Thursday, November 18, 2021
OSU students hold Julius Jones rally
Branson Evans
OkState Stand United held a rally urging people to contact Gov. Stitt to accept Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation.
Jaden Besteda Staff Reporter OkState Stand United (OKSSU) hosted a rally drawing attention to Julius Jones and encouraged people to contact Gov. Kevin Stitt to accept the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation. Jones has been on death row for the murder of Paul Howell, an Edmond businessman and father in 1999. Jones has maintained his innocence for over 20 years. After hearing from Jones, the board voted 3-1 recommending clemency. The decision goes to Stitt
on whether he is executed or not. OKSSU is a multicultural student-led organization dedicated to multiple social causes and pushing for a more equitable community at OSU. At the event, students addressed Stitt. “Gov. Stitt, you cannot save Julius Jones life alone by accepting this clemency hearing, the only way an innocent man can get his life back is by getting his freedom back so the clemency is the first step but it isn’t the last.” said Jayden Powell, an Okstate Stand United member. On Oct. 28 Oklahoma put to death John Grant, who reportedly convulsed and vomited as he was executed. Grant’s execution was the first to take place
since 2015 after the state halted the death penalty after the botched execution of Clayton Lockett and that of Charles Warner. Jones’ execution date is scheduled for Nov. 18. Tasneem Al-Michael, a member of Julius Jones team, also addressed Stitt. “Use your power in the best way you possibly can, you have a man’s life in your hand. The answer is really simple and easy,” Al-Michael said. “Free Julius Jones there’s a lot of good that can be accomplished if you stand on the right side of history.”
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Richardson rushes angry, dissects the perfect aggressive run
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Gabriel Trevino Staff Reporter Dominic Richardson ran with a head full of stream, and broke tackles with rage and intensity. Richardson, Oklahoma State’s second-string running back, totaled 12 carries for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Richardson broke off big runs, and fought off multiple tacklers while doing so. For Richardson, OSU’s 63-17 victory over TCU was personal.
Richardson officially signed with TCU in late 2019, however after TCU revoked his scholarship offer, he decommitted three months after signing. The Oklahoma City native would later sign with OSU in 2020. Getting snaps for the first time against the team who formerly usurped him, Richardson played with anger. “It was like an anger switch,” Richardson said. “Running with power and running with anger. It was real personal, I was fired up going out there. I was just determined. I was locked in, tunnel vision, to dominate while I was out there.” Coach Mike Gundy noticed Richardson’s anger on the field, however admitted he forgot about Richardson’s dilemma with TCU until the day after. Gundy said he only observed Richardson’s physicality while running, especially getting to the second level. Richardson, too, noticed he enjoys getting into the secondary.
“It is exciting,” Richardson said. “I think of whether I should stiff-arm, run through, or hurdle him. It is a mindset.” Richardson spoke about his type of physical running, saying he has always been a power runner. As a sophomore in high school, Richardson suffered a leg injury which caused him to miss the remainder of the season. Despite the injuries, Richardson still enjoys being physical. “If I see a guy, I try to hit them,” Richardson said. “If it makes me fall forward, I’ll break a tackle. Ever since high school I’ve been a power back. I would like to run through you rather than run around you. My first instinct is to run through.”
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ESports rising A new champion reigns
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Jaden Betesda Staff Reporter
ESports has been rising for about a decade now. Oklahoma State University has done its best to implement its hand in the cause. The Colvin Recreation Center held an ESports tournament for several sports video games. Nate Craig, Oklahoma State
freshman and electrical engineer major has spent a lot of time to his studies, but he will also dominate you in FIFA. Nate won the FIFA tournament by winning three straight games and ultimately taking home the satisfaction of being the champion. “I’m really into soccer. I watch a lot of soccer and play a lot of soccer.” Craig said. “I play some other games like Rocket League, Grand Theft Auto and Madden. Those are mainly the games I
play but obviously i’m best at FIFA.” Craig has big plans beyond college and hopes to take his major and do something really impactful. “I wanted to be an electrical engineer because my father was. It seemed like the easy path to choose and it was really interesting. I hope to make a positive impact in the world. Mostly on the environmental side. I want to help with renewable resources and solar wind and other stuff like that. Hopefully by the end I can say that I
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Nate Craig is currently a freshman, which means he has a lot of learning and experience to gain before he heads off officially in the Electrical Engineering field. A road that will definitely be hard. However, it definitely helps knowing he can kick most peoples butt in FIFA.
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What Were You Wearing started as an art exhibit at the University of Arkansas in 2013.
What Were You Wearing? Exhibition Anna Pope News Editor Reader warning: The content of this piece discusses sexual assault. For some readers, the topic of may cause discomfort. The “What Were You Wearing?” exhibition displays the outfits that some students were wearing when they were sexually assaulted.
Olivia Pindleton is the Coordinator of 1 is 2 Many at Oklahoma State and she said this exhibitions started as an art exhibit and were able to expand on this to include anonymous student stories. Q: Can you go into detail about what inspired this event? A: We have been doing this, this is our 4 or 5 year and we have expanded a little bit past that, and we are able to use specifically the experiences of OSU students and share those anonymously. Kind of the whole point of the program is to bring awareness to the fact that sexual assault cannot be implied and that clothing is not a reason, nor does it justify sexual assault.
Q: How do you reach out to these students to get these programs? A: What we do is we just allow students to submit them anonymously, so we usually send out some social media posts and then I think students find it that way. But I also think because it’s a recurring event we always do it the week before Thanksgiving break. I think people just know to kind of look for it and so they can just go online and anonymously share if they desire to. Q: What does it mean to you to be able to share people’s stories like this? A: Oh, I think it’s so important. I think we need to bring awareness to sexual assault and bring down those
This event now features anonymous Oklahoma State student’s stories and what they were wearing during their assault.
stereotypes that often accompany conversations of sexual assault. And we do need to let people know that their clothing is not an invitation, and there’s nothing you can do to imply consent. Consent can only be asked for and received, and mutual. Bringing awareness to that is really really important. I think something else I really like about the display is that it allows students to interact with the conversation in a way that they kind of get to control. They get to read and look at as many outfits and descriptions as they want and not have to participate in a conversation unless they choose to. news.ed@ocolly.com
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Notebook: Mastrogiovanni influenced by Fix
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Mastogiovanni on Daton Fix’s influence Trevor Mastogiovanni talked about what it is like to work alongside Daton Fix and the lessons he has learned. Luke Surber vs Gable Stevenson “He was a huge help for me and that’s part of the In the upcoming match against Minnesota, reason why I committed here,” Mastogiovanni said. Surber will be taking on the defending national “I wanted to wrestle the best and I know that he is a champion and Olympic medalist, Gable Stevenson, at NCAA finalist so that’s where I want to be. I get to heavyweight. compare myself to him every day.” This will be Surber’s second start, this time He said Fix ran six miles after the Stanford facing the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in the country. match because he felt like he could’ve been even better “Really nothing is going to change,” Surber said. despite the win. “I’m going to go out there and wrestle as hard as I can “I looked at my dad and said ‘I wouldn’t do and I’m going to compete. I’m not going to back down that’,” Mastrogiovanni said. “Seeing him do that is and I know he is good, but I’m good too.” going to change how I look at myself.”
Smith’s airplane story Coach John Smith was asked about the struggles dealing with commercial flight. Smith, who has traveled all over the world, said it is really nothing new. He even brought up a story about flying in a plane in the then Soviet Union. “It didn’t even have a name and there were sheep and goats on it,” Smith said. “There were a couple of chairs just sitting there, there were no seatbelts. I have had some pretty interesting ones over the years.”
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Scouting the opponent Texas Tech displays trio of running backs
Sudeep Tumma Staff Reporter Scouting the opponent takes a look into OSU’s opposing matchup and formulates a scouting report. Oklahoma State plays another team that — in spite of losing its head coach in the middle of the season — is coming off a big-time upset victory the week before with a backup freshman quarterback. Feels like a bit of de deja vu, doesn’t it? Texas Tech did exactly that in its 41-38 victory over Iowa State this past
weekend. Now, OSU will look to stay on track and after a dominant victory last week. QB1 Donovan Smith The redshirt freshman gave TTU a true spark on Saturday. He is a dualthreat quarterback who is used well on the zone-reads, designed runs and/or scrambles when he needs to improvise. But Smith also has a legit arm with a quick release. Whether it was throwing strikes or lofting up the deep ball, Smith displayed some nice passing prowess. Smith had 372 total yards and three touchdowns against a top 15 Iowa State defense. Erik Ezukanma and this WR room TTU’s No. 1 receiver had his best game of the season against OSU last year with a 7-183-2 line. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Ezukanma excels at all three
levels and possesses elite physical tools. He has supplanted himself as one of the best wide receivers in the Big 12, and he is bookended by two talented receivers in Kaylon Geiger and Myles Price. Three-headed monster in the backfield The Red Raiders’ run game doesn’t jump off the page without that dynamic No. 1 tailback, but they have an effective trio of RBs with SaRodorick Thompson, Xavier White and Tahj Brooks. As a team, TTU averages 4.8 yards per carry, which ranks 38th in the nation. It’s a good complement to 22nd ranked passing game in the country. The defense has struggled Just like last year, this defense has struggled to contain opposing offenses. The Red Raiders own the 110th scoring defense and 83rd total defense. Their metrics aren’t friendly by any measure.
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TTU has routinely given up large point totals, especially in Big 12 play. This unit will need get some push up front to stop OSU’s rush attack. TTU’s linebackers are going to be key While the score doesn’t display it, the Red Raiders did a better job on defense against ISU. And a big reason was the linebacker trio of Colin Schooler, Krishon Merriweather and Riko Jeffers. The D-line did a much better job getting push, and these linebackers shot gaps well and limited All-American Breece Hall for the most part. They’ll need to a similar impact on OSU to try and slow down the rushing attack.
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