“(40% of) the Oklahoma Sooners 2022 team will have never put on a Sooner jersey in a game before until this fall,” Venables said. The anchor of the offensive line, tackle Anton Harrison, is one of the best in the country and is likely to hear his name called on the first day of next year’s NFL draft. Chris Murray, an All-Big 12 selection from 2021, returned for his senior season to start at guard.
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Secrets to College Academic Success workshop — 11 a.m. Taking place in room 001 of the Spears School of Business, this workshop will teach students all the keys to success by upperclassmen students as well asLearningprofessors.the three B’s: Bursar, Budgeting, and Billing workshop — 1 p.m. This workshop will help students with everything regarding paying bills to seeing statements for tuition. Located in the Classroom Building room 407 and 408, bursar staff will present realistic pictures of what it costs to attend, how to enroll in payment plans and FERPA.
Aug. 15: Trail Tactics: Navigating OSU Transit — 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Located in the Nancy Randolph Davis building in the Great Hall, this workshop explains how to use OSU’s BOB bus system as well as general information surrounding the transportation system at OSU.
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First year of Venables era to be navigated with new additions in the trenches Classes are just around the corner, and welcome week at OSU begins. With that comes fun and relationship-building workshops for incoming students. Here is a list of welcome week events.
Soccer is back in Stillwater, and so are wins for coach Colin Carmichael’s OSU squad. On Saturday night, the Cowgirls defeated Central Oklahoma 3-0 in a preseason exhibition at Neal Patterson Stadium in Stillwater. The first goal of the game came from junior wingback Alex Morris, her first in an OSU uniform. Her teammates welcomed her with celebration as she jumped and yelled. “I don’t score. I haven’t scored a lot,” Morris said. “I knew I wanted the ball really bad right there. Gracie (Bindbeutel) took a great dribble and she just needed someone to pass to and so I called for it. I was kind of thinking ‘Oh, what am I going to do?’ Then there was just two girls and I just thought let me just go and try to take this myself.”Theother two goals of the match were scored by veteran fifthyear seniors Grace Yochum and Ally Jackson. Yochum collected a rebound off a shot from her teammate Logan Heausler. Jackson converted on a penalty kick after a handball. All goals were scored in the first half of play for the Cowgirls, as the shutout in the second was more than enough to secure the victory. For Peyton Vincze, who has suffered knee injuries that have kept her off the field for nearly her entire tenure on the team, finally returned to the field.“It was absolutely amazing,” Vincze said. “I’ve obviously not been able to play the last three years since I tore both my ACLs. It’s been a long journey, but it’s been worth it and just all glory to God for helping me get back and get out there. It’s just amazing to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.” On defense, the OSU goalkeepers kept things locked down, with a six saves across two goalies, four of which were handled by freshman Jordan Nytes while the other two came at the hands of Ary Purifoy. “It’s super nice to just get that one out of the way,” Nytes said. “Just get all the nerves out and get ready for the games that are actually starting to matter during the season.” Carmichael expressed his pleasure with the team’s performance. Heading into the regular season, Carmichael is faced with a problem that most coaches are thrilled to have. “I think I learned that we’re really deep,” Carmichael said. “We’ve got a lot of good players that deserve to play and it’s going to be really challenging for the coaches to put the right pieces in at the right time. A lot of really good players and a lot of talent. That’s good. We should have a lot of depth. That’s probably the first thing I took from the group.”
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A blueprint to success in football is designed around good offensive and defensive line play — and the Oklahoma Sooners consistentlyhavebeen that way. Heading into the first year of the Brent Venables era, business is usual in Norman, although with some new, and old faces.
Aug. 19 LASSO Your Success workshop10 Thea.m.LASSO Center and the OSU rodeo team are partnering up to show students all the keys to success at OSU. Located on the Classroom Building lawn, the workshop will teach students how to wing a lasso, as well as some of the resources OSU’s LASSO center provides.New Student Convocation- 3:30 p.m. This ceremony will serve as incoming students’ official welcome to OSU. Located in Gallagher-Iba Arena, OSU President Kayse Shrum will give students details about success as well as new opportunities for incoming students. Aug. 20 Business Bootcamp- 11 a.m. Business Bootcamp will be located in room 001 of the Spears School of Business, and will feature a collaborative and engaging session that explains tips on being successful in the Spears School of Business as well as how to be efficient and successful on campus. Aug. 21 2026 Class Picture- 7 p.m. Incoming students will meet at Boone Pickens Stadium to take the class of 2026 picture. Entry details will be sent to incoming freshmen later this week.Welcome week is in full swing at OSU, and these are just a small number of the activities happening on campus. For the full list of events, download the “Guidebook” app to download the full 2022 Cowboy Welcome schedule.File photo Many Cowboy Welcome events will be held in the Student Union, along with various workshops and check-in counters.
Aug. 17: Ready, Set, Tech — 8 a.m. Located in the University Store, Orange Tech will be set up all day to help students set up everything from student emails to Microsoft Office. 1 is 2 Many Meet and Greet — 11 Locateda.m. at Chi-O Clock, 1 is 2 many will be tabling to give students information and resources to help students.
Aug. 16: Nontraditional Student Orientation — 12 p.m. This workshop, located in the Student Union French Lounge, is an opportunity for new students to meet other nontraditional students and will focus on learning about campus community.Family Day Barbecue — 3:30 p.m. The Student Veterans Organization is partnering with the Office of Student Wellness to offer student veterans a fun day at Boomer Lake. This will take place at the Boomer Lake playground and will feature activities like paddle boarding, kayaking and other yard games.
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He attended OSU after a successful career at Del City High School and won an NCAA championship in 1980 at 142 pounds. Despite the program’s loaded history, Lee Roy became the first Cowboy to reach 100 career wins. After college, he stayed in Stillwater. Just like his brothers. As a graduate assistant at OSU, Lee Roy trained on the international level and won the 1984 Olympic Trials and a silver medal at the 1983 World Championships. He became a critical part in recruiting John, the program’s current head coach, to wrestle at OSU. After a nine-year career as head coach at Arizona State, Smith returned to Stillwater and became the museum’s executive director. In 1994, Pat became the first four-time national champion in NCAA history. John won the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games along with four World“IChampionships.havehadthepleasure of watching many of the honorees and the opportunity to join my brothers, John and Pat, makes it special,” Lee Roy said. McQuarters, a Booker T. Washington High School graduate, displayed versatility at OSU. Along with his football duties, he played Cowboy basketball for three years under legendary coach Eddie Sutton. “There were a lot of things I had to learn about the game of basketball,” McQuarters told The Oklahoman in 2016. “It took some time, I was a young man being hardheaded, being impatient. I learned to have patience and to try and see what it was he was trying to teach me.”
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On the football field, he starred in a role now obsolete in today’s game. A key player on both sides of the ball — defensive back, wide receiver and kick returner.After a prolific career at OSU, he made a living as an NFL cornerback. During his Cowboy career in the mid1990s, he helped beat Oklahoma twice. “A lot of OSU’s success, in my opinion, comes from one game,” McQuarters told The Oklahoman in 2016. “And that’s beating the Sooners. When you can beat the guy in your backyard, when you can beat the Sooners consistently, I think it changes your mentality about how you can beat the other teams in your conference and in theAcountry.”1998first round pick to the San Francisco 49ers, McQuarters spent time with three other teams. He won Super Bowl 42 with the New York Giants in McQuarters2008. and Lee Roy are a part of the six-man class that includes late bull rider Lane Frost and former OU wide receiver, Tinker Owens, among others.
Each morning, Lee Roy Smith enters his office and walks past his face. A bronzed version etched in stone.That’s his routine as executive director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater. But his admittance to the hall isn’t because he’s the boss. He earned it as a decorated athlete and coach in a wrestling family. On Monday night, Smith will enter the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. An honor indicative of his wrestling success and imprint on Oklahoma sports. “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized, but it is even more meaningful because it is my home state, a state that has an amazing and rich athletic history, particularly in our great sport of wrestling,” Smith said. R.W. McQuarters, a former Cowboy wide receiver from Tulsa, will join Smith as OSU graduates in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Smith’s brothers, John and Pat, are members of the NWHOF and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Lee Roy, the oldest of four boys in a family of 12, became the first to establish wrestling supremacy.
Courtesy of OSU Athletics Lee Roy Smith (right) will be inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame on Monday night.
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WeddingPageant/PerformaceParty/Semi-formal sports.ed@ocolly.com earned multiple Pac-12 honors last season before transferring to OU. Another quality Venables preached is the importance of during Big 12 media days is experience, which the Sooners have plenty of on the defen sive line.On the entire depth chart, only one of the 11 players on the defen sive line is an underclassman. Jeffrey Johnson, a transfer from Tulane, has started 44 games over the course of his four seasons of college football. Jonah Laulu, a senior transfer from Hawaii, started 11 games last season for the Rainbow Warriors, making eight tack les forTheloss.returning members of the defensive line is led by Jalen Redmond, who registered the fourth most tackles for loss last season for the Sooners. The lone underclassman, Ethan Downs, is a 6-foot 5-inch, 260-pound edge rusher, who is a former four-star prospect and top prospect in the state of Oklahoma. In the 2021 Alamo Bowl, Downs received significant playing time, and recorded four tackles. In his first year back in Norman in over a decade, Venables has a clear plan of building the program his way, a way he learned from past Sooner coaches, and a way he believes can take Oklahoma back to the College Football Playoffs.“We’ve been very patient and have tried to nurture through the process of building our program the rightway,” Venables said. “Through relationships, through accountability, through struc ture and through discipline.”
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Oklahoma fast facts All-time record vs OSU: 90-19-7 Head coach: Brent Ven ables (First season) 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 selections: Dillon Gabriel (Newcomer of the Year; Quarterback) Michael Turk (Punter) Notable Sooners in the NFL Kyler Murray (Quarterback; Arizona Cardinals) Mark Andrews (Tight end; Baltimore Ravens) Baker Mayfield (Quarterback; Carolina Panthers) Joe Mixon (Running back; Cincinnati Bengals) Creed Humphrey (Center; Kansas City Chiefs) Jalen Hurts (Quarterback; Philadelphia Eagles)
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You know what the Netflix movies “The Gray Man,” “Red Notice” and the forthcoming Jamie Foxx vampire hunter splurch “Day Shift” accomplish? They make “Prey” over on Hulu look even better by comparison. I saw all four in a marathon stream-a-thon at home the other day, in terrupted by the usual interruptions and the occasional deployment of the pause button in order to, oh, you know: trip to the fridge, trip to the bathroom, trip to the alley when the garbage needed taking out. I watched these four action movies the way most of us stream most things: in a state of semi-distraction. Here’s what I learned. Many Netflix action movies are made for that state. They were made, possibly, in that same state of semidistraction.Anda genuinely exciting movie, such as the “Predator” prequel “Prey,” can soar above the others not because it’s less violent (it isn’t; it’s a “Preda tor” movie), but because the filmmakers take their time and lean into matters of pace, rhythm and the occasional human emotion.Every streaming platform mea sures success and hides failure differ ently. But taking Hulu’s numbers at face value, “Prey” is its most-watched premiere to date. The 20th Century Studios project, set in 1713 and filmed in Alberta, Canada, imagines a duel of wiles between the interstellar visitor introduced in the Arnold Schwarzeneg ger headbanger “Predator” (1987) and Comanche Nation tribeswoman Naru (AmberDirectorMidthunder).DanTrachtenberg shot “Prey” in both English-language and Comanche-language versions. The premise, which is inspired, and the ex ecution, which is highly effective, work with all kinds of audiences. Quoted in a Looper.com story, Akwesasne Mohawk editor Vincent Schilling, founder of Na tive Viewpoint, responded to “Prey” all the way. “For once, as a Native man,” Schilling wrote, “I could actually relax and enjoy a film without waiting for the culturally inappropriate bomb to drop.” No such concerns with “The Gray Man.” Brothers-directors Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo are angling for a shot at the James Bond realm, yet they’re blithely unconcerned with mak ing a movie you remember an hour after you’ve handed Netflix the 115 viewing minutes, not including end credits, they want from you. Ryan Gosling’s lethal but secretly vulnerable assassin Sierra Six (”007 was taken,” he jokes, or “jokes”) plays spy-vs.-spy with a rogue sociopathic assassin (Chris Evans) out to eliminate him. Prague, Vienna, London, Croa tia: Some of the budget, reportedly $200 million, is on the screen. And yet money can’t buy an experience. Even the protagonist looks bored. “Need anything?” someone asks Sierra Six on an airstrip somewhere in the middle of nowhere. “Just a nap,” GoslingNoreplies.amount of torture sequences, bone-crunching smackdowns scored, ironically, to the soaringly upbeat “Sil ver Bird” ― not even Evans’ welcome zest — can make the Russo Bros. joint hang together. Here’s the punchline, to add to the movies’ own: The craft doesn’t matter. It’ll likely be a while be fore “The Gray Man,” described by Joe Russo in a recent Hollywood Reporter interview as “business-focused content,” drops out of the hallowed Netflix Top 10. Courtesy of Tribune News Service From left, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds in “Red Notice.”
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Late last year “Red Notice,” an even larger-scaled Netflix title (costing nearly $300 million, according to its director), operated on the same formula: Big stars (Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot) and poorly motivated globe-trotting action beats edited for maximum kinetic blur without the thrill of true action cinema. “Red Notice” may be after a merry heist picture vibe, but like “The Gray Man,” it feels like it’s trying to out-Bond even the most bombastic recent Bond films. And I like most of the recent Bond films. The weakest of those, “Quantum of Solace,” proved that shorter didn’t make it better, and frantic cutting strategies have a way of slowing down an action sequence, not speeding it up. Watch “Jurassic World: Dominion” for more evidence. If you must. Then rewatch the Tangier fight scene from “The Bourne Ultimatum,” featuring Matt Damon and Joey Ansah. Its extraordinarily fast cutting brakes right at the edge of visual incoherence — but it works. The death is taken seriously, and director Paul Greengrass doesn’t make it go down easily. The death in “The Gray Man” doesn’t matter. The audience isn’t supposed to relate to the characters, beyond the kidnapped-girl routine. Sam Adams wrote a really good Slate piece titled “The Netflix Aesthetic,” in which he called the Russo’s business-focused content “far from the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but it might be one of the least.” If Year 3 of pandemic home streaming hasn’t lowered our standards for what constitutes a decent action movie, then I can’t wait for Year 4. Netflix titles as ostensibly varied as “The Gray Man,” “Red Notice” and the new release “Day Shift” waste zero time on establishing who’s who and what’s what. There’s an algorithmic reason for that. Before changing its viewing measurement to total number of minutes streamed, Netflix counted a “view” of a film as at least two minutes of that film. This is why certain highbuck Netflix movies give you two choices: life-or-death, immediately, or characters you give a rip about. “Prey” manages both. It establishes its Great Plains setting, its point on the historical timeline, and its threats and some particulars regarding the Comanche Nation warriors. Out of the tribe emerges Naru, the only one who can take on the Predator. The widescreen landscapes create both tension and release, beauty and imminent violence, vividly. In a Variety interview Trachtenberg said: “I’ve worked in a lot of television where we’re always boxed in the format we have to work in. That was not the case here.” You can tell. His movie feels fresh and expansive. Even on a laptop screen, it concentrates your attention in a way “The Gray Man” or “Red Notice” or “Day Shift” does not.Nearly a hundred years ago, in the Kaufman and Hart stage farce “Once in a Lifetime,” a Hollywood studio mogul spells out his approach to making movies: “No time wasted on thinking!”That dubious spirit of content creation is alive and well today, and I suppose it helped sustain the industry as we know it. But there are screenwriters and directors and producers out there fighting that axiom from within. “Prey” fought, and won. Courtesy of Tribune News Service Ryan Gosling stars in “The Gray Man.”
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delega tion led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., landed in Taiwan Sunday for a twoday visit, a trip that risks keeping tensions with China high after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went earlier this month.Thedelegation will meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu and local lawmakers, according to a foreign ministry statement. They will discuss bilateral relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change, and other significant issues of mutual interest, the Ameri can Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy, said separately. Along with Markey, the del egation includes U.S. Reps. John Garamendi and Alan Lowenthal, both of California, and Don Beyer of Virginia, all Democrats, along with Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa, a Republican. Pelosi’s stopover in Taiwan drew a strong response from China, which conducted its most provoca tive military drills in decades in the wake of her visit. Beijing denounced the trip as a violation of the U.S. pledge decades ago not to formally recognize the government of Taiwan, which China claims as its territory. While she was the highest rank ing U.S. official to make it Taiwan in a quarter century, visits by other members of Congress are common. During her meeting with the Taiwan ese leader, Pelosi noted that several U.S. senators, including the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Democrat Bob Menendez, had visited this year without drawing a firestorm of criticism from Beijing. The Wall Street Journal re ported last week that Chinese Presi dent Xi Jinping told his counterpart Joe Biden shortly before Pelosi’s visit that her trip would bring unspecified consequence, but also said he has no intention to go to war with the U.S.
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Classes are coming back soon. For some, that may be an exciting opportu nity to learn about brand new concepts. For others, it is a roadblock in their schedule blocking time for having fun. Whichever side people may land on, Oklahoma State has plenty of courses to choose from. One of the most unique courses that students can take at OSU is MUSI 3593, Video Game Music. Video Game Music, as the name of the course sug gests, is a class all about video game music and sound design. The class is taught by Igor Karača, and the origin of the class started by a desire to get more college students to critically think about music.“A video game soundtrack is a unique art form—an auditory expe rience that engages people through musical immersion,” Karača said. “We thought that having a Video Game Mu sic class would be a great way to engage college students regardless of their ma jor, and get them listening, analyzing, and thinking about music.” The course is still relatively new, as Karača began teaching it during the spring 2022 semester. Despite being one of the shorter tenured courses on cam pus, students enjoyed the material. “I personally enjoyed the course and found the assignments fun and entertaining,” a student said. “The text book could be applied to our work and helped me learn a lot about music and information about game creators.” Video games have so many dif ferent sounds to make them function coherently. Whether it be the old school sound of Mario jumping down a pipe in Super Mario Bros, the sound of foot steps used in shooters like Call of Duty or the grandiose soundtrack booming while slaying enemies in action games like God of War, there are many moving parts that go into creating a video game. Luckily for students looking to take Video Game Music at Oklahoma State, Karača’s class is laid out into specific key points.“Video game soundtracks have come a long way, from the bleeps and bloops of yesteryear, to the orchestral medleys and vaporwave beats of today,” Karača said. “When we talk about how effective a game is at what it’s trying to do, music often plays a key role.”
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“The epic chorus chants in Sky rim pump you up to fight a dragon, the lonely piano medley in Breath of the Wild helps sell the quiet isolation of Hyrule, and the folksy instrumentals of The Witcher 3 make you feel at home on the continent. One of the key con cepts of the class is this: with the rapid advancements in technology accompa nying video games, soundtracks have changed dramatically and have become an important part of the storytelling process.”Video games can be a fun time with friends or a large quest for an indi vidual, but with the music stripped away from the player, it can leave a hollow experience.“Music is a powerful tool that can control emotion and can establish the tone of the story being told,” Karača said. “Within film, many fans look at the soundtrack as a foundation to set the scene. This is no different in the video game industry. The nature of video games allows an even more immersive experience than film. You are control ling the actions of a character rather than watching it happen. So, for a video game developer it is vital that you have a soundtrack that can create an atmo sphere to really captivate the player.” Whether a student is needing another course credit or just interested in learning more about video game mu sic, MUSI 3593 is a class that does all. Video Game Music is a unique course that exposes a plethora of other special class experiences at Oklahoma State. “As video games have become more and more mainstream, the soundtracks have gotten bigger and a lot more impressive,” Karača said. “This trend can only continue in the coming years, which is a good sign for both the video game industry and the music industry in general. If you want to know more about this topic, take our course: Video Game Music, MUSI 3593.” Courtesy of Tribune News Service
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