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GOP’s Haley takes fresh jabs at Trump’s age, legal challenges Victoria Cavaliere Bloomberg News
GOP presidential contender Nikki Haley took fresh jabs at party frontrunner Donald Trump’s legal troubles, age and recent gaffes on Sunday, hours after a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in which she mocked his refusal to debate her. Haley, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” criticized the former president’s attempts to stymie an immigration bill being debated in Congress, and said his campaign is focused on portraying him as a victim instead of as an advocate for the American people. Trump, she said, is “absolutely playing politics” by telling Republican lawmakers to shoot down legislation that would strengthen security at the southern border to prevent President Joe Biden from seizing a victory on immigration. “He shouldn’t be getting involved, telling Republicans that wait until the election because we don’t want this to help Biden win,” she said. “We can’t wait one more day.” Haley has come under a series of attacks from Trump recently, including taunts about her gender and ethnicity. He mistakenly said Haley — then a private citizen — was in charge of security at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, confusing her with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. During her CNN interview, Haley called Trump “flawed” on a personal level, while also taking aim at both his and Biden’s age.
Tribune Content Agency Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley greets attendees after speaking at the Vision ‘24 National Conservative Forum March 18, 2023, in Charleston, South Carolina.
“Why are we allowing ourselves to have two 80-year-olds who can’t serve eight years, who both are diminished, whether it’s in their character or in their mental capacity?” Haley remains a long-shot for the nomination after suffering defeats in the first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Polls show her well behind in South Carolina, which holds its primary this month and where she served as governor. Even still, several prominent Wall Street executives and deep-pocked Democratic donors, including LinkedIn
co-founder Reid Hoffman, have donated to Haley, fueled in part by dismay at the prospect of a rematch between Trump and Biden in November. Haley also said that Trump’s myriad legal issues should be a concern for voters, and his campaign continues to press the narrative that he’s a victim. “We have got a country in disarray and a world on fire,” she said. “We need a president that’s going to give us eight years of focus and discipline, not one that’s going to be sitting there ranting about how he’s a victim and how this isn’t right and how this isn’t just.”
“He hasn’t once talked about the American people, and that’s the problem I have with all of this,” she added. As Haley presses ahead with her campaign, she made a cameo appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” teasing Trump for confusing her with Pelosi and over his refusals to meet his opponents on the debate stage. “Are you doing OK, Donald? You might need a mental competency test,” she said to the show’s regular Trump impersonator, James Austin Johnson. news.ed@ocolly.com
Conduct soil test now ahead of spring planting Courtesy of OSU News
Bryson Thadhani The Student Union Activity Board hosted its annual clothes drive, the Nearly Naked Mile, on Thursday.
Undies everywhere
‘Nearly Naked Mile’ collects clothes for Stillwater community Grace Balducci Staff Reporter
Seeing 86 students run by in their underwear while sitting at the Student Union Plaza, Natalie Byrd paused. On Thursday the Student Union Activities Board held the Nearly Naked Mile. Participants were encouraged
to wear clothes they were one started taking off their willing to take off to donate clothes and I was, I don’t to the Stillwater community, know, I just thought it was a then run a mile around cambunch of frats or sororities pus wearing minimal clothing. doing something crazy. And Byrd was unaware of the then I wasn’t expecting them event happening on campus to run. I thought they were goas she sat outside the Student ing to do activities here. Then Union enjoying the weather they just took off.” and a book. Jordan Erme, a SUAB “I was really confused,” member and director of the Byrd said. “I thought they Nearly Naked Mile, said the were just having an event philanthropic event began in where you just hang out since Winter 2021, and so far, it has it’s nice outside. Then every- remained an OSU event only. See Undies on 6
Selecting the right flowers, trees and shrubs for the landscape is important, but having quality soil to grow them in is one of the keys to successful gardening. How does a gardener determine if the landscape has quality soil? According to Casey Hentges, Oklahoma State University Extension associate specialist and host of OSU Agriculture’s “Oklahoma Gardening,” a soil test will help homeowners answer that question. “The best time to conduct a soil test to evaluate the nutrient status of the soil is when plants aren’t growing. Now is a good time of year as long as the soil isn’t frozen,” Hentges said. “A soil test will provide gardeners with two important pieces of information. First, it will give a baseline reading of soil nutrients to determine amendments that may need to be added to the soil. Second, it provides information used for making fertilizer recommendations that will enhance the soil to support a plant’s growth cycle.” Not enough fertilizer in the soil limits plant productivity, but when too much is
applied it’s wasteful and can pose a threat to the environment. With a soil test, gardeners are empowered to manage soil nutrients for proper plant growth while avoiding excess nutrients that can harm the environment and may be an unnecessary expense. There are 16 essential nutrients plants need to grow, and most come from the soil. In addition, Hentges said plants need favorable soil chemical conditions as indicated by the soil or pH. “While nutrients are important, a routine soil test will also tell you the soil’s pH,” Hentges said. “In some cases, the soil has plenty of nutrients, but if the pH is off, this can prevent the plant from taking up the nutrients. This will require the gardener to adjust their soil pH.” To collect a good soil sample, gardeners must obtain soil samples from various locations throughout the lawn and garden areas, said David Hillock, OSU Extension consumer horticulturist. “It’s recommended to test a reas sepa rately that a re managed differently. For example, the vegetable ga rden may need to be tested sepa rately from the lawn if ga rdeners have been managing it differently,” Hillock said. See Soil on 5