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Informing the community: Sophomore Interdisciplinary studies major Jessica Moore speaks with representatives for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services’ (DRS) Vocational Rehabilitation Offices. DRS was one of many local organizations presenting information about the services they provide at the Disability Awareness Resource Fair.
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With Love Therapy Dogs, Inc, a Lawton-based therapy dog provider. Managing Editor Dr. Jennifer Pruchnicki, Director @YoureSoVanya of Student Development at Cameron University, spoke about the On Oct. 1 in the McMahon importance of having all of these Centennial Complex lobby, the Office various organizations present their of Student Development hosted their services under one roof. annual Disability Awareness Resource “Instead of maybe hunting down Fair. resources,” Pruchnicki said. “We’re The fair consisted of a number of hoping this event gives them easier booths featuring presentations from access to a lot of information about various groups within the community what’s available.” and state devoted to offering aid to The event, hosted on the Cameron students and community members Campus, is both open to and oriented suffering from disabilities. toward the entire Lawton Community, The services offered by the featuring services not just for organizations at the fair covered college students who may be in need a varied range of possible needs, of assistance, but for anyone who from legal services offered by the may need assistance, such as those Oklahoma Disability Law Center, to attempting to apply for jobs with a assistance with the college application disability, or those disabled on the job process provided by the Office of and seeking compensation. Student Support Services at Cameron, Pruchnicki said the importance of to therapy dogs provided by Paws having the fair be open to the public,
rather than only oriented to Cameron students. “We open this event to the public because we think that it’s helpful to have all these different agencies under one roof,” Pruchnicki said. “So they’re not having to do the footwork or make a bunch of phone calls.” Pruchnicki also spoke about the importance of spreading awareness of available services to people with disabilities to people who may not be disabled. “I think it’s not so much ‘If’ you get a disability, it’s ‘when,’” Pruchnickie said. “Many of us will be impacted at some point where accessablility becomes an issue, so as we age, we’re going to need some of these resources.” Some of the organizations at the fair presented there for the first time, including Aaragon Chiropractic and Decompression Clinic, who were offering free adjustments and
massages to attendees. Pruchnicki was excited about Aaragon Chiropractic’s involvement at the fair. “They’ve been able to offer some adjustments for students and participants,” Pruchnicki said. “I just did one, and not only do I feel adjusted, I feel like my whole attitude is better.” Another fairly new addition to the fair was the Paws With Love Therapy Dogs, Inc. presentation, featuring a service dog named Handsome Rob, who students and participants could interact with. Their presentation comes ahead of plans for service dogs to be on campus more often throughout the semester. Students who feel the need to alleviate stress will be able to find these therapy dogs between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Oct. 8 and 22, then again on Nov. 12 and 26. in the North Shepler Tower, fourth floor, room 431.
Storm and stress: Dr. Whang plays Beethoven “I couldn’t decide whether I was going to play them in order or if I was Staff Writer going to, kind of, bounce around a little bit,” she said. “Ultimately, I decided At 7:30 p.m., on Sept. 19, in the to perform them out of order because Cameron University Theater, Professor some of the earlier ones were very of Music and McMahon Endowed choppy and not that easy to listen to.” Chair in Music Hyunsoon Whang The event began with Whang performed three of Beethoven’s welcoming the guests and then invited sonatas. them to experience the journey through As with all of Cameron’s events, Beethoven’s life as she performed. the performance was free to students. She started her performance with The event was the first of Whang’s Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. performances as she would like to play 1, which she described as some of the entirety of Beethoven’s thirty-two Beethoven’s harder to listen to work sonatas. because he wrote it at such a young During her performance, Whang age and was still learning from other spoke both on her career and composers. Beethoven’s life through the timeline Whang described Beethoven’s of each sonata. work as revolutionary and insisted
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that all musical compositions should be divided into two eras: before Beethoven and after Beethoven. After performing the first four movements in the first sonata, Whang stood up and bowed to the audience’s applause. She spoke again on her next piece, Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2, which was her second piece of the night. “By the time Beethoven wrote his tenth sonata, he was between the ages of eleven and fifteen,” Whang said. “He had already begun complaining about his hearing loss as well by this time. He would not let this hinder his ability to continue to compose, though.” The end of intermission brought the final performance for the evening, in
which Whang performed Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, also known as the “Appassionata.” English Professor Dr. John Morris was also in attendance at the performance. He has enjoyed Beethoven’s music for quite some time, and he was especially excited to be sitting in the front row during Sonata number twenty-three. “I could see Dr. Whang concentrating, the storm and stress of the piece washing over her at times like a great tide,” Morris said. “I have always found Dr. Whang’s playing to be delicate, precise, and sensitive.” For more information about Cameron’s upcoming musical performances and events, go to www. cameron.edu/music/calender.
What’s Inside Dr. Suz Tyrell
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President McArthur + PLUS Change comes from within Isaiah Hernandez
PLUS program is now under new management, Staff Writer providing the In 2019, changes were opportunity for several made to the Presidential new administrative changes. Leaders and University Cameron University Scholars program, PLUS. President John The PLUS program is McArthur discusses the a leadership development reasons leading to the program that offers qualification changes for recipients focused PLUS. training in every “Two things,” aspect of the leadership McArthur said, “a process—from ethics regular review of to decision-making, student success and then practical experience a change of program to the job search—for director.” the beneficiaries of the Through a review of scholarship. overall student success, Previously headed by a large portion of Associate Vice President probation and suspension for Academic Affairs, of scholars occurred Dr. Sylvia Burgess, the during their freshman
years. These disciplinary actions were dealt to students that changed their declared majors, which caused their Grade Point Average (GPA) to fall below the required 3.0. McArthur said, that in order to combat probation and suspension levels, the required 3.0 GPA lowered for freshman PLUS scholars to a reduced 2.5 GPA during their first year of the program. The change also allows for scholars to find majors that suit their interests rather than degree programes they feel they can pass.
The second change relating to student success McArthur outlined was to the necessary amount of credit hours PLUS Scholars must enroll in each semester. Previously needing to enroll in fifteen credit hours a semester, PLUS Scholars in years 1 through 4 must now meet a specific number of hours at the end of the respective academic years: 1st years need thirty credit hours, 2nd years need sixty credit hours and 3rd years need ninety credit hours. It is also necessary for PLUS Scholars to
maintain full-time study, which is categorized as a minimum of twelve hours. The reasoning behind the Scholar credit hour enrollment change was it took into consideration incoming freshman who already possessed college credit through concurrent enrollment, Advanced Placement (AP) classes or advanced standing. The idea is that at the end of their time with the PLUS program, 4th years will be graduates as well as community leaders. Because of Burgess’ retirement in Spring 2019, McArthur took over the direction of the
PLUS program. Regarding returning PLUS Scholars, the effect of these changes described by McArthur take some academic pressure off of incoming PLUS freshmen. “I hope it will help them choose their majors based on their passions; on what they want to do,” McArthur said, “rather than choosing a major based on what they think they can do GPA-wise.” President McArthur Encourages students to follow their interests and pursue their personal goals throughout their academic journey.
Opinion: An introduction to corporate control Cam Alsbrook Assistant Editor @ForrrestSpirrit
In the modern age, social media has given corporations easy access to information on consumers and competitors and are profiting. Corporations have worked to influence the way our nation absorbs and reacts to information since the birth of yellow journalism in printed media. Corporatocracy — at its core — is the idea that corporations have taken control of a society in a manner that benefits them and has set up the ideal environment for people to rely on them for certain aspects of daily life. These aspects can include the entertainment industry, as the most visible example, our governmental system, housing, food, transportation and even basic toiletries. Companies such as Facebook and Twitter directly influence our political ties by opening the flood gates allowing mass amounts of information relating to government officials across the political spectrum. The issue of Corporatocracy influence goes beyond American borders, according to Professor of Communication Dr. Justin Walton. “Corporatocracy is everywhere — affects media, business policy, politics, education, law and religion,” Walton said, “and it’s not just confined to the United States— it is very much a global phenomenon. The business model has come to dominate most if not all of our social and democratic affairs.” Art Department Adjunct Professor Josh Mindemann said it is a quest for power that drives companies like Disney into growing on a global scale. “The desire for money is global; it’s human nature to strive for power,” Mindemann said, “I feel like the more power anyone gains the more they will fight to keep it regardless of how it affects the masses. Businesses will do what that have to in order to maintain power and control.” Disney is one of the biggest
Tribune News Service conglomerates worldwide, possessing reach over a majority of entertainment media as we know it. Mindemann said that the amount of influence they possess has caused the erasure of original film-making studios. “It’s coming closer and closer by the day to becoming a monopoly,” Mindemann said. “This hurts cinema as a whole because Disney has more and more control over the theaters, and original films suffer. As everything gets compressed, run through the Disney machine, movies become homogenized. We need variety and creativity, and monopolies crush that.” Disney-Marvel tried to pressure Sony into paying them more money for the inclusion of Tom Holland as Spiderman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), as Disney wanted to have a higher cut of profits made from the Spider-man movies. Recently though, the two companies came to a deal keeping Spiderman in the MCU. This series of events led to an uproar from fans of Spider-man and Marvel, which brought both companies attention and free advertising for the two entities, according to Walton.
“Marketing and advertising both play a role,” Walton said. “The film industry is, ultimately, trying to make a profit and media conglomerates will work to negotiate deals that lean in their favor.” On the idea of the two companies planning the discussion intentionally to bring excitement and attention, Mindemann believes it came down to profit. “I feel like it was at least rooted in a real negotiation but the bottom line is money and media buzz is free,” Mindemann said. “Just like the occasional ‘leaks’ that tease upcoming films, it creates a lot of excitement and doesn’t cost the companies a dime.” Walton said that the ramifications of corporatocracy involve our education systems and institutions. “So many of our traditional institutions today are controlled or at the very least directed by corporate interests,” Walton said, “Decisions are made in ways
that reinforce the interests and power structures of corporate culture.” Communication, English and Foreign Languages Chair Dr. Christopher Keller worries about competing money interests and their ability to rid truth-based media, and that when something threatens the factual nature of journalism, it is cause for concern. “Look at Sinclair Media, for example,” Keller said, “there is record of that parent company requiring ‘local’ news stations to read from a script for talking points on some topics. We need to be vigilant anytime freedoms are taken away at the interests of ‘company’ – it doesn’t mean Mother is bad, just that we should watch her.”
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Tyrrell goes to the Mexico border to find the truth page. After her post, she got a response in her private messages from a friend who lives in Yuma, Arizona, which is about 25 miles from the Mexico border. Tyrrell and her friend had no idea what they were going to do on that trip. The only plan was that she wanted to cross the border. “I really didn’t care,” Tyrrell said. “I am very much a free spirit, and I’m willing to do anything that is not illegal, immoral, or unethical. I’ll try it.” As she got off the plane, the only thing that Tyrrell was worried about was the heat in Yuma, Arizona. Emotionally, she did not feel much. She said it felt like she was just going to see people. “I just felt like I was going to yet another place where people were in a tough spot,” Tyrrell said, “A Courtesy photo governmental by Suz Tyrrell system was causing them even more pain.” Cooling off: Dr. Suz Tyrrell uses a fan to cool herself off from the Arizona/Mexico heat. Tyrrell Tyrrell told sits in the back a car after a walk around a Mexican neighborhood during her trip to the border. her Immigration class that it was surprisingly easy. immigration, she could the trip. Adrianna Finch hadn’t thought about She said that they going to the border, turn this into a business “I was really thankful Assistant Editor parked on the American certainly not in the trip as well. that all the people side of the border and summer.” “I asked Dr. Keller,” who all have to sign just walked across, and Tyrrell had no Tyrrell said, “‘Do you off on travel when it’s Born in no one cared. previous plans to go on think that it would be out of state,” Tyrrell Bethlehem, Palestine, It seemed to Tyrrell Communication, English this trip. She had already approved if I bought my said, “were all very that Mexico welcomes purchased a plane ticket own ticket and didn’t supportive of the trip and Foreign Languages to Minnesota and could ask for any money from and understood the value Americans. Associate Professor Dr. While Tyrrell was not go to the border at the university?’ Could that it would have for Suz Tyrrell has a heart across the border, her the same time due to I possibly go that first teaching the class.” for adventure. friend and a translator week when we come With approval and Her latest took her to finances and lack of took her to see one of time. back, for a couple days.” a plane ticket, Tyrrell the Mexican border. the shelters that houses While making plans, Keller approved of the finished planning for her Tyrrell said, she knew asylum seekers since Tyrrell realized this trip proposal and told her to trip. she had to go and see the “Remain in Mexio” go for it. In an attempt to find what it was actually like could be for more than personal reasons. Since Tyrrell put in a someone she knew close policy passed. at the border. Tyrrell said that she is teaching a class request for travel and to the border, Tyrrell “I had opinions,” being in that shelter will during Fall 2019 about was approved to go on posted to her Facebook Tyrrell said, “but I
always stick with her. “The baby I held at the shelter, what’s his future?” I don’t know. Will they be allowed into the U.S? I can’t answer that.” Tyrrell said, “Those are the types of things that will always stick with me.” Another reason why this trip, like many of her others, will stick with her is because Tyrrell is also an immigrant from Palestine. “I am doing well for myself,” she said. “I have a job that I love, and I live in a house; it’s not a very big or nice house, but it’s perfect for me. I have a good life.” Tyrrell said that her life would have been very different if she has not come to the United States. “Had I remained in Palestine, I wouldn’t have the life I have now.” Tyrrell said, “I wouldn’t even be allowed to speak freely for fear of oppression or being shot or being stripped searched every single day. So yeah, I look at those people in the shelter, which was a good shelter when you compare the standards of some of these shelters, with a lot of compassion and empathy.” Tyrrell plans to bring back her experience and share it with anyone and everyone. “I want Cameron students to know that if they hear it on American News Media,” Tyrrell said, “there is so much more to it than that. There is always two sides to every story.” Tyrrell said that if there is one thing she will do, is tell people what is true and what is not. “I won’t be silenced because there is something to say, and I want to say it,” Tyrrell said.
Turning the page: Bookstore changes Isaiah Hernandez
Along with the different layout, the bookstore has some other Staff Writer changes: the charge account and price match processes. Over the past summer in the The charge account is linked McMahon Centennial Complex, to students’ Cameron billing the Cameron Bookstore went accounts. It allowed for up to a through several internal changes $500 charge for books from the that affected students this Fall bookstore, and students’ financial semester. aid offset the cost automatically. The bookstore, which If students did not receive enough previously operated by the Follet incoming scholarship or grant Book Company, changed over to money, then students had to pay the direction of the Texas Book Company (TBC). TBC originated that difference by a set date. Sanders explained how the in Greenville, Texas; however, its Wholesale Division grew to work charge account worked. “How that works is you’ll come with college bookstores in every in with your student ID number,” state. Sanders said, “and up to that When students walked into the bookstore, employees greeted amount of money, you can do a charge and it goes to your bill.” students who walked in looking Creative Writing Sophomore for books they needed for classes and CU Bookstore Cashier Sarah as soon as possible, and then Lindsey said that the charge looked at their schedule, walked with the student to help pick their account helped a lot of the students. books and talked them through “I feel like a lot of people were the checkout process. able to really take advantage of According to Cameron that to use for their supplies and Bookstore General Manager for books and stuff,” Lindsey said, James Sanders, a cleaner and more open look in the bookstore is “and not having to worry about paying for it up front.” preferable. The bookstore’s price“It is easy to navigate,” Sanders match process and policy used said, “and gives more space to engage with students as they come comparisons between Barnes and Noble and Amazon. in.”
When matching prices, students found alternate pricings on either website to report to the bookstore employees who then gave them a voucher for the difference in cost; however, it was still necessary for students to pay the full price of the item in the bookstore. The voucher students received could be used for their next immediate purchase or any future purchases. Sanders said that he wanted students to know that the bookstore has a customer-centric business model. “The most important focus for us is our customers,” Sanders said. Lindsey said that she likes that the bookstore has more control over what is ordered for students. “I really enjoy that,” Lindsey said, “because that means we can tailor things more to the school than we could with the previous bookstore company.” The bookstore also posted new hours and started opening at 7:45 a.m. on weekdays in order to give students who had 8 a.m. classes a chance to get any supplies that they needed. For more information about CU’s Bookstore and the recent changes, visit the store or go to www.cameronbookstore.com.
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Seeing Changes: (Above) CU staff member and CU student make sure he has all his materials. (Below) CU bookstore employee aid service woman in the checkout process.
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PAC Presents Volleyball Tailgate Party Photos by Kimb Frey
Kimb Frey Copy Editor
At 4:30 p.m., Sept. 24, just north of the Aggie Gym, Cameron University’s Programming Activities Council (PAC) held a tailgate party before the Aggie volleyball match against University of Arkansas-Fort Smith (UAFS) Lady Lions. This was the first tailgate party PAC has thrown, according to the PAC Events Coordinator, Computer Science Senior Kavis Murry. “One of the big points I wanted to have for this event was to support the athletics,” Murry said. “So, I wanted to run it up until the game started and then try to convince everybody to go to the game.” In order to draw students into the free event, PAC provided soda, water and snacks to enjoy, alongside various games set out beside the gym. Students could play Jumbo Jenga, Cornhole and Ladder Ball. Ole Kim made an appearance at the party,
posing for pictures with students and trying his hand at Ladder Ball. The PAC tailgate party ended up falling short of Murry’s hope of 60-70 attendees. “Even though we advertise pretty well,” Murry said, “I feel like a lot of people still have our events go under the radar. So spread the word.” At 5:30 p.m., spectators and tailgate attendees started making their way into the Aggie Gym for the main event – The Aggie v. Lady Lions volleyball match. When the game began, the Lady Lions immediately grabbed the lead and ran with it. The Aggies fought their way to within two points of UAFS’s lead twice during the match but finished the set behind at 25-21. During the second set, the Aggies quickly scored five points to the Lady Lions one, but couldn’t hang onto the lead and ended the set trailing by eight points. Sports and Exercise Science Junior and setter for the Cameron Aggies Katherine Manning said
they started out with a decent amount of energy and bounced back point to point with UAFS. “Second set,” Manning said, “we kind of lost track of points a little bit, just lost track of our mindset and where we were.” The third and final set of the match saw the two teams battling for the lead. The Aggies with a two-point advantage at the halfway mark. The Lady Lions shut them down, taking the set at 25-19 and claiming the match with all three sets. Manning said that these matches are all about making
adjustments. “They adjusted to us and what we were running,” Manning said. “We didn’t really get the opportunity to adjust to them, and we didn’t capitalize on adjusting to them. Making small changes here and there throughout the game could have made a big difference, but it’s a live and you learn type of thing. So, you got take what you know from this game and turn to the next one.” The next match was three days later when the Cameron Aggies and UAFS Lady Lions met up again, this time in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the third
round of matches in the Lone Star Conference. The Lady Lions won 3-0. The conference continued with two away matches against Tarleton State and Dallas Baptist in Texas on the Oct. 4 and 5 respectively. The Aggies will be on their home court again on Oct. 8 against the East Central Tigers at 6 p.m. in the Aggie Gym. For more information about Aggie Volleyball, visit their website at CameronAggies. com, and for more information about PAC, visit Cameron.edu/PAC, as well as Cameron’s Campus Life calendar.
Pre-game parties and game-time battles: (Left) Head coach Brandon Stephenson coaches the Aggie women through an uphill battle against University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. (Right) Students pose for photos with Cameron’s mascot Ole Kim on the lawn north of the Aggie Gym. Pre-game festivities began at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 24 and included refreshments as well as games like cornhole, jumbo jenga and ladderball.
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Cancel Culture
a world with no forgiveness
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unanimously deemed insincere, he lost over four million subscribers in just over a week—with many Voices Editor famous celebrities hopping on board. @theamandaking The big question is why? It wasn’t as if any proof Call it blatant privilege, call it a necessary appeal of Charles’s actions was circling—all it took was for justice, call it boredom—whatever your take, it’s one denouncing video, and suddenly, the world impossible to deny that our generation has veered was done with him. I even found myself joining in the groupthink, despite never having watched a into the realm of boycotting popular figures due to inappropriate behavior. single video of his. This new trend, known as “cancelling” someone Why did I care? Was it the injustice? The for expressing unpopular or offensive opinions has righteousness of calling someone out? The become widespread in pop culture—mostly because Internet told me that someone I didn’t particularly like had committed inappropriate behavior, and I it happens almost exclusively on social media platforms. was instantly joining in the mass hatred. Why? While this practice might have started as a way to Is it ethical to “cancel” people for past behavior? hold prominent celebrities and influencers Is it ethical to “cancel” people at all? Whatever accountable for their words and happened to the exclusively American privilege of being able to say whatever you want, actions, it has deteriorated exponentially in the past whenever you want? few years. Now we use Social media has given us this system not to seek a way to exercise a more justice — but rather to resounding use of our First Amendment right universally condemn public figures. to free speech, while Take a look at simultaneously browthe most recent beating anyone who uses it to express high-profile example unpopular opinions. Though it might be of Shane Gillis: the one of the most comedian understated pitfalls of joined late-night online media platforms, television show this Saturday Night practice is sickeningly Live, and within the span hypocritical. Moreover, of a few hours, an old podcast why is everyone resurfaced so quick to tear down someone wherein he made several racist they loved just yesterday? Our jokes. A mere six days later, the generation, I’ve network fired Gillis. come to realize, somehow garners Some argue that detractors took the pleasure from watching Shane Gillis: Saturday Night Live recently hired the comedian for it’s upcoming someone famous crash and burn — remarks out of context 45th season, but fired him only days later after clips from an old podcast emerged and only meant regardless of whether or not they in which he used slurs. Both actions have sparked debate about the dangers of to satirize; others are innocent or guilty, respected or “cancel culture” on society. hated. believe he is simply a bigot — regardless, We are an entitled people. We expect to be obeyed when we command the public outrage commenced, and Gillis lost his But never did I feel like it was my sacred duty to spot immediately. Soon after, the show’s producer society to post about what a disgusting pig he was those in charge not work with someone who’s got released an apology for not doing a thorough a tweet from a decade ago that might be offensive and tell everyone to demand Netflix take down the now. We expect them to get rid of things we deem background check. monstrosity. Because I knew, as most should by Despite how common “cancelling” has become, now, that in a couple months it would blow over, and inappropriate or don’t agree with. For the love of God, we started a petition for the entire cast and I was genuinely shocked that so many people everyone would forget about it in favor of a more vigorously advocated to get him kicked off the show. interesting scandal. crew to remake the final season of Game of Thrones He made a couple of offensive jokes — a year ago, just because we didn’t like it. So why would I order an end to his career? And yes, I use we — because we all facilitate this mind you — and suddenly, he’s a horrible person Even if it wasn’t naturally going to fade away, and if you support him, you’re a racist monster who could I say definitively that Chappelle wasn’t just behavior. But is this a new attitude? While social media deserves to get publicly whipped in the town square. making a gag in very poor taste? Likely that’s Did anyone who erroneously leapt on the exactly what he was doing, as comedians are known has brought the “cancel culture” to a terrifying new bandwagon even watch the podcast in which the for “pushing boundaries,” as Gillis puts says, when it height, of course the idea of getting rid of people remarks were pulled from? If they did, why did they comes to making audiences laugh. So, should I send who don’t agree with you isn’t new. care so much about getting him fired that they felt In fact, it existed historically in much, much someone to the social pyre for making a joke I didn’t worse ways: Salem “cancelled” witches; Romans the need to barge into the Twitterverse and rile up find funny? bored users looking for a “cancel” train to hop on? But this tendency exists in other media spheres as “cancelled” Jesus Christ. Comedy is a naturally controversial genre, with Are these really the examples we are trying to well. aspire to? We’ve already achieved casual social many jokes not landing right or an offensive mock Reported by CNN: just four months ago not found to be particularly funny — take Dave crucifixion; do we really want to fully digress into renowned beauty YouTuber James Charles was the violently barbaric “we must destroy that which Chappelle for example: in one of his Netflix stand“cancelled” after fellow YouTuber Tati “exposed” up specials, he makes repeated jabs at the purported his disloyalty and lewd behavior toward straight we don’t understand” mindset? victims of Michael Jackson and insists that even if Because that is exactly where we are headed. men. Following an apologetic video that was almost their claims were true, they should be proud to have been molested by the king of pop. Correction: Correction: Was he serious? Who’s to say? Does it really even In Vol. 101, Issue 2, the “Cameron Collegian” In Vol. 101, Issue 2, the “Cameron Collegian,” matter? Some thought it was funny, but the majority incorrectly classified Kathryn Nichols, Johnnie incorrectly referred to Daniel Pae as of viewers found it horrifying; thus soon after, the public issued a rallying cry to “cancel” his career. Judah and Jill Melrose each as “Dr.” The “congressman.” His correct title is State Personally, I found his jokes to be morally “Collegian” gave these titles in error. The Representaive. The Cameron Collegian deeply repugnant, and if I had been a fan of his before Cameron Collegian deeply regrets this error. regrets this error. hearing about this, I definitely would not be now. About Us
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Bringing people together at the CU Art Gallery Haylee Key Staff Writer
On Sept. 26, Cameron University held a dedicated ceremony to honor those who sponsored the restoration of the Cameron Art Gallery. In 1980, the Art Building housed a gallery space managed by a professional gallery director, but funding issues led to the elimination of the director position. Thanks to dedicated faculty members, the space remained operational for a while. They continued to hold exhibitions, but the space became less and less used until it turned into a studio space where students could focus on their projects. Art Professor Emeritus Jack Bryan knew there would come a
time when Cameron would have an exhibition space once more. Bryan, along with friends and family, established the Jack Bryan Endowed Lectureship in Art in November 2000. Bryan wished that the endowment would accrue funds until a new location opened to house the art gallery. His foresight made it possible for extensive renovations, including new lighting and wall covering. After 20 years, the Jack Bryan Endowed Lectureship in Art reverted the space in the Louise D. McMahon Fine Arts Complex back to its origins. Bryan said the importance of the art gallery was to show art and has many hopes for it’s future. “The concept of any educational art gallery is to reach out to the community,” Bryan said, “and
allow traditional and nontraditional students to create art.” During his speech at the ceremony, he spoke about how art is human
Wilson said that for each painting he must “paint it, pull it, dry and repeat.” T his is a long process that can take months to complete. Attendees at the ceremony were able to observe the
artwork and talk nature among and about themselves. how people They spoke about have always what the art gallery once created art in some was and the exhibits that form they once held regularly, such or as the Buffalo Show, sculpture another. competitions, traveling shows The art and national competitions. gallery featured The attendees hope that the artwork by art gallery will live up to that award-winning and much more. painter Jason Many of them also openly Wilson. discussed their own artwork Wilson is and their inspirations. notable for his They also hope to get the ability to create high schools involved as illusions that potential students of the art trick the eye program. with his use of Ultimately, the attendees color. He gets wish to involve the community his inspiration so that all kinds of people can from quilts come together and enjoy art. he has seen Wilson’s paintings are and has work on display at the Cameron Art exhibited in Gallery for students and faculty galleries across to view. A Splash of Color: Paintings Angel’s Wings (left) and Tangled (right) by award winning the country. artist, Jason Wilson, are on display at the Cameron Art Gallery.
Bryan Araujo
Mike Hanlon, played by Mustafa, dedicated his life to studying the origin Staff Writer of Pennywise and remembers the past clearly. Directed by Andy Muschietti, “IT After a recent murder in the Chapter Two” is a sequel to the 2017 town, Mike realizes Pennywise film, “It.” has returned and calls upon This supernatural drama, fantasy, all the old members of the horror film has been in theatres since Loser’s Club to defeat him Sept. 6. The movie, based on the novel once again. written by Stephen King, features They all return, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill keeping the blood oath Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James promise they made as Ransone, Andy Bean and Bill Skarsgård. children. Even as someone who has never read “IT Chapter Two” the book, watched the original movie presents itself as or the remake, I was still able to watch, a buddy/horror/ comprehend and enjoy the film. adventure film. If They did a good job recapping audiences still have information from the 2017 “It” into the heart for movies this sequel. Because of this, I was able like “The Goonies,” to understand the movie and enjoy the “Stand by Me” or experience. even “The Sandlot,” The film delves into the origin of this film will not Pennywise the clown, also referred to disappoint. as “It,” the evil shape-shifting clown Not to mention, who preys on children by using their there is the added individual fears to scare and devour horror of a childthem. eating clown from The fears presented in the film are space. common for many people, immediately The budget to create drawing in the audience and relating to this film estimated at $79 their sense of terror. million, but grossed $91 It has been 27 years since the million in just the opening first time the Loser’s Club defeated weekend. Pennywise. The cumulative worldwide Now, they are all grown-up. gross is currently estimated at Most of them have grown into adults $416,666,844. with successful careers and do not have This film, which is still in theaters, is much recollection of their childhood in a must-see for horror movie buffs. Derry, Maine. I rate “IT Chapter Two” as an 8 out of However, their memories return the 10. longer they stay.
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