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October 24th, 2008

Orange Nation for October 23, 2008

Gideon Thompson gives fans a preview of Saturday’s game against Univesity of Texas, a rival that OSU hasn’t beaten since 1997. And updates on Cowgirl soccer and the beginning of basketball. From KXZY and the Sports Media Club.

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

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Let’s mess with Texas

The stakes keep rising for the Cowboys. When the No. 6 Cowboys meet the No. 1 Texas Longhorns at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the stakes will be as high as they have been in recent memory for OSU — potentially, the biggest game in school history.


Going out with a bang

The ninth-ranked Cowgirls are preparing to host their final two home games of the season this weekend as the Iowa State Cyclones blow into town Friday night and the Nebraska Cornhuskers chuck their way into Stillwater Sunday afternoon for senior weekend.


Enlisting in your own ‘Outdoor Adventure’

Contributing writer Lauren Ennis took a walk on the wild side with Outdoor Adventure.


Lesser of two political evils nonexistent

With just a couple of weeks left until we get to exercise our most valuable right, the right to vote, we are bombarded with figures and propaganda from each political candidate.


Palin’s $150,000 economic stimulus plan

Jeff Campbell shows readers Palin’s idea of economic stimulus.


OSU not affected by economic woes — yet

As the economy continues to fall into a severe recession, Oklahomans are feeling the pain.


Regents suspend unpopular majors

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education voted unanimously Thursday to suspend OSU’s certificates in leadership and gerontology.


Cowboy run game to face stiff test against Texas

It’s not often you hear about offensive coordinators losing sleep over opposing defenses; usually it’s the other way around.


Indian ‘festival of light’ set to brighten campus

Take Christmas, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Halloween and New Year’s and cram them all into a five-day period during the early fall. That combination is roughly what the Indian celebration Diwali is like.


Catching up on reading that’s to die for

Beware readers, “Twilight” fever is highly contagious and has been sweeping the world. Once you’ve taken a bite of this forbidden fruit, you won’t look at a Volvo the same way.


New magazine shows who has the ‘write’ stuff

As a young writer or artist, it is difficult to get work published, but a new magazine called The Oklahoman Review will help with that, said Leslie Jacobs, an English junior and the editor-in-chief of the magazine.


Warm hands lead to warm hearts

Time to update that old saying “cold hands, warm heart.” New research shows touching something warm can make you feel and act more warmly toward others.


Huckabee: Obama ahead, but campaign not over yet

Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama has a lead over GOP nominee John McCain in the race for president.


Incidents disrupt Stillwater schools

Police arrested a juvenile for possessing a weapon at Stillwater Junior High School on Thursday, according to police reports.


Fight shuts down Western Kentucky University

Officials say it appears the worst thing that happened on campus Wednesday was a fight at Western Kentucky University.


Letters to the editor

I was astounded by the back page of the O’Colly’s Friday issue. On it was a small blurb about a monument commemorating 100 years of Greek Life on campus. As I said, this truly astounded me.


‘W.’

It is difficult to imagine a film based on George W. Bush that would garner praise from conservatives.