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Gunman kills four at Tulsa hospital OSU-CHS alumna among the dead

Victims include Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences alumna, Dr. Stephanie Husen, Preston Phillips, another St. Francis doctor, William Love, a patient and Amanda Gunman and patient of one of the Green, a receptionist. victims killed four people at St. Francis Tulsa police said Thursday that Hospital on Wednesday.

Louis blamed a doctor at the facility for Michael Louis bought an AR-15- ongoing back pain after a surgery at the style weapon on the same day of the hospital and vowed to kill anyone that attack and proceeded to shoot and kill got in his way. four people, including his own doctor, before turning the gun on himself.

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Courtesy News on 6 A gunman opened fire earlier this week on workers at St. Francis hospital in Tulsa after the gunman was facing reported backpain.

Not Petty Unselfish playstyle helping OSU offense ahead of WCWS

End on a high note

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Thompson, a graduate senior for OSU, is looking to leave his final mark on college baseball in the postseason.

OSU baseball relishes moments together in championship pursuit

In those days, the small pieces of adhesive paper contained messages of modest, but at the time important, goals to build off Every time Jake of. Running a certain time Thompson sees himself in or throwing 90 miles per the mirror, he visualizes his hour on an infield pass were goals. among the objectives.

Since his days at But the goals became Albert Lea High School in loftier. Once in Stillwater, his home state of Minnesota, Thompson placed a triad of the OSU outfielder has kept notes on his mirror. Hit .400 sticky notes posted to his for a season, earn Big 12 mirror that serve as perpetu- MVP and obtain All-Amerial reminders of benchmarks can status. of success.

“I didn’t get the .400,

Braden Bush Staff Reporter

didn’t get the conference MVP, but hopefully we can get the last one,” Thompson said.

A .349 batting average left the sixth-year senior shy of his aim at the plate.

And while selected as a First Team All-Big 12 outfielder this season, the league MVP accolade eluded him. But not all is lost, as an All-American selection is still obtainable with quality postseason production.

Parallels can be drawn between Thompson’s indi-

vidual season and Cowboy baseball’s season. A regularseason conference title escaped OSU’s grasp in the waning weeks of the season, and a duo of losses to Texas doomed its conference tournament aspirations.

Two goals, two boxes left unchecked.

However, there’s more to play for. Just like the AllBig 12 left fielder’s mirror, there remains sticky notes penned with achievable results for the Cowboys.

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Carwile and Chelsea Alexander got hot during the season, and Evans secured her spot, Petty was to the Gabriel Trevino relegated bench.

Sports Editor Rather than complaining or feeling disheartWhenever ened, Petty kept Karli Petty forces working, helpan out on the dia- ing her team in mond, the sound any way possible system at Cowgirl while finding Stadium plays a herself in and out fitting soundbite. of the lineup.

“I’m petty, “When I I’m petty, I’m don’t know if I am petty, I’m petty.” going to play or The pun is not I try my best obvious, but the to help the team phrase is opposite anyways,” Petty to how Petty acts said. “I want to on the softball be behind everyfield. one, I’ll jump and In the 2021 scream and do season, in which whatever it takes. the OSU CowWhatever I can do girls reached the to help the team Women’s College succeed, I’m goWorld Series, ing to do it.”

Petty started 59 Despite not games for the finding a perclub, batting .292 manent spot in and hitting eight the field, Petty’s home runs while batting progressed playing at second throughout the base. season, forcing To open coach Kenny the 2022 seaGajewski to find son, Petty, now places for her, a junior, wasn’t even if it’s at found at second positions Petty’s base, rather in left rarely ever pracfield, as freshman ticed at.

Brianna Evans now roamed the spot where Petty once held. After the bats of outfielders Katelynn See Petty on page 3

Dynasty re-defined Fix continues to revitalize OSU’s international tradition Braden Bush Staff Reporter The Pistol Pete lobby on the north side of Gallagher-Iba Arena serves as a testimonial to the longstanding tradition of Oklahoma State wrestling.

Plaques on the walkway above the OSU mascot’s statue list the prominent numbers.

Thirty-four NCAA team titles and 143 NCAA individual

titles. Dozens of conference champions and hundreds of All-Americans.

But as Daton Fix walks by those markers of achievements on his way to practice, different names and digits stick out from the collegiate records.

Ones of Olympic success.

World Championship success.

The 24-year-old claims two of OSU wrestling’s 50 World Championships appearances (2019, 2021) and the program’s 19th medal at the event – a silver in men’s freestyle at 61 kg in 2021. Now, Fix

is back in Stillwater to compete in Final X on Friday, looking to earn a third appearance as a U.S. World Team member.

“It’s awesome,” Fix said.

“I’m grateful it’s here. A great opportunity to make another world team and in my home state. Hopefully there will be a lot of people here to support me, and it’s gonna be exciting.”

Historically, OSU wrestlers have been commonplace on the podium at the World Championships. Greats such as Dave Schultz, Kenny Monday and coach John Smith have all

collected gold medals. And silver medals are held by Bobby Douglas and Lee Roy Smith.

But the stranglehold lost some grip. In a 28-year span from 1966 to 1993, 17 World Championship medals were won by seven Cowboy wrestlers. In the 28 years since, the medal count is only two – one apiece from Fix and Daniel Cormier.

Before Fix’s runner-up finish a year ago, a bronze by Cormier in 2007 was the lone World Championship medal won by an orange singlet in

the 21st century. And his 2021 World Team spot made him the first multiple-time World Championship qualifier from OSU since Obenson Blanc (2010, 2013).

So these opportunities mean extra to Fix. “Carrying on that tradition of international success is something that I take pride in,” Fix said. “It’s one of the reasons I came to Oklahoma State was to carry on that tradition.

And the best way I can do that now is to go win a gold medal.”

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NCAA Women’s College World Series Information

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World Series Preview The Cowgirls are heading for their third straight WCWS appearance.

Cowgirls' expectations have changed Sam Hutchens Staff Reporter When Chelsea Alexander was at the Women’s College World Series, the pinnacle of college softball, her freshman year in 2018, it was anything but glorious.

“I was, like, man, this sucks,” Alexander said. “This is not fun.”

The reason for her disappointment? Alexander was not playing.

Oklahoma State had been eliminated in regionals a couple weeks prior and the Cowgirls’ left fielder was merely in Oklahoma City as a member of the WCWS event staff.

Instead of stealing bags on the diamond, the speedy Alexander was relegated to unloading the bags of her competition. After taking bags from the busses of team that made the WCWS and moving them to the field, Alexander put a declaration in writing.

She would be back. As a player.

“I don’t know if he remembers this, but I texted Coach (Kenny Gajewski) after that and I was like, ‘We’re going to the World Series next year,’” Alexander said. “That was kind of a big statement for a freshman or going to be sophomore for a program that hadn’t been back -- or been to the World Series in a decade or however long it had been.”

Four years later, Alexander and OSU are back. With a five-game losing streak firmly in the rearview mirror, the Cowgirls come to OKC with the intention of staying long enough to make good use of the bags they packed. “(We) learned how to kind of manage that as the season had gone on or was going on, and seemed to be playing our best softball right now, which is probably the most important thing,” Gajewski said. “Like these other seven teams, I think we’re all the hottest eight teams in the country, and whoever can stay hot can manage this.”

Gajewski, fresh off a five-year contract extension indicative of OSU’s recent success.

The Cowgirls are making their third consecutive WCWS appearance.

OSU’s has made it clear its goal is to win its first softball national champion-

ship.

“I think for the first time we had some kind of real expectations I would say internally for sure and maybe outside as well, with the amount of talent that we had coming back and we had added,” Gajewski said.

Senior third baseman Sydney Pennington said OSU’s high preseason ranking to begin the season may have contributed to things not going their way. She said the ranking, No. 3 in the nation, may have led to OSU getting big-headed, but the Cowgirls have overcome it.

OSU won the Big 12 Tournament championship and is undefeated in the postseason.

Pennington said by doing the small things right and resetting, success has come. They are hoping doing the small things well will allow them to accomplish their ultimate goal.

The Cowgirls play Arizona on Thursday night at 8:30 at USA Hall of Fame Stadium.

“Now I just feel, like Coach G said, we’re just getting hot and playing really good right now,” Pennington said. “No better way to peak than now, so excited.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

OSU has been placed in an opening bracket with Arizona, Oregon State, and Florida. The winners of this bracket will play Saturday at 6 p.m. and the losers will play today at 8:30 p.m.

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House divided Elish sisters diverging paths converge in OKC

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Courtesy Casey Elish Miranda and Madi Elish, born five years apart, are set to face off in the Women’s College World Series.

Petty...

Continued from Page 1 “(Petty) is a freak,” Gajewski said. “She can play anywhere.

She can play outfield, third, second, first base and we even had her catch before. It’s not easy, but I can play her anywhere.”

During the Big 12 championship game, when Evans found herself in a slump both offensively and defensively, Petty returned to her own stomping grounds at

Miranda and Madi Elish have both come a long way from working out together in their basement in Crown Point, Ind. Figuratively and literally.

When Miranda left for Oregon, leading the Ducks to back-to-back Women’s College World Series appearances, Madi, five years younger than Miranda, played travel ball, where she received an offer and committed to Arizona during her freshman year of high school.

Four years later, Miranda, an All-American with Oklahoma State, and Madi, a freshman pitcher at Arizona, will face off in the first round of the 2022 Women’s College World Series.

The extra year of eligibility given to Miranda due to the COVID-19 shortened season allowed her to return for another year, otherwise she would have graduated before Madi reached the college level. Despite her sister being the former No. 1 prospect

second base, where she stayed throughout the postseason.

During OSU’s game two victory over Clemson in the Stillwater super regional to send the Cowgirls to their third straight Women’s College World Series, it was Petty who launched a fourth inning home run to nearly guarantee the victory.

“If I can put my bat on it, it’s going to go far,” Petty said.

For Gajewski, who has been forced to sideline and throw her into situations that would be uncomfortable for most players, seeing Petty strive in big

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and becoming the national player of the year, Madi wanted to form her own path.

“Madi does her own thing,” Casey Elish, Miranda and Madi’s father, said. “Miranda played for the Beverly Bandits travel team out of Chicago, while Madi wanted to play for the Orange County Batbusters.”

While in high school, Madi looked up to Miranda, but had to train and practice without her sister, who only returned during summer and winter breaks.

Even without her former workout partner’s help, Madi became a top-ranked prospect in her own right, heading to Arizona at the same time Miranda picked up her bat, entered the transfer portal and found a new home in Stillwater.

Casey, along with Miranda and Madi’s mother, Dawn, have traveled throughout both their daughters softball journeys, catching games in Oregon, Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona. Throughout the years, Casey noticed similarities in his daughter’s pitching style, one that is immediately noticeable. “(Madi) is not as demonstrative (as Miranda), but she’ll first pump and let out a yell every now and then,” Casey said. “But yeah, (Madi) is highly competitive.”

This weekend, the Elish

family will be together in Oklahoma City, the site of the Women’s College World Series, watching both Miranda and Madi compete for a national championship. In order to not show favorites, the family will be cheering for both of their daughters.

“We have talked some, it’s been kind of fun,” OSU coach Kenny Gajewski said. “This is kind of wild, the fact that they’re here and we’re going to be playing them in the first game. Her dad and her brother are gonna be on Arizona’s side and her mom and her aunt are going to be on our side, trying to kind of make it fair.

So I told them they don’t have to make a fair decision; they can all be on our side, but we’ll see where that goes.”

After the outcome of the only opportunity for direct competition between Miranda and Madi, Casey believes the family get-togethers during holidays will never be the same for the competitive Elish family after Friday’s game.

“I imagine there’s going to be some smack talk,” Casey said.

“I like smack talk, it’s fun.”

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moments and return to the lineup consistently after not seeing much action this season, is why he enjoys coaching.

“Karli has been in and out of the lineup, but she continues to work,” Gajewski said. “There’s a lot of talent on this team, and it’s really hard to manage. Then when you see people like Karli who are going in and out of the lineup, then they perform in big moments, it’s gratifying.”

Abby Smith Petty, who started at many different positions this season, is finding her place at second base for OSU this postseason.

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Summer Game Fest announces lineup Peyton Little Staff Reporter

Courtesy of Tribune News Service “Stranger Things” is back for Season 4. From left: Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson and Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield.

‘Stranger Things 4’ Episode 1 review Connor Gray Staff Reporter After a threeyear drought of no new “Stranger Things” content, there had been much anticipation for the newly released “Stranger Things 4” on Netflix. The first episode of the new season, “The Hellfire Club,” shows right from the beginning that this season of the series is going to be darker, more gruesome and scarier than anything we have seen before in Hawkins, Ind. where the “Stranger Things” world takes place.

Despite this, there is still plenty of the trademark humor that comes with the group of kids we have all watched grow up to now expe-

riencing the highs and lows of high school in the 1980s. Whether it be the classic party of friends from previous seasons, or the new additions such as Joseph Quinn’s Eddie, there are plenty of laughs to be had. The introduction of Eddie gives us another character that is just a blast to watch every time he is on screen due to the charisma of Joseph Quinn.

Following the departure of the Byers family and Eleven along with them, their lives in California provide the viewer with some scenes that are equally heartbreaking and awkward, so much so that it is difficult to sit through due to secondhand embarrassment. There is an abundance of trauma going around resulting from last season whether it be Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven dealing with the loss of Hopper or Max grieving over her step-

brother Billy. Sadie Sink did a fantastic job in this episode as Max with her portrayal of grief and the anxieties she has seemed to develop as a result.

Utilizing great direction and writing as per usual in the series, “Stranger Things 4” uses the initial episode primarily to catch the viewer up as to how the cast has been over the last few months. With a relatively long runtime of 1 hour and 17 minutes, “The Hellfire Club” does well at continuing to evolve these fan favorite characters while also throwing new faces into the mix.

The first seven episodes of “Stranger Things 4” are available to stream now on Netflix and the final two episodes will be released on July 1, 2022.

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June is an excellent time for video game fans.

Without fail, a plethora of video game announcements always make their way into mainstream media over the summer.

This is usually in part to the massive event known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 for short. People gather from far and wide to experience different booths, watch reveal presentations and take in the displays on site. To the dismay of many, E3 has been canceled for this year, but a new competitor looks to step up and fill in its shoes.

Geoff Keighly has run a large-scale event known as the Game Awards ever since 2014, and recently in 2020, he started up Summer Games Fest to rival E3.

With the lack of E3’s presence this year, the

number of publishers hopping aboard Summer Games Fest is astounding, with over 30 major publishers announcing titles throughout the week via the digital presentations. These will all be displayed in a digital livestream stream hosted

by Keighly.

Here is a look at all the companies that will be showing off their titles during Summer Game Fest.

2k Activision Atlus Bandai Namco Bloober Team Capcom Coffee Stain Deep Silver Developer Digital Digital Extremes Dotemu EA Epic Games Focus Entertainment Frost Giant Games Humble Games Level Infinite Mediatonic MiHoYo Netflix Playstation Raw Fury Samsung Gaming Hub SEGA Square Enix

Skybound Games Steam Studio MDHR Tribeca Festival Warner Bros Games Xbox The event will kick off on June 9, and it will feature other publishers that will be announced during the week.

It is worth noting that two of the major console developers, Xbox and Playstation, will be seen at the showcase.

Playstation is hosting their own announcement livestream on June 2, so it may be interesting to see if they choose to announce anything new at Summer Games Fest. Notably, Nintendo will not be featuring their first-party work in the event, but that does not mean that Nintendo Switch games made by other publishers will not be seen at Summer Game Fest.

Overall, summer game announcements are just getting started, and Geoff Keighly’s Summer Game Fest is looking to kick it off with a bang. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

Via Google Images Summer Game Fest will be held in June 2022 and will feature a number of video game publishers.

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Karisa Sheely

The Cowboys are hosting a regional in the NCAA tournament after being ranked 7th.

Stillwater baseball regional coach Rob Walton and head coach Josh Holliday will likely look to lean on their traditional weekend rotation, whether it be Justin Campbell or Victor Rowdy Baribeau Mederos.

A name that could Staff Reporter be missing from the rotation is another RHP in The No. 7 OklaBryce Osmond. homa State Cowboys Osmond still sidelined completed their regular Osmond has been season and fell short of dealing with an uppera Big 12 conference title extremity soreness since last weekend. existing a start against However, the Cow- Texas Tech on May 14. boys worked their way On Monday, Holliday into hosting a regional stated there was “no spot thanks to a strong update” on if Osmond regular-season record and would be in the rotahigh RPI ranking. tion this weekend. Ryan Here are a few sto- Bogusz and Mitchell rylines heading into the Stone are two names that Stillwater regional. could work their way in Familiar foe as they both had solid Missouri State is a performances in the Big familiar opponent to the 12 Tournament.

Cowboys, as they hosted “I think a lot of the Bears earlier this sea- the kids are trending the son in a midweek contest, right way,” Holliday said. were OSU won 5-1.

“Kids throwing the ball Dillon Marsh got well. So yeah, I feel like the start and the win for there’s been a good opthe Cowboys, however, portunity the conference for this game, pitching tournament offered us.”

Oone big, long, blondehaired star Doersching, a fifthyear graduate student, never made the postseason in his first four years at Northern Kentucky.

During the Big 12 Tournament, Doersching hit six RBIs and two home runs. It took five years for Doersching to make it to the postseason, but the man with the best hair in college baseball will get to flaunt it on the biggest stage, on his home turf, an opportunity he calls “exceptional.”

“I think it’s an exceptional experience that I have with this team,” Doersching said. “Being able to bring it back here to O’Brate and be on the team that gets to first host it here means everything.

One of my biggest things is like, ‘it’s just more baseball.’ Any reason to play more baseball, I’m in for it.”

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at the start of the season because of all the new faces, but that the team immediately bonded.

And now, they’ve become inseparable.

“We spend every day together, whether we’re at the field or not at the field,” First Team All-Big 12 designated hitter Griffin Doersching said. “I don’t think I go a day without seeing the majority of my teammates.”

Personal goals like Thompson’s are now secondary to the team’s success in the upcoming weeks and playing for the right to continue growing with each other and competing.

Coaches and teammates alike are savoring every moment left together.

“The time that they’ve earned together to continue to compete and be together is special,” Holliday said.

“It’s the most valuable thing we have.”

The focus is obviously on taking care of business in Regionals first and not letting another goal pass them by.

Championship desires from early in the season are still in front of them.

Holliday said there’s no time to be distracted by the selection committee’s praise of OSU. So the Cowboys are doing what they’ve tried to do all season. Prepare, enjoy time together and give themselves a chance at their ultimate goal of competing for a championship.

“The greatest gift this time of year is time,” Holliday said. “That’s what we’ve earned – the opportunities to have more time together. Beyond that, it’s baseball. And you can’t get caught up in a celebratory moment and fail to recognize that, really, you worked hard all year long to be in this position so now you can go out and play your best.”

“There’s kinda like five championships throughout the year,” Thompson said. “There’s the regular season, then there’s the tournament, then you get the Regional and Super Regional and National Championship. It’s just kinda taking it one championship at a time and trying to win all of those.”

Those ambitions take stage against Missouri State in Stillwater on Friday. A No. 7 overall seed allows OSU to host an NCAA Regional, and advancement this weekend would allow a Super Regional host in O’Brate Stadium.

A diverse group of Cowboys share in this chase of unfinished business in their home ballpark. A COVID year enabled the creation of a team with super seniors and true freshmen.

The transfer portal has given opportunities for some to transfer in and taste success for the first time in their careers.

But they all get to experience it together in this unique year.

“Whether it was Jake Thompson, who came back for a sixth year of college as a grown man and has been a tremendous performer, a guy like Griffin (a graduate transfer making his first-ever NCAA tournament appearance), all the way to an 18-year-old in his first year of college, there’s just a lot of cool moments these kids are experiencing being on a team,” OSU coach Josh Holliday said.

Other than goals, more time together is what the Cowboys share.

Thompson said he felt like a new guy sports.ed@ocolly.com when he walked into the locker room

NCAA Baseball Stillwater Regional Information Friday, June 3 Game 1 – Arkansas vs. Grand Canyon – Noon (SEC Network) Game 2 – Oklahoma State vs. Missouri State – 6 p.m.

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Sunday, June 5 Game 5 – Winner G3 vs. Loser G4 – Noon (TV TBD) Game 6 – Winner G4 vs. Winner G5 – 6 p.m. (TV TBD)

Saturday, June 4 Game 3 – Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 – Noon (TV TBD) Game 4 – Winner G1 vs. Winner G2 – 6 p.m. (TV TBD)

Monday, June 6 Game 7 – Winner G6 vs. Loser G6 (if necessary) – 6 p.m. (TV TBD)

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Better promises Oklahoma’s Promise income requirements expanded

in obtaining higher-paying jobs. Michaela Goulart, a guidance counselor for Enid High School, spoke with The O’Colly Thursday.

Legislation to base in“It should be the goal come requirements on family of our state to encourage size for Oklahoma’s Promise young people to seek higher Scholarship Program was learning,” Goulart told The signed into law on WednesO’Colly. “As a high school day. This will benefit families guidance counselor, I have across the state and make the seen the benefits of this income cap for the program scholarship program. It has higher for families with more given hope to young people children. who would otherwise not Senate Bill 1673, have considered college an which was signed into law option. I have seen this hope

by Gov. Kevin Stitt before and financial opportunity the adjournment of the 2022 motivate parents to encourage session, will change the old their children to pursue higher cap from being the same for learning. Many of these every family, regardless of students are first generation the number of children, to college students. Their parents $60,000 for families with two are grateful that their children or fewer dependent children, are able to pursue a path they $70,000 for those with three themselves could not, due to to four dependent children and financial constraints.” $80,000 for those with five or Goulart went on to say more dependent children. how she hopes the income The new law will take ceiling of $100,000 will also effect in the 2022-2023 school be raised to appropriately year and will work to help match the new caps. the students in Oklahoma “I applaud our state

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Via Google Images Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that will increase the threshold for Oklahoma’s Promise, allowing more families to take advantage of the grant.

in its efforts to support our young people and provide as many opportunities for them to learn, in the hopes that they will decide to remain in Oklahoma,” Goulart said. “If we support our young people with such scholarship opportunities, we will hopefully see a return on this investment for years to come.”

Sen. Adam Pugh is the chair of the Senate Education Committee and is the Senate principal author of the measure.

“Obviously, the more

children you have, the more expensive it is to raise them, but until now, that’s never been a factor in determining income qualifications for Oklahoma’s Promise,” Pugh, R-Edmond said. “This is a common sense change that will increase access to the program and help even more Oklahoma students achieve their goal of obtaining a college education.”

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Construction worker dies after apparent equipment malfunction in Classroom Building

File Photo A construction worker was transported to Oklahoma Medical Center after a fatal accident occurred in the Classroom Building on OSU’s campus

curred around 5 p.m. on the first floor of the Classroom Building.

An ambulance was called at approximately 5 p.m. where Dunan was taken to Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Duncan was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival Teyte Holcomb to Oklahoma Medical Center.

News Editor In lieu of flowers, Duncan’s family requested that donations be Last week, a construction work- made to the Folds of Honor Organier working in the Classroom Buildzation. ing on OSU’s campus died from an This is an ongoing story and apparent equipment malfunction. more details will be published once Age 28, Brady Duncan was a they become available. construction worker originally from the Tulsa area, who handled projects all across the state. The accident oc- news.ed@ocolly.com

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)

Tulsa...

Continued from 1 On May 19, Louis went in for back surgery and Phillips, one of the victims, was the primary physician. After being released, police say that Louis “called several times over several days complaining of pain and wanting additional treatment.”

Louis went and saw Phillips on Tuesday and called Wednesday complaining again.

At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Louis purchased a semiautomatic rifle from a local gun store shortly before heading to the hospital. A few hours after the purchase, he began shooting the rifle in the hospital, along with a .40-caliber handgun he had purchased from a pawn shop on Sunday.

Authorities recovered a total of 37 bullet casings from the hospital—30 from the rifle and seven from the handgun. Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin told reporters that police recovered a letter from Louis detailing how he would “kill Dr. Phillips and anyone who came in his way.”

Police started receiving 911 calls at 4:52 p.m. and officers got to the scene within minutes. Louis committed suicide at 4:58—just 39 seconds after police entered the Natalie Building of St. Francis Hospital and just over six minutes after the shooting began. Within the span of 10 minutes, five lives were lost and many were injured.

St. Francis chief executive officer Cliff Robertson asked people in Tulsa and across the country to pray for the victims, families and workers.

“The three best people in the entire world, who are the most committed to doing what they do every day, didn’t deserve to die this way,” Robertson said.

“We grieve with the families after this senseless tragedy.

We grieve with the co-workers,” Franklin states. “And we pray.

We pray because we all need prayer.” 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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Fix is an elite competitor and well aware that his opponent is, too. Gross will be seeking vengeance. So he Continued from 1 isn’t thinking about the World Championship legacy just yet.

“If I don’t win these two First comes Final X, matches, then there is no gold where Seth Gross looks to medal,” Fix said. “So, these dethrone Fix on his home stage two matches are really imafter being tech-falled by the portant, and I’m definitely not World runner-up en route to overlooking anybody.” making World Team last year.

The field is even tougher

than last year, with more former Cowboys competing for the crown. For Fix, it’s just another reminder of how difficult it is to compete at the world level and have success like he has had.

But also a reminder that last year’s results guarantee nothing.

“It’s one of the hardest medals in the world to win – in any sport,” coach Smith said.

“Daton had a great tournament

Fix is looking to once again follow a lineage of Cowboy wrestlers who compete with team USA.

last year finishing second, just an eyelash away from being the world champ. This is where it starts for him. You gotta win your national championship and your trials in order to have a shot at being a World Champion. So nothing is given to you here, you have to earn it.”

Smith has spent his fair share of time competing on the world stage. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and

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four-time World Champion took it personal wrestling for the U.S., as his dad served in the army. But just like Fix, he carried the pride of OSU wrestling with him.

“It was something I was proud to be able to put on that singlet that said “USA” and always proud of the country I live in,” Smith said. “But make no mistake, I also was really proud to wear the orange singlet, too.”

Growing up in Sand Springs, Fix closely watched the prosperity of the OSU program. His father, Derek, and uncle, Dustin, were both OSU wrestlers. He was well aware of the program’s international success, including nine Olympic gold medalists, and he had aspirations of adding his name to the list.

But coach Smith pointed out a common theme in all of that history, which piqued Fix’s championship-caliber attention.

“Coach Smith was talking earlier about, you know, of the nine Olympic champions, eight of them are from Oklahoma,” Fix said. “So that’s a pretty unique thing that you have eight guys that won Olympic gold medals and they’re all from the same state. And being from Oklahoma, hopefully someday I can carry on that tradition of winning an Olympic gold medal.”

And as Smith leaned on the gun-slinging mascot’s statue in the same lobby Fix wanders, he talked about the significance of having internationally relevant competitors in the OSU program. Having another orange singlet in Fix competing for World Championship opportunities Friday at Final X continues the precedent and tradition set long ago.

“I think it’s important (to have OSU wrestlers competing for World Team), it’s important for us,” Smith said, then pointing at the world-level accolades on the far wall. “I mean, you go on that other side (where the plaques hang) and we give a lot of value to guys that are wrestling to be the best in the world.

So that’s important.” sports.ed@ocolly.com