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Three weeks ago, Michael Walsh called his ‘94 Chevy Beretta “home.” Not knowing where he would sleep each night is a familiar problem to Walsh, an 18-year-old who has lived in about six homes throughout his life.

Sugarland might prove to be a sweet victory for this year’s Orange Peel. Students, alumni and many others have bought all of the event’s original tickets, with about 7,000 sold so far.

Using white foam cups and containers is just as wrong as picking your nose in front of your in-laws. I never use them, and I have a hard time watching other people use them.

Quinton Moore was thinking about his parents. Donald Booker’s mind was on his daughter. For Trooper Taylor, it was his three sisters. OSU beat Missouri State 57-13 in the rain Saturday, but the clouds weren’t the only things hovering above the Cowboys’ heads.

Although many college students sleep with pets, friends and significant others, many still prefer a smaller and more cuddly companion to accompany them to bed: stuffed animals.

Other than Bo Bowling’s 66-yard touchdown reception, the Cowboys’ passing game was almost nonexistent Saturday.

Old Central might not be “old” for much longer. The 113-year-old building is scheduled to open in the summer, but the ahead-of-schedule renovations could push the opening date up to spring, said Mike Buchert, director of long range facilities planning.

Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will appear on 45 state ballots this year, but not Oklahoma’s.
Independent candidates must collect 43,913 signatures from registered voters to gain access to the ballot, according to Oklahoma statutes.

A few weeks after cheering presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey will take up a different kind of political activism.

After wild conjecture over whom would play Sen. John McCain’s running mate on “Saturday Night Live,” Fey returned to her old show for an opening sketch featuring her and Fey’s former “Weekend Update” co-host Amy Poehler as Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon uses his latest book, “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” to create a flavorful and vivid tale that’s so realistic, you might have trouble believing that a particular pocket of Jewish culture ever existed.

When Jessica Stollings learned on Facebook that John McCain had named Sarah Palin as his running mate, the 26-year-old from Bristol, Tenn., took the day off and picked up some campaign yard signs. Just like that, she went from “just a voter” to a McCain evangelist.
“He’s a lot more visionary than I thought,” said Stollings, [...]

The OSU/A&M Board of Regents unanimously approved the request to enter into a lease agreement with Cowboy Athletics LCC for a parking lot adjacent to campus on Friday.

A columnist for The New York Times spoke in Oklahoma City last week as a part of a speaker series offered by OSU’s Center for Executive and Professional Development, and surprisingly there was hardly any arugula munching or latte sipping.

Imagine this. You’re sitting at a computer in the library, diligently studying, when suddenly you hear him. “Yo dude,” he says into his cell phone. “Want to eat something?”

Construction has started on a student apartment complex near campus. Construction on Stillwater Flats was supposed to begin in April but was postponed after the developers decided to change the design of plans, said Patty Evans, special projects developer for the city.

Oklahoma State’s women’s soccer team remained perfect on the season after beating Xavier 5-1 on Sunday.

Rescuers searching the waterlogged streets and splintered houses left behind by Hurricane Ike said Sunday they had saved nearly 2,000 people — many of whom then boarded buses to shelters without knowing where they were going or when they could come home.

OSU will train osteopathy students at the St. Francis Health System in Tulsa after its agreement with Ardent Health Services ends.