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establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” In order to avoid a possible Constitutional crisis, Post believes that the Supreme Court will instead start by arguing whether the ban exceeds Trump’s powers to regulate immigration. However, Post does not believe the court will side with the argument that the Executive Order exceeds the president’s power. “It’s difficult to envision that the Supreme Court will hold that the president lacked the legal power to order the travel ban,” Post said.
Post said the best argument against the ban might be in defining whether Trump had a “bona fide” cause for enacting the ban. According to Post, it will most likely be argued that, based on Trump’s statements in the past about Muslims, he enacted the ban as an act of religious discrimination instead of working in the interest of national security. Post, in closing, stated he believed Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would be the “swing vote” in this case, as he has been in several past cases. “There’s a difference between deference and abdication in Judicial review, and at its most basic level, that’s what this case is about,” Post said, “and that’s why I think it’s very likely that Justice Kennedy will cast the deciding vote.”
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On Sept. 18, Cameron University participated in the nationwide academic celebration of Constitution Day. The Department of Social Sciences, the Cameron University School of Graduate Studies and the Lawton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a presentation by Texas appeals lawyer Russel S. Post titled “The Great Travel Ban Debate.” A partner at the law firm of Beck Redden, Post has an extensive appeals court background and was made a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers last year. Post is currently representing a client who gives him a personal perspective on the issue at the center of his presentation, an Iranian citizen seeking asylum in the United States. “As I thought about that [Academic Festival X] theme,” Post said, “I thought, from the standpoint of an appellate lawyer, the most insightful thing that I could bring to the audience was to talk about the appeal of the
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travel ban case and to help people understand what’s really at issue.” The travel ban in question is Executive Order 13780, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist entry into the United States.” President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 13780 on March 6, 2017. The order heavily restricted immigration from six Muslim-majority countries identified by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Libya and Iran. Over the last several months, the Supreme Court appealed the Executive Order twice and is set to hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Order on Oct. 10 of this year. In his presentation, Post spoke about what the Supreme Court was going to argue, while speculating, based on his experience as an appellate lawyer, what sorts of decisions the Supreme Court might make over the course of the case. Post said he believes the Supreme Court will most likely not begin by arguing the constitutionality of the Order due to a legal principle known as Constitutional Avoidance. “That rule states that when a court can avoid deciding a difficult Constitutional question,” Post said, “it should do so.” The Establishment Clause is a clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution stating that “Congress shall make no law respecting an
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CU’s first annual Opportunity Fair Robert King A&E Editor @wckdrjtk
Cameron held its first annual Opportunity Fair from 2-4 p.m. on Sept. 13 in the MCC Ballroom. Career Services Coordinator Paula Merrifield said the Opportunity Fair was open for everyone who wanted to seek career opportunities. “The CU Opportunity Fair is a chance for students and alumni, as well as community members, to come and meet some employers and non-profit agencies, maybe volunteer, get an internship or a part-time job.” she said. Merrifield added that the Opportunity Fair was formally known as the Part-time Job Fair, but she changed it this year. Many different employers in the Lawton community were at the fair. Employers were seeking part-time employees and volunteers, while others were there to help students increase their chances of getting hired. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) were one of the many employment agencies available at the fair. Veteran Employment Representative Tony Leon Brown said the OESC offers services such as resume writing, job development and outreach. “We build resumes from start to finish,” he said. “We also have a young adults program. We offer vocational rehabilitation. This is like a
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Searching for opportunities: CU students stop at individual booths to meet employers and fill out applications. Cameron Career Services hosted the Opportunity Fair in order to help students find suitable jobs and increase their chances of getting hired. one-stop shop, anything that you need, if you need clothing, shelter or utilities paid; we have the resources for all of that.” Director of Marie Detty Youth and Family Services Dianne Owens attended the opportunity fair to hand out applications and provide information about programs offered by Marie Detty. “We have part time positions available at our emergency youth shelter,” Owens said. “Also at our
domestic violence women’s shelter.” Many CU Alumnis were also among the many employers at the fair representing the companies they work for. One alumnus was Kaylee Jones, a Regional Marketing Coordinator for Affinitee Graphics. The company offers screen printing, embroidery and graphic designs. Jones, who graduated from Cameron in 2015, said
that their entire staff are either Cameron students or graduates. Jones said college plays a big role in job opportunities. “The owners graduated in 2014 and started this [Affinitee Graphics] while still in school,” she said. “Matt and Katrina went to school for different things. “Katrina went for art and Matt went for communications. Katrina decided to start her own business, and this has been
the result. Jones said that Affinitee Graphics was possible because of Cameron and is willing to collaborate and work with CU students. “Honestly we love working with Cameron people,” Jones said. “The university gave us so much. It’s so much of who we are and it’s a large reason why Affinitee Graphics does exist…because of the people we met here, the opportunities
we’ve had to work with people whenever we’ve returned.” The CU Human Resources department also had a booth at the fair in order to provide a list of work study jobs that are currently available. on campus. Student Employment Coordinator Debbi Kightlinger said work study jobs are often the best route for students. “They can work up to 20 hours a week,” she said. “And the jobs never interfere with their class schedules.”
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This summer, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved a new radiologic technology degree program at Cameron University. Radiologic Technology Program Director Carrie Baxter said the partnership between Cameron and Great Plains allows students the opportunity to earn an associate of applied science in radiologic technology. “All the staff within the Radiologic Technology program are Cameron employees.,” Baxter said. “We teach at Great Plains because of the fact that all of our equipment cannot be easily moved. To be able to give a degree, we have to be employees of Cameron.” A radiologic technologist is an individual who captures diagnostic images of patients for a radiologist or physician to examine and interpret. Baxter said that radiologic technologists are much more interactive with their patients than people may think. “I think one of the miscommunications in radiology is that we stand back and punch a button to look at radiographs or images in
the computer,” she said. “We do, but you still have to touch and communicate with your patients. “We do nursing and patient care skills that a lot of people don’t realize.” Dr. Terry Conley, the department chair of Agriculture, Biology and Health Science said the program is different than other degree programs because it’s an immediate job entry and professional licensure program. “Very few of our degrees are attached to professional licensure,” Conley said. “This is a degree that someone can get in about three years, go out into the workplace, and be pretty assured that they’re going to find employment.” After fulfilling general education requirements,as well as prerequisites such as a medical terminology and human anatomy, Baxter said students then apply for courses with counseling advisors at Great Plains. During the first year at Great Plains, Conley said that students are taught how to operate x-ray equipment and then learn imaging and positioning techniques to take diagnostic images or radiographs. During their second year, Conley said that students participate in clinicals where
they work in the field under an experienced or radiologic technologist in a hospital to gain real experience. Baxter also noted that radiologic technology has changed a lot in the last few decades. “I started in the 70s,” Baxter said. “We used to have to mix our chemicals to develop the film radiographs. “Radiology has changed in the same ways that cameras have. Instead of processing film, it has become digital. We can capture an internal image of the body within three seconds.” For students interested in pursuing a degree in radiologic technology, Baxter said informational meetings are held at 5:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each even month in the Science Complex room 105 at Cameron. “Anyone who might be interested in radiology can look at the labs,” she said. “They can see what radiology is all about, [and] what we work with.” A medical open house will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the Great Plains Technology Center, building 700. For further information or to set up an individual appointment with Baxter, call 580-250-5577. Information on the program at Great Plains can be found at www.greatplains.edu/rad.
Certain departments of Cameron University recently made building improvements to ensure quality for the campus community. The Terry Hall Golf Center and The Cameron Psychology Clinic had renovations made thanks to Cameron University and private donors.
Jackson anticipates the Golf Center being open for the upcoming summer to the youth. “Our vision is to help the Lawton and surrounding areas who are interested in golf...” Jackson said. “We want to promote to the junior golfers”.
Cameron Psychology Clinic
In October 2016, the Department of Psychology and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Cameron University opened The Cameron The Terry Bell Golf Center Psychology Clinic (CPC) to the Lawton In February 2017, Cameron University Community. opened The Terry Bell Gold Center to The clinic includes three therapy help improve the men and women’s golf rooms, two individual rooms, one family programs. therapy room and one intake room. This fall begins the first official athletic Private donors provided the funds year golf students are able to use the needed to purchase the furniture and have facility. video equipment installed in these rooms. Athletic Director Jim Jackson said the Mary Dzindolet, a Cameron Professor golf center gives Cameron athletes an edge and Chair of The Department of in competition. Psychology, said initially all the rooms “We are the second NCAA Division were set up with videotape recorders but II school to have this type of facility” the intake room. Jackson said, “So, this will really boost our “Over the summer, donations came in recruiting efforts and training efforts.” and we were able to get that all hooked up” Jackson said the facility has three Dzindolet said, “the supervisors love being indoor hitting bays, a technology bay and able to watch what is going on, so it really an outdoor open hitting bay facing the is nice”. driving range and two putting areas. The CPC provides graduate students “We can break down and analyze the of Master of Science in Behavioral Science swing, the planes, and the swing speed”. the opportunity to gain hands on training Jackson said, “We have all that available with supervision under licensed faculty with technology”. members in the therapy rooms. The indoor hitting bays are designed Dzindolet said the CPC gives the for when there are inclement weather graduate students a good strong learning days. experience to help real-life people with “When we can’t go collect the gold real-life problems. balls,” Jackson said, “we can shut the doors “One of Cameron’s missions involves and drop the nets. experiential learning.” Dzindolet said. “The net stops the ball from going out “You are sitting there with a real person onto the driving range when wet.” doing therapy. The facility was built with the help of “We would love this time next year to private donors, notably the Terry Bell’s have two more rooms available” Dzindolet Foundation, who funded a majority of the said, “if that’s possible”. CPC provides free access to mental money. “He was a business man in Lawton health services for all members of the who loved Cameron and the Cameron community. Athletics,” Jackson said. “He was The clinic is open Mon-Thurs, 3-6 particularly fond of the golf program p.m. and is located on 2202 NW Ferris Avenue. because he was a golfer”.
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Devastation: Volunteers rescue patients from a Cypress Glen nursing home engulfed in floodwater in Port Arthur, Texas. The Cameron University Aggie Club and the Eta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity collected donations like hygiene products and sent them to Hurricane Harvey victims in Houston.
CU donates to hurricane victims Drue Watkins Staff Writer
In late August, Hurricane Harvey carved a path of destruction through Texas, affecting millions of people. But their cries for help have not gone unnoticed, garnering national attention and support, including that of Cameron University. At the forefront of Cameron support for victims of the hurricane were The Cameron University Aggie Club and the Eta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Alpha Phi
fraternity. The two groups focused on gathering and sending donations to the Houston area in loadeddown vehicles. Donations included supplies such as hygiene products and basic clothing. A prime organizer of the donation event and a member of the CU Aggie Club, Cameron student Haley Berry said everyone who donated has done a lot of good. “The ultimate goal was to just feel like we’ve made an impact and accomplish
helping those in need,” Berry said. Given the scope of the destruction, Berry said no act of kindness was too generous. “To see the devastation, the families involved… it’s much bigger than us,” Berry said. The donation organizer for Cameron’s Kappa Alpha Phi chapter, Dominic Mucker, said it is a national responsibility to provide hope. “Nobody wants to be stranded alone,” Mucker
said. “We, as a society, as a country, need to pull together and show love. This is a great way to do that.” Berry said, originally, the CU Aggie Club organized donations internally. “We were posting on our Facebook page,” Berry said. “But then it blew up, and we started getting contacted from all kinds of people— campus officials, other students, people from the community.” Mucker said it was incredible to see people from all walks of life contributing.
“People just want to help,” Mucker said. “To see the state of our country with all its divisiveness, you know, but have stuff like this going on. It’s just really good to see.” Berry said the hurricane hit close to home because her cousin lives near where the hurricane made landfall. “She lives in the College Station Area,” Berry said, “and I can tell you, I was praying a lot.” Rucker said he hopes Cameron and the Lawton community can lead by
example. “I think this is extremely impactful,” Rucker said. “You know, we’re a small university in a small city, and if we can do something like this, maybe it can inspire others, too. This is how you accomplish great things.” Berry said Cameron’s contribution puts the school on the map as a giving, helping university. “You know, most people say, ‘Cameron University, where’s that?’” Berry said. “Well, maybe now they can see.”
Student Housing Take the Stage at open mic night Madison Lyda Staff Writer
Student Housing hosted an open mic night at 8 p.m. on Sept. 13 in the Cameron Village Great Room. South Shepler Hall Director Alexandria Knight teamed up with North Shepler Hall Director Jacob Newton as well as other staff members to put together “Take the Stage.” The event attracted a wide audience and large participation. Students who live onand off-campus watched a variety of talents showcased that night. Their talents included singing, comedy and live poetry readings. Some even performed original material for the first time ever. Knight started the event by congratulating the participants on their courage and preparing the crowd for the night’s presentation. He said the point of “Take the Stage” is to relax and have fun. “Tonight’s event was created for students who don’t normally have the opportunity to showcase their talents” Knight said. “We believed that this would be a great opportunity for students to
“As hidden artists it’s difficult to find comfortable places to perform in front of an audience, so it’s really great that people were given that opportunity.” Students enjoyed the event and found ways to have fun throughout the night. Around the building, students interacted with one another and cheered for people that most of them did not know. Student Housing provided an assortment of snacks and beverages to attendees free of charge. As the academic year progresses, Student Housing plans to take the stage in on-campus fun. According to cameron. edu, their goal is to provide a “quality living experience” by getting students involved outside of the classroom. Student Housing Photos by Madison Lyda employees are working on Applause: (Left) Sophomore allied health major Haley Dirickson, (top right) sophomore mechanical multiple events set to take engineering student Derek Muse and (bottom right) freshman Eligah Kirton perform at “Take the Stage.” place within the next year. These events will allow Student Housing hosted the open mic night at 8 p.m. on Sept 13 in the Cameron Village Great Room. students to engage in hang out with their friends, the idea and was excited to when it comes to showcasing Muse sang a rendition of his activities while still being get to know new people and bring it to life. talent,” Newton said. favorite love song, while also able to focus on their academics and outside to perform their special Much like the rest of “Our job as faculty playing the guitar. engagements. According to Muse, he talents in a welcoming and the Student Housing staff, of Student Housing For more information open environment.” Newton watched from afar and members of this enjoyed seeing so much about upcoming Student As the night progressed, as the students performed, campus, is to bond our talent in one place. more students entered granting them space to residents together and give “Everyone has their own Housing events, go to cameron.edu/housing, call little talents,” Muse said, the building to witness be their own and perform them something [...] to the variety of talents that freely. remember.” “and it’s so nice to see people Newton at (580) 581-5907 or email him at jnewton@ Aggies offered. “I strongly believe that Freshman mechanical come out and support one cameron.edu. another. Newton initially had people share a special bond engineering major Derek
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A face that tells a story: Harry Dean Stanton, pictured here performing music at The Mint in Los Angeles, died on Sept. 15. A renowned character actor, his career spanned five decades of films.
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Harry Dean Stanton meant a lot to me. It would be impossible for him not to mean something to me. I’ve been an actor for about eight years, and he, in many ways, defines what it means to be cool and rebellious in the world of acting. But that was not what made him so remarkable to me. It was his face that stuck in my memory. It was a tough face, that looked like it was made of tire tread, but when he spoke, it felt like I could see his heart through his eyes. His ability to make an audience feel empathy for his characters is something that can’t be taught, and something very few people are born with. Lots of actors can cry, can show you an emotion, but it takes real soul for an actor to show you a living, breathing human being. That’s Stanton’s magic. He always made me feel like I knew him. Harry Dean Stanton died on Sept. 15, 2017, of natural causes, at the age of 91. It seems unreal to think of him as dead, because I turn on one of his films, and there he is. It’s a kind of immortality. My first experience of him as an actor was in Ridley Scott’s 1979 Science Fiction Horror film, “Alien,” when I was very young. I first really noticed how powerful and different he was as a performer, however, when I watched Wim Wenders’ spectacular 1984 film, “Paris, Texas,” as a teenager.
“Paris, Texas” left an immediate impression on me. It was slow and deliberate, certainly not the sort of thing I watched much at the time. It completely changed the way I saw films and the way I looked at art. The movie had a way of mining every bit of emotion out of every shot, every line and every scene. It had an emotional tone, and it wasn’t afraid to lose some of the audience to say what it meant to say. Stanton was responsible for the palpable magic of the film. There are many shots in the film in which Stanton is meant to have been walking in the desert for weeks, and he absolutely looks it. His clothes are tattered and covered with dirt, and a scraggly beard takes up most of his face, but his eyes are deeply determined and thoughtful. There was something undeniably human in his performance. Later in the film, he gives one of the most unforgettable speeches in movie history. He is seated in a chair, speaking to a woman he can’t see, and he tells a story. Everything in the scene is very simple, but there is something in Stanton’s face, and in his eyes that makes the speech deeply heartbreaking. There is a reservation in his voice that is so believable, that it short-circuits every rule I know about “performance” and transforms into something real. Stanton is one of the very few actors who had that kind of power. He didn’t steal a scene, he inhabited every aspect of a scene. It is telling to me that Stanton was a
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musician as well as an actor. There is some element of music in his performances, from the measured, thoughtful way he speaks in any of the numerous roles he played, to the deliberate, natural rhythm of his movements. I believe it speaks to the quality of real humanity he brought to his characters. Music is a deeply human art form. It does not require a clear articulation of a sentiment to draw an emotional reaction out of someone, and in many ways, neither did Harry Dean Stanton. It speaks to his power as a performer that many great directors insisted on working with him. Stanton was a close friend to David Lynch and collaborated many times with directors such as Martin Scorsese and John Carpenter. He was a loner and notoriously hard to interview, but he had many friends in the world of film and commanded the respect of many actors. One such actor, John Carroll Lynch, who also directed Stanton in his final film role, “Lucky,” remembered him fondly in a piece he wrote in The Hollywood Reporter. “As I look back at his work in the film and at his work over the years,” Lynch said, “he was just so willing to be present in front of the camera. It’s not like he doesn’t do anything. He does a lot. But what he does seems to be entirely interior, and the camera ref lected that.” Many actors speak of him in similarly glowing terms. He seemed to leave an impression on everyone he worked with. Sam Sheppard, the great playwright who wrote the screenplay for “Paris, Texas,” said
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of Stanton, “He’s one of those actors who knows that his face is the story.” In any review of a Harry Dean Stanton performance, his face was bound to be mentioned. He had sunken eyes and deep wrinkles that held something lonesome stoic, and deeply human. When I looked at him, I felt the weight of experience. Stanton’s completed his final role only a few months before he died. Titled “Lucky”, it is set for release later this year. It tells the story of a 90-year-old atheist coming to terms with his mortality. Some of his closest friends wrote the part for him, and it is very nearly the most beautiful closing statement an actor could ask for. There is a moment in the wonderful documentary about Stanton, titled “Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction,” in which Stanton, sitting in front of the camera, is trying to figure out what the director wants. Still in a jovial mood, Stanton asks, “How about doing nothing? How about silence?” There is something fascinating about that moment. It speaks to the heart of the man that was Harry Dean Stanton. He was not afraid of embracing silence. In fact, his most powerful attribute, what he had that no one else had, was an ability to make silence compelling. Harry Dean Stanton existed completely in the moment, and I feel grateful that those moments were recorded on film, and that his legacy will live on in the moments he inhabited. In that way, more than many of us could ever hope to be, Harry Dean Stanton is still with us.
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IT
Beyond the many adaptations, sequels and neoteric horror flicks smashing the theaters in late Summer 2017, an adaptation of a classic horror film has ultimately floated above all the rest. Among dozens of novels written by the legend Stephen King, “IT” has plagued and inspired the film world, becoming an adaptation for director Andy Muschietti. The adaptation and controversy surrounding King’s jolting horror classic, “IT”, is truly remarkable. Muschietti, having only filmed one movie during his career, took on a task nobody dared to: recreating the 1990 version of “IT”. When the original adaptation aired on ABC Network it was an instant success. The premiere of the prestigious horror novel attracted millions of viewers worldwide. Muschietti’s adaptation amounted to a box office record of $117 million on premiere night, trailing slightly behind Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2”. Not even films such as the 2017 sequel to the original “Annabelle”; (Annabelle Creation) or the infamous “Paranormal Activity” can amount to even half of the profit that “IT” brought to the box office. A triggering film to watch, the work of Muschietti brings to life a whole new world of terror that the original 1990 version could not achieve. Though the 1990 version was restricted on gory substance and traumatic
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content, the latest adaptation did not refrain and haunted the audience full throttle, leaving the crowd with a lingering feeling of paranoia and irrational childlike disposition. King’s novel comes in at a whopping 1,347 pages. Released in 1986, “IT” instantly became a major success in stores worldwide, much like the 1990 adaptation, and the 2017 film no less. The story plays with the idea of childhood and the underlying innocence that corresponds with it, along with the misfortune of having it ripped away through trauma and horrific neglect. The movie begins with the famous scene of a young boy, Georgie, chasing after a small paper boat down a dirty street pooled with rain water. Side by side, the scene is almost an exact replica of the original version’s scene, envoking nostalgia. Georgie chases the swiftly moving boat until it inevitably disappears into a street sewer. Within seconds, Georgie comes face to face with death. The killer clown Pennywise appears before him with bright, fiery, orange hair and a ghoulish white complexion, complete with bright yellow eyes that glow in even the darkest of nights. “We all float down here,” Pennywise often says, “You’ll
float too.” Six months after the death of young Georgie, the town of Derry exceeds over six times the national average of missing children, resulting in a 7 p.m. curfew. One that brings a misfit gang of seven kids together, who call themselves “The Losers”. With an investigative knack and simple childlike curiosity, the gang sets out with the total belief that they can solve the mysterious disappearances of the Derry missing children cases. Curiosity takes them through a whirlwind of inevitable and traumatic terror. Fresh horror graces the screen seemingly every fifteen minutes. The likeness of Pennywise builds the audience’s terror and discomfort within the theaters as he splashes through streams, peaks through bushes or stands ominously in empty rooms holding only a red balloon. Pennywise plays an important role in this classic not only as the demonic entity itself that the classic was based on but as the trademark behind a growing
population of worldwide phobia. Muschietti’s adaptation is already becoming known as one of the most brilliant on-screen adaptations of a cult horror classic to have hit the box office this year. The extraordinary reincarnation of the famous novel already has its audience anticipating the on-screen arrival of Chapter 2. Watch the reincarnation of your childhood fears come to life, and you’ll float too.
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We’re all mad here: Cast members of “Alice in America Land or Through the Big Screen and What Alice Found There” pose for pictures before the performance goes live. CU Students Joy Christie, Cole Nowlin, Samantha Eddy, Kelsey Hood, Samuel Brewer and Abigail Rinestine star in the play starting at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 in the CU Theatre.
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tied her career high in blocks totaling four. Conley recorded a team high 24 assists while Britnee Altic led the team with 14 digs. The Aggies struggled early as they were held to a negative attacking percentage to start the match. CU dropped the opening set 12-25 after posting just five kills to the Lady Buffs’ 15 kills. However, Cameron attempted a comeback in set two, battling past a couple of five point WTAMU chains to gain their first lead of the match at 19-18. The score tied twice and for a final Photo by Krista Pylant time at 22-all before Black and Gold: Redshirt junior Bristol Lewis goes for an attack during an early season scrimmage. The Aggies opened an Aggie error plus a conference play Sept. 15-16 in Texas against UT Permian Basin and West Texas A&M where they dropped both matches. Lady Buff ace and kill ended the set 22-25. Lone Star Conference (LSC). contributed six blocks of her West Texas A&M in the The third set saw the Krista Pylant Cameron started league own. Aggie volleyball team’ s second Aggies’ largest lead of the Sports Editor play on Sept. 15 in Odessa, Junior Paige Dixon led Lone Star Conference match match as they grabbed a six @KristaPylant8 Texas against the UTPB all Aggie players with a of the season. point advantage of 17-10 Falcons. career-high 19 kills as junior Cameron dropped the before WTAMU put together The Cameron volleyball The match featured a four- Ashleigh McFatridge added match 0-3 (12-25, 22-25, a couple of runs to tie it back team dropped two matches on set battle, including two that ten kills and freshman 23-25) for their third loss in at 20-all. the road during their league Amarachi Iwunze eight kills. straight sets this season. The set tied twice more opening weekend Sept. 15-16 went past set point. The Falcons bested CU Senior Brook Conley The Lady Buffs are now 7-4 to even at 23-all until backin Texas. overall and 2-0 in the league to-back Lady Buff blocks The Aggies fell 1-3 (21-25, with 64 kills to the Aggies’ 52 acheived her fourth doublekills despite tallying five more double of the year after after defeating Midwestern awarded them the set 25-23 25-21, 25-27, 28-26) to UT recording 37 assists and 17 State 3-0 on Sept. 15. and match. Permian Basin and 0-3 (12-15, total errors than the Black and Gold. digs, leading the Aggies in Brittany Lawson led the WTAMU’s Erin Clark led 22-25, 23-25) to West Texas Cameron did excel at both categories. Aggie offense with nine kills, her team with 15 kills. A&M. A rough start paved the and Dixon was one behind her Next, Cameron will With the losses, CU moved blocking, totaling nine with junior Brandy Carr who way for a three-set loss to with eight kills. McFatridge be looking for their first to 2-7 overall and 0-2 in the
conference win as they host Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico to start a six match homestand Sept. 22-23 in the Aggie Gym. ENMU is 3-8 overall and 1-1 in conference play. In their most recent match on Sept. 19, the Greyhounds fell 2-3 to New Mexico Highlands. ENMU is hitting .136 and opponents are hitting .216 against them. They are last in the league in kills averaging 11.27 per set and blocks at 1.40 per set. Sarah Tuioti-Mariner leads the Greyhound offense with 2.84 kills per set. WNMU is 1-9 overall and 1-1 in the LSC with their lone victory coming against ENMU sweeping them on their home court. The Mustangs hit league worst .131 hitting percentage and opponents hit .250 against them for bottom in the conference. They average 11.43 kills per set while opponents average 13.60 against them. The Mustangs struggle at the service line with just .69 aces per game. However, outside hitter Kalie Lyle is the third best kill leader in the LSC with 3.70 kills per set. This week Angelo State dropped from No. 5 to No. 11 in DII national rankings, and Tarleton State also dropped from a No. 14 spot to sit at No. 17. West Texas A&M leads LSC standings at 3-0 and 8-4 overall.
LSC to add eight schools in 2019 press release that the expansion is exciting for the league. “The addition of these eight schools makes the LSC the largest and most dynamic Cameron athletes will see added league conference in NCAA Division II,” Poerner competition with the expansion of the said. “These 19 institutions will represent Lone Star Conference (LSC) to 19 member the very best in Division II through a shared institutions starting in the fall of 2019. commitment to excellence in academics, Eight schools from the Heartland athletics and student-athlete development. Conference will join the LSC’s current 11 “I am thankful to the leadership of the members to become the biggest conference in LSC Council of Presidents for its guidance in the NCAA Division II. leading this expansion effort.” The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, UAFS Dallas Baptist University, Lubbock Christian has an enrollment of more than 6,600 students. University, Oklahoma Christian University, The Lions sponsor 10 NCAA Division II Rogers State University, St. Edward’s sports (volleyball, men’s and women’s cross University, St. Mary’s University and Texas country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and A&M International University will join the women’s basketball, baseball and men’s and conference. women’s tennis). Founded in 1931, the LSC started as a fiveDBU is located in Dallas with an member conference of Texas-based schools. enrollment of 5,156 students. The Patriots With the latest expansion, it will become a sponsor 14 NCAA Division II sports 19-member league with 13 members in Texas, (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s three in Oklahoma, two in New Mexico and and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s one in Arkansas. tennis and men’s and women’s indoor and LSC Commissioner Jay Poerner said in a
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outdoor track and field). Located in Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock Christian has an enrollment of 1,912 students. The Chaparrals sponsor 15 NCAA Division II sports (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field). Oklahoma Christian is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with an enrollment of 2,600 students. The Eagles sponsor 16 NCAA Division II sports (men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and men’s and women’s swimming). Located in Claremore, Oklahoma, Rogers State has an enrollment of 3,889 students. The Hillcats sponsor 14 NCAA Division II sports (men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field).
St. Edward’s is located in Austin, Texas, with an enrollment of 4,056 students. The Hilltoppers sponsor 13 NCAA Division II sports (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s tennis). Located in San Antonio, Texas, St. Mary’s has an enrollment of 3,567 students. The Rattlers sponsor 11 NCAA Division II sports (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s tennis). Texas A&M International is located in Laredo, Texas, with an enrollment of 7,200 students. The Dustdevils sponsor 11 NCAA Division II sports (volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball). This addition marks the LSC’s first expansion since UT Permian Basin and Western New Mexico joined the conference in 2016.
CU athletes meet boosters at annual Black and Gold Mixer Photos by Krista Pylant
Meet and Greet: Cameron athletes and boosters mingled at the Athletic Department’s annual Black and Gold mixer on Sept. 21 in the MCC. (From left) Mirko Blaettler receives his letterman jacket from a booster. Emily Konermann meets booster Betty Rohde. Booster Jonny Orr spends some time getting to know the athletes.