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Course beaten: NCAA Cross Country championships saw records broken

at OSU’s course were broken, by many people and by a wide-margin of time.

Davis Cordova Staff Reporter

OSU’s Greiner Family Cross Country course stands as one of the best in the country and its course-record times seemed to be a daunting task to defeat.

But, both NCAA Championship races on Saturday had runners, in both men’s and wom en’s, beat those records substantially.

On Saturday, OSU hosted the NCAA Cross Country Cham pionships, with North Carolina State capturing the women’s team title while Northern Arizona edged-out OSU in a tie-breaker in the men’s race to win.

It was surely a wild morning at the course with thousands of fans watching and once the races started, the rush of people moving from one spot to another is comparable to any turn at any golf course.

But one thing stood out among other things; Course records

NC State’s Kate lyn Tuohy took home the individual cham pionship, finishing the difficult 6K course in 9:27.7. This time beat the course record by 34 seconds and 18 other women beat the 20:01 record set by Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat in 2021.

For the men’s 10K, Stanford’s Charles Hicks won in 28:43.6, which beat the course record by many seconds, almost identical to the women’s race.

“This is such an exceptionally unique course,” Hicks said.

“Having guys run it before really helps you manage your expecta tions and I think a lot of guys exploded and died back in 2021, but I’m going to have to sit down and think about it because I don’t know how we ran that fast. It’s really unbelievable, but I think it was just team. Every guy was up there trying to win it for their team and when you’re trying to do that, amaz ing things happen.”

OSU offense unable to capitalize in loss

three-and-outs against the Okla homa offense in the second half.

Gabriel Trevino Sports Editor

NORMAN — When Bren nan Presley waved his right arm before catching the ball on a punt, he didn’t do anything important in that moment, but his fair catch also signaled hope growing for OSU.

The Cowboys defense just forced its third of six straight

After allowing 28 points in the first quarter to an OU team that averages 31 points an entire game, flashes of OSU’s previous two blowout losses this season were shown.

But after allowing those four touchdowns in 13 minutes, OSU’s defense came to play for the latter 47.

Spencer Sanders and his offense trotted onto the field after Presley’s fair catch with a shot to make the game a close one. Unlike OSU’s defense, it was the offense that didn’t appear in its 2813 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday night in Norman. With 11:27 remaining in the

game down 15, OSU’s drive full of opportunity became one like many others in the loss.

First down, Sanders can’t find a receiver open in time and gets sacked. OU’s defense, which averaged 1.9 sacks per game com ing into Saturday dropped Sanders five times. It’s also the most times Sanders has hit the turf since Oct. 5, 2019, at Texas Tech in his sixth career start.

Second-and-15, a screen pass to Ollie Gordon. A loss of four yards. OSU attempted four screen passes up to this point in the game, three of them either los ing yardage or gaining a minis cule amount.

That’s what: A review of ‘She Said’

Mallory Pool News Editor

Editor’s note: Article con tains mild spoilers for “She Said.”

A trailer about a journalism movie brought me to the theater, but a street in Ireland, a hotel room and The New York Times made me stay.

“She Said” is a recent re lease about The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who discover and publish a report exposing Hol lywood producer Harvey Wein

stein for sexual assault and abuse allegations.

The publication catalyzed the #MeToo movement which broke decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault and harassment.

The movie covers the mo ment that Kantor takes the story up until the moment of publica tion. The film uses dark and warm color schemes and suspenseful dialogue to exaggerate the impor tance of the topic.

Zoe Kazan, the actress who plays Kantor, does a beautiful job of showing the affects that cover ing a story to this magnitude has

on a person.

When her young daughter in the movie asks about the case and the actions involved, Kazan portrays raw emotion at the fact that her daughter knows and says the words she shouldn’t have to know at that age.

Both leads, Kazan and Car ey Mulligan who plays Twohey, do an amazing job of showing the balance of motherhood and an intense, time-consuming job like journalism. Kazan and Mulligan represent their characters with the grace needed in a film such as this one.

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Northern Arizona repeated as men’s cross country national cham pionships. The Lumberjacks have won six in the last seven years.

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OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders threw just one touchdown but four interceptions in Saturday night’s 28-13 loss against Oklahoma.

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— Spencer Sanders’ uniform encapsulated the night.

The quarter back’s jersey started clean. Purely white with black numbering and lettering.

After 15 min utes, the jersey stained green. A fragment of his gray undershirt ripped. It flapped as he ran. Oklahoma didn’t let Sanders, OSU’s quarterback, out of its grip.

The Sooners stymied the key to OSU’s offense and crushed the Cowboys, 28-13, on Saturday night at Gaylord Fam ily Oklahoma Memo rial Stadium.

Sanders chucked passes to imaginary receivers. Some of his throws didn’t land within 10 yards of his teammates. The Soon ers blasted him to the ground with five sacks. He threw four interceptions — Sand ers’ most since the 2021 Big 12 champi onship against Baylor when he threw the same. On Saturday, his stats reflected one of the old Sanders.

“Obviously, Spencer didn’t play very well today,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said. “Turn the ball over like that, obviously you don’t have a chance.”

The Sooners attacked Sanders in every way. He at tempted 67 passes, a career high. It was a sign in Gundy’s trust in his quarterback and perhaps distrust in the run.

“I don’t want to throw it that many times,” OSU offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn said. “I don’t want to put him in that position to throw that many times.”

OSU’s start ing running back, Dominic Richardson, missed his second game of the season with an undisclosed injury. Sanders also led the team in rush ing with 80 yards on 17 carries. He tried to do it all like he has many times this season. It didn’t work against OU’s experi

enced defense.

The Sooners dropped back in pass coverage and harassed Sanders all night long. A crowd of 80,000plus drowned Sanders in boos.

“A lot of pres sure, right?” Gundy said. “It’s hard to throw when there’s pressure on you. We just didn’t protect him very well. Put him on the run a lot.”

OSU averaged 2.9 yards per carry but couldn’t make up for it in the air, either. Sanders has dealt with a right shoulder injury for the past several weeks. His shaky health affects his ac curacy.

“He practiced more this week,” Gundy said. “He didn’t practice as much as he normally

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would but he prac ticed more. He had a lot of pressure on him. He missed a few throws but you’re gonna miss some throws.”

Gundy empha sized one interception — a drive late in the fourth quarter. Sand ers fired one intended for Braden Cassity but it sailed high and landed into OU’s DaShaun White’s fingertips.

“If he sees that, he shoots the ball in there, it’s a touch down,” Gundy said. “Most times he would but he didn’t see it that time.”

Sanders was not made available to the media.

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OSU coach Dave Smith and oth er athletes believed the races were much faster and records were broken because of the cold condi tions in Stillwater and the next-level competitiveness and talent this season has seen more than any other.

“Today we got perfect weather for running,” Smith said. “The wind was minimal, the ground and footing was in perfect condition. The ground is firm, it’s cold enough that it’s almost like a track out there. It’s

hilly? Yeah, but the surface makes it so fast.”

“That’s kind of been the trend in the NCAA,” Maier said. “The talent and the times have just got ten faster and faster.

The conditions today were pretty cold, the ground was really hard, that kind of contributes to the fastness of the race.”

The OSU women’s team finished in fourth place, earning its first trophy in team history, with its highest finisher being the freshmanphenom Natalie Cook, who finished seventh with a time of 19:46.3.

For the men’s team, OSU finished in second after los ing the tie-breaker to Northern Arizona,

who repeated as champions. OSU had five All-Amer icans with Alex Maier finishing in fifth and Isai Rodri guez placing eighth.

“We weren’t anyone’s favorites going in,” Smith said. “All of this came down to less than a tenth of a second. We drew up a plan that I thought was good, and it was executed absolutely perfectly and it ex ceeded our expecta tions. We had five All-Americans, six in the top-53. You promise me these finishes each year, then I will take it without argument and that’s going to win most year’s, but not this year.”

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NORMAN

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Oklahoma sacked OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders five times during OU’s 28-13 win on Saturday night in Norman.

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North Carolina State repeated as the women’s cross country national champions. NC State’s Katelyn Touhy won the women’s 6K.

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It became third down. The Cow boys struggle with these. Last week vs Iowa State, they converted on 1-of-14. On Saturday, it was 7-of-22. Sanders dropped back, felt pressure and was unable to complete a pass intended for John Paul Richardson. Sanders was hurried 12 times on 67 dropbacks. OSU coach Mike Gundy said the constant hurries altered some of Sanders throws, resulting in the fourth-year starter throwing four interceptions on Satur day — killing many drives immedi

ately or in a critical situation.

This drive in the beginning of the fourth quarter personified how OSU’s offense performed on Saturday. The defense played 46 consecutive snaps without allowing a point. The offense held the ball for 37:38 with 102 plays and 13 points.

“We moved the ball, we just couldn’t find a way to put it in,” said OSU offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn. “Every time we got to the 20 yard line it felt like the same thing hap pened. Whether a misscue or good call on (OU’s) part, it’s hard once you get behind the sticks. We had ample oppor tunity to get it done, and we didn’t.”

Setting a career-high for the second time this season, Sanders threw 67 pass attempts, and ran the ball 17

times. On all but 18 plays, Sanders had to make a play. Without a consistent running attack, in Dunn’s words, didn’t allow Sanders to hand the ball off, not be forced to make a play on his own and allow his back to gain some chunk yardage or big plays to set up the of fense.

Although Gundy admitted Sand ers did not play the best even when conditions were right, the remainder of the offense didn’t help him much. There were dropped passes, miscom munications between Sanders and the receivers, and pressure on 18% of his throws.

“Everyone had their part in this,” said OSU receiver Brennan Presley. “I had a drop before the pick, so you could say if I caught that ball, we don’t

have that pick. There’s things as players that we want back. Whatever it is, we know we could have done better.”

Injuries were cited as a compo nent to the Cowboys’ loss by coaches after Saturday’s game. Even with 484 total yards of offense, not capitaliz ing on the possessions OSU’s defense awarded the offense was a shared perception by the same coaches after the game.

“We missed opportunities,” Dunn said. “We need to catch, pitch, block, all those things better. It’s hard to say we were awful when you have almost 500-yards of offense, but we were aw ful in the red zone.”

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OSU couldn’t take charge of momentum despite outgaining the OU offense in the second half of Saturday night’s Bedlam game.

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myself in the shoes of someone who does not love writing is there is an un godly amount of typing on a computer in the movie. There is a lot of stand ing at a computer screen, reading and rereading the article or typing late into the night.

Even with a film that does not have a lot of action or a largely notice able climax, it does a fantastic job of keeping the movie suspenseful. With a car suspiciously following Kantor along the dark street or the middle of the night anonymous phone calls that gives the women leads, the film is full of twists that leave the audience want ing more.

One critique that I have if I put

Now, this doesn’t bother me because it is an accurate description of what it is like to work for a newspa per or be an editor in a newsroom, but some movie watchers in the theater say that it was a lot of nothing happening for a while.

Of course, I don’t agree on the grounds of it being an accurate descrip tion of the story. While the movie may not be a standard, easy to follow film, that is not the point. It’s a movie about

an important topic and a compelling story about good writers and passion to do the right thing.

One aspect of the production that I liked was the director’s choice to ex clude famous actors. Ashley Judd was played by herself, but other celebrities with lines or scenes in the film, includ ing Gwyneth Paltrow, Rose McGowen, Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein himself, were not shown. Only voices played by accurate doppelgangers or the backs of the actors were shown.

This aspect shows that the direc tor didn’t want to take away from the importance of the message of the film and not give Hollywood the satisfaction of getting caught up in famous names. Because of this, it will keep a timeless

feel that is free from future shifts in societal support.

“She Said” hit theaters Thursday and will be, in my book, a movie that calls for another trip to the big screen. The movie builds on itself fact by fact with the pieces of evidence revealing themselves until the story has a founda tion worthy of a New York Times story.

The film is a must see for any journalist and one that will go down in history as one of the great newspaper stories. It reignites the spark of writ ing and reporting that I discovered in myself a long time ago.

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The cast of “She Said” includes Andre Braugher and Patricia Clarkson (right) as New York Times editors along side investigative reporters played by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan (left).

SUAB hosts murder mystery dinner

Isaac Terry Staff Reporter

Dinner, a show and a murder.

The Student Union Activities Board hosted this year’s Murder Mys tery Dinner on Wednesday. It was an interactive event that had actors play out several scenes while also talking and mingling with the audience. This year’s theme was a new one, a vampiric anniversary that was interrupted by someone getting a silver stake through the heart.

As guests entered, they were given a masquerade mask to wear to fit the theme of the night. After a short in troduction of the two main characters, Eduardo and Georgia, a vampire couple celebrating their 500th anniversary, guests were treated to a free dinner including boneless wings, fruity drinks,

cake and more.

The cast was filled with fun characters with interesting backstories. From Vlad, an overtly Transylvanian vampire from way back, to Bugsy, a fan favorite who enthusiastically spoke about the different types of bugs and spiders with a nerdy accent, there were all types of characters. Among those invited to the anniversary were parents, friends and Eduardo’s ex, a man by the name of Emerson.

Emerson’s plus one for the night was a girl named Stephanie, whom he broke off his relationship with part way through the night, causing her to storm out of the party. After several argu ments between the guests and the hosts, Eduardo’s mother, a spiteful and disap proving woman by the name of Verna, skipped through the ballroom. Going table to table, she gleefully shouted that her daughter-in-law Georgia had been murdered just outside.

Guests were handed glass mar bles and diamonds to place into labeled candle jars, and the votes were a near tie between Eduardo and Verna. In the end, the murderer turned out to be Stephanie. After she stormed out of the party, she stumbled upon the open trunk of a vampire hunter, Abe, who was attempting to blend in with the guests.

In the trunk laid a silver stake that she drove through the heart of Georgia as she passed by. Once she was caught, she justified her deed with the line: “If I can’t be happy, then no one can,” she said.

Mason Lough, the talent direc tor for the SUAB, was happy with how many people flooded the Student Union Ballroom.

“It was a really, really good turn out,” Lough said. “There was a lot of moving parts and not a lot of time.”

The time crunch wasn’t just felt by Lough. Joylynn Sawyer, the actress who played Georgia, said she didn’t get much time to rehearse.

“We only had about six rehears als,” Sawyer said. “And one of them was completely optional. I wasn’t the first one cast for Georgia either, but the first girl couldn’t do it. But it was so much fun.”

Sawyer was also happy about the turnout and is excited to see what productions lie ahead.

“[I am] 100% looking forward to future productions,” Sawyer said. “The team is very fun and really well orga nized. That’s how this all worked out so well.”

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Cast members and SUAB workers gathered after the performance for a cast photo to celebrate the murder mystery dinner success.

‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ hops to OSU

Michael Clark Staff Reporter

A charming, humorous musical that just about anyone enjoyed enter tained this past weekend.

On opening night Thursday, the theater was packed with kids, students, and parents alike. The crowd was ener getic and seemed to enjoy the musical greatly.

The musical, based on Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” book series, depicts the titular Frog (Jimmy Miller) and Toad (Ethan Kel Hunter) living through the seasons and experiencing

life as close friends.

The story is mostly episodic, but is enjoyable nonetheless. After all, “Frog and Toad” are a beloved icon for children’s storytelling for good reason. Despite having a small cast of only eight performers, the story has plenty of time to put these characters in wacky and endearing situations.

There isn’t a weak link across the eight performers from the OSU De partment of Theatre.Each actor brings charm and personality to their character that fits the tone and musical well. Snail (Jayvion Frazier) was a crowd favorite for being the underdog of the musi cal. Mouse (Kyndall Reed) and Turtle (Anaya Harris) got plenty of laughs

as well. Dallas Rogers, Liliana Cudly, and Katlyn Farrer also played their roles well, mostly doing the ensemble or silent performances. Despite this, they also got one entertaining scene where they play as Frog’s family in a flashback. The show served as a great showcase for OSU’s acting talent. The talent behind the scenes was also worth an applause. The set design, sound effects, and lighting are all atmospheric and well done. Not too much, not too little. Sometimes the people behind the stage don’t get much recognition, but the audience happily applauded them as they popped out be hind the stage during the curtain call. The play, which Scott Guthrie

directed, directed by Scott Guthrie, seems to be a soft spot for him.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this piece,” Guthrie wrote in a director’s note on the playbill. “The themes of the show have resonated differently in me as a parent, but I connect just as deeply with the words and music… I hope to create a beauti ful memory with you and your children today. One that you’ll enjoy all through out your lives.”

“A Year with Frog and Toad” is a more wholesome, refreshing musi cal that entertained the audience at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. entertain the entire audience.

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Ethan Kel Hunter (left) and Jimmy Miller (right) starred as Frog and Toad in OSU Department of Theatre’s production of “A Year with Frog and Toad.”

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It was a rocky road Becoming Ben

Bella Casey Staff Reporter

Some people are born to be businessmen.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, were not.

Thursday night in the Wes Watkins Center, Cohen and Greenfield discussed how they began their ice cream giant, Ben and Jerry’s, as well as how they have used their platform to advocate for various social issues. The OSU Speakers Board sponsored the event.

Cohen and Green field’s friendship is years older than their first ice cream parlor. They began as middle school best friends.

“We met in sev enth grade in gym class,” Greenfield said. “We were the two slowest, fattest kids there.”

Cohen and Green field’s friendship contin ued into college, where neither friend found the success they were in search of.

Cohen attended three colleges and dropped out of each. Greenfield graduated from college with dreams of attending medical school but was rejected from ev ery school he applied to.

“We were essentially failing at everything we were trying to do,” Green field said.

The two friends decided to come together and start fresh with their own business.

They settled on the idea of an ice cream company. They opened their first store in the col

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lege town of Burlington, Vermont.

Business began rough. The two secured only a small loan with the bank. Ben and Jerry’s struggled to stay afloat during the winter months, as the demand for ice cream decreased with Vermont’s frigid winter temperatures.

The slow pace of business during winter pushed Ben and Jerry’s to begin selling their ice cream to local businesses and grocery stores. Soon, they sold enough to begin working with a distributor.

“It was the first time we were going to be sell ing ice cream into major markets where we weren’t the guys next door,” Greenfield said.

Just as business seemed to be booming, Ben and Jerry’s manufac turer dropped it. BPills bury Corporation, another client of the distributor, threatened to take their business elsewhere if the distributor continued to service Ben and Jerry’s. Because Pillsbury was the distributor’s most profit able client, they had no choice but to turn Ben and Jerry’s away.

Ben and Jerry’s re taliated by informing their consumers of the situation through T-shirts, bumper stickers and even flying banners at sports games. It was a unique form of protest. Popular media sources such as The Wall Street Journal picked up the story.

The publicity Ben and Jerry’s gained from their biggest setback pushed the company from local business to a wellknown brand.

“We’re becoming businessmen,” Cohen said. “We’re not spending our time making an ice cream and scooping it on the camera to our customers. We’re spending our time hiring. People are people writing memos and corre spondence, talking about lawyers and accountants.”

As Ben and Jerry’s evolved into a house hold name, Cohen and Greenfield recognized the power they held to address more issues than the ones within the ice cream busi ness. It’s why the pair are outspoken social activists.

“When business talks, the politicians listen, the media listens,” Cohen said.

Ben and Jerry’s has given back to its commu nity with an opportunity for everyone to buy public stock in the company. Now, the company sup ports causes through the Ben and Jerry’s Founda tion, which offers millions of dollars in grants to dif ferent organizations and initiatives every year.

“If we wanted to benefit the community as much as possible, we needed to give away as much as possible,” Green field said.

Ben and Jerry’s passion for kindness runs so deeply even their dairy cows are made a priority through the Caring Dairy program.

Cohen and Green field have used their plat form to create a reputation as not only businessmen, but as philanthropists. They urged students to invest in their community and use their voices for good.

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