The Cameron University Collegian: October 5, 2009

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Campus Food Services

Seeing growth, preparing for MAC

By Jim Horinek Collegian Staff

30th Annual International Festival.

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As Cameron continues to evolve, many different things on campus are seeing changes. With the increases in student housing and student life, the campus food services are evolving in stride with the rest of the campus.

According to Food Services Director Daniel Ghrayyeb, with housing numbers topping out at over 500, the need and popularity of the campus food services has grown.

“In the past two years, the housing numbers have constantly been going up and that has been a positive thing for us,” Ghrayyeb said.

As a result of the increases, there have been very impressive numbers of students using the cafeteria this semester.

“We are averaging about 200 to 215 people daily at lunch time in the cafeteria,” Ghrayyeb said. “At night we are serving around 180. This has been a definite increase for us, which is great.”

Ghrayyeb credits some of the increased food services numbers to the importance that is placed on the food quality.

“With everything we do, the main goal is to provide a good service for the students,” Ghrayyeb said. “If you get a sub here it is comparable or better than going somewhere else. We make sure that the products that we use are high quality ones.”

Ghrayyeb continued by explaining that the assumptions that are sometimes made that a cafeteria uses short cut products like powdered eggs or off brand products will be found to be untrue at Cameron.

The changes in food services extend to the Aggie Grill, Campus Brew and Student Union food court.

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Community Band to perform fall concert.

Graphic courtesy of Public Affairs

High class: This rendering shows what a portion of the new food court area in the McMahon Activities Complex will look like. The food court in the MAC will be much larger and more efficiently designed than the current food court in the Student Union.

“With everything we do, the main goal is to provide a good service for the students.”

— Daniel Ghrayyeb Food Services Director

MAC: The balcony on the south side of the MAC will offer a place for students, faculty and staff to eat while looking out on the Bentley Gardens.

Rep. Dorman speaks of Civic Engagement

By Justin Cliburn

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Collegian Staff

Sports

Ellerbrock is Volleyball team’s catalyst.

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Voices

Freedom of the press not so free.

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Burger joint: The Sky Ranch Grill is one of the franchises that will be in the new food court in the MAC.

Dr. Justin Walton hosted his first Faculty-in-Residence event, a speech about public service by Oklahoma State Representative Joe Dorman on Sept. 29 in the Shepler building’s Wichita Room.

Approximately 40 students, staff and faculty members attended the event, which was held to discuss the relevance of public service within the community. Dr. Justin Walton, Assistant Professor of Communications, has been the university’s Faculty-in-Residence since the beginning of the fall semester. This was Dr. Walton’s first Faculty-in-Residence event, and he believed it went well.

“I was very pleased with the event, overall,” Dr. Walton said. “It is important for our young people to realize the value of public service, and I think they learned from Rep. Dorman’s speech.”

Dorman, a Democrat from Rush Springs, has been a state representative since 2002, but he cites much earlier dates as the beginning of his career as a public servant.

“Public service does not always entail being in elected office,” Dorman said. “It is best to get started early; I got my start in 4-H and student council.”

Although Dorman won his house seat in 2002, he was quick to point out that he lost his very first election — for student council at Rush Springs High School.

Photo by Jim Horinek

Public Servant: Rep. Jo Joe Dorman of Rush Springs discusses what led him to public blic service. Dorman came to Cameron as part of the Faculty-in-Residence y-in-Residence progr program series.

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Cameron to offer FREE Flu Shots Cameron ron University will provide free seasonal flu ll students, faculty and staff and their shots to all families from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6 in the CETES Conference Center, ter, thanks to the suppo support of the Comanche County Health Department. Alt Although inst the H1N1 this vaccination will not protect against virus, a yearly seasonal flu vaccine is the first and most important step in protecting against other strains of seasonal flu. The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the three seasonal viruses that research suggests will be most common this flu season.

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October 5, 2009

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larger and more effective space for food services to function in.

“The new building has a lot of options and I Detailed plans: This architectural drawing goes into detail to reprehave worked with sent exactly how the food court area of the MAC will be constructed. The the university plans, once completed, will offer campus food services a new home. on designing it,” Ghrayyeb said. expand and improve.

“Things like having the coffee “We have expanded food “The Aggie Grill, Campus shop in the hallway so that. if services in general so that in Brew and the Student Union there is a special event, we can some way or another there is food court will go to the MAC. open the coffee shop without something open from 7:30 a.m.

Th e idea is to create a kind of opening the entire food court.” to 10 p.m. Monday through center hub for everyone to eat Another great feature of the Friday,” Ghrayyeb said. “Then, MAC food court will be a more Saturday and Sunday, the Union at,” Ghrayyeb said. “That way, for instance, if two people went streamlined entrance and exit food court is open until 2:30 to eat and one person wanted layout that will help make the p.m. and the Aggie Grill is open pizza, and the other person lines and paying procedures seven days a week from 7 p.m. to wanted coff ee, then you could do more efficient.

10 p.m.” that all in one place instead of “The way that we do business Although things are off one person going to one building will get a lot easier with the new and running this semester, and then the other going to union,” Ghrayyeb said. “The flow the opening of the McMahon another.” will be a lot cleaner, much more Student Activities Complex The new food court in the like a streamlined food court in (MAC) promises to bring more MAC is going to provide a much a mall where you will be able to opportunities for food services to

walk up, order what you want and then walk out the exit doors and pay on your way out.”

According to Ghrayyeb, the types of food that are offered in the MAC are based upon what current trends and student interests call for.

“The concepts that we have are based around what are the most popular items out there right now. The hamburgers, pizzas and subs are the most popular foods for college-aged individuals,” Ghrayyeb said.

Ghrayyeb explained that yet another plus of moving into the new location will be the ability to offer more items.

“The space that we are in right now is very cramped.

Due to the size, our volume is limited because of the amount of food that we can keep on hand,” Ghrayyeb said. “With the increased space in the MAC we will be able to expand all of our menus.”

To add to the new options there will be an increase in “grab and go” items for those who do not have the time to sit down and have a meal.

“There will be more things to go than ever before. Things like sandwiches, wraps and salads,” Ghrayyeb said. “The new program is called Simply to Go it is a branded program that allows for mostly healthy items to be available in a to go format.”

Ghrayyeb makes a point of letting students, faculty and staff know that CU food services prides itself on quality and meeting the needs of the campus.

“Everything is high quality, our burgers are Angus, we don’t use any off brands or weird things and we use fresh produce as well,” he said. “I always tell people that anytime someone wants to see how we operate and what we use then we will show them. We give tours of the kitchen all the time.”

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Photo by Jim Horinek

Welcomed guest: Rep. Joe Dorman and Assistant Professor Dr. Justin Walton reminisce on their fraternity days. Dr. Walton and Dorman attended OSU together.

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After finally getting elected into student council and becoming involved in 4-H, Dorman was able to do some work at the state Capitol, something that he cites as key to his development as a public servant.

“Working in the capitol was eye-opening for a country boy from Rush Springs,” Dorman said. “And it helped me decide to become a Political Science major at OSU.” While most people associate public service with solely elected positions, Dorman made it clear just how important grassroots public service is to Oklahoma.

“Do you realize that 92 percent of the state of Oklahoma is serviced by volunteer firefighters? It’s true. Sixty-four percent of the state is serviced by volunteer sheriff deputies,” Dorman said. “That’s public service.”

While not everyone can be a firefighter or sheriff deputy, Dorman gave examples of what students can do, while highlighting a particular student in attendance. Programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps are big commitments, but the rewards, both tangible and intangible, are well worth it, he said.

“AmeriCorps and Peace Corps are big commitments, but you can do what a student here in attendance did,” he said. “He served on a state education committee to reduce the amount of high school dropouts.”

From his position in elected office, Dorman said he has learned that he enjoys the small perks of public service more so than he realized he would.

“I got into public service to be a nerdy policy wonk; that’s who I am,” he said. “But there’s nothing like the feeling of helping someone who has lost their job and had their lights turned off or helping a student get a scholarship that he or she needs.”

Out of all his years of public service, Dorman is still highly proud of the first bill he ever got passed — a bill to overturn an ordinance in Rush Springs that banned dancing, ala “Footloose.”

“The city council was trying to annex land outside of the town where we were going to hold our prom in order keep us from dancing,” he said. “So we organized and got the ordinance overturned.”

Voices

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Crossing Red River harder than it sounds I’ll be honest: coming to terms with the fact that when I do eventually, someday, graduate from college, my diploma will have the word ‘Oklahoma’ on it and not ‘Texas’ has been somewhat of a struggle.

Being born and raised in the Lone Star State means that you will forever have a Texas-sized hole in your heart if you ever have the misfortune of leaving, and it also means that you look down on other states because they can’t possibly know the feeling of such pride for their home. It’s just something that you grow up believing, which I did, until my husband joined the Air Force and we were moved to Oklahoma, otherwise

known as Texas’ arch-enemy.

When my husband and I were driving up U.S. Highway 283 towards Altus, my jaw literally dropped at the sight of the cotton fields, as the only exposure to cotton fields in my lifetime had been the ones Big Sam worked in “Gone with the Wind;” I didn’t even know they existed anymore — as I sat in the car wearing a 100 percent cotton t-shirt. I know; I was a sheltered kid. But, in my mind, cotton fields were a thing of the past, which meant that Oklahoma was stuck in the past.

Even after the first year

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of living here, I refused to call Oklahoma ‘home.’ Texas was, and always would be, my home, and nothing was going to change that. I frequently wore a Texas Longhorns shirt to rile up Oklahoma Sooner fans, despite not caring one iota about either team — very mature, right?

Somewhere along the way though, my thought process changed.

I had only earned three credit hours from a community college in Texas when I moved here, so my entire post-secondary education is stamped with Oklahoma.

When I was taking College Algebra at Western Oklahoma State College in Altus, my professor used farming terms and measurements to get the point of why the mathematical equations were relevant to everyday life. For others they may have been, but for me it was just a constant source of amusement. I had never looked at math in relation to

agriculture, but the way he used it to get his point across was effective. I remember doodling miniature farms on my tests to figure out the answer.

It’s still hard to think of Oklahoma as home, only because I’m so torn. On the one hand, I have my entire extended family, as well as everything I’ve ever known, down in Texas. But on the other hand, there are people here who have shaped my life in such a profound way and continue to on a daily basis.

To be fair, it really didn’t matter where I was during these three very formative years; either way I would have changed because the environment always changes your outlook on life, for better or for worse. I was just lucky that it happened to be here.

For right now, I’m going to claim both as my home. Not that I have disowned Texas, so much as I have accepted Oklahoma.

Who knows when the Air Force will decide that it’s time to ship us off in another direction, to another place I think I hate, such as New York or Philadelphia, which is purely because I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. Who knows, maybe I can find a home in those places as well, though I sincerely doubt it.

All I know is that on the day of my graduation, I will proudly walk on stage and accept my diploma touting the word ‘Oklahoma,’ and when I leave this state, I will always remember that it was once my home.

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Free press: America should practice what it preaches

By Joel Brinkley MCT Campus If you want to know whether a nation is truly democratic, one measure will give you an answer with near certitude: How does the state treat the press?

Nothing so directly challenges a corrupt or authoritarian leader than an aggressive news media. So, wherever the United States and its Western allies have wielded inf luence over the formation of a new government in the last half century — from Japan to Iraq — freedom of the press has been a core value the United States has tried to imprint on the culture of each new state. The recent results are mostly discouraging.

I first worked in Iraq in the months after the 2003 invasion, and it was thrilling to see a dozen or more independent Iraqi newspapers for sale on the streets, a new one every week or so. With financial help from the United States, several television stations began broadcasting relatively independent news.

After decades of brutal repression, freedom of the press and expression f lowered — though, of course bombers and militants made life dangerous and harrowing for journalists and everyone else. At least 170 journalists were killed during

the war’s first five years.

Today many of the surviving reporters are scared. The government is censoring, suing and harassing reporters.

In July, “The Economist” reported, police arrested a journalist for taking pictures of a typical, massive Baghdad traffic jam, saying the photos ref lected badly on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s campaign to demonstrate that the quality of life was improving.

Last month about 100 Iraqi journalists staged a raucous protest of growing restrictions on their work, shouting: “No, no to muzzling; yes, yes to freedom!”

The government is now censoring the Internet and certain books, on the pretext of protecting citizens from pornography and hate messages. But as every journalist knows, that is the leading edge of a slippery slope.

Reporters Without Borders places Iraq near the bottom of its press freedom index, and its ranking continues to fall.

The United States introduced the notion of a free press to Afghanistan in 2002, but during the election in August state security forces assaulted and arrested numerous domestic and foreign journalists reporting on violence during the voting.

How could President Hamid

Karzai steal the election if the news media had been free to show mayhem and chicanery at the polls? Now we can clearly see that Karzai is not a democrat, and the news media is a victim of that. But then he is not the only villain. Taliban militants have kidnapped dozens of domestic and foreign reporters in recent years and killed four of them.

The United States, NATO and the United Nations practically created the modern state of Kosovo, which proclaimed its independence last year. Like most Central Asian states, newspapers and television stations are generally attached to political parties. Still, some reporters are showing encouraging early signs of independence. But when RTK, the state’s lone independent, public-television station, broadcast a news show this spring that discussed issues such as drug addiction, homosexuality, human rights, and press freedom — a novel broadcast for Kosovo — the reporter received death threats, and others in the media launched a smear campaign.

Perhaps we should give Kosovo a little more time.

Before that, the United Nations occupied Cambodia in 1993 and 1994 and staged elections with the aim of establishing a new democracy after decades of genocide

and war. The United States contributed one-third of the $3 billion spent on this effort.

Under U.N. patronage, new newspapers, radio and TV stations began publishing and airing an array of aggressive news reports.

Since that time, however, freedom of the press has been on slow slide south. Reporters Without Borders ranked Cambodia 71st out of 139 countries in 2002. By 2008, the ranking had slid to 126th out of 173 nations — in the company of Kazakhstan, a dictatorship; and Jordan, a monarchy. Over the summer, the government sued several newspapers for defamation because they had published articles that offended senior officials. One newspaper was forced to close. In July the government sued the Cambodia Daily, an excellent English language newspaper, for merely quoting someone who criticized the government. Last week, the court found the paper’s editor guilty.

Critics of former President Bush have long argued that, no matter how inspiring those images of Iraqi voters with purple fingers may have been, elections alone cannot create a democracy. The fate of the news media in several new, Western-imposed democracies is a sad but honest demonstration of that.

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Sports

October 5, 2009

CU Volleyball steps up against rivals

By Jeramy Eidson Collegian Staff After losing 3-4, the Aggie volleyball team needed to get back into the groove that led to a 10-2 start to the season.

The Aggies did just that winning two of their last three.

The loss: barely to a conference opponent, East Central.

Cameron took the Tigers to a 5 set match but could not quite close the deal against them.

CU took the first set in dominating fashion 25-15 but lost the next two sets 24-26 and 21-25 before winning set four 25-23. The final set was close, but the Aggies could not seem to edge the East Central Tigers, losing 11-15.

The two Aggie wins that came after the devastation of the East Central loss were quite impressive, however.

In a four-set battle with Southeastern Oklahoma State, the Aggies narrowly escaped victory in three of the four sets to tally their first conference win of the season, leaving them with an overall record of 13-6 and a LSC record of 1-2.

In the first set, both teams battled back and forth before CU was about to close the set at 33-31. The closeness of the long, drawn-out battle of the first set foreshadowed the three more exciting, close sets to come.

CU took the second set away from Southeastern, leading

Photos by Bennett Dewan

All out barrage: No. 6 Kellie Dickerson and no. 4 Nikita Abbott unleash spikes during the first set against Wayland Baptist University. The Aggies won the match in straight sets.

2-0 going into the third set.

Southeastern stubbornly won set three in a score that was just as close as the previous two sets, 20-25, before going into what would be the final set of the match.

The Aggies escaped one

more close set, 25-23, to attain their first conference win of the season.

In the last non-conference game of the season for the Aggies, CU faced Wayland Baptist in the third and final game of their home stand.

Cameron came out onto the hardwood with no remorse for their opponent the first two sets, which the Aggies took from Wayland Baptist in a dominating performance. The Aggies stole the first set 2515 and then crushed Wayland Baptist in the second set 25-12.

The Aggies did let set three slip away, as they were down 2225 but closed out the match 25-23 in set four.

The turnout at the three games during the home stand was great and much appreciated by Coache Brianne Smedley and the players.

“My girls have gotten used to traveling so much from our preseason schedule, but it was nice to be at home,” Smedley said. “The crowds were great and they were really behind us. It was nice to see that. We played really well.”

The Aggies now prepare themselves for conference play throughout the rest of the season. Beginning Oct. 8 and lasting through Nov. 7, the Aggies will face conference opponents that are readying for the Lone Star Conference tournament.

The Aggies will have a nineday break before traveling to

Kingsville, Texas to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville in what should be a victory for the red hot Aggies.

Texas A&M-Kingsville is struggling with a 9-7 record and are 0-4 in conference play while the Aggies are just now getting familiar with their new line-up and winning as finally get healthy.

Smedley will have plenty of time to prepare her girls with lots of gameplanning, practice and rest during the nine-day break.

“We’re using the same lineup that we used when we got beat by Arkansas-Fort Smith. All of our girls are healthy except Malyssa Acton.

We’re going to practice but with relief,” Smedley said.

Sophomore Malyssa Acton tore her ACL in a game against Midwestern State, which has forced her to sit this season out.

With the girls now getting accustomed to their lineup, becoming healthy and playing well with each other, it will be exciting to see them in conference play as they search for a high seed in the Lone Star Conference tournament scheduled in mid-November.

Aggies excel at Regional Championships

By Saman Samii Collegian Staff The Cameron Aggie women’s tennis team traveled to Topeka, Kansas the weekend of Sept.

25 to participate in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championship tournament. CU is in the southwest section of the tournament, a region which is described as one of the toughest in the country. The Aggie women finished the tournament with one representative in the final four of both the singles and the doubles draws.

Due to the limited number of players each team could bring to the tournament, Cameron only brought their top three women. Carolina Mullor, Elle Sholles, and Amanda Moberg represented CU in the tournament this year, and all three Aggie women reached the second round. However, the standout player of the weekend was Moberg.

“This year’s tournament was the strongest I have seen it in years, and to have all three players winning their first round is big,” Head Coach James Helvey said.

All three women started play on Fri. Sept. 25, and first on the court was senior Carolina Mullor who took on Lisa Pendrak of Northwest Missouri State University. Mullor played solid and was in control throughout the whole match, winning by the score of 6-1, 6-2 to book her place into the second round.

Freshman Elle Sholles had a

tougher opening match where she took on Faiga Schmidt of Southwest Baptist University. After cruising through the first set and winning it 6-1, Sholles needed to bring her A-game to win the second set by the score of 7-5 to place her in the second round. Newcomer Amanda Moberg met the expectations of being the number one player on the team by winning her first round match easily.

The talented Moberg beat Michaela Romanova of Northeastern State University (NSU) by the score of 6-3, 6-2.

After only a couple of hours of rest, the girls were in action again in singles play. Unfortunately, Mullor and Sholles could not keep their momentum at a high and lost their second round matches.

Mullor fell to Zuzanna Osinka of NSU, 6-1, 6-2, while Sholles lost to Stephanie Rodriguez of the University of the Incarnate Word by the score of 6-2, 6-0.

“Both Carolina and Elle played well; they fought hard against tough opponents,” Helvey said.

“I am happy with the way they played and represented us on the court.”

The highlight of the tournament was Moberg’s outstanding performance. In her second round match, Moberg nearly lost to Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) number one player, Julia Mongin, after facing three matchpoints down 2-5 in the third set.

Moberg showed tremendous commitment and turned the match around to finish on top. The final score was 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

“Amanda was committed and you could see in her eyes that she wanted the win,” Helvey said. “I was proud to see that she never gave up, and that is why she won the match.”

On Sat Sept. 26, Moberg took care of business when she quickly

won both of her singles matches to book a place in the semifinals of the tournament. In her round of 16s match, she defeated Julia Shviadok of the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) by the score of 6-2, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, Moberg dismissed Tarleton State University’s Adriana Jaskova, 6-2, 6-1.

On the final day of the tournament, Moberg faced the same Osinka of NSU who beat Mullor in the second round.

After quickly taking the lead and being up 5-2 in the first set, the freshman Moberg could not keep her emotions controlled and lost the set, 7-5. Osinka took advantage of her experiences competing at a collegiate level for four years and proved to be the stronger player at key points. She won the second set by the score of 6-4.

“Amanda did great and I am proud of her results this weekend,” Helvey said. “Reaching the semis as a freshman in her first-ever regional tournament is not bad. She will only keep improving from this point.”

In the doubles tournament, the duo of Moberg and Sholles won their three opening doubles matches in decisive fashion to book their place into the final four slots of the tournament. In the semifinal match, the ladies fought well against the duo of Walker and Pavlin from ACU, but lost by the score of 7-6, 6-0.

“It has been an outstanding tournament,” Helvey said. “To have a representative in the final four of both the singles and the doubles draw is great. Amanda and Elle are both freshmen and that makes things even more exciting. I am positive that from here on, we will only improve. These results will definitely fire up our whole women’s team for the spring season.”

The Aggie women’s tennis team next competes in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) Individual Championship tournament Oct. 9-10. The annual LSC event will close out the fall season for the Aggies.

Photos by Bennett Dewan

The dynamic duo: Freshmen Amanda Moberg (above) and Elle Sholles (below) volley during their first home match as a doubles team. Moberg and Sholles were two of the three Aggies to compete at the ITA Regional Championship Tournament. In doubles competition the duo won three of their four matches.

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Ellerbrock is quarterback on court

By Jacob Russell Collegian Staff After losing 3-4, the Aggie volleyball team needed to get back into the groove that led to a 10-2 start to the season.

The Aggies did just that winning two of their last three.

The loss: barely to a conference opponent, East Central.

Cameron took the Tigers to a 5 set match but could not quite close the deal against them.

CU took the first set in dominating fashion 25-15 but lost the next two sets 24-26 and 21-25 before winning set four 2523. The final set was close but the Aggies could not seem to edge the East Central Tigers, losing 11-15.

The two Aggie wins that came after the devastation of the East Central loss were quite impressive, however.

In a four-set battle with Southeastern Oklahoma State, the Aggies narrowly escaped victory in three of the four sets to tally their first conference win of the season, leaving them with an overall record of 13-6 and a LSC record of 1-2.

In the first set, both teams battled back and forth before CU was about to close the set at 33-31. The closeness of the long, drawn-out battle of the first set foreshadowed the three more exciting, close sets to come.

CU took the second set away from Southeastern, leading 2-0 going into the third set.

Southeastern stubbornly won set three in a score that was just as close as the previous two sets, 2025, before going into what would be the final set of the match.

The Aggies escaped one more close set, 25-23, to attain their first conference win of the season.

In the last non-conference game of the season for the Aggies, CU faced Wayland Baptist in the third and final game of their home stand.

Cameron came out onto the hardwood with no remorse for their opponent the first two sets, which the Aggies took from Wayland Baptist in a dominating performance. The Aggies stole

the first set 25-15 and then crushed Wayland Baptist in the second set 25-12.

The Aggies did let set three slip away, as they were down 2225 but closed out the match 2523 in set four.

The turnout at the three games during the home stand was great and much appreciated

by Coach Brianne Smedley and the players.

“My girls have gotten used to traveling so much from our preseason schedule, but it was nice to be at home,” Smedley said. “The crowds were great and they were really behind us. It was nice to see that. We played really well.”

The Aggies now prepare themselves for conference play throughout the rest of the season. Beginning Oct. 8 and lasting through Nov. 7, the Aggies will face conference opponents that are readying for the Lone Star Conference tournament.

The Aggies will have a nineday break before traveling to Kingsville, Texas to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville in what should be a victory for the red hot Aggies.

Texas A&M-Kingsville is struggling with a 9-7 record and are 0-4 in conference play while the Aggies are just now getting familiar with their new line-up and winning as finally get healthy.

Smedley will have plenty of time to prepare her girls with lots of game planning, practice and rest during the nine-day break.

“We’re using the same lineup that we used when we got beat by Arkansas-Fort Smith. All of our girls are healthy except Malyssa Acton. We’re going to practice but with relief,” Smedley said.

Sophomore Malyssa Acton tore her ACL and is sitting the season out.

With the girls now getting accustomed to their lineup, becoming healthy and playing well with each other, it will be exciting to see them in conference play as they search for a high seed in the Lone Star Conference tournament scheduled in mid-November.

Photos by Bennett Dewan

Offensive juggernaut: Senior Setter no. 13 Laura Ellerbrock sets up the hitters by bumping or setting for scoring chances at the Aggie Gym. Ellerbrock leads the team with 764 sets over the course of the season thus far. The Physical Education Major has been the leader of the Aggie attack for the last two seasons posting a 10.61 assist-to-set ratio.

NASCAR driver eyes second championship

By Joshua Rouse Collegian Staff With seven races to go in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup, Kurt Busch is eyeing the finish line with tempered optimism.

The driver of the no. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger has faced a year of turbulence with his crew chief, but Busch has put that behind him to try and win a championship for car owner Roger Penske.

“We’re in this to win it — whatever it takes to get the job done,” he said. “We have a great group of guys behind us that are committed to getting us to the end.

Every part of the team is running on eight cylinders. We feel we have everything back to where we needed it.”

Busch is fourth in the Sprint Cup standings, 75 points back from leader Mark Martin. The series recently made a stop at the Kansas Speedway and is now heading for the Auto Club Speedway in California. Busch said he’s looking forward to every track in the remaining seven weeks, but is worrying about Martinsville.

“We’re worried about all of them. But at the same time, you have to be pumped up at all of them to get a shot at winning or building a consistent run,” Busch said. “Martinsville is probably our weakest track. It’s a short track with bumping and grinding and people can bump you out of the

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way. So you hope to escape that.”

Several changes have been implemented by NASCAR during the past several years. The Chase for the Sprint Cup was started back in 2004, a year after Matt Kenseth, driver of the Roush Racing no. 17 Ford Focus, won the championship with only one win. Busch said the new championship format ensures everyone has to run consistently throughout the year, or they could be out of the hunt.

“This is NASCAR’s playoffs. A year long’s worth of work is what we call a regular season,” Busch said. “Now, there’s a select few that make the playoffs, or the chase.

These top 12 drivers are giving it all they’re giving every race for a shot to win. They want to bring it home for their team and sponsors.”

NASCAR also introduced a

new car, the “Car of Tomorrow,” two years ago. Several drivers have complained about its stiff handling and other problems. Busch said the car has done an “adequate” job, since it was mainly introduced to improve driver safety, which it has done.

“Obviously, the safety part of it has been the best thing,” he said.

“It was created to keep an even platform for all teams to race on, as well. And it’s done that. It’s been tough, and it’s been new. You want to have the best overall car that you can have out there.”

Busch said many of the drivers that are having troubles are behind the curve and are trying to catch up with the changes. Busch has struggled to remain a constant contender for the championship since he won it for Roush Racing

in 2004, the first year of the new championship format. A year later, he resigned from Roush Racing and took over retiring Rusty Wallace’s ride in the no. 2 Miller Lite Dodge.

“You have to work anything that changes. When change happens, some people are reluctant to it, and others are graceful,” Busch said.

“Right now, we’re embracing it and making the best we can out of it.

We only have a short amount of time left.”

More change is coming for Busch next year when Nationwide Series driver Brad Keselowski will join Penske Racing. Busch said he’s looking forward to having a new teammate and some new, younger blood in the organization.

“That youthful exuberance is going to be there,” Busch said.

“He’s going to be on the gas and driving hard. New ideas from the outside will help our program.”

Busch is the only driver in the Sprint Cup circuit who races with a sibling each week. He and his brother, Kyle Busch, driver of the Joe Gibbs no. 18 Toyota Camry, have a friendly rivalry both on and off the track. Busch said he respects his brother, but he’s on the track every Sunday to win a race.

“It’s healthy, and we treat each other like teammates when we’re on the track. But, of course he’s the first guy I want to beat at the end of the day, and I’m sure he says the same thing about me,” Busch said.

“It’s fun and it’s that sibling rivalry that can be only described by having a brotherly relationship.”

Kyle Busch is out of the chase this year, so big brother doesn’t have to worry about him trying to steal the Sprint Cup Championship. Busch has his eyes focused on the next seven races, and is poised to make his move at any time. He said likes Texas Motor Speedway and the series will head there in November with three races left in the season. Until then, Busch said he wants to do everything he can to live up to the reputation of his car owner.

“The ultimate goal is winning the championship for Roger Penske,” Busch said. “His openwheeled success is unparalleled — the wins he has at Indianapolis and the championships on the Indy Car side. I’m hoping to just do my part on the NASCAR circuit.”

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Theatre puts on drawer dropping production

By Rachel Engel Collegian Staff Laughter, underpants and everything that fills them were found in Cameron University Department of Theatre Arts’ rendition of Steve Martin’s “The Underpants.”

An adaptation of playwright Carl Sternheim’s “Die Hose,” Martin’s version features an abundance of subtle and notso-subtle sexual innuendo’s, a risqué, but comedic story line and a hint of slap-stick, all brilliantly performed by the cast at CU. The play is set in Dusseldorf, Germany, in March of 1910 in the home of Theo and Louise Maske after a racy incident has led Theo on a rant about his respectable career and what he expects from his wife.

Louise, played by Katherine Handy, had accidentally dropped her drawers while waving at the king earlier in the day, and even though she bristled at her husband for thinking his job might be in

jeopardy, she says nothing.

Bryan West as Theo uses facial expressions and large movements in his portrayal of the obnoxious and conservative character, and is a highlight of the production.

While no changes are made to Theo’s work life, the incident does lead a couple of admirers to the Maske home.

A poet, Frank Versati, played

by Christopher Jefferson, introduces himself with a handshake and a well-placed hat, and a bumbling barber, Benjamin Cohen, played by J. David Duncan, both rent a room in hopes of getting closer to Louise’s knickers on purpose.

Later the audience is introduced to the nosey upstairs neighbor, Gertrude Deuter, played by Brandi Goldsmith, who urges Louise to give in to temptation and indulge with the poet in an extramarital affair. Louise agrees because she has been longing for the kind of romanticism he provides

during each character with his prose, and Gertrude Don Evans. Costume choices interaction, most notably promises to provide an even chosen by Eric Abbott allowed between Handy and West. more unforgettable pair of the audience to immerse With direction by Theatre underwear just for the occasion. themselves in the characters, Arts Chair Scott Richard Rounding out the cast is coupled with the lighting Klein, the set was staged Burneal Fick whose portrayal design of Michael Ewing and with items that gave off of prudish Klinglehoff when the sound design of Christian an Old World feel, which confronted with Louise’s Gillis helped in the achieval of complemented the setting of underpants firsthand is a the first successful production the play and was designed by comedic event, and the solemn of the semester.

King, played

by Caleb Payne, delivers a jaw-dropping one-liner with a mention to the “rubber things” he will be bringing by after renting a room from the Maske’s.

The entire play f lowed seamlessly from one scene to the next, Photo courtesy of Michael D. Pope of the Lawton-Constitution with a cast Curtain call: Brandi Goldsmith as Gertrude Deuter and Bryan West as that, for the most part, was Theo Maske in the Cameron University production of Steve Martin’s “The able to produce Underpants.” chemistry

Community band to present annual fall concert

By Rashmi Thapaliya Collegian Staff The Cameron University/Lawton Community Band, comprised of 50 area musicians, will present its annual fall concert on at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 in the Cameron University Theatre.

With more than 50 concerts during the past 20 years, the Cameron/Lawton Community Band presents a campus concert each semester at Cameron University. The members of the band are a diverse group of musicians.

The members include students from MacArthur High School, Lawton Christian School and Elgin High School, in addition to the adult performers from the greater Lawton-Fort Sill area, Duncan, Marlow and Sterling.

There is also a good number of Cameron students, faculty and alumni participating in the band.

The concert will be conducted

by Dr. Jim Lambert, Chair of the CU Music department, and will feature a variety of concert band music. The compositions will include “The Star Spangled Banner” by F.S. Key and aranged

by John Higgins, “Happy Time March” by Warren Barker,

“Queen City Facets” by Craig Alberty, “Impressions on an Old Swedish Air” by Derek Jones, “Cascadia Suite” by Robert Buckley, “Aria di Chiesa” transcribed by Thomas Franschillo, “Yorkton” by Victor Lopez, “Brass on Broadway” arranged by

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Tune up: The Cameron University/Lawton Community Band will perform a fall concert on Sunday, Oct. 11 in the Cameron University Theatre.

Calvin Custer, “Cheerio March”

by Edwin Franko Goldman and arranged by F. Erickson, “Armed Forces Salute” arranged by Bob Lowden and “Stars and Strips Forever” by John Philop Sousa, which is arranged and adapted by Brion and Schissel.

Dr. Lambert selected the compositions for the concert personally. He is also the editor for a monthly journal, “Instrumentalist Journal,” which is published in Chicago.

“I love doing this and this is what I am trained to do,” Dr. Lambert said. “I study music and also review rehearsals once a week since August for the fall concert.”

There is a wide variety of musical instruments being played at the concert, ones that are not normally heard by Cameron students. Instruments like piccolo/flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,

horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium/baritone, tuba and percussion will be played.

The upcoming spring concert is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2010 in a combined concert with the Cameron/Lawton Civic Chorale.

“We will take a break after this concert and start preparing for the next concert in January,” Dr. Lambert said. “Anyone who is going to perform at the concert should do it with conviction.”

After the band’s fall concert there will be additional concerts performed at Cameron. The “Country Jazz Fusion Concert” will take place on Nov. 5 at University Theater. The last concert for the semester will be Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 12 at McMahon Auditorium. All concerts are free for Cameron students with a valid CU I.D. Ticket prices are $6 for Adults and $4 for seniors and military.

‘Surrogates’ disappoints as science fiction film

By Joshua Rouse Collegian Staff The worst kind of movie is not the movie that utterly fails to deliver any resemblance of entertainment or value; it’s the movie that comes so close to achieving a goal but falls flat on its face.

That’s the problem with Bruce Willis’ latest movie, “Surrogates.”

There is so much potential behind this film that it could have been an unnerving social commentary mixed with enough action and eye candy to keep even ADHD sufferers interested. Instead, it fails on all accounts, with average special effects and a story that doesn’t make use of the wonderful universe it’s set in. Without a doubt, “Surrogates” is one of the most disappointing films of the year.

Sometime in the near future, a scientist invents a robot that a person can live their entire life through. It was originally intended to become a vessel for disabled people to live a normal life as they

couldn’t do previously. Instead, through government contracts, surrogates are made so cheap that anyone, and everyone, can buy one. This leads to a world where 98 percent of the people live their lives through a robot.

Based upon a graphic novel of the same name, the premise is outstanding, but there is so much untapped potential the film barely mentions. These surrogates can be designed any way the owner wishes and do not have to look like the person using them. Some people have surrogates that are the perfect versions of themselves, while others have surrogates that are of the opposite sex. Much like people use avatars and social Web sites like Facebook to interact in today’s world without human contact, in the film, people use surrogates to interact like physical avatars of themselves in the world.

Wars are fought with G.I. Joe robots where the soldiers never get injured. The only downside to getting shot is the cost of repairing the surrogate. Thanks to the invention of the robots, war

has become nothing more than a real life video game where someone can respawn with a new robot after they’re shot.

Instead of touching on these aspects of the universe, the movie turns into a whodunit wooden murder mystery when someone invents a weapon that MCT Campus can kill both Be yourself: Bruce Willis as Tom Greer in the latest science fiction film the surrogate “Surrogates,” in which people use robots in place of real life interaction. and its user. The writers try to make the plot deeper dealing with a bad script, because minute film this reviewer has ever by adding in a side story about his performance is completely seen that drug on for what seemed Willis’ character, Tom Greer, phoned in. He plays an over-thelike well over two hours. losing his son in a car accident. hill, depressed, angst-ridden cop, It’s disappointing that director Greer is also the cop investigating which emulates John McClain Jonathan Mostow couldn’t the murder, which shockingly without the cool one-liners come up with something more uncovers a conspiracy surrounding and down-to-earth feel. James for the film. A script re-write the surrogates.

Cromwell has an extended cameo would have been the first place to Much like “I, Robot,” as Dr. Canter, the inventor of start. Instead of trying to force a “Surrogates” tries to shoehorn an the surrogates. His performance conventional murder mystery into interesting plot into a 90-minute seems to be lifted straight from “I, a lush world, use that world to action vehicle. It could have been Robot.” come up with a new story. Instead, so much more with a competent The only redeeming aspect this is the same murder conspiracy director and a writer who knew of “Surrogates” is the few action that’s been overplayed since the how to tap into the universe’s bits that are scattered throughout days of Alfred Hitchcock. The potential. The movie doesn’t know the film. The special effects are concept is ripe for someone with a what it wants to be. There’s very nothing to write home about, little talent to craft a social satire. little action, the murder mystery but they do the job. At least the Instead, viewers are stuck with is something a third-grader would action can distract the viewer from an average B-grade science-fiction write and the social commentary is the horrible plot devices that are film that’s only worth seeing if lacking at best. forced into the film. “Surrogates” you’re up late at night suffering Willis must have known he was is quite possibly the only 90from insomnia.

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‘King of the Hill’ finale echoes series the trials and tribulations of this “The boy ain’t right.” This simple phrase was a staple during conservative family man who was the 13-season run of “King of the only trying to live life according to the family values instilled in Hill.” him at a young age.

Debuting on the Fox network I don’t remember what that in the fall of 1997, the show first show was about. I just kept chronicled the life of Hank Hill, thinking to myself that these a small town Texas man who made a living selling propane and characters were so real, so much like my actual life. My dad was propane accessories. Hill was the epitome of Hank, my mom also a family man and counted had some of wife Peggy, son Peggy’s tendencies Bobby and niece and my sister Luanne among had a little bit of his loved ones.

Luanne in her.

Friends Dale Photo of Naturally, one Gribble, Bill Kyle Luetters would think that I Dauterive and to come could sympathize Boomhauer were with the character always around Thursday of Bobby and to drink a beer I could. Bobby or help out on was 13, husky a project in the and aspired to alley behind their be things that homes in the his dad did not fictional town of approve of. When I was 13, I was Arlen, Texas. the spitting image of Bobby. I Despite having been on the didn’t want to be a prop comic or air for quite some time, I didn’t ladies’ man like Bobby did. I was discover the show until it’s sixth into computers and was a social season. I was sleeping over at my recluse, but I shared the same aunt and uncle’s farm when my type of relationship with my dad cousin started raving about this as Bobby did. It seemed that no cartoon he had seen the week matter what we did, Bobby and I before. I never really was a fan would never win the acceptance of animated shows; I just never of our dads. got into them. When I heard For 13 seasons, the characters the premise of the show, I was tried to find common ground. immediately intrigued by the Even with Hank’s friends fact that it wasn’t a silly or wacky constantly getting involved in plot. This show was just about

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weird, and sometimes bizarre, schemes while Peggy caused trouble of her own, the show pretty much always boiled down to Hank and Bobby. It was this theme that was the centerpiece of the series finale, “To Sirloin with Love.”

In the episode, Bobby reveals that he has in interest in meat and asks Hank if he can join a local competitive meat judging team. Given his career of choice and love for grilling, Hank is overjoyed to finally have his son join a team. Bobby proves himself to be a very capable judge but a lapse at the semi-finals almost costs his team a trip to state. The team manages to scrape together enough points to earn fourth place and qualifies, but the rest of the team is fearful of Bobby’s lapse and try to shun him. On the flip side, Bobby is finding out that his teammates aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, so he tells his father that he wants to quit. Much to Hank’s dismay, he allows Bobby to quit and rides with the team to the state finals.

Halfway to their destination, the bus is hijacked by students from a rival school. The students ditch the bus, Hank and the team at the bottom of a ditch and run off with their cell phones.

Meanwhile, a small propane grill arrives at the Hill home back in Arlen. Peggy tells a bewildered Bobby that Hank was so

overjoyed by the fact that he and Bobby now had a common bond that he purchased the smaller grill so they could enjoy their bond together. Upon hearing this, Bobby demands that he be taken to the state competition.

Peggy and Bobby arrive at the state meat-judging competition only to realize that the rest of the team and Hank aren’t there. By chance, Hank’s friends Bill, Boomhauer and Dale had been following the bus to the competition.

After the hijacking, they picked up the members of the bus and were in route to the tournament. Bobby has to compete as the only member of his team and scores enough points to earn a spot in the finals before the team arrives.

After finally showing up, the rest of Bobby’s team shuns him once again.

The final is determined to be whether or not a slab of meat is perfect, or “prime.” The rest

of the team declares it to be prime but Bobby finds the one flaw and wins the state championship for his team. The final scene of the series is Hank and Bobby grilling steaks while the entire neighborhood arrives at the Hill yard to enjoy food and company.

The final episode was a fitting one for the series. Viewers saw all the main characters one last time and it came full circle: Hank and Bobby finally had found a common bond.

Walking away, you couldn’t help but smile as a fan when the credits rolled. It was such a proper ending.

Many would have liked to see the series go on longer but with the way loose ends were tied up, the finding of a common bond and the subtle humor that made the show famous, it was a perfect and apt way to end one of the most beloved animated sitcoms of all time.

Campus film organization staying true to classics

By Jacob Jardel and Collegian Staff Cameron students and faculty interested in viewing classic films such as “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Sunrise” can do so by joining the Magic Lantern Film Society.

Originally started in the spring of 1982 under the direction of Dr. Mark Stegmaier and Dr. Marilyn Beaney, the club is in its 28th season of showing classic films.

Named after a Santa Barbara, Cali. theater, the society usually shows films at 7 p.m. on Fridays in the Student Activities Building, but is having to move into the CETES building while SAB renovations are ongoing. There are 10 films showed per semester, so it is important for students to check the schedules posted on bulletin boards throughout campus.

“The first semester in the spring of 1982, we showed two films,” said Dr. John Morris, Magic Lantern’s faculty adviser. “They actually showed film on a projector then. The second season we had the current arrangement of 10 films.”

What defines a classic film is often subject to debate, but Dr. Morris has used the same set of criteria for years.

“We tend to define classic films as anything at least ten years old and has critical acclaim,” Dr. Morris said.

In order to find films that fit the Gordon” and the original 1942 “Batman.” criteria, Dr. Morris and Biology “We’ve done that for awhile, senior and club president Nadja because it’s been Campbell the old movie thumb through experience,” said. a number of “But we’ve done classic movie “It’s been around enough of that guides, with the for 28 years, and we for awhile.” help of other hope to keep it going Dr. Morris club members. insisted that In fact, many for a long time.”

Magic Lantern of the films compiled show — Dr. John Morris shows good stuff.

“Even if you’ve up on the Magic Lantern never heard American Film Institute’s “Top Adviser of it before, we’ve done our 100 American/ homework,” he Foreign Films.” said.

“We try to have a mixture of Becoming a member is easy. things,” Morris said. “We show “Just come to the movies,” Dr. movies of different genres, movies Morris explained. of different languages and movies Though there is a student across time.”

The season normally starts with president and other officer positions, anybody who comes to a western. Other than that and the movie is considered a member. the two foreign films shown each year, there are no real guidelines as Open to the community, the Magic Lantern’s motto is “The to what is shown—as long as the more the merrier.” Now, they cater movie is a classic.

The club shows classic serials, to about 400 people a year, over as well as films, and opens every half of them Cameron students, with the Lawton/Fort Sill meeting with a short episode of community playing a large role. classic television.

“Members of the community “In addition to the actual are some of our most loyal fans. In movies in our lineup, we’re showing classic episodes of ‘The fact, many of them make Magic Twilight Zone,’ something that the Lantern possible since we have no funds,” Dr. Morris said. president was interested in,” Dr. Even without having an Morris said. operating budget, the Magic Over the last few years, they have shown “Dick Tracy,” “Flash Lantern Film Society is a staple

of the Cameron experience with its consistent attendance and popularity.

“It’s been around for 28 years, and we hope to keep it going for a long time,” Dr. Morris concluded.

The next gathering will be a double feature on Oct. 23,

showcasing the original“Night of the Living Dead” and ‘Isle of the Dead.” The full calendar of showings is available on posters posted throughout campus and at the club website at www.cameron. edu/magiclantern.

PAC Movie Night Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Tuesday in the Shepler Ballroom at 9 p.m.

Auditions for the Theatre Department’s production of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis at 7 p.m.

October 5-6, 2009 in the Studio Theatre For information: 581-2346

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Celtic Rock: The band Needfire brings the crowd to their feet with their unique sound that includes instruments like the bagpipes and the didgeridoo.

Soothing sounds: Myron Beeson was present at the festival, and he showcased his skill with the wooden flute. The songs that Beeson played included both Navajo and Hopi flute songs.

Volunteerism: Two community volunteers help to distribute colorful balloons to children during the festival.

Entering its 30th year as a staple of Lawton community events, the International Festival is an event that draws huge crowds and always offers a large variety of culture, entertainment, arts and crafts and of course food.

Perhaps one of the more talked about parts of the International Festival is the food. Thanks to the large variety of nationalities that call Lawton home there is always a very large offering of cuisine from all parts of the world. Although the food is a very popular attraction with attendees of the event, there are many other aspects that make the International Festival the event that it is. This year there were over 25 different performers ranging from native dance to Celtic rock.

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Made to order: The festival boasted over 20 different food booths. In the spirit of the festival, the menus of the booths were diverse and ranged from funnel cake to shark.

Native dance: Groups such as the Mexican Folkloric Dancers of Lawton and Kealii’s Polynesian Spectacular brought the rhythm and dance of their respective countries to the stage.

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Aloha: The Ladies of Paradise and Men of Aloha with a touch of Somoa incorporated men and women of all ages in their performance.

Martial Arts: Three martial arts schools from the community brought their students to the festival to display their skills.

Shining Armor: The Society for Creative Anachronism’s Medieval Village performed chivalric fighting shows and metal forging demonstrations.