Vice President’s Spring Honor Roll Announced
Seven hundred and fifty-two students were named to the Spring 2019 Vice President’s Honor Roll at Oklahoma City Community College, officials at the school said this week. Students are eligible
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Politically, Women Did Well in 2018
On November 18 of last year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein made a bold forecast. “I predict based on what I see out there that we are going to have another Year
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Access, Assistance Haunt Disabled Oklahomans
“Opening the world for people with disabilities and, in turn, enriching the lives of everyone they touch.” – Rha Howel My mother told me we can either stop living and
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The Female Experience: An Open Letter to My Rapist
A NOTE FROM THE ADVISOR OF THE PIONEER: This letter is real. It was written by Amber Jones, an OCCC student who was raped. Because most newspapers don’t identify the
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The Female Experience: Understanding the Life of a Woman Who Works as a “Sugar Baby”
Rain broke on sidewalk. The heat escaping concrete, cast the gentle smell one associates with summer showers, inoffensive, indescribable, and timeless. Sitting inside Elemental Cafe, I watched rain and people
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The Female Experience: Lindsey Busby Combined Medicine, Science for her Career
Lindsey Busby is a graduate student at a private college working on completing her masters degree in science to become a Nurse Practitioner. This title puts her scope of practice
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The Female Experience: Women and Technology Don’t Always Mix
We are a mediated culture where mass media and technology have a direct effect on our actions, thoughts, and values. Technology plays a large role in creating social norms because
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The Female Experience: Women Still Fighting For Equality In America’s Political Systems
Women are still a minority. In 2018, 107 women — 78 Democrats, 29 Republicans — held seats in the United States House and Senate, comprising only about 20 percent of
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The Female Experience: Despite A Federal Law, the Pay Gap Continues for America’s Working Mothers
In 1963, then-President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. The law’s goal was to eliminate the wage discrepancy between men and women. In that year, women
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The Female Experience: For Women, Modern Gender Roles Continue to Evolve
Female gender issues have surfaced in the past several years. They mingle with the role females play in everyday society. It might even be safe to say feminism is becoming
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