The Cameron University Collegian: October 29, 2007

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Monday, October 29, 2007

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Volume 81 Issue 7

ATTENTION

By Collegian Staff

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Message 1

Cameron will be testing its Connect-Ed emergency communication service at approximately 2 p.m. on Nov. 1.

Graphic by Jim Horinek

Library holds panel discussion of “The Grapes of Wrath.”

This will be a test of the Cameron emergency notification system.

Cameron will be running an initial test of its emergency notification system. Titled the Connect-Ed emergency communication service, the system is designed to be used to contact all of Cameron’s 6,300 students in the event of an emergency or urgent situation.

Although Cameron is among the safest campuses in the nation, it is a mission of the university to continually improve safety.

“We are constantly working to further increase safety on campus,” Director of Community Relations Jamie Glover said. “The ConnectEd service will help us provide a safer environment, enhance emergency preparedness and keep our faculty, staff and students better informed.”

According to the Office of Community Relations, it is important that students know this test will be taking place.

Once the test begins most of Cameron’s students will receive a message in the form of an e-mail and/or phone call.

Prior to the test, as well as in the future, it is important that students make sure the contact information Cameron has on fi le is up to date.

Students wishing to update or check their contact information can do so from their MyCU account. The MyCU accounts can be reached through www.mycu.cameron.edu. Questions about the new system should be directed to Margot Gregory at The Office of Community Relations wants students to know that their contact information the university has on fi le will be held confidential.

Bentley Gardens Groundbreaking CU Percussion Ensemble to perform fall concert.

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Sports

Aggie pride at its best: SGA President Jeff Wozencraft and Ole’ Kim help begin the construction of the Bentley Gardens.

Wozencraft and Ole’ Kim rolled in during the ceremony and broke the first ground on the new addition to campus.

The Bentley Gardens is being hailed as a beautiful future addition to the Cameron campus. The Bentley Gardens will serve as a place for students, alumni, faculty and staff to enjoy for years to come. The Bentley Gardens will be built in the area that is currently occupied by the North Shepler parking lot, where the groundbreaking ceremony was held on Oct. 24.

Photos by Jim Horinek

Extending thanks: Dr. Cindy Ross, Cameron President, gives a heartfelt thanks to all the contributors that made the Bentley Gardens possible. The Bentley Gardens is one of the primary initiatives of the Changing Lives Campaign that was started by President Ross.

New director brings love of public radio to KCCU

By Malinda Rust

Merissa Martinuzzi dons Aggie jersey for her final season.

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“Disaster is a natural part of my evolution...”

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Collegian Staff Cameron University welcomed Ted Riley this semester as the new director for KCCU after Mark Norman, the previous director, left to take a position at OETA. Riley, who has over 20 years of experience in commercial and public radio, brings a new agenda and a great love for public radio into the KCCU studios.

Riley, who graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Journalism, returns to his home state after working as the Director of Broadcast Services at Missouri State University.

“It is a privilege for my wife and me to return to Oklahoma,” Riley said.

“Rhonda and I have our roots here in the sooner state, and we believe Oklahoma has a strong public radio system and an arts community second to none.”

While there are not any planned programming changes, Riley said he aims to expand KCCU’s network by acquiring new information about their listeners and applying for FCC licenses to convert all stations to hybriddigital (HD) feeds.

“HD is the future of radio,” he said. “FM radio sounds like a CD. There is no popping or static. Hybrid digital in radio is similar to what highdefinition did for television.

Once people hear it, it will blow them away.”

Riley

added that HD radio also allows radio stations to broadcast multiple channels at once. If a rock station wants to play multiple genres of rock music, they can stream one type on one of the station’s channels and another type on a second.

“It’s completely consumerdriven,” Riley said. “You can listen to your favorite programs that you want to hear.”

KCCU finished up their first live pledge-drive on Oct. 19, which was aimed at raising $60,000 for the future HD switch.

Those pledging $300 received HD radios in order to become “the first patrons to hear KCCU in HD.” As another part of Riley’s new agenda, KCCU has recently been surveying its listeners to better understand what their needs are.

See KCCU Page 2

Photo by Malinda Rust

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President Ross brings years of experience to President’s Council

By Kelley Burt Collegian Staff President Cindy Ross has been elected chairman of the Council of Presidents for the Oklahoma State System for Higher Education.

Her one-year term, which began in July 2007, is centered on the goals of information sharing, strategy planning and working with legislators in terms of state appropriations.

A major effort, President Ross said, “is to set budget priorities as a system and work with the chancellor and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to try and get adequate funding for our colleges and universities.”

The council also works to promote productive relationships between state system institutions and to teach the importance of higher education in improving the quality of life for Oklahomans.

“Our fundamental mission as the President’s Council is to bring together these institutions for the common goal of providing a high quality education.”

— President Cindy Ross Cameron University President “As presidents, we are all from different institutions with a different student profile. Our fundamental mission as the President’s Council is to bring together these institutions for the common goal of providing a high quality education,” President Ross said. “I hope that the council is successful in raising the awareness of the public and specifically the

legislature about the key role that our colleges and universities play in the economic prosperity of the state.”

The team, which is comprised of 25 presidents from the state’s public colleges and universities, meets monthly and works on specific focus points through committees. The four primary areas of emphasis include: academia, economic development, legislative and budget. With nearly 30 years of leadership in higher education, President Ross brings valuable experience and group cohesion to the council.

President Ross has spent 12 years with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, where she served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer for the state system.

For the past six years, President Ross has been a member of the Council of Presidents, and she has served as chairman of the Budget Committee

and a member of the Executive Committee.

As a representative of CU, President Ross hopes that her position will positively affect the university.

“If we are successful at the Council of Presidents this year, we’ll have increased funding,” she said. “What’s good for higher education in the state of Oklahoma is good for Cameron University.

“Also, as I speak at various events, representing the Council of Presidents around the state, I am not only introduced as the Chairman of the President’s Council, but also as the President of Cameron University. This gets our name out, as well.”

President Ross said that she is excited about her new position and continues to look forward to working with “a great group of people.” She said her position as

Photo courtesy of CU Community Relations

Council chair is “both humbling and kind of overwhelming,” though she is confident in her abilities and the support and hard work of her fellow presidents.

Wikipedia offers information with questionable accuracy

By John Robertson Newswriting Student As Internet capability creeps into homes and schools across the country and brings with it a near limitless access to information, one popular source is finding itself cut out of the college term paper scene altogether.

Wikipedia, an Internet encyclopedia database, is being shut out of papers as a citable and credible sourse in many classes all over the Cameron University campus.

Professors like Dr. Nancy Heger, who teaches one of the General Biology courses at CU, states in her syllabus that Wikipedia is not an acceptable source for the papers she

assigns in her classes, and for good reason.

Just last spring, the flaws of Wikipedia were brought to light when it was discovered that one of its most prolific administrators on the subject of religion was nowhere near qualified to be in charge of the information provided by the site.

He had created an entirely false identity, including false doctorates in theology and canon law, and claimed to be a tenured professor at a private university. When the truth came to light, confidence in Wikipedia’s reliability was shaken.

The problem is that Wikipedia is an open source compilation from experts on many varying disciplines,

but this alone isn’t the problem.

The Internet itself makes it not only easy to obscure identities and qualifications, but it also carries with it the threat of malicious and deliberate tampering with the information that a Wikipedia entry holds. Wikipedia even has an entry about how users should react to such acts of vandalism.

William J. Polley, an Assistant Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University, and a critic of Wikipedia’s credibility in higher learning, said he was taken aback by how quickly Wikipedia citations spread into his classroom.

“A few semesters back, I got deluged with Wikipedia citations

in term papers. It took me a little by surprise. One semester it wasn’t there at all, and the next semester it’s everywhere,” he said.

However, Polley doesn’t feel that Wikipedia is necessarily a bad thing.

It serves as a powerful tool for finding a glut of information on a specific topic in one place, and even lists the sources that provided the information in the Wikipedia entry. He does warn against citing it on its own, however, in the same sense that no college student should cite a real world encyclopedia or someone they didn’t know in a term paper.

“Most professors would look askance at citing an anonymous person off the street as an

authoritative source in a paper. That’s not censorship. That’s teaching students the craft of scholarship,” he said.

Polley also warned that citing Wikipedia is dangerous, and most professors will likely know when students are attempting to pull a fast one with their sources and information.

He said, “If you cite Wikipedia in a term paper, you are working without a net. At this stage in your career, you are not qualified to do that.

You may also be interested to know that your professors can spot errors, inconsistencies, and shallow reasoning in Wikipedia a lot more easily than you can. You have been warned.”

KCCU continued from page 1 “Next, we want to send surveys out to area residents, whether they are members or non-members,” he said. “We want to know what the average person knows about public radio and what they may want to hear.”

Riley’s previous experience in broadcast journalism includes working at five public radio stations, winning numerous awards, like the national Edward R. Murrow Journalism Award, and working in commercial radio and television.

“I worked as a disc jockey and as a reporter for commercial stations,” he said. “Public radio is and always will be my first love.”

Riley stated that public radio is best due to the quality news broadcasts, cultured musical selections and support for the arts.

“NPR news is the standard for news in this country,” he said. “They provide the most un-biased and in-depth reporting.”

“Public radio also helps people in the community stay informed about the arts. If the Leslie Powell Art Gallery is having a show, we can run announcements to let people know about these opportunities.”

Riley, along with other public radio general managers, actively lobbies congress to support public radio stations, and he is a member of Public Radio in Mid-America (PRIMA) and University Station Alliance.

He encourages anyone who is not familiar with public radio to “tune in to KCCU and see what it is all about.”

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Spirits of the trail

Photo by Tami Mann

Spirits in our midst: The men working the cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail have the help of some unorthodox drovers. The legend of the Ghost Riders came to reality for the men driving the cattle.

Ride gives rise to ghost riders legend

By Tami Mann Newswriting Student

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here is often something alluring about a good ghost story, and though the historical story of the Ghost Riders along the Chisholm Trail is a different kind of ghost story, it embodies the same captivating qualities of a traditional campfire tale.

On Oct. 5, 2007, thousands of residents lined the streets of in Caldwell, Kan. to witness and celebrate cattle drovers travel down main-street to the railhead.

Drovers who participated in every leg of the cattle drive met on the last day to ride into Caldwell as a group, knowing they were not alone.

Although the present day drovers were visible, they said they were never unaccompanied and that there were more drovers present than people could see.

Larry Wenzel of Ninnekah, Okla. said the original riders of the trail were helping them along the entire journey.

“We knew the ghost riders were right there with us, helping us” he said.

The drovers were not the only ones who felt, or even witnessed the presence of the ghost riders.

A woman visiting the campsite near Amber, Okla. was taking pictures when she spotted a figure on a horse looking down on the cattle.

When she asked a cowboy about the man on the hill, he told her that all the cowboys were accounted for and that the figure was a ghost rider.

“The air would get cold and a gentle breeze would touch your face when you thought you saw

one,” Wenzel said. “It was comforting to know that they were there helping.”

Although some of the cowboys would never admit to seeing or feeling the presence of the ghost riders, for two-year-old Dayzi Mann of Gotebo, Okla., it was no problem admitting that they were there.

Dayzi was running and playing by her self near the horses when she was told to stay away from them so they would not get spooked.

As she continued to play in close proximity to the horses, she was told again to stay away from them.

At that point she told her mother that she was fine, she was playing with the “big boys.”

Wenzel said there were certain places you could feel the ghost riders. “You could feel them everyday,” Wenzel said.

While the cattle drive pushed north through Oklahoma the news of this historic event quickly died.

“2,000 people in Union City turned out to watch the cattle,” Wenzel said, “but the new papers and local television stations did not cover it much, and that was disappointing. Even though the news died and the TV and papers quit reporting the event, the riders were still there.”

For many of the drovers, sitting in a saddle is like being at home.

Even on days when they traveled 19 miles, at two miles per hour, each mile got longer and the camp site

Photo by Tami Mann

was long-awaited.

“We didn’t know how much work was involved until we got involved,” Wenzel said.

Just south of Caldwell the drovers set up camp on the last night of the drive, at the original campsite.

“Each time we camped I figured the ghost riders were there with us,” Wenzel said. “We were at the original camp site when we set up south of Caldwell, and there were several more sightings there of the ghost riders.”

The ghost riders were seen standing beside horses, sitting on

Photo by Tami Mann

horseback on hills, and standing road to talk to an individual and let next to trees looking over the cattle. the steers wonder off in the process,” Even the horses knew the ghost Wenzel said. riders were there.

Seeing what Wenzel called “the “The horses would be relaxed and most amazing sight” sent chills all out of no where, they would turn over his body, as the cattle came and start looking around,” Wenzel to a halt with their heads focused said. straight ahead. After watching them By the and seeing end of the that they month long “I knew the ghost riders were never moved trail, keeping ridin’ the herd. I couldn’t have an inch, the cattle Wenzel was done it by myself.” on the move sure he was was much not alone. He more difficult — Larry Wenzel knew a ghost because they Chisholm Trail Rider rider was were restless. there to pick “My up the slack partner and I of his partner. had about 60 or 70 head of steers in “I knew the ghost riders were our group,” Wenzel said. “We had ridin’ the herd,” he said. “I couldn’t help running with us three or four have done it by myself.” times keeping the cattle together.”

As he was leaving, Wenzel Not sure if his partner knew the showed his gratitude and ghost riders were riding with them, appreciation by tipping his hat and Wenzel said it was obvious they saying “Thanks partner.” could not have performed such a “I know he heard and appreciated difficult task without their help. it because I could see him tip his Stopping and talking to the worn out black hat at me as he kept town’s people to answer any riding,” Wenzel said. questions they may have had was another enjoyment the drovers experienced.

“My partner stopped along the side of the

News 4 Discussion opens new interpretations of Steinbeck classic October 29, 2007

By Jessica Lane Collegian Staff “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster.

Men made it, but they can’t control it.”

This quote from John Steinbeck’s famous novel, “The Grapes of Wrath,” reflects the feelings of many Oklahomans during the Great Depression and Dustbowl of the 1930s.

At 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 in the Cameron University Library, there was a three-professor panel to discuss Steinbeck’s novel. Dr. Suzanne Crawford, professor of History and Government discussed the historical aspects, Dr. Jerrold Dodd, professor of Agriculture,

reviewed the role of agriculture and Dr. John Morris, professor of English spoke of the book as a piece of literature.

Dr. Crawford said that Steinbeck deviated from history in a variety of ways. First, a passage in the book describes one of the character’s outrage that they would have to leave their farms because their ancestors had killed Native Americans for their land in Oklahoma. Dr. Crawford said that the whites had not fought Native Americans for land, however, they had cheated them out of it.

The next discrepancy was Steinbeck’s location of the Dustbowl, implied by the location of the Joad’s farm. Dr. Crawford said that Steinbeck’s novel perpetuated the myth that all of Oklahoma was in a Dustbowl, and this is not true.

Dr. Crawford also outlined the controversy that “The Grapes of Wrath” received within Oklahoma. An editor from the “Oklahoma Daily” newspaper said the novel put Oklahomans in a negative light and the novel would discourage outside investment.

However, he admitted in an editorial that he hadn’t actually read the book.

There was also dissonance between the Joads and the typical family that actually

traveled to California during the Dustbowl. The Joads traveled as an extended family, while the majority of the other families were nuclear.

However, Dr. Crawford said the novel is not without merit. It does give insight on the difficulties that arose as a result of the Dustbowl.

“Although ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ does not accurately portray the history of the time, it does portray the ambience,” Dr. Crawford said.

Shortly after, Dr. Dodd took the podium to discuss the significance of agriculture in the book. He explained the role of the Homestead Act of 1862, which enticed people to move out west. The act allowed anyone to claim 160 acres of free land. Ten of these acres had to be plowed by the end of five years time.

However, the allotment of land was not enough to support a family. Not only that, but much of the land could not be plowed.

“It was believed at the time that rain would follow the plow, so everything was plowed,” Dr. Dodd said. He added that while farmers and technicians were doing the best with what they had, this belief was founded on ignorance and naïveté.

Because of the lack of sophistication in farming techniques, the farmers plowed deep and left the ground exposed, which was a standard agricultural practice at the time.

“By the 1930s, the table was set for a mess,” Dr. Dodd said.

Dr. Dodd defends the lack of knowledge the farmers and technicians had at the time.

“They didn’t have the benefit of hindsight,” he said.

In 1935, the government stepped

in with the Land Utilization Project novel’s adaptation to film. In spite in an effort to prevent further of some disparity, the movie, which wind erosion. New tillage patterns was directed by John Ford, is still conserved soil instead of using it considered on of the top 100 Great for crop American production.

Films.

Much of One of the this land “By the 1930s, the table was major literary makes up themes, Dr. set for a mess.“ Morris said, grazing lands today. was charity.

Next, Dr. — Dr. Jerrold Dodd The end of the Morris took Agriculture Professor novel, which the floor differs from to discuss the end of the the literary film, depicts merit of “Grapes of Wrath.” He the daughter, Rose of Sharon, breastbegan with a Mark Twain quote, feeding a starving man. Dr. Morris “The surest way to ensure that a said there has been a debate over book will never be read is to call it a whether this was a representation classic.” However, this classic won a of her character going through a Pulitzer Prize in 1940. grotesque change or an extreme act He explained that the book is of charity. He referenced the Seven divided into 30 chapters. The actual Corporeal Acts of Mercy, the first story of the Joad family makes up 14 being to feed the hungry. In the chapters, while the remaining 16 are closing question and answer segment called intercalary chapters, which of the panel, Dr. Morris said one of serve as a background for the Joad Steinbeck’s main purposes was to family’s situation and the world they change the circumstances of people were living in at the time. who were like the characters he Dr. Morris also discussed the portrayed. political agenda of the novel. He said that Steinbeck’s promotion of Socialism through the novel was indicative of the social context of the environment. Steinbeck wanted action to be taken to mend the problems that the poor were facing. He interviewed those living in the camps and found many of the workers starving. Morris said Steinbeck’s political agenda is clear in the novel and this created controversy when it was published.

Dr. Morris then spoke about the

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We only come out at night

Free your inner sociopath this Halloween M

y best friend is a sociopath.

He told me once that, before we became friends, he had never known the word “restraint.”

He said that because of our friendship, he now knows the value of restraint – the value of it as a weapon.

“With restraint,” He says, “I can choose to patiently hold back on someone until the best possible moment and then crush his or her fragile little ego with one sweep of my hand.”

See, the interesting things about his sociopathic tendencies are not only how they permeate every aspect of his life, but also how they tend to feed into his personal beliefs about the world.

He reads Nietzsche.

He reads Palahniuk.

He says, “Creativity through creation is dead. Now, the only the way to be creative is to destroy everything.”

He got into an argument with a homeless person in front of Wal-Mart over who will win the Super Bowl this year.

“What am I arguing with you for?” my friend asks the homeless person. “It’s not like you have a television to watch the game on anyway.”

Some people call my best friend a jerk. Some tell him that he’ll be in jail by the time he’s 21.

“On the other hand,” I think to myself, “he has great taste in music.”

There’s equity in the world after all.

On Oct. 31, my best

friend will turn 21. He joined the Marine Corps a few years ago and has just returned from his first tour of duty in Iraq. Marine Core boot camp has instilled a large degree of discipline in him, but I find that military training more often provides “focus” over “reprogramming.” Regardless, I still see the sociopath resurface in my friend from time to time, mostly around Halloween.

Last Halloween, he held a small get-together and bought Chinese food for everyone.

Instead of having it delivered,

he piled everybody into his car, lit a Black and Mild and sped to the restaurant, with Maynard Keenan screaming lyrics on the radio. On his way down the road, my best friend caught sight of a man standing in the front yard of someone’s house dressed up like Blue from “Blue’s Clues” and waving at cars as they passed by.

Seeing this as an opportunity to study the human condition, my best friend yelled “Jesus loves you” out the car window as we passed.

In the rear view mirror, it’s hard to tell if Blue is f lipping us

off or pointing to God. Halloween is an important celebration for those of us who teeter on the edge of sanity. It’s the one day out of the year that oddity is the norm.

No Lexapro.

No Carbolith.

No Valium.

My diagnosis? Let your psychosis be your guide. This Halloween, embrace your friendly neighborhood Nihilist. Throw down a few cold ones with your favorite conspiracy theorist.

Make the most out of chaos.

After all, as Tyler Durden says in Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club,” “Disaster is a natural part of my evolution . . . toward tragedy and dissolution.”

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THE CAMERON UNIVERSITY

COLLEGIAN Founded in 1926 veritas sempiterna

“Meow” means “Happy Halloween!”

As I contemplate what I’m going to be this year for Halloween, the first question is usually, “which animal?” I’ve usually been some variation of a cat, such as a zombie cat or a sixties-businesslady-in-a-caraccident-cat.

(Despite what you may think, I actually had to explain my costume to anyone who saw it.)

I remember the day that I became a crazy cat lady in training. I was two-years-old and had wandered over to the abandoned house next door. Playing on the rusty swingset, I heard mewing. The mewing led me to the garage where I found a small litter of kittens.

Just as any self-respecting toddler would do, I stood there screaming for my parents until they came around to discover their daughter had acquired an arm-full of kittens.

It all went downhill from there.

I currently have five cats, a cockatiel, around 20 turtles and a rat named Melley (on my shoulder) who goes everywhere with me. We even sleep in the same bed and, no, the cats don’t bother her. They are used to rats — if not terrified of them.

I’m going to get on my soapbox here and recommend rats as pets. They are a lot like cats or dogs but with smaller, um, messes. In addition, they are incredibly intelligent and affectionate.

Best of all, they make excellent Halloween props.

The possibilities are endless.

For example: “Plauge.” For this costume, you only need old, ratty (pun intended) garments and as many rats as you can wear in your hair or on your shoulders.

Liquid latex and fake blood can be blended for bite marks.

There’s also: Victim of Vampire Rat. You might need a little sewing talent for this to make a tiny Dracula cape.

Draw two fang marks on your neck and you’re done.

But don’t neglect the possiblities of cinema inspired costumes.

Dressing as a burned out, drunk Bette Davis with a covered dish (live

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rat inside) would be a delightful reference to “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” (Disabled, spiritually broken sister optional. ) People who need people may be the luckiest people, but people who need pets don’t have to deal with so much crap. I don’t mean to sound like a misanthropist, but animals just seem to be a little easier to get along with.

Plus, when we watch a movie or listen to music, they always let me pick. Although, I did have a hairless rat, Ratty Cake, who was partial to a Cannibal Corpse song “Devoured by Vermin.”

I once clipped a part of an antiquated article that

highlighted the dangers of becoming a recluse. One of the warning signs was regarding animals as or more important than humans. “This is dangerous” and “this should not be” the article said.

Why? A danger to whom? A danger to what? I’ve had my shots— most of them—and so have my animals. And while I contemplate the idea of being a hermit, it isn’t a very practical fate.

Someone has to run the pet stores.

However, pets are a nice break from human interaction. They don’t care if you’re up on things or have anything to say … not that they don’t have intriguing conversations at times.

After all this, it might be guessed that my pets wear Halloween costumes. Well, only if they want to.

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October 29, 2007

PAC plans spooky fun for all

By Kerry Shanks Collegian Staff PAC will host its annual Halloween Carnival from 5:307:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the Cameron University Band Room.

All ages are welcome to attend the Halloween Carnival, though most of the planned activities are

aimed at children ages 12 and under.

“Student organizations will be setting up all types of booths for children,” said Zeak Naifeh, CU’s Director of Student Activities.

He said that there will be everything from face-painting to food, including drawing and “stick your hand in a pumpkin and guess what’s inside.” There

also be a costume contest for the children.

“The event usually draws a large crowd, and a crowd we don’t usually see,” Naifeh said. “This event draws a lot of students with children who don’t normally attend our other events.”

After the Halloween Carnival, PAC has a busy schedule leading up to the holidays. They are planning a talent show, which will be held on Nov. 1 in the CU Theater.

PAC will be hosting a movie night featuring “Hairspray” on Nov. 6. They are

Student submits horror flick in online contest

By Bira Vidal Collegian Staff

A group of friends with two sets of cameras gets together to shoot a three minute short movie. This venture could be just another class project or a way to have fun, but for Kyle Luetters and his friends, it’s serious business.

The Insomnia Film Festival gives high school and college students the opportunity to write, cast, shoot, edit and score short films. The festival, which is sponsored by Apple, features 24 sleepless hours for students to do anything they desire with their movies.

Kyle Luetters, a Communication freshman, expressed his interest in the Insomnia Film Festival from the minute he heard about it. “[Apple] sent me an e-mail about a month and a half in advance,” Luetters said. “It seemed like a cool idea and it was a pretty intense challenge.”

He started working right away to meet the deadline for submissions, which was at 8 a.m. on Sept. 13. Because of the date, Luetters decided to steer his movie towards the horror genre. “[The movie] just kind of evolved from a Halloween news flier, and we were coming up with spoofs,” Luetters said. “We realized we never spoofed a horror film.”

The idea was perfect for the short film, and “Saturday the 13th ” was born.

The film features a group of college friends wandering around campus on a normal night, when a spaceship appears and brings an unwelcome visitor-an alien who captures victims one by one. The remaining survivors must figure out how to destroy the killer before being killed.

Although the short film is in the horror genre, “Saturday the 13th ” incorporates some humor into the script. The film resembles the comedic horror spoofs of the “Scary Movie” series. The victims die in abnormal and impossible ways, making the short film a potential comedy.

The Insomnia Film Festival promotes short movies from students, but it is also a competition with prizes. The amount of entries includes was overwhelming due to the number of students interested in the festival.

“There were over 3,000 [people applying],” Luetters said. He said that those 3,000 people were divided into teams of five.

The movie definitely has its Halloween influences, and may be a spooky film to watch this Oct. 31. Students can view the film on YouTube’s Web site or Apple’s Web site, which allows viewers to vote for their favorite short films.

Apple will bring the 25 top-voted teams together at 11 p.m. on Nov. 9 for a special screening. Professionals in the movie industry will be in charge of distributing the movies.

According to Luetters, the ultimate prize for the winners will make all the work worthwhile.

“The winning team will get new Apple Mac Book pros, copies of the ‘Final Cut Studio,’ copies of ‘Shake,’ ‘Logic Pro’ and a personal Apple care customer service card,” he said.

One of Luetters’ friends, Michael Faggett, a Communication freshman, made the movie-making process smoother for Luetters and helped him in any way possible.

“I basically helped in the overall acting process,” Faggett said. “I was Kyle’s assistant to make sure he had enough actors to accomplish the film.”

In order to vote for “Saturday the 13th,” or any other short movie, students can go to the Web site http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/.

Things to do at CU Oct. 30 - Tuesday Pursuits and pizza: 9 p.m. at Cameron Campus Ministries, 500 SW 27th. For more information, call 357.7226.

Oct. 30 - CU Percussion Ensemble Concert: 8 p.m. at Cameron University Theatre. For ticket information, call 581.2440.

Oct. 31 - PAC Halloween Carnival: 5:30 p.m. in the University Band Room. For more information, call PAC at 581.8086.

Nov. 1 - Free lunch: 12 - 1 p.m. at Cameron Campus Ministries, 500 SW 27th. For more information, call 357.7226.

Nov. 1 - C.O.R.E. Service - 9 p.m. at the Baptist Student Union, 2614 SW E. Ave. There will be a band and a speaker. For more information, call 357.7226.

Nov. 1 - Talent Show: 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. Free admission.

For more information, call PAC at 581.8086.

Nov. 2 - International Club Meeting: 5 p.m. in the Student Activities Building. Student to present the country of Albania. For more information, call 581.2838.

To have a campus event printed in “Things to do at CU” e-mail information to collegian@cameron.edu or call 581.2260.

Quote of the Week “To be great is to be misunderstood.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

also planning a karaoke night, which will be held on Nov. 29 in the Student Activities Building, as well as a Winter Ball to be held in the Mezzanine.

“All of our events have had great responses,” Naifeh said. “It is really difficult to pinpoint which one is the most popular.”

PAC encourages everyone to come out and enjoy an unforgettable Halloween Carnival that will be packed full with spooky fun and games for all ages.

Graphic by David R. Bublitz

Sociology Club making a difference

Photo by Brandi O’ Daniel

Take a note: Boxes for unneeded coats, bags and nonperishable food items are placed throughout the campus.

Students have until Nov. 15 to donate.

By Brandi O’ Daneil Collegian Staff Throughout October and November, the Sociology Club is running several drives and fund raisers for agencies in the Lawton community.

Every semester the sociology club organizes various activities and works with organizations and agencies that are in need of community involvement.

Dr. Maxwell Kwenda, Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, said that the community services the club provides are all student-driven and “geared to the needs in the community.”

This semester, the club held a barbecue at the residence of Dr. Su Ho Lee, who is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology, in order to raise funds. The fundraiser was held on Oct. 20 and was open to all students and their families. All proceeds will be used for the club’s charities and drives for the year. The barbecue provided a chance for students to get together while simultaneously raising money.

Dr. Lee said, “We do a barbecue gathering once or twice in an academic year to raise funds and to increase our membership.”

The Sociology Club has also distributed boxes around campus for collecting coats, suitcases, backpacks and canned foods.

The donated coats and jackets will be given to local shelters in order to get those without coats through the cold season. The suitcases and backpacks will be delivered to various foster homes within the community, and the canned foods will be given to the Lawton Food Bank.

Members collectively select the agencies to help based on their own volunteer experiences.

According to Dr. Lee, the members of the Sociology Club are greatly involved in every facet of the charity drives and fund-raisers.

“All sociology members are actively involved in the club planning and activities,” Dr. Lee said. “Information pertaining to community events and agencies in need of service is discussed in

organizational meetings, feasibility and timeliness are weighed and plans are adopted in open discussions.”

The club works with organizations such as the Marie Detty Youth and Family Services Center not only to help their community, but also to prepare students for life after graduation. Students in all fields are encouraged to participate in volunteer activities in order to know and learn more about their community and to gain experience for future careers.

“It essentially gives students activities that are tied to matters in class discussions and related to community issues that can be used in practical experiences,” Dr. Kwenda said.

The club helps a wide range of organizations during the year in order to aid in all areas of society and gain a better understanding of the world around them.

Dr. Lee said: “The Sociology Club promotes faculty-student participation in community affairs in the belief that ‘social conscience’ can arise from collective volition and voluntarism. We come to understand the community in which we live by understanding the need of others in our vicinity.”

Students can participate in the fundraisers and drives by contributing unneeded coats, bags and nonperishable food items.

Boxes for the drives are placed throughout the campus and students have until Nov. 15 to donate. For more information about the sociology club or the fund-raisers and drives, contact sociology club advisers Dr. Lee at 581.2945 or Dr. Kwenda at 581.2939.

Photo by Brandi O’ Daniel

A&E

October 29, 2007

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The beat goes on...

Photo courtesy of Music Department

Making music: Dr. James Lambert, Professor of Music Percussion, and the 2007-2008 CU Percussion Ensemble gear up for their fall show. The concert is slated for Tuesday, Oct. 30.

CU Percussion Ensemble to give fall performance Jason Dozier, Tony Bertram, Eric Vandergrift, Gareth Jester, Jarrod Collegian Staff LaRoche, Jeremy Toombs, Grant Hooked on Percussion? Some Johnson, Kimberly Garza, Klay students are.

Reece, Dustin Ray and Kevyn Cameron percussion students Reece. are practicing tirelessly to prepare According to Dr. Lambert, the for their upcoming performance. students study individually and then The Music Department will present come together for these concerts. the Cameron University Percussion “They study five areas of Ensemble’s Fall Concert at 8 p.m. on percussion ranging from the drum set, snare drums, keyboard percussion and timpani to steel drums,” Dr. Lambert said. “The ensemble concert combines those instruments in a variety of For birthdays this week: This year you’ll have opportunities combinations.” to achieve enormous success. It won’t be easy, but you’re determined and Jason Dozier is a rising creative. Watch out, world! senior who will play a To get the advantage, check the week’s rating: 10 is the easiest week, 0 multiple-percussion solo. the most challenging.

“He plays on a combination of three Aries (March 21-April 19) This week is a 5. Conditions are (which is why it is called easing up on you, but it hasn’t quite happened yet. Hold off on any major multiple) tom toms, a bass decisions or moves for another time. drum, and a crash symbol,” Dr. Lambert said. “He is Taurus (April 20-May 20) This week is a 6. Don’t feel like accompanied by individuals a party pooper if you decide not to go out. Let the party come to you. It’ll be each playing different lots more fun that way. pitched tom toms. It is a very unique combination.”

Gemini (May 21-June 21) This week is a 5. You’re doing Dr. Lambert said the well, but don’t go flashing your money around. That’s not wise. Pretend ensemble performance helps you’re barely getting by and you’ll gather up more treats.

By Jessica Frazier

Oct. 30 in the University Theatre.

Dr. James Lambert, Professor of Music Percussion, will conduct the ensemble.

“This is my 32nd year to teach at Cameron, so this is my 63rd semester concert,” Dr. Lambert said.

There are 11 percussion students who will perform at the concert, including four freshmen.

The students set to perform are:

Weekly Horoscopes

Cancer (June 22-July 22) This week is an 8. A person who’s usually good with words doesn’t seem to understand your subtle, nonverbal innuendoes. Come right out and say what’s on your mind.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) This week is a 6. Not a good time to try a new method. Don’t ask for an extension, either. Do the job you said you would, quickly and well. That will work best.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) This week is an 8. Be calm, patient and well-disciplined around one who’s falling apart. Words won’t help nearly as much as a display of your inner strength.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) This week is a 5. This oral exam is not easy, but it could be very important. Be polite, follow the routine you’ve been taught and don’t argue. Remember the password. You can do this.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) This week is a 9. Delays and other minor frustrations do get in the way. Consider them inconsequential and keep plugging toward your goal. Or just have it delivered.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) This week is a 5. Listen to your friends before making a big financial decision. Don’t have that be your only resource, however. They could be wrong. Ask your banker, too.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) This week is a 5. Words said in anger can cut like a knife, but sometimes they also reveal stuff the speakers holding back. This skill will serve you well.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) This week is a 6. One urgent matter is followed by another. These are not all your fault, but you are asked to fix them. Even if you’re not in the mood, you are good at this. You’ll do fine.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) This week is a 10. You should be in a marvelous mood, floating on cloud 9. Still, you should listen to critics, as some of them have a good point. And if there’s a payment that’s late, definitely get that into the mail.

students to not only learn how to play the instrument, but also compositional style, music theory, and playing in concert bands.

“Percussion ensemble is intended to be a complimentary ensemble as well as a stand alone ensemble,” Dr. Lambert said.

At the end of the concert, students will commemorate Oklahoma’s Centennial with a performance of “Oklahoma!”

Dr. Lambert’s wife will lead the audience in a rendition of the song.

After the concert, Friends of Percussion, a local group that supports Cameron’s Music Department, will host a reception for guests in the lobby of the theatre.

According to Dr. Lambert, there will be an announcer who will give

program notes about each piece.

Dr. Lambert writes the notes to give a little background information for audience members, especially students who have to write reports for music classes.

“Students that have never seen one will, in my opinion, will get hooked on it because I find that it is a good release from whatever studies they are in, and they will see what their fellow students are working on,” Dr. Lambert said. “We try to make it a fun experience.”

Students who become hooked on percussion or cannot make the fall concert will have something to look forward to because Cameron is hosting the state percussion festival in April.

Sports

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October 29, 2007

Coveted pigskin battle renews College, professional games offer starved Cameron students fun times Are you ready for some football?

Football is a mainstay of autumn that no red-blooded American should ever go without.

Think about it for a second: a group of guys on a field slamming each other as hard as they can to carry a pigskin from one end to the other.

What’s not to love?

For those who can’t play in real life, or don’t have a group to play, the weekend is that one time where you can grab a drink, kick back and enjoy a great game on television. What other sport gets Oklahomans in a frenzy like the Red River Shootout or the Bedlam?

Battle lines are drawn, families are divided, friends are forgotten and enemies are made just by one game. We’re no strangers to football

here. Some of the greatest players in the NFL came from Oklahoma colleges and universities. Even right now, Adrian Peterson is lighting up the NFL in Minnesota with his explosive running game. With only 12 carries against the Dallas Cowboys, he ran for more than 60 yards.

This could be the most exciting year that football fans have experienced in decades. Look at the past five years of college football.

There’s been one dynasty, the University of Southern California Trojans. They came up short against Texas for a three-peat championship in 2006. And they didn’t win in 2007, but they were still the team the

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Better luck next time USC: Stanford’s Bo McNally celebrates with a teammate after intercepting a pass against Southern California.

The Trojans are ranked no. 12 in the BCS standings.

experts picked at the beginning of this season. The AP Coaches Poll at the beginning of the year had USC as the top team.

Flash forward eight months and USC isn’t even in the top 10.

The team’s departure, while heartbreaking for USC fans, is a breath of fresh air for fans of college football in general. For the first time in years, we have a group of new teams vying for the top spot in the Bowl Championship Standings.

Relative unknown Boston College is ranked behind the Ohio State Buckeyes. Arizona State is in the fourth spot behind Louisiana State.

For once, there is some new blood in college football. The BCS this year could be very interesting.

Looking at the NFL, the league is still on its head. The New Orleans Saints, the Cinderella story of last year, have only won two games this year. They started out among the league’s worst teams, losing four straight games. Technically, they still have a shot at the playoffs, but they would have to win-out the rest of the year.

The Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams have yet to win a game.

Has this ever happened before?

Has a team ever gone an entire season without winning a single game? In 2001, the Carolina Panthers won t heir opening game, but couldn’t win another game the rest of the year. Even the deplorable Detroit Lions have managed to win a game during their seasons.

Speaking of the Lions,

how about those cats? At the beginning of the season, quarterback John Kitna promised the team would win 10 games.

The entire league laughed at the remark. But how far off was Kitna? The Lions are 4 and 2 behind the Green Bay Packers in the NFC North. They have a viable shot at the playoffs this year. Who would have thought last year that the Lions would be playoff contenders with Kitna as their quarterback? Last year, fans were wearing paper sacks over their heads during home games.

The year before that, they were running up and down the steps at Ford Field carrying signs that said “Fire Matt Million,” the general manager. Not since the era of Barry Sanders have the Lions had this good of a chance of being a respected team.

With all of the surprises in the NFL, there are two aspects of the game that still aren’t surprising: the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots. Both teams are still undefeated and either team looks like it could go all the way this year. The only problem is both teams will face each

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Who says cheaters never prosper: After being caught filming signals, Belichick and the New England Patriots remain undefeated. other Sunday. Like they say in “Highlander,” “there can be only one.” It looks like the champagne might not be popping in Miami this year, even if it is for a team that was caught cheating.

Make no mistake, football season is here and it’s a surprising year for both college and professional.

Though, if you’re looking for a local game, fear not. The Cameron Fitness Center is directing intramural football games from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Cameron Stadium.

The college doesn’t need a football team for Cameron students to enjoy a great game of pigskin.

Sports

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Martinuzzi’s last dance at CU

By Kareem Guiste Collegian Staff With just under a year to depart from where she made her home for five years, Merissa Martinuzzi feels that giving Cameron her last dance is something that would fulfill a long desired dream. The CU women’s basketball point guard thinks this year’s role will be one of leadership for her and that she expects to give more than enough to ensure that herself and the team change the cards from last year’s deck.

“This year I will be taking up more of a leadership role, and that is simply because, myself of course and Tiffany, were here for a while,” Martinuzzi said. “I feel a responsibility to myself and to the team to display what I have learnt through out my years on the team.”

With the relationships moving to a higher level, the CU women’s team seems to be creating a mold from within to change a lot for the 2007-2008 season. According to Martinuzzi, the members of the team are bonding well and that creates a mood of good cheers.

A lot of work is being put into this year’s squad, like other years, and the team as it continues to tirelessly meet for training has been focusing on moving forward.

With the continuation of Coach Kevin Hackerott at the helm, there seems to be a strong will for success coming from the locker room.

“There is a great relationship between the team and we are working on making it even better,” Martinuzzi said. “This year though, we have a much bigger team and more talents here as well, and therefore I expect to relax a bit and take some pressure away from me and concentrate more on my performance at training and at games.”

With Coach Hackerott keeping watch at the top, the girls can guarantee themselves a strong minded coach who has borough a wealth of knowledge of the game to CU and as well many differences in style, which according to Martinuzzi has found favor with the team and herself.

In her time at CU Martinuzzi has had many teammates and did not at any time fail to recognize a good core that existed during her first and second years as a point guard here.

“In my first two years at CU there was a deep core of talented players who I was honored to play with, a few moved on, even to international opportunities,” Martinuzzi said. “ I did not play much during those years, because

Photo by Kareem Guiste

Content to the end: Merrisa Martinuzzi (right) defends new point gaurd Jasmine Parr at the CU Fitness Center. The squad continues to train now at the Aggie Gymnasium as they get ready for tip-off of the new season on Nov. 16. The first home game is on Nov. 23 to Nov. 24. of injuries and other minor glitches, but I still enjoyed being around the team and took advantage of the atmosphere at training, free time and games.”

As time passed and fitness became second nature to the Cameron Aggie point guard, she was then in a more solid state of mind and physical content to grab the opportunities available to prove herself as the devoted athlete she was and is.

The team’s membership turnover rate increased per semester, which can complicate a team’s cohesivness.

In any successful team, time always plays an important role. Despite having new members on the team, Martinuzzi feels that the squad is bonding well.

“This year it is practically a new squad, a lot of freshmen and juniors, and so far I have seen a good structure and a good squad and that

makes me happy,” Martinuzzi said. “ This year I am expecting us to turn the numbers around from last year’s season. We have a well structured squad and should maintain a good run of form.”

With the season’s commencement drawing near, Martinuzzi’s basketball career at CU approaches the close, but certainly not on a sad note. With the talent she has perfected at the home of the Aggies and the knowledge she has acquired through pursuing an undergraduate degree in Health and Physical Education, she has already begun to think of her future after she walks in May. “Through adaptation and understanding, I have learned a lot from my two coaches in the past four years here and will make no comparisons between them, two great guys,” Martinuzzi said. “I have realized that one should always take

advantage of the resources that are handed to them and make good use of it, and that I have done through out my time here.”

Though Martinuzzi is not suggesting that all the times at CU were great but most were definitely memorable. With more than a few possible options about the future of her career looming in her mind, she (Martinuzzi) feels that teaching and coaching are the foremost in her preferred choices.

“If I return to Canada, teaching at a high school is the choice at hand, maybe concentrating on nutrition and or physical education,” Martinuzzi said. “But I am open to suggestions within this range, at home in Canada or here in the U.S.” At the end of all possibilities, Martinuzzi said she would just love to get involved and help the community where ever she gets

situated, have a family of course, coach at some level and have a few kids.

“Getting married is always on the list of things to do, but not now,” Martinuzzi said. “ I just want to get involved in my community, I want to be a positive influence where ever I am, to my peers, family, and the general society.”

Graphic by David R. Bublitz

The Coaches Corner

Get to know your Cameron Aggies Coaches

By Craig Martin Sports Information Director

Photo courtesy CU Online

All Smiles: Cameron’s men’s and women’s Head Tennis Coach James Helvey. Helvey has been coach since 1993, when the inaugaral men’s program began.

James Helvey is in his 15th season as head coach of the Cameron men’s tennis team and his sixth year as director of the Lady Aggies women’s squad. He is the only coach the Aggie men’s program, which began in 1993, has ever known. Helvey’s tennis teams have posted winning records each season at Cameron and have advanced to NCAA postseason competition numerous times.

Helvey joined the Cameron tennis program in 1993 as head coach of the newly formed Aggie men’s squad. Since 1994, all ten Cameron men’s teams under Helvey have advanced to the NCAA Division II national championship tournament.. The Aggies have been a host school for the two of the last

three NCAA II Midwest Regional Championships, with Helvey serving as a regional tournament director each of those years.

In 1994, Helvey directed Cameron’s top men’s singles player to the ITA Regional Singles Championship and a berth in the ITA National Rolex Tournament.

The 1999 women’s doubles team of Ana Vera-Vera and Tiffany Burgess also won the ITA Regional Doubles Championship, earning a trip to the National Rolex Doubles Tournament in Memphis, Tenn.

When longtime Cameron women’s tennis coach Joe Jones resigned in 1999, Helvey was selected to take over the reigns of the Aggie women’s program, as well.

His women’s teams have responded with four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division II national

tournament and four winning seasons.

A native of Ft. Worth, Texas, Helvey began his coaching career at Texas Wesleyan University, guiding both the Rams and Lady Rams tennis teams from 1990-1993.

During that time, Helvey compiled a 95-59 coaching record and was twice voted the Coach of the Year in the Heart of Texas Conference.

Helvey also served on the NAIA ranking committee from 1991-93 and was the Director of Special Events, Tennis Lessons, Leagues and Clinics at Riverbend Athletic Club in Ft. Worth from 1992-93.

In 1992, Helvey assisted many of the best professional tennis players in the world while serving as the team stringer for both the United States and Switzerland in Davis Cup competition.

He also served as Tournament Director for the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation from 1986-88.

Helvey played collegiate tennis for four years, beginning with a two-year stint at Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas. He then transferred to Texas Wesleyan University, where he was member of the Rams men’s tennis program for two seasons before graduating in 1990.

In addition to his coaching duties, Helvey is also a member of the Cameron University faculty as an instructor in the health and physical education department.

He earned a Master’s degree in behavioral sciences from Cameron in 2002. Helvey and his wife, Aubree, live in Lawton with their son, Hunter.

Variety

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Cameron

October 29, 2007

Celebrates

Diversity

By Elizabeth Yocham

Pruchnicki, Director of Student Development, Collegian Staff Cameron University celebrated celebrating diversity is diversity with its annual Diversity important and enjoyable.

“Celebrating diversity Day festivities. is important because it Diversity Day, which is an exposes us to new ideas and ongoing tradition at CU, is a time for students to come together and cultures,” she said. “It’s not just celebrate one another’s differences. important, it is also really fun.”

Contributing to the event’s This year’s Diversity Day success was the fact that the showcased cultural exhibits, diversity celebration was performances and food from shortened from a week to a around the world. day.

“It’s quite interesting to enjoy “Having the diversity all the foods and dances,” Sweta celebration on one day seemed Shresta, Biology major from Nepal to really drive home the spirit said,“I think it’s the best way to of unity,” Dr. Pruchnicki said. show respect for one another.”

This day, which was According to Dr. Jennifer dedicated to celebrating diversity, united us all.

“Cultural Diversity is a good way of bringing people together from different backgrounds.”

“ I think it’s the best way to show respect for one another.”

“It is good for the community.

It gives students an opportunity to let them know what they have on campus.”

“I think it’s important for people of different race and culture to come together and celebrate what is good and beautiful of all people.”

“We had a good turnout and students got to sample food from places they didn’t know we had students from.”

“This is the best platform we can know more about different cultures.”

Photos by Bira Vidal and Elizabeth Yocham Photo Collage by Bira Vidal