“When I got here, I was finally considered part of the majority, in terms of finally being surrounded by other Christian people,” Reed said. “Just being out here with people who have similar mindsets and being able to find my inner circle was really important for me here at OC. In the Bible, Jesus had his 12 disciples and within that, his inner-circle, so I am glad I was able to find my group of people—that good group of friends I can go to in difficult times.”
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Oklahoma Christian University students worked to raise awareness for eating disorders during Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
“When you travel and experience other places, your eyes are truly opened to the world around you,” Robinett said. “People joke about the ‘OC bubble’ all the time, but I would argue that the ‘bubble’ a lot of us are in is so much bigger than that. I think many people get trapped inside a ‘cultural bubble’ and forget that there are other ways of doing things. I believe it is so important to get out there and experience as much of God’s creation as you can.”
Students can vote for next year's SGA executives in the student center tomorrow and Thursday.
“Our strength coach was kind of the founding father of strength and conditioning at the college level, and I just started learning a lot from him and bought into what he was doing,” Ka’aiohelo said. “So, when I saw how it changed my opportunities, I began thinking that I wanted to share some of that stuff when I was done playing ball. I knew that it worked for me—it was not something I read in a book—I actually got to live that experience and it motivated me to get out and learn more.”
A small business designed to ease the stress of cooking in the kitchen for people on the go. Foster, a mother of three children under five, created the concept after the frustration of planning meals each night.
“Going to meet new people was hard because I would have to tell them I have cancer, which is not fun when you are going to college and meeting all your new friends,” Jones said. “I just wanted to be normal. I was going through this, but I wanted to be treated like a human being. I do not want to be asked, ‘Are you okay?’ I just want you to have a conversation with me.”
“It has been really inspirational to me that, despite all the really difficult things they’ve gone through, they’ve been disowned by their families, they had to leave everything they knew, and through all that, they are so wonderful, happy all the time and eager to always learn more,” Will said.