True tailgaters Wednesday, September 8, 2021
OSU football tailgates are back
COVID-19 continues to be an issue, this year sporting events and activities like tailgating are open to full capacity with no restrictions resulting in familiar sites around campus. Anna Pope There are popular tailgating spots surrounding Boone Pickens News Editor Stadium. According to the Fall 2021 Tailgate Map, there are a Tailgating- a time for football number of spots open to the public fans to test their resolve claiming but some are reserved for specific a spot on Oklahoma State campus organizations like campus groups before the game begins. and Posse Donor. This past Friday, students While campus groups can set walking on campus could see a up outside Edmond Low Library variety of people saving while on and others can tailgate outside in their daily walk or drive to classes. places like the Seretean Center The ritual of setting up tents, vans and Thatcher Hall. There are some and trucks complete with food, places where campus groups and drinks and lawn chairs are back on public spaces are open like in front campus. of Old Central. Although on OSU’s campus, However, if people wish to people cannot set up their tailbring in a trailer those tailgates gate until the afternoon of the day are permitted in areas like the lot before the game, many people were closest to Washington Street by the sitting and one person even slept on Noble Research Center. the ground to reserve their tailgating spots. Last year, OSU football games looked different. While the news.ed@ocolly.com
Willistean Bennett
Tailgating is back for the 2021 season of football in Stillwater.
Student organization feature: cowboys volunteer
Braden King
OSU students can seek community volunteer involvement at the SVC.
Ishani Ray Staff Reporter
The Student Volunteer Center, known as Student Learning Volunteer Center or SVC on its inception in 1984, is a hub of student-led and student-ran volunteering activities in conjunction with community partners. It strives to fulfill the ‘Service
and Civic Engagement’ pillar of the 6 pillars of the Oklahoma State experience by providing intergenerational community service project opportunities. The volunteer center partners with both OSU affiliated organizations, student organizations as well as the Stillwater community. The SVC is an official part of Leadership and Campus Life and the SVC website can be found
at https://lcl.okstate.edu/volunteer/. The latter is a good platform to learn more about SVC and getting involved. The SVC campus link is another great way to stay updated on volunteering events hosted or supported by SVC that students can get involved in. “Every person that joins the SVC campus link also has the SVC weekly newsletter that arrives at their inbox
every Thursday containing the events going on/off campus along with any volunteering opportunities,” elaborates Tonmoy Paul, the current Graduate Assistant of the SVC, serving his third year at the SVC. “The SVC is very good at providing personalized recommendations. See Volunteer on 2