The O'Colly, Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Thursday, February 29, 2024

‘For kids, by kids’

Park students create kids’ guide to Stillwater

ated for kids and made by kids.

The final product includes the tagline “Stillwater: Where the waters are still and the people are chill!”

Feb. 27—Kids who visit Stillwater with their families will now have their own guide to the City.

A group of fifth-graders from Highland Park Elementary School worked on a visitors’ travel guide for kids and presented their completed project Monday during the Stillwater City Council meeting.

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Thirteen gifted and talented students worked with the project, but six were present at the City Council meeting to present the final product. The six students explained how they worked with Visit Stillwater to create a guide to the City.

The class started the project by writing to business owners around town, then they visited each location to experience it for themselves. After returning to class, they worked

together to choose pictures, write reviews and complete each page of the guide.

They also visited the Stillwater Visitor Center, working with Visit Stillwater Director Cristy Morrison and Director of Sales Nicole Horn. Morrison said the project has been in process for a year and a half. She said the team at Visit Stillwater showed the students how they build the Visit Stillwater guide.

“We went through every single step of the process with those 13 students,” Morrison said. “We had a really good time.”

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CEHS professor recognized for undergraduate research

“My ‘why’ is to change the world,” Joyce said. “This award affirms that I am fulfilling my ‘why’ for our undergraduate researchers and also helping them to do the same.”

The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities named Dr. Jill Joyce, an associate professor of public health nutrition, the winner of the 2023 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

The award recognizes leaders who advance human sciences by supporting the next generation of researchers, according to the APLU website. Joyce said the award is a reflection of her passion to support and guide students as they find new ways to serve their communities through public health nutrition research.

Over her six years at Oklahoma State University, Joyce has given her students opportunities to challenge themselves and gain valuable research experience in a supportive environment. She acknowledged the transition from classrooms to labs is not always easy, since many students are scared of failure and struggle when faced with unexpected challenges.

“They often come to me terrified of research,” Joyce said. “Research gives me a chance to show them that mis-

takes happen, that things rarely go to plan and that you have to be flexible and sometimes compromise.”

Joyce has mentored graduate and undergraduate students, working with them to identify and grow their strengths through research and hands-on experiences. She said her best days are when her students realize how far they have come and learn to welcome challenges.

“I tell them that I am going to throw them in the pool, even if they can’t swim, but make sure they have floaties on,” Joyce said. “When students leave my lab, they see tough situations as challenges to tackle and opportunities to grow, not impending failure.”

No more state grocery tax

Kevin Stitt for the signing of the bill.

Only one Republican and one Democrat voted against the measure.

Feb. 28—An official inking of the first bipartisan tax cut bill to make it to the governor’s desk in years will bring a 4.5% reduction to most Oklahomans’ grocery bills — very soon. Republican Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat and House Speaker Charles McCall, along with Democrat leaders Rep. Cyndi Munson and Sen. Kay Floyd, joined Gov.

Both Republicans and Democrats are hailing this tax cut as a win.

“This is going to help all citizens in Oklahoma, regardless of political party,” McCall said.

Democrats say lowering taxes on groceries is something they’ve been proposing for a long time.

“It is good to see a bipartisan effort,” Floyd said.

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Courtesy of Visit Stillwater

A group of fifth-graders from Highland Park Elementary School worked on a visitors’ travel guide for kids and presented their completed project Monday during the Stillwater City Council meeting.

Jessica Pearce OSU News

Jessica Marshall Stillwater NewsPress

Claremore Daily Progress, Okla

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One player to watch from each Big 12 team at the 2024 NFL scouting combine

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Oklahoma State is returning almost all of its players for the 2024 season, but that means few are headed to the NFL.

It may have players go undrafted, but no Cowboys graduates went to a draft-bowl and none were invited to the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis starting Thursday.

Despite, the Big 12 does have many talented players expected to be selected in the first few rounds. Here is one player to watch from each school (not including OSU or Cincinnati, who have zero invites) at the 2024 combine.

Texas — Byron Murphy II, Defensive Tackle

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cure a first round selection.

Oklahoma — Tyler Guyton, Offensive Tackle

The Sooners’ tackle pipeline continues with Guyton: a massive 6-feet-7, 320 pounder. His size and pass protection already wows scouts — making him a likely first round pick in a great offensive line class — and can showcase his athleticism, too.

BYU — Kingsley Suamataia, Offensive Tackle

Staying with that trend, Suamataia, 21, is 6-6, 324 pounds. He’s expected to go late in the first round or early in the second, but can raise his ceiling with a good showing.

West Virginia — Zach Frazier, Interior Offensive Line

Regarded as the second best center in the class, Frazier is an experienced lineman and former high-school wrestler. That usually translates to the NFL.

UCF — Javon Baker, Wide Receiver

The Alabama transfer averaged 22 yards per catch (!) in 2023 with UCF.

At his size with good testing this weekend can become a steal on Day 2.

Kansas State — Cooper Beebe, Interior Offensive Line Beebe could have been drafted last year but returned to K-State after winning the Big 12 championship. That was rewarded by becoming an unanimous All-American — his second selection to the team — and two-time conference offensive lineman of the year.

Kansas — Austin Booker, Defensive End Booker only started one season of college football but recorded eight sacks with Kansas in it. He’s tall and long but could use some more weight to translate his production to the pros.

Houston — Patrick Paul, Offensive Tackle

Paul is, say it with me now, a huge tackle. At 6-7, 333 with 36 inch arms, Paul could use a good showcase of his athleticism to be selected in the first two rounds.

Iowa State — TJ Tampa, Defensive Back

The Cyclones have just one invite, but Tampa is a tall, smart corner who is young enough to develop for a few years before becoming an NFL starter. Also, the last name Tampa with jersey No. 2 goes hard.

TCU — Josh Newton, Defensive Back

The Florida transfer started almost 60 games across five seasons of college, the last two being at TCU. His experience and man-cover ability will lead to him receiving a spot on an NFL roster.

Texas Tech — Dadrion TaylorDemerson, Defensive Back

Taylor-Demerson raised his stock at the East-West Shrine Bowl in Frisco, Texas, and has speed and instincts that special teams coaches will admire.

Baylor — Gabe Hall, Defensive Tackle Hall is Baylor’s lone invitee, was a five-year player with the Bears and produced well with 2021’s Big 12 championship team.

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Oklahoma State is returning almost all of its players for the 2024 season, but that means few are headed to the NFL.

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3 takeaways from OSU’s weekend at the Kubota College Baseball Series

ARLINGTON, Texas –

Week 2 of the college baseball season was eventful for Oklahoma State. Despite a handful of tall tasks surrounding the Cowboys ahead of the Kubota College Baseball Series – youth, pinpointing a feasible pitching plan, etc. – OSU came out with a 2-1 record on the weekend. Featured was a dominant 9-3 win over Michigan on Friday, a 14-inning thriller in which the Cowboys came out victorious over No. 2 Arkansas on Saturday and an 8-1 loss to No. 7 Oregon State on Sunday.

Here are three takeaways from OSU’s weekend.

OSU has pitching depth

Perhaps the biggest concern surrounding the Cowboys in the preseason was their pitching depth.

It’s something that has plagued OSU in past years, particularly last season when the group’s primary formula for success was to win ballgames through shootouts. Long story short, despite winning a share of the Big 12 title and logging 41 wins, it didn’t sustain in regional play.

This past weekend at the Kubota College Baseball Series showed this year’s team could be different. In a 2-1 14-inning win over Arkansas, OSU used four pitchers.

Starter Brian Holiday, a former transfer from Central Florida Junior College, threw six innings. Oklahoma transfer Aaron Weber came in to start the seventh inning for a rightyrighty matchup, logging the first out.

Sophomore righty Gabe Davis entered mid-seventh and threw a career-high 5 2/3 innings, and he was effective, striking out five. He displayed what OSU coach Josh Holliday described as, “the best he’s pitched yet.” Davis was heavier on his cutter than usual – which was sharp and sat at 88-89 mph – while using his go-to slider as his wipeout pitch. And when it was used, his four-seamer neared triple digits.

Former Penn State transfer Tommy Molsky pitched the final two innings, escaping jams in both frames. On Opening Weekend against Sam Houston State, he was chased after less than two innings. Saturday was a different story. Molsky’s sinker garnered a notable amount of chase from Razorback batters and his breaking pitches were effective, too.

Davis could be a starter over the season’s course. It is unknown what the starting rotation will look like down the road. Whatever form it takes, though, appears to be backed by quality pitching depth.

The Cowboys have a handful of freshmen with upside

The trajectory of Saturday’s game forced Holliday’s hand.

The freshmen mainstays – Kollin Ritchie and Donovan LaSalle – have inherited notable at-bats through five games. Ritchie didn’t start Saturday’s game, but he entered in the 10th inning, replacing Nolan Schubart in left field. Freshman Charlie Carter replaced Ian Daugherty, who filled in for an injured Beau Sylvester at catcher, in the 11th inning. Shortly thereafter, Avery Ortiz and Kyler Proctor manned third and second base respectively. At times, some of the freshmen looked lost at the

plate, astonished at the feel of an upper 90s fastball. And yet, when it mattered most, it was the freshmen who rose to the occasion.

In the 12th inning, Ritchie made a leaping catch against the left-field wall, depriving Arkansas catcher Hudson White of a go-ahead, RBI base hit. In the 14th, LaSalle’s one-out single put the eventual winning run on base. On the ensuing at-bat, Carter’s double down the third base line – later changed to a fielding error by the Arkansas third baseman – put LaSalle on third.

One at bat later came the game winner.

It’s easy to point out the woes and growing pains the freshmen endured. But the fact of the matter is the Cowboys might not have won Saturday’s game had it not been for the freshmen. Keisel shows vulnerability

On Opening Weekend at Sam Houston State, BYU transfer Janzen Keisel threw five shutout innings with six strikeouts.

On Sunday against Oregon State, he didn’t make it to the third inning. Through 2 1/3 innings, he surrendered six hits, one walk and five earned runs, including a moonshot from Beaver second baseman Travis

Bazzana to the second deck in right field.

Last year was a similar story. In his season debut – a midweek outing against California Baptist – he threw 5 1/3 shutout innings with 11 strikeouts. His ensuing outing, he was pulled after 1 1/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs, including three home runs in the second.

The arm talent is there for Keisel. So is the velocity and other metrics that would support a pitcher’s claim for legitimacy. But so far, the consistency isn’t. And that’s something Holliday and Co. have to hope improves in the near future.

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Courtesy OSU Cowboy Baseball (X)

The Cowboys came out victorious over No. 2 Arkansas on Saturday and an 8-1 loss to No. 7 Oregon State on Sunday.

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Dalton Arrendondo Staff Reporter

Seldom does a college basketball game have 54 fouls.

OSU and UCF’s game on Wednesday night combined for 25 fouls in the first half and 28 fouls in the second half. With so many fouls comes so many free throws, as both teams shot a combined 66 free throws on the evening. OSU (12-16, 4-11 Big 12) went 24for-30, while UCF went 27-for-36 from the line, en route to the Knights 75-71 victory against the Cowboys.

Freshman Eric Dailey Jr. said the

number of fouls caused them to change the game plan when one of the key players is out due to fouls.

“Having our starting point guard (Javon Small) out due to foul trouble is a game changer, of course,” Dailey said. “We’re just trying to adjust to what we can do with what we got. (With) the game being called like that, there’s only so much you can control.”

After OSU guard John-Michael Wright only made two 3-pointers in the final Bedlam game on Saturday, he bounced back with 15 points and four 3s in the first half to give the Cowboys a 42-38 lead after 20 minutes. The bench helped provide some momentum with 15 points as well.

In the second half, UCF (15-12,

6-9 Big 12) was able to push the tempo and get OSU to foul 15 times, eventually fouling out three Cowboy starters, and the Knights limited Wright to seven points.

OSU coach Mike Boynton said Wright was limited due to Small’s foul trouble.

“They were able to be a little bit more aggressive with John-Michael,” Boynton said. “We had one less guy to create shots for him.”

Four out of the five UCF starters scored double figures. Junior Darius Johnson and senior Shermarri Allen combined for 29 points while going 16for-19 from the charity stripe.

Outside of Wright’s 22-point performance, junior Javon Small and

Dailey Jr. combined for 28 points while shooting 12-for-13 from the free throw line. Small, Dailey Jr, and Brandon Garrison all fouled out in the second half. UCF controlled the boards throughout the game, as it won the board battle 40-27. Coach Boynton said the team needs to get better at rebounding heading into Big 12 Tournament season.

“(We need to) anticipate a little bit better,” Boynton said. “You’re gonna learn how to be a better help position and inside of the defender, or when the shot goes up, be ready to block out, knowing that guy’s not trying to draw help anyway.”

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‘Tulsa King’ to Make Broadcast Debut on CBS This Summer

Selome Hailu Variety Entertainment News Service

The first season of Taylor Sheridan’s “Tulsa King” is set to make its broadcast debut this summer, airing on CBS ahead of the Paramount+ release of Season 2.

This isn’t the first time Paramount Global is bringing a Sheridan streaming series over to its broadcaster: The network has seen major success by bringing “Yellowstone” from the Paramount Network to CBS. The first episode reached 6.6 million viewers, and as Variety exclusively reported, 50% of those viewers had never seen the show before. The CBS debut also drove some wins back to streaming -- though on NBCUniversal-owned Peacock, which owns the “Yellowstone” rights -- where Variety reported that viewership increased by 26% over a 10-day period. But with “Tulsa King,” all viewership bumps will remain in-house for Paramount.

Per the company, “Tulsa King” is the second-most-watched series on Paramount+, following only Sheridan’s “1923.”

“Tulsa King” stars Sylvester Stallone as New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who, adter 25 years in prison, is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire. Season 1 also stars Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, A.C. Peterson, Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

Sheridan serves as executive produces alongside Terence Winter, Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Allen Coulter and Braden Aftergood. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.

The discipline behind working on discipline

Luisa Clausen Editor-in-Chief

I was never a disciplined kid.

I was respectful to my parents, I never got too out of line. But I was never disciplined. Everything I started, I didn’t follow through.

Swimming, piano lessons, jazz, karate. Once I adapted, I didn’t want to do it anymore.

Then I would write.

About everything and anything. My real feelings would turn into made-up stories. My daily drama would become poetry.

But still. I didn’t have a schedule. Sometimes I would go months without writing.

This realization only bothered me once I got to

college. Until I realized I couldn’t focus. Until keeping the same routine started driving me insane. Until comparison became my best friend.

Usually, kids who play sports or are involved with something daily, learn something I didn’t: to better the imperfect, to be on time, to keep trying, to fail and get right back up. I learned those lessons in college, while I tried to persist and focus so I could finally learn to have discipline. I tried and I failed several times.

Until I understood something. Everyone’s situation is different. We are all fighting our own battles. For some people, routine is what keeps them going, for others, it’s what makes their anxiety thrive.

College puts things in perspective. No one around you is going through the same things. Some of them are posting their routine on Instagram. They wake up at 5

a.m., exercise, go to a coffee shop and have a productive day. And though the rational part of you is saying “Not everything on social media is real,” the irrational part is also saying “why can’t you be this disciplined?” “Why can’t you be this productive?”

It takes a minute to get to the conclusion that discipline looks different for everybody. That comparison is the thief of joy that you are doing the best you can.

Although I am no expert in how someone should live their lives, I believe that being kind to yourself and giving a pat on the back when you achieve small goals are ways to ourselves sane in the middle of insanity.

And with that, we will form our habits. We will work on our discipline. We’ll understand what routine truly means to us. And maybe then, life will be a little less overwhelming.

CEHS . . .

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Although Joyce has mentored countless projects over her time at OSU, research supporting the health and wellbeing of first responders and military personnel is her passion. In 2020, Joyce co-founded the Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Lab to educate and serve tactical professionals.

Since then, Joyce and her students have developed programming to recruit and educate cadets for military and police academies, provide educational materials on healthy eating to first responders’ families and redesigned fire stations’ food environments to promote nutritious foods.

“It worked, and they want more,” Joyce said. “They loved it, saw a huge health culture and readiness shift, and ate on average an extra pound of produce per person.”

Although the work done through the tactical fitness lab has yielded impressive results, Joyce hopes partnerships and connections formed as a result of winning the APLU award will allow OSU and her students to make a greater impact on the health of those who serve. Already, Joyce has been invited to meetings with leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand outreach programs to veteran communities.

“Our lab is a great example of one of those programs, so we can discuss what that engagement and access would look like,” Joyce said. “Considering lots of my family and friends are veterans, this is exciting to me professionally and deeply meaningful to me personally.”

Joyce strongly encourages students to get involved in research. She said the research she conducts with her students, including programs through the tactical fitness lab, provides them with valuable opportunities to explore interests, build relationships, gain experience and give back to their communities.

“Any and every student knows that they can be involved in research,” Joyce said. “I promise you are not bothering us. We love our jobs and are here for you, so use us and get involved.”

Although the APLU award recognizes Joyce’s leadership and mentorship, she credits her students for their commitment to learning, growing and staying engaged through their time in her labs.

“I have the best undergraduate researchers who make my job so much fun and so easy,” Joyce said. “It is a true honor and extreme joy that they involve me in their journey.”

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Courtesy of OSU news Dr. Jill Joyce, an associate professor of public health nutrition, is the winner of the 2023 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

guide.

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The process involved discussing the size and format of the guide and how it translated to the budget, content and how to determine what to include, the value of pictures and the necessity to experience what will be featured.

Morrison said the cost of mailing the guide was also brought up as an important consideration. Her team assisted the class with contact information for local businesses to secure gift certificates and passes so the kids and their parents could visit local hospitality industry partners.

Morrison also set up interviews with TV-31, Team Radio, and Stillwater Radio so the students could promote the

The students also visited with the team at the Career Tech printing facility and Printing Plant Manager Tom Hodges to observe how the printing process operated.

The students said they were grateful to have the opportunity to show others what “wonderful things Stillwater has to offer children and families.” They said it was important to them that Visit Stillwater put the confidence in them to use their abilities to “pull off a professional piece of work.”

“We believe in our abilities and appreciate adults who do the same,” one student said.

City of Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce said he was able to sit down and talk with the students about their project, along with Vice Mayor Amy Dzialowski and City Attorney Kimberly Carnley. Joyce said the students were well prepared and had thoughtful ques-

tions.

“I really appreciate the work they did on this project,” Joyce said. “I think we should spend the whole evening just kind of looking through this guide. ... They were very engaged and involved in the project.”

Gifted and Talented Education

Teacher Tracy Pendred said the project began with a connection she made with Visit Stillwater. She had previously coordinated a similar guide when she lived in Baltimore.

“While the center has a wealth of information, there were no guides directed specifically toward children or families,” Pendred told the News Press.

She said the students in her class are tasked with experiencing real-world problems or gaps and working to fix them as students. She said the kids were amazed that they would be tackling a professional project by themselves.

“They were surprised at how often

the professionals took them seriously and how good it felt to be responsible for this work,” Pendred said. “Most of all, they were impressed with themselves at how well everything turned out when they worked together.”

Along the way, she said they learned about not only tourism and Stillwater’s economy and government, but also how businesses promote themselves, how to write reviews, how to connect with professionals, how to design the guide and how to understand invoices and the printing process.

“Most of all, I hope that they learned what they are capable of right now,” Pendred said. “I hope they learned that they don’t need to wait until they’ve acquired the skills or knowledge to attempt to create solutions. Knowledge and skills will come, but the drive and desire to better their world is all they need to get started.”

GOD IS TRUSTWORTHY!

God is worthy of our trust! “... I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” “... so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” (Jer.1:12, Is.55:11 NIV)

Certainly from these verses it is clear that the Lord “means what he says.” When he speaks, or makes promises, he makes sure they are fulfilled. The life of Abraham shared with us in the first book of the Bible is telling us of a man who believed that God could be trusted. Abraham had to wait many years to see some of God’s promises fulfilled, and some for hundreds of years, and there was one he waited for thousands. God promised that all the world would be blessed through the offspring of Abraham. Jesus came through

his natural lineage. Jesus brought to all people the blessing of forgiveness and eternal life. God is trustworthy!

“The just shall live by faith.” (Ro.1:17)

The theme all through the Bible is the life of faith. The true faith mentioned in scripture has one object; that is God. We are to trust the faithful God! We are to look to this God who has proved himself over and over a faithful God, who keeps his promises. He is worthy of our trust. As we except Christ, God’s gift to us, there is forgiveness of sin. We will not be condemned at the final judgment. He promises to guide us, to comfort and strengthen us in this present life. He will make us fruitful in helping others; laying up treasure in heaven.. The challenge is to take him at his word. Put your life in his hands for he is trustworthy. He will do in and through you what he has promised.

Courtesy of the City of Stillwater

It’s the first guide in Stillwater that has been created for kids and made by kids. The final product includes the tagline “Stillwater: Where the waters are still and the people are chill!”

Tax . . .

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The tax cut on grocery items, excluding “prepared foods,” is estimated to save each Oklahoman an average of $104.25 per year. It will reduce state revenue by $418 million per year.

Rogers County Sen. Julie Daniels said it was important to make this decision now, so legislators can move ahead with “crafting the state budget” by the end of May.

Opponents and even some supporters of the tax cut point out that elimination of the grocery tax will not affect all food items.

Still taxable will be prepared foods, meals sold with eating utensils, and hot and cold drinks sold with meals. Sales tax will also continue to be col-

lected on alcoholic beverages, dietary supplements, and tobacco and marijuana products.

“Eliminating the state sales tax on groceries will bring much-needed tax relief to Oklahomans reeling from inflated prices, due to bad policies in Washington, D.C.,” Daniels said. “They will start to benefit this year and every time they purchase groceries.”

Stitt signed the bill Tuesday. The Senate voted on the measure Thursday, last week. The bill originated in the House.

Taxpayers will note this does not eliminate local and county sales taxes on groceries. These local taxes will still be collected at the grocery check-out stand. However, any municipality seeking to propose a new sales tax increase to local voters will have to wait until after July 2025 to do so.

“I am committed to continuing to work to implement tax reform, which I believe is critically important to the

long-term prosperity of Oklahomans and our ability to attract new business to our state,” Daniels said in her prepared statement.

Daniels served on the Senate tax reform task force created in 2021.

Oklahoma House Democratic Leader Cyndi Munson, D-Oklahoma City, said the passage of House Bill 1955 accomplished a goal House Democrats had been working on and supported for many years.

“For the past several legislative sessions, including special sessions, the House Democratic Caucus has filed legislation to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries to provide immediate tax relief for working Oklahomans each time they go to the grocery store,” Munson said. “It has always been our priority — and will remain a priority — for us to protect our revenue base while also advocating for policies that will lower costs for Oklahoma families who need it the most. I am pleased the Oklahoma

State Senate has finally taken action on what we already know will help so many Oklahoma families.”

Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, has offered a bill to reduce the state income tax. His House Bill 3674 is one of several such bills filed this year calling for up to a .25% cut to the state income tax.

A flat rate income tax system with a rate of 4.4% made it out of the House Committee last week. That bill is proposed by Speaker McCall, R-Atoka.

However, Oklahoma Center of Public Affairs reports some Senate Republicans are now balking at cutting the income tax, saying state government cannot afford to do both. Daniels has announced her intentions to run for a third term this year. She represents Washington and Nowata counties, as well as the northern half of Rogers County including many Claremore residents.

Courtesy of Tribune

An official inking of the first bipartisan tax cut bill to make it to the governor’s desk in years will bring a 4.5% reduction to most Oklahomans’ grocery bills.

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APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR BOTH SUMMER SEMESTER 2024 and FALL SEMESTER 2024 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THE O’COLLY

Applications for both Summer Semester 2024 and Fall Semester 2024 Editor-in-Chief of The O’Colly will be accepted from now thru Friday, March 8, 2024

Applications are now available in the Paul Miller Journalism and Broadcasting Building, room 106. Applicants must return their completed applications to room 106 no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024. This application process involves two separate positions; EIC for Summer and EIC for Fall. Applicants can apply for one or the other, or both positions. Be sure to indicate which position(s) you wish to be considered for on the application form.

To be eligible for Editor-In- Chief, the applicant must be a student on the Stillwater campus of Oklahoma State University, be in good academic standing (i.e., not on academic probation), have a grade point average of not less than 2.5, and have completed at least 60 hours toward a degree. Applicant must show evidence of having worked one semester writing for The O’Colly. Students serving as an Editor-in-Chief may take up to 6 credit hours of independent study in consultation and approval of their major advisor.

An internship on a newspaper in a newsroom capacity may be substituted for one semester of service on The O’Colly. The internship must meet School of Media and Strategic Communications’ current internship course.

Cowboy Calendar

Thursday 02/29/2024

Ada and the Engine By Lauren Gunderson 203 Gundersen Hall Stillwater, OK 74078 @ 7:30 p.m.

https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/okstatetheatre/7287

Beginning Acrylic Painting w/ Mark Crow Prairie Arts Center @ 6 p.m. $70

https://artscenter.okstate.edu/adult-classes/drawing-and-painting/1327-beginning-acrylic-paintingwith-mark-crow-thursdays-2

Drop In and Draw OSU Museum of Art @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. https://museum.okstate.edu

Funk N’ Beers

College Bar @ 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Introduction to Screenprinting Prairie Arts Center @ 6 - 8:30 p.m. $85

https://artscenter.okstate.edu/adult-classes/printmaking/1317-introduction-toscreeprinting?mc_cid=1aee060693&mc_ eid=b1daf3abf6

Kid’s Night

Eskimo Joe’s @ 5 - 9 p.m. w/ $1 Buffy meals KiKi’s Karaoke

Em Curators of Craft @ 7 - 9 p.m.

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

Rise & Shine: 2024 Women Of Wellness Brunch

Sparrow Beginnings @ 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Individual ticket - $100 Gold Sponsorship (8 tickets) - $2,000 Silver Sponsorship (4 tickets) - $1,000 Bronze Sponsorship (2 tickets) - $500 https://smc-foundation.org/events/women-of-wellness-event/

College Night

Tumbleweed Dance Hall & Concert Arena @ 8 p.m. $8.00 Cover Charge and free entry for 21+ https://www.calffry.com

Songwriters Circle w/ Dyan Moss

Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q @ 7 - 9 p.m.

Friday 03/01/2024

Cowboy Baseball: OSU vs. Central Michigan

O’Brate Stadium @ 4 p.m.

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

Cowgirl Softball: OSU vs. Seattle

Cowgirl Stadium @ 4 p.m.

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

Cowgirl Tennis: OSU vs. Kansas

Greenwood Tennis Center @ 6 p.m.

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

ACROSS

1 Caught wind of

6 Helpless?

10 French friends

14 Get along

15 Rotten to the core

16 Fender flaw

17 Tap options?

19 Disney princess whose gown is adorned with snowflakes

20 “I’m so dumb!”

21 Lessen, as pressure

23 Slumber party wear, for short

25 Poker options?

28 Time-stamp component

30 Like oyster shooters

31 90° from sur

32 Start of many long weekends

35 Academic figure

37 Flower options?

41 German automaker once owned by General Motors

42 Emotional baggage

45 Hawk’s claw

49 __ Speedwagon

51 Upgrade a gravel driveway, say

52 Mouth options?

56 SoCal airport

57 Big citrus

58 Lipstick mishap

60 Luminescence

61 Boxing options?

66 Forearm bone

67 Field of study

68 Huevos rancheros condiment

69 Overly inquisitive

70 Baking amt.

71 Fix, as text

DOWN

1 Scoffer’s laugh

2 Psychoanalysis subject

3 Like one who can really draw a crowd?

4 Audition (for)

5 “Tree of Smoke” novelist Johnson

6 Pie chart slice

7 Ab __: from the beginning

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8 Short, for short

9 Of yesteryear

10 “__ Fideles” 11 Wild brawls

12 Slight

13 Rice, in some cuisine

18 “I’m so dumb!”

22 Mortal lover of Aphrodite and Persephone

23 Common email attachment

24 Preserves preserver 26 Imitates a penguin

27 Wowed

29 Part of a 35-Across’s address

33 Lacking a musical key

34 Terrier’s bark

36 “Midsommar” filmmaker Aster

38 Unhip type

39 Uncanny ability, for short

40 Job for an actor playing identical twins, say

43 “Hadestown” Tony nominee Noblezada

Today’s Birthday (02/29/24). Fortune follows creative expression this year. Disciplined routines realize personal goals and dreams. Writing or painting a winter masterpiece leads to surging springtime income. Adapt travels, studies and research to summertime challenges, before collaborating for autumn profits benefiting shared accounts. Network and share beautiful connections.

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 — Leap into profitable ventures. Keep up the good work. Collaborate behind the scenes for lucrative results. Fortune blesses connection and communication. Contribute together.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Collaborate for common gain. Discuss an inspiring possibility. You can realize shared dreams with steady discipline. Invent fun ideas and options. Share something delicious.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Maintain your work, health and exercise practices. Choose stability over illusion. Discipline and experience make a difference. Get expert support with a physical goal.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Follow your heart. Take advantage of lucky conditions. Develop creative ideas into something beautiful. Talk about what you love. Discover valuable connections in conversation.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Infuse your home with love and beauty. Communicate with family. Increase levels of peace, beauty and comfort food. Rediscover the elegance of simplicity.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Communication channels flow with ease. Listen respectfully. Observe from multiple perspectives. Express what you’re learning. Network and collaborate. Invent possibilities together. Sign contracts.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Maintain lucrative routines. Disciplined efforts contribute to growing income. Bargain, trade and make deals. Provide consistent, reliable value. Generate silver flowing into your coffers.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Visualize yourself winning. Practice self-discipline for lasting benefit. Remain true to your word and yourself. Talk about what you love. Develop a personal passion.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Look back for insight on the road ahead. Imagine rising love, beauty and joy. Clean and organize. Make plans to realize an interesting possibility.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Develop team strategies. Come up with a winning plan together. Friends offer advice, resources and support. Stick to basics. Do what you said.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Professional projects benefit from communication. Clarify objectives. Let people know what you need. Polish your pitch. Disciplined actions advance on your target. Discuss possibilities.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Widen your perspective. Explore to discover new views. Write what you’re learning. Disciplined steps can realize your educational dreams. Research and document your investigation.

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved 2/29/24

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44 Possible reason for an R rating

45 1986 movie partly filmed at San Diego’s Air Station Miramar

46 “The Trials of __”: Rick Riordan series based on Greek myths

47 Small citrus

48 Like freeway ramps

50 “Nice burn!”

53 Greet silently

54 Actress Thurman

55 On edge

59 “Ferrari” actor Driver

62 Scepter top

63 Director Anderson

64 Gp. featured in 45-Down

65 Skosh

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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