Wednesday, April 26, 2023
OSU tennis players, coaches embrace rivalries throughout sport Jax Thompson Staff Reporter
ite memories. On senior night, after feeling of being the last one on court her want it more. sweeping West Virginia and receiving and everything on the line.” “We didn’t play them my fresha ceremony honoring her time at OSU, She added a third memory. man year because of (COVID-19) and she said when she defeated No. 5 Pep“I hope that one of the memowe lost the last two years,” Wolfberg Not many care about others’ perdine in 2022 and No. 12 Texas this ries that hasn’t happened yet, that said. “So I’m, like, so hungry to beat rivalries, but to those who spend years season were her favorite memories as will be my favorite, is beating OU on them because we can’t lose to OU.” involved, a rivalry can mean everya college player. Friday,” Wolfberg said. Teammate Ayumi Miyamoto, thing. In 2022 against Pepperdine, she Wolfberg holds Bedlam on such another senior who has yet to beat the A rivalry means more to those was the last match on the court with a pedestal she is ready to slot it in Sooners, said winning Bedlam was who have been exposed to it the most; the dual tied. She won her match to over beating Pepperdine. She won her important to her as well. that leaves transfers and freshmen give her team the win. match to clinch the overall dual win “We have to beat them, for between two extremes. “It was just so surreal with over a top five team, and it is second sure,” Miyamoto said. Alana Wolfberg, a senior player everyone being here and I was last on, place to a hypothetical win against the on OSU’s women’s tennis team, said and 3-all pressure is indescribable,” Sooners. Wolfberg has never beaten rivalry games were among her favor- Wolfberg said. “I can’t describe the the Sooners, and she said that makes See Tennis on 2
The Herb and Succulent Festival brings vendors and community together Emi Norton Staff Reporter
treasures and plants that they had spent time cultivating over the last year. Garden manager for the BoPlant lovers unite at the Herb and tanic Garden, Connor Succulent Festival for Schmitz, graduated from OSU with a deEarth Day. gree in public hortiThe Botanic Garden at Oklahoma culture. Schmitz said State University held he is passionate about plants and people its annual Herb and and enjoys bringing Succulent Festival the two together by on Saturday, getting everyone in the spirit putting events like this into action for a for Earth Day. memorable collaboraDespite the tion between the two. clouds and chilly “My interest is weather, vendors, in public gardens and volunteers and garden management kept the that’s kind of the interface between plants event alive offering and people, a public unique hand-made place like a public
garden,” Schmitz said. “That’s really evident today where we have everyone showing up and everyone really seeing that we have a place out here. A lot of people call the gardens a hidden gem because they don’t know that it exists out here.” This year’s festival was the largest event the garden has put together so far, and Schmitz said volunteers at the Botanic Garden, otherwise known as ambassadors, are the main reason the event was possible. See Festival on 6
Courtesy of OSU Griffin Pivateau speaks out about the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements.
Pivateau, law professors comment on FTC proposal banning noncompete agreements Michael Clark Staff Reporter
Emi Norton This year’s festival was the largest event the garden has put together so far because of the help from volunteers.
“I am proud to join my colleagues in supporting the FTC’s proposal to ban noncompete agreements. These agreements are harmful Spears School of Business’ asto workers and to competition, and sociate professor legal studies Griffin they are long overdue for reform,” said Pivateau and several professors of Pivateau, the Puterbaugh Professor of law from across America are joining Legal Studies at Spears Business. together to comment on the Federal Griffin Pivateau is an expert Trade Commission’s ban on noncomon employment law and has received pete agreements. national recognition for his work in A noncompete agreement is a law journals. He frequently speaks out clause in employment contracts that about employment law issues such as can stop employees from working for a this. competitor or starting their own busiWhile the proposal is just startness for a period of time after leaving ing out, and may ultimately end up their job. The FTC’s proposal protests disregarded, the proposal has been that these agreements can harm work- met with controversy from businesses. ers by reducing opportunities and These corporations argue that nonearning potential. This clause also compete agreements protect company harms business growth and competisecrets and other information that tion. should be kept under wraps. However, Pivateau agrees that the FTC workers feel that they are unnecessary proposal is long overdue and will and harmful. protect workers and competition. The Regardless, this development professors point out that this prois a significant step forward. If the posed ban aligns with the views of an proposal ends up passing, this will increasing number of people, many have a major impact on the American states are already enacting laws to ban workforce. noncompete agreements. news.ed@ocolly.com