https://dophiedderek.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Derek DophiedenFri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://bryancountypatriot.com/the-mission-changing-the-lives-of-the-homeless-in-durant/DURANT – The Mission, a non-profit organization under the umbrella, I’m Possible, was founded two years ago in an effort to combat homelessness in Durant. Its vision is to provide Durant’s homeless population a chance to pull themselves out of their plight and better their lives.Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://bryancountypatriot.com/the-mission-changing-the-lives-of-the-homeless-in-durant/https://www.madillrecord.net/news/kingston-senior-class-has-co-valedictoriansKingston High School held their Senior Class Graduation Friday, May 21, 2021 at the Kingston KMAC. Amongst the 80 students that walked the stage, there were two valedictorians – cousins who shared the same GPA of 4.31 – Emily O’Steen and Avri Weeks. They both received scholarships and honors in multiple sports.Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://www.madillrecord.net/news/kingston-senior-class-has-co-valedictorianshttps://bryancountypatriot.com/durant-main-street-director-stephanie-gardner-leaves-behind-a-legacy/Durant Main Street Director, Stephanie Gardner, will be retiring from her position after manning the helm as the town’s chief marketer for five years. Gardner, a graduate of Silo High School, received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southeastern Oklahoma State University where she focused her studies on marketing. Upon graduation, Gardner traveled to Los Angeles to pursue a career in fashion marketing, working for companies such as Nordstrom and BCBG before returning to Durant, Okie.Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://bryancountypatriot.com/durant-main-street-director-stephanie-gardner-leaves-behind-a-legacy/https://thesoutheastern.com/8053/showcase/the-holisso-2018-19/The Holisso is a student-produced publication designed to look back on a year at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. The name is a throw back to the original Southeastern yearbook published in 1911. “Holisso” is Chickasaw for “book”; this magazine is the official book of the university. It hopes to capture the people, places, events and organizations that have contributed to this year at Southeastern. Through features of SE’s most prominent faculty, alumni and students the Holisso representMon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://thesoutheastern.com/8053/showcase/the-holisso-2018-19/https://thesoutheastern.com/8265/opinion/joker-shines-a-light-on-mental-illness/Many columnists and news outlets have criticized Todd Phillips’ new film, Joker, as being a defensive flick of “white nationalism” and many have accused the film of inspiring gun violence and potential copy-cat killers, but I believe that the movie tells a different, more somber story to the average American movie-goer. Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, depicts an aspiring comedian’s descent into madness as they he is shroudedin the arms crippling loneliness and depressing. The Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://thesoutheastern.com/8265/opinion/joker-shines-a-light-on-mental-illness/https://thesoutheastern.com/8227/arts-entertainment/we-will-not-be-silent/Antavius Draughn and Karlie Carr performed in Southeastern Theatre's first show of the 2019-2020 season: 'We Will Not Be Silent'. Based on a true story, We Will Not Be Silent, a play written by David Meyers, made its Oklahoma debut at Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Montgomery Auditorium on Thursday, October 3. This is a new script from Meyers and SE is the first college to produce the show. The play was directed by Riley Coker and places the audience within an interrogation room in 1Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://thesoutheastern.com/8227/arts-entertainment/we-will-not-be-silent/https://thesoutheastern.com/8081/arts-entertainment/where-will-spiderman-go/Recently, Sony and Marvel have publicly failed to reach a deal concerning the Marvel fan favorite character, Spiderman. Whether you are a long-time comic book aficionado, or you just thought The Avenger films were entertaining, chances are you have heard of this ordeal through your preferred social media feed. But what’s actually going on? Sony has held movie rights to the Spiderman character since purchasing it from Marvel Comics in 1999, prior to Disney’s purchase of Marvel in 2009 and the suMon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://thesoutheastern.com/8081/arts-entertainment/where-will-spiderman-go/https://thesoutheastern.com/8354/opinion/could-e-cig-ban-cost-trump-the-election/Mark Asbrock, of Fairfield, Ohio, vapes while listening to speakers during a vaping advocates rally, Oct. 1, 2019, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. On Saturday, November 9 hundreds of members of the vaping community rallied to protest the impending flavored vape ban announced by President Trump. Protesters held signs stating, “Make America Vape Again” and broke into chants declaring, “We vape, we vote!” The electronic cigarette industry has come under fire following a series of mysterMon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://thesoutheastern.com/8354/opinion/could-e-cig-ban-cost-trump-the-election/