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RHA's ‘Don't FALL Behind’ Event Sees Massive Success By Robert Owens
The Residence Hall Association saw a victory in event planning during the Covid-19 era with its fall spectacular last Thursday, Oct. 8. The Oklahoma State University South Commons lawn was filled with students, pumpkins, food and adorable dogs. The event was named “Don’t FALL Behind,” and it was intended to lift students’ spirits as they near the last months of the Fall 2020 semester. “This event was made for students by students”, said Fred Dillard, RHA adviser. “I’m proud of this team, they did such a super job.” RHA had set up a total of five booths and six socially-distanced tables for painting and general gathering. Each booth had its specialty: there was a booth for caramel apples with toppings, a raffle booth, a booth for the pumpkin painting and a booth handling the long line for the opportunity to meet Pete’s Pet Posse. Covid-19 restrictions were a huge obstacle when it came to rallying Pete’s Pet Posse for the event, said Carley Herndon, RHA member, but their team worked
hard to ensure the Posse’s arrival. And it paid off. The line to visit the adorable pets nearly stretched to the other side of the lawn the entire event. “People miss the dogs,” Herndon said. At another booth, caramel apples were being served with toppings ranging from OREOS to marshmallows, the options were endless. They even had complimentary apple cider or hot chocolate to go with it. “We wanted to do a big event for kicking off Mental Health Month,” Devon Voyls, RHA member, said. “We were planning this three weeks in advance. On the day of the event, it took us ten hours with ten people working non-stop.” As the RHA members looked at all the happy people, they knew their dedication had paid off, Voyls said. The many attendees there seemed overwhelmed with all the fun going on. It wasn’t possible for even one dull moment. Everyone had smiles on their faces and the sound of conversations was lively. Two freshman
Photos from the Pumpkin and Mum sale at the OSU Botanical Garden on Sept. 22, 2020.
students, Kolby and Mateo, were busy with designing their pumpkin art. “Painting, for me, is a huge de-stressor,” Mateo said. “We saw some people setting up tables this morning and knew we had to come here,” Kolby remarked. Their pumpkins were inspired by the popular game “Among Us” and military aviation design.
Another student Miles Jennings said they came looking for a movie and ended up painting pumpkins. And student Victoria Warren said she just really wanted to paint some pumpkins and was hard at work with all the mesmerizing multi-color paint. Overall, the common theme among a lot of attendees was this is the first real event they’ve been to this semester, referencing how COVID-19 eliminated a large majority of big on-
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campus events with snacks and people. This “Don’t FALL Behind” program was a huge success in the eyes of RHA members, but RHA says they have even bigger plans in the future. With adjusting to and getting creative with their restraints, you can expect some cultural events along with teachings and virtual fun over the holidays. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com
Gundy impressed with Knowles' improved defense
Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire Mike Gundy has been impressed with Jim Knowles’ schemes.
By Dean Ruhl Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, now in his third season with the Cowboys, has made major strides toward improving his defense,
which has played a part in OSU’s 3-0 start to the season. “I really like how Jim’s adjusted to this league,” coach Mike Gundy said. “Again, we’re going to know a lot more this year
with this group over the next three weeks because we’re going to play teams that are really skilled on the perimeter. They have played well, we couldn’t ask for more of what they’re doing now.” Through three games, the Cowboys defense has allowed only 274.3 yards per game, which is second in the Big-12 and seventh in the entire FBS. The Cowboys defense has held two of OSU’s first three opponents to a mere seven points, and its average of nine points allowed per game leads the Big 12 by a large margin. These are both major improvements compared to last year, where the Cowboys allowed
418.1 yards per game and 27 points per game. “He’s a highly intelligent guy,” Gundy said. “Very, very intelligent and I think sometimes if you’re not careful, coaches who are really, really smart can outcoach themselves, and he’s made some adjustments that fit in with our players and simplified systems that allow us to play fast.” The defense’s success has come in large part from its senior linebacker core of Calvin Bundage, Amen Ogbongbemiga, and Malcolm Rodriguez. Bundage leads the team in sacks with 3.5, Ogbongbemiga leads the team in total tackles with
22 and Rodriguez comes in second in both of those categories with 19 total tackles and four tackles for loss. “They have to work together,” Gundy said. “When they break up in their meeting, each defensive coach has to give the same message from coach Knowles, and then they have to motivate their position group. The players have to take over when we get on the practice field. They all have to work together, there can only be one message and that message has to be the same so we’re not thinking different thoughts each week.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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So Long, SAT: OSU offers GPA scholarship Jenny Maupin
Remember to do your part in keeping the community safe and avoid large groups of people. Social distancing is a great way to avoid spreading unecessary germs.
COVID-19 Update By Ryan Boyce
Oklahoma’s State Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 248 active cases in Payne County with 218 coming from Stillwater on Sunday. There was one additional death in Stillwater in the 36-49 age group reported on Friday. The dashboard reported a decrease of active cases at the local level over the weekend, though the number of cases at the state level still rose. The new active total is 13,769 with an addi-
tional 23 deaths reported over the weekend. Oklahoma currently has the 25th most cases in the United States according to a media advisory issued by the Department of Health. The state Department of Health recommends continued social distancing and emphasizes the importance of diagnostic testing, even for those who show no symptoms.
Oklahoma State is offering a GPA scholarship because high school students are struggling to take standardized tests amid COVID-19, the university announced Oct. 2. The scholarship is for instate and out-of-state high school students with a 3.25 GPA or above. Award amounts start at $750 for in-state and $6,000 for out-of-state. The decision is aimed to help students who did not have access to the ACT or the SAT or are struggling financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic, OSU said in a press release. OSU is the state’s first four-year public research institution to offer a scholarship of its kind. Residential Community Educator at OSU, Cory Middleton, is a fan of the GPA scholarship. “I love to see it,” Middleton said. “Expanding chances for students to achieve higher learning and hone their skills to be our future leaders and world shapers!” Accounting freshman, Haley Aziere, said she has
mixed feelings about the new scholarship. “My first thought is that by leaving out ACT/SAT scores in decisions, they are opening the chances for kids that the cost of those tests hurt financially,” Aziere said. “GPA doesn’t exactly represent the student totally either, so I think it would be better to take the weighted GPA for students over unweighted.” OSU still offers scholarships based on test scores, with the new Academic Excellence Award being an additional option that can be used with other scholarships. Center for Health Sciences professor, Randolph Hubach said GPA’s are still not the best metric. “What about scholarships for students that have provided service above and beyond to their communities?” Hubach said. The scholarship is only for high school students applying for the fall 2021 semester. OSU alumna, Keely Clarke, said the scholarship would have been nice when she attended the university. “I was 1 point away from where ACT/SAT scholarships started,” Clarke said. “I graduated high school with a 4.1 GPA. It would have been extremely helpful to have gotten help for my GPA instead of just from a standardized test.”
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message of Christ and his salvation. He did not want to place a stumbling block in anyone’s way. He wanted to do everything possible to bring people to Christ. He speaks of running a race to win a prize. In this life, men control their eating and activities to win temporary crowns, but in the Christian’s life we are to discipline ourselves to win a crown that lasts forever. (Co.9:24-27) The Lord Jesus said, “If anyone would come after me. he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Lu.9:23 NIV) However. it is not a call to strict religious rules and ceremonies, but a call to live a life in helping and serving others. Christ said, “...whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Mt.25:40 NIV) Living a lifestyle like this, has an eternal reward
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Inhaled vaccines aim to fight coronavirus at its point of attack By James Patton Bloomberg News
The COVID-19 vaccines closest to the finish line are designed to be injected into the arm. Researchers are looking at whether they can get better protection from inoculations that fight the virus at its point of attack _ the nose and mouth. Most vaccines in human testing require two shots for effectiveness, and developers still aren’t even sure if they’ll prevent infections. Scientists are hoping to generate superior immune responses with inhaled vaccines that directly target the airway cells the virus invades. An alternative to conventional jabs, sprayed and inhaled immunizations under development in the U.S., Britain and Hong Kong could play an important role in helping society escape restrictions that have upended economies and everyday life. Among their goals is to prevent the pathogen from growing in the nose, a point from which it can spread to the rest of the body, and to other people. “Local immunity matters,” said Frances Lund, a University of Alabama at Birmingham immunologist working with biotech Altimmune Inc. on an early-stage nasal inoculation. “The vaccines that can be delivered to generate that will have some advantages over vaccines that are delivered systemically.” Most early vaccine developers focused on a familiar route _ injections _ seen as the fastest to protecting the world from disease. Inhaled vaccine makers are counting on some of the unique features of the lungs, nose and throat, which are lined with mucosa. This tissue contains high levels of immune proteins, called IgA, that give better protection against respiratory viruses. Activating these immune weapons, they theorize, can protect areas deeper in the lungs where the SARS-CoV-2 does the most damage. They also may improve vaccines’ chances of blocking transmission. “The first generation of vaccines are probably going to protect a lot of people,” said Michael Diamond, an infectious disease specialist at Washington University in St. Louis. “But I think it’s the secondand third-generation vaccines _ and maybe intranasal vaccines will be a key component of this _ that ultimately are going to be necessary. Otherwise, we’ll continue to have community transmission.” In a study of mice in August, Diamond and his team found that delivering an experimental vaccine via the nose created a strong immune response throughout the body; the approach was especially effective in the nose and respiratory tract, preventing infection from taking hold. India’s Bharat Biotech and St. Louis-based Precision Virologics last month obtained rights to the single-dose technology.
A woman receives an H1N1 flu nasal spray vaccination during a clinic at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 22, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS) Vaccines that are sprayed into the nose or inhaled may hold other practical benefits. They don’t require needles, may not need to be stored and shipped at low temperatures and can reduce the need for health workers to administer them. “When you’re thinking about trying to deliver that across the world, if you don’t need to have an injectable vaccine, your compliance goes up because people don’t like getting shots,” according to Lund, the Alabama-based researcher. “But secondly, the level of expertise needed to administer that vaccine is significantly different.” Altimmune, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, plans to enter human testing with a nasal vaccine in the fourth quarter after positive studies in mice. Scientists at the University of Oxford, where a promising shot under development at AstraZeneca Plc was designed, and Imperial College London are also planning studies of slightly different inhaled vaccines. The experimental immunizations in Britain would be delivered through a mouthpiece in an aerosol, similar to some asthma therapies. Imperial researchers point to evidence that delivering influenza vaccines via a nasal spray can protect people against illness and help reduce transmission; they’re keen to explore if that’s also the case for SARS-CoV-2. AstraZeneca makes the FluMist nasal spray vaccine. Data from studies of the inhaled Oxford vaccine could come early in the new year, fol-
lowed by Imperial results in the second quarter, according to Robin Shattock, an infectious disease specialist at Imperial College. “We don’t know whether it will work well, but if it does, then it could be very important,” he said in an interview. Imperial College in recent months has been advancing studies of a COVID-19 vaccine using RNA technology that would be delivered via conventional shots and plans to expand its trials to 20,000 people by year-end. Oxford, one of the front-runners in the global quest for an inoculation, is in the final stage of tests for a shot that uses a harmless virus to carry the genetic material of the pathogen into cells to generate an immune response. Both techniques may be conducive to inhalation, Shattock said. “This is a virus that’s transmitted through your respiratory tract, so if you want a vaccine that will really prevent infection and onward transmission you want to have an antibody response in your nose, in your lungs,” Shattock said. “The most efficient way to induce that is by inoculating through that route.” Researchers in Hong Kong are aiming for an intranasal vaccine that would simultaneously offer influenza and COVID-19 protection. The first phase of human tests will start next month, said Yuen KwokYung, chair of infectious
diseases in the University of Hong Kong’s department of microbiology. The ambition is to come up with the “vaccine of choice,” as the world looks to build on the first wave of products, he said. Questions about the durability of nasal vaccines have yet to be resolved, and they’re at an early stage. Despite the advantages, the delivery devices are also more complex, according to Nick Jackson, head of programs and technology at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. “A needle and syringe work very well,” he said. Still, researchers said targeting the airways may pay off down the road. Oslo-based CEPI has provided funding to the Hong Kong project and is open to further investments in vaccines that are taking unconventional approaches as part of an effort to supply billions of doses to every corner of the world, Jackson said. “Whether it’s our vaccine or another one that goes through an intransasal route that actually is successful at disrupting transmission and disrupting the pandemic, I take my hat off,” Diamond said. “If we contribute by compelling or nudging these companies to think about an alternative route for what may be a successful platform, then we’ve done our job.” Tribune News Service mctdirect.com
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Hannah’s highlight Great goal gives Webb her first career score Sam Hutchens Career goals are like lottery wins one is a whole lot more than zero. For Hannah Webb, one play on Friday night made her the big winner. The play came in the first half of an eventual 2-1 Oklahoma State loss to TCU. After Webb corralled a loose ball just inside the right corner of the TCU box, the senior defender sizzled a shot towards the goal. Though Webb had never scored a goal in her remarkable OSU career, you would not know it from the shot. The ball was curled expertly and just managed to squeeze between a futile Emily Alvarado save attempt and the right post. “I think it was the inside of her foot and she bent it, kind of curled it,” coach Collin Carmichael said. “She kind of brought it from outside in.” The goal brought a stunned crowd at Neal Patterson to its feet, and it brought Hannah Webb’s career goal tally from zero to one. “Honestly, I was so shocked that it went in,” Webb said. “This was my first college goal that I’ve ever scored. As soon as I hit it, it started curling up in the air. I was like, ‘Oh my God, I really hope this goes in the goal.’” Webb was not the only Cowgirl watching in suspense as the ball cleaved through the air. “When that ball was in the air, I held my breath for the longest time,” freshman defender Kionna Simon said. “I was just hoping it went in. When it did I
Joel Devick/ Cowgirl defender Hannah Webb during the Cowgirl soccer game against TCU on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at Neal Patterson Stadium.
was like, ‘Yes, thank you.” Simon, who was one of many Cowgirls to give Webb a hug after the goal, said that it being her teammate’s first career goal made the celebration even more special. “She told us it was her first goal and I was like, ‘Oh my God it is,’” Simon said. “So it is even more sweet.” The goal excited Oklahoma State for multiple reasons. Aside from it being Webb’s first, it came at a crucial point in the match. With the score even, and TCU keeper Emily Alvarado playing so well, the shot was also a critical score. “It was a world class goal,”
Carmichael said. “It had to be to beat their keeper today. If Hannah didn’t put it exactly where she did in that top corner, their keeper would have probably made the save.” Though Webb and the Cowgirls came away with their first defeat of the young season, the fact that Webb’s first college goal was delivered in a flourish is a positive that gives the team a moment to relish. “First goal, and what a way to get it,” Carmichael said. “It couldn’t have been a better shot.” Webb said the shot will be special to her, though she is no stranger to scoring in practice, she is happy to have her hard
work pay off in a match. “I’ll score a goal every once in a while (in practice),” Webb said. “But to have it translate to the game was pretty cool.” Though the losing result of Friday’s match against TCU is forgettable for OSU, who entered the game undefeated, Webb’s joyous moment will be something that the entire team can enjoy reliving. “We watch video on Monday,” Webb said with a smile. “I’m going to have our coach play that like five times in a row, so nobody forgets it.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
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Daily Horoscope By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (10/12/20). Strengthen roots and shoots this year. Faithful domestic practices provide peace, harmony and comfort. Challenges divert your educational exploration this winter, motivating a productive, creative phase. Review and revise the messaging next summer, as changes reveal new opportunities for exploration. Nurture and protect the garden. 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 — Share energy for a passion. Communicate and connect to advance a beloved project. Water plays a big role. Dive into actions that benefit your heart. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Romantic dreams can come true. Share your ideas with someone whose opinion you value. Express what’s in your heart. Listen and create new possibilities together. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — A long-desired home improvement comes into view. Pamper family with domestic comforts. Make an adjustment or repair for satisfying results. Express beauty, peace and love. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Imagine a creative project taking off. Network and connect. Put together a dream team. Share your ideas and possibilities. Get the word out. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Profitable opportunities beckon. Throw energy and words behind a passion project with potential. Let others know what you’re up to. The funding comes together. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — As you gain strength, you gain options. Personal dreams seem within reach. Talk about the results you’d love to see. Share an inspiring vision. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Savor peaceful settings and private reverie. Meditate and contemplate. Beauty is restorative. Process recent events and recharge. Release emotion with exercise. Imagine new possibilities. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Enthusiasm and energy spark in conversation. Make valuable connections. Team efforts produce lucrative or even beautiful results. Collaborate for a shared passion. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Connect with passion in your work. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Discover solutions in conversation. Share creative ideas with your allies and team. Invent new possibilities. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Venture out intellectually, especially if you can’t travel physically. Explore a subject of your passion and fascination. Note observations and discoveries. Learn like a child. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Discuss your shared vision. Inspire positive action for a shared financial venture. Collaborate to take advantage of a lucrative opportunity. Listen to intuition. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Romantic dreams can come true. Express your ideas and listen to another’s. Share what’s in your heart. Lay plans and invent possibilities together.
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