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October 1st, 2008

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The award-winning Daily O’Collegian student newspaper from Oklahoma State University.

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Politics — besides McCain, Obama

District 21 state Senate candidates, Democrat Robert “Bob” Murphy Jr. and Republican Jim Halligan, said Tuesday night that child health care and education are two key issues for Oklahoma ‘s Senate seat.


Cowboy line not satisfied with penalty issues

Offensive lineman Russell Okung might be harder on himself than any other player on the Cowboy football team.


Oh, the places you’ll go

Places that would shock and disgust parents are unavoidable. Where students go to have fun or end up after a night of excitement might send some parents into alarm.


Remember family ties

Dodie Smith, author of “The Hundred and One Dalmatians,” said family is “that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.”


SGA: You might not know what it stands for, but it does stuff

You might not be a part of it or even be aware of its existence, but Student Government Association has been hard at work for the first month of the fall semester.


OSU Theatre presents Memory of Water



Pokes Vote

Several politicians from local and statewide campaigns flocked to Stillwater on Tuesday with one noticeable absence.


Miley to have heyday on ‘Gay Day’ — rude

Toasts to the newlyweds! Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds were married on Saturday. Wow, Van Wilder, you’re really taking your life seriously.


Cowgirls sweep OCU in first fall exhibition doubleheader

Oklahoma State’s Cowgirl softball team opened up the fall scrimmage season with a doubleheader sweep of the Oklahoma Christian Eagles on Tuesday night at the Cowgirl Softball Complex.


Cowboy golf wins first tournament of season

With a 284 during its final round, the Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team earned its first title of the 2008-09 season on Tuesday, winning the Ping/Golfweek Preview for the fourth time in the 20-year history of the event.


Save for college, see the football game

Some Oklahomans might be able to set up a college savings plan and watch a football game simultaneously.


Midterm grades are upon us, friends

Just in time for mid-terms, Iron Man is here to save, or more likely distract, students. The summer blockbuster’s DVD came out today, and it’s anything but ordinary.


Heath Ledger’s life insurance company is refusing to pay his claim to his daughter, Matilda Rose

A former attorney for Heath Ledger is suing because of a $10 million life insurance policy he claims has gone unpaid since the actor’s death earlier this year.


A buck in the hand is worth two in the Bush

For many college students, $700 billion is a staggering amount — several thousand times what many of us would deem beyond sufficient to live extremely comfortably for the rest of our lives. Or to pay off a few years’ worth of college.


Letters to the editor

Last Friday, Tindell’s article about homecoming was uncalled for — an ignorant rant about something he knows little about.