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ORANGE BEGINNINGS Take a behind the scenes look at what makes a first impression.

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Through the eyes of a leader

By BRANDON HAVENS Staff Reporter With matching orange polos, shining nametags and bright smiles, we greet every new face that comes our way. We help others find their way, stay on track and say goodbye at the end of each day. We laugh, cry and love each other. We are orientation leaders.

When we applied for the position in December, we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into.

Some of us applied because we were told that it was a good position for us.

Others, because we were eager for the opportunity from the beginning. In the end, there were 22 excited leaders ready to take on the summer.

Being an orientation leader isn’t just showing up in the summer and guiding new students around. Our job started in February, when we attended our weekly training class. For four months, we were trained and shaped into what exactly we needed to be in order to best help every new student that was going to step onto campus when the orientation programs started. Needless to say, we were ready to step up to the plate when the time came.

Our days are a whirlwind of presentations, questions and tasks. We work 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and we are always busy doing something. But we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.

We begin the day with

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You would think being goofy was in their job description.

opening session. President Hargis welcomes the students, sometimes surprising us with his dog, Scruff, and then we perform two pun-filled skits. All throughout opening session there is information for the visiting students and families about the university.

Academic previews, lunch and information sessions follow accordingly. Through these, we have various jobs; opening doors, guiding tours and answering questions fill a lot of our time.

Later, we train the students on the online Student Self-Services before moving into our favorite

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part of the day.

Orange Beginnings is a time when each pair of orientation leaders gives their group a personalized

orientation, and it provides a great environment for the students to ask more experienced students questions.

‘... we know we’re going to be able to impact the freshmen.’

KENDALL ANDERSON, Orientation Leader

presentation about college.

We talk about campus resources, what to do outside of the classroom and give tips and tricks to help adjust to overall college life. This is the most intimate presentation of

After Orange Beginnings, it’s time for enrollment and goodbyes to the students and their families.

We give them their student ID and send them on their way. After everyone has left, we congregate in

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the office and debrief the day’s events.

“I love that we can all work together because we know we’re going to be able to impact the freshmen,” Orientation Leader Kendall Anderson said.

“Its one of their first experiences on campus and I like that we are able to help them through it and show them how awesome OSU really is.”

Working together is vital to the success of orientation. One reason we achieve this is the professional staff we work with.

Besides organizing all orientation programs, they keep us going and encourage us when we need it.

Orientation Coordinator Jennifer Eisensmith is in her second year with the office and deals mostly with questions from students and families.

“My days are a lot of running around, fixing things and thinking on my feet,” Eisensmith said. “I do a lot of talking to diverse groups of people.”

Diversity is a huge part of orientation. Not only is every state represented there, but some students come to orientation from outside the United States with new perspectives and adjustments of their own.

Every student comes to orientation with a different expectation, and we are handed the responsibility of giving each of them the best experience possible.

Even amongst the differences, there is one thing that remains constant with every student that comes through. Most of them have some unique idea of what they will do at OSU and where they will go after graduation.

“It is so inspiring to be around students with dreams and aspirations,” administrative assistant, AbbyKate Waugh, said.

Nonetheless, Orientation is a serious thing. At the end of the day, we all have a job to do. We have to get students enrolled and provide each of them with the information they need, but we have a lot of fun with it.

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From Page 2 “I love that Pete’s Pet Posse comes to help welcome the students every morning,” Orientation Leader, Alex Ward, said. “One time President Hargis and first cowgirl Ann Hargis, brought their dog, Scruff, on stage during his welcome, and the crowd went wild. It was awesome.”

These are the things that will make orientation memorable, and in return, make the students happy with their choice to come to

Oklahoma State University.

The summer is coming to an end, and we have two weeks of orientation programs left. The memories have been made and the laughs have been laughed. Actually, we laugh so much that we often have to be told to quiet down.

Because orientation leaders live in Stout Hall over the summer, we have gotten to know each other well, tightening the bonds that allow orientation programs to run smoothly. Knowing that we can trust each other to get the job done is essential.

In two weeks we will say goodbye, but we will always carry with us the memories we made as orientation leaders. All of the long hours and hard work will be worth it because we know we made a positive

difference in the students’ lives and college careers.

For more information about becoming an orientation leader for the summer of 2016, students can contact Missy Wikle at missy.wikle@okstate.edu.

Applications will be available this fall.

This year’s orientation leaders are: Kendall Anderson, Levi Bernhardt, Alejandro Castro, Perrin Chhagan, Jamie Coffin, Alanis Cordova, Marseille Crawford, Cara Duprey, Patrick Goddard, Brandon Havens, Alaina Hill, Leah Huling, Jaquarius Jackson, Maycee Jones, Megan Kibler, Rayeann Panhellenic, Kylie Payne, Rebekah Perkins, Carly Raetz, Alex Ward, Matt Williams and Kaylie Wilson. news@ocolly.com

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They’re going to need a third star

By KAID KINZIE Sports Reporter Four years ago, Japan defeated the United States in the final game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup to become world champions. The U.S. women would go home empty handed that year.

However, that loss is now a distant memory, not much more than an afterthought.

It’s amazing the difference four years can make.

2015 was a different kind of year for the USA women’s team. This time, they didn’t allow Japan to steal the trophy from them. This was their year, and they exacted their revenge.

The U.S. women beat Japan 5-2 on Sunday to win their first World Cup title since 1999. This victory also made the U.S. the first country to ever win a total of three Women’s World Cup titles.

Smiles, laughter and a World Cup trophy being hoisted high in the air have replaced the broken hearts and sad faces from four years ago. The celebration felt even more deserved after the painful loss that came before.

Abby Wambach and Christie Rampone lifted the trophy in the air together, their teammates joyously jumping up and down and celebrating behind them.

These women are, and now forever will be, champions.

The game started out at an incredibly fast pace, with Carli Lloyd playing as if she was a FIFA video game version of herself. Scoring three goals in the first 16 minutes alone, she truly put on a spectacular display of

skill, sealing the first hat trick in Women’s World Cup finals history.

One particular highlight included Lloyd kicking a long-ball from midfield toward Japan’s goal. Japan’s goalie had wandered too far out from the goal, and she ran backwards to try and make the save. However, the ball glanced off of her fingertips just right and found the back of the net.

The score became 4-0 in favor of the USA. That would be Lloyd’s final goal, and it was an eye-popping strike. Lloyd became the first American to ever score in four straight World Cup games.

Japan had a short-lived comeback early in the second half, tallying a couple goals and making the score 4-2. Tobin Heath quickly scored the final blow in the 54th minute for the U.S., giving them a 5-2 advantage. There would be no more scoring, and the U.S. women would go on to seal their legacy.

Christie Rampone would come into the game during the 86th minute, replacing Alex Morgan and becoming part of history. The oldest and first 40-year-old to ever play in a World Cup game, Rampone is the last active player to have also played on the victorious 1999 team.

In the 79th minute of the game, the U.S. women’s all-time leading scorer entered the game and was welcomed by an eruption of cheers from the crowd.

Abby Wambach, who has seemingly done everything throughout her career be-

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The 16 year drought for a USA Women’s World Cup is finally over.

sides win a World Cup, was only minutes away from grabbing that elusive trophy.

The day was historic for the U.S. and the women’s team. USA passed Germany for the most goals ever scored in Women’s World Cup history with their five makes.

Carli Lloyd would go on to receive the Golden Ball award for her outstanding play during the final, and U.S. goalie Hope Solo won the Golden Glove for her

heroic saves.

As Alex Morgan perfectly stated on her Twitter account after the game: “Today we are World Cup champions, and forever we are World Cup champions!”

U.S. fans no longer have to look back to ’99 to remember their last title or think about the loss in 2011.

Abby Wambach and Christie Rampone are both expected to have played in their last World Cup this year. If they do in fact leave

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the sport, they will be walking away on top. And there’s no better way to go out than that.

The shadow that has been cast over the women’s team for the past 16 years has been lifted. The legacy of this team has been completed, and a long celebration is in store.

The U.S. women’s jerseys had two stars sitting above the U.S. soccer crest, which symbolized their two previous World Cup victories.

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Room must now be made for a third star.

The celebration and victory for this team has been long overdue but has finally arrived. The U.S. women’s team has left a firm stamp on a legacy that now belongs to them. This group of strong, determined and inspiring women have made this nation proud.

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A generation’s darkest knight

By RYAN PARKER Co-Editor-in-Chief The biggest video game release of the summer, Batman: Arkham Knight, marks the conclusion of an amazing series to the beloved hero.

While Batman is an extremely popular dark and serious hero, the character developed into those roles through a long revival. As a character, Batman has evolved through several important series that caused the Dark Knight to become an iconic hero.

The first notable evolution was Frank Miller’s comic series, The Dark Knight Returns. In the 1986 mini series, Bruce Wayne has retired from fighting crime as the Batman, and with crime on the rise in Gotham, Wayne returns as the Dark Knight.

Soon after Batman returns to the streets, the Joker reappears on a talk show and kills everyone on the set with gas.

Batman gave chase to the Joker and beat him close to death, but in a plot twist the Joker snaps his own neck, making it appear like Batman killed him. The

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Tonally,1966’s Batman took a bit of a different approach.

Gotham Police force starts a manhunt for Batman to bring him to justice.

Superman, who is an agent for the United States government, goes to Gotham to face off against Batman in an epic duel.

During the battle, Batman fakes a heart attack and his death. Bruce Wayne goes underground to lead a group to fight crime from

starring Michael Keaton as Batman. Both “Batman” and “Batman Returns” were financial successes and were well received.

The Dark Knight was on the way to a revival.

However, after two Burton films, Warner Bros. decided to change directors and the movies changed to be more light-hearted.

The final movie in the series, “Batman & Robin,” is considered to be one of the worst hero movies of all-time, and is the least commercially successful superhero film.

Batman needed a new direction in film and a desperate reboot. After a seven-year break from the big screen, the Dark Knight reappeared in Christopher

Nolan’s “Batman Begins.”

With Christian Bale as Batman, the caped crusader once again was faced with a darker narrative.

“Batman Begins” was a both a critical and box office success. Nolan created another two movies, “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” that were wildly successful critically and financially.

Miller’s comics and Burton’s films heavily influenced Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

To add to the Batman craze that was started by Nolan’s movies; Rocksteady Studios developed and released a new Batman video game, Batman: Arkham Asylum.

The video game series

culminated Nolan’s movies, Burton’s films and Miller’s comics into a serious and dark character that has changed the way an entire generation views Batman.

The Dark Knight has been able to get such resurgence because a whole generation has grown up with Batman at multiple levels. There are great narrative stories told through comics, video games and movies. Now more than ever, Batman is a complex character that has to be taken seriously.

Batman’s revival has taken awhile, but now is one of the most popular superheroes because of how the character has developed across several mediums. digital.ed@ocolly.com

behind the scenes.

The comic series was a much darker story than that of the popular Adam West TV show, “Batman.”

The Miller comics took Batman to a new level as a hero and brought a dark undertone to the character overall.

Miller’s comic series heavily influenced the Tim Burton Batman movies,

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (07/08/15). Get your message out! Stir your work with passion and it turns golden this year. Balance the busy pace by maintaining healthy routines. Feed your spirit art. Your creativity booms after 10/13. New professional opportunities arise after 10/27.

A business or educational trip entices after 3/8. Home and family call after 3/23. Talk about love.

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’re good at solving domestic problems over the next two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer.

Your best ideas come at home. Go from theoretical to practical. Talk it over with family. Lounge around together. Share something delicious.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Your communications and networking skills are especially hot over the next two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Connect people with similar aims. Study, research and write. Get the word out about something you feel passionately.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- You can make a bundle over the next two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Work smarter and earn more. Keep track of your earnings. Communications lead to profits. Social expenses could surprise. Fund savings before frivolities.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Speak with confidence.

Over the next two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer, discuss your feelings. Discuss personal aims and ambitions. It’s easier to express yourself. Don’t be talked out of what you want. You’re especially persuasive.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Keep a dream journal. Allow more time for contemplation for two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer.

Finish up old business. Think over current and predictable situations, and make long-term plans. Decide what you want. Choose your destination.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Stick to practical action today. You find it easier to communicate in a group over the next two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Community activities and meetings go well. Confer with your team. Network, socialize and share resources.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Find a need and fill it. Keep it practical for two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Use cleverness and wit to advance your career. Think fast. Research professional developments. A status rise comes through communications. Discuss what you want.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Expand your territory for about two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Long-distance communications figure prominently. Travel beckons, but take care. Study the situation. Discuss plans and destinations. You have what you need, if you can just find it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Doing the paperwork gets profitable. It’s easy to stick to a budget over the next two weeks with Mercury in Cancer. Family financial information changes your perspective. You won’t have to defer gratification forever. Take it slow and easy.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Partners are full of great ideas for about two weeks. Encourage yours to talk. Brainstorm and converse. During this period, compromise comes easier. Listen carefully. Discuss what you want to create. Good will is great advertising.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your communications and networking skills come in useful. You’re even better at fixing things for two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. Accept an intellectual challenge at work. Streamline your routine. Your community has the resources you need.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Sweet words come easily for about two weeks, with Mercury in Cancer. It’s a good time for intimate conversation. You’re especially charming. It’s easier to express your affection. Talk produces results. Discuss what you love.

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Slightly off target

By BRANDON SCHMITZ

Entertainment Reporter

Review: ‘Terminator Genisys’ Although the first two “Terminator” films are among the most influential action films of all time, the series has been fighting an uphill battle since 2003’s “Rise of the Machines.”

By the fourth film’s release, it seemed as if the franchise had been relying solely on brand recognition. Its latest entry, “Genisys,” is yet another attempt to kick the series back into gear. Third time’s the charm, right?

With director Alan Taylor (“Game of Thrones,” “Thor: The Dark World”) at the helm, the film opens with a decent view of humanity’s dystopian future. John Connor (Jason Clarke) stands as a champion in the war against the machines, while Sgt. Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) acts as his right-hand man.

Just when things start to go humanity’s way, how-

ever, the Terminators, you guessed it, send one of their own back in time to kill Connor’s mother, Sarah (Emilia Clarke). Reese gives chase in an attempt to save her, and by extension, the future.

But, the past that Reese visits isn’t as Connor described. Sarah herself isn’t a scared waitress, but rather an experienced soldier.

Additionally, her guardian angel is none other than a Terminator variant (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Following Reese’s initial misunderstanding, the two ally themselves with the sergeant to prevent earth’s bleak future.

The performances, with the exception of one, are serviceable at best. Courtney, for instance, delivers the same vanilla-flavored machismo that he brought to the fifth “Die Hard.”

Not too bad for an old man.

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It may be unfair to compare Emilia Clarke’s portrayal of Sarah Connor to that of Linda Hamilton, but the former definitely fails to measure up. Her standoffish demeanor comes across as obnoxious more often than it does strong. It’s a shame, too, considering how solid Clarke is in “Game of Thrones.”

Jason Clarke is an excellent actor, but he isn’t given much to do here. Although John Connor plays a significant role in the movie, most of his material feels as if it was written for trailers.

Speaking of which, on the off chance that you’re interested in seeing this movie and haven’t yet watched the trailers, steer clear. The most recent ones in particular contain major spoilers.

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