Wednesday, December 2, 2020
'The Oklahoma State Way' online format, they’re already used to what’s happenMany across ing and so, my big the planet are having to adapt to a new concern is those professors that don’t normal during the have online teachage of COVID-19. ing experience.” With finals He believes week quickly apmany professors proaching and could benefit from students returning home to take all ex- the way he’s been ams online, Oklaho- reaching students this semester. ma State professors However, are having to adjust one final time before Prince also says that if the university the semester ends. does continue to While some find this process dif- have online exams, ficult, others have a they need to make it university wide. “business as usual” “We don’t mindset. Justin Prince, a know how long this pandemic is going history professor at OSU, didn’t have to to last. I definitely think if we do the change much when teaching his courses, same thing gobut his biggest con- ing into spring, it should be universicern is those who don’t have a similar ty-wide, we should make it where experience. “I’ve run all of professors are encouraged to do the my exams, even in my live courses, the same thing,” Prince said. “If we don’t exact way that I’m start planning the running my finals. That way there’s no whole way, how is that going to affect issues that students students?” could have,” Prince said. “They’ve alSee OSU Professors ready done the on page 2 By Matt Hubbard
Adam Luther Oklahoma State switched to online classes in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and that has caused changes for many senior capstone classes.
Gundy wraps up the Texas Tech game, moves onto TCU standing relationship off of the football field. Patterson has been at TCU as the head coach since 2000 and has turned the program into a respected team Chris Becker in his tenure. Oklahoma State “Well Gary’s one defeated Texas Tech of the best coaches 50-44 Saturday in the in college football,” final home game of the Gundy said. “There’s season for coach Mike just no question about Gundy and the Cowhis durability from a boys. standpoint of his years On Monday, of service, the teams Gundy held his weekly that he’s had. They press conference to don’t always get what open up the preparasome people consider tion for TCU here is 4 and 5-star players. what he said: They find a way to What would a win. He and I, when Big 12 Championship we have conference mean to the program? functions, we always With a win over buddy up. I tease him Texas Tech and a Texas and he teases me. We loss to Iowa State, the get along. We have a Cowboys stayed in the really good relationhunt for a bid to Arship. I enjoy competing lington. Since the Big against him.” 12 brought back the On Teven Jenconference championkins and his future ship game, OSU has with the program not played in it. It’s last The Cowboys championship came in starting left tackle 2011. Teven Jenkins was “Our goal evhonored during Saturery year is to win the day’s senior day celconference championebration, but was not ship, and you’ve got to at the stadium. Jenkins get (to Arlington) to has since announced do that,” Gundy said. his decision to opt-out “Long term, I don’t of the remainder of the know about (what it season after suffering would mean to the a back injury against program). I haven’t Oklahoma. thought about that. “I think Teven is That’s our goal anydeciding to go prepare ways to find a way to for the NFL,” Gundy get into that game and said. “I hate to speak find a way to win it.” for him, but that’s what His relationship I think is going on. with TCU coach Gary I’m going to let him, Patterson for lack of a better Gundy and Patterm, make that deciterson have a long sion and if he decides
to do that publicly, I’ll let him do that. But that’s the direction I see him going. I’m not sure what his status would be medically, because when you have a tweaked back, sometimes, well a lot of times it won’t show up on an MRI or CT scan, but you still have some pain. I’m going to let him make that decision and how he communicates that to us and you guys at some point.” On Dezmon Jackson’s ability to handle such a large workload against Texas Tech Dezmon Jackson got his first start for the Cowboys against Texas Tech, and Gundy and the offensive staff didn’t shy away from giving him a big workload, allowing him to carry the team. Jackson carried the ball 36 times and didn’t leave the field much of the second half. He didn’t show any signs of exhaustion even late in the game. “I’m surprised that he could carry the ball 36 times and at times, five to six times in a row and play over 75 plays in the game — yes,” Gundy said. “That’s hard to do for anybody. He did impress me from that standpoint, his ability to stay in the game and compete.”
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