The first week at OSU is always chaotic for freshmen.

OSU residential life director Leon McClinton faced the biggest task of his career in 2020. Not only did he have to take care of himself and family in a worldwide crisis, he also had to prepare an entire school to live during it.

With the new, more contagious, delta variant of COVID-19 surging across the nation, there is concern about a new rise in cases in Stillwater.

Six decades after being stripped of the opportunity because of her gender, OSU alum Wally Funk will finally take flight alongside Jeff Bezos in just one more week. She will join Bezos, his brother and the winner of the $28 million charity auction on July 20 aboard the New Shepherd rocket.

Since Oklahoma State’s All Sports Pass – a student ticket for yearlong entry to all sporting events – switched to virtual tickets in the fall of 2019, the OSU ticket office has been faced with a pressing issue.

In 2014, positioned in front of a desktop computer, Staff Sgt. Seth Duckworth concentrated on his online accounting test. He was about 7,500 miles east of Stillwater, at Fob Forward Operation Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Outside, helicopters and airplanes flew by and soldiers marche…

Greek Rush is back.

As Burns Hargis sits in the same office he’s had for 13 years, he looks around and notices that everything has changed. He’s not referring to the $2.2 billion OSU has raised during his time or even the various buildings erected during his tenure.

Local companies are the experts of making a business flourish under the special circumstances that Oklahoma State University creates in Stillwater.

Oklahoma Statehas announced new changes and improvements to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion task force.

As the state's first ever director of tourism, Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell has a good pulse on when people are coming to visit Oklahoma.

In the United States, debate rages on whether the minimum wage is a livable wage.

Tim McGraw is coming to Stillwater.

The mandated use of masks and social distancing will no longer be required at Oklahoma State University or at any OSU sponsored activity, according to press release. This change comes after the updated CDC guideline, allowing vaccinated citizens with a choice to wear a mask in most indoor settings.

Freeman Culver just wanted to fix North Greenwood Avenue.

Haley Crenshaw technically graduated from OSU in July 2020 with a degree in animal biotechnology.

Before he was a state senator, Kevin Matthews used to own a dry cleaning store on Greenwood called Kevin’s Cleaners.

When Willie Sells was a 20-year-old kid, he would sneak down to the Bonneville Club on 120 N. Greenwood Ave. Now, almost 60 years later, that same building he used to slither into is home to his own business: Tee’s Barbershop.

Oklahoma State alumnus Rick Antle felt a call to action that day.

Fred Jones can still recollect the entities of Greenwood he saw growing up in the late 1960s. Whether it’s his grandmother’s bread store, a pool hall or even the city dump, Jones remembers it all.

Growing up in Detroit, Keith Ewing’s dad would always flip to his go-to song: “You Dropped a Bomb on Me On Me” by a popular Michigan band named the Gap Band.

Kayse Shrum set up the first Native American medical school in the country, secured a $197.5 million investment from Purdue Pharma to pay for the National Center for Wellness and Recovery and became Oklahoma’s first secretary of science.

The quest for a new Oklahoma State president is winding down.

Asian students at Oklahoma State have felt the sting of racism this past year amid COVID-19 but were encourage by university President Burns Hargis’ statement denouncing hate and intolerance following the recent mass shooting in Georgia.

Reuben Gant was living clear across the country in Buffalo when he heard the disturbing accounts of what happened.

Starting March 29th, all Oklahoma residents –– ages 16 and older –– will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 

The official Oklahoma coronavirus database on Monday reported 131 active cases in Stillwater. 

Stillwater’s temperature on Tuesday reached 9 degrees fahrenheit –– which is currently lower than Anchorage, Alaska and Moscow, Russia.

All across OSU campus, the sound of ice scrapers being forcefully pushed across windshields and windows has become a common sound. In some areas, thick and slippery ice coats the ground, making a student’s daily commute require more focus than usual.

OSU has announced for the third time this week that normal class times and office hours will be disrupted due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Oklahoma State University will open at 12 p.m. on Tuesday.

Another business on Hall of Fame Avenue in Stillwater is permanently closing its doors.

President Burns Hargis couldn’t help himself.

OSU has announced that they intend to provide students with the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. This is all part of the schools’ multi-phase plan to obtain and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. But will students and faculty all opt to receive it?

Oklahoma State announced Thursday its plan to hold in-persons classes for the fall 2021 semester. This comes after being one of the few schools to host encouraged face-to-face education in the country. 

Ride on, Cowboys and Cowgirls.

Basketball became Jose Sagarnaga’s emotional outlet.

Winner winner, chicken dinner –– for a whole year.

Oklahoma State student Ryne Garrison was hanging with his buddies when he heard the news.

Where can I find counseling services?

Freshman Hannah Rath heard the horror stories. Her mother works as an ICU nurse in an Oklahoma Hospital, so she’s aware of the monumental magnitude of the coronavirus.

When former Oklahoma State student Adam Dinkledine turned on the news the other day, he saw one of the strangest sights of his life: his college roommate was arrested for secretly living in the busiest airport in the world.

Vaccine distributors are working hard to hastily bring the coronavirus vaccine to Oklahoma. 

The United States is feeling Déjà vu as President Donald J. Trump is being impeached for a second time in just over a year. 

The mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 has caused many people to consider whether President Trump should be removed from office. The O'Colly asked two Oklahoma State students from both political parties this question: Should the 25th amendment be used to remove Trump from office even though…

There are certain restaurants that just smell and taste like college in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but these restaurants change between generations. 

Oklahoma State University’s flight team might not attract the same fanfare as the school’s football team, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t reaching new heights.

“If I want to do something, and my heart’s set on a certain career, I’m not going to change my career option just because there’s more men in the field,” said professional pilot senior Karen McCloy.

As millions of people receive the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, students and faculty at Oklahoma State University are growing curious as to what the university’s distribution plans are. In a recent email sent to all faculty members, OSU provided clarity on some of the unknowns. Here are three …