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Key players to watch: OSU vs Kansas State

Wyatt Phillips Staff Reporter

Last Saturday, OSU took on Texas in a pivotal game for the Big 12. The Cowboy defense was over loaded in the run game and running back Bijan Robinson ran for 140 yards while scoring a touchdown as well.

The defense was missing De fensive end Brock Martin which only hurt the defense even more. Texas ran the ball at will and showed no signs of stopping the entire game.

This week the Cowboys are traveling to Manhattan to play Kan sas State. This game is going to be another test for the defense.

Running back Deuce Vaughn is one of the best in the Big 12. Holding him will be essential in this game.

The defense had a scare last week when safety Jason Taylor II suffered a right knee after an intercep tion that killed all hope for the Long horns. The coaching staff has been monitoring him all week to see if he can play Saturday.

Key players: K-State

1. Deuce Vaughn (Running back)

Vaughn is going to have to have his best game yet against OSU. Espe cially if Adrian Martinez is going to be limited in the gameplan this week. Vaughn has only been held under 80 yards once this season and that was against Iowa State. Vaughn has run for 744 yards already and looks to make it even more against OSU.

2. Adrian Martinez (Quarter

Former OSU president Halligan dies at 86

Jacob Plaxico Staff Reporter

Former OSU president Jim Halligan died at 86.

Staff and students alike show their sym pathy and support for the grieving family.

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dent Dr. Kayse Shrum released a statement via email.

“I was deeply saddened this morning to learn former Oklahoma State University presi dent Jim Hal ligan has passed away,” she said.

“He faced and overcame many challenges as president of our beloved univer sity, reversing a trend of declin ing enrollment and resetting our future on a more positive track.”

He came to OSU in August 1994 from New Mexi co State Univer sity. He managed to invest more than $200 mil lion in facilities, including sev eral multimedia classrooms and the Center for

Student Services. His work also bolstered Okla homa State Uni versity’s research capabilities, with $380 million going toward the various research centers on cam pus.

Halligan’s work impacted many faculty members, includ ing OSU/A&M Board of Regents Chair Jarold Cal lahan.

“The passing of for mer Oklahoma State President Jim Halligan is met with great sadness by the OSU/A&M Re gents,” Callahan said. “President Halligan’s steady and confident leadership during challenging times enabled our uni versity to turn the corner and set the stage for years of growth. Regents who worked with President Halligan speak of his time with respect.”

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Martinez suffered an injury after the first drive against TCU last week. If able to go this week, the threat for the run game will be more than ever. Martinez and Vaughn are one of the best in the game when on the field together. The Wildcats option offense opens when they are on the field at the same time. If the Wildcats can get the run game going, the offense will bloom just like they did against Oklahoma.

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1. Bryson Green (Wide Re ceiver)

Bryson Green has played better than anyone expected this season. He always requires attention from the de fense. Bryson should be expecting to see the ball coming his way frequent ly Saturday. The Cowboys are going to have to let the ball fly this week. Need to make sure to keep its foot on the gas and keep being aggressive against the Kansas State defense.

2. Mason Cobb (Linebacker) Mason Cobb has been one of the best defensive players for Oklahoma State this season. Against Kansas State he is going to have to be always the best defensive player on the field. Mason is going to have to stop Deuce Vaughn and the run game. Since the team does not know if Jason Taylor II is going to be 100% for this game, tackling is going to have to be on point against the Wildcats.

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the conference schedule for the Cy clones as they’ve played every oppo nent close, but have yet to win. ISU’s four losses to ranked (at the time) Tex as, Kansas, Kansas State and Baylor have a combined point differential of -14 points. A chance for the Cyclones to flip their fortune comes this week end as they host Oklahoma.

Mountaineers host top-ranked TCU this weekend in hopes of an upset.

8. Kansas (5-3, 3-2) (PR: 7)

This is the seventh edition of the Big 12 football power rankings from The O’Colly. Each week, The O’Colly will give a recap and preview of each Big 12 team and give reasoning as to why a team is ranked at a spot.

10. Iowa State (3-4 Overall, 0-4 in Big 12) (Previous Rank: 9)

It’s been a rough beginning of

9. West Virginia (3-4, 1-3) (PR: 8)

West Virginia stunned everyone two weeks ago as it upset Baylor on an eerie Thursday night in Morgantown. But, this past weekend, the Moun taineers got blown out by Texas Tech 48-10, with essentially no offense as quarterback J.T. Daniels threw for 194 yards and three interceptions. The

The Jayhawks have fallen from grace. Once 5-0, Kansas is now on a 3-game losing streak after losing to Baylor this past Saturday with no end in sight as after its bye week, Kansas hosts OSU in two weeks then plays Texas Tech, Texas and Kansas State to end the season.

7. Oklahoma (4-3, 1-3) (PR: 10)

The Sooners have bounced back after losing three-straight conference games to begin the season with a win over Kansas two weeks ago. Coming

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OSU wide receiver Bryson Green scored the game-winning touchdown against Texas on Saturday afternoon in Boone Pickens stadium.

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TCU is the only undefeated team in the Big 12.

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6. Baylor (4-3, 2-2) (PR: 5)

The preseason favorite in the Big 12, Baylor, has work to do and needs help if it wants to get back into the conference championship game this season. The Bears beat the once soar ing Jayhawks 35-23 this past Saturday after losing to West Virginia the week before. The ground game worked wonders for the Bears as running back Richard Reese carried for 186 yards and two scores. Baylor heads to Lub bock on Saturday to play Texas Tech in what should be a loser-leaves-town game considering any chances for a trip to Dallas in December for the Big 12 title.

5. Texas (5-3, 3-2) (PR: 4)

Coach Steve Sarkisian is now 1010 as the Longhorn head coach after a 41-34 loss at Oklahoma State this past Saturday. The game didn’t go well for former 5-star quarterback Quinn Ewers as he threw three interceptions and completed just 38% of his passes. The Longhorns have their bye week this week, but travel to Kansas State in two weeks in what is another tough road game.

4. Texas Tech (4-3, 2-2) (PR: 6)

The Red Raiders have a true quarterback controversy on their hands now. Former third-stringer turnedstarter Behren Morton has proven to be a slinger of the football, especially in last week’s win over West Virginia when he threw for 325 yards and two scores in the 48-10 win. Season start ing quarterback Tyler Shough has re cently been cleared to play again after

his injury in week one. Does Morton stay as starter? Does Shough get his job back? Who knows, but an answer will be given once the Red Raiders take the field versus Baylor this week end.

3. Kansas State (5-2, 3-1) (PR: 3) Quarterback Adrian Martinez took himself out of the game in the first half versus top-ranked TCU and although replacement Will Howard played well, it was obvious the Kansas State offense wasn’t as good as it was with Martinez running the offense as the Wildcats lost to the Horned Frogs, 38-28. Up next is homecoming for the Wildcats as they host Oklahoma State in a pivotal Big 12 matchup.

2. Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1) (PR: 1)

OSU came from behind on Satur day as it beat Texas, 41-34 after los

ing on the road at TCU last week. An elimination-type game is up next for the Cowboys as they travel to Manhat tan and face Kansas State. The winner will be in sole possession of second place in the Big 12.

1. TCU (7-0), (4-0) (PR: 2)

TCU has proven the past four weeks that it is the best Big 12 team so far as the Horned Frogs have defeated four-straight ranked opponents and sit at 7-0. TCU has a chance to run the table and go undefeated as they play WVU, Texas Tech, Texas, Baylor and Iowa State to round out the season.

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TCU scored 17 second half points to force overtime and beat No.

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Cowgirls looking to get healthy, Wright reflects on freshman season

Rowdy Baribeau, Staff Reporter

All the Cowgirls’ focus is on Bay lor as they head down to Waco to battle the Bears on Thursday

After a tough draw to West Vir ginia and a loss to Texas on senior day, the OSU Cowgirls are now focused on defeating Baylor to maintain a decent seed in the Big 12 tournament.

One of the biggest notes going into the game is the health of multiple girls. Should some starting Cowgirls be out for the match, look for coach Colin Carmichael to rely on his talented group of freshmen, which includes Chloe Wright. Take a look below at some notes going into OSU’s final regu lar season soccer match.

Availability of multiple starters

Some glaring scratches from the depth chart against Texas were Gracie Bindbeutel and Olyvia Dowell. Mollie Breiner missed the match against West Virginia but had some burn against Texas. OSU goalkeeper Jordan Nytes has been battling a leg injury and many others have been fighting minor inju ries. Carmichael was optimistic about having some girls back against Baylor.

“Getting better, individually, you know, they’re all different injuries,” Carmichael said. “But we should have at least some back for Baylor and then moving forward.”

Carmichael noted that losing two players at the same position (Dowell and Bindbeutel) hurts more than los ing one player at each position. He also noted that when you put players at different positions, that are not their normal position, it can be difficult to adjust to, which was the case for Grace Yochum against WVU and Texas. What is needed for success against Baylor

The Cowgirls need to defeat Bay lor to maintain a strong standing in the Big 12 tournament and have a strong

RPI. Alex Morris feels as if one of the biggest keys to beating Baylor is to keep gaining confidence, especially from the younger athletes.

“I think we need maybe some confidence,” Morris said. “I know there’s some people—(Xcaret Pine da)—we’ve seen her shoot like that all year long at practice. That’s just the first time she really cranked a shot like that and attempted it and I think, not just her specifically, but everyone, in general, could have a little more confi dence in ourselves.

Chloe Wright gives her fresh man season an A Chloe Wright has been a sig nificant contributor for the Cowgirls all season as she played in sixteen of seventeen games this season. Wright

got her first start against Kansas State in late September and she has started the last three games for the Cowgirls Carmichael compared Wright to a household name at Oklahoma State in Julia Lenhardt.

“She reminds me a little bit of Julia Lenhardt, who was our captain for three years and was just a fantas tic player for us,” Carmichael said. “Chloe’s got a ways to go to get to that level, but she has some of the same at tributes and if she can continue on the path like Julia did, I think we’re gonna have a really great midfielder.”

Wright stated that there were some growing pains getting acclimated from traveling to Stillwater from North Carolina. However, a positive mindset has kept the young midfielder in good

spirits.

“I feel like I’ve kept a positive mindset through this all and I feel like I have worked to where I want to be in my freshman season,” Wright said. “I didn’t even think I was gonna start or get minutes. So being able to know that I’ve worked and been able to take the opportunities that have been given to me and grasp them—I will give myself an A for that.”

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OSU soccer will travel to Baylor for a Thursday night match after Texas beat OSU on Sunday afternoon in Neal Patterson Stadium.

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Pokemon reveals Girafarig evolution

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

The new “Pokemon Scarlet and Violet” trailer revealed a ton of what the games will offer.

The trailer released last Thursday and lasted 14 minutes. While most of the trailer was a recap of things fans already knew, Nintendo did give a lot of information about game mechanics, customization and new Pokemon.

The trailer follows four trainers and their adventures through Paldea. We see one of these trainers train a Girafarig on wild Pokemon and it evolves. Farigiraf is the new evolution

for Girafarig.

Farigiraf is a normal and psychic type Pokemon with a much more giraffe like design than its predecessor.

Farigiraf was the only confirmed Pokemon in the trailer, but a few other Pokemon were spotted on the player’s minimap. The three Pokemon spotted were a green parrot, a rock with what appears to be salt sticking out of it, and two white mice with two differ ent horizontal stripes. The mice being slightly different could indicate that they have different stripes based on their gender, which Pokemon does a lot. The two mice could also have separate evolutions depending on the location of its stripe.

New Pokemon was not the only

new information we learned in the trail er. The trailer revealed the new TM. TM, or Technical Machines, are used to teach Pokemon moves they would not normally learn by level up. Through out the games TMs are obtained by purchasing them or finding them in the wild, but the variety of TMs you can get in games is normally limited. With the new TM Machine players can craft their own TMs at Pokemon Centers. As of now, the amount of TM selection is unknown, but this could mean the amount of possible TMs obtained in the game could be the largest amount in any main series Pokemon game. Scarlet and Violet are giving players an upgraded customization. The players get an increased num

ber of hairstyles, hair colors and eye colors compared to other generations of Pokemon. The customization also includes the addition of changing your eye shape, eyebrow shape, eyelash shape and other facial features such as freckles.

Scarlet and Violet with these new customization and TM changes it looks like players will have a wider variety of how to play the game versus previous game titles. The open world aspect of Scarlet and Violet adds on to this idea.

“Pokemon Scarlet and Violet” will release Nov. 18 on the Nintendo Switch.

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His campaign to raise money to literally raise the roof of the Gallagher Iba stadium reached $260 million, more than twice what he was asking for. Hal ligan also worked OSU through the death of 10 OSU men’s basketball team members in 2001.

“The Okla homa State family is forever indebted to Jim and Ann for their service to Oklahoma State and Oklahoma,” Shrum said. “On behalf of the OSU family, I send our deepest sympathy and prayers to Ann and the family.”

His career did not end with OSU, as he served as an Oklahoma Repub lican Senator from 2008-16.

Several stu dents on campus were unaware of his contributions to the university but at the mention of his work immediately recog nized and appreci ated what he had done.

“I didn’t real ize he had done any of that stuff,” Matt Hobbs, an OSU freshman, said. “But I’ve been inside those classrooms and seen the huge research centers.”

Courtesy of Oklahoma State Legislature

Jim Halligan, who served as president of Oklahoma State University from 1994 to 2002, died at 86.

Movies to help prepare you for Halloween

Jaycee Hampton Staff Reporter

Halloween is ap proaching quickly, and a lot of people have found them selves looking for the best way to get in the spooky spirit.

Watching horror movies has always been one of the best ways to set the mood for the Hallow een season. This year has been fantastic for recently released horror movies, so it is easy to reminisce over older horror films that feel like Halloween.

OSU is always doing unique things on campus that highlights the time of year. The Student Union Activity Board is putting on the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at 8:30 pm on Hal loween at the Student Union theater. What is a better way to prepare for the Rocky Horror Picture Show rather than watching “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975)?

Currently streaming on Hulu, this cult classic follows Brad and Janet, a couple who discover FrankN-Furter’s mansion. This is a movie filled with wild characters, music and antici pation.

The horror slasher “Child’s Play” (1988) is one of horror’s most treasured franchises. The first film follows a single mother who gives her son a “Good Guy” doll for his birthday. She soon discovers it is possessed by a serial killer named Chucky, who comes to life and wreaks havoc. There is also a 2019 remake titled “Child’s Play” as well. They can be streamed on Amazon Prime with a pre mium subscription.

“The Addams Fam ily” (1991) and “Addams Family Values” (1993) are Halloween classics. These are perfect for anyone who enjoys Halloween but does not necessarily like the scares. “The Addams Fam ily” and “Addams Family Values” can be streamed on Paramount+ and Amazon Prime.

If you call yourself a fan of horror films, you cannot let Halloween pass without watching “Scream” (1996). Scream queen Neve Campbell gives an exhilarating performance as protagonist Sidney Prescott, a traumatized teen who has to learn to survive based on experiences and horror movie knowledge. This is a smart, self-aware horror film and it is available for streaming on Paramount+ and Amazon Prime.

M. Knight Shalyaman’s “The Sixth Sense” (1999) is one of the most popular Halloween movies to date. Certain to give you a good scare, this psychological thriller has one of Shalyaman’s most intense plot twists.

Shalyaman’s “Knock at the Cabin” (2023) will be released on Feb. 3, 2023. It is a highly anticipated film, starring Jonathan Groff, Dave Bautista and Rupert Grint.

Whether you invite some friends over and have a horror movie marathon or watch a few of these leading up to Halloween, these mov ies are certain to get you in the right mood for some tricks and treats.

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Courtesy of Dimension Films

“Scream” is a great movie to watch during Halloween weekend.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Jupiter enters Pisces until Dec. 20 for a phase highlighting empathy, compassion and faith. Notice intuition, dreams and visions. Inward focus builds strength and happiness.

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