The O'Colly, Monday, March 18, 2024.

Monday, March 18, 2024

P&K Equipment supplies tractors to OSU Student Farm

P&K Equipment is lending a helping hand to the Oklahoma State University Student Farm on its mission to feed the community.

On Feb. 26, the company delivered two tractors for operational use at no cost to the farm.

P&K Equipment is a premier John Deere dealership and owned by Dr. Barry Pollard, an OSU alumnus and cornerstone donor to OSU Agriculture’s New Frontiers campaign.

“P&K is proud to support and partner with Oklahoma State University on John Deere Equipment needs,” said Scott Eisenhauer, P&K Equipment general manager. “We are especially proud

to be a part of the Student Farm, which combines a learning opportunity for OSU students, as well as giving the food grown back to the local communities.”

The OSU Student Farm provides students with hands-on learning experiences while also sustainably supplying the local community with fresh produce in partnership with Our Daily Bread Food and Resource Center in Stillwater.

Each tractor will be used through-

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out the year for roughly 150 hours before being traded in for a new one. The machinery will be especially useful to the farm as it plans to significantly expand its acreage in the near future. The expansion will feature a new organic plot behind the barn as well as a full acre dedicated to growing strawberries.

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Casino Night hits jackpot with students

Students experienced the fun of the casino at without the risk of losing cash on Wednesday.

The Student Union Activities Board hosted the event 6-8 p.m. Once students made their way into the Student Union ballroom, they were able to choose from a variety of casino games and tables. Blackjack, poker, roulette, craps and bingo spots quickly filled up.

One of the luckier players was freshman Adam Conly. He said he was drawn to the gaming tables because he and his friends frequently play a virtual reality gambling game called “Vegas Infinite.”

“At one point I had three times my money (playing blackjack),” Conly said. “When I played roulette I won 800 from the starting amount. . . I gave the person next to me 600 chips.”

Although there were chips to play on the tables, there wasn’t any money on the line said poker dealer Johnny Cameron who works for Jackpot Casino Parties, the company that supplied the tables,

chips and workers. While Cameron worked his table, there was one table being slightly overshadowed by the other bustling games. The raffle table sat quietly in the back of the room. It still played a big part in the night.

People received tickets when they entered, when they played the various games and whenever people spun a big wheel with numbers that sat beside the door. After filling them out, people slipped their newly acquired tickets into one of the five jars sitting on the raffle table.

These jars belonged to the five separate prize bundles people could win: an electronics bundle with a Roku Streaming Stick and earbuds; a casino night bundle with a dart board; a poker chip set and dragon playing cards; an OSU game night bundle with OSU Cowboys themed Monopoly; OSU playing cards and an OSU-branded cup; and a joke bundle that had massive deck of playing cards and UNO cards, as well as giant inflatable dice.

Although these were the main prizes, people could still win other things, such as extra tickets, by playing bingo. At one point, four bingo players shouted “Bingo!” at the exact same time.

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The OSU Museum of Art has an exhibit showcasing contemporary Black artists, which students can visit if staying in town for spring break.

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Isaac Terry Staff Reporter

Jace Bormann Students played blackjack, poker, roulette, craps and bingo during SUAB’s Casino Night on Wednesday.

Ranking every Power school men’s basketball coaching opening

Gabriel Trevino Staff Reporter

Oklahoma State is one of six Power Five schools with a men’s basketball head coaching vacancy. With the college basketball season nearing an end, more will open and more will fill. For now, here is a ranking of how attractive each current opening is for prospective candidates.

This list will be updated.

1. Michigan

Juwan Howard took over the program a year removed from the Wolverines’ national championship game appearance, replacing John Beilein. But his past two years have not lived up to their expectations, and he was fired Friday.

Beside the Jordan Brand notoriety of the school, the men’s basketball team is dying to return to its recent dominance. The Wolverines have played in two national championship games since 2013 and reached the second weekend five other times.

Support will be there for whoever takes the clipboard next, and if that person can rebuild Michigan, it could be the standard for an athletic program.

2. Louisville

The Cardinals are another 2010s power trending toward irrelevance in the 2020s. Since Rick Pittino and Louisville won it all in 2013, it has only been in the NCAA Tournament four times, with zero appearances since 2019.

Seven coaches have tried and failed to succeed Pittino and rebuild the program following his escort, bribery and recruiting scandal that stripped it of its national title in 2017.

Louisville, a program with two legitimate championships, will be looking for a — nay, THE — home run hire of the carousel, hoping whoever takes over next can bring the Cardinals back to winning trophies.

3. Oklahoma State

There is no better challenge for an up-and-coming coach than a chance to compete in the best conference in the country that will get better with four teams joining next season.

It doesn’t have the mainstream appeal as others, and living in Stillwater and working for a smaller department will turn off some, but Oklahoma State is showing it will do whatever to get its next Henry Iba or Eddie Sutton.

The Cowboys have really only found success with those two coaches in the late 1940s, early 50s, 90s and early 2000s. Oklahoma State can be a program on the rise, and the right coach can claim he truly rebuilt the program while doing so consistently against the best teams in the country.

It won’t be easy the first

With the college basketball season nearing an end, more head coaching jobs will open and more will fill.

year, though, as Oklahoma State is still under probation and a scholarship reduction from the NCAA’s investigation into a bribery scandal from 2017.

4. Washington Seattle. Enough said, right?

Well, Washington has never been a great basketball school. Gonzaga has held that title in the Pacific Northwest. The Huskies haven’t been in the NCAA Tournament

in consecutive seasons since 2009-10 and 2010-11. They’ve had good NBA prospects, like Markelle Fultz and Dejounte Murray, but team success has eluded them.

Rebuilding Washington will be easier in the Big Ten while also allowing the Huskies to play some top teams.

Also, Seattle. Not because of how great the city is. But because the city loves, and needs basketball.

5. West Virginia

For the same reasons Oklahoma State is appealing and not, West Virginia is in the Big 12 but a small town with a small department.

Bob Huggins, a Naismith Hall of Famer, created a winning, defensive culture in Morgantown until he resigned in 2023 following homophobic comments on a radio show and a DUI.

West Virginia has yet to hire his replacement, as Josh Eilert coached the entire 2023-24

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season as an interim head coach and went 9-23. The Mountaineers were a consistent top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament in the 2010s but haven’t reached the Elite Eight since 2010. That was when they were in the Big East, but now with the competition in the Big 12, a coach at a smaller school or assistant could take that job to prove themselves at the highest level.

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3 takeaways

OSU wins final game of UCF series

Garrett Queen Staff Reporter

OSU took Game 3 of the weekend series against UCF in a battle of the bats, winning 16-10 and avoiding the sweep on Sunday.

Here are three takeaways from the game: Walking around OSU (12-8, 1-2 Big 12) pitching allowed 10 walks in the series finale against the Knights, as opposed to 7 strikeouts.

UCF (12-5, 2-4 Big 12) also strug-

gled to find the strike zone, with a 5:2 walk-to-strikeout ratio through the first 4 innings. The Knights’ fourth pitcher, Spencer Bauer, seemed to turn things around for them, and their pitching staff ended the day with eight walks versus nine strikeouts.

Everyone seemingly struggled with control in Game 3. Oklahoma State came in averaging 3.7 walks per game, and it blew past that number by the second inning.

Offensive fireworks, sometimes

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the Cowboys have a lot of offensive power.

of the season, after only hitting one in his three previous seasons. Aiden Meola seemed to be reaching his potential.

After missing four games due to injury, Meola went 2-4 with a home run, helping him collect 5 RBIs, but he was replaced by Avery Ortiz in the 7th inning.

Relief pitching needs stability

Starting pitcher, Janzen Keisel, didn’t give his successor Tommy Molsky much wiggle room when he was pulled. Molsky was thrown into hot water, coming in with runners on second and third with no outs in the second inning. The Cowboys made it out of the inning, but not before four runs scored.

Crull launched his third home run

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Ortiz kept up the hot bat at that position, lacing two singles up the middle. Brueggeman also had 2 doubles and a home run, totaling 4 RBIs on the day. The offense feels ready to burst at any moment. It’s shown that it can score as many runs as needed; the unit has scoroed 10+ runs on five occasions this season. It has also been held to two or fewer runs six times.

Eight pitchers took the mound for the Pokes, and Robert Cranz and Carson Benge were the only two who didn’t allow a hit. Pitching coach Rob Walton and this pitching staff will need to find answers as they continue into Big 12 conference play.

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Aidan Meola went 2-4 and had five 5RBIs on Sunday in OSU’s 16-10 victory over UCF.

3 takeaways OSU holds off UCF, sweeps series

Parker Gerl Staff Reporter

In bringing the brooms out for a series-sweeping win against UCF Sunday, Oklahoma State increased its win streak to five and improved to 9-0 at home.

The Cowgirls (24-3, 5-1 Big 12) defeated the Knights, 6-4, and held off UCF’s lategame comeback attempt.

Here are three takeaways from the game:

Early offense from Godwin

OSU coach Kenny Gajewski used to ask freshman Karli Godwin often, “Are you alright?”

Godwin always has what Gajewski called a “mean look” on her face. That’s partly why he always checked in on her before figuring out that’s just her at-work look.

“I’m serious, and when it’s go time, it’s go time,” Godwin said jokingly. “It’s not that I’m mad or (ticked) off or whatever. I feel like if I stay (steady) then my emotions stay steady.”

With that same look at the plate, Godwin helped her squad get past Sarah Willis early, the UCF pitcher who gave the Cowgirls problems in the series opener.

Godwin, who’s top-two on the team in a number of hitting statistics, crushed a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning. It gave OSU the same number of runs it scored on Willis through six innings in game one.

“When a pitch came, I knew I could hammer; I did it,” Godwin said.

Lineup options

In left and right field, Gajewski gave the nod to Katie

Lott and Macy Graf, two players who each fell out of the starting rotation for a stretch. Graf had a hit in Saturday’s game and, on Sunday, made a much-needed, difficult catch in left late in the game. Before going down with a sprained ankle, Lott drew a four-pitch walk in her one at-bat Sunday after having a go-ahead RBI single the day before.

Gajewski said he’s far

from finalizing a lineup, but with the way Lott, Graf and everyone else competing for outfield spots have been playing, he’s more than OK still evaluating.

“I’m in my ninth-year, and we’ve never been in a spot where we haven’t been locked in,” Gajewski said. “But I kind of like it, because, like keeping our dugout fresh, people don’t know (what to expect).”

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OSU responded... again OSU had comfortable leads that turned into tight ball games twice in the series. That happened again Sunday.

The Cowgirls led 5-1 until Sona Halajian hit a three-run homer, tying the game at 5-4. Again, OSU had insurance on both sides to hold strong, starting with Micaela Wark. In the bottom of the sixth inning, directly after Halajian’s

bomb, Wark doubled down the left field line to score Rosie Davis and make it 6-4 OSU. Pitcher Lexi Kilfoyl gave up two hits to UCF in the seventh but still got the last three outs to end the game.

“To be able to answer back is a huge deal,” Gajewski said. “And I think it’s a sign that we’re pretty dang good, to be honest.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy cowgirlsb (X) Oklahoma State held on to win after UCF cut its 5-1 lead to 5-4.

“In sincere appreciation of providing two John Deere tractors to the OSU Student Farm, we extend our heartfelt thanks to P&K Equipment and Dr. Pollard for this invaluable contribution,” said Justin Quetone Moss, professor and head of the department of horticulture and landscape architecture. “This will help us to expand the vegetable production acreage and meet our goal of providing more than 100,000 pounds of food to Oklahomans through our current partnership with Our Daily Bread and new partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.”

In addition to expanding acreage, site improvements and cleanup are ongoing. For the next phase of facility improvements, OSU is seeking private support to cover the $250,000 architectural costs to advance the farm’s renovation, including the historic Swine Barn.

The Student Farm will serve as an anchor of the OSU Innovation Park, a unique 678acre ecosystem that will include the Agronomy Research Station and The Botanic Garden at OSU. The Innovation Park will be at the heart of a visionary mission to fuse technology development, commercial partnerships and progressive ideas through STEAM education and scientific discovery, driving economic growth and strengthening community connections in Stillwater and beyond.

“The Innovation Park will be a huge boost in the pursuit of our land-grant mission, and the Student Farm is a crucial piece of that,” OSU First Cowboy Darren Shrum said. “Through the generosity of the Cowboy family, like that demonstrated by P&K Equipment, we will make the farm better than ever before and continue to broaden its impact on the Stillwater community.”

For information on how you can support the OSU Student Farm, contact James Ambrose at jambrose@osugiving.com or 405-880-0708.

Spring Break plans?

Megan Omges

“I’m going home to do doctor’s appointments, then coming back to do work. Honestly, I’m excited to relax and do nothing.”

O’Colly Media Sales Manager Needed

The O’Colly Media Group is now accepting applications for a full time summer Account Manager, Media Sales. This position is responsible for contacting and selling local, University and Oklahoma businesses OMG advertising opportunities. Specifically print, online and mobile and video streaming service.

Job duties include developing sales, marketing and promotional strategies and create materials to support this effort and propose additional special issues and revenue streams and implement said issues and revenue streams.

Qualified applicant should be able to work with and train students, develop advertising and agency expense budgets, create and monitor daily revenue goals, determine credits and adjustments for advertising errors, serve as liaison between O’Colly and local retail community, university advertisers and other college newspapers. Serve as part of a long term strategic planning to further determine marketing strategies and additional revenue opportunities. Build relationships with prospective clients by attending local Chamber of Commerce meetings and making non sales calls.

Send resume to Lori@ocolly.com for consideration.

Alice Kang

“I’m going to Frisco, Texas, with my boyfriend. We’re just going to hang out. There’s a lot of Asian and Chinese places; we’ll go to watch a movie too.”

Ashton Staggs

“It was a last minute decision and we were trying to choose between L.A. and Miami. We ended up going with L.A. because Miami is closed down or something. Also, I’m into the car scene, and in L.A. they’re known to have a flashy car scene. We haven’t even booked the hotel room yet.”

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Jackpot . . .

Elizabeth Scrudder, a sophomore, had every spot on her card called, even though she just wanted the outer ring. She said she felt like a grandma because she was focusing on two tasks at once while she marked off the called numbers.

“I don’t know how it happened,” Scrudder said. “I’ve been crocheting while I do everything. . . I’m making a sweater; I’m literally sitting here crocheting at bingo.”

Although people enjoyed the games, the event also hosted a free snack table with mini cheesecakes, cheese and fruit, barbecue sausages and lemonade that could be mixed with Red Bull to make mocktails.

The night didn’t encourage gambling, and while people enjoyed their risk-free games, multiple projects played slides displaying Oklahoma and national gambling statists and resources.

These included many statistical facts, such as how much tribal gaming revenue made in Oklahoma during 2023.

One of the facts shared, “29.8% of Oklahomans are in need of some form of harm prevention, intervention or treatment” for their gambling habits, according to the Oklahoma Association of Problem Gambling & Gaming.

This night was organized for the fun aspects of casino games, and this is not the first time SUAB has hosted a casino night in the past few years. This marks the fourth time SUAB has laid out the tables and invited students in to play said Jordan Erne, the Leisure and Entertainment Director for SUAB.

“Last time, we had about 200 attendees,” Erne said. “I think as long as it’s a good turnout, there’s good feedback and people love it, we’ll listen to what people have to say and hopefully we do it again.”

Jackpot Casino Parties supplied the tables, chips and workers for the event.

Throughout the event, Johnny Cameron continued to man his poker table with a smile, having fun right alongside those playing the game. “My players that were at my table had a great time, too,”

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SUAB is set to host another event, Arabian Nights, on March 25, followed by DIY Wednesday on March 27 and

Cameron said. “We’ll be back next year for sure. Most of the gigs we do have are on a regular annual basis.”

Butter Fest on March 28.

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Scientists hack weather satellite data to quantify methane leaks

Aaron Clark Bloomberg News, Tribune News Service

Satellites sitting more than 22,200 miles above the Earth’s surface have been capturing storms and weather data for decades. Now, scientists have essentially hacked the data coming back for another purpose: spotting methane emissions.

The innovation could have farreaching consequences for fossil fuel operators unable or unwilling to halt major methane releases because it allows researchers to observe emissions every five minutes and estimate the total amount emitted. The approach, which uses shortwave infrared observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), can detect large-emitting events of around tens of metric tons an hour or larger.

Satellites observe concentrations of methane from space by analyzing the way sunlight reflects off the Earth. As light passes through a cloud of the gas, its intensity is weakened on certain wavelengths. Methane absorbs light in the short-wave infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Although the GOES system wasn’t built to detect methane, its sensor includes short-wave infrared channels designed to observe things like snow cover and fire hot spots.

The new technique is already being used by geoanalytics firms and

scientists to quantify major emissions events in North America. Kayrros SAS used the approach to estimate that a fossil gas pipeline spewed about 840 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere after it was ruptured by a farmer using an excavator. That’s very close to the 50.9 million cubic feet of gas operator Williams Cos. said leaked, which works out to about 900 metric tons of methane.

The short-term climate impact of the event was roughly equal to the annual emissions from 17,000 US cars.

The new approach, which was executed for the first time last year by scientists at Harvard University, enables near-continuous, real-time coverage and contrasts with all other satellites currently used to detect methane, which are in low-Earth orbit and snap images as they circumnavigate the globe at speeds of around 17,000 miles per hour, only allowing scientists to estimate emission rates.

“GOES can detect brief releases that the other satellites miss, and it can trace detached plumes back to their sources,” said Daniel Varon, a research associate at Harvard University’s Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group who first proposed the concept in 2022. “It can also quantify total release mass and duration, rather than just instantaneous estimates of emission rate.”

The innovation comes at a critical moment in the fight against climate change as governments come under pressure to deliver aggressive action following the hottest year on record and nine consecutive months with recordhigh monthly temperatures. Fossil fuels

are the second largest source of methane emissions generated by human activities, following only agriculture. Most policy makers and scientists say cutting accidental leaks and intentional releases from oil, coal and gas is the fastest, cheapest way to drive down temperatures in the short term.

More than 150 nations have joined the Global Methane Pledge and vowed to cut releases of the greenhouse gas 30% by the end of this decade from 2020 levels. At COP28 in Dubai last year, 50 oil and gas companies pledged to stem releases of methane, including Exxon Mobil Corp. and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco.

The breakthrough is the latest in a series from a group of young scientists affiliated with Harvard University, the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain and the United Nations’ International Methane Emissions Observatory that have rapidly expanded researchers’ ability to spot leaks using a wide range of satellites not originally designed to track methane.

The innovative technique “shows the accelerating pace at which detection and quantification of methane releases is happening and most importantly, highlights the potential to use existing technology/satellites already deployed to improve detection and quantification and tackle the temporal variability of methane emissions,” said Maria-Olivia Torcea, an analyst with BloombergNEF.

Although low-Earth orbiting satellites can cover most of the planet, the frequency with which they pass over a given location can be 24 hours or

longer. Because they orbit at much lower altitudes, their sensors typically offer higher resolution and can identify much smaller leaks than the GOES system. The gap in frequency of observations, though, mean scientists can typically only estimate emissions rates from the instruments.

There are limitations to the GOES system, too, which offers coverage of the Americas and part of West Africa. The Harvard scientists are also working with researchers at space agencies in Europe and Japan to see if the technique can be applied to the Meteosat Third Generation and Himawari 8 satellite missions.

Marc Watine Guiu was a visiting master student at Harvard when he made the first methane observation using GOES last year and worked with Varon and IMEO scientist Itziar Irakulis Loitxate on a paper that was published in December describing the approach. The scientists quantified a methane leak they said came from the El Encino-La Laguna pipeline that transports fossil gas in Mexico.

Crucially, the breakthrough could bolster regulators’ efforts to hold fossil fuel emitters accountable for some of the world’s most damaging and avoidable emissions, which historically have been self-reported by operators.

“One unique capability we have from geostationary orbit is to quantify the total duration and methane mass of very large releases,’’ said Harvard’s Varon. “It would be possible to audit industry reports of very large methane releases with this technology.”

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“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (Jn.14:1 NIV)

Jesus had just told his disciples of his betrayal. He also told to them of his leaving and they could not go with him. I am sure that it seemed to the disciples that everything was “caving in, falling apart.” The future seemed so uncertain. Then Jesus speaks these words; DON’T BE TROUBLED; TRUST ME!

Jesus tells them that he is going to the Father (God) and in his house there is plenty of room. He tells them that he is going to make a place for them all and he will return to take them there. As we look around us there is much uncertainty about this planet that we live on; safety is a premium, and what about when death comes? What is going to happen to you and me? Many are betting on losing consciousness and never

awakening. They live on that assumption. However, Jesus tells us all are going to experience a resurrection from the dead; some to everlasting life and others to be condemned . (Jn.5:28-29, Dan.12:2)

Again, the Lord Jesus makes things clear to his followers: “I am going to my Father’s house to prepare a place for you. I will return to get you and take you to be with me.” when asked about the way to this wonderful place, Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (Jn.14:6) No wonder he declares plainly; don’t be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me.

Jesus has prepared a place and is the way to God’s wonderful place. Let’s trust and follow him, and lay up treasure there. It is a sure place promised by the Lord Jesus himself. He will not fail us; so shall we ever be with the Lord! (1 Thess.4:17-18)

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Courtesy of Tribune

In a photo from April 1999, workers at Astrotech, in Titusville, Florida, prepare the GOES-L satellite for a media showing.

To do . . .

ing. Once you start shopping, you’ll convince yourself you need everything in the store. This semester has been a rough one, so reward yourself with some Typo Market trinkets.

and drinks with the serving of plates like coconut curry, espresso martini and pan-seared red snapper. Make your reservation today to get a night of great food and drinks this spring break.

4. Spend a check at Typo Market Treat yourself and shop at Stillwater’s cutest stationary store. Typo Market offers pens, stickers and cloth-

5. Experience fine dining at The Monarch Feasting at The Monarch is downtown’s newest luxury experience. The Monarch offers New American dishes

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6. It’s sweet treat o’clock The day isn’t complete without a sweet treat. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is there to help cure that sweet tooth craving. The store is a sweet treat

heaven with assorted chocolates galore. Sweeten up your spring break in Stillwater with a visit. Just because your spring break destination is Stillwater and not the Maldives does not mean you’re in a limbo of boredom until school starts again. A Stillwater spring break has plenty to fill your agenda with for the next week.

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Come check out the wide variety of elegant clothing at Formal Fantasy!

Located on 121 E. 9th Ave, Downtown Stillwater

The best selection of beer, wine and liquor that Stillwater has to offer! Perfect for all your game day needs, come to Brown’s Bottle Shop located on 128 N. Main

“The Original Hideaway, located on the corner of Knoblock and University. Serving quality pizza and more since 1957.”

Murphy’s Department Store

815 S Main, Downtown Open 10-6

Monday thru Saturday

Houses for rent

O’Colly Media Sales Manager Needed

The O’Colly Media Group is now accepting applications for a full time summer Account Manager, Media Sales. This position is responsible for contacting and selling local, University and Oklahoma businesses OMG advertising opportunities. Specifically print, online and mobile and video streaming service.

Job duties include developing sales, marketing and promotional strategies and create materials to support this effort and propose additional special issues and revenue streams and implement said issues and revenue streams.

Qualified applicant should be able to work with and train students, develop advertising and agency expense budgets, create and monitor daily revenue goals, determine credits and adjustments for advertising errors, serve as liaison between O’Colly and local retail community, university advertisers and other college newspapers. Serve as part of a long term strategic planning to further determine marketing strategies and additional revenue opportunities. Build relationships with prospective clients by attending local Chamber of Commerce meetings and making non sales calls.

Send resume to Lori@ocolly.com for consideration.

Cowboy Calendar

Monday, March 18

1 Day Spring Break Camp: Squeegee Art @ 1:30 - 4 p.m.

Location: AR Workshop Stillwater

Admission: $59

https://www.arworkshop.com/events/stillwater/423457

1 Day Spring Break Camp: Wood Photo Frame @ 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: AR Workshop Stillwater

Admission: $59 Includes 12”x16” Photo Board Included https://www.arworkshop.com/events/stillwater/423455

Borracho Bingo @ 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: EM Curators of Craft

https://curatorsofcraft.co/pages/weekly-events Littles On The Move @ 10 - 11 a.m.

Location: Stillwater Public Library

https://stillwaterok.gov/506/Calendar

Live Music Mondays w/ Hebs & Kyle @ 9 p.m.

Location: The Great White Buffalo Tavern

Trivia Night @ 7 p.m.

Location: Stonecloud Brewing Company

Research On Tap: Should Prescribed Fire Be Promoted? @ 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Iron Monk Brewing Company

https://research.okstate.edu/experts-and-media/rot.

html Spring Break @ 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Lost Creek Safari

Admission: Admission: Adults $11 & Kids $8 All-Inclusive Pack (3+) $22 All-Inclusive Pack (2 & Under)

$14 AFTER HOUR EXTRAS: Produce Feedings

$15, Special Feeding Encounter $20 Optional Experiences: Feed Cup $5, Parakeet Stick $1, Reptile Barn Experience $6, Baby Goat Encounter $2, Baby Kangaroo Encounter $2

https://lostcreeksafari.com

Weekly Rated 9 Ball Tournament @ 7 p.m.

Location: Shots Billiard Hall

Admission: $5 Entry Plus $5 Green

White Subaru Live Mondays @ 9 p.m.

Location: EM Curators of Craft

https://curatorsofcraft.co

Spring Break Camp @ 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: StillyArts

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Daily Horoscope

Nancy Black

Tribune Content Agency Linda Black Horoscopes Today’s Birthday (03/18/24). Luck follows connection and communication this year. Stay true to your word, values and yourself. Spring bounty benefits family finances, before a cash crunch requires summer adjustment. Earning a personal triumph this autumn motivates collaborative financial strategies next winter. Express and create from your heart.

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 7 — Make progress at home, despite breakdowns. Stay patient with misunderstandings. Flexibility helps. Clean a mess. Listen and learn from mistakes. Cook something delicious.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Surprising news could change things. Keep digging for the truth. Don’t react without thinking. Disagree respectfully. Keep an open mind. Wait for developments.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Tap a lucrative opportunity. Estimate costs and expenses to refine the budget. Stay in communication, despite delays or obstacles. Prepare to move quickly.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Follow your creative impulse. Pursue a personal passion. Keep communications open. Listen more than speaking. New developments could change things. Withhold judgment. Patiently persist.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Adapt to an unexpected transition or change. Look back for insight on the road ahead. Release preconceptions. Finish old business. Prepare for what’s ahead.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Monitor news and adapt to changes. Don’t believe everything you hear. Practice diplomacy, tact and nuanced messaging. Get creative. Use your persuasive charms.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take on a creative professional challenge. Adapt with recent changes. Don’t share unfinished work. Polish the presentation. Work out the descriptive text and design.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Enjoy the scenery. Distractions abound. Your travel, research and educational pursuits can take a surprising twist. Monitor traffic and conditions. Discover something beautiful.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Take care of business. Patiently clarify misunderstandings. Unexpected news could affect your family finances. Negotiate and compromise. Get terms in writing. Share support.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate for common gain. Avoid controversy. Clarify misunderstandings right away or they grow. Avoid gambling. Keep your promises. Share support with your partner.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Prioritize your health and work. Expect delays and traffic. Miscommunications could hinder progress for a physical goal.

Clear the path and watch your step.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Listen to your heart. Forgive miscommunications. Ignore rumors or gossip. Go for substance over symbolism. Prioritize love, fun and creativity. Keep

Saturday’s Puzzle Solved 3/18/24

32 Hoodwink

33 Winning game after game

37 Makes haste

38 Binge-watcher’s device

39 River sediment

40 PC key near the space bar

44 Casual shirt

50 Lightweight fabric

51 Formal decree

52 Cruise ship levels

54 Singer Grohl who founded the Foo Fighters

55 Watchful sort

57 __ and haw

58 Hoppy beer

59 Disorderly crowd

60 1960s hallucinogen, for short

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Solution to Saturday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk