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Breaking the Bank The Pawnee and Cushing Earthquakes have caused more than $350,000 of damage to campus buildings.

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Large earthquakes in Pawnee and Cushing last fall caused more than $350,000 of damage at Oklahoma State University, according to university documents.

The powerful earthquakes caused noticeable issues such as cracking and separation to more than 20 buildings and structures throughout campus.

The 5.8 magnitude earthquake Sept. 3 in Pawnee resulted in about $320,000 of damage, according to OSU’s Facilities Management Administration documents.

Work orders were called in for 30 buildings and most damage included cracks in sheetrock, concrete blocks and bricks.

“I’d say the majority of this project’s work has been caulking, grouting, smoothing, sanding, painting and putting back to its original finish,” said Gabe Dreiling, Facilities Management director of construction and contract services.

He said engineers found brick ties, used to improve the strength of a brick wall,

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that had come undone, causing walls to separate from various structures.

“In some cases, it was removed, new ties were put in and it was rebricked,” Dreiling said. “In other cases, it wasn’t going anywhere beyond the initial crack, and the crack was just filled.”

After the quake, buildings on campus were inspected for damage externally, said Ron Tarbutton, Director of Facilities Management Administration.

When an earthquake of 5.0 magnitude or greater occurs within 50 miles of campus or a quake greater

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than 3.9 magnitude is within 15 miles, exterior inspections to evaluate immediate safety are a part of the Operations and Maintenance procedure.

OSU hired CEC, an engineering firm in Oklahoma City, to further inspect buildings for structural damage, Tarbutton said. CEC charged the university more than $28,000 for an initial report as well as additional investigations, according to the project budget.

“They came up and inspected the buildings that we had concern about, the more significant structural

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concern,” Tarbutton said.

There were no immediate safety concerns, according to CEC’s report. Much of the damage was concentrated in the 4-H Youth Development building.

“4-H was by far the worst interior,” Tarbutton said.

The report outlined cracks linked to the earthquake in multiple places such as walls and the concrete slab of the freezer area. CEC noted two areas of the building where a concrete slab had settled above its original location, potentially causing a tripping hazard, and recommended OSU address the issues. Dreiling said one of the areas was repaired.

Another is scheduled to be fixed in June.

Tarbutton, who has been at OSU for more than three years, said the OSU campus has never had as much damage from an earthquake before.

Phase one of the repairs is complete, and phase two is underway, Dreiling said.

The second phase should be finished near the beginning of June, he said. Phase one is estimated to cost about $173,000, and the second phase is expected to cost

more than $147,000, according to Facilities Management documents.

The academic departments share a $50,000 insurance deductible, which the university plans to pay for with money from a “pool” set aside to cover storm damage and other related issues, said Joe Weaver, OSU vice president for administration and finance.

“If it’s something in the core of the campus, we pay that first $50,000,” Weaver said. “The insurance proceeds will hopefully take care of the rest.”

He said the university annually sets aside money for insurance premiums and saves to pay insurance deductibles. OSU-Stillwater shares the pool with the other A&M schools, he said.

“We set those funds aside and draw on it as we need to,” Weaver said.

In instances where the university can’t prove an earthquake caused the damage and insurance won’t pay, Weaver said OSU will fix the issues as it is financially able to.

Facilities Management Administration also has money available for main-

tenance and operations on campus, Weaver said.

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake Nov. 6 in Cushing was initially estimated to have caused about $40,000 in damage on the OSU campus. Ten campus buildings put in work orders after the earthquake. CEC evaluated a Patchin-Jones staircase and a Drummond Hall mechanical room, according to Facilities Management Administration documents.

Most of the affected areas were OSU Housing and Residential Life properties, Dreiling said. After reviewing the repairs and cost, OSU Housing and Residential Life will spend only $13,352 for the repairs and design, he said.

Dreiling said Operations and Maintenance has spent more than $3,600 on the project.

The project should be finished by the end of the summer, Dreiling said.

Kaelynn Knoernschild is a multimedia journalism senior from Edmond. She can be reached at kaelynn.knoernschild@ gmail.com.

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Student arrested at J.R. Murphy’s

An Oklahoma State University student was arrested Friday after being kicked out of J.R. Murphy’s three times.

About 1:30 a.m., a Stillwater police officer on foot patrol saw staff escorting the 21-year-old man out of the bar in the 300 block of South Washington Street, according to police reports.

The officer observed the man was “extremely unsteady” and slurred his speech when he told the officer he was waiting for his friends.

The officer learned the staff had thrown him out of the bar three times because he kept jumping the fence to get back in.

The student was placed under arrest on a charge of public intoxication and was transported to the Stillwater City Jail. He was later released.

No charges have been filed.

Juveniles’ joy ride ends in arrest

One juvenile was arrested Thursday and another was detained after a short car chase ended in surrender.

About 12:30 a.m., a Stillwater police officer was monitoring southbound

traffic in a marked patrol unit in the 3100 block of North Washington Street.

A car approached southbound at a speed the officer estimated to be 60 mph in a posted 45 mph zone. Using handheld radar, the officer confirmed the car was traveling 60 mph and even accelerated to 63 mph.

The officer inched forward in his marked patrol unit as the car passed and “could tell the driver knew he had just passed a marked police unit because he hit the brakes,” according to police reports.

The officer stated he was parked under a streetlight and was “very visible” to southbound traffic.

As the officer pulled out to

initiate a traffic stop, the car reportedly turned westbound onto Lakeridge Avenue, causing its tires to squeal, and accelerated quickly.

The officer activated his lights and siren and reportedly saw the car run a stop sign at the intersection of Lakeridge Avenue and Monroe Street.

As the officer notified dispatch he was in pursuit, the car came to a sudden halt. The officer thought the occupants were going to run on foot, but no one exited the vehicle as the officer pulled up behind, according to police reports.

The officer drew his weapon and approached the vehicle. Inside, he found the

driver and passenger were male juveniles.

The driver apologized and said he panicked and stopped when he realized what he was doing, according to police reports. The driver did not have a license but a learner’s permit. The officer later learned the driver had received his permit the day before.

The driver said the car belonged to his mother, who was unaware of his whereabouts.

The officer placed the driver under arrest on charges of attempting to elude, speeding and running a stop sign, according to police reports.

Another officer arrived on scene to detain the passenger

until his grandparents came and picked him up.

While being transported to the Stillwater City Jail, the driver told the officer “he decided before he snuck out of the house that he would not run from the police if he got caught.”

The driver was later released to his mother. The officer told the mother the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs would contact her if the case went to court, according to police reports.

Kelsy Schlotthauer is a multimedia journalism sophomore from Edmond.

She can be reached at kelsyas@okstate.edu.

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Consecutive 5-run innings push UCA past Cowboys N ath an Ru iz I nvestigat i v e E d i to r @N ath an SRu iz

It seemed the Oklahoma State baseball team was finally on the upswing. Two innings proved otherwise.

Winners of consecutive games for the first time in three weeks and holding an early lead against Central Arkansas, the Cowboys allowed back-to-back five-run innings in an 11-5 loss to the Bears on Tuesday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

“In the spirit of competition, we weren’t up to the task,” OSU coach Josh Holliday said. “That should create a competitive desire to get back on the field as soon as humanly possible and play

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Andrew Rosa (left) and Cade Cabbiness fumble a pop fly against Central Arkansas on Tuesday. OSU lost 11-5.

better than that.

“We care too much about what we’re doing to be OK with how we played.”

Leading 3-0 after three innings, OSU pitching coach Rob Walton called upon Jon-

athan Heasley with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth. Heasley, a freshman right-hander who struggled with his command in a oneinning start Friday, saw little improvement. After a pair of

singles tied the game, Hunter Strong scored two with a third straight hit off Heasley to give UCA a 5-3 lead.

Heasley returned for the fifth and didn’t fair much better, allowing successive walks. Walton brought in right-hander Blake Battenfield, who did little to quell the Bears’ momentum.

After a sacrifice bunt, walk and single produced another UCA run and loaded the bases, Keaton Presley scored three with a bases-clearing double. An RBI double from Strong a batter later gave UCA (18-16) its second straight five-run inning.

“I just didn’t come in and do my job,” Battenfield said.

Compared with the Bears’ mass approach, OSU (19-13)

built its lead on singular runs in the first three innings. Garrett Benge had an RBI single in the first. In the second, Trevor Boone added an RBI double. The third inning saw Garrett McCain score on a delayed double steal with Colin Simpson.

The Cowboys wasted opportunities to expand their lead, though. They left at least one runner in scoring position in all three innings, a trend that continued later.

After Benge hit a solo home run in the fifth, McCain and Simpson reached, but Cade Cabbiness grounded into a double play before Ryan Sluder, making his return from a right arm injury, flied out.

OSU went 2-for-14 with

runners in scoring position amd was gifted its final run when Dustin Williams scored on a sixth-inning error. A College World Series team last season, the Cowboys head to Lawrence, Kansas, losers of seven of their past 11 games.

“We have to be ready to go every day,” Benge said.

“Everyone wants to beat us, just from all the accomplishments and the history of the program. We put a target on our back, and we know that.

“You don’t show up to the ballpark, they’re gonna do what they did.”

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