Friday, August 2, 2024
OSU ranks No. 1 for UN Sustainable Development Goal to address hunger, food insecurity nationally Courtesy of OSU News For the second straight year, Oklahoma State University has been awarded the top rank in the U.S. for its work to combat hunger and food insecurity. The recently released 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings also moved OSU up three places to No. 2 globally for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No. 2: Zero Hunger — ahead of Michigan State University, Penn State University, Iowa State University and Arizona State University. This ranking evaluated more than 800 universities’ efforts in researching hunger, teaching food sustainability, and addressing food waste and hunger among students and local communities. “As a modern land-grant university, we are committed to finding solutions to address the world’s most pressing challenges,” OSU President Kayse Shrum said. “Through continued efforts to live out the We Are Land-Grant Strategy, OSU has established itself as a leader in innovation to nourish
Courtesy of OSU News The recently released 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings also moved OSU up three places, to two No. 2 rankings.
the world. I am proud of our progress in these areas, and I’m particularly proud of the fact that we are leading the nation in this important effort.” Significant developments to combat food insecurity include the establishment of
Pete’s Pantry Program, which provides free food and advocates for reducing food insecurity on campus, and Pete’s Eats, a food recovery program that donates surplus food from dining services to students and their families.
“One of our key efforts at documented efforts in agriculOSU is to innovate to nourish tural research, and global and the world, and it is wonderful to local efforts to solve hunger and see our efforts recognized,” said food insecurity. I’m pleased that Dr. Jayson Lusk, vice president our team in OSU Agriculture and dean of OSU Agriculture. is having a worldwide impact “Unlike many other rankings, while simultaneously feeding this one focuses on objective, our community.” See Sustainable on 2
Cobb joining OSU baseball as director of player development Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
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Ryan Reynolds (left) and Hugh Jackman bring humor to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest addition, “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
first coaching position in the college ranks. He was selected in the eighth round of the 2017 MLB Draft before seven seasons in the minor Josh Holliday has leagues in the Mets’ and found his next director Phillies’ organizations. of player development. Cobb finished his profesOn Wednesday sional career with a 4.84 morning, the Oklahoma ERA to go with 215 State head coach hired strikeouts and 18 saves his former standout through 163 appearances closer, Trey Cobb, to fill and 223 innings pitched. the void left after former Through three director of player devel- seasons at OSU, Cobb opment, Blake Kangas, logged a 2.96 ERA while departed for an assistant recording 189 strikeouts coaching position at to just 60 walks through South Florida. 167 innings pitched Cobb, who most across 74 appearances. recently held a scouting role with the New York Mets, embarks on his sports.ed@ocolly.com
‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ is the Multiversal romp fans deserve Michael Clark Staff Reporter
that the next film in the franchise would tie everything together. Yet with three years of constant new content, Marvel has hardly anything to show for their new saga. Thankfully, “Deadpool and Wolverine” has come in to take a Review bit of weight off their shoulders and finally gives fans the excitement they’ve craved for years. The movie has a simple premise: the titular characters go In the constantly evolving on an adventure across multiple universes to save the people world of pop culture, the rise they love. Although it takes far and fall of the Marvel Cintoo long for them to begin their ematic Universe has to be one journey, and the first act can be of the biggest fumbles in recent tedious, watching this movie felt memory. like taking a long drink of water After “Avengers: Endgame” wrapped up a respectfully after being dehydrated by installments like “Ant-Man and the entertaining and tightly connected run of 23 films, it felt like Wasp: Quantumania” and “DocMarvel had everything it needed tor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” to make Phase 5 a delightfully The secret to this movie entertaining adventure set in the is quite simple: it’s fun. The Multiverse. characters have amusing banter, Instead, we got a bundle there’s energetic, creative fight of meddling films that were all scenes and there’s plenty of fan set up and no payoff alongside service and cameos. tedious miniseries promising
Although the movie falls apart to the critical eye, mainly for being far too overstuffed and requiring way too much context to truly understand what the heck is going on, this is the perfect movie to turn your brain off and enjoy. As much as I love some of the fantastic arthouse films we’ve gotten this year such as “I Saw the TV Glow,” there’s a time and a place for easy, meaningless films like this as well. One issue I had with the film that may be controversial is over the topic of cameos. Although the writers have nothing but the best intentions when it comes to the bundle of character cameos this film has, it felt more like ushering in a bunch of retired roles for the audience to gawk at while serving no purpose to the rest of the movie. It can be frustrating, and really drags down the pacing of the film. However, I still had a big smile on my face every time it happened. See Multiversal on 4
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Trey Cobb throws a pitch during a game against West Virginia on April 1, 2017.