Mindfulness Thursday, October 7, 2021
An OSU student started a virtual mental health platform out frustrations or tribulations in their lives. “Why keep it quiet when we can all help each other out?” Moore said. Along with this, she said this group will help people with Allie Putman any struggles they run across in Staff Reporter their college years. As well as, provide a comforting environTo help students who are ment to openly share what is on struggling with their mental their minds. health, Maeve Moore, an OklaMoore said the group is homa State senior, started the welcome to any OSU students, Facebook group, Every Mind and continues to grow with parMatters. ticipants. This is created to help Claire Stolfa, early childmake a safe place for students hood education junior, said she to go and address any concerns is excited about the creation of they may have. this group. Students using this group “I think this group is going have the ability to express to be great for students,” said mental health concerns such as Stolfa. “It will be nice for anyfeelings of loneliness, anxiety one who is struggling with their and depression. Moore said since mental health or even anyone the pandemic, she notices it has who needs a friend. It’ll be a been difficult for individuals to great space for them to go and connect with one another and vent.” meet new people. The Facebook group began Additionally, Moore said two weeks ago, and it is still in she has noticed an increase in its starting phase. But the group mental health concerns with is now active and Moore said students. they are looking for new memMoore said she hopes this bers. group will help connect people To find out more, Moore’s on a deeper level, and make facebook page and there are friends with others who are go- Facebook posts with more inforing through similar tribulations. mation. The group’s overall goal is allowing students to have a safe space where they can let news.ed@ocolly.com
Oklahoma state student rests between classes to do homework.
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The man behind the confetti
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scape services, does the opposite. He maintains the Welcome Plaza in front of the Paul Miller Journalism Building, the Oklahoma Native Plant Corridor and Adam Engel the OSU letter bed on Staff Reporter Monroe Street. His work ensures a clean and aesKevin George hates thetically pleasing campus. confetti. “We water when Black, orange, white necessary in the summer,” or rainbow. It doesn’t mat- White said. “There’s a lot ter. of mulching. We replanted As one of the 39 full- some grasses right here time employees for Okla- in front of the Paul Miller homa State University’s Journalism Building a landscape maintenance couple days ago.” services departments, Growing up in south George’s job as a ground- Alabama, White said he’s skeeper requires him to always enjoyed workclean up the celebratory ing with plants but didn’t item. The crew is solely in know his passion would charge of over 860 acres lead him to a gig in Oklaon campus. homa. “When they graduAfter high school, ate, they throw confetti White enlisted in the up out here in the Formal U.S. Air Force and met Gardens, Library lawn his wife, a Marlow area and Theta Pond,” he said. native, while deployed in “Just all over in our area Crete, Greece. because they take pictures White, an OSU for graduation.” alumni, has worked on George roams the campus for a little over North Plaza of the Student seven years and enjoys Union, picking up leaves, every part of the job. chewing gum and trash As the 100th anwith his two trusty tools, niversary of homecoming long pick up tongs and a approaches, White and his shovel. crew have been adding exBut for his least tra care to their tasks. The favorite part of the job, Formal Gardens include George uses a leaf blower topiary works of cowboy to capture the confetti. boots and a carved mes“I’ve already had to sage of #OKSTATEHC. do some this year because “We’re trying to students were doing inimake the campus a little tiations for sororities,” he more colorful and good for said.” football games,” he said. While George cleans up messes, Kenny White, entertainment.ed@ocolly.com a horticulturist for land-