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Ranked at No. 8 nationally — the highest since 1988 — the Cowboys’ dynamite defense gives the team reason to celebrate.

Players were yelling and jumping around the locker room. Any Gatorade cooler in sight was emptied in celebration. And quarterback Zac Robinson could barely breathe.

Homecoming week is here. Features writer Joanna Evans investigated Residential Life’s activities for the week and learned what it has to offer.

Robert B. Kamm, OSU’s 13th president, died Friday in Okmulgee, according to a university statement. He was 89.

What many know as “America’s Greatest Homecoming” hasn’t always been as large of a celebration. It developed throughout the years, despite ups and downs.

OSU police found smashed windows, spray-painted walls and sidewalks, and four large metallic letters missing from the side of the ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center early Thursday morning.

Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired from his position as a state trooper, according to a report released Oct. 10.

A Colorado man accused of defrauding an Oklahoma State University official of $570,000 is fighting extradition to Oklahoma, according to law enforcement authorities.

If you had told OSU offensive players that they would score only 28 points, commit three turnovers and still beat No. 3 Missouri on the road, they might not have believed you.

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Faked out
Senior punter Matt Fodge has been the rock of the OSU special teams for years, but he might prefer to keep Saturday out of his career highlight reel.
Early in the second quarter, the Cowboys lined up to punt on fourth and 17 from their own 24, only [...]

The wind was howling, the crowd was going wild and a Gatorade cooler was thrown across the field after the Cowgirls clinched their 11th victory of the season against Kansas on Friday night.

OSU and Missouri had one heck of a weekend. In Columbia, the Cowboy football team upset the Tigers, and then the 12th-ranked Cowgirls pulled of a 3-2 victory against Missouri in Stillwater on Sunday.

While politicians and economic experts give negative, and sometimes scary predictions of the global credit crisis, U.N. Climate Change Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer thinks this “financial earthquake,” could be the perfect start for a “greener” world.

On Oct. 2, the O’Colly reported that the University of Colorado had received the highest rating (A-) for environmental responsibility. Oklahoma State University received a very low rating. When this report came out, I was visiting the University of Colorado, and was able to observe other ways in which that university does better than OSU.

When I first moved to Oklahoma more than three years ago, it was a big transition. I used to joke that I was more scared of driving in Oklahoma’s unlit, deserted rural highways at night, than seeing the crime activity in any urban area.

Jeff Campbell’s $700 billion bailout bully.

OSU is ranked 67 out of 139. OU is ranked 92. These aren’t football or basketball rankings. Instead, these rankings are from the 2008 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card.

Neil Armstrong, John F. Kennedy, Galileo and Steven Hawking. All of these men have their names on the Wall of Honor at Walt Disney World in Florida. Astronaut Barbara Morgan will share the reasons she is also on that wall tonight in the Student Union Theater.

There is nothing fun or exciting about the infamous “Freshman 15,” a term commonly used to describe the weight gained during the first year of college. However, there are plenty of ways to avoid this plight and maintain a healthy lifestyle in college.