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‘A day on, not a day off ’ By Kenny Scarle Collegian Staff
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“Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” The words of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resounded in the University Theatre, as the images of the March on Washington were displayed for all to see. Jan. 16 marked the 20th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, 38 years following his death. Americans across the country celebrated by honoring the life and work of King and his legacy of tolerance, peace, and equality by meeting community needs and making the holiday, “A day on, not a day off.” As racial diversity continues to be a vital component of campus structure, Cameron University commemorated this event with the 2006 Annual Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Julian Bond, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Chairman, was selected as keynote speaker at an afternoon informal discussion, a question and answer panel and the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet. Bond has been an activist for civil rights for more than 40 years and is a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He became involved with the struggle for equality in 1960, as part of a “sit-in” protest against
segregated lunch counters. “After going to jail for the protest and my eventual release,” Bond said, “I received a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. inviting us to a meeting at Raleigh, North Carolina. We came and found ourselves surrounded by about 300 other young people from black southern colleges who also were engaged in sit in demonstrations.” This led to the forming of a new group called the Temporary Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or the SNCC. “Temporary,” Bond said, “because we thought this stuff would be over just like that. We dropped that ‘temporary’ pretty quickly.” During his early years with the SNCC, Bond was able to learn from King, as a student in his class and as a role model. “He struck me as a man who was always optimistic, hopeful for change and believed the best in people even against all evidence,” Bond said. “He believed things would improve, could improve, should improve, had to improve, if enough people put their minds and hearts to it.” Bond has held elected office in the Georgia House of Representatives, worked as a commentator on America’s Black Forum and served as Chairman of the Board of the NAACP, the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States.
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The greatly anticipated Festival Gala will be taking place Jan. 28 as part of Cameron’s academic festival which occurs Contributed Graphic every three years. The event will be hosted by President Cindy Ross and her husband Dale Ross. Sally Soelle, the festival coordinator, said that the gala has sold out every year it has been sponsored and has always had great success. “About 500 individuals attended the last gala and didn’t want to leave at the end of the evening,” Soelle said. The event will take place at the Fort Sill Officers Club, now the Patriot Club, in the ballroom. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with social hour and hors d’oeuvres. A professional photographer will also be available at this time. At 7:15 p.m. a buffet dinner will be served. Guests will be offered a variety of food choices including:
steamship round of beef, boneless chicken breast, vegetarian rice pilaf, fresh vegetables, salad, mixed breads, dessert, coffee, and tea. Dancing will follow at 8:00 p.m. to the music of “Souled Out,” a band that plays a wide range of music according to Soelle. “Souled Out is a very versatile band we acquire through an agency in Norman. They play virtually all music including rock, jazz, blues, big band music, and western. They are very popular in this region and our audiences have enjoyed them so much they have requested we bring them back,” Soelle said. Jennifer Elbert, assistant to the dean of the School of Liberal Arts, stated that the band usually begins with big band music and transitions to more contemporary styles as the evening progresses. She said they also take requests. “One of the things I enjoy is watching the students laugh at their professors dancing,” Elbert said. Attire for the gala is formal/semi-formal, but it is not necessary to rent a tux or gown. “A nice dress or a jacket and tie with dress
slacks is adequate, though there will be guests in formal black tie,” Elbert said. In addition, a van service will be provided that will travel between campus and the gala throughout the evening as needed. Tickets are $12 per couple, but according to Soelle, it is not necessary to be a couple in the traditional sense to buy a pair of tickets. Students, faculty and staff may bring friends or family members by purchasing their tickets. Tickets are available through Elbert in Music Room 123 or by calling 581.5506. Elbert said that those who have reserved tickets but have not yet paid for them should do so. She also urged students who are interested in attending to purchase tickets soon because the Festival Gala tickets will only be sold through Jan. 24. Soelle was excited about how the gala brings together the Cameron family. “The gala is one of very few events on campus for which we dress up a bit and socialize as a campus community — faculty, staff, and students. I invite all Cameron students to come out to this festive event,” Soelle said.
Cameron prepares for centennial celebration By Collegian Staff
Cameron University will mark its centennial with plans to go into the next 100 years doing what it did for the first 100: change students’ lives. Last week President Cindy Ross announced a landmark campaign, “Cameron University: Changing Lives for 100 Years,” which will mark the university’s anniversary during the 2008-2009 academic year. Those plans include spotlighting CU’s history and laying the foundation for another century of providing quality education to students. That foundation carries an $8.5 million price tag, which is the largest campaign in the
university’s history, a goal that is, Ross said, “ambitious and very challenging.” At the time of the announcement, Ross revealed that the campaign already had $5,825,141 in commitments. Two-thirds of the goal had already been met at the launching of the campaign, thanks to those who have “stepped forward and embraced the vision,” she said. The largest portion of those funds – $6.5 million – is to be put toward the building of a 35,000-square-foot Student Activities Complex. This multi-purpose complex will include a student union, food services, community spaces and other student services. Other features may include a student dining area, study lounges, a game room, meeting rooms and a large ballroom.
“Cameron students are the focus of the Changing Lives campaign,” Ross said. “The construction of a new Student Activities Complex continues our effort to create the complete collegiate experience for our students. This complex will provide CU students with a learning and recreational space unmatched by other regional universities.” Another focus of the campaign is to add $650,000 to an already outstanding endowed faculty program, which has more endowed faculty positions than any other regional university in the state.
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2 Cameron spared from fiery onslaught By Petulah Olibert Collegian Staff
Throughout parts of Oklahoma and Texas, an ongoing drought caused wildly spreading fires, abetted by ideal conditions of dry grass and gusty winds. Termed by Texas Governor Rick Perry as “the worst fire threat in five years,” the wildfires in Oklahoma alone, according to CNN, have charred more than 401,000 acres, destroyed more than 250 homes and businesses and caused two deaths since Nov. 1. Aware of this risk, Cameron University has taken precautions to prevent the fires by lessening traffic flow on its 320 acres of rangelands. According to Jerry Dodd, Chair of CU’s agriculture department, people need to exercise extreme caution on rangelands because the dry conditions make them exceedingly volatile. “We have 160 acres about 8 miles southwest of Lawton on which we graze cattle, 80 acres on the east side of Lake Ellsworth which is owned by the city and leased by Cameron, and we also
have 80 acres on the north end of Lake Ellsworth,” Dodd said. “They are all pasture and have a lot of dry grass from last summer’s growth. Given the current conditions, all of the rangeland and pasture land is vulnerable because they are all extremely dry, but we have taken precautions so that we don’t accidentally set fire to them.” The primary measure taken by CU has been to prevent vehicular traffic from traversing university property – especially during the hotter parts of the day – and to also prevent scheduling field trips during this time. “We only take vehicles into these pastures early in the morning when the temperature is cool and the humidity is high, so that we reduce the chances of starting fires from the exhaust of vehicles,” Dodd said. “Nor do our students go out there. Right now, we have no field trips scheduled to go out to these lands, mainly to prevent vehicles from being in the pastures. “A lot of these fires are started from dry grass being caught under these vehicles, near the mufflers, getting hot and starting a fire.”
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Despite the precautions, Dodd is aware that Cameron pasture land continues to be at risk when it comes to wildfires. “Other fires, the ones we are all vulnerable to, are the accidental fires started on adjacent property, which we have no control over,” he said. “And with the grass being extremely dry, Courtesy Photo when a fire starts on one property, Only you can prevent grass fires: Dodd, accompanied by two ranchers, counsel’s agriculture students about rangelands in Kiowa County. Due to dry conditions Oklahoma it follows the and Texas are at risk for fires. wind easily to the next. their lowest points and the relative amount of growth,” Dodd said. “So Fortunately, so far, that has not humidity is at its highest.” now, the pastures have a lot of grass happened with regard to us.” Despite the odds, Dodd remains fuel. Another downside that Dodd optimistic. “Uncontrollable fires can be is aware of is that little or no “As the main fire risk comes started by the tiniest spark,” he precipitation has been recorded with vehicular traffic, Cameron said.” Vehicles should not be driven since Oct. 1 and conditions are not rangelands may probably be a into dry rangelands due to the risk expected to improve. little safer than most because we of starting fires when grass touches “The unique thing is that don’t have that many people going the exhaust systems. If people although the last part of the year through our pastures. And luckily, must go into these lands for any was extremely dry, the first part of the fires that we have had in here reason they should go in early in the the year had a near normal amount have not come close to our lands.” morning when temperatures are at of precipitation, so we got a normal
CU student owns local restaurant By Amanda Rundle Collegian Staff
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“The most important thing in this business or any business is not the money; it is to see if you love to do what you want to get into.” —Chin Maki
Sprinkle a pinch of this from the East. Throw in a dash of that from the West. Stir in a serving of this from the North and shake vigorously with a scoop of that from the South. Add all of this together and you might have a recipe, directions to dinner or mass confusion. This could also be the description of a local restaurant that offers food from around the world, C.G.’s International Cuisine. C.G.’s has called Lawton home for four years and is owned by Cameron management junior Chin Maki. Maki is a native of Korea who has lived in the States since 1978 and in Lawton for the past 13 years. She said her goal
at Cameron is to improve her language and business skills. Maki grew up learning about the restaurant business from her mother, a retired restaurant owner. The various shops her mother owned ranged from sandwich shops to formal dining. Maki has also worked in other restaurants as a crew leader, crew trainer and as a waitress. She said her favorite part of the restaurant business is preparing the food, especially soup. Maki said she also likes to prepare vegetables in a variety of ways, from steaming and sautéing to pickling. C.G.’s International Cuisine has a private room for parties that holds up to 55 people. Maki said there are future plans for expansion and a grocery store located next to the restaurant.
“There are future plans to open a grocery store next to the restaurant,” she said, “so our guests can buy food locally and make it themselves at home.” Maki said there are over 100 different items on the menu and everyone has their favorites. She has been to each country from which C.G.’s menu items originate, except Turkey. “Everybody can find something they like because we offer a large variety,” she said. “One of our more popular items is the cucumber soup. It’s great in the summertime because it’s cold.” C.G.’s slogan is “A Healthy Way of Dining.” This philosophy is reflected in the restaurant’s menu items and Maki’s health conscious attitude; she has been on a low cholesterol diet for 25 years. Maki
receive the long awaited diploma, the symbol of our success. I have learned many things that Dr. King would not have taken so lightly.” Bond concluded his presentation with some strong words and a challenge. “Today, I’m just a history teacher,” he said. “History is changeable; the things we believe today we’ll find out sometimes aren’t quite what we believed them to be. And the things we used to believe yesterday, we already know weren’t quite what we believed them to be. “One of the problems today is that we have frozen Dr. King in 1963. He is frozen at that march on Washington. That’s the Martin Luther King we know. But he lived for five more years. And he changed. He became a much more severe critic of United States, challenging foreign policy, the Vietnam War,
and violence in the world. “We must also challenge things as Dr. King did. Be in touch with your congressional delegation. Tell them, ‘You are my representative; create solutions for us or we will punish you at the polls next year.’ Join any multitude of local and national groups to work on these projects. “I’m proud to be the chairman of the board of the oldest and largest volunteer civil rights organization that has an enormous record of progress and success and has an enormous future ahead of it of progress and success,” Bond said. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
BOND continued from page 1 On Monday he spoke to a crowd of over 400 students, faculty and community members on subjects ranging from the war in Iraq and forced integration to A. Philip Randolph’s March on Washington and the differences between social services and social justice. “There is a great American impulse to provide social service,” Bond said. “When we walk down the street and see a homeless person, our impulse is to go into our pockets to help them. It is an impulse to help other people. But wouldn’t it be good to also ask ourselves, ‘In such a country as rich as this one, why can’t they help themselves?’ Isn’t there something we can do besides giving them a couple bucks to solve the larger problem. “I have always believed that if you have social justice, you don’t need social service. If you have social justice, many of the problems that cry out for social service will disappear.” With the recent tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation in Louisiana, Bond addressed the concerns of social justice and racial discrimination. “When visiting New Orleans, President Bush stated, ‘This is a reflection of our racism and race relations.’ Not a truer statement has been made,” Bond said. “Legislation is being put in place to rebuild that city, so people can return. I only
hope they don’t turn it into a theme park – to only see what it was like before. I believe Dr. King would be optimistic to see people with strong backs and hearts at work.” Bond was joined by Cameron English senior Andrew Lavendusky, the winner of an essay contest designed to see how students perceive King’s teachings in their own lives and how his legacy continues to affect our lives today. “As a student over 40 years after the [I Have A Dream] speech was delivered,” Lavendusky said, “I go to my classes, and I speak and laugh with people of all ethnicities, not thinking for one second that a person’s ethnic background makes him or her an outcast or socially less acceptable. “After all, I believe we are all students attending a university with one goal in mind: working hard to
said she likes to make pies for the holidays without the crust, which contains most of the fat. She said some of her holiday favorites were pumpkin pie without the crust, cakes and cookies, and that she would be a nutritionist if she were not a restaurant owner. “I like to teach people to eat the healthy way,” she said. Maki took one year off from school several years ago to start up the restaurant. Attending classes part time at Cameron has allowed her to nurture her business. Maki said she enjoys Cameron’s familylike environment the most. “The professors are all ready to help,” she said. “They even give out their home phone numbers. Many professors don’t do that at larger universities.” Maki said the most important ingredient to her success has been honesty and true relationships with her customers. The restaurant keeps her busy with some days lasting from 11 a.m. to midnight. She said the restaurant is like home to her. “The most important thing in this business or any business is not the money; it is to see if you love to do what you want to get into,” Maki said. “You have to like what you’re doing. Most of my friends come here and visit me instead of at my home.” If you want to taste something from distant lands you only have to travel as far as 3160 NW Cache Road in Lawton. If you want to know what success smells like just ask Chin Maki when you get there.
Voices
January 23, 2006
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Our Voice
Vocal mayor misses the point
Cameron University is a long way from New Orleans. But that doesn’t mean the Cameron community doesn’t pay attention to what’s going on there. Quite the contrary, many of us have answered the cry for help from many Katrina survivors. In fact, a number of survivors have even settled here in Lawton, either temporarily or permanently. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin definitely has some answers to come up with for the city. It has been one of the most crime-ridden cities in our nation. It has one of the highest poverty levels, and now it’s the most devastated city in the nation. No one disputes the pressure certain government officials
have been under since Katrina hit. Nagin has been the epitome of controversy since the hurricane. He has called for businesses to come back into the city before residents. He has called out government officials for faults during the recovery process. He has even called out his own people in the process. So what drives a man like Nagin to continue doing the things he does? The man is definitely under a lot of stress. New Orleans was home to over 500,000 residents before Katrina hit. Now, the city is the equivalent of a ghost town. But Nagin needs to begin to take responsibility for himself. He cannot continue to call out government
officials and say they are wrong when he was in charge of the city’s evacuation orders. The buck’s got to stop somewhere. Nagin opened up another can of worms on Martin Luther King Day when he said that New Orleans should be rebuilt into a “chocolate” New Orleans. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, New Orleans was 60 percent African-American. But that doesn’t mean only African-Americans were run out of their homes. There were many white residents who were evacuated as well. New Orleans may be majority African-American, but that does not make it an African-American city. No more than a city being
majority white making it a white city. In an attempt to correct his error in judgement, he backpedaled with explanations about white milk being mixed with the dark chocolate, but his doing so reeks of afterthought. Americans are all equal, by blood and by birth right. Our race does not give us the power to say, “This city is white because the majority of the people are white.” It does not give us the power to say,
School traffic: a comedy of manners I’m one of those people who set their alarms to go off an hour before they need to wake up. After finally getting up I realize that I only have a few minutes to leave my house to get to class on time. OK, maybe not everyone has such a hard time getting up in the morning, but I manage. I get ready, grab my keys and take a quick glance at my watch, and I’m ahead of schedule. Until I get to my driveway. I live right behind Pat Henry Elementary School and leaving my house in the morning Sarah Warren is next to impossible. There are signs posted along the street that say, “No parking from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days,” yet every school day moms and dads are parked up and down the street, dropping their kids off. Some of them don’t even park on the sides of the streets; they drive, pause, let their kids out and keep driving. In the middle of the road! In the process they are blocking the road so no one can get through. Now, it might seem like I’m bitter – some might even say that I should wake up earlier – but not everyone knows the whole story. My roommate, also a full time Cameron student, and I rented this house last year around October without realizing the situation with parking in the street. We both have cars so we have to plan on who leaves first so the other one doesn’t have to play musical chairs with the cars. But slip-ups do happen, and having to either wake the other one up for keys or to move their car makes the rest of the day a little less cheery. Yet, every morning as we play this lovely game of musical cars there are cars parked on both sides of the streets, some for long periods of time. One day I decided to test this “no parking policy.” I parked my car in the street, and waited to see what would happen. Nothing seemed wrong until I was getting ready for my class. Ding-dong, knock-knock-knock …
I went to the door to be greeted by a cop who asked if that was my vehicle and, if so, could I please move it. OK, so we can’t park in the street. That’s fine; we have the game of musical cars down pat. So what’s the problem one might ask? I’ll tell you. How would you like to try to pull out of your driveway only to have every car on the street honk at you, for every car to creep up just a little so you can’t get out, for cars to park in front of your driveway, or even worse, pause to let their kids out and take forever as they congregate with other parents, and you are running late for class or work. I’ve only ranted about leaving my house in the morning. Just think how it is coming home. I’ve had a long day at school, it is around 3 p.m. and I have to be at work in an hour. I turn into my neighborhood and onto my street and what do you think I see? There is an ocean of cars trying to squeeze past each other. Horns are honking and there are screaming little kids running in the middle of the street trying to get into their parents’ cars. And do you know how I witness all of this? I am stuck in this mini traffic jam for over 15 minutes. I manage to drive the few feet to get into my driveway and to my house only to find a car is parked in front of my driveway, and I have to wait some more. What gets me the most about the situation is that most buildings are four-sided, yet everyone goes to the back side of the school on a very narrow street, and they try to park, pause and congregate with other parents. Not to mention that not a single driver has let me either get in, or back out of my own driveway. So, if I am late to class or I seem a little frazzled, now you know why. Sarah is a journalism sophomore and is the news editor for The Collegian. In spite of all the trouble she has getting her vehicle out of the drive-way, she is rarely more than five minutes late for class ... usually.
Environmental annihilation: What will be the deal breaker? By Malinda Rust Guest Columnist
On the first day of Richard Voeltz’s humanities class, he compared the life of the earth to that of a seventy-year-old man. If the life of the earth (billions of years) is represented in that way, then humans have only been present for one minute, and the industrial revolution began one second ago. So basically, we humans are approaching the death of our earth in less than a second. Since we began burning fossil fuels we have polluted, poisoned and contaminated almost every corner of this planet, using up resources that take millions of years to replenish and refusing to search for new methods. Some speak of natural earth cycles and some blame us entirely for global warming and climate changes. Regardless of the
cause of this change, even more dramatic change is ahead, and we simply sit back and hope for the best. It is hard to deny the damages we incur as humans and the amount of waste we produce. We are already searching the globe for more crude oil to make plastics and fuels. Some estimate that the entire world’s oil supply will be significantly drained by 2024, and that coal and natural gas are not far behind. Yet, we still show our disregard for the environment by purchasing big vehicles. The United States wastes 3.5 billion barrels of oil each year making little plastic bottles for water sales by companies like Coke, Pepsi and Nestle. That could fuel 100 thousand cars for an entire year! Yet, we don’t recycle those plastics, which poison the soil when thrown on the ground. Many people do not realize that fresh water is actually
considered a non-renewable resource as well, which makes it infuriating to read that FEMA dumped 100,000 gallons of drinking water out after Katrina because they “didn’t need it anymore.” Perhaps the scariest thing is that no one seems to care. The U.S. government should be ashamed of its energy policies – George Bush especially. Bush refused to sign the Koyoto Protocol, which was an international effort to reduce toxic emissions globally to curtail environment changes. This, in turn, caused other countries to pull out. Currently, only five percent of all the energy that is used in the States comes from renewable natural resources. Congress has done nothing to increase that percentage and move away from nonrenewables. Instead, they just drill for more oil in Alaska. Arguments can be made to oppose renewable
sources because they are expensive, but we need to stop valuing money over our own continued existence. Money is not finite. Oil and coal are. The solution to this problem of limited resources and energy will come from a combination of governmental policies and a change in attitude of humanity. We need to develop what some philosophers call a “land ethic,” which is the attitude that we are responsible for preserving the land that gives us life. This shift in attitude would hopefully help shift the way we think, act and live and eventually, these ideas would be revered in Congress as the will of the people. I just don’t want the unique existence of humanity to end prematurely because we were too lazy to preserve life rather than destroy it. Malinda is a speech/communication junior making her debut as a guest columnist for The Collegian.
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Sister, brother duo contribute to ITV Department By Joan Hagy
News Writing Student Most campus classrooms are quiet on Saturday mornings, but not so in Howell Hall. Every weekend the instructional television (ITV) control room is filled with the chatter of instructors and students taking masters courses in Business Administration. Medical technology sophomore Marcia (pronounced Mah-see-ah) Prince, an ITV student worker, sits in front of a computer screen watching the class, occasionally glancing at another monitor where a student from Redland’s College is participating in the MBA class. Though Cameron University is
a long way from Marcia’s home in Dominica in the Caribbean, she has found a home, friends and a job she loves here in Oklahoma. Last summer Marcia applied for the position as ITV Student Technician after visiting a friend who worked as a technician. She thought the job looked interesting and fun. “This is one of the best jobs on campus – if not the best.” Marcia said. She loved the job so much she urged her brother, chemistry sophomore Dean Prince, to apply for the open position of ITV Intern. Dean, 19, was hired for the job and now brother and sister are part of a team the ITV department depends on to monitor classes and troubleshoot
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ITV student worker at work: Medical technology sophomore Marcia Prince monitors one of the many distance learning classrooms via computer in the ITV department.
Photo by Joan Hagy
Learning a Skill: Chemistry sophomore and ITV student worker Dean Prince puts into practice his newly acquired technical skills.
ROTC sponsors blood drive At 8 a.m. tomorrow in Burch Hall, rooms 106 and 107 the ROTC will sponsor a blood drive. Juice and cookies will be provided to donors.
Campus Ministry International offers lunchtime activity Campus Ministry International is sponsoring “Bible Talk” from noon to 1 p,m,. every Wednesday in the library, room 224. For more information contact Lionel Dabbs at 250.1829.
Express yourself Cameron Campus Ministry will sponsor an open mike night coffee house at 8 p.m. on Thursday. The event will be held in the Cameron Campus
Ministry building across from the Cameron Village parking lot. Magic tricks, poetry, stories, comedy and drama skits are solicited. Contact Patrick Larsen at 357.7226 to hold a spot.
technical problems that may occur. Distance Learning Coordinator Jeff Hagy supervises Marcia, Dean and the other four ITV student workers. Hagy depends on his technicians to keep the rooms connected to the distant sites and provide the instructors with all they need to keep their classes running smoothly. Marcia said occasionally a site is disconnected, the monitors go black and the audio is silent. Quietly and quickly she will enter the classroom and make sure all the connections are correct, the monitors are on and the cameras are operational. She said there are several steps she takes to try to “rescue” a class. Most of the time the technicians
are successful at their end and are able to bring a lost site back into the classroom. If all else fails, Marcia calls the distance learning coordinator. “The student technicians are crucial to the day to day, moment by moment tasks that keep the ITV operation going” Hagy said. “It is also a great advantage to me and the ITV department if the techs and intern have a true love of technology.” Dean has a love for technology and is excited about his new job. He will be trained by Hagy and hopes to keep the position until he graduates. Dean and Marcia agree the two most important skills in becoming a successful ITV technician are a willingness to learn and good people skills. Getting along with
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ITS announces student email address change The standardization of equipment and software means that student email addresses have changed. To access email, the new address is: userID@studentmail.cameron. edu. Passwords consist of first name, first initial and the last five digits of the social security. For assistance call Information Technology Services at 581.2829.
Deadline for filing approaches Friday is the deadline for filing to compete for the positions of Homecoming King or Queen. For more information, contact Blake Red Elk or Frank Myers at 581.2217.
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the professors and the students is critical to the smooth flow of the operation. Marcia hopes to intern in the Medical Technology field after graduation. Her work would be in a lab at a hospital, possibly Comanche County Memorial or in Tulsa. Dean hopes to use his chemistry degree to work in Dominica at an electricity plant. “The electricity plant back home is always looking for good chemical engineers,” he said. The siblings have not been to Dominica since coming to Cameron as students. Marcia hopes to visit home at Christmas this year, but Dean said he does not plan to return until he graduates. Marcia laughed just a little and said: “Big sister may have something to say about that.”
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CENTENNIAL continued from page 1 When matched dollar-for-dollar by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the value of these funds will be $1,325,000. Another $600,000 will go toward student scholarships with similar matching funds provided by the MacCasland Foundation. A significant portion of the campaign will focus on campus beautification. A recently completed campus master plan features the Centennial Gardens, which will serve as a focal point of the north-south pedestrian corridor of the university. The gardens will be located north of Shepler Towers in what is now a parking lot and will include quiet, landscaped areas for study, a variety of pathways and water features. The master plan also includes new parking areas. “As students receive their education, it is important to offer them a space for reflection and serenity,” said Don Sullivan, executive director for the centennial observance. “The Centennial Gardens will make Cameron’s campus a lush oasis for students from around the state and the world.” The final goal of the campaign will earmark $250,000 for university advancement, which offers donors an opportunity to provide gifts to be used in a wide variety of areas where the need is greatest. Chancellor Paul Rissor said he has great confidence in Cameron and sees “immense energy” in efforts to make the campaign a success. He included the extraordinary
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leadership of Ross as one of those reasons and called Cameron Village and CETES “wonderful signals for momentum.” A Web page is in the works, which will cover Cameron’s history from its beginnings as an agricultural high school without a building in 1908 to its transition to a junior college in 1927 to its status as the university that we know today. CU’s history demonstrates that the students have always been the driving force for advancement. “At Cameron University, students are the heart of our commitment,” Ross said. “The Centennial Observance will be a once-in-alifetime event that will involve our students, faculty and staff, our alumni and the Southwest Oklahoma community, and the Changing Lives campaign will provide the necessary resources to offer our students the complete college experience. This celebration will ensure that Cameron can continue in its dedication to changing lives – one student at a time.”
Phi Lambda Chi becomes official By David Bublitz Collegian Staff
It all started with the flick of a pen. On Nov. 21 the Cameron University Phi Lambda Chi colony became an official chapter with the commencement of their chapter charter signing ceremony. Having been recognized as only an extension of Phi Lambda Chi before, the young chapter underwent its own kind of initiation through the inspiring words of several guest speakers and the minds and hearts of the 21 initiated Cameron Phi Lambda Chi members who now have the opportunity to take full advantage of Phi Lambda Chi membership. Making use of one of the new facilities on campus, the Phi Lambs held the ceremony in the CETES building, leaving plenty of room for new members and honored guests. Harrison Watts, the Phi Lambda Chi Chapter advisor, opened and closed the
ceremony. Guest speakers included Phi Lambda Chi National Fraternity President Brian Hawkins, former national president David Mayes and Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity Frank Oheltiont. “It was a real pleasure to have our guests come and speak so eloquently about the fraternity and its solid and tight brotherhood,” Watts said. According to the Phi Lambda Chi Beta Chapter official Web site, as the newest chapter in the Phi Lambda Chi brotherhood, the chapter joins a line of brothers that dates all the way back to the men of Arkansas State Teacher’s College and the creation of the fraternity in 1925. Now a part of this brotherhood, the men of the “Chi” chapter are, at the Phi Lambda Chi Web page dictates: “– pioneers in the Greek fraternity movement attempting to foster relationships among men that are the bonds of true brotherhood.”
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Pictured left to right: Harrison Watts, Curtis Strong, Josh Wals, Brian Hawkins, Bard Jones, Ahmed Perry, Mark Henderson, Charles Strong, Justin Jackiewicz, Armando Barber, Dustin Dewbre, Curtis Holman, and Jose Santiago.
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6 Music, theatre offer spring entertainment By Regan Frizzle Collegian Staff
If you are looking for great entertainment this semester, then you don’t want to miss the coming attractions being held by Cameron University’s music and theatre arts departments. Each department has put together schedules full of wellwritten plays, recitals and ensembles. Blues guitarist Lightin’ Wells will perform on Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. There will be a faculty piano recital on Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. The recital will take place as a part of the CU Festival at Duncan Simmons Center. A second performance is scheduled for 8 p.m. on Feb. 3 in the University Theatre. The last showing for the music department this month will be a faculty clarinet recital on Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. In addition, theatre arts students have already begun rehearsing for the upcoming musical “Working.” Dr. David Fennema, theatre arts professor, said the musical is unique. “This musical is unique because it was taken from a
book that consisted of quotes and then put to music by Stephen Schwartz, Mary Rodgers and James Taylor,” he said. The musical is based on the book written by Studs Turkel. While writing his book, Turkel traveled around and interviewed all kinds of working Americans. The book consists of quotes by different people from a variety of jobs. According to the Cameron Web site all the upcoming theater acts as well as musical events are listed under the theater department. Each act has a description of what the show will consist of. Lisa Taylor, vocal performance sophomore, said she is excited about the play. “I’m excited about playing Maggie, the housekeeper,” she said. “This musical is going to be interesting to me because the cast will be sharing the scenes and we will each have our moment to shine.” The musical will be performed from Feb. 23 through Feb. 26 in the University Theatre. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Those interested in any of the plays or musicals can contact the theatre box office at 581.2478.
Magic Lantern presents “Fitzcarraldo” The Magic Lantern Society will present the German film “Fitzcarraldo” at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Student Activities Center. A charismatic Irishman plans to build an opera house in the middle of the Amazon and invite Caruso to sing there. Admission is free and refreshments will be available.
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Stars come out for Globes By Joshua Rouse Collegian Staff
In today’s world, homosexuality is still a topic that is on the front lines of many political and religious debates. Last Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association set aside politics and religion and handed the gay cowboy romance movie, “Brokeback Mountain,” four Golden Globes including Best Drama and Best Director in a Drama. The Johnny Cash biopic, “Walk the Line,” followed the path blazed by Jamie Foxx and “Ray” from last year with three awards for Best Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy. “Gladiator” star Joaquin Phoenix played the legendary country singer in his early years as he battled drug addictions. Reese Witherspoon played Cash’s wife, June Carter, and earned herself a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, regarded as one of the favorites against Russel Crowe’s “Cinderella Man,” won Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama for his role as Truman Capote, who wrote the famous book, “In Cold Blood.” George Clooney cashed in on his opportunity as a grizzled CIA agent left for dead in the Middle East in the very confusing, but entertaining, “Syriana.” Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. “The Mummy” star Rachel Weisz won Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama for her performance in the political thriller, “The Constant Gardener.” Screen legend Anthony Hopkins was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, given for outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. The first ever award was handed to performer Cecil B. DeMille in 1953 and has been a yearly tradition ever since. Famous recipients include Alfred Hitchcock, Sean Connery and Judy Garland. At the end of the day, it was the
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The supporting man of the hour: George Clooney shows off his Golden Globe for his role in “Syriana.” homosexual cowboys who stole the show. Ang Lee’s reputation took a serious hit after he made “Hulk.” Less than a week before “Brokeback Mountain” was set to debut in theaters, many managers pulled the controversial movie from their schedules, igniting an already unstable political atmosphere. “Brokeback Mountain” tells the tale of two cowboys (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) who fall in love with each other. Their story continues through the years as they each marry beautiful women and try to hide their feelings for each other. It is still too early to tell whether Ledger and Gyllenhaal will take hits in Hollywood for their roles. Noticeably absent from the nominations was Steven Spielberg’s intense “Munich.”
The film picks up directly after the tragedy at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany where Palestinian terrorists slaughtered 11 Israeli athletes. After the murders, a secret Israeli squad was formed to hunt down the men responsible and kill them. Eric Bana (“Troy”) plays Avner, the leader of the squad. He soon begins to question what they are doing as the events take a heavy toll on his conscience. “Munich” was arguably more powerful than Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” and has been predicted to lead the Oscar nominations by many different film critic groups. The Golden Globes have traditionally been used as a road map for the Oscars, but that could easily change this year with so many different movies vying for that coveted statue.
Director Crowe weaves sweet romance tale By Bira Vidal Collegian Staff
What happens when everything in your life suddenly goes from total perfection to a huge fiasco? This is the main theme in “Elizabethtown.” Directed by Cameron Crowe, the film stars Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst and features Susan Sarandon, Bruce McGill, Judy Greer, Jessica Biel and Alec Baldwin. Drew Baylor (Bloom) is a successful shoe designer who has the perfect life, the perfect job and the perfect girlfriend, but the mask about his life falls down when he is fired from his company, dumped by his girlfriend and abandoned by all his supposed friends. His first thought is to commit suicide, but his plans change when he receives the bad news that his father has passed away. Before dying, his father asks to be buried in Elizabethtown, a small town in Kentucky. On his way to Kentucky, Baylor meets Claire Colburn (Dunst), a completely outgoing and strange flight attendant. After a not-so-common meeting, Baylor starts to reevaluate his own priorities and think about all the opportunities he missed because of his obsession with his job.
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Sweet talking: Claire (Kirsten Dunst) and Drew (Orlando Bloom) fall in love in Cameron Crowe’s “Elizabethtown.” When he arrives in Elizabethtown, he does not recognize his family because his life did not give him much time to spend with them. After the shock of having an imperfect, annoying and kind of crazy family, he understands who he is and who his father was to all his family, including his afraid-of-living mother and his insecure younger sister. On his way to discover himself, he travels with his “dad,” exploring all the directions he has
on his hands. In one of the scenes, Baylor passes through Oklahoma, going to the Oklahoma City National Memorial and the survivor tree. This trip is one of the great moments of the movie, when he takes time to find himself and think about his friendship-orsomething-more with Colburn. In the end he will have to choose between what is more important: his career or his family. In some aspects, the movie is similar “Sweet Home Alabama,” starring
Reese Witherspoon. “Elizabethtown” goes to a certain point that makes the viewer think about life, and about how sometimes people give the wrong attention to some things not so important, forgetting the crucial pleasures of life. It has the message that sometimes when you look for extraordinary things you might find them in little things, like an almost all night cell phone conversation between Baylor and Colburn. The movie is powerful because
it shows some of the basic life lessons such as failing, having the courage to fail, smiling at the most difficult moments and living your own life. Indeed, “Elizabethtown” is a great movie, a memorable comedy, funny and romantic. The movie has a few little problems, though they do not influence the meaning of the message. It has a good soundtrack and the setting make you feel like home. “Elizabethtown” was shown on Jan. 12 in the Student Activities Building and sponsored by the Programming Activities Council (PAC). Last semester PAC sponsored showings of “Batman Begins” and “Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.” PAC CoChair Blake Red Elk said PAC plans to show one more film. “We still have one undecided movie that we want to show this semester,” he said. “About 20 to 30 of us will decide what movie it will be according to the preference of the students. All the movies shown by PAC are still unavailable on VHS or DVD.” Courtney Hardin, director of student activities, said films are chosen based on their popularity among college students. “Elizabethtown” was a good movie and a hit as well. When PAC announces its next showing, it would be a good idea to check it out.
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Coaches become stars in championships By Don Pierson KRT News Wire
The coaches are the stars of this week’s AFC and NFC championship games. Denver’s Mike Shanahan, Seattle’s Mike Holmgren, Carolina’s John Fox and Pittsburgh’s Bill Cowher all have been to Super Bowls. Shanahan and Holmgren have won rings. Not many players on any of the final four teams have won Super Bowls. Except for the Panthers, who were runners-up two years ago, not many players have even been to a Super Bowl. Thus their coaches will have to lead the way. Only 22 coaches have won Super Bowls. Only 39 coaches have won NFL titles since regular championship playoffs started in 1933. The overwhelming majority of them have won their first titles early in their careers: 69 percent by the third season, 79 percent by the fourth. A third of them, 13, have won it all in their second season. That’s why the Bears’ Lovie Smith knows what he’s talking about when he said after his second season, “We’re definitely on pace, not necessarily ahead.” Cowher, in his 14th season, would break Tom Landry’s record for winning a Super Bowl so late in a career. Landry was in his 12th season before his Dallas Cowboys won their first. Shanahan and Holmgren would break Landry’s record for winning Super Bowls so far apart; six years between his 1971 and 1977 teams. Holmgren won in 1996 with Green Bay and Shanahan’s Broncos beat Holmgren’s Packers in 1997 and won again in 1998. The Bears’ George Halas still holds the alltime record for gaps between championships, 17 years between 1946 and 1963, before Super Bowls were invented. Holmgren would be the first to win Super Bowls with two different teams. Weeb Ewbank won NFL titles with the Baltimore Colts in 1958 and 1959 and then won Super Bowl III with the New York Jets in
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Volleyball coach Dominic Yoder takes over Jan. 1 By James Norris News Writing Student
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Back to winning ways: Panthers coach John Fox celebrates a win over the New York Giants in the NFC Wild Card game. 1968. You wonder why coaching contracts are so short: three, four, five years. You wonder why Green Bay’s Mike Sherman got fired after five winning seasons followed by one 4-12. Then you see a pattern. Only five coaches in NFL history have won titles after their fifth year on a job: Landry, Green Bay’s Curly Lambeau in his ninth year, Philadelphia’s Greasy Neale and Oakland’s John Madden in their eighth years and Pittsburgh’s Chuck Noll in his sixth year. True, four are in the Hall of Fame and Madden is a finalist this year, but all coached in an era of slightly more patience ... only slightly. Like Halas, Lambeau’s long coaching career began (1919) before title games were played. He was in his ninth year before the Packers placed first in the standings. Landry was the first coach of the 1960 expansion Cowboys, who stuck with him from thin until thick. Cowher, dean of NFL coaches, is lucky he works for the same Rooney
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family that stuck with Noll, but unlucky that Noll had won four Super Bowls by his 11th season. Cowher is 1-4 in AFC title games and 0-1 in the Super Bowl for owners who reward consistency. The urgency to win is greater now with free agency increasing possibilities and high franchise cost increasing demands. In the last 25 years, a coach has been on the job only 2.7 years before winning his first title. In the first 47 years of playoff games, the average was 3.7. In the last 25 years, Holmgren is the only Super Bowl winner to do it as late as his fifth season. That 1996 title in Green Bay was as patient as the Packers apparently are going to get. Now in his seventh season in Seattle, Holmgren has survived the loss of his dual title of general manager and is attempting to make history. In only his fourth season in Carolina, Fox is in prime time to win his first. He would join Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells and Mike Ditka in that span.
Fifteen and fourteen! In spite of coaching changes during the season, Cameron University’s volleyball team finished the 2005 season at 15 and 14, completing their 11th consecutive winning season. On Oct. 19, Coach TeAna Crutcher stepped down leaving all head coaching responsibilities to a familiar face in former Aggie head coach Kim Vinson. The university’s athletic department posted the opening on Higherjobs.com. This is where they found former Michigan Tech Assistant Coach, now Head Coach of the Aggies, Dominic Yoder. After an extensive interview process Yoder took the role as the Aggies volleyball coach on Jan. 1. Yoder says that what Kim Vinson did with the program by leading them to five Lone Star Conference North Division titles and the amount of talent returning is what piqued his interest in the position. “I was searching for a head coaching job, for my needs,” he said. “I wanted to pursue this because of the history and the personnel coming back.” Yoder also said the athletic department personnel were very kind when it came to hiring him as their new head coach, especially
another new face at Cameron, first year Athletic Director Jim Jackson. “Mr. Jackson was very nice and easy going,” Yoder said. “I felt we connected, because we have the same goals in mind for Cameron University.” As the creator of the Team Deer Volleyball Club program in Michigan, Yoder is known for starting things from scratch and working toward something, which is what he hopes to do here at Cameron. “Being club director at Team Deer Volleyball Club, it became my center of attention as I built on things from the ground up and the willingness to work on things from the ground up is what I want to do at Cameron; build up to compete for a national title,” Yoder said. As Yoder begins his inaugural season as the head volleyball coach of Cameron University he will bring back all but one player from last year, including all-star Lone Star Conference north division selection Taran Turner. Even though the players and coach Yoder have yet to get to completely know each other, their goals for the Aggie volleyball team remain the same. “First thing is to get direction as a program, a team, and as individuals. With the goals we set as coaches we hope it will help the players want to achieve goals as well,” Yoder said. The goals the Lady Aggies have set for the 2006 season are attainable. “First, we hope to win 20 matches, the we hope to win the North Division of the Lone Star Conference, host the Lone Star Conference Tournament and compete at nationals all the way to an elite eight appearance,” Yoder said. With a positive attitude like this surrounding the volleyball team at Cameron, it could be just a matter of time before the Aggies are one of the top tier teams competing in the Lone Star conference. For now the players and new head coach Dominic Yoder are just looking forward to getting the 2006 season underway.
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CU Sports Information/Collegian Staff Cameron University basketball players Joneatta Brown and Matt Reid have been named last week’s Lone Star Conference North Division women’s and men’s basketball Players of the Week, respectively, by conference officials. Both earned the award following Cameron games on the road at Angelo State and Abilene Christian. Brown averaged 20 points and eight rebounds a game as the Lady Aggies went 2-0 in LSC crossover competition. The 6-4 senior center scored a game-high 22 points and added three blocked shots in Cameron’s 70-63 win over 21st-ranked Angelo State on Jan. 12. She followed that with a double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) in a win over Abilene Christian on Jan. 14. For the season, Brown is averaging better than 14 points a game and ranks among the LSC leaders in rebounding and blocked shots. Reid was equally impressive as Cameron collected the LSC North Division’s only victory over an LSC South squad, averaging 21.5 points and 9.5 rebounds a game. The 6-1 junior guard posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the Aggies’ overtime win over Angelo State on Jan. 12. He followed that effort with 23 points and a game-high nine rebounds in a narrow loss to ACU on Jan. 14. Reid currently leads Cameron and ranks 10th in the conference with a 14.3 scoring average. He also leads the Aggies in assists, steals and rebounds per game.
While You Were Out... • Men and Women’s basketball teams fared well in Las Vegas Tournament • Volleyball team welcomed a new head coach • Aggie basketball teams went on a winning streak
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The boys are back in town: New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornet guard Chris Paul applies tight defense on Charlotte Bobcats guard Brevin Knight during game action. This marks the Hornets’ first return to Charlotte since their franchise moved to New Orleans.
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Baptist Collegiate Ministries hosted a friendship family program that connects International students and U.S. family volunteers. Attendees enjoyed a potluck dinner while getting to know other host families. The evening ended with entertainment by The dance group “Ladies of Paradise, Men of Aloha, Touch of Samoa�