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E-voting gains in popularity By Dawn Holt Staff Writer
Committee continues processing applicants to replace Sally Soelle as dean of the School of Liberal Arts. PLEASE SEE PAGE 3
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Point, click and vote was the emphasis of voting during the spring 2005 Student Government Association (SGA) election. Only 89 of the 369 votes tallied came from paper ballots according to Ann Stafford, department secretary of student activities, an indication of the evolution of electronic voting. SGA is trying Graphic by Leah Hicks to encourage the use of electronic
voting on campus instead of the usual paper ballots. CU has used online voting since the 2004 homecoming elections, but still students seem reluctant to use the online voting process instead of the paper ballots. Incoming SGA President Frank Myers said, “It is a concept that people have to get used to and that will take time, but most campuses have moved to just online voting and no longer use paper ballots.” According to Myers, the easy accessibility to online ballots creates more of an opportunity for students to vote, but SGA plans to use paper ballots one more semester and then turn to complete online voting. Last year SGA had the student body vote on the online program and, according to Myers, the concept passed. The SGA then sent a request
to CU’S Director of Information Technology Services, Debbie Goode, asking about the possibility of online student voting in order to make counting votes faster and easier. Greg Duncan, UNIX system administrator, was tasked with the development of customized software for online voting. He based the software on a skeleton program from SunGard Bi/Tech, the system CU purchased for the student system and payroll system. The customized software allows for the student activities director to have access to the electronic votes without tracing the vote to a particular student. According to Duncan, the student activities director has access to a vote audit, meaning
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Cadets prepare for Warrior Forge-2005 By Dawn Holt Staff Writer
Reviewer attributes success of “Say it With Flowers” screening to good use of metaphor. PLEASE SEE PAGE 7
Sports
Women’s tennis chalks up another win as they head into Lone Star Conference championships this week. PLEASE SEE PAGE 8
Voices
Two hundred and twenty seven cadets from the 10th and 12th ROTC brigades struggled through high winds and temperatures to conduct their annual spring joint field training exercise (JFTX) April 7-10 at Fort Sill. Cameron University, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, the University of Central Oklahoma and Texas Tech University joined forces to conduct realistic training to prepare all cadets for Warrior Forge 2005, a leadership camp that all ROTC cadets must complete prior to commissioning. According to Lt. Col. William Finely, CU’s ROTC primary instructor, all cadets are required to attend the training to help prepare them for what they should expect to encounCourtesy Photo ter at Warrior Forge. Left Right Left: Nathalia Andrews, accounting junior, practices her map-reading skills as part of the training Although all four days were for a Warrior Forge 2005. This annual exercise is required of all ROTC cadets before being commissioned as vital to training, only two con2nd Lieutenants in the Army. sisted of continuous on-going training: Friday and Saturday. Friday started with round robin training folminimum of four out of seven points located in luminated with green chemical lights so cadets lowed by a map-reading exam. The round robin the Fort Sill training area around Rabbit Hill could see them within at least 20 meters. training included four classes: compass and pace and Craig Hill. The cadets returned late in the night for an verification, attack points, intersection and reThe cadets had a break after day land navigaall-too-brief five hours of rest before starting section and route planning. The map exam was a tion, but soon began another task; Starting at Saturday’s event, the Squad Training Exercise 25-question multiple-choice map-reading exam 8:30 p.m. all Military Science I (MS) (fresh(STX). to test map-reading skills. The exam contained man), MSII (sophomore) and MSIII (junior) For this exercise, an evaluator (a senior questions dealing with intersection, resection, cadets were on their way to complete night land ROTC cadet) picked a squad leader, then issued road distance and elevations. navigation. an operations (ops) order to the leader which Quickly following the exam was day land Each cadet was expected to find three out of Please see ROTC, page 3 navigation. The cadets had four hours to find a five points in three hours. The points were il-
New courses augment summer, fall offerings By Kari Lewis
mation that in order to produce more competitive students in the technology field, CU needed Several new classes are being offered at CU to offer a wider variety of classes. In the past, this year. Due to the need for more variety and to students were not able to choose which direckeep CU students competitive in the work force, tion they would prefer to go in when obtaining CU is offering a wider range of courses in both a degree in CAD/Engineering Design Technolthe technology and English departments. ogy. However, with the new classes in place, Coordinator of Computer students will be able to choose to specialize in Aided Drafting either Mechanical or Civil/GIS. (CAD) and EnSonwalkar said, gineering Design “It is important to Todd Raborn, with update the curricuthe assistance of lum based on industry Assistant Professor hiring trends and Mukul Sonwalkar of emerging technologies the technology departbecause when students ment, will be instructgraduate, they will be ing the following new well-prepared for their classes in the fall 2005 careers ahead.” semester: Introduction Manuel Campos, Jr., to Geographical Inforsenior telecommunicamation Systems (GIS)/ tions electronics major, Global Positioning System is pleased with the Photo by Lisa Snider (GPS), Manufacturing Prochanges. cesses and Project Management. “It’s a great idea that These classes were introduced at the request they changed the degree plan and added more of the Advisory Council after the results from classes,” he said. “Now when we submit our renational and regional surveys returned the inforsumes for jobs, our potential employers see the
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Columnist comments on the efficacy of group projects, and Aggies chime in with their own opinions. PLEASE SEE PAGE 2
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word ‘engineer’ and that opens the doors for us to better job opportunities. It makes us more competitive in the workforce.” Other upcoming classes in the technology department include: GI Fabrications and GI Design, both in the civil field of study; and Advanced Solid Modeling and CAD/CAM Applications, both in the mechanical field of study. Added to English department curriculum in the summer 2005 semester is the class, Legend of Arthur; and in the fall 2005 semester, a new upper division seminar will be offered entitled Literature of Sports. Assistant Professor John Hodgson will instruct both of the upcoming classes. Hodgson said Legend of Arthur is a study focused on the legendary King Arthur and that the Literature of Sports class will focus on literature pieces written about various sporting events and experiences. The Literature of Sports course will require students to read selections such as: “The Sun Also Rises,” by Ernest Hemingway; “The Great American Novel,” by Philip Roth; “Friday Night Lights,” by H.G. Bissinger; and “Levels of the Game,” by John McPhee. The class targets
Please see COURSES, page 4
Voices 2 Group projects not effective for editor The two worst words to ever come out of a professor’s mouth are “group project.” Unfortunately for me, this happened on three separate occasions this semester alone. Though I have had a couple of good experiences with group projects, there are too many things that I dislike about group projects that keep me from getting the desired effect from them. I know that professors stand by the argument that being in a group promotes learning from one another, but most of the time, I would prefer to learn on my own. No offense to my group members, past or present, but there are inherent problems with the whole system of group projects that makes it more trouble than they are worth. Inevitably, there will be at least one person who either doesn’t show up for meetings, for class, does not pull their own weight or all of the above. Also inevitably, one or two other members of the group will take more than their share to get a good grade. Cameron is a school of commuters, and, more often than not, people are teamed up with students from the surrounding areas. This makes it difficult to meet outside of class, which is often required for group projects. So, even if group members who live out of town really wanted to pull their weight and come for every meeting, it is not always possible or logical. Even if all group members reside in the same town, it is very difficult to find a time outside of class that is convenient for everyone. I have two jobs and go to school fulltime. If everyone in the group has a schedule that is half as busy as mine, it is nearly impossible to find a convenient time. This often results in mainly e-mail communication, at least in my experience, which mostly defeats the purpose for group projects in the first place. I am very obsessive about my grades, the quality of my work and turning in things on time. When I have group members who don’t want to share the workload, I get very upset. I realize that some professors allow students to “grade” each other on their level of participation, but not all professors follow this method. Also, who is to say that one of my group members doesn’t like me and therefore gives me a lower score, or that I don’t do the same? The professor would more than likely never know if someone was scored unfairly, especially if the student was never in any of the professor’s other classes. But perhaps my biggest complaint about group projects is that they do not allow me to complete my own work on my own time. If I have free time, which does not happen very often, or I have set aside time to do my schoolwork, I want to be able to do it. I don’t want to rely on my group members. Procrastination is my biggest enemy, so anything that I can get done ahead of time helps avoid last-minute cramming sessions. I like to know that my work is done and I am accountable for it. In the words of my friend, “I paid for my education myself, so I want to do the work by myself.”
Do you think group projects are effective?
Alison Turner Education junior “If you get to choose who your partners are.”
Graphic by Leah Hicks
Allen Biffle Vocal Music junior
—Angela Sanders, A&E Editor
Writer reflects on college experiences I recently wrote “school sucks” on a white board in a classroom because this time of year that’s how I feel. That saying is not true of my entire college experience though. I have been a student at Cameron since the fall of 1998. I know that’s a long time. I started as sociology major with absolutely no idea what I was going to do. The only reason I chose sociology was because I saw some stuff on TV one day and thought, “I could have fun traveling and seeing new things and new cultures of people.” Well, then I discovered theory. Sociology was out for me. That’s kind of the way it went for the first year I was at Cameron — just floating along not really knowing what was happening. Now, I can finally see the light at the end, which vaguely resembles a stage and a football stadium, though I am really not sure if it’s true yet or not. I have become the non-traditional student I complained about for so long early in my college career, and I don’t really mind. College, to me, has been an experience that has changed my life in more ways than I could even begin to count. I have learned a lot, and what I value most has been outside of the classroom. One of the first things I learned about college life at Cameron was to not park my car with its nose sticking out of a parking slot. Shortly thereafter I learned that the guys at public safety were pretty cool about letting you off if you really didn’t know that you couldn’t park that way. I learned as a freshman that the idea of not getting into trouble for skipping a class was nice, until I got my grades. My first class was Dr. Atwater’s Intro to Philosophy at 9 a.m. MWF in the now Scott Pratt condemned West Hall. For those of you who might have had one of his classes you know what the meaning of discussion-based course truly is. It was in this course that I learned there is always going to be one person in a class who is never wrong and who will never be quiet even if their ideas are so off the wall that not even the professor can understand what they are thinking. I like to meet people, so my second year of school I decided to join a fraternity. YES; they do exist on campus; you might just have to look hard to find them. Joining Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity taught me about myself, life, school, business, friendships, and other things that I can’t mention here. I was scared to death as a pledge (associate member); I had no idea what to expect. The six weeks I spent as a pledge were the most fun I had as a fraternity man. One of the unique things about being a Sig Tau was learning how to run a business and do it successfully. That knowledge will stick with me forever, along with the endless conversations over which beer tastes better at what temperature, time of day and method of cooling. I also learned a lot about women in college. I met my girlfriend of six years in a class during my second semester, and it has been great. The things she has taught me are priceless. However, the things I have learned about other women, because of her, have helped too. For instance, after two years it is customary for every woman to ask the guy when he is going to marry his girlfriend every time they see him. I guess what I have liked about college so much is getting to experience the different types of people who grace Cameron’s campus. Going to CU is a unique experience. The mix of young and older students in the same setting provides an atmosphere for social and academic learning that most schools do not have. Incoming freshmen straight from high school meet people who have been in the real world, people who have fought in wars and people who are just looking to make themselves better. If I could offer any advice it would be this: Have fun; listen to the people in your classes (except the one who talks way too much); go to class (as much as you can); and get involved in something on campus so you can experience more of life as a college student. School doesn’t suck as long as we make it worth our time and learn from it every day, both inside and outside the classroom. Scott is a public relations junior from Lawton. He is also a staff writer and the photographer for The Collegian. Scott is currently seeking to become the first undergraduate student to receive tenure at Cameron University. Send comments to collegian@cameron.edu
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Isn’t it time people opened their eyes? This Oklahoma dust may be thick, but there is more to life than just this state, and our lack of football at Cameron. It seems to me that people wake up every morning thinking of only themselves and what they are missing out on. I dare to be different and often wake up thinking of what I have in comparison to many who have less than me, or who are suffering indifferences... The sad part is that differing opinions are not accepted here in our country, or more regionally: The Midwest. I’m against many things but I often stay silent in anger, due to my surroundings. I would be chastised for my opinions. People would look down on me for my beliefs. And maybe it’s about time that happened. Because I’m so tired of beings complaining about petty things without even thinking, or concerning themselves with matters that are bigger than them... There are much more important things to complain about here. There is so much more to college my young friends. Read International News. Read about the good and bad in the world. Form some opinions; become informed. Become part of something so much more important than you are by yourself... Please open your eyes Oklahoma... There is more to life than football: http://okimc.org/index.php http://www.democracynow.org/ http://www.amnesty.org/ http://www.alternet.org/index. html http://www.guerrillanews.com/ http://www.icrc.org/eng Mike Lee Art junior
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“Yes. Youʼre not only accountable to your project, but to your peers.”
Tonia Swain Political Sci. freshman “It promotes communicative skills and helps develop social skills.”
Trae Lister Business sophomore “Yes. It makes it easier because you donʼt have to do as much.”
Robin St. Germaine English junior “Itʼs difficult to leave the outcome to someone else.”
Cody Gee Music sophomore “Group learning is effective.” Our Views The opinions expressed in The Collegian pages or personal columns are those of the signed author. The unsigned editorial under the heading “Our Voice” represents the opinion of the majority of the editorial board. The opinions expressed in The Collegian do not necessarily represent those of Cameron University or the state of Oklahoma.
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ROTC Continued from page 1 dealt with a specific battle drill: knock out a bunker, movement to contact, enter and clear the building, reconnaissance, presence patrol or deliberate attack. The exercise was conducted in lanes. A lane is a designated geographic area of predetermined length. Each of the nine lanes completed by cadets in this particular exercise was seventy meters long. In order to enhance the training, the evaluators on the lanes used training simulation devices, such as artillery and hand grenade simulators, which sometimes caused stress for the squad. The cadets had only eighteen minutes to issue their squad operations order, conduct troop-leading procedures and rehearse tactics as they attempted to accomplish their mission with eight other individuals they had met just the day before.
News “Eighteen minutes doesn’t seem like a long time, but we have been training during labs to perform in a short amount of time,” Glenn Tupper, criminal justice junior, said. During the STX lane squad leaders were evaluated on their leadership ability and effectiveness in conducting troop-leading procedures and on their ability to command and control their squad during the mission. “All squad leaders chosen during my lane showed leadership potential,” Carlos Wandembergh, CU’s ROTC cadet executive officer, said, “but a few need to make quicker and better decisions during stressful situations and not lose control of the situation.” After the training, the cadets were able to see the skills they need to work on. “Most of all I hope each cadet was able to refine their leadership skills and learn the importance of teamwork,” Wandembergh said.
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Fall in: Cadets rehearse troop-leading procedures during joint training for Warrior Forge, an upcoming leadership camp the cadets are required to attend.
Committee’s search for new dean narrows By Kari Lewis Staff Writer The school of liberal arts continues its search for a new dean to replace Dean Sally B. Soelle. John Hodgson, assistant professor of English, is serving as the chair of the screening committee. “The committee is comprised of professors of liberal arts, one professor from science and technology, a student member and a faculty member,” Hodgson said. The committee has been receiving applicants for this position since spring break. “From geographers to anthropologists, we’ve had a variety of applicants,” he said. With so many applicants, the committee is looking for certain qualities for the new dean. “We are looking for a person with a doctorate degree in a liberal arts field, preferably a cross-over between liberal arts and fine arts,” Hodgson said. “The person must have scholarship and research publications as well as a proficient record of teaching.” The new dean will have many responsibilities due to the School of Liberal Arts’ position as the largest academic school on campus. The dean will be responsible for 13 academic programs in seven departments, 81 faculty members and a $5.3 million annual budget. “Fund-raising, management of personnel and annual evaluations are just a few responsibilities of the new liberal arts’ dean,” Hodgson said. The committee has narrowed down its search to three candidates. Two of the three are scheduled for campus visits. According to Hodgson, in a “facstaff ” e-mail, Jerome Steffen is currently Special Assistant to the Dean for Development, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Georgia Southern University, where he was formerly chair of the history department. Steffen will visit the Cameron campus today. John Forrest is currently the chair of Anthropology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase. Forrest will visit CU on Wednesday. “During the campus visits, the candidate will meet with the screening committee, President Ross, deans of the other schools, chairs of departments and other faculty members,” Hodgson said. The committee plans to have the new dean
VOTING Continued from page 1 the raw votes, and the data is displayed as it is retrieved from the database. The director also gets a vote audit ID, which is a sorted list of student IDs, allowing the director to determine students did not vote twice. Although the custom software makes the process of counting votes easier and faster, the program does not guarantee a completely secret ballot. “The information is stored in the student database, so yes, the information could be traced back,” Duncan said. “A programmer would have to write a program that retrieves the data and student ID, but they would also have to know what values were assigned to each candidate and where each question is stored.” Although some may not like the idea of electronic voting, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act of 2002 that is supposed to replace punch cards with electronic voting. “I have mixed feelings about online voting,” Myers said. “The concept is great at the college level but not something to be used at the state or federal level.”
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Cameron writers honored By Lisa Snider News Editor The pleated room dividers were collapsed in the Shepler Mezzanine last Monday, to accommodate an overflow crowd for the English department’s annual awards ceremony, “Honoring Cameron Writers – Past, Present, and Future.” The event is a combined ceremony honoring exceptional freshmen composition students, the current winners of two writing competitions and a returning winning writer. Associate Professor Vivian Thomlinson has organized the awards ceremony for the past eight years. However, the idea of recognizing outstanding freshman writers started 15 years ago with now retired CU English Professor Leigh Holmes. Thomlinson began by honoring two writers of the present. Barbara Adams, English junior, was the winner of a competition initiated by Holmes three years ago – the Leigh Holmes Prize for Nonfiction Prose. Her autobiographical piece is entitled, “My Comfortable Place.” Another writer of the present, Wilma Whittaker, was awarded the Matt Haag Prize in Short Fiction, named for the late CU graduate and awarded by his family in his memory. Whittaker, who has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, is taking classes in English and creative writing as a special student. Whittaker was informed of the results of the Haag competition informally in class, as her professor, Mark Spencer, tried to find out from her whether she knew
anything yet or not. “It pleased me that he was the one to tell me because he has been my writing mentor,” Whittaker said. “His criticism and encouragement have shaped my abilities and made me a much better writer.” Whittaker’s piece, “Suicide Hill,” was also chosen for publication in the spring 2005 issue of the online magazine, “The Oklahoma Review.” Both Adams and Whittaker won prizes of $250. Representing the past aspect of the celebration was Kimberly Stormer, last year’s winner of the Leigh Holmes Prize, with her essay “Thank You Lawd Jesus Christ Amen.” Stormer was to have read her essay at the event, but was unable to attend. Future Cameron writers were represented by more than 100 freshman composition students who were nominated by English faculty out of approximately 2,400 composition students. “These are the best of the best, the brightest of the brightest,” Thomlinson said. The students’ names were read in order of the professor who nominated them. Thomlinson said that anyone whose name was not called but who was notified that he or she was nominated should contact her at 581.2545 to have the certificate mailed. Plans are underway to find more ways to celebrate Cameron writers. “More cash prizes for outstanding writing are on the way,” Thomlinson said. “Beginning spring 2006, the department will award two additional prizes – a prize of $250 for poetry and a $250 prize for literary criticism.”
Photo by Lisa Snider
Working writers: Creative writing students Wilma Whittaker and Barbara Adams celebrate winning fiction and non-fiction writing competitions, respectively, after Monday’s awards ceremony. English faculty, students and their families filled the seating area to honor these and other outstanding English students.
Freshman honorees
Photo by Lisa Snider
Congratulations: English Instructor Lynne Miller presents prenursing freshman Betty W. Mwangi with a certificate for outstanding composition skills. Mwangi is from Kenya, and English is her second language.
COURSES Continued from page 1 English majors and will be an upper division, 4000level class. According to Hodgson, the aim of the class is to analyze several pieces of literature and evaluate how the rules of sports can often be used as guidelines to live by. CU’s Festival VI theme “CU in good health” goes hand in hand with the theme of the class; Hodgson said students taking the class will be required to write
Nadia C. Addison, Perry O. Adeleye, Jacob E. Aguilar, Julia G. Alaniz, Adisa Alexis, Penny Alford-Canon, Tina Alley, Richard Alomar, Janella J. Anderson, Phillip Anthony, Kimberly L. Armstrong, Lindsey Austin, Lynette Baker, Mylinda Brown, Sabine Brown, Tiffany N. Brown, Lisa N. Brunker, Deidra Bryan, George Bryan, David Bublitz, Chinnie D. Burford, Heather Buchman, Melissa Caswell, Tracy Chappell, Sylvia Chavana, Rhymalese Clarke, Laura L. Coast, Norma J. Coffin, Kristyna J. Coleman, Melissa Colin, Carrie Espinoza, Dena M. Fabre, JohnDavid Famoly, Tammy French, Tony Garcia, Joseph Grant, Jordan Green, Rachel Harness, Karlee J. Hawkins, Roberta G. Heath, Shiela Hodge, Amanda Ihler, Nathan Jacks, Gareth Jester, Nicole John, Alfonso Johnson, Jason Jolly, George K. Keck, Virginia Keenan, Crystal Kreiger, Brian Kriss, Nathan Lamb,
Rachael A. Lang, Jennifer Lockwood, Melissa Long, Julie Louis, Amber Lukasik, Laurie A. Mansfield, Angjeliqi Marko, Randol J. Martin, Krystal Maxwell, Annette Mayville, Amber M. McArthur, Shawn Miller, Ruth Anne Milstead, Betty W. Mwangi, Shaina Norris, Lisa Neugebauer, Jamel Oliver, Haley J. Orso, Elvin Owens, Kelvin Page, Alejandro Pereyra-Alaniz, Levi R. Poafpybitty, William Poland, Stacia Powers, Tonia Price, Kathryn L. Ragaglia, Karen Reid, Nicole Reinhart, Nisha Rice, John Robertson, Sheldon Rogers, Wendy Rose, Jordi Mullor Salinas, Kimberly Self, Stella L. Shippy, David Sims, Jacqueline Smith, Chris St. John, Jessica Stewart, Srijana Subedi, Mary Ellen Tally, Jaslynn Taylor, Jared Teel, Jyoti Thapa, Amanda G. Trankovich, Nathan Trousdell, Eamon Ulysses, Seth Walker, Lindsey Warren, Thomas M. Willcox, Eli Williamson.
a paper, which they may consider presenting at the Festival. “One of the expectations (for a student) is to produce an 8-10 page, well-researched conference paper for the Festival, or for some other conference, which will be presented by the student at the Festival or conference,” he said. For more information about the classes offered by the technology department, please call 581.2336. Those interested in the classes offered by the English department, please call 581.2934.
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A jazzin’ good lunch: The CU Jazz Ensemble performs a Brown Bag Concert in the Student Union patio area Friday. The weather cooperated as people lined benches and the lawn to hear the performance, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John E. Moots.
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Cameron students strike OIL Campus Round-up
By Petulah Olibert Staff Writer Ever feel powerless about decisions made that affect you? Ever wish you could voice your ideas and concerns about laws that concern you? You can, at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (OIL). OIL is a mock parliamentary meeting, staffed by students of various colleges in Oklahoma. Led entirely by participating students from various colleges, OIL meets to debate legislation that the students themselves have fashioned. According to Student Government Association (SGA) President Jenny Jackson, OIL members are chosen via the application process. As a result, any student can apply, she said. Legislative sessions are held biannually, once during the fall semester, the other during the spring. “We usually look for a good mix of new students as well as those who have gone before,” Jackson said. “Although OIL participants are usually SGA members, the entire student body is part of the SGA making them eligible. In any one sitting of the legislative sessions there are several hundred pieces of legislation to be discussed. Some are weighty issues that deal with state law like health care provisions and doing away with the turnpike. Then, there are others, which are simply mock pieces which challenge the students into thinking and learning about the proper ways to create legislature.” On April 6, eight students — Danielle Murphree, Kara Morris, Blake Red Elk, Marcos Rivera, Zach Fort, Manuel Hagar and Selby Bush — were selected to participate in the four-day legislative process of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature Convention held in Oklahoma City. Students who apply for the post and meet the relative criteria get the chance to debate issues and concerns and possibly help create laws that may affect persons statewide. History and political science major, Manuel Hagar, was
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Learning the ropes: Jacob Johnson, business administration junior, Marcos Rivera, vocal music education sophomore, and Manuel Hager, political science/history sophomore, take a moment for a photo opportunity at the 2004 OIL convention. Cameron students traveled to OKC to take part in a four-day legislative session where they learned about the parliamentary process. one of those chosen to represent Cameron University at the legislature convention. As he tells it, OIL seemed to be his calling. “What interested me in OIL is that it is a political forum. That made the politician in me very interested, since it is an organization that is part of a mock legislature. I am a history and political science major with a minor in criminal justice,” he said, “so my participation in OIL has always been a learning experience. The fact that I have a voice and can use that voice to participate and influence such legislation is unparalleled. I think everyone should send in applications for OIL and give it a shot. That way we will have a bigger delegation. Besides, it is a great organization to belong to.” Although this is only Hagar’s second OIL convention, he said that it has helped him to develop intellectually and career-wise. “OIL has definitely molded me as an individual. I realize now that
everyone in this country has a voice and that that voice matters. My participation in OIL is also careeroriented. I plan to attend law school after I graduate and to hopefully branch off into the field of politics. So this experience has been a huge benefit to me.” The idea for the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature was formed in 1969 by then Oklahoma governor George Nigh. It was created to mimic the legislative process of government. The governor felt that it would help educate students on the workings of government. According to Jackson, the student governor may occasionally fund a piece of legislation which is then passed on to the actual senate. Sometimes, that legislature is made into law — one of them being the inclusion of pictures on drivers’ licenses. At the recent convention, Hagar’s delegation made motions to amend legislature they saw as
unfair — a civil rights’ bill which “tried to take away affirmative action from minority students,” he said. “I was against it but if the legislation had had a clause to come up with some other plan that would deal with minority students I would have been all for it.” Accompanying Hagar was music major Marcos Rivera, a member of the SGA. Rivera’s participation in OIL stemmed from his desire to familiarize himself with parliamentary procedure. “I think it is a very educational experience which can help me to become more effective in SGA during the legislative process,” said Rivera. “This last OIL convention was my third session. Because parliamentary procedure is very organized and offers a large or small organization structure with fast, yet effective meetings, OIL has helped me to gain a better understanding of how an organization should run in order for it to be effective.”
The University Awards Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in the Shepler Mezzanine. At 8 p.m. Thursday in the Shepler Mezzanine PAC will sponsor Poetry Night showcasing students’ original work and featuring poet Russ Ritter. The film “Coach Carter” will be screened at 9 p.m. Friday on the west lawn of the Cameron University Football Stadium.
CU solicits statement input An ad hoc committee has been tasked with reviewing Cameron’s mission statement, updating it as necessary. Students, faculty and staff are invited to review the proposed statement and offer suggestions. Refer to your Wolverine e-mail account for the message, subject line: “Cameron Mission Statement.” Comments should be submitted by Friday.
Business plan makes competition semi-finals By Lauren Slate Staff Writer On April 6, in Oklahoma City, Cameron student Matthew Modeste was selected as a semifinalist in the first ever Governor’s Business Plan Competition. Modeste, accounting senior, and a team of CU students worked for two months prior to submitting their business plan for a company called ChemComBioLab. The company plan was to develop pharmaceutical drugs targeting illnesses, specifically ovarian cancer. Modeste’s business plan was one of 38 submissions statewide, and one of two from CU. Cameron graduate student, Emmanuel Yeo also submitted a project. Each presentation was evaluated on 11 areas of concentration for a possible total
of 100 points. possibly on April 24 if the plan is Suzanne Clinton, dean of inchosen as an overall winner. ternational business studies and The Governor’s Business Plan professor of business, and Sylvia Competition is the first business Burgess, dean of the School of plan competition that Cameron Business, were also involved in University has participated in, developing the plan that Modeste although it is not the first for Carpresented at the conference last raher’s. He said that if the business week. Clinton and Dean will atplan continues to progress in the tend the 2005 Donald W. Reynolds competition, the school of business Governor’s Cup Awards Luncheon will benefit. on May 4 when “The team has three finalists already won $1500 “The team has already will be selected and, if the busiwon $1500 ...” as winners of the ness plan does even – Shawn Carraher better, it should be competition. Chair of able to win even Shawn Carraher, chair of Entrepreneurial Studies more,” Carraher entrepreneurial said. studies, said In order to three or four students revised the train students to be better prepared plan and about six students worked for future competitions, Carraher on the PowerPoint presentation. hopes to offer a business plan class The revision was then sent off on this summer, open to all interested April 13 for the Oral Presentation students, that will branch off of the Judges to assess. Carraher said that MBA entrepreneurial studies prothe students will revise the plan and gram. The proposed class is still in present it again on April 22-23 and the planning stage.
6 ‘Fever Pitch’ makes good date movie By Justin Liszeski Staff Writer “Fever Pitch,” the latest fi lm from the Farrelly brothers, is another comedy intertwined with romance; however, this one revolves around Ben’s obsession with the Boston Red Sox. Red Sox fans living in Lawton should not expect a fi lm about the Sox’ recent championship season, but the season is incorporated into the plot. Ben, played by Jimmy Fallon, is a schoolteacher with a knack for delivering clever quips at the appropriate moment. His lifelong admiration for the Red Sox has been the downfall of several relationships. Lindsey, played by Drew Barrymore, is a workaholic seeking a big promotion. Her dedication to her career, and tendency to date men with a similar fi xation, ensure that her relationships fail just as successfully. Both Barrymore and Fallon portray their characters’ mannerisms and personalities well enough to believe in, from Ben’s urge to attend spring training during his school’s spring break, as well as every game at Fenway Park, to Lindsey’s need to bring her ibook (much to Ben’s annoyance) to the stadium so she can spend time with Ben while getting enough work done to get her promotion. Their acting, however, is not what most will heed; the strength of the movie is in the comedy. Coming from the brothers who made “ There’s Something About Mary,” and “Me, Myself & Irene,” physical comedy mixed with sly speech is a given. Not nearly as funny nor as ground breaking as Ben Stiller’s moose sharing scene is a shot with Jimmy Fallon and his friends in the shower. Another memorable, and perhaps the most amusing, scene in the movie is performed by the supporting cast; neither of the main characters are involved.
Not a thing to be surprised at considering the sons of Charlie/ Hank in “Me, Myself & Irene” or Matt Dillon in “There’s Something About Mary.” Indeed, all of the supporting characters shine throughout the fi lm. These actors carry the plot while having their own brief moments of humor. Examples include Lindsey’s friends ensuring she is wary of guys who collect their toenail clippings while their husbands stare in envy as Ben regales them with tales of the Sox games he has seen and the close proximity of the seats he inherited from his uncle, and the disappointment expressed by Ben’s “Summer Family” at the decision he makes to leave his fanaticism for his team behind. “Fever Pitch” ranks among the top of the Farrelly brothers fi lms simply because of the plot, which is taken mainly from Nick Hornby’s novel of the same name. The aforementioned fact accounts for much of the clever banter and action between Ben and Lindsay. However the ending had to be redone because Boston actually broke with tradition and took the World Series, so anyone who has read the book should expect a slight deviation. The movie should make a great date fi lm. At just under an hour and 45 minutes, attention does not become an effort. There are no unexpected plot twists and all that events that take place do so in a rather practical order, perhaps a fault, but no one should be going to see a romantic comedy prepared to think critically about what they’re watching. Perhaps after the fi lm, those of us with toenail clipping stashes may think about whether or not they are worth keeping. As with every romantic comedy, I would not recommend seeing this alone unless you can appreciate a light hearted comedy without becoming depressed by the number of couples present. If you’ve no one to see it with, make it a matinee showing or wait until it is released on DVD. Overall Grade: A
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Their ship has come in: Eva Rojas, played by Penelope Cruz, Dirk Pitt, played by Matthew McConaughey and Al Giordino, played by Steven Zahn, film a desert scene for the box-office hit “Sahara.”
Directorial debut for Eisner makes it to top of box office By Josh Rouse Sports Editor If there were ever any doubts an “Indiana Jones” type movie could crack the Hollywood box office, “Sahara” crushed them with its opening weekend at the top of the North American box office. Grossing $18.5 million in its first three days, the desert thrills adventure topped the Red Sox driven “Fever Pitch.” “Sahara” is not to be mistaken with the Humphrey Bogart classic about a group of soldiers holding a well against the Germans in the middle of the Sahara desert. In fact, this “Sahara” is about as far from being a classic as “Fahrenheit 9/11” is dedicated to Republicans. “Sahara” is the typical popcorn popper movie to open the summer movie season. The film follows the “Indiana Jones” tradition with lots of traveling, lots of adventure and lots of action. Matthew McConaughey plays the famed explorer Dirk Pitt from the series of Clive Cussler adventure novels. Aided by his wisecrack friend Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), “Sahara” centers
around the duo’s attempt to find a missing Civil War ironclad ship filled full of gold. To make things even worse, the ship was nicknamed the “ship of death.” Pitt is the only person who believes the ship was lost in Africa. Pitt saves a United Nations doctor (Penelope Cruz) from a dictator in Africa. Dr. Rojas is on the trail of a massive plague that is killing millions in Africa and threatens the entire world’s water supply. On top of all those troubles, a ruthless French industrialist is also in the area along with a gold mine full of illegal slaves. “Sahara” marks Breck Eisner’s directorial debut. Breck is the son of Michael Eisner, the CEO of Disney. He directed an episode of the Steven Spielberg miniseries “Taken,” which aired on the Scifi Channel in 2002. Eisner also directed a handful of episodes of the short-lived scifi series “The Invisible Man” for the Scifi Channel, and he had a hand in producing the long delayed “A Sound of Thunder” based on a Ray Bradbury short story. With the release of “Sahara,”
Matthew McConaughey continues his up and down role as an actor. His big role came in the movie “Lone Star” where he played a sheriff pitted against a corrupt cop. McConaughey is best known for his starring role as a Southern attorney representing a black murderer in “A Time to Kill,” based on the John Grisham novel of the same name. Since then, McConaughey has starred in some good movies including “The Wedding Planner” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and has played in some of the biggest mistakes like “EdTV” and “Reign of Fire.” “Sahara” looks like a neutral movie, loved by some, hated by others. Paramount Pictures release of “Sahara” kicks off its high profile summer which includes “The Longest Yard,” opening in May, “War of the Worlds,” opening in June and “The Bad News Bears,” released in July. If “Sahara” becomes a success, perhaps it will propel a renewed interest in the fourth “Indiana Jones,” rumored to start production in anticipation of a 2006 release. Overall Grade: B
Tie-dying and barbecue
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Food and fun: The Greek societies hosted a free tie-dying event and a benefit lunch Wednesday on the Science Complex lawn.
SGA Notes
Tonight at 5:15 p.m. in the Sciences’ Complex Room 100 SGA will conduct the final meeting of the year.
Thank you for supporting the SGA Burger King Benefit Night. Approximately $220 was raised.
Vice President Pinkston will address the issue of tuition in a discussion session at the meeting. Please plan to attend.
Visit the website at www.cameron.edu/sga or e-mail SGA at cusga@cameron.edu with ideas or questions for fall 2005.
April 18, 2005
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Cameron graduate’s film opens in U.S.A to crowded theater
But, she returns to the feelings and and, when she memories she had when the flowers finally gets to work, her boss were new and finally crosses the bridge. threatens to fire All in all, I personally was her if she doesn’t straighten out impressed with the film. There were her act. During many metaphors symbolizing what Leila was going through, and it was her shift, a man enjoyable to try to pick them out. comes in looking During the question-and-answer for directions, and is surprised session, all of the metaphors were pointed out, so during the second to find out that, screening, the audience could look though Leila Photo by Angela Sanders for the ones they missed the first lives in the area, Joining the ranks: Chelsey King-Simpson’s she has never time. screenplay was shown at Carmike 8 Cinemas been across The scenery was impressive; where it was given a spot among box-office movie the bridge and there was one shot of an iris titles. blooming in slow motion that was cannot give him almost breathtaking. the directions that he needs. He By Angela Sanders promises to give her the directions “Say It With Flowers” will air on A&E Editor the British Broadcasting Channel if he comes in again. It was standing room only at soon after it has made its round The next day, a Saturday, Leila is the U.S. premiere of “Say It With in several different competitions. awakened once again, but this time, Flowers” Tuesday at the Carmike For now, though, the film is not it is by the doorbell. A deliveryman 8 Cinemas. The short film was available for viewing by the general has brought her an enormous box directed by Wyn Mason, of Wales, public. It will not be commercially of flowers, and this completely and written by Cameron graduate released, but according to Professor brightens her day. She seems to Chelsey King-Simpson. Both of English Von Underwood, the believe that the man she had seen were in attendance and available film will eventually make it to the the day before sent the flowers. The to answer questions after the Cameron Library for students to same event occurs the following screening. enjoy. Saturday after a week of her CU students and faculty, newfound happy members of the community and mood. However, Simpson’s family and friends the next Saturday, viewed the 12-minute long film. two weeks after “Say It With Flowers” offers a her original simplistic, yet intriguing plot that delivery, Leila everyone can relate to. The star of is disappointed the film is Welsh actress Eva Myles. to discover that She portrays Leila Moon, a gas there are no more station attendant who has lost her flowers waiting way in life. for her. She calls The film opens to a drearythe flower shop looking house with dead flowers in only to find out front of it, and then moves to Leila’s that the flowers bedroom. In most of the opening were never meant scenes, her house is cluttered and for her in the messy, symbolic of her life at the first place. For a Photo by Angela Sanders time. She awakens to a call on her moment, Leila Posing with the director: King-Simpson and answering machine from her boss is tempted to saying that she needs to be at work return to her state Mason take time out to pose for the camera after the U.S. premiere of “Say It With Flowers.” early. Leila ignores the message, of unhappiness.
A&E Briefs Fashion Show The Ebony Society, along with Dillardʼs, will host a fashion show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at University Theatre. Tickets are $8, from which a portion will go to the Battered Womenʼs Shelter. For more information, call 355.2417. 10th anniversary tomorrow Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. There will be a day of remembrance at the National Memorial and Museum. For more information, call 405.282.1947.
7 Death by Enormous Omelet Sandwich By Phil Vettel KRT Newswire Attention, food police: We’ve got another scofflaw. The Enormous Omelet, Burger King’s new entry into the fast-food world’s ongoing Lardbucket Sweepstakes (unofficial title) arrived recently, checking in at a gut-wrenching 730 calories and 47 grams of fat. This pales by comparison to the reigning king of wretched fast-food excess, Hardee’s Monster Thickburger, a 1,420 calorie, 107-fat-gram precursor to the double-wide hospital bed, but it’s considerably better (make that worse) than the Big Mac, a comparatively svelte 490 calorie, 25-fat-gram snack. And the Enormous Omelet, it must be noted, is a breakfast sandwich. Proving that it’s never too early in the day to start poor eating habits. “The Courtesy Photo Enormous Omelet Full of fat: Burger King’s new Enormous Omelet sandwich Sandwich is full of artery-clogging calories and fat. is really a breakfast platter on the go,” says Burger King spokesman Joe Gambino. “It’s no different than you’d find at any pancake restaurant, if you sat down to a plated breakfast. It’s a sandwich for those who want a hearty breakfast on the go.” “And in our `Have it Your Way’ tradition, we have many options for those who want to make more nutritional choices,” Gambino says. “We’ve also launched the Western Omelet Croissan’wich (which has less than half the calories and one-third the fat of the Enormous Omelet sandwich).” Critics, however, were quick to condemn the Enormous Omelet; the day the product launched, I received an unsolicited e-mail from a nutritionist (actually, from her publicist) who couldn’t wait to weigh in on the sandwich’s dubious merits. In terms of calorie count, the mighty EO doesn’t wear the crown in the Burger King universe. The Tendercrisp chicken sandwich scores 780 calories. The Whopper with cheese is 800 calories. The Double Whopper with cheese is an in-your-face and on-yourthighs 1,060 calories. And Burger King offers that for Courtesy Photo breakfast too. The price of Double whammy: The Double Whopper conthe Enormous tains almost as many calories as a normal person Omelet should consume in one day. breakfast mega-treat is $2.99, or $3.99 as a Value Meal, which includes a small order of hash-brown nuggets (add 230 calories) and beverage (better make it black coffee). On a cost-per-calorie basis, that’s pretty inexpensive. In fact, that could be the Enormous Omelet’s unofficial slogan: “If you’re eating yourself into an early grave, why pay more?” But the real question is: How does the sandwich taste? Does its flavor justify the caloric indulgence? In a word, no. The Enormous Omelet is no Monster Thickburger. The Monster Thickburger is a pernicious foodstuff, no question, but it’s one great-tasting burger. The Enormous Omelet, on the other hand, doesn’t deliver on flavor. The sandwich consists of a long seeded bun, inside which are two eggs, (actually processed eggy rectangles that are a little unnerving to behold), two slices of cheese, three slices of bacon-back and a bun-sized length of sausage. I’m not fond of bacon and sausage sharing the same sandwich; the flavors don’t complement each other, and I suspect they’re together only to ratchet up the calorie level. The whole sandwich has a limp, just-microwaved softness; it sags in your hand and its mouth-feel doesn’t even hint at the caloric damage. Worst of all, the sandwich is remarkably bland. Only the sausage has any character, and it’s not much. But don’t take my word for it. I hauled a couple of Enormous Omelet sandwiches into the office, offered my colleagues a bite (if it’s free, reporters will eat it) and solicited their comments: “Bacon and sausage clash ... one or the other, please.” “Could use refinement. Better bread, better sausage, more flavor.” “Sausage overpowers everything else, but mmmm!” “Bread is as tasteless as the egg.” “Who dumped the salt on this baby?” “Texture ruins the eggs and crust. But that could be good if you have false teeth.” “Can I have a defibrillator with that?” There are many ways to pursue an unhealthy lifestyle, but there should be a payoff in flavor for this sort of (hopefully, rare) indulgence. The Enormous Omelet doesn’t deliver.
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Softball splits doubleheader against ECU By Christina Frye Staff Writer The Aggies softball team broke even in the past two double headers with UCO and ECU. Under the new direction of Head Coach Brent Shaw, the Aggies will end the season on a high note, and CU can expect to see a changed team next year. Shaw said, “Cameron softball fans can expect to come out and watch a competitive, exciting team next year. I hope to have the best team that anyone at Cameron has ever seen next season.” In the split double headers, UCO won the first game on April 8 with a score of 4-1, but the Aggies came back with a 3-run homer from junior third baseman, Casey Seabolt that broke the tied game in the third inning. UCO tried to come back at the top of the fourth, but senior first basemen, Nicole Flemming, knocked a solo home run into center field in the bottom of the fourth, and the Aggies took control of the game. The Aggies won the nightcap game with a score of 4-1. The win was important for the Aggies because it broke a 5-game losing streak, and shed light on the path to the final home games for the Aggies, which took place against ECU. Tuesday was Senior Day at Cameron Field, and the Lady Aggies’ seniors were honored in the pre-game ceremonies: Nicole Flemming from Yukon, Lindsay Williams from Lawton, and Kelly Holden from Aurora. “It is going to be hard to replace our seniors; I wish they had another year,” Shaw said. “The seniors have done a great job of getting the team to accept the way I’ve coached, even though I came into the position a little over half-way through their season, they have made the transition for me very easy.”
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There’s the pitch and it’s a shot into left field: At the plate Junior Jen Morse gets ready to hit a speeding pitch against East Central University. The Lady Aggies split the double-header, losing 2-4 and winning 2-1. In their battle against the ECU Tigers, the Aggies fell in the first game with a loss of 2-4, senior pitcher, Kelly Holden, tried to lead the Aggies for the win, striking out four and allowing only one earned run, but the offense for the Aggies just wasn’t enough. The second game was a different story, with a rally by
junior second baseman, Melinda Farrow, who hit a solo homer over the left field wall in the bottom of the sixth; Cameron won the nightcap game, 2-1. Senior pitcher, Lindsay Williams, was a factor in the CU defense during the second game. Williams struck out six Tigers, and allowed only one walk and one earned hit to assist the Aggies
Lady Aggie tennis continues winning streak against Southern Nazarene
for the win. Shaw looks forward to a winning season next year, and commends the Aggies softball team for making it through a tough year. “Confidence is the key to a team winning a division title,” Shaw said. The team must be friends on the field, they have to have confidence in each other, and they need to believe that they can
Golf team hits bump in road at recent tournament CU Sports Information
By Josh Rouse Sports Editor The Lady Aggies tennis team does not know the meaning of the word lose. They continued with their winning ways against Southern Nazarene last Tuesday at the CU Tennis Complex. The win against Southern Nazarene brings the Cameron tennis team’s record to 17-4 on the season. This was their last home match of the season. The Lone Star Conference Championships will start Thursday. Cameron won five of the six singles matches along with two of three doubles matches to take a convincing win. Senior Paulina Trujillo won 6-1, 6-0 over Nazarene’s Heather Parnell in the No. 4 slot. The only loss in the singles match came in the No. 1 slot where Larikah Russel, the topranked singles player in the nation at the NAIA level beat Thatianne Moreira 6-1 and 6-3. Russel and Dasha Ivanova from Southern Nazarene defeated Carolina Vera-Vera and Moreira. Cameron won the other two doubles matches with SandraLeigh King and Taylor Ivie defeated Maker and Megan of Nazarene and Trujillo/Goforth defeating Parnell/Anson with Nazarene. “As a team we are looking good,” Vera-Vera said. “We need to stay together so that we can accomplish our goals. I know
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Championship form: Senior Paulina Trujillo practices for an upcoming match. The Lady Aggie tennis team is 17-4 on the season. that we are going to give the best we have.” The Aggies appear to be the team to beat this year. This match marks Coach Helvey’s 101st career win, a feat hard to surpass. According to the Cameron Official Box Score in singles matches: Larikah Russel of Southern Nazarene defeated Cameron’s Moreira 6-1, 6-3; Vera-Vera defeated Southern Nazarene’s; Dasha Ivanova 7-6,
6-4; Marianne Reeves defeated Jana Maker 6-0, 6-4; Trujillo of Cameron defeated Parnel 6-1, 6-0; Mehgan Goforth defeated Broke Ruder 6-2, 6-3; Taylor Ivie defeated Larissa Anson of SNU 6-2, 6-1. In doubles matches: Russel/ Ivanova of SNU defeated VeraVera/Moreira 8-4; SandraLeigh King/Ivie from Cameron defeated Maker/Megan Busic 83; the Aggies’ Trujillo/Goforth defeated Parnell/Anson 8-2.
win.” Cameron University will hold tryouts for the next season at 9 a.m. April 30 Cameron Field. The tryouts are open to any incoming freshman from local and outlying high schools, and to any current CU students. For more information about the tryouts, please contact Coach Shaw at 580. 581.2528.
Travis Lovins collected his fourth consecutive individual Top 5 finish, but it wasn’t enough for the Cameron men’s golf team at the weather-shortened West Texas A&M/Subway Invitational at LaPaloma Golf Club. Lovins, a junior from Canadian, Texas, fired a one-over total of 143 in the event, which was trimmed to two rounds due to cold temperatures, rain and wind on Tuesday, as the Aggies finished in sixth place in the team standings. Senior Nic Ware also finished the tournament at one-over, but played unattached and was not included in the Aggies’ team score in the tournament. Senior Ryan King was the only other
Aggie among the individual leaders, finishing in a tie for 14th with a two-round total of 148 (+6). Junior Brian Adams finished in a tie for 30th at 153 and Owen Mahaffey tied for 45th with a 159. Lawton senior Kolby Seals was forced to withdraw due to injury in Monday’s second round. Host West Texas A&M won the team title with a combined score of 585 (+17). Abilene Christian was next, three strokes off the pace set by the Buffs at 588. Western New Mexico and East Central tied for third, 10 strokes out of the lead. Individually, Abilene Christian’s Matt Samples captured medalist honors. Samples shot a two-over 73 in Monday’s opening round before rallying for a tournament-low 68 in the afternoon round to finish at 141 (-1).
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Star Cameron golfer began at young age By Sonya Ray
Aggie baseball stays first in LSC race
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Ever since he was 7-years-old, Cameron University junior Travis Lovins has played competitive golf. “I started playing golf through my dad. He played and he got me involved,” Lovins said. “I love it, it’s ingrained in me and that’s all I want to do.” Lovins grew up in Canadian, Texas. He attended Canadian High School where he continued to play golf. He has been a member of the Cameron University men’s golf team for the past three years. CU golf Coach, Jerry Hrnciar, feels that Lovins started to bloom this year. “It wasn’t until this fall that he started blooming. He won one of the tournaments in the fall and he’s picked it up in the spring,” he said. “He’s been awesome this spring. He’s won one and finished high in all the others. His stroke average is excellent.” Lovins finished individually first in the Northwestern Invitational. He has finished first at the St. Edward’s Invitational, second at the University of Central Oklahoma Classic, fourth at the West Texas/ Subway Intercollegiate and fifth at the Territory Classic. “The game I consider most successful was the St. Edward’s Invitational. I won by six rounds and I was the only player to post three rounds in a 60,” Lovins said. The Aggies currently rank second in the region with a team scoring average of 292.16. Lovins is ranked third in the region and 19 th in the country for Division II golf. He has a game stroke average of 72.63 per round. Teammates Owen Mahaffey ranks 4th in the region, while Ryan King follows closely ranking seventh. The Aggies will participate in Lone Star North Conference play on April 18-19. “I’m pretty excited about going into conference, I got high expectations,” he said. Lovins looks forward to a long future in golf. He is currently marketing major, with future plans to play professional golf. “I want to try to go pro. Why not? I think I should try,” he said.
John Herbert collected three hits and five RBI, leading another impressive offensive performance from the Cameron baseball team Sunday at McCord Field. Coach Todd Holland’s Aggies (23-12, 9-1 LSC North) produced 15 hits and 15 RBI to post a run-rule-shortened 15-3 victory over Northeastern State. Cameron will look to stay on top of the Lone Star Conference North Division standings on Wednesday, visiting East Central University for a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Cameron hitters pounded Northeastern State pitching from the start, racing to an 8-0 lead with eight hits through the first two innings. Cody Brooks’ two-RBI double was one of five straight run-scoring hits for the Aggies in a six-run second inning. Northeastern State (18-23, 2-8 LSC North) scored twice in the fourth on a tworun homer by Jason Arrowood. But the Aggies responded with seven unanswered runs over the next two innings. Cameron scored five times in a fi fth inning that included the ejection of NSU head coach Sergio Espinal and back-to-back bases-loaded walks as the Redmen resorted to two pitching changes in the inning. Northeastern added an unearned run in the top of the sixth, but it wasn’t enough to avoid being run-ruled in the game, which was scheduled for nine innings. Ryan Totte (3-0) picked up the complete-game victory for Cameron on the mound. The Lawton sophomore allowed just two earned runs on six hits and struck out six. At the plate, Herbert led the Aggie offensive attack, going 3-for-4 with five RBI. Five other Aggies recorded two hits in the game, including Rodney DeLong’s 2for-3, 3-RBI effort. Eight of Cameron’s nine batters in the game got at least one hit.
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Get in the hole: Travis Lovins tees off at a recent golf tournament. Lovins has contributed to the Aggies overall success.
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By Carlos Monarrez KRT Newswire Psst. Tiger’s got a secret. And he doesn’t want anyone to know about it until May. Then he’ll suddenly want everyone to know about it. Welcome to another ball change for Tiger Woods. Last week, Sports Illustrated reported that Woods since January has been playing a prototype Nike ball called the One Platinum. He has been using it to crack 300-yard drives with a three-wood. He has been rolling in clutch 28-footers at Doral with it. And he has been using it to win a couple of tournaments while playing No. 1 tag with Vijay Singh. But here’s the kicker. Woods has been hiding the ball from the Darrell Survey — which monitors equipment use on the PGA Tour — by playing a ball stamped with the name of his previous ball, One Gold. Such is the cloak-anddagger world of golf equipment manufacturing. ``As is usually the case, he’ll put a prototype in play before he signs off on anything,’’ said Nike communications director Dean Stoyer. ``He’s got to see how it works in competition before we introduce a new ball that’s tied to him.’’ Woods and Rock Ishii, Nike’s director of product development, began working on the One Platinum in November, Stoyer said. Woods put it in play at the Mercedes Championships in January and green-lighted the ball for market about two weeks ago. Woods’ desire for a new ball was precipitated by his switch to the massive 460cc Nike Ignite driver he began using at the Tour
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Green is in: Phil Mickelson, last year’s Masters winner puts the coveted green jacket on Tiger Woods. This makes Tiger’s fourth Master’s win, and his fourth green jacket. Championship in November. His new club gave him better control of the livelier ball. But the One Platinum, whose cover is softer than the One Gold’s, also produced an unexpected benefit for Woods. ``What he remarked on liking the most about it,’’ Stoyer said, ``is it’s great off the tee, but he hasn’t lost, in fact, he’s picked up more spin around the greens, which he didn’t think was possible with a long ball.’’ As for mere mortal duffers, Stoyer said the ball mostly would benefit amateurs with average-tohigh swing speeds. ``The Platinum is really a ball for somebody who has the complete game or wants to exploit
the complete game,’’ he said. The suggested retail price will be $54 per dozen when the One Platinum hits stores in early May. Speaking of Tiger’s equipment, a fellow player had the audacity to ask that Woods’ driver be tested after a pro-am round at Bay Hill. The test involves measuring the spring-like effect off the face of the club. Woods told the Associated Press he didn’t inquire about the player’s identity, and PGA Tour rules officials aren’t supposed to tell. But the driver passed, and that’s all that mattered to Woods. ``It wasn’t even close,’’ he told the AP. ``I’m well below the speed limit.’’
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Collegian takes top honors at conference Collegian Staff “Do it better next week.” So says a sign hanging on one of the walls in the Collegian newsroom. This motto has driven the Collegian staff to strive for their best, and those efforts were recognized at the annual Oklahoma Collegiate Press Association (OCPA) conference April 8 in Stillwater. Since 1975, the OCPA has given awards to collegiate newspapers in Oklahoma at levels of excellence, merit, and honorable mention. This year, the Collegian received the highest recognition possible – the Award of Excellence. According to OSU Associate Professor of Journalism Robert Garner, who is also the OCPA coordinator, the Award of Excellence is based on several categories. “This is the top designation for Overall Newspaper judging for four-year public schools,” Garner said. “Newspapers are judged in their general content, make up, appearance, writing, editing and photography.” Professional journalists from ACROSS Spill the beans Aleutian island Of the Vatican Grace ending “I Remember Mama” role 16 Pope’s fanon 17 Verne’s skipper 18 “Dies __” 19 State gambling 20 Bright citation 23 “Little Red Book” compiler Biao 24 Maiden name indication 25 Audio system 28 Made comfortable 30 One-tenth donation 33 FDR’s Blue Eagle 34 Mrs. in Madrid 36 NYSE watchdog 37 NaCl 38 Bright models 43 Kent’s girlfriend 44 Feather stickum? 45 Actress Peeples 46 Abet’s partner? 47 Modify 49 Verbalize 53 Process for sorting the injured 55 12/24 or 12/31 57 Winery cask 58 Bright booboos 62 Shoe grip 64 Farmland 65 Pro’s opponent 66 Poet Alighieri 67 SS Alex Rodriguez 68 Audacity 69 Locales 70 Philosopher Immanuel 71 Out of the wind 1 5 9 14 15
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the Kansas Associated Collegiate Press judged approximately 20 Oklahoma collegiate newspapers in addition to individual entries submitted for the competition. The judges commended the Collegian’s completeness of coverage, initiative, presentation, headlines, illustrations, general appearance and stories. One judge commented, “This (the Collegian) is a well-designed publication. It is visually appealing and the design helps structure the content for your readers. The overall coverage is very good with a nice mixture of news, features, opinion and sports.”
Each participating university could also submit up to three individual entries in each of seven writing categories in addition to editorial cartoons, photography and display advertising. Several Collegian staff members received
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awards for their individual work. Ian Mitchell, a multimedia senior from St. Lucia received first place for sports writing. Mitchell said he did not expect the award but was glad about the accomplishment. “You submit these things to competition, and you don’t really expect that you will be the one to win it,” Mitchell said. “I just submitted because that’s what I was asked to do. In one of my first attempts to write sports, I received first place. It’s hard to believe.” Another first place recipient on the Collegian staff was journalism senior Laura Brady from Lawton. Brady ranked first place in feature writing, and she said the award lifted confidence in her abilities. “For a long time I didn’t think I was very good at what I did,” Brady said. “I don’t think I deserved first place, but it made me feel good and proud of myself.” Other Collegian staff members received honors as well. Journalism senior, Angela Gradoz, from Lawton, ranked second place in news writing. Recent graduate Jeff Simpson, who now lives in Oklahoma City, ranked third in reviews. Graphic Design junior Leah Hicks, from Snyder, received honorable mention for editorial cartoons while journalism senior from Lawton, Angela Sanders, received honorable mention for
display advertising. Anna Politano, journalism senior from Brazil, received honorable mention for editorial writing. Politano, the Collegian managing editor, believes the staff ’s determination is the driving force of the newspaper. “I am proud of our staff ’s commitment and dedication to producing a high-quality newspaper every week,” Politano said. “We broke the previous record of a 12-page paper with the first ever 16-page paper in Cameron history. Cameron is a dynamic campus, and our purpose is to provide a thorough coverage of its activities. ” Collegian faculty adviser Christopher Keller, who is an assistant professor in the department of communication, attributes the Collegian’s success to its student editors and writers. “Few people realize the amount of dedication and determination required of a successful collegiate newspaper editorial staff,” Keller said. “So much time and creative energy is spent each day of each week planning, designing and producing the Collegian – the students who accomplish this feat truly are remarkable. I am so proud of their accomplishments, and it is a distinct honor to be able to advise such an extraordinary group of journalists.”