Monday, February 26, 2024
Art History department explore Victorian era female identity with speaker Addie Wagner Staff Reporter
Inside the Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts, black and white photographs of 18th century women illuminate one room. Each picture tells a story through calculated expressions, poses and dressings. To the naked eye, these photos seem candid. But to an artist, these images serve as powerful symbols of female identity for the Victorian era. The Art History department at OSU provides many different speakers for its round table talks. Wednesday’s speaker, Visiting Associate Professor of Art History Jenny Ramirez, spoke about Lady Clementina Howarden, an 18th century photographer who pioneered the art of amateur photography. Howarden took over 800 photos in her career and used her own daughters as models. Howarden used mainly her three eldest daughters, out of her ten children, to capture the essence of female desire and identity during this period. She often photographed her daughters gazing into a massive cheval mirror or through a large glass window. Using the reflection as a depiction of emotion, Howarden’s subjects revealed secrets. “This is part of what I did for my research for my dissertation when I was a graduate student, and I’ve kind of spun off book chapters and things based off this photographer,” Ramirez said. “It’s been a part of my research for the past 20 years.” See Art on 6
Payton Little Lady Clementina Howarden, an 18th century photographer who pioneered the art of amateur photography, was the subject for speaker Jenny Ramirez on Wednesday.
Student injured in second incident on campus Jessica Pearce Staff Reporter
Luisa Clausen Stone Lambert held a sign that read, “Learn To Drive,” which was one of the phrases he repeated as students walked by.
‘Learn to drive’
Student speaks out about fatal hit-and-run Kennedy Thomason News & Lifestyle Editor
Stone Lambert’s outraged voice reverberated across Library Lawn on Friday. Lambert, a 28-year-old student, paced outside Edmon Low
Library as he yelled into a megaphone. “Learn to drive,” Lambert screamed. “Your classmate was run over. He didn’t even stop.” On Thursday, Gabrielle Claudia Long, a 19-year-old student, was killed in a hit-and-run at Monroe Street and Cantwell Avenue. The driver, Tyler Peters, a 21-year-old student, is in custody at Payne County Jail, being held on the charge of fleeing the scene of a
fatality. Lambert, who’s brother was killed by a car, said he didn’t know Long. “The fact that it was on Monroe just shows that he was probably distracted,” Lambert said. “It’s avoidable and tragic. And I feel for her family. “I also, at the same time, feel for the driver; he just ruined his whole life.” See Hit-and-run on 8
An OSU student was injured in a vehicular incident late Thursday night in the parking lot of the Fourth Avenue Garage and the Greenwood School of Music. The incident occurred hours after another OSU student, 19-year-old Gabrielle Claudia Long, was killed in a hit-and-run on campus. By the time OSU students Avery McIntyre and Amy Campbell arrived at Fourth Avenue Garage around 10:30 p.m., they said there was a large first-responder presence. McIntyre said there were two Stillwater Police Department cars, many OSUPD cars, two fire trucks and an ambulance where the victim was treated before being taken to the hospital. She also saw the truck that hit
the student. As the emergency vehicles left, McIntyre said she saw items that she believed belonged to the student who was struck. “Along the side of the truck, there was an instrument case,” McIntyre said. “And there was a shoe, which was a Hoka. It was a black Hoka with red accents. And there were broken glasses.” The person driving the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with police. The identity of the victim has not been released, but he is expected to recover, sources told The O’Colly. Like many students, McIntyre said she was upset and frustrated with the recent rash of vehicular incidents involving pedestrians on campus. “I mean, a girl died,” McIntyre said. “There’s just so much speeding on campus. I don’t understand it.” news.ed@ocolly.com