Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Copping nudes OSUPD warns of spoofing calls By Maddison Farris and Jared A’Latorre
“I made (Chief Jones) aware this morning, he chuckled about it in a sense of, it’s This afternoon an unfortunate, but it’s not email was sent out to making light of the situthe OSU community ation,” Chandler said. warning students and “We understand it’s a staff that spoofing phone serious situation that calls are being made people are being victimfrom the Oklahoma ized.” State University Police Along with conDepartment’s (OSUPD) tacting OSUPD, Channon-emergency phone dler made the first line. order of business not The callers are askto answer any number ing students for explicit you don’t know at all. If photos, money and perthe phone is answered sonal information. and someone suspects “The OSUPD has a scam, a report can be taken three reports this made to national secuweek where the caller rity companies. has requested money “If you do receive and asks female refraudulent phone calls cipients to send nude for whatever reason, you photos.” OSU News can report to the FCC, File photo you can report through said in a press release. “The actual number of Police vehicles parked outside the building during the Edmon Low false alarm Oct. 10, 2019, on OSU's the FBI, you could also incidents is believed to campus. report to your local be much higher than police jurisdiction and what has actually been tions division which is then we can follow it up wanted to notify non-emergency line and reported. Many students what we call our dispatch OSUPD and report to whatever people that these spoofs the caller may even imhave discovered missed division, has been fuelagency we can to help are active right now. personate an officer such calls from the guilty us out in some sense,” ing phone calls from The OSUPD would as Chief Leon Jones. phone number.” citizens reportlike to remind all stuEven though Jones is Chandler said. Captain Colt Chan- various In the event that that, ‘Hey, I’ve had a dents that they would directly affected because dler from OSUPD said ing you receive one of missed number from you never request nude photos, his name is out there, he that there’s been a con- for about a week now,’” money or identity verifica- doesn’t feel victimized. In these calls, hang up and cern with people receiv- Chandler said. tion. The phone number fact, it was a light hearted contact the OSUPD at ing these fraudulent three victims that is being used to make moment for him, but OS- 405-744-6523. calls for sometime now. cameThe forward Monday these fraudulent calls will UPD remains investigat“Our communica- night, and from there, appear as the OSUPD’s ing the situation.
The Washington connection Taylor Roe's decision to come to OSU By Noah Weber There are 1,980 miles from Lake Stevens, Washington, to Stillwater. That’s how far cross-country runner Taylor Roe traveled to run at OSU. Roe’s connection to OSU initially started with coach Dave Smith, another Washington native, sending her a letter in the mail. “When Oklahoma State first reached out, I was kind of thrown off because I thought that there was no way Oklahoma State could be good at running,” Roe said. “Coach (Dave Smith) wrote in his card that he was from Washington and that stood out to me. Once I looked at the program, I realized that Oklahoma State is really good at running and I
should be talking to them.” After Roe received the letter from Smith, she said they started talking on a regular basis and building a strong relationship. “Talking to Dave from Day One, I always knew when he called that I had trust in him,” Roe said. “I always joke around with him and tell him that wherever he was coaching, I would have gone.” As Smith and Roe built their relationship once she got to OSU, Roe says that Smith has always believed in her. “Dave has such as strong belief in everyone he sees,” Roe said. “Last year I was going through freshman struggles and he really believed in me when I didn’t see it.” sports.ed@ocolly.com
Andrew Mungai OSU sophomore Taylor Roe runs the home stretch to a second place finish in the women's 6K during the Cowboy Jamboree cross country meet on Saturday, October 3, 2020, at the OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater.