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The voice of Martin Luther King Jr. rang out over the Edmon Low Library Lawn.

Oklahoma State University students stood side-by-side, many of them African-American, and let the words of the civil rights icon speak in their stead.

They remained silent with posters in hand and duct tape covering their mouths. Written on each piece of tape was one word: “Unheard.”

It was the second protest the African-American Student Association held that week in January, following two incidents of white students taking pictures while wearing facial masks resembling blackface.

Both pictures were posted on social media, the first including four female students, two wearing the masks, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The second came six days later with one female student wear-

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A protester holds a sign outside Whitehurst Hall during a protest after two blackface incidents at Oklahoma State University in a week. The protesters stood outside the building to wait for OSU President Burns Hargis to arrive in the morning.

ing a mud mask with the caption, “When he says he only likes black girls.”

King’s words had a calming effect after the photos drew the ugly his-

tory of blackface, minstrel shows and racism to the forefront, said Terrance Williams, vice president of the African-American Student Association.

“When I first saw the (photo of the) four girls, you just think of everything racist or anything that’s happened to you in your life that has made

you feel the same way,” Williams said. “You relive them all in that moment.

So then, before you can even get angry, you are hit with all of these emo-

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tions; you are hit with all of these memories of bad feelings.”

The solemn scene on Library Lawn recalled to another at OSU in 2002.

Students held a candlelight vigil after three members of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity went to a party dressed in costumes that depicted a Ku Klux Klan lynching.

One student wore blackface and a prisoner’s striped uniform. Another donned a confederate flag bandana and held a bull whip. The third dressed in the Klan’s white robes and hood.

AGR suspended the three members and issued a public apology. The university levied mandatory sensitivity training for the fraternity, and OSU administrators, including then-President James Halligan, visited with AfroAm leaders to hear their concerns and suggestions.

Another AGR member posed in a photo at the party with a cap over his

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hair, creating the appearance of a skinhead, and had “Southern by the grace of God” written on his left arm, according to a 2002 report from the Tulsa World.

Two and a half years later, the OSU Alumni Association named the member an Outstanding Senior, one of the top distinctions awarded to OSU students, according to a World report.

Lee Bird, vice president for student affairs, said naming the student an Outstanding Senior was a mistake resulting from miscommunication among university committees. It is easier to check for disciplinary issues from a student’s past, but his incident did not involve disciplinary action.

“I think it’s ignorance,” Bird said. “Do I believe that somebody who is involved in a situation like that, not that they aren’t redemptive, but do I believe somebody should represent the university as a senior of significance? The answer’s absolutely not.”

Protests broke out on campus in 1987, as well, after members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon dressed as slaves, complete with blackface, and serenaded sorority houses. The act was part of the fraternity’s annual formal, known then as the Plantation Ball. Black students saw the members in costumes and became upset, according to O’Colly archive reports.

Fifty black students protested on Library Lawn the day after the incident, holding signs and singing “We shall overcome.”

Rob Gentry, then a

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From a 1987 file photo: “Kevin Blakely lends vocal support to an anti-racism demonstration march on Library Lawn.”

member of SAE, said to the O’Colly while watching the protest the reaction to the incident surprised him.

“I was one of those people wearing blackface,” Gentry said at the protest.

“Both sides need to sit down and talk about it. I’d hate to see it go any farther.”

Almost 30 years later, about 70 black students lined up outside Whitehurst Hall on a chilly Monday morning Jan. 23, waiting for OSU President Burns Hargis to arrive. Unlike the protests a generation before, these students lined up silently but with similar resolve.

Leaders of the protest

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followed Hargis inside to his office and voiced their concerns.

Afro-Am President Tiffany Thurmond said she and other students expressed their expectation for change during the meeting.

“I feel like right off the bat they recognized that we were hurting,” Thurmond said. “They recognized that this was a problem and that we were ready to talk about it and figure out some solutions.”

Bird said administration officials have had six to eight hours of conversation with the students who posted the controversial pictures this year. Two lead-

ers of Afro-Am met with the four women who posed in the first photo to discuss the image’s hurtful nature. Bird gave the four students a list of up to five events for them to attend to expose them to diverse populations and cultures, such as the upcoming International Bazaar.

Gary Shutt, director of OSU communications, confirmed to the O’Colly the four women also attended an Afro-Am general body meeting Jan. 26.

Bird said university officials are still working with Kandice Burgess, who posted the second photo, on educational steps to take going forward.

Monday, members of the OSU administration discussed options to educate students about diversity

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and how to start conversations on the topic, including possible diversity sessions during Camp Cowboy and freshman orientation or an online cultural sensitivity module, Bird said. The goal is to implement a plan later this year, but students can make a difference right away.

“I can educate you, but I can’t make you (become culturally sensitive),” Bird said. “Look at yourself.

Look in the mirror and say, ‘Are my communications appropriate, professional, civically minded, hurtful, hateful?’ … Look at your communication, and if it’s not appropriate, correct it. I can’t make you do that.”

Part of the responsibility falls on students’ shoulders to stand up against racism,

Bird said. That’s a role Williams said he intends to fulfill. He said he and Afro-Am, though, will continue to meet with OSU administrators to work for change and improve cultural awareness on campus.

“I can’t stress more that I don’t want students after me to feel the way I feel sometimes,” Williams said.

“I definitely just want to be, if I’m the only one that does it, be the one to encourage anybody to continue to fight this with us and not even just fight this but create better opportunities for our students in the future.”

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What it’s like to be a black college student in 2017

smaller in a sense,” Olaleye said. “But also I think for us, it kind of shows us like ‘Hey we have work to Being a black student at do’, you know, to give us a Oklahoma State University good look out here.” has its disadvantages.

Olaleye’s soft-spoken As of fall 2016, 1,157 voice and shy temperaAfrican-American students ment doesn’t paint him as out of 25,268 total stua leader. But despite this, dents are enrolled at OSU, he’s the president of the according to the OSU Lambda chapter of Omega Student Profile.

Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. at Although a small fracOSU. His fraternity is the tion of the student popula- first African-American tion, African-American international fraternal students have been placed organization founded at a in the spotlight on campus historically black college, because of recent racially which was chartered at charged controversial Oklahoma State University events. The O’Colly sat on Feb. 20, 1980, accorddown with a few Africaning to gogreek.okstate.edu.

American students to disBeing an Africancuss their experiences as American student at OSU black students on campus. hasn’t always been easy for him. Olaleye spoke about The leaders an incident that occurred Daniel Olaleye, a his freshman year when management science & he felt racially profiled on information systems junior campus. He was accused from Tulsa, didn’t think of having marijuana in his about the color of his skin dorm room after residenwhen he applied to OSU. tial life staff was informed For him, the school was of a suspicious odor near far enough away from his room. He had a white Tulsa while still being roommate at the time of close to home. It wasn’t the incident, and while until he stepped foot on campus police and resicampus during Welcome dential life staff searched Week he thought about Olaleye’s side of the room, what it meant to be an they made jokes about how African-American student his side wasn’t as tidy as at a predominantly white his roommate’s, he said. school. OSU’s white popuA similar incident haplation makes up more than pened to his friend later 70 percent of the student in the semester, this time body, according to the Fall involving campus police 2016 OSU Student Profile. allegedly mistaking fake “When I actually got blood capsules for drugs here it wasn’t uncomfortbecause of a suspicious able not seeing that many odor. colored faces around, but These incidents didn’t it made you feel a little bit stop Olaleye from getting S ie r ra Win r ow E d itor-in -C h ief @Si e rr aWin r ow

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involved on campus, but it did cause him to be more careful, especially around campus police, he said.

Occurrences such as these are the reality of many minority students on campus.

Raven Crisp, a management senior, said she didn’t feel directly profiled on campus but she has dealt with situations where she has had to face negative stereotypes of African-Americans.

“I’ve been in class and been in group projects and been blatantly ignored because it was assumed that I didn’t know anything,” Crisp said.

Crisp has been a part of many minority and nonminority organizations on campus, including groups such as the African-American Student Association and Student Government Association. Although she has been an active leader in minority groups since coming to OSU in 2014, stepping outside of minority organizations was uncomfortable because of the negative stereotypes, she said.

To explain her discomfort in this situation, she mentioned a book called “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race,” which discusses self-segregation among minority and non-minority groups.

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like you, you’re going to end up being shut out.”

Crisp said. “So, (in pursuing a leadership position in a non-minority group), you’re going to be either forced outside of your comfort zone and reach out or just be strong enough to stand alone with everyone with a common purpose.”

The rarity

Maya Dubose’s life goal was to go to college out of state. The animal science junior achieved this by traveling 500 miles north to come to OSU from Houston to pursue her degree.

She wants to be an animal nutritionist and she knew OSU had a good animal science program, she said.

“I felt very intimidated (majoring in animal science) because I didn’t come from a country/farm background, so people are already steps ahead of me,” Dubose said.

“I’m also one of very few black people in my class.”

Because of OSU’s demographics, it’s common for many minorities to find themselves as the only person of color in classes.

Dubose said she has felt uncomfortable at times as an African-American student on campus and an animal science major, especially when racist incidents on campus have happened. The color of her skin hasn’t held her back, she said.

The most recent incident occurred in January when a white student posed in a Snapchat photo wearing a substance resembling blackface paint. This, along with a previous incident on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

when two white students posed in a photo in a similar black substance, sparked protests and unease among the black community at OSU, Dubose included.

“Even with the recent blackface thing, we were still kind of overlooked,” Dubose said. “It was good for a week, and then after that it kind of died down.

(Racist incidents) happen a lot (on campus), and if it keeps happening and nothing is done about it, people are just going to think it’s OK.”

The staff member

Brittany Carradine, coordinator of African-American affairs, began working in the Office of Multicultural Affairs a year and a half ago. Her main duty is to provide support for AfricanAmerican students with anything, such as explaining the FAFSA application, helping students get involved on campus and providing academic support.

OMA consists of a team of six women who help cultivate more culturally sensitive climates on campus and in the Stillwater community, according to the OMA website.

When the blackface incidents occurred on campus, OMA made sure black students had a safe space to discuss the situation, Carradine said.

Concerned students were also able to speak with Jason Kirksey, vice president for institutional diversity and chief diversity officer, and Precious Elmore-Sanders, assistant vice president for institutional diversity and OMA director.

“We wanted to really give

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Afro-Am is one of the organizations OMA offers to multicultural students at Oklahoma State University.

them the opportunity to speak with administration and ask the hard questions they want to ask,” Carradine said. “They had the opportunity to talk solutions.”

OMA doesn’t serve only students of multicultural backgrounds; it also serves as a safe space for anyone with questions regarding multicultural concerns.

“We allow students to come to OMA for learning,” Carradine said. “We hope to do more diverse programing in the future so that students can have a diverse experience and learn more about cultural competence.”

Sierra Winrow is a strategic communications senior from Oklahoma City. She can be reached at editorinchief@ocolly.com.

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Maya Debose is an animal science junior from Houston. She aspires to be an animal nutritionist.

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The involuntary nature of love has been a hot topic since the 16th century.

William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” set a precedent for love stories — tales of forbidden love in particular. Forbidden love, romantic in Shakespeare’s play, is a theme that forced its way into another famous text: the United States Constitution.

Before June 12, 1967, interracial couples were legally barred from marriage in 16 states, all of which are in the South.

Fifty years ago, Oklahoma State University students would not have been allowed to romantically engage with people of a different race.

This legislation would likely have kept people like Alton Carter, the youth director at First United Methodist Church in Stillwater, from meeting his wife.

Alton, an AfricanAmerican man, met his wife, Kristin, a white woman, on the OSU campus. He recalled the early stages of dating his wife, saying, “I swore people were staring at us.”

Although Kristin tried to put his mind at ease, Alton struggled to ignore his suspicions of prejudice.

Over time, however, Alton’s perception has changed.

“Now when I go to

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Bryce Armstrong, left, and Taylor Young, an OSU graduate student, have faced adversity as an interracial couple in Oklahoma.

restaurants, people aren’t staring,” Alton said. “Is that because the times have changed, or have I simply stopped looking?”

Alton’s shift in perspective permeates far deeper than his pigment.

Alton was a foster child, experiencing more than 20 living situations before turning 18. His broken home led him to project his frustrations onto others; he spent several years seeking out prejudice rather than personal acceptance.

“Often, we can’t see people for who they are because of something wrong within ourselves,” Alton said.

Last year, Alton’s auto-

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people who encourage you, regardless of their color,” Alton said.

Taylor Young, a mass communications master’s student, is another black OSU graduate in an interracial relationship. Like Surround yourself with people who Alton, Young has received encourage you, regardless of their attention for having a color.” significant other of a different race.

Instead of ignoring the Alton Carter Youth Director at First opinions of strangers, United Methodist Church Young has chosen to make those opinions the basis of her research. This sebiography, “The Boy Who challenging history conmester, she is studying the Carried Bricks,” won the tinues to help him build influence of advertising Oklahoma Young Adult relationships with young on college students’ atBook Award. His second people across the country. titudes toward interracial book, “Aging Out,” details Alton’s advice for those relationships. his past as a foster child facing adversity is to look “If the presence of searching for identity and beyond the surface. interracial couples in the understanding. Alton’s “Surround yourself with media has a positive effect OCOLLY.COM

on people’s attitudes toward interracial relationships, then advertising can be used to cultivate those positive associations,” Young said.

Young’s research will offer new insight on the impact media have on contemporary audiences.

As one half of an interracial couple, Young finds her research topic particularly relevant to her life. When she and Bryce Armstrong, her white boyfriend of three years, travel together, Young observes the reactions of strangers.

“Some people love it … and go out of their way to tell us; others, not so much,” Young said. “And it’s usually overt.”

Young and her boyfriend are frequent travelers, and Young said they feel most comfortable when venturing outside of Oklahoma.

“It says something about perceptions and race relations here,” Young said.

For centuries, state laws forbade relationships that stepped beyond the bounds skin color set.

People such as Alton and Young champion a love the American legal system once refused to embrace.

“We’re comfortable being us,” Young said.

Hannah Edmondson is an English sophomore from Oklahoma City.

She can be reached at hedmondson97@gmail. com.

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Erica Stephens vividly remembers watching CNN as a child with her mother.

“Every time (my mom) saw a successful black lady on television or in one of these high positions, she’d always say, ‘That’s going to be you.

You’re going to go to college, and that’s going to be you,’” she said.

Stephens, a strategic Courtesy of Erica Stephens communications and poErica Stephens would be the second black woman to become SGA president if elected. litical science junior, has would become only the hold the office. launched her campaign for Government Association.

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the first in 1973, former SGA adviser Kent Sampson said. Sampson was unsure whether another black woman has run for the position since Latimer.

Stephens said she didn’t become involved in SGA with the intent of becom-

ing president. After connecting with people in the organization and gaining experience, she said she was inspired to campaign for the position.

Organizations such as the OSU chapter of NAACP are excited to see a black woman running for the office.

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chapter. “It’s always uplifting to see those who have come before you, but to see someone during your time there, it just kind of illuminates the possibility of you being able to do those same things and reach those same goals.”

Stephens said her mom is also one of the main reasons she had the courage to run.

“Every leadership position, president or vice president, that I’ve ran for, she was the one behind me Jacob Derichsweiler/O’Colly telling me that I could do A photo of Patricia Latimer, the only black female SGA president, is hung in the SGA offices. it,” Stephens said. “She Dennis, last year’s SGA just always encouraged me to.”

Stephens about running for Other than her mother, vice president, inspired and believed that I could president, putting the idea her. Dennis approached do whatever I set my mind Stephens said Taylor in the back of Stephens’

mind.

“It’s humbling (to run for president) because I was that little girl who looked up to people in those high-up positions, and I’ve always looked up to leaders on campus, especially when they look like me,” Stephens said. “I feel like I can do it,” Stephens and her running mate, Brayden Farrell, have hopes to unite the OSU campus through community, academics and leadership.

On the community front, they hope to propose legislation for the Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board to help bridge the gap between minority groups and

SGA. Academically, they hope to become more of a resource to students. In the leadership category, Stephens and Farrell intend to give students the tools they need to become more involved on campus.

Although Stephens has many hopes, one of her biggest goals is to be a role model for other students.

“I hope that I can be an inspiration to any black female on campus,” Stephens said.

Julie McElroy is a strategic communications junior from Tulsa. She can be reached at julie.mcelroy@okstate.edu.

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Column: Black History Month time to embrace African-American spirit

Alicia Johnson

No matter how many times we are thrown down, lose a brother or sister, or become a victim of the system, we still thrive.”

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When I am asked the question, “What does Black History Month mean to me?” I find myself stumped, as if I’ve never taken the time to answer such a simple question about my own culture. However, after searching to find the right words, I realize that being black and celebrating Black History Month can never be put into such delicate words.

Thinking back on my ancestry, my culture, where my people have come from, and what my people have overcome leaves a pedestal of pride. To know I have the opportunities, the knowledge and the freedom to do all the things my mind can possibly reach is what creates the pride in celebrating Black History Month. It’s a time to rejoice and embody every spirit of AfricanAmericans, from artists to activists, from slaves to ancestors, from leaders to creators, from inventors to poets, from pilots to doctors, from what we have lost to what we have gained. The list is endless.

I feel being black in

America can never be put into words: the good, the bad and the magic, unless you walk in our footsteps yourself. To look back at the pathways built, the puzzle pieces of time ahead, and to look down at our feet and see the stairways built that still hold our culture so strong and firm, that is what Black History Month is: a time for us to finally have the “legal” opportunity to say that we are here, and we matter.

No matter how many times we are thrown down, lose a brother or sister, or become a victim of the system, we still thrive. For me, I have always associated Black History Month and our culture with a saying I came up with: “The Model of the 3 P’s,” progression, perseverance and pride.

As a leader on campus, understanding the tools given to me by the history of my culture fuels my passion. We can’t possibly continue on a pathway of progression if we don’t know where we come from and what we have stood for.

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Without the same drive and passion that has gotten us here, it will no longer take us any further. In situations such as social injustices on campus, it’s a reminder of what you have the opportunity to change.

My Miss Black OSU platform, called “Going against the Odds,” which focuses on diversity inclusion and cultural competency in the community, couldn’t have come at a better time than now given the social climate we live in today.

Although at times it becomes weary, I, along with others, will continue to stand. Now a junior, graduating in December 2017, holding numerous executive positions, I feel the time for social injustice, diversity inclusion and cultural competence reform has been long overdue at OSU. However, still loyal and true I will stand.

Alicia Johnson is a guest columnist. She won Miss Black OSU in 2016. She is a nutritional science junior.

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Ample parking. $480.00 per month. $300.00 deposit. Call today. Henneberry Properties 405‑743‑4266 OLD TOWNE STUDIOS 1523 W. MCMURTRY 1BED‑1BATH $590 MO ALL BILLS PAID‑PETS OK FENCED YARDS‑TV INCL STILLWATER PROPERTY 405‑743‑2126 Tamarack Village 625 E. Redbud, two story 2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhouse for lease. Only $520.00 per month, $300.00 deposit, paid water and sewer.

Henneberry Properties 405‑ 372‑7395.

Walnut Grove 524 S. Walnut, Close to University, walk to class. 2 bedroom 1 bath $550.00 per month. $300.00 deposit water and sewer paid.

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Super Kids Learning Center is currently hiring Full & Part‑Time Teachers. We are looking for applicants who truly enjoy working with young children. Apply in person at 706 N Jardot.

We have over 600 units in the Stillwater area to choose from. Visit our website or stop by the office at 633 N. Husband to view available units.

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Nice 4‑bedroom 2.5‑bath, available June 1st. 924 S. Walnut, $1600/month. Call or text 405‑ 314‑6238.

Misc. For Sale

704 N. Manning 6Bed-3Bath $2250 116 N. Manning 5Bed-3Bath $2050 1023 S. McDonald 5Bed-2Bath $2050 1201 N. Ramsey 5Bed-2Bath $1750

10-14 Days...............................................30¢ per word/per day 15 or more Days.......................................25¢ per word/per day Logos and graphics are available Rent Houses For at an additional cost ofRent $1 per day.Houses Borders are For also available for a flat rate of $2.

2134 W. Arrowhead 3Bed-1.5Bath $1200

425 N. Jardot 2Bed-2Bath $700

1018 E. Elm 3Bed-2Bath $1050

1113 Arrington Place 2Bed-1Bath $675

3820 W. 15th 3Bed-2.5Bath $900

1201 W. 9th 2Bed-1Bath $600

106 S. Grandview 3Bed-1Bath $885

102 S. Lowry 2Bed-1Bath $575

Deadline for Classifieds – Noon the business day prior to pub2022 W. Admiral 917 W. 8th lication 3Bed-1Bath $1200 2Bed-1Bath $675 Deadline for Display – Noon two business days prior to publi213 N. Donaldson 826 W. 8th cation3Bed-2Bath $1050 2Bed-1.5Bath $640

1000 E. Brooke 3Bed-1Bath $875

4519 S. Husband 4Bed-2Bath $1640 2136 W. Sunset 4Bed-2Bath $1580

1304 S. Lowry 4Bed-2Bath $1050

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5-9 Days...................................................35¢ per word/per day

1717 W. Sunset 4Bed-3Bath $2200

236 S. Lewis 4Bed-3Bath $1400

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2-4 Days...................................................40¢ per word/per day

Society Squares

1103 N. Lewis 4Bed-3Bath $1500

Honda of Stillwater 105 S. Perkins Road

1 Day .......................................................50¢ per word/per day

1405 W. McMurtry 5Bed-2Bath $1000

1205 N. Ramsey 4Bed-1Bath $1500

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Classified Line Rates:

1519 E. Virginia 3Bed-3Bath $1245

$5.00

(New Low Price!)

118 S. Park For 7 lines. Each additional line 50¢. 2Bed-1Bath Each Line is$550 approx. 14 characters wide.

Graphics and logos available at an additional 1415 E. Cedar 201 S. Hartford 3Bed-1.5Bath $850 2Bed-1Bath $550 cost. Society squares are for campus organizations, depart108 W. Husband Court 612 N. Husband ments3Bed-2Bath and the greek community only. 2Bed-1Bath $500 $850 1115 S. Orchard 3Bed-1Bath $825

1102 W. Tyler 2Bed-1Bath $500

7613 W. 6th 3Bed-2Bath $750

240 S. Lewis #A 1Bed-1Bath $600

Business Squares

$8.00

For 7 lines. Each additional line $1.00. Each Line is approx.

14 characters wide. Graphics and logos 507 available at an addi1910 W. State Lane W. Maple $770 1Bed-1Bath $550 tional2Bed-2Bath cost.

117 W. Husband Court 2Bed-2Bath $820

811 S. Hester 1Bed-1Bath $550

113 S. Lewis 2Bed-1Bath $700

5604 N. Jardot 1Bed-1Bath $520

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SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S PUZZLE

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (02/15/17). Learn new ideas, tricks and skills this year. Travel, study and explore. Get ahead by participating with your communities. Relationship changes this month come before a lucrative phase sparks. Take a new tack with a personal matter in September, before love takes you by surprise.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Review resources together. A windfall could hit your shared accounts over the next two days. Avoid risky business or breakage. Find what you need nearby.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You’re especially attractive, and attracted. A collaboration gets exciting. Handle immediate needs, focusing on the present. Share results and invent new possibilities together.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Focus on immediate priorities, one step at a time. Breathe deep, get comfortable and stand tall. Check tasks off your list. Dance with surprises.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Love gives you strength. You’re developing a new perspective. Emotion and logic align. Enjoy domestic comforts. Sweetness comes when least expected today and tomorrow. Empower your team.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Focus on home and family, and solutions for here and now. The gentle approach works best. Budget and prioritize purchases. Friends provide the perfect connection.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Source and operate locally. Connect with your networks over the next few days, and participate in the conversation. A startling revelation offers unconsidered opportunities.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Step lively! There’s plenty of lucrative action today and tomorrow. Shut out distractions and gossip. Juggle deadlines and surprising circumstances. Stay in communication.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Put in the extra effort. Quick action draws praise. You’re especially powerful over the next two days. With a negative response, move on. No more procrastination.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Concentrate on clean-up today and tomorrow. Stay sensitive to a loved one’s wishes, and to shifting circumstances. Slow down and let events take their own course.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Confer with allies through tomorrow. Participate with groups and on committees. Your friends are your inspiration. Let your feelings show.

Follow through on your promises.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Consider new career opportunities for the next few days. Begin a testing period. Compete for more responsibilities. Focus and winning is a distinct possibility.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Get into a two-day adventurous phase. Study, explore and discover new terrain.

Conditions are better for travel, or investigate your own backyard. Both learn and teach.

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Thank you!

From our first African American students to the many leaders of today, Oklahoma State University thanks you for your legacy of leadership and service. OSU is committed to excellence in diversity

and inclusion — and we couldn’t achieve it without you. As we celebrate Black History Month, thank you to our African American students, faculty, staff, and

Founding members of African American Student

alumni for continuing to make OSU better and brighter!

Association, 1968

OSU is focused on bright minds, building brighter futures and the brightest world for all.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017

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