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FY07: 15.6%

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FY2017 FACING A FISCAL FALL

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Decrease in percentage allocated to Higher Ed FY09: 15.3% based on Oklahoma Total State Appropriations

Vicky Smith

Cameron would receive next year would be reduced by 4.3 million dollars.”

Managing Editor The second scenario McArthur discussed is based on an early @pinkwritinglady Board of Equalization certification, which estimates Cameron will receive a reduction of 12.5 percent.

Cameron President Dr. John McArthur spoke to According to McArthur, the worst of the three scenarios is faculty, staff and students about the fiscal state of the the last one, which is based on the current Board of Equalization university at 2 p.m. on Feb. 29 in the MCC Ballroom. estimate that the state shortfall will be 1.3 billion dollars.

McArthur said the budget shortfall of FY2017 “If that 1.3 billion dollars shortfall were passed through has resulted in the release of faculty and staff, as equally through all agencies,” he said, “Cameron’s share of that well as the reduction of campus services. shortfall would be 6.8 million dollars.”

In FY2017, the university is expected to McArthur said the university is financially prepared to undergo one of three budget reduction undergo the first scenario, the reduction of 4.3 million dollars. In scenarios. the fall, he began phase one of three phases intended to prepare McArthur said the first scenario faculty, staff and students for the budget shortfall. is based on Governor Mary Fallin’s “During the input period, we collected over a 105 “State of the State” address, in which suggestions,” he said. “[For] the second phase … we compiled a she said the proposed state budget list and distributed it to our employees so that we could enter would cut state agencies by six into a discussion phase so that we would understand … the percent. consequences of making the changes on that list.”

“Based on where we In a letter released to the Cameron public, McArthur said are now with that before making decisions, he solicited the opinions of students, 1.9 million dollar faculty and staff. reduction so far,” “Our students would prefer that we not raise tuition and McArthur mandatory fees,” he said, “that we preserve scholarship programs said, “the and that we not delete academic programs on a time frame, amount which would impact the ability to graduate on time.

“Our employees would prefer that we maintain our current health and retirement benefits. Our faculty further suggested that we not reduce salaries or shorten the compensated work year.”

McArthur said the he is now leading phase three, in which he is publicizing the decisions that he carefully drew from the list of suggestions.

“We have a total 28 employees who have done great work for Cameron University, working well with our students [but] who – because of a shortfall in revenue – are not invited to join us on July 1,” he said. “To let those individuals know that because of projected budget shortfalls, that we can’t use their services anymore – that was the most difficult thing. … Most of those people I let go … I hired.

“I feel for them because they didn’t do anything wrong.”

FY10: 15.9%

Percentage Source: okhighered.org

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Photo by Jacob Jardel

Cameron President Dr. John McArthur

on changes affecting campus life President McArthur included the following information in a letter he released to the Cameron public on March 2:

FY13: 14.8%

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Merge or repurpose several units for greater effectiveness and efficiency. The newly formed departments will have working titles pending further input from the faculty and staff within the units.

The School of Arts and Sciences will include the following departments: Agriculture and Biological Sciences; Art, Music, and Theatre Arts; Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering; Communication; English and Foreign Languages; Mathematical Sciences; and Military Science.

The School of Graduate and Professional Studies will include the following departments: Business; Computing and Technology; Education; Psychology; Social Sciences; and the Sports and Exercise Science.

Begin the process of teaching out the associate and

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baccalaureate programs in Multimedia Design.

Close the Office of Academic Enrichment and the Cameron office at Fort Sill.

Pursue outsourcing of campus custodial services.

Discontinue the Livestock Judging Team and the Check It Out Books program.

Skip one year in our four year computer and classroom technology upgrade cycle and then extend the cycle to a five year rotation. Consolidate several small computer labs as part of this change.

Continue to shift from printed paper items.

Increase student service fees for ID cards and parking in order to purchase additional campus safety equipment and increase repair frequency for campus parking areas if approved by the State Regents.

Increase rent for business incubator tenants in CETES.

For student opinion on the budget fall, see Page 4 FY17: 12.7%

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Cadaver lab to open this summer Joel Frambes

“The ones that are heading Copy Editor for bachelor @JoelPole12 programs like nursing, Opening up this summer, a new gross anatomy lab will provide Cameron University physical therapy students the opportunity to dissect cadavers. assistant, and any associate degree The summer 2016 semester will host the programs they first anatomy class composed of living and dead bodies as Aggies explore the structure of will have a greater appreciation for the human body. the structures of This new lab makes Cameron University the human body, unique in that only one other regional which they will university has a cadaver lab, but CU is the only lab to allow undergraduate students at a then hopefully be able to relate sophomore level to dissect the bodies.

Assistant Professor of Biology Ron Gaines to their patients and clinical work will teach the revised anatomy course. He said this will be a great improvement over the as they go on into their individual old, plastinated organs and limbs currently specialties.” used in the anatomy lab.

Under the “We’ve been fortunate that we’ve had shadow of the plastinated human organs that have been state higher ed donated through the University Of Michigan budget shortfall, Medical School, but they still have all the Photo by Joel Frambes the cadaver external skin and external extra fat and Hands-on learning: The new gross anatomy lab will provide students the opportunity to dissect connective tissues removed, and they’re stiff,” may seem like cadavers. Cameron is one of only two regional universities in the state to have a cadaver lab. an unnecessary Gaines said. expense, but the money is coming from the fees we’re going to have to add cover what tackle a difficult course from a new angle.

“They’ve been turned into plastic, so a $250,000 grant from the McMahon is probably going to be only about $30, so it is “Before, you just had the plastinated limbs you don’t appreciate the textures of your Foundation.

Eighty percent of those funds actually going to cost students a little bit less and they were falling apart,” she said. “You connective tissues as well, and the students was used to construct the facility, and the to take the course in the future than it is right could not tell where everything was, and don’t get the experience of actually having to remaining $50,000 will be used for small now.” with actual people [cadavers] in front of you, remove things.” wares, supplies and equipment.

Two cadavers, which are $2,500 each looking at the actual parts will be a lot better.”

Because students will have such a unique Gaines said after the new program is supplied through the World Donor Program, Gaines said he is thankful for the and valuable experience in the gross anatomy opportunity the McMahon Foundation has lab, Gaines said they’ll be better prepared for instated, it should cost students less money to will be brought in each semester for new take than the current program. dissections while the bodies from the provided Cameron students. their future professions.

“Right now, students are paying $50 for preceding semester will remain in the lab for “We’re just very thankful for the generosity “Those that are going on to graduate a virtual dissection program, ‘Anatomy and another section of the anatomy class to study. of the McMahon Foundation,” he said. “This programs like medicine, dentistry, physical Senior biology student Victoria Meador is almost a unique experience for a sophomore therapy – most of those are still doing cadaver Physiology Revealed,’” he said. “They’re not going to have to buy that $50 program, and said the anatomy lab will be a great way to level course.” dissection,” he said.

Signing petition to fund education tax; however, if the sales tax is passed, the increase is expected to make $615 million each year for education.

University of Oklahoma President David Boren along with Oklahoma’s Children Are Our Future proposed petition 403, known as the penny tax, after $47 million was cut from Oklahoma’s education budget.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, since 2008, Oklahoma has cut perstudent education funding by 24 Photo by Tyla Eakins percent, the largest reduction in the nation.

Collecting signatures: Sarah Grooms (right), the Petitioner for the Lawton area petitioner for the Lawton area, came to Cameron on Feb. 22.

Sarah Grooms said the education Tyla Eakins cuts have resulted in less pay for educators and in turn has resulted in a teacher shortage, which is Student Life Editor happening nationwide. @Tyla_Eakins “Right now, Oklahoma is ranked 49th for the Oklahomans are petitioning for a one-cent sales tax worst paid teachers,” Grooms said. “We’re having increase to fund K-12 and higher education and raise trouble keeping teachers here; we’re having trouble educators’ salaries by $5,000. Petitioners have until recruiting teachers here because they’re going to May 16 to collect 124,000 signatures to ensure the states around us like Kansas and Arkansas to get issue is on the ballot in November. paid better.”

Oklahoma currently has the sixth highest sales

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Academic Advising.”

McArthur said newly formed departments will have working titles, pending further input from those within the units.

McArthur asked the faculty and “Over Cameron’s history, there staff at the meeting to continue to has been a real ebb and flow of show concern for the not only the well being of the students but also for their departments,” he said, “so the departments we put back together co-workers. today have been together in the past.”

“You have done so well,” he said.

For a full, detailed list of the “This has been such a trying time … decisions, which will go into effect Please continue to care of each other on July 1, faculty, staff and students and to take care of this campus.” should check their Cameron email Additional plans range from accounts for McArthur’s letter, sent by creating new schools and closing offices to consolidating computer labs Keith Mitchell.

McArthur said at this time, there is and merging units at the academic not a proposal to increase to tuition or departmental level. mandatory fees.

In the letter, McArthur said he will “We have maintained or increased reduce the administrative overhead all scholarship amounts,” he said. “For of the university by eliminating five employees, salary and benefits have dean or director positions and three not been changed.” department chair positions.

McArthur said he is grateful “The Office of Adult and for the faculty, staff and students’ Continuing Education will be commitment to Cameron. renamed the Office of Extended “This is not a year that any of us Education and will include the care to repeat financially,” he said. “I University Library and many of our appreciate the thoughtful suggestions enrichment programs,” he said. “The and ideas presented, and I could not be Office of Teaching and Learning more proud of the civil discourse.” will assume more direct control of

Aggie Registration allows self-enrollment Joel Frambes Copy Editor

@JoelPole12 For the first time, Cameron students will be able to enroll themselves for the upcoming summer and fall semesters with the institution of Aggie Registration by the Office of Academic Affairs.

On March 22, seniors and graduate students will be the first Aggies able to self-register for upcoming semesters. Enrollment will open for juniors on March 23, sophomores on March 24 and freshmen on March 25.

However, any students receiving advisement from the Academic Advising Center, such as some sophomores, most freshmen and all transfer students, will not be able to use Aggie Registration.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Ronna Vanderslice said these students will remain with the advising center to receive the most complete consultation Cameron can offer.

“There’s a lot of value in advisement,” she said, “so we don’t want to take that completely away, but we want to make sure you know what classes that you need and that you have an opportunity to visit about how your classes are going with someone.

“Our advising center is still going to continue to work with all the freshman, and I don’t know how long it will be before we change that.”

Before students enroll themselves in classes, they must have an appointment with their adviser to discuss their graduation plan.

For those who can use the new self-registration, Vanderslice said advising appointments still will be crucial to the enrollment process but will be relatively shorter than freshman advising sessions.

“Once you’re a junior or senior, the advising doesn’t take as long,” she said, “because if you’re pretty sure what you want to do, you already know what classes

you need.”

These students and their advisers will both sign a form stating that they held an advising session and include what they discussed. They will then exchange a PIN number that the student must enter in order to register.

The PIN is only good for a single semester, so students trying to enroll in both the upcoming summer and fall semesters will receive two separate PINs. These unique numbers will allow students to not only register but also go back and change classes as needed.

Vanderslice said the PIN number is the key factor in the students’ enrollment autonomy.

“You could go ahead and process your own enrollment on that day without needing to go back and see your adviser.

Additionally, if you needed to make a switch to your schedule,” Vanderslice said, “that’s very easy for you to do because you’ll have your PIN number which will allow you

to make that change.”

Overall, Vanderslice said the power shift to students allows advisers to focus more on their students needs and makes advising a more personalized process.

“When I was advising, my whole day would kind of be booked,” she said. “I only allowed 15-20 minutes for each of my appointments. I felt rushed all of the time.

“I think this will be good in that you start now and you’ve got weeks now to meet with your advisees as an adviser, spend whatever time that you need with them, get their registration ready to process, and then they’ll leave and have their schedule.”

Aggie Registration has been actively tested for as long as Degree Works, so it’s release will be highly anticipated, and it will be all systems go March 22.

Vanderslice said the site underwent a lot of testing to make sure it was ready for the rush to enroll in classes the day they open.

“Seniors and juniors, they’re really much more limited in what classes they can take,” she said, “so we are expecting that they’re going to probably all try to enroll at the same time.”

Because there might be more of a dash for those select few spots, Vanderslice said special considerations are being made for students who get locked out of a full class before they have the opportunity to self-register.

“We’ve always had a rule that we’ve always practiced that if you need a class to graduate that we’re not going to hold you up from that class,” Vanderslice said, “so if it ends up that you don’t get in a class, we would expect you to go back to your adviser and let us work with you on getting in.”

Despite the ability for students to construct their own schedules, Vanderslice emphasized advisers still provide the most important role in guiding students toward graduation.

“We need to understand there are two different

processes: advising is one process and registration is a different [process],” she said.

“We talk about all these things for your future planning to make sure you’re in the right program.”

Vanderslice said the role of the adviser will remain a staple in the success of Cameron Aggies as they make decisions even bigger than which classes to take next semester.

“I don’t see the most important part of that [student-adviser] interaction as entering classes you want to take,” she said. “I’m great with students doing that, but I do see value, tremendous value, in you having somebody to go to talk to about if you’re having trouble with classes.

“I just see the adviser as key to your success. We tried to make it where students do have more control and it is more convenient for them.

That’s been our driving force for this without losing that important piece of finishing a college education which is having some advisement.”

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20 years of Sigma Tau Gamma Vicky Smith

Managing Editor

@Pinkwritinglady On April 16 at the White Rose Formal, the Cameron University social fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma will celebrate its 20th charter anniversary.

Sophomore business management major Robert Champ, who is the chapter’s advisor for safety and standards, said he and other Sig Tau members will invite alumni to the formal.

“We’re looking forward to bringing the guys back from 1991 and prior to that who brought our colonization to the campus, which was 25 plus years ago now,” he said.

“When they first did the chartering back in ‘96, it was a large event.”

Champ said they will establish an alumni association at the formal.

“We just want to celebrate the guys that have come before us and show them that we appreciate them,” he said, “and we will have something even bigger for the guys to be a part of when they graduate.”

Champ said in past years, about 40 people have attended the formal annually, but this year, they are expecting 100-150 attendees.

“We’re looking at bringing some of the faculty and administration in to view this,” he said. “Our alumni that we speak to a lot are really interested in coming in from all over Oklahoma. There’s lots of guys in Texas … so hopefully we get lots of guys back.”

According to cameron.edu, “The purpose of the fraternity is to help each member improve his skills in the areas of leadership, scholarship and brotherhood.”

Champ said the main goal of the chapter is to build a better breed of gentlemen.

“That’s something that’s kind of fallen away,” he said. “The national chapter, including our local chapter, is really looking

Photo courtesy of Robert Champ

Polar plunge: Sigma Tau Gamma recently attended the Polar Plunge where they raised $801.00 for local charities. The Gamma Rho Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma is the oldest fraternity at Cameron University. for guys to build up and instill good values in them.”

According to Champ, a gentleman is someone who puts the chapter’s six principles to action in his life.

“Our principals are value, learning, leadership, excellence, benefit and integrity,” he said. “We teach our guys etiquette. … We still stand until all the ladies are seated when we eat. We pass the salt and the pepper to the left.

“We hold the door open for people. We

do things that are selfless and help build each other up and others in the community, too.”

Champ said another goal of the chapter is to encourage young men to engage in community service and philanthropy. They recently volunteered to help at the Polar Plunge.

“The founders, back in ‘91, started working with local charities,” he said, “so we teach these guys how to get involved and give back to the community and be part of something more than themselves.”

Sig Tau Chapter President Joved Serrano, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said he and the members also have strived to involve the group more in campus life.

“We’re trying to expand our chapter,” Serrano said. “It’s been a really good learning experience.”

For more information about the chapter at Cameron, visit the Sigma Tau Gamma Facebook page. For information about the purpose of the fraternity, visit http:// sigmataugamma.org/.

World Speech Day Let your voice be heard

Angela Jenkins Staff Writer

Courtesy of Jay Sclama

People helping people: Sclama at one of his recent fundraisers which featured retro game night and gave community members the chance to play atari games and nintendo games.

Computers with a Heart: Cameron alumnus restores computers for local students Tyla Eakins

teachers, etc.”

Sclama works and restores the computers Student Life Editor entirely alone. @tyla_eakins He sometimes receives parts from members of the community, which he At the beginning of the north hallway in treasures, and has the gift of implanting into the Roosevelt Elementary School is Lawton resident and veteran Jay Sclama. You can find non-working computers to make them work once again and help a student. him working on computers – some newer, Sclama said in order to have a job or be a some older – to give away to students. student, a computer in a necessity.

Sclama was a Cameron University student “At this point, even when I was in school, when he first decided to create Computers you need a computer to hand in your papers,” with a Heart.

The program focuses on helping students he said. “Go to a job fair; no one wants you at all levels find a working, reliable computer to hand in a resume anymore. You have to submit it via email or up through a website. to make the students’ lives easier.

“When I was going to Cameron, I started If you can’t do that, you have no way to better yourself, your prospects, your job or to see a lot of people were there,” said education.”

Sclama. “They’ve got one computer at home Computers with a Heart is also currently because their kids need it for homework, so they’re staying in the computer lab until nine, selling one ounce packages of beef jerky for $2 each to raise money for parts. ten, whenever it closes.

Sclama holds fundraisers periodically and “I always liked to play with computers hopes the organization will grow, but right to rebuild them, so I can do something now, he just needs more parts to restore other productive with it.” computers.

Sclama said the computers he gives away “If you have old computers,” Sclama said, are offered to all students, even the younger “especially around Black Friday when you groups. buy new computers, send the old computers “Even students going to primary school,” this way and get them out to people who he said. “Parents need a computer to check their kid’s grades, and homework, talking to need them.”

Cameron Univerity students, faculty and staff will celebrate World Speech Day at 5 p.m. on March 22 at the Percolator in Lawton.

Since World Speech Day falls on March 15, during Cameron’s spring break, the celebration will be a week later.

Assistant professor of communication Dr. Teresa Morales will sponsor the event.

She said World Speech Day is for people to hear those who may not always speak up.

“World Speech Day is a day set aside for people to stand up in front and have something to say,” she said. “Maybe somebody will be listening.”

Morales said she does not plan on talking because she does so every day when teaching class.

“It’s more for people who don’t

normally have public voices,” she said. “But authority is welcome to join also.”

Morales asks that participants keep content clean so that audiences react to the contnet of messages, not the verbiage.

This is the first World Speech Day, and organizers are hoping to make it an annual tradition.

According to the World Speech Day website, the day celebrates speeches and speech making with a multitude of events in different venues.

“These [events] will happen in schools and colleges, in community halls and university debating chambers, in offices, parliaments, museums and parks – even cafes,” the description read. “Each World Speech Day event needs just three things: a venue, speakers and an audience.”

Visit http://www.worldspeechday.com/ to learn about Cameron’s World Speech day events along with other universities celebrations.

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Closing the gap in the wake of budget cuts Denial. Anger. Bargaining.

Depression. Acceptance.

Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross introduced the above stages of grief in her seminal 1969 book “On Death and Dying.”

She developed the model after working with terminally ill patients, but individuals could apply it to any sort of grief – from death to divorce to substance abuse.

When you think about it, though, we could potentially apply it to reactions to Cameron’s recent budget cuts.

It may not be as grave a problem as mortality, nor is it a death sentence for the university. But it’s still something we all need to be aware of because it affects us as students and us as a school.

We’re facing a budget reduction of over $4 million for our next fiscal year.

Departments are merging, dissolving and otherwise downsizing. Changes are on the horizon.

Almost everybody is feeling it in some way – even if they don’t know it yet.

During his talk with faculty and staff, Cameron President Dr. John McArthur stood at the podium as the ultimate bearer of bad news for Cameron. He told a crowd of colleagues and employees the gasp-inducing news. He had to tell people he hired that the university would not invite them back next year.

Later in a press conference, he mentioned the loss of sleep and gain of stress associated with having to make preemptive decisions to compensate for what the legislature might do in May. And he tried to do it all without changing the primary things students, faculty and staff wanted to remain the same.

A popular idiom states that heavy is the head that wears the crown.

The situation is reminiscent of the “death penalty” the NCCA Infractions Committee handed down to the Southern Methodist University football team in 1987 after years of recruiting violations. Big news that

takes something away from a program delivered in the form of one man speaking to a large crowd.

Thankfully, unlike NCAA Enforcement Director David Berst, President McArthur didn’t faint from the gravity and pressure of the announcement. Also unlike the SMU case, the Cameron community didn’t bring any of this upon itself. That reasoning may make this situation even heavier.

But the shock is still there.

This brings us back to the Kubler-Ross model of grief.

The stages theoretically don’t go in any particular order, though the most common pattern is the DABDA order listed above: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.

We’re far beyond the Denial stage at this point.

The proposed cuts plan ahead for the university’s best-case scenario in anticipation of legislative action giving us the true story for our new normal. It’s nothing we can avoid or deny now.

The next three stages are really the ones that seem

the most fluid – or at least But the trickiest of these varied – among the Cameron stages is Acceptance. We community. accept the fact that the cuts Though it’s civil, there are here and inevitable. We is some Anger involved accept that we’re sad, angry with losing departments, and otherwise disconcerted programs and about it. So in jobs in some. our case, the Thankfully, problem isn’t nothing rash whether or has happened not we come thus far. But to terms with that’s not these things. to say some The people aren’t problem is angry that it what we do appears their once we get to voices weren’t that place of heard in the Acceptance. midst of this We can fracas. place blame, Bargaining find a place Jacob Jardel seems a bit of we can point a stretch on fingers or Sports Editor the surface, look for a @JJardel_Writing since it singular cause involves the want to trade for a problem. We can something to stop or even wallow in a feeling of learned delay our budgetary fates. helplessness. There are a But don’t doubt that there number of things we could are people who would be do that could perpetuate the willing to give something so negative feedback loop.

Cameron can keep something It’s easy to fall into this dear to their person. cycle not only as individuals However, at least from but also as a society in current perception, the most general with how people treat prevalent emotion has been younger generations and Depression. Employees losing others who urge for change. their jobs have expressed 2Pac said it well in his song their sadness in social media. “Keep Ya Head Up.” Directors of offices have “[They] say there ain’t no slowly and morosely broken hope for the youth and the the news of dissolutions. truth is \ it ain’t no hope for Everyone from President the future \ and they wonder McArthur to the most why we crazy.” innocuous of us on campus Amid everything, there has at least some sliver of is – and has always been budget-related melancholy.

– a sort of eschewing the

thoughts of youth as head in the clouds idealism.

Meanwhile, there is money for everything but those of us who need it.

Much like a lot of what 2Pac rapped about toward the end of his career and his life, these issues permeate through our current zeitgeist as much as they did in the early 1990s. And it’s almost surreal how much the learned helplessness loops.

It’s gotten to the point where we as people – knowingly or otherwise – can easily keep the cycle going.

Or we can try to find out how to introduce some change into it.

Even if people can downplay how much we can change, how much our voice matters, we still have a say.

The Cameron community may not be able to make big budgetary decisions, but we can vote in the people who can talk for us. We can continue our conversations with President McArthur so he doesn’t have to do it alone.

The Cameron community can do a lot, even if it doesn’t seem like it. The thing we need to remember is that the civility we’ve shown so far is a sign of just how strong our bond as a group is. If we keep that unity as we try to work to fix things, Cameron can and will make it through this tough time.

We share in this grief together, so we can use it to come together en route to a brighter future.

Photos by Jacob Jardel

What comes next: President John McArthur addressed the Cameron community and the press about the University’s budget cuts on Feb. 29. Whether staff (top) or students (right), CU faithful listened intently to the fates of their colleagues as laid out in McArthur’s plan to make up for the cuts. Now, though, the Aggie community needs to stand together to come out of this tough time stronger.

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Review: Top songs turning ten Jacob Jardel Sports Editor

@JJardel_Writing

In an era of constant turnover of media, ten years can be a long time, even if it feels like not long ago.

This effect applies especially to music, with digital streaming more prevalent now than it was in early ages of iTunes and YouTube. For a song to have relevance or lasting appeal for a decade is not uncommon, but it takes more than a Billboard Top 100 ranking to do so.

What follows is the list of ten of the best songs of the year 2006. In order to qualify, songs must have had an initial release at some point in the year 2006 and cracked the Billboard Hot 100 Hits at some point before 2007.

Musical quality and critical acclaim factor highly into the ranking, but lasting power weighs in just as much. Songs with novelty can definitely make the list, but less than mediocre songs will not. So tracks like Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” or Nick Lachey’s “What’s Left of Me” will not be anywhere near this list.

Also remember that this list is highly subjective.

Here are ten of the best songs turning ten-years-old this year.

The phrase “They see me rollin’, they hatin’” still pops up on images and in text references to this day. The song even received the Weird Al treatment later in the year with the song “White & Nerdy,” a true testament to this track’s status in pop culture.

Song 4:

“Starlight” by Muse This track off the British alternative band’s fourth studio album may not be as popular as some of their other tracks. However, with strong riffs and hypnotic drums, it is definitely one with staying power to those who have heard it.

While the All-American Rejects produced a large body of work around Song 1: “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood this time that charted Starting off the list is arguably the best song from an successfully (particularly “American Idol” alum to come out this year. Featured “Move Along”), this Muse in movies like “Pitch Perfect 2” and in angry breakups track is a standout not only everywhere, this song brings out the vengeful wronged lover in on the album but also in this everyone. year. It is definitely worth a The only big competition comes from originally winner listen.

Kelly Clarkson and her song “Walk Away.” While the poppy Song 5: hit still gets radio play, “Before He Cheats” still ranks as a gem “Welcome to the Black Parade” in Underwood’s discography.

by My Chemical Romance Song 2: “Fergalicious” by Fergie The title track to MCR’s “The next entry on the list comes from the “songs you love third studio album opens but pretend to dislike” category. This song is catchy, and it was up with soft keys and vocals everywhere for the better part of 2006. To this day, this song before building into an opus still pops up and gets stuck on repeat in brains everywhere. of emo rock. It has only built Other entries in this category include Fergie’s “London up since its release October Bridge” and “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada. But try and 2006. resist the urge to give the definition to Fergalicious without Other songs that fall in breaking out into song. This memetic earworm sticks around this category include “Call for a while.

Me When You’re Sober” Song 3: “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire from Evanescence and Speaking of memes, the opening lines of this song’s chorus “Miss Murder” from AFI. still permeate in various memes. It helps that this song is a very However, none have had well-crafted bit of hip-hop music. the lasting power that this anthem of adolescent angst.

Song 6:

“I Write Sins Not Tragedies” by Panic! at the Disco Keeping with the emo theme, this seminal Panic! song has a memorable chorus and memorable riffs. The verse lyrics, though, are not as well remembered. That fact does not take away from the quality of the song.

There were other songs from 2006 where many people only remember chorus lyrics such as Bubba Sparxxx’ “Ms. New Booty.” Though catchy, that song does not have the quality or the appeal of this cryptically titled emo alt rock smash.

Song 7: “Smack That” by Akon featuring Eminem

This song also files into the slightly forgotten category, since it was not the most memorable track in either rapper’s discographies. However, it still does have mass appeal on top of a good beat.

Other tracks of mild remembrance in this era include “Chain Hang Low” by Jibbs and “Walk It Out” by Unk. That said, while those songs provide a novelty dance feel, the Akon/Eminem collaboration brings much more to the table musically.

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Song 8: “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake One cannot make a list about music in the 2000s without talking about the former member of *NSYNC. This song from his second studio album was his first number one track – and for good reason.

While “My Love” is arguably the better of the tracks from “FutureSex/LoveSounds,” “SexyBack” had wider mainstream appeal and still remains part of the pop culture lexicon today.

Most importantly, this track proved JT was a musical force to be reckoned with, even without his bandmates.

Song 9: “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley Of all the songs on the list that have not reached the top spot, this one deserved it more than others. The duo of Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse put together this alt/soul hit that peaked at number two on the charts in 2006.

“How To Save A Life” from The Fray peaked at number three and still has widespread play on the radio. However, “Crazy” was leaps and bounds better. If it were not for some of the tracks on this list, this cut would have definitely deserved a top spot.

Song 10: Irreplaceable” by Beyonce “Of all the number one songs from this year, this one stood out above the rest. It also held the top spot to close out 2006 and went into 2007 atop the Billboard charts.

While some of the aforementioned tracks did have critical acclaim and lasting power, “Irreplaceable” remains a seminal track in Queen Bey’s growing list of hits. For it to be a mainstay on any Beyonce playlist just shows that this cut is the best song turning ten this year.

Looking into the film ‘Inside Out’ LaReece Osborne Staff Writer

At 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, the Programming Activities Council and Psi Chi hosted a screening of last year’s award winning Disney/ Pixar film “Inside Out” in the McCasland Ballroom of the McMahon Centennial Complex.

The event filled the ballroom with children, parents and Disney/Pixar fans alike.

When the movie was over, children colored and engaged in other fun, friendly activities in the back, while the adults listened to guest speaker of the evening Doris Langston, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist.

Langston spoke to parents about how children may display or express their emotions in different circumstances.

When the night was over

parents and children walked out of the ballroom to their cars with balloons, popcorn, candy and colored artwork from the kids.

Jayne Badue, a six year old who attended the screening with her father, said she enjoyed the movie.

“The movie was really funny. I like Joy and Sadness a lot. I even have them on my backpack,” she said.

In the five minutes leading up to the start of the movie, kids were running all over the ballroom bouncing balloons and chasing one another.

Adults joined in too, but as soon as the lights began to dim and the movie started, the room hushed in hard silence and all eyes went to one of the three screens in the room.

The films stars an 11-year-old Minnesota girl named Riley and the five personifications of her basic emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust.

Riley is a happy child with a happy life until she has to move to San Francisco, leading her emotional counterparts to take matters into their own hands. The computer-animated film drew big laughs from both the children in the audience as well as the adults.

When the movie ended, children walked to the back of the ballroom where activities lined the wall.

Then, Langston took the mic and began speaking to the parents about children’s emotions.

Parents asked a variety of questions regarding playtimes, timeouts, disrespectful manners, appropriate punishments and rewards.

Langston has been in her field of work since 1982.

She said she has applied the ideas of hypnotherapy, play therapy and clinical social work to her understanding of diverse perspectives.

“When you become a therapist, it is really important to learn a lot of different methods, if you can,” she said. “This is what you do after you have your license.”

After getting her license, she learned Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and then got into hypnotherapy, noting the two studies are similar.

For example, if one can induce REM sleep in a patient, then one can also process trauma faster.

Langston lectured and answered questions for about a half hour before individually talking to parents with more questions or concerns.

She also specializes in individual therapy, family therapy, child therapy, relationship counseling and clinical hypnotherapy.

For more information on Langston’s therapies, call (580)-353-7760.

Issue 6 corrections The Cameron Collegian erroneously stated in the article “CUIC presenting fashion show in March” that the Cameron International Club would hold the fashion show on Sunday, March 5. The correct date of the show is Saturday, March 5.

We also erroneously stated in the article “Looking ahead: Great Plains incubator” that Pat Beck said the following sentence: “You’ll be forced to make many important decisions, especially in the first months of opening your business. If you do not have a support network of people to help you, consider finding a business mentor.” Attribution should have been given to U.S. Small Business Administration, the correct source.

We regret the error and are happy to set the record straight.

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Aggies open LSC tournament play

points each, all from three-point range.

Senior DJ Vallier grabbed nine of Cameron’s 33 rebounds to lead the team. TWU finished ahead on the glass with 44 team boards. While CU nailed 12 three pointers compared to the Pioneers’ one, Texas Woman’s held the advantage in overall shooting by five percentage points.

The Black and Gold ended their season at 15-11 overall, 9-7 in conference. With the win, Texas Woman’s advanced to the semifinals to face off against Angelo State.

Men’s Bracket Cameron closed out the game with solid play to hold onto the late lead and win 79-70 against West Texas A&M. With this victory, the Aggies have won in the opening round of the tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in school history. For head coach Nate Gamet, the tightknit contest was emblematic of the style of play in the LSC. “Our seniors did a great job, and we had guys come off the bench and play some really big minutes for us tonight,” he said. “The guys just battled, the tone was set early, and our guys took advantage of our size and athleticism to go get us a few extra possessions.”

The two teams went back and forth from the opening tip, switching possession of the lead four times. However, the Aggies took Photos by Vladmir Cherry advantage of a 12-2 run in the final three Playing two: Junior Stacey Lambert goes up for a block against a West Texas ballhandler. Lambert posted three blocks on the minutes of the half after draining consecutive night in Cameron’s 79-70 win in the LSC opening round. The women’s team fell 78-75 against Texas Women’s University. threes to pull ahead by two possessions.

Cameron went into the locker room with a in the game, Cameron fell in the quarterfinal, While the Aggies outscored TWU 20-17 Jacob Jardel 44-38 lead, and they carried that momentum snapping a four-game wining streak against in the period, poor shooting down the stretch Sports Editor into the second frame, opening up a doubleTexas Woman’s. The defeat also continued allowed TWU to pull ahead 35-34 at the half. @JJardel_Writing digit lead in the first five minutes. CU held on Cameron’s postseason woes, marking the sixth The game stayed neck-and-neck coming out consecutive LSC Tournament loss to put the of the locker room, with no team holding a lead to their advantage until a West Texas three The Aggies split their quarterfinal pointer put the Buffs ahead 65-64 with 5:55 Aggies’ quarterfinal record at 1-11. by more than three points. The teams would matchups in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) left in the game. The Aggies closed the gap, Head coach Tom Webb said close losses like both score 18 in the third quarter, but CU Tournament on March 3 in Allen, Texas. this embody the feel of the tournament. would pull ahead 62-61 with seven minutes left overcoming a four-minute scoring slump to CU went into their games with matching take the lead late in the half en route to the “Someone’s got to win, and someone’s got in the fourth.

15-win records on the season, but the women victory. to lose,” he said in a press release. “We just That lead would be the last of the game for finished with one more conference win and Seniors Deondre Ray and Jamaal Brantley happened to be short today. At the end of the the Aggies, as Texas Woman’s pulled ahead by one more conference loss than the men. Both led CU with 22 and 20 points, respectively. slim margins, with Cameron chipping at the teams took on Texas teams in their matchups, day, it just came down to a couple of plays, couple of shots, momentum here and there. lead throughout. Late TWU foul shots sealed Brantley cleaned the glass for 15 boards to with the women squaring off against Texas notch a double-double on the night. Junior “Other than that, you just want to go out on the game and effectively ended the Aggies’ Woman’s University and the men facing West Stacey Lambert added three blocks to back up top.” season.

Texas A&M. The first quarter started close, with both Junior Dayla Threatt led the Black and Gold the Black and Gold’s defensive effort.

Women’s Bracket Despite losing the ball 21 times from teams playing to an early 8-all tie. However, the with 21 points on the game. It was her 20th The Black and Gold’s game against the turnovers, the Aggies made up for it by nearly Pioneers rode the momentum of a 9-1 run to double-digit scoring output of the season and Pioneers featured fluctuating leads and a totake the lead into a timeout. After the pause, her fourth scoring at least 20 points. Freshman doubling the Buffs’ rebounding effort 45-21.

The win continued CU’s run in the LSC the-wire finish that ended with a 78-75 loss for though, the Black and Gold charged ahead to Brandi Gomez contributed a career-high 12 Tournament, clinching them a semifinal berth CU. mount a 15-1 run to take the 24-19 lead early in points on 4-7 shooting from behind the arc. against Midwestern State.

Despite holding a six-point lead at one point the second frame.

Brandi Leal and Natalie Halbleib added nine

Cameron splits home finale Tarayn McMillan Staff Writer

The Cameron men’s and women’s basketball teams went up against rival Midwestern State for the last home games of the regular season on Feb. 27 in the Aggie Gym.

Zeigler crashed the boards, grabbing eight rebounds apiece to lead the Aggies.

Men’s Game

The men’s team was unable to take first in Women’s Game conference, falling to The women defeated Midwestern State 79-59 in Midwestern 77-61 front of a capacity crowd. to finish out regular Hosting its first season play with a final sellout since the 1980conference record of 9-7.

1981 season, Cameron The Aggies came out continued its three-game ready for the Mustangs losing streak as the and sunk five of the first Mustangs earned their half ’s seven three-pointers ninth league title and in the first quarter. The seventh in ten seasons.

Aggies held a 15-point MSU’s bench outscored lead over the Mustangs, Cameron’s reserves 36heading into the locker 2. The team also shot room for halftime ahead 29 for 62 from the field, 36-21. including a 17-for-28 Cameron built on its performance in the second lead into the second half. half.

The Aggies’ shooting Cameron came out percentage jumped 10 setting a fast pace for the percent from 41.4 to 51.6. game to pull ahead of the The team almost doubled Mustangs 16-6. However, MSU’s scoring in the third MSU would lead 31-24 quarter with 30 points to at the half. After the half MSU’s 16. the Mustangs maintained This win was their lead for the rest Cameron’s 15th over the of the game, sealing the Mustangs in the Aggie Aggie loss heading into Gym. the LSC tournament.

Brandi Leal, Dayla Jamaal Brantley earned Threat and Brandi Gomez a double-double for the led the Aggies with 12 Aggies with 19 points and points each. Gomez scored 13 rebounds. Cameron all her points on perfect Lee contributed 16 points, shooting from behind the and Deondre Ray added three point line. his own double-digit DJ Vallier and Markita effort with 14.