COLLEGIAN THE CA M ERON U N I V ER SIT Y
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Monday, February 22, 2010
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Volume 84 Issue 15
Homecoming 2010
News
Cruise On Home By Rachel Engel Collegian Staff
PRIDE offers friendship and acceptance. SEE PAGE 4
A&E
Photo by Bennett Dewan
After a week full of activities, the 2010 “Cruise on Home” homecoming events were capped off by the crowning of the homecoming king and queen during halftime of the men’s basketball game against the East Central Tigers. As the homecoming court filed onto the floor, Programming Activities Council co-chairs Amanda Finch and Ryan Faucett introduced each of the nominees, as well as the outgoing 2009 homecoming king and queen, Brett Carden and Stephanie Johnson. The second runner up for homecoming king this year was senior Criminal Justice major Daniel Brown, who represented the Student Government Association. Brown was also nominated last year and came in first runner up. “It was nice to be nominated again,” Brown said. “It was cool that the Student Government Association felt we were good enough to go for it again.” With graduation coming soon, this was Brown’s last nomination to the homecoming court.
Royalty: Seniors Miracle Akinwale and Amina Fix are the 2010 CU Homecoming King and Queen. Akinwale and Fix were chosen by the student body from amongst the many different candidates.
See HOMECOMING Page 10
Homecoming games bring big crowds By Bennett Dewan Collegian Staff
Renowned author Anis Shivani visits campus. SEE PAGE 8
Sports
The 2010 Cameron University homecoming basketball games were a tale of two half ’s for both teams, unfortunately for the Aggies, only one of the teams was able to come out with a victory against Lone Star Conference rival East Central University Tigers. The first game to tip-off was the women’s contest. The Aggies entered the contest with a record of 7-17 and 3-8 in the LSC; the Tigers were 12-12 and 4-7 in LSC play. Cameron Point Guard Luv Rattler was truly the story of the game, commanding the ball much of the game. Rattler led all players in scoring with 30 points on the night going 7-14 from the floor and a perfect 13-13 from the free-throw line. Although Rattler fi lled up the stat sheet by hitting big shots down the stretch, second-year Head Coach Tom Webb was more excited by Rattler’s focus on the fundamentals than her offensive output. “I’m more proud of her for her rebounds and her assists,” Webb said. “She had nine rebounds and seven assists, and those things should not be forgotten. She also controlled the tempo and controlled the game the way a good Point Guard should.” The Aggies controlled the game from early on and led at halftime 42-29. When play resumed the Aggies continued their run of dominance in the second half as Coach Webb pushed his team to not let up and lose control of the game. Up 22 points with eight minutes to go, Webb, upset with a missed defensive assignment, called timeout to re-energize his team.
Photos by Bennett Dewan
The dish and the deuce: No. 33 Milton Garner (above) lays the ball in for two against ECU. Point Guard Luv Rattler (below) dishes the ball off to a cutting teammate during the first half of the Aggies 14-point victory over the Tigers.
See GAME Page 6
Cheerleading team qualifies for nationals.
Group of students prepare for trip to Italy By Tatiana Isis Collegian Staff Spring break is only weeks away and 19 Cameron students are spending the holiday in Italy this year. The trip is the second school trip in the past two years that the Law and Politics and History clubs have organized. Last year, 15 students and family members went to the cradle of western civilization, Greece, after a senior History major proposed the idea.
SEE PAGE 6
Voices
See ITALY Page 2
MCT Campus
Students targeted in financial aid scams By Amanda Finch Collegian Staff
Obama leaves something to be desired. SEE PAGE 5
The university has been notified of a fi nancial aid scam targeted at Cameron students. Students received officiallooking letters addressed from the “College Financial Advisory” asking for personal information and urging them to pay to apply for fi nancial aid. The mailings
are actually from a private business that charges money for information that is otherwise available online for free. The letter requests that enrolled students send in a student aid profi le form and a specified fee in the envelope provided in order to evaluate the student and determine their fi nancial need. The university does not have any relationship
with the “College Financial Advisory” and strongly recommends that students not send personal information. When CU Financial Aid Assistant Director Chris Crandon was informed of the scam, she met with Dean of Student Services Jennifer Holland to decide the appropriate course of action. “When the university
becomes aware of issues that might negatively impact students, we have a responsibility to make students aware of the issue and offer helpful information,” Dean Holland said.
See SCAM Page 2