Monday, January 18, 2021
Soaring Through Glass Ceilings Osu making strides for women entering aviation field By Trinity July
Adam Luther A World War II-era plane on display during the Oklahoma State University Flying Aggies Fly-In at Stillwater Regional Airport in Stillwater on April 13, 2019.
Courtesy of Josh Jones The Oklahoma State Aerospace Administration and Operations program bought five Cirrus SR20 planes in October to accomodate the rapid growth of professional pilot students.
“If I want to do something, and my heart’s set on a certain career, I’m not going to change my career option just because there’s more men in the field,” said professional pilot senior Karen McCloy. McCloy was speaking on her place as a woman in the aviation field, which is predominantly men. McCloy is set to graduate in May 2021, has finished her required flight hours, and has been a flight instructor for 10 months. She is living proof that your gender has no impact on your ability to touch the sky. However, McCloy is only one of a small group of women (in comparison to the number of men) enrolled in the professional pilot program at Oklahoma State University. This issue is reflective of how few female pilots there are in the industry. According to Women in Aviation International, only approximately 8% of commercial pilots are women. McCloy said she believes that more women are enrolling each year, however. “Since I started in the program in 2018,
I’ve noticed each year more and more women are enrolling,” McCloy said. Last year, OSU’s professional pilot program placed an enrollment limit of 75 students, as well as requiring second applications. The stricter enrollment requirements have made students more grateful for their admission, as well as more determined to keep their spot, which has led to a somewhat competitive environment. In many situations, this competitiveness could lead to a toxic and misogynistic environment. However, this is not the case for OSU according to Grace Cowherd, a professional pilot junior. She said that the competition among the students is mostly friendly, and doesn’t involve any sexism. “I’ve never been in a situation where I was super uncomfortable or anything like that,” Cowherd said. “[The male students] want to help us as much as they can...We haven’t really had any trouble.” Cowherd said that many of her male friends in the program joined OSU’s Women in Aviation group to show their support. See Soaring on pg. 2
Should the 25th amendment be used to remove Trump from office? O’Colly staff report The mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 has caused many people to consider whether President Trump should be removed from office. The O’Colly asked two Oklahoma State students from both political parties this question: Should the 25th amendment be used to remove Trump from office even though his term is practically over?
Ellen Slater (Democrat) There is no excuse for the Capitol attacks on January 6. As Trump was impeached for the second time, it is apparent he needs to be removed from office, despite only having six days left in his term. It became clear that Trump was not fit for office due to inciting the Capitol attacks last week and his inability to respond to the situation as it took place. Not removing Trump from office sets the precedent for the future that instances like this are OK. The U.S. is better than this. We need to hold future leaders to higher standards. Letting him continue, even if it’s just for six days, is putting idolization of a single man over the good of the country. If the leaders of the US genuinely care about our country, the Senate will take action to remove the president from office.
Michael Baughman (Republican) No, it should not be invoked. Most people want the 25th amendment to be used because the president “incited” a riot and “told” the crowd of his supporters to storm the capital. That is a false notion and anyone who says that he did is lying. The full speech he gave is open to the public on youtube. At the beginning the president stated, “We signed a beautiful law that if you hurt our monuments you go to jail for ten years”. It is completely illogical to tell a crowd you get ten years for vandalizing monuments then go tell the same crowd to vandalize a monument. Meanwhile, Maxine Waters told people “If you see anyone from that cabinet form a crowd around them and you push back on them”? The double standard is so clear, Maxine gets a free pass because she has a D next Alicia Young to her name.
President Donald Trump during the Team Trump on Tour Rally on June 20, 2020 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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