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Myers spoke at an event in Dallas called Friends of Scouting, a side organiBY Hayd en bar b er Ne ws Editor zation to Boy Scouts of America, and he was so is wrists are short the staff brought out permanently a stool for him to stand bent; his radii and thumbs are on. Gates followed Myers’ address. nonexistent, but his smile “Ben, as a short man is persistent. myself, I can tell you that Ben Myers, a computer stature is about character, science junior at Oklanot height,” Gates said. homa State University “You, sir, stand very, very from Murphy, Texas, has tall.”

Moebius syndrome, a Myers has a disability, neurological disorder but it has not stopped him that causes weakness or from living the life he paralysis of critical nerves wants to enjoy. throughout the body. His He is frequently asked left cheek is paralyzed. His how he performs daily feet are clubbed. tasks, such as brushing his One in every 50,000 teeth, driving or writing. people is diagnosed with it. He is that one, and that However, Myers said with time, he has figured out is OK. how to do almost everyAlthough Moebius has thing most people can. had a definite effect on An electric can opener Myers, he is an advocate is a necessity for example. for people who have disabilities. Students, faculty, Because he has no thumbs, jars are difficult to open community members and Robert Gates, former U.S. and close, Myers said.

“My routine isn’t really Secretary of Defense, have that different because, heard his message and seen the smile that lights for the most part, I have >Myers overcomes Moebius syndrome, advocates for disabled

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Ben Myers is one of 50,000 people who has Moebius syndrome, which causes weakness or paralysis of critical nerves. He has bent wrists, clubbed feet and a paralyzed left cheek.

learned to adapt,” Myers said.

Besides Myers of course, his mother, Amy Myers, best knows her son’s adjustability to certain situations is unique and inspirational. The family did not know what exactly Myers’ disability was

until he was about 2. Doctors across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex could not pinpoint the exact disability. Amy Myers and Ben’s father, Ken Myers, had to acclimate.

“Holding a bottle was kinda tough for him,” Amy Myers said. “They had us

go buy special bottles, and he learned how to use it within a day. That’s just Ben, very tenacious.”

Myers’ tenacity has carried him to achieve things beyond what some would consider his capabilities.

Myers’ freshman year at OSU held his most power-

ful moment. A program in conjunction with TED Talks, called TEDx, came to OSU. Independent organizers hold TEDx events to give speeches about ideas worth spreading.

Giving a TED Talk was on Myers’ bucket list, so when he heard TEDx was coming to Stillwater, he applied.

His idea for the topic of his speech was “Disability does not mean bad; it is just different.”

Myers was accepted, and a couple of weeks later, he stood before hundreds of people and calmly and confidently shared this idea.

It brought members of the audience to tears.

That wasn’t the first time Myers has touched people’s lives. He is a computer science tutor at the LASSO Center. He is the president of the OSU chapter of the Association of Computer Machinery.

Everywhere he goes he brings his smile and wit.

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trical engineering sophomore, started going to Myers for tutoring last year, and the two grew close last semester. Myers was proactive in his tutoring methods by creating programs that helped Ritchie visualize the material, she said.

“He’s really, really helpful because when we first met, he didn’t know me, but he was still like, ‘Yeah, let’s meet up for two hours and work through your homework and make you understand the concepts,’” Ritchie said.

Although Myers was always open and supportive, it was hard for Ritchie to look past the surface level at first, she said. Coming from a small town, Ritchie had not seen a lot of people who have a disability before meeting Myers. The first time she met him, she didn’t know what to expect, Ritchie said.

Like Ritchie, another of Myers’ friends at OSU was the same way in his first few interactions with Myers.

Brandan Cannon and Myers met in an introductory government class about a year ago, and Cannon was drawn to Myers’ eloquent speaking.

“As we got to talk more, that appearance starts to fall to the wayside,” Cannon said. “It became more and more about Ben’s character and who he was as a person and how much alike we were as people.”

Myers’ friends, such as Cannon, are supportive of his advocacy. Cannon said he believes Myers’ speeches are extremely positive for the community of those

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Ben Myers, an OSU computer science junior, spreads disability awareness by speaking with others, including at a TEDx and a Friends of Scouting event.

who have disabilities, Myers’ peers and himself.

Alex Nguyen has known Myers since high school, and he, too, was apprehensive to ask Myers about his disability. Myers embraces the questions.

“It’s nothing embarrassing for him because, once again, it’s not really a disability for him; it just is what it is,” Nguyen said.

“It’s good to ask these kind of questions because it destigmatizes these things.

It demystifies all that stuff.

You begin to view him as a regular person, instead of just a disability.”

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Student Excellence, said she understands Myers’ disability and believes it doesn’t define him.

His freshman year, Myers was active in RISE, which engages students of all backgrounds, disabilities included, in a higher level of education. Vivar said Myers was the perfect candidate for the program.

“He’s a student who was very dedicated,” Vivar said.

“He did everything that was asked of him. He’s just like a light for everyone, a breath of fresh air, and I think he taught people more with just his actions than we could have ever expected.”

RISE requires 10 hours of homework every week, community service hours while building leadership skills, professional abilities and networking.

Given Myers’ ability to connect with a wide range of people using his effective speech, he excelled in the program.

Vivar had to adjust to Myers’ physical needs when he first entered the program. There wasn’t any special treatment, though, Vivar said.

“But he’s different, and that’s OK,” Vivar said. “I think I looked at knowing Ben throughout all of last year as a big lesson for me

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and what it means to work with students with disabilities.”

It’s an interesting dynamic, Vivar said. The teacher and student roles often switch, which has made Myers a valuable asset to the program.

The “smileless children” is a nickname for children who have Moebius syndrome, Myers said, but he makes it work.

Myers’ worth extends beyond schoolwork. He is on a mission, he said.

“There are times in which, yeah, my disability has been something bad, but I don’t necessarily want pity,” Myers said. “I don’t

want people to feel bad for me. I want to show them that I am capable. We do want people to understand that disability isn’t bad; it’s different.

“If we can show support for people who do have disability, people who may not be able to do everything, if we can show that support, that’s the goal.”

Hayden Barber is a sports media junior from Keller, Texas. He can be reached at news.ed@ocolly. com.

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Gears of war 4 aims to blend old with the new decades of relative peace to an end.

Gears of War 4, the latest Known as the Swarm, this entry in what is arguably Mienemy bears some resemcrosoft’s second-most popular blance to the iconic Locust franchise, released for Xbox but with some key distinOne and Windows on Tuesguishing features. Much of day. Based on everything that the story’s appeal comes from has been shown in the months the mystery behind these new leading up to its launch, this foes. What exactly are they? has all the makings of the Gears of War/ Gears of War official page What connection, if any, do As 343 Industries did with of its series — a fresh start. console’s first killer app. they have to the Locust?

Halo 4, The Coalition faces Set 25 years after the events Fingers crossed, right?

What’s refreshing, too, is the grueling challenge of of Gears of War 3, we find Microsoft formed The our heroes are learning as ourselves in the boots of a Coalition, an in-house studio recapturing what made its much about the Swarm as series great while putting its new cast of characters, includ- we are. When the original dedicated solely to Gears. own creative stamp on the ing Marcus Fenix’s son, JD. Although series veteran Rod Gears began, the war between Alongside his two friends, humanity and the Locust had Ferguson serves as the studio fiction.

Taking its cue from “Star Kait Diaz and Del Walker, JD been raging for more than a head, this new developer is Wars: The Force Awakens,” uncovers a new threat, one composed mostly of fresh decade. This time around, we faces. the game acts as a soft reboot that brings humanity’s 2 1/2 get to experience this enemy’s Br ando n Sch m itz

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I’ll definitely be playing One of the series’ defining this one with the lights off. features has been its largerBrandon Schmitz is a than-life set-piece sequences, multimedia journalism with the trilogy becoming senior from Tulsa. He can progressively more bombasbe reached at brandon. tic. Although Gears 4 still schmitz@okstate.edu. looks to maintain its fair share of watercooler moments, it Follow Brandon: @brandonschmitz reportedly harkens back to the smaller, more intimate scale CORRECTION: The article of the original.

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‘Sunset Song’ is a masterful period piece the case that a motion picture reminded me of both, Often, new films, when especially not simultanethey possess a truly aweously. Well, with Terence some power, remind me Davies’ “Sunset Song,” my of either Bela Tarr’s “The understanding of cinema’s Turin Horse” or Terence potential has been upturned Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” once more. two of my absolute favorites.

The film examines the Both films dismantled my early adulthood of Chris preconceptions of what cin- Guthrie (Agyness Deyn), ema was and what it could a Scottish farmer trying to do. That being said, the two build and maintain a home works could not be more before the outbreak of World tonally opposed; Tarr’s film War I. Although the film is a slog through a life lived covers the span of only a without tenderness while few years, “Sunset Song” is Malick’s is a whispered full with the subtle and overt poem celebrating the eternal dramas of 1,000 lifetimes. reach of grace.

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ties, Davies seems to have no trouble morphing them into a single mode whereby reality’s evils and virtues are given equal footing.

“Sunset Song” is the kind of film that includes a murder-suicide and then quickly moves on to the blooming of Sunset Song/Facebook young love. Transitions such as these would be unthinkunspoken, personal disquiresonate and always gives able if it were not for the etude and the presentation of the story a sense of historical firm control from Davies’ larger, socially determined and cultural authenticity. directorial hand and Deyn’s tumults. These reversals Davies is as comfortperfect turn as Chris. With often occur in the course of a able altering tone as he is their artistic expertise, the gentle breath, and the impact modifying scope, and this is film might otherwise have of such changes is cushwhere the analogies to Tarr been a futile experiment in ioned (or, in some instances, and Malick finally bear fruit. audience dissatisfaction. Inpersonified) by a cast of Whereas the latter two have stead, it’s an poignant period characters that never fails to mastered particular sensibili- piece, one that is wholly

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This masterpiece exemplifies humanist cinema at its peak, and I urge anyone with a kindly beating heart to check it out as soon as possible on Netflix.

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and while at OSU earned a spot on the rodeo team. It’s that experience that DeHoff said sets her apart from the other competitors.

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