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Thursday, February 25, 2021

‘A day they’ll never forget’ Cowboys open O’Brate Stadium with a win over Little Rock

By Chris Becker An emotional 91-yearold Cecil O’Brate walked to the pitcher’s mound a little before 4 p.m. with OSU baseball coach Josh Holliday to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the stadium that holds O’Brates name. After weeks and weeks of only getting to practice in their new home, the Cowboys finally got to take the field — it was the moment they had dreamed about. It couldn’t have gone any better. Right handed pitcher Justin Campbell delivered the first game pitch for a strike, and then proceeded to strike out the side. “It was awesome (to finally play in the stadium),” Cabbiness said. “Last week, we obviously opened up against Wichita State to get those jitters out, but today, I woke up with a whole different kind

of jitters. Although it wasn’t packed tonight, it was about as good as it could get.” The stadium officially hosted 2,635 baseball fans, instead of 7,000, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Holliday was focused on the game the majority of the time, but he did take some

time throughout and before the game to take in the moment. Although, he did admit he felt some emotions swirling, so he locked back into the game. “I enjoyed listening to the players talk about what was going on, a lot of smiles, a lot of grins and a lot of happy kids,” Holliday said. “There

was a lot of joy present in our group before the game and during the game taking in all of the first moments.” The Cowboys’ first hit came in the second inning with a double to left-center See Forget on pg. 4

‘Everything’s just perfect’ What OSU fans thought of Cowboy baseball’s new home

By Ben Hutchens Everyone from fans in middle school to fans who could be considered a little “old school” all agreed on

one thing: O’Brate Stadium is awesome. On Wednesday, the Oklahoma State baseball team played its first game in the brand new $70 million ballpark, O’Brate Stadium. It was a consensus among fans that the park was spectacular, but each fan had their own unique take on why the park was special.

Parker Wilson was one of the many fans enjoying O’Brate Stadium’s first game from the student section in right field. The students had set their sights on the visiting Arkansas Little Rock right fielder Noah Dickerson, or as he was simply called “No. 7.” Dickerson received a strange combination

of booing and cheering from the students whenever he did anything on the field. He couldn’t help but acknowledge the crowd when some of the heckling got creative. “You don’t want to play right field in O’Brate Stadium,” Wilson said. Russ Lambillotte, who drove from Tulsa for the game, mentioned the outfield corral seating equipped with grills and coolers was pretty cool, but the O’Brate Stadium amenity he was most excited to open up was the turf practice field outside of the left field gate. Once the field dries out from the snow, it will be open for fans to run around on and play catch. “I’ve got a 5-yearold granddaughter, and she loves to play, that’s all she’ll want to do,” Lambillotte said. Landry Davis and his friend, Parker, were some of the youngest kids soaking up O’Brate Stadium’s historic game. “I looked out over the field and I was amazed cause I have been to a couple of games at the old

stadium, and this is a big upgrade and it just looks so amazing,” Parker said. Davis enjoyed the food at the stadium and said the salted pretzel with cheese he ate was tasty. A fan called King Bryan got the nickname, King, from winning the “Tailgater of the year” award a number of years ago. From the comfort of his seat that he had padded with an OSU chair pad, he reflected on the new ballpark. “After 30 years, I mean Allie P (Reynolds stadium) was great when it first opened up, it was first class then, but we’re at a different level with this set up here,” Bryan said. “The suites look great from this angle, the concourse is big and wide, it looks great, the corrals were a great idea. Everything fan-wise is first class.” Bryan thinked long when asked what his favorite part of O’Brate Stadium was. “This chair right here. Perfect view, everything’s just perfect,” Bryan said. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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You’ve gotta be scamming me Students continue to be targeted by cybers scams at OSU

Maddison Farris Internet scams continue to be a threat to students’ cybersecurity, personal information and private property. Students are continuing to receive scam emails containing information for non-existent internship positions, as well as fraudulent phone calls. Eleven cyberspace cases are referred to over the past six months, four of which allude to FBI involvement, but not all of those involved with the FBI are referring to the email internship scam. Seven of the cases are non-FBI but include things such as impersonation and blackmailing. In some cases, students have been scammed into sending money to unknown individuals. “The OSUPD works with Brand Management to notify students, faculty and staff via email to make them aware of each new type of scam. The information may also be included in The Bulletin or Headlines, and the information is put in the announcements at police.okstate.edu,” said Shannon Rigsby, a public information officer for OSU. While students

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have been notified about these ongoing scams, emails are continuing to be received. Trudie Taylor, a freshman bio pre-med major, was surprised to hear about these scams for the first time. “That’s really concerning since the school monitors all our emails that they even let that get through,” Taylor said. Bailey Sisk, a sophomore strategic communications major recalled receiving the email and the OSUPD

alert but deleted the scam email immediately. “I think that’s scary,” Sisk said. “I don’t have any friends that have lost money or anything, but I do have two of my friends that got (the email).” Jackson Hahn, junior electrical engineering and technology major, noted that college students made easy targets for these high-paying scams, as many students would be interested in an internship that paid well.

“People see the $475 per week, and they’re like, ‘Yeah, that sounds like a good opportunity.’ I had a few friends in other colleges in OSU that got them. It makes me a little uneasy just that it appears to be someone from OSU sending it. And it’s such an easy trap, especially because they’re targeting specific internships, and right now people (students) are looking for internships,” Hahn said. Hahn also made mention of the email

Stillwater COVID-19 update: Feb. 24 By Ryan Novozinsky

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LET THE PEOPLES PRAISE YOU, O GOD! Let the peoples praise you, O God; Let all the people praise you. Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall blessed us. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.” (Ps.67:5-7) Praise and thanksgiving are amazing actions when pertaining to God. It is so easy to think on the negative things of life; to dwell on the things that seem to be wrong in our personal life or in the world. The Bible continually points us to God and his ways, and encourages us to trust him and take him at his promises. We are even told to rejoice in our weaknesses that his power might be in our lives. (2 Co.12:9) This was the same challenge to those who walked with God before us, who trusted God and saw him work in so many ways. The

challenge is to trust God with all our hearts. I remember, years ago, that someone challenged me “Praise in faith at work.” Praise and thanksgiving are the practical ways of expressing our faith. An older minister shared some insight that seemed so simple at the time. I had asked him; “When you have a problem and you cannot figure out an answer or you have a question in the Bible and the solution seems to escape you, what do you do?” I was expecting some complicated answer. He said, “I shut my Bible, go to some quiet place and worship and praise the Lord.” In a church service, years ago, someone shared something that I have been reminded of many times. “You will come through a trial much faster if you will truly praise the Lord.”

The official Oklahoma coronavirus database on Wednesday reported 145 active cases in Stillwater. These new numbers bring the city’s total cases to 5,943 with 23 deaths and 5,775 recoveries. On the state level, the health department reported 798 new cases, bringing the total confirmed positive cases to 421,010. The state also reported 37 new CO-

feature that forces you to opt-in to “show blocked content,” when a sender or source is questionable, yet scams such as these infiltrate the school’s email system. “I think it’s just unsettling that our filters aren’t able to catch those. It’s a mass email sent out to people, so I think it’s concerning that it’s not able to be caught easier.” news.ed@ocolly.com

VID-19 related deaths, bringing the total to 4,264. There have been 403,159 total recoveries since COVID reached Oklahoma in March. Oklahoma state officials are encouraging Oklahomans to wash their hands, stay away from sick individuals and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. The virus is primarily spread from person-to-person with symptoms usually appearing two to 14 days after exposure. The most common symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, cough, shortness of breath or loss of taste or smell. news.ed@ocolly.com

Lifestyle

Out-Of-State Leaders of OSU The McKnight Scholar Leadership Program Highlight

By Bryanna Nickel Jansen Rouillard is the graduate teaching assistant and assistant program coordinator for the McKnight Scholars Leadership Program at OSU. “At the most basic level, the McKnight Scholars Leadership Program is a nationally renowned scholarship program that gives students the opportunity to determine their values, to develop their leadership practices and to grow as individuals,” Rouillard said. Rouillard said the MSLP is also much more than this description. The MSLP supplies a space for out-of-state students to become involved and reinvent their idea of leadership. “Ultimately, the McKnight program supports students in their efforts to be life-giving, transformational leaders in their communities and spheres of influence, even as it challenges them to define their own values and practices,” Rouillard said. Rouillard became involved with the MSLP last fall. He said that even from the interview process, he knew this was the perfect program for him. “From the moment I interviewed with my supervisor, I knew that this was a program I wanted to be a part of and did everything that I could do to make that apparent,” Rouillard said. “My supervisor has really allowed me to take on and steer a lot of projects, so I’ve developed a lot of hopes and dreams for where this program can go.” Rouillard added that those “hopes and dreams” included being engaged with the connection between leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion. Monica Gleason, an interior design with a minor in nonprofit management freshman, is a Class X McKnight Scholar. Gleason’s favorite memory from the program thus far was the fall retreat at Lake McMurtry. “I loved getting to build personal relationships with my peers and learning about the impact one can have as a leader in any circumstance,” Gleason said. Gleason also has val-

“The connections I have made with the people in the program have allowed me to push myself and rely on the support of others while being a system of support for them as well,” ued the relationships she has built throughout the program in general. “I absolutely love the friendships I have made within the program and how they have taught me how to capitalize on my own skills to become the best version of myself,” Gleason said. Gleason believes that friendships made through the program are very special and unique. “The connections I have made with the people in the program have allowed me to push myself and rely on the support of others while being a system of support for them as well,” Gleason said. Not only is Gleason grateful for the connections the program has given, but also for the way the program is preparing her for her future aspirations. “In the future, I hope to own my own interior design and décor business,” Gleason said. “Through building lasting relationships and gathering the knowledge needed to become a successful leader in the future, I know I am becoming prepared to take on whatever challenges arise for me in the future.” entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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Firsts in O’Brate

Forget Continued from pg. 1 field off the bat of Cade Cabbiness, a super senior right fielder. The hit got the Cowboys going to the tune of five runs in the bottom of the second, and they never turned back. The hit was well timed for Cabbiness, who has not had the start to the season he had hoped for. He started the year 0-for-six with five strikeouts. He switched the script today. “It was a little extra special for me, I guess, because I actually got a hit today, so that was nice,” Cabbiness said. “I didn’t even actually know it until they threw the ball back into the dugout, I had figured we already had gotten a hit then.” His fellow super senior in the lineup Alix Garcia was also able to stake claim to a few firsts in the new stadium. He sent a fastball away in the zone into the visitors’ bullpen in the fifth inning to fire up the Gap Band and mark the first home run of O’Brate Stadium. He was also the first runner to cross the plate for a run of a Hueston Morrill single in the second inning. “It was a pretty cool feeling (to get the first homerun), I definitely didn’t think it was going to be me. We have a pretty stacked lineup,” Garcia said. “I kind of blacked out a little bit running the bases I was not expecting to do it.” The long-awaited first game in O’Brate stadium ended with the Cowboys’

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7-2 win over Little Rock, and it was all thanks to the man who ended up with the first strike ball: Mr. O’Brate. “If you can just share with someone how grateful you are, that’s what we try to do everytime we see him

is just tell him how much we appreciate it,” Holliday said. “You can’t say thank you enough. “A lot of firsts, just a day they’ll never forget.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

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sports Unusual start doesn’t put damper on O’Brate debut

By Jacob Sturm A feeling of concern engulfed O’Brate Stadium, followed by loud protests toward Little Rock starting pitcher Erik McKnight. One Oklahoma State batter into O’Brate’s debut, an assessment seemed necessary. Cowboys second baseman Matt Golda took a McKnight pitch to the helmet, drawing the ire of the crowd, and knocking some padding off the chin protector inside the

equipment. The checkup didn’t take long; Golda proceeded to take his base. In the Cowboy’s 7-2 win, the moment didn’t linger long. OSU scored five runs in the second inning, forcing Little Rock (1-2) to make a pitching change. The 4 p.m. first pitch could have played a part of the unusual start. The sun etched an ever-increasing shadow across the field in the early innings before dipping below the stadium perimeter. OSU coach Josh Holliday took note of the development. “It’s a little bit of a tough look at 4:02, 4:15,” Holliday said. “It’s a little shadow driven right there. So, the ball

disappears momentarily. So, just glad it was able to catch the back of his helmet, not get him any more fresh on skin.” The circumstance resolved itself with time. The shadow crept its way past the infield, but didn’t do it before OSU (3-0) created its insurmountable lead. After Alix Garcia walked his way to first, Cade Cabbiness started the second inning with the first O’Brate hit, a double into center field. OSU parlayed it into the second run. “I didn’t actually even know it until they threw the ball back to the dugout,” Cabbiness said. “I had no idea. I figured we’d already gotten

a hit by then. It was a really cool moment.” The firsts didn’t stop there. Garcia hit a home run in the fifth inning, beating Little Rock first baseman Canyon McWilliams (sixth inning) to the first home run. “I didn’t really think about this, but if he would have hit that before mine, I think I would have been pretty upset about it,” Garcia said. “I would have been pretty angry, just because you don’t want to let another team roll in here and take the thunder from the home team.” The Cowboys did not let that happen and made a memory not soon forgotten. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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