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OSU students targeted with racial slurs on Unseen Kaelynn Knoernschild @kaelynn_k African-American students at Oklahoma State Univeristy faced a series of derogatory cyber comments made after a fundraising event in the Student Union Plaza last Wednesday.

The OSU National Pan-Hellenic Council organized the event, Stroll for Boobies, to raise money for breast cancer awareness. Students performed dance movements known as strolling in an effort to raise money for the Susan G. Komen organization.

A photo from the event featuring members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority was snapped, captioned “What is this?” and featured on the Unseen app, which claims to keep its users anonymous.

After the photo was posted, a series of derogatory comments, including racial slurs, became associated with the photo.

The comments came to light Thursday afternoon and were reported immediately, said Domonic Hardaway, an Oklahoma State National PanHellenic Council and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member.

“Things like porch monkeys, gorilla, coon

(and) baboon (were commented),” Hardaway said.

“A lot of things that are not only inappropriate, but disappointing for students of a higher educational institution.”

Hardaway said he believes the hateful comments were made out of ignorance. “(The comments were made because of ) ignorance of the history associated with the movements we do,” Hardaway said.

“Ignorance typically brings hate because you hate what you don’t understand, so blame ignorance, but not just ignorance … also failure to want to enlighten

yourself.”

Melissa Alakayi, an NPHC and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member, said she expects better behavior of fellow young adults.

“It’s kind of just sad, I would say, because you don’t expect things like that to be going on in this day in age, especially at a college campus,” Alakayi said. “It was very hurtful just hearing and seeing

those things, but I feel like it’s something that (people need to be aware of ) campus-wide so that whatever division there might be between certain students is able to come together.”

In order to access the app, all users must acknowledge that they have read the rules, one of which reads, “NO hate speech or content that encourages violence or hatred against others, whether it’s based on race, religious, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation or other.” Users must tap the “I agree” button at the bottom of the rules list to gain initial access to the app.

Additionally, according

to the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act, it is unlawful to “willfully use a computer, computer system or computer network to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person.”

Carrie Hulsey-Greene, assistant director of OSU Communications, said there is currently no investigation underway and that the University is discussing with students how to proceed.

“The university does not condone such hateful and harmful speech,” HulseyGreene said. “We will continue to challenge students to treat one another with respect and dignity.” news@ocolly.com

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Q&A: Kip Smith named national punter of the week kick field goals as good as I used to, so I just punted as hard as I could. I guess they liked that on punts and kickoffs.

That’s kind of how I got those jobs.”

didn’t really do good at all on. It feels good, but there’s still four weeks left, and my goal is to be at the top four weeks from now.”

You started your college career at UCLA. How did you eventually end up at OSU?

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Kip Smith, a former walk-on from UCLA, is a candidate for the Ray Guy award.

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Right now you lead the Big 12 in net punting with a 41.3 average. How does that feel?

Kip Smith: “It feels pretty

good. I mean, it’s a goal I’ve had.

To be kind of leading now feels kind of good since I had a couple of punts earlier in the year that I

Smith: “I was a kicker in high school and I had a lot of offers. I chose to go out to UCLA. When I went out there, I ended up tearing my quad from my bone. So that put me out for like nine months.

When we got the new coaches in, they didn’t want to keep me. So I went home and tried to figure out what to do with my life. I couldn’t kick. My leg wasn’t healthy at all. I just had a regular job and then on my lunch breaks I went and kicked.

I started to kind of get it back and I figured out that I needed to go to college. I wanted to give football one more shot, so I ended up here.

I tried kicking field goals, but I wasn’t as good as I was. After field goals we did punts and kickoffs, and I never really punted before.

I was just so mad I couldn’t

What was it like having your scholarship revoked after rehabbing an injury for that long?

Smith: “I found out the first week Coach ( Jim) Mora got there. I got a text saying, ‘Hey, come stop by my office.’ So I was like, ‘Alright, yeah, cool. It’ll be nice to meet you.’

And then they just told me, ‘Hey, have you thought about transferring?’ I was like, ‘No, I haven’t.’

So it was kind of like that.

And (Mora) had to go run to a recruiting meeting, so he said, ‘I’m gonna make this fast.’

Because signing day was like in a week or two, he said, ‘I’m signing this kicker and we’re giving him a scholarship, and we’re not having two kickers on scholarship. So you don’t have one for next year.’

It was kind of like that.

I talked to the guy for five minutes.”

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When you came to OSU you made the switch from field goal kicker to punter.

Had you had any prior experience punting?

Smith: “I punted in high school but it was kind of like, I just threw it up and kicked it. I didn’t really know what I was doing.

I mean, last year was my first year I really focused on punting. That spring ball I really had like two months to figure it out before season.

So definitely last year kind of showed sometimes I was really good and sometimes I was still iffy at best.” sports@ocolly.com

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Photo Spread: 2014 Stillwater Halloween Festival Jackie Dobson @OColly

The perennial festival takes place in downtown Stillwater. Festivities include trick-ortreating with local vendors, costume contest, free games and inflatables. It doubles as a food drive; all participants are encouraged to bring one can of food.

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Kids attempt to eat a doughnut hanging by a string during the 2014 Stillwater Halloween Festival in downtown Stillwater.

A cowgirl, Jozie Lumpkin, and her favorite cow, Sister, show off their costumes.

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Elsa, AKA McKynzie, throws the basketball in hopes to get candy.

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Column: Keep race out of your Halloween costumes Montinique Monroe @iAmMontinique

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Offensive racially-inspired costumes, like “Blackface” should be avoided. They are a mockery.

Whatever happened to people wearing vampire, witch and ghost costumes for Halloween?

I’m not sure if it’s a new trend or a lack of common sense, but during the past few years, I’ve noticed an increase in the negative portrayal of cultural stereotypes through Halloween costumes. As Halloween swiftly approaches, I am here to tell everyone one thing.

Please keep costumes specific to racial groups off of your costume list because we are people, not

costumes.

I’ll start off by stating what should be known as the obvious: Blackface costumes are not acceptable. It was not acceptable in the past, it is not acceptable now and it will not be acceptable in the future. What would the motive behind being black be anyway? And why, of all days to be a black person, is Halloween the day? We are people, not costumes.

Unless you understand the meaning and history behind Native American tribal wear and what Native American people have endured, there’s no reason you should dress as them. If Native American culture is not your culture, then you should

probably stay away from such costumes that imitate Native Americans. Native Americans are people, not costumes.

Shifting away from racial groups — although it is often misinterpreted as such — the stereotypes that surround people who identify as Muslim create a negative stigma of Muslim people. Dressing up as a “Muslim terrorist” or as any person who identifies with Muslim faith in general is not acceptable. It is not OK, and it minimizes what Muslims endure on a daily basis. Muslims are people, not costumes.

It is pure mockery to dress up as a Native American, Latino, Asian or any other racial group.

That being said, here’s a piece of advice for everyone as you rush to WalMart, costume and thrift stores to get last-minute accessories for your Halloween costumes. Keep your costumes as fictional characters. Or, if your life absolutely depends on being someone of a different race for Halloween, once again, choose a specific character. Unless you are paying homage to a specific culture, dressing as a particular racial group will never be acceptable so please, I repeat please refrain from mocking racial groups on Halloween because we are people, not costumes. news@ocolly.com

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Child development lab researches, changes lives Alyssa Gregory @AlyssaMGregory

Gretchen Howell thought she understood parenting. She had mastered diapers, late nights and the overprotective mother syndrome that comes with having the first baby. After 15 months, her daughter, Reese, had broken her in— or so she thought.

Life tested her and her husband, Sean, when they found they weren’t nearly as knowledgeable as they’d thought. Their son, Graham, was born with Down syndrome.

“We weren’t expecting it,” Howell said. “You never think that’s going to be you. I didn’t have any training, and I didn’t know what to do to help my son.

The Child Development Lab opened our eyes and helped us learn how to help him.”

Established in 1924 and housed in Oklahoma State University’s Human Sciences West building, the Cleo L. Craig Foundation Child Development Laboratory and RISE program (CDL) is a teaching learning laboratory for Early Education majors and a place to observe child development for other majors.

It also provides a learning opportunity to 71 children ranging from 12 months to 6 years old. The four classes are made up of children with typical development and those with delayed development.

Dianna Ross, the administrative director of CDL, said the the lab is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and is licensed by the Division of Child Care of Oklahoma Department of Human Services as a Three-Star facility. All teachers are licensed, providing an optimum learning experience for both the children and students.

With a waiting list 250 names long and the selection based on study factors, the odds of being selected are driven by research.

“Being selected to be a part of the CDL-RISE wasn’t ever a decision. It was, and continues to be, a blessing,” said Julie Coff, mother of two children at RISE. “It’s like winning the lottery.”

Put on the waiting list three months after he was born, Graham was selected at 18 months old and put in a class with 11 of his peers. Three years later, he is still with many of the same children.

“Graham has always been in the classroom with his peers that are of typically-developing nature,” Howell said. “The CDL doesn’t treat him any differently than they would any other student just because he has a disability.

He participates in every activity they do, and the staff encourages him to do what everyone else is doing. That, to me, is reason enough to send him there.”

Graham participates in speech therapy, occupational therapy, aquatics therapy, music therapy and

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The Child Development Lab, located in Human Sciences West, offers a learning opportunity to kids 12 months to 6 years old.

physical therapy as well.

His mother credits the programs with many of Graham’s miracles, such as the ability to walk after seven months of attending the CDL. A day at the CDL is more than just supervised snack and playtime; it is an opportunity to grow and develop. From learning their letters to identifying clouds, the children have the world as their classroom.

“It’s not a daycare; it’s a school,” Howell said.

“Both my children have learned so much just from being there. And I believe it’s worked both ways. Both Graham and his peers have learned from each other. Graham has learned many things from mimicking his peers.

And I think he has helped

teach the other children tolerance and sensitivity to people with delays — that they aren’t weird or scary, just different.”

The children and families are just one aspect of the CDL. The community and college students are the other two. The CDL allows students hands-on teaching experience and early development in children observation opportunities.

Austin O’Berry, a human development family science and early childhood education graduate, gathered field experience through the CDL. “It was the best university experience I’ve ever had,” O’Berry said.

“It solidified my dreams of teaching. Children are little people doing amazing things, and the CDL is

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a place that those learning and growing experience are supported and celebrated.”

Celebrating its 90th anniversary, the Child Development Laboratory continues helping children and students grow in their knowledge.

“A 90th anniversary speaks to the quality of the lab and the program,” said Julie Barnard, manager of marketing and communications at Human Sciences, via email. “The CDL has earned a national reputation in the field of early childhood education.”

By participating with children in the classrooms and using one-way mirrors and headphones, researchers have gathered data ranging from child growth and development, to curriculum development.

“The sustainability of the program over 90 years shows that OSU, the College of Human Sciences and the Human Development and Family Science department are leaders in research and best practices for early childhood development,” Barnard said.

The CDL instills in the children and its student workers a desire to learn and an understanding and acceptance of other’s differences.

Howell said the CDL is a great example of a place where kids of all ages and abilities are encouraged to excel.

“These kids are amazing and are capable of so much more than a lot of people think that they are,” she said. news@ocolly.com PAGE 6

OSU to construct ‘Welcome Plaza’ Kassie McClung @KassieMcClung

A rustic sculpture of a mare and her colt will greet visitors to Oklahoma State University’s campus once the Welcome Plaza is constructed.

The Board of Regents for OSU and the A&M Colleges approved the purchase of the sculpture in a meeting Friday for an estimated $325,000.

The Welcome Plaza, which will be built in front of the Paul Miller Journalism and Broadcasting building, will visually connect the Undergraduate Office of Admissions in the Student Union and the ConocoPhillips Alumni Center.

The plaza will serve as a greeting spot for the more than 2 million visitors who pass through the area each

year, according to documents handed out at the meeting.

Gary Shutt, director of OSU communications, said construction will begin in the middle of next year and is expected to end by 2016.

The horses will be 1 1/2 times the size of a typical quarter horse and are planned to convey the excitement of being a part of the OSU experience and the bond between the new and older generations of the university, according to meeting documents.

The mare is intended to represent the older generations, which are the alumni, faculty, staff, administration and older students. The colt is designed to symbolize the new student, and its dependence and admiration toward its mother.

Student tuition and fees will not finance the sculpture, Shutt said.

“We’re not totally sure

where the funding will all finally come from,” he said.

“But it will be from appropriate funds, and we also anticipate donor support.”

The university chose Marrita Black of Gainesville, Texas, to complete the sculpture. Black has practiced sculpting for more than 20 years and has trained and showed horses professionally for more than 25 years, according to her artist website.

During the meeting, the Board of Regents also selected architecture and construction firms for a $5 million research facility near the Cohn Annex and the Cohn Animal Care Facility.

The board also approved the purchase of a $1.35 million CNG fueling station north of campus.

The station is expected to save the university about $2 million over the next 10 news@ocolly.com

COURTESY OF OSU COMMUNICATIONS

The plaza will feature a sculpture similar to this illustrated idea.

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Library launches 24/5 business hours Alex Newton @OColly Students will finally be able to pull all-night study sessions without having to relocate from the library at 2 a.m.

The Edmon Low Library began implementing its new 24/5 policy on Monday. It will open 9 a.m. Sunday morning and won’t close until 10 p.m. on Friday.

Saturday’s hours remain the same, with the library being open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“The decision to trial the 24/5 hours was

a response to ongoing requests from students and a spring 2014 proposal from SGA,” said Bonnie Ann Cain-Wood, the senior communications specialist of OSU libraries. “Our goal is to provide our students with the information, services and resources they need to be successful.”

Cain-Wood said it is only a trial period, and the cost-effectiveness and demand for increased hours will be evaluated this summer to determine if the increased hours will continue.

For the extended hours to work, the library must fill its new openings for the night shifts.

“The library is the second-largest student employer on campus,” Cain-Wood said. “Our current employees were not required to work the new shifts, but they were given the opportunity to request these shifts if they were interested.

“The new 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. shifts will pay $12 an hour,” she said. news@ocolly.com Edmon Low Library

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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 9 -- You make it look easy.

Break through to a new level of understanding. An elusive possibility could fade before you arrive. Make sure you’ve packed for your contingency plans. Check your schedule and your map.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Unexpected roadblocks could deviate your plans. Take advantage of the situation. Keep communication clear with partners. Avoid sparking an upset by keeping everyone involved in the loop. Find the hidden silver lining by looking for it.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on short-term financial goals. Review statements for errors. Don’t dig into savings.

Postpone an expense or trip. The outlook shifts, and there are new opportunities, hidden from view but not difficult to find. Don’t react without thinking.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Handle what you said you’d do. Show your love with actions, rather than words. Misunderstandings could spark between partners. Leave your money in the bank. Defer to a higher level of expertise. Adapt to sudden changes.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Creative opportunities allow for amazing and delightful connections. But they may give you an excuse to overspend. Get advice from a close friend. Don’t throw your money around. Offer your opinion only if asked. Renew a bond.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Transform a room or space for temporary use. Take care not to hurt a sensitive person’s feelings. Encourage brainstorming from family and friends. Play a game together. Make a change for the better. You’re good at this.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- The comforts of home have a magnetic draw. Follow an intuitive urge for a surprising reaction. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Keep your head in a chaotic moment. Review work from a peaceful room later.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Flexibility with surprises and unexpected deviations allows greater ease. Decide the perspective you espouse, the story to tell. Cables could get crossed in communications. There are more options. Confirm reservations twice.

On with the show! You are adored.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Avoid financial discussions. Understandings can get lost in translation. Get your work done without a lot of talk. Handle unexpected circumstances.

You’re growing wiser. Try out a new idea, and make a discovery.

Teach it later.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on obvious, basic goals. The answer has been there all along. Now you see how to help. Confusion or blockage could deviate your train of thought.

Redirect energy to where it makes the most difference.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Easy does it. Peace and quiet soothe your soul. Contact important clients and keep commitments, but schedule meetings for another day. Delegate to your team. Don’t risk or gamble resources. Consider domestic upgrades and buy later.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Step outside the box of what you think you can do. Inhibit bizarre suggestions. Share an unexpected diversion. Hike or bike or take a walk with friends. New possibilities open up. Look at yourself from a different angle.

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