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Cowboys continue dominance, sweep Sooners Zach Hak e news editor @ Zach_Hak e

TULSA – The Cowboys are playing with a chip on their shoulders.

The Oklahoma State baseball team completed its sweep of Oklahoma on Sunday at ONEOK Field, dominating the Sooners, 8-2.

The victory marked OSU’s seventh consecutive win, Big 12 win and Bedlam win.

Coach Josh Holliday’s Cowboys looked unbeatable all weekend, outscoring the Sooners 27-3 during the series.

“It’s a compliment to (the players), the leadership,” Holliday said. “You can talk all

OSU vs. Oral Roberts When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: J.L. Johnson Stadium in Tulsa

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Oklahoma State outfielder Jon Littell watches a pitch he hit in Game 3 of the Cowboys’ sweep against Oklahoma.

you want as a coach about that crap, but they’re the ones that do it, and they did it.”

The No. 17 Cowboys (2714-1 overall, 15-3 Big 12) fell behind early but didn’t trail for long.

OU’s Kyle Mendenhall’s sacrifice fly ball in the bottom of the second inning marked

the first time the Sooners (28-18, 10-8) led the Cowboys since 2016.

Jon Littell led the Cowboys at the plate, finishing with three RBIs on two hits, including his fifth home run of the season, which he capped off with a smooth flip of his bat.

“That’s what’s got us

playing so well,” Littell said.

“We’re not going to change the way we play. We’re going to play with that chip on our shoulder. It’s carried us to this point.”

OSU’s batters slowly chipped away at the Sooners’ bullpen, taking a 4-2 lead with a series of infield singles and sacrifice fly balls before Trevor Boone opened things up with a solo shot in the sixth inning.

“I was just trying to stick with the approach and find a

good pitch to hit, put a good swing on it and just see what Mother Nature wanted it to do,” Boone said.

Boone, who was a triple away from hitting for the cycle, decided to go without batting gloves today and said he just wanted to try something different.

“He’s a clown,” Littell said.

Jonathan Heasley got the start on the mound, dealing some of his best pitches since the beginning of conference play. Heasley pitched five innings, struck out six Sooners and allowed only four hits and two runs.

Reza Aleaziz replaced Heasley in the sixth and pitched comfortably, allowing only

two hits, and prevented any hope for an OU comeback.

C.J. Varela closed out the ninth inning in nine pitches.

OSU will face Oral Roberts (26-15) at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Tulsa.

“They’re an important ball game for us,” Holliday said.

“Coming off the conference weekends, I think the most important thing you do as a group is recharge your battery quickly and get ready to compete again Tuesday.”

Zach Hake is a multimedia journalism sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas. He can be reached at news.ed@ocolly.com.

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James Washington can still catch passes from Mason Rudolph away from Stillwater.

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected former Oklahoma State football teammates Washington and Rudolph in the NFL Draft on Friday night.

Washington, the 2017 Fred Biletnikoff Award winner, given to the best receiver in college football, was the first Cowboy off the board. The Steelers took Washington with the 60th overall pick in the second round. Rudolph was selected shortly after in the third round with the 76th pick.

Washington and Rudolph weren’t the only former OSU

players taken in the NFL Draft. Rudolph’s second-leading receiver, Marcell Ateman, will head to the West Coast.

The Oakland Raiders selected Ateman in the seventh round with the 228th pick.

Ateman will join a receiving core that features Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson and Martavis Bryant, but he’s used to sticking out in a stacked lineup. Despite playing alongside Washington and a plethora of talent his senior season, Ateman still recorded 1,049 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.

Tre Flowers was the only former OSU defensive player selected in the draft. The Seattle Seahawks snatched Flowers, a safety, in the fifth

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The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted former OSU wide reciever James Washington (left) and quarterback Mason Rudolph.

round with the 146th pick.

Flowers was a four-year starter for the Cowboys and was given the Leslie O’Neal Award at the end of last season as OSU’s best defensive player. He tallied 79 tackles and two interceptions as a

senior.

Although only four Cowboys were selected in the NFL Draft, five more signed contracts with NFL teams as undrafted free agents. Zach Crabtree, Chris Lacy, Brad Lundblade, DeQuinton Os-

borne and Ramon Richards will continue their football careers.

Defensive tackle Osborne, from Grand Prairie, Texas, signed with his home state’s team, the Dallas Cowboys.

Richards, who finished his OSU career at safety after playing at cornerback his first three seasons, signed with the Los Angeles Rams.

On offense, Lundblade, a center, will join Flowers in Seattle. Fellow offensive lineman Crabtree signed with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Lacy, a receiver, finished off the group of Cowboys turning professional, signing a contract with the New England Patriots.

nfL Draft James Washington: Pittsburgh Steelers (60th overall) Mason Rudolph: Pittsburgh Steelers (76th overall) Tre Flowers: Seattle Seahawks (146th overall) Marcell Ateman: Oakland Raiders (228th overall) Brad Lundblade: Seattle Seahawks (undrafted free agent) Zach Crabtree: Los Angeles Chargers (undrafted free agent) Chris Lacy: New England Patriots (undrafted free agent) Ramon Richards: Los Angeles Rams (undrafted free agent) DeQuinton Osborne: Dallas Cowboys (undrafted free agent)

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Professors, administrators emphasize student surveys M egan Hays S ta ff Repo rt er @ OCo lly

It is that time of year again.

Due dates flash before students’ eyes, the library is at maximum capacity and email inboxes are filled with reminders to take end-of-the-semester surveys.

Although it’s easy to ignore those emails, there’s something to address.

A Student Survey of Instruction allows students to comment and give suggestions about a professor, as well as a course.

This year, the window to do evaluations opened April 23 and will remain open until Friday.

Laura Belmonte, vicechair of Oklahoma State’s faculty council, said the student surveys are used to measure students’ evaluation of their instructors.

“This is an instrument that we use to gauge students’ impression of instructors and various aspects of their teaching, like their command of a classroom, their grading standards, their enthusiasm, rigor of the course, the knowledge of the course, and then there are sections that evaluate the course itself,” Belmonte said. “Did the students find the course worthwhile? Did they feel it was structured in an approachable way? Did they MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018

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The number of students filling out surveys has decreased since the surveys moved to an online format.

feel that the standards of the syllabus and the grading were explained clearly?”

The main problem in recent years is the decline of student-response rates to the survey. The exact number was unavailable, but Belmonte estimated an average of about 20 percent of students in a class will fill out the evaluations.

Pamela Fry, associate vice president for undergraduate education, said the reason for the decline in responses is unknown, but it’s interesting to speculate.

“I am interested in college teaching, so I try to stay up on the literature, and I saw one particular article that talked, interestingly, (about how) response rates nationally seem to be declining some,” Fry said. “A best practice is to talk to students about how important their feedback is so

the students know to take time to do this because I will really be looking at your comments and incorporating the feedback.”

Although these surveys are not the only way OSU evaluates its professors on their teaching ability, it can affect a professor’s path to tenure, promotion and even merit-based raises. These online surveys also allow for professors to make changes and improve their courses.

“When you go up for tenure, for instance, you have to be deemed meritorious in two of the three areas of our mission, so for a faculty member, that is service, research and teaching,” Belmonte said. “Service only counts for 10 percent of that, so you can be really good on your committee work and community engagement, but the two major things that factor into your future, like whether STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 5

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you get promoted, you get put up for regents professor, you get nominated for awards, almost half of it is predicated on whether you’re a good teacher, so it is really important.

That’s the main reason we’re all here, to teach students and make sure they are learning what they need to learn in their programs.”

Although many faculty members have found that giving students a physical copy during class greatly increases the response rate of the survey, the method is more time-consuming for the university to record.

“In the old days when we all used paper copies, it took a lot longer to

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Friday is the last day for students to fill out course evaluations.

run those all through the machines and tabulate the results and get those back to the faculty,” Fry said.

“In fact, sometimes, especially between the fall and the spring, they’re already teaching that same class before they get the feedback. So now using electronic format, faculty

members can get them before they even create the syllabus so they can make some adjustments for the next semester.

“So those are the kinds of things the university has taken on the last couple years to increase participation and meaningfulness, because it is

much more meaningful to get the feedback sooner where I can make the adjustments before I start teaching that same course the next time.”

Many times, to get students to take the endof-the-semester surveys, professors will offer extra credit or even set aside class time for students to fill out the evaluations.

“I think you should want to evaluate the class just because you were enrolled, and you took the time to take the class,” Belmonte said. “I don’t really subscribe to the idea that you should get extra credit for doing any more than the professor deserves for evaluation of his or her students.”

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to cover all the material required for courses and preparing to submit final grades, it can be easy for them to not place as much emphasis on those surveys.

“I just want to reiterate that there are very important parts of evaluating teaching, not only of an individual teacher but also collectively for the university and just (to) be able to see we are being effective in this very important part of our mission,” Fry said. “So I think the strongest message is that they certainly are used and reviewed.”

The estimated time it takes for a student to complete the surveys is about 20 minutes, which is an adequate study break

and more productive than the usual YouTube video between paragraphs of a paper or in the middle of a study session.

“To the students, we really do read them, and we really do care about the feedback,” Belmonte said. “Just like you want feedback on a paper you worked really hard on to write, if a professor just writes a numbered grade on it, then nothing, that makes you feel that it wasn’t very valued. We feel the same way if you don’t take the time to do that.”

Megan Hays is a chemistry freshman from Bartlesville. She can be reached at mehays@okstate.edu.

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