Monday, Oct. 10, 2022

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OSU offense mediocre in win

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Daniel Allen Staff Reporter

Saturday’s win for No. 7 OSU over

Texas Tech was a game of ebbs and flows — things for the OSU players and coaches to praise, while having a handful of things to be corrected.

Here’s a report card of OSU’s 41-31 win over the Red Raid ers to keep the Cow boys perfect on the

Spencer Sand ers: C+

The senior quar terback is undoubtedly piecing together his most impressive season thus far in five years as OSU. Heading in, Sanders already tossed for over 1,000 yards for 11 touchdowns and

rushed for four. He has looked sharp through all four contests, com pleting over 65% of his passes prior to Satur day’s game.

While a lot of it was him being under duress as a result of the quality Red Raider

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Second half comeback normal for Cowboys

Ivan White Staff Reporter

Before OSU defeated Texas Tech 41-31, the score hours before looked different.

As the clock wound down to end the first half, OSU found itself trailing 24-20.

A gutsy first-half per formance from the Texas Tech de fense and redshirt freshman quar terback Behren Morton put the Red Raiders in great position for an upset.

OSU stalled out in the red zone to start the second half and settled for a field goal to cut the lead to one.

The Red Raiders responded on the ensuing possession with

a touchdown to give themselves a 31-23 lead. They didn’t score again.

After trad ing punts on the next two drives, OSU quickly managed to get deep into Texas Tech territory.

With 3:17 left in the third quarter, OSU quarterback Spencer Sand ers crashed into the end zone to pull the Cowboys within two. Sand ers handed it off to a speedy Jaden Bray to tie it up with a two-point conversion.

With the score evened, it was up to the OSU defense to make another stop.

Mason Cobb would do just that.

An interception from the Cowboy linebacker set

the offense up in excellent scoring position.

Unable to find the end zone, OSU was forced to settle for Tanner Brown’s fourth field goal of the game.

OSU ended the third quarter with a 34-31 lead, its first since early in the second quarter.

To begin the fourth quarter, the teams again traded punts.

This led to a Texas Tech drive that crossed mid field, helped with Cowboy safety Kendal Daniels getting called for targeting.

The OSU defense held on a fourth down to give the offense the ball back with under 10 minutes left.

Kicked Out doesn’t conform to music norms

Brylee Smith Staff Reporter

As a child, some students might have dreamed about being in a band. You prob ably made instruments with whatever you could find around your house. Pots, pans, forks and spoons.

Of course, that dream does not come true for many.

One group of OSU students made their dream a reality.

Kicked Out is a local band that consists of six OSU students. Their sound cannot be defined to one genre, but fits into many. It is best described as “psy chedelic surf grunge indie jazz” but they play an even wider range of genres.

“Our originals encapsulate these genres but we love to play covers from all music styles,” lead singer, Lauren Tim brook, said.

Timbrook, Onyx Wannebo, Zackary Tucker, Cort Vanzant, Draven Thomas, and Jackson Fussell make up the band.

Timbrook is the lead singer, plays tambourine, rhythm guitar and runs the band’s social media ac counts. Wannebo plays the flute, sings backup vocals and rhythm guitar. Vanzant does bass guitar and vocals. Fussell plays drums and percussion for the band while Tucker plays saxophone and synths. Thomas is the lead guitarist.

Following the final ABC Ensemble performance last semester, the band was born. The group formed because of the common idea that they wanted to make music together with out conforming to the rules and requirements that the Greenwood School of Music has for ensemble bands.

After forming at the end of the spring semester, they spent the summer practicing together to formulate their own sound. In August, Kicked Out made its social media debut.

Each member of the band has its own inspiration they bring to the table. These

artists influence the band’s sound and how they make music.

Some of these inspira tions include Cage the Elephant, Kurt Cobain, Anton Newcombe, John Bonham, Brecker Brothers and Eddie Van Halen.

Most of the members are music industry majors and they all share a passion for music.

“We didn’t want to be confined to one style of music,” Tim brook said. “Even though some of us aren’t music industry majors, who doesn’t want to be in a band?”

One member in particular, Wannebo, said she’s been dream ing of this opportunity for a long time.

“For me, my en tire childhood I wanted to be a rockstar,” she said. “As I got older I realized that wasn’t going to happen, but there’s nothing wrong with having fun.

It’s easier when you’re sur rounded by people who can play instruments.”

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Mason Cobb’s interception gave OSU’s offense tremendous field position and a chance to take the lead.

pass rush, Sanders showed he wasn’t perfect, completing 22 of his 45 passes, compiling a completion per centage less than 50. Addi tionally, he missed more open passes — ones that he had made a handful of in weeks before — where receivers had more than enough cushion to corral a well-placed ball. His deep ball accuracy was spotty as well.

Offensive Line: B

Throughout the young 2022 season, the Cowboy of fensive line had been a key to the early success quantified by the OSU offense.

The unit had not surren dered more than one sack all season heading into Saturday’s contest.

Four quarters later, that changed as the Red Raider de fensive line tallied three sacks on OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders. A large portion of the Cowboys’ third down conver sions in the first half were a result of Sanders using his legs on third-and-long — which on one end is a testament to his running ability, but on another was as a result of the OSU quarterback having to run for his life to make something happen for the Cowboy offense.

Defensive Line: B+

The defensive line had been the bright spot of the Cowboy defense — providing a cushion to a young and rather inexperienced OSU secondary.

However, the unit had not faced a fast-paced, up-tempo offense to the extent of Texas Tech’s, which showed Saturday afternoon.

The Cowboys allowed a season-high of 148 rushing yards and was relatively held in check for the majority of the first half. Nonetheless, the unit awoke in the latter portion of the first half, recording a quality red zone stand with two clutch batted passes at the line of scrimmage to force a Texas

Tech field goal rather than sur rendering a touchdown to end the first half of play. Several key sacks and tackles at the line of scrimmage were made in the second half to hold an explosive Red Raider offense to just one touchdown in the second half, after surrendering

three in the first, en route to another OSU win.

Home Crowd: A+ Saturday afternoon’s ball game was more than enough to make an avid college football fan’s day. The home crowd added emotion to a riotous environment at Boone Pickens

Stadium.

From the opening kick, fans dressed in orange and black were engrossed in the on-field festivities, creating a rowdy and chaotic atmosphere. The fans partook in any sta dium entertainment that took place. From post-touchdown

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chants, to the Pistol Pete gun shots, to the postgame alma mater — the OSU faithful made Saturday’s contest one to remember in regards to the overall in-game atmosphere.

With the second sellout of the season, The O’Colly gave the Stillwater crowd an A+

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What Texas Tech said following loss to OSU

Baylor Bryant Staff Reporter

Here is what Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire and the Red Raiders had to say follow ing their 41-31 loss to OSU on Saturday: McGuire on OSU quar terback Spencer Sanders:

“I thought when they needed the yards the quarterback did a good job of run

ning the football when they needed to. We got them into some situa tions to where it’s third down and he converted with his feet. I thought he did a good job throwing the ball. You know with a guy like that we didn’t get him down enough.

There was a couple times where we didn’t get a good enough pass rush and he was able to extend the play with his

feet or extend the play throwing the ball.”

Sanders had 17 carries for 67 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Texas Tech quarterback Behron Morton on OSU’s second half perfor mance:

“They adjusted well after halftime.

We harped on them fast with the tempo. They kinda started to

figure out our tempo and I think at the end of the day we didn’t execute good enough. That’s the biggest thing.”

Texas Tech linebacker Krishon Mer riweather on OSU’s offensive dominance:

“I would say taking advantage of the cause we made. Actually reading the plays and things like that.”

After the offense went threeand-out, the Cowboy defense again made a stop on fourth down.

This time the offense capital ized.

The Cowboys managed to drain some clock on their final offensive drive of the game. Running back Dominic Richardson dragged multiple

defenders into the end zone to cap off the drive and take a 41-31 lead with only two minutes remaining.

Time expired on the final Texas Tech possession and preserve the fourth-quarter shutout for the OSU defense.

“We’ve been in these battles before,” said OSU coach Mike Gundy.

“In the end, there wasn’t any panic.”

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Texas Tech 41-31 on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium.

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OSU quarterback Spencer Sanders scored 18 straight points to defeat Texas Tech on Saturday after noon.

University Counseling Services sheds light on National Depression Screening Day

Bella Casey Staff Reporter

OSU Counseling Services brings awareness to National Depression Screening Day and mental health awareness with offering free depression screenings in the Student Union Plaza from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m this past Thursday.

With it being national depression awareness month, October is a good op portunity to discuss on campus mental health resources with students. As seasonal depression approaches, now is the time to make students aware of their options.

Students could answer the patient health questionnaire on paper, their phone or on an iPad that University Counseling Services provided. By

answering nine questions, participants would receive an interpretation of their results that rated their condition from no depression to severe depression.

“It was fairly straightforward,” said OSU student Kate Tickle after fill ing out the questionnaire.

If students wanted to pursue help after receiving their results, those run ning the booth reminded student that licensed counselors are available in Room 320 in the Student Union.

Alongside the questionnaire, Uni versity Health Services also provided free books to offer students guidance on how to deal with grief. Five different books by Alan D. Wolfelt were avail able for students to take home. The Remember the Ten fund funded the free books.

Members of Pete’s Pet Posse at tended the screening to help students destress. Pete’s Pet Posse is a favorite

among pokes when it comes to campus mental health resources.

“P3 goes along with mental health,” said Patti Weaver, a Pete’s Pet Posse handler.

University Counseling Services loved seeing the dogs brings joy to students who may be feeling homesick or having a tough day. Hera, Skeeter, Charlie Brown and others stopped in to visit with students.

Counseling services also offered candy, fidget spinners, slime and stress balls to those who filled out a question naire or students that were just passing by.

Flyers lined the table that provid ed students with additional information on their results or other mental health resources. Students could scan one bar code that took them to an informational page about depression, or scan another that informed them of campus therapy

options.

A flyer for the University Coun seling Podcast, a podcast about selfhelp, was displayed, along with a flyer for a World Mental Health Day crafting party being held Oct. 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Reboot Center.

“I’m hoping to do more things like this,” said Joseph Dunnigan, the associate director of University Coun seling Services.

Though school and work may keep most students busy, it is important that every person makes time for their mental health. OSU Counseling Ser vices offers a variety of mental health resources to fit every student’s needs. For more information about mental health services at OSU, please visit ucs. okstate.edu.

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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Community mentors host Smash Out Stress

Isaac Terry Staff Reporter

Has college life been stressing you out?

For many residents of Bennett Hall, the answer to that is a resounding yes.

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tors Ashton Self and Madison Parsons heard them loud and clear and decided to help them re lieve some of their stress hosting a joint social event, a piñata smashing session in the courtyard outside Bennett Hall last Thursday.

People lined up as piñatas, two with fuzzy rainbows, and one in the shape of smiley face, were strung up on a large magnolia tree. The first to go was the smiley, with everyone getting two hits with a broom stick after being spun and blindfolded.

Fifteen minutes and a broken broom stick later, people hur ried under the tree as the first piñata spilled out Starbursts, Skittles, Life Savers and more.

Round two saw a rainbow strung up, as well as a more straight forward way of hitting the piñata. This time, Self and Parsons planned to have people throw punches directly at it instead. That ended fast as the first punch sent the rainbow crashing down, but not spilling any of its candy.

They moved it to the nearby sidewalk, where people took turns stomping and kicked the piñata instead, with one kick sending it flying with a trail of candy

behind it.

In the third round the bat returned, this time being a metal baseball bat, and an other rainbow piñata was strung up on the magno lia branch. This round had a new catch as well, as Self lifted up and dropped the piñata while people took turns swing ing at it. Eventually, someone got lucky and hit it right in the center, making it spill out its candy contents.

Self and Parsons planned so that people would enjoy themselves, such as setting up, stringing and holding the piñatas, and even making their own custom playlist just for the event.

Parsons spoke with The O’Colly after all the fun was over. Parsons said she’d love to host this event again.

“I think we got a good turnout,” Parsons said. “This was our first time doing this and it was like a trial run. We plan to do this again next semester. Kind of like a Valentine’s Day party with tables and cookies and more things. It will hopefully much bigger than this time.”

With mental health being on students’ minds for the current campaign happening at OSU, Cowboys United, it’s important to relieve your stress. For information about services on cam pus that can help with anxiety and stress, please visit ucs.okstate.edu.

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The community mentors plan to do another event in the spring to help relieve students of stress.

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Each member plays a vital role in the band. Not only do they all play an instrument or sing, but they have all written songs for the band to produce.

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It’s really cool when one of us brings a song that doesn’t have a lot of form to it,” Timbrook said. “Even if someone didn’t write the song themselves we can be like ‘How does this sound on the drums or bass’ and we can all be a song writer together even if it’s someone else’s bare bones.”

The group dynamic is light hearted and everyone is given the opportunity to make their own cre ative decisions. They collaborate on songs and ideas, and try to find unique ways to show their talent.

“I want our music to be mu sic that people can’t hear in other places,” Vanzant said. “I want them to be eager to watch us play.”

The next big step they plan to take is recording an album with their 12 original songs. Some of their originals include “Your Girl,” “22” and “Crazy.” They plan to record these in the Greenwood stu dio. After they record, their goal is to promote it and keep playing as many gigs as they can. Their long term goal is to someday have a song in “Guitar Hero,” but right now they have many ideas for the direction they want to go.

Kicked Out will play at the OSU Art Festival at Student Union Plaza from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m on Friday.

The group will also play at Stonecloud Brewing Company in Stillwater on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.

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Kicked Out will perform at the OSU Art Festival at 3 p.m. Friday.

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O’COLLY

Applications for Spring Semester 2023​Editor-in-Chief of The O’Colly will be accepted from now until 12 p.m. (noon) Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Applications are now available in the Paul Miller Journalism and Broadcasting Build ing, room 106. Applicants must return their completed applications to room 106 no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

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

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

Daily Horoscope

Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Linda Black Horoscopes

Today’s Birthday (10/10/22). Good things flow through partnership this year. Give generously for magnified returns. Autumn artistic, creative and communication tri umphs lead to shifting winter educational or travel plans. Abundant growth swells family accounts, before your creative story takes a summer plot twist. Together, you’re invincible.

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 — For about three weeks, with Mercury in Libra, rely on experts. Your partner is full of good ideas. Network and grow creative collaborations.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Discuss physical performance, health and fitness, with Mercury in Libra. Streamline routines and practices over three weeks. Simplify tasks. Enjoy interesting work. Take charge. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Express your heart. You’re espe cially charming, with Mercury in Libra for three weeks. Creative and romantic projects flourish. Fun arises in conversation. Discuss possibilities. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Talk about domestic potential. Com munication flowers at home over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Libra. Family consensus comes easier. Teamwork gets satisfying results. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Dig into fascinating subjects, with Mer cury in Libra. Solve intellectual puzzles. Write and share your story. Creativity sparks into brilliant ideas. Communicate a balanced perspective

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Profitable ideas abound. Creative work pays well, with Mercury in Libra for three weeks. Find another source of revenue. Lucrative opportunities arise in conversation.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Begin a three-week creative phase, with Mercury in your sign. You’re especially brilliant. Determine what you want and articulate it. Discuss possibilities with talented friends.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Productivity thrives in private, with Mercury in Libra. Finish old business. Listen to your inner wisdom. Plot and chart your course behind closed doors.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Connect and network to ad vance community causes, with Mercury in Libra. Crowdsource solutions. Consen sus comes easier. Pull together and win. Coordinate for stronger teamwork. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Profitable professional ideas abound over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Libra. New opportunities and influence arise in discussion. Share your experiences.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Expand territory, with Mercury in Libra. Ask questions. Explore and investigate new ways of thinking. Learn through art and cultural expression. Study new ideas.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Discuss possibilities. For three weeks, with Mercury in Libra, track family finances. Implement changes you’ve been wanting. Collaboration arises in conversation. Make lucrative deals.

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“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” receives first trailer

Peyton Little Staff Reporter

The official OklahTwo iconic video game characters will soon grace the big screen. This past Thursday, Illumination and Nintendo un veiled the first look at the “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in a Nintendo Direct presentation.

The trailer starts off with Bowser flying a massive float ing island into frozen ice land which glows with a castle in the middle of it. Quickly, the island lands as Bowser’s army of Koopa Troopa soldiers line up outside the snowy kingdom. Kamek, who Kevin Michael Richardson plays, is the first character to speak, introduc ing the King of the Koopas, Bowser. Bowser, who Jack Black plays, is typically is a character of few words, but after being introduced, he yells with authority as the snow castle opens to reveal a king dom of penguins. The penguin kingdom is a nice reference to the first ever 3D Super Mario title, “Super Mario 64”, as they can be found and interacted with in the snow levels within the game. The penguins have been seen sparsely throughout series installments, but this is the first time they’ve seen a major role. The penguins at tempt to foil Bowser’s invasion and fail miserably. Bowser then unleashes a torrent of fire upon the castle destroy ing it with ease. It then cuts to Bowser obtaining a star with delight shouting “I’ve finally found it, now who’s going to stop me?”.

Here is the moment all fans were waiting for. The classic “Super Mario Broth ers” song plays displaying only a black screen. Mario then shoots out of a pipe and

falls to the ground. Mario, who Chris Pratt plays, looks around dazed and confused at a strange new world full of mushrooms. He is then inter rupted by Toad, who Keegan Michael Key plays, and the two set off on an adventure into the Mushroom Kingdom. The trailer closes with Luigi running fearfully from a group of Dry Bones enemies.

The movie looks solid. It is exactly how one would imagine a cinematic experi ence with Mario characters.

Animation is smooth, the colors are vibrant and lively, and the character designs are faithful to their iconic looks.

The voice cast on the other hand is a bit of a mixed bag.

Black’s delivery with Bowser is excellent. Black does an excellent job of portraying a menacing character, all the while maintain a confident, cocky energy with it. Key’s depiction of Toad is a unique but great direction to take the character. Instead of going for the raspier tone Toad’s voice has in modern games, it is reminiscent of his voice during the mid to late 90s. Luigi, who Charlie Day plays, only got in a few grunts and groans, but Day’s voice is a perfect match for the timid younger brother. The biggest question mark is Pratt’s take on the titular char acter Super Mario. It sounds exactly like Pratt’s voice, as there is barely any discernment from his voice as Mario and his everyday voice. It is not a horrible choice, yet it will take some getting used to as time goes on.

While there is a lot more information and characters that are yet to be seen, the “Super Mario Bros. Movie” is shap ing up to be a fun experience for video game enthusiasts to enjoy. The film premieres in theaters April 7.

Courtesy of Universal Pictures’ Instagram

the big screen when “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”