Friday, April 16, 2021
fall fantasies Students looking forward to fun, fall, and freedom Rachel Williamson Staff Reporter
Next fall brings lots of hope for life on campus to go back to normal after three long and abnormal semesters. As OSU plans to have full in-person classes, required attendance, and homecoming next semester, life at Zoom University is coming to an end. Students are more than excited to enjoy the real college experience. For some students, having freedom again is most exciting. “I’m the most excited about not having to worry about COVID regulations, wearing masks, things of that nature, it’s more freedom,” said Dillan Duff, a junior in plant and soil science. “Also I think it’s better that you’ll See Mask on pg. 2
Fifth in a series
Greenwood Here and Now’ is a project by The O’Colly Media Group that highlights the tragedy and triumph of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, 100 years after the Tulsa race massacre.
Star or Eagle File photo The OSU homecoming centennial was cancelled last fall due to safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak, but a celebration is planned as normal for fall 2021.
Theater of relativity Adam Engel Digital Editor Dakota Norman remembered the walk. Down the east hall of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. Past the bathrooms and the water fountains. Kept walking past faculty offices designated by nameplates distinguishing the various disciplines within the
Oklahoma State Music department. At the end of the hall is a mounted TV displaying advertisements for upcoming OSU Theatre productions. Right at the TV and the walk passes a fully stocked vending machine. A few feet to the right of that is a classroom door. Room 118. The room is significant, where Norman, a student theater major, and his peers have spent hundreds of hours, but not this year because COVID-19 impacted the theater just as much as anything else. The door is squeaky and reveals a location unknown to many — the theatre movement
room it’s called, formerly known as the OSU band room. For eight weeks, a cast of 15 diligently rehearsed for “The Theory of Relativity” — the first OSU musical of the semester. A week from now, the cast will be 600 yards or so across the street at the McKnight Center Plaza performing “The Theory of Relativity.” Yoga on the lawn, two movie screenings, “Sonic the Hedgehog” featuring Stillwater native James Marsden. See Theater on pg. 6A
Joshua Cleary Cait Phillips (left) and Ryan Carlson (right) rehearse for “The Theory of Relativity”. The show premieres next weekend at the McKnight Center Plaza
Greenwood’s newspaper means a lot to Fred Jones
Sudeep Tumma Sports Editor Fred Jones can still recollect the entities of Greenwood he saw growing up in the late 1960s. Whether it’s his grandmother’s bread store, a pool hall or even the city dump, Jones remembers it all. The now Oklahoma Eagle web administrator grew up in Tulsa, got his haircuts on Greenwood and attended Booker T. Washington High School. Despite attending one of the more prestigious high schools in the state, Jones — like most across the state — never learned about the Tulsa race massacre growing up. So now, Jones, who hosts several community events with students from Tulsa public schools, always challenges the kids to Google “Black Wall Street.” “I want them to get an understanding of what once was,” Jones said. “It may never be the same, but we can still be a part of the new Greenwood, of the new economic structure. With that, kind of sprinkle some tradition in there also. I make sure that, when I host my events, that I talk about Black Wall Street in 1910-1920, not just 1921. “Not just the tragedy, but the success that was there.” See Star on pg. 4A