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fall fantasies Students looking forward to fun, fall, and freedom Rachel Williamson Staff Reporter
Next fall brings lots of hope for life on campus to go back to normal after three long and abnormal semesters. As OSU plans to have full in-person classes, required attendance, and homecoming next semester, life at Zoom University is coming to an end. Students are more than excited to enjoy the real college experience. For some students, having freedom again is most exciting. “I’m the most excited about not having to worry about COVID regulations, wearing masks, things of that nature, it’s more freedom,” said Dillan Duff, a junior in plant and soil science. “Also I think it’s better that you’ll See Mask on pg. 2
Fifth in a series
Greenwood Here and Now’ is a project by The O’Colly Media Group that highlights the tragedy and triumph of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, 100 years after the Tulsa race massacre.
Star or Eagle File photo The OSU homecoming centennial was cancelled last fall due to safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, but a celebration is planned as normal for fall 2021.
Theater of relativity Adam Engel Digital Editor Dakota Norman remembered the walk. Down the east hall of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. Past the bathrooms and the water fountains. Kept walking past faculty offices designated by nameplates distinguishing the various disciplines within the
Oklahoma State Music department. At the end of the hall is a mounted TV displaying advertisements for upcoming OSU Theatre productions. Right at the TV and the walk passes a fully stocked vending machine. A few feet to the right of that is a classroom door. Room 118. The room is significant, where Norman, a student theater major, and his peers have spent hundreds of hours, but not this year because COVID-19 impacted the theater just as much as anything else. The door is squeaky and reveals a location unknown to many — the theatre movement
room it’s called, formerly known as the OSU band room. For eight weeks, a cast of 15 diligently rehearsed for “The Theory of Relativity” — the first OSU musical of the semester. A week from now, the cast will be 600 yards or so across the street at the McKnight Center Plaza performing “The Theory of Relativity.” Yoga on the lawn, two movie screenings, “Sonic the Hedgehog” featuring Stillwater native James Marsden. See Theater on pg. 6A
Joshua Cleary Cait Phillips (left) and Ryan Carlson (right) rehearse for “The Theory of Relativity”. The show premieres next weekend at the McKnight Center Plaza
Greenwood’s newspaper means a lot to Fred Jones
Sudeep Tumma Sports Editor Fred Jones can still recollect the entities of Greenwood he saw growing up in the late 1960s. Whether it’s his grandmother’s bread store, a pool hall or even the city dump, Jones remembers it all. The now Oklahoma Eagle web administrator grew up in Tulsa, got his haircuts on Greenwood and attended Booker T. Washington High School. Despite attending one of the more prestigious high schools in the state, Jones — like most across the state — never learned about the Tulsa race massacre growing up. So now, Jones, who hosts several community events with students from Tulsa public schools, always challenges the kids to Google “Black Wall Street.” “I want them to get an understanding of what once was,” Jones said. “It may never be the same, but we can still be a part of the new Greenwood, of the new economic structure. With that, kind of sprinkle some tradition in there also. I make sure that, when I host my events, that I talk about Black Wall Street in 1910-1920, not just 1921. “Not just the tragedy, but the success that was there.” See Star on pg. 4A
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News Fall... Continue on pg. 1A “have to attend class. It’s not going to be recorded and put online all the time. I mean sometimes you want to be lazy and do that, but it makes you more disciplined and you get better grades if you go to class.” Many students are thrilled to make connections that were sorely missed in distanced and online classes. “I’m excited because I think it’ll be easier to make connections and make friends,” said Grace Potts, a freshman in agricultural economics. “Sometimes I feel like it’s dead on campus now because kids don’t have to go out since they can just do class online. I’m excited for football, tailgating, and the stuff that really completes the college experience, and for it to be part of my college experience. Being a freshman, it’s all been very, very strange.” Getting to see student’s faces, smiles and people out and about is a common theme among those who are looking forward to a return to the fun, lively OSU campus that once drew so many together. “I’m really excited to see people on campus,” said Libby Roark, a sophomore in history. “Being on campus gives me a lot of OSU pride, and I think being online takes away that pride, so I’m really excited to be back on campus and going to in-person classes.” The opportunities that were missed this year such as classic OSU events like homecoming are things that students look forward to truly experiencing next year. “I’m most looking forward to honestly just feeling like a normal college student again,” said Esther Ford, a sophomore in agricultural education. For many majors, some labs and classes could not be taught safely during the pandemic, so students missed out on a lot of learning opportunities. “I’m in a lodging class right now and we didn’t get to do the lab at all, it was just the lecture portion, so I didn’t get to do any of the front or back-of-house work for the hotel,” said Brooke Egli, a sophomore in hospitality. “I’m really excited to be able to connect with other students again, like going online it’s really hard to make friendships, so being back in person and the ability to have conversations and just connect with people more easily.” Many club activities were heavily restricted or cancelled this year. Of course, Homecoming was canceled before school even started. “I’m excited to finally be able to do more social events on campus,” said Noah Jewell, a junior double majoring in food science and meat science. “Being able to do more with clubs and the college, in general, is exciting.” “I’m most excited about Homecoming activities,” said Michael Bardwell, a sophomore in political science and economics. “But I’m also worried I’ll catch Covid again and get really sick.” One senior recalls what the college experience is really about, and hopes students will get to truly experience that next year. “I won’t be here next semester but for the rest of the students returning, I am hoping they’re able to have some social events,” said Alisa Northcutt, a senior in agricultural communications. “The college experience is all about meeting new people and being vulnerable and doing life with them, and this year I don’t feel like any of that was happening. “So for the sanity of everyone returning, I hope there’s more social interaction and that meeting new people is encouraged.” news.ed@ocolly.com
Homecoming is planned to be held normally in the fall of 2021 and students are ready to make up for lost time.
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File Photo Football games were deeply missed by students for the past three semesters. Students look forward to attending games in the future.
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‘Giant mess’ How an OSU alumnus helped victims of Madoff Ponzi scheme
Rick Antle, a 1976 OSU alumnus, helped victims of the biggest Ponzi scheme in human history.
Ryan Novozinsky Editor-in-Chief Oklahoma State alumnus Rick Antle felt a call to action that day. When he heard about the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, the largest form of investment fraud in human history, he knew he had to help. “I didn’t have any idea at that point how I could or whether I could, but it was something that I would like to have been involved in,” Antle said. “For a lot of reasons, but not the least of which is just to learn about these types of schemes and how they work and how do you try to compensate the losers and what that’s all about.” Antle, who graduated from OSU in 1976 and is currently a finance professor at Yale University, was a trustee of two liquidating trusts of Madoff feeder funds. Put simply, he assisted in redistributing a portion of the lost funds in the scandal. “My piece was very small,” Antle said humbly. “Like $200-400 million. That’s very small relative to (the $64.8 billion lost). It was just a giant mess.” Antle, operating under a limited liability company, was tasked with contacting the “net winners” in the scheme and demanding they give money back since it was not technically theirs. The net winners were those who took out more than they put into the fraudulent investment.
But how did an accountant from a small town end up assisting in a case of this magnitude? Antle said his connections helped tremendously. “I worked with an attorney that (represented) somebody that lost money to Madoff. (He) came to him and asked him who he could sue. I already worked with that attorney,” Antle said. “When it got to the point where they needed a trustee to do the liquidation, I got the job that way.” Madoff’s Ponzi scheme still resonates with Antle today. It’s one of the first things that he’ll teach his classes at Yale and he’s blown away with how long it was able to go on. The main question that sticks out to him though is how Madoff, who died Wednesday morning, was able to morally do this to so many victims. “(Madoff) did this and was apparently unphased,” Antle said. “You just wonder if there’s a hole in the person’s soul to be able to do that.” While this was a difficult situation to handle, Antle was thankful toward his professors at OSU for preparing him for this moment. “I just had a lot of great professors I think,” Antle said. “They were really bright, really hard working people… I think it was the quality and the rigor that you always had to do homework if you were in accounting.” Because he went to OSU in the 1970s, Antle made sure to point out that he is not the former OSU football player with the same name. “When people think ‘Rick Antle,’ they think of the football player. I’m not the football player,” he said. “He’s my cousin’s son, I think. I don’t think I’ve ever actually met him.” news.ed@ocolly.com
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Happy trails Ellen Slater Staff Reporter
Monroe, University, Duck. . . the names of the streets in Stillwater are ingrained in student’s and alumni’s heads alike as they remind everyone of the college town they love. Now, add President Hargis’s name to the list. ResolutionCC-2021 was put in place by the city of Stillwater in hopes of naming a road after soon-to-be retiree, Oklahoma State University President,
Burns Hargis. The resolution was passed, approved and adopted on April 5, 2021. Hargis Road will replace the current name of Airport Industrial Road. Hargis’ impact did not just contribute to the university, but the city of Stillwater as a whole. President Hargis played a huge role in bringing daily, nonstop American Airlines jet service to Stillwater Regional Airport. A win for Oklahoma State University’s Stillwater campus is a win for the city. Under Hargis’ term, the OSU Stillwater campus saved $60
million thanks to OSU’s energy conservation plan. City Manager Norman McNickle thinks that the president’s time here has made a long-lasting impact on the city. “President Hargis has been a great partner to the City of Stillwater,” McNickle said. “The expansion of university programs over the years has led to more visitors and permanent residents.” Hargis himself is an alumnus of OSU, so the Stillwater community has been a part of his life for many years. Burns and Ann Hargis have held the
positions of President and First Cowgirl over a 13-year tenure. “Burns Hargis and First Cowgirl Ann are two of the most gracious and best ambassadors ever for Stillwater and Oklahoma State University,” read the resolution that the city proposed. Hargis’ road to retirement will end at the end of the spring 2021 semester, but his legacy will live on, not only through the long-lasting changes he has made in the past 13 years, but now, also something as tactile as a street sign. news.ed@ocolly.com
Courtesy of city of Stillwater President Hargis’ tenure at Oklahoma State has brought much life to the community of Stillwater.
Star... Continued from pg. 1A After 1921, everything changed. Like Greenwood, the Oklahoma Eagle also transformed with the race massacre. After opening in 1913 as the Tulsa Star, the building burned down in the race riots. But emerging out of the fire, the Tulsa Star rebranded as the Oklahoma Eagle. “The Oklahoma Eagle has a lot of heritage, a lot of skin in the game when it comes to Black Wall Street because we were the only voice for the African American community at the time,” Jones said. “To be resilient enough to come back the following week after such a bombing just shows the resiliency and steadfastness of those individuals at that time to make sure that the news still got out. “We take pride in that today.” Jones joined the Oklahoma Eagle eight years ago, and he’s made it a point to continue the Eagle’s strong legacy. The Oklahoma Eagle has been printing newspapers for about 100 years, but three years ago, Jones took it upon himself to launch a web page. In those three years, the site has tallied 5 million hits. “It’s so hard to get a person to sit down and read a newspaper,” Jones said. “Everybody has got a phone, you don’t even need a laptop to read all this, it’s in your hand. For the next 100 years, we want to make that the Eagle is in your hand.” news.ed@ocolly.com
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Are you ready? Students discuss excitement, concerns for next year Samantha Sanchez Staff Reporter
OSU students share their hopes and concerns for going back to ‘normal’ as classes are predicted to be packed in Fall 2021. The difficulties of online school remain prominent, even to the end of the spring semester, both socially and academically. Students have grown used to the speed of campus, and making the change to fully in-person lectures will force students to readjust once again. “I’m kind of nervous about having a ton of people on campus. I think it’s going to be a little overwhelming for everybody. I know mental health isn’t super great right now. I was able to manage, but there was definitely a lot of added stress,” Alexis Maynard, a junior in strategic communications, said. While online school has granted students some flexibility in their attendance and workload, many have felt more inclined to dismiss classwork altogether. Some believe the many distractions they faced this semester will dissipate with in-person classes, helping them to stay focused on their work and remain accountable. “I think it will be better for the campus and for the students,” Caitlin
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After three semester of abnormal education, many students are ready for things to return to normal.
Wardour, nutritional sciences sophomore, said. “ I know online classes have been hard for some people to stay motivated to even get on classes or study. I know it’s been really hard for me. I’m ready for in-person classes because then I have to go. They take attendance and that’s part of my grade,” Aside from motivation, students may find themselves accomplishing more when doing things in person, which could potentially aid the mental health struggle spike to decrease
in the fall semester. “I am actually ready for in person. I feel like I get more done and learn more in a physical classroom. It will be a lot easier in my opinion,” Austin Olivas, sports management junior, said. The uncertainty of the pandemic not only changed the way OSU students learn, but the overall first impression that freshman had of college. First-year students are eager to see the reality of the ‘college experience’ at OSU, especially in the
social aspect. “I’m excited to have more opportunities to meet people. I think Covid made it difficult to make connections with people,” Erin Dornan, aviation management and aerospace security freshman, said. The question of whether masks are going to be required to attend class remains unanswered, and some students worry that the desire for normalcy might raise more health concerns. “It makes me a little
nervous because I’ve personally been fully vaccinated and then I’m very cautious about that kind of thing. I know some other universities are requiring students to be fully vaccinated for the fall, and I think I might be a little more comfortable if everyone was vaccinated in in-person classes, but I don’t know if they are going to be able to make that a requirement. So I’m a little nervous,” Maynard said. news.ed@ocolly.com
New spaces in older places Architecture students talk about purpose, thoughts behind projects Anna Pope Staff Reporter
Featuring designs based on Rubik’s Cubes and ice logos, OSU architecture students reimagine Cimarron Plaza, inspired by its businesses. Resting off of North Boomer Road, Cimarron Plaza is what some businesses and local amenities call home. While the plaza can be considered a sleepy shopping center, OSU architecture students were charged with three assignments to see the possibilities of the buildings surrounding the large grey gravel parking lot. These assignments made up the Site, Space, Skin + Structure outdoor storefront exhibition. Focusing on accepting the plaza as it is, rather than a restoration or overhaul project, students made plans to create structures highlighting what is already there. Cassidy Cluck is an architecture sophomore and was assigned to pick an object in the Dollar General in Cimarron Plaza to serve as inspiration for a space. She chose a Rubik Cube. She said she designed a place if someone touches the white wall on any given square, that square will turn a color. In addition to creating a Rubik’s Cube-themed room, one of her projects was also centered around creating a space for a business to be COVID-19 friendly. For her business, Cluck said she created designs for a restaurant where people can manipulate rooms any way they
Abby Cage The students of OSU School of Architecture in class ARCH 2216 currently had an exhibition located in Cimarron Plaza, off Franklin Ln. “Site Space Skin + Structure”
want in order to feel safer during the pandemic. “I really just kind of focused on individuality and
the ability to interact and create your own space whenever you are visiting the site (restaurant),” Cluck said.
Like Cluck, Henry Traxel is an architecture sophomore who was inspired by the logo on an ice cooler. As a result, he created a stacked ice cube structure where people could go in and chip off ice. On another project, Traxel created structures designed to be moved and deconstructed for Center Church in the plaza. His design is meant to be temporary, but he wanted to promote a place to attract more people. “Designing spaces that people want to go to and that promote community and promote gathers and just better areas for just interaction, that’s how you breathe more life into an area,” Traxel said. Reem Mansy, an architecture sophomore, said taking buildings and improving them by adding figures, something bright and an interactive element is a way to bring an attraction to Stillwater but it’s also a way to bring people together. Describing her work in this exhibition as “modern,” Mansy said she wanted to create something people have not seen before. She said she begins any project by thinking about what would encourage people to not just look at the space and structures, but also everyone around them and create conversation. Like many architecture students, Mansy said the intent behind any structure she forms is to create a beautiful, interesting space for people to take in and even learn about people in the process. news.ed@ocolly.com
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Lifestyle Theater... Continue from pg. 1A
“The Theory of Relativity” marks the first OSU Theatre Department production on the McKnight Center grounds. Even then, limitations exist. The show will use the jumbotron for the set background and the performance is outside. “The Theory of Relativity” is an ensemble show that is unique from the average musical. It’s a song cycle show without a linear plot. “This is a little more abstract,” Devon Hunt, director and assistant professor of theatre said. “Each character is telling their story. We get little vignettes from each of their lives that don’t necessarily connect through a linear plot, but they find community through the sharing of their experiences.” Each scene creates the show. The shows stars collegeaged characters portrayed by students. The distinct nature of the musical is displayed in the playbill. The actors aren’t designated by their character name, instead, their real name. “That is to give the show an element of universality,” Hunt said. “These stories are bigger than just the person singing. This is somebody sharing a story that has elements of universal truth.” All the separate elements are still connected. “It’s all about finding out how these college-aged characters are connected through these theories and laws that we know about from science class,” Norman said. For other cast members like Courtney Noisette, a junior theater major and Lauren Reece, a fifth-year theater major, a return to the stage is long-awaited. COVID-19 reduced theatrical production options. “War of the Worlds” and “Charlotte’s Web,” both fall productions, were presented as radio shows that streamed online. During that time, most rehearsals were conducted via Zoom. Actors confined to a computer screen in their dorm room. “With the radio acting, I had to learn microphone techniques and voice inflections,” Noisette said. “I’m happy that I’m able to bring that back to the normal musicals.”
Joshua Cleary Cait Phillips (left) and Ryan Carlson (right) rehearse for “The Theory of Relativity”. The show premieres next weekend at the McKnight Center Plaza
The spring semester, however, is different. The return has worked out well. “We began rehearsals about six weeks ago four days a week,” he said. “That’s a lot of time for a smaller concert version show, but there was the possibility of being shut down from COVID-19.” Hunt cast understudies
and swings in case COVID-19 affected the group. One case occurred, but the group conquered adversity. The musical premieres on April 22 and runs through April 25 with each show at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase on the McKnight Center website. Seating is arranged in socially distanced pods. Each pod is $30
and includes four people. “We’re a bunch of college kids telling stories that all people our age can relate to,” Norman said. “It’s been so long since we’ve been able to come out and enjoy live theater where it is safe and socially distant.” entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
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Lifestyle OSU bus driver and his wife battle through her cancer
Sacrifice after sacrifice, OSU bus driver Lyndal Chapman supports his wife through her stage four appendiceal cancer. Lyndal plans his work schedule according to Angela Chapman’s intensive cancer treatments at Houston. Every three weeks, he takes four days off his job to ensure her attendance to every session, and he has accompanied his wife through all of her appointments for 13 years. “I appreciate that he has scheduled his work and life around making sure I get the best treatment possible. He loves me through it all,” Angela said. The rarity of her tumor made her path to recovery more difficult. Despite not obtaining the results they had hoped for after one of her major surgeries, Lyndal sought to find chances for his wife to continue the journey. “There are two things that you can do whenever they tell you to go home and enjoy your last six months of life. You can do that. Or you can look for a better doctor,” Lyndal said. This thought is what landed them an experimental treatment that has been successful for her to this day. The trial was a leap of faith for the Chapmans, but Angela response exceeded the doctor’s expectations. She has lived three years more than the time she was predicted to live. Lyndal admires qualities in her that he doesn’t see in himself. “Right now, the drugs have not been approved. The study has ended. Most of the patients have
Courtesy of Lyndal Chapman. The Chapmans have been fighting this battle for over a decade, and Lyndal’s flexible job as an OSU bus driver has allowed them to fight together the entire ride.
died. She is one of the few fought through, and it’s on her own personal will to live. I mean, if I got it, I’d be dead.” The Chapman’s have paid all of their debts and are moving to a smaller house to make An-
gela their most important consideration. Lyndal is a firm believer that a person doesn’t need many things to be happy, and they have decided to persevere as a team. “We persevere by making a commitment to each other and
my medical team to make it to every appointment, blood draw, treatment, MRI and CT scan,” Angela said. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
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Fashion forward
What’s in store for fashion industry’s exciting future By Karynsa Teel Modmuze Writer In early February, Elizabeth Segran, who works for Fast Company, wrote an article asking President Biden to appoint a fashion czar. When the article gained traction, it spurred Hilary Jochmans, a political consultant who specializes in sustainable fashion, to write a formal letter to the Biden Administration asking them to consider creating a ‘fashion caucus.’ This letter, which was co-signed by about seventy fashion brands, including Allbirds, Everlane and Eileen Fisher, with more signing on every day, is said to have been delivered during the week of Feb. 22, 2021. So, what exactly would a fashion czar, or fashion caucus, do? Well, quite a bit. This group of people would work with global governments to better regulate aspects of the fashion industry. Some of the most important aspects include working to lessen the impact of environmental degradation and human labor issues, problems that run rampant in major manufacturing countries. While it is imperative to fix these two issues quickly, appointing a fashion czar or fashion caucus could potentially offer a solution to another main problem often worried about among American
Courtesy of qz.com. In 2019, over half a million Americans were employed by textile mills and the industry brought in over $75 billion, according to ncto.org.
citizens: The economy. As more sustainable brands steer towards re-shoring, bringing manufacturing processes back home, there are more opportunities for manufacturing plants to open here.
Although it is unlikely America will ever produce the same amount of garments as we did in the 60’s, before the offshoring boom, we could still potentially produce a lot of textiles. We already have a lot
of infrastructure that could be used as textile mills, so the cost to refurbish existing infrastructure would be considerably less than if we were to build everything from scratch. Additionally, America already produces
a significant amount of the world’s cotton, so shipping cotton to textile mills located here would also help to cut down on air pollution. The last, and most significant factor, is the amount of jobs these textile mills could bring - and I’m talking green jobs. Since these mills would be regulated by the fashion caucus, their sustainability requirements would hopefully be on par with the newly proposed Green New Deal, although this legislation isn’t yet passed. The appointment of a fashion czar and/or caucus also calls to question to role politics will now play within the fashion industry. Seeing designers take political stands is nothing new, and this was only enforced as several made political statements regarding the 2020 election. However, creating a fashion caucus will allow for people with fashion industry experience to create guidelines instead of the usual political players, who may or may not have any experience with the inner-workings of the fashion industry. This then begs the question of what this could mean for fashion industry hopefuls. Has a new career path just been made available to us, one that meshes politics, economics, and fashion? If so, what would these new skills and requirements look like and where can I sign up? entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
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Just(in) time OSU’s timing was perfect for Campbell Ryan Breeden Staff Reporter Justin Campbell took in the distinctive scent of the sea. It was July 2019, and Campbell was on a three-day cruise to Ensenada, Mexico, to celebrate his graduation. Campbell was a couple weeks away from beginning his freshman year of college at a school he had fallen in love with. He was enjoying the ocean waves, but then the Green Waves called. Campbell received a call from Travis Jewett, the baseball coach at Tulane University. Campbell answered the call, unaware of what was to come. “Hey, we’ve got some bad news,” Jewett muttered over the phone. Due to Tulane’s air-tight admissions office and sky-high test score qualifications, Campbell could no longer attend the school he signed to. He had to find a different home.
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Justin Campbell’s path hasn’t been smooth, but he’s made the most of it to burst onto the scene.
Campbell was speechless. “It was hard to put into words,” Campbell said. “You feel like you did everything you possibly can to get to the place you wanted to go.”
Campbell hung up, and his mind raced. Campbell assumed he would have to use his backup plan, which was going to junior college and playing at Central Arizona.
The 2019 school year was less than a month away, and now Campbell, the No. 190 nationally ranked See Just(in) on pg. 3B
Center back smarts Jackson earning her role as defensive leader
Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter Dallas D’Feeters coaches Randy Shaw and Steve Davis had a short phrase they would break out during club soccer games. “Him and I would just turn to each other and go ‘so smart,’” Shaw said. “Ninety-five percent of the time it would just be between the two of us on the sideline during a game and it would be because of something Ally (Jackson) did.” Jackson is a junior center back on the Oklahoma State Soccer team. She is a cerebral player, essentially the quarterback of the Cowgirl defense, who reads the game and directs teammates like traffic. She accumulated her soccer IQ playing club ball in North Texas, although she was not always on the D’Feeters. “I had the misfortune of coaching against (Jackson) for the first part of her young career,” Shaw said. “When you’re coaching at
Junior center back Ally Jackson’s communication skills allow her to control OSU’s back line.
the highest level you notice the really talented players that are playing against your team and Ally certainly fit that bill.” Jackson’s competitiveness was the first thing Shaw admired and what made coaching against her
so difficult. It was only natural he started recruiting her to join the D’Feeters. “Ally was a player that was at the top of my recruiting list every year,” Shaw said. “I don’t know if my persistence wore her down or maybe the level
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our team was ascending to on the national stage attracted her enough that she wanted to (join).” Jackson joined the D’Feeters late in her high school career. The team was very good and already had an established starting
lineup that housed several future college players. “She could have easily been on the outside looking in as a sub coming off the bench or a role player, but she just wasn’t going to allow that to happen,” Shaw said. Jackson adopted a team first mentality. Rather than asking her coaches what she needed to do to start she asked them what she needed to do for the team to win. “She actually makes it impossible for you to not play her,” Shaw said. Jackson was a top-100 recruit out of high school and had interest from several Power Five schools. Fittingly, it took her several visits to Stillwater before she decided to sign with OSU. “The whole time I knew (OSU) was one of my top options but once I figured out I didn’t want to be too close to home but not really far it was the perfect fit,” Jackson said. As the Cowgirls began conference play in Jackson’s freshman year, one of the OSU center backs hurt her ankle. “I was playing midfield at the time, and (coach) Collin (Carmichael) See Center on pg. 4B
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‘Everyone looks great’ Sanders progressing, excited about fellow QBs
Dean Ruhl Staff Reporter Two seconds remained before halftime. At the 46-yard line, quarterback Spencer Sanders tucked the football under his arm and ran. Sanders weaved between Texas Tech defensive backs but missed the end zone by 11 yards. The 35-yard rush was the longest of his career at Oklahoma State. In two seasons he has combined for 897 rushing yards and expects to add more. Footwork has been his focus this spring with the help of coach Mike Gundy. “It’s feet with timing, it’s feet with certain routes and it’s feet with looking certain places,” Sanders said. “I feel like I’ve developed my feet with my eyes. I feel like (Gundy) has taught me very well. When it’s not there, get out of the pocket. If it is there, then take your check down.” Completions, accuracy and operating the offense are other focuses of Sanders this spring. He said he feels the OSU defense is the best in the Big 12, and it’s an advantage for the offense to practice against them. Defensive end Ty-
Spencer Sanders has had the best spring practices of his career in 2021, and has seen his growth.
ler Lacy said he sees an improvement in the offense this spring. “The quarterback is throwing the ball, and the receiver is running down the field fast,” Lacy said. “They’re moving fast this year.” Gundy said this is Sanders’ best spring season
at OSU. “He’s progressing and seeing things that we want them to see at that position,” Gundy said. “Like Taylor (Cornelius) and Mason (Rudolph) did. He’s starting to see those things.” Sanders said the same thing. He said he is
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getting comfortable and is adjusting well. He said the offense as a group is feeling comfortable this spring. Sanders has missed six games during his OSU career, having an undisclosed thumb surgery in 2019, a right ankle injury in the opening game of 2020 and an undisclosed head
injury against Oklahoma in 2020. Gundy said missing those games led to inexperienced plays from Sanders last season. After seeing Sanders this spring, he isn’t worried about it. “He’s made an improvement,” Gundy said. “I’m seeing things now that I didn’t see from him last year. He just needs to continue to do it. We need to keep things simple and let him play flat and fast and let him do what he does.” A larger spring roster has given more reps to backups. Gundy said the younger quarterbacks are getting more work than they normally would. “Everybody is developing,” Sanders said. “I feel like Shane (Illingworth), Ethan (Bullock), (Peyton Thompson) and Gunnar (Gundy) are looking great. Everyone is looking great. Everything is kind of slowing down for us. This has been my first spring where everything is the same as last year.” Sanders has become close to Gunnar Gundy this spring. He said it hasn’t been a distraction having the son of the coach next to him each practice. “You treat him like anyone else,” Sanders said. “He’s a great kid, he’s got a great arm and he’s a lefty. That’s cool to watch. Gunnar’s a great kid, I feel like he can spin it really well. We’ll see what he’s got.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
sports Continued from pg. 1B recruit, was starting over his recruiting process, and it would take him somewhere he never expected. Campbell grew up in Simi Valley, California, it wasn’t hard for him to get into baseball. Campbell’s older brother, Matt, pitched at California State University-Northridge and his father, Jack, pitched in college as well. As a 12-year old, Campbell led USA Baseball’s 12-U team to a gold medal after allowing one run against Chinese Taipei in the gold-medal game. Campbell gained national attention as one of the best young pitchers in the country. When Campbell got to high school, it wasn’t just his elite pitching doing all the talking. Campbell was skilled with a bat too. During Campbell’s time at Simi Valley High School, he won league MVP as a sophomore and was MVP runner-up as a senior. Over his four high school seasons, Campbell became close with head coach John Arisohn. Arisohn remembers first meeting Justin. Simi Valley was playing a game in Arizona and Arisohn was sitting and watching when an exuberant little kid approached him with a question: “Hey coach, want some seeds?” It was a 12-year-old Justin Campbell At first, he declined the offer. But Campbell’s relentless effort finally persuaded Arisohn to try the bacon-flavored seeds. “The rest of the season, he would come over with random seeds,” Arisohn said. That started the foundation of Campbell and Arisohn’s relationship, which runs much deeper than just baseball. On the field, Campbell is a fierce competitor and a force to be reckoned with on the mound and in the batter’s box. Off the field, he’s a funny guy that cares about everyone. “He’s one of those kids that will send you a random text message and you’re just like, ‘oh, that’s random,’” Arisohn said. “Justin is very lighthearted, so we have one of those kinds of relationships.” Campbell and Arisohn shared
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more than just a love for baseball and random memes like the one he sent to Arisohn for his birthday last year. Arisohn is a history teacher at Simi Valley HS, and Campbell is fascinated with history. That’s what drew him to Tulane. Located 4 miles west of downtown New Orleans, Tulane is a prestigious school with uncompromising standards. Campbell had to learn that the hard way. The New Orleans-based private school possesses a strict 13% acceptance rate and test score requirements of at least a 30 ACT or 1360 SAT. Campbell got an offer from Tulane, and he knew he had to take it. Campbell was drafted in the 18th round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Astros, but he decided he wanted to invest in himself and raise his draft value in college. Tulane was the only school to show interest in Campbell as a result of his shoulder surgery while in high school. Campbell wanted to show Arisohn those things too. “He would send me all these things historically in New Orleans,” Arisohn said. Campbell and his family felt that Tulane was the right place to be, so he signed his national letter of intent and ‘officially’ became a Green Wave.
Turns out it wasn’t so official, and less than a month later he got the phone call. “I felt horrible for him,” Arisohn said. “He was really excited. He loved that school.” Shortly after that fateful call, Campbell made a call of his own to Arisohn. His advice was the same advice he tells all of his players during arduous situations. “Everything’s gonna be fine, you’ll work it out.” He was right. Not even a week after the Tulane breakup, Campbell got another phone call. Oklahoma State coach Josh Holliday was on the other end. Holliday received word of a two-way player that was recently abandoned by his supposed-to-be school. Holliday checked with NCAA guidelines to make sure Campbell was contactable by rule, and after confirming he was, he made the call. “We were luckily aware of him early in his availability,” Holliday said. “We were able to get in contact with him and his family quickly.” One thing led to another, and before he knew it, Campbell and his dad were in Stillwater making an official visit. It reminded him of home. “It’s almost exactly the same,” Campbell said. “Just not as many buildings and a little bit more room to go around.” Campbell and his dad felt a connection with the coaches too. “We had a like-mindedness about things,” Holliday said, “We had a need and we had scholarship money.” Most schools that recruited Campbell only saw him as a pitcher, but he wanted to hit. Tulane told him he would pitch and hit and that was a big draw for Campbell, so when Holliday told him that at Oklahoma State he was going to be able to do the same, that sealed the deal. Campbell didn’t need any extra time to think about it. Campbell was ready to become a Cowboy. Campbell verbally committed to OSU on Aug. 2, 2019, and 11 days later, he was moving into Bennett Hall. He found his school. “It really boosted my confidence in myself,” Campbell said. “I didn’t know where I was going or what was going to happen after Tulane called me. Josh is a great guy,
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I love him to death.” Since arriving in Stillwater, Campbell has shined. His 2020 season was off to a hot start, with his last outing being an eight-inning shutout performance against BYU, and he hit .414 in the 10 games he was in the lineup. COVID-19 cut his freshman season short, but Campbell has been dominant so far in 2021. Through seven outings, Campbell is 4-0 with 1.15 ERA and 56 strikeouts. At the plate, he’s batting .265 with four RBI. Campbell has made himself at home. “He deserves to be at a place that he’s liked and he can shine, and I think he’s at that place,” Arisohn said. Holliday agrees. He feels that the stars aligned for Campbell to end up at OSU. “He ended up here by fate,” Holliday said. On April 6, Campbell was added to the watch list for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award. On April 14, he was put on the watch list for the Golden Spikes award, which goes to the top amateur baseball player in the country. “It’s a dream come true,” Campbell said. “There’s no place like this.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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this season with four teams.” Eberle’s point should provide a glimmer of hope for fans hoping to see some postseason softball in Cowgirl Stadium. Although the OSU facilities are not up to par with elite stadiums, there have been successful tournaments hosted in Stillwater before. “We’re capable of doing that. I don’t know what their stipulations or protocols are, but we can host,” Chyenne Factor said. The Cowgirls played five games in Stillwater as part of the
OSU/Tulsa Invitational in early March. It went off without a hitch. With that hosting success and an impressive team as positives, OSU has things working in its favor. “It can be done,” Eberle said. “It’s just a matter of what stipulations the NCAA decides to use and hopefully they decide to give the best shot to people that were going to host anyways.” The host sites will be announced on April 26. Gajewski feels confident his team’s bid could be rewarded.
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All a sports team can ask for is the right to control its own destiny. Oklahoma State softball may not get that chance. In early April the NCAA announced the regional host sites for the softball championships would be predetermined. In a normal year, teams with the best record get to host a regional at their home stadium. Past precedent indicates the 32-5 Cowgirls would have a strong enough resume to be one of 16 hosts. “The seeds are usually done by RPI,” coach Kenny Gajewski said. “The rankings really have no play in this. And it’s probably a good thing. The rankings are just an opinion of somebody, where the RPI has a little more substance to it and factors in so many things.” This year, due to COVID-19 precautions, hosting will be determined by the NCAA — an announcement that came as a disappointment to members of the No. 11 OSU team. “I know everyone on our team was extremely disappointed to hear that’s the approach they were going with,” pitcher Carrie Eberle said. “I know they have to follow the protocols and everything but a regional is only four teams and we’ve had tournaments
“I feel good about our chances,” Gajewski said. “We’ll see how that goes. Nothing at this point surprises me. You just have to take it in stride and go day-by-day.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
Glue... Continued from pg. 1 asked me, ‘Have you ever played center back?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, in high school’ so ever since then I stepped up and I did pretty well and now I’m here,” Jackson said. She started every single game of her sophomore and junior campaigns and has become the glue that holds the Cowgirl back line together. Carmichael called her the organizer. The nature of the center back position demands a player who can communicate with others and read the game. It is a true leadership position. “(Jackson) kind of grew into that (leadership) role,” Carmichael said. “I’m not sure she necessarily wanted it…but I think she realized when you play center back in a three back system you got to talk, and you got to organize, and she does that really well.” Jackson is like a pastor when she communicates, she is instructional and inspirational. “Sometimes it’s tactical things like, ‘Shift here, press now, I’m with you,’” OSU wing back Hannah Webb said, “Other times she’s just saying things to remind you she’s there, ‘Hannah, great pass or good job.’ The vocal aspect of her game has gotten really really good.” Anyone can yell on the field, but Jackson yells with a purpose. “She definitely is a leader back there,” OSU goalkeeper Amber Lockwood said. “She makes me feel extremely comfortable, just the support she has shown me throughout the year and just how consistent she is.” Just as anyone can yell on the field, anyone can move the pieces around on a checkerboard. Only if the player has a strategy and can recognize things in the game before their opponent can, will those moves pay off. “She just had a chess versus checkers mentality to the game that had a level of sophistication and maturity that a lot of her peers would probably envy,” Shaw said.
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Surging to end Cowboys looking for third straight win to end season
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Oklahoma State men’s golf has been on a silent climb to the top of the golf world once again in their 2020-21 campaign. At the beginning of the season, despite being ranked in the top 10 overall, the Cowboys were the fourth ranked Big 12 in the January edition of the Golf Channel Power Rankings. Now as the season is beginning to wrap up the Cowboys sit at No. 3 in the April 13 golfstat.com rankings and behind only Oklahoma in the Big 12. The Cowboys head into their final regular season tournament looking for their third straight team title. The Cowboys will take part in the Thunderbird Collegiate April 16-17 in Phoenix. The event wasn’t held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Cowboys finished fourth in the 2019 event. The event will be 54 holes with 36 on Friday and 18 on Saturday. The Cowboys have won the tournament four times in its 48 years of history.
As the Cowboys go for their third straight win 15 other teams will stand in their way. The field includes Big 12 foes Texas Tech, Baylor, Iowa State, Baylor and others including ranked teams. Behind the success is coach Alan Bratton in the midst of his eighth season, he has now led the Cowboys to 34 team titles. Bratton has become widely recognized as one of the nation’s top coaches. He has been named Big 12 Coach of the Year (2019), Dave Williams National Coach of the Year (2018) and Central Regions Coach of the Year (2014). He also received the Big 12 Women’s Coach of the Year in 2013. “It’s great being coached by coach Bratton and coach (Donnie) Darr,” Eugenio Chacarra said. “We learn new things every day, they make us better every day. I think having them as coaches has helped take us to the next level.” The Cowboys have used depth to their strength this season. Only two spots are fully sealed belonging to Austin Eckroat and Chacarra. The other three spots are up for grabs. “We have a deep team, a lot of talent top to bottom,” Bratton said. In the Thunderbird Collegiate the Cowboys will use the starting five of Eckroat, Chacarra, Aman Gupta, Bo Jin and Jonas Baumgartner. Three other Cowboys will compete as individuals in the event, those being Rasmus NeergaardPetersen, Hazen Newman and Brian
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Stark. “We’ve got a lot of good players this year,” Eckroat said. “We’ve got 10 guys who could possibly play
in the top five. We’ve got a good team somewhere among the five, we just have to find out where.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
Courtesy of OSU Athletics Mati Matisse Bobichon and Etienne Donnet have a connection that lasts into their childhood, and reaches beyond the tennis court
File photo Matisse Bobichon and Etienne Donnet have used their bond to grow themselves, the team and friendship during their OSU career.
Inseparable French Bobichon and Donnet continue their long standing friendship
Jared A’Latorre, Staff Reporter Freshman Cowboy tennis player Matisse Bobichon came to play for Oklahoma State for many reasons, one important reason was because of his friend since his preteen years, Etienne Donnet. Bobichon and Donnet both come from Lyon, France. Bobichon came in along with Henrik Korsgaard as the new Cowboy players in 2021. The two French tennis players go way back and have a marvelous friendship. “E.T.’s one of my friends
since we were all 13 or 12, so I was really excited to join Oklahoma State because he was here and it was part of my decision to go there because he went there,” Bobichon said. “I’m really excited to be part of the team with one of my good friends, that’s so nice to be in the USA with a good friend. We love tennis.” Donnet and Bobichon trained in the same club before they came to OSU. They trained for about two to three years. The coaches asked him for his advice on who to recruit for the 2020-21 season. He knew exactly who to look for. He thought of his friend and now current teammate, Bobichon. “Even when he was 14, his forehand was very, very good,” Donnet said. “He grew up and he’s more colorful, he’s fun.” Donnet knowing the freshman
more than anyone else on the team, he said he can expand his game to higher potential. “He has, of course, things to work on like everybody, but I think he’s very good and he has every gear in his game to be a very good coach, player, even professional player,” Donnet said. Interim coach Scoville Jenkins knew their connection and explained their game and why they’re special to the game. “You know, (Etienne) last year coming in, he is a great competitor and loves tennis, you have to get them off the practice court,” Jenkins said. “Matisse is the same way, but Matisse is a little more showman and it’s very very exciting to watch him play and watch him be excited because he can play some great tennis.” The passion of any sport is what athletes are all about to the game.
Jenkins said that both players bring that to the matches. “That’s one thing about E.T. and Matisse is they love the game of tennis and so, when they love it, they’re so excited to be out there, they’re getting fired up, they’re getting pissed off,” Jenkins said. “They make everybody else better.” With Bobichon being one of the few youngsters on this roster full of veterans, he said that he’s not only learned from his friend from Lyon, but also from his older teammates. “The rules are different, the atmosphere is unbelievable, I learned to never give up,” Bobichon said. “I’m not playing anymore for myself only, I’m playing for myself and the team. They’re trying to make sure that I’m going to play for them. They all are big brothers to me.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Cowgirls bring home conference title after long season Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter
It didn’t start out feeling like a championship season. Oklahoma State equestrian coach Larry Sanchez said in his 25 years of coaching, no team of his has endured what his current team has. Semester-long setbacks, ice storms and quarantines rarely bear fruit, but that’s what makes OSU’s 2021 Big 12 equestrian championship all the sweeter. Equestrian is not normally a Spring semester sport. The Big 12 ruled that equestrian meets were to be placed on hold for a semester due to the pandemic, which was not in line with the traditional vision of a championship. “First of all, it was frustrating, and it was a little more frustrating cause the SEC schools got to compete in the fall semester,” Sanchez said. The Cowgirls put their heads down and worked amongst themselves while other teams rode for keeps. Sanchez set up scrimmages in order to replicate a normal season. Rather than have coaches judge the scrimmages, he hired outside officials so the atmosphere would feel more like a competitive meet. “The fall went better than expected,” Sanchez said. “The girls stayed very excited. I thought they might get bored from competing against one another so much.” The team had waited an entire
semester for their season, and when the spring finally rolled around the buzz of competition was evident. “We came into the spring in January and there was a fire in their eyes like I’ve never seen before,” Sanchez said. But when competition finally rolled around the Cowgirls were again forced to remain idle. OSU had three of its first four meets this season postponed as a result of COVID-19 issues among other programs and what coach Larry Sanchez referred to as “the ice storm of the ages” turning Oklahoma polar. Although playing the waiting game was getting old, OSU senior Amanda Atkins played it as well as possible. “I wouldn’t say it put a damper on our season, but I would say it made our whole season crammed into four weekends, so it almost gave us more incentive to work harder and push ourselves more,” Atkins said. When the Cowgirls finally did participate in their first meet of the season, a road matchup against TCU, they were beaten handily. “It was a very emotional day because (the team) finally got to compete,” Sanchez said. “I looked at them and realized they couldn’t even believe they were there, finally. We really didn’t have our best day and didn’t show up. We made some mistakes that we don’t normally make.” Atkins said she doesn’t get caught up in the highs or lows of the season, so although the first month of the season hardly went to plan, the team took heart in Sanchez’ post-meet message. “He told us, ‘We need to keep moving forward and keep focusing on our rides and how we were as teammates, because one competi-
Alicia Young The Cowgirls have won a Big 12 Championship before, but this one is more special than the rest.
tion doesn’t define our season.’ The record says that’s what we did,” Atkins said. The disappointing beginning to the season quickly dissipated, as The Cowgirls won their remaining four meets of the regular season and both postseason meets, earning their seventh Big 12 Championship. It wasn’t that the Cowgirls magically learned how to ride and become Big 12 contenders over the course of the season. OSU has always had talented riders physically capable of winning at the highest levels. The championship was earned just as much off of horseback
as it was in the saddle. “When a team can come together like that it’s going to do wonders for you in the competition arena,” Sanchez said. “They definitely came together as a team and it seemed every meet the girls got closer and closer and competed at a higher and higher level.” OSU earned a two seed in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championships. The event is set for April 15-17 in Waco, Texas. sports.ed@ocolly.com
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