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OSU professor named president of veterinary pathology organization

OSU professors are making a difference.

OSU veterinary professor Dr. Jerry Ritchey was named president of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

The ACVP promotes excellence in the veterinary pathology field and aims to improve animal, human and environmental wellbeing through its members.

tors, Jerry has spearheaded many impactful and transformative initiatives,” said Durham. “Some behind the scenes, like extensive contract negotiations for our journal, Veterinary Pathology, and some that garnered great attention from all members, like the successful creation of the ACVP Training Accreditation program. I consider any institution with Jerry in the leadership to be exceptionally fortunate.”

Ritchey plans to target three main areas of focus during his time as president.

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game, take any of the hits or fight for every rebound. But by the end of it, he lost his voice and had been through all the tension of winning a Big 12 basketball game.

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Mike Boynton needed a break, so, during a timeout with four minutes left, he walked as far from the huddle as possible to breathe.

After minutes of screaming across the court, slamming the hardwood with all his might — even if he wasn’t supposed to — and trying to do anything and everything to help his team win. He didn’t play in the

On Saturday, OSU completed the third-largest comeback in program history in decades for a 61-59 win against No. 12 Iowa State in Gallagher-Iba Arena.

It wasn’t a game the Cowboys should’ve won after 20 minutes. In the first half, they had as many turnovers as field goals made, were heavily out-rebounded and down by as many as 16. But that’s why there’s a second half.

Even with eight minutes left, the chance of winning was slim — unable to make a shot. In the Big 12, though, almost anything is possible.

“There’s peaks and valleys in life,” Boynton said. “Everybody looks at success as a linear thing, but the truth is, there’s pitfalls. We were in a valley at halftime. We were in a valley with eight minutes to go. You just gotta find a way to get over the hump.”

It takes size and length, experience, physicality in the paint, and making open and contest shots to win in the Big 12; which is what OSU did on Saturday.

Moussa Cisse, who is dealing with an ankle injury, played 14 minutes of high effort rebounding and blocking late shots, including one Boynton said “sealed the game.”

In addition to his 26-year career at OSU’s veterinary school, Ritchey has been a member of the ACVP since 1996 and has been on the board of directors for the past five years after serving on several other committees and task forces.

As president, Ritchey will oversee functions of the college, such as membership, finances, strategic planning and moderating monthly board meetings.

Amy Durham, the chief operating officer for ACVP, is confident in Ritchey’s leadership abilities.

“During his tenure on the board of direc-

“We recently generated a new five-year strategic plan and I hope to get us off to a good start so we can accomplish everything we set out to,” Ritchey said. “Second is the accreditation of our residency training programs. We want to support the group leading that effort and make sure they have all the resources they need. The third is member engagement and improving communication between the board and the membership.”

Cowboys open weekend with hard-fought win over Omaha

Greenwood Center as they took down the University of Nebraska-Omaha 4-0.

Despite the shutout, some healthy struggles were needed to secure the win.

“That’s a program that’s beaten power five teams,” coach Dustin Taylor said on the Mavericks following the dual. “There were a couple of matches where there was uncomfortable moments and and (the team) got to face some adversity.”

The aforementioned adversity first reared its head during the match with OSU’s Chase Ferguson/Francisco Pini duo, which had the rest of the match called off due to the clinched point.

Ferguson, a fifth year USF transfer making his OSU debut, attributed the challenges to the recency of the pairing.

The Cowboy tennis team continued their earlyseason unbeaten streak on Saturday afternoon at the

The Cowboys clinched the doubles point following 6-3 wins by both the Leighton Allen/Carl Roothman and Tyler Zink/Isaac Becroft pairings.

“It’s actually (Francisco)’s and my first time playing together,” he said. “I think once you have some more time to play with each other and get the chemistry there, we’re gonna be able to play a lot better.”

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With the Cowboys shooting, length and mentality, they believe they can compete in the hectic Big 12.

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Tyler Zink (right) helped clinch the Cowboys win in doubles with Isaac Becroft.

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The Cowboys continued their push for points into singles play, winning three matches to seal the victory.

Ferguson handily defeated opponent Davis Lawley (6-1, 6-1) for the first singles point, and Becroft rallied from a 1-3 deficit in the second set to defeat Ryoma Mishiro (6-1, 6-4). The toughest battle of the three completed matches, however, took place on court 1, where Tyler Zink bested Maverick Mikhail Kornukov (6-4, 6-4).

Zink, who at one point was down 2-3 in the first set, knew he had

to dig in deep to get the result he wanted.

“He’s a very good player. Huge serve, and rips from the ground,” said Zink on his opponent. “I knew I wanted to make it physical, and I knew the longer the point the stronger the benefit was for me.

I think trying my hardest and making him hit the balls long… I did a good job of that and I think that made me succeed.”

With one dual down, the Cowboys are looking ahead to a doubleheader on Sunday against Lamar and Oral Roberts to round out the

weekend slate.

Inching ever closer on the horizon is the ITA kickoff next weekend in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, too.

“Today, as a coach, was all we could ask for. As a player of course, you could ask for more… but for us, that’s what we wanted,” Taylor said. “We wanted to see our guys not peak right now. We want to see them peak next weekend at the kickoff weekend, and we can’t overlook our matches tomorrow as part of that.”

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“That looked like a goaltend to me, but the only person who can get that stuff is Moussa,” Kalib Boone said.

Shooting from three had been an area of concern for OSU all last season and the first four games of conference play. The Cowboys on Saturday were not the same team seen prior.

Avery Anderson, who hadn’t made a three in more than a month, knocked down two in the second half as apart of his 18-point performance.

John-Michael Wright was in a similar slump entering the second half, shooting 6-for-24 from three in Big 12 play to that point, but made two himself to close the deficit.

“This isn’t last year’s team, last year we didn’t have great shooters,” Boynton said. “We couldn’t win this game last year. I don’t know if we could’ve made nine threes… In our league, when defenses are

as good as they are, it is going to be very rare that you’re going to get two open shots.”

When OSU’s leading scorer, Bryce Thompson, was in foul trouble in the first half, then exited the game within two minutes of the second half after injuring his left ankle, it forced the bench to collectively replace his impact. Freshman Quion Williams played 13 minutes and gathered a few rebounds, and Chris Harris Jr. made a three and held the team together in the middle of the deficit.

Caleb Asberry did the most, though, playing 34 minutes off the bench, made two threes and gathered six rebounds, most importantly late in the game when neither team could make a shot. His defensive capabilities were what Boynton found most valuable in his game and imprint on the court.

“His ability to defend perimeter guys, and you have to impact the game at the point of attack,” Boynton said. “If you take Avery off the ball, and you have a guy like (Asberry), it gives you a dynamic back-

court to force guys out of their comfort zone. I feel really good about us being able to continue being a good defensive team.”

OSU fans didn’t storm the court, but the win was significant nonetheless. Big 12 games are hard to win for any team. The parity is obvious and each game is equally competitive and important for the postseason.

Which is why despite the victory against the No. 12 team in the country, and another second-half surge to win in the game before, Boynton believes he and his team have the mindset to get through the marathon.

“It’s thrill and agony,” Boynton said. “That’s why tonight — as good as I feel about winning — I’m going to hunker down in preparation. I’ll enjoy this game for a couple hours, turn my computer on and I’ll try to figure out the next team.

“The second hardest thing you can do in this league is look ahead. The hardest thing you can do is look behind you. No matter how mad you got beat, no matter how big you won, the next game is gonna be harder.”

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Chase Ferguson debuted for the Cowboys on Saturday after transferring from South Florida.

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3 takeaways: Cowboys rally to defeat No. 12 Iowa State

the game.

“When we was coming back, I was saying we’ve got to get over the hump,” senior guard Avery Anderson said. “Coach was saying we’ve got to win this four-minute segment. And that’s how we came back, just trying to take it every four minutes.”

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Oklahoma State defeated No. 12 Iowa State 61-59 on Saturday in Gallagher-Iba Arena. It was OSU’s first time this season winning two consecutive Big 12 games.

Cowboys’ grit secures season’s most impressive win OSU (11-8, 3-4 Big 12) coach Mike Boynton spent the time leading up to the game praising ISU as one of the Big 12’s best teams.

For most of the first half, the Cyclones (14-4, 5-2) looked exactly that. Seven minutes into the game, ISU blazed to a 19-5 lead. The Cowboy defense struggled defending ISU’s forwards rolling to the basket and ISU exploited the interior defense. But steadily, and without a massive run, the Cowboys worked their way back into

There were a few plays that could be nominated for turning the tide.

Kalib Boone threw down a twohanded dunk with 1:41 left that led to Boynton slapping the floor like a maniac. When ISU guard Gabe Kalscheur swished a corner 3-pointer seconds later to tie the game at 57 and silence the feverish crowd, Anderson squirmed his way to a crafty right-handed layup to retake the lead.

“This is what we expect,” Boynton said. “We expect it to be a grind and a fight. We expect in the last four minutes somebody is going to step up and make plays. They’re going to have to do it at a really, really high level. today we had several guys step up and make meaningful plays.”

OSU led for just 2:43. The Cyclones had chances to rip the lead back in the final seconds, but a Tre King

missed 3-pointer with nine seconds left ensured the Cowboys their most impressive win of the season so far.

Cisse gradually returning to the court

It was the fifth-consecutive game Moussa Cisse, OSU’s 7-foot-1 center, did not start. That certainly mattered, because ISU had 38 points in the paint compared to OSU’s 14. Cisse did, however, get his most minutes since suffering an ankle injury that knocked him out of the starting lineup about three weeks ago.

Cisse did not shoot in 14 minutes, but hauled in three rebounds. There were a couple occasions where Boynton called a timeout to sub Cisse in while his team was on defense, and then flip it to put senior forward Kalib Boone in on offense.

“(Boone and Cisse) have very different strengths,” Boynton said. “One is sensational offensively. We had a possession where we were able to score, get a timeout, put Moussa back in and get a stop.”

In his return to the court against the Sooners in OSU’s last game, Cisse played two minutes.

The Cowboys may have added to the injury report during a play early in the second half. Guard Bryce Thompson landed awkwardly after attempting a 3-pointer from the corner by the OSU bench. He held his left ankle before being helped to the locker room. Thompson returned to the bench, but not the game.

Free throw woes hurt Cowboys

Tyreek Smith got a chance at redemption. It didn’t go well. With 13:03 in the second half, Smith, OSU’s power forward, got fouled in the paint and earned a trip to the line. Smith was fresh off an 0-for-2 trip to the line and, again, bricked both shots.

OSU shot 16-for-28 (57.1%) for the game. The Cowboys entered the game shooting 71% from the line.

Guard Caleb Asberry, one of OSU’s top free throw shooters, missed one of his two free throws with 27 seconds remaining. It kept the OSU lead at three and could have haunted the Cowboys.

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Caleb Asberry played 34 minutes off the bench for OSU after Bryce Thompson left the game with a left ankle injury.

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Ritchey’s history with OSU goes beyond his veterinary school alumnus status.

After graduating with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) in 1991, Ritchey completed an anatomic pathology residency and earned a Ph.D. in immunology. Shortly after, Ritchey returned to OSU.

Ritchey’s ACVP presidency is not his first brush with leadership. At OSU, he previously served as department head of veterinary pathobiology, as an attending pathologist for the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (OADDL) and twice served as OADDL’s interim director. He is currently the associate dean for academic and student affairs.

“I’m really humbled and honored to be trusted by my colleagues to serve in this role,” Ritchey said. “And so proud to represent Oklahoma State University.”

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OSU veterinary professor Dr. Jerry Ritchey was named president of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Eskimo Joe’s reveals Pete’s Pet Posse T-Shirt to celebrate its 10th anniversary

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America’s biggest pet-therapy program, Pete’s Pet Posse, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Eskimo Joe’s Clothes, a longtime partner with Pete’s Pet Posse, are known to create several iconic t-shirts and has designed a T-shirt to celebrate the anniversary.

The T-shirt has a pack of Pete’s Pet Posse dogs who are all happily running while wearing cowboy hats and orange bandanas. This is all drawn in Eskimo Joe’s iconic art style. The shirt is colored black with a 100% ringspun cotton tee and is available in adult sizes S-3X and youth

sizes S-XL.

“We love the work that Pete’s Pet Posse does on the Oklahoma State University Campus.” Stan Clark, the founder of Eskimo Joe’s said. “Most people love pets and it’s so endearing to watch somebody’s demeanor, attitude, even their body language, change as they engage with one of the dogs. It’s good for the soul and it makes people smile. And on a personal note, I love dogs!”

Pete’s Pet Posse Co-Founder Ann Hargis said these shirts are a great tribute to these beloved dogs.

“It’s a thrill to see Pete’s Pet Posse images on an Eskimo Joe’s T-shirt as a tribute to our first 10 years of serving the campuses of Oklahoma State University,” Hargis

said. “The design captures the spirit of the Posse with friendly dogs wearing big smiles. Bringing smiles to the students, staff, faculty, and visitors of Oklahoma State University and impacting the emotional well-being of the university system has always been our primary goal as an organization.”

The Pete’s Pet Posse 10th Anniversary shirts are now on sale in Eskimo Joe’s Stillwater and Tulsa clothing stores. They can also be bought online. A part of these proceeds will go to Pete’s Pet Posse.

Pete’s Pet Posse operates under the Ann Hargis OSU Center for Pet Therapy at Stillwater with the student support group Ruff Riders, the Pete’s Pet Posse Governing Board and Research Board. Currently, 61 teams

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are operating on five OSU campuses across Oklahoma.

This program began in 2013 on the OSU-Stillwater campus and expanded to OSU-Tulsa and OSU-CHS in 2015. By 2020, they had expanded to OSU College of Medicine in Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah and are working at the OSU-OKC campus in 2023. The Ann Hargis OSU Center for Pet Therapy opened in 2021.

A decade ago, this program was the vision Hargis and Kendria Cost. It was a pilot program, initially introducing eight dogs to OSU campuses. Now, over 100 dogs have participated in the Posse with over 300,000 students and lives affected by the program.

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Oklahoma State University’s Pete’s Pet Posse, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive university-based pet therapy program, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in style in 2023.

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‘That 90’s Show’ Review

Jaycee Hampton Staff Reporter

Netflix takes us back to Point Place, Wisconsin, in a series reboot, “That 90’s Show.”

Set in the summer of 1995, the Formans welcome a new group of teenagers to their basement.

When people hear the word reboot, they are immediately turned off and don’t care to watch.

Honestly, the question is “What could possibly be better than ‘That 70’s Show?’” Well, “That 90’s Show” is not better, but it was funny and well thought out. The writers and production crew did a fantastic job, and I really enjoyed how they incorporated certain scenes and transitions from the original show to the new one.

The season starts off when the daughter of Eric (Topher Grace) and Donna (Laura Prepon) decides to spend her summer with her grandparents, Kitty and Red. Leia Forman (Callie Haverda) is welcomed with open arms, and much to Kitty’s delight, the house is full of life and new adventures again.

Kitty is portrayed by Debra Jo Rupp, and she is absolutely the best part of the reboot. Her humor is still as sharp as ever and is the mom/ grandmother we wish we all had. The dynamic she shares with the old cast members is beautiful, and she shares that same dynamic with the new cast members.

Kurtwood Smith also reprises his role as Red Forman. The love he has for his granddaughter is captured

so well, and Red’s quick wit still brought tons of laughter. Most of the original cast cameos throughout the series appeared for short time periods. You get to see what Leo (Tommy Chong), Bob (Don Stark), Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and Jackie (Mila Kunis) have been up to two decades later.

One main character (Hyde) does not return for the reboot. Portrayed by Danny Masterson in “That 70’s Show”, the series decided to completely avoid bringing up Hyde throughout the 10-episode season. Masterson was charged in 2020 with rape in three separate incidents in the early 2000s. Although many fans love his character, the production crew made the right decision to leave any association with Masterson out of the series despite him denying any accusations

that were made as these court cases continue.

As season one progresses, Leia is given the opportunity to have the time of her life, just like her parents did. Son of Jackie and Michael Kelso, Jay Kelso (Mace Coronel), appears in Leia’s new friend group along with other unfamiliar faces. Characters such as Ozzie (Reyn Doi) and Gwen (Ashley Aufderheide) had great chemistry with other characters, making this group as unique as their parents in the ’70s.

It is extremely hard to live up to an original series legacy, but “That 90’s Show” is a wonderful tribute to those who created, portrayed characters and enjoyed watching as it aired on television.

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Callie Haverda as Leia, Ashley Aufderheide as Gwen and Maxwell Acee Donovan as Nate in “That ’90s Show.” (Patrick Wymore/Netflix/TNS)

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‘Deeply atmospheric and dreadfully boring’: Skinamarink review

Michael Clark Staff Reporter

Movies rarely leave me speechless. When it does happen, it’s often in a good way. After walking out of Kyle Bell’s debut film “Skinamarink,” I felt speechless in every imaginable way. It is the scariest film I’ve seen and I would never recommend it to another person.

See, “Skinamarink” is weird.

I don’t mean weird in a funny way like “Sharknado” or in a bad way like “Tusk.” I mean weird in the weirdest way possible. It’s hard to talk about this movie because it isn’t a movie about plot or performances, in some ways, it is a film about nothing. The basic premise is that two young siblings awaken one

night to find their parents gone with their doors and windows completely missing.

There is a staticky filter across the entire film, and thus the viewing experience is reminiscent of an old analog TV. Seeing this in theaters was both deeply atmospheric and dreadfully boring.

While this may sound exciting, “Skinamarink” takes its time to get under your skin. There are 30 minutes of nothing happening to truly immerse you into its world. When I say nothing happens, you may think I mean there’s exposition or character development or some other kind of setup.

No, not a single thing happens. It is complete silence with occasional whispering set to shots of the house

for at least 30 minutes.

While I hate this, I also respect this decision. When the film gets scary, you’re in such desperate need of stimulation that every subsequent scare becomes 10x more frightening. By the end of the film, I was crunched up in my seat with my hands over my mouth begging for it to end. There are some truly frightening sequences in this film if you are willing to give yourself up to them.

But I do have to say, the otherwise delectable atmosphere and terrifying concepts are ruined by the worst payoff to horror in the history of horror: jumpscares. I counted at least 5, all following the scariest sequences in the film. This movie loves to pay off its horror and slow, creeping tension by screaming at you for

no good reason.

I felt like “Courage: the Cowardly Dog” watching his owner put on a mask and scream “OOGABOOGABOOGA” in my face. What’s terrible is that I, just like that dog, screamed in agony every time.

Despite being scared, which is what horror is meant to do, this really soured my opinion on what are otherwise fantastic horror scenes. It’s hard to enjoy scenes when you know nothing is coming besides a loud noise.

“Skinamarink” is a film I would never recommend to anyone. It feels long despite only lasting an hour and a half, it’s dreadful in every possible way, and it left me feeling nauseous.

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A moment from the micro-budget Canadian thriller “Skinamarink.” (Shudder/TNS)

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