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A March to Remember

OSU ROTC cadets participate in annual Bataan Memorial Death March

Thirty-three students from Oklahoma State University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs participated in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March on March 16 by ruck marching 26.2 miles through rural New Mexico.

Cadets participated in the heavy category, beginning their training in October by carrying 35 pounds on their backs around OSU’s Stillwater campus and Boomer Lake Park. Air Force cadets began carrying — and marched with — 15-pound 4x4 pieces of wood for an extra challenge.

“Stillwater doesn’t have mountains to train on,” said Lt. Col. Mike Cheatham, head of OSU’s Air Force ROTC unit. “We trained on a paved, relatively flat course, which was nothing like the loose gravel and mountainous terrain of the march. But when you look to your left and right and see others who are enduring the terrain, it makes it easier to push yourself and endure.”

The Air Force ROTC program brought 21 cadets to New Mexico, all of whom finished the march. The group placed seventh overall and first among other Air Force ROTC programs.

“The number of non-finishers for this event is staggering,” said Capt. Michael Vander Sys, Air Force ROTC operations flight commander. “There are helicopters and four-wheelers running all day to aid those who are unable to complete the trek. It’s truly incredible to see the endurance and resilience of our group. If they can push through this, they can do anything they set their mind to.” Cadets from the Army ROTC group placed fourth and seventh in their division. Capt. Burns Farley said that participating in extracurriculars like this march helps to build the ideal graduate.

“For us, it is purely about the experience,” Farley said. “From training to competing, we are instilling strength and resilience in our future service members, which is critical for our overall mission. They are able to prove to themselves and their peers that they are capable and willing to put in the work for a cause.” Marchers participate in the event for various reasons. The march itself is intended to serve as a memorial to the WWII soldiers who were taken as prisoners of war by the Japanese in the Philippines and experienced the Bataan Death March in 1942.

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OSU biosecurity institute awarded $1.8M to cultivate the next generation of professionals

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The Oklahoma State University Institute of Biosecurity and Microbial Forensics is offering a 2024 summer internship opportunity to Tribal Native American and Pacific Islander students interested in a career in agricultural biosecurity.

“The idea is that we will create a progression of people interested in biosecurity issues,” said Francisco Ochoa Corona, professor and researcher at the institute.

“Biosecurity is an important field because of the possibility of disruption to major industries, such as wheat, fruits and vegetables, by pathogens and micro-organisms contaminating our agricultural industries and ecosystems.”

The Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals Program

focuses on supporting and preparing students for careers in food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences across research, education and Extension with an emphasis on the federal government sector. Students from underserved communities are encouraged to apply. The USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture also funds the program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and University of Hawaii-Leeward Community College.

“We have had a lot of collaborations with other universities, so this was just a natural step for us,” said Maria Ma, a biosecurity expert at the institute. “The institute has been building a foundation for collaborative education in biosecurity since our founding director, Jacque Fletcher, established what the institute now has to offer.”

Ma said the program is a passion project for her, Ochoa Corona and assistant professor Andres Espindola because of the historic need for more biosecurity

scientists. Biosecurity is increasingly important due to the growing dangers of foreign pathogens in global trading.

The NextGen program will be a two-month paid summer internship for 10 undergraduate students interested in learning about biosecurity. NextGen will also offer a two-day workshop to 10 high school students to learn the basics of biosecurity and tour biosecurity facilities.

“Our goal is when the undergraduates are done with the training workshop, they will not only have a basic understanding of what agricultural biosecurity entails, but they will also have training in a specific area, such as microbiology or food safety,” Ma said.

The institute is also seeking master’s and doctoral students to join the biosecurity program in the fall of 2024. Doctoral students will have an opportunity to work internships in Australia and New Zealand.

Johnson’s journey from a Super Bowl to a State Championship

On Feb. 4, 2007, rain poured down for three brutal hours of football with all the lights and cameras flashing.

After battling it out for four quarters of wet and dirty war, one team was glorious and lifted the Lombardi Trophy. All the build-up, all the hype and it all came down to one game of 60 minutes for immortality.

The moment seems unimaginable to so many, but for former Oklahoma State lineman and current Stillwater offensive coordinator Charlie Johnson, it’s a lived experience.

A lifetime of work for that moment of glory.

“Being in Miami for the Super Bowl, it all kind of felt like a fever dream,” Johnson said. “It’s the only Super Bowl where it rained the entire time. To being dressed, to not thinking you are going to play, to having to play and then actually winning, it just felt like a combination of an unbelievable rookie year.”

More than 20 years of labor and long days for that one trophy, but that isn’t the trophy Johnson was most nervous about in his life. Johnson has been with Stillwater High School football for the past nine years and played football at OSU for four years. His story takes him from a town in Texas, to Stillwater to the NFL, to the Super Bowl and back to Stillwater, where he teaches the next generation how to grow as more than just football players.

His story begins in Sherman. The Texas town of around 45,000 is about as passionate about football as it seems on television. All the work Johnson put in during his high school days put him on a path to college and the pros. OSU and Stillwater was an easy decision for Johnson simply because it was the only school to offer him a spot on a football team. Stillwater is where his life got rolling and where he planted his roots.

“I made a lot of lifelong friends,” Johnson said. “Obviously, I played with a lot of good football players and my senior year is when I met my wife. It was a great experience.”

During most of his time at OSU, he didn’t think there was a chance of playing professional football, but during his senior year he moved from tight end to offensive line, and it piqued the interest of certain teams. In fact, it piqued the interest of enough teams for the young man to be drafted. When someone comes out of high school with one college offer, it usually means the NFL isn’t in the cards, but for Johnson, he got the call of a lifetime during the 2006 NFL Draft when he was selected in the sixth round by

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the Indianapolis Colts. “The Sunday when I got the phone call, it was kind of surreal,” Johnson said. “Like, ‘Wow, this is really happening.’ Having all our friends and family around, it was just obviously life changing.”

After a year of pro football, grinding it out with NFL Hall of Famers, such as Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy, the Colts and Johnson made their way to the Super Bowl. And he reached it in his rookie year. The word Johnson used to describe the whole experience: “unbelievable.” The Colts defeated the Chicago Bears, 29-17, and Johnson’s dream football story kept getting better. He held up the Lombardi Trophy that night in Miami and reached the peak of football.

So that’s where his story ends, right? That’s actually just the beginning for Johnson and his football life.

Johnson played football for a few more seasons, going to teams like the Minnesota Vikings before hanging up the cleats in 2014. He moved back to his wife’s hometown

of Stillwater and, since 2016, began viewing football through a different lens − as a coach at Stillwater High School.

“I love the game of football and wanted to be a part of it in some form or fashion, and what better way to do that than be involved in high school football,” Johnson said. “I think it is the purest level of football. I’m glad I did because it’s been awesome.”

Current Stillwater head coach Chad Cawood has been at Stillwater since 1998 and has seen Johnson grow as a leader since he arrived in Stillwater. Although Johnson played on football’s biggest stage, he never uses it as an ego boost or leverage in his coaching life.

“It’s one of those things that’s pretty cool if you sit back and think about it, that you got a Super Bowl champion that blocked for Peyton Manning that you coach with here at Stillwater, but you wouldn’t know that unless someone comes and asks because he doesn’t talk about those things,” Cawood said. “He’s just one of the guys, he’s coaching football

and loves the kids and wants to help them get better every day.”

Although Johnson won’t show it, having that Super Bowl experience gives young Stillwater players, such as 17-year-old Cornell Sin, a reason to listen.

“It kind of says it itself,” Sin said. “He’s won a Super Bowl, so why would I not listen to him?”

His players on offense show this to a tee. Julian Jacobs is only a 15-year-old sophomore and is growing as a football player because of his coach and his experiences on the field.

“He brought the high-level experience to the high school level, and it changed the game for us,” Jacobs said.

Enrique Sanchez, an offensive lineman for the Pioneers, said he’s never had a coach who brings the experience Johnson has.

“He was a great player, and he knows how to make other players great,” Sanchez sa id.

As his players and coaching staff said, he wants to play a part in the kids’ success, and his experience helps him do

that. Just like he did as a player, he reached high ceilings as a coach.

On Dec. 2, 2022, more than 15 years after that rainy day in Miami, Johnson saw that three-hour battle in a different way. This time, he was on the sidelines coaching the Pioneers in the Class 6A-II state title game.

“People ask that, and I always tell them I’m more nervous for (the state title game than the Super Bowl),” Johnson said. “Because you feel like when you are playing that you have control over what can happen because you are actually doing it, but when you are coaching in a championship game it’s up to somebody else. You can give these kids the answers, but it’s up to them to do it.”

Stillwater ended up having the answers and won the state championship that day, and Johnson got to hold up a different trophy. A trophy that most wouldn’t compare to a Super Bowl, but one that Johnson views in a higher light.

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Charlie Johnson, Stillwater High School’s offensive coordinator, played four years at OSU and was part of the Indianapolis Colts’ Super Bowl win in 2007.

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From watching the Philadelphia Flyers, to living his dream working in hockey.

Meet 54-year-old Mike Iles, Oklahoma State’s hockey public address announcer. Iles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but moved to Oklahoma in 1975. Iles currently resides in Tulsa.

Iles started getting into hockey in the early 1980s going to Tulsa Oilers games before the Central Hockey League folded in 1984. One of the games Iles remembers was a kid’s stick hockey night. Iles still has the stick to this day.

In 1992, a new CHL formed and Tulsa was one of the six cities to get a team. Iles was a season ticket holder for a few seasons at the Tulsa Convention Center before the BOK Center was built.

During the 2001-02 season, Iles ran into a guy a CHL goal judge. The goal judge passed Iles’ phone number to a crew chief with interest in working for the CHL. While a call didn’t happen that season, Iles caught his break next season.

Iles got a text with interest working and got to work. Iles got to do what’s called “touches.” Iles wrote down the players who would touch the puck and when the goal is scored, Iles tells the public address announcer who scores the goal and who has the assists.

In his second season, Iles got his first experience doing PA. On a Friday, Iles was asked to do PA announcing

with Jim Douthat doing play-by-play in the final game of the season. Iles continued doing the PA announcer for the Jr. Oilers and was the backup PA announcer for the Oilers in the ECHL. Iles also has experience announcing kid’s basketball and wrestling. OSU hockey was first established in the Fall of 2021 and is part of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA).

first few games in Tulsa, OSU had about 200-300 people. Games this season had fans from 300-500 people Iles remembers. A few members in the stands consisted of the “Paddle People.” OSU hockey was moving from Edmond to Tulsa late last season. When OSU moved to Tulsa, Iles thought it was a great idea having for OSU to establish its own identity. “Establishing yourself here, and establishing your own roots, and your own market,” Iles said. From announcing wrestling, basketball and hockey, Iles loves what he does. When it comes to getting experience in sports, Iles has advice. “You got to be heard,” Iles said.

Timely pitching aids Cowboys to 9-5 win over Wichita State

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Bogusz knew the task at hand.

Bottom of the fifth inning. Runners on second and third. No outs. Oklahoma State clung to a three-run advantage, with Wichita State already having plated two in the frame. The scenario was high-leverage. But Bogusz, OSU’s senior righthanded reliever, had been in such scenarios before.

Thus, his aurora heading into a paramount moment in No. 21 OSU’s 9-5 win over Wichita State at Riverfront Stadium on Tuesday night remained parallel to those past – stone-cold.

“Minimize damage,”

Bogusz said. “That’s what I was thinking. Get in there, keep the game under control and stop the bleeding.

“I’d been in situations like this before. It was the same thing. Same role. Nothing new.”

One quality swing could change the game’s trajectory entirely. Still, Bogusz remained poised.

One pitch into the at-bat, Bogusz logged the frame’s first out, drawing a ground out from Shocker first baseman Ryan Callahan. Two at-bats later, Bogusz escaped the jam unscathed, recording a strikeout and a line out to left field to end the frame, silencing the faint crowd of 1,592.

“That was a big moment in the game for us,” OSU coach Josh Holliday said. “Keeping the damage minimal like that. That’s big. (Wichita State is) one swing, one hit or one fly ball or ground out from scoring another there and old Ryan Bogusz does his job. That’s huge.”

The Cowboys’ (22-11) pitching staff stranded 16 Wichita State runners on base. And Bogusz’ fifth-inning heroics wasn’t the only time OSU escaped peril.

In the bottom of the seventh, Ryan Ure relieved Bo -

gusz after the Shockers (19-14) recorded a one-out double and walk. Ure, who is two weeks removed from his first appearance since the 2022 season after missing last year due to Tommy John surgery, logged consecutive outs to escape the jam. One inning later, in the bottom of the eighth, righty Evan O’Toole pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam without surrendering a run.

One of the most notable discrepancies between last season’s pitching staff is the tendency to escape jams. A season ago, OSU pitchers would occasionally let the situation get the most of them. Thus, the stress of various high-leverage moments would end treacherously.

This year, Holliday and pitching coach Rob Walton have plugged those holes. They have leaned on veteran arms with a culmination of reeling in experience from the transfer portal in the offseason.

And so far, it’s sufficed. Tuesday’s win can be a blueprint to display that.

“Four guys came in and inherited someone else’s mess and managed to clean it up,” Holliday said. “That’s good. Great for us. That’s just good relief pitching.”

The pitching staff received enough cushion after the offense plated five runs over the first three innings, three of which came courtesy of walks in the second inning. OSU batters were walked a season-high 13 times, in addition to being hit by a pitch on three at-bats.

“I think it was us taking our walks and being collectively patient at the plate,” designated hitter Nolan Schubart said. “That’s what we’ve done all season long and it’s what we’ll continue to do from here on out.”

Then, with his team leading 5-2 in the top of the sixth, Schubart cleared Riverfront Stadium with a 414-foot bomb to lead off the frame. It marked Schubart’s second home run in the past five days and his sixth

on the season. And Holliday used a similar word to describe this one. “Majestic,” he said. “That looked very similar to the one he hit at West Virginia and the one he hit over the weekend against Oklahoma. Those three balls have all had that same towering trajectory. You absolutely knew they were gone.” OSU plated three more runs in the top of the eighth

for insurance before two-way player Carson Benge closed the game to finalize a win. Although Benge surrendered two earned runs in the final frame, perhaps it was fitting that the game ended with an OSU pitcher escaping a jam to clinch success. It hasn’t always been pretty or come in ideal fashion, however, when it has mattered, the Cowboys’ pitching staff has come through in key moments. If the group wants to reap the success Holliday believes they can, that can’t change.

“We’re going to keep getting better as a group,” Holliday said. “I’m happy where (our pitching staff) is right now. But we’ll keep developing and progressing and hopefully get to the point we want to be at.”

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Relief pitching from players such as Ryan Bogusz (53) got OSU out of several jams and helped lead OSU to a win against Wichita

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

$1.8M . . .

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The institute is also seeking master’s and doctoral students to join the biosecurity program in the fall of 2024. Doctoral students will have an opportunity to work internships in Australia and New Zealand.

“The idea is they make connections with biosecurity professionals in other countries, so they can compare

what we have in the U.S. to what they have in other countries with advanced biosecurity systems and learn from those differences in the future,” Ochoa Corona said.

Through the NextGen program, Espindola will train graduate students on cutting-edge sequencing technologies and bioinformatics and artificial intelligence for rapid and accurate pathogen detection and biosecurity measures.

“Our institute has a remarkable track record in bioinformatics, having developed the Microbe Finder (MiFi), a powerful pathogen detection tool that has piqued the interest of stakeholders both nationally and internationally,”

Espindola said.

The program will be offered for four years starting in 2024 and alternating between host sites at the University of Hawaii and OSU, where it kicks off this summer. Students must be Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander or Tribal Native American. Students and faculty will research food biosecurity practices and diagnostics, food crop diagnostics, electronic programs for detecting pathogens and biosecurity costs. “There will be a lot of exchange between our Hawaiian students and Oklahoma students,” Ochoa Corona said. “Biosecurity is regionally depen

dent, so Hawaii has unique challenges that are different to the biosecurity challenges of Oklahoma.”

Students interested in the program should email pacon@hawaii.edu or visit the PaCoN website. This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture under award number USDA-NIFA-ARPAED-009362 for $1.9 million. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture

The NextGen program will be a two-month paid summer internship to teach undergraduate students about biosecurity through microbiology and food pathogens and safety.

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“The event evokes shared suffering for a good reason,” Cheatham said. “There is a symbolism behind it and that’s what we as leadership are trying to help guide them through. We want to convey to cadets that they are about to join a service that has a history to it, and we don’t want to forget what that history is.”

OSU teams and individual cadets have been attending the march for years. In 2024, the ROTC programs had their largest turnout yet. For the Air Force ROTC, this was the first year they sent female cadets.

Air Force ROTC cadet Amanda Eilerman marched for a family member who experienced the Bataan Death March.

“I felt incredibly compelled to honor him and the men who died on Shinyo Maru,” Eilerman said. “There was no better way to do that than to complete the Bataan Death March. It’s a great honor for me to be one of the first women from OSU to participate in the march. The military is growing more and more in female representation, and it’s awesome to be able to say I experienced it firsthand.”

Air Force ROTC cadet Sydney Shearer crossed the finish line with tears in her eyes. She credits her success to taking criticism as a challenge.

“Many were worried that I wouldn’t be able to complete the race due to my stature,” Shearer said. “While I appreciated their concerns, it also frustrated me a bit. I committed to myself that I would finish this race no matter what it took. So, I put my head down and prepared myself in every way that I could.

“I not only completed the race, but I’d gone above and beyond by carrying the second heaviest pack our group had; I hauled 51 pounds through the desert. It was a bittersweet end to something I never thought I’d see myself do.”

Before competing, the Air Force ROTC group visited Holloman Air Force Base. Cheatham said providing these experiences to cadets is typical, but the staff at the base went

above and beyond. “When you think about the Air Force, it is so much bigger than just flying aircraft,” Cheatham said. “Exposure on these base visits really opens the eyes of our cadets to careers and opportunities that they might not even have realized exist. The vice wing commander spent nearly an hour with our cadets and answered their

questions, which is a really big deal.”

Learn more about the OSU Air Force and Army ROTC programs by visiting their websites.

The march memorializes the WWII soldiers who were taken prisoners of war by the Japanese in the Philippines and experienced the Bataan Death March in 1942.

Students and community members participated in a rock swap on Saturday.

“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.

photos by Bryson Thadhani

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Thursday, April 11

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

Location: The Great White Buffalo Tavern

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

Admission: $100 (Ages 8 -10)

Location: Prairie Arts Center

https://artscenter.okstate.edu

Early Bird Parenting Class @ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Our Daily Bread

https://www.ourdailybreadstillwater.org/upcomingevents

Kids’ Night @ 11a.m. - 11 p.m.

Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar

https://www.facebook.com/LouiesStillwater

Kids Night @ 5 - 9 p.m.

Location: Eskimo Joe’s

Admission: $1 w/ Buffy meals

KiKi’s Karaoke @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: EM Curators of Craft

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

College Night @ 8 p.m

Location: Tumbleweed DanceHall & Concert Arena

Admission: $8.00 Cover Charge and free entry for 21+

https://www.calffry.com

Songwriters Circle w/ Dylan Moss @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q

Drop & Draw @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: OSU Museum of Art

https://museum.okstate.edu

Karaoke & Beer Pong Tournament @ 9:30 p.m.

Location: The Union Beverage Co

Admission: Free Karaoke and Beer Pong but you must register by 9:30

Fiber Arts Group Thursdays @ 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Prairie Arts Center

https://artscenter.okstate.edu

Troubadour Thursdays @ 7:30

Location: Iron Monk Brewing Company

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Singo Thursday’s @ 8 p.m.

Location: Town and Gown Theatre Admission: Musicals Adults: $16 Students or Military: $14 Seniors (Sun. only): $14 Plays Adults: $14

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