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The students from the studio of Kate Butler performed the vocal recital “Liederaband” in the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday.

Oklahoma State University students performed a range of instrumental pieces on flutes Sunday to showcase their musical talent at the Seretean Center Concert Hall.

An audience of around 100 people sat scattered across the hall to attend the Fantastic Flutes Recital. The recital, which was presented by the OSU music department, featured students from the studio of Donna Shin, an assistant visiting professor.

Shin taught classes in Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester, New York, and was awarded the Eastman School of Music Excellence in Teaching prize.

Shin, who joined OSU in the fall of 2003, said this is one of many recitals by students, but the first this year featuring the flute as the main instrument .

“We hope to make the Fantastic Flutes an annual event,” Shin said.

DALLAS — With the season behind them and a chance to gain revenge, the Oklahoma State Cowgirls begin play against Missouri in the Big 12 Tournament today at 6 p.m.

This is hands down the best time of the year for a rabid, obsessed, sports-crazed fanatic like myself. The buzzer-beaters, Cinderella stories and cutting down of the nets all add to the intrigue of this magical month deemed March Madness.

When talking about a team on the rise at Oklahoma State University, the storybook turn around of the football team over the past two years seems to be the first reference.

James P. Ronda presented a public lecture on “Out West With Washington Irving” Friday in the Edmon Low Library. Ronda is a graduate from the University of Tulsa, is an author of many books, is experienced in museum consulting for history projects and is an historian in the pioneering of the West.

Slurring, bad mouthing and having a good time while playing games on the computer is what the Gamers of Oklahoma State University did Friday through Sunday at the Student Union.

Africa Night Gives a Colorful Production

More than 400 people of many ages, ethnicities and affiliations came to the Seretean Center on Saturday evening to experience the Africa Night production put on by the African Student Organization.

It’s getting to the point where I don’t even want to get out of bed in the morning. You might think it’s lack of sleep weeks causing this, but you’d be wrong; it’s fear. Fear that as soon as I leave my room, I will be bombarded with Janet’s boob, the Quiznos things or the next fad.

The issue is sensationalism. It seems that we as a society will find one thing of mild interest and talk it into the ground. It doesn’t matter what it is, we just need to find something and latch on to it until the next mediocre thing happens. Don’t believe me?

First there was Britney Spears’ naughty nuptial. Every single professor I had told a joke about it, and the jokes would have been funny if I hadn’t heard six of them by the end of the second day. The news was all over it, and people couldn’t stop talking about it. And what does it matter? Anyone who thought of her as a role model is already at Wal-Mart looking for maternity clothes that show off the belly button ring. And when was the last time you heard one of her songs on the radio without diving for the NPR button? Britney got married—la-dee-freakin’-da.

Nobody has forgotten the day.  September the 11. Nobody has forgotten exactly where they were when they heard the news, when they saw the images. I was at the post office mailing a package, standing in line.

Nobody has forgotten those who have fallen. Many loved ones, firefighters and other heroes fell that day.  Nobody has forgotten that we are still tracking down those responsible. The manhunt for Osama bin Laden is growing more intense now that Iraq has been pummelled.

So why is the Bush-Cheney campaign not responding to those wanting them to pull their commercials with graphic depictions of the Sept. 11 attacks? 

Campaign Chairman Marc Racicot emphasized that they wanted Americans to remember what happened that day, and what kind of leadership it takes to lead this country through these times of terror.  Honestly, did anyone think that we have forgotten?

Does Bush think he must remind us all of the horrific images to get the point across that he and his team led the nation through and past those times? Many firefighters, family members and others have been requesting that the Bush-Cheney campaign pull the commercials, but their pleas are being ignored because those in charge deem it necessary to remind Americans what happened.

In fact, Racicot insists that the campaign has not even thought about taking the commercials off the air, further insisting that the commercials are tugging the exact emotions that they had been intended to.

My question is does the Bush-Cheney campaign want to win an election because they have the leadership and abilities to lead this country for another four years, or do they want to hang their election hopes on the emotions of the American public? Is tugging the hearts of so many Americans really the way their campaign wants to go? 

Seriously, although the manhunt has intensified for Bin Laden, we still have yet to capture him. This isn’t really a thought Bush wants to push onto Americans. Sure we have toppled the Hussein government, but questions are still rising about the reason and the rhyme behind the Iraq invasion.

Think back to elementary school. Somewhere between lunchtime and recess, most of us had it beaten into our brains one way or another to can it when the teacher was talking and to keep it quiet when he or she was going around and helping our slower classmates.

Vice president of OSU information technology Gary Wiggins has hit the ground running since his appointment, and Monday presented a proposal to rearrange the student and faculty e-mail system.

Who’s big, green and all that’s mean? Shrek!

Who’s the dude with all that gas? Shrek!

Can you dig it?

Who’s the cat with that big heart? Shrek!

They say this guy Shrek has one loud as… Shut your mouth!

Hey, I’m just talkin’ about “Shrek 2,” and we can ALL dig it May 21.

Jennifer Walker made the change from Oregon to Oklahoma State University.

The Kappa Sigma fraternity house resembled a giant sandbox in its fifth annual Kappa Sig Krazy Days sand castle competition Monday.

Kerr-Drummond Hall will host its state award-winning program Reality Check for alcohol awareness week tonight. The event will feature a party with a live disc jockey and a mock drunken driving car wreck.