Monday, January 15, 2024
OSU cancels classes on Tuesday, winter weather freezes Stillwater Kennedy Thomason News & Lifestyle Editor
OSU has canceled classes on Tuesday ahead of anticipated winter weather. A message was sent out on Jan. 11 announcing a delayed opening on Jan. 12 and no classes on Tuesday.
Stillwater had light snowfall on Sunday with a high of eight degrees and a wind chill in the negatives. Snow covered Stillwater’s roads long after the last flake fell. Cold temperatures are forecasted again on Monday, with an anticipated high of 15 degrees. Some students returned to town before the snowfall, others are planning to return after the roads are cleared. The spring semester will begin on Wednesday. news.ed@ocolly.com
Payton Little OSU has canceled classes for Tuesday, which would have been the start of the semester.
Are you a Stanley or Hydro Flask person? What your water bottle says about you Jaimie Ding Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- If you’ve spent any amount of time on TikTok or talking to your 12-year-old niece, you’ve probably heard of the Stanley cup by now. The 40 oz. insulated tumbler with a handle has led to long lines, fights and a crazy resale market. We’re only days into the new year, and already some marketers have gone so far as to proclaim 2024 the “Year of the Water Bottle.” Hydration vessels, they say, may be this year’s “most covetable, most fashionable accessory.” But the Stanley cup is just the latest in a long line of water bottle trends, aided by social media virality and declared cool by the arbitrators of the internet — teenage girls. Before Stanley, it was Hydro Flask, and before that, S’well. Owala took off on social media last year as well. At the ripe old age of 24, I’ve remained faithful to my plastic Nalgene bottle, a brand that has seen its own surges in popularity, for more than five years. It’s covered in stickers from my college days and practically indestructible, perfect for my outdoor climbing trips and propensity for dropping things. I prefer to drink my water at room temperature rather than ice cold — controversial, I know — and I don’t want to lug around anything heavy. I’m unabashed Nal-
gene person, and I won’t be replacing it anytime soon. Given the fierce devotion with which some fans wield their Stanleys, I wanted to know if water bottles really have become the latest extensions of our identities. So I spent a day traversing the city to see what Angelenos have to say. Here are my entirely unscientific findings. Stanley: The trendsetter One of the most coveted items currently by tweens across America, it seems, is the Stanley Quencher tumbler. Target shelves were devoid of them when I checked, but 15-yearold Kimora Johnson knew where to find one — Urban Outfitters. Johnson proudly toted her light teal blue Stanley as she walked out of school in Culver City on Monday. It matched her nails. “I just like the color and it keeps my water cold. It’s really nice,” she said. She was quite pleased to have snagged one over winter break after seeing it all over TikTok, Instagram and the news. The cup’s popularity was likely initially sparked by a woman’s viral TikTok video in November of a Stanley cup that survived a car fire. In response, the Stanley company offered to replace her cup — and her car. Since then, influencers and popular collaborations have propelled the Stanley cup to new heights. (Stanley couldn’t be reached for comment on the trend.) See Bottle on 7
Tribune Content Agency Priscilla Ramirez, photographed at Runyon Canyon, packs a Hydrapeak water bottle she purchased from Marshalls because she said it keeps her water cold.
All Photos by Payton Little Students took advantage of the snowy weather on Sunday.