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Nick Piccininni

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Christian moody

Reece Witcraft

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tommy hoskins

Dusty Hone

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dom demas

Boo Lewallen

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jacob butler

Wyatt Sheets

8-3

justin thomas

Travis Wittlake

19-4

elijah joseph

Joe Smith

5-10

anthony mantanona

Anthony Montavlo

4-0

darrien roberts

Dakota Geer

9-10

jake woodley

Austin Harris

13-5

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Students from the Vietnamese American Student Association hand out Vietnamese coffee at the International Bazaar on Feb. 15, 2020, in the Wes Watkins Center.

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Auston Harris wrestles during the Bedlam wrestling match on Feb. 16, 2020, in Gallagher Iba Arena in Stillwater.

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Members of the 1995 OSU men’s basketball team are honored during the Oklahoma State vs. No. 24 Texas Tech men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater.

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Piccininni final moment in Gallagher-Iba finishes in familiar fashion Sa m L an e S ports Ed itor @ sa mlan eo k

As Nick Piccininni sat and thought about how his final match in Gallagher-Iba Arena finished, one thought came to mind.

The thought that, despite the GIA chapter of his career ending, he still has goals he wants to accomplish.

“Matches like that I leave behind me because I got big goals,” Piccininni said.

“They’re right there, and I’m on the doorstep.”

Through the first four matches of the No. 10 OSU wrestling team’s 27-8 victory against Bedlam rival

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OSU senior Nicholas Piccininni won in his last match at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Oklahoma, the Cowboys held a slim 1-point lead.

Both No. 10 Joe Smith (174) and No.14 Dakota Geer (197) had lost, but thanks to Austin Harris (HWT) wrestling his best match of the season with

a 13-5 major decision, the Cowboys had a 1-point lead heading to the 125-pound match.

By no means did Nick Piccininni wrestle his best match. This was a sentiment OSU (13-2 overall, 7-1 Big

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rate the score for most of the match. He gave up two stall warnings and headed to the third period up 9-8.

That is when the tight match would end.

Piccininni took Moody down and quickly got to his favorite move - the same move he used to pin eventual national Spencer Lee last season - his cradle.

He got it locked and didn’t look back - pinning Moody 54 seconds into the period to bring the GIA crowd to its feet with an eruption of energy.

For Piccininni, someone who is used to dominating his Bedlam opponents, there were surprises on Sunday.

“Like coach (Smith)

said, ‘Always expect the unexpected,’ especially in Bedlam,” Piccininni said.

“Fortunate enough for me, this is the first time I had to expect the unexpected in a Bedlam match.”

While it was not the perfect match, Piccininni ended his time in GIA the way he wants to win every matchwith a win. This time, it was a win he can take with him as he prepares for the remainder of the season on his quest for a national title.

“I got better today,” Piccininni said. “This is gonna prepare me for the weeks (to come). I don’t think there’s not one day that goes by that you (can’t) get better.”

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12) coach John Smith felt throughout the lineup.

“For the most part, we had to fight to get this victory, even though it was a lopsided score.” Smith said.

Facing OU’s (4-7, 2-6) Christian Moody for the sixth time in his career, Piccininni was used to winning this matchup. But it was Bedlam, and you can never underestimate your opponent.

Moody started the match with a blitz and took Piccininni down to take a 2-0 lead within a minute. The Cowboy, on his senior day, quickly followed with a reversal and 4-point takedown to retake the lead.

Piccininni could not sepa-

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OSU associate AD saves man’s life in car accident Ryan N ovoz in s k y Di gi tal Ed itor @ ryan n ovo 6 2

For OSU senior associate athletic director Kyle Waters, Feb. 3 started off as any other typical Monday. The air was brisk, he had to deal with OSU baseball’s approaching season opener and he was present in the usual Monday athletics meetings.

Then he had to go save a life.

During the meeting, Jason Lewis, an executive senior associate athletic director, noticed the stop light at the intersection of Hall of Fame Avenue and Knoblock Street had suddenly stopped working.

The entire room stood up to peer out the window and try to see what had happened. Upon looking out the window, members of the staff noticed black smoke was rising from a truck that had crashed into both an electrical box and another vehicle close to the light.

After seeing that, Waters knew he had to get to the scene.

“I was expecting to call my counterpart on campus Ron Tarbutton and say, ‘Hey, a car hit a stop light, you know, maybe call Chief Jones and say, ‘The stop light’s out.

We need to get a police officer here to direct traffic,’” Waters said. “And I noticed that the tires on the truck were still spinning faster and faster and faster and the tires were catching on fire, so I

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Kyle Waters (third from left) receives a commendation from OSU Police Chief Leon Jones after saving a man’s life from a burning vehicle.

knew somebody was still in there.”

When Waters noticed someone was still in the truck, his first instinct was to find whatever he could to break into the burning vehicle and save the man-- who had passed out from low blood sugar.

“I fully expected him to have had a heart attack or a stroke, you know something like that, unconscious,” Waters said.

“So I just kind of looked around and, fortunately, there was a brick that wasn’t attached. I grabbed it and threw it through the window, and the gentle-

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man woke up, and he didn’t have to see how good my CPR was.”

After pulling the man out of the truck and giving his statement to the police, Waters returned to his 2 o’clock meeting.

Waters said people have been curious as to why he went right back to the meeting, but for him, business was able to go on as usual.

“I tell people that and they laugh, and I’m like everything was fine, the kid was OK and the firemen handled their part,” Waters said. “So we went back to the meeting.”

In the following days,

Waters received awards, national television recognition and gained more notoriety on search engines. Waters said while the attention was fun, he hopes to inspire others to do similar things.

“I went from, you had to Google my name, and you found that I worked for AEG,” Waters said.

“And now you Google my name, and it makes me out to be like I stormed Normandy or something, which is a far cry from that. It’s great. Hopefully other people are like, ‘I should do the same thing.

I should help out too.’”

In addition to the

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national spotlight, Waters has also received numerous compliments at work.

Some coworkers say, “Great job,” while others have fun with Waters in light of his recent valiance.

“The guys that work with me, they’re taking full advantage of making fun of me,” Waters said.

“They made a couple of ‘Captain America’ and stuff like that.”

OSU Chief of Police Leon Jones presented Waters with a commendation the day after the incident.

In a statement from OSU, Jones talked about the bravery of Waters’ ac-

tions.

“After witnessing the accident and seeing flames erupt from the truck, Kyle Waters, without fear for his own safety, removed the driver from the truck and to safety until LifeNet arrived to render aid,” Jones said. “Kyle is a true member of our community and deserves recognition for helping a person in need without regard for his own safety. He is one of the reasons why Oklahoma State University and Stillwater is one of the greatest communities to live in.”

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Bieber “Changes” for worse C h as e C o ngl e to n S taff Re p o rte r @ C h as eC o ngl e to n

Since the turn of the last decade, Justin Bieber has been the bonafide household name for teen pop stardom.

From the release of his debut album “My World 2.0,” several other labels attempted to capitalize on his success by producing many imitators such as Cody Simpson and Austin Claire Boomer/O’Colly Mahone. As Bieber grew Austin Harris turned the tide of the Bedlam duel after his 13-5 win against Collin Mcup, so did his sound; his Coy on Sunday.

2013 compilation album “Journals” showed the matches, I went with him,” “I think [Harris] got ex- artist experiment with a M ason Harb ou r Smith said. “For my concited to see somebody that fresh R&B sound. Bieber’s S taf f Repo rter @ harb our _ m as on fidence, I felt like the guy might be five or ten pounds 2015 album “Purpose” highlighted his vocals with we needed to go with was bigger than him,” Smith EDM instrumentals. Since Harris.” said. “It kind of evens it Earlier in the season, his last album, the “Sorry” That decision ultimately coach John Smith said any up a little bit… He’s able singer has gotten married paid off as Harris soundly win for his team at heavyto lift them up and create and maintained an interest defeated Collin McCoy via weight was a bonus, and the angle, so he scored on in returning to R&B for major decision 13-5. he just hoped they fought about four single-legs.” his next album.

His win slowed OU’s hard and didn’t give up that Harris has been locked Now, what happens building momentum and bonus. in a battle for the heavywhen the formerly imigave some life to the previHowever, Oklahoma weight job all season with tated artist comes across ously stunned GallagherState had lost two of the Cornelius Putnam and the as an imitator?

Iba Arena. Following Harfirst three matches of newly added Brock Martin.

On his new album ris, the Cowboys won five Sunday’s Bedlam dual and His win today was the “Changes,” Justin Bieber of the next six matches, trailed OU heading into first bonus point win at spans the majority of the and took the Bedlam title. the heavyweight bout. The heavyweight for OSU this 17 songs talking about Harris had previously Cowboys needed a win to season, and it could give his married life across a struggled against oppostop the bleeding. him an edge as Harris has variety of monotonous nents who weighed a lot Smith said he thought five wins on the season to and listless beats. His long more than him (Harris about starting someone Putnam’s one. hiatus since his previous weighed in at 218 pounds), else, but ultimately went “It was an important album shows a regression but McCoy was quite a with Austin Harris, despite win,” Smith said.

“It was in sheer artistry. bit smaller than the typihis recent struggles, as really nice to see him get a The lead single “Yumcal heavyweight and was the OSU wrestling team major.

I think it shows that my” is a lyrically recloser to Harris’ size. defeated Oklahoma 27-8 petitive song that is more he’s fighting for the job.

The difference in weight Sunday in Gallagher-Iba known now for Bieber and He wants to wrestle the made a huge difference as Arena. his management’s desperBig 12 (tournament), and Harris was able to finish “When I felt like we ate campaign attempt to he wants to be the man, so his takedowns, whereas needed to win [heavyhave it debut at the top it was a good effort on his with heavier opponents he weight] where we were, of the Billboard Hot 100, losing two of the first three struggled to lift. part.”

Austin Harris turns tide in Bedlam win

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In his first solo release in five years, Justin Bieber’s “Changes” sounds like he’s trying to imitate his older work instead of developing a new style.

only to be blocked by “The Box” by Roddy Rich.

For an artist whose last endeavor felt like a return to form, this song feels artificially engineered to become an internet meme.

Lyrical repetitiveness becomes a running theme with this album. The vast majority of songs on this album follow a similar trap beat, which makes certain songs forgettable. The running theme of marriage makes Bieber come across as desperate to show that his domesticated life is not as boring as it sounds.

The performances of the featured artists are primarily hit-or-miss.

Quavo’s performance in “Intentions” helps make the already single-worthy track standout from the rest. Kehlani’s vocal performance instills life into the promotional single “Get Me,” almost overtaking Bieber as the lead artist on the track while

Post Malone and Clever’s verses on “Forever” further proves the two artists’ Midas Touch.

However, feature verses performed by Travis Scott and Lil Dicky for tracks “Second Emotion” and “Running Over,” respectively, add little to the songs and even, at times, make the melodies more agitating.

Toward the latter portion of the album, Bieber switches trap beats in exchange for acoustic instrumentals. The title track “Changes” is a breath of fresh air for the singer and gives listeners a glimpse of the potential greatness this album could’ve instilled if it were done properly.

The biggest crime of “Changes” is neither the obnoxious tribute songs regarding his marriage to Hailey Bieber nor is it the phoned-in vocal delivery, but rather the overall frustratingly mediocrity of it entirely. An A-list artist such as Bieber has access to the greatest talent in the industry, but this album feels about as inspired as a high school student trying out Soundcloud for the first time.

There was a time when a new song by Justin Bieber temporarily put the world on pause and stare in awe.

Now, with the over-saturation of the market due to streaming services, Bieber is lucky if the world glances toward his direction with this album.

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