Wednesday, June 8

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Trial and errors OSU stunned by Texas in WCWS semifinal

Habbie Colen The Cowboys post-season efforts came to an end after a third battle against Arkansas Monday night.

Abby Cage Coach Gajewski says the pain of this loss is going to stay for a long time.

Ashton Slaughter Staff Reporter Coming into Monday night, Oklahoma State was one win away from their first ever Women’s College World Series Championship Series appearance.

They got two shots at it; but failed to clinch their side of the bracket.

“It hurts... had it right there, you could feel it,” OSU coach Kenny Gajewski said.

The Cowgirls lost the second game of their doubleheader to Texas on Monday night by a score of 6-5, as what originally looked like a runaway game for the 7th ranked team in the country turned into a prompt heartbreak.

After three innings, the Cowgirls found themselves up 5-0, with standout ace pitcher, Kelly Maxwell riding high, and huge at-bats ending in homeruns from Kiley Naomi and Karli Petty putting them in a great position.

“We come out in the second game, and we get a 5-0 lead with Kelly and I’m feeling pretty good, not gonna lie,” Gajewski said. “I mean who wouldn’t be?”

Then– the nosedive.

Texas’ designated player, Courtney Day hit a three-run home run in the top of the fourth inning, giving the Longhorns a much-needed energy

boost. Then, after the Cowgirls came up scoreless in the bottom half of the inning, the Longhorns were back on offense in the top of the fifth, with their outnumbered crowd feeling the momentum shift, when suddenly– all hell broke loose.

With two runners on, Bella Dayton stepped into the batter’s box, looking to slice into the Cowgirls lead. She then singled to right field, sending one runner home, as the ball was being thrown to Cowgirl first baseman, Hayley Busby.

Busby then made the error of all errors.

She threw the ball to Kiley Naomi, who was covering second base, only she fired it to the left of the shortstop, causing the ball to roll all the way to the center field wall, sending one run home, before Dayton headed home herself.

What was Longhorn coach, Mike White thinking during this crazed sequence?

“Run,” said White.

That’s exactly what his team did, as after the three-run-inside-the-park homerun, the momentum was all in Texas’ favor, as they suddenly had the lead deep in an elimination game for a Championship Series berth.

“It was a big moment, definitely a momentum shift in our energy as a team,” Day said.

The Cowgirls were stunned, and so was the OSU-dominant crowd, who suddenly felt like the away-team to the much smaller Longhorn fan base.

“It’s kind of ironic

because we’ve been shooting ourselves in the foot all year,” White said.

“Especially against OSU.” From there on out, the Longhorns kept their head above water, not allowing any more runs and letting standout pitcher, Hailey Dolcini, guide the way for their second consecutive victory.

“We let it get away from us... credit Texas, they took advantage when we didn’t. It is what it is,” Cowgirl leftfielder, Chelsea Alexander said.

Coming into this game, the Cowgirls only had two errors throughout the entire NCAA Tournament. Then, it the biggest game of the season they tied a season-high with three errors, with them coming in a glaring fifth inning mishap, as their national title hopes seemed to diminish in the span of less than thirty seconds. In Gajewski’s mind though, it wasn’t just about the errors.

“We could look back at that one play cause it had so much implication, but it didn’t cost us the game. We just didn’t score enough runs,” Gajewski said.

“It’s gonna hurt, it’s gonna hurt for a long time... and it should hurt.”

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Arkansas ends OSU’s season in Stillwater Regional final Braden Bush Staff Reporter An emotional Jake Thompson was consoled by his teammate Roc Riggio after the Stillwater Regional final.

On night of full of what-could-have-been moments for Oklahoma State, the senior outfielder couldn’t help but to express his feelings, having played his last game in a Cowboy uniform.

“I just love this place, and I’m sad I don’t get to suit up anymore,” Thompson said, as Riggio patted his left fielder’s leg in support. “It was a fun three years and now go to what’s next, honestly.”

The No. 7-seeded Cowboys left 10 runners stranded on the night, including seven in scoring position, in a 7-3 loss to Arkansas on Monday night that sends the Razorbacks to a Super Regional and ends the Cowboys’ season.

The hit differential was marginal. Actually, the Cowboys (42-22) out-hit Arkansas, 9-8, but couldn’t capitalize on opportunities like the Razorbacks (41-19) did.

In the second inning, with the game still scoreless, OSU found itself in a bases-loaded situation after pitcher Zack Morris walked three Cowboys. Optimism rose in O’Brate as the Razorback struggled, but a leaping grab and throwout from Arkansas third baseman Cayden Wallace put away catcher Chase Adkison and ended the

notion of any surge.

Riggio, OSU’s second baseman, stared down home plate in the third inning as he was just 90 feet from scoring with only one out and Doersching and Mendham due up. But Doersching flied out. Then, Mendham was narrowly put out on a miraculous play by second baseman Robert Moore.

A chance to set the pace and steal momentum early had passed OSU by.

“The third baseman made a remarkable play; could have been a run” OSU coach Josh Holliday said. “There was a fine play by the second baseman that could have been a run. To have a couple points on the board early on might have had a different vibe for when the game progressed. They made some big-time plays there.”

Again, in the eighth with just one out, stranded runners reappeared. The Cowboys had just scored a quick pair of runs in the seventh and reduced their deficit from 5-1 to 5-3. Now, the bases were full after a single, hit-by-pitch and walk.

The crowd in O’Brate became rowdy, and the team felt good about the proposition of making a run.

“I felt great about where we were at,” Holliday said. “This group of kids has been just simply amazing (I had) as much confidence in them as any group of kids I’ve ever been around in my life.”

But similar results ensued.

The team that had 42 RBI a day ago and

scored 65 runs throughout the Regional suddenly was unable to get across home plate. Strikeouts

by Adkison and Riggio left the bases full and instantaneously demoralized the fervent fans in orange.

Through the gut punch in the eighth, the players held hope. Even after two runs by Arkansas to extend the score to 7-3, the dugout fully expected a comeback.

“We were never in doubt,” Riggio said. “Two outs, bottom of the ninth, Griffin (Doersching) is up, two strikes, everyone is on the rail. Not one guy’s head was down, everyone was on the rail. I don’t see any other teams doing that. We love each other, we fight for each other.”

But the senior designated hitter’s swing came up empty.

The Arkansas players threw down their gloves and celebrated together in the infield, while the Cowboy dugout went silent.

“This has been a fabulous group of kids from the first day we got together,” Holliday said.

“And it’s made up of numerous special individuals from all different places in all walks of life that have just come together and formed. Just really an outstanding team, and they’ve been an honor to coach.”

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Is it time for ‘Jurassic World’ to go extinct?

Connor Gray Staff Reporter

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1993 introduced the world to director Steven Spielberg’s vision of dinosaurs in modern day society with the release of ‘Jurassic Park.’ With the original quickly becoming a classic, the rest of the 1990s continued to give us sequels that would round out the ‘Jurassic Park’ trilogy in 2001. Seemingly at an end, the franchise was then given a revival through 2015’s ‘Jurassic World’ and its sequel in 2018 which is where the franchise and the concept that used to feel so brilliant, now feels stale.

With the release of ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ coming June 10, 2022, lead actor Chris Pratt describes the film as, “Thirty years in the making – this is the sixth Jurassic film, and it’s the end of this franchise,” in an article with People.

Whether this ends up being true 20 years from now, we will have to wait and see.

In the meantime, I took to Twitter to run a poll on what the excitement levels are looking like for the franchise’s conclusion.

After raising the question of “Are you excited for Jurassic World: Dominion,” 67% of the 18 votes

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“Jurassic World: Dominion” is set to come out in theaters later this year and OSU students have some mixed opinions.

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)

are on the side of being excited. The other third of the votes, however, were either not interested or passionately just ready for it all to end.

Stephen Millet, an Architecture student at Oklahoma State University, shared his thoughts on the film by saying, “I have loved dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park movies forever, but I have not seen anything from this new one that f makes me want to go see it.” Millet then continues by stating, “I will probably watch it one day though.”

These feelings seem to be the sum of how most of the general audience feels about the release of ‘Jurassic World: Dominion.’ Universal Studios appears to be beating a dead dinosaur with their final film in the series where it seems like people simply are not interested anymore and those that are interested, are due to the name of the iconic franchise alone. I am intrigued to see how they round off a series that has played such a big part in the lives of many, especially as it will follow up the 2018 film, ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,’ which was utterly forgettable. ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ premieres only in theaters on June 10, 2022.

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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After WCWS letdown, Cowgirls focus on what they built to last homa State 6-5 on Monday in a Women’s College World Series elimination game.

And yet, Kenny Gajewski wants the 2022 Cowgirls to be remembered for what was built.

Not for what crumbled.

Sam Hutchens “This team will go down Staff Reporter as a team that got us to the next step, and there’s some really The Cowgirls could be good people here that will go remembered for a collapse. down as all-time greats here,” It was hard to forget.

Gajewski said.

After Bella Dayton Fifth-year senior Chelslapped a single into right field sea Alexander was one of the off OSU’s Kelly Maxwell in Cowgirls who played her last the fifth inning, a hailstorm of game. She did not escape the errors followed. The Cowgirls’ game without a moment that carefully crafted two-run lead, could haunt her. Alexander, a cushion that usually led to a left fielder, had a chance to victory when Maxwell was catch Courtney Day’s three-run pitching, melted. homer in the fourth inning.

Outfielder Karli Petty It would’ve taken an didn’t field the ball cleanly. almost inhuman mix of timing When she threw it back in, first and athletic ability, but the ball baseman Hayley Busby had that screamed over the wall in an errant throw to second that left field was catchable. Instead, flew by Kiley Naomi. As the Alexander returned to earth ball rolled back toward the blue after her leap with an empty outfield wall, Longhorn runs glove and a bloodied right arm rolled in. when her scab scraped the All three Longhorns fence. running scored. Jordyn Whita“There’s not much that ker, who crossed the plate last, you can go back and fix this, fix would be the game-winning that…And you look back on our run. Texas beat No. 7 Oklaseason and how well, like she

The Cowgirls ended their WCWS run Monday night after a two game battle against Texas.

said, we continued to set the bar higher,” Alexander said.

Postgame, through literally teary eyes, Gajewski and the Cowgirls looked to the positive.

They were playing in their third-consecutive WCWS, a run unmatched in OSU history. They were fresh off a Big 12 Tournament championship; also a program first.

“We won a Big 12 tournament championship,” Gajewski said. “Hasn’t been done here.

We just kind of keep continuing to raise the bar.”

Senior third baseman Sydney Pennington, another Cowgirl whose career was ended with the loss, said she was trying to stay in the moment after the game. Pennington, OSU’s all-time home run leader, has been a key player in the Cowgirls emergence as one of the nation’s top programs.

“I think we all can go back and see that we could have done things differently, but it is what it is,” Pennington said.

“I’m just glad that we keep setting the bar higher and higher each year for OSU.” The Cowgirls failed to accomplish their goal this season.

It was stated clearly before they played their first game.

Gajewski said this was his most talented team and anything short of a national championship would not mean success.

Yet, by being one win away from a national championship series, OSU closed a gap. They got further than any OSU team had been before.

Pennington is proud of what her final season could do for the future, even if she will be watching it from the stands.

“Coach (Gajewski) always says that once you play and you’re done, you’re a Cowgirl

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for life,” Pennington said.

I’m really happy that me and Chelsea and our class got to set that high standard,” Pennington said. “And now we’re looking forward to them to keep it going and then even win that World Series. We’re excited for them too.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Russia claims ‘97% control’ of eastern Ukrainian province amid fierce battles Nabih Bulos and Laura King Los Angeles Times Russia claimed near-victory Tuesday in its fight for part of an eastern Ukrainian industrial region whose capture is one of Moscow’s main stated war aims, as Ukraine acknowledged that it was waging a tough battle to keep one of its last cities there from falling.

In the fourth month of the Russian invasion, Ukraine redoubled its pleas for more heavy weaponry to parry slow and grinding advances by Moscow’s troops, which are backed by relentless artillery fire, in the contested region known as the Donbas, made up of two eastern provinces, Luhansk and Donetsk.

Moscow’s triumphal claim came from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who said in televised remarks that 97% of Luhansk had been “liberated” by Russian forces.

Separately on Tuesday, a Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said some Western-supplied military equipment deployed in the country’s east, including two U.S.provided artillery systems, had been knocked out by Russian artillery, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Crucial to Moscow’s eastern campaign is control of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, one of only two major population

centers in the region that Russia has not yet been able to capture.

Ukraine said its forces were holding on in Severodonetsk — but with difficulty.

“Our armed forces are doing their utmost to defend the city,” Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk told Ukrainian television Tuesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his overnight address to the nation, said “fierce street fighting” was underway to keep Severodonetsk in Ukrainian hands.

Ukrainian officials say Russia is throwing more and more military resources into the fight, and Western military officials said Tuesday that Russian forces are apparently trying to isolate the city by cutting off both northern and southern approaches.

“Russia will almost certainly need to achieve a breakthrough” in the area in order to consolidate tactical gains into “operational level success” in the wider region, British military intelligence said in its latest assessment.

Zelenskyy told his compatriots that Russia also has set its sights now on Zaporizhzhia, a major southeastern city of nearly three-quarters of a million people that is a gateway to central Ukraine. It is the capital of a province of the same name, and has served as an important way station for Ukrainians fleeing from heavily battered or Russian-occupied areas, such as the fallen city of

Mariupol.

“We will do everything for the defense” of Zaporizhzhia and its environs, Zelenskyy said.

Along the eastern front lines, civilian suffering has intensified as bombardment rains down on cities, towns and villages in the path of Russia’s military push.

Over the last 24 hours, Russian forces have fired on more than 20 populated areas in the Donbas provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said. In an operational report Tuesday, Ukraine’s military General Staff said that, in addition to

who was chopping wood outside her apartment building in Lysychansk, a city not far from Severodonetsk.

Both lie on the banks of the strategic Seversky Donets River.

Zelenskyy described them as “dead cities” after endless waves of Russian bombardment. But in a bid to boost troop morale, he paid an unannounced weekend visit to Ukrainian front lines in Lysychansk.

Control of the Donbas region is now Moscow’s principal declared war aim, after it failed in the war’s early days to seize the capital, Kyiv,

and its forces were pushed away from Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.

To aid Ukraine in its fight for the region, Britain has said it will supply Ukraine with multiplelaunch rocket systems.

Ukraine says that is key to knocking out Russian artillery batteries that have been savaging eastern cities and towns.

Russia has warned that it will take unspecified retaliatory measures for delivery of longerrange Western weapons to Ukraine.

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The Kremlin says it does not deliberately target civilians — which is considered a war crime — but on the ground, mainly elderly residents who have stayed behind face punishing daily barrages that force them to cower in makeshift underground shelters and endure primitive conditions reminiscent of life in pre-industrial times.

“We could never imagine a time where we would have to make fires for cooking,” said Liubov Vedeneeva, a 69-year-old

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Fans recall atmosphere in exciting final regional game in O’Brate O’Brate Stadium was packed with Cowboy fans.

Rowdy Baribeau Staff Reporter In all three games, the Arkansas Razorbacks and the OSU Cowboys gave 28 innings of exceptionally competitive baseball.

But while the players were on the field competing, the home fans and the visiting fans in the stands were starting their own game with their “O-S-U Cowboy” and “Woo-Pig-Sooie” chants respectively. The opposing fanbases filled O’Brate Stadium with their chants, often times seeing who could get the

loudest whilst chanting over one another.

Beyond the chants and jeers from both fanbases, many, even Arkansas fans had glowing things to say about the exciting atmosphere and beautiful stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma Arkansas fan Bailey Baxendale watched all weekend as the Hogs went into Sunday undefeated in the Stillwater Regional. After Sunday, she’d seen enough on television, she decided to make the day trip to Stillwater to watch the Razorbacks take on the Cowboys in the final game of the series capsule. Baxendale had quite the comparison for O’Brate Stadium.

“I think it’s really nice here, I like it here a lot,” Baxendale said. “It kind of resembles

a smaller minor league ballpark, so, I think that’s cool.”

For OSU fans, they’ve enjoyed the banter and backand-forth chanting between themselves and Razorback fans.

Not only that, but some are glad that the Razorback fans are embracing the stadium’s atmosphere and taking it all in, as it is many Razorback fans’ first time to O’Brate Stadium.

“I’ve enjoyed seeing all the other fans experience it since they haven’t been to O’Brate like [OSU fans] have,” Cowboy fan Weston Ward said.

“Just seeing their reactions to this beautiful ballpark has been pretty special to see.”

Ward enjoyed hearing and partaking in the chant-battles between the two fanbases.

“It was fun to hear that battle,” Ward said. “[OSU play-

ers], they were right there with the battle just with the bats going back-and-forth. So I think they felt the crowd and felt the back-and-forth of that which was cool to see. ‘Orange power’ sounds better than ‘woo-pigsooie,’ that’s for sure,” Ward said with a laugh.

One Razorback fan took Twitter by storm after a picture surfaced of him wearing glasses. But these were no ordinary glasses, the glasses looked like something an alien would wear.

Twitter was calling the Hog fan, the “new Mayor of Stillwater.” Well, the “new Mayor of Stillwater” had the privilege of speaking with the real Mayor of Stillwater, Will Joyce.

“I was the mayor of Stillwater,” Razorback fan Kendall Apple said. “I met him last night (Will Joyce). He came

out after the game and took a picture with me and everything.

I relinquished my title and gave it back to him, it was cool.”

The Stillwater Regional was Apple’s first time in O’Brate Stadium. Apple said he’s followed the Hogs just about everywhere from road SEC games, to regionals, to Omaha, but he’s not seen anything like O’Brate and its atmosphere.

“This atmosphere is great, this stadium is great,” Apple said. “We’ve travelled around SEC schools, but this is a great stadium. I really, really love it here in Stillwater.”

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Why top Georgia Democrats are pushing Biden to forgive student debt Continued from 4 “It’s going to be a Brian Kemp said it would Greg Bluestein significant factor in who “saddle Georgia families I support.

You shouldn’t with more runaway spendThe Atlanta Journalhave to pay an arm and ing,” while GOP Senate Constitution a leg just to get a good nominee Herschel Walker education.” has also opposed the idea.

After the groundAt the heart of the “Everyone who thumping music died debate is a divide over doesn’t already have a down, Stacey Abrams how pricey the program Che Guevara T-shirt and took the stage in west would be — and how a ‘Vote Socialist’ bumper Atlanta to congratulate many of the nation’s 41 sticker on their Subaru dozens of teens on gradu- million student borrowers knows that Biden has ating from high school — could be eligible. dragged America too far and pledge she’ll find new U.S. Senate Majority left, but it’s not enough ways to relieve their stuLeader Chuck Schumer for Stacey,” said Dan dent debt if she’s elected and his allies want Biden McLagan, a veteran GOP governor. to cancel up to $50,000 strategist. “She’s rattled “We know that afin student debt, contend- and that’s a bad look when fordability is an increasing that easing the buryou’re running for govering issue in the state but den would free up more nor.” it’s a solvable problem,” Abrams said Monday.

“And we don’t have to raise taxes to raise the quality of life in Georgia.

All we have to do is spend our money right.”

While student loan debt has become an emerging flashpoint among Democrats, the party’s top contenders in Georgia have unequivocally chosen sides.

Courtesy of Tribune News Service Both Abrams and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks to the U.S. Sen. Raphael Warmedia during a press conference at the Israel Baptist Church as voters nock want the White head to the polls during the Georgia primary on May 24, 2022 in House to forgive some of the estimated $1.7 trillion spending that would boost The White House in student debt in hopes the economy. The averlast month floated a more that it would allow more age student loan debt for moderate proposal to students of color to attend recent college graduates cancel $10,000 in stucollege, boost the econo- hovers around $30,000 dent debt per borrower my and narrow the racial per borrower. that would be limited to wealth gap.

Some key centrist Americans who earned With a tight elecDemocrats counter that less than $150,000 indition looming, Democrats forgiving debt would vidually or $300,000 for also predict it could give disproportionately benefit married couples filing young, liberal Georgians wealthier families since jointly. disenchanted with Presimost college debt belongs That led to backlash dent Joe Biden a reason to to more affluent housefrom liberal advocates vote in November. holds. They also fear it who called the proposal “I’m taking out would require a complian ineffective halfserious loans and I think cated new bureaucracy to measure. Wisdom Cole, they should be forgiven,” administer the relief. the national director of said Audrey Rich, a recent Republican oppothe NAACP’s college high school graduate nents frame the program division, said forgiving from Rome who will soon as a desperate effort to $10,000 in loans “will attend Jacksonville State pander to voters in a not break the chains” of University. tough election cycle. Gov. generations of debt in the

Black community.

Warnock hasn’t specified how much he wants the program to cost, but he told Biden he should go beyond the $10,000 in loan forgiveness. At a recent Democratic gala, the first-term Democrat said the president should “take his pen and do what he can right now to forgive student debt.”

“He can do it. He can do it by executive action,” Warnock said. “And I’m going to push him to do it.”

The senator’s views are shaped by his own experience. He often jokes that he attended Morehouse College on a “full-faith” scholarship, depending on a Pell Grant and low-interest student loans to become the first member of his immediate family to graduate from college.

“Our children should not have a mortgage before they get a mortgage,” Warnock said.

“So I’m going to show up in the halls of Congress, show up at the White House, show up wherever our children and their lives are on the line.”

Abrams, too, has urged Biden to take swift action to relieve student debt. She campaigns on promises to ease college costs in other ways, including implementing a needs-based scholarship program for Georgia’s colleges and universities.

“When you’re finished, I want to make sure you have careers you are excited about,” she told the students, “careers that pay you enough to stay in the state of Georgia.” news.ed@ocolly.com

invasion could trigger widespread hunger around the world in coming months.

“We need a safety corridor for ships” to enable grain exports, Zelenskyy said in advance of expected talks this week in Ankara, the Turkish capital, to which Moscow, but not Kyiv, will be a party. “Turkey is now finding a format on how to provide us with guarantees.”

Russia sought Tuesday, as it has previously, to put the onus of halted grain supplies on Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine needed to de-mine the waters off Odesa, the country’s main Black Sea port, and said Russia was prepared to escort commercial vessels to international waters.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, appealed to the international community not to turn its eyes away from the country’s lengthening struggle against the Russian invasion.

In an interview to air Thursday on ABC, she said “the whole world, and Americans as well,” must refrain from getting “used to this war.”

“Yes, it is far from you, it lasts long and you can get tired of it, but please do not get used to it,” she said in remarks to ABC released Tuesday by her husband’s office. “Because if everyone gets used to it, this war will never end.”

She added that Ukraine could not cede land for peace, because “the aggressor will not stop at part of our territory — they will not stop until they destroy us.”

More than 100 days in, the war’s impact is felt differently in different parts of the country. In Odesa, the crown jewel of Ukraine’s coastal cities, a normal summer season would see its population swell with tourists. Instead, restaurants were mostly empty, and only a few beachgoers defied warnings of mines.

Other cities, though, are bursting to capacity with those escaping the eastern battle zone. In Dnipro in central Ukraine, a main waypoint for those fleeing the fighting, new arrivals are in constant need of comfort and shelter.

“We’re seeing double the numbers of people we usually have in the city,” said Petro Voytovych, who works at a restaurant that is part of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that serves meals to crisis-stricken communities.

A major Ukrainian aim is to end a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea — a struggle that has worldwide implications because grain exports have been choked off amid the fighting. Zelenskyy said in his address that he has spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about mediating efforts to ease the blockade.

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ACROSS 1 Where to hear cutting remarks?

6 Tiff 10 “The one over there” 14 “Gotta run!”

15 Sharpen 16 Corned beef __ 17 There’s an element of doubt to it?

19 Crazy about 20 Prosecco kin 21 Start to matter?

22 Sing smoothly 23 There’s an element of romance to it?

26 Increased 29 Carving of a Polynesian god 30 “Hips Don’t __”: Shakira hit 31 “Yikes!”

33 Nana alternative 37 __ pressure 39 Keebler baker 41 Gazpacho, por ejemplo 42 Fla. coastal city 45 “The Daily Show” correspondent Lydic 48 Fellows 49 __ Bradley bags 51 If nothing else 53 There’s an element of mystery to it?

57 Leg joints 58 Target on a putting green 59 “Got it” 63 Walkman descendant 64 There’s an element of humor to it?

66 Course catalog?

67 Father of Eros 68 Shoyu flavor 69 Cold spell 70 Action at the track 71 Analyze grammatically

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5 Org. with Giants and Titans 6 Tibia 7 Coastal city on the Iberian Peninsula 8 Choose, as a successor 9 Uniform number for Sue Bird 10 Decade that is less than a decade away 11 Location of Hoan Kiem Lake 12 __ Martin: British car 13 Flip-flop 18 Habitat for humanity 22 Celebratory slice 24 Big fuss 25 __ sum: bite-sized Chinese fare 26 Range for yodelers?

27 Nutrition regimen 28 Profound DOWN 1 Dancer/YouTube 32 Outdated 34 NYC home of star JoJo __ Frida Kahlo’s 2 Reddit Q&A “Self-Portrait With sessions 3 Ann Taylor __ Cropped Hair” 4 One end of some 35 Chimps and commutes gorillas

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36 Desire 38 Really got going 40 Like skeleton racers, seemingly 43 Some concert merch 44 Mistakenly hit reply all, e.g.

46 Trusty mount 47 __ de la Cité: Paris landmark 50 On dry land

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52 Puzzle 53 Leafs (through) 54 How contracts are usually signed 55 “Bleeding Love” singer Lewis 56 Cleaner sold in green canisters 60 Rocket 61 Shady bunch?

62 Singer Brickell 64 Taxi 65 “You betcha”

Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Linda Black Horoscopes Today’s Birthday (06/08/22). Win with teamwork this year. Expand your investigation with steady, persistent exploration. Summer brings physical changes requiring adaptation for optimal autumn work and health performance. Rest, plan and recharge next winter, before parties, teamwork and social connections illuminate the springtime. Together, you’re unbeatable.

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 an 8 — Support each other with a challenge.

You can see the boundaries and limitations. Don’t push your luck. Simplify expectations. Clarify the plan. Collaborate.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Slow to reassess the terrain. Avoid accidents or pitfalls. A health change or challenge deserves attention. Nurture your body with good food, rest and exercise.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Relax. Romantic barriers are temporary. Separation makes the heart grow fonder. Keep agreements, bargains and promises. Express your creativity, passion and commitment. Get playful.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Clean a domestic mess or breakdown.

Work done now has lasting benefits. Sort through things and give away what’s no longer needed. Enjoy the results.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Dig deeper into a fascinating subject. A creative barrier stops the action in one direction while things open up another way.

Stay flexible. Take notes.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Unexpected expenses require adaptation. Extra efforts produce the resources you need. Adjust the budget to reduce elsewhere. Creative solutions arise with determination.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Ponder the possibilities. One door closes and another opens. Treat yourself with kindness while adapting with a personal challenge. Compassion starts at home.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Take a break to recharge. Monitor conditions and prepare before launching. Wait for an obstacle to clear. Imagine perfection and plot the steps necessary.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Teamwork can overcome a shared challenge. Provide your piece of the puzzle. Listen and observe closely. Contribution produces satisfying results. Support an effort with friends.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Hunt for solutions to a professional problem. Do more research before launching. Avoid reckless moves. Strategize with your team. Consider options and potential.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy the scenery. Explore the view, whether from your backyard or a long-distance ramble. Patiently persist with your investigation despite delays. Determination pays.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — To avoid financial errors, play the game strictly by the book. Review budgets and balances. Monitor conditions before advancing. Research expenditures carefully. Manage accounts together.

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Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk

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Lifestyle Matthew McConaughey calls for gun responsibility laws in op-ed David Matthews New York Daily News

Courtesy Tribune News Service Matthew McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas, where 21 people were killed in a shool shooting two weeks ago.

plan to “restore responsible gun ownership” and save lives.

McConaughey’s first plan of action is fixing the national background check system, and requiring a background check for every gun purchase.

He then proposes a minimum age of 21 to buy an assault rife. New York just passed a law that would do just this and Sen. Jon Manchin has said he approves of such a law.

“The killer in my hometown of Uvalde purchased two AR-15s for his eighteenth birthday, just days before he killed 19 students and two teachers. He obeyed the law. Had the law been different, perhaps I wouldn’t be writing this today.”

He rounds off his platform with a national “red flag” law and a mandatory waiting period law, both of which would reduce both homicides and suicides.

“A waiting period to purchase an assault rifle is an acceptable sacrifice for responsible gun owners when it can prevent a mass shooting crime of passion or suicide,” McConaughey wrote.

McConaughey points out that these are government-only solutions and that private businesses and organizations would have to enact policies focused on safety.

“It’s time for real leaders to step up and do what’s right, so we can each and all just keep livin’.”

In the nearly two weeks since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a semi-surprising voice has risen to call for something, anything, to be done to curb gun violence, specifically that which targets children — Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey.

In an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde, calls for gun responsibility laws — which are, crucial to his point, not gun control laws — as a way to not infringe on the Second Amendment while making life in America a little safer.

“Depraved acts of violence, with guns as the weapon of choice, are ripping apart families, tearing at people’s faith, and shredding the fabric of our society. We have an epidemic of indiscriminate mass shootings, of parents burying their children, of inaction, and buck-passing.

Saving the unnecessary loss of lives is not a partisan issue,” McConaughey wrote.

He lists a number of factors contributing to gun violence, but says now is not the time to litigate which causes should take precedence.

“We need to focus on corrections and countermeasures that can also and immediately reduce the gun violence tragedies that have become too common in our country,” the “Dallas Buyers Club” actor wrote.

The actor then lays out what he thinks is a entertainment.ed@ocolly.com