05 May 2026

University Students Shocked They Live in the Real World™

Even in Oklahoma, they are pampered children. Stillwater shooting leaves one injured during busy weekend | KFOR Oklahoma City

There was a shooting near a stip of bars in the vicinity of OSU. Cops are searching for "person of interest." Click thu for those details.

Ashlyn Caldwell is apparently a student at OSU, getting notifications from the university. She was on the strip and disturbed to discover that there was a shooting.

“You hear about shootings every day, but you never think that you’re going to witness one or like be in the same proximity as one, and it’s weird to see the strip today, it’s completely normal,” said Caldwell. “It’s like nothing happened, but I was here just 12 hours ago or whatever, and there was a shooting here.”

As Tolkien said, you can fence yourself in, but you cannot fence the world out. OSU and environs are not Mayberry RFD, they are in fact part of the Real World were crime can, and often does, happen. You are not protected by your zip code.

I doubt this will change Ashlyn Caldwell's outlook on life, or the outlook of any other university student in 2026.

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