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Peace Corps offers unique opportunities for travel, humanitarian aide, graduate degrees

Some students who have a hard time deciding travel or go to graduate school. The Peace Corps gives students the opportunity to do both.


Edmon Low Library receives largest donation in charitable history

John Clerico, chairman of Chartmark Investments, made the gift to create an endowed chair library dean’s chair. The chair will be one of the largest such positions in the country.


Stillwater landmark celebrates 33rd anniversary, extends thanks to Stillwater community

Eskimo Joe’s celebrates its anniversary each year by hosting a weeklong series of events.


Gallagher-Iba Arena basketball court design unveiled

The Oklahoma State University Department of Athletics has announced it has finalized plans for the re-design of the basketball floor of historic Gallagher-Iba Arena.


OSU to enforce smoking ban without police force, deans and supervisors lay the law

OSU will enforce its new tobacco-free campus policy without help from the police.


OSU students gain experience, give helping hand to the YMCA

OSU students work as day camp counselors, volunteers for youth sports, referees and also serve in leadership positions at the YMCA.


OSU students mixed on new smoking policy, administration says to ‘Breathe Easy’

OSU’s controversial tobacco ban has arrived.


Stillwater set to celebrate Independence Day at Boomer Lake

Thousands of Stillwater residents can expect big bangs at dusk from fireworks at Boomer Lake on the Fourth of July as Stillwater Parks Events and Recreation hosts the 16th annual Boomer Blast.


OSU student fights to survive Cancer, raising funds for bone marrow transplant

Waking up each morning, Rina Fitria knows her fight against cancer is not over.


OSU Foundation welcomes new vice president

An OSU alumna has come back to OSU to serve as the Senior Vice President of the OSU Foundation after a distinguished career away from Stillwater.


Ownership change postponed

A health care company and the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences have agreed to push back the deadline for transferring ownership of Oklahoma State University Medical Center to a public trust by a year.


Fans could have say in court design

Oklahoma State’s athletic department is offering fans the opportunity to vote for one of eight possible designs of Eddie Sutton Court in Gallagher-Iba Arena.


OSU students spend semester in 13 countries, gain credit, perspective

Four Oklahoma State University students participated in Semester at Sea during spring 2008 in which they visiting 13 countries in a little over four months.


‘Harry Potter’ a novel idea for a rock band

Wizard Rock came to Stillwater last week as part of Stillwater Public Library’s teen summer reading program.


‘Harry Potter’ a novel idea for a rock band

Wizard Rock came to Stillwater last week as part of Stillwater Public Library’s teen summer reading program.


Obama and Clinton to unite

Before a crowd of cheering thousands, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation’s first black president. Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket without conceding her own defeat.


Possible student information leak

On May 14, 2008, faculty, staff and students received an e-mail from OSU that informed them of a potentially dangerous hack on the information systems on campus and that their identity and information might have been compromised.


Pickens donates largest amount yet to OSU academics

Texas oil and gas executive T. Boone Pickens celebrated his birthday by presenting OSU with the largest academic gift ever made to an Oklahoma university or college.


OSU’s upcoming Athletic Village uproots residents, students

An Oklahoma State University counseling psychology doctoral student had to move to make way for the Athletic Village.


Athletic Village to reach $710m before completion

Getting the Athletic Village from dirt mounds to sports complexes is a matter of time and money.


Regents hide decision-making from public, experts say

When the agenda for an OSU regents meeting is posted, it might as well be the minutes.


Unfamiliar vehicle fascinates students, teachers

One international student in the OSU English Language Institute has a vehicle that may be unfamiliar to many American students.


Search committee suggests no changes

Critics of the OSU regents’ closed process for hiring university presidents should not expect the next search to be more transparent or open to the public.


Student pushes past challenges

He sits among other college students at the small tables in the Colvin Center with his backpack dangling from his shoulders. A backward cap adorns his head and his wrist is laced with a variety of colored bracelets supporting different causes.


OSU Paintball Association reestablished after one year break

The Oklahoma State University Paintball Association has started up again after a one year hiatus and is looking to jump right back into competitive paintball.