In the scientific world, a torus is a name given to an object that is shaped like a donut. In this case, TORUS is an acronym for Texas Oklahoma Regional Undergraduate Symposium (for math students). It has taken place at Southeastern and other universities around the region and 2024 marks its 20th year. Seven SE math and computer science students attended TORUS 2024 at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City, accompanied by their professors and advisors.

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Kingston Town Council approved four people to serve as volunteer firefighters at its regular monthly meeting Feb. 12.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University is continuing recent trends of enrollment growth, reporting the university’s highest-ever spring enrollment in the Spring 2024 semester. Southeastern’s 5,377 students enrolled in the Spring 2024 semester marks an increase of 8.0 percent compared to Spring 2023.

The presidential preferential election will be March 5 and the following candidates are on the ballot: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Durant Rotary had its 2nd annual Four-Way Test Speech Contest for local high school students in Bryan County on February 3. The Four-Way Test is the motto used by Rotarians world-wide as a moral code for personal and business relationships. The Test is as follows: The Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do First – Is it the TRUTH?

The year was 1955. Word-of-mouth news spread around the campus in Abilene, Texas, where I was a firstyear college student. Elvis Presley was performing at the Paramount theater there that night! As a naïve country boy, I did not know who Presley was or why he was attracting such attention. Being curious kids, some of us went to see what was happening.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My dog Trey is a 3-year-old mixed breed, mostly Lab, who pulls at his leash every time we go out for a walk. I don’t want to use a choke collar, because it seems painful and counterproductive to punish him every time he tries to pull ahead.

A pair of students at Southeastern Oklahoma State University have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to study or intern abroad during the spring and summer of 2024.