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Monday, October 13, 2014
Volume 91 Issue 6
Leading Ladies
Photo by Marie Bagwell
“It was a lot of fun and a good challenge, especially with the heels,”
-Byron Phillips, cast as Jack Gable
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Exceptional Aggie wins national award Smith Steigleder
recommendation letters, college transcripts and $1,000 in scholarship money. an essay. Billen is a third generation Cameron News Writing Student Billen expressed gratefulness to the University graduate. Her grandfather was a Lindsey Billen, a senior Accounting major Cameron Cameron math professor who taught “I would like to express to from 1967 to 1990, and her mother at Cameron, was one of only 31 students across faculty that the nation to win the Delta Mu Delta Award pushed her graduated from Cameron and became prospective students what Scholarship by DMD. to apply a high school math teacher. a great school Cameron Delta Mu Delta is the international honor for the “I remember getting to sit in my University really is.” society for business, and to be considered for scholarship. grandfather’s class or right outside the the award, students had to be a member. One of “Mrs. door and listen to him teach,” Billen Lindsey Billen the major stipulations of getting into the society Lonzanida said. “I always thought to myself that I Senior Accounting major is attaining a high GPA. and Dr. can’t wait until I am that old and get to “The Spring of 2014 I was invited to join the Burgess go to college.” Delta Mu Delta Honor society,” Billen said. were so influential,” Billen said. “It was a huge Billen currently works in the Comanche “And then I saw that they had a scholarship motivation to me when they told me what a County Treasurer’s office where she does partial and so I talked to Mrs. Lonzanida [accounting great job I have been doing, and that I am a book keeping and is the head of the depository instructor] about applying for it.” good student. ” account. She graduated from Cameron The application process involved getting Along with the award, Billen also received University in December 2008 with a Bachelor
in Business Administration, but decided to come back to Cameron in 2013 to pursue an additional bachelors degree in Accounting. “I want to further my career in county government and one day plan to run for county treasurer,” Billen said. Billen said that during both stays at CU she has had an overall positive experience with the faculty. “Cameron has great professors,” Billen said. “Especially the ones in the Accounting Department. They are all very informative and knowledgeable. Any question that students ask them, they will answer. If they do not know the answer, then they will find it out for you. I would like to express to prospective students what a great school Cameron University really is.”
International banquet
celebrates CU’s cultures Jacob Jardel
available for them. This is a great event, and we’re excited Assistant Managing Editor that we’re continuing it this @JJardel_Writing year.” More importantly to her, Cameron’s community the event is about bringing a celebrated cultural diversity slice of various cultures around during its 7th Annual the world to the Cameron International Student University community. Scholarship Banquet at 6 p.m. “It’s really just about on Oct. 3 in the McCasland entertainment, learning about Ballroom. different cultures and seeing The event featured a mix of that Lawton is pretty small, but multicultural entertainment, we have a lot of international cuisine and decor along with people in our community,” a silent auction of various Lundgren said. “We just really international items. The want to share that. It’s a perk proceeds from the silent auction that we can raise money to help went to the international them.” student scholarship fund. While the scholarships are Clara Lundgren, event a perk for the international coordinator, said fundraisers students, according to such as this one are vital to Lundgren, domestic students helping international students had the potential to leave come to and stay at CU. with more than just a positive “International students experience. are not U.S. citizens, so they “I think diversity is a really cannot apply for financial important aspect of going to aid,” Lundgren said. “So there college,” Lundgren said. “Just are not a lot of scholarships growing up, it’s good to be
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Photos by Jacob Jardel
diverse and to have people who have different viewpoints than you and bring cultural diversity to domestic students’ lives.” Junior Biology major Agnes Ajose, president of the International Club, said that these events also have a benefit for international students. “Nights like this are an indication that international students are accepted and wanted in the Lawton community,” Ajose said. “Seeing lots of people donating and paying for this event makes us feel like people care about the well-being of international students.” According to Ajose, the
Lawton community responded positively. “I think the event went great and the audience loved it,” she said. The evening began with an introduction from junior Waheed Gbadamosi, the emcee of the night, and a welcome from Cameron President Dr. John McArthur. After Gbadamosi and McArthur’s opening remarks, the audience partook in a variety of international foods – from Caribbean jerk chicken and beef lo mein to jollof rice and baklava. The audience had a literal buffet of multicultural cuisine from which to choose.
As the audience finished their meals, guest speaker Miracle Akinwale, the first president of the Nigerian Student Association, addressed the crowd. He spoke about the importance of college education and encouraged the audience to strive for their success. An introduction of the 2014-2015 International Club Executive Board followed Akinwale’s speech, followed by the presentation of the year’s International Club Scholarship recipients. The presentation of scholarships preceeded the evening’s assortment of international entertainment.
From traditional Nepali and Hawaiian dances to vocal performances from various international students, the crowd had many opportunities to immerse themselves in various cultures. Ajose said this cultural immersion could teach both domestic and international students a variety of lessons. “I hope the banquet taught domestic students to learn about and appreciate the diversity of people at Cameron University,” Ajose said. “To my fellow international students, I hope the banquet taught us that international students are part of the society.”
Biology club goes on a safari
Field House Pirates scrimmage
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