The O'Colly, Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Solar Eclipse Watch Party draws hundreds to Library Lawn

Grace Balducci Staff Reporter

Hundreds of students gathered on Edmon Low’s Library Lawn to watch the first total eclipse in seven years.

On Monday at 1:40 p.m., the Great North American Eclipse passed over North America from Mexico’s pacific coast all the way to Eastern Canada. Totality covered U.S. states from Texas all the way to Maine, covering major cities in darkness such as Austin, Dallas and Indianapolis.

With Stillwater reaching 93% totality, students were spread out from the library entrance all the way to Greek row. Students were standing and sitting around the perimeters of the Student Union.

Anna Porter attended the solar eclipse watch party.

“There are a lot more people than I expected, like the entire lawn is covered with people and everybody is just laying down with their friends,” Porter said. “I came here with my friends, and then my whole class, since I’m in class at this time, so my whole class came out here as well”.

Several OSU professors canceled their Monday afternoon classes to give students the chance to watch the rare phenomenon. Afterall, the next total solar eclipse will not occur until August 22, 2044.

It took around four hours for the moon to completely pass the sun. Students used this time to soak up the nice 70 degree weather, spreading out on picnic blankets with peers.

Grace Baldwin explained how she saved her Monday afternoon for the solar eclipse.

“My mom brought it up a lot,” Baldwin said. “Because she was like, ‘That’s a once in a lifetime thing. You know, you should do that.’”

Additionally, Edmon Low Library staff handed out solar eclipse glasses throughout the day for students who needed them. Without using the correct protection, one’s eyes can become damaged from looking directly at the sun. Peyton Harris said wearing the glasses was cool but had expected the event to be a little more interesting.

“It didn’t really live up to my expectations only because I saw the same thing back in 2017, and when I saw it then it was a partial eclipse too” Harris said. “So I felt like I was expecting more because it’s been hyped up for the past month and it’s been 7 years since the last one occurred in the US.”

Stillwater hammock

do’s and don’ts

Bella Casey News and Lifestyle Assistant Editor

The weather is warming up, and the grass is getting greener. It’s time to break out your hammock.

Whether you recently moved to Stillwater or you are not familiar with local hammock spots, it can be hard to find the perfect spot to set up a hammock. Check out these do’s and don’t for how to hammock on and off campus.

Don’t bring your hammock to Boomer Lake. The trees there are small and twiggy, so they are not suitable for supporting a hammock. Instead, bring a picnic blanket or plan to study on one of the park benches.

Do bring your hammock to campus and attach it to the hammock posts on campus. There are hammock posts outside Classroom building. Bring friends! There are enough posts for multiple hammocks, and those who don’t have a hammock can hang out in the spider web.

Don’t attach your hammock to trees on campus. Use the hammock posts on campus to keep OSU’s trees healthy and beautiful. Hit the library for some studying after you hammock, or bring your hammock to class and relax outside afterward.

Do bring your hammock to Sanborn Lake. Sanborn Lake is only a few minutes off campus and is near the Stillwater Airport. While you’re there, walk the trials, fish the pond or enjoy the view of the lake from a picnic table.

See Hammock on 7

Provost Dr. Jeanette Mendez kept her word.

During the faculty meeting on March 12, Mendez said she planned to have a new dean for the College of Arts and Sciences. She announced her task was complete during the faculty council meeting on Tuesday.

Dr. Melinda Croaccepted the position of Dean and Professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures and will also hold the Puterbaugh Foundation Endowed Chair, established to promote excellence in teaching, research and scholarship in CAS. “It was an exciting

process,” Mendez said. “It’s always a heavy list, the number of candidates that we interview, but we are excited.”

On March 8, Oklahoma State announced Dr. Hanchen Huang as dean, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the holder of the Donald and Cathey Humphreys Endowed Chair of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. Huang started at his position on April 1 due to prompt

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Hundreds of students and staff set up blankets and lawn chairs across Library Lawn to watch the solar eclipse. See Eclipse on 8

Davis has ‘best outing yet,’ Ehrhard provides offensive spark and more from OSU’s Bedlam series win

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Josh Holliday didn’t know what to expect from righthander Gabe Davis in Sunday’s Bedlam series finale.

Davis, a sophomore pitcher for Oklahoma State, began the season as a high-end reliever for the Cowboys after a hot ending to the 2023 season. However, since being moved into a starting role, Davis’ mound production has regressed. It made the hours leading into Sunday all the more stressful in OSU’s eventual 9-5 series-clinching win over OU.

Through Davis’ first five six outings of the 2024 season, he showed flashes of immense upside. His pitch command appeared fixed. His breaking pitches had more and sharper break. And his mental appearance was rather tame on the mound, despite an occasional mishap that would occur. Davis had surrendered only two earned runs through 17 innings of work in that span.

So, Holliday and pitching Rob Walton opted to move Davis into a starting role. Since, Davis had reverted to his habits a season ago. Through two starts against TCU and West Virginia, he allowed a combined two earned runs and six total through 3/1 innings.

But Holliday elected to stick with Davis for Game 3. Sunday’s result was productive. Although Davis didn’t exceed four innings of work, he surpassed his season-high when starting, logging four innings while striking out four. Not to mention, Davis was likely on a pitch count watch as the OSU coaching staff works to stretch Davis’ pitch total throughout the season’s course.

Still, it was enough to keep a potent Sooners in check long enough to allow OSU’s bats to ignite. And once they did, six runs were plated in the bottom of the seventh, en route to a win in the Bedlam rubber game.

“I’m very proud of Gabe. (That was) his best start to date,” Holliday said. “He really grew up a little bit today. It was real positive for him and our team.”

Ehrhard erupts offensively

After beginning the season with a .167 batting average through his first 10 games (6 for 36), center fielder Zach Ehrhard leads OSU with .360 average seven weeks and 32 games into the season.

Against Oklahoma, Ehrhard went 6 for 13 at the plate (.462 batting average) with two home runs – both of which came during Saturday’s game –and eight RBI.

Ehrhard is emulating his peak form displayed his fresh-

man season in 2022 -- .332 batting average, .427 on base percentage, .407 slugging percentage over the past two weeks. In that span, he has accumulated a seven-game hit streak, going 17 for 29 in that span (.586 batting average) while collecting 12 RBI.

A prospect is often slotted into the lead-off spot in the batting order for his tendency to get on base. Ehrhard has done just that the past two weeks.

“You look up and down the lineup and Zach Ehrhard

has been great,” Holliday said. “(We) need him to keep being great.”

Ortiz finding groove at the plate

Holliday has boasted about the productive of his freshman core.

Leading that front is second baseman Avery Ortiz, who Holliday said “came about” during OSU’s Bedlam series win over the weekend.

Ortiz joined Ehrhard with a two-home run game on Saturday, logging the first of two multi-hit games on the weekend.

Against the Sooners, Ortiz went 5 for 13 (.385 batting average) with seven RBI.

“I just played the game hard,” Ortiz said. “Just trusted in my process and my approach going up to the plate.” The injury bug has been recurrent for OSU over the season’s course. D1Baseball preseason All-American Nolan Schubart, Aidan Meola, starting catcher – who is out for the season with a season-ending leg injury – and Tyler Wulfert have each accrued an injury. Yet, the

Cowboys have kept winning. Largely due to newfound contributors such as Ortiz.

And that likely won’t change in the coming weekends. “Young Avery Ortiz had a really nice series,” Holliday said. “(He was) hitting in a leverage position in the batting order. He came up repeatedly with runners on base. And he delivered multiple big hits over the weekend.

“That was huge for us to have.”

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OSU center fielder Zach Ehrhard went 6 for 13 at the plate against OU this weekend.

Former Stillwater baseball star Holliday promoted to Baltimore Orioles’ MLB roster

Trevino Staff Reporter

Stillwater’s shining son is getting a longawaited call-up.

The Baltimore Orioles promoted Major League Baseball’s No. 1 prospect, Jackson Holliday, to the big-league roster Tuesday night. The former Stillwater High School baseball player is the son of Matt Holiday, a seven-time AllStar and World Series champion outfielder who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in January. OSU baseball coach Josh Holliday is his uncle, and Jackson’s younger brother, Ethan, is also projected to be a future top draft pick.

Holliday, shortstop and second baseman, was the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB draft and signed a $8.19 million signing bonus, the largest given to any high school player.

In his senior year at Stillwater High School, he won Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year, broke Philadelphia Phillies’ catcher J.T. Realmuto’s single-season hit record in the state and bats .685 with 17 home runs and 30 stolen bases in 40 games. Holliday was committed to Oklahoma State before entering the draft. Holliday soared through the minor leagues, quickly becoming the league’s best prospect. He went through rookie ball, A-ball, Double-A and Triple-A in less than two years. Many expected the 20-year-old Holliday to make the MLB roster after a dominant spring training but was sent to Triple-A for more development to elongate his service time in the major leagues for future contracts. In his first at-bat of the minor league season, he hit a home run.

The Orioles won an American League-best 101 games last season and are one of the favorites to make the World Series this year. Baltimore’s rebuild has included many former No. 1 prospects such as Holliday, including infielder Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman. With Holiday and other stars still growing, the team’s already proven success and available cap-space to sign big name free agents, the Orioles may be a dominant force in MLB for a decade.

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Gabriel

People gathered on library lawn to watch Monday’s eclipse.

All photos by Marcus Conrad

Freshman . . .

The new Student Sucess Center will be located on the first floor of the Agriculture Hall where 30 freshman academic advisers will help first-year students navigate college. Among other reasons, Baker reiterated this change has as its goal to give advisers room to grow with new positions and give students the emotional, psychological and academic support neede during the students first year.

Students who come in with enough credits to be declared as juniors will have a hybrid system because Baker said they are 18 and may still struggle with bigger decisions. Find more information about the new centralized academic advising at The O’Colly. Baker said 29 of the 30 new fresh-

man academic advisers are hired and they have made an offer for the 30th. Part of the advisers will start their new position on May 1, but because some of the new advisers have current positions in different departments at OSU, they will start in June. The different start dates will lead to two training dates.

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A TRIUMPHED END!

“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering , and the time of my departure Is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day, and not to me only but to all who have loved His appearing.”. (2 Tim.4:6-8 NKJ)

Here is a man who has lived a life in serving the Lord Jesus and others. He is in a prison cell, expecting his execution at any time. According to history, Paul was beheaded at Rome.

In his last words to a young man and minister, Timothy; Paul was looking ahead to greater and lasting judgement that would come from Christ himself. A

well done to a good and faithful servant. We all can take encouragement from his life of service to the Lord and his vision of something much better that awaited him.

As Jesus neared the end of his life. He prayed:to God “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which you have given me to do. And now, O Father, glorify me...with the glory which I had with you before the world was.” (Jn.17:4-5 NKJ)

Brother and Sister in Christ: Let us set our goal for a triumphed ending by finishing the work God has called us to do. If it be large or small to our eyes; no matter! Let’s be faithful to that calling and receive a greatly blessed entery into the eternal presence of God. Remember, this life is not the end. It is only a short beginning that will last for eternity.

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The new Student Success Center will be at the Agriculture Hall.

Don’t leave your hammock behind when you move to college. Bring it with you and set up at a local lake or at the hammock posts on campus.

Hammock . . .

Don’t let directions fool you, the lake is hidden behind the baseball and softball fields. Don’t choose hammocking over homework. Do both! Bring your laptop or notebooks with you to knock out a

few assignments while spending time in nature. Use your phone as a hotspot or write notes in a notebook.

Do bring your hammock to Lake McMurtry. Lake McMurtry has plenty of trails and tons of trees to choose

from. Be sure to purchase a day pass, or you may get a parking ticket. Bring your dog along or pack snacks and spend the day at the lake.

Stillwater was not in the total eclipse zone, students were not able to experience the world going dark. Nonetheless, many still stayed to watch the event with peers. “I would say yes, it did live up to

my expectations because I had never experienced an eclipse that was as almost in total as this one, because the only other one I had seen was like, halfway covered” Porter said. “So I didn’t really know what to expect. And so I would

say it definitely did(live up to my expectations). Because I had never seen anything like it before and it was fun being on the lawn watching it with so many people”.

Without glasses, looking directly at the eclipse could cause severe eye damage.

Classifieds

Business Squares

Come check out the wide variety of elegant clothing at Formal Fantasy!

Located on 121 E. 9th Ave, Downtown Stillwater

The best selection of beer, wine and liquor that Stillwater has to offer! Perfect for all your game day needs, come to Brown’s Bottle Shop located on 128 N. Main

“The Original Hideaway, located on the corner of Knoblock and University. Serving quality pizza and more since 1957.”

Murphy’s Department Store

815 S Main, Downtown Open 10-6 Monday thru Saturday

Houses for rent

Cowboy Calendar

Wednesday, April 10

Kids’ Night @ 11a.m. - 11 p.m.

Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar

https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater

Live Trivia Night @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Iron Monk Brewing Company

https://www.ironmonkbeer.com

Louie’s Bingo Night @ 8 p.m.

Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar

https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater

Music & Movement @ 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Location: Stillwater Public Library

https://stillwaterok.gov/168/Library

Adult Writing Workshop: Getting Started @ 6 p.m.

Location: Stillwater Public Library

https://www.stillwaterok.gov/LibraryRegister

Wednesday Bingo Night @ 9:30 a.m.

Location: The Union Beverage Co.

https://linktr.ee/theunionstilly

Singo Wednesdays @ 7 - 9:30 p.m.

Location: Em Curators of Craft

https://curatorsofcraft.co/pages/weekly-events

Cowboy Tennis: OSU vs. Wichita State @ 6 p.m.

Location: Greenwood Tennis Center

https://okstate.com/sports/mens-tennis/schedule

Cowgirl Softball: OSU vs. Tulsa @ 6 p.m.

Location: Cowgirl Stadium

https://okstate.com/sports/softball/schedule

Week Of the Young Child @ 6 - 7 p.m.

Location: OSU Family Resource Center

https://reslife.okstate.edu

Southern National Holstein & Jersey Show & Sale @ 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Location: Payne County Expo Center

https://pcexpocenter.com/event/southern-nationalholstein-jersey-show-and-sale-move-in-day/ Stillwater FFA Plant Sale @ 4 p.m.

Location: Stillwater FFA Building

https://www.stillyffa.com

Open Mic Night 2024 Competition @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q

https://badbrads.com

Thursday, April 11

5th Annual CAPM Benefit Concert @ 7 p.m.

Location: The Great White Buffalo Tavern

https://www.facebook.com/events/8738459410928

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Clay Art Academy @ 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Admission: $100 (Ages 8 -10)

Location: Prairie Arts Center

Daily Horoscope

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Linda Black Horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (04/10/24). Generate opportunities for financial growth this year. Go for your dreams with steady, disciplined efforts and win. Abandon outworn habits this summer for a productive, creative autumn. Navigating winter changes with your partner inspires your autumn work, health and energy. Spin lucrative opportunities into gold. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Negotiate a lucrative deal. Profitable opportunities develop through communication and social networking. Prepare and research behind the scenes. Clarify and simplify. Think long term.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — You’re gaining influence. Take charge for the results you want. Dress for success. Share what’s possible and how to participate. Make it happen.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Put extra effort into planning and organization to adapt with recent changes. Avoid noise or crowds. Find a peaceful spot to consider possibilities.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Contribute to a common cause. Coordinate communications and generate positive action. Inspire others to rise by example. Listen with empathy. Lend a helping hand.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Professional opportunities are ripening. Let prospects develop naturally. Maintain your responsibilities. Don’t worry about the future. Take advantage of both luck and discipline.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Explore options. Monitor conditions to expand boundaries. Get involved in a fascinating conversation. Expand your networks and connections. You’re learning fast. Note your discoveries.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Collaborate for shared gain. Share thoughts, priorities and dreams. Together, you can resolve a financial challenge. Fortune benefits your joint venture. Listen and learn.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Strategize with your partner. Deepen your connection with shared experiences and fun. Romance is possible. Communication plus action equals unbeatable. Celebrate accomplishments together.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Focus on health and fitness objectives. Surrender excess baggage. Practice builds strength. Nurture yourself with what your body needs now. Prepare for high performance.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Have fun with your inner circle. Balance business with pleasure. Luck follows disciplined action, especially regarding love and romance. Express what’s in your heart.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Domestic modifications have your focus. Fortune

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