Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Wilson treats OSU hockey goaltending as an artwork

Noah Weber Staff Reporter

Joey Wilson describes playing goalie as an art.

“The best way I can put it is that it’s like a painter putting a paintbrush to a canvas,” Wilson said. “Everything has to be smooth. It’s an artform.” Wilson, a 22-year-old freshman goalie for the Oklahoma State hockey team, fell in love with hockey one night out with his family.

“At the age of three or four we

were going to a Tulsa Oilers game, and I saw a goalie fight for the first time in person,” Wilson said. “That had me hooked.”

Wilson signed up for his first year of hockey when he was four years old. He played skater for two months but switched positions quickly afterwards.

“Playing skater wasn’t for me,” Wilson said. “When I first wanted to play hockey, I wanted to be a goalie. I was the only goalie in mites.”

Wilson has played goalie from that point on. He played organized

OSU honors alumniowned businesses

Jaycee Hampton Staff Reporter

Cowboys learn, grow and celebrate together.

On March 31, Oklahoma State University honored 95 alumni and their businesses.

The university recognized the fastest growing Cowboy-owned and led businesses and their impressive entrepreneurship at the second annual Cowboy100 Honoree Gala. The Cow-

boy100 highlights the contribution of entrepreneurial graduates from across the university and the positive influence on OSU and the community. Last year, 76 businesses were honored, this year growing to 95.

Three hundred and forty seven people attended and broke last year’s attendance record. The Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted the event in alliance with the OSU Foundation at the Wes Watkins Center.

The gala helps raise funds for the student programs and activities at the Riata Center, allowing for

OSU to serve students in an engaging way with industry leaders and expand their entrepreneurship career throughout the university. The Riata Center is the entrepreneurial catalyst for OSU students, faculty and alumni. Offering handson experimental programs and various resources to help inspire future generations in the workplace. Industry experts, staff and faculty who are successful entrepreneurs lead the center and OSU students have a chance to grow professionally in positive ways.

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hockey all throughout his childhood and was drafted into the NA3HL, a junior hockey league, when he was 15 years old.

After bouncing around multiple different hockey leagues and living in multiple different states to play hockey, Wilson decided to hang up the skates.

But he couldn’t escape the love of the art of playing goalie. One day Wilson was added into a GroupMe group chat by his friend Taylor Woodrum. Woodrum was a defenseman for OSU last season and knew that the Cowboys needed a goalie, so he

reached out to Wilson. His short year of not playing hockey was over. Wilson joined the team this season and is the only active goalie on the OSU roster. But he isn’t like most goalies. Wilson said most goalies have complex pregame routines and rituals, but he keeps his routine simple and relaxed. He gets to the rink about two and a half hours early, blares 21 Savage in his Apple AirPods and retapes both of his goalie sticks in the stands.

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How an unlikely friendship blossomed from OSU hockey

Noah Weber

Staff Reporter

Coulter Clevenger and Read combined for 56 points on the OSU hockey team this season, but their chemistry, success and friendship wasn’t immediate. They already knew of each other from playing on the same team, but they weren’t close friends yet.

The drive back from Shreveport, Louisiana, after a series vs East Texas Baptist series changed that.

Clevenger made his way to the back of the bus and the friendship between the two immediately sparked.

“Cory had taken a BeReal of me and that whole bus ride was my first time getting to talk to him,” Clevenger said. “I really got to know him then and that was the first time that we really clicked as friends.”

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Joey Wilson is a 22-year-old freshman at OSU.

‘We do everything together’

File Photo Jacob Thompson founded and serves as the captain for the OSU hockey team. See Friendship on 4

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“I like to sit there and visualize what’s going to happen in the game while I tape my sticks,” Wilson said. “I just sit there and lock in.”

Although this all happens before the game, it’s still a part of the painter putting his paintbrush onto the canvas.

Just like Wilson said.

He’s laying the first coat of paint onto the canvas before the real painting starts during the game.

Wilson’s in-game art starts with the way he reads the plays happening in front of him. He said that most saves have nothing to do with his reactions but rather reading one specific thing that the player shooting the puck is doing.

“Once you’ve played goalie long enough you start to learn to watch people’s stick blades,” Wilson said. “As you watch the stick blade you can tell where they are going to shoot based on if it’s closed or open. It’s a lot more of reading where the shoot is going to go than reacting when it leaves the stick.”

He said that he doesn’t have time to react to a shot once it leaves the stick because most shots are coming in at over 90 miles per hour from about 40 feet away if the player is in the slot. To give context, that’s 20 feet shorter than the pitcher’s mound to home plate on a baseball diamond. That gives Wilson almost no time to react.

He has to read the play.

Along with reading the game, Wilson has another part of his art that he learned from former NHL star goalie Ryan Miller.

“I break down the game into five-minute increments,” Wilson said. “Whatever happens in the first five minutes, move on and focus on the next five minutes.”

This helps Wilson stay mentally locked in and to not dwell on the past.

All these factors feed into the art of goaltending, which Wilson compares to an ecosystem.

“It’s almost like an ecosystem as a goalie,” Wilson said. “If you’re doing everything correctly and maintaining everything, it’s all going to cycle around for you. It’ll cycle around for you if you stay calm, cool, collected and in your flow.”

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OSU hockey meeting being held at the Student Union.

Gonzalez, Saithip adapt to roommate environment without shared language

Living in a small space with another person is a big deal for college students, and can even be intimidating if they didn’t previously know each other.

But for OSU student athletes

Raquel Gonzalez and Thitaporn

Saithip share a room but not a native language.

Gonzalez from Spain and Saithip from Thailand are both freshmen and entered the pool of people looking for a roommate just like everyone else. Classes can be demanding and take time away from seeing a roommate or friend, so with the addition of athletics, people may assume those two things take all the time in the day.

However, Saithip has found time to let Gonzalez teach her Spanish by listening to Bad Bunny songs.

“So we used signals and a diverse translator but now we are good and I’m learning. I’m always learning I know,” said Gonzalez. “I’m just getting curious by nature, songs and everything.”

Between using Google translate, enhancing their English, and learning Spanish their relationship has grown

and they have become very close. Oklahoma State has become a home for many students and athletes, and Gonzalez and Saithip have already built a friendship despite the barrier that was presented from the beginning. “When I made the cut (for a tournament) I told her right away that I made it,” Saithip said. “I’m going to this tournament and she said ‘whoop whoop.’”

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Raquel Gonzalez taught her roommate Thitaporn Saithip Spanish by listening to Bad Bunny songs.

Gina Foster Staff Reporter

After that series they moved on from their former coach and hired Tyler Schulz. Schulz immediately moved Read up to the third line for the series against Texas A&M. After a few games of playing on the third line, Schulz approached Read with an important question.

“My coach came up to me after the game and asked me if I wanted to try playing on the first line or the second line,” Read said. “I told him that I think that I’d be good on the first line with Coulter.”

Schulz respected Read’s game enough at that point and granted his wish of putting him on the first line. Read fit into the first line perfectly as he now got to play with his best friend and the captain. He was the missing piece to the first line.

“For some reason we just clicked,” Clevenger said. “We knew where each other were on the ice and he was hitting me for breakaways. We were always going on two-on-one’s. For some reason we knew each other even though we hadn’t played together at all.”

The off the ice chemistry was already there, and the onice chemistry was immediate for Clevenger and Read. They had never played together but their on-ice chemistry was as if they were veteran teammates that had been playing together for years.

“The chemistry between Cory and Coulter is unmatched between anyone else on our team,” captain Jacob Thompson said. “I can’t tell you how many odd-man rushes they went on and they would pass to each other without looking. Cory and Coulter were lethal.”

Thompson was on the first line with Clevenger and Read and scored 18 points this season. This line combined for 40 goals on the season and

Clevenger and Read played off Thompson phenomenally.

“We all worked so well together because we all knew our roles,” Thompson said. Thompson went on to talk about how his physicality helped Clevenger and Read thrive in their roles. Cleveng-

er’s role was being a pure goal scorer while Read was a player that was looking to set up Clevenger while also scoring some goals on the way. Once Clevenger and Read played a few games together on the first line, they started to change some things

about their pregame routines.

They realized that they were connecting for a large majority of goals together and wanted to make sure their chemistry was on point before every game. “Me and Coulter like to be the last ones out of the

room and the last people on the ice for warmups,” Read said. “Once we’re out there for warmups everyone else runs drills but we just pass to each other. That’s how we built our chemistry. We do everything together.”

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Coulter Clevenger thought about quitting hockey before playing for OSU in 2022.

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The second gala honorees included businesses from 20 states and 15 countries. The diversity deserves to be celebrated, with 20 women-owned, 10 minority-owned and two veteran-owned companies. The complete list of the 2023 honorees is listed at the Spears School of Business website.

OSU is constantly finding ways to honor alumni.

People from all over the world are celebrated in Stillwater everyday. Some notable local businesses honored include OnCue, Hideaway Pizza, Jimmy’s Egg and a variety of other companies.

Hideaway

Pizza was founded in Stillwater in 1957 and it has brought care and service to the food industry. The first expansion to Tulsa happened in 1993 and in 2006, new owners Darren Lister and Brett Murphy expanded to multiple locations in Oklahoma and Arkansas. It finally made its way to Texas in 2023.

Multiple businesses honored have found ways to tend to people nationwide.

To learn more about the Cowboy100 and how to nominate or apply for next year’s gala, visit https://business. okstate.edu/riata/ cowboy100/index. html

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Hideaway Pizza was one of 94 other OSU alumni-owned businesses to receive an award at the Cowboy100 Honoree Gala.

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SGA proposes an increase in campus safety and security measures

University and the University of Virginia have shed light on the measures colleges across the country are taking to protect their students.

Casey Staff Reporter

The Student Government Association is re-evaluating student safety at OSU.

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SGA’s recent senate agenda plans on discussing how OSU can protect students on campus.

The number of blue lights across campus is insufficient to provide adequate coverage of campus, leaving many areas vulnerable to criminal activity and putting the safety of those on campus at risk, according to SGA’s senate agenda.

The blue light emergency phones found on campus provide students, faculty and visitors with a 24-hour outlet to contact campus security in an emergency. SGA’s senate agenda recommends the lights be replaced with a more sustainable system.

The blue lights are not the only way students can contact campus security. SGA’s senate agenda recommends an increase in on-campus advertising for the RAVE Guardian app, a mobile app that allows students to contact campus police through texts or calls.

SGA’s senate agenda highlights the lack of lighting and security cameras in areas such as residence halls and parking lots on campus. To protect students, the Senate agenda recommends increased lighting in unlit areas and brighter lightbulbs installed in existing lighting across campus and the installation of security cameras in campus parking lots.

SGA will vote on these recommendations tomorrow at 7 p.m. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Trump’s indictment

OSU students share their opinion

Stephanie Landaverde Staff Reporter

Oklahoma State University students have followed the news on the indictment of former President Donald Trump

Trump was charged with 34 felonies on April 4 and his charges are all Class E felonies relating to his payment of $130,000 to Stormy Daniels, of which he is accused to have falsified business records and attempted to conceal the payment.

Jonathan Grable, a senior in political science, served as a jury coordinator for Tulsa County for several years and worked in the Oklahoma State Senate. Grable said he is concerned Trump will not receive a fair trial.

“We don’t typically charge a former president in the United States, because one of the issues is the sixth amendment guarantees they have an impartial jury,” Grable said. “No matter what party the president belongs to, you’re going to have a hard time finding anyone who is impartial to that person and does not know about the case.”

Aiden Minton, a sophomore in agribusiness, said if there is evidence Trump committed the crime, he should be indicted.

“It should be something that goes through the legal system,” Minton said. “Just because he’s a former president, doesn’t mean he’s above the law.”

Camryn Paulson, a marketing junior, said she was relieved when she heard about the indictment and feels that it is a massive triumph for the

American justice system.

“Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, the public has had a consensus that felt like the ultra wealthy get bailed out time and time again, for illegal or unethical practices in the world of finance,” Paulson said. “In Trump’s case, falsifying business records.”

Paulson said it is empowering to know not even a former U.S. president is above the law.

A sophomore in natural resource ecology and management, who asked to remain anonymous, said he thinks the

indictment is crooked and that there is no case against Trump.

“If it were anybody else that is not on the right side, they would probably just brush it under the rug like they usually do,” he said. “I wish it wasn’t happening, and if it were anybody else, it wouldn’t be happening at all.”

Daniel Hoelting, a senior in American studies and global studies, said if Trump is guilty, he should be convicted like any other citizen.

“The law should go the way it should,” Hoelting said. “He’s just another person.”

Jake Williams, a computer science and mathematics

sophomore, said the indictment does not affect the average American. Williams said Trump is a wealthy individual and no matter the verdict, he does not think Trump will receive a harsh punishment.

A political science sophomore anonymously said the indictment is a complete political sham.

“You have things like the Mueller investigation, the two impeachment trials,” he said. “They found absolutely nothing on him. The fact that

they’re still searching for stuff means one thing: they’re afraid of him.”

He said the reason these investigations are happening is to keep Trump off the ballot in 2024. Tabor Watkins, a business marketing sophomore, said he does not think the indictment will impact Trump’s plan to run for president in 2024. “If he decides to run, he will get the nomination on the Republican side no matter what,” Watkins said. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

‘Thoughtless but easy going’: Murder Mystery Review

Emi Norton Staff Reporter

“Murder Mystery 2” is the sequel that no one needed, and you could say that I was not surprised to come to that conclusion after watching the one-hour and 29-minute film. As far as the stigma of sequels missing the mark goes, “Murder Mystery 2” with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston does a good job of adhering to that all too common proposal.

After the original release of “Murder Mystery” in 2019, critics and fans of movie stars Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler seemed to have

mixed emotions about this mystery/ comedy. With a script from James Vanderbilt and direction from Kyle Newacheck, the original film in the “Murder Mystery” series set the scene for a nice family-friendly weekend film for movie lovers.

Like many of the other lighthearted films starring Sandler and Aniston, viewers can expect to see much of the same goofy banter and repetitive jokes that you’ve heard one too many times.

Ultimately, if you take this movie at face value for what it is- a thoughtless but easy-going film to fill the silence in a room- it can be enjoyable.

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Almost five years later, despite the mediocre reviews from critics and fans alike the “Murder Mystery” production team decided to try a second time by slamming the screens with a part two. With a handful of other returning characters from the first movie, Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler are back portraying the same roles as Nick and Audrey Spitz. Almost exactly like in the first “Murder Mystery” Nick and Audrey’s marriage is at risk when they make the spontaneous decision to travel across the world for a vacation in hopes of putting the spark back into their relationship. The only difference this time

is that Nick and Audrey have gained some experience, although questionable, in their hobbies as detectives and when someone close to them is taken hostage while on vacation they intend to do what they do best.

Not surprisingly, the obstacles in the way of saving their friend prove to be formidable and the repetitive and almost identical storyline from the first movie ensues.

Even though I can’t say that “Murder Mystery 2” exceeded any expectations that I may have had before finishing the movie, I will say that if you can keep your expectations at a minimum then the film is enjoyable for what it is.

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Jennifer Aniston, left, as Audrey and Adam Sandler as Nick in “Murder Mystery 2.”

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Daily Horoscope

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Linda Black Horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (04/12/23). Chalk up personal victories this year. Careful planning, consistent action and determination build satisfying results. Springtime brings glori ous personal victories. Working with your partner to resolve tricky summer finances leads to blossoming autumn romance. Find new winter income in unlikely directions. Go for the gold.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most chal lenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Slow to navigate a professional ob stacle. Reinforce infrastructures before depending on them. Support can come from unlikely directions. Take advantage of good conditions.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Your investigation could take an unex pected twist. Study and research the situation. Pivot to adapt. Adventurous dreams come true, step by patient step.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Assess shared financial budgets. Discuss the current situation with financial partners and determine the best course of action. Maintain patience, compassion and humor.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Wait for better conditions to advance a collaborative project. Slow to resolve a challenging situation with your partner. Honey gets farther than vinegar.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Adapt work and health routines. Get creative to find a way around an obstacle. Take time to assess the situation and choose your best path.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Relax and stay flexible. Romantic and creative barriers could cause delays. Avoid traffic, controversy and arguments. Stick to simple fun. Enjoy familiar faces and flavors.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Patience pays extra with family. Adapt around domestic surprises. For more peace, clean messes and reduce clutter. The gentle approach works best now.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Keep your eyes open. Observe and listen. Discoveries could impact the story. Let others know they’ve been heard. Consider alternate views. Communication unlocks new doors.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Get creative with financial challenges. Have faith in your own capabilities and imagination. Your discipline is admirable; and it’s working. Find the necessary resources.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — The road to a personal dream is blocked. Look for unorthodox solutions. Connect with your networks to widen the view. Share from your heart.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Enjoy private time to contemplate recent events. Plan alternate routes around obstacles. Consider consequences before responding. Process a transition with comforting rituals. Recharge.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Redirect a team project around an obstacle. Don’t get pushy. Social challenges could frustrate or get awkward. Wait for better conditions to launch.

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