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As thousands of people return to Stillwater for homecoming festivities, they might see new buildings and roads. However, the sense of community hasn’t changed.

Oklahoma State is riding high after its 28-23 upset of Missouri in Columbia. The Cowboys have moved up to No. 8 in the AP poll, their highest ranking since 1985. Most importantly, it seems they have finally found a capable defense to go with their already potent offense, holding the Tigers to 30 points less than their season average.

Photography by Mitch Alcala
Resident hall occupants finally take revenge on their resident assistants Wednesday — for a good cause of course.
Omega Phi Alpha teamed up with the RAs to raise money for the Stillwater Domestic Violence Center by letting student residents buy pies to throw in their RAs’ faces. The fundraiser was in the [...]

Hard-working Americans should not have to pay more taxes but they will if they vote for Obama, said Max Whitemyer, a business economics junior. Whitemyer was one of the students who gathered upstairs in the Kerr-Drummond mezzanine Wednesday night to debate issues including taxes, health care and the war in Iraq.

The Cowboys in the photo to the right had reason to smile.
The team dominated the Colorado Buffaloes during the 1980 homecoming game, 42-7.
OSU President at the time, Lawrence Boger, said the participation level with homecoming demonstrated the quality of students, according to the OSU yearbook.
“Oklahoma State’s Homecoming this year was the best I have seen [...]

In a vote of the league’s coaches, OSU’s Andrea Riley was one of five players selected to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, it was announced on Wednesday.

Last week’s 38-10 victory over Iowa State University was big for the Bears. Not because the Cyclones are any good, because they’re not. It was Baylor’s first conference victory since 2006, but that’s not it either.

The Cowboys are running for practice or running for a spot on one of the better cross country teams in the nation.

Oklahoma State All-American Yolanda Odenyo added two more national awards to her résumé this week. Odenyo was named to the Soccer America Women’s Team of the Week and the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week for her performances during the week of Oct. 6-12.

Baseball America ranked Oklahoma State’s 2008 baseball recruiting class has been ranked the 19th-best class in the nation.

Entertainment writer Matt Johnson explored ‘Long Island Cannibal Massacre’ and lived to review the horror film.

The Bengali Film Festival begins tonight. Entertainment writer Sara Stephenson learned how Bangledesh made its way into Stillwater.

The Eli Young Band has been together for eight years and plays in mostly southern states. It is set to play in The Wormy Dog Saloon in Oklahoma City, JC Cowboys in Weatherford and at Stillwater’s Red Dirt Rivalry at the Tumbleweed on Oct 23.

The library is a place of peace, solitude and silence. But today at noon, any student who wanders into Edmon Low Library will be in for a surprise.

As people spend increasing amounts of time on Facebook, sending rapid text messages and surfing the Internet, it has become necessary to catch a glimpse of how the brain may be adapting to our new technology-driven world.

Just like staring into the sun, this bright light could make you blind.

President Burns Hargis wants to make OSU a leader in creativity and innovation, said John Mowen, an OSU business professor.

Construction at the intersection at Sixth Avenue and Monroe Street ends this morning, and the intersection will open this afternoon, Stillwater’s public works director said.

Oklahoma State could win the title of biggest loser — of weight. One student has challenged the university to collectively lose 10,000 pounds.