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around the country who are involved in public life and service.

At the conference, attendees have the opportunity to network with over 50 women in elective office, business leaders, nonprofits accepted, attend a fiveorganizations, community day rigorous residential organizing, community program where they advocates and public will participate in the involvement and education administrators.

Director of the N.E.W. of the world of public Leadership and Civic service.

Madison Lyda Engagement program The program is Managing Editor at The University of designed to encourage @maddilinee young women’s confidence Oklahoma Lauren in politics and their drive Schueler, said that the The National connections many women to create change.

Education for Women’s have made through the The program enhances (N.E.W.) Leadership program have helped them the attendee’s powerful program is currently land jobs in some of the skill of leadership and searching for the next largest fields of work in teaches women how to class of empowered Oklahoma. have a voice in a political undergraduate women to “If you take a look society. participate in an intense at our social media, Administrative five-day program at the you will see countless Assistant for Dr. Keller University of Oklahoma testimonials of how this in the Department of (OU) campus.

Communication, English program launched women Since founding into their careers and and Foreign Languages, in 2002, the N.E.W. how much they gained Katie Powers is a 2016 program continues to from their experiences,” alumni of the program. seek out undergraduate she said. “This program “This is the best women active in their is second to none communities, interested in opportunity and when it comes to the public service and harbor experience that I never connections you make. knew that I needed,” she a drive for shaping the We have graduates that said. “Even though its public agenda. are currently in elective geared towards political Each year, thirty-five office in Oklahoma, involvement and civic women participate in working in congressional duty, it covers a broad the program through a offices, working for Tribal range of majors and competitive application Nations, in leadership empowerment through process. positions in government your leadership skills.”

Women from agencies and more.”

The women engage universities all across The conference is with over fifty influential Oklahoma are invited designed to give students female leaders from yearly to apply and if

What’s inside

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hands-on experiences in a fast-paced setting to better prepare them as they enter the professional world.

The curriculum of the program include skill building workshops, a campaign simulation, a networking day at the Oklahoma State Capitol, a collaborative action project, panel discussions and personal debates with professors of OU Law. Women in the program learn first-hand how to use their leadership skills in professional environments.

The activities the attendees participate in throughout the week target specific leadership skills to further hone their abilities to be successful leaders in their communities.

Junior Political Science major Rylee McKee is

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currently studying abroad in Swansea, Wales and is a 2018 alumni of the program. McKee feels that the program set her up her for a successful career in her future.

“I felt like every second of the conference I was just soaking up all kinds of wisdom and advice,” she said.

“This conference was an incredible learning experience for me and I honestly

feel ready for my career in law and public service largely due to the things I learned at N.E.W.” The University of Oklahoma is looking for the next class of empowered women to participate in the 2019 program. Students can apply and visit the programs online webpage at www.ou.edu/wli for more information.

The application is now open and the deadline for all applications is no later than Friday, March 8.

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“The real goal is for serious Elevator Speech format sheet; achieved so people know the things students to learn how to take and a paper showcasing different you can bring to the table.”

Managing Editor everything they’ve learned, professional examples of speeches.

The transferable skills everything important about The group started with the paper broke down into several From 1 - 2 p.m. on Feb. 5, the themselves, and condense it.” examples, reading through each one categories that pertained to Office of Student Development Polynice introduced herself to individually and discussing the pros different departments on campus: hosted their Elevator Speech event the attendees and said the main goal and cons their authors presented.

Communication; Research and at North Shepler 312 as part of of Aggie Professionals Week was to Next, Merrifield led the Investigation; Organizational; the week-long Aggie Professionals get students actively prepared for discussion over the Identifying Your Information Management; Design Series. beyond college.

Transferable Skills sheet. and Planning; Human Services; and Once a semester, Student “This helps get students to be Each attendee went over the Physical skills.

Development hosts the Aggie more out-going and interactive with skills they learned from their major From there, the attendees Professionals Series. It is comprised the people they want to be involved and how those skills are important underlined single skills they of different events per day; for with,” she said. “We’re believed to possess from the example, Resume Rev-Up parts one here to assist students in categories and transferred and two; how to ace your interview; achieving their career goals.” them to the basic format and a job shadow meet and greet.

After the introduction sheet, where they wrote out “The goal The Aggie Professionals Week to the hour-long course, their final draft speeches is part of the overall Cameron Merrifield gathered up the with help from an actionis for students University (CU) Succeed Workshop attendees and led them words-list. to how Series—all of which are open and to the elevators; every Merrifield said there’s a free of charge to CU students, individual then filed inside right way to end an elevator to take faculty and staff. and, one at a time, gave their speech.

The Elevator Speech revolved best shot at an impromptu “You want your potential they’ve , around helping students prepare elevator speech as the lift employer to answer right everything a quick, catchy overview about carried them from top to away,” she said. “So, the best themselves that will impress bottom, and back again. way to finish your speech about , and prospective employers.

Merrifield said it was is to ask them a question Career Services Coordinator a good way to get the about whether or not they’re it.”

Paula Merrifield led the class, along attendees’ feet wet. interested in you, or what with Inclusion and Student Success “This gives everyone a you can contribute to their Coordinator Olivia Polynice, who general idea of the speed business.”

— Paula Merrifield participated in the activities with you should talk in,” she said.

To end the event, Career Services Coordinator the attendees.

“It’s a more hands-on way to each attendee read their Merrifield began with an establish what we’re doing completed Elevator Speeches introduction around the table. here today.” to the group before filling She said the overall goal of the Following what Merrifield called to market themselves successfully. out a survey about their experience.

Elevator Speech class is improving the event’s “field-trip,” the group Merrifield said it’s important for For more information on the students’ marketability. re-entered room 312 and began students to not be afraid of talking Aggie Professionals Series or the “It’s important to know what to constructing each person’s version of themselves up.

CU Succeed Workshops, contact say to those who you want to work the Elevator Speech.

“Experience is experience,” she the Office of Student Development for or with,” she said. “The elevator Merrifield passed out a few said, “and that will be valuable. at student_development@cameron. speech was originally designed to be sheets of paper: an Identifying Your You want to mention things you’ve edu. said in about 15 seconds, within an Transferable Skills elevator. paper; a Creating Your

real serious learn everything learned important themselves condense

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Donuts and Resumes

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Celeste Powell

Student Life Editor Beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 12 in North Shepler room 312, the Office of Student Development hosted Donuts and Resume Assistance.

Students who attended the event were helped by Director of Student Development, Dr. Jennifer Pruchnicki; Inclusion and Student Success Coordinator, Olivia Polynice; and Career Services Coordinator, Paula Merrifield.

To help students create resumes Polynice recommended Optimal Resume.com’s resume builder.

Optimal Resume allows students to choose from two options to begin their resumes.

The first option is to “start from scratch and add your own resume sections on the f ly.”

Option two, however, allows students to browse resume samples and directly input information.

experiences, community engagement, honors and awards and work experience.

Criminal Justice major Jaren Kiser said he attended the event not recognizing his strengths.

“This event helped me fix my resume in every aspect imaginable,” he said. “It’s helped me to understand where my strong points are, to draw out things I didn’t even know about myself.”

Paula Merrifield said employers Along with Optimal Resume, typically look at resumes for five students also used O*Net OnLine to seconds; because of this, she believes find descriptions of similar jobs to aid resumes are of great importance to in forming descriptions of tasks and get a job. transferable skills.

“If your resume Transferable skills are skills that is concise, looks students acquire through experiences outside of jobs that can still be relevant good and the information in the workplace. is there,” she For example, a student can acquire leadership skills by being an officer of a said. “You can get the club or organization. interview.”

Paula Merrifield said in today’s Merrifield workforce, employers are most looking said there are for dependability and transferable simple things skills. students can Merrifield advised students to do to improve keep their resumes to two pages their resumes. front and back and to include contact “Have your information in their headers. resume reviewed,” Polynice recommended students she said. “Ask for help who attended the event to include from a friend to look the following on their resumes: their over it and edit. Be sure that it educational backgrounds (including applies to the job you’re applying for; their expected graduation dates), tailor it.” skills and qualifications, leadership

Opening the CAIG:

The Office of Student Development offers guidance under the department of Career Services.

Career Services’ mission is assisting students and alumni in achieving their career goals.

Merrifield said her job is to prepare students for the workforce.

“Eighty percent of students are saying they’re career ready,” she said, “And only a third of employers agree, so there’s a huge divide of career readiness—that’s what we focus on.”

The Office of Student Development coordinated Donuts and Resume Assistance to help prepare students for the 22nd Annual Red River Career Expo that will be held 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the Aggie Rec Center.

There will be over 65 employers in attendance with some being: Arvest Bank, CSL Plasma, Townsquare Media and Viridian Coffee Co. Jobs available to apply for at the Career Expo are accountants, web developers, social services specialists, LPNs, RNs and internships.

Employers will be hiring on spot as well as accepting resumes.

Students hoping to attend the Expo must bring multiple copies of their resume and are encouraged to dress business casual to professional.

O*Net OnLine is free to use for Cameron students.

To access it, go to www. cameron.edu/ optimalresume.

For more information about the Red River Career Expo or how to build a resume, contact the Office of Student Development at 580-581-2209.

Video games serve as stress relief Cambron Alsbrook Staff Writer

The Cameron Association of Interactive Gaming (CAIG) is an organization focused on creating a social haven for gamers.

The organization engages with different video games like Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon Go to help provide stress relief for members.

Games range from a variety of genres not limited to, but including: racing, first person shooting, fighting and horror/thriller games.

CAIG also hosts tournaments for the fourth and fifth installments of the Super Smash Bros franchise—a favorite event of regular attendee Cedric Newkirk.

“I love Smash Bros. tournaments at CAIG,” he said. “[Super] Smash Bros. is one of my favorite fighting games, and it’s even more fun to play with my friends from CAIG.” Teague Fox said he believes CAIG fulfills their mission of bringing people together to socialize through video games.

“We give people a way to de-stress,” he said. “As long as we offer this, we are accomplishing our goals.”

Being able to remove or lessen stress levels caused from class assignments, quizzes, exams or other daily stress triggers means a lot to Joseph Burke. “[CAIG] is a place where introverts or extroverts who want to get away from the stress of school can come,” Burke said.

“We strive to create an environment where all members can feel comfortable being themselves.”

Office of Teaching and Learning instructor Corey Sanders said he spent a year searching for students interested in starting an organization based on the concept of “nerds having a space to be nerdy.”

Early on, the club averaged six members at meetings but increased in size the past few years by becoming involved in larger events.

Sanders said previous CAIG officers aimed for more engagements among the students in the events they hosted—bringing membership to much higher numbers than seen beforehand.

Election of new officers took place on Feb. 7 with positions decided through nominations and anonymous voting.

Some reelected officers took

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on different positions; Maurice Wells went from SGA Representative to President, and Teague Fox became Treasurer after formerly serving as Secretary.

The results of the election concluded with the induction of new officers including Cambron Alsbrook as vice president, Joshua Bales as secretary and Shahid McElroy as SGA Representative.

“We look forward to continuing in the community and helping create a safe space where people can just be nerdy,” Sanders said.

“That really is what CAIG is about. It’s about trying to make a safe place for people to just have fun; not have to worry about studying, not have to worry about classes, and just at least build into their week some time to do the things that they enjoy.”

For more information on joining CAIG, contact Corey Sanders at 580-581-5901; CAIG meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday in the Shepler Center’s Wichita room.

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Vaccinate your children.

Amanda King Staff Writer

Kristen O’Meara is a special needs teacher and mother of three.

She was also a strict anti-vaccinator, commonly known as an anti-vaxxer and thus elected not to vaccinate her children.

Her conviction in the righteousness of refusing innoculation, however, was shaken when all of her children were infected with rotavirus.

Rotavirus is an extremely contagious stomach virus that can lead to severe dehydration, hospitalization and death. It is also easily preventable through vaccine.

Soon enough, her husband and O’Meara herself were infected as well.

So, after this deadly disease threatened her entire family, O’Meara resolved to do a more thorough investigation into the foundations of the anti-vaccination movement.

What she found was a complete and total lack of scientific evidence.

Thankfully, everyone in Kristen O’Meara’s family survived; however, this is only one of many such cases which highlights what can happen when children are not vaccinated.

Today, many parents knowingly put their children’s lives at risk by refusing precautionary vaccinations. They do this on the unfounded basis that vaccines cause more overall harm than good.

When parents choose not to vaccinate their children, they are not just making a decision for their child, but for every child with whom their child comes in contact with and, thus, taking away the very right that anti-vaxxers argue for.

The biggest component of the antivaccine movement is the belief that vaccines cause serious disorders – chiefly autism – and yet, there is an overwhelming amount of scientific data disproving this theory.

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Even the original study had to be retracted due to falsified data.

The initial tests took place in 1988 when Andrew Wakefield and his partners published a study hypothesizing a link between the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.

Since then, it has been refuted by numerous specialists as it did not meet the rigorous standards of legitimate scientific experimentation. Moreover, when experts attempted to repeat the study correctly, they found no connection between vaccinations and autism.

Wakefield himself continues to refuse every request to redo his experiment and prove his results. Still, this one, fraudulent study is disgustingly used as a selling point for the anti-vaxxer bandwagon to draw in those individuals too ignorant and oblivious to conduct their own research.

Put simply, there is no proof that autism or any other serious developmental harm is

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a side-effect of getting vaccinated.

Even if there was a chance — which there literally isn’t — would parents prefer either the slight possibility that their children might develop autism or the significant likelihood that they could die?

While it is possible for unvaccinated children to go years or even a lifetime without incident, things can go downhill fast if they encounter a carrier, another unvaccinated child, or especially the disease, itself.

And while under-vaccinated communities are rare in the United States, they are remarkably common in other parts of the world.

Another argument that anti-vaxxer parents make is that even if their child does get sick, living through the sickness on their own will strengthen their natural immunity. A sensible idea, given the common knowledge that once you’ve had certain viruses you cannot contract them again. But that is the very definition of what vaccines do.

Vaccines build immunity by giving you small doses of a virus so that you develop immunity without the danger of becoming fatally sick.

Moreover, there is no evidence that a person could die as a side effect of vaccinations, while there are centuries of proof that a person will die without them.

I agree parents have the right to make decisions affecting their own kids, and if it were a matter of whether or not a child is allowed to eat sugary cereal, there would be no issue.

But a parent who chooses not to vaccinate their child takes that same right away from other parents.

The fact that an anti-vaccination movement exists at all is terrifying in its implication that people only seek out “evidence” supporting what they want to believe, rather than the truth.

Otherwise, the anti-vaxxer community would realize that all of their claims are grossly unfounded and refusing inoculation is dangerous for everyone.

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Album review:

Grande succeeds with an honest new tone

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Lea Killian Staff Writer

On Feb. 8, Ariana Grande released her fifth studio album, “Thank U, Next,” six months after the summer release of her fourth album, “Sweetener.”

The album features two of Grande’s Billboard Hot 100 no.

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Rings,” alongside ten other songs conveying her journey during the last six months.

Grande took to Twitter before the album’s release and said, “A lot of this album mourns failed, yet important, beautiful relationships in my life. It also celebrates growth and exploring new independence.”

The album begins with one of Grande’s more personal pieces,

“Imagine,” a song in which she describes a loving, intimate relationship.

Through the chorus, Grande sings, “Imagine a world like that,” and the tone begins to change. Always open with her fans, Grande said of the song, “Imagine equals denial. Kind of like pretending it never ended.”

This track also displays Grande’s extensive vocal range

in the form of high pitched whistle tones that haven’t appeared since her first single, “The Way,” featuring the late Mac Miller.

“Imagine” is not the only song on Grande’s album with a subdued tone.

Widely discussed among fans, the song “Ghostin’” describes how badly she feels for the person she is with because she still loves someone else.

Investigative fans quickly discover that the song samples Mac Miller’s song, “2009”, featured on his last album, “Swimming.”

“Ghostin’” is easily Grande’s most personal song to date with lyrics that draw for fans images of what it might have been like for her and her former fiancé, Pete Davidson, after Grande’s ex-boyfriend Mac Miller passed away in September, “I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again, over him.”

“Ghostin” is written beautifully, and fits perfectly in such a telling album.

There are more revealing songs throughout the album, such as “Fake Smile” and “Needy,” but Grande also continues her streak of truly catchy pop songs that will be playing in the car for months.

A recent video release of “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” is her latest to catch

everyone’s attention.

When asked on Twitter why she wanted to add such a song to a more intimate album, Grande said, “I think it’s funny. I liked the idea of ending a more honest and vulnerable project with a punchline.”

“NASA,” the third song on the album, and a personal favorite, caught the attention of... well, “NASA.” On the album’s release date, they tweeted, “Hey, Ariana, we saw ‘NASA’ trending this morning and thought it was about one of our new discoveries.

But we realized you might need some space.”

Even Buzz Aldrin, one of the first people to land on the moon, said, “Do you think I’ll make it into one of Ariana’s songs, too?” to which Ariana replied, “Honest to god, someone come check on me. Buzz, you can have a whole album.”

“Thank U, Next” may have been born out of a significant amount personal trauma Grande endured in a very short amount of time but it radiates strength, positivity and vulnerability.

In this album, Ariana Grande has proven herself to be a versatile, complex artist who is wholly confident in her craft.

The Sweetener World Tour, which will also feature plenty of songs from “Thank U, Next,” begins on March 18 in Albany, New York and ends Oct. 13 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Grande is performing in the Dallas and Oklahoma City areas at the end of May. I give “Thank U, Next” a 10/10.

CU Theatre presents ‘13 Rue de L’Amour’

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A tough act to follow: (Left) Leontein (Shalyn Bowles) and Moricet (Joey Roberts); (Right top) Bowles, Roberts and Duchotel (MacEwan Sanders); and (Right bottom) Sanders and Jean Pierre (Chance Johnston) perform scenes from the play “13 Rue de L’Amour,” a farce as a comedy of situations. The play opened Thursday, Feb. 14, and will run until Sunday, Feb. 17 at the Cameron Theatre.

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In the CU Spirit Mason Orso Sports Editor

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Ammy Huerta

Cameron communication junior Ammy Huerta has been dancing with the Spirit Team for two years.

“I am a very nervous a shy person and in high school I never did these things. I did softball and track, so I wanted to try Pom with the university,” she said.

Huerta said that the spirit team is different than the role of a cheerleader.

“We are just the dancers. We don’t shout, and we don’t cheer. We don’t do stunts. We do turns, leaps and actual dance moves,” she said.

Huerta took night classes locally at the South Star Dance Studio where people of all ages can learn to dance to various genres such as jazz, ballet and hip hop.

“I had to learn a lot of techniques,” she said.

“I had to get my body ready because you can’t just jump in and do it. You have to prepare yourself.”

Huerta said she has a hard time dancing in front of other people, but dancing as a team allows her to find confidence.

“I don’t believe in myself to get in front of other people and do it,” she said.

“When they announce here comes the Cameron dance team it really builds up my adrenaline. It motivates me to really do this dance correctly and to show the crowd what I have been working on the past two weeks of practice.”

Huerta said when she is dancing she is always focusing on the eyes of the crowd.

“I get so nervous,” she said.

“I see everybody’s eyes and I’m thinking that they are judging me.

“I get so in depth looking in their eyes and looking at someone who’s staring at me that sometimes I could forget a dance move, and it scares me.”

Huerta said her goal was to be involved at Cameron University.

“I go to the basketball games,” she said.

“I go to aggie madness. It has just opened me up. I’ve met people that I probably would have never talked to before. It’s really opened up my social life.”

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Academically, Huerta has made the Dean’s Honor Roll three times since dancing with the Spirit Team.

“Being on the dance team you have to keep your GPA up,” she said.

With the help of being on the dance team my grades have gotten higher.”

Huerta said one of her favorite aspects of being on the team is receiving her letterman jacket.

“It was said that only athletes get a letterman jacket and I got one. I thought that it was so neat,” she said.

For more information about the CU Spirit Team, contact Kevin Milner at km143365@ cameron.edu

Aggies drop game against Lions Markel Turrell Staff Writer At 7:30 p.m., Feb. 7, the Cameron University mens basketball team fell 87-78 against Texas A&M Commerce in a back and forth battle in Commerce, Texas.

The Aggies shot well from the field, connecting 46 percent and hitting 10 three pointers.

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But the Aggies saw Commerce put in 16 threes while beating the Aggies on the boards 34 to 21 and went on a 13-4 run to start the second half.

The Lions held the lead for the rest of the second half.

Tyus Momoh led the Aggies with 20 points while Kendall Scott and Zach Dumas had 17 a piece. Zach Dumas hit an impressive milestone by

eclipsing the 1,000 career points mark in his career.

From the Lions, Trey Conrod hit a 3 pointer to get the first points of the game for a 3-0 lead.

The Aggies would take the lead on a 3-pointer by Brock Schreiner to go up 9-6. Then the Aggies would go on a 9-0 run after a couple of Commerce baskets to go up 20-13 after Dumas hit a couple 3-point

baskets.

Then Commerce went on a run of their own with a 11-0 spurt, capped off by Srdan Budimir three pointer to put the Lions up 24-20.

The Aggies battled back behind Tyus Momoh and tied the game up at 34-all after a three-pointer by Johann Tate.

The team would go into half with the same score of 34-34.

The Aggies shot 40 percent from the field while going 5-10 from distance in the first half.

Zach Dumas led the Aggies with 8 points while Momoh had 7 points.

The Aggies would take a short-lived lead to start the second half on a Tyus Momoh jumper to go up 36-34.

But then the Lions went on a 13-4 run capped off by another Srdan Budimir three pointer for a 47-38 lead.

The Aggies came right back and cut their deficit to 47-43 after a

Tyus Momoh three pointer.

But the Lions went on a hot streak from the field that ended after a Srdan Budimir 3 pointer that boosted Commerce a 85 to 67 with under three minutes to play.

The Aggies would cut into the Lions lead but came up short falling to the Lions 87 to 78 Overall, Srdan Budimir led Texas A&M Commerce with 24 points, while going 6 of 7 from distance, while Wayne Steward added 21 points.

Sports and excercise science senior Tyus Momoh is a guard for the Cameron Aggies.

“My teammates have put me in great spots and have been getting me open shots,” he said.

The Aggies moves 8-14 overall this season and 4-8 in Lone Star Conference play.

The Aggies are eighth in LSC standings.

Texas A&M-Commerce is 9-3 LSC play and move to 17-5 on the year.

The Aggies will head to Silver City, New Mexico. To battle the Mustangs on Feb. 16.

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Stick your toe in: On Feb. 2, thousands of attendees dove into cold water at Bath Lake during the 19th annual Polar Plunge at Park Tavern in Medicine Park. Smilin’ Bob English hosted local music, and the Park Tavern served sandwiches to those brave enough to take the plunge.

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The graphic is a product of “The Cameron Collegian,” published in Volume XXXX, Issue 2 on Oct. 31, 1956.

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“The Cameron Collegian” would like to thank the members of the Library and Archive staff for their patience and help with bringing the history of the paper back to life.

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