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Town and Gown Theatre hosts Stillwater Short Play Festival for charity
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Ree Drummond known as, The Pioneer Woman, will be OSU’s commencement speaker.
OSU lands Ree Drummond as spring 2022 commencement speaker homan from Bartlesville, will speak in front of thousands of graduates at Gallagher-Iba Arena on May 7. Throughout her nearly 16-year career, Drummond has won numerous awards and has Ryan Novozinsky appeared on national talk shows such as Good Morning America, Staff Reporter Today Show, The View, among A celebrity will hit the others. graduation stage at Oklahoma Her craftsmanship in the State. kitchen allowed her to release Ree Drummond, creator of seven best-selling cookbooks and the award-winning blog The Pio- a line of kitchenware. Despite neer Woman and star of the Food being a University of Southern Network show with the same California alumna, Drummond is name, will be OSU’s 2022 spring an OSU fan. She discussed this in commencement speaker. an interview with The O’Colly in Students, like James Wind- January. ham, is excited to listen to what “Neither of us (her and her Drummond has to say especially husband, Ladd’s) parents went to with her success. OSU, but our parents did,” Drum“I think it’s a good choice mond said. “The orange is in our and it’s cool to have someone blood. We’re definitely on the that’s a celebrity from Oklahoma OSU side of things, not the OU come speak,” Windham said. “It side of things.” means a little more than having After studying gerontology some random person come speak. at USC, Drummond briefly lived My mom and girlfriend are huge in Los Angeles before moving fans of hers, so I know they are back to Oklahoma. She then very excited. But I will be intermet Ladd and had five children ested to see what she has to say.” together. Drummond’s youngest Drummond, a native Okla- son, Todd, is a junior at Pawhuska
High School and visited OSU football’s junior day in January. OSU president Dr. Kayse Shrum “Oklahoma State is delighted to welcome Ree Drummond as our spring commencement speaker,” Dr. Shrum said. “She is an inspiration and an Oklahoma treasure for her downto-earth approach to life and leadership. Her entrepreneurial spirit and creativity have opened Oklahoma’s prairies and way of life to the masses. I’m thrilled that our students get to hear from her as they embark on the beginning of their careers.” Drummond hopes to inspire the next generation of post-college Cowboys and Cowgirls. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that life is definitely full of unexpected adventure,” Drummond said. “I’m so honored to celebrate this year’s OSU graduates, and to have the opportunity to encourage them to stay open to all that life has in store–both professionally and personally.”
Legacy Hospice, asked Town and Gown Theatre to help raise funds for their center. At the time, Sutton was on the Oklahoma Community Theater Association Board, and Dru Norton had attended a workshop News Editor about community theaters conducting short plays to raise money for In its 10th year, their program or charity. Town and Gown Theatre “A couple of us that will host the Stillwater were on the board from Short Play Festival, fea- Town and Gown rushed turing short plays from back and talked to Judith playwrights across the Karman Hospice and world. Since 2012, Debbie said, ‘I think we’ve found Sutton has led the Short something we can do for you,’” Sutton said. “So, Play Festival and is a producer this year. Sut- that began the first short play festival.” ton said the idea began when Judith Karman See Play on 6A Hospice, now Karman
Don’t sweat it Creative ways OSU students deal with finals stress Kaylie Sequira Staff Reporter
Colvin just about every day,” Vaughn said. “ I even do group fitness like Zumba, which is like a dance class, so it’s fun and you’re still working out and getting some movement in.” Vaughn also said that taking a break from studying to go to Sonic or Starbucks for a drink, driving the backroads and listening to music reduces her stress and helps clear her mind, allowing her to study with new energy.
Finals are quickly approaching and students at OSU are coming up with creative ways to handle the stress. Mikaila Vaughn, an OSU junior, has multiple innovative ways she deals with stress. One way she is able to reduce stress is through physical activity. “I’ve been pretty big into fitness and physical health lately, so I make sure to go to the See Stress on 4A
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