COLLEGIAN THE CA M ERON U N I V ER SIT Y
Monday, September 13, 2010
Informing Cameron Since 1926
Volume 85 Issue 1
Public Affairs garners design awards By Michael Faggett A&E Editor
Graphic Design by Melanie Barfield
The Cameron University brand is only as good as it is advertised, a fact that was proven over the summer as the Office of Public Affairs won six advertising awards at the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association (OCPRA) summer conference. Cameron’s Office of Public Affairs earned second place in the logo design/graphic identity category for the logo used for the recently built CU Wellness Center. They also won five honorable mentions in the categories of small brochure, bright idea, cover design and poster design. Senior Director of Public Affairs Josh Lehman said his office felt honored to win the awards. “We were fortunate enough to win the awards,” Lehman said. “Any time we can get CU on the map, it is a good thing.” The Office of Public Affairs faced competition as
the entire state entered more than 450 projects in the areas of writing, graphic design, marketing, audio, video and multimedia. Lehman said Cameron’s submitted projects made the attempt to showcase campus life.
Ann Morris. “All credit goes to our design staff,” Lehman said. “They help us do a great job of promoting the CU brand.” The winning projects included: a small brochure of the campus tree tour, a cover design for both the Holiday Tree Lighting Invitation and the Holiday Tree Lighting Card, a poster design for music Professor Hyunsoon Whang’s piano recital and other projects.
“We entered a wide variety of promo pieces. We wanted those pieces to display the student experience at Cameron”
— Josh Lehman Senior Director of Public Affairs
“We entered a wide variety of promo pieces,” Lehman said. “We wanted those pieces to display the student experience at Cameron.” Lehman also said the credit for the awards’ goes to the design staff in the office of Public Affairs, graphic designers and Cameron alumni Melanie Barfield and
See AWARDS Page 2
Graphic Design by Ann Morris
Campus bookstore unveils Rent-A-Text program By Rachel Engel News Editor
and Nicole Grzecki Newswriting Student
Cameron University has found another way to combat the down economy and the rising cost of higher education this semester with the new RentA-Text program at the campus bookstore. CU Bookstore Manager Debby Brown says that nearly
35 percent of the available textbooks now have the option to be rented, and student feedback has been positive. “There are a lot of things we’d like to see rented at this time, but we can’t because they’re older titles,” Brown said. “But for those students who can rent, they’ve been very positive towards it, and they’re appreciative that it is saving them some money.” The Rent-A-Text program
Courtesy CU Public Relations
News
Cameron chosen as ‘Military Friendly’. SEE PAGE 2
was piloted in seven eFollett stores last fall to figure out what worked and what didn’t, and then expanded in the spring. “The program was so well received, and the economy was still recovering, so rather than phasing it in, which was the original intent, they just went ahead with the full roll out this semester to any school that opted in,” Brown said. “We’ve been doing intense training this summer and trying to get the word out to our students so they can make the wisest choice on whether or not to rent.” Students now have a number of choices when it comes to how they purchase, receive and return their textbooks, much of which can be done off campus through the Cameron Bookstore website. Students can enroll in the Rent-A-Text program, rent the books and have them shipped to their home, as well as purchase and rent textbooks from the campus bookstore.
A&E
Students participate in Biggest Loser competition. SEE PAGE 5
Rental textbooks are available across the board for all class rankings through the Master level, but because professors are in control of the books they require, not all textbooks can be rented. “The goal is to have as much textbook rental as possible,” Brown said. “But, for instance, our math textbooks from the beginning class all the way up to College Algebra, none of those are rentable because they’re all older editions. Now when those fade away and the department is forced into adopting another text, if they go with a straight book as we have now, they’ll probably be rentable.”
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See TEXTBOOKS Page 2
Sports
Volleyball team prepares for the season. SEE PAGE 6
Opinion
The mosque near Ground Zero breeds controversy. SEE PAGE 4
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