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home for the hollidays after 15 years in the MLB, matt holliday returns to stillwater for family- osu baseball’s & his own

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Matt Holliday’s unlikely return to Stillwater J o se ph Faz io S taff Repo rter @ Jo s ephDFa z io

Next to the Gundys and Smiths, the Hollidays are Oklahoma State and Stillwater royalty.

Tom, the patriarch of the Holliday family, had a historical run as a baseball coach at OSU that spanned 25 years Josh, the oldest of the Holliday siblings, followed in his father’s footsteps and took the reins of the Cowboys in 2013 after stints as an assistant coach with several college teams.

Then there’s Matt, the baby brother, who’s back in Stillwater when it might seem most unlikely.

Matt could have lived anywhere he wanted.

He had a big, beautiful house in Florida, but returned to the place he called home to be an assistant coach.

While Matt grew up wearing OSU’s signature orange and black and spent numerous days at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, he never suited up for the Cowboys in a college game.

Matt was a largerthan-life athlete playing football and baseball for Stillwater High School.

When it came down to his career path after high school, Matt had nearly every school calling him with scholarship offers in both sports, including, of course, Oklahoma State

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Stillwater native, Matt Holliday, is joining his brother, Josh, on the Oklahoma State baseball team’s coaching staff.

University.

The thought of playing college football and baseball intrigued him.

But that wasn’t his dream.

“It was a very difficult decision,” Matt said. “As an 18-year-old, you’re trying to decide whether you want to play football and baseball at the university you grew up around. My dad was the head coach at the time and my brother was on the team. Sure, it was definitely a difficult decision, but as a kid, as long as I could remember, my goal was to play in the major leagues.

When the Colorado Rockies selected Matt in the seventh round of the 1998 Major League

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Baseball Draft, he said it was finally his chance to live that dream.

“When the Rockies gave me the opportunity and invested an amount of money that I knew it would give me an opportunity as a high school kid,” Matt said. “You know it’s going to be difficult and you’re gonna have ups and downs and you’re gonna have tough seasons, but if they’re invested in you, you’ll get opportunities even if you struggle.”

The Right Decision Flash forward almost two decades and Matt was coming close to the end of a successful career that included seven All-Star selections, four Silver Slugger trophies

and a World Series championship in 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Matt finished a oneyear stint with the New York Yankees in 2017.

He had his worst season as a batter, was 37 years old and a free agent. It could’ve been his time to hang up the jersey, but Matt knew he still had it in him to play again.

Matt and his wife and kids spent time in Stillwater during the summer of 2018. It was the first time in 14 years that he wasn’t playing baseball.

It was surreal to him.

He had more time to spend with his family because he wasn’t on the road so much. Matt said it was great to spend more time together with

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Josh and Tom. But he still had that aching for baseball.

One day when Matt was with his brother, Josh brought up the possibility of finally donning an OSU jersey.

“I mentioned to him that summer, ‘Hey, whenever you think you’re done playing in the major leagues, would you ever want to coach?’,” Josh said. “He said, ‘Yeah, I think I would, but it would kinda be a matter of timing as far as the right timing for something like that.’”

The offer was on the table for whenever Matt finally decided to retire.

Then the Rockies gave him a call, and Matt knew it was something he couldn’t turn down.

Matt signed a minorleague contract with Colorado on July 28 and made it to the Rockies starting lineup less than a month later. He played an integral part in the Rockies run to the postseason, but they were eliminated in the National League Division Series.

The Next Chapter After two decades of professional baseball, Matt decided it was finally time to step away from the game. As much as he still wanted to play in the MLB, Matt said it was time to be with his family more.

“My kids were getting older and I missed a lot of time away,” Matt said.

“But at some point, you

have to make that decision where you have to decide kinda the pros and cons. While I feel like I could hit in the major leagues, I just feel like it’s time to be home and be there for my kids.”

Matt and his family had been moving from house to house and city to city for the duration of his career in the MLB. After Matt finished his career with the Rockies, they were living in Jupiter, Florida, but not for long.

After long talks between Matt and his wife Leslee, they decided to trade in the sand and beaches of Florida for the familiar red dirt of Stillwater.

Tom had spent time with Matt and his grandchildren in Jupiter before making his way back to Stillwater. Four days after he returned, Matt called his father to tell him the big news. “(Matt) called me and said they were coming back here,” Tom said.

“I was like, ‘To visit?’

Matt said, ‘No, we’re moving.’ It was a little bit off guard. We had no idea that he was gonna come back up here to live. So when they did, it was good because we had everyone right here at home.”

As he continued to talk to Matt, he still didn’t have a clear understanding as to why he wanted to come back.

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Jordy Searcy and Colony House Chief of Cherokee Nation speaks perform at the McKnight Center about endurance of Cherokee Nation El i z a Ken t S taff Repo rt er @ ocolly

Some music is meant to be sung along to.

Thursday night at the McKnight Center students got to sing along to Jordy Searcy and Colony House.

Searcy, a Nashville, Tennessee, native, is living the dream of many young musicians. Set to release his second album on Feb. 14, Searcy is riding on a wave of success due to his hard work as an artist. Ever since he was young, he aspired to be a performer.

“I remember being five years old and watching my dad lead worship and being like, ‘I think I want to do music,’” Searcy said . “It was a really early age.”

During the show, it is easy to note a personal and heartfelt tone throughout his music.

This isn’t surprising as Jordy takes pride in writing his own music.

“It takes me like ten really bad songs to write one OK song,” Searcy said. “So I just write a ton and I try to get a few hours in everyday. Pretty much, I write until I’m inspired.”

After the show, the mass of people surrounding his merch table after the show indicated Searcy had an impact on the crowd. Shows like this

put his name out there, meaning his music could become increasingly popular.

The second half of theshow featured Colony House, a quartet also based in Nashville, Tennessee. The band released their third album “Leave What’s Lost Behind” on Jan. 24, and local fans were eager to see them perform their new songs.

Colony House strikes a balance between vibrant rock and expressive alternative and seeks to bring a very personal and unique sound to the world of music.

While the band played some of their more recent works, they also brought back old fan favorites from previous albums, such as Silhouettes, a popular track from their 2014 album, “When I Was Younger.”

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Marketing junior Taylor White is a long-time fan of Colony House and seized the opportunity to collect a memento from the concert.

While in line, she clutched a splintered piece of a drumstick, once used by Will Chapman, the drummer for the band.

“They are a band that I grew up with, and I was just excited to see that they were coming to OSU,” White said. “They put on such a good show, and they are so dedicated to their audience.

“Even people that were here tonight that had no idea who they were got so involved and interactive with the show because that’s just the kind of show they put on, full of enthusiasm and full of spirit.”

“Even people that were here tonight that had no idea who they were got so involved and interactive with the show because that’s just the kind of show they put on, full of enthusiasm and full of spirit.”

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Oklahoma State University’s Center for Sovereign Nation hosted Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation to speak as part of its ongoing talk series.

Hoskin’s talk was the 32nd Sovereignty Speaks address on Leadership.

Created in August 2015, the Center for Sovereign Nation is a part of President Hargis’ vision to promote the education about tribal sovereignty.

The Cherokee Nation is the largest tribe in the United States, with 380,000 members.

Hoskin spoke of the trials and tribulations the Indian nations faced during the Trail of Tears.

“It’s a familiar story you can relate to just about any Indian nation at this time, it’s a story of dispossession, and some travesties of justice, but also a story of grit, determination and strength,” Hoskin said. “All of that leads to where we are today.”

During this time of tragedy, the Cherokee Nation persevered.

“Our economy was destroyed, we lost much of the new generation coming up, you would predict it would take decades and generations to come back from that,” Hoskin said. “But what happened next is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of this country: we rebuilt ourselves in about

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Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chuck Hoskin Jr. presents a Sovereignty Speaks© address about Leadership on Wednesday in the French Lounge of the Student Union. Hoskin spoke about the endurance of the Cherokee Nation.

a decade.”

Hoskin said the Cherokee Nation took its hardships and invested in creating a future.

“We took all of the resources we had and invested in a system of democracy, providing higher education and building strong communities,” Hoskin said. “I think the Cherokee Nation did something that, had it not been interrupted by subsequent events, would have led us to heights that are unimaginable.”

Hoskin said his grandfather would have never dreamed his grandson would one day be chief of the Cherokee Nation.

“Most of my grandfather’s life, he never would have imagined there could even be a chief of the Cherokee Nation,” Hoskin said. “It’s remarkable what we have accomplished.”

The Cherokee Nation is in

an era of prosperity, Hoskin said.

“The series of changes and challenges the Cherokee Nation faced helped shape who we are today,” Hoskin said. “We have been on a trajectory of progress and prosperity since the 1970s, since this new era where we are allowed to make our own affairs and chart our own destiny.”

Hoskin said he hopes the United States will continue to uphold their promises to the Indian nations.

“We are trying to hold the United States accountable, and make sure that this is a country that lives up to its word,” Hoskin said. “Because I am a proud Cherokee, but I am also a proud American. I think this country is at its best when it keeps its word to the Indian nations.”

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Senators must hold President Trump accountable or be held accountable Ale x Sloan S taff Repo rter @ sloan _al ex

The responsibility of conducting oversight and providing accountability for the executive branch belongs to Congress.

Should Congress fail to realize this responsibility, it is incumbent upon voters to hold their congressional representatives accountable for that failure.

Oklahoma’s senators, Sen. Jim Inhofe and Sen. James Lankford, have so far demonstrated their lack of interest in having a fair and thorough trial by dismissing evidence of the president’s wrongdoing as it arises. Despite the Lev Parnas recording and John Bolton manuscript coming to the attention of the public, neither senator has come out in support of calling witnesses for the trial.

According to reporting

by The Oklahoman, Sen. Inhofe was still opposed to calling witnesses on Monday, after the existence of Bolton’s damaging manuscript was made public.

As of Tuesday, Sen. Lankford had called for senators to have access to the Bolton manuscript, but stopped short of calling for witnesses, according to The Oklahoman.

Regardless of whether or not the senators believe President Trump should be removed from office, they have a responsibility to act as impartial jurors for the impeachment trial. Their

clear lack of desire to impartially judge the facts of the case is a violation of that responsibility, and Oklahomans need to hold them accountable for that failure.

Thankfully, power in our democracy is ultimately derived from the people, which means that individual citizens have the power to demand accountability, and possibly influence the outcome of the impeachment proceedings.

Oklahoma residents who believe the Senate must conduct a thorough trial considering all applicable evidence should consider calling their senators and letting them know. Sen. Lankford’s Washington office can be reached at 202-224-5754, while Sen. Inhofe’s Washington office number is 202-224-4721.

When they ask for your address, be sure to give them the address on your voter registration. Outof-state students can find their senators’ contact information at www.commoncause.org/find-yourrepresentative.

If you’ve called your senators and are still feeling fired up about government accountability, you should make sure your voter registration is accurate and up-todate. Students who live in Stillwater year-round should consider registering to vote in town so they can participate in elections about important local issues, as well as be assigned a local polling

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place to make voting more convenient. To check your registration, or get help registering for the first time, visit vote.org or contact your local election board.

Once you’ve promised your senators to hold them accountable and updated your voter registration to follow through on that promise, you’re ready to move on to the final step: talk to your family and friends. Take your message to twitter, to class, to work and to the dinner table. Perhaps the easiest and most effective way to affect a change in your senator’s behavior is to consistently and publicly call for that change. If there is a lesson to be learned from the 2016 election, it’s that social media can be a political wild card.

Despite what they want you to believe, senators are beholden to public opinion, because they don’t want to be voted out of office. Therefore, issues that see extensive, vigorous public debate are more likely to see cautious, thoughtful attention from senators. Give them a reason to pay attention to you, and hold them accountable if they don’t.

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