Volume 116, Issue 31
the VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
US Government Considers Redefining Gender Katie Standlee
@katiestandlee Managing Editor
Supporters display posters to support the We Will Not Be Erased rally on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The rally, held in protest of the possible change to gender classification under consideration by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, drew several hundred people. (Samantha Karbelk/The Vista)
The Trump administration is considering redefining federal gender assignment so that it will be determined by a person’s anatomy from birth, according to a leaked memo draft obtained on Oct. 21 by the New York Times. According to the memo from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, obtained and reviewed by the Times, the department argued that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined, “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” This would take See “GENDER” on Pg. 6
McHenry Crowned As Next Local Liquor Outlets See Decline Miss Native American UCO in Profits Following Law Change
Yi Wen Wong
Austin Moseley
@TheVista1903 Reporter
Claudia McHenry was crowned Miss Native American UCO 2019 during the fifth annual Miss Native American UCO Scholarship Pageant on Nov. 4 in the University of Central Oklahoma’s Constitution Hall. “I feel so ecstatic and proud to hold this,” McHenry said. “I still cannot even believe that I get the honor to hold this title.” A sophomore with a major in business and legal studies, McHenry represented the Muscogee-Creek Nation on the night of pageant. See “MISS NATIVE” on Pg. 11
@Austin_Moseley Online Editor
Claudia McHenry, left, stands with Hiyuce Wilson in Constitution Hall at the 2019 Miss Native American UCO was named Miss Native American UCO 2019.
A worker at Market Beverage Co. stocks high point beer in preperation for the alcohol law change that took place on Oct. 1. (Gerald Leong/The Vista)
Barely a month into the liquor law change in Oklahoma that allows grocery stores to sell high point beer and wine has led some liquor stores in Edmond to report as much as a 25 percent drop in revenue. Jill Ogden has owned liquor stores in Oklahoma for 15 years. Currently, Ogden and her husband own Second Street Wine Company, which they have had for nine years. Being in the liquor business for over a decade, Ogden established relationships with her customers, but See “LIQUOR” on Pg. 11
UCOSA WATCH
BRONCHO SPORTS
Provost Talks Academic Program Development
Soccer Kicks the Mules in Championship Win
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