The O'Colly, Thursday, October 5, 2023

Thursday, October 5, 2023

As student loan payments resume, Biden cancels $9 billion in debt

Akayla Gardner Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden detailed $9 billion in new student-loan relief, saying it would provide a boost to the U.S. economy as he sought to reassure Americans resuming payments that the administration is working to ease their debt burdens.

“This kind of relief is lifechanging for individuals and their families. But it’s good for our economy as a whole as well,” Biden said Wednesday at the White House.

“By freeing millions of Americans from the crushing burden of student debt, it means they can go and get their lives in order,” Biden added. “They can think about buying a house, they can start a business or starting a family. This matters. This matters in their daily lives.”

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Stillwater teen still missing

Teedeenae “Jackson” Yearby, 17, went missing from Stillwater on Jan. 26, 2023.

Shema Lincoln, the mother of Teedeenae Yearby, has to keep on living with the burden of her son being missing.

“I have to take it one day at a time,” Lincoln said. “There are days that are bad, there are some days that are better than others...

but I can’t not function because of what is going on. We have to do the best we can to just keep moving every day. Me and my husband and my other two sons, we just lean on each other for comfort and support, trying to do the best we can.”

Lincoln regularly does all she can to spread awareness for Yearby by handing out fliers, telling those around her and posting on social media.

“Jackson is missed by his family and his friends,” Lincoln said. “And we do our best each and every day to look for

A decade of data describes nationwide youth mental health crisis

Mayo Clinic Staff

Mayo Clinic News

When Tanner Bommersbach, M.D., and a team of Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed national records of pediatric emergency department visits, they provided essential data to describe the growing national crisis in pediatric mental health.

Their study found that from 2011 to 2020, youth visits to emergency departments for mental health reasons doubled, while the proportion of visits for suicide-related symptoms increased fivefold.

The team’s findings were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Bommersbach, a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow, hopes the study’s results will be useful in national conversations about youth mental health.

Taking on a serious problem

Dr. Bommersbach has had a longstanding interest in children’s mental health. During high school and college,

he worked in a North Dakota group home for children with developmental disabilities where he observed their interactions with their psychiatrists. The experience prompted him to pursue a career as a physician. He attended Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine where he found a mentor in psychiatrist J. Michael Bostwick, M.D. Working with Dr. Bostwick during medical school, Dr. Bommersbach became interested in research and took part in studies investigating how people with suicidal symptoms interact with the healthcare system. After pursuing a master’s in public health to learn more about research methodology and completing his residency, Dr. Bommersbach returned to Mayo for fellowship training, where he has continued to conduct research on suicide prevention and epidemiology in pediatric mental health. He was recently first author on another study about rising rates of suicidal behaviors and unmet treatment needs among U.S. adults who experience a major depressive episode.

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him, call him, we still try to send messages to him on social media. We are still looking... and all we ask is for is for someone, anyone out there who knows anything to please call Stillwater Police Department. They have an anonymous tip line, you don’t have to give them your name, you just need to tell them what you know... any kind of information, big or small, matters... Our lives are turned upside down because we don’t know where our son, our brother, our grandson or our nephew is. We miss him and we want him home.”

President Joe Biden detailed $9 billion in relief as millions of Americans resume student loan payments. See

Isaac Terry Staff Reporter

Courtesy of Shema Lincoln

Teedeenae “Jackson” Yearby, 17, went missing from Stillwater on Jan. 26, 2023.

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Viktor Hovland helps Europe win Ryder Cup

Davis Cordova Staff Reporter

Viktor Hovland continued his dominance in Italy this weekend.

Hovland and Team Europe won the Ryder Cup on Sunday to secure the team’s seventh straight win in Ryder Cups hosted in Europe. Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome Italy hosted this year’s cup. A Saturday morning foursome domination from Hovland and Ryder Cup rookie partner Ludvig Aberg highlighted Hovland’s 3-1-1 record in events this weekend.

The duo took down No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka and needed only

11 holes to do so. The European pair won nine of the holes played and manhandled two veterans in the Cup.

Hovland defeated former college foe Collin Morikawa 4-3 in Sunday’s singles set, capping off one of the best seasons from a former Cowboy. The Norwegian adds a Ryder Cup win to three tournament wins, including the TOUR Championship, and more than $32 million in earnings this year, a PGA Tour record.

“That was awesome,” Hovland said following his singles win.

“Obviously it was looking really good for us early on, but it was nice to put up the first point for Europe, and hopefully we can get some more coming.”

Hovland wasn’t the only former Cowboy playing in the historic tournament. Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark played for Team USA and finished a combined 1-3-1 in matches on the weekend.

“Fought, fought today, and I kept hanging around and tried to keep pushing. But ultimately a couple swings on my end that cost me,” Fowler said. “So we had a good match. Obviously it has to go one way or the other. And proud of all the boys. We fought like hell the last couple days to at least give ourselves a chance.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Hovland went 3-1-1 at the Ryder Cup, helping lead the European team to a win against the U.S.

Lior Garzon tabbed as preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention

Poncy Staff Reporter

Heading into this season, it is still up in the air who will be Oklahoma State women’s basketball team’s No. 1 option. While it is still only preseason,

senior forward Lior Garzon is throwing her hat in the ring.

Garzon was the lone Cowgirl selected for a preseason All-Big 12 spot, as OSU’s resident sharpshooter was named as an honorable mention on Wednesday.

Garzon emerged for OSU last season when she averaged 10.8 points a game and connected on 41% of her shots

from 3-point range.

Garzon will look to replace Naomie Alnatas as OSU’s top option this season, and with the former Villanova Wildcat boasting dangerous shooting ability, she has a chance to do just that.

After starting just three games last season, Garzon joins teammate Anna Gret Asi as a holdover from last year’s rotation, and they will look to use that

experience to ascend to the top of the pecking order.

Garzon and Asi’s development will be key for the Cowgirls if they want to get back to the NCAA Tournament, and Garzon’s preseason recognition puts her in a good spot to be OSU’s offensive leader early in the season.

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Alan Bowman to start OSU’s game vs Kansas State, second consecutive full game

Gabriel Trevino Staff Reporter

Alan Bowman will make his second consecutive start where he will play the entire game on Friday in Oklahoma State’s home Big 12 opener vs Kansas State, according to coach Mike Gundy.

Bowman, who transferred from Michigan in January, started the year as a part of OSU’s three-quarterback rotation with Garret Rangel and Gunnar Gundy, which lasted through the Cowboys’ 33-7 loss vs South Alabama. Just hours before OSU’s game vs Iowa State two weeks ago, Gundy said Bowman would play the entire game, which he did: completing 48% of his passes for 278 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

After OSU lost 34-27, Gundy did not say whether Bowman would be the indefinite starter going forward. With OSU entering its bye week, that statement remained through Monday’s afternoon press conference until Monday night’s radio show.

“I thought he played good enough to come back and get the start, and then we’ll just watch from there,” Gundy said on his radio show. “He gets about 60% of the (first-team reps) now, and the other two split it in practice.

“But he played pretty good in the game overall, so I don’t feel like he would do anything in practice this week that would make us change that way.”

OSU faces Kansas State at 6:30 on Friday night in Boone Pickens Stadium. Last year then the Cowboys played the Wildcats the Cowboys lost 48-0 in Manhattan, Kansas. So far this season, Bowman has thrown 100 passes, completed 53 of them, for 513 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.

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On his weekly radio show, OSU coach Mike Gundy said Alan Bowman played well enough against Iowa State to earn the start against Kansas State.

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Biden campaigned on the issue of tackling the nation’s $1.7 trillion student-debt problem and has tried to chip away at the issue using other avenues after the Supreme Court struck down his $400 billion program to provide relief to more than 40 million borrowers. That plan was popular with progressives, young people and Black voters who helped Biden win in 2020 and are critical to his reelection bid.

The latest relief comes as millions of Americans resume student loan payments.

Moratoriums on payments, first put in place by then-President Donald Trump in 2020 as COVID-19 lockdowns began, were extended multiple times. Biden and House Republicans this summer agreed to allow those payments to resume as part of a deal over the nation’s debt limit. Interest accruals resumed on Sept. 1, and bills will start coming due in October.

The moratorium on student-loan repayments provided financial relief during the pandemic. The resumption, though, threatens to further strain household budgets at a time when

Americans say they are feeling the sting of high inflation and polls show them anxious about the overall state of the economy.

The economy remains a political liability for Biden even as data shows a strong jobs market and resilient growth. A majority of Americans say Republicans will do a better job bolstering the economy, a Gallup poll Tuesday found, giving the party its widest lead over Democrats on that metric in three decades. The administration’s latest steps will bring relief for 125,000 borrowers through changes to programs intended to aid public servants, Americans with disabilities and low-income borrowers,

according to the White House.

That total includes $5.2 billion in debt relief for 53,000 borrowers in public service loan forgiveness programs. The administration also identified 51,000 additional borrowers who paid for at least 20 years but never got relief and will provide them nearly $2.8 billion in debt relief through fixes to income-driven repayment.

Another $1.2 billion in relief will go to about 22,000 borrowers deemed to have a total or permanent disability, the White House said. The moves bring the total debt cancellation approved by the administration to $127 billion, aiding about 3.6 million Americans.

President Joe Biden is joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, left, as he announces new actions to protect borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness plan in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Rising rates of illness

Dr. Bommersbach says the study of pediatric emergency room visits expanded upon other studies that have shown rising rates of youth mental health concerns — but the magnitude of the rise in pediatric mental health visits, especially those that were suicide-related, took him by surprise.

The study used data from 2011 to 2020 from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual cross-sectional national probability

sample survey of emergency departments. The research team examined mental health-related visits for patients aged 6 to 24 years. Data showed a significant rise in visits across all age groups, sexes, races and ethnicities. But the greatest increase was for patients aged 10 to 14 years.

Even though data were not yet available from 2021 or 2022, the findings did include some data from early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Over the last few decades, we’ve seen an increase in youth mental health issues. COVID likely accelerated and exacerbated these concerns,” says Alastair McKean, M.D., a co-author of the JAMA study.

Prompting change

The findings of the study do not

identify why children’s mental health visits increased so dramatically, but the authors point to several potential contributing factors, including increased awareness of mental health concerns among youth, improved and increased referrals from doctors, greater willingness among young people to seek help and reduced access to other mental health services in the community.

Of particular concern is the increase in suicide-related symptoms in young people, which increased in all age groups, across sex, race and ethnicity, insurance type and geographic region. The authors point out that suicide-related visits among adolescents accounted for 6.6% of all ED visits in 2019-2020.

The numbers are a call to action,

they say.

“The first part of prompting change is having real data, and this study shows that this is a growing national crisis,” says Dr. McKean.

“One area that needs to be addressed in a national conversation is increasing access to non-hospital services that can treat mental health issues. Emergency departments frequently act as safety nets for individuals with unmet health needs, especially for uninsured and undocumented children,” says Dr. Bommersbach. “My goal is to continue research that will illuminate these national gaps so that we can move toward a national commitment to mental healthcare and expanded communitybased services for young people.”

Courtesy of Dmitry Volochek The greatest increase in mental health-related visits for patients aged 10 to 14 was seen in a study from 2011 to 2020.

Bidens’ dog sent away from White House after biting incidents

Justin Sink and Jennifer Jacobs Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has sent a second German Shepherd dog off of White House grounds following at least a dozen biting incidents involving White House personnel.

“Commander is not presently on the White House campus while next steps are evaluated,” Elizabeth Alexander, a spokeswoman for First Lady Jill Biden, said in a statement. She did not specify Commander’s current location.

Alexander said the Bidens “care deeply about the safety of those who work at the White House and those who protect them every day,” including the U.S. Secret Service and White House staff.

The White House announced Commander was sent away after the Daily Mail published photos of Commander where he appeared to be biting a longtime groundskeeper.

The groundskeeper described the incident as playful and said the dog did not break the skin or apply pressure, according to the first lady’s office.

But at least one Secret Service officer sought medical attention after being bitten by Commander, one of at least 11 previous incidents reported last month by CNN, which was also first to report the two-year-old dog’s removal from the White House complex.

The Biden family welcomed Commander in 2021 after another of their dogs, Major, was moved out of the White

House after biting multiple people. The Bidens also

adopted

a cat, Willow, after entering the White House — though the cat was kept at the home of a

previous spokesman to the first lady for months before actually joining the family at the execu-

tive residence.

The Biden family dog Commander watches as President Joe Biden departs from the White House in Washington, D.C., to attend G7 summit in Germany, on June 25, 2022.

Teen...

To Lincoln, Yearby is a caring son, a close friend and a fiercely loving older brother to his two younger brothers.

“He is a very loving and caring person,” said Lincoln. “Someone could do him wrong... and he would still forgive you, and he would do whatever he could to help you. Always wanting to show you that he cares... Even if he embarrassed himself, he would laugh about it. He was very proud to be a big

brother, and very proud of his little brothers.”

One of the volunteers helping look for Yearby is Nokusece Wind, a “man tracker” who has worked with sheriff’s departments, Oklahoma search and rescue groups and every state and indigenous nation in the United States.

Wind takes disappearances seriously, as he is no stranger to how the family of a victim feels. He has had to go through the kidnapping and disappearance of all three of his sisters. Luckily, they were all able to be rescued. Wind himself was in the group that rescued one of his sisters from a trafficking ring.

“It’s personal to me,” Wind said.

“I know what it’s like to not have advocates, to not have this help... I know that people of color are the highest, even though we are the smallest population, we are the highest taken. I look for anybody, I don’t care what kind of denomination you are... I’m going to look for you.”

When asked for advice on how to stay safe day-to-day, Wind had a resounding answer.

“My number one recommendation... for parents and grandparents is to get Life360. Life360 is a great tool, has been a great tool, and I know some kids don’t like being tracked but I say ‘Oh, your grandma is old, don’t you want to know she’s okay?’... Get it for your kids,

yourself and the elderly... It gives us a last place to start, rather than nowhere to start. Always watch your surroundings, go with your gut feeling, try to keep something on you for protection such as a keychain mace or a pocketknife and always try to let someone know what you’re doing.”

Yearby is 5’8” with black hair, brown eyes and weighs 160 lbs. He is associated with the Seminole, Muscogee Creek and Choctaw tribes. If you have any tips regarding the disappearance of Teedeenae “Jackson” Yearby, please contact the Stillwater Police Department at (405) 372-4171, or leave an anonymous tip with the tip line at (405) 533-8477.

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Cowboy Calendar

Thursday 10/05/23

Fall 2023 College Fairs: Construction Industry Career

Fair Gallagher-Iba Arena @ 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Funk N’ Beers College Bar @ 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Kid’s Night Eskimoe Joe’s @ 5-9 p.m. w/ $1 Buffy meal

Line Dancing Lessons

Outlaws @ 7-8 p.m. $10

OSU Equestrian vs. TCU

OSU Animal Science Totusek Arena @ 2 p.m.

Silk Art Exhibit

Modella Art Gallery @ 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Stillwater High School Football: Pioneers Vs Sand Springs

Stillwater High School @ 7 p.m. $5

Town & Theatre Presents: And Then There Were None

Town & Gown Theatre Musicals Adults: $16 Students or Military: $14 Seniors (Sun. only): $14 Plays Adults: $14

Students or Military: $12 Seniors (Sun. only): $12 https:// www.townandgown.org/fbclid=IwAR2bP2ZHCTi1R_ BZJ08wi2jvd2JMLetDIW7_VXRLpEiry01mhUqxJVgdDCA

Yoga in the Garden

Botanical Garden at OSU @ 5:45 - 6:30 p.m. Friday 10/06/23

OSU vs. Kansas State

Boone Pickens Stadium @ 6:30 p.m.

Friday Concert in the Garden: Morgan

The Botanical Garden at OSU @ 5:45 p.m.

Orange Friday

Iron Monk Brewing Company @ 5 - 7 p.m.

Painting/Ceramics w/ Pizza StillyArts @ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Book your tickets here: https://stillyarts.com/paintnights Fee: $20 (8x10 canvas + pizza) / $30 (11x14 canvas + Pizza) https://stillyarts.com/ paintnights

Town & Theatre Presents: And Then There Were None

Town & Gown Theatre Musicals Adults: $16 Students or Military: $14 Seniors (Sun. only): $14 Plays Adults: $14

Students or Military: $12 Seniors (Sun. only): $12 https:// www.townandgown.org/fbclid=IwAR2bP2ZHCTi1R_ BZJ08wi2jvd2JMLetDIW7_VXRLpEiry01mhUqxJVgdDCA

Silk Art Exhibit

Modella Art Gallery @ 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Saturday 10/07/23

28th Annual Stillwater Car Club Car Show

Cimarron Plaza @ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. https://stillwatercarclub.org/ Cowboy Country Farm Toy Show

financial challenges require resolution. Redirect yourself toward inspiration next spring, seeding romance and partnership for summer flowering. Family fortunes rise in collaboration. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Make domestic upgrades. Maintain systems flowing smoothly. Clean messes. Make repairs. Patiently resolve family disagreements. Don’t push now or risk breakage. Lead by example.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Explore a fascinating subject. Take notes. Keep file backups. Expect communication breakdowns or delays. Study and do the homework. Prepare for a test.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Untangle a financial knot. Patiently resolve stuck areas. Stick to your budget. Exercise judgment. Define your needs and desires. Keep deadlines and promises.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — A personal project occupies your thoughts. Envision perfection. Reality may not match your vision. Find a use for something you’ve stashed away. Patiently organize.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Retreat from the world for a while. Postpone travel. You can get especially productive behind closed doors. Expect delays and miscommunications. Rest and recharge.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Venture farther out. Your team’s glad to provide a boost. Don’t be intimidated. Push for greater rewards. Make new friends in the process.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Consider taking on more authority. Cut through confusion. Take charge for the results you want. Efficiency is required. Patiently resolve misunderstandings. Listen more. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Travel entices although your investigation may work fine remotely. Keep things practical. Study the situation. Consider your options carefully. Find a perfect solution.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Financial delays could mess with your budget. Avoid arguments. Go for substance over symbolism. Replenish your reserves. Track accounts carefully. Simplify and relax.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Your partner comes to the rescue. Support each other with a challenge. Avoid sensitive areas or risk an upset. Help everyone stay cool.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Relax. Think things over before jumping to conclusions. Don’t tease someone who isn’t laughing. Blockages or delays could frustrate efforts. Slow for better conditions.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Maintain your sense of humor. Adapt around delays. Creative, romantic and passion projects could seem stuck. Relax with friends and family. Prioritize love.

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