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Monday, June 21, 2021

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The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

Kaleb Tadpole Staff Reporter Greek Rush is back. After COVID halted the regular style of rushing last summer, fraternities are finally back to a

normal state with Greek Rush in the full swing of things already. Fraternities have already started Interfraternity recruitment this summer following Greek Discovery Day in April where juniors and seniors in high school can come and get a taste of Greek life at OSU and see what it is all about. Sorori-

ties have not yet started their Panhellenic recruitment; It begins on Aug. 10 and goes through Aug. 15. Now that school is out for the summer fraternities have started to ramp up the recruiting process and get to know their potential new members. Fraternities will spend the summer recruiting potential

new members through a variety of events. “Different chapters will have different activities like golfing, swimming, barbeques, any place where they can do an activity where they can get to know each other bet See Greek on pg.2

Today, Saturday, June 19, 2021, is a day to celebrate. It’s a day that salutes history, exalts freedom and holds up the best aspects of American democracy. This day does those things because it is the first day in history that America will observe an official day of celebration for the end of slavery. President Joe Biden declared Juneteenth a national holiday Thursday, and we almost certainly wouldn’t have this holiday without the tireless efforts of a 94-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, woman. It must be said that we’ve arrived at this milestone much too slowly. Today marks 156 years since enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom. That event, itself, was marked by delay; it took more than two years for news of President Tribune News Service

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News Greek... Continued from pg.1 ter,” Elizabeth Greythorne of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs said. This is a way for potential new members to get to know people who are actively in the chapter, and it is a good way to know if a specific chapter is a good fit for each specific person. With the lifting of the mask mandate at OSU things have also started to go back to normal and that even includes Greek Rush. While they are still taking caution, things are finally starting to seem how they once were. “Since the university has lifted the mask mandate it has gotten a little easier, each chapter has a Covid action plan so that the interfraternity council can overview it and make sure everything is good, if we think the event is not following the CDC guidelines, we will not let the event happen,” Kameron Kahoe, the Director of Recruitment for the Interfraternity Council, said. This summer recruitment will at least be kind of what it once was before, exciting, fun and even a little hectic, but that is what it is all about. “It is very hectic for the first couple weeks because each recruitment council will meet with potential new members in different regions, it gets very competitive” Kahoe said. Despite it being hectic, Greek Rush is something most potential new members of Greek life at OSU are looking forward to. It is safe to say that Interfraternity recruitment can be a fun time for potential new members of Greek life at OSU. Whether you are sitting back and having a hot dog or going golfing with a group of people who you just met, Greek Rush is a good way to get out of your comfort zone and meet new people and maybe even some new friends that could last you a lifetime. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, enacted on Jan. 1, 1863, to reach Texas. As recent events have underscored, progress comes slowly on matters of race in this country. Americans are only now going through an important process of facing the reality of how slavery and racism have deformed our republic. As many untold

Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, have taken to calling racism America’s “original sin.” The fact that there has been no nationwide official holiday marking the end of such an evil institution until now, and the fact that 14 congressmen voted against it, only shows how far we have to go toward redemption. But today is not a day for bemoaning our shortcomings, because while we must acknowledge our past in truth, we mustn’t wallow there in shame. If we choose

the path of despair, we will never be able to heal those deformities and become a more perfect union. So today is a day to celebrate, as the parades and feasts and laughter will make clear. And it’s a day to thank Opal Lee, the “grandmother of Juneteenth.” A retired teacher and lifelong activist from Fort Worth, Lee has lobbied for recognition of this holiday for years. In 2016, at the age of 89, she led walks across the country to raise awareness, collecting more than 1 million signatures and ending with a walk up the U.S. Capitol

steps in Washington, D.C. Before President Joe Biden signed the proclamation of the federal holiday on Thursday, he approached her front-row seat in the East Room of the White House, knelt in front of her and took her hand while Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged her by name. “I’ve got so many different feelings all gurgling up here, I don’t know what to call them all,” Lee said joyfully on CBS This Morning Thursday. We might suggest that one of those feelings is vindication.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston have worked toward this day as well. They deserve kudos. This holiday doesn’t mark the end of racism in America, but it does mark an important milestone on the path to justice and should remind us that there are brave people fighting for freedom and equity. We’re grateful to live in a country that values freedom enough to celebrate it for all its citizens. news.ed@ocolly.com

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Boynton named U19 USA Basketball court coach Dean Ruhl Assistant Sports Editor

Joshua Cleary Oklahoma State head men’s basketball coach Mike Boynton walks at the MLK Oklahoma State march on January 18, 2021.

Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton is going for the gold. Well, at least building the team going for the gold. On Wednesday, OSU announced Boynton would be one of three court coaches for the U19 USA Basketball World Cup Team training camp held in Fort Worth, Texas from June 2022. TCU coach Jamie Dixon leads the team, with Stanford coach Jerod Haase and Yale coach James Jones as assistants. Boynton, Towson coach Pat Skerry and North Texas coach Grant McCasland have the role of court coaches. “I am humbled and thankful to have

this opportunity,” Boynton said. “The Gold Standard that is USA Basketball is something I could only have dreamed of until now.” The six coaches will run the camp, and decide on the final roster competing in the 2021 FIBA World Cup in Latvia from July 3-11. Five Cowboy players have earned a gold medal with the U19 team, the most recent being former OSU point guard Cade Cunningham and current forward Isaac Likekele in 2019. Matt Clark (1979), Marcus Smart (2013) and Jawun Evans (2015) have also won gold medals on the U19 team. “I appreciate coach Matt Painter and the entire USA Basketball organization for allowing me to participate with training camp as a court coach,” Boynton said. “I’m excited to get to work with the staff and the players.”

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Report: Gundy taking another $1 million pay cut for 2021 season

OSU Athletics

Head Coach Mike Gundy

Dean Ruhl Assistant Sports Editor After a season riddled with COVID-19 hurdles, a stadium only

25% filled and an athletic department stretched thin, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy has taken another pay cut. On Saturday, Bill Haisten of the Tulsa World reported Gundy would take a $1 million pay cut for the 2021 season, similar to his pay cut he took ahead of the 2020 season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Haisten, Gundy was reported to make $5.375 million this season, but with the pay cut

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he is now expected to make $4.375 million. Athletic director Mike Holder said in 2020 Gundy’s pay cut was his idea, and it is likely this was the case this season. Gundy also shortened his contract from a five-year rollover to four years. Haisten noted none of Gundy’s staff members earned a raise this offseason. In the aftermath of the pandemic, OSU’s athletic department is

optimistic for a quick return. Boone Pickens Stadium is expected to be at full-capacity this season, and current ticket sales higher than they were at this time in 2019 according to Haisten. Holder told the Oklahoman the football program saw a decline, generating $37 million in revenue, but brought in roughly $12 million in profit. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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