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The Oklahoma State Cowboys began fall workouts inside Allie P. Reynolds Stadium this week in preparation for the upcoming season.

With four games in the books, it looks like the Norman junior high JV football team would have an easier time scoring on Big 12 defenses than your Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Hurricane Katrina put an end to Jeff Slaughter’s and Chad Ravannack’s senior year of wrestling at Archbishop Rummel High School, an all-boys Catholic school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La.

The Qdoba Mexican Grill opened this past week and is already drawing customers because of its proximity to campus.

Franz Ferdinand is back to give music fans another year of obnoxious dance music with its new album, “You Could Have It So Much Better.”

It has only been a year since Franz Ferdinand released its self-titled debut that significantly changed the expectations of pop music. On its sophomore album, Franz brings more of the same, and the same is still terrific.

Love, hate, sex and drinks were all themes in OSU Theatre’s play “Spike Heels,” which debuted Tuesday night.

Homecoming not just for greeks

Dear Editor,

I’m writing in response to Kyle Wofford’s article, “Homecoming spectacles waste time and energy.” I’m a Stillwater resident, a non-greek student and not “overzealously spirited,” and as unimaginable as Mr. Wofford would believe it to be, I do not find Homecoming a “royal pain in the butt.”

I was offended by his rude comments toward the entire greek community, and I’m not even a part of it. It seems as if he just wanted to pick apart a group of kids that want to do something nice for the university that they attend.

For example, one of his arguments was that, “The visual health of our school is being put at risk for the amusement of a few.” I’m sorry, but the “amusement of a few” does not seem like the best word choice. The streets during walk-arounds are so incredibly packed that it is hard to walk down them without bumping into other people.

Homecoming and its traditions are not going anywhere, so Mr. Wofford needs to get used to it.

One other confusion that Mr. Wofford has is “why people would participate in an organization that makes them do pointless, ridiculous work without pay anyway.”

Like I said, I am not a part of the greek system, but if I had to take a shot in the dark, I’d say that they enjoy being with a fun group of friends and doing nice things for their community to benefit from, even though they are not being paid for it. Maybe that’s unheard of.

It was one o’clock in the morning and I just drove home for my friend’s house. I soon found myself in a dilemma that has become increasingly more difficult to answer since last year: Where to park?

After circling all around Parker (where I live) and the dorms nearby for a good 20 minutes, I was forced to park in a location that I have come to dread, overflow behind the new construction.

This was not the first time that I have had to resort to these measures and it will certainly not be the last, and just to make things interesting I decided to count my steps from my car door to my room.

I counted no less than 668 steps, and in my opinion that is far too many.

This week I was sitting with my wife waiting to take her back to work from her hour long lunch break. The thought occurred to me by the way of love for my wife — time is so precious (A rather obvious and simple thought still profound.)

I had but one minute left with her before having to take her back to her eight to five. As I was thinking about this a thousand other thoughts about time interrupted this romantic thinking.

OSU students are losing another one of their favorite restaurants this year.

Just as The Daily Grind was forced to shut down this last this summer, the Dairy Bar will no longer be a staple at Oklahoma State after this year.

OSU faculty and staff were educated on the importance of diversity in the workplace at the Diversity Awareness Seminar in the Student Union on Tuesday.

The seminar was part of a training plan developed by Human Resources Training Services to improve performance in communication, leadership, teamwork, customer service and to generally strengthen the university.

Some topics discussed included affirmative action, cultural differences and attitudes in the workplace.

About 50 faculty and staff attended the seminar, taught by Dr. Carolyn Hernandez, director of Affirmative Action at OSU.

“I think it will increase an awareness and sensitivity in the workplace,” Hernandez said. “I feel that people learn from each other.”

She said that with each diversity seminar, more people attend.

The seminar included watching a video titled “Food for Thought: Diversity Awareness,” which defined diversity as “the differences we recognize between ourselves and others.” It focused on how people’s differences can enhance the workforce by helping people feed off one another’s ideas.

Students interested in learning more about studying abroad can attend the Study Abroad fair today in the Student Union Atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.