PANHANDLE STATE ....................................Wednesday, 9/18/2019

GOODWELL, OKLAHOMA................................................................................................Volume 100 Issue 02

COLLEGIAN CREW

EditorCody Godfrey

Staff WritersAnnette GandaraKaley ConnerMegan Godfrey

PhotographersLauren LagowRylee HigginsSam OrtizTaylo Jacobsen

TABLE OF CONTENTSSenior/Alumni Mixer..Pg2Mr/Miss Panhandle....Pg3Orca vs. Shark............Pg4Sports Highlights........Pg5Literature Column.....Pg6Polotics........................Pg7Faculty Spotlight........Pg9Events..........................Pg10

THE COLLEGIAN

Layout DesignKaylee Morgan

Page 2Student LifeSeptember 18, 2019

Senior/Alumni MixerMegan Godfrey

A career fair by another name, the Senior/Alumni Mixer has de-

cided to take another route. No ominous row of tables to line up at, this

mixer is removing a big stress factor, acting more as a social gathering at

which to network with local businesses and employers. Taking place on

September 23rd at the Pub on the Bricks in Guymon, students are invit-

ed to join the gathering from 6-8 pm. While tailored for senior students,

everyone is welcome to come and network while enjoying appetizers

supplied by the businesses. Employers attending include Seaboard Foods,

Charles White Insurance and Financial Services Inc., Brown, Graham &

Company P.C, Anchor D Bank, Texas County Family YMCA, Denise H

Lunt CPA, Epic Charter Schools, TCEC, and Bank of the Panhandle. Get

some great face time with your local businesses as you prepare for gradu-

ation!

Page 3 September 18, 2019Student Life

Mr. & Miss Panhandle State Scholarship CompetitionAnnette Gandara

With the annual Mr. and Mrs. Panhandle State competition right around the corner, a group of students are gearing up to take that stage and win that crown. The judging criteria is 25% resume, which includes education, involvement on campus, involvement in community, and any awards received, 25% interview, which is seven minutes with a panel of judges, tests the ability of carry on a conversation, is all about the contestant, and business attire is expected, 15% casual wear, where contestants can wear an outfit of their choice that is fun and appropriates the highlight they are involved in (cheer, football, clubs, etc.) and projects their personality and confidence, 20% evening wear, contestants must wear an outfit that fits a formal event and projects on-stage presence, personality, and confidence, finally, 20% is the on-stage question which must project on-stage presence and personality, show their ability to communicate, and their ability to think of their feet.

The rules are must be a full-time student, haven a minimum of 30 credit hours, maintain a 2.5 GPA, and never have been on suspension or probation (academic or athletic). The expectation include attend all mandatory sessions, wear interview outfit, casual wear, respectful, and a good role model, and have fun, meet new people, and broaden your experiences. The awards are a $2,000 scholarship, crown, sash, plaque, and an opportunity to represent Panhandle State at numerous events, such as, Homecoming Parade, OKC Trip to State Capitol, local, county, and state fairs, alumni weekend, college days, and Pioneer Day Parade! The schedule for all the events are briefing session on Monday, Sep. 16 from 7-9 p.m., full show rehearsal Tuesday Sept. 17 from 7-9 p.m., interviews on Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the afternoon, and the final show is Wednesday, September 18th at 7 p.m. Come support all the contestants as they run for Mr. and Mrs. Panhandle State!

Page 4September 18, 2019 Entertainment

Newly published research done by the Monterey Bay Aquarium challenges a long-be-lieved fact: Great White sharks are the most formidable predators in the oceans. They have recently discovered a behavior presented by these sharks in the presence of orca that suggests otherwise. Salvador Jorgensen, along with Scot Anderson and their research partners, recorded four different encounters between these top predators around the Southeast Farallon Island in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, off San Francisco, California. They used previously acquired data from 165 white sharks tagged from 2006-2013, and assembled 27 years’ worth of seal, orca, and shark surveys done in the area. Each case they examined showed the same results; Great White sharks evacuated the island at the arrival of the orca, and didn’t return until the next season. This brings about the conclusion that the orca are driving the sharks away, which sheds light on two of the ocean’s top predators and how they coexist. Jorgensen’s findings prove nothing on whether or not the sharks are being bullied or if it is the competition for the elephant seals in the area that draw the whales, only that the sharks weigh the risks and choose to flee.I think this is a prime example of how little we truly know about predators in the ocean. Who would ever think a massive Great White shark might have competition for their food, let alone that they might feel fear at the arrival of another animal? Relationships and interactions are much easier to observe on land, so this is an amazing glimpse into a whole new pool of behav-ioral knowledge. Jorgensen himself said, “I think this demonstrates how food chains are not always lin-ear,” and he makes a great point. The workings of the animal world are much too complicated to ever be seen as a straight line. His study shows us that we have much to learn, especially in the way of marine animals. We have so much to comprehend from the animals we are sur-rounded by, ones that we can easily watch and document. I can only imagine how long it will be until we reach the same level of knowledge with aquatic creatures.

Not So Great White SharksMegan Godfrey

Page 5 September 18, 2019Sports

Sports Highlights Annette Gandara

MEN’S SOCCER: The men’s soccer team went 1-0-1 last week, avenging an earlier loss to Texas College by defeating the Steers, 2-0, and tying Paul Quinn College, 3-3, in double-over-time. Junior transfer Cheslon Carollisen (Cape Town, South Africa) – playing in his first two matches as an Aggie – scored both goals at Tex-as College and netted the tying goal in the 82nd minute at Paul Quinn to preserve a 3-3 draw.WOMEN’S SOCCER: The Aggies went 1-1 last week on the road, defeating Texas College, 3-2, and losing a heart-breaking overtime match at Paul Quinn College, 4-3. Miranda Cardona scored the matchwinning goal versus TC and had a pair of first-half goals against Paul Quinn. FOOTBALL: The Aggies closed out their pre-Sooner Athletic Conference games by tak-ing on the No. 25- ranked team in NCAA Di-vision I FCS, Sam Houston State, on the road. The upper-division Bearkats topped our Aggies, 77-0. The Aggie defense got plenty of work, De’Adryelle Fites and Diamante Pounds rolling up a combined 29 tackles. Fites had 15 stops (8 solo) and Pounds 14 (8 solo).VOLLEYBALL: The volleyball team went 2-1 on the week, sweeping Oklahoma Wesleyan on the road, 3-0, in a non-conference match and splitting a pair of SAC contests at home. OPSU won its league-opener versus USAO on Friday, 3-0, and lost a hard-fought decision to MACU, 3-1, on Saturday. Kendra Butler had a nice all-around week, as the Aggies split a pair of Soon-er Athletic Conference matches and went 2-1 on the week, overall. Butler rolled up a total of

13 blocks (five solo) in the three matches. But-ler also added 10 digs and 21 kills on the week. CROSS COUNTRY: The Oklahoma Panhan-dle State University cross country team went up against a field of all-NCAA Division II teams at the West Texas A&M University Buffalo Stam-pede at The Range cross country course. The Aggie women finished seventh and the men 10th in their respective divisions. Sophomore Shayna Glover paced the OPSU ladies, finish-ing the 4K course in a time of 17:20.5 minutes to earn a 27th place finish in the 67-runner field. The five-man men’s lineup for the Aggies was led by freshman Justin Duran’s time of 23:24.1 minutes (57th) for the 6K course.GOLF: The Oklahoma Panhandle State Uni-versity men’s golf team finished 11th at the U.C. Ferguson Classic, contested last Tuesday and Wednesday at the Lincoln Park Golf Course. The Aggies finished with a 930 team aggregate score for the 54-hole event. Panhandle looked primed to climb in the standings after a 307 on Tuesday’s opening round was followed by a 301 in the afternoon 18 holes. However, the Ag-gies received a gut-punch before Wednesday’s final round started when their co-leading golf-er – freshman Darshan Gunesagar – was forced to withdraw due a back injury. Gunesagar had carded rounds of 74-74=148 through 36 holes and was inside the top 15 of the tourney.

Page 6September 18, 2019 Entertainment

Literature ColumnAnnette Gandara

It seems odd to think that there was a time where women weren’t allowed to attend a university, much less an Ivy League. Anne Gardiner Perkins always assumed that the story of women’s admission to college in 1969 was a triumphant, however, in her latest novel “Yale Needs Women”, she dives into the reality and complications of the college’s first class of

female students. Dominated by male culture, it was extremely difficult for these women to be let in the door, much less to be respected and made feel welcome and equally represented.

Some of the women included in this novel are: Connie Royster, whose aunt was the first black women to serve as a federal judge, and whose family worked as chefs and manag-ers in Yale’s fraternities; Kit McClure, who was apart of the New Haven Women’s Liberation Rock Band as a trombone player; Shirley Daniels, who was active in the Black Student Alli-ance and set her focus on Afro-American studies; and Lawrie Mifflin, who was a field hockey player, but faced lots of difficulty establishing a women’s team and later on went to work at the new York Times as a reporter, editor, and executive. The challenges these women faced ranged from Yale’s “thousand male leaders” quota, where more 1,000 places were for men

and about 230 for women, to professor’s writing “not bad for a woman” across an assigment. Slowing things down even further for change at Yale were the low numbers of female professors and administrators. A year before the school went coed, there were only two fe-male professors and one president, Kingman Brewster, who pushed for the male quota and didn’t bother listening to issues not regarding men.

PoliticsPage 7 September 18, 2019

Ilhan Omar, a representative from Minnesota has denounced a decision made by the Supreme Court that allows administration to restrict those who can seek asy-lum at the southern border, stating this is an “unjust” ruling. On, “Face the Nation,” she stated, “I believe that decision is morally and legally wrong. Seeking asylum is a legal right that people have and we know that the Supreme Court has been wrong before. They’ve been wrong in the equal but separation doctrine decision, they’ve been wrong in the Dred Scott decision.” Omar referred back to the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. This ruling allowed racial segregation in public areas, as well at the Dred Scott v. Sand-ford decision, where the court said African Americans, free or slaves, were not U.S. citizens. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court sent out an order to remove the two bans made by a federal judge in California that didn’t allow administration from going through with the ban. This ban restrains most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S. -Mexican border. Administration believes this ban will block “economic mi-grants”, however, immigrant advocates believe this will only lead asylum seekers, especially families with small children, into dangerous areas of Mexico or Central America where poverty and rampant are present. Omar believes the Supreme Court’s decision to allow this ban should be mo-tivation for herself and her fellow Democrats to keep pushing for more progressive policies on immigration. She adds, “We now have an opportunity to do as legisla-tors is make sure that we are creating immigration policy that is humane and just.” However, she also says that Democrats proposals such as DACA, will continue to face difficulty in the Republican-led Senate.

Rep. Ihan Omar Denounces Supreme Court Decision

Annette Gandara

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Page 9 September 18, 2019Student Life

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. David Ferrell

Megan Godfrey Born and raised in Indianapolis, In., Dr. Ferrell grew up in a suburban area surrounded by plenty of corn farms. Living somewhere with the elemen-tary, middle, and high schools in walking distance, Dr. Ferrell and his friends all walked to school. He returns to Indy at least once every summer break and makes sure to always visit during the Christmas holiday. Although he spent his childhood and young adult years in Indiana, he has lived 16 years of his adult life in the Southeast, 12 years in Florida and 4 in Georgia, so he feels as though he is “from” those areas as well. Growing up Dr. Ferrell spent his time playing basketball, backyard foot-ball, baseball, and biking as a means of getting around. He also attended piano lessons. He and his brother, along with their friends, formed a variety of garage bands blasting their grunge-style music, with Dr. Ferrell playing the electric guitar. He still enjoys playing to this day. During high school Dr. Ferrell was fascinated by human anatomy and physiology, which ultimately led him to pursue a Biology degree as soon as he entered college. In his junior and senior years, he was exposed to evolutionary biology, ecology, environmental science, and zoology. Learning more on these topics only furthered his passion for science. Dr. Ferrell is also interested in marine biology and parasitology, as well as basic and metabolic chemistry. He is excited to be teaching many of these topics and related coursework here at OPSU. Dr. Ferrell has a daughter named Emily, who is currently attending graduate school in Ohio for her studies in clinical psychology. His furry, four-legged companion is named Woodrow. The two of them like to go for runs together around campus. Dr. Ferrell encourages people to stop and meet Woodrow, saying he’s super friendly. Dr. Ferrell is very happy to be a part of the OPSU family and can’t wait to get to know more of us in the Goodwell and OPSU community.

Page 10September 11, 2019

Campus Events

9/18• Mr/Miss Panhandle State 7:00PM in the Centennial Theater9/19• Game Night 6:00PM-9:30PM in the Library• Women’s Soccer @ Avila University 6:00PM in Kansas City, MO9/20• Rodeo @ Colby Community College Colby, KS• Women’s Volleyball vs John Brown 6:00PM in Anchor D Arena9/21• Women’s Soccer @ Randall University 12:00PM in Moore, OK• Football @ Langston 6:00PM in Langston, OK9/23• Women’s Golf @ Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK• Final Day to Drop or Withdraw from Class• Senior/Alumni Mixer 6:00PM-8:00PM @ The Pub on the Bricks9/24• Halo Meeting 12:00PM-1:00PM in HMH 139• Women’s Soccer @ Wayland Baptist 4:00PM in Plainview, TX• Men’s Soccer @ Wayland Baptist 6:00PM in Plainview, TX