Wednesday, January 31, 2024
OSU to celebrate 75th anniversary of Nancy Randolph Davis’ enrollment Courtesy of OSU News
homa students. OSU will honor Davis’ courage and determination with an event titled “Inspired Leadership for Engaged Citizenship.” Nancy’s son, Calvin Davis, will deliver a keynote address focused A pioneer who broke racial baron the life lessons his mother taught riers at Oklahoma State University, him about leadership. Now a district Nancy Randolph Davis will be honored director for the U.S. Small Business Adon the 75th anniversary of her historic ministration, the younger Davis aims to enrollment. inspire today’s students to follow in his The campus community is invited mother’s footsteps as engaged citizens. to commemorate the 75th anniversary In recognition of the 75th anniverof Davis’ enrollment as the first Black sary of Davis’ enrollment at OSU, and student at OSU during a celebration on to honor her legacy at OSU, the univerFeb. 29. Hosted by OSU’s College of sity has unveiled the 75 for 75 capital Education and Human Sciences and the campaign. Calvin and his wife, Renee, Division of Access and Community Im- stepped forward to initiate the campaign pact, the event will take place at 9 a.m. with the generous pledge of $25,000 in the Student Union Ballroom. matching gift for every new gift given In 1949, the young home econom- toward the existing $25,000 endowment. ics teacher from Spencer, Oklahoma, Gifts will support student scholarbegan pursuing a master’s degree at ships in Nancy Randolph Davis’ name, what was then Oklahoma A&M College. benefiting OSU students for generations Davis faced many challenges to come. Individuals can also make a along the way but remained steadfast tax-deductible gift to support this effort and preserved. Davis spent summers to amplify the impact and legacy of Ms. taking classes at OSU while continuing Davis. to teach, and completed her master’s Please RSVP if you’re interested degree in 1952. She went on to have a in attending the Nancy Randolph Davis storied 43-year career as an educator, 75th anniversary commemoration. shaping the lives of thousands of Oklanews.ed@ocolly.com
Courtesy of OSU News OSU will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Nancy Randolph Davis’ enrollment on Feb. 29.
Doom scrolling? Nevada AG files lawsuits against these 5 social media apps Jessica Hill Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jaycee Hampton The OSU Swim Club is making its way through its first season back on campus.
OSU swim plunges into Cowboy-hosted meet Jaycee Hampton Staff Reporter
The OSU Swim Club hosted the “Cowboy Plunge Swim Meet” at the YMCA on Saturday. Four club teams from surrounding states joined
OSU in the invitational meet. TCU, Texas State University, Texas Tech and Harding University’s clubs dedicated their Saturday to friendly competition in Stillwater. Shyanna Kuehn, president of the Swim Club, put time and effort into making the meet possible and ensured it ran smoothly.
“We had a lot of great swims, and we only had practice for a week now back in the pool,” Kuehn said. “So people were really nervous, but the whole point of this meet that we were focusing on was having fun and trying our best and we weren’t focusing on the speed of it.” See Swim on 5
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford filed civil lawsuits Tuesday against five popular social media platforms, alleging the algorithms they use have been designed to deliberately addict the youth. Ford, alongside three other law firms, filed the civil actions against TikTok, Snapchat, and three Meta-owned platforms, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The lawsuit alleges the algorithms’ designs addict young minds and have encouraged problematic internet usage and caused harm to young people’s mental health, body image, physical health, privacy and physical safety, according to the statement from the attorney general’s office. “My commitment to protecting consumers, particularly those that are as vulnerable as our youth, is unwavering,” Ford said in a statement Tuesday. “Bringing this litigation is an important step toward ensuring social media platforms put our children’s safety before their profits.” Features such as endless scrolling, disappearing content, dopamine-inducing rewards, likes, shares and push notifications maximize use and manipulate young people’s emotions, all for financial gain, the attorney general’s office said. “Each of these platforms
has also been linked to serious dangers to kids, including auto accidents, increases in drug overdoses, suicides, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and more,” the attorney general’s office said in the statement. In the complaints filed in Clark County District Court, the plaintiffs allege that the social media platforms are incentivized to keep users on its platform for as long as possible to view highly targeted advertisements. The complaints allege highly skilled and highly paid employees have invested years of research into designing features to make it impossible to quit. Children have developmentally limited capacity for self-control and are most vulnerable to the intentionally addictive design elements, the complaints say. For many young users, social media platforms are viewed as an indispensable part of their identity and a place to share a carefully cultivated personality, the complaints allege. Social media platforms differ from other products that appeal to children, such as candy and soda, in that there is no natural break point where the consumer has finished the product, the lawsuits say. “Instead, social media platforms are a bottomless pit where users can spend an infinite amount of their time,” the complaints say. The apps pepper their users with reminders to log on and makes it psychologically difficult to log off, the complaints allege. See Apps on 6