The Cameron University Collegian: September 27, 2004

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Aggie golf garners a second place slot at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Tournament.

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Sigma Tau Delta open poetry reading allows for creativity to be expressed.

Security concerns on campuses nationwide spark debate over background checks of students.

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National Security Education Program works with students to obtain jobs with federal agencies.

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Opportunities knocked at high school students’ doors early this year, thanks to the Admissions College Fair hosted by Cameron University Sept. 21. For the second time in over 15 years of its existence, the College Fair was held at Cameron’s Fitness Center.

Over 1,500 high school students from Lawton and outlying southwestern high schools such as Big Pasture, Cache, Chattanooga, Elgin, Walters and several others attended this year’s College Fair.

Cameron admissions counselors Jamie Glover, Vanessa Arterberry and Charles Stanley helped set up the fair. Also assisting with the fair were Aggie Ambassadors Tammie Bell, Jen Biles and Allison Allee.

Glover believes the fair provides network opportunities to high school students.

“Th is is set up for colleges across Oklahoma to show students what is available,” Glover said. “Th is fair gives students a contact person, especially for those students who haven’t started looking yet.”

Th e College Fair provides students and their parents with exposure to colleges and other post-secondary schools such as WyoTech.

Enrollment for the fall 2004 semester is up 7.2 percent from last year with a total of 5,779 students, thanks in large part to Vice President of Enrollment Management Larry Kruse, who accepted the position last fall after serving in the same capacity at Oklahoma State University for 13 years.

Since his arrival last year, Kruse compiled a recruitment schedule for department faculty and other organizations, which allows them the opportunity to take part in recruitment with Cameron representatives at schools in Lawton and the surrounding areas.

“It is something we put out to everyone so that they know what we are doing and where we are going, and if they want to participate they are welcome to do so,” Kruse said. “We try to publicize our eff orts so that people can join us.”

Because of those eff orts, Cameron admitted 2,317 freshmen this fall, the largest number of freshmen ever to arrive at Cameron and surpassing the fall 1991 class of 2,288.

Th e topics of discussion for representatives at the prospective schools will include

Cameron’s policies and off erings and the introduction of Cameron Village. Kruse also is currently working on a brochure explaining CU’s housing eff orts.

Th is year more recruitment eff orts will be geared toward areas outside Lawton/Fort Sill, such as Oklahoma City and the Texas Panhandle.

“We are broadening the scope of recruitment; we are going into the Oklahoma City area and the Texas Panhandle more than we have previously,” Kruse said. “Additionally, we will be securing more names of seniors who might be interested in Cameron and interested in some of our programs, and we can do that by way of some of the sources like ACT, SAT and College Board.”

Although recruitment eff orts are usually geared toward high school seniors, the administration has not forgotten about the continuing students at the university. In an attempt to sustain retention, Kruse plans to implement a survey where students may voice

According to Frank Beattie, a WyoTech representative, WyoTech is a post-secondary school that provides students an opportunity to excel in Automotive Technology, Aeronautical Maintenance and Aircraft Mechanics.

WyoTech, based out of Laramie, Wyo., has schools located throughout the United States. WyoTech promotes classroom learning, but it also advocates hands-on training and has encouraged men and women to join the diff erent fi elds of technology for over 35 years.

Also presented in full force were several military recruiters, including the U.S. Army, the Air Force Reserves and the Marines.

U.S. Army representatives SSG John Goble and SSG William Morrow, who work out of the Central Mall Offi ce in Lawton, stated that kids today need encouragement.

“We just want to let the kids know what opportunities we (the Army) have and what we have to off er them for their futures,” Goble said.

Morrow added that students need to be motivated and excited and know that no matter what Army experience they have, it will prepare them for the rest of their lives.

Goble and Morrow encourage students to seek

Enrollment up; Recruitment workingBy Angela GradozFeatures Editor

Come and join us: Recruitment program is helping to bring in new students to the

university.

Photo by Scott Pratt

their opinions about Cameron.“We will be surveying our freshmen students

and our continuing students to fi nd out how we

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May I help you? Associate professors from the Department of Communication, Matt Jenkins and Ronald Price, assist potential CU students during the College Fair held Tuesday.

Photo by Anna Politano

Prevention of disease focus for Festival VIBy Anna PolitanoManaging Editor

Career Fair informs students about attending CameronBy Christina FryeStaff Writer

Please see CAREER, Page 4 Please see FESTIVAL, Page 4

KRT Campus

Health is one of those things that most people worry about only when something goes wrong. However, as an old adage reads, “as you make your bed so you must lie on it.” While much money is invested on disease treatments and on researches for cures, it is less common for people to invest in the prevention of diseases and the safeguarding of health.

Making the CU community healthy is the goal of the next academic festival. Th e sixth festival, “CU in Good Health” will focus on the prevention of diseases rather than on their treat-ments.

According to Dr. Sally Soelle, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and festival coordi-nator, the Cameron community, along with other local and regional audiences, will not only listen to topics concerning the prevention of diseases, but they will also have the opportunity to participate in physical activities and examinations.

“We want this festival to have both an intellec-tual component as well as a physical component,” Soelle said.

Although the festival’s steering committee is still in the process of formation, Soelle has received several suggestions for festival activities, which include intramural sports, blood drives, health screenings to check on cholesterol and/or diabetes and a “walk-run-ride” program. Accord-ing to Soelle, other suggestions have been for a weight watchers program to begin on campus and also a nonsmoker program to help smokers who want to quit smoking.

Th e academic festivals began as a Cameron tradition in the early 90s when former Fine Arts dean, conceived the idea. According to Soelle, Bowman envisioned an event that would attract the whole campus’ interest. Although the pioneer

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The Back Page10 September 27, 2004

Cameron Campus Ministries is ready, once again, to serve and inform the students of Cameron University by utilizing both old and new activities.

CCM has had a long-standing history with Cameron University. In 1968, CCM came into being brandishing the motto ‘To nurture the spirit and challenge the mind.’ Now, 38 years later, its aim has not changed. According to CCM’s current director, minister Patrick McPherson, being challenged academically is part of growing up.

He is adamant that college is the place where most people explore diff erent options and ideas about the world. To this end, CCM leads by example and is an ecumenical ministry, representing nine denominations and 27 churches. Th is means CCM welcomes people from many religions to the organization.

“Many students stay away because they assume that we are trying to force religion upon them,” McPherson said.

However, he contends that that is far from the truth. He encourages everyone to come and join in CCM’s activities and make their own decision. McPherson also believes that CCM’s job is not to pass judgment on any one religion, but to facilitate each person’s growth on the path of spiritual development.

In addition, CCM organizes activities that cater to both the physical and spiritual needs of the students. According to McPherson, the Mid-Week Live program aims to feed the body and provide thought for the mind. From noon to 1 p.m. every Wednesday, CCM invites students to eat a free meal. During the meal, diff erent guest speakers inform and educate students on a broad range of topics. Speakers have included CU President Cindy Ross, faculty members and other prominent persons from Lawton and surrounding areas.

Although Mid-Week Live is one of CCM’s most popular activities, it is not the only one. A new addition to the schedule is 'Loaves and Fishes' from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Th ursday. CCM invites students to partake in a quick meal and enjoy a light chat with the staff or each other as they have their meal or carry it out.

A Bible study is held at 9 p.m. every Tuesday. According to McPherson, this activity seeks to foster in more students, and as a result, these students will gain a deeper appreciation in understanding the Bible. At

Cameron Campus Ministries: An institution at our institution

these meetings, he said students worship God and discuss diff erent theologies of various religions with guest speakers.

Still other programs are scheduled. McPherson intends to start an Issue in Faith program, which will seek to give students an opportunity to discuss biblical theology. Later this semester, CCM has planned a mission trip to the Boys’ Ranch, the date of which has not been decided. McPherson explained that CCM embarks on a mission trip when their members identify a location where specifi c people or groups need help and cannot help themselves. Members of CCM visit them and perform

the needed activity, which can range from building houses to cleaning an area.

Of the many students who attend CCM’s activities, Tahirah Simmons seemed particularly satisfi ed with the Mid-Week Live program.

“It saves my life on Wednesdays,” Simmons said.

As Cameron University grows, CCM will surely follow in its wake. McPherson believes that by having these activities, in addition to the continued high levels of participation from the students, CCM will remain a fi xture at Cameron University for a long time to come.

By Ekeama GoddardNewswriting Student

Photo by Scott PrattDig in: Members of the Cameron Campus Ministries serve them-selves food during one of their Mid-Week Live programs which take place at 1 p.m. every Wednesday at the CCM building.

Campus Round-upOTAG available Wednesday

Th e fi rst disbursements of Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grants will be available for pickup Wednesday at the cashiers’ window in the Administration Building. Th ere will be more OTAG disbursements within the next several weeks.

KCCU to cover debates

CU’s public radio station, KCCU, will off er coverage of the 2004 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates. Senior National Correspondent Linda Wertheimer will host the live events, which will begin at 8 p.m. each evening. Th e three presidential debates are scheduled for Sept.30, Oct. 8 and 13. Th e Vice Presidential debate will be Oct. 5. KCCU will also be providing live election coverage Nov. 2. Th e NPR station can be found at FM 89.3 and 102.9.

Get out the vote

Cameron is taking part in a statewide voter registration contest. Wednesday and Th ursday tables will be set up in the Student Union and the Student Activities Building. Volunteers are needed to register new voters from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. A Get Out the Vote volleyball game will take place at 6 p.m. Th ursday between the Aggie gym and Burch Hall. Contact PAC, College Republicans or VOICE if you would like to help.

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Voices2 September 27, 2004

Newswriting Students Emily Archer, Jillian Bassett, Sharicka Brackens, Kelli Colbenson, Krystal Deak, Daniel Evans, Cara Garza, Aaron M. Gilbee, Ekeama S.Goddard, Jennifer Hardy, Teri Hillier, Dawn Holt, Kathleen Kelly, Jessica P. Lane, Kari Lewis, Justin Liszeski, Ian Mitchell, Danielle Murphree, Sonya Ray, Ekayah Rosete, Lauren Slate, Tiffany Soto, Tauren Thompson, Bonnie Tomahsah, Sarah Warren About Us The offi cial student newspaper of Cameron University, The Cameron University Collegian is available each Monday during the year. It is printed by the Times Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas.

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Editorial BoardManaging Editor - Anna PolitanoNews Editor - Jennie HannaCopy Editor - Lisa SniderA&E Editor - Angela SandersSports Editor - Joshua RouseFeatures Editor - Angela GradozGraphic Artist - Leah Hicks

Newsroom StaffBusiness Manager - Rosana NavasCartoonist - Thomas PruittFinancial Offi cer - Susan Hill

Staff Writers Laura Brady, Christina Frye, Alvin In-gram, Petulah Olibert, Scott Pratt Faculty Adviser Christopher Keller

Cartoon by Thomas Pruitt

Take advantage of the privilege: writer argues minorities must vote

Rosana is a public relations senior from Puerto Rico. She is also the business manager of The Collegian. Send comments to [email protected]

Do you think every U.S. citizen should be required to vote?

Tere GrayJournalism freshman

“No. I believe it should be a choice.”

OUR VOICECriminal background checks should not be enforced on college students

Quote of the Week

“Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you fi nd it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” Proverbs 24:14

It is hard to understand how one human being can kill another. Imagine a scenario in which two Cameron students commit murder against two other students. Certainly, it would be a scandal, and the Cameron community would be shocked, frightened and determined to fi nd a means to prevent such instances in the future. Unfortunately, this very situation took place, is taking place, at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Two young women were killed with one of them fi rst being raped. Although justice is prevailing against both murderers, the fact that the crimes occurred at all shook the foundation of campus safety. Unfortunately, murders on campuses, whether college, high school or even middle and elementary schools, are no longer unheard of.

According to news sources, North Carolina’s public colleges are considering whether or not to include criminal background checks as one of their admissions requirements. Although no decision has been made yet, we hope they consider very carefully the implications of such a ruling. Th e Collegian’s editorial board believes such decision should not be a rule or law.

By making criminal background checks a requirement, a college would spend a signifi cant amount of money that might be better used to benefi t the student body with services such as campus security improvement, student counseling and workshops that address safety issues. Such a requirement might also dissuade potential students from applying to school and receiving a degree that would ultimately be of great benefi t to him or her.

After obtaining all of this information, who would have the responsibility of making decisions regarding who may attend and who may not? Backgrounds are neither all bad nor all good.

What personnel would be privy to the information gathered on each student? How might knowledge of a student’s history of speeding tickets, drug off enses or domestic abuse infl uence how he or she is treated by faculty or staff ? Would faculty and staff be subject to such background checks? Students, as well as faculty and staff , have a right to their privacy. What someone once did is not relevant enough to what they might do to justify such an invasion.

We believe that everyone has the potential to do something bad, and

that background checks, whether clean or not, cannot foretell violent deeds.

It is shameful that colleges are considering applying criminal background checks on students. Undoubtedly, a university’s environment should be one to provide enlightenment, friendships and growth, not threats and harassments.

While we do understand the need for North Carolina’s public colleges to feel they are actively doing something to prevent further tragedies, we believe applying criminal background checks on everyone is not the solution, and we urge them to fi nd more positive ways to make sure their campuses are as safe as they can be.

And, whether this is a college’s obligation or not, a university that values their students’ characters will positively infl uence their values and morals. — Th e Editorial Board

Graphic by Leah Hicks

LaRhonda MusePR sophomore

“I don t believe they should be required, but they

need to be informed about the issues and candidates.”

Vincent EscalanteR/TV sophomore

“Yes. The only way the system works is if everyone

becomes involved.”

Justin CliburnR/TV sophomore

“No. Half of the people I speak to have no idea about

what the issues are.”

Amber ReedSpeech comm. senior“No. I think it s important to

be politically aware.”

COMMENTS? [email protected]

As we all have heard by now the state and presiden-tial elections are coming up.

It seems that every-where I go,

every time I turn on the TV and even as I drive down the road, I am reminded of the elections. When I turn on MTV, celebrities like Drew Barrymore, Russell Simons and P. Diddy are taking over the channel preaching the importance of voting.

I am so motivated by their eff orts. Th ey have made a diff er-ence to many young people like myself. I think it is absolutely wonderful that people from many diff erent walks of life can be unifi ed under one purpose: the importance of getting ev-eryone, especially young people, motivated to vote.

Voting is a privilege and a

blessing. Sadly, many take it for granted. When I see celebrities come together to encourage others to vote, I almost forget about what I hear from my peers and class-mates of their opinion on voting.I hear people all around me say things like “I don’t vote because I don’t follow politics,” or, “I don’t vote because I don’t like the can-didates,” or “I don’t vote because I just don’t see the point.” It’s amaz-ing how many lame excuses people can come up with to justify their laziness.

It’s even more disappointing when I hear minorities making these comments. For centuries our ancestors have fought through op-pression and discrimination to get us where we are today. Yet some minorities still have the nerve to say, “I don’t vote because I don’t see the point.”

Not only as a woman, but also as a Latina, I know how important it is and how blessed we all are to have the opportunity and the right to vote. Many women and other

minorities fought for this freedom and never lived to see the battle won. Now, I see people taking for granted the very thing our prede-cessors won and for which they sometimes lost their lives.

For those who feel they don’t know enough about issues or candidates, there is a little thing called the Internet that has caused a revolution in accessibility of information. It takes mere seconds to fi nd important information over the Internet, information that can change your life by showing you what you are doing to your future and the future generations by not voting.

Also, if people would just take minutes out of their precious time to read a newspaper like this one, they may fi nd advertisements publicizing events like the one on Oct. 4 at the Goodyear conference room where local candidates like Ann Coody and Butch Hooper will go head-to-head in a de-bate. Opportunities like these are everywhere. Th ere is no reason

why we all as Americans aren’t informed voters.

Some people dislike the candidates and use that sorry excuse for the reason they don’t vote. To those people I say, put your bias aside and vote for the issues. If you care about things like gay rights, abortion, foreign policy, or even the education budget then become informed about the issues and vote.

If you don’t vote now, you’re allowing all the sacrifi ce and eff orts of our predecessors to go to waste. If you don’t vote now, don’t complain later about the increasing cost of tuition or the price of gas, or as a matter of fact, anything else. It is prob-ably your fault because every vote does count and your vote could have been the deciding factor.

Rosana Navas

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News 3September 27, 2004

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Comanche Nation College is Oklahoma’s fi rst and only tribally-controlled community college and, through collaboration with Cameron University, it is working to expand and achieve accreditation as a recognized higher learning institute.

CNC off ers all required coursework that meets the student general education requirements needed to acquire an associate’s degree with the addition of science coursework. Students who take courses there might like the idea of earning credits toward their degree at Cameron, while at the same time taking advantage of smaller class sizes and more one-on-one time with their instructors. According to Tony Robles, CNC’s public relations director, despite misunderstanding, the college is not only for Native American Indians: the college is an Equal Opportunity Educator.

Th e CNC mission statement says: “Th e Comanche Nation College shall provide students with a high quality and relevant education that is Comanche-centered, based on tribal culture, language, history and values that will provide all students with the necessary knowledge, skills and experiences to function successfully in a multicultural society.”

Robles hopes to see CNC benefi t students and improve their futures.

“It is our goal here at the college to provide an opportunity to all who wish to re-enter the academic world to better themselves,” Robles said. “We hope to see students from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds enter the classrooms here at the Comanche Nation College.”

CNC is growing at a fast rate, and celebrated their second anniversary in August. Since the college opened in 2002, the staff has had a successful recruiting rate. Th e enrollment has increased from 67 students last spring to about 165 this fall.

Recently courses such as Descriptive Chemistry, Introduction to Law, Criminal Justice, Comanche

Language III and Psychology, have been added to their curriculum, and soon a new Council on Law Enforcement Education Training (CLEET) style training program will be introduced, along with a new nursing program. Th e Descriptive Chemistry course has been made possible by the new science grant that CNC was recently awarded by the National Institute of Health.

Charles Tippeconnie, interim president, is enthusiastic about the grant and all the benefi ts that it can bring to the students.

“We are excited because this grant will allow us to hire a science teacher and develop a unique science program a CNC that is based on Comanche culture and traditions,” he said.

John Poolaw, whose degree is in zoology, has been selected to teach the new course.

“We will make this a fun course as well as a learning experience for our students,” Poolaw said.

Tippeconnie appreciates the relationship that CNC holds with Cameron University.

“Th e development of CNC has been greatly enhanced by having Cameron University as a partner and mentor. Th e president of Cameron University, Dr. Cynthia Ross, has fully supported the development of CNC as an institute of higher learning,” he said. “President Ross has made available every department and offi ce at Cameron to serve as models and provide assistance as we develop similar functions here at CNC. I would like to take this opportunity to thank President Ross and Cameron University for providing the support to each and every request for assistance. Uda!” (Th ank you in Comanche language.)

Anyone who might be interested in CNC can view a schedule in the back of Cameron’s semester course schedule and apply for admission at the Cameron University Admission Offi ce at 581.2282. For more information, drop by CNC at 1608 SW 9th Street (former Washington Elementary School) or call 591.0203.

Comanche Nation College off ers alternative atmosphereBy Ekayah RoseteNewswriting Student

Gathering Knowledge: Students are able to attend Comanche Nation College to ease re-entry into college, take course work on tribal culture and history or as an alternative place to get some general education credits toward a college degree.

By Tom WebbKRT Campus

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are doing, to fi nd out what our students see as our strengths and weaknesses,” Kruse said.

Here, in Kruse’s second year at Cameron, he is quite pleased with the overall increase from last fall.

“I am very pleased with all of the cooperation that we have had. I came here in September of last year to put this together and the result has been a 7.2 percent increase,” Kruse said. “Th at’s pretty signifi cant, and it’s signifi cant because of all the work that faculty, staff and other administrators and the community have done as far as supporting Cameron, so I am very pleased with it.”

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WASHINGTON (KRT)—With beating drums, native dances and tears of joy, Indian tribes joined the Smithsonian Institution in opening a grand showcase museum Tuesday dedicated to a fuller telling of the American Indian story.

More than 20,000 Indians led an opening procession to the museum on Washington’s grassy Mall. Th ere were Cheyenne chiefs in eagle-feather headdresses, Hopis wrapped in black-and-red weavings, Ojibwe men chanting to ceremonial drums, Seminole women in colorful dresses, and hundreds more proud and emo-tional tribes, all gathered under a bright blue sky.

“I just cried from the excitement and from being all together,” said Norma Mena, a Cherokee from San Antonio. “When the procession started, that’s when the tears came.”

Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., a chief in the Northern Cheyenne tribe, noted that Washington already has hundreds of monuments and statutes, but until now, none were dedicated to the American people who came fi rst.

“Th is magnifi cent structure, which we’re going to open today, is that monument,” Campbell told the cheering audience. “And in it, we will tell our story.”

Th e $220 million National Museum of the Ameri-can Indian, with a distinctive curved limestone exterior, sits directly on the National Mall, between the U.S. Capitol and the National Air and Space Museum. It’s the 18th museum in the Smithsonian complex.

Th e American Indian museum is intended to fi ll a void in the broader understanding of Indian culture, but it also carries emotional power for native people, whose searing history includes centuries of extermina-tion, relocation, disease and neglect. Once numbering perhaps 50 million across North and South America, Campbell said, the Indian population plunged to near-oblivion a century ago.

But now, with 4.3 million American Indians living in the United States alone, Campbell said he was re-minded of an old Hopi prophecy that foretold a rebirth and revival.

“Th at re-emergence of the native people has come true,” he said.

Th e museum focuses mostly on American Indian cultures of today, in hopes of reminding non-Indian visi-tors of one important message: Th ey’re still here. What’s unusual about the museum is that the story will be ex-plained entirely from the native perspective. Th e Lakota/

Thousands help open National Museum of the American Indian

Standing tall: Tribes from all over the U.S. and the Americas par-ticipate during the opening ceremonies of The National Museum of the American Indian September 21st in Washington, D.C.

Photo by Oliver Douliery/KRT Campus

Sioux exhibit, for instance, is all told by tribal elders.Th at process has been enormously time-consuming,

and not without its critics. But it’s also brought a large measure of good will for the museum among Ameri-can Indians.

Another theme the museum hopes to impart is the enormous diversity of tribes. Th at was vividly on dis-play during the half-mile-long opening procession.

Th e Pae Aina of Hawaii wore fl owered leis and shell necklaces and blew conch shells. Th e Southern Ute were bedecked in eagle feathers. Th e Red Lake Nation band of Ojibwe was led by military veterans, carrying a U.S. fl ag, a tribal fl ag and a Veterans of Foreign Wars fl ag. Th e S’Klallam nation of the state of Washington wore basket-like headgear and red tunics.

Because the museum includes Indians from Central and South America, they also were represented. Th e Taino nation of the Antilles wore the colorful plumage of its native parrots. Th e Yahan from the tip of South America wore heavy blankets. Th e Inca were dazzling in golden jewelry and black-and-gold capes. Th e Aztec from Mexico burned incense and were dressed in spec-tacular feathered headdresses.

Julia Saluskin, 47, who’s from south-central Wash-ington state, is a member of the Yakama tribe, which has existed on hunting, farming and salmon fi shing off the Columbia River for generations. She was wearing a traditional Yakama “wing dress” and beaded leg-gings that were more than 100 years old. She carried a “cornhusk bag” with bright geometric patterns of violet, magenta and green.

Saluskin said she was walking in the procession to support the tribes who created the museum together.

“I would say there’s been a lot of support among Na-tive Americans for this,” she said. “We’ve known about this for years. ... It’s the last museum on the Mall, but it’s for the fi rst people.”

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News4 September 27, 2004

Cameron fi nds second home in Duncan By Lisa SniderCopy editor

Creating another home: (left to right) Vice President for Business and Finance Glen Pinkston, Duncan Branch Director Susan Camp, President Cindy Ross and Vice President for University Advancement Keith Mitchell visit during the dedication ceremony offi cially making the Duncan site a part of Cameron University.

Photo by Lisa Snider

September 17 was a day of celebration and gratitude at the now offi cially recognized Duncan branch of Cameron University.

Leaders of the university, the Duncan community and the State Legislature were on hand for the unveiling of a plaque commemo-rating the event and to exchange thanks and credit for the vision, 20 years in the making, fi nally reach-ing fruition.

Dr. Cindy Ross led the pro-ceedings by congratulating each person in the Duncan community for accomplishing what she said hasn’t been done anywhere else in Oklahoma. Referring to the community’s eff orts over the years to have a branch campus and hav-ing that plan stall again and again, Ross recognized the hard work and determination of the citizens of Duncan to acquire what they sought.

“No other community in the state has that record,” Ross said.

Branch Director Susan Camp related the history of higher education in Duncan. In 1985 a cooperative eff ort between Duncan citizens and CU offi cials resulted in the off ering of evening col-lege courses at the Duncan High School campus, with the goal in mind of one day having a separate facility for a branch campus. Bar-

riers to that goal at the state level were continually a problem, Camp said, but Duncan’s citizens pushed forward, their vision clear.

In 1993, building began on land donated by the Duncan Civic Auditorium Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jackson. Th e new facility opened in August 1994 as a joint venture among the City of Duncan, Cameron University and Red River Area Vocational-Tech-nical School.

A renewed eff ort in 2003 to have a state-recognized univer-sity campus in Duncan resulted in House Bill 2624, authored primarily by Rep. Jari Askins and Sen. Daisy Lawler and signed into law by Gov. Brad Henry. Th e law, designating the Duncan facility as an offi cial branch of Cameron University, was eff ective July 1.

Camp told of one particular date that in her mind established that the Duncan campus was to be recognized as an extension of Cameron University. Camp said that on April 6, as she made her way to her offi ce, she saw that, “candidates for Cameron’s student government election had covered our sidewalks with their chalk art.” SGA President Jenny Jackson, Vice President Frank Myers and Treasurer Jacob Johnson had cam-paigned with Duncan students.

Jackson described the progress that spring night. Th e running mates had been decorating the

sidewalks of the main campus when it occurred to Johnson to take the campaign to Duncan. Johnson’s twin brother was at that time attending classes there.

“We thought, why not go to Duncan?” Jackson said. “Th ey’re Cameron students; they’re part of campus.” And so, the Duncan campus got its fi rst dose of cam-paign chalk art.

Th ough Cameron classes have been off ered in Duncan for over a decade, this legislation will have many benefi ts, which, according to Ross will include increased funding and greater accessibility for students. Previously, students had to pay a $20 off -campus fee to take university classes at what was formerly known as the Duncan Higher Education Center.

Benefi ts to the community in-clude a more educated workforce. High school students can enroll in college courses concurrently, and teachers and business leaders can further their own education. Th e university presence will also aid in the recruitment of new businesses.

Also on hand to take part in the celebration were University of Oklahoma Regent Chairman Steve Bentley, Oklahoma State Regent Bill Burgess, Duncan Mayor Al Hinshaw, Lawler and Askins.

Bentley acknowledged the Mc-Casland Foundation for its sup-portive role and said that Duncan’s

success in this venture would become a blueprint for other com-munities.

Many others were recognized for gifts and support. Ross drew attention to a newly decorated wall, where endowment plaques honor Harold and Elizabeth Hackler, Harvard and Judith Tomlinson, Joel and Marguirete Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jackson and again, the McCasland

Foundation.Students have always been the

focus of the vision for the Duncan branch. Not surprisingly, students were the focus of the afternoon’s event. Given the honor of unveil-ing the plaque commemorating the work on HB 2624 and dedicating Cameron University – Duncan, were Tonya Mayfi eld, nursing sophomore and Daniel Gilbert, public relations freshman.

festival took place without any outside funding, the latter festivals have been made possible with signifi cant grants from the McCasland Foundation of Duncan. “Th ese festivals would not happen without the support of the Mc-Casland Foundation,” Soelle said.

Th e “CU in Good Health” festival was granted a budget of $100,000, which will be used to bring prominent speakers in the fi eld of health and wellness as well as to cover various activities, events and general expenses.

Although no speakers are booked to speak thus far, Soelle said that many recommendations for physicians, health therapists and specialists have been made.

According to Soelle, each festival has a planning year and an implemen-tation year. For Festival VI, the academic year of 2004-2005 will be the planning period, which will be followed by the implementation of programs in 2005-2006.

Festival VI will not be limited to addressing physical health. Soelle be-lieves other topics will be discussed such as mental health, with an emphasis on stress management, as well as spiritual health. Suggestions have been made for the festival to address topics such as pet therapy, which is geared toward individuals who struggle with loneliness and depression and fi nd comfort by growing attached to pets.

A few months ago, several Cameron faculty and staff were asked to submit proposals and ideas for the festival’s theme. Soelle wrote a proposal promot-ing the health and wellness premise, and her proposal was accepted.

Soelle identifi es closely to health-related topics. Her fi rst degree was in nursing, and she worked in the medical fi eld for several years before launch-ing herself into the world of history. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in history as well as her master’s and Ph.D. Having coordinated two past aca-demic festivals, Soelle feels comfortable about coordinating one more festival, and she is excited about all that there is to come.

Soelle believes health and wellness is a topic that draws most people’s interest and attention.

“It is a very broad topic that concerns everyone,” Soelle said. “It will be fun. It will be so diff erent than the previous festivals. I am look-

ing forward to it immensely,” Soelle said. While the festival’s steering committee is not yet formed, Soelle urges

students to get involved. Th e committee will consist of approximately 25 members and Soelle believes the committee needs about four student repre-sentatives. One representative will be an SGA offi cer, but other representa-tives are still being selected. She also added that anyone is welcome to attend the steering committee meetings and have input.

“I’d love to hear everyone’s ideas. We value everyone’s participation,” Soelle said.

Soelle also mentioned that Cameron is proud of having two health-related academic associations on campus, Western Oklahoma Southwest College and Th e University of Oklahoma, which are both providing nursing pro-grams on campus.

“We are fortunate to have them here, and we have a member of each of these organizations in our steering committee,” she added.

Past festivals themes were “A legacy of Renaissance,” “A celebration of Diversity,” “Science, Technology, and the 21st century,” “Bridging the Mil-lennium,” and, most recently, “Beyond the Borders: Globalization and the Human Experience.”

Dr. Lance Janda, Festival V’s director and assistant professor of the his-tory and government department, enjoyed the opportunity he had to manage the past festival.

“It was a tremendous experience,” Janda said. “I would recommend to anybody on the faculty to get this experience. We learn important things, and meet important people.”

For suggestions and recommendations regarding Festival VI, contact Dean Sally Soelle at 581.2950 or [email protected]

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out their possibilities, as does U.S. Air Force Reserves recruiter SSG Kamala Th igpen. Th igpen, a 2001 Cameron University graduate, infl uences high school students to do what’s right for them.

SSG Th igpen said that “[the U.S. Air Force Reserves] gives you the opportunity to serve and off ers great college benefi ts at the same time.”

Th e CU admissions counselors and the Aggie Ambassadors encourage high school students to look into their futures and seek what is available out there, checking out all possibilities.

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Going to college? The 15th Annual Career Fair bustles with activity Tuesday. Over 1,500 high school students from the Lawton/Fort Sill area attended and received information about local colleges.

Photo by Christina Frye

For those not looking forward to studying another year in the United States, or for those looking for a career in the FBI, the DEA, or any other federal agency, checking into the Institute of International Education may be the thing to do.

Th e National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships, off ered by the IIE, have many advantages for its scholars. Th e NSEP focuses on sending students to geographical locations that might infl uence the national security of the United States; the program places students in various locations throughout the world and allows them to share their knowledge with the U.S. government upon their return.

Countries, such as Africa, Asia, Europe, the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean are all important to the national security and defense of our country. Th e NSEP seeks students who wish to travel to these countries and study in fi elds such as biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. Th e NSEP requires that applicants know the language of the country to which they are traveling, and they need to study certain fi elds of expertise. Th e Cameron representative for the NSEP program is Dr. Lance Janda.

According to Janda, the NSEP Boren Scholarships provide funding for summer, semester or yearlong study in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. national security, but are underrepresented in study abroad.

Students are asked to work, after their return, for any federal agency within the U.S. government for a period

SGA Notes• Today’s meeting will include a second reading of Bill 304002, authored by Vice President Myers, regarding a constitutional change to increase open senator positions from four to eight for the At-Large School.

• We will also discuss the VOICE voter registration drive to be held Wednesday and Th ursday at the Student Union and the Student Activities Building.

• VOICE will be sponsoring dodgeball games Wednesday and volleyball games Th ursday. Both events will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fitness Center.

• SGA will help support the Grenada relief eff ort with a cookout from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in front of the Sciences Complex.

of one year. Th e idea is that the students will be able to share the information they learned while abroad, so that the U.S. government might better understand those countries with regard to our national security.

“Cameron has a lot of students on campus who could benefi t from study overseas. And [there is] a great need in our country for more people who understand the cultures and societies of countries that are particularly important to the U.S. in terms of national security,” Janda said.

Th e deadline for interested persons to send their applications to NSEP is Feb. 10, and any student who seeks more information on this scholarship may contact Janda at [email protected]. Students interested may also fi nd out more information at the IIE Web site www.iie.org/nsep.

FBI, DEA off er job opportunities to studentsBy Christina FryeStaff Writer

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National elections are not the only important legislative event being held this year. Recently, residents of the Shepler Tow-ers cast votes to determine who would be Cameron’s Residence Hall Association offi cers. Once the votes were tallied up, four new student offi cers were selected to represent the student voice in the dorms.

Elections were held Sept. 10-14. Residents of the dorms selected four offi cers from 20 can-didates. Th e offi ces of president, vice president, secretary/treasurer and Student Government Asso-ciation representative were fi lled.

Th e president is Ivica Ris-tovski. According to the RHA guidelines, the president will preside over the RHA Council, appoint chairpersons to commit-tees, and act as chief executive of the RHA.

Vice president Jessica Whatley will take the place of the president when he is not available and will coordinate and monitor RHA committees.

Taylor Ivie, who is the secre-tary/treasurer, of RHA will keep minutes of meetings, organize activities, keep a budget for the RHA and notify RHA members of meetings.

Th e SGA representative Matt Berry will attend all student gov-ernment meetings and will vote representing the RHA.

To be offi cers, students must have a 2.0 GPA or higher.

Th e RHA was established to give the residents of the Shepler Center a voice about issues on campus and in their residence halls. Every resident in the dorms is a member of the RHA. Each student pays a $5 activity fee, included in his or her dorm lease.

Th e RHA is responsible for planning dorm events and coor-dinating social activities such as intramural sports, dances, pizza parties and cook-outs for resi-dents to attend.

Mary Stevens, women’s hall director and RHA adviser, was pleased to see the increase in can-didates for this year’s elections.

“Th ere has been a lot more interest this year for the elec-tions,” Stevens said. “Th e amount of enthusiasm has also increased compared to last year.”

Stevens explained that the RHA is a way for Shepler residents to voice their opinions about dorm life and express any needs and concerns they might have. She stated that the RHA is responsible for giving those needs and concerns to the right people so improvements to life in the dorms can be made. One example

of this process is the addition of ironing boards to every hall for students to use.

In addition, Stevens hopes that the enthusiasm from the elections will carry on throughout the school year and continue to make the dorms a fun and enjoy-able place to live.

Delois Byrd, elementary edu-cation junior, was president of RHA last year. She said being an offi cer is a lot of work but is still fun.

Byrd thinks the increased enthusiasm is partly due to the new improvements on campus like Cameron Village, which adds more of a collegiate atmosphere.

“I think the more students get involved, the better the dorms are going to be,” Byrd said. “I hope to see a lot of leadership and inde-pendence from the RHA offi cers this year. Th e more they put into the job, the more they will get out of it.”

According to Byrd, one of the most successful events held by the RHA last year was the pizza party, where the organization supplied 40 pizzas to residents and had a wonderful turnout.

While events held by RHA allow students the opportunity to meet with offi cers, students may also voice their opinions on issues concerning the Shepler Towers’ policies and procedures.

Residents of Shepler Towers elect offi cersBy Scott PrattStaff Writer

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Kelly McClure joined the Cameron University teaching staff this year as an assistant professor of education.

He currently teaches Media Technology in Education for under-graduate students and Communica-tion Web sites and Multimedia for Educators for graduate students. McClure, who comes from a history of educators, describes teaching as an “awesome, awesome task.”

McClure has had family in southwest Oklahoma since 1885. His parents were both educators with a combined total of 60 years of experience, and his aunts, uncles and 16 fi rst cousins have all been involved in the educational process in some form or another through teaching or administrating. His father taught or was a principal for 35 years. His mother was an English teacher for 25 years. Mc-Clure recalled the times when he sat around the dinner table and listened to conversations about Piaget and Dewey.

“It’s our family business, this is what we do,” McClure said.

In 1979, after being awarded a wrestling scholarship, McClure attended Drake University for two years in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1989 to 1990, he returned to Oklahoma and took coursework here at Cameron University.

“Cameron has and has always had a phenomenal education pro-gram,” he said.

McClure received a Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1985 from the University of Oklahoma and, in 1996, received a Master of Edu-cation, OU as well.

For the past 14 years, Mc-Clure has worked in the Lawton Public School district. He worked eight years as a secondary science teacher, teaching general, physi-cal and biological sciences. Th e remaining six years he spent as an administrator. He was an assistant principal at Central Junior High School and assistant principal at Eisenhower High School.

Currently, McClure is work-ing to complete his doctorate in administrative technology. He has

By Sonya RayNewswriting Student

completed all the coursework and is preparing his dissertation.

McClure said he feels it is important for educators to keep up with the changes in technology.

“Technol-ogy is one of the things, I think, that’s very important in education as a teaching tool,” he said. “Like the textbook, technology is a teaching tool for teachers, and the more tools teachers have the more eff ective they’re going to be in educating their students.”

McClure believes that the more educated students are, the more suc-cessful they will be.

In addition, he tries to get his stu-dents enthusiastic by being enthused about teaching himself. He would also like to see more educators stay in Oklahoma and teach.

“If we want Oklahoma to get better and become more progres-sive and attract better jobs and better industry, we’ve got to have the educated individuals to do that,” he said. “If educators leave Oklahoma then what they’re doing is educating the future citizens of another state. It is important that they remember why they’re educators and they remember what’s important about education

Education faculty gains one more

and realize that they are also doing that for Oklahoma.”

Having most recently been an administrator and out of the practice of lesson preparation, McClure, has found himself having to continually think to plan ahead for lectures.

Th ese fi rst few weeks of school, McClure has described himself as being “one step above the tidal wave.”

“Th e important thing about becoming an educator is, number one, being aware of what your purpose is, realize as an educator that you’re going to be passing along information to the next generation as citizens in America,” he said. “It is important that they’re competent in a subject matter so when they go out into the real world they’ll become valuable citizens.”

Photo by Scott Pratt

Offering guidance: New Assistant Education Professor Kelly McClure teaches Media Technology.

Ivica “Vinny” Ristovski, originally from Macedonia, is a 20-year-old sophomore and is excited about being president.

“I want to provide really good service to the students,” Ristovski said. “I want to make the dorms fun and exciting. I also want to give the students opinions to the right people, and give options for improvements to the dorms.”

Jessica Whatley is the RHA vice president. She is a 20-year-old sophomore who will take charge of the RHA when the president is absent.

“I want students to be more active in with activities going on in the dorms,” Whatley said. “I also want new carpet to be put in the dorm rooms.”

Taylor Ivie is the secretary/treasurer of RHA. She says she wants to make the dorms a good place for the students to live. Ivie will be responsible for keeping records, organizing activities and keeping a budget for the RHA.

“I think being an offi cer is a good way to get the students’ opinions out there,” Ivie said. “I want to help make changes for the better in the dorms.”

Matt Berry is a 19-year-old freshman from Texas and is the Student Government Association representative for the RHA.

“I wanted to get to know more people at school,” Berry said. “I want to make the students happy and I think SGA is a good way to make a diff erence.” He will have to relay messages between SGA meetings and RHA meetings.

Photos by Scott Pratt

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On the second Saturday of every month Sigma Tau Delta co-hosts an open poetry reading with Matt Gaskins, owner of Rinie’s Kitchen and Wine Bar. Th e event is held in a private dining room where listeners can sip their beverage of choice while listening to the poetry of the reader’s choice. September’s reading had the most successful attendance in recent months. Professor John Morris, who introduced each of the readers, was enthusiastic about the turnout.

“We had a full house. I don’t think we could have fi t many more people in,” he said.

Th is month’s audience included Cameron students, professors, alumni and community members. Th ose in attendance were welcomed to share poems with the audience. While many did choose to read, others were simply there to enjoy hearing the poetry. Andrew Lavendusky, English junior, attended his fi rst poetry reading at this month’s event.

“It was very interesting to hear the poetry of our community members,” Lavendusky said.

While several of the readers chose to read such classic poems as “Ode to a Grecian Urn,” others chose to read poems that they had written. Some poems refl ected the writers’ heartbreaks, while others off ered insights into readers’ views on life and society. Readers could step up to the podium and simply read their selection. Some choose to read the poem and off er the audience their interpretation of the poem’s meaning. Th at is what CamStep student Kimberly Stormer did. Stormer read Edward Taylor’s “Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold” and off ered her own interpretation of what Taylor was trying to express in this poem.

While the readers shared poetry, the audience sampled appetizers, pasta dishes and deserts such as chocolate creme brulee.

Sigma Tau Delta will host another open poetry reading at 8 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Rinie’s Kitchen and Wine Bar located at 1320 Homestead Drive.

By Kelli ColbensonNewswriting Student

Photo by Kelli Colbenson

Analyze this: Kimberly Stormer reads a poem from Ed-ward Taylor at Rinie’s Kitchen and Wine Bar at the September Poetry reading.

Poetry readings offer variety for listeners

Deadline approaching

The deadline for costume registration for the SOCarnival is Tuesday.

Book Signing

Dr. George Stanley will be available at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the CU bookstore autograph his newest books.

Play showings set

“The Servant of Two Masters” will be presented at 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday in the University Theatre.

Benefi t Concert

The CU Jazz Ensemble is performing the Don Glasby Memorial Scholarship Benefi t Concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at 701 NW Ferris Ave. The event is free.

Student Activities Building Open House

11:30 a.m. Wednesday

Featuring:New carpetsNew paintNew furnitureNew computersNew storage closetNew ceilingsNew track lightingNew tileNew student artwork

Utilizing new technology: Justin

Reilly, Radio/Television sophomore, fi nishes up

some schoolwork on one of the new fl at panel computers in the Student

Activities Building.Make yourself at

home! New furniture is just one of the features

in the Student Activities Building.

Photo by Angela Sanders

Photo by Angela Sanders

“Won’t you be my neighbor?” is a phrase associated with a man wearing a cardigan, sneakers and a comforting smile.

Dr. George Stanley, professor of Languages and Linguistics, had an opportunity to reveal a story about a boy who became known to the world as Mr. Rogers. As a result of Stanley’s passion and dedication, Mr. Rogers – Young Friend and Neighbor, is now part of Simon & Schuster’s Childhood of Famous Americans series.

Stanley has been instructing people in writing since 1965 and, in addition, he teaches foreign languages. While Stanley was a Fulbright professor at the University of N’Djamena (Chad, Central Africa), he began writing fi ction. After he returned to the United States, Stanley continued to write, but ventured into creating stories for younger audiences. Stanley has written hundreds of short stories, articles and books.

After being approached by the publishers of the Childhood of Famous Americans series, Stanley agreed to write the book about Rogers. In fact, Stanley had already contributed to the series with Geronimo, Andrew Jackson and Harry S. Truman.

“I agreed because I liked Mr. Rogers. It was more diffi cult than the others because there were no books about him. I had to do a lot of research, and I talked with people from Latrobe, Pa., Fred Rogers’ home town,” Stanley said. “It was hard from that standpoint, but it was so much fun because you really get to know all these

diff erent personalities.”

Th e series includes a formula followed throughout the books. Th e point of the series is to allow the reader to see what famous people were like when they were children. According to Stanley, most of the book (Mr. Rogers) is just about his childhood. Th is allows the reader to see how Rogers’ childhood led him to become famous.

Th e book starts out with the birth of Fred (Freddie) McFeely Rogers.

“He was sickly. He had asthma, so he didn’t get to outside and play with other kids a lot. To entertain himself, he played with puppets, and he was interested in music,” Stanley said.

Th e book also talks about the adoption of his baby sister and the close relationship he had with his maternal grandparents.

According to Stanley, Rogers had a big impact on the way we treat children. “When Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was fi rst televised, viewers realized it was unlike any other children’s show on television because Fred Rogers talked to kids, not at them,” Stanley said. “It was important to him to fi nd out how children felt about things, to discuss their feelings and fears.”

Rogers’ show appeared at a time in our nation when both parents were often working and many didn’t know how to deal with young people.

“His show was like going to school: it helped parents see how they should rear their children. It showed them how they should talk to their children. We sometimes sugar-coat things, or we think children are too young to think about serious issues, but they’re not too young to have fears,” Stanley said.

Mister Rogers Neighborhood was also unlike any other show because it calmed kids down.

“He purposely did that because other shows were so frenetic, and parents wondered why their children would leave the television

By Laura BradyStaff Writer

Stanley writes book on childhood favorite

bouncing off the walls and jumping around on furniture,” Stanley said.

In Rogers’ show, things take place in real time, and a reassuring routine starts off each episode. He enters the set and begins to sing the show’s theme song. As he sings, Rogers changes from his sports coat and dress shoes to a cardigan sweater and sneakers. During each episode, diff erent guests and neighbors stop by to talk about how to deal with the various feelings and emotions that we all have. Th e daily journey by Trolley is also an important part of the show. Here, puppets help viewers deal with diff erent feelings and emotions in a fantasy setting.

Mr. Rogers tried to show children the ways they could deal with their feelings.

“He tried to make kids understand, ‘it’s normal to feel this way, there is nothing wrong this, and if you felt this way, this is the way you can deal with it,’” Stanley said.

Although Fred Rogers died February 27, 2003, episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood will continue in reruns on PBS for many years to come.

“A lot of comedians would make fun of him, but he has contributed to education,” Stanley said. “He has been given credit for a lot, but he needs to be given a lot more credit.”

Mr. Rogers showed several generations of parents how to deal with their children, and he showed the child how to deal with diff erent situations.

“Th is country owes him a big debt for explaining how to understand how children think about things and how to deal with them,” Stanley said. “He was always the same person, and he wasn’t a phony, and that was exactly what he was like. When he was a kid, he liked to entertain his sister, parents and grandparents with puppets. He was a kind kid, and he grew up to be a kind man.”

Th e Cameron University Bookstore will hold a book signing for Dr. Stanley from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday. Stanley will sign copies of Mr. Rogers – Young Friend and Neighbor, and also his other children’s biographies: Geronimo, Andrew Jackson and Harry S. Truman, as well as titles in his Th ird Grade Detective series, including the latest, Th e Case of the Sweaty Bank Robber; and titles in his Adam Sharp series about an eight-year-old spy.

For more information about Dr. Stanley’s books or the book signing, call the CU Bookstore at 580.581.2377.

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Swing baby, swing. Th e sound of big band music is coming to Lawton.

KCCU is bringing the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to the McMahon Auditorium Oct. 4. Th e orchestra is known for its big band music that was popular in the 1940s. Th is will be the second time the Tommy Dorsey

Orchestra brings big band to LawtonOrchestra has visited Lawton.

Mark Norman, the general manager of KCCU, said the orchestra’s sound, “is a truly unique musical genre.” He described the sound of the band as a cross between jazz, folk music and swing. Th e orchestra is not like a classical music orchestra in the sense that the music they play is often at a faster pace with more of a big band sound.

Buddy Morrow, a veteran of the big band era, will conduct the orchestra. Morrow has been a professional musician since he was 15 years old. Born in New Haven, Conn., he has traveled to New York, California and back again with bands, and now leads the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

Th e orchestra’s web site, www.Buddymorrow.com, describes Tommy Dorsey as “the sentimental gentleman of swing.” Th is smooth attitude toward music is why the big band sound was so popular in the forties and fi fties.

“Big band music was the pop

music of its day,” Norman said. He contributes radio with much of the success of big band music because it helped to broaden the horizons of music.

If radio made big band music more accessible, singers like Frank Sinatra, who sang with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, helped to make them popular. Walt Anrus will be singing with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra when it comes to Lawton. Anrus’ voice is described as a young Sinatra.

Th e orchestra usually consists of about 30 players. Brass is the most predominant section, accompanied by drums and other instruments. Buddy Morrow also plays the trombone.

Norman said he wants to bring bands like the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to Lawton to “improve the quality of life for the residents of the city.” He said a group of 41 fourth graders will be coming up from Wichita Falls to hear the Orchestra play. Kids, as they are called by Tommy Dorsey on the

web site, are the reason for the orchestra.

“You can’t expect to have any real interest in dance bands if the bands don’t go around the country and play for the kids,” Dorsey said.

Th e scheduling of the orchestra coincides with the KCCU’s 15-year anniversary. KCCU will be bringing another orchestra to Lawton in March. Th e Glenn Miller Orchestra will be in full swing March 8 at the McMahon Auditorium.

Th e anniversary of KCCU has also brought the radio station new programming like the “Day-to-Day Show,” and “Th is American Life by Ira Glass,” which airs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Friday night jazz now accompanies the Saturday jazz programming on the station.

Th e tickets for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra will be for reserved seats selling at $12.50 and $10.00. Th e concert will begin 7 p.m. All ages are welcome.

By Scott PrattStaff Writer

Courtesy Photos

Swingin’ with the best: The Tommy Dorsey

Orchestra keeps the big band

sound alive by playing for the

“kids” of the nation.

Photo by Scott Pratt

Let go: Kerri Story (Beatrice) and Matt Sigers (Florindo) fi ght Joseph Roberts (Tuffaldino) in the dress rehearsal for CU’s rendition of Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters.” The play, which opens at 2 p.m. Friday, is the fi rst of the season. Tick-ets are $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens, military personnel, and students.

For CU commuters, the return drive to attend campus events may be worthwhile.

Th e lectures satisfy our need for knowledge, yet drain our social energies. Th e classes require us to be involved by being vocally insightful or silently observant through writing notes, and mostly ignore our need to communicate with friends. When the day’s fi nal dismissal is declared, most of us take the long drive home or head directly to work. By the time we arrive to our fi nal destination, our minds race with our schoolwork, the child crying about being hungry or the customer complaining about something. And we still miss opportunities to socialize. Cameron provides a balance to the hectic day. Th e Programming Activities Council, PAC for short, is a campus organization dedicated to creating activities that enhance campus life.

To ensure PAC’s activities make a diff erence, the organization is run by a staff of four people: two administrative facilitators and two current students who fi ll the positions of PAC co-chair. Student Frank Myers’ job as a co-chair is to emphasize what his organization is about.

“PAC is here to give us a break from the regular life of a college student,” Myers said.

Th e organization gives students a break from class stresses by planning and hosting several campus events each semester.

During “Welcome Week,” PAC provided six events in fi ve days with the most notable being their Friday Night Foam Party. Th is event began at 9 p.m. at the end of the fi rst week of school. PAC’s members and a small production company took over the Liberal Arts Courtyard. After set up, heaps of dish bubbles swirled in the air where students became immersed in a blob of foam. A PAC representative reported that the crowd numbered more than 250 people. During

the second week of school, Student Activities secretary Ann Staff ord received the reviews of the event.

“Th e reviews have all been favorable,” Staff ord said. “Several students say it was the most entertaining activity provided by PAC in the years that they have attended Cameron.”

According to Staff ord, no matter the types of reviews received, the organization aims to produce at least one event each month. PAC has also organized the comedy talents of the Available Cupholders to make students laugh. Another event was the movie night featuring Spider-man 2.

Beyond movies and comedians, PAC plans to host Cameron’s annual game show, “Th ink Fast,” on Nov. 8 and follow up with the “Battle of the Bands” in December.

PAC also has events programmed for October. Instead of performing its main functions, PAC will be involved cooperatively with other campus

organizations, according to Student Activities Director Courtney Hardin.

“Our main job will be to promote and staff the events of Diversity Week,” Hardin said.

Diversity Week is the fi rst week in October. Hardin described it as an event in which people from various cultures share their culture through a variety of events. PAC’s collective experience in promotion and production will be utilized to keep events running smoothly.

Sophomore Tavaris Kelly has been active in PAC and is expecting to assist during the Cultural Showcase, one of the highlighted activities.

“I feel the events are better whenever I am involved with them, rather than being on the outside looking in,” Kelly said.

For the members of PAC, being a part of the action is a part of the joy of being a member. For Kelly, this year has already been better than last year.

“There’s more camaraderie and more activities to be involved in this year,” he said.

By Aaron GilbeeNewswriting Student

No pushing and pulling!

Programming Activities Council: Making a diff erence in the lives of students across the area

Th ey didn’t even have a name — not until Lance suggested they needed one, and by that time, they were already a fully established band. According to Tommy Nguyen, music freshman and keyboardist for the band Sheepfold, they were more concerned with getting the message of goodwill out to the masses. Th e two-year-old band was fi rst formed with fi ve members but the demands of college life fi nally caused its bass player, Daniel Litchford, to take a temporary sabbatical. Now, Sheepfold runs on four: Lance Norton, a youth minister, is Sheepfold’s vocalist. He also plays the acoustic and electric guitars. Patrick Blair is a high school student and the lead singer. Clay DuPree, another CU student, plays the drums and of course, there’s Tommy. Th e Collegian and Tommy recently sat down to talk about what makes Sheepfold tick.Collegian: How was the band formed?Tommy: Sheepfold is a worship band. We started by playing every Sunday morning at church. It was actually Lance and Patrick who started the ball rolling. Clay and I joined later on.Collegian: Your name is very unusual. Who came up with it?Tommy: We were already a band and we didn’t have a name yet. One day, Lance suggested Sheepfold and we all liked it. It originated from the Bible — the Gospel of John.Collegian: What music genre is the band centered on?Tommy: We play contemporary Christian music, praise and worship.Collegian: What setbacks did you guys face when forming this band?Tommy: Being a musician is very demanding. We need to set aside time to practice, but having to do that along with our studies has made it almost impossible. We only practice once a week now—on Sundays.Collegian: Do the band members’ hectic schedules allow them to perform anywhere else besides church?Tommy: Sure, when we can squeeze it in. Some time ago, we played at Empire, near Duncan, at a cookout. We also had a gig with Cameron last year for a concert. We’ve also been to a number of cities on mission trips.Collegian: Where do you plan to go from here?Tommy: We are hoping to come out with an album when time allows. In fact, that’s our short-term goal. We’ve made no recordings, and so far, we’ve only written one song for which full credit goes to Patrick. It’s called “Deeper,” and it has a wonderful melody.Collegian: What is Sheepfold’s aim?Tommy: Our aim is to let people know that God is love. We want people to know that we stand tall in our faith. And through our music, we hope to bear witness to others about the good that God has done for us.

By Petulah OlibertStaff Writer

Sheepfold: On a mission

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Sheepfold: Local Christian band has been playing together for two years.

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Sports8 September 27, 2004

By Jennifer HardyNewswriting Student

A local hero could be defi ned as a person who has done something to bring good publicity to his or her hometown.

Th e Cameron Aggie baseball team has one of Lawton’s local heroes working as an assistant coach. Butch Huskey, a former professional baseball player, is in his second year of coaching the Aggies.

Huskey was born in Anadarko, but was raised in Lawton and attended Lawton Public Schools. During his high school years at Eisenhower High School, Huskey played football, baseball and basketball. During his senior year, Huskey obtained and still holds the baseball batting average record for IKE at .650. He was off ered football and baseball scholarships from many colleges including Th e University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.

However, the summer following his senior year, Huskey decided to forego all scholarship off ers when he was named in the seventh round draft pick for the New York Mets. From that summer in 1989 until 2002, Huskey played professional baseball. Th e organizations he played for were the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and the Colorado Rockies.

“Being in that atmosphere and playing in front of the world is like

no other feeling,” Huskey said.Huskey said some his personal

dislikes were “living out of a suitcase and being on a plane every three days.” He also mentioned that playing 182 games a season could be very tiring.

Huskey explained that during his off season he did several diff erent kinds of charity work. He held a baseball camp one year that he said “was a neat experience, but a lot of work.” He said most of the time during his off season he could be found at the local country club playing golf.

Huskey always returned, during the off season, to Lawton where he kept his home. He said being here with family and friends kept him grounded even though he was home only three months out the year.

“Lawton is my home; I love this town,” Huskey said.

A huge incentive to keeping his home in Lawton was the cost of living.

“Oklahoma’s cost of living is much cheaper compared to other places,” Huskey said.

Huskey expressed that he missed being around the guys and the good friends that he made through the years. He was quick to say, however, that he did not miss the traveling.

He added that one of the biggest joys of coaching the CU Aggie baseball team is working in the area where he fi rst got his start.

“It’s another step in helping out the community,” Huskey said.

Huskey explained that the Aggies are looking forward to a very successful season. He doesn’t see any reason why the CU baseball team should not have a winning season every year and wants to be part of it.

Butch Huskey plans to help guide the Aggies to a more successful program as he enters a new phase in his life.

He and his wife are expecting their fi rst child in October.

Local baseball star passes on knowledge to Aggies Team

Photo by Scott Pratt

By Jennie HannaNews Editor

Domination drips like honey from this season’s volleyball team as the wins keep rolling in.

With a previous three-in-a-row winning streak from last week, the volleyball team added two more to their record by sweeping their conference held in Edmond Sept. 17 and 18.

Facing strong competitors throughout the entire conference, the Aggies held onto their winning record to clear the competition. Playing all fi ve sets with St. Edwards for their fi rst win, Sept. 17 senior Morgan Meyer brought 24 total kills for the team while sophomore Tayler Turner completed 27 digs to help win the second, fourth and fi nal match to dominate their opponents.

Th e next day’s matches against Drury and Incarnate Word both tested the teammates’ abilities to work together and win. Playing against Drury in the morning, Meyer made a team record 15 kills in one match including two service aces. Being assisted by teammate, sophomore Vicki Ibarra, with 50 assists may have not been enough for the fi rst round score of 30-32, but worked well to win the next three matches for a win over Drury.

Lady Aggies volleyball continues win streak

By Brian DavisKRT NewsWire

DALLAS (KRT) — Extra points are usually an afterthought in college football because kick-ers are normally automatic. But several extra point attempts have been hooked, sliced or blocked this season, altering a team’s national championship destiny.

Th e point after is now almost as treacherous as third-and-long.

“I don’t know if they’ve got the yips or what’s the deal,” Boise State coach Dan Hawkins said.

Division I-A kickers connected on 95.3 percent of their extra point attempts last season, the best performance since 1990. By comparison, NFL kickers converted 98.4 percent in 2003.

Overall this season, college kickers are hitting 94.9 percent of their extra point attempts,

according to NCAA statistics. If that fi gure were to hold up all year, it would be the second-highest total since `90.

Fifty-three out of 1,043 at-tempts have been missed this season in Division I-A. Several were huge.

Oregon State’s Alexis Serna missed three in the season opener against LSU, allowing the Tigers to escape with a win, 22-21, in over-time. Tennessee missed an extra point against Florida on Saturday, but the kicker redeemed himself with a last-gasp fi eld goal that gave the Volunteers a two-point victory. LSU missed its own extra point last weekend against Auburn. Th is time, the Tigers came up one point short, losing 10-9.

“When they score, I used to fl ip (the channel),” Texas coach Mack Brown said. “Now, I’m going to stay and watch.”

Most, if not all, coaches preach the importance of the kicking game. Kickers routinely lead their team in scoring. Most teams work on extra points for about fi ve min-utes during their daily two-hour workout.

Fresno State coach Pat Hill said his team’s practices consist of nine extra point attempts in a four-min-ute span. Kickers and other spe-cialists then work by themselves. Oklahoma’s kickers, for example, work by themselves inside Okla-homa Memorial Stadium while the rest of the team practices on the adjacent grass fi elds.

Still, several coaches, includ-ing Brown, said they do not off er scholarships to high school kickers. Coaches encourage kickers to walk on, and then the player could earn a scholarship with his performance.

“We’re sure not shy about using a scholarship if we fi nd the right

one,” Iowa State coach Dan McCa-rney said. Th e Cyclones, however, have found most of their kickers through the walk-on process dur-ing McCarney’s tenure.

Texas kicker Dusty Mangum of Mesquite was not given a scholar-ship until this season, his senior year. Mangum is 166-for-168 on extra points during his career and has hit 67.7 percent of his fi eld goals.

Baylor senior Kenny Webb and Oklahoma junior Trey Di-Carlo of Carrollton also earned scholarships after walking on. Sophomore Keith Toogood of Dallas Christian walked on at Texas Tech, as did fellow Red Raiders redshirt freshman Alex Trlica.

Other coaches actively re-cruit and sign kickers out of high school.

Texas A&M’s Todd Pegram

and Oklahoma State’s Jason Ricks earned scholarships as freshmen. Pegram, a junior, has hit 69.6 per-cent of his fi eld goals and missed only four extra points (73-for-77) during his college career. Ricks, a freshman, is 16-for-16 on extra points and has made all three fi eld goal attempts.

“If you’re going to be a good football team, you have to be sound in all phases,” OSU coach Les Miles said. “Th e opportunity to score points with a fi eld goal or extra point is imperative.”

A kicker’s mechanics and ability are just as important as the snapper and holder doing their jobs.

“Our special teams coach said that if you think about it, when you kick an extra point or a fi eld goal, three people touch the ball in 1.2 seconds,” Fresno State coach Pat Hill said. “Everything’s got to go just right.”

Extra points harder to come by these days

Photo by Jennie Hanna

Incarnate Word was their fi nal opponent for the evening, and despite a fi rst round win of 30-18, the next round was evenly matched until Incarnate Word took the win by six points. During the third and fourth round, the Aggies answered their opponents’ attempts to win by one kill after the next laid down by Meyer and sophomore Taran Turner to win both matches with 30-26 and 30-21 to complete their sweep of wins at the conference.

Tuesday, the Aggies’ attempt to add another win to their record came through victoriously as they played against Tarleton State. Th e team became more ferocious as the matches passed garnering wins in their fi rst three rounds by scores of 30-26, 30-18 and 30-15.

With both teams having a fi ve-in-a-row winning streak, this game was important to make that sixth win. Th e strong performances from senior Nicole Reinhart making fi ve out of six kills in the fi rst round and Ibarra dishing out 34 assists throughout the match demolished Tarleton State’s winning streak, leaving them with a record of 12-3 and the Aggies, a record of 7-8.

Headed straight for ya: Senior Nicole Reinhart leaps to spike the ball on Tarleton State Sept. 22. Teammates senior Morgan Meyer and sophomore Vicki Ibarra stand ready to assist if needed.

LSC Volleyball Players of the Week

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Say Cheese: Coach Huskey takes time from a busy schedule to pose for the camera.

Senior libero Jenny Head was named LSC North Defensive Player of the Week, having a season average of 5.67 digs per game, a new school record and raking up 35 digs in the match against

Incarnate Word Sept. 18.

After eight years of playing on a team, Head still feels each year comes as a challenge. “I love the competition of the sport, and every time I play, I have to work as hard as I can,” Head said. “I have to give it my all during

games and at practice, so I can do my best.”

Sophomore setter, Vicki Ibarra, placed as LSC North Setter Player of the Week along with marking the 14th time she helped

her team with over 50 assists in a match during their recent conference win against Drury.

Volleyball is more than just a sport to play for fun to Ibarra. “Playing volleyball is an outlet for me. I enjoy playing on a team. My team works together so well and makes it even more enjoyable,” she said.

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Sports 9September 20, 2004

By Christina FryeStaff Writer

Th e Cameron Fitness Center off ers a place for students, faculty and alumni to exercise; a place for them to rev up or wind down for the day. Located next to North Shepler, the Fitness Center off ers a variety of activities, classes and equipment.

Directed by Sam Carroll, the Fitness Center is supported by student workers and by CU employees, who are commonly CU graduates.

Th e Fitness Center received new equipment this past summer, which includes four treadmills and two elliptical runners. Th e staff would like to see the old Nautilus equipment replaced, but even the older equipment still off ers a wide variety of anaerobic and aerobic training exercise.

Staff members encourage students to work out, and the

Fitness Center staff is more than willing to assist anyone with questions concerning how the equipment works.

According the staff , the best way to get into a routine for exercising is to fi rst check with a doctor. Th en, get a partner. Th at way you have someone to make you accountable for making it to your workouts.

Th e best time for a person to work out, depends on an individual’s preference. However, the least busy times at the Fitness Center are during regular class hours, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Students, such as Dee Dee Morgan, like to go to the Fitness Center because it is available at hours that will match her busy schedule.

“I like to exercise right before a test because it gets the heart and brain pumping at the same time, which allows for maximum results on test

Fitness Center off ers needed fi tness opportunities

scores,” Morgan said.At any given time, you can

see students, faculty and alumni using the Fitness Center to better their physique. Many students like to use the Fitness Center

because it’s not overly crowded, and they can get in a good workout without having to wait to use the equipment.

Th e Fitness Center hosts activities throughout the

year, which include physical education classes in aerobics, walking/jogging, weight training, intramural athletic events and basketball tournaments for the children during the summer.

Photo by Scott Pratt

Pumping iron: Students are still fi nding time away from class to work on their weight-lifting skills.

Aggies golf holds strong for second

best players up fi rst as the U.S. team took leads in the fi rst fi ve matches and led early in two others. Th e Americans needed 9 ½ points to win the Ryder Cup and, potentially, seven points were headed their way.

“We felt like if we could get it started early and win the fi rst four or fi ve matches, you never know what could happen, because that’s exactly what happened at Brookline,” Woods said. “When I was playing out there on the front, into the front nine, we were up in the fi rst fi ve matches and we were looking really good.”

Th en reality set in. Th e Americans coughed up the lead in three of the fi rst fi ve matches and Europe outscored the U.S. team in singles, 7 ½ to 4 ½.

Woods went 2-3-0, and his record stands at 7-11-2 after four Ryder Cups. But the No. 2 player in the world provided one of the few encouraging signs for the Americans on Sunday as he posted the fi rst point. He had two birdies and an impressive 30-foot eagle putt on the 12th hole that helped clinched a 3-and-2 victory over England’s Paul Casey.

Woods’ win marked the fi rst time a U.S. player recorded two victories in these matches. Rookie Chris DiMarco, who defeated Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez, 1-up, was the only other American to reach two victories and was the only U.S. player to post a winning record at 2-1-1.

By Carlos MonarrezKRT NewsWire

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. _ History will remember the 2004 United States Ryder Cup team. But it won’t be a fond memory. Europe kicked the best American golfers in the teeth, dragged them helplessly around Oakland Hills Country Club for three days and, in the end, left them battered and bruised as they took their inglorious place in history with their worst defeat ever in the Ryder Cup.

England’s Lee Westwood clinched the cup, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie clinched the outright victory, and Europe rolled in the fi nal day of singles competition to an 18 ½ to 9 ½ triumph Sunday. Th e worst previous defeat of an American team was a 16 ½ to 11 ½ loss to Europe in 1985 at the Belfry in Sutton Coldfi eld, England.

Th is time around, the United States also posted its largest defi cit after the fi rst day and the second day. Th e U.S. team boasted eight of the top 20 players in the world, compared with only four for Europe. But that didn’t stop the Europeans from taking leads of 6 ½ to 1 ½ after Friday and 11 to 5 after Saturday.

As the European celebration began to burgeon around the 18th green following Westwood’s 1-up victory over Kenny Perry that secured Europe’s second straight Ryder Cup and its fourth in the past fi ve competitions, U.S. captain Hal Sutton saw the conclusion of his two-year tenure fall spectacularly short of expectations.

“I worked on it hard, but this is a tough job,” Sutton said on NBC’s telecast. “Th e Europeans played great. Frankly, we’ve got a lot of great players in America, but we just got outplayed this week.”

Sutton and the United States struggled to fi nd the right chemistry all week. But Phil Mickelson skipped a practice, much was made of his recent equipment change and his pairing with Tiger Woods for two matches failed to produce the magic Sutton hoped it would.

“We just never got the charisma going that we needed,” Sutton said. “We caught glimpses of it yesterday morning.

“We started out spectacular the fi rst two hours of today. People were wondering, you know, are the Americans going to do it again? And then, all of a sudden, we lost it again.”

Sutton was referring to the Americans’ miraculous comeback in 1999 from a 10 to 6 defi cit at Brookline, Mass. Th e diff erence was that in `99, the Americans had lost many matches the fi rst two days by narrow margins. Th is time around, the blowouts came early and often.

Still, things looked promising early on Sunday. Sutton frontloaded his lineup with the

Ryder Cup results fall short of hopes, dreams

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When it rains, it poors: Fred Funk (left) of the U.S. Ryder Cup team reacts to missing a putt during the coveted Ryder Cup.

Check sports scores at www.goaggies.

cameron.edu

By Joshua RouseSports Editor

Th e United States may have blown the Ryder’s Cup two weeks ago but the Cameron Aggies, lead by a third place fi nish by Ryan King, managed a second place fi nish in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate tournament.

Th e Aggies fi nished the tournament with a three round total of 874, 22 rounds over par. Th e University of Central Oklahoma shot a three over par with an 855. UCO’s lead player was Lawton native Todd Dayton, who shot a two-over-par 73 Tuesday. Dayton opened the tournament with a 67 and shot an even-par 71 in the second round.

Owen Mahaff ey, who won

individual medalist honors in last week’s West Texas Intercollegiate, was the only other Cameron golfer in the top ten. Th e Wichita

Falls sophomore fi nished a fi nal-round of 75 to

fi nish with a 217 (+4 par) total. Travis

Lovins fi nished in twelfth place with rounds of 73, 74 and 73 to fi nish at 7 over par.

Th e Central Oklahoma JV squad fi nished

third behind the Aggies with

an 881 total (+29 par). Northwood College fi nished fourth with an 890 total while St Mary’s fi nished fi fth 891 total.

Th e Aggies are scheduled to compete at the Grand Canyon Invitational in Phoenix, AZ on Oct. 4-5. Good luck Aggies!

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