The O'Colly, Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

NC State transfer Amanda Hasler commits to Oklahoma State

Parker Gerl Assistant Sports Editor

Oklahoma State landed its second transfer of the offseason.

On Friday, NC State catcher transfer Amanda Hasler committed to OSU, as she announced her decision on X.

“I chose Oklahoma State for a multitude of reasons,” Hasler said, per release. “The coaching staff, academics and the

environment. The OSU community made me feel like family. I am excited to play for Coach G because he’s the best in the business, and I’m excited to play in front of the best fans in the country.”

Hasler spent the first two seasons of her career with the Wolfpack. As a freshman in 2023, she started 50 games and became the second catcher in school history to call pitches.

This past season, Hasler posted a team-high 52 hits with 45 RBIs and

Stillwater woman arrested in highspeed traffic pursuit

Kennedy Thomason Editor-in-Chief

A Stillwater woman Monday was arrested after evading police in a high-speed chase. Ashley Wilkins, 42, is facing charges of assault and battery, eluding a police officer and reckless driving. She was driving a gray sedan when a Stillwater police officer attempted to pull her over at McElroy Road and Main Street. Wilkins

did not obey, continuing to drive and continued south at a high speed. She drove east onto 6th Avenue, then continued south on Perkins Road at a high speed. Wilkins stopped the vehicle at the 600 block of East 32nd Avenue. She was taken into custody without incident. Wilkins was arrested and entered into custody at the Stillwater Police Department jail. Per Oklahoma law, Wilkins will be brought before a judge for an initial appearance, where she can enter a plea and bail will be set.

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When space meets water

An OSU student’s work with NASA

for their trek in South Africa and made a connection immediately.

Originally from Aspen, Colorado, Katie Yocum’s journey to Oklahoma State University was unexpected. In fact, she was not planning on earning a postgraduate degree at all. Now, she’s working on cutting-edge technology for environmental science, including a groundbreaking project that measures water levels from space.

Before graduating from the University of Denver in 2023 with a degree in environmental science, Yocum had the opportunity to study abroad in South Africa to research water resource issues in local communities, one of her areas of interest.

OSU professor Thomas Lavanchy, a human-environment interaction scientist with an interdisciplinary background in geology, social science, and physical geography, also made the trip on an unrelated endeavor.

Yocum and Lavanchy met at the airport when they landed

18 home runs. She hit .351 on the season and finished in the top 10 for multiple NC State single-season records: on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, total bases, hit by pitch and sacrifice flies.

Hasler is the Cowgirls’ second transfer portal pickup, joining Washington pitcher Ruby Meylan, who committed to OSU on Thursday.

“Amanda is an elite athlete,” Gajewski said, per release. “She’s had tremendous success in her two years at North

Carolina State. We have a position that needs depth; the catching spot became a major need, and she was the best catcher in the portal. It made sense for us to go after her, and we feel like we’re a good match. She’s a hard worker, committed on the field and in the classroom, and seems like she’s a perfect fit for our program and the Cowgirl Way.”

Both passionate about climate change, water resource management and water issues, Yocum and Lavanchy were excited to spend the next 10 days studying how water affected culture in different South African townships.

Once they returned from South Africa, Yocum was unsure about where she would earn her master’s degree. A phone call from Lavanchy would change that.

Lavanchy and other OSU Environmental Science Graduate Program professors were approached by NASA in 2023 to install a device that would read lake water levels in Lake McMurtry on subcentimeter levels from a satellite from space. This technology is the first of its kind and has the opportunity to provide environmentally changing information for lakes and reservoirs, allowing engineers to know when to reduce or increase water levels more accurately.

Alumni Q&A: Dr. Royce Burnett

Dr. Royce Burnett stepped onto Oklahoma State University’s campus as an accomplished businessman with 17 years of accounting experience.

The Sam Houston State University graduate had not only worked for two Big 4 firms and two Fortune 500 companies, but also started an accounting practice, reaching what would have been the pinnacle of success for many young professionals in the 1990s. Instead, Burnett was nowhere close to his magnum opus.

OSU’s Spears School of Business, then known as the College of Business Administration, introduced him to a new, gratifying career path at age 37. His enduring love for academic leadership has guided him to his new role starting July

1 as dean of the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management at Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore that is rapidly growing as a research hub. He previously held positions at Old Dominion University, the University of Miami (Fla.) and Southern Illinois University.

Burnett taught business courses and won awards while obtaining his doctorate in accounting from OSU in 2003. He credits his OSU professors for inspiring him to translate his real-world skills to university settings.

“Oklahoma State was committed,” Burnett said. “And Oklahoma State made sure that they made a difference in the world.”

Burnett talked to Spears about his OSU journey, achievements and connection to the “Power of Personal” motto.

Q: After years of working for major accounting firms, what inspired you to come back to academia and go to OSU for your Ph.D.?

A: After having worked for 17 years, I started to look around for Ph.D. programs.

The PhD Project is a program that really, in the early ’90s, was focused on populating more African Americans into the roles of business academia. They reached out to me, and I just kept ignoring them. Then I was like, “OK, well, let me see what this is all about,” and when I got more exposure to the project, I was like, “Well, this is really interesting.”

Then I started the sojourn of looking for Ph.D. programs, and a really good friend of mine, Dr. Margaret White, was at Oklahoma State. She was in the management department, and she came to me and said, “Royce, why

don’t you look at Oklahoma State?” I was like, “Where is that?” and she said, “It’s in Stillwater.” When I got there, it was just wonderful. The people were nice. They were very, very committed to my success, and when I was interviewing with them, they were very gracious to me. They wanted me. They had a very good track record of not only attracting minorities, but matriculating them, and that’s a big thing. A lot of schools just left you on the vine — they got you in, and they bubbled you in terms of numbers, and that was it — but Oklahoma State didn’t do that. I took all of these very, very difficult courses that prepared me to be able to be successful in my academic pursuits, so much so that I won the Outstanding Dissertation

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NC State catcher transfer Amanda Hasler committed to OSU on Friday.

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OSU accounting alumnus Dr. Royce Burnett is the new dean of Morgan State University’s business school.

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Award for Social Sciences, and an OSU business student had never won that before. My dissertation was really an early entrée into environmentalism.

Q: Through that dissertation, what did you learn about the connections between environmentalism and economics?

A: The key thing that I took away from it was at the time, there was a myopic view that it was a zero-sum game: either you pursued environmental protection, or you pursued economic benefit. What my dissertation really explained was that you can pursue both of them simultaneously, and at the end of the day, you will receive positive benefits from each one of those.

Q: Did any certain class or professor particularly influence your career path?

A: Dr. Don Hansen and Dr. Charlotte Wright. They really, really protected me and guided me and gave me some really, really good thought processes.

The experience at Oklahoma State taught me what academia was going to be all about, because not only did they teach you the business of getting a Ph.D. but they also were very focused on making you have some kind of understanding about what the academic profession was all about and how you handled yourself and how you really allowed yourself to go from a professional to an academic. Oklahoma State did a really good job of attracting, retaining, training and placing their Ph.D. students.

Q: With your personal story, what does it mean to you to now step into this role guiding young Black entrepreneurs at Morgan State?

A: What happens is that you become a role model because people look at what you have done. They look at the obstacles that are in place and they look at still how successful you are, but how you still are willing to give back and to recognize that. For me to be able to go to Morgan State and to be able to help young students, it’s a godsend.

Q: Today, Spears School of Business has the motto, the “Power of Personal.” As someone who has emphasized the human aspect of business and accounting throughout your career,

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what does that mean to you?

A: I wanted to make a difference, so this motto for Spears is exactly what I articulate all the time. It is personal, and the way that you make your students successful is that you invest in them from a personal perspective. Accounting has been a personal thing for me. When I taught, I looked at students not just as students in my class but individuals who may not know accounting, but they want to be something.

Q: What did you teach at OSU?

A: I taught the principles of accounting courses, which would be financial and managerial, and then I taught the advanced cost class.

Q: What were your strategies for making those topics engaging for students in the classroom?

A: I remember Dr. Hansen saying, “Royce, you want to use the book as a basis, but at the end of the day, you want to use the book as a foundation to really explain to students what this is all about.” When students would ask me questions, I would really go behind the question in my mind’s eye. I could scan my class, and I looked for students who were struggling because oftentimes, if they don’t know something, they may not be engaging; they may not ask; they may be too uncomfortable. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to reach those students — not just the ones who are participating, but also the ones who are being passive. So, I made it an active effort to engage with students.

Q: Is there anything else you would like readers to know?

A: Thank you for OSU as a whole and the Spears School of Business as a whole. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for training me. Thank you for supporting me, and thank you for always being a part of my life. Oklahoma State did so much for me during the time that I was there. I talked about three persons individually (Hansen, White and Wright) because they probably had the most seminal effect on me, but that doesn’t mean that the other individuals I took classes from or worked with or interacted with were not just as important. I want to thank them. It’s not about me. It is about what they did for me so that I could be who I am.

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Dr. Royce Burnett credits Spears Business for inspiring him to invest in students as individuals.

Originally from Aspen, Colorado, Katie Yocum’s journey to Oklahoma State University was unexpected. In fact, she was not planning on earning a postgraduate degree at all.

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NASA scientists hoped to get a student involved in the project, and Lavanchy knew just the person.

“I had been reached out to early last summer about some of the Environmental Science Graduate Program’s opportunities and needs. I immediately thought of Katie. She had not been thinking of graduate studies that past year but quickly warmed to the idea and the opportunity to work on a NASArelated research project,” Lavanchy said.

This past school year, Yocum took classes introducing her to some of the technology and tools she would use in the project. She spent most of the year researching and hand-measuring the water levels at Lake McMurtry to collect data to prepare herself and the team for the satellite measurements that will be read in the lake this coming school year.

“I heard about this opportunity in July last year, which was interesting because I hadn’t even applied to go to graduate school, which you’re supposed to do in April,” Yocum said. “That was when Dr. Lavanchy reached out to me and said that they needed someone for

“Katie’s previous experiences have taught her a lot about hard work and resilience, which pair well with her curiosity. It has been very gratifying to see her pivot to this opportunity at OSU and to do so well in her first year.”

this project. I didn’t really know that much. At that point, I just knew he needed someone to come to Oklahoma State and work on the lakes there. I knew it was something with NASA, but I wasn’t sure what it all entailed.”

Not only does Yocum have the opportunity to work here in Stillwater, but she also earned the chance to intern with NASA this summer at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

“I had heard about it while working on the mission here. I started applying to be in the internship program at NASA. I had to submit a project proposal, which was four pages on what we’re doing here in Stillwater,” Yocum said. “They already knew some of it, but I got to go more in-depth, and I had to detail a schedule of what I will be doing for

the 10 weeks that I’m there. Then I did a couple interviews with who will now be my mentor over there, Bruce Chapman. After that, they sent me an acceptance letter, and I accepted.”

This summer, Yocum will work in various jet propulsion labs and learn about different NASA technologies. This will prepare her to work with the trihedral detector being installed in Lake McMurtry.

Once Yocum returns to Stillwater to complete her final year of her master’s program, she and OSU professors will compare the hand-measured data they recorded this past year with the data that is recorded from the trihedral detector to measure accuracy.

OSU coach Steve Lutz says Bedlam basketball is ‘on track’ to continue in 2024 season

Ashton Slaughter Sports Editor

Despite Oklahoma leaving Oklahoma State and the Big 12 for the SEC, it looks like Bedlam hoops will continue.

OSU head coach Steve Lutz said on Monday’s episode of CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein’s College Hoops Today podcast that Bedlam basketball is “on track” to be played in mid-December at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

“Haven’t seen a contract, but Porter (Moser) and I did talk last week,” Lutz said. “Sounds like that is going to take off.”

Once confirmed, men’s basketball will be the third sport that will have a one-game Bedlam, as baseball and softball have already confirmed the nonconference game.

For both Sooners and Cowboys fans, it’s a win. OU coach Moser and former OSU coach Mike Boynton talked openly about how they wanted the series to continue despite the rivals being in different conferences, and now, despite Boynton being replaced by Lutz, it seems like this will happen.

OU leads the series 134-106 alltime, and with Bedlam dropping from a series to one game a year, the rivalry on the hardwood has undoubtedly elevated.

Now, what else did Rothstein get into with Lutz?

Big 12 is “a little bit daunting”

Lutz has talked about how, growing up in Texas, he was around Big 12 basketball. In his conversation with Rothstein, he echoed this sentiment again and called the upcoming season “a little bit daunting.”

Maybe it’s set in a little bit more since his introductory press conference.

Getting GIA rowdy again

Another sentiment that Lutz echoed on the podcast was the need for Gallagher-Iba Arena to get back to it’s glory days. Sure, he called the thought of playing in the Big 12 daunting, but he also called it exciting.

“I’m excited to coach against Bill Self and Scott Drew and Kelvin Sampson and Tommy Lloyd.

...All those guys are great, but what’s to say Oklahoma State can’t be great again?”

“Functional” Cowboy roster

Lutz knew that calling his current roster “functional” wasn’t all that “sexy,” but it’s what he sees it as.

“In light of today’s NIL market, man, you gotta be precise with who you bring in. And these guys, from what I can tell in the week of workouts that we’ve had, all know how to play basketball a little bit; they’re about the right things.

“We’ve got to add some more size to our front line, and hopefully we’ll get that knocked out this summer, but I like the functionality of each and every one of them.”

He also cited how he believes his fast guard corps will be “fun to watch.”

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TIME OF GOD’S FAVOR! “Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” (Is.55:6 NIV)

It is worthwhile to take the time; to stop and consider your way of life and make resolutions; new steps to take to make your life more meaningful or productive. Maybe you are doing this, or maybe you have just given up on the whole idea. Can you remember when you were a child, how time went by so slowly? It seemed like it took forever for the holidays to arrive. Now time passes so swiftly; the years seem to rush by. The turn of the century seemed so far away when I was younger. Now we are nearly twenty years into the 21st century. I want to encourage you to stop and consider your life; especially the remainder. None of us know when our life may end. Jesus spoke of those who

would come into their purposes in the “eleventh hour;” right at the end of life’s work day.(Mt.20) You may think that it is too late to turn your life over to Christ; there is such little time left on “your calendar.” Yet, those who come in at the “eleventh hour” will receive the same wages as those who labored the whole day. We need to work in God’s purpose for our lives while we still have time. The Bible tells us the time is coming when “no man can work.” (Jn.9:4)

As you set your heart and get definite about trusting God with your life and serving him, you will find wonderful opportunities will open for you. You see God has his purposes for you planned out, and he will begin to open doors that you know nothing about. There will be such great satisfaction in serving and finishing what

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Steve Lutz called the current makeup of his roster “functional” and said he’s still looking to add more size to his roster.

Tommy Allman from transfer portal Monday

It only took one week for Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday to make a move in the transfer portal.

On Monday afternoon, former Jacksonville righthanded reliever Tommy Allman announced he’s transferring to OSU. He becomes Holliday and Co.’s first transfer portal addition of the offseason and the first of what will likely be a handful of relief options to transfer to Stillwater ahead of the 2025 season. He will have one season of eligibility remaining. After logging a 6.44 ERA through 18 appearances and

29 1/3 innings pitched as a sophomore in 2023, Allman enhanced his mound production drastically.

This past season with the Dolphins, Allman logged a 5.05 ERA through 19 appearances and 46 1/3 innings pitched as a junior, in addition to 52 strikeouts and a .278 opposing batting average. He also started four games.

His 2024 ERA, however, is somewhat skewed.

After surrendering a com-

bined 13 earned runs through his first two outings, including 10 through 3 2/3 innings pitched during his second, Allman’s ERA sat at a 16.25 mark. He decreased that total by 11.2 points to a 5.05 mark by the season’s end, producing a 3.14 ERA over his ensuing 17 appearances on the year.

Allman was utilized as a high-end relief option this past season. His 46.1 innings pitched rank fifth in Jacksonville’s pitching staff, while his

19 appearances rank second. Allman also increased his strikeout rate from 19.1% in 2023 to 24.5 this past season, in addition to raising his strikeout-to-walk ratio from 1.69 to 1.99. Such numbers will mesh well with pitching coach Rob Walton, who has produced Big 12-leading strikeout totals for his pitching staffs during each of the past four seasons.

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CEAT’s Gonzalez Estrella awarded NSF CAREER grant

Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Estrella, assistant professor of environmental engineering at Oklahoma State University, has been selected as a recipient of the Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his research on reactivity and mobility of micro- and nanoplastics from open burning of solid waste in underserved communities.

This NSF award is the most prestigious award for early career faculty and according to the organization, is seen as an indication of the awardee’s “potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department.”

Gonzalez Estrella’s motivation for this project is to provide information to those communities affected by the open burning of solid waste. He plans to look at three issues regarding open burning of plastics. First, the effect created by the release of organic carbon and additives from partially burned microplastics into the environment. Second, to understand how partially burned microplastics move through sediments. And third, how contaminants from open burning can impact the soil biochemicals cycle.

Gonzalez Estrella’s research goal is to better understand the reactivity and mobility of microplastics generated by open dumping and burning of solid waste and share that information with community members, working toward facilitating appropriate waste management for those areas that do not currently have access.

Another large part of the project will be outreach and extension. Gonzalez Estrella and his team plan to implement summer workshops with high school students to design an

affordable device to preliminary detect microplastics. They also plan to work with the OSU solid waste extension cohort to talk with farmers about the importance of reducing open burning.

Because people worldwide lack access to appropriate waste management, the findings from this research could have a substantial impact by educating the public and local officials on the negative implications open dumping and burning can have on a community’s soil and water quality.

“The open dumping issue affects about 2 billion people around the world,” Gonzalez Estrella said. “In the United States, this issue primarily affects remote and underserved communities, including farmers, Native American communities, and those in rural areas. It’s also a common practice in parts of Latin America, some regions in Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Asia.”

From an early age, Gonzalez Estrella saw first-hand how big a problem open dumping and burning was to Mexico’s beautiful environment. He always enjoyed spending time in nature, especially when visiting his grandparents and relatives in the country. Seeing a large amount of trash littering the environment ignited his passion to choose a career that would allow him the chance to facilitate a solution to this problem.

He also found plastics to be a significant scientific challenge because, on the one hand, they are cheap, flexible and durable, making them ideal from a commercial point of view. On the other hand, all those traits make plastic the perfect contaminant.

Gonzalez Estrella notes that he feels fortunate to receive this award.

“It takes a village to put together this award; I have a cohort of students, collaborators, friends, and family that led to the success of this proposal,” Gonzalez Estrella said.

“I also feel super grateful to Oklahoma State University because we have excellent support right here with state-of-the-art facilities and the sponsored programs research office.”

He notes the outstanding amount of preliminary data that his students collected allowed him to construct the premise for the project.

With the program area of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport systems only giving out 12 awards so far this year and Gonzalez Estrella being from an underrepresented background in science, he feels as if the stars have aligned to provide him with the perfect scenario for his proposal to be awarded. He hopes to help fellow colleagues crack the code to get more career awards at OSU.

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Micrography of microplastics used by Gonzalez-Estrella’s research group.

Six Oklahoma State individuals bring home hardware from Outdoor NCAA Championships

Kenzie Kraich Staff Reporter

From August 2023 to June 2024, Oklahoma State has reigned as one of the top running schools in the nation, and its appearance at the Outdoor NCAA Championships assisted in keeping that image clear.

After sending 19 athletes to the Outdoor National Championships in Eugene, Oregon, June 5-8, OSU had six individuals bring home hardware of their own, with the women’s team coming close to setting a program record in total points.

Taylor Roe headlined all performances as she took home two awards, building on her already impressive resume. The graduate student added two more All-American outdoor honors to her career, placing third and sixth in the 10,000-meter and 5,000-meter, respectively. These accolades sit nicely next to her four other All-American honors in cross country and five indoors.

Roe finished the 10,000-meter final with a time of 32:17.45, which broke the school record. With her success in both final events, she posted nine points for the Cowgirls and further etched her name in OSU’s history books.

Alongside Roe, graduate student Molly Born placed fourth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 32:27.18. Had Roe not run a faster time, Born would have positioned

herself into another record with her time, as it was just quicker than her performance from the 2023 NCAA Championships, which set the school record initially.

Born’s time earned her first team All-American honors outdoors for the first time in her career, adding to her previous All-American finishes in cross country and indoors this season.

With Roe and Born earning first-team AllAmerican honors, they have become the first set of Cowgirls to achieve the awards in the same event and year since 2019. The two became the 10th and 11th Cowgirls to score in the 10,000 meters at the outdoor championships.

“I think we both just get stuff done,” Roe said. “We put our heads down and get to work.”

Senior Gabija Galvydyte ran a 2:00.11 in the 800-meter preliminary race — the 12th-fastest in NCAA history outdoors.

“To be able to do that and run the school record, it’s actually amazing because it’s only prelims,” Galvydyte said.

Galvydyte continued her success into the finals, taking home third place with a time of 2:00.23. Her first team All-American honors in the event made her just the third Cowgirl in program history to earn a spot on the podium at the NCAA Championships in the same event in three straight seasons. Galvydyte has placed third, second and third in her three years representing the orange and black at

the outdoor finals.

Following the trend of setting school records, graduate student Bailey Golden became the first multi-event athlete in OSU’s history to earn first-team All-American honors in the heptathlon as she stood atop the podium with a sixth-place finish in the event. This adds to Golden’s program records in the indoor and outdoor long jump, along with the heptathlon.

Junior Olivija Vaitaityte and sophomore Winny Bii continued their successful seasons in the heptathlon and triple jump, respectively. Bii placed 12th and Vaitaityte placed 16th, giving both athletes their first career second-team All-Ameri-

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can honors at the outdoor championships.

OSU head coach Dave Smith proved yet again that he and his athletes deserve a light on the big stage, as the Cowgirls finished with 23 points overall, placing them 14th in the team standings. These marks both stand second in program history, with the school record being set in 2016 under Smith.

In four straight NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Cowgirls have posted 12 or more team points. This is a program record, and it has happened in favor of Smith’s leadership.

“It’s crazy how much he has believed in us, and believed in me especially. I’ve been injured… over half of my career, and he

still believes in me.”

Much like the women, the men had three individuals compete in the 10,000-meter final.

Dennis Kipngetich led the Cowboys with a thirdplace finish, becoming the ninth in program history to achieve first-team All-America honors in the event. The freshman wraps up his freshman campaign with first-team All-American honors in cross country and outdoors, along with second team honors indoors.

Behind Kipngetich were Alex Maier and Adisu Guadie, as the two finished ninth and 22nd, respectively. With his time, Maier achieved second-team honors to add to his achievements.

Brain Musau ends his prolific freshman season by placing fourth overall in the 5,000 meters to give the Cowboys 11 points on the weekend, placing the men 27th in team standings. Musau’s performance makes him just the fifth Cowboy in program history to earn first-team All-American honors in the event. The freshman ended his season with a Big 12 cross country individual title, cross country indoor and outdoor first team All-American honors, as well as an NCAA title as a member of the Cowboy Distance Medley Relay indoors.

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Taylor Roe finished third in the women’s 10,000-meter final at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last week in Eugene, Oregon.

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Cowboy Calendar

Wednesday, June 12

Kids’ Night @ 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar

https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater

Live Trivia Night @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Iron Monk Brewing Company

https://www.ironmonkbeer.com

Louie’s Bingo Night @ 8 p.m.

Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar

https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater

Wednesday Bingo Night @ 9:30 a.m.

Location: The Union Beverage Co.

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Singo Wednesdays @ 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Location: Em Curators of Craft

https://curatorsofcraft.co/pages/weekly-events

Open Mic Night 2024 Competition @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q

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Stillwater Summer Farmers Market @ 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

https://www.stillwaterfarmersmarket.com/

Team Trivia Live @ 10 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Location: College Bar

An Artful Decade: Celebrating 10 Years @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: OSU Museum of Art

https://museum.okstate.edu/art/an-artfull-decade.

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TSA Precheck Enrollment Event @ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1 - 5 p.m.

Location: Stillwater Regional Airport

Admission: Application Fee & $78 Enrollment Fee

https://tsaenrollmentbyidemia.tsa.dhs.gov/ 2024 Sooner State Dairy Show @ 8 a.m. p.m.

Location: Payne County Expo Center

https://pcexpocenter.com/event/sooner-statedairy-show-move-in-day-2/

Benjamin Harjo Jr Enhibit @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: OSU Museum of Art

https://museum.okstate.edu/art/past-exhibitions/2018/benjamin-harjo.html

Lake McMurtry June 2024 Adventure Camp @ 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Lake McMurtry

Admission: $225 / week

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Daily Horoscope

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Today’s Birthday (06/12/24). You’re especially popular this year. Strengthen professional foundations for steady growth. Summer brings a new team roster, leading to professional rewards this autumn. A romantic or creative challenge this winter inspires a springtime domestic renovation phase. Use your persuasive charms for positive change.

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 — Take care of practical obligations. Romance could seem complicated. Fun could get preempted by responsibilities or unscheduled deviations. Clarify misunderstandings patiently. Rest and relax.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Domestic matters have your attention. Reinforce infrastructures and support systems. Clean messes and organize spaces. You get more with honey than with vinegar.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Slow down and articulate clearly. Keep a low profile. Secrets and scandals get revealed. Miscommunication and mistakes can delay the action. Patiently repeat.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Costs could be higher than anticipated. Cut expenses and avoid upsets. Focus on practical priorities. Adapt and adjust. You may not have the full picture.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Personal doubts could hold you back. Don’t take risks or raise unrealistic expectations. Let criticism roll off your back. As you gain strength you gain options.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Lay low and get organized behind the scenes. Avoid chaos, crowds or noise. Figure out what’s next and adjust plans for new circumstances. Recharge batteries.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Avoid a team controversy or conflict of interests. Provide steady support despite misunderstandings, delays or mistakes. Practice optimism to discover that it’s contagious.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Don’t push with a professional project, despite delay or mishap. Wait patiently for things to come together. Observe to determine what’s missing. Gently coordinate.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Anticipate changes with your educational plans or exploration. Adapt to prioritize practicalities. Heed the voice of experience. Make sure you know what’s required.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate to manage shared accounts, especially with delays or breakdowns. Patiently coordinate. Leave a cushion for unexpected expenses. Avoid controversy and play it cool.

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Life Line Screening @ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Stillwater Community Center

Admission: Free; pre-registration required

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Town & Gown Theatre Presents: Beauty & the Beast

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Unexpected changes or delays could frustrate. You can either guard your patience or fall into arguments. Avoid risk, hassle or expense. Compromise for common commitments. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Slow to finish faster. Avoid stress. Don’t push into a wall. Take care around sharp objects. Reduce risk or fuss. Prioritize health and safety. Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword