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The faint melody of the Oklahoma State alma mater faded into the dark at the core of campus just after 8 p.m. Saturday. On Library Lawn, illuminated only by the light shining through the windows of Edmon Low Library, nearly 100 people gathered at a student-led vigil to remember those killed and those fighting for their lives. Students formed a circle around the remaining the homecoming signs speckled with words boasting loyalty, tradition and community — words with meanings that had been tested continuously since 10:31 a.m. SEA OF CHAOS Throngs of people proudly sporting orange gear packed the sidewalks surrounding the parade path. People in the parade passed out candy and waved with grins to those in the crowd. The OSU Sea of Orange Parade, a decades-old tradition, was in full swing. And then it wasn’t. As the end of the entourage neared Hall of Fame Avenue and Main Street, a 2014 Hyundai Elantra burst through a barricade and smashed an unmanned police motorcycle before plunging into the crowd. “I thought it was a bomb,” said Minjung Kwak, a multimedia journalism junior who was MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

kurt steiss/O’COLLY A 2014 Hyundai Elantra drove through a barricade and smashed into an unmanned police motorcycle before plunging into the crowd at Oklahoma State’s Sea of Orange Parade on Saturday morning. Three people died at the scene. A 2-year-old died from injuries Saturday evening.

inches away from being struck by the vehicle. Chaos ensued. People screamed. Some stood in shock, mouths agape. Others rushed to the aid of those on the ground, administering CPR and signaling first responders. Three bodies lay in the street surrounded by strewn glass and metal shards from the motorcycle. Stillwater residents Marvin and Bonnie Stone, both 65, and University of Central Oklahoma student Nakita Prabhakar, 23, from Mumbai, were killed. Sirens blared. People were corralled from the gruesome scene, the bodies covered with tarps. People sobbed. “I saw one woman, she was crying so hard hugging her baby,” Kwak said. “I thought, ‘Maybe she’s as shocked as I am.’ But then people came to rescue, and I saw her crying even harder and

people took her baby, and I realized the baby was unconscious.” Kwak later discovered the baby she saw, Nash Lucas, 2, died at OU Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City on Saturday evening from injuries suffered during the crash. Medevac helicopters took eight people in critical condition to OU Medical Center and Children’s Hospital. Nine people were seriously injured and taken by ambulance to Stillwater Medical Center, and 17 others were classified as walking wounded, Stillwater police Capt. Kyle Gibbs said at a press conference Saturday. “I’ve been here 29 years,” Gibbs said. “I can’t recall an incident of this magnitude.” THE ACCUSED By Sunday evening, 46 people OCOLLY.COM

were listed as having been injured. More than half were treated and released. Eleven of the injured were children. The alleged driver of the vehicle, Adacia Avery Chambers, 25, from Stillwater, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence and placed in the Stillwater City Jail, police said. Chambers is not an OSU student, said Gary Shutt, OSU spokesman. Chambers had no previous criminal record, according to Oklahoma Supreme Courts Network. Chambers’ attorney, Tony Coleman, stood behind his desk in Oklahoma City in front of a flock of reporters and held a news conference Sunday afternoon. Coleman said he could “absolutely rule out” alcohol as a substance of impairment at the

wheel. He said Chambers’ behavior was not consistent with that of someone recovering from a “drunken stupor” when he met with her Saturday night. He said he was “less than satisfied” with Chambers’ competency during his meeting with her and revealed she had dealt with mental illness in the past. “There’s a family history of it,” Coleman said. “There have been warning signs for quite some time.” He said he will request a mental competency evaluation. Laura Thomas, Payne County district attorney, said on Saturday that she asked the police to hold Chambers on at least three counts of manslaughter instead of any form of a driving under the influence charge. STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 3

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“All the evidence, once reviewed, may affect the degree of charges,” Thomas said in an email. “Numerous search warrants are being executed and may provide us additional evidence.” Stillwater police announced on Sunday that Chambers was being held in custody on additional charges of four counts of seconddegree murder. Thomas said Monday is the earliest charges can be filed. Chambers is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. on Monday at the Payne County Courthouse, she said. THE AFTERMATH After much deliberation, President Burns Hargis announced the football game against Kansas would be played in remembrance of those killed. “The families, I know, (of) these victims will never be able to understand (the tragedy) and neither will we,” Hargis said at a news conference Saturday. “But the Cowboy family pulls together. Unfortunately, we’ve had to do it before, and we’ll do it again.” In January 2001, 10 people, who were OSU students and faculty, were killed in a plane crash. In November 2011, two OSU women’s basketball coaches and a former state senator and his wife were killed in a plane crash in Arkansas. Saturday’s tragic events overshadowed any monumental moves on the gridiron. Although the Cowboys won, it seemed trivial to celebrate the addition of another “W” to their record when so many in the community were hurting, physically and emotionally. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spoke to the media at a news conference in Stillwater during halftime. She said watching the droves of people walk to the stadium helped her put the situation in MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

kurt steiss/O’COLLY Medevac helicopters took eight people in critical condition to OU Medical Center and Children’s Hospital on Saturday morning.

perspective. “It was just a great remembrance that you never know that life can be fleeting really quickly,” Fallin said. Lee Bird, vice president of OSU Student Affairs, said she spent the day consoling families at the Stillwater Medical Center and tending to their needs, observing the community selflessly unite. “It just touches my heart that people think, ‘Oh, I bet the hospital could use bottled water; I’ll drop it off,’” she said. “This is a very caring community, and it just shows again and again. Every time (there’s a tragedy) there are

people that come out that care about each other that are looking for people who need help and doing the right thing.” Bird said she was manning a parking lot for United Way when she received the news about the crash. Her priority was to contact a group of counselors who know tragedy within the OSU community all too well. “I called my counselors who have answered the call with plane crashes and everything else we’ve gone through since 2000,” Bird said. She said she has come to know the OSU community as resilient, strong and caring. OCOLLY.COM

“Everybody is shocked that this happened, everybody is upset, but we’ll get through it and help support those that were lost or need care or need help, and we’ll get through it together,” Bird said. She said area schools such as Langston University and the University of Oklahoma have offered their condolences to OSU. “Oklahoma is really a rare breed of cat and a very caring community and when the chips are down everybody shows up and is ready to help,” she said. ‘MORE THAN JUST THE FOUR’ At the end of the day, four

orange lights were left to float atop the iconic campus fountain, each light a solemn reminder of a life lost. During the vigil, OSU students Briar Lostlen and Alex Hanson placed orange lights in the middle of Library Lawn. Lostlen, an electrical engineering sophomore, said the lights symbolized the victims. “It was more than just the four people,” Lostlen said. “There were thousands of people affected. Everyone at OSU, everyone at Stillwater.” news@ocolly.com

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Remembering those lost Marvin Lyle Stone, and his wife, Bonnie Jean Stone, both 65, died in Saturday’s tragedy during the homecoming parade. Stone taught at Oklahoma State University for 24 years, retiring in 2006. Stone was well known among his students for his talents in teaching and mentoring. The Marvin and Bonnie Stone Endowed Scholarship Fund was established after his retirement, and the first scholarship was awarded in 2007. Bonnie Stone worked in OSU’s Institutional Research and Information Management department. Neighbors said she planned to retire next year, after an update to the SIS system she oversaw was completed. A small memorial adorned the front door to their house in Stillwater, including flowers and an orange bow tied around the handle. Neighbors described the Stones as friendly. “He and I talked almost every day,” said neighbor Max Andrews. “He was very encouraging. I’m just heartbroken.” Ernie Robinson, another neighbor, said Stone was always friendly and ready to help. “If someone was out, he’d go over and talk with them and ask them if they needed help,” Robinson said. “Bonnie, in nice weather, would ride her bicycle to work every day.” Robinson said he and his wife found out Sunday morning the Stones were two of the victims of Saturday’s tragedy. “When I saw Marv’s name … my mouth dropped open and we both just sat there numb for a little bit,” Robinson said. “We’re all still in shock. It’s hard to believe.” Nikita Prabhakar Nakal, 23, was in America for only three months before Saturday’s Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade. She attended the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond working on her Master’s in Business Administration. Brandon Lehman, UCO assistant director for international recruitment, first enrolled Nakal when she arrived. He said she had a personality and was full of hope and drive. “She seemed very kind, and she had just a genuine smile,” Lehman said. “She was excited, she seemed bright. … You could tell in her mind that this was a big deal, a big step for her in her career. “She was one of those people that you really wish the best for, you just hope to see them succeed in life.” f r o m staf f r ep orts MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

Nash Lucas, 2, son of Josh Lucas and Nicolette Strauch, died at OU Medical Center Children’s Hospital Saturday evening after injuries suffered during the crash. Strauch works for OSU Parking and Transportation Services. Parking and Transportation Services director Steve Spradling helped create a GoFundMe page to help Strauch pay for medical bills and Lucas’ memorial service. After 10 hours, 646 people donated $28,465. photos Courtesy of OSU Communications

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A homecoming parade people won’t forget

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It was supposed to be fun. It was supposed to be candy thrown to children donning Oklahoma State cheerleading outfits or miniature orange jerseys. It was supposed to be tireless hand waving, school spirit and later on, a football game, the homecoming football game. But instead, the Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade turned into a tragedy that many won’t forget. Bret Wilson, 45, was running late to the parade. He wasn’t sure whether he and his family would arrive in time, but that caused no significant spikes on Wilson’s radar. Something else did. As the parade came to a close, Wilson and his family stood on the north end of the parade near the accident. Twenty-five-year-old Adacia Chambers’ car created a devastating finale to the homecoming parade, hitting a barricade, police motorcycle, many parade viewers and, finally, a pole. “The first thing we did was to try and get the car — the car that the lady had crashed,” Wilson said. “We didn’t know if there were people possibly under the vehicle, so there were people trying to move the vehicle. … I don’t think it turned out that there were people under it, I don’t believe. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

kurt steiss/O’COLLY Awoman and a boy stand near the scene of a crash that occurred at the intersection of Hall of Fame and Main during the OSU homecoming parade on Oct. 24 in Stillwater.

“But then I basically went from area to area trying to help do what I could, which included – which I really feel like all that I did was get blankets. I was like grabbing blankets from people and giving them to the people that were injured. And it was kind of chilly and the people were lying there in the street.” Wilson was at the scene for a couple of hours, but, to him, it felt like forever. “It just seemed like it took forever,” Wilson said. “It seemed like it took forever for first responders to get ‘em to emergency care. So I don’t know. It was pretty traumatic, pretty

traumatic.” For Zach Gray, 27, the accident at the homecoming parade also put the concept of time into question. Gray; his wife, Cara, and their 11-month-old daughter, Frankie, moved back to Stillwater only a week before the homecoming game. Gray and his family had walked away from Hall of Fame Avenue and Main Street only minutes before the accident. “We definitely would’ve been (hit),” Gray said. “We were in the path, had we not left when we did. Who knows what would’ve happened to us. I’m trying not to think about what OCOLLY.COM

could’ve been for my family, but I know that reality is someone else’s reality right now. I’m definitely concerned for those people.” Gray and his family left the parade early to eat at Bagel Café because the parade was winding down, and his daughter was getting tired. After they were seated, Gray noticed commotion outside of the restaurant and moved toward the window where he saw people fleeing thescene. “A couple of people were crying; most people just had their mouths open or were just in shock,” Gray said. “I knew something really bad had hap-

pened.” Gray waited to go outside to avoid getting in the way of first responders. He eventually walked out and saw the wreckage of the police motorcycle the car hit, the destroyed children’s bicycles and covered bodies of those pronounced dead at the scene. Gray also observed people on stretchers being lifted into the beds of pickup trucks rather than ambulances. Steven Queen, 33, also had a daughter to worry about. Queen attended the parade with his daughter, Emma, 3, who was on the Child Development Laboratory float. The float was the last to turn the corner by the intersection, Queen said. “It was weird because I went there to take her, and I enjoyed it,” Queen said. “I was in utter delight handing candy out to all the children, adults, everybody yelling ‘Go Pokes.’ It was pure happiness that followed, with just pure sadness in just a flash.” After diving out of the path of Chambers’ car, Queen was hit by debris, but he wasn’t injured. His first instinct was to find his daughter. “She was a 3-year-old, and she didn’t need to see anything like that,” Queen said. “I just didn’t know what was happening, so I grabbed her and just kept running.” Queen said he looked forward to the parade all week because he would be able to bring his daughter. “I was really excited to take her and see how she reacted to all the floats and the bands and all the hubbub,” he said. “So this is the first parade that I’ve ever wanted to go to, and it will definitely be one I won’t forget.” news@ocolly.com

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And then there was a football game

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There was a football game Saturday. The Oklahoma State Cowboys beat the Kansas Jayhawks 58-10 at Boone Pickens Stadium on homecoming. The game was not a monumental one. The 10th-ranked Cowboys are a good team but likely not great. The Jayhawks, now 0-7, are on track to be possibly the worst in Big 12 history. It was not important. So let’s start over. *** They turned and they heard screams. People, children, objects were in the air. Some said they heard tires screeching. Others claim there was no screech; that damn car kept going. At least four people were killed and 44 more were injured Saturday at 10:31 a.m. when a Hyundai Elantra sped through a barrier set up for the annual Sea of Orange Parade at Hall of Fame and Main, police said. Adacia Chambers was driving south on Main when she hit that barrier, ran over an unmanned police motorcycle and crashed into the back of some 50 people at the end of the parade’s route, according to police. Chambers, 25, was arrested at the scene on a complaint of driving under the influence. Meanwhile, an intersection was covered in debris, lost shoes, an empty MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

Collin McCarthy/O’COLLY Oklahoma State receiver David Glidden takes a moment before the Cowboys’ game against Kansas.

stroller. Tanner Baird, a freshman strategic communications major, was feet away from Chambers’ car when it finally came to a stop at the other end of the intersection. He could have reached out and touched the vehicle that caused the destruction. He remembers hearing a boom, like an amplified T-shirt cannon, then seeing a car barreling toward him. “There were so many people lying on the ground, and it happened so quickly that we didn’t know what to do,” Baird said. “It literally happened in the blink of an eye. “

Medevac helicopters transported five children and three adults to OU Medical Center and The Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. Tarps covered two bodies still in the street. Three adults were killed at the scene, and a 2-year-old boy later died. An hour and a half later, Stillwater Police Capt. Randy Gibbs held a press conference to explain the unexplainable. OSU President Burns Hargis took the task of finding the right words to comfort a community. It is a job he is good at because he has the misfortune of doing it before. “The Oklahoma State HomeOCOLLY.COM

coming Parade is one of the most wholesome, happy events in the country,” Hargis said. “To have it fouled like this is a terrible tragedy.” Baird and his roommate ended up back at Bennett Hall, puzzled to learn time was continuing. “We were by Bennett carrying on and we were just like, ‘You don’t have a clue. Us being right there, we had a totally different attitude about the day,’” Baird said. Two hours later, 59,486 OSU faithful headed two blocks west to Boone Pickens Stadium while that intersection sat eerily quiet, taped off from all angles. A few police

officers cleaned up the scene as ROTC members told straggling fans to find a different way to the stadium. There was a tragedy. And then there was a football game. *** The massive American flag at the southeast corner of BPS was at half-staff as the Cowboys ran onto the field, gathered to say the Lord’s Prayer and prepared to spend the ensuing three hours sacrificing their bodies to win a game. David Glidden, a senior wide receiver who has cheered for the Cowboys his entire life, broke the team out of its pregame huddle. A TV broadcast caught his words, profane because sometimes emotion makes such language acceptable if not necessary. “Here we go baby,” Glidden said. “This is the whole f---ing community right here.” The game itself felt off, almost wrong. OSU coach Mike Gundy was in a meeting with his assistant coaches when someone looked at their phone and saw the news. The world stopped, if only for a few moments. “You’re talking defense, you’re talking offense, you’re talking special teams. … When you hear about an incident like that, football is a nonfactor,” Gundy said. “You start calling and find out where your family’s at.” Hargis and other school administrators discussed the idea of postponing or canceling the game. They decided to move forward but made a concentrated effort to honor the victims. When the football team went out for The Walk — its traditional march down Hester Street to Boone Pickens Stadium — the pulsating boom of the marching STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 7

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band was missing. The silence only made the emotion more palpable. “We weren’t allowed to have the music playing and the band and everything, but it showed you that people were still cheering and going crazy,” Glidden said. “You could see the looks in their eyes. The support, it was very emotional for us. … It really helped us kind of regroup.” Quarterback J.W. Walsh said the day reminded him of four years ago in Ames, Iowa, when the Cowboys played and lost a stunner to Iowa State the same day they learned of a plane crash that killed four members of the OSU family, including women’s basketball coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna. In 2011, they woke up and heard the news. Saturday, they woke up, went to meetings and heard the news. “The atmosphere, the mood, it was all pretty similar,” Walsh said. The community still made its way to the game, perhaps in search of an escape, perhaps longing for camaraderie or perhaps oblivious to the magnitude of what happened. The somber feeling lingered in the air, but optimism wasn’t absent. Larry Reece, OSU’s beloved PA announcer who is returning from cancer this season, said before the opening kickoff the community would come together. “We’ve done it before, and we’ll do it again,” Reece bellowed, “because this is OUR HOME, this is OUR FAMILY, this is OUR TEAM.” The narrative that a football game could make everything better for a few hours is nice, but it isn’t true. “We really didn’t want to go to the game,” Baird said. “Something like that just made us want to sit down and say how thankful we really are. We ended up going, but it wasn’t the same as going to MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015

kurt steiss/O’COLLY Oklahoma State safety Jordan Sterns bows his head during a moment of silence before the Cowboys’ game against Kansas on Saturday. The teams played four hours after a car drove through the crowd at OSU’s homecoming parade.

first couple of games, having all this energy. Our minds were with the families that were impacted by this.” There was a moment of silence. Then the crowd roared as Ben Grogan kicked off because cheering was part of the plan — come to Stillwater for America’s Greatest Homecoming Celebration, be part of the Walkaround, watch the parade, go to the game and see the Cowboys win. Not everyone could be so lucky. “To be honest with you, it wouldn’t have upset me if they would have said we’re not playing today. … It just seemed too soon,” defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. “I hope (the game

helped). But those people that lost loved ones and those people in the hospital with loved ones who are hanging on could care less right now.” *** The Cowboys made easy work of the Jayhawks. They scored twice in the first quarter on two Walsh touchdown runs, then again early in the second when Miketavius Jones blocked a punt, scooped the ball and ran into the end zone. OSU took a 35-10 lead into halftime while Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin met with media members to discuss the crash. She talked of the strength of community, of people coming together to lift the car off OCOLLY.COM

people it had pinned. She talked of mothers worried about sons and eventually of the same resiliency that got the state through tragedies such as the Oklahoma City Bombing and the May 2013 tornadoes. “The community itself really came and showed the Oklahoma Spirit, the Oklahoma Standard that we’re so proud of in times of difficulty,” Fallin said. The contest turned into a certified blowout as the OSU run game looked improved and Walsh became the game’s star in the second half. Walsh, the team’s backup quarterback, took advantage of his special packages and finished with six carries for 24 yards and three

touchdowns and completed five passes in five attempts, adding 68 yards and another two scores. OSU played well in all three facets of the game and improved to 7-0. Students and alumni got to come together. But it didn’t heal. This time, football was not a bandage or a rallying point. Football was a game, and one that happened to take place hours after a catastrophe. “We just did what we did and there were no answers,” Spencer said. “We hurt. We recognize it’s a tragedy, and you play a football game.” sports@ocolly.com

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People show support with memorial at scene of car crash at Hall of Fame and Main

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Siera Coulter, a physiology sophomore, and Taylor Tyson, an apparel merchandising sophomore, reflect on the incident at a memorial on Hall of Fame and Main on Sunday.

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Makayla Medrano, a student at Stillwater Middle School, leaves a note at the memorial on Hall of Fame and Main on Sunday.

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Today’s Birthday (10/26/15). Friends bring expansion, travel and fortune this year. Collaborate on community solutions. Play the biggest game possible. Money comes easily, if you work for it. New love lights you up this spring. Revise plans to adapt for changes. Your crew reaches new heights this autumn. Focus on shared passion. 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 -- Make a new beginning after a poignant ending. Patiently explain your view. Keep everyone informed. Reassess your assets. Discover forgotten treasure. There’s money coming today and tomorrow, too. You see opportunities everywhere. Accept a long distance challenge. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re more confident (and perhaps impatient) today and tomorrow. Public obligations interfere with private time. New possibilities stretch old boundaries. A friend says hello or goodbye. Revive your partner’s self-esteem. Overlook a sassy remark. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Take deep breaths. There’s plenty of confusion at the top. Your calm can be contagious. Find the humor. Changes a level up can affect you positively. Finish what you said you’d have done. Peaceful productivity soothes today and tomorrow. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Your team comes to your rescue today and tomorrow. Ignore the group situation for a rude awakening. Ask tough questions. Big decisions have to be made. Go for distance, not speed. Give up something you don’t need. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Assume more responsibility at work over the next few days. Expect a test or challenge. Don’t alienate a colleague. An unusual solution appears, as things don’t go as planned. A windfall opportunity reveals an unimagined opportunity. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Higher education, travel and exploration calls to you over the next few days. An outrageous suggestion is starting to seem reasonable. You may decide to start over and begin again. Clarify any doubt. Pursue creative projects that animate you. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Keep your patience with finances. Manage numbers with your partner today and tomorrow. Emotional leverage may be applied, and a few surprises. Take a time out if necessary. Try again later. Find an error in your favor. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Collaborate to produce a work of art over the next few days. Work together to get the job done. Express your emotions and feelings. Inspire one another. Move people to action. Make the changes you’ve been wanting. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re entering a two-day busy phase. Don’t get stopped by silly arguments. Listen first before advancing, to avoid a communications breakdown. Invent creative and unusual ideas. Clean up messes. Whatever love you give is returned. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Things seem easier today and tomorrow. Relax and play with family and friends. Talk about love. Figure out what you want. Practice your skills and tricks. Listen with an ear for hidden elements. Investigate and study. Disagree persuasively. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Enjoy a practical domestic phase today and tomorrow. Fix leaks immediately and save. Make a change you’ve been longing for. Paint is inexpensive. Put time and energy into a renovation. Let emotions pass through you. Create beauty. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Begin a two-day voracious learning phase. Your proposal could seem impossible. Follow your inner voice. Take a leap of faith. Look at the situation from a different angle. Keep your objective in mind. Convince a skeptic. Publish when ready.

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OSU counseling services bringing in extra help f r om s taf f r ep ort s

Oklahoma State University Counseling Services is bringing in four to five additional counselors to help with demand after the crash during Saturday morning’s homecoming parade. Lee Bird, vice president for Student Affairs, said the university scheduled the extra counselors from ComPsych, an employee assistance program, for the entire week. Bird said it depends on the demand for counseling whether the extra help will be available for more than

one week. The counseling sessions will be available in Career Services on the third floor of the Student Union from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m for students, faculty, staff and community members. The Reboot Center on the third floor of the Student Union will be available, and therapy dogs from Pete’s Pet Posse will be on hand as well, Bird said. To schedule an appointment, faculty and students can call Bill Gentry at 405-744-6415.

People can also go online to guidanceresources. com, click “I am a first time user” and enter OKSTATEEAP as the web ID. Employees can contact ComPsych by phone at 855-850-2397. for 24/7 counseling. news@ocolly.com

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us with a steadfast love. (Ro.8:3839) It is a rest of faith that is ours in And we are to do it continually. Christ. It is an active trust that we Our life is to be filled with praise and can chose and practice each day. thanksgiving to God, and we are to This trust is based on the character do it because of Jesus. and promise of God. Ah! Jesus! He is always God’s These never change. There is anothThese never change. There is anoth SACRIFICE OF PRAISE! RESTING IN JESUS! answer. We are complete in him! er old hymn that goes like this; (Col.2:10 NIV) He is the one we ““Through Jesus, therefore, let us “My faith has found a resting place, An old hymn goes something like are to trust. Why can we trust him? continually offer to God a sacrifice not in a manmade creed: I trust the this; “Under his wings I am safely Clearly, as we look at the Bible and of praise—the fruit of lips that confess abiding, though the night deepens ever living one, that he for me will see Jesus, he is the revelation of his name.”(Heb.13:15 NIV) plead. and tempests are wild. Still I can God to us. We see steadfast love; We all like something tangible; Enough for me that Jesus saves, this trust him; I know he will keep me. faithfulness. We see great patience. something we can see or feel that ends my fears and doubt: A sinful He has redeemed me and I am his We see power and deliverance. We soul I come to Him, he will not cast gives us assurance. At times, in a child.” see grace; God’s unmerited favor. me out. walk with God, he gives us a sample The Bible tells us that “there re The Bible tells us that “there reWe see a God of reality! These things My soul is resting on the Word, the of the reality of his presence. It is mains a rest to the people of living Word of God: Salvation in my challenge us to trust even when life aGod.” (Heb.4:9) John 15 tells us of taste of that which is to come. Savior’s name, salvation through his seems to have gone crazy. Because Imuch fruit can be produced in and remember the experience of joy I blood. we know there is someone in charge through the one who “abides” in had shortly after I came to Christ. The Chorus: I need no other evidence, I that is for us and he is working the Christ. One aspect of abiding is joy was so intense, so real, I thought need no other plea: It is enough best for our lives. Iresting. He is seated in heaven would explode. What a wonder that Jesus died and rose again for because his work of salvation is Let’s choose the way of faith; moment! me.” finished. Here is someone we can the way of trust. “Through Jesus, The writer of Hebrews challenges fully trust because “he now sits at therefore, let us continually offer to us to offer continually the sacrifice the right hand of God with all God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of praise. A sacrifice is something power and authority. (Matt.28:18) of lips that confess his name.” Faith that costs. It is something that is He never changes; “Jesus Christ is in action! This is a completely new offered when there is no clear the same yesterday and today and way for many, but it is God’s way. blessing; when there is no feeling to forever.” (He.13:8) He tells us Let’s start and let it be a new lifestyle encourage the offering. “never will I leave you; never will I for us. forsake you.” (Heb.13:5) He loves

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OPINION: Saturday’s game was about family, not football

N at h a n Ruiz S p o rt s E d i to r @ N at h a n S R u i z

I wanted to cry. I felt the tears building in my eyes. My breath became heavy. I rested my hands on my face. Saturday, a driver reportedly under the influence shook the foundation of our university, our town, our community. It was supposed to be a day of happiness, a conclusion to a week full of fun and festivity, watching the Cowboys destroy the Kansas Jayhawks to improve to 7-0. But instead we watched the news. We checked Twitter for updates. We searched our minds and hearts for an answer we

might never get. One of Stillwater’s greatest loves became meaningless as bodies lay under tarps only a couple of blocks away. As I waited for a football game that didn’t matter to start, a group of 59,486 gave me another reason to cry. With a flag at half-staff to my right, it sang the national anthem as a pair of helicopters flew overhead. It roared as passionately as ever when the team took the field. It bellowed Oklahoma State’s alma mater as if the sound of loyalty and truth could shroud the site of tragedy down the street, protecting it from further harm. I wanted to cry because I had a reason for hope. For the third time in 15 years, tragedy struck OSU. The four victims who lost their lives and the countless others who were injured Saturday were as much Cowboys as the 20-yearolds in orange jerseys on the field.

The game on the turf didn’t matter, but what it represented did. Public address announcer Larry Reece said it best, with the same words he uses before every game at Boone Pickens Stadium, but with plenty more vigor. “This is our home. This is our family. This is our team.” There hasn’t been a time when that statement was truer. The Cowboy family came together Saturday. They hugged. They cheered. They laughed. They were one. Saturday won’t be remembered for the final score. It will be remembered for how OSU, Stillwater and Oklahoma united. Saturday’s crowd did me a favor, and I’d like you to do one for me. Call your mom. Call your grandpa. Call your best friend. And tell them you love them.

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Without you, Homecoming 2015 would not have been “America’s Greatest Homecoming Celebration!” - Your OSU Alumni Association

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