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UCO, like most colleges, seeks to create a relationship with a singular soft drink company to mitigate costs and draw in cor porate grants. In May, the university invited the brands to submit a proposal on what its company would offer to become UCO’s bev erage of“Thechoice.opportunities presented by this relationship will provide substantial benefits for UCO and its Beverage Supplier… for the purpose of maximizing revenue, promoting increasing market share, controlling costs and providing exceptional service to UCO,” reads the “Purchasing– Bids and Contracts” docu ment from the university.

In terms of public opinion, consumer data shows Coca-Cola has always dominated the industry, according to Brand Finance.

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David B. Young I, director of procurement services, said the determination will be based on what is “reasonable and most advanta geous” for the university. This means looking at consumer data, marketing strategies and the flexibility of proposals, he said. But the chosen soft drink company will also reap benefits from its investment.

To test this on campus, The Vista collected 100 responses, and found 78% of students prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi. This data com pares to various national publications, includ ing Mashed, which reported only a third of people liking Pepsi over Coke.

UCO president greets faculty with a message of hope and optimism Students choose Coke

UCO President Neuhold-RavikumarPatti addressed faculty and staff Tuesday at the 2022 fall semester convocation with a message of hope and opti mism. Faculty and staff gathered in person to begin the school year for the first time since 2019 at the Nigh University Center on Aug. 16.Twelve different awards as well as $16,250 in endowments directly from the university were presented to several recipients and groups.“Welcome to all the

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Learning Commission Accredita tion Team. She said accreditation is what enables the university to accept federal funds on behalf of students, and it tells prospective students that UCO is responsible and committed to the pursuit of Thebegantime,”outcomesteachingtowardtentandofis“Accreditationexcellence.theresultourdailyconsiseffortqualityandovershesaid.in2021.cam

Ainsley Martinez Editor-in-Chief Soda machines on campus might start to match the University of Central Oklaho ma’s blue color scheme, but the decision on which soft drink company to sign with will come down to money, not aesthetics. After the 10 year-long beverage contract with Coca-Cola expired earlier this year, the university will move forward in the negotiation process to determine whether Coca-Cola or PepsiCo will have exclusive “pouring rights” at UCO.

faculty and staff here on campus, especially the new faculty and staff. You are now a part of the Broncho community,” said Presi dent Neuhold-Ravikumar as she began her address. “And we look forward to your contributions that will make this a great place to learn and to work.” She said she was aware faculty and staff appreciated the reduced work week in June and July. “Well, next summer we’re going to do it again,” she an nounced. “So start planning your vacationsShenow.”also urged faculty and staff to be prepared for the decennial visit from the Higher

“They will have the right to advertise, solicit, market, do commercials and campaigns, and use the university’s presence with their prod uct,” Young said.

In a survey conducted by The Vista, 78% of students chose Coca-Cola, and 22% chose Pepsi-Co as their favorite cola. (The Vista/Ainsley Martinez)

A dive into Coke and Pepsi as soda remains uncertain on campus

paign’s goal is to raise $60 million in gifts and pledges.

President Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar talks to faculty. (Provided)

(The Vista/ Logan Gassett)

Quinn Daugherty Reporter

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Your intuition is sharper Tuesday with the moon in Cancer. Wednesday brings a retrograde: look out for pat terns in yourself that may sneak up over the next few months. Thursday’s Mercu ry shift makes communica tion even more charming and friendly for you. Expect a freaky Friday, as two op posing aspects spell ‘conflict and delays’ in the sky. A good day to practice patience and communication. Focus may come down to relationships on Saturday when the New Moon in Virgo rises, creating a good time to review how you’re showing up with the people you’re closest to.

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A Cancer moon Tuesday might feel intense but when the moon slips into Leo Wednesday the limelight shines on everyone. Ura nus retrogrades Wednesday, bringing chances to learn, grow, and prune what’s not working over the next five months. Mercury’s shift to Libra Thursday brings a soft and diplomatic energy. With the moon in Leo, it’s a great day for presenting ideas. Fri day’s restless energy may be a lot so remember to be slow and thoughtful. Saturday’s New Virgo Moon gives the chance to start something new as it brings energy to wellness.

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This week might be intense, but this is a good thing! A creative/emotional start to your week flows into an ide al time to let go of old pat terns. Thursday could brush up against some tension with both Leo and Libra in your sky, but focus on what you can control. Friday could be frustrating as Venus squares Uranus and the Sun in your sign squares Mars. This could bring nervous energy. Have patience and slow moves today. If you’re noticing a theme, this week is best for focusing on what is in your power to change. When the New Moon in Virgo holds space in the sky Saturday it places energy in your house of self/identity.

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Craving some midweek con nection? If so, you’re not alone. Cancer moon Tues day marks a great time to call your friends, and Leo moon Wednesday is even better for entertaining. This week is the time for reviewing the beliefs you hold about the world with a retrograde be ginning and a new moon in the sky. Mercury shifts into your sign Thursday, making balance/compromise just a little easier. Friday brings a bout of nervous energy with the possibility of conflict, but steady communication skills and applied patience will help. Saturday’s Virgo New Moon puts emphasis on your dreams, intuition, and emo tions. Your intuition is heightened Tuesday – use it wisely but don’t jump to conclusions. It’s time to dive further into your internal depths start ing Wednesday and ending in January: what events in your past formed the current patterns that may no longer serve you? Thursday, Mercu ry moves into Libra, bring ing in a softer energy to your communications. Friday’s tailspin in the sky moves in a medium to large-sized bucket of restless energy –this day might require a little extra patience and flexibility from everyone. Saturday’s New Moon in Virgo puts the focus on your social life and provides an opportunity to manifest your goals. The sweetness of a Cancer moon could be a treat for Tuesday. Flowing with it will help prepare for change later in the week. Leo moon on Wednesday/Thursday makes big moves seem even more tempting. Uranus in Taurus begins its retrograde Wednesday so watch out for chances to uproot pat terns. Thursday’s Mercury shift smooths out commu nications for a couple weeks. Friday brings funky mixups with two square aspects –expect restlessness, espe cially in the case of sudden conflicts. The New Moon in Virgo fills the sky Saturday, a perfect time to meditate on what you’d like to manifest in your life.

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Hill emphasized how “a lot of people during the audition process talked about, you know, in reading the script, how it connected to them, or how they saw that character.”

Behind the scenes: Creating the short film ‘Ghosts’

The associate producer said a key aspect of being part of a community is to “know your “Keephistory.”your eyes open, look for information, learn about it. Try to understand, you know, what healing looks like, for families that may have been sort of torn apart by this. Or peo ple who were harmed by this process of the boarding school is, try to, you know, under stand what that healing might look like for that family, for that community. I think those would be a couple of things. Go to the First Americans Museum, you’ll learn a lot. And just keep learning,” Hill said. “It’s been a long journey,” said Jeffery Palmer, director of the film and professor at Cornell PalmerUniversity.said that he and screenwriter Austin Bunn first started talking about mak ing the film in De cember 2021. This film came af ter a break due to the pandemic. “It took us several months of pre-pro duction, writing the scripts, coming up with the idea, and then ultimate ly hiring produc er Adam Ropp,” Palmer said. Ropp is a former UCO student of Palm “Weer’s. just kind of hit the ground run ning,” Palmer said.

On the filmmaking side of “Ghosts,” Associate Producer Desiree Hill discussed the attention to detail to create a historically accurate de piction of Oklahoma in 1891, hiding fire exit signs and modern lights on set as well as cre ating accurate costuming. Some of the actors who auditioned had long hair. Hill said they did not want to ask them to cut it like they did at the schools, so for one character a wig was made and for others, hair styling tricks were used to create the illusion of short hair for the film. “The shoot took place over three days. And of course, one of the days was the day the tem perature was 111. And that was the day we were in this publishing house, which is not air conditioned on the second or third floor,” Hill Onesaid. job Hill had during produc tion was manag ing COVID testing and keeping illness off the set to pro tect participants. Hill said that “we had to think about things like, well, forcing people to be hydrated, in cluding the crew, not just the ac tors. Fans, fans throughout the fans had to be turned off during shooting. So ev ery time there was one guy that would turn off the fan right before shoot ing started because you didn’t have that choice. So it was really tricky,” she Internssaid helped with the produc tion, assisting with everything from ensuring everyone had wa ter to helping actors get to and from location, said Benjamin Anderson, one of the interns from the professional media program. Anderson said the film experience was differ ent from what he had previously learned in the professional media classes at UCO. “Something that we’ve never, like, experienced first hand. It’s just really cool to see that up close,” he said. ”You know, you have set decorators, you have actors, you know, makeup artists, you have all of these people, like I think, you know, this was a very small production, like it was just a short film that we filmed over three days. But I think that there were over like, 70 people working on this and seeing all of these like, pieces that come together to make this one project that everyone believes in, is a really, really cool and humbling experience,” Anderson said. Another intern, Christopher Lomelin, spoke with The Vista via email about the hands-on

“Theexperience.experience has taught me that there were more moving pieces behind the scenes that I had previously realized. Production needs to operate in a timely manner, and for that to happen, numerous people with various duties on set must work cohesively in order to main tain project timeliness,” he said. Hill told The Vista that shooting took place at four locations: The Harn Homestead, a pub lishing house in Oklahoma City, a lake near Guthrie, and “a place called Dominion House, which is in Guthrie.”

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At the rural Indian schools, students were deprived of their traditional clothing and hairstyles.

“The quality of the acting among our primary characters is really, really good. And the thing is, this is a short film, people weren’t paid a ton of money to work on this film. But they want ed to work on this film. They were excited to work on this film, because of the meaning that it had,” she said.

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Two of the cast members, Lane Factor and Dalton Kramer, are in the Hulu show Reser vation Dogs. Hill had some high praise for the cast.

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While the phrase “Cola Wars” gained popu larity in 1985 after PepsiCo succeeded in its marketing campaign, the “Pepsi Challenge,” some argue the battle between the bever ages has ended. In 1996, Fortune Magazine declared Coca-Cola the winner in its cover spread, “How Coke is Kicking Pepsi’s Can,” after reporting Pepsi had 47% less profits than its However,competitor.when looking at each com pany’s marketing strategies and demograph ics, it seems Coca-Cola and Pepsi are not after the same audience. Born in 1892, the family-friendly Coke sticks to what it knows and emphasizes its traditional values. Even as the company redesigned its logo, the struc ture has remained the same. As a household name, Coke has that luxury. Pepsi experienced a different evolu tion.Unlike Coca-Cola, which remained loyal to its original design, Pepsi has changed its logo drastically over the years. The company deemed itself the “choice of a new generation,” and it has followed the tagline ever since. In the 80s, PepsiCo recruited musical sensa tion Michael Jackson for its ad cam paign, targeting youth across the nation. While Coca-Cola dominates the overall industry, Pepsi has signed more univer sities than its competitor in recent years. So while Coke is classic, Pepsi is new and fresh.

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“By the time spring came along, we were doing lo cation scouts in Oklahoma and then started work ing on casting in the early part of the summer. And then the film was in pro duction in mid July, and then, of course, I just finished editing yes terday. So it’s pretty incredible. And today, I’m submitting it to the Sundance Film Festival, the regular deadline is actually today. So we made it kind of just in time for submission,” Palmer said. Palmer emphasized the difficulty of making a film during a pandemic. “It’s been a hard journey, you know, the film has kind of gone through its ups and downs with funding and COVID outbreaks and all kinds of things that have happened since, you know, starting this just just, it’s, it’s been a tough journey. And then, of course, in the post production process, you know, lots of technical issues and things like that, that you have to overcome in order to make a movie. But I think it’s a really great 17 minute short film, and has the potential to be made into a feature at some point, if we, you know, garner that type of attention,” Palmer said.

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“We had to go to four locations over a threeday period to get this thing done. Again, that comes down to budget, you know, the more days you need, the more money it’s going to cost. And of course, we were not a high bud get production. So we had to really, you know, count our pennies to get the most we could out of it,” she said. UCO is all over this film, with the main pro ducer having graduated from UCO, the in volvement of several interns in the Profession al Media program, and Jeffery Palmer having been a former professor at UCO. Palmer said “in this film, there’s a lot of chil dren and there’s young up and coming actors.”

Hill, Associate Producer of “Ghosts,” called the film “extremely contem porary.”“Itwas not atypical for children to escape, to run away, they often were taken into these boarding schools at an extremely young age, four years old, five years old, six years old. And so you can imagine what that might have felt like to some chil dren to be taken from your mother at that age. And so there was this really strong desire to go home,” Hill said.

Short film honors Kiowa boys’ desire to survive

Director and Pro fessor at Cornell University Jeffery Palmer spoke with The Vista about the film. “It’s a film that challeng es audiences. It doesn’t give everything away. It’s about a topic that not a lot of peo ple know much about, you know, there’s, there’s the top ic of boarding schools in the United States that, you know, dealt a lot with settler co lonialism, you know, white supremacy, forced assimila tion on the indigenous pop ulation. And so I don’t think that that’s in our history books,” Palmer said. He said that indigenous as similation is “a footnote” in high school Oklahoma histo ry“Butclasses.it’s really is an im portant aspect, I think that is just as important as talking about slavery, in terms of the wrongs, you know, that have been, that have been done by the US government, and so now is an important time to tell that story, I think, be cause, you know, we have a Native American Secretary of Interior, who is trying to start reconciliation. You know, the Canadians have done that with residential schools,” Palmer said. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior is Deb Haaland, “fo cused on environmental jus tice, climate change, missing and murdered indigenous women, and family-friend ly policies,” according to the Department of Interior web site.Palmer continued. “I think it’s time for the United States to start apolo gizing for the things that they have done in the past to in digenous people and board ing schools are, for sure, a part of that. So I hope that when people watch this, they gain some idea about histo ry,” Palmer said. “It’s a great story of just resiliency, you know, friendship, escape, survival.”Emphasizing survival as “one of the most important aspects” of the film, Palmer calls attention to the incor poration of the Ghost Dance in the movie. “It’s a rather taboo subject, you don’t necessarily see it on film,” he said. “Or hear the music, you know, from it, we actually sing there’s a there’s a song, a Ghost Dance song in the film, which is, which is not something that you hear. And I think, you know, again, in thinking about what the Ghost Dance means, it was a ceremony about survival as a ceremony about our ances tors coming back to life, and that the buffalo would come back, and that things would go back to the way they were. So it was very much a millennialist type of idea in the late 1800s, when it was being practiced. But when you think about it today, in terms of survival rates, and a return to our ancestral ways, I think that that’s really what the message is, is that native people are here, they’re alive. They’re telling their stories.”

An Oklahoma City Uni versity graduate, the guitar ist previously played at the Chet Atkins Guitar Festival in Nashville. This year, Cruz played with 14-year-old Blake Bricker, a five-year stu dent of Cruz, who he refers to as “a natural prodigy.” Cruz began performing live shows in 1976, at the age of 14 when he would play Mexican bass guitar with his father, who paid him $7 an hour plus tips, far surpassing the $1 an hour he would get paid for doing the dishes in his school’s cafeteria. Before long, he had de veloped a deep passion for playing guitar. “It was something that I knew from the beginning that I dreamed of doing,” Cruz said. “I love showing the world what a guitar is ca pable of doing.”

Based on a true story of three Kiowa boys’ escape and deaths from a forced-as similation boarding school, “Ghosts” tells a story of friendship, calling on the greater theme of cultural re silience in extreme adversity. Forced assimilation strips people of their cultural iden tity and forces them to ad here to other ideas. In 1892, R.H. Pratt, a colo nel for the 15th infantry, de scribed his racist philosophy of forced assimilation that became a widespread ideolo gy consistent with life in the schools.“Kill the Indian in him, and save the man,” Pratt said in a Thespeech.legacy of violent cul tural repression by the U.S. Government is still in the process of healing. These schools also stretched into Canada, where Pope Francis apologized last month.“Again, I think back on the stories you told: how the pol icies of assimilation ended up systematically marginal izing the indigenous peoples; how also through the system of residential schools your languages and cultures were denigrated and suppressed; how children suffered phys ical, verbal, psychological and spiritual abuse; how they were taken away from their homes at a young age, and how that indelibly affected relationships between par ents and children, grandpar ents and grandchildren,” he said.“I am deeply sorry,” the PopeDesireesaid.

He began recording mu sic in 1989, and has released a total of 19 CD’s and 2 DVDs since.To this day, he still performs nearly 300 concerts each year. These performanc es consist of solo perfor mances, as well as perform ing with two other bands, Uncle Zep, a Led Zeppelin cover band, and The Brave Amigos, which features Cruz’s student Bricker as well as his cousin Marco Tello, another“[Bricker]guitarist.isso good — he’s already gotten to be as good as Marco and myself. He’s just gonna keep going farther and Bricker,farther.”who’sbeen per forming with The Brave Amigos for the past five years, also plays lead guitar for the Direct Connect Band, a professional rhythm and blues/funk band led by Okla homa Blues Hall of Famer Brian McKinney.Tolearnmore about Cruz, his music and upcom ing events, visit edgarcruz. com. To discover more about Blake, his upcoming perfor mances and his music, visit blakebrickermusic.com.

A photo of Edgar Cruz playing classical guitar under stage lights.

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There were many children who died and were not bur ied in ways consistent with cultural traditions. In Canada, a large red ban ner containing the names of 4,000 children who never made it home was unrolled during the event; the Pope kissed“Ghosts”it.

“There were three kinds of boys that escaped a board ing school in Anadarko, Oklahoma. At that time, it was known as Indian terri tory. And it was a Mission School. It was in the winter time that they escaped. There were several days of warm weather as what happens in Oklahoma and sometimes in January. And they thought that they could make it, you know, about 40 or 50 miles, you know, walking and there was a cold front that went through and a very, very bad snowstorm. And they died before they made it to the encampment. And so there’s a hill, or bluff just south of Carnegie, Oklahoma. Right at the very start of the Wich ita Mountains, where these boys made it to, they almost made it to the camp. If they had gotten over this bluff, they would have made it but I imagine walking on a bluff in the middle of winter in, you know, a blizzard would probably lead to hypother mia, and that’s why they per ished. They were found the next day by the tribe. And there was kind of an upris ing about it. And luckily, that uprising was quelled down because had it really actual ly happened, there probably would be a lot of people dead and we would be thinking about the story differently. But these three boys died. And I think if you’re Kio wa growing up in that area, I think it’s a rite of passage to go see where those boys died, especially when things happen to you and your life,” Palmer said. “And so, it’s a lesson in sur viving that and getting over that, and not letting it defeat you. And it didn’t. That’s why I’m here today. That’s why I’m a professor at Cornell. You know, that’s why I make movies and tell these stories, and feel like I have success. And it’s because I survived that. And it didn’t break me down. And I think that that was part of the reason why it was done was to break native people down. And not allow them to feel like they had any type of dignity, or ability to do great things. And so yeah, that’s, that’s why it’s personal to me,” Palmer said.

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Oklahoma City guitarist Edgar Cruz will take the stage Thursday at the Jazz Lab on 100 E. Fifth St.

When asked about his personal connection to the story, Palmer said, “a lot of directors are internally con nected either by characters that they write or incidents, you know, that happened in our lives. And so this is very true about this particular story.”After events in his own life, Palmer said his father took him to the hill where the boys died to tell him the story.“My dad took me out there to see that, that hill where those boys died, and basi cally told me the story. And the reason why he did that was because he wanted me to understand that this is some thing that has been happen ing for, you know, genera tional traumas, something that exists for, for, you know, centuries,” he said. This is the story of the three boys as he told it.

A photo of students at the Carlile School in Carlile, Pennsylvania, one of the largest of the group schools, where indigenous children were taught Western European values, religion and culture.

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continuedConvocationfromPg.1“Ouradvancementteamhasdoneanoutstandingjob.Asoftoday,theyhaveraisedmorethan$22milliondollarstowardthatgoalinthepastyear,”shesaid.“Thefocusofthiscampaignisdistributedamongscholarships,endowments,andfacilityimprovements.”Shesaidthefigurefarexceededtheteam’soriginalexpectationsandthatthefoundationisawardingmorescholarshipswithmoremoneythaneverbefore.“Notonlyhavetheyraisedmorethanathirdofourtotalgoal…we’verealizeda9%increaseinthe

sian FSB’s accusations, which reached us through the media, is not one of them.”“[Russian] propaganda lives in a fictional world,” Podolyak said on Twitter. He continued, saying that the “[Ukrainian] woman and her 12-year-old child were ‘assigned’ responsible for blowing up the car.” Even before the FSB closed the murder inves tigation Monday, a sep aratist leader in Donetsk blamed Ukraine for Dugi na’s death.

President Neuhold-Ra vikumar mentioned two projects funded from outside the University in addition to the Richard son Stadium Expansion. Funds diverted from the American Rescue Plan Act will be used to construct a makerspace for the en gineering program in the back half of the eSports Co Op facility, and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will build a Catho lic student center “within the next few years” on the West side of University Drive.

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“The only thing that pos es a threat to Ukrainians is army of executioners and rapists coming to commit genocide. Our defenders protect their nation and families.

large new Russian empire. While Dugin may hold political sway, he does not hold an official Govern ment Mykhailoposition. Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, denied any Ukrainian connection to the murder in a televised statement.“Iconfirm that Ukraine, of course, had nothing to do with this because we are not a criminal state, like the Russian Federa tion,” Podolyak said. We are not a terrorist state,” he Duginsaid.has been on the U.S. sanctions list since

Brittney Griner, a women’s basketball star, is found guilty of drug smuggling with criminal intent by a Russian court after Griner said she had “no intent to break any Russian laws.” She was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined a million rubles – roughly $16,400. Biden called the verdict “unacceptable” in a state ment.“I call on Russia to re lease her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates,” he continued. Griner was arrested in Moscow and accused of attempting to smuggle less than one gram of canna bis oil in vapor cartridges onto a plane. This arrest took place in February 2022.Griner admitted to pos sessing the cartridges by an “honest mistake,” say ing that she packed them accidentally.Shehadbeen legally pre scribed medical cannabis in the US to treat chronic pain.“I had no intent, I did not conspire or plan to commit this crime,” she said.Cannabis is illegal in Russia for both medicinal and recreational use. Griner publicly came out as a lesbian in an interview with Sports Illustrated in February 2013. The percentage of Rus sians who “do not support” mutually-consent ing same-sex relationships grew from 60% in 2013 to 69% in 2021, according to a sociological survey by the Levada Center in Oc tober last Brittneyyear.Griner’s wife Cherelle spoke at a Bring BG Home rally in July. “Talking about my wife is easy and natural for me because that’s my person,” Cherelle Griner said. “However, talking about my wife in the light of her absence from her coun try, her safety and her hu manity as a person is gut wrenching.”Beforethe verdict, Brit tney Griner said, “I never meant to hurt anybody, I never meant to put in jeopardy the Russian pop ulation, I never meant to break any laws here.” Leaving the courtroom after the sentence, she told reporters, “I love my fam ily.”American officials have offered an exchange of Russian prisoners for Gri ner and other US citizens, but Russian officials say that no deal has yet been made.NATO Secretary Gen eral Jens Stoltenberg said destruction in Ukraine is at levels “not seen since World War II.” Stoltenberg said the alliance “cannot be indifferent” to the con flict.Amnesty International said that Ukrainian mil itary forces are violating humanitarian law by en dangering civilians. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Eu rope said Russia violat ed humanitarian law in Ukraine in April’s attack on Mariupol. So what’s the difference?Amnesty has “document ed a pattern,” in Ukraine’s operations “when they op erate in populated areas,” whereas not every Russian attack puts civilians at risk, said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.

Russia accuses Ukraine of murdering Russian reporter

“Our fully online pro grams and services got us nationally recognized as a top online college in America just two years af ter launch,” she said about the connected campus. “Home grown and man aged, we have quickly risen to become a Neuhold-Ravikumarcompetitor.” also addressed student mental health resources, saying the pandemic re vealed shortcomings in the area and that the uni versity is working to bet ter retain counselors, and adding new counselor po sitions.“These steps were neces sary and important and we will continue to do more because our students need us,” sheLargersaid. projects like the Chad Richison Stadi um expansion are being funded with support from outside the university, ac cording to Neuhold-Ravi kumar.“The stadium was a great start in reaching for excel lence while stabilizing the output from the university funded completely from a gift from our alumnus Chad Richardson,” she said. “Our football stadi um has been expanded to include more seating, new visitor side concessions, restrooms, and the bowl of the field has been trans formed with a tumbling waterfall and beautiful na tive stones and trees.”

2015. The British Govern ment placed sanctions on his daughter earlier this year.Darya Dugina was killed in her father’s car, leading some to believe that her death was a missed target. The bomb was remote ly detonated late Satur day evening in the Toyota Land Crusier that then caught fire. She was be hind the wheel when the car veered off the highway andTheexploded.father-daughter pair were attending a festival together on the outskirts of Moscow and had agreed to switch cars at the last minute according to Rus

sian newspaper Rossiiska ya Gazeta.Dugin has an amount of media control as Chief Editor of Tsargrad TV and the operator of sev eral websites. He is also one of the main players of Russia’s extreme far-right ‘Neo-Eurasianist’ move ment.Russia has said the per son who they believe car ried out the car bombing has fled to Estonia’sEstonia.Police and Border Guard Board told reporters they can “share information about the in dividuals entering or leav ing Estonia only in cases prescribed by law — Rus

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number of donors, a 16% increase in alumni giv ing, and 28 new endowed funds,” she Neuhold-Ravikumarsaid. noted the foundation and growth in other areas have provided the university with a new institutional reach.“Those efforts are paying off for our students and the state,” she said. “Our strategy this next year will be to stabilize, strengthen, andProjectsexcel.”begun in the past by the university and new projects funded by outside donors are the focus of this strategy, according to President Neuhold-Ravi kumar.She said the financial aid distribution plan, the Broncho blueprint, and connected campus are all fundamental pieces of the university’s new strategy.

Star sentenced to 9 years in Russian Penal Colony

The Russian federal service reported the case closed after a car bomb killed Darya Dugina, daughter of a far-right po litical ideologue, who has been called ‘Putin’s brain’ and the ‘spiritual guide’ of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.TheRussian state-run media agency TASS has blamed the murder on “Ukrainian masterminds.” The father, Alexander Dugin, is involved in me dia and continually ad vocates for the official absorption of all Rus sian-speaking areas into a

Daunte Mcgee is a rising senior playing his last season of football.

Daunte Mcgee is no stranger to competition. In fact, he welcomes it with open arms. “I love competing in almost any and every thing I do, and football is a big platform for me to do that,” Mcgee said. The 6’5” senior hailing from Yukon is a force to be reckoned with this upcoming football season. Mcgee is a tight end sixth-year squad member and team captain that is ready to wrap up his UCO football career in style. Mcgee started playing football when he was 7 years old. He said he dabbled in a few other sports, like baseball and basketball, but foot ball was the only sport that really stuck, and one that he knew he wanted to pursue at the collegiate level. “For me, it was natural that I wanted to play past high school,” he said. When it came to making that decision to com mit, Mcgee said it wasn’t too difficult. “Once I came on my official visit to UCO, I committed after that because it just felt like the right fit,” Mcgee Outsidesaid.offootball, Mcgee is heavily involved on campus and is the football representative in the organization titled, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, or SAAC. The commit tee is composed of student-athletes who that affect them on the UCO campus. It was a role that Mcgee said he quickly embraced. He said the organization allowed him to gain leadership skills he can transfer to the field, as he has big goals for the team—and himself. He hopes to be an All-American. With the football season approaching, Mcgee said things are going well in the preseason as there is a good balance of older, experienced players and younger players on the squad that will help contribute. The team plans on using the preseason to develop those new players, as well as trying to get better every day as a team, day in and day out. “I have a true love for the game, and I want to perform my best anytime I put my pads on. I also want to be an inspiration for my siblings that it is possible to play sports and get a col lege education,” he said. After college, Mcgee is not planning on saying goodbye to football. In fact, he said he wants to train for the NFL Pro Day. “If that falls through, then I will use my degree in Industrial Safety and start my life as a work ing citizen,” he said.

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The team opens their season with the Bronze and Blue scrimmage at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at Chad Richison Stadium. Their first regular season game is scheduled for Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. vs Mis souri Western in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Kennedy Fine, Aug. 24.

Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th, dcfconcerts.com

PJ Morton, Aug. 23. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

Musiq Soulchild, Sept. 3.

Brian Gorrell and Jazz Company, Aug. 26. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com

The Black Crowes, Aug. 24. Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th, dcfconcerts.com

Shannon McNally, Aug. 25.

The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, bluedoorokc.com

Jesse McCartney, Aug. 26.

Buddy’s Lawn at UCO, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, uco.edu Groove Merchants, Aug. 27. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com

The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan, thejonesassembly.com

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Tess Remy-Schumacher, Aug. 28. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com

Suicide Silence, Sept. 3. 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com

Edgar Cruz, Aug. 25. UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth, Edmond, ucojazzlab.com

Grady Spencer and the Work, Sept. 9.

Randall King, Sept. 9.

AUGUSTKevinGates, Aug. 23.

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Paycom Center, 100 W. Reno, paycomcenter.com

A Giant Dog, Aug. 24.

Motion City Soundtrack, Sept. 6. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat, Sept. 14.

Paycom Center, 100 W. Reno, paycomcenter.com

Hard to Let GoMen I Trust Mic CorneliusCheck-

$uicideBoy$, Aug. 23.

LANY, Sept. 2.

Sasha Alex Sloan, Sept. 4.

Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

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SEPTEMBERSteveEarleand the Dukes, Sept. 1.

Backstreet Boys, Sept. 14.

Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern, dcfconcerts.com

Ponyboy, 423 NW 23rd, ponyboyokc.com Alpha Wolf, Aug. 24. 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com

Dragged Under, Sept. 13. 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com

Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern, dcfconcerts.com

Zoo Amphitheatre, 2101 NE 50th, dcfconcerts.com Holy Fawn, Sept. 2. 89th Street OKC, 8911 N. Western, 89thstreetokc.com

10.9.8.7.6.

PUP, Sept. 10. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

Beer City Music Hall, 1141 NW Second, towertheatreokc.com

The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Aug. 25.

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The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, criterionokc.com

Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

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Whethan, Sept. 14. Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd, towertheatreokc.com

The Criterion, 500 E. Sheridan, criterionokc.com