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Friday, January 15, 2021

New Heights

By Trinity July

Oklahoma State University’s flight team might not attract the same fanfare as the school’s football team, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t reaching new heights.

The team consists of aviation students and is a subsection of the school’s aviation group, The Flying Aggies.

The flight team’s abilities were never more present than last year when they placed first at NIFA’s regional competition, beating 29 other schools.

The team itself is what drew current coach Matt Vance to the school.

“The Oklahoma State team caught my eye when I went to a flight team competition and they were all dressed in orange flight suits and cowboy boots,” he said. “I mean,

they looked kind of like a perverted prison gang.

But it was amazing because they were having such a good time and they did well.”

Vance said that their performance as a team compelled him to take a coaching position in Oklahoma. He has now been coaching OSU’s flight team for six years.

The unity that the uniforms represent contrasts with the competitive attitude of the aviation program. Due to limited enrollment and equipment, there has been a sense of quiet competition among the students to do well and earn their spot in the program. However, on the flight team, that rivalry dissipates and is replaced by a strong support system.

One member of that team is professional pilot senior KD McCloy, a member of the team since 2018.

“We’re like a family,” McCloy said of the

File Photo A seaplane on display during the Oklahoma State University Flying Aggies Fly-In at Stillwater Regional Airport in Stillwater on April 13, 2019.

team’s dynamic.

Different bonding activities the team does outside of flying and competing, including bowling and breakfast.

However, most time can’t be spent on

fun. The team has to start preparing for the regionals months in advance.

However, many flight team members said that they try not to practice too much

to avoid getting too in their heads. They also said that repetitive practice can start to hurt their ability to retain the information.

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Classic Cuisine OSU students, alumni share their favorite restaurants in Stillwater history

File Photo Eskimo Joe’s on Saturday, April 4, 2020 in Stillwater.

By Keagan Engle There are certain restaurants that just smell and taste like college in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but these restaurants change between generations.

For Oklahoma State University alumni and current

students, however, memories of favorites remain.

During the early 1970s, restaurants like, Ma Williams Diner and The Ancestor were popular among college students.

“When I was a student at OSU, my favorite restaurant was Ma Williams Diner,” Oklahoma State University graduate Charles Shields said.

“Cheap and really good food served family style.”

Ma Williams Diner used to be housed in the building that is currently Eskimo Joe’s, but the diner has since closed.

The Ancestor, an old steak house in Stillwater, used to be the spot for special date nights.

“After we were married and making money, my favorite was The Ancestor on the south side of town,” Shields said.

Not all popular restaurants from the ‘70s have closed their doors. Hideaway Pizza and Eskimo Joe’s are still serving up unique flavors.

Hideaway Pizza began in Stillwater and has since branched out to other locations across the state, but past students still remember eating at the original Hideaway.

“Hideaway reminds me of college, because it was the best pizza around,” Shields said. “And it is one of the only ones I can remember still in existence.”

Eskimo Joe’s is probably the most known restaurant in Stillwater, but before all of the merchandise and cheese fries hype, students used to eat there just to kick back with friends.

“When Joe’s opened, it was my go-to place to eat back then,” Shields said. “I considered it fairly cheap with good burgers and cheese fries.”

Fast forward 20 years, and most of the beloved local restaurants have been replaced by new favorites.

Instead of enjoying comfort food from Ma Williams Diner, students during the 1990s frequently ate at Shortcakes Diner.

“Some of my favorite college memories were early mornings eating greasy Shortcakes food at 2 a.m. after the bars closed,” OSU graduate Kristine Ervin said.

The Ancestor was replaced by Stillwater Bay as the hot spot for nice date nights.

“Stillwater Bay reminds me of the first dates with my now husband,” Ervin said.

“Unfortunately, it’s no longer open.”

Students in the ‘90s tried their best to eat on a budget, so places like NY Bagel Shop and Pizza Shuttle became popular for a quick, cheap bite.

“For $5 we could order an 8-inch pizza and a soggy Dr. Pepper,” OSU graduate Stacy Engle said. “But, we tended to only crave Shuttle when we were all studying in the middle of the night.”

Everything bagels with cream cheese from NY Bagel Shop were just a dollar, so students loved to chow down on these without breaking the bank.

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Heights Continued from pg. 1

File Photo Cafe 88 on Saturday, April 4, 2020 in Stillwater.

Classic Continued from pg. 1 “We ate at the Bagel Shop one or two times a week when we didn’t like what was served at the sorority house,” Engle said.

Although many local restaurants changed between the 1970s and 1990s, two of them only grew in popularity: Hideaway Pizza and Eskimo Joe’s.

“Hideaway Pizza was my favorite back in the day and now,” Engle said.

“Nothing beats the Big Country pizza.”

Eskimo Joe’s did change slightly from being a regular local restaurant that just served up greasy American food to focusing more on Stillwater night life.

At night, Joe’s would turn their restaurant into a bar and dance club with live music.

“I loved Thursday nights at Joe’s when they would

clear out all the tables and turn the restaurant into a dance club,” Ervin said. “It was the go-to spot in town, at least when I was there.”

Joe’s also kept its prices reasonable for college students, so that only added to the popularity.

“We hung out at Joe’s because we could eat cheap Little Joes and my friends could drink penny beer on Wednesday nights,” Engle said.

Now current students have their own tastes of Stillwater.

New restaurants like Cafe 88, Coney Island and the Ranchers Club have become student favorites during the 2000s.

“Cafe 88 is right on my way home from campus, so since it’s cheap and delicious, I stop multiple times a week,” student Clayton Barbour said.

“The bubble tea hits too.”

Located right on The Strip, Coney Island has become

a late-night favorite among students.

“A chili cheese dog with tots at two in the morning might be my favorite thing about college,” student Caitlin Wardour said. “And I don’t go broke eating there.”

Since The Ancestor and Stillwater Bay have closed in Stillwater, the new spot for formal dates has become the Ranchers Club.

This steakhouse is actually located on campus in the Atherton Hotel, and students are able to use their meal plans to pay for their meals.

“We would eat at Ranchers for every date freshman year to get rid of our extra meal plan money,” Wardour said. “But, it’s so good that we sometimes go on our own dime now.”

The most popular restaurants in Stillwater are still Hideaway Pizza and Eskimo Joe’s, but the crowds look a little different from previous years.

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ACTIVE FAITH! (Part #2) “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.” (Heb.11: NIV) These Ancients of the Bible were commended for their faith. “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Gen.6:9 NIV) He believed God existed and God rewarded those who diligently sought him. His faith brought immediate action. (Heb.11:8) He did not put the building of the ark on a long “to do” list. It took 100 years to build. During that time he constantly spoke of the judgement that was coming. (2 Pet.2:5) This was the situation in Noah’s day.

How about our day? Do we believe God exists? To so many, God is something of the past; one you give an hour or so every Sunday morning, because of tradition, but he does not truly count

for much in life. So this moves us to turn to things that have only temporary pleasure, and build our life activities around them. Noah and others mentioned in Heb. 11, were looking for something lasting, something God had promised. They realized they were strangers and pilgrims; living here for a short time. They were living for something better. (Heb.11:13-16) It is so worthwhile to read and reread the New Testament and consider what was the hope of the early Christian leaders; they passed on to all the believers. It was not centered in this present life. They were “running a race;” living a life centered in the example of Jesus himself, and in those who walked with him during his earthly life. We can do the same; live for the eternal, present ourselves to Christ, and let him use us to bear lasting fruit.

eat at Hideaway when my parents come to visit or it’s someone’s birthday,” Barbour said. “The pizza is amazing, but I never think to eat there really.”

Eskimo Joe’s has stopped turning the restaurant into a dance club at night, so not as many students dine there throughout the week.

“I think I’ve eaten at Joe’s twice since I’ve been at OSU,” Wardour said.

“And both times were weekends when my mom came to see me.”

The local restaurants of Stillwater are able to travel customers back in time to reminisce on their days in college or bring current students together.

Even though these restaurants look different for each generation, there are a few that each class can agree are the most memorable tastes of Stillwater.

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Despite that sentiment, Coach Matt Vance stresses the importance of their “secret sauce” methodology.

“We have documented methods now for every single event [at the competition],” Vance said.

“I don’t have to do a whole lot of coaching, I just say, ‘Have you read the method and are you following it?’…We can all see when someone’s not following the methods.”

Vance said that studying and utilizing these methods is vital to the success of the team at competitions.

Another crucial aspect of the flight team is the ability to handle the intense workload. Tryouts are coming up for potential new flight team members and McCloy said that they’ll be looking for this skill in the team hopefuls.

“People that are trying out need a hard work ethic,” McCloy said. “We’re all busy, we’re all trying to divide our time into different organizations on campus.

So, if you’re not passionate about it and willing to work hard at your event you can’t succeed in this team.”

This notion of a unified team may not seem important at first glance at what the competition entails. The NIFA competition is less like a football game and more like a track and field meet.

There are different events over a few days, with no event involving a large team, but rather individual events and a few small group events.

However, it’s still important to be able to work with your team.

Professional pilot sophomore Hunter Broughton said that teamwork is an integral part of flying.

“One event of the competition, I’m by myself,” Broughton said. “But on another one, I’m with a group, so a strong connection is really important.”

Once all the events have ended, all the competitors attended a banquet where their total points are calculated. The flight team sat anxiously as they watched their numbers add up.

The team was in disbelief when they were announced as the first-place winners. Though their celebration was less of a party and more of an exhausted drive back from Norman, it will undoubtedly be a highlight of their college careers.

Unfortunately, the team was unable to compete in nationals due to COVID-19, and the regional competition for this year will look a lot different. Instead of traveling to compete, the events will be held via teleconference, and you qualify for nationals simply by showing up.

Though some worry this may take away the spirit of competition in the flight team, professional pilot sophomore Preston Shoemaker still has hope.

“We’re going to compare our numbers to OU’s,” Shoemaker said. “That way there will still be some competition.”

Regionals are still set to happen this spring. Even with the changes, OSU’s flight team is sure to still give it everything they’ve got.

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Working Extra osu wrestlers earn reps in a dual setting Adam Engel The scenes of a wrestling tournament can be chaotic.

Wrestling mats upon mats are laid out expansively throughout a large arena or even a wide-open convention center. Hundreds, maybe thousands of wrestlers compete at different time slots on an ever-changing schedule.

The soundtrack of the day is usually constant whistles and mumbling over a PA speaker.

But not in 2021.

Not during the coronavirus.

In early November, Cowboy wrestling coach John Smith announced the wrestling regulations for this condensed season. No more Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga. The UCO Open in Edmond was also scratched. Even the highly-competitive Reno Tournament of Champions never occurred.

“I need anyone wrestling as many matches as possible,” Smith said. Any nonstarter would typically wrestle 20-25 matches.

This year, I hope they

can get 10-14 matches.”

However, the atmosphere in Gallagher-Iba Arena on Sunday was reminiscent of a lowscale tournament. Two mats were displayed horizontally. OSU debuted a brand-new mat featuring a large wrestling Pistol Pete in the middle surrounded by orange in the circle.

Orange and white Chevron stripes ran diagonally from Pistol Pete’s shoulders.

OSU’s counterparts — Oregon State, Chattanooga and Ar-

kansas-Little Rock — all wrestled competitive matches on the classic orange OSU mat.

“I liked how Sunday was an experience for the Big 12s and NCAA tournament,” freshman 125-pounder Trevor Mastrogiovanni said. “We’ll be sitting in the arenas from early morning to late night.

You have to be patient.”

At one point, OSU’s Jalin Harper and Chattanooga’s Grant Lundy were so eager to wrestle an exhibition match that the pair

had to exit and wait for the mats to be cleaned.

Instead of blowing off snow with leaf blowers on the 30-yard line of Boone Pickens Stadium, event workers were spraying disinfectant onto the mats with machines that resembled leaf blowers.

“I was pleased with the number of matches some of our backups wrestled but not pleased with our efforts,” Smith said. “I thought we wrestled really poorly with some of our backups. That

is a focus this week in practice.”

While Oregon State, Little Rock and Chattanooga brought many backups along for extra reps, Smith hopes to do the same on Sunday.

“I could end up with 25 guys in Little Rock,” Smith said. “I have 21 ready right now. It just depends on effort, weight and responsibility.”

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‘I have a friend who is making history’ Gabriella Coleman goes way back with Sarah Fuller

By Ben Hutchens Like in any good friendship, someone almost broke their nose.

OSU women’s soccer senior Gabriella Coleman instantly recalled the time in high school where she almost broke her, then her teammate’s, Sarah Fuller, nose.

The D’Feeters Soccer Club was doing a regular shooting drill to close out the final 15 minutes of practice.

Coleman, a forward, hammered a shot toward Fuller, who was goaltending. The shot was sent with so much force that when Fuller saved the shot with her hands, she effectively punched herself in the nose.

“I was like, ‘Please lord don’t tell me that her nose is broken,’” Coleman said.

Fuller paused practice for a moment.

“Hang on, hang on, hang

on, my nose is doing some kind of thing. No, I think it is just bruised, but you hit it really hard,” Fuller said.

The team called an end to practice while Fuller proceeded to forever etch the moment in D’Feeters lore by pointing her phone camera at Coleman saying: “She almost broke my nose.”

Coleman and her club soccer teammate, Fuller, have remained close friends to this day, even after Fuller jokingly accused Coleman of attempting to break her nose.

They met in Coleman’s sophomore year of high school, and their athletic journeys have been tied together ever since. In November, Fuller’s journey became front page news after she kicked off the second half for the Vanderbilt football team, becoming the first female to participate in a Power FIvecollege football game.

Fuller had appearances on national television, gained thousands of followers on social media and heard her name on dozens of talk shows. Even after all that, Coleman is still friends with the same Fuller

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who she grew up playing club soccer in Farmers Branch, Texas.

“All the fun times I had with Sarah were great,” Cole-

man said. “There were some funny memories.”

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Continued from pg. 4 The in-game highlight Coleman remembers most fondly was when she and Fuller teamed up to score a goal, a rare accomplishment for a forward and a goalie to share.

“I can remember, Sarah actually assisted me on a goal,” Coleman said. “Sarah had a goal kick, she kicked it all the way up to midfield. I got it, and then I just shot it from (the middle of the 6-yard box). It was unreal because she was like, ‘That’s my assist.’”

It was the first time Coleman had ever been assisted on a score by a goalkeeper, so after she scored, she was a little shocked.

Coleman said she was looking around like “what just happened?”

And then she saw Fuller running down the field in celebration.

D’Feeters coach Hugh Bradford said every day he got to work with the team during those years was a highlight.

“While (everyone on the D’Feeters) was able to laugh and joke with each other, they were also each other’s biggest competition in terms of pushing each other to achieve the ultimate goal of playing in college,” Bradford

was on the field when the Bulldogs surrendered the deciding goal in the last stages of the game that cost her team a win.

They both cherished playing against each other in a collegiate match, but when Coleman transferred to Oklahoma State, the in-season matches were no longer likely.

Fortunately for their friendship, Coleman and Fuller continued to remain tight because of what they did in the offseason.

Neither player had

“

Even at a young age, both Coleman and Fuller had a quality that separated them from other players on their club team. “(Gabriella) was very competitive, and it didn’t matter if it

weird and different because I was so used to having her on the same team as me,” Coleman said. “I was like, ‘Dang I have to go against her this time.’”

It was a rough game for Coleman and Mississippi State. She

been anybody else, but it got to be you,’ and I’m so proud of her for that,” Coleman said.

Fuller never expected to get an opportunity to kick a football in a Power Five game, but when she got the opportunity, she couldn’t turn it down.

“I knew she wouldn’t pass that up if it was something, she was capable of doing and she proved that she was capable of doing it,” Bradford said.

Since taking that opportunity, Fuller’s

Gosh, my friend is about to kick off in a Power Five game. I have a friend who’s making history.

branched too far away from their familiar Texas roots, they lived only 45 minutes from each other and trained at the same soccer facility in Plano, Texas.

Coleman said she sees Fuller there often over winter break when both players are back from school, and in the summer, they train together nearly every day.

It is at these training sessions in Plano where both players unwind and reflect over what a wild ride

You’re the person who got to make a difference, it could have been anybody else, but it got to be you. said.

was excited and said, ‘Tt’s a lot.’”

“I bet, you’re a celebrity now,” Coleman responded.

Although Fuller might be seen as a celebrity to those on the outside, its different for Coleman and the people who have known her the longest.

“But to all of us, we still see her as Sarah Fuller, old teammate, friend, best keeper ever, hard working person, that’s how we see her,” Coleman said. We all don’t treat her differently;

the last two months have been for Fuller.

In fact, the first full conversation they had since Fuller’s accomplishments was in this hometown retreat. “(Our first conversation) was good,” Coleman said. “Sarah

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friend

was in practice or in a game,” Bradford said.

“Sarah was the same thing; she was very very competitive.

I remember she made a save in one of our games where she went in the crowd and actually knocked out one of her own teammates getting to a ball. She was very competitive in the environment and wanted to be the very best and was willing to do whatever it took.”

In the play Bradford described, Fuller was defending against a ball that was crossed in the box, so she entered a group of players to punch the ball away. In the scrum, Fuller’s knee struck the head of one of her teammates, knocking her out and leaving her with a concussion.

“Her teammate paid a price, but that’s what you need to expect from your goalkeepers,” Bradford said. “Not everyone is willing to put themself in harm’s way to keep a goal from being scored or to help their team win.”

The same competitive fire that caused Coleman to play with unending determination in practice and caused Fuller to accidently concuss her own teammate is the same fire that helped them both get college scholarships. Coleman to Mississippi State and Fuller to Vanderbilt.

While both playing in the SEC, in 2018 the former teammates called each other an opponent.

“It felt a little

she is still the same Sarah.”

Coleman addressed the people who look at Fuller’s meteoric rise to fame as a publicity stunt she orchestrated to make herself famous and to change the way she is talked about.

“I know some people who don’t know Sarah could possibly think that she could be cocky and everything about it, (but) she’s not,” Coleman said.

“If you actually get to know her, she’s a pretty chill person.”

Coleman said that across all of women’s college soccer, there are probably some women who are jealous of Fuller and the opportunity she got.

There is not a hint of that sentiment on the OSU Cowgirl soccer team or from Coleman herself.

“I (told Sarah), ‘You’re the person who got to make a difference, it could have

life is forever changed, but one thing that has stayed the same is her friendship with her old club soccer teammate.

On that November afternoon in Missouri, many people watched a girl kick off the second half of a football game.

Coleman watched someone whose nose she had almost broken, who had assisted her as a goalkeeper and who trained with her every day of the summer kick off the second half of a football game.

The moment Coleman saw Fuller trotting out from the sideline to begin the second half meant more to her than it possibly could have for almost anyone else watching the game.

“I was like, ‘Gosh, my friend is about to kick off in a Power Five game. I have a friend who’s making history.’”

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Q&A with OSU football signee Ty Williams

By Noah Weber Ty Williams is a safety from Muskogee High School in the class of 2021 who is eager to get to Oklahoma State.

Q: What made you choose OSU? A: The bond, the fact that it’s not too far and not too close and it feels comfortable. It’s the next place that I’m going to build my relationships and myself.

Coach Gundy also does a great job at making sure the team does everything together.

Everything is built with unity.

Q: Have you always known that you want to go to OSU? A: No, I’m not even from here. I’m from South Carolina.

Being from South Carolina, it’s just a privilege to have a college scholarship. That was my main goal. I wanted to have an opportunity to better myself.

Q: Who is your inspiration and why?

A: I don’t really have an inspiration. I want to build my own legacy. I don’t want to be known just for football. I want to have a legacy outside of football and for people to remember me as a great person.

Q: What are some pregame rituals that you have?

A: I pray before every game and text my mom.

Q: How would your teammates describe you?

A: They would describe me as funny.

But when it’s time to get to it, I’m getting to it. I’m also uplifting to my teammates.

Q: How does playing quarterback help you as a safety?

A: Basically, I know where the quarterback is going to go with the ball. I know where all their breaks are going to be. As a quarterback, I know that if I see someone open, I’m going to throw to them. I bait them into throws. I know what the quarterback is looking for so I beat him to it before

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he knows where he’s throwing the ball.

Q: So you’re a foursport athlete as you play football, basketball, track, and wrestling.

What made you choose football?

A: It’s a contact sport and I like being physical. You can be you and be aggressive.

Q: How did running track help you on

the football field?

A: It helped me get much faster and it helped my technique.

Shaving off .2 seconds off of your time can be worth 2 million dollars in the NFL.

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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 a 7 — You’re undergoing a transformation. Dreams seem newly within reach. Craft plans and vision stateTaurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Others appreciate your quick action. Fortune especially favors disciplined collaborations today. Set team goals high. Pool resources, contribute energy and share a victory.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Move quickly to maintain a professional advantage. Disciplined efforts pay off with interest. Imagine the prize already won. Your status is on the rise.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Imagine an educational dream. What would it take? You can get what you need. Fortune follows disciplined actions, especially today. Put your talent to work.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Emotional energy drives you.

Lucrative opportunities yield satisfying results. Collaborate to advance.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Your empathy calms another’s anxiety. Share a sense of solidarity with your partner. Reinforce basic support structures. Romance and partnership grow naturally. Collaborate.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Take a refreshing pause.

Physical action gets satisfying results; balance a busy work schedule with healthy practices, good food and extra rest. Relax.

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