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Friday, January 8, 2020

Insurrection

OSU Students React To Chaos At Capitol By Amelia Jauregui

Win McNamee Protesters interact with Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

What started as a large gathering to fight the baseless claim of voter fraud in the 2020 election turned into insurrection and rioting Wednesday as a Pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. While congress men and women were recounting the presidential election votes, the mob, hoping to make a statement, stood outside the Capitol as they protested the official ruling of Joe Biden’s victory. Original peaceful intentions quickly turned violent, turning the protest to a riot. These rioters then broke through police lines and stormed into the Capitol building, causing chaos and harm. A women was even shot and died a few hours later from the gunshot wound. Four people eventually died during the day’s events. See Insurrection on pg. 2

Phasing through Oklahoma enters phase ii of the covid-19 vaccine plan

By Jared A’Latorre

More people are receiving access to the coronavirus vaccine as Oklahoma moves into phase II of the vaccine process. Phase II involves vaccinating first line workers, citizens 65 years and older, teachers and staff in schools and educational settings, staff and residents in congregate locations and public health staff. Health educator for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Tonya Reid, said that for her staff, they can see somewhat normalcy in the faces of citizens receiving the vaccine now. “It’s definitely an exciting time in Oklahoma, especially in our counties and

our local towns,” Reid said. “We are very excited to partner with local organizations in our community and provide the vaccines in the community, I know it’s been an exciting time, especially during the pandemic, you have sort of hope.” While Reid said it’s an exciting time in the state, people are still encouraged to do their part in the slowing the spread. “We are still asking individuals to come even if they get the vaccine to still come to social distancing, handwashing, facial covering,” Reid said. If people are concerned about where they can receive the vaccine, there will be distribution points throughout the state. Once the vaccine gets distributed to the high-risk population, they will be easier to find in more pharmacies. “By the time the vaccine becomes

available to the general public sometime in 2021, it’s likely that many primary care providers and pharmacies will be available to administer the vaccine at your comfort and convenience,” Reid said. In a recent news conference, Gov. Kevin Stitt said that citizens have been worried for their family members. Now, they get their chance at contributing to the end of the virus. “This virus has caused so much stress on so many people, including those worried that they might get their parents or their grandparents sick,” Stitt said. “So many Oklahomans have made sacrifices to keep our long-term care residents and their staff safe this year.”

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Oklahoma is in Phase II of its COVID-19 vaccine plan.

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Insurrection Continued from pg. 1 The events from today are being talked about nationwide and are causing even more confusion and division between citizens in America. Though this event occurred in Washington D.C., the effects of the recent violence are being felt in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and are being talked about by students on campus. For freshman Zac Robbins, he looks at events like today through a religious lens, focusing more on morals and ethics. “I don’t align with political parties, I’m not a Trump supporter or a Biden Supporter. I think what happened today was an utter shame to the democratic process of America,” Robbins said. “I think whatever the beliefs, we have a responsibility to enact change peacefully and with compassion. If one believes that the election was rigged,

they have the right to believe that. They do not have the right to do what we saw today.” For British international students Stephanie Moss and Kian Davis, it was a bit of an alarming event, but unfortunately not a huge surprise . “There seems to be quite a bit of unrest recently, so I’m kind of not surprised,” Moss said. “Extreme things are happening, and I guess it’s kind of unsettling to see since coming into the country, but you know I’m really not surprised to see the things that are happening.” Stephanie Moss, the Manchester native, also shared that she feels ”politics are on a completely different level here in America.” For Davis, the events at the capitol were so bizarre, they were almost comical. “The media calling Trump supporters ‘protesters’ is a joke, they are terrorists, and that was far from a protest,” said Davis. “Trump should take

Pelosi inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

responsibility and tell them to stop and get over the election that he lost. I feel it’s crazy how people can be brainwashed into thinking this is okay and call it a “revolution.” For Iowa native Mackenzie Michael, she is having trouble believing the information she is seeing on the news. “It’s really hard because obviously you

“The media calling Trump supporters ‘protesters’ is a joke, they are terrorists, and that was far from a protest.” -OSU student Kian Davis

have the leftists that have their side and then you have people on the right,” said Michael. “I’ve seen stuff on instagram that’s saying the police let them in and the protests were peaceful that way but I’ve also heard that the leftists attacked them. So it’s really hard for me to believe anything.” For freshman Izzy Hinojosa, the answer is simple: follow the rules. “First of all, Trump had a right to call for a recount of votes, but when the Supreme Court wouldn’t take the case he should have dropped it,” Hinojosa said. “Second, the republicans had a right to peacefully protest, not riot. Anyone who storms the capitol should face the same

punishment.” Hinojosa believes that all people, whether the President of the United States or a regular citizen, have the right to react, but there is no need for unwarranted behavior. “I don’t think either party is reacting justly to their own parties actions or condemning the other party fairly, and the US is too divided between 2 parties instead of trying to find a middle ground.” Hinojosa said. To gain a perspective from a former politician and school leader, The O’Colly reached out to OSU President Burns Hargis for a comment. Hargis immediately declined.

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‘A hip heist saved my life’ John smith retells hunting accident

he thinks the year was 2004, and his teammates immediately sensed a feeling of surprise. “I just knew that this guy, who was Adam Engel basically Superman, went out and fell off John Smith a deer stand,” Kyle walked into the dim- said. “Life is nuts, ly lit, orange filled man. Anything can Oklahoma State happen.” wrestling room. The hunting It’s a simple scare occurred the routine Smith has day before — a Satcompleted thousands urday before an OSU of times, but that day football game. was different. Smith, accomSmith’s forepanied by his father head and eyes were Lee Roy and son, wrapped in gauze. Joe, set out to hunt The wrestlers presbucks on a Saturday ent at this Sunday morning. afternoon workout As the mornbegin to freeze and ing excursion was turn their attention to finishing, John Smith their leader. rushed up a tree “I fell off a deer stand and was prestand,” Smith said. pared to strap himThe group self in. erupted in laughter. But Smith forgot Former Cowboy the harness on the Ethan Kyle, who said ground.

“As I’m strapping the back of the stand, it all snapped right in two,” Smith said. Now, Smith was quickly freefalling to the ground. The two-time Olympic gold medalist used his decades worth of wrestling knowledge to execute a hip heist manuever. “I was able to reach for a limb, and I crashed through the branches, spun a full 360 and landed flat on my back,” Smith said. “I never felt that kind of pain.” Smith was so initially distraught that he finally gathered himself after about five minutes. The only result was a trip to the hospital where he was prescribed medication for internal bleeding. “That was an

Ethan Kyle

experience that lacked intelligence,” Smith said. In practice, Kyle realized how Smith used his own clumsy mishap as a morale tool. “Practice can

suck sometimes,” Kyle said. “Smith just has a playful knack. He brought a lot of energy to the room and that prevented us from going nuts.” Ever since that moment, Smith’s

spirited personality has been appreciated. “He’s so charming,” Kyle said. “In practice, pulled jedi mind tricks.” Sports.ed@ocolly.com

Trackers in the toolbox

how osu basketball uses technology to gain an edge basketball coach Mike Boynton said. “I never thought you could hang sensors in a building and tell me what I was good at on a basketball court.” It may seem farfetched, but the ShotTracker is recognized by some basketball aficionados as a useful tool. The tech is currently used by six teams in the Big 12, and Boynton said he received positive feedback from fellow coaches who he reached out to about the ShotTracker before it was installed in Stillwater. “I think it’s helped me a lot,” junior center Kassidy De Lapp said. “We have a little TV that we put up on the court and after every practice, they show us our stats and what percentage we were at. Who was the best for the week who was the worst in that category. And I think seeing that after every workout and practice was really good.” Joel Devick This is the first year OSU coach Jim Littell looks to the scoreboard during Oklahoma State’s bedlam basketball game that the Cowgirls have against Oklahoma on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. started wearing a tracking piece in games. The What does the equip- en’s basketball coach Jim tracker is a small, white ment that sounds straight Littell said. “It has been piece of plastic resemout of a James Bond a great tool for our playbling a flash drive. Before movie (and is worth a car ers and coaches to look at games, the Cowgirls clip that Bond would drive) after every practice and one to their shoelace and do? evaluate where we are at.” one to the back of their “ShotTracker is a ShotTracker utijersey. By Sam Hutchens revolutionary sensorlizes sensors attached to “It’s comfortable,” based system that delivers the ceiling of the OSU De Lapp said. “It goes statistics and analytics to practice gym as well as right on your laces and The app carries a teams, fans and broadsmall, wearable trackyou just close it. The only price tag equal to that of cast networks instantly,” ers to gather real-time problem, and it’s not a a 2020 Mercedes-Benz the ShotTracker website data. Even the basketballs big thing… is if someC-Class sedan. reads. “Enhancing the themselves have computer body steps on it. It rarely Merely labeling it experience of the game chips in them to monitor happens but it’s an odd an app though, does not – both on and off the shooting drills. Statistics surface. And the back of do the ShotTracker juscourt.” are gathered by those spe- your jersey you don’t even tice. The $45,000 system The fairly new tech- cially-engineered pieces feel it.” utilized by the Oklahoma nology already has its and displayed on courtThe equipment may State men’s and women’s converts. side monitors in digestible be comfortable, but not basketball programs “It will tell you caches of information. everything it reveals is. consists of a network of where you made your “There is a lot of “You know, somecameras and wearable shots, where you didn’t things you can make times stats don’t lie and it sensors hooked up to apps make your shots, retechnological in this tells a kid, ‘Hey I’m turnand iPads in the OSU bounds, turnovers, assists, world that I’ve never ing it over too much’ or, practice gym. it does it all,” OSU wom- thought of,” OSU men’s

‘I only got three rebounds today,’” Littell said. “So it’s a good thing and a bad thing for the players sometimes because it doesn’t lie. It tells you what you are doing.” For all the important trends and stats that the ShotTracker reveals, it cannot measure what is arguably the most important part of a basketball player – hustle. “One thing that it doesn’t measure is your heart,” Littell said. “How hard you play. Are you willing to dive on the floor or go get a 50/50 rebound, that’s a human element that stays in. Sometimes I think we get too carried away with analytics and numbers instead of your heartbeat.” For Littell and Boynton, the ShotTracker is another tool in their toolbox to help them build the best programs they can. When players combine dedication with the newest technology — like in the story Boynton likes to tell of entering the gym at 7:00 AM on Thanksgiving Day only to be greeted by the sounds of freshman guard Cade Cunningham putting up shots by himself — then it leads to a potent form of improvement. “I think you’ve got to use all the resources at your disposal,” Boynton said. “Just try to give your guys the best opportunity to grow...we want to do everything we can to provide access to our guys to continue to get better. If they get better individually, our team gets better and we play better. It’s really simple to me but sometimes I think we can overcomplicate it.” Sports.ed@ocolly.com

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The O’Colly Oklahoma State 2010s All-Decade Team: Football By Former O’Colly Sports Editors Oklahoma State had many dominant players and teams over the past 10 years. As the official independent publication of OSU, The O’Colly was able to cover many of these teams. 20 O’Colly sports editors from the 2010s were surveyed on who they think the All-Decade teams were for various sports. Here’s the results for football.

FOOTBALL (votes) QB: Brandon Weeden (19) RB: Chuba Hubbard (18) RB: Joseph Randle (8) WR: Justin Blackmon (20) WR: James Washington (20) WR: Tylan Wallace (17) OL: Levy Adcock (19) OL: Lane Taylor (20) OL: Grant Garner (11) OL: Marcus Keyes (12) OL: Zach Crabtree (14)

DE: Emmanuel Ogbah (20) DT: Vincent Taylor (20) DT: Calvin Barnett (12) DE: Jordan Brailford (12) LB: Shaun Lewis (19) LB: Orie Lemon (9) LB: Caleb Lavey (9) CB: Justin Gilbert (19) S: Markelle Martin (14) S: Jordan Sterns (12) Nickel: Tre Flowers (11) CB: Brodrick Brown (10)

KR: Justin Gilbert (9) P: Quinn Sharp (18) K: Ben Grogan (8) Offense MVP: Justin Blackmon (11) Defense MVP: Emmanuel Ogbah (15) Most Underrated: Josh Stewart (4) Media Friendly: Richetti Jones (3) Game of the Decade: 2012 Fiesta Bowl (11) Best Gundy Moment: “Are you not entertained” gesture, 2018 Texas (7) Unanimous: Justin Blackmon, James Washington, Lane Taylor, Emmanuel Ogbah, Vincent Taylor, Justin Gilbert* *Gilbert was unanimous on each ballot but was kick returner-only on one ballot

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Wrestling Changed Their Lives John smith audio documentary to be released in january

By Marcus Trevino

Ryan Warner grew up idolizing John Smith. Warner, perhaps the biggest wrestling fan on Earth, is the host and producer of the Wrestling Changed My Life podcast. He’s made over 180 episodes, interviewing the biggest names in wrestling, but Smith always eluded him. So when the National Wrestling Hall of Fame approached Warner to make an audio documentary about one of its members, he asked for Smith and his brothers — Lee Roy and Pat. “Next thing I know, we had interviews lined up,” Warner said. “I started research for the documentary in April and it’s been going on near every day since.” The seven-part audio documentary is set to be released in January and covers the 17 years that span across the three brothers’ college careers. Warner’s research was extensive. He studied the Smiths’ background and interviewed about 35 people for their insights from Iowan wrestler

Joel Devick Coach John Smith coaches from the sideline during Oklahoma State’s wrestling dual with Missouri.

Randy Lewis to congressman Jim Jordan. To Warner, the Smiths are right next to the Mannings and Williams as the most accomplished sports families. All three Smiths were Division I national champions. But it was important for Warner to not deify the brothers in his storytelling. “Anytime you tell a story, you want to humanize the people because everyone thinks John Smith is this mythical figure,” Warner said. “I mean,

it’s crazy that John Smith wins his sixth world title in a row, and two years later, Pat Smith becomes the first four-time national champ ever. Pretty crazy that it happened with one family.” In reality, there were countless obstacles the Smith family had to overcome. Those obstacles fascinate Warner the most. John said Warner’s insight was uncomfortably impressive. “I found him asking me questions, and I’m like, ‘How do you

know this? Who told you this?’” Smith said. “I can only remember telling one or two people. He really digs deep with his information. There were some tough questions that I preferred not to answer, but I understand who he was and what he was doing and I respected it.” In the end, Smith respected Warner’s love for the sport and eagerness to grow its popularity. “It was a good experience and he brought up a lot of

memories I hadn’t thought of in a long time,” Smith said. “Some of those memories I didn’t care to talk about but in some ways, I’m glad I got to do the interview with him and glad I shared those memories.” Smith is excited to listen to the final product and Warner has promised to deliver his audience a newfound appreciation for Smith’s adversities and accomplishments. Sports.ed@ocolly.com

ACTIVE FAITH! (Part #2) “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.” (Heb.11: NIV) These Ancients of the Bible were commended for their faith. “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Gen.6:9 NIV) He believed God existed and God rewarded those who diligently sought him. His faith brought immediate action. (Heb.11:8) He did not put the building of the ark on a long “to do” list. It took 100 years to build. During that time he constantly spoke of the judgement that was coming. (2 Pet.2:5) This was the situation in Noah’s day. How about our day? Do we believe God exists? To so many, God is something of the past; one you give an hour or so every Sunday morning, because of tradition, but he does not truly count

for much in life. So this moves us to turn to things that have only temporary pleasure, and build our life activities around them. Noah and others mentioned in Heb. 11, were looking for something lasting, something God had promised. They realized they were strangers and pilgrims; living here for a short time. They were living for something better. (Heb.11:13-16) It is so worthwhile to read and reread the New Testament and consider what was the hope of the early Christian leaders; they passed on to all the believers. It was not centered in this present life. They were “running a race;” living a life centered in the example of Jesus himself, and in those who walked with him during his earthly life. We can do the same; live for the eternal, present ourselves to Christ, and let him use us to bear lasting fruit.

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working overtime Walker’s post game shoot around helping him grow into his role

OSU Athletics

Rondel Walker looks at his teammates during Oklahoma State’s loss to West Virginia in Gallagher-Iba Arena on January 4, 2021.

By Chris Becker After a heartbreaking loss to West Virginia, Rondel Walker did what he always does after home games. Grab a basketball and get back to work. Just a handful of minutes after West Virginia came back

from down 19 points in 11 minutes to hand the Cowboys another conference loss, Walker was back on the court putting in some extra work. “After every home game, we have a great manager staff, whenever I call on them I know I can count on them to help me out, so I get out and make 400-500 shots and make 100 free throws, then call it a day,” Walker said. “ Walker, a true freshman, has already carved out an

important role on the OSU team. Many fans would describe the role he plays as the energizer. Anytime Walker comes onto the court, his presence is immediately felt on both ends of the court, but especially defensively. His hard work and focus in just his short time on campus has already warmed the hearts of his fellow Cowboys. “(Walker’s extra work) means a lot and I’m proud of him,” Kalib Boone said. “It

shows that (the freshmen) care about this team and this season, and they aren’t satisfied with where they are at.” Walker started his post game shooting routine back in high school and has been doing it after home games since. With NCAA restrictions on official practice time, coach Mike Boynton and his staff have urged players to get extra work to correct errors after games, and Walker has already bought into

that.

“I remember watching Rondel play in probably at least five of his high school games, and waiting after the game to chat with him, I called his coach 30 minutes later, he let me back in and Rondel is back on the court.” Boynton said. “He’s a really committed and dedicated kid trying to be his best, and that’s just one example of why he’ll continue to get better. Sports.ed@ocolly.com