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CU celebrates diversity Stacie Larsen
facts, interactive activities and performances presented by student Managing Editor organizations, academic departments and the Cameron Campus Ministry. From 12-2 p.m., on Oct. 10, in the Polynice said despite the different MCC, Cameron University’s Office of types of food served at the event, each Student Development hosted its annual organization or group shared one common Diversity Celebration, “Aggies in Every Shade,” open to faculty, staff, students and ingredient: chocolate. “The chocolate was not just American members of the community. chocolate,” she said. “It was representative Student Success Coordinator for of the culture that they were from.” Student Development and faculty adviser Polynice also said, last year, each for Cameron Diversity Diplomats Olivia Polynice said the purpose for the event was organization or group added an educational component to their cultural presentations, to celebrate different cultures on campus. which carried into this year’s festivities as “I think it’s one of the hallmarks of the University, itself,” she said. “We are diverse. well. “The goal is not to eat just good food We actually love to empower our students who are from different cultures, regardless but to understand what that means in that culture and why it’s important,” Polynice of whether you’re from here or another said. country.” The celebration extended beyond just Polynice said Diversity Celebration geographical diversity. attendees came in every shade. “We didn’t just have people from “It’s not just our [Cameron] students different countries, but we also had social who are diverse, or who come from and religious groups to talk about their different cultures,” she said. “It’s also our organization and what they stand for and staff and our faculty, and that as a whole, why this is important to them,” Polynice our University is just this really cool said. melting pot.” This year, Polynice said each The event featured food, educational organization or group offered attendees
the opportunity to participate in activities focused on their cultural beliefs, including yodeling lessons and Salsa dancing. In addition, Diversity Diplomat member Sammer Shahid devoted her time and talent toward giving attendees henna tattoos of their choosing. The event also featured a variety of native dances performed by two Samoan students, Helena Taisau and VictoriaLemoe Esera, and a piano performance by Cameron Campus Ministry member Peter Macias. Polynice said, by hosting the event, she hopes to leave a lasting impression on those who attend. “I hope that students not only come just to have good food,” she said, “but also take something away from it and are able to impact the next person that they meet based on what they learn.” When planning the event, Polynice said the faculty within the Office of Student Development collaborated with members of Cameron’s Diversity Diplomats organization. Senior English major and Diversity Diplomat Public Relations Officer Becky Harris helped organize the event by communicating with participating organizations.
Harris said being involved with both the organization and event has helped her embrace diversity within her own cultural background. “I’m half-black and half-Korean,” she said. “One thing that growing up that was a really big struggle for me was that diversity inside of me. “Being able to be in a setting like the Diversity Celebration meant a lot to me because I got to see other students be very proud and have an environment where they could be proud to be who they are.” Harris said she thinks the celebration is important because it empowers students to be open about their diversity despite judgements or pressures from the outside world. “I always like to look at Cameron as a school that is diverse because we have international students,” she said. “We have students from different backgrounds, but sadly … I still see a lot of people who don’t accept different cultures or … they don’t want to learn about them. “One thing I hope people learn is that students like us aren’t going to stop celebrating our diversity despite other students not wanting to accept it.” For more information about Diversity Diplomats, contact Oliva Polynice at opolynic@cameron.edu. Photos by Stacie Larsen
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Volleyball goes 3-1 against ASU
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PRIDE:
Remembering Matthew Shepard Photos by AnneMarie Altman and Cheyenne Cole
National Coming Out Day: (Top): Students listen as a member of Cameron University PRIDE tells their coming out story. (Bottom left): Freshman Kassidy Basham shares their own story with the audience. (Bottom right): CU’s Equal Opportunity Officer Thomas Russell speaks to students about the importance of accepting others for who they are. At 8 p.m. on Oct. 11 near the Fine Arts Courtyard, the LGBTQ club hosted a candlelit memorial in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered because of his sexuality in 1998. Attendees read poetry and shared coming out stories.
NAMI tackles mental health awareness Drue Watkins
club decide how to best approach awareness on campus. Dutton said she tries hard to spread news Two years ago, the National Alliance of the organization. on Mental Illness (NAMI) established “People need to be aware that it’s okay to an organization on Cameron University’s struggle with mental problems,” she said. “A campus. college campus is a prime location for these The club is led and maintained by students sorts of issues with so much diversity, and to but helps all of those in need locally. be able to provide support to those in need can NAMI uses a national presence to go a long way.” advocate for those struggling with mental Magouirk said mental illnesses affect many illness. college students. Its primary objective is to bring a sense “Most major mental illnesses are diagnosed of understanding and comfort to those who between the ages of 15 and 26,” she said, either struggle with mental problems or to “which is why it’s so important that NAMI those who are affected by someone else who has a solid presence on a college campus like does. Cameron.” Current NAMI President Linda Magouirk Currently, the biggest goal for NAMI and Student Support Services Freshman on campus is trying to bring awareness to Guidance Specialist and NAMI adviser students who may not know it exists. Cathleen Dutton worked with the Psychology The club distributes fliers all over campus Department to bring the organization to to let people know about their monthly Cameron. meetings, which take place on every fourth Dutton said the perks of having NAMI on Tuesday. campus are incalculable. Magouirk said NAMI’s presence at several “It’s a safe place where there’s no local campus events, including the Student judgment,” she said. “We, as people, are Organization Fair, has peaked the interest of always growing and, sometimes we just get many new students. afraid about our mindsets. Since it is only the club’s second year, “This club is here to make sure that Dutton said that it’s extremely difficult to get everybody can bring something to everybody.” any sort of attention or exposure, and that As the adviser, Dutton provides support growth has been hard to come by. and management. She ensures that students “We really want to expand and make our follow NAMI’s rules during activities. voices heard,” she said. “It’s more important Magouirk sets up and oversees club than many people realize. Mental illness meetings and plans upcoming events. strikes everywhere around the country and Members use “GroupMe,” an app that our communities. allows instant group texting, which helps the “There are so many scared people out there
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Prioritizing mental health: CU’s National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) President Linda Magouirk plays a spin-the-wheel mind and personality game with students at the 2017-2018 Student Organization Fair. NAMI focuses on mental health awareness and supporting those who suffer from mental illness. that have barely any understanding of what it is that they’re going through. We have to be there for them and for those in the future.” On Oct. 11, Firo Fire Kissed Pizza hosted a fundraiser to help NAMI increase their budget. Dutton said it was an amazing opportunity to inform the community about the organization. “We really have to thank Firo for this event,” she said. “It means the world to us
and will only help bring more good things to Cameron. Aside from the event, we’re also designing t-shirts for awareness.” NAMI’s primary goals at Cameron are to educate those who don’t understand, advocate for more exposure for mental illness and provide support groups where students can form peer meetings that facilitate care. For more information about NAMI, call Dutton at (580) 581-2352 or email her at cdutton@cameron.edu.
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Student Life
Photos by Sarae Ticeahkie
Sticky goodness: (Top): Cameron Student Alex Deabenderfer dips caramel apples and selects from an array of nuts and other toppings at the Programming Activites Council’s (PAC) fall Do-It-Yourself event. (Bottom): Sophomore elementary education major Raven Youngblood designs a brown bag for her trail mix.
Fall into season with PAC Sarae Ticeahkie Student Life Editor @sylviaseeks
Cameron University’s Programming Activities Council (PAC) hosted a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) caramel apple and trail mix event from 11 a.m to 1:30 p.m, Oct. 5, in the MCC. Students had the option to dip apples in caramel and add toppings of their choice. Sophomore biology major Elizabeth Jones took advantage of the options at the apple dipping station. “I dipped my caramel apple and topped off with granola and chocolate sprinkles,” Jones said. The trail mix table included an assortment of nuts and chocolates and brown paper bags for students to decorate with markers. Sophomore elementary education major Raven Youngblood decorated a bag
30th anniversary celebration
CU writing contests Madison Lyda Staff Writer
Cameron University is offering students the opportunity to enter a variety of writing contests for the 2017-18 school year.
John G. Morris Poetry Prize
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Cake and balloons: Student Support Services celebrated their 30year anniversary from 1-2:30 p.m in North Shelper.
at the trail mix table. “I’m friends with most of the PAC members,” Youngblood said, “so I always have fun the events.” PAC hosts events for students throughout the school year, but the caramel apple and trail mix event was the first DIY event PAC hosted for the university this fall. Junior elementary education major and PAC co-chair Courtney Lewis said she was happy with the outcome of the event. “We just want to get people more involved and getting [PAC’s] name out there,” Lewis said. PAC’s other upcoming fall events include pumpkin carving, the annual halloween carnival and a haunted house. For more information about PAC, visit the PAC office on the second floor of the MCC or email council members at pac@cameron. edu.
This semester, Cameron University will be offering the 11th annual John G. Morris Poetry Prize. Morris founded the contest in 2006 to memorialize his deceased mother, Marian Cary Miles Morris-Zepp, who was the original inspiration behind Morris’ passion for writing. The contest is designed for students who are interested in poetry and is open to all undergraduate Cameron students. Student who enter may submit up to five original unpublished poems. The first-place poem will win $300, and the poet will
present the winning poem at a reading during the annual Department of English and Foreign Languages banquet. The second place poem will win $200 and the third-place winner will receive $150. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 2, 2018, and there is no entry fee.
Leigh Holmes Creative Nonfiction Contest Founded in 2003, The Leigh Holmes Creative Nonfiction contest showcases the work of undergraduate writers who attend Cameron University. Professor Emeritus Leigh Holmes taught composition and rhetoric, nonfiction prose and Film and Literature. He was a renowned writer who published several essays and articles in professional journals including
“Rhetoric Society Quarterly,” and “The English Journal.” The contest is open to all undergraduate Cameron students who are enrolled for the spring semester. A student may enter one original unpublished piece of creative nonfiction to be considered by the judges. A panel of judges will determine Graphic by the year’s Sarae winner on the Ticeahkie basis of craft, structure and style, and the winner of the contest will receive $300. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Dec. 8, and there is no entry fee.
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Voices
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Hit pieces
Bias, libel and accusation in contemporary journalism
Payton Williams Voices Editor
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Hit pieces are the lowest form of journalism, and recently there has been an overwhelming surge of them. For readers who have never heard the term, a hit piece is an attempt to turn public opinion against someone under the guise of objective reporting. The problem with this sort of piece, however, is that it only appears objective. A hit piece is written with the express purpose of ruining someone’s career or life so the bias is built into the basic premise of the story. A hit piece might read as investigative journalism, but it should not be confused with it. A journalist writes an investigative piece, ideally, because he wants to find answers. A journalist writes a hit piece because he believes he already has the answers. Popular music review site Fader recently displayed a particularly odious example of this kind of “ journalism.” The site published a piece recently, titled “The Needle Drop pioneered music review vlogs. His lesser-known channel pandered to the alt-right.” The piece is a complete mess of opinion and grossly incomplete research masquerading as objective journalism. The piece deals with Anthony Fantano, aka “The Needle Drop,” a well-known music critic whose YouTube channel has become more popular than any other of its type, and earned him a place as one of the most famous music critics in the world. The Fader piece details videos on Fantano’s other YouTube channel, “thatistheplan,” which Fantano recently removed from the site. The channel featured surreal comedy content and videos of Fantano playing a character meant to lampoon various examples of more outlandish left-wing political views. The humor on the channel was not always smart, certainly, but to label it as any kind of hate speech would be a stretch. However, the Fader piece doesn’t just accuse Fantano of hate speech, but goes so far as to call him a racist, and accuse him of openly pandering to the alt-right, a rightwing political movement whose stances are so ill-defined, everyone on the political spectrum to the right of Karl Marx seems to get the label thrown on them. It is at this point that I should note a crucial problem with Fader’s piece that goes beyond the dreadful content of it: Fader is a music review publication. This may not seem like much of an observation at first, but when it is taken under consideration that Anthony Fantano and his “The Needle Drop” channel is the most important and popular source of music criticism in the world right now, it becomes apparent that there is a conflict of interest.
Dot or Jezebel from running hit pieces The central problem with this coverage, portraying him as guilty printed retractions. aside from the lack of research, is that Fader portraying Oberst in a dubious or, at worst, Hit pieces are not objective journalism. criminal light. stands to gain considerably from ruining They have their biases built into them from One such article even calls him an Anthony Fantano’s reputation. the very beginning. outspoken hero for men’s rights activists, In doing so, Fader is removing some Any piece written with the express who are another loosely organized rightof their biggest competition, and they are purpose of hurting someone’s reputation wing political group. doing it by throwing the worst accusations should be discredited outright, or at least Notably, this is very similar to, and just possible at Fantano, true or not. read with a critical eye. as ridiculous as, Anthony Fantano being This is against any journalistic code As a matter of fact, the future of called a spokesperson for the alt-right. of ethics I’ve ever seen, but quite a bit of journalism depends on all of us keeping a It is important to note that, despite the Fader’s audience doesn’t seem to care. critical eye on every story. false accusations against Oberst, very few No proof is required to ruin a person’s Sometimes, someone’s reputation may of the news sources who ran the stories reputation. well be depending on it. When someone is accused of something grotesque, especially Graphic by Payton Williams in the abstract way Fader has Photo courtesy of Tribune News Service done it in this piece, all they need to do is place the stink of suspicion on the target. Fader even misrepresented Fantano’s reaction to their story. After Fader published the piece, Fantano posted a video on YouTube responding to the piece. In the video, he states he removed his other channel because it was not a successful revenue source, and YouTube’s changing policy made it increasingly difficult to keep the channel running. Two weeks later, Fader amended the story with a new subtitle, which read, “He deleted the entire channel when we asked for comment about why it was so bad.” That statement is a baldfaced lie, yet there it is, front and center on a piece published in a professional publication. How this can be seen as anything other than libel, I have no idea. These sorts of stories appear in various publications with increasing regularity, and the accusations can get far harsher and far more difficult to avoid. Popular indie rock musician Conor Oberst is another example of this. A few years ago, a commenter on various websites accused Oberst of sexually assaulting her in 2003. The commenter has since recanted her story, and the story has been demonstrably proven false in every conceivable way since it was first reported. Of the reasons the story is false, chief among them is that Oberst was not even in the state at the time of the alleged crime. Line of sight: (Above) Musician Conor Oberst performs in New York City in 2006. In 2003, Oberst was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a woman. Though he has However, the facts of the case have not stopped proved himself innocent, he has never escaped the subsequent media coverage that publications such as The Daily painted him as a manipulative sexual predator.
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A “Clueless” 22nd anniversary Madison Lyda Staff Writer
An iconic 1990s coming-ofage story, “Clueless” has become a timeless classic: A movie revolving around the nostalgic, fashionable and fabulous lives of rich Beverly Hills teenagers. “Clueless” revolves around a young sixteen-year old named Cher. A rich, fashion driven and overtly popular teenager, Cher is anything but normal. In her world, only three things matter: popularity, money and attractiveness. Taking on a Beverly Hills High School with her partner in crime Dionne, the two are completely inseparable. Cher describes the connection by saying, “Dionne and I were both named after famous singers of the past, who now do infomercials.” Cher and Dionne are insanely wealthy divas whose daddies make a fortune every day. With little to do but go shopping or gossip, the two girls attempt to “fix” the people around them. As Cher and Dionne make their way throughout the movie and venture through new obstacles, they must learn to juggle the weights of high school classes, teenage popularity stunts, and the infamous topicboys. All while trying to tame their new-found friend, Tai. The girls work together to try to make Tai known in Beverly Hills. In addition to this unfortunate stress, Cher begins to acquire feelings for Christian, the high school lover boy. Cher is the only member
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of her girl squad who refuses to date boys, and as her friends tease her about her virginity, she says, “I’m not prude, I’m just highly selective.” Falling for Christian, Cher misses all of the signs pointing to his alternate sexuality. Finally coming to her senses, Cher chooses to stick with Christian and bonds with him over fashion and art. As the clique continues to grow throughout the movie, arguments stir up and practical teenage drama becomes the stage front of the movie. With Tai becoming more empowered and confident in her environment, she starts to separate from the group. In addition to her empowerment, her newest obsession is with Josh, Chers’ ex- step-brother. Arguing about Tai’s love life, Tai speaks a memorable quote to Cher about her lack in importance of opinion, “What does it matter to you? You’re a virgin who can’t drive.” Dealing with a whirlwind of other teenage recklessness and adventure, the teens begin to realize their meanings in life and
Cameron Professor of Music Dr. Gregory Hoepfner, titled A&E Editor “In D,” composed in 2016. @wckdrjtk Whang said that she has played a piece by Hoepfner Cameron Professor and McMahon Endowed Chair before. Last year she approached in Music Hyunsoon Whang him and asked if he had any performed classical music in new compositions. a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. “I felt ready to play on Oct. 5 in the University another one,” she said. “So Theatre. I asked if he had any pieces Whang’s program that I might be able to play. consisted of selections He gave me a couple of pieces, from different styles and composers such as Mozart, and I really liked “In D.” Hoepfner said “In D” is Liszt, Chopin and Villa a homage to Terry Riley, Lobos. and 1960s era composer. Whang said that her Riley wrote a piece wide variety of music styles that he enjoyed called makes him more versatile. ‘In C” where he wanted “It depends, sometimes to prove that music can I’ll have a theme and I’ll still be composed and go with it, like all German composers or something like written in C major. “The only that.” Whang said, “Other times I go for the variety of similarity between composers and styles, which his piece and mine is the title,” he I chose this time.” Whang chose to perform said. “My piece uses Mozart’s “Nine Variations many different in D Major” (1789), Liszt’s scales, modes “Petrarch Sonnets No. 47, 104 and 123,” (1846) and Villa-Lobos “A prole do bebê No. 1” (1918). While most of Whang’s selections originated in the 18-20th centuries, she also chose a composition by
learning important life lessons along the way. The fashion and costumes projected in “Clueless” are simply iconic. In every scene, fashion becomes a focal point connected to individual characters and their personalities. Notably, one aspect of the costumes to notice is, not a single character in the movie is dressed in black. Above all else, before the fashion and way before the adventurous shenanigans, the memorably iconic lingo is a definite highlight of the movie. The script writers channeled valley girl vibes and proceeded to create original and entertaining lingo that is still memorable today. Terms such as; ‘Buggin’, ‘Boinkfest’, ‘Cake Boy’, ‘Hagsville’, and even ‘Jeepin’. A small example of the dozens of terms that were created for the personality of the film. Terms such as these were so iconic at the time, that they practically shifted the language culture of the 90s. The classic 90’s film goes down in movie history as the chick f lick
and ideas based on a root of D major. There is a melodic theme that weaves through it, but it basically explores a lot of different tonalities.” Whang first premiered Hoepfner’s “In D” back
of the 90’s decade. The film still attracts a massive audience and continues to live up to its original fame. Twenty-two years after the release of this box office hit, may people debate whether it may come second to Mean Girls, a 2004 teen comedy. Quoting Cher’s iconic line, “Ugh, as if.”
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Cher: Actress Alicia Silverstone
in January at the Simmons Center in Duncan. During the upcoming fall break, Whang will debut Hoepfner’s piece in California. The three Liszt compositions that Whang
performed come from a collection of compositions called “The Years of Pilgrimage.” The collection is full of program music inspired by Italian art and literature including Francesco Petrarca’s sonnets and piano pieces inspired by the sonnets. Petrarca was an Italian humanist and poet in the Renaissance era. Whang asked Band Dr. Director Claudio Re, who is from Italy, to recite the sonnets aloud, followed by Whang playing the corresponding composition. Whang says that having Re read the sonnets was a treat. “Just listening to the Italian language being spoken is like music,” she said. Re is glad that he had the opportunity to study and read Petrarca’s poems at the recital. “In Italy we do some Italian poetry in high school,”
he said. “But I didn’t have a chance to go deep into the language. I had to study a few things to understand the poems and appreciate the rhythm of the words.” Whang does at least one performance on the Lawton Cameron campus each year. Every other year she has a recital at the Simmons Center in Duncan. In February, Whang is inviting singer Amalia D’arcy to the Lectures and Concert series. The theme of Whang and Darcy’s concert will be late romanticism in transition. The two will perform selections by composers from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. In Spring Whang does an educational outreach for sixth graders in public schools. “I invite them to the Recital Hall and we do interactive presentation recitals in which we talk about music,” she said. “They ask questions, and I ask them what they think.” For more information about where and when Hyunsoon Whang will be playing next, her website is hyunsoonwhang.com.
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Variations
Dr. Hyunsoon Whang’s musical versatility
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Volleyball falters on road
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On the offensive: (Top): Junior Brandy Carr goes for an attack during a scrimmage. Carr recorded seven blocks during the Aggie’s weekend matches. (Right): Senior Brook Conley sets for an attack during a scrimmage.
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Year Hailey Roberts leading TSU with 13 kills matched by Sports Editor teammate Adriana Darthuy’s @KristaPylant8 13 kill effort. CU’s senior setter Brook The Aggies fell in a pair of Conley had 26 of the team’s road matches against AVCA 28 assists, while Brittnee Altic nationally ranked Tarleton had a team best 13 digs and State and Angelo State on two service aces. Oct. 6-7 in Texas. Cameron recorded just Cameron started the road contests by falling in straight three blocks with Carr supplying two of them. sets (25-17, 27-25, 25-10) to Other statistical leaders for No. 15 Tarleton State in their eighth Lone Star Conference the TexAnns included Jordyn Keamo and Blanca Izquierdo match of the season. who combined for 38 assists, The Aggies struggled and Amber Strange had five offensively, hitting below blocks and seven kills. .100 with junior Ashleigh Cameron started the match McFatridge leading CU with six kills, while juniors Brittany with a quick start, coming out of the gates with an 8-3 Lawson and Brandy Carr run in set one, but TSU came pitched in five kills each. storming back and used a 9-1 Comparatively, the TexAnns hit above .300 with stretch to take a two point lead. LSC Preseason Player of the
From there, the home team controlled the match, finishing out the set on a 13-3 run to win it 25-17. CU had an efficient first set, hitting .240 on the attack, but the TexAnns bested them with seven more kills and an attack percentage of .312. Set two was close from the start, as Tarleton State took an early lead of 9-5 but never lead by more than four throughout the rest of the set. The Aggies tied the set multiple times, but the biggest came when they used a three point run to tie it at 24 points. An attack error by TSU gave CU the 25-24 advantage, but three straight kills by Hailey Roberts won the set for the Purple and White 27-25. The third set was all TexAnns as they quickly built
a 10-2 lead and never looked back, using a .269 attack percentage to win the set 2510 and the match 3-0. The following day Cameron lost 3-1 (9-25, 1525, 25-21, 21-25) to No. 16 Angelo State. While the Rambelles nearly doubled the Aggies in kills (62 to 33), and did double the Aggies in service aces (12 to 6), CU came up big in the blocking game, recording 10 to ASU’s two blocks. McFatridge and Carr contributed five blocks each to lead the Aggies. Junior Paige Dixon led the offense with 11 kills while sophomore Ania Keene added six and McFatridge five. Conley had 19 assists, Altic led with 14 digs, and Lawson contributed ten digs.
ASU had four players record double digits in kills and three players achieved double-doubles in the match. Anna Graham had a teamhigh 18 kills, Brianna Sotello had 15, and Morgan Seaton and Ali Davidson each added 11 kills. Meghan Parker made all but three of the Rambelles’ 60 assists. Sotello and Davidson recorded a double-double in kills and digs, while Parker got hers in assists and digs. Cameron’s offense struggled early hitting below .100 in the first two sets to fall 9-25 in set one and 15-25 in set two. ASU pounded 17 kills in the first set and 15 in the
second set. However, the Aggies prevented the sweep by leading for the entire third set taking it 25-21 while holding the Rambelles to just a .060 hitting clip. Set four saw 13 ties and nine lead changes. Cameron was behind 22-21 when ASU put down a kill and the Aggies committed two straight errors for the 25-21 set and match loss. CU is now 5-12 overall and 2-6 in conference play. Next, the Aggies will make the 550 mile journey to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville on Oct. 13. The Javelinas are 11-8 overall and 4-4 in the league.
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the Aggies as he placed 15th with a time of 27:26.10 and was the only Aggie in the top-25. Sophomore Marvin Dierker finished in In their final tune up before the Lone Star 30th with a 28:10.40 time, while freshmen Conference Championships, the Cameron Eduardo Gutierrez and Felix Nadeborn cross country team placed seventh at the South Plains Invitational with a total time of placed 34th and 35th respectively. Additionally, sophomore Celso Ramirez 2:21:35.40 on Oct. 7 in Levelland, Texas. was 39th with a sub-29 minute time and The Aggies averaged a time off 28:19.08 in freshman Steffen Riestenpatt placed in the the 8k race, a full two minutes behind the race top-50 with a time of 29:18.20. winner and host South Plains College. Freshmen Deandre Fontenot, Cesar Other teams in the race included UT Rangel and Xavier Obregon all finished Permian Basin and Western New Mexico, outside of the top-50 with over 30 minute which CU will compete against at the league finishes. race on Oct. 21 in Kingsville, Texas. South Plains runners Felix Kosgei and The Mustangs placed fifth with a total time of 28:00.41, while the Falcons had an average Andrew Bosquez placed first and second with race time of 27:59.72 but were a point behind 25 minute times. Photo by Krista Pylant Cameron will take on the rest of the Lone Ready to run: Freshman Eduardo Gutierrez leads the Aggies at the start of a race. WNMU in sixth. Star Conference to see who will take the title. The Cameron cross country team placed seventh in their final regular season race. Freshman Maxime Icart led the way for