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The year of the Cowboy’- 100 years of Pistol Pete at Oklahoma State

For the past century, Pistol Pete has been a beloved mascot to everyone at Oklahoma State University.

When someone thinks of Stillwater their mind immediately jumps to the Cowboys. But, behind that, at every sporting event, every campus-wide collaboration, is Pistol Pete, the heart of OSU. The tradition represents the school spirit grit and determination.

Stillwater’s own Armistice Day parade, marking the beginning of a tradition that would change the legacy of Oklahoma State’s mascot forever. This year will mark 100 years of Pistol Pete being the sym

bol of Stillwater that represents our school students facility and alumni.

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Goalie battle update, Allen nearing return

Black students to

Student Organization Fair connects students to campus life

own interests. Hosted in the Student Union, students from all walks of life have the opportunity to speak to many different club leaders and organizers to find an organization they are interested in.

The annual Student Organization Fair allows for each campus club and organization to set up their own designated area to encourage current or newly enrolled students to join clubs and organizations of their

Lindsey Smith, a member of the Oklahoma State University College Democrats, represented her club at the fair.

“The OSU College Democrats is an organization on campus that promotes students in government

and the political process,” Smith said. “We really encourage civic engagement, especially by means of the democratic party. We love to see students engage in progressive action and voter registrations and activism on campus”.

Hoards of students seeking involvement milled around the booths, evaluating the organizations.Tables ranged from Student Government to Model United Nations to the Butter Churning club.

Grace Gordon grimaced as she saw what was coming.

Gordon, a transfer goalkeeper from Seton Hall, knew what was transpiring as the Stephen F. Austin forward attempted to cross kick the ball toward the goal. It’s a move Gordon is all too familiar with.

Four years of college soccer and 49 starts with the Pirates prepped her well.

As the ball lifted into the air, Gordon made a leaping, one-handed swipe to record a highlight-reel save – also scoring some style points from her head coach. “That was impressive,” said OSU coach Colin Carmi-

chael. “That’s the experience in her.” It was an early save, and a muchneeded, Carmichael said. While a 4-0 Oklahoma State win over Stephen F. Austin on Thursday night at Neal Patterson Stadium might not show it, a Lumberjack goal could have complicated things. And such swing plays make the impending starting goalkeeper decision a difficult one for Carmichael. Gordon said she relishes the opportunity to compete for a starting spot. It’s something she grew accustomed to at Seton Hall, where she came out as the victor in the battle.

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Growing pains showed in Cowgirls’ loss to Missouri State 3 takeaways

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Heausler scored a header of a corner kick in the 78th minute, but the rally came up short.

Missouri State took an early lead and kept the Cowgirls at bay, handing OSU its first loss of the season, 2-1.

Bears midfielder Abby Couch got the Grizzlies on the board with a goal just 9 minutes in. MSU (2-0-0) saved an OSU penalty kick late in the first half, then forward Gracie English made it 2-0. The Cowgirls (1-1-0) attempted a late comeback with Heausler’s goal and outshot the Bears 7-1 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough.

Growing pains

When any team loses as many contributors as the Cowgirls lost from last season’s team, the effects will be felt at some point. That came to fruition for the first time this season against MSU.

While Heausler put OSU on the board eventually, the Cowgirls missed on plenty of opportunities to score throughout the game, recording 12 shots and three shots on goal.

An improved ability to finish should come with time for OSU, but early in the season, the Cowgirls could struggle to turn chances into goals, as many young teams do.

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Heausler’s fast start is no surprise to fans who followed the Cowgirls’ spring exhibition games, where she proved unstoppable for opponents, scoring in five out of six games.

Heausler, a sophomore forward, missed all of last season with an injury, but whenever she has been on the field for OSU, she has been a differencemaker. That trend has already bled over into her first extended run of regular season play.

Heausler is one of the older players in what is otherwise an inexperienced attacking group for the Cowgirls, and if she can continue to score at the clip she has been during her time in Stillwater, the combination of Heausler and a few of the young attackers could create a potent attack.

Generating corners

Despite OSU’s struggle to score against the Grizzles, the Cowgirls did produce eight corner kicks.

With players like Heausler and Hannah Chance in the box, corners and set pieces are both vital in OSU’s scoring efforts.

The height of Chance and Heausler makes it easier for them to get their heads on a well-placed corner kick, which, if done correctly, can be difficult for any goalkeeper to stop.

OSU’s lone goal was a header from Heausler off an assist from Addison Roberts on a corner kick, and if the Cowgirls can find more consistency from their corners, it could be a weapon they utilize regularly.

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The Cowgirls lost key offensive contributors from last season’s team, and it could take time to adjust.

Carmichael didn’t hesitate.

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even recorded two starts with Nytes injured. Purifoy has experience in OSU’s system, something Gordon and freshman goalkeeper Caroline Dill lack.

as a high school freshman. Two years later, she surpassed that mark with 68 goals her junior season.

“As goalies, we’re pushing each other every practice,” Gordon said. “I think this environment just challenges every single person in it and it’s making everyone better. I think the depth that we have on the bench is absolutely insane because any of us can just come in and play and compete and will make a difference during the match.”

Junior Ary Purifoy – who started in OSU’s 2-0 exhibition victory over Missouri last week – played all of Thursday’s second half, recording two saves. Purifoy served as backup to thenstarter Jordy Nytes last season. Purifoy

However, Gordon’s general experience is something that can’t be taught. Carmichael realizes that.

“The decisions from both goalies (were) much better tonight,” Carmichael said. “One or two little moments that (weren’t the best), but their decisions on when to play (and when not to) was good. And yeah, we got the shutout as well, which is always pleasing.”

Sami Allen nearing return

When asked of sophomore forward Sami Allen’s best attribute, Carmichael wasn’t coy.

“She scores goals… a lot of them,” he said.

A former Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year at Noble, Allen set the school scoring record with 35 goals

And even though playing time was sparse her freshman season at OSU, Allen holds big expectations from her coaching staff with the departures of prolific goal scorers Grace Yochum and Olyvia Dowell.

After OSU’s season-opening win Thursday, Carmichael shared his opinion on his team’s home stadium: “To me, it’s the No. 1 college soccer stadium in the country for women’s soccer.”

Allen went down with an undisclosed preseason injury, putting the sophomore’s season debut on hold. She didn’t suit up for OSU’s exhibition against Missouri but made a sideline appearance Thursday.

Postgame, Carmichael told The O’Colly he is hopeful Allen will return to action as early as next week. And while that timeframe includes OSU’s Sunday match at Missouri State, Carmichael is hopeful that will be the last.

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Opened in 2018, Neal Patterson Stadium is now in its sixth season. The 2,500-seat stadium sports a classic orange stadium seating that Carmichael called “superb” and “among the best” stadium designs nationally.

And when fans are in attendance, Carmichael said it makes the in-game atmosphere all the more special.

“When you get 500, 600, 700 people in it, then it feels like there’s 1,200 people in here,” Carmichael said. “The guys down in the student section were great, as always.”

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Sophomore forward Sami Allen missed the exhibition and first two games, but coach Colin Carmichael said she could be back this week.

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Gabija Galvydyte, former Cowgirls to compete for World Athletics Championships

Braden Bush Sports Editor

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State track & field will be wellrepresented on the world stage in the coming week.

Current

Cowgirl track athlete Gabija Galvydyte along with four former Cowgirl athletes are competing at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, this week. The event began Saturday and runs through Aug. 27.

Galvydyte will compete in the 800 Meters, an event she finished as runner-up in at this year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships and third in 2022. Galvydyte broke former Cowgirl national champions Sinclaire Johnson’s school record in the 800 Meters at the European Athletics Team Championships in June.

Galvydyte, a three-time first-team AllAmerican, begins 800-Meter heats Wednesday.

World Champion Chase Ealey, a former

Cowgirl from 2013-16, will defend her shot-put title Aug. 26. Ealey, the top ranked woman in the world in shot put, became the first American woman to win the shot-put world title last summer.

Johnson, the 2019 NCAA Champion in the 1,500 Meters, was sixth at last year’s world championships. She also won the U.S. national championship in 2022.

Former Cowgirls Kaela Edwards (800 Meters) Ieva Zarankaite (discus throw) will also be competing in Budapest this week. Edwards, the 2016 NCAA champ in the indoor mile, will make her first appearance at the world championships for Team USA after winning third in the 1,500 Meters at the U.S. Championships in July.

Zarankaite, who threw for OSU from 201417, was a secondteam All-American in 2017 and is a 12-time Lithuanian national champion.

All events will be broadcasted on the USA Network.

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Gabija Galvydyte, OSU’s national runner-up in the 800 Meters, will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, this week. sports.ed@ocolly.com

Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft destroyed as it crashes into moon

was lost on Saturday, Roscosmos said.

Russia said its robotic spacecraft crashed while attempting to land near the moon’s south pole, failing in a race with India to become the first country to reach the region.

Luna-25 was meant to mark Moscow’s return to the moon nearly half a century after the last Soviet mission. The spacecraft spun into an uncontrolled orbit and “ceased to exist” when it collided with the moon’s surface, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Sunday in a statement, citing preliminary results of investigation.

Communication with the craft

Meanwhile, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is orbiting the moon and will likely attempt a landing near the pole this week.

For Roscosmos, the Luna-25 failure is the latest in a series of setbacks, after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 cut off launch-service revenue from many foreign satellite operators. Luna-25 was due to land n the moon’s south pole as early as Monday, but Roscosmos said on Saturday that it wasn’t able to enter its scheduled pre-landing orbit.

The lunar south pole is a highly coveted target among space-faring nations, including the US and China. Sensors from various lunar spacecraft have

found evidence of water ice in craters in the region. Engineers and scientists have proposed the possibility of prospecting and maybe even mining this water ice in the future, for use in future lunar exploration and maybe even as a source of rocket fuel. By using the Luna name for new mission, Roscosmos linked the new probe to the achievements of the Soviet space program, which was the leader in moon exploration early in the space age before NASA overshadowed it with the Apollo missions. The USSR’s Luna program attempted nearly 50 missions between 1958 and 1976, of which only 17 were successful. Those included Luna-2, the first spacecraft to reach the moon’s

surface, and Luna-3, the first to take pictures from the far side of the moon, both in 1959.

The Luna-25 “is fundamentally different from its predecessors,” Roscosmos said in a post on Telegram last week. While Soviet-era spacecraft landed near the moon’s equator, the new mission is at the lunar south pole, a “region with a much more complex terrain.”

Chandrayaan-3 launched last month, with a landing attempt possible as early as Wednesday. Unlike Luna-25, the Indian spacecraft includes a lunar rover in addition to a lander.

India’s previous moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, ended in a crash near the lunar south pole in 2019.

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Roscosmos

In this file photo from Aug. 11, 2023, Luna 25 launches from Vostochny Cosmodrome. The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an ‘emergency situation on board,’ Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday. An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit. It’s not yet clear if the issue will prevent the lunar lander, which was slated to land near the moon’s south pole as soon as Monday, from attempting a touchdown.

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Pistol Pete...

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OSU will commemorate with a year-long extravaganza known as the “Year of the Cowboy” where we will dedicate and honor the legacy of our beloved Pistol Pete. The OSU Alumni Association has decided that this year’s homecoming theme will center around “Year of the Cowboy” with many different events, merchandise and memories. Several past Pistol Petes have come together, hard at work, to ensure that this celebration will honor Eaton’s legacy.

Becoming Pistol Pete is no

easy feat. Those chosen have to endure a grueling selection process to take on this role. Not only do they need to be present at every sporting event, lively and excited, but they must also take part in other school activities and events as well. They make many sacrifices and work very hard to ensure we have a positive representation of what it means to be a Cowboy on our campus at all times.

OSU’s upcoming celebration is expected to be a heartfelt tribute to the century-long legacy of our mascot. This year, the university is set to honor our cherished mascot while also inviting the community to partake in this celebration of the school’s past, present, and future.

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around Asian culture.

Organization.

Sophomore

Toni Purnell said the club is designed to familiarize Black students with campus life.

Holly Goodman, a sophomore member of the Butter Churning Club, gave insight to the organization.

“We are the Butter Churning Club,” Goodman said. “We meet once a month and we are pretty low-commitment. We have opportunities for service and resume builders if you join the exec team. It’s also just such a fun club to make friends in”.

There are also clubs that are distinctly meant for incoming freshmen new to campus. The Freshman Action Team is dedicated to freshmen on campus as a branch of the Black Student

“What we basically do is reach out to African American freshmen who are just getting onto campus and don’t exactly know where the multicultural spaces are,” Purnell said.

That’s where we come in to guide them towards that and let them know where their culture is here at Oklahoma State”.

There are several other branches of multicultural clubs and organizations on campus, such as the Asian American Student Association. James Lee, a junior member of AASA, said the group is focused

“It’s an Asian interest group but not Asian exclusive, so you do not have to be Asian to join, as long as you’re interested in Asian culture,” Lee said. “The purpose of the organization is to educate and promote Asian culture as well as provide an Asian community of support on campus”. There are also several clubs on campus that center around religion, helping students keep connection with their faith throughout their college experience. Navigators, Orthodox Christian Fellowship and The Table are a few that made an appearance at the fair. To find more information about clubs and organizations on campus, visit https://campuslink.okstate. edu/organizations.

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The Butter Churning Club is an organization that unites students over a unique interest in butter churning.

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OSU’s Pistol Pete was originally inspired by Frank B. Eaton, a true classic cowboy.

Southern California frantically prepares as Hurricane Hilary barrels in

Baldy in Los Angeles County and killed dozens.

LOS ANGELES — Hurricane Hilary continued its charge toward Southern California bringing with it the potential for lashing wind and torrential rain and heightening fears over flooding, mudslides and extended power outages as residents scramble to prepare.

Meteorologists have warned that Hilary, which weakened to a Category 2 hurricane on Saturday and is expected to diminish further into a tropical storm before reaching Southern California, could cause “life-threatening” and “catastrophic” flooding. Mountain and desert areas are expected to be hardest hit.

On Saturday, people on Catalina Island were urged to evacuate ahead of Hilary’s arrival and travelers were advised to postpone trips to the popular destination. Several communities in San Bernardino County were also under evacuation warnings as rain began falling in the desert.

This could be “one of the most devastating storms that we’ve had in California in more than a decade,” Nancy Ward, Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said during a press conference Saturday.

“Make no mistake, this is a very, very dangerous and significant storm,” she said. “Heavy rainfall and strong winds associated with this storm began today already and will be felt well beyond the center of the storm entering California.”

Across Southern California worried residents rushed to prepare for the first tropical storm to hit California since 1939. That storm dropped almost 8 inches of rain on Mount

Gray clouds loomed low over the San Jacinto Mountains on Saturday as dozens of Palm Spring residents swarmed a pit of sand at City Hall to fill bags to secure their houses from flood water. People stood shoulder to shoulder — arms glistening with sweat from laboring amid the thick, hot air.

The city has handed out more than 22,000 sandbags since Friday morning and another 20,000 were on track to arrive Saturday afternoon.

“Since yesterday about 8 a.m., the crowds have been just like this all day. Nonstop,” said Daniel Martinez, the acting deputy director for the Department of Maintenance and Facilities. “As soon as it gets here, you’ll see the sand disappear.”

In a neighborhood near downtown Palm Springs, 55-year-old Anna Caterinicchia rushed to lug bags of sand out of her car, while a contractor drove an electric wet saw into her cement driveway. She hired him to build a “quick and dirty” drain in front of her garage — one foot deep—to save her house from potential flooding.

“This isn’t normal for us and everybody is panicked,” she said.

Caterinicchia, a Chicago native who moved to Palm Springs two years ago in search of sunshine and a daily swim, said her California dream might end with this storm.

“I’m going back home,” she said. “I’d rather shovel snow.”

The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning for much of Southern California—from Point Mugu to the U.S. Mexico border—warning of strong winds, heavy rain, possible flooding and dangerous beach conditions.

Los Angeles, Orange and

San Diego counties could see up to 3 inches of rain between Sunday and Monday. While that’s far more moisture than is typical for August, the mountains and deserts are expected to see the most moisture, with up to 12 inches of rainfall possible in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.

“The system has gained some speed, and it’s going to be moving through a little bit on the quicker side. By the time we get to Monday afternoon or so we’re expecting most of the precipitation to have moved out of the area aside from a few lingering showers,” said Ariel Cohen, the meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

This could cut down on rainfall totals in some areas, Cohen said, “but there’s so much moisture pushing into the area that we’re still looking at the potential for flooding.”

Forecasters expect sustained winds whipping through the area at 35 to 45 mph. The highest gusts — up to 50 or 60 mph — are expected in the mountains and deserts.

Residents rushed to stock up on household essentials like water and batteries, leaving grocery aisles bare. At the 99 Cents Only Store on Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, gallons of bottled water, batterypowered tea lights and pillar candles were selling fast.

Daniel Flores, 54 of Echo Park, went in looking for nylon rope to secure a tarpaulin across the top of his Oldsmobile Cutlass, which he parks outside. The sedan has a broken window, which he’d decided to wait to fix because the summer is usually so dry.

“Who expects a hurricane in L.A.?” Flores said.

On Catalina Island, some residents and tourists were rushing to leave on boats Saturday afternoon ahead of Hilary’s arrival. Officials have said

there could be prolonged utility outages on the island, home to about 4,000 year-round residents, and boat service to and from the island is not likely to resume before Tuesday.

The Catalina Flyer ferry service, which runs between Avalon and Newport Beach, was near capacity for its final two runs back to the mainland on Saturday.

Gina McMullen, 47, of Oceanside had traveled to Catalina on Thursday for a weekend away, but the family decided to cut their trip a day short when they got an alert about evacuations.

Packing up, the mood on the island was calm. No one was outwardly panicking, McMullen said.

“I just hope the storm doesn’t cause as much damage as people think – you just heard about all the wildfires on Maui, and now to think about another little island getting some destruction, it just makes me really sad,” McMullen said.

“I’m hoping everyone is being cautious, and it’s going to turn out better than we thought.”

In Los Angeles, officials overseeing the county’s seven jails are trying to anticipate what Hilary’s impacts might be on the county lockups.

Though the jails have dealt with leaks and drips in the past, Assistant Sheriff Sergio Aloma said they don’t have a history of major stormrelated flooding and there were no plans to cancel regularly scheduled weekend visitation.

Jail staff are preparing to open a temporary Custody Emergency Operations Center on Sunday morning and move to 12-hour shifts to increase staffing levels during the storm.

Still, some families and advocates for inmates were concerned. People in jails and prisons are particularly vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather, including storms, wildfires and scorching heat –all threats that prisoners have

little ability to avoid inside locked cells.

“I’m in a constant state of worry,” said Darrell Munn, whose son has been in Twin Towers for six years. “The jails are old and dilapidated.”

Around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, the San Bernardino County fire station in Twentynine Palms ran out of sandbags for the second time in as many days. The station gave out about 2,500 bags Friday and 3,000 Saturday, a firefighter said as he taped a sign to the door informing residents that they had no more.

Rebecca Rasmusson and Martin Reem, both Marines, loaded up on water and groceries, including food that can be grilled if the power goes out. They checked their stash of flashlights and put gas in the car. But they had been arguing about whether they needed sandbags.

“I figured we might as well put in the work now so we’re not sorry later,” Rasmusson said in the fire station parking lot as she scooped sand into a bag. “We’re preparing for the worst.”

Rasmusson is from Oklahoma, the so-called buckle of the tornado belt, and Reem is from Minnesota, where snowstorms are common.

“Now we get the trifecta with this hurricane,” Rasmusson said.

Mark Powell, a 50-year resident of San Bernardino County, said he’s not too concerned about himself, as his home is near a ridge. But he’s worried about people in lowlying areas, he said, citing the potentially historic strength of the storm.

“I’ve seen some pretty bad ones, but if it hits like they’re forecasting, this would be the big one,” he said.

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Blue

is too little, too late from the DCEU

wants to be.

rible stretch of superhero films in 2023.

From “Quantumania” to “Fury of the Gods” to “The Flash,” it has been an abysmal summer for fans of Marvel and DC. “Blue Beetle” is the best of these four horsemen of the apocalypse, but it is still isn’t great. Despite the flaws, there are still plenty of upsides.

community as a whole. The first act has a great sense of family and community within it, but the unique atmosphere is lost as the film begins to set off on a generic superhero romp.

Besides being the most by the numbers, predictable superhero origin flick you can imagine, the inconsistent tone is the biggest flaw of the film.

Sometimes a film leaves you speechless because of its moving narrative and outstanding performances.

However, just as often, a film can leave you speechless simply because there is hardly anything to say due to its astounding mediocrity. DC’s latest superhero offering “Blue Beetle” is one of those films.

While “Blue Beetle” is not the worst superhero film of all time (it isn’t even the worst superhero movie this year), it does mark the finale of a ter-

George Lopez is fantastic in this film simply because the esteemed comedic actor is as unhinged and off the walls as some of his best roles. Xolo Maridueña as the titular Blue Beetle delivers a charming performance with some great emotional beats. Generally, the acting is superb outside of an extremely dull villain.

Furthermore, the Latino representation in this film is something to appreciate. Not only did this movie help bring new and diverse actors to the spotlight, but brings appreciation to the Latino

During one of the most emotional beats of the movie, it cuts between a genuinely grounded and heartbreaking scene and a generic CGI battle to the point in which the contrast is humorous.

This is undoubtedly a harsh review, admittedly it might be a little too harsh, but “Blue Beetle” is simply emblematic of every problem in the modern comic book movie climate, and it becomes easier and easier to lose patience with each comic book outing that repeats these flaws.

The film can never decide what it

Some scenes are downright horrifying conceptually, but the humor is even more childish than you’d expect. Kids would probably run out of the theater during a few moments. The two main villains are both terribly underdeveloped and there’s even less time dedicated to the Blue Beetle action than you’d expect.

All in all, “Blue Beetle” is another miss from DCEU.

However, it is their least abysmal film in a while. There’s some fun moments, emotional beats, and decent action despite the movie being thoroughly unimpressive and flawed. If any of that sounds interesting, or if you want to support a film that pushes for unique representation of diverse communities, “Blue Beetle” might be worth checking out on a matinee.

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