Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022

Hester Street Paint gets Cowboys excited for Homecoming

firing hand gesture and Pistol Pete were painted.

Hester Street Paint ing unites Cowboys of all generations each year.

OSU students, alumni and their families flock to Hester Street where range paint is provided by the Alumni Association. All sorts of masterpieces were created.

Messages like, “Go Pokes,” “Loyal & True” and “America’s Great est Homecoming” were plastered up and down Hester Street. Images of cowboy hats, the pistols

These messages will serve as encourage ment for the Cowboy football team on their Spirit Walk Saturday afternoon.

An abundance of alumni were in atten dance and they brought lots of future Cowboys with them.

Little kids covered in orange paint from head to toe were scat tered along the road add ing their creations to the uplifting messages.

Oliver excited to face talented Texas offense

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The road ahead for OSU will only get tougher. With the Big 12 still up for grabs, OSU and Texas are set to face off in a conference showdown on Saturday.

The OSU defense gave up 30 points in the second half and overtime after leading by double digits last Sat urday vs TCU.

However, defen sive end Collin Oliver and the rest of the group think they can be much better this week.

“We think we’re way bet ter than we were against TCU, we just gotta keep proving people wrong and go out there and do it,” Oliver said.

Texas is coming to Stillwater on a three-game win streak, and with

weapons such as running back Bi jan Robinson and receiver Xavier Worthy on the outside, OSU will undoubtedly face a challenging task on Saturday.

Robinson, one of the most explosive play ers in college football, is a player to watch on Saturday.

Robinson has rushed for 100 or more yards in his past five games and scored two or more touch downs in three of those five. In last year’s matchup, Robinson rushed for 135 yards and scored three total touchdowns.

Oliver acknowledged his ability and the task ahead for the OSU defense.

“Dude is shifty,” Oliver said. “Obviously everybody knows he’s a baller, so we just got to go out there and wrap him up and get him to the ground.”

Resident halls to host annual orange reflection

Calif Poncy Staff Reporter

It’s that time in Stillwater once again.

With homecoming festivities be ginning on OSU’s campus this week, the fabled tradition of the orange reflection will be renewed once again.

Thursday, from 9 p.m. to mid night, the participating residential halls will light up their buildings for everyone and anyone to see and try to outdo their fellow contestants.

The orange reflection is a yearly event in which all the residential halls create fun and intricate designs that light up their whole buildings in orange.

Every year, each residential hall that wants to compete must submit an application, and once it is accepted the planning and decorating can begin.

In the past, participants have done things from lining their build ings trees and sidewalks with orange Christmas lights, to putting up signs, to changing the lights in their room to reflect America’s Brightest Orange on

to the streets below.

While some other events are more well-known than the orange re flection, it has quietly become one of the most notable events of America’s Greatest Homecoming.

While the event is fun in spirit, it is still a competition. Each year, the Homecoming royalty court makes its way around campus to see each dis play, and after taking in the sights and sounds of each competitor’s design, they take many factors into consider ation, and they announce a winner on Thursday night.

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Homecoming is an exciting time for college students, alumni and kids to enjoy the campus and Stillwater lifestyle.

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OSU’s defense only sacked TCU quarterback Max Duggan one time in its loss last Saturday.

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Patchin Hall is one of the many residential halls participating in Orange Reflection during Homecoming 2022.

Members of the Greek communi ty arrived at 6 p.m., flooding the street.

The Alumni Association played upbeat pop music, inspiring the cre ative flow of the attendees.

This event caters to the Stillwa ter community at large, and there is always a substantial turnout, as seen on Wednesday evening.

“It’s really cool to see everyone

whether they went to OSU or they had a family connection,” Hoyt Nebgen, a senior majoring in agricultural leader ship and food science said.

Students, faculty and families from all over were able to come togeth er, support the Cowboys and fill Hester Street with enough school spirit to last an entire year.

The ‘Everyone is family’ feeling was proved accurate when people of all ages enjoyed each others’ company and bounced ideas back and forth about which artistic skills to show off.

“My favorite thing is getting to share OSU with my kids, getting to

share my love of orange with them and getting to see the community all come together,” Ebonie Hill-Williamson, the Honors College program manager, said. “You get a little dirty, show team spirit and it’s just gotten bigger over the last 18 years.”

Hill-Williamson came to paint the street and shared her own OSU pride. She has been involved in this event since 2004 and hasn’t missed a year yet. She graduated from OSU in 2008, is a part of the staff and now shares her love with her daughter whose love for this school has already begun to show.

“Oklahoma State already feels like my hometown,” Trinity Tisdale, a junior majoring in applied exercise sci ence, said. “I come from a hometown that’s very big on homecoming too and has a lot of traditions that go into it.”

As this marks the halfway point of homecoming week, campus is live lier than ever and more than ready for the big game against Texas.

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Hester Street Painting

Students, faculty, alumni and families painted Hester Street with encouraging messages for the OSU football team.

All photos by Cole Gueldenzoph

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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Worthy is another player to watch on Saturday. The sophomore wideout is another playmaker Texas will feature in this matchup. He has the ability to get behind any secondary in the coun try with speed and will make you pay if you fall asleep. To see how the strug

gling OSU secondary will match up with Worthy and the rest of the Long horn receivers is something to keep an eye on, especially after giving up 180 receiving yards and a touchdown to TCU’s Quentin Johnston last week.

OSU coach Mike Gundy com mented on Worthy and his abilities on Tuesday.

“(Worthy) is dynamic, he’s a threat wherever he is,” Gundy said.

“Catching it, running it, throwing it, he can do a lot of things.”

The Cowboys have one of the best pass rushes in the Big 12. OSU is second in the conference with 17 sacks on the year. Texas has protected the quarterback well this season, however whether it’s the likes of Brock Martin, Tyler Lacy or Brenden Evers, Texas has yet to face a pass rush as aggres sive as OSU.

OSU also holds its opponents to the lowest third-down conversion rate in all of the Big 12 and the fourth low est fourth-down conversion rate in the

conference.

Whether it’s Robinson and Wor thy for Texas, or Spencer Sanders and the defensive line for OSU, there are many players who can determine the direction of the game on Saturday.

“It’s gonna be a lot of fun. I think it’s on ABC primetime, that’s what I like,” Oliver said. “Games like these allow you to showcase yourself on the biggest stage.”

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OSU defensive end Collin Oliver (No. 30) said he’s excited for Saturday’s game against Texas.

Cassity embracing ‘Texas week’ as an Austin native at OSU

As he received playful banter from his parents regarding his poor choice of clothing, he bit into his Texas State Fairthemed funnel cakes as he sat, engrossed in the action on the field.

Braden Cassity remem bers it as a cold November afternoon in Austin, Texas.

He sat in the nosebleeds of historic Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium alongside his parents, watching the Tex as Longhorns battle the Texas Tech Red Raiders. A strong burst of wind stroked Cassity, who was admittingly foolishly dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, as shivers instantaneously flowed through Cassity’s body.

Afterward, he and his family went to the nearest bar becue restaurant and chowed down on a jumbo-sized meal.

It’s moments like this that Cassity remembers best growing up. A native of Aus tin, Texas, he recalls Long horn games he and his family attended. Yet, five years later, he finds himself residing in Stillwater wearing a different shade of orange, and playing in front of a polar opposite fanbase in many ways.

“The goal was just to play (college) football,” Cas

sity said. “It was more so ‘Let’s just get an offer first’ for me. Texas would have been nice, but football is really what I love.”

Throughout his high school career and recruitment, there was occasional commu nication between Cassity and the Longhorn coaching staff— but never an offer.

He made his first start and recorded two receptions against the Longhorns last sea son in OSU’s 32-24 comeback win. He remembers soaking in the realization of playing in front of the same avid fan base he sat among just years ago before kickoff.

“It was surreal,” Cassity said. “You know I’d gone to so many games as a kid and now I was playing in that same

stadium with so much history and tradition to it. It was very surreal. But I mean, they never offered me and now I’m here.”

Over the years, “Texasweek”, as Cassity refers to it as, is more rampant than most weeks. He and his friends back home in Austin deliver banter back-and-forth as the game nears. This year is no different.

Cassity has received jokes about his tendency of not being a significant receiving threat and his unorthodox role as a cowboy back. But in the end, he realizes it is all part of the friendly taunting that comes with a rivalry.

While Cassity admits playing down the street from his family would have been nice, he realizes things worked out for the better. While going

head-to-head with a nationally prominent, blue blood program sends a euphoric rush through his body, he says that catching up with his friends and family back home is the best aspect that comes with playing Texas every year.

“When we are play ing (Texas) I like to consider myself not a hometown hero,” Cassity said. “I wouldn’t say a target on my back but more so like a friendly competitor involved in some friendly com petition. It’s always fun and it’s great to catch up with guys who play there that I grew up with and it makes Texas week all the better.”

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Braden Cassity, an Austin native, grew up going to UT games a child, and wanting to play for them.

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All photos by Jaiden Daughty

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Friends make your heart grow. Connect and reconnect with people you love and admire. Teamwork can accom plish wonders. Invite participation. You’re stronger together.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Your professional work is gain ing attention. Use what you’ve kept hidden. Money saved is money earned. Leave misconceptions behind. Get farther than expected.

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Homecoming Schedule

Thursday

Orange Reflection, Residential Life Buildings, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

All Night Pomp, Greek Neighborhood, 3 p.m. Oct. 20-3 p.m. Oct. 21

Friday

Homecoming Dec Walkarounds, Greek Neighborhood, 5:30-9 p.m.

Homecoming Registration, Alumni Association and South Library Lawn, 3:30-8 p.m.

Homecoming & Hoops, Gallagher-Iba Arena, 9-9:45 p.m.

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The orange reflection is a unique homecoming event because there are no prerequisites needed to participate as long as you live in a residential hall.

Many events require contes tants to be in clubs or be a part of a specific college to participate, but the orange reflection is open to anyone who lives in a participating residential hall and wants to join in on the fun.

The orange reflection also serves as a precursor to the most famous of all OSU Homecoming traditions—walkaround.

While you cruise the streets Thursday night looking at the beautiful displays on the residential halls, the orange light coming from the buildings will illuminate the soon-to-be packed streets where walkaround will occur less than 24 hours later.

Of all the events taking place during America’s Greatest Home coming, the orange reflection is one

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of the most fun and inclusive, so instead of sitting at home Thursday night, come bask in orange and get in the homecoming spirit.

Cowboy Homecoming, please visit orangeconnection.org.

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Orange balloons are suspended outside resident halls during Homecoming’s Orange Reflection.

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