Monday, April 26, 2021
Finding a good home List of some of the best off-campus apartments By Addison Duling Staff Reporter It’s that time of year. As the school year ends, it is time to start preparing for the next one, which means apartment and house hunting. Here is a short description of a few of the popular apartment selections for OSU students to live off-campus.
Midtown The Midtown Apartments are located on Ramsey and 4th Street, about a block from campus. The building offers 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-bedroom apartments. Every bedroom has a private bathroom and connects to a common living room and kitchen. The common amenities include a rooftop pool, a fitness Courtesy of pexels.com.
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The Beard-Signal Standlee saves the day, Cowboys avoid sweep
Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter The Beard-Signal went up last night when OSU pitching coach Rob Walton told Brett Standlee he was starting. When Batman is needed most, he responds to the Bat-Signal in the sky. Oklahoma State sophomore pitcher Brett Standlee isn’t identified by a bat in the sky, but rather his beard. Standlee responded to the call in OSU’s 7-3 victory over Texas. He threw a gutsy six innings, surrendering only two runs and striking out a career-high 10 batters. “As we sit here today in the circumstances our team was in, really needing a victory and having fought through some tough losses and having some pitchers not available, our team needed him,” OSU head coach Josh Holliday said. Injuries to normal starting pitchers Parker Scott and Justin Wroboleski put the Cowboys rotation in a bind Sunday,
especially considering the No. 3 Texas Longhorns had taken both games of a doubleheader Saturday. Standlee, who has appeared in 17 games this season as a reliever, reverted back to his 2019 ways when he was a starting pitcher. “I’ve gotten used to coming out of the bullpen this year, so that was kind of my comfort zone but it’s something I did in the past was start, so I just kind of had to go back to my old ways a little bit my roots and just pretend it was two years ago,” Standlee said. Standlee got in some trouble in the sixth inning when he walked two batters and hit another, loading up the bases with no outs. Walton visited the mound for a chat. “(Walton) was like, ‘You’ve been in this situation before coming out of the pen, nothing new right here, dig down and really reach that next level of focus and concentration and just trust your stuff and you’ll be able to get out of this like you used to,”’ Standlee said. Standlee retired the next three Longhorns, two of them via the strikeout, ending the threat. “Just a compliment to him and See Beard on pg. 6
Brett Standlee on the mound