Monday, July 11, 2022

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Students thoughts on Roe v. Wade Teyte Holcomb News Editor

File Photo Football season is a few weeks away and The O’Colly sports crew has some thoughts before the season.

OSU football hot takes before the 2022 season The O’Colly Sports Staff Reporters Everybody has hot takes.

While the take may seem eccentric to outsiders, to the beholder, it is closer to the truth.

With there being seven weeks away from the start of the college football season, The O’Colly Sports decided to devise our own seven hot takes for the rapidly approaching OSU football season.

Gabriel Trevino (@GabeCTrevino): Jabbar Muhammad will finish as a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award Lunging into a starting outside cornerback position in the high-powered Big 12 may seem daunting for most, but Muhammad will thrive in his role. Muhammad, now a junior, aquired the benefits of development after sitting for most of his first two seasons. In the playing time he received, Muhammad shined, especially on the biggest stage in the 2022 Fiesta Bowl, locking up Notre Dame’s receivers on the boundary, breaking up passes and safely securing tackles in open space with high-level speed and instincts.

Even though he is entering his first year as a starter and may appear undersized, don’t count out No. 7, who has the makeup for an all-around cornerback.

Davis Cordova (@DavisCordova11): OSU will not make the Big 12 championship game With how much offensive firepower the league has, I don’t think the newly revamped defense, after the departures of many of the namesake seniors from last season’s top five ranked defense, can keep up with the high-powered offenses like Texas and OU. Adam Engel (@AdamEngel9): John Paul Richardson will breakout this season A year ago, OSU’s wide receiver room exhibited its depth during the absence of Tay Martin, the team’s No. 1 receiver. Richardson was among the several true freshmen who found the endzone multiple times. Richardson also tallied four catches in the Fiesta Bowl and will be a year improved as a college wide receiver.

Daniel Allen (@danielallen1738): Jaden Bray will replace Tay Martin

Without Tay Martin this season, OSU will search for a new diamond in the rough for 2022.

Sophomore Jaden Bray is a candidate to have a breakout season for the Cowboys this upcoming season. In 2021, Martin led OSU in both touchdown receptions and receiving yards on the season, being a primary target for quarterback Spencer Sanders in the red zone. With his ability to come down with 50/50 catches, Bray is primed to have a breakout season for OSU in 2022, potentially even leading the Cowboys in touchdown receptions.

Braden Bush (@BradenBush21): Dominic Richardson will outrush Texas’ Bijan Robinson Dominic Richardson played second fiddle to bowling-ball running back Jaylen Warren a season ago, but the sophomore showed potential when given considerable snaps. Albeit against shaky-atbest defenses in TCU, Kansas and Texas Tech, Richardson averaged 99 yards and one touchdown per game. And that was with thin play at offensive line, which forced younger guys to enter the rotation.

Now, even with some key losses, the O-line has built the experience to give 6-foot, 210-pound Richardson some open lanes.

Bijan Robinson soared to mid-season Heisman discussions last year before a slow end to the season in which he averaged only 67 yards over the final three games. Much of that could be attributed to mediocre offensive line play for the Longhorns a season ago, which will need work in 2022. Despite garnering more attention, Robinson (1,127 yards) was outrushed last season by Warren (1,216 yards). OSU backs have outrushed Texas backs four of the last five seasons.

Expect that trend to continue.

Sam Hutchens (@Sam_ Hutchens_): OSU will lose a nonconference game this season This says hot takes, right?

Because I’m aware few teams fresh off a Fiesta Bowl win drop a game within the first few weeks of the season. The location of the non-conference games lessens the likelihood of OSU slipping up and bucking the trend — all three are in Stillwater. And it’s not like there are any juggernauts from the SEC on the slate that have been a matchup looming for years. Central Michigan, Arizona State and

Arkansas Pine Bluff are winnable games.

And yet, I’ll lay out why the Cowboys could enter Big 12 play without a spotless record. This team has a lot to figure out. Like last year, the running back position could take a couple weeks of games to get settled. And the early non-conference play will be the test of how OSU’s defense fares without its all-encompassing defensive coordinator Jim Knowles.

And besides, the non conference games last year were not exactly easy for the Cowboys. If a select few plays against Missouri State or Boise State had played out differently a year ago, OSU would’ve never sniffed the Fiesta Bowl. If the Cowboys find themselves in dire position again, it could play out differently.

Oh, and did I mention Central Michigan on the schedule? Now when has anything ever gone wrong for OSU in Stillwater against the Chippewas?

Ben Hutchens (@Ben_ Hutchens_): OSU’s defense will improve this season I know, I know, how will OSU’s defense possibly improve on a season it finished fifth in the country and lost its leader, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles?

It’s going to be wildly difficult to pull off, but this isn’t a lukewarm take.

It will start with the pass rush making life a living nightmare for opposing quarterbacks.

Collin Oliver will build on his impressive freshman campaign that landed him long shot Heisman Trophy odds. If Oliver improves on his 11.5 sacks last season and junior Trace Ford regains form after missing the 2021 season with an ACL tear there isn’t a better defensive line combo in the Big 12.

The Cowboy defense lost its two starting linebackers, two starting cornerbacks, three prominent safeties and two defensive lineman who consistently cycled in for snaps. A silver lining to the vast depletion is Derek Mason should be able to implement his style relatively easily.

Mason’s style as defensive coordinator last season improved the Auburn defense in total defense, rushing defense, first downs allowed, sacks and scoring defense.

Thats a lot of improvement. sports.ed@ocolly.com

The Supreme Court has recently overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that protected a woman’s right to an abortion.

With this overturning, students have discussed what this means for the future of women’s rights. Students at OSU demonstrated their opinions on the topic.

Carman Montgomery, an incoming junior at OSU, said this decision could be dangerous for women.

“Banning a woman’s right to an abortion doesn’t stop them,” Montgomery said. “I’m not pro-killing babies, but it becomes very dangerous when women do not have the right to choose to make a decision that is best for them, especially if it compromises their own health.”

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade comes nearly 50 years after the Supreme Court decided to protect a women’s right to an abortion through the 14th amendment of the Constitution. With this decision overturned, some say this could protect women. John Paul Pierce, an incoming OSU student, said he is optimistic about this decision.

“I love this decision from three perspectives: legally, morally, and religiously,” Pierce said.

“Giving states the opportunity to create laws themselves rather than beijing bound by a shaky stare decisis case from 49

years ago should make everyone feel better.”

President Biden has reportedly favored changing the Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade. This means that President Biden is in support of suspending the Senate filibuster, which would help in making a decision proposed by Senate Democrats making the decision federal law.

Shayler Childers, an incoming sophomore at OSU, said she thinks that this decision doesn’t make any sense.

“I think it’s really dangerous for women in this country,” Childers said. “It is extremely dangerous that we live in a country where women’s health is more regulated than guns.”

The overturning of this supreme court decision has resulted in six states immediately banning abortions, with 13 states making decisions in the next coming weeks. Lizzie Schneider, OSU’s President of Students for Life said that while some pro-life activists are just for regulating abortions, others have truly pro-life views.

“People that are truly pro-life do want the fetus to live, but we also want mothers to get all the care they need,” Schneider said. “This world is hurting in a lot of ways and I hope that people like you and I can still work together for women and their children that will need us more than ever.”

To read the full supreme court decision, visit supremecourt.gov.

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Abby Cage The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24th which removes the federal protection of the right to an abortion.

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Nursing during a pandemic

How nurses are handling the COVID-19 pandemic Ellen Slater O’Colly Contributor In 2022, it is not rare for the nurse to patient ratio to be cut in half during a shift in a hospital, Mischa Smith, a nurse from Stillwater said.

Yohali Rangel-Monter, another Stillwater nurse, began nursing school during the COVID-19 pandemic and is treating patients for it in a hospital understaffed because of it.

Oklahoma has been in a nursing shortage longer than a lot of the nurses have been alive; the COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.

Rangel-Monter, a 21-year-old nurse at Stillwater Medical Center, has never known a nursing world outside of the shortage and pandemic.

The nursing shortage in Oklahoma is older than RangelMonter, and the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing before she was done with nursing school.

Rangel-Monter said it is stressful when there is not a safe ratio of patients to nurses, which should be one to five, but is not always there. It is out of the nurses’ control if they are short-staffed a particular shift.

“It is really scary, not even just for us, but for our patients,” Rangel-Monter said.

Nurses knew a world before this, even if the younger ones like Rangel-Monter have not.

Oklahoma ranks in the bottom five of the United States when it comes to the nurse to patient ratio in hospitals, said President of the Oklahoma Nurses Association Shelly Wells. She said this nursing shortage has gone on for about 25 years.

Consequently, Oklahoma is also in the bottom five when it comes to reaching a healthy outcome for patients.

Oklahoma is getting sicker and the number of the people qualified to help is deflating, Wells said.

The nurses who have been in Oklahoma for years know this all too well, as they have seen the shortage develop.

Smith is one of those Oklahoma nurses who has seen the nursing shortage unfold.

Smith has worked at Stillwater Medical Center for 15 years, and, more recently, also has taken on the role of a travel nurse, which is a new normal to the profession after the COVID-19 pandemic. She is no longer full time at Stillwater Medical Center, she is a travel nurse. Her travel contract brought her to Enid, and she will most likely go somewhere else after this contract. Travel nurses fill in the gaps in short staffed hospitals, which are most of them. Travel nurses get up to twice as much pay than a

core nurse at the same hospital.

From the Stillwater hospital to filling the voids in other hospitals, Smith refers to herself as a gyspy nurse.

“I still have a home hospital where I am core and get paid normally and work alongside a travel nurse who gets paid more than me, but then in the same week I am the travel nurse getting paid a lot more than the people there,” Smith said.

Travel nurses fill in the gaps and are growing in numbers; consequently, there are fewer core nurses than typical at hospitals.

There is not one answer as to why Oklahoma is experiencing a nursing shortage, but the three reasons most mentioned among people within the profession: education, money, and like a lot of issues that have those two involved, politics.

Nurses get paid more, sometimes four or five times more, if they take on the role as a travel nurse, Smith said.

This is one of the reasons so many hospitals in the state are short staffed on the alternative, core nurses, but also the reasons some nurses are making a more livable wage to support families.

Looking over bedside nurses like Smith are the executive members of the Oklahoma nursing field, including Jane Nelson.

Nelson is the chief executive officer for the Oklahoma Nursing Association and has seen the fluctuation of this trend of staff nurses turning to travel nurses.

“We have hospitals today that just because of the environment that was created within them, somewhere only 50% of the nurses are employed by the hospital and the other 50% are traveling,” Nelson said.

The traveling nurses will stay at these hospitals for a 13week contract and then move on to the next assignment.

Nursing education in Oklahoma is another reason there is a shortage, Nelson said.

Universities and community colleges that have nursing programs have only so many slots. The ceiling this puts on the nursing industry is a key player for the low number of nurses who end up in Oklahoma, Nelson said.

Wells is the president of the Oklahoma Nurses Association but this title is not her only job in the industry, for she has many roles. Nursing education is one of them.

“Our education pipeline has a kink in it, if you will,” Wells said.

Wells said there is not enough money, for many of the schools depend on the state appropriations for finances. The state appropriations for nursing programs to give money to the schools were cut 15 years ago

File Photo With the ongoing pandemic, nurses are still struggling even after the height of COVID-19.

and moved out of the nursing budget. Because of this, the number of registered nurses has decreased.

There are four universities in Oklahoma were students can earn a master’s in nursing education: Northeastern State University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma City University and Southern Nazarene University. Neither is the two largest schools in the state, Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma University. Wells and her team gathered data that said 41students graduated with their master’s in nursing in 2017 from all four of these universities combined.

Wells also serves on the governor’s Health Care Work Force Development subcommittee as the nursing representative. This subcommittee was developed in 2017.

The future of nursing is in the hands of students willing to enroll in nursing school.

Kayleigh Hemstreeet, a senior at Oklahoma State University with plans to graduate this year with an undergraduate degree and pursuing a nursing education at University of Central Oklahoma, is one of these students.

Unlike what the statistics are showing with a lot of students, neither the nursing shortage nor the coronavirus did not discourage Hemstreet when making this decision.

Hemstreet said she has always dreamed of becoming a nurse and did not hesitate because of the negative connotations within the Oklahoma nursing industry. Hemstreet said if anything, the problems the state is facing encouraged

her to go.

“Seeing these things occurring in our state firsthand has shown me just how important nurses are and how important of a career it is,” Hemstreet said.

“I know that it will not be easy, but I am ready to take on this career and long shifts, stress and feelings of accomplishment that come along with it.”

She will start the University of Central Oklahoma’s fast-track program in the fall to earn her Bachelors of Science in nursing.

Those who came before Hemstreet made the decision to join the nursing field before there was a shortage. LaWanna Halstead is one of those and has been in the industry for three decades and has watched the shortage develop.

Halstead is the vice president of quality and clinical initiative for the Oklahoma Hospital Association and sees the shortage from an administrative perspective. Although Halstead, an experienced registered nurse who has worked bedside but is not working bedside, sees the field in Oklahoma from an overview perspective as an administrator, working with nurses who come from all walks of the field.

“The issue is that (travel nurses) have become incredibly expensive (to pay),” Halstead said. “The price of those escalated during the pandemic.

Congress is even going to look into it because of concerns of price gouging and stuff.”

Contrary, Smith said all that would happen is those nurses would sign travel

WHEN IS LITTLE MUCH?

There is a short chorus that has encouraged me many times. “Little is much if God is in it. Labor not for wealth or fame. There’s a crown and you can win it. If you go in Jesus’ name.”

The woman, who poured the precious ointment on Jesus just before he was crucified, was criticized for “wasting” this expensive item. Yet, Jesus said everywhere the gospel is preached this woman’s action would be told. (Mk 14:3-9) Little things mean a lot as we are willing to serve the Lord. Paul mentions many in Romans 16 who helped him. The Good Samaritan stopped to help the man beaten and robbed.

(Lu.10:30-37) Paul writes as you have opportunity, do good to all men, especially to other believers.(Gal.6:10) When the poor widow dropped the two pennies, all that she had, into the temple offering. Jesus said she gave more the large offerings given. Her “large giving” was in relation to what she had. (Mk.12:41-44)

contracts in different states if Oklahoma put a cap on travel nurses. Smith said a wage cap would hurt Oklahoma. Smith said this will not fix the nursing shortage or make fewer Oklahoma nurses chose traveling.

Smith said hospitals are there to help people, people must remember hospitals are also businesses, and most of them, with rare exceptions such as Stillwater Medical Center, are for profit. “(Hospital) CEOs make a ton of money,” Smith said.

“So if we are going to look at capping a part of the medical industries or part of the hospital system’s wages, we need to consider all of the parts.”

Similar to the other nurses, Heaven Mayfield, a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit of Stillwater Medical Center, finds troubles in the field.

Mayfield said the shortages in Stillwater are not only nurses but also medical professionals of all kinds. Mayfield said they will work shifts without vital positions such as medical equipment techs.

“We do work together more than we did before because we rely on each other to get the job done,” Mayfield said.

“I think that my biggest thing with the nursing shortage is just trying to encourage our new grads, we have nurses who have entered during the (COVID-19) pandemic with their first year of nursing and I just want to really encourage them that it is not always like this… we are not always drowning,” Mayfield said. news.ed@ocolly.com

Many people may plan to give when they receive a great amount of money, but that large amount of money may never come. We may plan to give time or talent to a project when we have more time, but that perfect time arrangement may never happen. Again, the apostle Paul encourages us “as you have opportunity, do good to all men.”

We never know when a little gesture of kindness, with money, or helping in an area of service, spending a little time with a person, a word of encouragement, will be just the action that will be a great help to someone. These can be practical ways of living out the Lord’s challenge to love one another. This is the fulfilling of the many commandments in the Bible: loving people by word and action.

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Lifestyle Everything to know about haute couture fashion week Teyte Holcomb News Editor Last week, fashion week was held in Paris, where haute couture designers could showcase their season of custom looks.

Every year, a group of designers showcase their custom haute couture looks of

the season, showing the world what new trends are up and coming. While many designers participate in fashion week’s ready-to-wear, haute couture proposes a different group of designers.

Haute couture is recognized as hand-made garments that people have custom built.

Unlike ready-to-wear, haute couture is made to measure.

While haute couture used to be the way many wealthy citizens would receive their garments, the creation of ready-to-wear has left a small group of around 500 haute couture cus-

tomers worldwide.

Garments in these shows can range anywhere between $10,000 for items like scarves and small goods, to over $500,000 for custom gowns.

Unlike ready-to-wear, haute couture showcases pieces much closer to the season, whereas ready-to-wear showcases collections six months in advance.

Designers like Valentino and Versace displayed collections that ranged from evening gowns to more experimental looks. Taking place in the heart of Rome, Valentino’s collection consisted of bright colors,

Both photos courtesy of Valentino Valentino showcased bright colors and new styles for haute couture fashion week.

while still embodying the classic feather headpieces and heel accentuators.

Though most designers have customers for looks, money is actually lost for these brands. Since the number of haute couture customers has declined in recent years, brands have shifted to using celebrities and influencers to use these looks for red carpets and award shows.

This shift has resulted in a loss of money for these pieces, although designers considered part of the haute couture realm use these shows

to set new trends and recognize prestige for the brand.

Couture has been around for years, and it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Even though the concept of haute couture has shifted as of late, the recognition of new silhouettes, experimental patterns and colors gives a new life to the future of design and couture.

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Both photos courtesy of Valentino Feathers were a common theme among designs during haute couture fashion week for Valentino.

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News Bannon agrees to testify to Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigators Billy House and Victoria Cavaliere Bloomberg News Donald Trump’s onetime adviser Steve Bannon has agreed to testify to the House Committee investigating last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol, after the former president waived an assertion of executive privilege.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, said the committee received a letter from Bannon’s lawyer reversing the former aide’s previous refusal to testify.

“I expect that we will be hearing from him and there

are many questions that we have for him,” Lofgren said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Bannon’s overture was confirmed by his lawyer, Robert Costello, who on Sunday made public a letter from Trump waiving his previous claim of executive privilege that sought to block Bannon’s testimony.

In the letter, Trump expresses frustration to Bannon over how the committee’s public hearings this summer have presented findings about Trump and the events of Jan. 6. The next hearing is set for Tuesday.

Trump portrays the inquiry and biased and one-sid-

ed, telling Bannon his waiver will “allow for you to go in and testify truthfully and fairly, as per the request of the Unselect Committee of political Thugs and Hacks.”

Bannon is among the Trump advisers who allegedly pressed the former president to try to stop the counting of Electoral College ballots and certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“We believe Mr. Bannon has information valuable to our probe,” committee chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said in October.

“He himself warned that ‘all hell’ would break loose on Jan. 6. He’s clearly an important

witness.”

Costello said Bannon “is willing to, and indeed prefers, to testify at your public hearing.” Lofgren indicated that Bannon testimony, at least initially, isn’t likely to be in public.

“Ordinarily we do depositions,” Lofgren said. “We want to get all our questions answered, and you can’t do that in a live format.”

Bannon’s offer coincides with the committee’s shift on Tuesday to examining connections between Trump and involvement by militia groups such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys in the Capitol storming on Jan. 6, 2021.

Bannon’s previous refusal

to comply with a committee subpoena to testify led the House to hold him in contempt.

A federal grand jury later indicted him on two counts of contempt of Congress and he’s set to go on trial July 18.

It isn’t clear how his decision to testify will affect the criminal case.

Panel Vice Chair Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, said in October that Bannon’s public statements indicated “he must have been aware of and may well have been involved in the planning of everything that played out on that day.” news.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy of Tribune News Service Former Trump Administration White House advisor Steve Bannon speaks to the press on his way out of federal court on Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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Hotter, drier conditions heighten danger as Yosemite fire threatens ancient sequoias

Firefighters at work in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park in California, on July 7, 2022.

difficult task even more challenging for crews fighting the Robert J. Lopez blaze.

“Today is turning out to Los Angeles Times be hotter and drier,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanley Bercovitz told the Los Angeles Firefighters were bracing Times. “That makes conditions Sunday for warmer and drier harder for the firefighters and weather in the coming days as better for burning, unfortuthey battled to protect hundreds nately.” of ancient sequoias threatened More than 300 firefightby flames raging across rugged ers were battling the blaze in a and parched terrain in Yosem- coordinated land and air attack, ite National Park. officials said. In the Mariposa The Washburn fire had Grove, crews were scraping grown to at least 1,591 acres the ground cover to bare soil and was burning on the south- to prevent flames and spot ern end of the park near the fires from spreading, and were historic Mariposa Grove, home installing portable sprinkler to about 500 giant sequoias, systems to spray the trees and officials said. The blaze is also increase humidity. threatening the community of Firefighters set up a Wawona and prompted offisprinkler system to water down cials to close Highway 41 near the famed Grizzly Giant, which the south entrance to Henness is more than 200 feet tall and Ridge Road. one of the largest sequoias in Fire officials said that the park. rising temperatures and dry “The fire is burning in weather were predicted for difficult terrain with continumuch of the week, creating the ous fuels,” posing a “significant potential for flames to spread threat to firefighters,” fire ofquicker and making an already ficials said in a statement.

On Saturday, intense smoke and flames sent embers and fire debris hundreds of feet into the air, nearly striking an aircraft that was battling the blaze, according to radio traffic from the firefight.

“A branch went over the top of us,” the pilot reported to dispatchers. “Pretty good size, probably 50 feet above us coming down and fell right between tanker 103 and myself.”

“OK, copy. So like a repeat of yesterday,” a dispatcher said.

“That’s exactly what I’m getting at,” the pilot responded.

“So if we keep seeing that, we might have to knock it off. I don’t want to take a chance of busting a window on an airplane or hurting an aircraft for this.”

Fire officials said the blaze was active overnight and that they were expecting the blaze to “remain actively spreading.” Temperatures Sunday were expected to reach the low 80s.

A warming trend was expected to begin Sunday and

continue through the week.

Officials said Sunday that Yosemite remains open and visitors are advised to enter the park using highways 140 or 120, officials said.

Last year was a devastating fire season for the sequoias after twin wildfires destroyed more 3,600 of the ancient trees as flames sparked by lightning strikes tore through more than two dozen groves in Northern California, National Park Service official said.

The loss was stunning and equaled roughly 3% to 5% of the world’s sequoia population, officials said in a briefing last year after the KNP Complex and Windy fires. Ancient sequoias, with thick bark and massive canopies, can withstand low-intensity fire, and even need it to reproduce. But the giant trees are no match for intense wildfires fueled by climate change and years of drought.

The Washburn fire was the latest to ravage the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

The heavily forested region

has been battered by years of drought and decades of aggressive fire suppression, which has resulted in dense vegetation in some areas.

Located in the southern portion of Yosemite, the Mariposa Grove is the largest sequoia grove in the park and is historically significant. The concept of national parks is rooted in the grove. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation protecting the Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley for “public use, resort, and recreation.” It marked the first time that the federal government set aside scenic natural areas to be protected for the benefit of future generations.

Fire officials noted that a history of prescribed burns in the Mariposa Grove, along with scars from recent burns, could slow fire spread and limit potential damage.

“Once the fire reaches some of the recent fire scars, spread may slow,” officials said. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Garrison stays in state, commits to OSU City, Brandon Garrison, announced his commitment to OSU. The No. 1 player in the state, Garrison drew offers from powerhouses such as Arkansas, FloriGabriel Trevino da and reigning national champion Kansas, but Sports Editor decided on the Cowboys.

Garrison competed Mike Boynton has with Team USA as a part landed his first commit of the 2022 FIBA U18 of the 2023 class.

Americas Championship On Thursday, winning squad, a team four-star center from Del with Boynton as an as-

sistant coach.

In 2021-22, his junior season, Garrison put up 13 points per game, 10 rebounds per game and 1.4 blocks per game.

With few big men on the current Cowboys roster, once Garrison arrives on campus after next season, could find more playing time than the average freshman. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Branson Evans OSU second baseman Roc Riggio is among one of many Cowboys who wanted postseason honors.

Riggio named freshman All-American

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter Noah Weber Cowboy coach Mike Boynton earned a commitment from Brandon Garrison, a player who he coached on the U18 Team USA squad.

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Riggio started every game he played at second base for the Cowboys. He joins senior left fielder Jake Thompson and sophomore pitcher Justin Campbell as Cowboys with All-American accolades in 2022. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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7 Works for literati 14 Rather dense 15 Waterway dividing two sides of a college football rivalry 16 Knesset country 17 Digits in parentheses 18 Isn’t quite neutral 19 Signer of the first of the Oslo Accords 20 Pad kee mao pan 21 Huff 22 One of many on Massachusetts Avenue in D.C. 24 __ machine 26 Dappled horses 30 Chat 32 Washington’s Grand __ Dam 33 Webinar’s first slide, often 34 Treat traditionally paired with RC Cola in the South 35 Like Robert Johnson’s music 36 Styling combs 37 Fifth-century bishop in Ire. 38 Tempts 39 Grammar police, e.g.

41 Took off 44 Help for a brokenhearted BFF 47 Some IRAs 48 Bass kin 49 “OK, sure” 51 Ancient Roman province now part of modern 16-Across 52 Diet option in black cans 53 Motorized rides 54 Zen harmony 55 Can’t stand DOWN 1 Sanitizes, perhaps 2 Playwright called “The Father of Realism” 3 Truthfully

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4 Dramatic advance 5 Exploits 6 London’s __ Pie Island 7 Ancient physician’s reference book 8 Bean sprouts?

9 Bottom-up, in a way 10 “__ sunt dracones”: line on an ancient globe 11 Profess 12 Take from the top 13 Long haul 15 Raucous crowd 19 Floor 22 Magazine whose archive was purchased by a consortium that includes the Smithsonian 23 “Bingo” 25 Keep from cracking, perhaps 27 Yellowstone, for one 28 Good name for a knight?

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29 Dates 30 Breaks down 31 Unorthodox sect 32 Pigeon holes 34 Trading places 36 Try and reach quickly 38 Shampoo buys 40 Spa wear 42 Hurries toward safety 43 Brown bread

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44 Onetime producer of Magna Doodle 45 “Sex on Fire” Grammy winners Kings of __ 46 Candle holder 48 Pyrite crystal, at times 50 Female lobster 51 Abbey’s husband on “The West Wing”

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Today’s Birthday (07/11/22). Exciting career advances blossom this year. Consistent collaboration feeds shared savings. Address summer fitness or wellness challenges for energized autumn health and vitality. Private reflection, dreaming and planning next winter prepares for autumn fun with friends, teams and community.

Your good work opens valuable doors.

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 — Expand boundaries. Your past work speaks well for you. Don’t take on more than you can manage. Take it all philosophically. Prioritize basic responsibilities.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Ignore illusions. Keep contributing to strengthen shared finances. Work done now can have a larger impact later. Cut frivolous expenses and contribute to savings.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Negotiate to refine the plan. Collaboration can be profitable. Small changes reap big rewards. Stick to practical priorities. Work together for shared support.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Strengthen the basics. Warm up thoroughly before hitting your stride. Practice moves with mindful thought. Ignore fantasies or magical thinking. Do the work.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Romantic plans could shift. Things may not go as planned. Fantasy and reality don’t match. Simplify for practical priorities. Talk your way around a mess.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Home and family have your attention. Clean a mess. Stick to practical plans. Ideals and fantasies dissipate. Focus on the here and now. Listen generously.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Carefully monitor communications.

Address complaints or concerns immediately. Avoid stirring up controversy. Review and edit statements. Learn and adapt in real time.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Keep generating income. Set practical financial limits. You can get whatever you need. Resist the temptation to spend it all. Watch for hidden agendas.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Take charge. Advance personal priorities despite chaos. You may need to make a mess. Clean up later. Ignore illusions or distractions. Persistence pays.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Get quiet to hear your own thoughts. Organize and plan for what’s next. Clean up and put things away. Clear space for upcoming projects. Recharge.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Attend meetings, gatherings or events. Connect to advance a team goal. Solving a challenge may require making a mess. Communicate to ease troubled waters.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — A professional change requires adaptation. Put in the efforts behind the scenes for a successful presentation. Test theories in advance. Prioritize practicalities.

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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.

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Lifestyle Doja Cat slams ‘Stranger Things’’ Noah Schnapp for ‘borderline snake’ leak of her DMs Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times

The musician and avid TikTok jokester also took to Twitter early Friday morning and seemingly addressed the drama, tweeting: “y’all are so cringe and lame and nobody wants to hang w u that’s why y’all be on here unironically writing replies to s— that makes you mad.”

Several commenters on TikTok flooded her most recent video — which shows her “straight chilling... with no regrets” — to weigh in on the situation. “leave noah alone,” wrote one user. “ UR GETTING MAD AT A KID,” added another.

“It ain’t that deep with Noah schnapp doja, it was a joke,” said another comment.

On TikTok user King Asante’s recap of the “messy” debacle, several commenters said Doja got excessively upset, shamed her and focused on Schnapp’s age. Others were keen to point out that it was a joke.

“She’s asking a 17 year old ‘stranger’ to play matchmaker,” wrote one user.

“Now why u callin Noah a snake lmaoo extra for no reason,” said a different comment.

“She mad for no reason,” commented another.

“He’s literally a 17 year old kid, I’m sure Joseph wouldn’t of cared. & not only that I wonder what impression Joseph has of her now,” added another.

On Twitter, several followers tried to give Doja some advice. “[i love you] but u went to a 17 year old instead of dming Joseph yourself like an adult, then called him out publicly for sharing the convo,” tweeted user @llorenaxox. “anyone would’ve shared a conversation with you because you’re doja cat! but if you wanted it kept private, you should’ve made that clear w him.”

Rapper Doja Cat and “Stranger Things” star Noah Schnapp lit up TikTok this week after he exposed direct messages she sent him.

The “Kiss Me More” rapper, acknowledging Snapp’s youth, called out the actor for the “snake” and “weasel”-like move. Meanwhile, Doja Cat is also getting criticized for asking Schnapp, a minor, to connect her with his “fine” co-star Joseph Quinn.

The Grammy winner, 26, apparently reached out to Schnapp, 17, writing, “Noah can you tell Joseph to hmu [hit me up]?” and “Wait no. Does he have a girlfriend?” And Schnapp, who laughed it off and told her to message Quinn directly, shared the exchange with his 26 million followers on TikTok. (Then he deleted it, but not before other users screenshoted parts of it.)

That peeved the “Woman” rapper and she called him out during a TikTok Live, saying that sharing the missives was “borderline snake” behavior.

“The Noah Schnapp thing.

To be fair, this is like a kid.

When you’re that young, you make mistakes. You do dumb s—. You say dumb s—. You f— f— up relationships with people,” she said, adding that Schnapp posting “a private conversation” made him “so unbelievably socially unaware and whack.”

“You know what I mean?

That’s like borderline snake s—.

That’s like weasel s—,” she said, adding that it felt like “a weird power play” and that she already entertainment.ed@ocolly.com talked to him about it.

Courtesy Tribune News Service Doja Cat performs at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 17, 2022.