Monday, May 10, 2021
Fuller house COVID aftermath leaves OSU making budget cuts in student housing
Jared A’Latorre Staff Reporter For many years, Community Mentors’ (CM’s) positions have been stable, but budget cuts are changing the game. Next school year, OSU Housing and Residential Life will downsize the amount of CM’s by roughly 32% due to budget issues from the COVID-19 pandemic. Community mentors are student staff members who serve as peer mentors to provide advocacy, intervention, mentorship and support to residential students in achieving student success. See Fuller on pg.2
File photo Budget cuts are causing a decrease in the amount of Community Mentors that OSU can provide for students, leaving some halls without any student staff presence at all.
Display case kind of day Campbell throws no-hitter, Cowboys clinch series against Kansas
Ben Hutchens Staff Reporter
Chris Becker
The sixth inning is when it got real for OSU pitcher Justin Campbell. “Once the sixth inning hit, I was not talking to anyone,” Campbell said. “I was staying in my zone. If you looked at me, I looked like I was about to beat someone up.” Campbell threw the first 9-inning solo no-hitter for Oklahoma State baseball since 1968, when Bob Richardson did it. The Cowboy’s 19 runs, part of a 19-0 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks, were overshadowed by the tall lanky freshman from Simi Valley, California. Campbell allowed only one Jayhawk base runner on a walk in the eighth inning. He had 11 strikeouts and it only took him 99 pitches to complete the feat. “I knew something fun was going to happen when the sixth inning hit,” Campbell said.
OSU coach Josh Holliday agreed. “It was a masterpiece, it was fun to watch, it was incredible to see the joy in his eyes and his teammates’ eyes at the end of the game,”Holliday said. “He threw tons of strikes, he worked fast, he got mishit balls, he got strikeouts, he got ground balls, he got flyouts, he did it all and his team played great alongside him, defense was excellent.” Campbell didn’t roll out of the bed feeling like his arm was made of gold, but when he realized what was at stake, he performed some alchemy. “My arm wasn’t the best today, it was a little tight, nothing hurt though. I was just cruising through (the first seven innings) and then the last two innings I reached back and was feeling good, adrenaline was pumping pretty good,” Campbell said. Campbell struck out the side in the ninth inning, and the dugout exploded with teammates rushing out in celebration after the final pitch was thrown. Freshman infielder Marcus Brown, who didn’t even play in the game, led the charge, illustrating just how big the moment was for the team. See Display on pg.3