The Cameron University Collegian: April 21, 2014

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Monday, April 21, 2014

Volume 90 Issue 10

Easter Eggstravaganza: CU hosts annual Easter egg hunt Kaitlyn Stockton Copy Editor

On April 15, children descended on the Bentley Gardens in search of golden eggs in Cameron University’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. CU’s Programming Activity Council, Psi Chi and Psychology Club welcomed Cameron students, faculty and their families to the Easter Egg Hunt. At 6 p.m., children took part in the egg hunt, hula-hooping activities and decorating the sidewalk with chalk. To end the event, children had their pictures taken with the Easter bunny and a live rabbit. Student Activities Specialist Megan Canfield acted as advisor for the Easter Egg Hunt. “It is one of the most fun and shortest events that we do,” Canfield said. “At 6 p.m., we start the egg hunt, and it literally lasts until 6:03 p.m. It is a little chaotic, but a good fun type of chaos. We separate them into age groups, so the 12-year-olds aren’t taking out the younger kids.” Canfield said children had the opportunity to win sweet treats and prizes by finding special Easter eggs. “We have about 12 or so golden eggs. If you find a

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golden egg, you get some pretty cool prizes,” she said. “We have some baskets that have everything in them. We have stuffed animals. We have really big chocolate rabbits.” At the end of the day, Canfield said she enjoyed helping with the event and seeing children leave with smiles on their faces. “It is a fabulous event,” Canfield said. “It is one of my favorite. I love working with little kids. They scramble. They just go.”

Cameron crowns first Mr. CU Ekanem Ekpenyong

mistress of the ceremony said that all the contestants worked very hard to Staff Writer make the event possible, and would be At 7 p.m. on April 12 in the Shepler judged based on three criteria: talent, Ballroom, three male contestants onstage question and fitness wear and competed for the first ever Mr. CU formal wear. crown. Cameron University’s Ebony Ebony society member Ja’lyn Society crowned Chemistry Senior Joel Yarbrough performed a special spoken Ogan. word piece for the Ogan said he event. “It’s a pretty intense decided to take part Sonia feeling. I am happy in the pageant to Chukwudozie, former make history. Miss Black CU and and overwhelmed “I just thought it emcee of the event at the same time.” was something fun introduced the judges. Joel Ogan to compete in,” he The judges for the said, “plus it was the event were Cameron Mr. Cameron University first time it was ever Communication done on campus, so I graduate Ashley wanted to be among one of the first set Del Ciello, Jeff Larson, Cameron people to participate, and to just gain University’s Video Media manager and some experience from being part of a Kim Garner, Producer and Host of pageant.” “Let’s Talk,” a Cameron University’s The contestants for the pageant student entertainment Television show. included Owen Sesser, a junior After the contestants introduced majoring in history, Charles Webber, a themselves and walked in their fitness senior majoring in Chemistry and Joel and formal wear, they were invited Ogan. individually to draw a question. The theme of the event was “The Ebony Society Vice president and Distinguished Gentlemen,” as the Mr. CU event coordinator Morgan competitors were taking part in Thompson said that the event was to something they were not familiar with. create an opportunity for the guys to Karyn Clashing-O’Reilly, the show their talents.

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“After Miss Black CU, a lot of guys were asking us about Mr. CU,” Thompson said, “So we decided to put on Mr. CU so the guys could show off their talents and some of the abilities.” Thompson said the contest was also geared towards giving the winning contestant a cash prize. The prize for winning was a $200 cash gift and the position of being Cameron’s first Mr. CU. Ogan said he was happy to win the pageant because he competed with two other qualified contestants. “It’s a pretty intense feeling,” he said,” I am happy and overwhelmed at the same time. I am glad I won. Its not about winning because I had great competitors, congratulations to them too because they put great effort into doing everything.” Ogan said although he has no plans for the money yet, he is proud of being part of starting out a legacy for the next Mr. CU and looks forward to giving the Ebony society support with future Mr. CU events. Thompson said she was very pleased with the turn out and support on their first Mr. CU pageant, and the Ebony society hopes to host a Mr. CU pageant annually.

Psi Chi fundraiser

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Ethics luncheon Ekanem Ekpenyong Staff Writer The Cameron University School of Business hosted the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium Luncheon virtually at 11:30 a.m. on April 3 at the MCC Buddy Green Room. The event began with student volunteers selling tickets for the luncheon and giving participants nametags. Attendees of the event included Cameron students, faculty and staff and business owners around Lawton. The event kicked off first with Dr. John Carney welcoming the attendees to the event and quickly briefing them on Mike Hingson, the guest speaker. “Mike Hingson’s ‘Trust, Teamwork and Thunder Dog’s Triumph,’ is a pretty interesting book where he shares his experiences of growing up blind, his experience of learning how to work with a guide dog, and he weaves in his experience being on the 78th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center,” Carney said. Carney also described Hingson as a very talented, smart man of faith. He said Hingson’s speech should be interesting, and all participants would learn something from Hingson’s experiences. After welcoming attendees, Carney invited them to get their food from the banquet, get comfortable and network with each other until the speaker was introduced. Dr. Loran Gresham, President of Southern Nazarene University, introduced Hingson as the speaker. “Hingson is an amazing person,” Gresham said, “If you read anything about him in the publicity that is going out, you perhaps know something about him. Hingson was born blind, but he overcame all the discouragements that came from some teachers and peers, went through a normal school calendar, specialized in Mathematics and became an active and successful businesses man.” Hingson thanked the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium for having him and said he was excited to be a part of the event. “It is an honor to be here,” he said, “I always believe I get to learn as much from speaking and from the people who arrange speaking events for me. I hope that audiences get to hear from me.” The author and speaker also gave the audience a quick tip for having a blind instructor. “When a blind lecturer asks you a question, an important thing to know, don’t raise your hand,” Hingson said. Hingson spoke about the trials he went through while growing up as a blind child. “When I was a freshman in high school, I was removed from riding the school bus because I used a guide dog,” he said, “the school superintendent in our district said, ‘Blind people can ride the bus, no problem, but you got a guide dog. We have a rule that says no live animals are allowed on the school bus,’ notwithstanding the fact that there was a penal code state of law that said that I could take my dog on any public property. Nevertheless, the board voted 3-2 to support the superintendent.”

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