Friday, May 8, 2026
O’colly grad edition 2026 Canvas outage tied to cyberattack disrupts finals at Oklahoma State Bryson Thadhani
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Canvas, Oklahoma State University’s learning management system, suffered an outage Thursday afternoon during finals week, interrupting exams and grading across all OSU A&M campuses as parent company Instructure responds
to an escalating cybersecurity incident. An OSU spokesperson said Thursday that both the web and mobile versions of Canvas are currently down and that students are unable to access any assignments, quizzes or exams. “We do not currently have a timeframe for resolving this issue, but we are working
diligently with Instructure to identify solutions,” the spokesperson said. “We understand this situation presents challenges with accessing academic material, and we will share updates as soon as possible with additional information.”
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AROUND STILLWATER: CALF FRY 2026
OSU GRADUATES SAY GOODBYE OSU Graduate’s biggest takeaways from college “I’ve been really involved in clubs, community, and research on campus, and so I think I’ve really expanded my network and just made connections that will last a lifetime, both in friend groups and professional settings.” VANESSA RENDON
NATURAL RESOURCE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT MAJOR FROM OWASSO, OK
“The lifelong friends and memories that I’ve made over the past four years has really made college worthwhile.” LARAMIE FREENY
GENERAL BUSINESS MAJOR FROM BROKEN ARROW, OK
“I think the biggest thing is just the growth from where I was in high school, I was very shy, did not want to talk to people at all and now I’m going out – I love talking to people, I’m a lot more open, outgoing, and I’d say I was able to use college as a chance to redefine who I was and go out into the world a lot more confident than I was in high school.” ANGELINA BARROW
WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT MAJOR FROM MCKINNEY, TEXAS
“Rushing the field after beating OU, and that anything is possible if you push yourself and work hard enough.” AUSTIN WISHARD
SPORTS MEDIA MAJOR FROM EDMOND, OK
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Former OSU student settles civil rights lawsuit for $2.55M Bryson Thadhani
“What happened to me at the CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Stillwater City Jail on September 22, 2022, is a disturbing example Former Oklahoma State of abuse of power by law University student Claire enforcement,” Hosterman said Hosterman has accepted a $2.55 in a statement to The O’Colly. million settlement from the City “I was subjected to abuse, of Stillwater to resolve a federal dehumanization and humiliation civil rights lawsuit stemming from by the very institution sworn to her September 2022 arrest and serve and protect the community.” strip search at the Stillwater City Hosterman, who worked as Jail. a reporter and Lifestyle Editor
at The O’Colly from 2020 to 2022, was an OSU senior when Stillwater police arrested her during a downtown encounter. She filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in September 2024, naming the city and multiple officers as defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
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“It’s all about the connections that you make and it really brings you together with the people that are here.” CAITLIN BULLARD
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL
“Truthfully, like the people here, our department is full of wonderful people, graduate students, faculty, just like people that really got you through hard times, celebrated good times – just the whole journey here.” BURKE HAHN
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR FROM TULSA, OK
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Graduate goes from uncertainty to Oklahoma State University
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Attention in the age of screens: How Oklahoma State classrooms adapt
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