November 15, 2013Vol. 92 Issue 6 EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE EST. 1908Eastern StatesmanEastern Statesman

Alumni, Pg. 7

”The world breaks everyone, and afterward,

some are strong at the broken places.”

~Ernest Hemingway

“I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all,

we’ll be champions.” ~Bear Bryant

”If you’re walking down the

right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually

you’ll make progress.” ~Barack Obama

In this Issue

Theatre, Pg. 4

ESGA to decide on possible fire pit Monday, Nov. 18By Jayson KnightEDITOR

The Eastern Student Government Associa-tion met Monday, Nov. 4 to discuss the build-ing of a fire pit, homecoming week activities, but began with the underwhelming season-opening homecoming basketball games.

A conversation involving the entertain-ment value of the Homecoming basketball game started the meeting.

Competition was not a factor in the home-coming games Saturday, Nov. 2 as the Moun-taineers beat a semiprofessional team 123-72, and the Lady Mountaineers set the schools home scoring record with a triple-digit domi-nance 127-25.

Greg Warren was on hand to explain the situation. The NJCAA, the governing body of Eastern’s athletics, schedules many tourna-ments for the first weekend of the season. He suggested that the school would look to celebrate Homecoming later in the schedule when more teams would be available to play.

Athlete Profiles, Pg. 8

SEE ESGA PAGE 3

National disaster training visits tornado alley

By guy FolgerEDITOR

Eastern Oklahoma State College’s McAlester Cam-pus was the site of a Tornado Awareness training presented by the National Disaster Pre-paredness Training Center (NDPTC), which is located at the University of Hawaii. The course, provided by the 2011 Oklahoma office of Homeland Security, was hosted by the

MCAlester CAMpus

Eastern Oklahoma State College’s 2013 Homecoming king and queen, Rodney Morris and Taylor Burch, are pictured centercourt during the Saturday, Nov. 2 homecoming game in which both the men’s and women’s teams won by a considerable margin. Staff photo by Danel Walker

HOMeCOMING

Pittsburg County Emergency Management.

The training was developed for storm spotters, first re-sponders, emergency manag-ers and anyone with a need to train, prepare or respond to the hazards associated with torna-dos. Participants were from the surrounding areas and as far away as Atoka, Sallisaw and Tulsa.

National Disaster Prepared-

ness Training Center instructor Owen Shieh covered the sci-ence of tornados, the tornado forecast and warning process, weather variables, weather products available to forecast-ers, forecast uncertainty, social media and tornado safety.

After the informational training was completed, Shieh split the participants into five groups representing various offices and locations in Joplin, Missouri.

Then the events of May 22, 2011 were discussed and ana-

lyzed. The tornado that struck Joplin on that date was one of the deadliest in U.S. history with 158 deaths and 1,150 in-jured.

As each event (weather ad-visories, updates, warnings, etc.) were distributed, the groups responded with what duties and actions would be their responsibility.

At the conclusion of the training, many participants were overheard commenting that both the training and ex-ercise were very beneficial.

PREPAREDNESS Tornado awareness training analyzes May 22, 2011 Joplin tornado

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NEWS BRIEFS

For all Eastern students who use Tutor.com, you can now submit your papers for meaningful feedback and comments within 24 hours of the drop off period.

Thanks to the new writing support system at tutor.com, the feedback is in the form of notes, comments and markup similar to what an instructor would provide around gram-mar, sentence structure, thesis, flow, and structure.

In order to use tutor.com, students must log in through Blackboard by selecting the “Institution” tab and finding the link under “Tools.”

Tutor.com adds new writingcomponent

Book Buyback dates and times for all campuses for Fall 2013: IDABEL:

Dec. 11, 2013 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

ANTLERS: Dec. 11, 2013 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.

MCALESTER: Dec. 12, 2013 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.

WILBURTON: (Always open on these

days) Monday – Thursday 7:45 a.m. until 5 p.m.Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

EOSC Bookstore announces

buyback dates

Eastern cafeteria goes back to school’s origin for titleBy JamiE FinkASSISTANT EDITOR

Campus buildings shape a huge part of the college experi-ence. Walking into the Student Center is a daily routine for many. What students may not think about is how and why a building receives its name.

The Student Center opened in July 2009. When the Student Cen-ter was built the college wanted to provide the students with an area to sit and eat an appetizing meal.

“The expectations for the caf-eteria were to provide a facil-ity that was designed to provide better flow of patrons and ser-vice as well as provide updated facilities and equipment to better help in preparing the food,” said Eastern president Steve Smith.

“If you are not familiar with the old student union cafeteria, it was poorly designed and very out dated. We also wanted to provide more diverse food op-tions as requested by the stu-dents.”

In 2013 the cafeteria received its name, “The Coal Mine.” At some point during the last cou-ple years a suggestion box was

placed outside the cafeteria en-trance for students to give their suggestions on the name.

“I’d say that hearkens back to the origin of Eastern,” said Rhoda Watkins, Administrative Assistant to Food Service Manager. “As the Oklahoma School of Mines and Metallurgy, this area was a coal mining boom area back in the day, as were surrounding towns of Hartshorne, Haileyville, and Krebs.

In addition to the “Coal Mine,” the dining environment in the Student Center also includes the Cyber Café. The Cyber Café was named with the thought of providing an option of a sand-wich shop with coffee and other drinks.

“We had also hoped to keep it open late during the evenings as a place for residential students to get a snack and something to drink, but this ended due to a lim-ited number of students patron-izing the café. It was not finan-cially feasible,” said Dr. Smith.

Not only does the program provide daily meals to students, they also provide catering to groups and organizations that utilize our facilities.

Eastern students gather in the cafeteria, now titled The Coal Mine. With the his-tory of being a miner-training technical college, the name will serve as a way to honor the school’s roots. Photo by Jayson KnightChris Spence is pictured with the tiara crowning him the victor in the 2013

Mr. Eastern competition. An agriculture student, Spence’s stage name was Miley Cypruss. Photo by Danel Walker

The top three Mr. Eastern contestants were (from right to left) Nick “Candy Lumps” Walker, Chris “Miley Cypruss” Spence and Adam “Rosie O’Dunkel” Baskerville. Photo by Danel Walker

MR. EASTERN

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PTK members pose with their previously won voter registration trophies. PTK and Honors recently won the state wide voter registration contest for the fourth straight year. Front row: Jeanette Gonzalez, Wilburton; Sarah Davidson, Hai-leyville; Charitee Evans, Red Oak; and Chelsea Hofegartner, Harrah. Back row: Glen Kendrick, Wilburton; Shelly Joiner, McAlester; Keifer Shearer, Broken Bow; and Brenda Kennedy, PTK Advisor.

The feedback from the com-mittee was positive in response to the homecoming activities during the week preceding the games. Events such as The Big Draw, The Color Challenge, Paint Your Pride, and others were men-tioned as successes.

“I liked it all,” Jackson Fergu-son, an Aggie rep, said.

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Eastern Honors and Phi Theta Kappa nab four-peat

By Guy FolGerSEniOR STAFF WRiTER

For the fourth year in a row, the Eastern Oklahoma State Col-lege Honors Program and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society has again taken first place honors in the annual Oklahoma Campus Compact Voter Registration Con-test.

The Eastern students regis-tered 173 new voters for an 11.1 percentage of total enrollment. The nearest competitor was Mur-ray State College with a 7.4 per-

College students maximize potential with couponing skillsBy SHArell CollINSMCAlESTER CORRESPOnDEnT

Many young people today think of their grandmothers when they hear the word “coupons.” That is starting to change thanks to shows such as “Extreme Couponing” on TLC. There has been a surge in cou-pon usage since the show started back in 2010. It has taken a little lon-ger, but college students are begin-ning to show an interest as well.

Couponing is a great way for a college student to get everyday items he or she may need for free or cheap, since most students live on a limited budget. Couponing can also help you learn to manage your money and stay within that limited budget. Besides, who doesn’t want something for free, or pennies on the

dollar?Nowadays coupons are every-

where; you can find them stuck to individual items, tear pads hanging next to a product, online, or in the Sunday paper. If you are willing to put forth the time and effort, you can obtain certain items for free such as: toiletry items, some school supplies, vitamins, and candy. This is not to say these items are all you can get free, these are just some of the most common items.

How can you coupon like they do on “Extreme Couponing”? Where do you learn to coupon correctly? While the results on the show have been exaggerated some, there are other places you can learn tips and secrets to couponing successfully.

There are hundreds of “YouTube” videos that coupon-ers have put up, and there are thousands of websites dedicated to couponing as well. I, myself, have been an avid couponer for the past three years and in the coming issues, I will give you tips on how to coupon correctly at certain local stores. There are hundreds of “YouTube” videos that coupon-ers have put up, and there are thousands of websites dedicated to couponing as well. I, myself, have been an avid couponer for the past three years and in the coming issues, I will give you tips on how to coupon correctly at certain local stores.

Regular retail price for this was $185.67, sale price was $106, but a customer with

coupons paid $30.32.

centage. The state colleges regis-tered a record total of 1,530 new voters.

The 2013 officers of PTK are President Shelly Joiner of McAl-ester, Vice President of Leader-ship Jeanette Gonzalez (Honors) of Wilburton, Vice President of Scholarship Keifer Shearer of Broken Bow, Vice President of Service Charitee Evans (Honors) of Red Oak, Vice President of Fellowship Chelsea Hofegartner (Honors) of Harrah, Secretary Glen Kendrick of Wilburton and

Student Senate Representative Sarah Davidson (Honors) of Hai-leyville.

The Honors Program Direc-tor is Ruth Brelsford, Speech/Theatre Department Chair and Brenda Kennedy, Computer Sci-ence Department Chair, is the PTK advisor. About the competi-tion, Kennedy said, “This group really embraced it. That number of new voters, that we registered this year, is the highest number that we’ve had in a non-election year.”

The Eastern group will receive their award at the December meeting of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

HONOR Programs register 173 new voters during the annual campus voter registration contest

A gazebo-type fire pit with a covering for students was looked at. There were a few locations on campus suggested. The different structure types were discussed, but the decision would involve input from city officials and oth-ers. The support for the structure was seemingly unanimous with about 20 students attending the meeting.

“If we made it big enough, I feel like it would improve student involvement,” said Shawn Dodds,

another agriculture student. “We’ll take a look at what

other people bring, and see if we have enough options to vote on,” said ESGA reporter Casey Citty.

A vote on the structure type could be held as early as Mon-day, Nov. 18. The ESGA meets every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. Officers include Citty, President Kiefer Shearer, Vice President Brittany Gilbert, Treasurer Steele Rasmussen and Secretary Janette Gonzales.

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Controlling destiny: Hedda Gabler

Eastern theatre students prepare their set for Hedda Gabler, a play performed Nov.15-17 at the Mitchell Auditorium. At top, Clay Humphries secures the pan-eling on a set of stairs for the production. Above, Valerie Evans (left) and Jesse-ca Shipman (right) apply fresh paint to the set. At left, Hannah Truitt touches up the set with a spray wand. Hedda herself, Truitt will play the title character in the play that shows Fri-Sun, Nov. 15-17. Staff Photos by Jayson Knight

By JAYSON KNightEDITOR

The Eastern Oklahoma State College theatre season continues Friday, Nov. 15 for a production of "Hedda Gabler." The show will be shown Nov. 15 and 16 at 7 p.m., and it will also be shown Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m.

The Eastern theatre group was already experi-enced with this production after an event in Arkan-sas.

"We've done this show once this semester at a theatre competition in Arkansas," said Director Marshall Carby. "We actually packaged up our set and performed the show there in a competition format. We were the only two-year school there, and the only Oklahoma school there."

All the parts have stayed the same from when they performed it then, so the actors will be familiar with their characters and the role those characters play. "It's going to be great," said Carby. "The play takes place in 1890, so we have time period appro-priate costumes."

"To my knowledge, it has not been done here before," said acting coach Sarah Klocke.

"We think it's a great story, and we figured we'll put it in front of people; sometimes seeing it is eas-ier than reading it," said Carby.

From Henrik Ibsen, the story centers around the title character Gabler, who will be played by East-ern's Hannah Truitt. Gabler has been portrayed by dozens of masterful actresses during the 122 years the character has existed. Because of the role of women in the 19th century, the complex Gabler is something of a desperate housewife with drastic tendencies.

The Gabler showings followed a successful "Huck Finn" play for local schools. "We had about

2,000 kids at the Children's Theatre in eight perfor-mances. It went really, really well and it was really cool," Carby said.

Three Eastern students received acting awards for the trip to Arkansas. Truitt, Zack Olinger and Rodney Morris all won awards for their excellence in acting. Two Eastern theatre members served on the honor crew. The honor crew assists other schools and performances with their sets.

Nick Wallace, an Eastern policeman, serves as weapons master because they will use guns in the production of "Hedda Gabler." The technical crew is made up of students, faculty and instruc-tors.

Jesseca Shipman will serve as Costume Shop Supervisor and Light Board Operator. Bridgette Blue is the Front of House Manager. Taylor Burch, a cheerleader and the 2013 homecoming queen, will add Sound Board Operator to her resume for her participation in "Hedda Gabler." Alex Vann has served as the assistant director and the stage manager for this production. Olinger will be re-sponsible for Student Sound Design.

"Big Love," by Charles Mee, will be the next play with a story of fleeting brides. "The brides go to Italy," Carby said. "We will have to simulate a helicopter flying over the stage as their grooms come to take them back to be married. They don't want to leave so they kill the men."

"It's a dark comedy," said Klocke. That play will show Friday, March 7 and Sat-

urday, March 8 at 7 p.m. , with a 2 p.m. showing Sunday, March 9.

The final play of the theatre season will be Neil Simon's "Rumors" Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m. with the Sunday, May 4 showing at 2 p.m.

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From submitted reportsThe Eastern Workforce Invest-

ment Board will hold an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 14, 2013. The com-munity is invited to learn about services provided by Workforce Oklahoma.

The event marks the recent re-opening of the Workforce office which serves Latimer County. Lo-cated in the Choctaw Hall on the Eastern Oklahoma State College campus, the office provides assis-tance with job searches, skills up-grading, work readiness assess-ments, and other employment and training related services.

Workforce Oklahoma part-ners with other agencies to of-fer a comprehensive package of services to the unemployed and under employed. The Eastern Workforce Investment Board is a non-profit organiza-tion focused on helping indi-viduals fill gaps in work readi-ness and employability.

Workforce open house to be held in Wilburton

By Ieyanna WIllIamsSTAFF WRITER

Financial aid is one of the most important things that people should apply for if they are wanting to go to college. It may not pay for all of your tuition for school, but it will help pay for some of it.

Another reason you should apply is because, not only are there student loans, but there are tribal grants and scholarships that you could ap-ply for as well. If a student is not eligible for free money to help them go to school, they still have to have Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to apply for student loans and other grants and scholarships.

Students have to re-apply every year for FAF-SA because the government determines what Pell Grants will provide each semester per year, and it goes off of the previous year's income. Pell Grants are normally processed in the fall and spring semesters. There are ways for students to get help if they are not close to a financial aid office, by going to www.fafsa.gov. There is a free application that you can fill out for federal stu-dent aid on the website.

Also, there are other people that may be able to help. If a student is wanting to apply for the next year, then they should go and talk to their advisor or professor. If you are not a college stu-

dent and will be attending college in the next semester and are wanting to apply, students will then need to try to get in contact with someone who has applied and knows how to do it. Get help before it is too late to apply.

FAFSA has deadlines that people have to meet because it covers the fall, spring, and summer semesters. If you wait until the last minute to apply, you can still get the grant, but you might not get as much of the amount possible.

Students should all set out to further there education by going to college. FASFA is a way to help students pay for school. Without FAF-SA many students would not have the oppor-tunity to attend college.

FAFSA can provide better opportunities

By BrIttney HelmertNEWS REPORTING STUDENT

Doug Sims has been working for Mountaineer Radio since 2002 when they had 103.7 as a home on the FM dial. He worked at Eastern Oklahoma State Col-lege for five years, then he left for a while and came back No-vember of 2010.

Doug has been in radio for a total of 12 years, with eight of those years right here at East-ern. He also works with the McAlester radio station in the afternoons and he has been there since 2002.

“I was always fascinated with radio,” Sims says on why he got into radio in the first place.

He says having an on-air ra-dio show is like a dream and

Mountaineer Radio's Doug Sims works the soundboard for his radio show. Sims is a 12-year veteran of radio media. Photo by Kristen Turner

Mountaineer Radio's Sims is living a dream on the air

By JamIe FInkASSISTANT EDITOR

The Eastern Oklahoma State Col-lege Music Department will present its 87th Annual Candlelighting pro-gram at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, in Mitchell Auditorium. The Candle-lighting program is one of the old-est traditions that is still happening today here at Eastern.

“Although the details of what ex-actly the program is are kind of blur-ry,” said Brandon Hendrix, Director of Instrumental & Choral Ensembles.

"The program is a chance for the music department to perform for the Eastern community, and we do this by singing Christmas music cul-minating to the lighting of candles."

The program will feature per-formances by the Eastern Concert Choir and Mountaineer Band. The concert will be a mixture of tradi-tional Christmas music, but with more modern arrangements.

“I want to be able to please every-one who is in attendance, no matter what their age is,” said Dr. Hendrix. The concert will be free and open to the public.

Candlel ight ing brings in season

working for Mountaineer Ra-dio makes him happy.

Mountaineer Radio is just a regular radio show that can be heard on the internet and on smartphones 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To listen on your smart-phone, all you need to do is download the app called Tune-in radio and search for Mountaineer Radio.

Once you find it, you save it as a favorite and you can listen anytime. You can also listen to Mountaineer Radio on any in-ternet connection at www.ra-dio.eosc.edu.

Mountaineer Radio plays a big variety of music unlike most radio stations.

“We have so many different

people listening, we want to ap-peal to a wide audience.”

The radio station is funded from many different advertisers and by Eastern Oklahoma State College.

If you are wanting to know how you can participate with Mountaineer Radio, you can meet with the Mass Communi-cation instructor, Kristen Turn-er, or contact Doug Sims. They have a wide range of jobs for students to participate in.

Contact Sims at radio@eosc.edu and Turner at kturner@eosc.edu. You can also stop by the radio sta-tion studio in Baker Hall.

By MARILYNN DUNCANDean of Behavioral & Social ScienceS DiviSion

The Behavioral and Social Sci-ence Division, with great sorrow, would like to inform you of the passing of a former long time eastern employee, christopher W. “chris” Butler, Jr. chris passed away Saturday, october 26, 2013 at his home in north aurora at the age of 63. chris was em-ployed here at eastern from 1986 to July 2008.

christopher W. Butler graced eastern oklahoma State college with his presence in the fall of 1986 as Director of Men’s hous-ing and served as Dorm host of Salmon hall.

later, in 1987, he added the responsibilities of Director of career Planning and Job Place-ment. During this time, he also began his field of teaching for eastern--- filling in as Politi-cal Science instructor for a few weeks and teaching a section of introduction to Sociology for a

semester.in 1988 chris moved to the

Business Division and taught four years in the Marketing and Man-agement program along with co-sponsoring of the Marketing/Management club.

from there, in 1992 chris traveled to the Social Science Department again but this time teaching history. as the Social Science Department continu-ously grew, it was broken down into three different departments --the Psychology/Sociology de-partment, the health, Physical education department and the history/Political Science depart-ment – of which chris was later appointed Department chair.

“There’s never been anybody at this school that loved this school more than he and his wife Mary edith did,” said cathy cog-burn, current Department chair for Political Sciences. “he put so much extra time of his own into the school. Basketball games, and anything someone needed

a volunteer for, he’d be the one to do it.”

chris was awarded the niSoD excellence award and had at-tended niSoD 6 times—serving as a presenter in ’93 and ’94.

chris also had served on many committees over the years: grad-uation marshal for more than 10 years; on the faculty council for 12 years, where he served as Secretary/Treasure, vice chair-man, and chairperson 3 times.

he was a delegate or officer for oacc from 1991 to 2001-- serving as President 1999-2000.

he was chosen “Who’s Who among american Junior college Teachers” multiple times.

also while at eastern, chris served as a member of the fac-ulty advisory committee to the oklahoma regents of higher education from 2001 through 2002 for which he was chairman in 2002.

he worked with both the honors Program and the inter-national Students program here on campus.

another one of chris’ paths has led him to the athletic De-partment for the entire 22 years of his tenure, in announcing the basketball games. Those of you that knew him can probably still here his voice as he displayed great enthusiasm. he was very proud to be a part of eastern.

as chris traveled within the community he found ways still to be involved. he was a member of the Wilburton lions club for 22 years during which time he held district and state offices.

he served on the Wilburton city council for 10 years and was a cleeT certified reserve law en-forcement officer from 1995 to 2008 with latimer county and the city of Wilburton.

chris retired from eastern in July of 2008, after which he later moved to Sugar Grove, illinois to be with his wife Mary edith Butler

who is also a former employee of eastern’s.

chris truly meant a lot to eastern, the “Social Science and Music Division” as it was called at that time; the Wilburton com-munity and the State of oklaho-ma. he gave so much to all and was always willing to give more. he will be greatly missed and well remembered.

he was born July 16, 1950 in Yazoo city, MS, the son of Mary (Monroe) Butler and the late christopher Butler, Sr. chris also was a part-time employee for the Waubonsee community col-lege athletic Department as the public address speaker for home basketball and baseball games.

he is survived by his wife, Mary edith Butler of north auro-ra; his sister, Mary frances Tabor and mother, Mary evelyn Butler, as well as many nieces and neph-ews.

visitation will be friday, no-vember 1, 2013, from 4-8 P.M. at The healy chapel, 370 Divi-sion Dr. Sugar Grove, il 60554. funeral services will be held on Saturday, november 2, 2013 at 11 a.M. at The healy Sugar Grove chapel.

in lieu of flowers, memorials in chris’ name may be directed to Waubonsee community college, “Myrtle Belle Jones” Scholarship, to the lions club international, or eastern foundation in memo-ry of christopher W. Butler, Jr.

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Published twice monthly from August through May by students of Eastern Okla-homa State College, Wilbur-ton, OK. Opinions expressed in the “Statesman” are not necessarily those of the East-ern student body, faculty or administration. Opinions ex-pressed in articles, columns or letters are those of the individual writers.

Members of the Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association, Community College Jour-nalism Association, Student Press Law Center and Okla-homa Interscholastic Press Association.

Letters to the editor are not only welcomed, but en-couraged. All letters must be able to be verified with the author’s phone number, ad-dress, and e-mail address. The editor reserves the right to edit to fit space limitations and to comply with libel laws and good taste.

The publication is issued by EOSC and is printed at a cost of about $50 per page. Telephone is (918) 465-1714. E-mail: statesman@eosc.edu.

Eastern Statesman Staff

Jayson Knight, EditorJamie Fink, Assistant Editor

Guy Folger, Senior Staff WriterIeyanna Williams, Staff Writer

Kayetie Wilson, Staff WriterKristen Turner, Adviser

Sharell Collins, McAlester Correspondent

The late Chris Butler (left), a longtime Eastern instructor, is pictured in this 1991 Mountaineer file photo celebrating his birthday along with two other 1991 East-ern employees. Butler was a friend to the students, faculty and college as a whole. He was employed here at Eastern from 1986 to July 2008.

Former Eastern instructor Chris Butler passes at age 63

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Alumni Feature November 15, 2013 Page 7

By Mike Cathey eOSC 1983 of indianola

For faithful readers of these alumni features this will be the third EOSC alumni feature that includes David L. Perryman (EOSC 1977 of Kinta). In October of 2010 all five Perryman Siblings who are also EOSC graduates (Roy-1966, Rob-1969, Jane-1973, David-1977, and Doug-1981) were featured and then in February of 2011 David’s father-in-law Walter McDonald (1949) was also featured. David’s wife Jo McDonald Perryman also attended EOSC but transferred to Oklahoma State University when David completed his Associates Degree at EOSC.

In 2013 David Perryman-Democrat was elected to serve District 56 in House of Representative in the 54th Oklahoma Legislature. District 56 includes the Oklahoma counties of Caddo, Grady, and Kiowa. Municipalities represented in the District are: Amber, Anadarko, Binger, Chickasha, Cooperton, Fort Cobb, Gotebo, Gracemont, Hobart, Minco, Mountain View, Norge, Pocasset, Roosevelt, and Verden. Perryman’s committee assignments in the Oklahoma House include: A&B Higher Education, Conference Committee on General Government, Conference Committee on Tourism and International Relations, General Government, Tourism & International Relations.

David Perryman has deep roots in Oklahoma and District 56. His great-grandparents settled in western Caddo County in 1902 as they saw Oklahoma as a place of opportunity for themselves and their children. David graduated from Kinta High School then earned degrees from Eastern Oklahoma State College, Oklahoma State University, and the University Of Oklahoma College Of Law. Perryman is an attorney and a partner in the firm of Frailey, Chaffin, Cordell, Perryman, Sterkel & McCalla, and LLP of Chickasha. He has represented corporations, small businesses, medical facilities, rural water districts, cities, towns, public trusts authorities and non-profit entities for more than 29 years.

While at EOSC, David Perryman served as President of the Student Senate and received an Associates of Science in Pre-Optometry. In the earlier Perryman siblings feature, David shared the following, “All five of my parent’s children graduated from Eastern prior to transferring to various universities. I am not certain that I am an adequate model graduate to be featured

since I did not remain in the area after graduation but several of my siblings have been very successful and have remained in the area. I am proud of the fact that they have been able to give back of themselves to the people of southeastern Oklahoma.” And collectively David and Jo Perryman shared the following,” The

time that we were at Eastern we were aided by caring, dedicated educators who guided us through the process of dependency on parents into self-discipline and self-reliance. We know that we would not be where we are today without Eastern’s influence.”

{Mike Cathey is a Lifetime Member of the EOSC Alumni Association. While at Eastern, Cathey was a staff writer for The Statesman and Vice President of the Student Senate. Cathey is also a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and resides in Chicago, IL}

WHERE ARE THEY NOW...Eastern Alumni making an impact on the world

Representative David L. Perryman

Eastern Oklahoma State College 1977 graduate, David Per-ryman, smiles in front of both the American flag and the Okla-homa state flag. Perryman is also pictured below with his family. Submitted photos

“We know that we would not be where we are today without Eastern’s influence.”

David L. Perryman‘77 EOSC graduate

Page 8 November 15, 2013Sports

Aundrea DavisAge: 19Hometown: San Antonio ,TXMajor: General Studies Favorite Subject: I don’t have oneFavorite Professor: Mr. JuarezFavorite Athlete: Chris PaulFavorite Food: Honey BBQ wingsFavorite Movie: Dear JohnIf I were coach for a day I would: I wouldhave my team run all day. I can’t live without: My family, my Bear Booskii.

FoodClass: Sophomore

Michael LoveAge: 18Hometown: Haskell , OKMajor: General Studies Favorite Subject: ScienceFavorite Professor: I don’t have oneFavorite Athlete: Michael JordanFavorite Food: PizzaFavorite Movie: 42If I were coach for a day I would: I don’t knowwhat I would do.I can’t live without: My phoneClass: Freshman

Raquel GrantAge: 19Hometown: Wewoka, OKMajor: General Studies Favorite Subject: ScienceFavorite Professor: Amber TaylorFavorite Athlete: Allen IversonFavorite Food: Indian TacosFavorite Movie: Space JamIf I were coach for a day I would: Run the team

like I was run in high school. I can’t live without: My mom and fatherClass: Sophomore

Aaron YoungAge: 18Hometown: Edmond , OKMajor: General Studies Favorite Subject: Social scienceFavorite Professor: Ruth BrelsfordFavorite Athlete: Carmelo AnthonyFavorite Food: CerealFavorite Movie: 300If I were coach for a day I would: Make myteam watch 300I can’t live without: My family, they are my everythingClass: Freshman

Athlete profiles

Above, DeVaughn purcell (22) drives the lane with his left against Dallas Diesel friday, Nov. 8 in Wilburton at the Claud C. Dunlap field house. Below, DeAmber Brice goes up for a shot over a defender from Jacksonville C.C. in a game that would prove to be the lady Mountaineers’ first loss of the season.