Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Since 2021, over 40,000 students ranging from pre-K through 12th grade have been provided with engaging, hands-on
OSU CEAT K-12 STEM program making an impact across Oklahoma
success.
Louie Lopez, director of Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Math from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, visited the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology’s STEM program this week to explore what opportunities Oklahoma State University was providing for
Oklahoma students. In 2021, Dr. Paul Tikalsky, Regents Service Professor and Don and Cathey Humphreys Endowed Chair, was awarded $6 million, the largest university grant in the National Defense Education Program from the U.S. DoD. Since then, over 40,000 students ranging from pre-K through 12th grade have been provided with engaging, hands-on activities that inspire and prepare them to pursue career paths that are vital to the nation’s safety and
OSU engineers achieve first-of-its-kind sample collection using UAS
Just as a runny nose, warm forehead or body aches can indicate a person’s well-being, researchers can detect details concerning a dolphin’s well-being through an exhaled breath.
As you might imagine, collection of a dolphin exhalation is likely harder than it sounds. However, a group of researchers from Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education – along with biology researchers from Stephen F. Austin State University and members of Dolphin Quest, an organization dedicated to creating meaningful connections between people and dolphins – did just that using an unmanned aerial system (UAS)
The recent first-ofits-kind breath sample capture, made at Dolphin Quest’s Hawaii location, is part of ongoing research efforts, started in 2019, to observe and document health and stress levels in dolphins affected by human disturbance.
“We’ve recently had success in the collection of mucus from a dolphin, using an unmanned aerial system during a field test at Dolphin Quest Hawaii,” said Dr. Jamey Jacob, director of OAIRE. “The breakthrough demonstrates that sample collection is feasible using a UAS that has little to no impact on the animal.”
The system used for sample capture has been through several iterations, overcoming performance obstacles and determining the vehicle
The Department of Defense employs roughly 300,000 STEM professionals across the United States.
“We are committed to building our nation’s future, and that starts with investing into the youth of our communities,” Lopez said.
Several OSU alumni came to speak with Lopez, sharing how OSU led them to a successful career and seeing what the DoD STEM grant was allowing the university to
offer to the next generation.
CEAT’s K-12 DoD STEM program offers camps and outreach opportunities across Oklahoma. Lopez toured three of these during his visit this week.
One camp was held at the new Garden Oaks Community Center. This center is run by the Alpha Community Foundation of Oklahoma, a nonprofit organization established by members of the Beta Eta Lambda Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The 21,000-square-foot building was acquired in July 2021 and has undergone significant renovations thanks to generous community members’ monetary and labor donations. The center is designed to offer civic engagement, educational outreach, health and wellness, and community service to the northeast Oklahoma City community.
The center was buzzing with students working on catapults, jumping robots and even building
FM radios.
Councilwoman and Senator-elect Nikki Nice expressed gratitude for the partnership between the Garden Oaks Community Center and CEAT.
“What is happening here speaks to the lives that have been changed and will continue to change through programs like these,” Nice said.
from this season.
OSU football position preview: Defensive line
The O’Colly is previewing the eight Oklaho -
ma State football position groups during the next four weeks. Next up: the offensive line.
Mike Gundy hasn’t shied away from his perception of his team’s defensive line depth in 2024. The Oklahoma State head coach is adamant that the Cowboys’ defen-
sive depth in the trenches is immense.
“I know we have depth at that position,” Gundy said. “I don’t know how deep — I guess we’ll have to see. But I’m confident with the depth and (experience) I know that we do have.” To Gundy’s credit, OSU returns 21 starters from its 2023 roster, the
most in college football. That includes nine starters on defense and two on the defensive line. The unit is unequivocally among, if not the most experienced, in the sport. But is it deep enough?
In 2023, Gundy hired Bryan Nardo from
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that would pose as little impact to the dolphin as possible.
The engineers at OAIRE decided on a fixed-wing airframe that houses a collection device in the nose of the aircraft.
During field testing, the aircraft flew along a designated flight path and coincided with the release of a dolphin by trainers in hopes that the aircraft could fly through a plume as the dolphin breached the surface and exhaled.
“It was a bit of luck and a bit of practice,” said Daniel Gassen, a research and development engineer
with OAIRE who continued this research from his master’s thesis. “We collected the sample during our last week at Dolphin Quest Hawaii, so it was very exciting to experience success with little time left on our visit.”
The device uses an iris, much like a camera, that opens to a tube which houses an electric fan, which, when switched on, creates a low-pressure area in front of the aircraft and effectively sucks the sample into the tube.
The team estimates that the sample gathered was enough to determine DNA, location tracking and viral load for the animal. However, they believe the sample will need to be two to three times larger to assess hormone levels and provide a more
comprehensive health assessment of the animal.
The teams’ ultimate goal is to determine the health of wild dolphin populations that may have been impacted by human actions like oil spills, boat noise or environmental events.
“As of now, we’re using off-the-shelf aircraft,” said Zach Yap, an OAIRE engineer and project member since 2022.
“However, we believe that a specially designed airframe would allow us to house a larger collection device and perhaps fly at slower speed so that we can stay above the pod of dolphins and have a longer duration inside the plume.”
The partnership with Dolphin Quest has been instrumental to the suc-
cess of this monumental, first-of-its-kind breath sample capture. From learning more about the mechanics of a dolphins breath plume during trips to Dolphin Quest Bermuda or experiencing the first successful breath sample capture at Dolphin Quest Hawaii, the handson, personal interactions with Dolphin Quest staff and animals allowed for a better understanding between engineer, biologist and marine mammal.
“Dolphin Quest was thrilled to host Dr. Jason Bruck from Stephen F. Austin State University and Dr. Jamey Jacob and his team from Oklahoma State University’s Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education to further their cutting-edge conservation
research using drones,” Dolphin Quest leadership said. “These scientific studies introduce novel and enriching experiences for our dolphins. Our crew members find collaborating with visiting scientists rewarding, and seeing science in action gets our guests jazzed about marine mammal conservation, too.
“Scientific discoveries like these are possible because of the incredible trust that exists between our dolphins and their caregivers. This relationship, coupled with large natural saltwater habitats, creates an ideal setting to develop and test new technologies that will help us better understand how to protect threatened and endangered dolphin species in the wild.”
As the team makes advancements on the aircraft, the hope is to travel to the Gulf of Mexico soon to field test with wild dolphins and begin collecting data that may help researchers better understand these protected marine mammals.
“This project truly is at the heart of our land-grant, extension, outreach, and One Health initiatives at OSU,” Jacob said. “Our hope is that future researchers will have a UAS that can accomplish data collection on hand and be able to conduct these studies with greater regularity. Until then, OAIRE is happy to lend our expertise to this impactful project.”
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Zach Yap, a research and design engineer for OSU’s Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education, launches a UAS in hopes of collecting a breath-plume sample from a dolphin at Dolphin Quest Hawaii.
Allen: Deion Sanders is the gift that’ll keep giving for the Big 12 post OU, Texas
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Deion Sanders leered at a reporter.
Befuddled and seemingly offended by the question, which posed that the Colorado head coach might face heightened expectations in comparison to other Big 12 coaches, Sanders spoke.
“Yes,” he said during this year’s Big 12 Football Media Days in Las Vegas. “I’m judged on a different scale… my wins are totally different than your wins.”
Sanders’ quote sparked engagement throughout the college football realm. Yet, it simultaneously reminded all about the obvious. Sanders’ unorthodox natures – his flare, flashiness and moxie – is a good thing. Specifically for the Big 12, as it embarked on a new era as a conference after ushering newcomers Colorado, Utah, Arizona State and Arizona in on Aug. 1.
On July 1, a little more than a month ago, longtime Big 12 Conference members Oklahoma and Texas officially joined the Southeast Conference, finalizing a move that had been in the works since July 2021, when both schools accepted invitations to join the conference.
That said, it should be no secret that without the Sooners and Longhorns, the Big 12 won’t have the same aura it has for almost 30 years. But don’t be mistaken; it won’t, by any means lack it. And Sanders is a prime — or a Prime Time — example of why.
First, let’s address the obvious – his pedigree as a football figure speaks for itself. Even casual football fans know Sanders. After college ball at Florida State University, he played for six NFL teams and earned himself a professional Hall of Fame career.
Now, those same folks — and other men, women and everyone in between who flipped on their TV last fall to watch Sanders — know him for being the Buffs’ bold and boisterous leader. The figure who recharged a program that had been mostly dormant since the 1990s. The figure who shocked the sport nearly a year ago when
Colorado upset a then reigning national runnerup TCU in Fort Worth with a 45-42 win and then rhetorically cried “Do you believe?” in postgame interviews as reality seeped into the minds of college football fans.
And his coaching tenure at Jackson State University — where he went 27-6 — is worth mentioning, too. Often during a televised Colorado football game, jerseys, hoodies and other attire attributed to various HBCU schools can be seen in the stands at Folsom Field in
Boulder.
Why? Because of the way he shifted the dynamic of HBCU football at the Division-I level.
During Sanders’ tenure at Jackson State from 2020-22, he inked six recruits who were rated as four-star prospects or better. That, of course, included former five-star Travis Hunter, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2022 class, who has since taken college football by storm with Colorado as the best two-way player since Sanders’ Florida State days.
The attention that Sanders draws might not match or surpass the buzz the conference once held, but the current sample size should suffice. For now.
According to Nielsen Ratings data, in 2023, Colorado dominated opposing TV viewership numbers. And by a notable amount.
Of course, the argument could be made that another season similar to last year’s 4-8 campaign could result in dwindling viewership for the Buffs’ games in the coming
years. But Colorado’s recruiting success, the visible improvements in Year 1 of Sanders from 2022’s 1-11 team and the returning star talent of Hunter and quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, shows the Buffs are here to stay. A successful 2024 season might solidify that. Because after all, Sanders’ wins are in fact judged on a different scale, whether we realize it or not. The wins garner more buzz, while the losses provide more criticism and quick-fire
skepticism.
That’s why, when their teams aren’t playing, OSU fans and others of seasoned Big 12 programs should be rooting for the Buffs this season. Because the long-term financial success of the conference might just depend on it. There is no Texas and OU. Only Sanders, Colorado, and whatever two Big 12 schools are contending for a conference title each respective season.
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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders before a game against Nebraska at Folsom Field Sept. 9, 2023, in Boulder, Colorado.
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Lopez also visited a Boys and Girls Club in Oklahoma City, where OSU students were teaching second graders about rockets. He then traveled to Stillwater and toured the ENDEAVOR lab, which hosted a STEM camp where students learned robotics, computing, and basic engineering skills.
At these camps, OSU uses a near-peer teaching style. Attendees are taught by college students who look like their older brother or sister, which makes them more comfortable and willing to interact.
The DoD aims to provide multiple pathways to STEM careers for pre-K through Ph. D.-level students. The goal is that their affinity for math and science will grow through programs like CEAT’s K-12 STEM DoD.
“The hope is that they will go on to work in the defense sector, but even in universities and industry where they can play a part in keeping the nation safe,” Lopez said.
Lopez also shared scholarship opportunities that the DoD offers like the SMART scholarship for service program with camp attendees and OSU students. This combined educational and workforce development opportunity for STEM students offers full tuition, a living stipend, internships and a career.
While the program focuses on providing basic engineering skills, it also focuses on another skill: grit. Tikalsky notes that they focus on building students’ confidence to continue trying even after failure because that is when they learn and grow.
“It’s about the perseverance you have to get to the answers, knowing that there is a way to solve the problem— that it’s not insurmountable,” Tikalsky said.
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3 homemade summer treats to enjoy
Kennedy Thomason Editor-in-Chief
With Oklahoma’s heat continuing to keep things warm, you can enjoy refreshing treats to get a reprieve from the high temperatures. Here are three summertime treats you can make.
Frozen lemonade A fun and easy treat, this drink is a refreshing take on a summer classic. Like making a smoothie, pour your lemonade into a blender. Add ice and water to the mixture to blend it smoothly. Blend becomes a smoothie-like texture. Add in extra sugar if you like your lemonade a little sweeter. You can explore lemonade outside of its regular form, trying pink lemonade or blueberry.
GOD’S WONDERFUL LOVE GIFT!
“But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Ro.5:8 NLT)
One of the important foundations of our faith is the extent of God’s love for us. It is how far He would go to help us in our sinfulness. If we were to face the righteous judgment of God without his help, we all would be eternally lost; separated from God and all that is good, and it would be forever.
Homemade ice cream
Although it might take some extra time and effort, the result is worth the work.
Making your own ice cream requires you to have an ice cream maker. Make sure you chill the bowl and prepare your ingredients a few hours in advance. You will need milk, cream, sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Mixing vanilla ice cream is the easiest – and one of the most delicious – types to make, though you can try your hand
with other flavors, too.
To level up your ice cream, you can grill peach slices and add them as a topper. Rainbow sprinkles also work as a fun, summery topping. Mix in your favorite candies to customize your sweet treat.
Watermelon pops A summer classic, watermelon is a great way to stay hydrated while enjoying a treat.
Cut up a watermelon into triangles or rectangles. Use popsicle sticks to create your own
hand-held treats.
If you want to go for extra presentation points, you can use an ice cream scooper to make watermelon balls. Those can be a finger food or also skewered with a popsicle stick.
What does he ask from us? When we learn (hear) the message of God’s love, of Jesus’ sacrifice for us; we trust him, admit our need(our sin), and honestly thank him for his love gift. God forgives all our sins and declares us righteous in his sight.(Ro.5:1) He also gives us a new life within. We are “born again”, and we begin a new and real relationship with God. It is a love relationship; “We love him because He first loved us.” (1 Jn.4:19)
“How great is the love the Father (God) has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 Jn.3:1 NIV) Not by any works we have done, but receiving freely Gods love gift. It is free to all!
John 3:16 expresses that simply. “ God so loved the world! God went to great lengths to supply a way for us “not to perish;” not to be separated in eternal regret from all that is good and wonderful. It is God who took the initiative. We are so dead in our sins that we did not even see our need fully. To save us, God sent his Son, Jesus, to die for us; to pay the penalty that was rightfully ours, so that we, humans, could go free.
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Division II Gannon University in Pennsylvania to coordinate the Cowboys’ defense. In a two-year span, Nardo revamped Gannon’s defense from a bottom-tier unit to a respectable one through his 3-3-5 scheme.
Since Gundy’s first season as head coach in 2005, the Cowboys have played a four-down scheme. Naturally, an abrupt transition to a three-down concept raised questions about OSU’s defense heading into the 2023 season.
But Nardo’s unit exceeded most expectations. OSU’s defense wasn’t great, but it was feasible. At least, good enough to guide it to an appearance in the Big 12 Championship game and a 10-4 campaign.
In 2024, Gundy knows his defense must improve for the Cowboys to elevate themselves as a program. Specifically, the defensive line.
A year ago, OSU ranked 96th nationally in run defense, allowing 166.8 rushing yards per game and 4.56 yards per carry. Gundy and Co. are hopeful another season under Nardo’s scheme will result in enhanced production.
Additionally, Gundy and Nardo are banking on surges from a variety of prospects. Some of which include Justin Kirkland, junior college transfer Iman Oates – both of whom Gundy said in the spring he sees garnering consistent reps – former four-star recruits DeSean Brown and Aden Kelley, and freshman Armstrong Nnodim. OSU also brought in former Gannon defensive end Obi Ezeig-
bro, who played under Nardo for two seasons and is already well-accustomed to the OSU defensive coordinator’s scheme. Gundy mentioned at Big 12 Media Days in Las Vegas earlier this summer how he wants to include some four-down concepts in the fall. Adding an extra body in the trenches,
he said, is likely to aid in stopping the run, especially against run-heavy teams such as BYU, Kansas State, Utah and South Dakota State, whom OSU opens its season against at home on Aug. 31.
“From Day 1, I have said I wanted to have the advantage and the luxury of playing some three-
and four-down,” Gundy said. “Not just on third downs, but on first and second downs. And we’ve worked toward that.”
Regardless, Gundy knows that overall success defensively derives from the trenches. And heading into this year, he’s excited for what’s to come.
“We’ve got a very
athletic defense, in my opinion,” Gundy said. “I think that we can run and get to the ball.
“I think our players will have a better feel for our system, and (it) will allow us to play faster and get to the ball. And we need to tackle better. We missed a lot of tackles (last year). (We) got out of place at times on some play action passing. (But) if we can eliminate those two things and minimize that, we’ll be a better defense.”
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In Bryan Nardo’s second year as defensive coordinator, OSU is expected to have some four-down concepts.
Mike Gundy hoping offensive line, wide receiver depth translates to success in 2024
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Mike Gundy didn’t shy away from reality.
On Saturday afternoon, during Oklahoma State’s annual football media day, the OSU head coach highlighted his team’s depth as a noteworthy facet ahead of its season opener against reigning FCS national champion South Dakota State on Aug. 31 at Boone Pickens Stadium. That noble sentiment, of course, was centered around the offensive line.
“A best-case scenario would be that we could get to the first game with the faith to play eight or nine (offensive linemen) in that game,” Gundy said. “It’s the one position that really gets fatigued.
OSU’s offensive line returns seven prospects who, at one point a year ago, held a starting position. Add veteran Arizona State transfer Isaia Glass and former UNLV transfer Noah McKinney, and Gundy has his list of “eight or nine guys” that could garner consistent reps Week 1 against the Jackrabbits.
However, in past years, particularly in recent ones, such depth in the trenches hasn’t been present. Injuries have played a factor. So has midseason regression from some players.
But heading into 2024, Gundy said he is adamant
that will not be the case. Another spotty position health-wise, one which the Cowboys are known from a skill standpoint, is wide receiver.
In 2021, five freshmen wide receivers — Rashod Owens, John Paul Richardson, Jaden Bray and Bryson and Blaine Green (the latter four of whom are at different schools now) – guided a gashed
wide receiver room in an eventual 12-2 season for OSU. A year ago, the Cowboys suffered such a multitude of injuries within that unit that Gundy was forced to pull the redshirt of former Division-III George Fox transfer Leon Johnson III. Still OSU managed a 10-4 season. But again, this year is dissimilar. Gundy
and Co. return all three starters at wide receiver from a year ago and bring back former Washington State wideout De’Zhaun Stribling – who suffered a season-ending broken left wrist injury in Week 3 against South Alabama, which was first reported by The O’Colly. And with the additions of Oklahoma transfer Gavin Freeman and
Virginia Tech transfer Da’Wain Lofton, Gundy, like the offensive line, believes his wide receivers will play a vital role in OSU’s 2024 success.
“We were very fortunate to win as many games as we have with the situation we’ve had from an injury standpoint at those two positions,” Gundy said. “Now, we’ve got a number of guys that
have played, and we actually could rotate guys and keep some of (the starters) fresh. And if we do get a guy that gets banged up a little bit and has to miss some time, we don’t have to hold our breath every play.”
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST
THURSDAYS IN AUGUST
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OSU head coach Mike Gundy said he hopes to play eight or nine offensive lineman in the Cowboys’ season opener.
Dr. Ying Zhang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University, has received a $1.1 million subaward from a $6 million National Science Foundation grant for the project “Accelerating Community-Centric Energy Transformation through Artificial Intelligence-Driven Digital Twinning for ClimateAware Resilience.” Zhang will co-lead
this project as the OSU principal investigator, collaborating with New Mexico State University, the University of AlabamaHuntsville and Montana State University. Together, they will address the critical challenges of climate change and aging energy infrastructure — with a special focus on underserved communities. The OSU team will develop artificial intelligence and digital twinning techniques to optimize energy use, integrate renewable sources more effectively and improve overall climate resilience. This fundamental research will focus on planning, operating and
simulating the climate-energy nexus while leveraging large language models for effective data analysis and interpretation.
“Back in 2021, while living in Texas, I witnessed how the winter storm severely disrupted the energy infrastructure, particularly impacting underserved communities,” Zhang said.
“Since then, one of my research efforts has been focused on using data intelligence to enhance smart grid resilience under climate change. I felt excited when Dr. Di Shi from NMSU informed me about his funding opportunity, and we quickly developed the initial pro -
posal idea based on our shared research interests. This award was further made possible through the hard work and dedication of team members from electrical engineering, computer engineering, earth and atmospheric science and political science.”
This project also supports STEM education and workforce development in minority communities by including Dr. Jason F. Kirksey, vice president for Access and Community Impact and Gina Miller, director for the Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (OK-LSAMP) program.
COPPER CREEK
“We are excited to collaborate with this timely and significant NSF research project addressing climate change impacts in an equitable manner,” said Kirksey, who also serves as principal investigator for the $4M NSF OKLSAMP grant.
“OK-LSAMP Scholars will gain invaluable research experience and opportunities with cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and renewable energy systems that better equip our students to compete and contribute to the global workforce. Additionally, by raising awareness about the benefits of renewable energy, the project encourages
sustainable engineering practices within local communities.”
Zhang notes that the proposal’s success was assisted by the collaborative effort and support from many.
“I am particularly grateful to my colleague Dr. Hantao Cui from ECE and others from CEAT for their support during the proposal submission, which began in my first month at OSU,” Zhang said.
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Cowboy Calendar
Wednesday, August 7th
Bingo Wednesdays @ 8 pm
Location: Louie’s Bar & Grill
https://louiesgrillandbar.com/locations/stillwater/
Free Breakfast for Veterans @ 8 - 10 am
Location: VFW Post 2027
https://www.facebook.com/VFWPOST2027/
Louie’s Kids Night @ 11 am - 11 pm
LocationL Louie’s Bar & Grill
https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater
Singo Wednesdays @ 7 - 8:30 pm
Location: Baker and Gambill’s EM
https://curatorsofcraft.co/pages/weekly-events
Structured Open Play Wednesdays @ 7 - 9 pm
Location: Stillwater Indoor Pickleball Club
Admission: $8 per person
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Team Trivia Live Wednesdays @ 10 pm - 12 am
Location: College Bar
Wednesday Bingo Night @ 9:30 pm
Location: The Union Beverage Co.
https://linktr.ee/theunionstilly
Weaving Wednesdays @ 11 am - 4 pm
Location: OSU Museum of Art
https://museum.okstate.edu/learn/programming.
html
Karaoke with Jared & Friends 9 pm - 1 am
Location: George’s Stables
https://karaokewithjared.com/
Live Trivia Wednesdays @ 7 - 9 pm
Location: Iron Monk Brewery
https://www.ironmonkbeer.com/
Louie’s Bingo Night @ 8 pm
Location: Louie’s Bar & Grill
https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater
Open Mic Night 2024 Competition @ 7 - 9 pm
Location: Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q
https://badbrads.com/
Summer Farmers Market @ 8am - 12 pm
Location: Prairie Arts Center
https://www.stillwaterfarmersmarket.com/
Thursday, August 8th
Dan Martin Live @ 8 pm - 11 pm
Location: Zannotti’s Wine Bar
https://www.zannottiswinebar.com/zannotti
Fiber Arts Group Thursdays 6 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Prairie Arts Center
https://artscenter.okstate.edu/
Joe Mack Live @ 7 PM
Location: Stonecloud Brewing Company
Daily Horoscope
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Linda Black Horoscopes
Today’s Birthday (07/31/24). Pull with your team for victory this year. Disciplined, coordinated partnership builds financial strength. Conditions rearrange summer travels or studies, before ample autumn profits benefit family accounts. New creative projects flower this winter, leading to springtime bounty and profits. Collaborate with friends for common gain.
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 — Focus on income generation to maintain positive cash flow. Adjust spending. Not everything goes as planned. Keep expectations realistic and scheduling flexible. Delegate when possible.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — You’re generating buzz. Enjoy a self-confident phase. Take action for what you want. Fortune favors personal initiative. Use your power responsibly. Lead with heart. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Organize and prepare now for increased productivity later. Listen more than speaking. Sort, file and discover buried treasure. Make repairs and handle messes.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Confer with allies and listen with intent. Find common ground on tough issues. Cultivate leadership. Put in a good word for someone else.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Consider professional priorities. Take advantage of a lucky break to advance. Spontaneous opportunities can have lasting benefits. Keep an open mind. Review options and choose.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Get into an adventurous phase. Explore near or far. Study and investigate. Costs can vary widely. Don’t waste funding on something you don’t need.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Collaborate to reap opportunities you didn’t see before. Seek and discover lucrative possibilities. Completion leads to profits. Beat a deadline and win a prize.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate with your partner. Stick to familiar routines. Listen to loved ones and especially children. Enjoy simple pleasures together. Listening nets more than speaking. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Practice your moves before a performance. The possibility of mechanical or technical error is high. Keep things simple and elegant. Slow and rest after.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Spread seeds of generosity. Love blossoms when least expected. Entertaining distractions abound; take care of business first. Express your artistry and creative ideas. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Discuss home renovations or changes with your family. Pay attention to everyone’s needs. Go over options. Don’t touch savings. Work up a practical budget. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is
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Present your argument tactfully. Think diplomatically, and choose words carefully. Anticipate resistance. Practice your persuasive arts.
