedly represented by the helmets.

In recent years, OSU has mixed and matched helmet colors and decals every single week, creating a tough challenge for fans attempting to predict which logo will see the field. This mystery element will remain intact.

The pants have also been rejuvenated with a simple, yet striking, OSU brand logo on the right hip, calling to the future OSU has to come.

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Uniforms worn from 2016 to 2022 are now an item of the past.

While the school is proud of the accomplishments achieved while wearing the sets, including a Biletnikoff trophy winner and a Fiesta Bowl win, OSU wanted a look that represented the school more, as there was no mention of Cowboys or Oklahoma State on the front of the jerseys. Now, Oklahoma State sits boldly, front and center.

Oklahoma State is looking to launch this new era of uniforms with a bang, laying down the framework with new facilities, athletes and of course new uniforms.

“The next generation is here.”

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Continued from 1 September marks the beginning of the center’s fifth season.

2011 “American Idol” winner and country music singer Scotty McCreery opens the year Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Ma and pianist Kathryn Scott conclude the season April 5, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

Notable Broadway shows on tour continue to find their way to Stillwater.

“Pretty Woman – The Musical” hits the stage Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. “Come From Away,” a Tony Award-wining production, arrives Jan. 23-24, 2024. The show focuses on the true story of 38 flights grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, on 9/11. “The Book of Mormon,” another Tony-Award winning musical, performs April 1-2, 2024.

The New York Philharmonic returns for a three-show weekend Sept. 22-24.

The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will also play another holiday movie-in-concert performing the score to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The annual Chamber Music residency and organist Peter Krasinski will also return. news.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy of Tribune News Service World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform at the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts in Stillwater alongside pianist Kathryn Stott on April 5, 2024.

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Courtesy of Creative Commons Police searched Piotrowski’s apartment and found a methamphetamine pipe in her pocket and a container with 3.9 grams of methamphetamine in her purse. After detaining her, police seized glass pipes, digital scales with residue, a meth pipe, used syringes and additional paraphernalia from the apartment, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Perkins woman receives 10 year sentence Brylee Smith Staff Reporter A 23-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one count of felony child neglect, one count of misdemeanor possession of meth and one count of misdemeanor drug paraphernalia last week.

Josie Piotrowski was taken into custody on Dec. 28 after police searched an abandoned apartment

where she was living with her two children. The Department of Human Services took six-month-old and 18-month-old were taken into custody.

Stillwater police received a tip that fentanyl was being used and distributed from 1108 N. Duck St. Police searched the apartment and found a methamphetamine pipe in Piotrowski’s pocket and a container with 3.9 grams of methamphetamine in her purse.

After detaining her, police seized glass pipes, digital scales with residue, a meth pipe, used syringes and ad-

ditional paraphernalia from the apartment, according to the probable cause affidavit.

Piotrowski was sentenced May 2 to 10 years with the possibility of a suspended sentence after completing a long-term treatment program.

In 2018, she was charged with larceny of a vehicle and petit larceny, but the state dropped the charges in January 2019, according to court records.

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According to court records, she has other previous felony and misdemeanor convictions including unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of a controlled dangerous substance.

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Courtesy of OSU OSU’s College of Education and Human Sciences recently honored some of its accomplished graduates.

OSU-CHS awards Hall of Fame inductee and Outstanding Alumni Michael Clark Staff Reporter

husband in 2013 due to her support of organizations and individuals in need.

She has worked on numerous boards, committees and other philanthropic enThe College of Education and deavors. Amy owns and operates Forget Human Sciences recently honored some Me Not, a gift shop, bakery, and caterof its accomplished graduates. ing business in Highland Park, Texas.

On April 28, 2023, the CEHS Athena Frank was the first recepiaccepted a new member into its present of the Outstanding Alumni Award tigious Hall of Fame and honored two at the banquet. Frank, raised in GlenOutstanding Alumni Award recipients coe Oklahoma, graduated with a degree during the 2023 Hall of Fame banquet. in business information and focus on Amy Mitchell was inducted into information processing from OSU’s the Hall of Fame work for her outCollege of Business and later comstanding donations to Oklahoma State pleted her master’s in curriculum and University. She graduated from OSU in instruction with a focus in information 1983 with a degree in family relations and community technology from the and child development. She has worked OSU College of Education in 1992 as a social worker in San Antonio She initially worked as an acalongside her husband, who founded countant, but changed tracks and began Riata Energy. teaching after receiving her master’s Amy was inducted with her degree. She eventually became the

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business information technology instructor for the Central Technology Center in Drumright, Oklahoma. She provides lectures in finance and entrepreneurship to everyone in her community.

Thanks to her lifetime of service and numerous accolades across the board, Athena Frank was an easy contender for OSU’s Outstanding Alumni award.

The next recipient of the Outstanding Alumni Award was Steven A. Scott from Pittsburg, Kansas. Scott has invested almost 50 years in public education as a teacher, coach, administrator, leader and board member.

In 1973, Scott graduated from Pittsburg State University with a degree in secondary mathematics and taught as a math teacher in Riverton, Kansas. He came to Oklahoma State University in

1977 to complete a master’s degree in mathematics.

Scott spent a few years teaching math at Miami High School before accepting a position in the Department of Computer Science at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He came back to Kansas in the PSU College of Education and studied for a doctorate of education in higher education at OSU, completing his degree in 1990.

His teaching focused on technology in the classroom. Scott’s work continued until he was selected by the Kansas Board of Regents to become PSU’s ninth president. Scott’s work as president benefitted the university across academics, athletics and facilities. Although he has retired, Scott maintains an active role in community and statewide affairs. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Courtesy of Tribune News Service

Queen Charlotte and King George III Hugh Sachs as Brimsley and Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.” (Liam Daniel/Netflix/TNS)

What does the ‘Bridgerton’ prequel get right?

Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, in the 1810s — the time period portrayed in “Bridgerton”— an older Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel, reprising her role from “Bridgerton”) — is living apart from Fans of sexy revisionist romance, her husband, whose mental health has rejoice! long been in decline. Following the “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton death of her granddaughter in childStory” arrived Thursday on Netflix and birth, Charlotte finds herself increasoffers more of the bodice-ripping and ingly frustrated by her wayward adult exciting modern twists we’ve come to children, who have failed to produce expect from the “Bridgerton” universe. enough legitimate heirs to secure the Created by Shonda Rhimes, the royal line of succession. series cuts between two timelines to The series takes a humanizing explore the life of Queen Charlotte, the look at the diva-like Charlotte, the dramonarch who rules with her enormous matic circumstances she faced at such wigs and tiny dogs. In the 1860s, Char- a young age and the painful trajectory lotte (India Ria Amarteifio), a 17-year- of her once-happy marriage. It also porold princess from an obscure principal- trays George as a well-meaning, curiity in Germany, travels to England and ous and vulnerable young man afflicted is married hours later to King George with a poorly understood disease that III (Corey Mylchreest), arguably the affected his mental health — a contrast most powerful man in the world. She to the caricature of a mad tyrant that eventually learns that her aloof new Americans are accustomed to from high husband is seeking extreme treatment school history lessons and pop culture for a mysterious mental illness. like “Hamilton.”

While “Queen Charlotte” is a conscious work of historical revision that takes clear artistic license, many details about the characters and the world they lived are drawn from fact.

We spoke to three experts to get a fuller picture of the life and times of George and Charlotte: Janice Hadlow, author of “A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III”; Andrew Roberts, author of “The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III”; and Catherine Curzon, author of “The Real Queen Charlotte: Inside the Real Bridgerton Court.”

Charlotte was plucked from relative obscurity to marry the king “George came to the throne in 1760 with big ideas about the kind of king he hoped to be,” said Hadlow. He was just 22 when he became king, and “interrogated himself constantly about the purpose of monarchy in the modern world.” Eventually, he decided the job of a king was “to become the moral compass of the country, the conscience

of the nation and an example to all his subjects, high and low,” she said.

This meant his private life had to reflect his moral authority and that he would need to “leave behind him the spectacular dysfunctional horrors that blighted the lives of his Hanoverian predecessors,” Hadlow said. George knew it would be impossible to achieve his goals without the perfect wife by his side, so his search was extensive.

“Because of the political and geostrategic exigencies of the day, they needed to have a Protestant princess” who was of childbearing age, said Roberts. “And so that wiped out huge areas of the world apart from Germany and Scandinavia.” Many candidates were eliminated because they were “free thinkers” — atheists or agnostics — or, ironically, because they had “lunacy” in the family.

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Today’s Birthday (05/11/23). This year is for dreaming and organizing. Win through steady team participation. A peaceful springtime recharges with private inspiration.

Beginning a new partnership phase this summer energizes your autumn physical performance. Winter favors personal renewal, growth and development. Plan and prepare to build for success.

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 — Advance shared dreams in collaboration. Complications could cause misunderstandings or surprises. Don’t take things personally. Patience and humor pay double. Eyes on the prize.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Collaborate with talented friends. Adapt with changes in your career, project or industry. Provide excellent service and a flexible attitude. Keep communication channels open.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Delays or roadblocks could stall your exploration. Communication glitches could impact the itinerary. Learn valuable tricks in the process. Adapt to a surprise.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Pull together for common gain. Love is the common thread that binds your enterprise. Avoid financial arguments. Patiently collaborate and coordinate. Listen generously.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — You and your partner are on the same wavelength, despite the potential for crossed cables. Romance sparks when least expected. Patiently support each other.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Balance physical action with self-care.

Temporary work stoppages or delays are an opportunity for rest and recharging. Prioritize health and safety. Practice your moves.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Consider the big picture. Patiently navigate communication breakdowns, delays or other surprises. Gentle pressure works better than force. Honey gets more than vinegar.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Take charge. Maintain momentum despite unexpected domestic matters. Listen and provide solutions. Make repairs and upgrades if needed. Keep systems running smoothly. Nurture family.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Listen more than speaking. Miscommunications could frustrate financial endeavors. If something sounds too good to be true, maybe it is. Stay in action.

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Articulate what you want.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Consider where you’ve been and what’s ahead. Plan your moves. You can get what’s needed soon enough. You’re especially sensitive. Rest, relax and recharge.

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