Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022

October

Breaking down the numbers

Hutton’s punts, Sanders’ success

2-1: Interception ratio between the quarterbacks

Davis Cordova Staff Reporter

OSU found revenge on Saturday, defeating No. 16 Baylor 36-25 on the road.

There are plenty of outlying numbers to highlight, but here are the biggest and most important from today’s game and beyond.

Q&A with Opportunity Orange Scholars

A room filled with gratitude

Rebekah Cleary Staff Reporter

Opportunity Orange Schol ars hosted its first open house Friday.

Students, families, fac ulty, donors and Pistol Pete joined together in celebrating the beginning of this new chapter in OSU history. Op portunity Orange Scholars is a pro gram dedicated to giving education al opportunities to those with intel lectual disability, giving them tools for an interdepen dent, successful life.

In her introduction to the evening, Jennifer Jones, faculty founder of the or ganization, spoke about her feelings toward the event.

“As I look around this room, I am filled with gratitude,” Jones said.

Gratitude is the perfect word to describe the feeling in the air during the event.

Introducing this program to campus has given students,

families and the entire Cowboy family reason to be grateful.

Jon Peterson, dean of the OSU College of Educa tion and Human Sciences, remarked about the impact the scholars have already left in their short time on campus.

“We learn more from them than they learn from us,” he said.

The scholars said they were excited to share about their experi ence in the pro gram and at OSU.

Q: How do your academic partners help you throughout the week?

“They help me with my home work and getting to the places I need to be,” Kaden said.

“Dalen helps me make sure my work is finished on time and my sentences sound good,” Maggie said.

Q: What is your favorite class this semester?

Going into Saturday’s game, OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders had 10 interceptions against Baylor, so if there was a difference in interceptions, his tory suggests Sanders would have more. But, Baylor quarterback Blake Shapen, who torched OSU in the Big 12 cham pionship game last season, threw two crucial interceptions in the game, while Sanders threw one.

30:46: OSU’s time-of-possession

Throughout the season, OSU has gone fast and efficient, but OSU won the

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Sights and Sounds Baylor fans shocked by OSU win

test all the more pleasant.

From Baylor’s opening field goal, to OSU’s touchdown response, the BU student section didn’t disap point. Golden pom-poms waved in the air as third down approached for the Cowboy offense and music blasted from the speaker system at McLane Stadium.

Landry Pace. “But here we are.”

In the second quarter, fans flooded the Texas State Fair food stand — a supposedly well-renowned stand on game days. The line stretched as the second quarter pro gressed. Regardless of whether how long it may have gotten, fans of both sides were eager to experience one of the stadium favorites food stands.

WACO, Texas — Many words could be used to describe OSU’s road win over Baylor on Saturday.

For the average college football fan, it was an atmosphere one could only dream of. A rabid student sec tion, a chaotic game day atmosphere and back-and-forth play from both sides made Saturday afternoon’s con

When OSU crossed the end zone for the first time “left, right” chants could be heard from the stands, mim icking quarterback Spencer Sanders footsteps and movements. Sanders, and other Cowboys members partook in resembling the mockery of bodily movements.

“I didn’t think (Sanders) would actually do it,” said Baylor junior

“It may not be entirely accurate but it’s a reasonable representation of actual Texas State Fair food,” said Baylor sophomore Max Robinson. “I (don’t care) how long the line is, man. I’m grabbing some food from here.”

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Cowboy punter and holder Tom Hutton (No. 29) booted two punts inside Baylor’s 7-yard line on Saturday. His first punt set up an OSU safety.

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The Cowboys silenced a sold-out crowd in McLane Stadium on Saturday.

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Scholar Kaden and Pistol Pete share in celebrating the beginning of a new chapter in OSU history.

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Timely second-half plays

lift Cowboys over Baylor

Ashton Slaughter Staff Reporter

OSU had a 13-point lead when the second-half kickoff was booted to Jaden Nixon at the goal line.

Within 13 seconds, the 13-point lead increased to a 20-point advantage.

Nixon’s 99-yard return was only the beginning of timely plays in the last 30 minutes of the Big 12 Championship rematch for the Cowboys.

Following a complete momentum swing for Baylor, in which it cut the Cowboys lead to six in the middle of the third quarter, wideout Brennan Presley was back deep for the Cowboys to take the kickoff, when he, like Nixon, found some open field.

Presley returned the kick 50 yards, leaving the football right of the Baylor logo to start the Cowboys’ cru cial drive, when suddenly– they threw a haymaker.

And it connected.

OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders threw a 49-yard pass to Braydon John son, who rose above the defender to put his offense on the 1-yard line, leaving running back, Dominic Richardson, only three feet away from extending the Cowboys’ lead and lowering their heart rates.

Which he did.

Even with the Cowboys pouncing on the Bears, they weren’t done yet, as early in the fourth quarter, only trail ing by eight points, quarterback Blake Shapen was beginning to lead his team down the field.

Enter Thomas Harper.

Harper picked off Shapen after the ball slipped through the hands of BU wide receiver, Gavin Holmes.

The Cowboys then used Harper’s clutch interception to extend their lead to 11 with just under five minutes left

who yet again came through in a big moment for the Cowboys.

That was all she wrote for the Bears, who fell to 3-2 in Waco, practi cally eliminating themselves from any sort of CFP hopes, while the Cowboys

in the game, which ended up being the difference in their Saturday afternoon contest.

For good measure though, on the following Bears drive, Shapen threw another interception to Jason Taylor II,

remain undefeated, capturing revenge from their last matchup in Arlington nearly 10 months ago.

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The clutch interception from Thomas Harper (middle) propelled the Cowboys to a road win over Baylor on Saturday afternoon.

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time-of-posses sion versus Baylor, who is known for grinding out drives and tiring out the opposing defense. OSU seemed to have grinded out possessions, because it knew Baylor would too. The Cowboys had two drives with 10 plays or more. Both ended in touchdowns.

2: Punts downed within the 7-yard line MVP of the game? OSU punter Tom Hutton. Hutton’s punts were on-point Saturday, because for those to work efficiently, distance doesn’t matter. It’s all about the spin and bounce. Hutton had two punts downed within the 7-yard line. The first one, which happened in the second quarter, was downed at the 2-yard line and turned into a safety the next play. The second occurred in the fourth quarter and was downed at the 7-yard line. Baylor then threw an interception on the ensuing drive.

98: Length of Jaden Nixon’s kickoff return touchdown

Many questioned why OSU backup run ning back Jaden Nixon has been sharing kick off returns with wide out Brennan Presley, who returned a kickoff for a touchdown last season. Nixon made it abundantly clear why he’s back there.

In the beginning of the second half, Nixon weaved through the Baylor kickoff team, getting tripped up, but found his foot ing and found paydirt.

27: Baylor’s third-down conver sion percentage OSU’s defense has found its roots from last year, not allowing third-down conversions. Baylor converted on just 27% (3-11) of its tries on the penultimate down, something OSU’s 2021 defense only allowed 29% of the time. One thing to take note is Baylor’s fourth-down decision making. The Bears did convert three of its five fourth-down tries, with two inside Baylor’s 40-yard line.

7-1: OSU’s re cord versus its latest eight ranked oppo nents

An astonish ing stat that needed to be looked at twice or maybe three times after, but OSU has won seven of its last eight versus ranked teams, with the only loss com ing in last year’s Big 12 championship game versus Baylor. The record dates back to 2020’s Cheez-It Bowl victory over Miami and OSU seems to have a chance to ex tend the record versus TCU in two weeks.

28: Number of Spencer Sanders wins Cowboy quarter back Spencer Sanders is now tied for second in career wins at start ing quarterback with 28. He is tied with his head coach, Mike Gun dy. The leader on the list is former quarter back Brandon Weeden, who won 32 games as OSU’s starting quar terback. Sanders has a chance this season to become the most suc cessful quarterback in OSU history.

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ETERNITY IN MIND!

“ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be stead fast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (1 Co.15:58 NKJ)

Just about everything in this life is tempo rary. Yet, most people work very hard to have a pleasant few years in their lifetime. I would like to remind the true Christians that God is offering us an eternity of bless ing as we serve him and his purposes now. In 1 Co.15 the Apostle Paul is reminding these believers of Christ’s resurrection and how true and real it was. He continues by emphasizing the sure promise of God that we are going to share in that resurrec tion one day. We will have a new, eternal body like Jesus has now. As we help in the work of God, furthering his kingdom;

demonstrating the love of God in blessing and serving others; as you and I get involved with helping missionary work, even going to help in short term mission trips or providing finances for others to go, we are laying up treasure in heaven “where moths cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.”

Actually, this kingdom of God, with forgive ness of all our sins and a new relationship with God as our Father, is offered to all mankind. If you have never opened your heart to Christ, asking for a clean heart and a new life; the door is open wide for you to come. You will not be turned away. Then you too can begin to live for the eternal: laying up treasure in Heaven. I en courage all to consider these words, no matter your age, and choose the best and most satisfying life. It is a life following Christ as your Lord, and going for God’s best in eternity. It is a great and sure future!

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On Saturday, OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders recorded his 28th career win.

“So far, my favorite class is Relationships 101,” Kaden said. “It has taught me how to have relation ships, especially with my family.”

Q: Where is your goto place to eat on campus? What do you order?

“I love eating at Chick-fil-A and getting the nuggets,” Kaden said.

“I like to eat at B & B, Co. and Noodle U in North Dining,” Maggie said.

“I like Road Trip Pizza,” Jasmine said. “I always get pepperoni pizza and mac-n-cheese.”

Q: What is your favorite thing you’ve done on campus?

“I loved going to Picklefest and Drag Bingo,” Maggie said.

“I love going to the football games with my friends,” Jasmine stated.

“I like going to the Colvin and playing bas ketball with my friends,” Kaden said. “It’s a fun place to hang out.”

Q: What is the best thing you’ve gotten to do with Opportunity Orange Scholars?

“I got to meet Spencer Sanders and the entire foot ball team,” Kaden stated.

“I got to hangout with President Shrum,” Maggie said.

Q: What are your dreams and goals after college? Who inspired you?

“I want to become a coach for my favorite foot ball or basketball team,” Kaden told The O’Colly. “My mom and the manager of the Kansas City Chiefs inspired me. That’s my favorite team, and I got to meet the manager.”

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Opportunity Orange Scholars hosts its first open house, welcoming students, families, faculty, donors and Pistol Pete to celebrate the program.

As OSU took a 16-3 heading into halftime, fans dispersed throughout the sta dium, before returning to their seats for an even more hectic

and heart-racing second half of play. As sophomore running back Jaden Nixon returned a kickoff, 98 yards to the house for a touchdown, a plethora of OSU fans dressed in orange and black acted as if the game had been decided. While it was a 20-point advantage in favor of the Cowboys, things took a turn moments later.

Two quick Baylor

touchdowns in a span of five minutes making it a one-pos session ballgame, revamped the home crowd at McLane Stadium. The golden pompoms were waving once again, even having some rolls of toilet paper thrown across the stands near the Baylor sideline. The BU fans were back into it, and would remain so until the final seconds of the con

test when it became official, creating a complete and utter chaotic atmosphere for what was thrilling finish to a top 25 showdown.

As Sanders took a knee, a herd of white and orange jerseys flooded the field in celebration, while the stands at McLane Stadium quickly and steadily emptied. It made the end result all but official.

“I’m happy to have seen so many Oklahoma State fans make their way down to Waco, Texas,” said OSU junior student Wyatt Lee. “I feel like our boys are gonna be good this year, and they need our support man. Some of us owe it to them, to at least travel and show up.”

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Gardiner Gallery of Art hosts OSU faculty exhibit

down.”

Sculpture, painting, mo tion graphics, zines and crafted jewelry and metal were just some of the mediums show cased.

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The Gardiner Gallery of Art hosted the Biennial Faculty Exhibition for the current aca demic year which featured art from different faculty and staff of OSU’s Art, Graphic Design and Art History departments.

The gallery featured recent works from full-time, adjunct and emeritius faculty. The exhibition is designed to give students and visitors the opportunity to view new works produced that OSU educators produced.

The gallery occurs every two years so that students are guaranteed access to faculty work at least once in their time at OSU.

Part of the department’s employment requirements in clude faculty members having to be a practicing artist, design er or art historian. The exhibi tion gives them the opportunity to show off their latest work and achievements to the OSU and Stillwater community.

“I very much like the idea of the students seeing what the faculty are doing, not only the quality of the work, which is outstanding, but also the breadth of the work from sculpture to drawings to prints,” Chris Whittey, OSU Department of Art head, said. “I think it provides an example to students that you make this decision to be an artist or de signer by putting your stake in the ground and you don’t pull up the stake, you don’t back

“There’s no central theme, but if you spend time with the work, you see certain themes start to emerge a little bit,” Whittey said. “Sometimes, artists are very interested in materiality and the material that they make the work with, sometimes artists are more concerned with the conceptual nature of a project, sometimes it’s more aesthetic, but you see connections between the work in those ways.”

Faculty member Mary Claire Becker, who displayed two of her works, said art is all about human experience.

“Professors in the OSU art department are making work about all kinds of things: migration, globalization, gun violence, climate change, sense of place, monster theory, ecofeminism, workers’ rights and more,” she said. “I hope visitors to the exhibit will see the artworks on display both as interesting aesthetic objects and as opportunities to en gage with and think about our research topics.”

The exhibit demon strated the impact that art has on bringing the community together, Whittey said. The gallery had many students and faculty attend.

“I’m thinking that per haps we do not talk about the social function of art often enough and how works like this provoke a wonderful coming together,” Whittey said. “This is, to my way of thinking, the work of the work.”

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The Gardiner Gallery of Art hosted a collection of art from OSU faculty at the Biennial Faculty Exhibition.

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Daily Horoscope

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Linda Black Horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (10/04/22). Fortune blesses your partnership this year. Regular practices strengthen creativity, fun and romance. Make powerful autumn connec tions, before winter travel or educational complications require resolution. Reap a bountiful spring harvest together, supporting with creative changes next summer. Take your collaboration to the next level.

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 — Share what you’re learning. Friends are a big help. Connect on a deeper level through common cause. Take action for a matter of the heart.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Career opportunities unfold. Sail forward with the wind at your back. Someone important is paying attention. Your status and influence are on the rise.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Explore new terrain. Pursue your subject where it leads. Research and plan. Study options. Dig for buried treasure. Discover hidden beauty. Investigate possibilities.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Manage cash flow for positive bal ances. Changes necessitate budget revisions. Collaborate on lucrative ventures. Together, you’re a powerful team. You can find what you need.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Pull with your partner. Share the load and the rewards. Collaboration leads to beauty and value. Encourage growth, peace and happiness. Find romance and laughter.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Your work gets results. Physical ef forts advance by leaps and bounds, for satisfying progress. Practice to strengthen your body, heart, spirit and mind.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Follow your own passion and curios ity. Develop a project to the next level. Deepen delightful connections. Savor fun with family. Learn from children.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Prioritize home and family. Beautify your spaces. Savor domestic comforts and joys. Cook up something delicious to share. Tend your garden and watch it grow.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You’re especially brilliant. Develop a creative project for satisfying progress. Doors that were closed may be open now. Polish presentations and hone the message.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Lucrative opportunities can pro duce extra. Your morale gets a boost along with your wallet. Action gets satisfying results today. Pour on the steam.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Advance a personal project by leaps and bounds. Discover the perfect resources, partners and opportunities when you look for them. Self-discipline pays off.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Find a peaceful retreat to collect your thoughts. Pause to revise plans for changing circumstances. Savor private productivity. Rest, replenish and recharge.

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47 Blues guitarist Baker 49 Longtime Swit co-star 50 Wanders in an airport?

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Monday’s

Lifestyle

A not-so-happy face: ‘Smile’ review

Connor Gray Staff Reporter

It is officially October and that means only one thing for cinema fans: horror movies. The newest horror film to hit theaters is Parker Finn’s “Smile” which is based off his 11-minute short film “Laura Hasn’t Slept” from 2020. Finn manages to take what is normally seen as a kind and comforting gesture and makes the audience fear the sim plicity of smiling.

Displaying visuals throughout that are genuinely creepy, “Smile”

has its fair share of jump scares, but I don’t the goal of the film was to make you scream in terror. “Smile” takes the approach of being an unsettling exploration of trauma and particularly what it is like for things to continue going wrong despite facing that trauma. This is a film that undoubtedly bor rows qualities from others in the genre, especially “It Follows,” but I think that “Smile” succeeds in what it is wanting to do to the point where you can over look these similarities. The plot feels familiar and predictable, but I would argue that Finn uses predictability to his credit and used it to build tension throughout the film to chip away at the nerves of the viewers. Trevor Allee, a student majoring in philosophy with a minor in spanish at OSU, said he noticed the unpredictable nature of the film.

“It keeps you on edge because you

never know when it is reality or in our protagonist’s head,” Allee said.

Sosie Bacon, who plays Dr. Rose Cotter, is the best part of “Smile” as her acting just seems to elevate the emotions being portrayed to another level. There were points throughout my viewing where I felt uncomfort able because of the mental and physical status that Bacon’s character was in. The pacing of the film can be a bit slow at times, which at first glance can seem like a negative, but I think “Smils” uses that to its advantage when lowering the guard of the audience and then making its move with the scare.

The only true negatives that I have with the movie are that the ending was predictable to the point where as the film was winding down I felt quite underwhelmed truthfully. The visual effects were not always the greatest and relied on a bit much and the reveal of

the final monster was, to put it kindly, unimpressive. These slight missteps are the only real muddy spots that find their way into an otherwise solid supernatu ral horror experience.

Carson McBrayer, a chemistry major at OSU, said he enjoyed the movie.

“‘Smile’ is a lot of fun with friends and is perfect for the Halloween season,” McBrayer said.

“Smile” is a dreadful and jumpy movie going experience that will have you leaving with a smile on your face while also having the subtle creepiness of the same expression clinging in the back of your head. If you are searching for a spooky film to see this October look no further than seeing “Smile” at your local theater to celebrate the Hal loween season.

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“Smile” is a movie full of jump scares perfect for the Halloween season.