Family ties Friday, November 12, 2021
OSU Army ROTC competes before Veterans Day
Ali Isabell Kaitlyn Pinkerton said she is using her platform to eradicate the stigma of mental illness in Native Youth.
Representation OSU’s Miss American Indian speaks about mental health
Habbie Colen Oklahoma State student, Hannah Doughty, is the public affairs officer for Oklahoma State’s Army ROTC.
Anna Pope News Editor Hannah Doughty family’s history of military service ranging back to the Revolutionary War. Although this family trait spans decades, to her knowledge, she is the first female to be in the service. “That was a big drive for me, to one: be the first female and then also be the first commissioned officer in the last years or so,” Doughty said. Doughty said she grew up with the idea of service embedded in her because her father was in the military. Additionally, Doughty said the importance of an education was also emphasized. Now, Doughty is the public affairs officer for Oklahoma State’s Army ROTC and OSU student.
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Oklahoma State’s Army ROTC started in 1916.
For her, the best part about being in ROTC is the community the programs offers and the friends she has made. OSU’s Army ROTC has been an established program on campus for 105 years. Since 1916, the
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program has produced about 6,000 army officers with 90 of those officers reaching the rank of one star general or higher. See Family on 3A
Thousands of Oklahoma State students hit the road to perform community service acts across Stillwater. Student volunteers participated in Into the Street’s annual fall volunteering event on Saturday morning. Before volunteers went off to do work, they were offered food, water and T-shirts. Groups were then assigned multiple locations to work at, and once they had the proper tools, they dispersed throughout the town. Once they reached the homes, the groups were assigned yard work ranging
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from picking up leaves, trimming hedges and cleaning up yards. Morgan Andrews and Jackson Louderback were two executives who helped make the event happen this year, and they both remarked about how successful this year’s turnout was compared to the past. “It seems like a real success,” Andrews said. “We have more volunteers than we’ve ever had before. It was fun because last year we couldn’t do the big event.” “Record breaking,” Louderback said. “We had a record number of 2,400 students sign up to volunteer.”
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Miss American Indian OSU was crowned Oct. 23, and this year’s winner has made steps in helping the Native American community throughout her life. Kaitlyn Pinkerton has been a goodwill ambassador for the Cherokee Nation in the past, where she has gotten to go to sing with the Cherokee National Youth Choir in the White House and The National Museum of the American Indian. Through this, she has been able to spread the culture and history of her tribe. Although no one competed against Pinkerton in this pageant, she said in other pageants she has used the same platform. Platforms are required to participate in pagSee Representation on 4A
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OSU students volunteer at Into the Streets Stephen Stumpf Staff Reporter
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eants, and Pinkerton’s is eradicating the stigma of mental illness in Native Youth. Over 827 thousand Native Americans have reported having a mental illness in the past year, and are over two times more likely to report psychological stress over the general public, according to Mental Health America. Pinkerton’s hope is to use her platform to help reduce these numbers as much as she can. “I just try to spread awareness that it’s ok to not be ok,” Pinkerton said. Pinkerton has been taught how to interact with her friends with mental illness and pushes others to learn how to do so as well. During the pandemic, she put together mental health care packages for the Indigenous students at her high school and gave those students resources if needed.
Stillwater organizations and community members continue to donate items for the expected Afghan refugees.
OSU Art Museum..................................................... 3A Mark Sisson’s art is presented across the U.S. in museums, universities and books.
Do not Miso out........................................................8B Stillwater’s newest Asian cuisine option has opened.
Humans of OSU........................................................6B Alicia Cornelius Student Alumni Association participating in Into The Streets.
Meet Kaelyn Lawson, an OSU student and cancer survivor.