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Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part story series about other OSUs. Part two will be printed in Tuesday’s edition.

The Oklahoma State University Graduate College hosted nine undergraduate scholars from Wichita State University and the University of Central Oklahoma to present their research at the Research Symposium on March 7.

The students are all participants in the McNair Scholars Program. Named in honor of space shuttle Challenger crew member Ronald E. McNair, the program was created to encourage students who are underrepresented in higher education to pursue graduate degrees, according to the Wichita State University McNair Scholars Web site.

Ronald McDonald’s smile grew a little wider when he saw how much money the women of Alpha Delta Pi raised by holding their second annual “In Like a Lion” 5-K race on Saturday.

Last year, the sorority created the race as a means to raise funds for its national philanthropy, the Ronald McDonald House. The sorority had about 30 runners participate, but through increased advertising and word of mouth, they hoped for more participation.

There was more than 120 runners showing up this year, raising over $1,800 for the Ronald McDonald House.

“We’ve increased our numbers by over 400 percent,” Don Garrett with DG Productions said.

DG Productions helped the sorority coordinate and time the actual race. Garrett started the race with a gunshot and greeted the runners as they finished.

In a season full of expectations, transfer guard Nina Stone helped Oklahoma State in a tough Big 12 schedule that included10 games against Top 25 opponents.

Oklahoma State started its home finale off slowly against Texas A&M, but got it together and ran away with a 70-41 victory and the Big 12 title.

AMES, Iowa — Oklahoma State wrestling defended the Big 12 title on Saturday, and Cowboy senior Johnny Thompson defended his own title.

Just by looking at Josh Turner and reading all the press on him since his debut single, “Long Black Train,” you might think it would be a wise idea to rush to Wally World and buy his album. If there was ever an album that should debut on the clearance rack, this is the one.

Crime. It’s everywhere and only a select few have the courage to take a stand and protect John Q. Public. For the citizens of Bay city, their heroes have come back — Starsky and Hutch. Unfortunately, this would-be spoof of the classic TV show barely saves itself despite a heroic cast.

Entertainment news has gone off the deep end. They’ve finally run out of things to talk about after drilling the Janet and Justin ordeal into the ground.

This is hard for me to write, but I am ashamed of my generation. Those of us who grew up in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s set out to change the world–and for a while we did make changes, but now we seem to be mired in middle-age hypocrisy.

I am a white guy and should be relieved to know that the deck is still stacked in my favor. Instead, I am outraged at some of the things that are going on in this country.

The Oklahoma A&M Regents approved a proposal at their Friday meeting that will gradually raise the admissions requirements for incoming freshmen and transfer students.

Current incoming freshmen must either have a 22 ACT score, rank in the top one-third of their graduating class and have a 3.0 GPA or have a 3.0 in 15 “core” courses with at least a 20 ACT score. Over the next three school years, the minimum ACT score will be raised to 24 without grades or 21 with a 3.0 in the “core” courses and the class rank cutoff will be raised to the top quarter.

Currently, transfer students are accepted with a 1.70 GPA and less than 30 completed hours. New transfer students with 59 or fewer completed hours will be required to have a 2.25 and those with 60 or more completed hours will be required to have a 2.0.

This week kicks off Kappa Sigma’s fifth annual Krazy Days. The week-long event is a competition between all 11 Oklahoma State sororities.