Cameron Collegian Spring 2024 Issue #5

Academic Festival XII LEIGHANN

Care and Health: A Generational Approach

Brittney Payette Managing Editor

Cameron’s Academic Festival XII, “Care and Health: A Generational Approach,” continued at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the Johnson Auditorium in Ross Hall with a special student session featuring stand-up comedian and author Leighann Lord.

There was also a public session at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the University Theatre. Lord’s presentation was called “People with Parents: When the Roles Reverse.”

Lord said she learned a lot from caring for her aging parents and the role reversal that occurred.

“I realize that what we think of as our final years is very arrogant,” she said. “You have no idea how much time you’ll get. None whatsoever, and if you are not living and loving to the best of your ability, you are wasting time.”

She said that people learn different

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lessons from being a caregiver.

“Time, health, and energy are finite resources that we really can’t afford to waste, no matter how old you are.”

Lord also said that humor has played a vital role in getting through some of the difficult times in her life.

“I really do believe that if you can find the humor,” she said, “you can find the life lessons. Everyone’s life lessons will be different. Watching my parents age and fade has been instructive.”

Lord said that caregivers must use a lot of diplomacy and negotiation to try to help the older individual while still allowing them autonomy in their own lives.

“This is new for them, too,” she said. “They’ve never been this age. They’ve never been this needy … there are a lot of things that they’re experiencing right now, and at least trying to do that dance with as much respect as possible. I wish it were easier.”

Lord said that the number of people 85 plus is increasing and that there needs to be more help and more funding for the growing need that caregivers face when it comes to taking care of their loved ones.

“It is honoring the aging life and family process,” she said. “It should be done, no questions asked. That’s the kind of level of help that we need.”

Lord shared personal stories from her experiences caring for her elderly parents. She said that when her parent's lives changed, her life changed too when she began caring for her parents.

“According to AARP, the majority of family caregivers are women,” she said. “Forty eight percent of them care for a parent, but they’re also caring for spouses and partners and friends and neighbors and grandparents and in-laws and siblings, and this list goes on. And it is not cheap.”

She said that being a caregiver can be a very isolating experience, but there are things that people can do to help support someone who is a caregiver.

“Offer to run errands,” she said. “If you’re close, walk the dog. Pick the kids up from school, send flowers for no reason, or remember their birthday.”

She said she also appreciated it when people would send her an Uber Eats gift card or just listen to her vent.

“What folks really need,” Lord said, “is respite care. You need a break. You need to be able to get away for a day or a weekend. If you can offer that to someone, you are giving them a great deal. That’s on the high end. On the low end, listening. If you can listen and lend an ear, a nonjudgemental ear, you have no idea the good you are doing.”

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is a caregiver, they have to manage not only the person(s) health that they are giving care to but also their own health.

Lord’s dad passed away in 2019, and her mom passed away in 2021.

Lord said that getting assistance from others is crucial for caregivers.

“Not only do you have to ask for help,” she said, “but you have to learn how to accept it. That’s hard for some of us, especially my fellow type A’s who are comfortable doing everything, everywhere, all at once. That is the fastest way to caregiver burnout, or so I’ve found.”

“In the end, there was no hug that wasn’t given,” she said. “No argument that wasn’t had, and no ‘I love you’ left unsaid.”

“ Time, health, and energy are finite resources that we really can’t afford to waste, no matter how old you are.”

- Leighann Lord Comedian and Author

She said that something she learned that she wants current caregivers or future caregivers to know is that they are going to need help.

“This is not a job anyone should be doing by themselves,” Lord said. “It’s too hard.”

She also said that although it may be difficult, self-care has to be a priority.

“In order to take care of anyone else,” she said, “I first had to take care of me. Because if I fell by the wayside, they had nothing.”

Lord said that self-care can be challenging, especially for caregivers. She said that caregivers often feel guilt for engaging in self-care.

“Get over it,”

Lord said that once she stopped being a caregiver after both of her parents passed, she learned she needed time to recover from that job.

“You need to grieve what was,” she said. “And who you were. ‘Cause you were a different person before this and during this … honor what you have done, and take the time to rebuild yourself and your life.”

Lord said that daily meditation, joining a Facebook support group for caregivers, spending time with friends, and therapy helped her cope with some of the difficulties that resulted from being a caregiver.

For more information about Lord, visit her website at http://www. veryfunnylady.com/. Lord also has a podcast called "People with Parents," which can be found at http://www. veryfunnylady.com/podcast.

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L AWTON GRAD FAIR:

TRANSITIONING TO TOMORROW

Brittney Payette Managing Editor

From 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 29 in the McCasland Ballroom, Cameron’s Graduation Fair took place.

Records Manager for the Office of the Registrar at Cameron Tracy Lindsey said that she does degree audits for people when they apply for graduation.

“We just want to make sure that students have everything in line to graduate, so they don’t have … surprises,” she said. “And, we verify that the information that we have is correct as far as what will be printed on their diploma and the mailing address, and if they haven’t applied for graduation, we just want to walk them through that so they get all that done.”

Lindsey said that the first step in the graduation

process is to log in to Aggie Access and apply for graduation.

“We send home correspondence with anything they still have left to do,” she said.

One attendee of the graduation fair was senior Psychology major Benetria Cunningham.

“I wanted to come to the grad fair because I wanted the experience of being the person that’s going to graduate,” she said. “I just wanted the full effect. I thought it was very lovely.”

Cunningham said she has mixed feelings said she is excited, but she also finds it a bit nerve-wracking.

“My time at Cameron has been a very good one,” she said. “Obviously, you know I had my ups and downs, but like, I wouldn’t trade it. I really did love being at Cameron.”

Cunningham said her future plans include being a psychologist in the future.

“After Cameron, I was actually thinking about going to, I believe … OU for the science program,” she said.

Cunningham said one of her favorite things about Cameron is the Block party that is hosted when the

fall semester starts back up.

“I just like the fact that it gets everybody together,” she said. “(I like) seeing everyone after summer.”

Cunningham said she wants people in college to know that they should not give up.

“Keep going, and you definitely will see the finish line,” she said.

The graduation fair included booths from a multitude of different offices and organizations on campus, such as the Cameron Bookstore, the Alumni Association, the Registrar’s Office, and more. A professional photographer was also present to take pictures of students in their caps and gowns.

For more information about applying for graduation, contact the Office of the Registrar at registrar@cameron.edu.

ETHICS BOWL TEAM

HEADS TO NATIONALS

Hannah Owens News Editor

From Feb. 2226, the Cameron University Ethics Bowl team traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, to compete in the 28th Annual Association For Practical And Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (APPE IEB) National Competition.

The APPE IEB National Competition annually hosts 36 higher institution student teams to compete in matches using a collection of cases discussing presently relevant issues regarding daily life, business, education and politics.

A group of case authors spends the summer and fall crafting these cases, giving students around two months to get ready for the contest.

Over 200 teams from upwards of 150 schools take part in the regional contests each fall to secure a spot in the national competition.

Cameron University’s team triumphed over prestigious schools like Harvard and Princeton in the regional competition. This is the team’s second time to nationals in the last decade.

While the trophy may have eluded them this year, the team’s performance at the national level taught them how to come back stronger. Cameron University looks forward to returning to the competition next year, building on the solid foundation laid by this year’s team. Team coach Dr. John Masters is incredibly proud of the team and is confident they can rise from this.

“I think both I and the students really enjoyed

and would go out of their way to meet and practice more than scheduled.

He also said they excelled at the ability to study the cases from many different ethical angles and scopes. Most of the team is made up of business majors, making Strategic Communication major Alyssa Martinez stand out.

Despite this, students from all across campus and different degrees are encouraged to join the team.

“Honestly, I’d say go for it,” Martinez said. “You have the ability to know just as much as the guy from Yale does. And it’s worth the experience.”

While in Cincinnati Martinez fell in love with the history of the city, their hotel and ethics bowl.

They visited the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and stayed in the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The hotel, built in 1931, is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and houses grandeur architecture. She said the hotel stood out as her favorite part of the trip.

Masters wanted to express his gratitude to the Lawton Retail Merchants Association for dedicating the Virginia Brewczynski Endowed Chair in Business Leadership fund to send the team to Nationals with very little cost for the students.

“They have really made it possible for us to do all this,” Masters said. “I want them to know how grateful we are that they’ve provided the students with this experience.”

For more information on the Ethics Bowl team and joining, please contact Dr. John Masters at jmasters@cameron.edu.

the experience because you’re getting to face teams from all over the country,” Masters said. “Every one of which has won their region. So, you know, these are the best people at this.” Masters said the team has many strengths from strong dedication to effective communication. The students wanted to do the best they could

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Amelia Lozano Voices Editor

On Feb. 20, the United States vetoed a United Nations (UN) resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

This marks the third time the U.S. has rejected such a proposal. The U.S. ambassador, Linda ThomasGreenfield, instead endorses a resolution that would only secure a temporary pause in the war.

Currently, the U.S. is the only country in the UN actively rejecting calls for a permanent ceasefire.

Thirteen ambassadors recognized the severity of Israel’s actions against Palestine, but not the United States.

Our country is using our money to fund a genocide. Our country has seen the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians killed by the Israeli military and they have chosen to turn a blind eye to it.

Israeli attacks on Palestinians are not new. Conflict began as early as 1948 during the “Nakba” (or The Catastrophe) of Palestine, in which over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced by Israel into the Gaza Strip.

Following the Nakba, Israel has not ceased their attacks on Palestine. Israel continues to force Palestinians out of their homeland, erasing their culture, history and rights.

For 75 years, Palestinians have suffered under Israeli occupation.

An entire lifetime of violence has persisted against a nation simply defending itself against colonization.

There are no words to properly explain the extent of this violence.

It is, in the simplest terms, absolutely devastating to see what the world has come to.

We have become desensitized to violence to the point of no return.

We allow ourselves to see men, women, and children crying for their families with no home to return to.

We have allowed ourselves to overlook the growing list of Palestinian babies who will grow up not knowing their names or birthdays.

People are self-immolating to show the extent of their grievances with the ongoing terrors, and still we have yet to see a significant change.

It is all too easy to forget that there are lives other than our own at stake. It is all too easy to cling to our own comfort while neglecting the harsh realities of others.

What is the price of our anger? How much is our government willing to ignore us before they take action? How many lives must be lost before it is an issue?

To say that Palestinians should not be helped because this isn’t happening in America is appalling. Yes, we all have our own problems, but who wouldn’t seek help in this situation? Wouldn’t we all hope for someone to extend a hand?

We as a nation have doomed ourselves.

The founders of our country fought for freedom on stolen soil and have become a poisoned people.

We snuff out any light from the land we occupy and wonder why it won’t shine.

Israel, too, is damaging Palestinian ways of life as Americans have for the Indigenous.

This should be an opportunity for change and reconciliation throughout our country, but instead we, the citizens, are forced to be complicit in a genocide.

It is difficult to know that I can only do so much.

Still, I hope. It would be selfish to do otherwise. I will not allow myself to lose sight of the end

goal because it isn’t fair, not when I sit comfortably in my home while Palestinians have only rubble left of theirs.

We are stronger together, after all.

I constantly remind myself that I’m not the only dreamer. Palestinians are still alive, and they still have dreams, just like you and I. Who am I to sit idly by while so many want to snuff out their light?

I believe in a free Palestine within my lifetime.

If you would like to show your support and donate to displaced families in Gaza, please visit gofundme. com/CareForGaza.

NETFLIX’S LATEST VICTIM

Noel A&E Editor

This review may contain spoilers for the Live Action Adaptation of Avatar the Last Airbender.

Netflix has had its hand in a lot of live-action adaptations, “Death Note”, “Cowboy Bebop”, “One Piece”, and more. With its impressive roster of both successes and failures, you’d think this company would be able to nail exactly what would be necessary for any show to succeed but this isn’t the case. Netflix’s recent project “Avatar the Last Airbender’s” live-action adaptation was far from perfect and didn’t live up to the hype.

“Avatar the Last Airbender” was a show that aired back in the early 2000s about a boy named Aang the Avatar and his friends who have to travel across the world so Aang can learn the four elements to beat the fire lord and save the world. The fire nation committed mass genocide against the air nation and tried its best to cripple every other nation to remain in power. The avatar Aang who was asleep for a hundred years returned to this war-torn world and must try and fix it at the age of 12.

There are some things that this show does well and that is more of a hands-on introduction to the

darker aspects of Avatar. In this show, the audience is shown how brutal the fire nation can be, something the animated show alluded to but never explicitly shown us. The color pallet and special effects used in this show are pretty good and saved the show in the visual category. The actors for the most part are pretty good and have a lot of potential if there is a continuation after this first season.

There is so much to love about this series, and for the most part the live-action follows the source material enough to where it can be seen as an adaptation but there are a lot of unwelcomed changes that do nothing but harm the overall series.

Changes to characters like Katara and Aang are the main problem that the audience has with the show because they are completely stripped of their character. Aang isn’t as carefree and happy as he was in the animated series and the comics; he is down to earth and more serious. The lack of Aang’s desire for fun and adventure takes away from his character and makes his more serious moments lack the impact they would have had if his character remained the same. Another major problem with the show is the fact that Aang doesn’t bend a single drop of water in the first season which is called “Book 1: Water.”

Katara is stripped of all her anger and passion which

makes her character, feel out of place in this show. Katara feels more like a side character who has yet to be explored in this show which leaves a bad taste in the mouths of the viewers

The pacing was also very noticeably off in this show; the rush job makes everything else fold under due to constant exposition dumps and complete disregard for character building. Even without watching the original source material, it is quite noticeably condensed. There are always going to be complaints when adapting a show with such high praise as Avatar, but when the source material seems to be completely disregarded in the character-building aspects.

“Avatar’s” original series is a truly timeless piece of art and entertainment, and it deserves all its praises so to see another adaptation fall short of what the source material had to offer is very disappointing, to say the least.

Taking into account that Netflix’s team disagreed with original creators due to creative differences, it is not too far off to say that Netflix may be trying to make changes to craft “Avatar” in their vision. The problem is that their vision is to improve on something that didn’t need any improving narratively. This adaptation while it has many upsides, has too many downsides, and it earns itself a solid 5/10.

On Feb. 22, “Ride the Cyclone” opened at the University Theater as the third installment of the Department of Art, Music and Theatre Arts “Season of Compassion, Care and Chaos.” This musical is about the Saint Cassian High School choir members of the exaggerated Uranium City

in Saskatchewan going to a carnival for a trip, only to die on a defective roller coaster known as none other than The Cyclone. Each member of the choir gets a chance to tell their story in hopes of winning a reward as promised to them by a sentient mechanical fortune teller named The Amazing Karnak (Merlin Philips). What is the reward? The opportunity to be brought

back to life, of course.

There are six members of the choir: Ocean (Victoria Spruill), Noel (Mvnte Jones), Mischa (Dakota Maggard Weeks), Ricky (Victor Quinones), Constance (Shayson Lenee’), and the unnerving and mysterious Jane Doe (Grace Norbury).

Each character is highly individual, Ocean being the leader of the group, Noel as the token gay man,

Mischa as the offputting Ukrainian one, Ricky as the one who hardly speaks, Constance as the awkward, shy one and then Jane Doe. Not even The Amazing Karnak knows anything about her when she arrives.

Each song portrays the inner workings of the character singing it, and the audience is shown that “not every story has a lesson.”

The world premiere production of “Ride the Cyclone” took place in British Columbia back in 2008. It is a messy amalgamation of both comedy and tragedy, packed with the kind of humor that makes you wonder if you should really be laughing or not. The crowd at University Theater, a solid mixture of college students, high schoolers, and older adults, rode through the comedy of this musical like their own version of The Cyclone full of bellylaughter ups and cringeworthy downs, twists and turns that make you want to take a look around to see if everyone else is as confused as you are, and a peak so high you don’t even want to look over the edge to see the bottom. It is both outlandish and absurd as well as touching and sometimes even relatable.

The original playwrights for “Ride the Cyclone” Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond, wrote it in an effort to “dramatize the undramatize-able,” inspired by their collective urge to spite Aristotle himself after the poet wrote that “there was nothing dramatic or interesting about an accident.” Maxwell and Richmond wanted to

shine a light on those lost through some freak accident or unexplainable stroke of bad luck through a dark but lighthearted comedy accompanied by jaw-dropping lyrics and foot-tapping rhythm.

“The Cyclone” brought the choir members to the brink of who they are, showing each of their truest, darkest, ugliest colors. It is only near the end of this bizarre game Karnak has constructed for them that they realize what a tragedy it is they’ve endured. In the end, they’re not at the carnival anymore on a fun ride or playing an entertaining game. In the end, the choir members finally understand that what they’ve endured is nothing short of a true tragedy–and only one of them gets to go home.

Constance points out in the end how it “took a horrible accident to realize how goddamn special this life is.” Karnak asks who they are going to vote for – and all five come to an agreement to send Jane Doe – who they discover is Penny Lamb – back home. Pride and selfishness is set aside in favor of giving the one person who couldn’t even remember who she had been a second chance at life. After all, life is “just a ride, so take a look around.”

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CU Welcomes New Club

The Society for Creative Anachronism

Cameron University welcomed a new club on campus this year.

The Society for Creative Anachronism (CUSCA) is a community that practices the arts and skills of pre-17th century Europe.

Senior, Lance Wallace, is the Seneschal President of the CUSCA

“CUSCA is part of an international organization that does medieval interactment,” Jones said. The organization focuses mainly on educating people about medieval times, roughly 100 B. C. to the 1600s.

Medieval Times have always interested Wallace.

“Oh yeah, this has been a lifelong thing, ever since I was first exposed to the legend of the King Arthur and saw my first dragon cartoon. I was like that’s cool,” he said.

CUSCA has already begun to host events and many more are in the making.

“We’ve done chainmail art making and coming up we have an introduction to Herbalism teaching,” Wallace said.“We’ll be doing leather

bag making, pyrography which is wood burning, kumihimo, which is Japanese brown braiding.”

CUSCA is committed to teaching their members all aspects of Medieval life.

“We also have a Medieval camping one on one so you can camp like you live in the 1200s, how to make jewelry, wire bead, calligraphy,” he said.

CUSCA had already existed but wasn’t active within the community.

“So I decided to take charge and run with it. We started out with four people, and now we have 25,” he said.

The club is about recreating the Medieval ages in its most idealized form.

“So without an ant plague, no execution, no slavery, no servants,” he said.

The members of CUSCA can become part of one of the many Medieval age social classes.

“Everyone who is a member of CUSCA is in a class. All Members starts in the merchant class, in these classes you can receive rewards of arm and awards of service after that you can level up like in a game,” he said.

There are no hardened gender roles for the community to follow.

“We have female knights which we call them dams and they can do heavy combat or light combat. It is an equal opportunity of an organization as we can make it,” Wallace said.

CUSCA have planned actvities for the summer.

“We actually have a pottery project that we’re doing for our summer coronation event” he said. For more information on CUSCA events or the organization itself, email Lance Wallace at lw011874@cameron.edu.

more sturdy and provides more protection than butted, it’s also much more difficult to make, requiring more materials and a forge.

Cameron University students got to delve into the world of Medieval armor as the Cameron University Society for Creative Anachronism (CUSCA) hosted a chainmail armor workshop on Feb. 20 in CETES.

The organization aims to educate students and members about different aspects of the Middle ages through workshops and events or other recreations of various elements from the era.

Raibert Gordin and Soren Vidarsson hosted the workshop.

Lord Vidarsson is the new head of the CUSCA taking over after the previous head stepped down.

Gordin and Vidarsson are both experienced artisans in crafting things from the Medieval era. Gordin led the class on the chainmail armor as he personally has made dozens of pieces of chainmail in the past from full shirts to bikinis.

The class walked students through the entire process of making the armor.

Students started by tightly coiling metal wire around a metal crank to form a sort of metal spring. After carefully removing the

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The particular chainmail the students were making was referred to as butted chainmail.

The other form Gordin talked about is called riveted chainmail.

While riveted chainmail is much

Gordin also talked about the historical significance of the armor and its place in various parts of history as well as the various ways the armor was used.

Beyond the chainmail armor workshop, CUSCA hopes to host more events in the very near future.

On March 5, the organization will be running a

Herbology 101 class where students will learn the basics of herbology.

On March 12, Vidarsson will be hosting a leather pouch workshop where students will get to learn some simple leather working techniques and design

and create their own leather pouch.

“Don’t be afraid to try something new,” Vidarsson said. “It can lead to the most amazing experiences.”

The organization is always looking for new members.

Photo and graphic by Ciera Terry

Ciera Terry Student Life

Austin Childers Student Life

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MEN’S BASKETBALL:

Cameron University Ballin’ in Style

Ramona Villegas Sports Editor

At 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 29, at the Aggie gym, the Cameron University basketball team played against the Midwestern State University Mustangs with the Cameron Aggies, securing the win 64-58.

The Aggie men entered the game with a 16-11 season.

The game started off with both teams struggling to find their shooting strokes, with most shots rattling out or striking the iron.

But eventually, the offenses settled in, with Cameron’s starting guards getting out in transition for some easy layups.

The Mustangs began the game with multiple errors, but a layup made by Mason Gibson ensured points for the Mustangs. Gibson would also shoot the following three points with an assist by Bakar Lastrap. Following some back and forth, Pierre Sanders of the Mustangs made a three-pointer.

After a time-out by the Aggies, Daylon Andrews secured the first three points for Cameron. Once Andrews got the ball, the Aggies were on a roll with a layup from Reggie Prudhomme and a dunk from Jaylan Thomas.

Then the Mustangs got the ball, shooting again with a jumper by Sanders, tying up the game 10-10. The Aggies made three free throws after the tie-up.

A few fouls from the Aggies sent the Mustangs to the free-throw line, ensuring them a point. A threepointer from Daylon, then a jumper

by Gibson brought the game close, 15-16.

After the first eight minutes of play, Cameron and Midwestern State locked themselves in a tight battle on the hardwood.

At the end of the first quarter, the game was 35-30 in favor of the Mustangs.

During half-time, the Cameron dance team took the floor.

After both teams made some lineup changes, the second half began. Prudhomme was the first scorer in the second half, with a three-pointer. Along with a countermove made by Will, Shepherd made sure the Mustangs also scored a three-pointer.

During the second quarter, the Aggie’s passing game was intense, with multiple shots made by players Levell Brodnex, Thomas, Jaxon Ingram, and Thai Elder, and with assists by Prudhomme.

Six minutes before the end of the game, there was a foul by Prudhomme, which got Bakari LaStrap to the free throw line, tying the game again 53-53.

The Aggies’ coordination, and good communication helped them wrap up the game, 64-58.

Some of the leading scorers for the night consisted of Thomas, Ingram, and Daylon. Daylon made the last three-pointer of the night for the Aggies.

On the Mustangs team, the shots had been made by Bakari, Pierre Sanders and Reggie Hill, making the last layup of the night for them.

For more information on next season, visit https://cameronaggies.

Pep Band Pumping up the Crowd

graded based on their participation and the class will show on their transcripts.

After more than a five-year hiatus, thanks to the combined efforts of students and the support of music professor Dr. Lucas Kaspar, the pep band is revived, injecting renewed energy into basketball game days.

A small group of music students approached Kaspar at the beginning of the semester about bringing back the pep band. Kaspar already directs the campus concert and community bands and never planned on starting an entirely new band. However, he embraced the idea and supported the students in their endeavors.

Kaspar met with the chair of the music department and the athletic directors.

“The students wanted to do this. They wanted to have the pep band,” Kaspar said. “Everyone was on board. So it was a very easy, smooth transition to get it back.”

The administration agreed to make the pep band a class credit for the students.

The students will be

Kaspar expressed satisfaction at the band’s revival, noting the dedication of the students involved. They practice every Friday for an hour and a half and are at the games for five hours.

The purpose of a pep band is to support the teams and encourage

them as they play on the court. The revival of the band highlights how music fosters community and enriches campus culture.

Senior Alec Santos is a part of the spirit team and noted the dramatic uptick in audience participation at the games with the pep band in attendance.

“The pep band has made game days a whole different experience,”

Santos said. “Both the women’s and men’s teams play better and it’s just an overall great time.”

Sophomore music performance major Owen Ellis updated and rewrote the original arrangement of the Cameron fight song in preparation for the pep band’s comeback. He plays the trumpet for the band, and never attended a Cameron

basketball game before.

Ellis mentioned that the faculty and staff are enjoying the presence of the pep band at the games.

“After every game,” Ellis said, “we’ve had somebody come over on the coaching staff or the administrative staff come over and thank us and just cheer us on.”

As the band continues to grow and evolve, its presence

serves as a reminder of the resilience and determination of the college community to preserve cherished traditions and create new ones for generations to come.

Pep Band played for the last time on Feb. 29 until next basketball season.

For more information please contact Lucas Kaspar at lkaspar@ cameron.edu.

Hannah Owens News Edior

Photo by Ramona Villegas

Photo by Ramona Villegas