Tuesday, March 7, 2023
OSU leads Oklahoma universities in Fulbright scholars in 2021-2022
Carson Toulouse OSU 197-pound wrester Luke Surber finished third place at the Big 12 championship.
OSU finishes second at Big 12 Wrestling Championships Rowdy Baribeau Staff Reporter
Cowboys exceeded expectations in the team race, but fulfilled expectations at the 133 and 174 weight classes, and at new weights. Here are three TULSA — Mis- notes from the tournasouri’s near-perfect ment. first day at the Big 12 OSU has three Tournament all but placers at new sealed the deal for the weights Tigers on day two. Luke Surber OSU and Iowa and Travis Wittlake State rounded out the each earned thirdsecond and third place place finishes at their team standings. Going new weights. Surber into the tournament, it defeated Owen Pentz figured to be a twofrom North Dakota team race between State with a 8-2 deciMissouri and Iowa sion. Smith said Surber State with OSU on the wrestled a solid final outside looking in. The match.
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“Surber, still is ably faced a tougher just kind of bright-eyed opponent in the cona little bit,” Smith said. solation semifinals, “Although he separated DeAnthony Parker some scores, I thought from NDSU. Smith his very best match of said it was one of the the tournament was best matches he’s seen for third. I wanna see from Wittlake. that, I want to see this “I thought Travis demenaor and see like, had two of the best ‘there is an end to this matches that he’s had tournament, and I’m all season,” Smith going to end it on a said. “Goes down good note.’” pretty quickly (against Wittlake reParker) and just gathmatched Missouri’s ers himself up and Colton Hawks and slowly takes bites out won by decision 8-3. of him. Good effort, Wittlake separated the that’s what you want score compared to his to see. He followed it last match where he up with a solid win for won 6-4 in early Feb- third. ruary. Wittlake debat- See Big 12 on page 3
eight semifinalists home state, and, for the 2022-2023 most importantly, academic year. country,” Eubanks The U.S. said. “Often when Congress funds students and facthe Fulbright Pro- ulty go overseas Mallory Pool gram and the U.S. for a Fulbright, Department of study abroad or Staff Reporter State’s Bureau of vacation, they Educational and only consider how OSU comes Cultural Affairs that experience out on top against manages it. will impact them. the entire state. Cara MeOften not considOSU was nasco Eubanks, ered is the impact the highestthe associate that experience producing coldirector of dewill have on the legiate institution velopment at the people they inin Oklahoma for OSU Foundation teract with while the Fulbright and former acaabroad. Every perscholars’ program demic programs son’s interaction for the 2021-2022 coordinator at the abroad can shape academic year, School of Global foreign audiences’ according to their Studies, said the and governments’ webpage. importance of the perceptions of our OSU had Fulbright Program country. The more four student should not be positive interacapplicants in overlooked. tions we have, the 2022, with two “At its core, more international of them receivFulbright is a people and goving grants. This diplomacy tool, ernments like us, number surpassed and a Fulbright leading to people the University of award recipient working together Oklahoma and essentially serves to solve global the University of as an ambasproblems.” Tulsa. The Cowsador to their boys also have home institution, See Leads on page 5
Courtesy of OSU Two OSU students earned a grant for the prestigious Fulbright scholars’ program in the 2021-22 academic year.
Man attempts stabbing United flight attendant in the neck, opens plane’s emergency exit door Rick Sobey Boston Herald BOSTON — A Bay State man has been arrested by the feds after he allegedly tried to stab a United Airlines flight attendant in the neck and tried to open the plane’s emergency exit door while aboard a flight to Boston Logan International Airport. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, has been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. Torres was arrested Sunday evening at Boston Logan International Airport following the flight from Los Angeles. About 45 minutes before the flight arrived in Boston, the United flight crew received an alarm in the cockpit that a starboard side door was disarmed. A flight attendant found that the door’s locking handle had been moved out of the fully locked
position — about a quarter of the way toward the unlocked position — and that the emergency slide arming lever had been moved to the “disarmed” position. The flight attendant reported this to the captain and flight crew after securing the door and emergency slide. Then, another flight attendant reported that he had seen Torres near the door, and believed Torres had tampered with the door. When a flight attendant confronted Torres about tampering with the door, he responded by asking if cameras showed him doing that. According to court documents, the flight attendant then alerted the captain that they believed Torres posed a threat to the aircraft, and that the captain needed to land the aircraft as soon as possible. Torres soon after got out of his seat and approached the starboard side door, where two flight attendants were standing in the aisle. One of the flight attendants saw Torres mouthing something that he could not hear. See United on page 7
A Boeing 737 from United Airlines. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
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