Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism

First-time voters look ahead to 2016

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For many teens, turning 18 means joining the military, moving out of their parents’ house or maybe going to a casino. It also means finally having the right to vote. Joe Buettner is among those teens who registered the same day he became legal to do so. “On my 18th birthday, my mom took me to the tag agency and registered me to vote,” he said. Buettner, who first voted in the 2012 election, said taking an American government class during the election got him involved and helped him be more informed. Other high school students also said they wanted…

Rachel Brown

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Journalists and forensic teams are known to clash at some crime scenes, but in Rachel Brown’s world they harmoniously co-exist. Her love for forensics began when she was younger; and she later developed a love for insects in the seventh grade, during an arthropod project. Despite enjoying the study of insects, she soon discovered she doesn’t care for collecting and pinning spiders. “It’s complicated, you’d just have to stick the pin in the abdomen and try it for yourself,” Brown said. In the middle of her seventh-grade year, her school hired a new science teacher, who took them to the…

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