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New Sheriff in town

Courtesy of Joe Harper

Joe Harper won the Payne County sheriff election on Aug. 25.

Joe Harper wins Payne County Sheriff election Alex Sloan News Editor

Incumbent Sheriff Kevin Woodward was defeated by challenger Joe Harper in the Aug. 25 runoff election, and will be the next Payne County Sheriff.

The Payne

County Sheriff’s race was just one of many runoff elections held across the state, but was the only election open to the registered voters of Stillwater.

Since there were no Demo-

cratic challengers for the Sheriff’s position, Harper’s win in the runoff will earn him the seat, without having to go to a general election.

Woodward went into Tuesday night with

a slight lead on Harper from mail-in and early voting, according to unofficial election results published by the Oklahoma State Election Board.

Despite this initial setback, voters who cast

their ballots inperson on election day went decisively for Harper, with 1,828 votes to Woodward’s 1,334.

The preliminary numbers released by the election board have Harper

winning with a total of 2,121 votes to Woodward’s 1,664.

These numbers will not be official until they are finalized by the State Election Board.

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News COVID-19 Update, Aug. 25

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Face masks are proven to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Ryan Boyce O’Colly Contributor

On Aug. 25, Oklahoma’s State Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 165 active cases in Payne county, with 132 of those cases coming from Stillwater.

Although no additional deaths were reported in Payne county, the active cases are up by 9 cases from yesterday.

The dashboard also reported an overall decrease in active cases in Oklahoma, for a new total of

7,912. Four additional deaths were reported from yesterday across the state.

This brings the total confirmed case count to 53,522 across Oklahoma.

If you have been exposed

to COVID-19, the Oklahoma Department of Health recommends that you should

check for symptoms including fever, shortness of breath, and a cough as well as stay away from public spaces for 14 days.

OSU’s Center For Health Sciences recommends avoiding public spaces

by staying home when possible regardless of health, and mitigating risk by wearing a mask and social distancing when in public.

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Research Spotlight: OSU’s COVID-19 Laboratory

OSU’s COVID-19 lab is similar to this research lab.

Ryan Boyce, O’Colly contibutor

In the early days of COVID-19, as the virus quickly swept across the globe, Oklahoma State University researchers rapidly mobilized to begin studying the pathogen.

The COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory was set up as a

way for OSU to contribute to the national and state health efforts.

Started back in March, the lab has returned over 100,000 test results since its creation and is responsible for about 15% of all the testing in the state, according to a university news release.

The Vice President of Re-

search at OSU, Dr. Kenneth Sewell, has overseen the COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory’s efforts from the beginning.

In the earliest days of the lab, Sewell said researchers from across OSU’s campus came together and offered up what resources they had to fight the

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pandemic. Early on, the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory was determined to have the FDA required machines necessary for testing, he said.

“We had the whole setup in place at the Animal Diagnostic Lab,” Sewell said.

In order to test in humans,

Sewell said the lab needed to pull from the expertise of researchers at OSU Medical, located in Tulsa.

With talent from across OSU campuses and specialized equipment from the Animal Diagnostic Lab, the COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab was ready to get started.

As the number of cases ramped

up across the country, the lab had to grow with it. According to OSU’s COVID lab website, Dr. Sewell sent out a mass email calling for any available volunteers Continued on next page

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OSU’s testing data is put in vials like this.

able volunteers to help facilitate research. In the span of two hours, he received over 150 responses, and now has over 160 people contributing to the OSU COVID-19 lab.

Additionally, Sewell said the Vice President of Finance and Administration at OSU increased funding to the lab to outfit it with more equipment.

Sewell said the lab is now big enough to analyze massive amounts of COVID-19 tests, as well as carry out its original duties of protecting Oklaho-

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ma from pandemics in livestock. He also said the increased volume of staff has allowed many researchers and professors to return to their own labs and duties, in plenty of time for the new academic semester.

Today, according to Sewell, the OSU laboratory contracts with medical centers across the state of Oklahoma to retrieve samples for testing. OSU receives payment from the state by the volume of tests completed, which Sewell said he hopes will help

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repay the cost of the equipment for the updated laboratory. He also said the lab reports its data to the state epidemiologist in Oklahoma City, who creates a comprehensive map of the results in order to track the spread of the pandemic and inform public policy. According to OSU’s COVID lab website, the OSU Diagnostic Laboratory can return results in as little as 48 hours, which aids the epidemiologist in creating a map that is as up to date as possible.

The pro-

cess starts when a person goes to a medical facility somewhere in Oklahoma, Sewell said. They recieve a nose swab (which researchers have affectionately dubbed a “brain tickler”), which will provide researchers with a tissue sample. That sample, Sewell explained, is then placed in a special solution in a vial to preserve it, which is then shipped to the OSU Diagnostic Lab.

At the lab, each sample goes through a process called PCR, which Sewell said repro-

duces genetic material in the tissue so that researchers have enough to work with. The sample genetic material is then tested in a machine for the markers that indicate the presence of the virus, and results are returned.

Moving forward, Sewell said he hopes to increase the university’s efforts toward coronavirus research, including ways in which future pandemics may be mitigated or avoided altogether. To this end, Sewell said many OSU faculty are

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training in safety procedures so that they can research respiratory and infectious diseases.

Additionally, the NIH is increasing funding for projects related to respiratory diseases in the hopes that coronavirus research will increase in popularity. While OSU isn’t directly working on a vaccine, researchers are working to prevent future pandemics, and to fight the one we’re currently in. news.ed@ocolly. com

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Union Chophouse Taqueria review

Chophouse Taquiera is the Student Union’s newest addition.

replaces Baja Fresh’s spot in the Student Chophouse Union. With Taqueria offiboth restaurants cially opened its offering Texlocation in the Mex dishes, Student Union it’s nearly imearlier this possible to not month and its compare the two food a refreshdespite there being change for ing some clear Oklahoma State differences.

University’s dinBaja Fresh’s ing. chicken was ofFirst seen on ten dry and their OSU’s campus quesadillas and through its food burritos often truck, which is left me feeling still operating queasy after conat various locasuming the meal tions, ChopI paid for. Luckhouse Taqueria’s ily, Chophouse food has always Taqueria won’t been a conveleave customers nient place for feeling that way. students to grab Chophouse a bite between Taqueria ofclasses and study fers three burhours. rito bowls for The restaurant students to pur-

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chase: steak, chicken and grilled vegetable. Each bowl contains a flour tortilla with Spanish rice, black beans, cheese, lettuce, pico, guacamole, sour cream and tortilla strips.

Each student can also choose between ranchero salsa and tomatillo ranch for his or her dressing.

For lunch, I had the chicken burrito bowl with chips and queso on the side. The burrito bowl was refreshingly delicious.

The chicken was full of flavor and all of

the ingredients came together in a nice blend.

Chophouse Taqueria’s food adds a nice accessible spice for those looking beyond a bland and flavorless cuisine.

While students can choose to leave out certain ingredients from their burrito bowls, there aren’t any substitutes for ingredients other than what is already offered.

For example, pinto beans and white rice are entirely left off the menu, which are both staples at other fastcasual Tex-Mex restaurants such

as Qdoba and Chipotle.

While the grilled vegetable burrito bowl could be a good option for students who are vegan or vegetarian, students may grow tiresome as it being their only option. And that’s the glaring flaw with Chophouse Taqueria: the lack of options.

Because of students coming back during the COVID-19 pandemic, OSU dining services had to scale back on their restaurants.

Dining places such as Passport and Noodle U are not offered for the fall se-

mester while other places still offered such as Chick-Fil-A offer an extremely limited menu.

Nevertheless, Chophouse Taqueria can easily improve on this when the pandemic starts winding down by offering more dishes and vegan-friendly options.

While the restaurant still needs a few changes for the future, Chophouse Taqueria is a welcomed addition to OSU’s dining in the Student Union.

SPORTS

The core four: The interchangeability of the Cowboy Back in the OSU offense

Adam Luther OSU cowboy back Logan Carter (87) during the No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. West Virginia Big 12 Conference football game on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.

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When it comes to Oklahoma State football, one position is unique to the school.

The Cowboy Back.

The Cowboy Back is a combo fullback and tight end who is tasked with a variety of roles in both the pass and run games.

Under new offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn, that role is no different.

And going into this

season, there’s a hope from many that the Cowboy Back could see an expanded role in 2020.

Logan Carter is one of the Cowboy Backs looking to earn playing time this season in a stacked OSU offense.

“We’ve got a lot of guys, there’s three or four of us in rotation at Cowboy back,” Carter said.

“There might be two, three or four of us on the field at a time, but I don’t think you’re going to miss very

many guys out there. You know, Jelani Woods, myself, (Dayton) Metcalf and Braden Cassity ,I think those guys are going to get a lot of reps out there and a lot of use.”

In recent seasons, the Cowboy Back has taken a backseat to the rest of the offense.

But with four players primed to make a name for themselves, it seems the OSU staff will try to work them into the offense in

unique ways.

“You’re going to see Cowboy Backs all over the field lined up in-line, blocking, running routes from the inline, wing blocking, in the back field running routes, pass protection and run blocking, all of it,” Carter said.

“Even split out running routes and catching balls.

Even lined up outside both blocking on the perimeter and running routes.”

Woods and Logan have both

logged a serious amount of snaps in the previous two seasons, seeing time in all 13 games in both years.

Dayton Metcalf cracked into the rotation last season for OSU and also played in every game.

Braden Cassity, however, has seen little time on the field in his tenure at OSU but switched to the offensive side of the ball this offseason.

Woods is the main headliner at the Cowboy Back position,

but perhaps there’s more.

“I think Jelani and I do a lot of the same stuff,” Carter said.

“Dayton makes a lot of his money at more of a fullback type position, but when he needs to he can really step up and run the tight end and wing sets as well. All of us are interchangeable at the flex stuff running routes and blocking on the perimeter all of that.” sports.ed@ ocolly.com

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By Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Today’s Birthday (08/26/20). This year favors romance, beauty and fun.

Grow passion projects with steady practice and play. Collaborate to get farther. Summer community wins inspire you to make a romantic resolution. Navigate a professional challenge this winter, before home renovations nurture family comfort. Love is your magic potion.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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SPORTS Cowgirls remain comfortable on all levels of the field

Adam Luther The Cowgirls celebrate their third goal of the night at the Oklahoma State vs. Baylor soccer game on October 31, 2019 at Neal Patterson Stadium.

Sam Hutchens, Staff reporter

It might be a good thing that Colin Carmichael does not identify a clear team strength.

The reason is not a lack of quality players for the Cowgirls, but an even spread of talent throughout the team.

When asked about his comfort level with each aspect of his team — defense, midfield and

attack — the OSU women’s soccer coach had good things to say about all three units.

“We lost Elice Hawn in the back,” said Carmichael about his defender that graduated in 2019. “ And we’ve got three or four freshmen that are vying for those minutes right now, but the other four players that play in those defensive positions are all returners who are

phenomenal. They are all really good players so we feel really good about defense.”

The other aspect of defense, goalkeeping, will be a competition between multiple players.

“Dani Greenlee played a ton of minutes last year and ended the year as our starter,” Carmichael said.

“We have got Hannah Warner returning and three new players who are all

vying for that spot.

Carmichael acknowledges the difficulty of replacing high-minute players but is confident in the experienced players manning the midfield for the Cowgirls.

“The midfield is pretty solid,” Carmichael said. “We lost Juila Lenhardt and Jaci Jones, two super players for us, but we do have some returners that have a lot of min-

utes there.”

As for attacking, Carmichael trusts that his experienced players will be a strong unit but remains excited for his overall team.

“The comfort level, probably right now, (is) the most in the attack because we’ve got the most returning players, but it’s a pretty solid group all across the board,” said Carmichael.

Though he said that the younger

OSU players will be an important factor this season in the Cowgirl’s quest for another Big 12 title, Carmichael said that he will be relying on his veteran players on all levels of the field.

“The season will be defined and run by the returning players,” Carmichael said. “How well our top players do will determine us.”